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I couldn't agree more with the reviewer.
" I am sure after a few more years of study, reflection and
meditation this bhikkhu might have dug deep enough into the fundamental
premises of Theravadan Buddhism to find a need to revise his effort and
present us with something more worthy to read."
When the Buddha was first considering whether or not to teach, he thought, "This truth that I have realised is very profound. Though it is sublime and conducive to inner peace, it is hard to understand. Since it is subtle and not accessible to mere intellect and logic, it can be realised only by the wise."
I actually don't have an issue with monks who spent many years developing meditation then write a book on meditation techniques such as Satipatthana. I am not too sure about a bhikkhu spending a lot of his time proliferating about satipatthana and writing about Satipatthana ( and numerous other things/ books) when he could be using that time in the monastic life to develop it instead. It shows through his writing . What the reviewer wrote was just right on.
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PHOENIX -- Manager Charlie Manuel shuffled the struggling Phillies lineup on Mother's Day, moving center fielder Ben Revere up from the eight-hole to the leadoff spot and sliding shortstop Jimmy Rollins, the usual No. 1 hitter, down a notch.
Revere and Rollins both swung the signature pink bats used throughout Major League Baseball on Sunday in honor of their mothers and breast cancer victims everywhere.
"It's Mother's Day and it's something special to use the bat and stuff," Revere said. "This is the first time I'd done it. I always used the wrist bands and everything just so people would know that you care for those breast cancer survivors."
The lineup move hardly made a difference as the pair went 1-for-8, but the Phillies came from behind and won, 4-2, in 10 innings and Ryan Howard had the game-winning, two-run single. Howard represented for the tribute by wearing pink shoes, arm bands and elbow sleeves for the first time.
Rollins said using the pink bat for him has become an annual event.
"Everybody has a mother," the veteran shortstop said. "So every year it's important for me to do it. It's a disease that affects so many women. If not treated early enough, just like any other cancer, there's a good chance it will take their lives."
This year, Rollins said he has a personal stake in it. His cousin, Trenise Robinson, was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago and underwent a radical mastectomy, he said.
"She's doing well," Rollins said. "My cousin went for a checkup and she found out she had breast cancer. They had to remove it. Her granddaughter is a 1-year-old. She wears her wig. My cousin's going through chemo so she has no hair. It's a long road, but it's one that's survivable."
About the lineup change, Manuel said he was just trying to shake things up a little bit and generate more offense. On Saturday night, with Revere in the eighth spot and Rollins leading off, the pair combined for their club's first two runs in a 3-1 win as Rollins drove home Revere with a sacrifice fly and a single.
Rollins said he had to laugh when Manuel called him in a few hours before Sunday's game to tell him about the pending move.
"It was funny," Rollins said. "He said, 'If you get mad at me, I'd rather have you do it in here than out there.'"
Did Rollins care?
"No, not at all," he said. "That's why I laughed when he dropped that on me. I go, 'This dude is crazy!'"
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"The concept of primary prevention of complications of pregnancy and delivery and prevention of neonatal abnormalities through sound prenatal nutrition has been supplanted by secondary prevention, which consists of elaborate intensive care nurseries which electronically monitor premature babies, many of whom would have been normal size at birth."
- Dr. Tom Brewer
2) The Art of Midwifery
Take time to discuss your client's understanding of the role of sodium in creating a healthy balance for herself and her baby; in addition to the cultural myths that circulate via television and the print media, the firm convictions of grandparents-to-be and other family members can create confusion and hesitancy in your client. After all, she wants what is best for her baby. If *you* do not articulate the sodium question, chances are that *she* will answer any question she has regarding salt from the vantage point of her own understanding, and very likely this will be based on currently popular but unscientific conclusions--to the detriment of the health of her baby.
- Althea Seaver, Sodium in Pregnancy, Midwifery Today Issue 20
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Children born very prematurely are more likely than those born at term to have behavioral and cognitive problems in adolescence, U.K. researchers suggest. Their study also shows that more than 50 percent of those born very prematurely (before 33 weeks gestation) have abnormal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans when they are in their teens. The researchers tracked the progress of more than 100 children born before 33 weeks gestation. Of 72 of the teenagers, 40 had abnormal scans and 15 had scans that could not be classed as normal. Only one of the controls had an abnormal scan. The children in the study group also showed significantly more reading, adjustment and neurological impairments. (The Lancet; 353 as reported in Nursing Times, Vol. 95, No. 22)
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4) Hypertension
(Editor's note: E-News readers responded to an inquiry about hypertension and salt restriction posted in Issue 2:15. Following are some interesting and informative responses.)
It is vital that your friend NOT cut out salt! In fact, salt restriction
Your friend's doctor has prescribed the most common medical treatment for high blood pressure in pregnancy, also known as "pregnancy induced hypertension," or PIH. It can be an early symptom of toxemia, but in the well-nourished woman, it seldom is.
Your friend needs to be sure that her diet is indeed adequate for
pregnancy. If not, she may be on the road to the very problems her doctor suspects.
See Dr. Tom Brewer's "Blue Ribbon Baby Pages" at
As for hypertension and salt restriction, here's the scoop:
[The following is adapted from What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know by Gail Sforza Brewer and Thomas Brewer, M.D., Chapter 4.]
Salt is a vital nutrient. No woman, expectant or otherwise, can live without it. Neither can the unborn baby, who receives sodium from his mother's blood stream, through the placenta. Sodium requirements vary widely depending on activity level, environmental conditions, personal health, and many more factors. Pregnancy is one condition where the body actually requires MORE salt in order to remain healthy.
Each person has many finely tuned mechanisms that work in the body to preserve the appropriate concentration of sodium in the tissues and in the bloodstream. In normal pregnancy, the mother's blood volume must expand by more than 40% to meet the metabolic demands of the placenta. Salt is a chief element in maintaining this dramatically expanded blood volume. Salt causes the body to retain fluid, which, under normal conditions, is retained in the bloodstream for use in placental perfusion.
Salt restriction during pregnancy limits the normal expansion of the blood volume, with disastrous consequences. Depending on the degree of sodium restriction and the subsequent blood volume limitation the placenta may: * grow slowly, or not at all,
* develop areas of dead tissue (infarcts) that cannot function,
Under these conditions, the baby's growth, development and even life are imperiled.
Cutting out salt frequently leads to an inadequate diet in other areas as well. Foods such as eggs, milk, cheese and salty meat products are often on the list of restricted foods for a low-salt diet. These foods are sources of essential high-quality protein, necessary for baby's growth, and for prevention of toxemia. It may also mean reduced food intake overall, as food is no longer quite as palatable without salt. Inadequate calorie consumption leads to the body using protein for fuel...protein needed for the baby's growth and development.
Some women live and/or work in conditions that cause their bodies to lose more sodium than is healthful (hot climate, "sweaty" work, aerobic exercise, etc.), and thus boost the body's sodium need. If the mother does not take in more, her depletion will activate temporary sodium-conserving mechanisms in the kidneys and adrenal glands. If salt deprivation continues, these organs can become exhausted, and show signs of degenerative disease.
The best way for any pregnant woman to be assured of meeting her body's (and her baby's) need for sodium is to follow the wisdom of her body and salt her food to taste throughout pregnancy. The body's simplest salt-regulating mechanism, the taste buds, are the most reliable guides to salt intake management.
The low-salt diet doesn't work because it overlooks the body's physiologic self-conserving mechanism and brings about the very conditions it was designed to prevent:
* High blood pressure--when salt is restricted below body requirements, the kidney reacts by releasing a hormone, renin, into the bloodstream. Renin influences other hormones which, in turn, cause the arterioles to constrict. The effect is to raise the blood pressure since the same amount of blood is being pumped with the same force through a smaller opening. The obstetrician worries about high blood pressure since it often accompanies one of the most dangerous pregnancy diseases, toxemia. By putting the mother on a low-salt diet he can *cause* hypertension where there was none before.
* Low protein intake--the low-salt provision sharply reduces the mother's range of food choices, and makes the permitted foods less palatable. Her appetite wanes, so she will probably eat less than she should. She will then be even more severely malnourished than a first look at the low-salt diet indicates. As her intake of protein falls, her liver becomes less able to manufacture circulating serum proteins, such as albumin, and albumin levels start to fall. As a result, water is lost from her bloodstream in the the area surrounding the cells (interstitial space) and it appears that other substances in the blood, such as iron, are present in adequate levels (true anemia resulting from the diet is masked). Fluid lost from the bloodstream shows up as generalized swelling of tissues (edema). Edema caused by this fall in albumin levels is abnormal, a sign of the disease of metabolic toxemia.
* "Excess" weight gain--the edema will increase as long as the woman's body is malnourished. Her kidneys excrete less water in the urine as they scramble to keep salt and water in the body within normal limits; the reabsorbed water cannot be held in the bloodstream since albumin levels are too low, so it leaks out into the tissues. Result: added swelling and added pounds. [end excerpt]
It is not unusual for obstetricians to make a reflex diagnosis of toxemia whenever one or more of the "classic" symptoms are present: swelling of the hands and face, excess weight gain, protein in the urine or elevated blood pressure. Your friend is fortunate to have been only diagnosed as "borderline hypertensive," but her treatment may still CAUSE her to develop toxemia, because she is being treated for a problem she may not actually have. Her blood pressure should be rechecked several times before making a diagnosis, and her diet must not be ignored. Her BP may be high because she's not eating well--not having enough salt, fluids or protein to expand her blood volume as needed for pregnancy. Again, see the Blue Ribbon Baby web site for more on this.
[Quoting again from Brewer, p. 82] Elevated blood pressure (hypertension) may result from many different causes. "Anxiety" hypertension is engendered by emotional stress of any sort. Many women become anxious during physical examinations or during laboratory testing. Women whose blood pressure has been normal throughout pregnancy may develop hypertension at the time of admission to the hospital for labor and birth. These mothers do not have MTLP; the liver is functioning normally and the blood volume is expanded.
"Essential," chronic, or benign hypertension is most common in women over thirty years of age. However, many black teenagers have already developed the condition and will continue to have it the rest of their lives. These mothers require exactly the same diet as mothers with normal blood pressures--including the use of salt to taste--since their blood volumes must expand, too, as pregnancy advances.
Sodium deficiency can trigger hypertension, as mentioned previously.
Obese women are often incorrectly diagnosed as hypertensive when a
Pheochromocytoma, an exceedingly rare tumor of the adrenal gland, also causes hypertension.
Kidney diseases also result in high blood pressure. [end quote]
There is so much more I could share with you. Please check out Dr. Brewer's web site, http://www.BlueRibbonBaby.org for more information. Also, I have been working with Gail (Brewer) Krebs (excerpted above) on publishing both of her books on prenatal nutrition online. She is working on updated versions of them, but it is taking longer than expected. Visitors to the web site can click a button to be notified when the books are available. I hope it will be soon!
To reach Dr. Brewer personally:
(Note: I'm not getting personal benefit from promoting Dr. Brewer's web site. It's truly a labor of love because I believe in his work, and have seen too many benefits from it to let it be ignored. If you have suggestions for the site, please let me know. I will be putting the above information on the site, so you may refer other clients to it as well.)
- Marci O'Daffer, CCE
5) From Metabolic Toxemia of Late Pregnancy: A Disease of Malnutrition By Dr. Tom Brewer
In the last fifteen years obstetricians have narrowly focused on the blood pressure of the pregnant woman as being of central concern regardless of her nutritional metabolic status, liver function, blood volume and placental function. If the diastolic blood pressure rises 15 or 20 mm Hg or the systolic rises 20-30 mm Hg, a diagnosis of "pregnancy-induced hypertension" (PIH) is made. All "PIH" is then "managed" the same as if every hypertensive pregnant woman were in jeopardy of convulsions, brain hemorrhage, abruption of the placenta, fetal death, etc. This is simply not true; *most hypertension in human pregnancy is physiological or benign, not related to MTLP at all.*
British investigators Mathews et al. have shown the benign nature of hypertension in the well-fed pregnant woman. (British Medical Journal, vol. 2, p. 623, 1978) When these workers abandoned the traditional "therapies" for hypertension in pregnancy, bed rest, low calorie, low salt diets, sodium diuretics, sedatives, pre-term induction, for women with "non-albuminic hypertension" as they termed it, they found that their hypertensive patients achieved *the same outcome of pregnancy* as in women with normal blood pressures attending their prenatal clinics. Their recommendation for those with hypertension not attributable to any medical disease is simply to refrain from aggressive therapies and have [the patient's] case followed by the district midwife. In the United States this would translate to having her continue to be followed by her chosen care provider, not to be referred to a "high-risk" perinatal specialist.
6) More Approaches to Elevated Blood Pressure
I would recommend taking blood pressure at another location than the doctor's office. During my second pregnancy, I was seeing an OB for backup in case of an emergency. My blood pressure was always high at the doctor's office, but normal at my midwife's house. The doctor's office made me tense and nervous and was causing the change. This may not be the reason for borderline high blood pressure, but it might be worthwhile to consider it. My doctor would have probably suggested inducing me, if I hadn't been planning a homebirth.
- Lauren Poindexter
Your hypertensive client may benefit greatly from massage. I am a certified doula and work mostly in the hospital. I found that massage lowers the BP and promotes general well being. I use it prenatally, but especially during labor. Possibly, you could go with her to a massage therapist and learn a few strokes and tips from the therapist. Loving hands, good breathing technique (both you and client!) and some soothing music or a quiet room can work true wonders!
- Alex Wagner
A very effective way to quickly reduce high blood pressure is with vegetable juices. I have seen a friend with high blood pressure due to preeclampsia respond the same day to 16 oz of carrot (8 oz.), cucumber (4-5 oz.), beet (2-3 oz.), lemon (1 oz.) and garlic juice (3-4 cloves). Drink the juice in 3-4 serving through the day. This can be repeated daily as long as desired. Susun Weed, in her herbal for the child bearing years also has a chapter on herbs and food to correct high blood pressure.
- Charlotte
Certain forms of yoga are clinically proven to reduce blood pressure. I believe yoga in general is effective in lowering BP.
- Joanna
..Salt is one of the essential components of a cell, and to reproduce cells one must have some salt in the diet. Salt to taste....Salt is also needed to regulate fluid levels throughout the body and amniotic fluid, which recycles itself every 8 hours or so, also contains salt, as does the expanded volume of blood.
We all know what sitting on one's behind does for pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. My first inclination would be to record diet for 3 or 5 days and check her protein and calorie levels. If she is in the early stages of toxemia, then a protein intake of 100g per day may help, calories need to be 2500 per day, calcium is important also.
How are your friend's stress levels? Is she in a stressful situation at home? Is she a coffee or other caffinated beverage drinker? As for herbs, I like to start with food and progress to herbs from there. Beet juice, cucumbers, and lemon juice all help (see Susun Weed's 'Herbal for the Childbearing Year), then hops, passionflower, skullcap, and dandelion in addition to the usual raspberry leaves and nettles.
- Amber
Your friend could try taking hawthorn berry tincture, 20-30 drops three times per day. Hawthorn is a gentle normalizer and toner of the entire circulatory system and can lower high blood pressure. Interestingly it can also normalize low blood pressure. If the blood pressure reading shows an elevated diastole (the bottom number), she may also add passionflower, a sedative to the arteries. You could try 20 drops hawthorn and 10 drops passionflower together, in a little water, three times per day. I don't know how long these herbs take to show an effect. They are both gentle enough to be used during pregnancy.
- Adrienne Leeds
I had borderline p/e (called PIH) during my pregnancy, and my midwives suggested going to a pool every day to use the water pressure to drain fluids from my tissues. It not only worked, it did wonders for my heavy, tired pregnant body--I was weightless for a little while. Your friend will pee quite a bit more after she gets out of the pool (she needs to be in for at least 15 minutes submerged up to her neck constantly--1/2 hour would be optimal).
Also, she should ask her doc, but taking more calcium/magnesium tablets (with a 2 to 1 calcium/magnesium ratio) will greatly help bring her b/p down. It is exactly what they give moms with hbp (magnesium sulfate). It's terrible to receive during labor because it makes one woozy and one tends to forget most of what's going on. I had this and wished I would have educated myself then.
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Q: I just had a client receive a second c-section. She had 24 hours of back labor, contractions 2 minutes apart from 2 cm on. The doctor commented when he was repairing her that she had massive amounts of scar tissue from her previous section and we all concluded that the scarring may have played a factor in the baby being persistent posterior and unable to fully engage. She's very hopeful of attempting another VBAC homebirth next time around and would like further advice on reducing scar tissue. Any suggestions?
- Amy Jones
A: I have just come across information about a physical therapy/ massage group in Florida that is using "site specific" massage to treat pelvic pain and adhesions in the reproductive tract. Women who had been previously infertile due to adhesions, blocked tubes, etc. were getting pregnant after being treated. The web site for more information is www.clearpassage.com. They will respond to email questions and send out more information. I wish I had heard of it before going through in vitro. Sounds like a non-invasive alternative worth looking into.
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A: First, in regard to the scar tissue, good quality, abundant nutrients are needed for her body to heal all the traumatized tissues. That should come from whole foods and/or whole food supplements. You will most probably not get the results you are looking for from processed, incomplete vitamin/mineral preparations and foods.
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A: Apply comfrey salve directly to the incision site. Comfrey has long been known in indigenous cultures as "Bone Knit." It rapidly heals tissue on acellular level. With calendula, lavender and echinacea added, it will reduce scar tissue and heal the site quickly.
- Kelli J.
A: To improve scar tissue, therapies like deep massage, rolfing or best, osteopathy, give really good results.
- Marypascal Beauregard
A: Vitamin E has been shown to have excellent results on scar tissue, even old scars. (Use topically and orally) Also, adequate essential fatty acids such as evening primrose oil help soften such tissue, especially in the reproductive category.
- Anon.
A: Licensed massage therapists (LMT) trained in neuro-muscular therapy (NMT) ar trained to do organ massages, which can, if done right, reduce scar tissue. Not all LMTs are trained in NMT, so you need to ask if they are, and what method they have been trained in. To find one in your area you can call (888) NMT-HEAL or (800) 232-4NMT.
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I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during my first pregnancy. It was controlled with diet until the ninth month, when I took a very small amount of insulin each morning. My OB talked me into an induction one day after my due date with a "better safe than sorry." Semiweekly NSTs were perfect. Even though I had already dilated to 3 cm, she agreed to start with Cervadil to see whether it would start labor because I was very against the use of Pitocin unless absolutely necessary. My goal was a natural birth, and aside from the use of Cervadil, we were successful. My son was born after 7 hours of back labor (finally turned at the last minute), with one hour of pushing. He was perfectly healthy, 6 lb 15 oz, no problems with sugars for either of us. Although I had gone to the hospital ready for a fight to keep interventions to a minimum, everything turned out great and I felt ecstatic.
I would LOVE to have a homebirth with my next baby, but I am wondering whether anyone will attend me at home if I am diagnosed with GD again. Or even if I'm not, will having had the diagnosis before make me an automatic "high-risk"? I know there is also some controversy about the GD diagnosis itself. I am wondering if it would be irresponsible of me to try a homebirth. With my last pregnancy and birth, I took very good care of myself and always felt my baby was fine and that the birth would be fine. I don't want to put my next baby at any unnecessary risk, but I don't want to be "scared" into a hospital birth if there is no real need.
- Stephanie
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There's a memorable scene in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" where the famous outlaws are being relentlessly hunted by a posse of lawmen. After failing, once again, to give their pursuers the slip, Butch looks at Sundance and says, "Who are those guys?"
That's what everyone wants to know about Florida Gulf Coast, the first No. 15 seed ever to reach the Sweet 16. A couple things were quite obvious during the Eagles' victories over second-seeded Georgetown and seventh-seeded San Diego State—they love to dunk the basketball, they're playing with a ton of confidence and they're incredibly entertaining to watch (and easy to root for).
But this is a new week, and more answers are being demanded by a college-basketball-loving public—this year's opening week drew the highest television ratings in 23 years—with an insatiable appetite for knowledge. The Eagles are heading to Dallas for a game with No. 3 seed Florida, with a spot in the Elite Eight on the line. Ironically, the last double-digit seed to make the Final Four (VCU in 2011) also went through Texas on the tournament's second weekend (San Antonio) and beat No. 1 seed Kansas to reach the Final Four—if Florida Gulf Coast beats Florida, the Eagles will play the winner of No. 1 Kansas and No. 4 Michigan.
Florida Gulf Coast: At a glance | Coach's wife | Sweet 16 rankings | Matchup vs. Florida
So reporters are searching for answers, and the most common first step has been calling Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson. His phone hasn't stopped ringing Monday. "This is probably about the 10th one," he says with a laugh as he wrapped up his interview with Sporting News about 1:30 p.m. EST. "I appreciate you calling."
And his day is far from over; as of 3:30 p.m., Sanderson still had four more interviews scheduled. All of this attention is because his Lipscomb team beat Florida Gulf Coast twice during the Atlantic Sun regular season—in overtime at FGC, and by 10 points at home in Nashville. Sanderson is more than happy to talk about the Eagles' run—as he points out, it says a lot about the quality of the conference when a team with five A-Sun losses makes the Sweet 16—but he's not spilling any secrets about how his Bison, who finished this year 12-18 overall, pulled off the sweep this season.
"I've been reluctant to say that, because they're in our league and we've got to play them again next year," Sanderson says. "We think the formula for what we've done has been successful against them. … They went 13-for-51 against us from 3-point range, which obviously helps our cause, and they turned the ball over a little more than they normally have done, which helps our cause as well."
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In the first matchup, Florida Gulf Coast turned the ball over 20 times; in the second, the Eagles committed 16 turnovers. The Eagles committed just 13 in each of their two NCAA Tournament upsets. "You definitely want them to turn the ball over, because if they don't, they're going to dunk it on you or shoot the 3s," Sanderson says. "They're just really good in the open floor. You just can't let them get out in the open floor and run free, like they've been doing. They'll make you pay."
And the engine behind that open-floor success is point guard Brett Comer. He had 19 assists and 11 turnovers in the two games against Lipscomb, but he's had 24 assists and just five turnovers combined in the wins against Georgetown and San Diego State. His assist rate of 43.9 (basically, 43.9 percent of all FGC field goals while Comer is on the court are the direct result of an assist from Comer) is third in the country, according to kenpom.com.
"I've said this umpteen million times today—this is not brain surgery you're watching on TV. When the ball is in his hands, he's got unbelievable vision," Sanderson says. "His vision is very good, whether it's a guy cutting into the lane to get a dunk or a guy spotting up from 3-point range. Those guys are gonna run the floor when the ball's in his hands because he's going to be able to deliver the ball to them."
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Sanderson has watched and rooted for his Atlantic Sun foes, and marveled a little bit at the change in the Eagles' play. He says they're a totally different team from when his Bison beat them back in January and February, and the biggest difference is confidence.
"No question," Sanderson says. "Absolutely. Just the confidence and knowing they can play at this level. Confidence is an amazing thing."
And the Eagles are an amazing team. Sanderson knows that as well as anyone.
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SAN JOSE — This year, Sharks forward Brent Burns is giving up the caveman look. Sort of.
No, he hasn't chopped off the hair or shaved the beard that drew national attention a year ago when he had his annual photo taken on the opening of training camp looking as disheveled as he possibly could.
But this year, according a photo circulated by the team's Twitter account, Burns pulled his long hair back in a tight Samurai-style bun.
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An air ambulance service whose coverage area includes Solano County has been sold to another firm, the company announced this week.
REACH Medical Holdings LLC, parent company of Santa Rosa-based REACH Air Medical Services was wholly acquired by Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc.
REACH joins three AMGH-owned air ambulance companies in three states which, not counting REACH, operate more than 200 helicopters and airplanes from 180 U.S. bases in 27 states.
REACH was founded in 1987 by Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital emergency department physician, Dr. John L. McDonald and now serves California, Oregon and Texas from 18 bases of operation and employs nearly 400.


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Virtualization support and licensing in SharePoint 2013
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Summary: Microsoft licenses and supports several virtualization technologies for deployment of SharePoint 2013.
This article provides information about support and licensing for using several virtualization technologies to deploy SharePoint 2013 in a virtual environment.
SharePoint 2013 supports virtualization that includes any required products, such as SQL Server, when you deploy the products in a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology or Hyper-V Server 2008 environment or any virtualization solution that the Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) validates. For more information, see the Server Virtualization Program FAQ.
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SharePoint 2013 is not supported on virtualization environments that are not explicitly referenced under the Server Virtualization Validation Program.
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A COUPLE were out for the day when they received a call from the fire service to say their house was on fire.
Gemma Hothersall and her fiance Alan Houghton were at a family event in St Helens when they found out their home in Collingwood, Clayton-le-Moors, had gone up in flames.
Two crews from Accrington fire station spent almost two hours battling the blaze, which was started by a faulty extractor fan in their en-suite bathroom.
They were alerted to the fire by a dog walker who spotted sparks coming from the roof at around 5.15pm on Saturday.
Miss Hothersall, a 31-year-old teacher, praised the firefighters after they prevented the damage from spreading beyond the bathroom.
She said: "The drive back from St Helens was the longest journey of our lives.
"The fire brigade managed to use our house phone and get hold of my mum, Pat, who was on her way to Mass.
"She rang me and then we left straight away. The firemen were amazing, they're really good at calming you down, I can't thank them enough."
The couple's dog, Buddy, and two kittens, Stanley and Pippa, were rescued by the firefighters. They were uninjured.
Mr Houghton, a designer, said the couple had only moved into the house a month ago and were under the impression the fan did not work.
He said they would have to renovate the upstairs bathroom in the New Year, which would probably cost thousands of pounds.
Ash has also caused some minor damage to the couple's adjoining bedroom, and they will have to sleep elsewhere until the fire service has carried out a full assessment of the incident.
Mr Houghton said: "The firefighters deserve great credit for what they do on a limited budget.
"We're also very grateful to the passer-by who rang the fire brigade. We're quite lucky it was dark because otherwise he wouldn't have noticed the sparks.
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I know....this should be moved but I'm hoping this gets read by everyone before it does.
From The IndyStar msg. board
Hey all,
Didn't see this posted anywhere. As many of you around the Indianapolis and surrounding area know already, 2 Greenwood Police Department officers were shot last night (2/21/07). One of them, Officer Eric McElhaney, is a neighbor to my boss and his family. Their young sons are best friends. He is expected to make a full recovery but is in ICU and on a ventilator. According to his wife, it was worse than what the media let on.
We are in the process now of trying to set up and "Emergency Recovery Fund" for Officer McElhaney and his family but are having difficulties. If anyone knows what we could do to speed this process up, it would be greatly appreciated!
I don't care what your team affiliation is...this is a very serious matter. Please do not respond like an a*s*s*clown did on the Greenwood board. http://www2.indystar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=188820
Second comment "arthurk"...this guy should get flamed!
Your prayers are appreciated! Any information that I come up with will be passed along...
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Country music star Carrie Underwood's now-famous tweet in April scolded Tennessee lawmakers for passing the state's so-called "ag gag" bill and warned Gov. Bill Haslam that she would be "at his front door" if he signed it.
Now, the Associated Press looks back at the issue, showing that Underwood did more than just find her voice on Twitter. Haslam contacted Underwood directly to discuss the issue.
"He really just wanted to hear everybody's point of view, which I really respected," Underwood said in a recent interview. "So it's kind of neat that (tweet) led to that, which was really cool."
Dave Smith, Haslam's spokesman, said that the governor spoke to people on both sides of the issue, though Underwood was the only celebrity counsel he sought. Read more here.
Haslam later vetoed the bill, saying that while agriculture is Tennessee's top industry, he still had "a number of concerns" regarding the bill.
Now that the hoopla surrounding the bill has died down, Underwood has since turned her attention to concerts, her upcoming Sunday Night Football gig â and the Oklahoma tornados. An effort by Dairy Herd Management to contact Underwood's publicist, asking whether the country music start still feels the same against farm protection efforts, went unanswered.


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BRD costs the U.S. beef producers up to $2 billion in losses annually (
"As labor availability continues to decline in beef operations, products that last longer, do not require a booster, or re-handling, and can be administered through a simple but durable and reliable delivery device, will be highly desired," says Ann Wilkinson, BVSc, MBA, Pfizer Animal Health. "Even more desirable with respect to labor management and beef quality, will be efficacious and safe vaccines that can be administered through the feed."
Technology will continue to evolve at a rapid rate and it will be a challenge for both the consumer and the regulatory authorities to stay ahead of the changes. "Consumers along the food chain continuum may reject one technology to improve productivity while demanding a second that could lead to improved food safety," Wilkinson says. "If the food chain does not quickly absorb the costs of implementation, the average producer, already working with slim margins and a volatile market place, will continue to get squeezed. Ultimately the cost of production needs to be affordable to the consumer and profitable to the producer."


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GDB 52: Moving in Different Directions
Jonathan Willis
February 07 2009 10:44AM
With Lubomir Visnovsky already injured, and Tom Gilbert likely out after getting hurt against St. Louis, the Oilers have recalled their best AHL prospect, defenseman Theo Peckham. Peckham has two NHL games to his credit, one against Columbus at the tail end of last season, and one against Pittsburgh earlier this year.
J-F Jacques is once again ready to play, so he takes up a roster spot while on his two-week conditioning stint with Springfield. His activation and the recall of Peckham necessitated sending down Ryan Potulny.
Also injured for the game against Detroit this afternoon is Shawn Horcoff, the only centre on the team with more than two seasons of NHL experience. With him out, the top line spot between Penner and Hemsky needed filling, something Kyle Brodziak did for the end of the St. Louis game. Craig MacTavish's comments before the game indicated that he was likely to leave Brodziak in that spot, at least to begin with.
It's an opportunity for Brodziak (the first words out of Brodziak's mouth when asked were "It's a big opportunity for me"). I've commented before on how he's been used this season, but it's worth repeating. For the vast majority of the year, he's been saddled with inferior linemates (MacIntyre, Stortini, etc.) but that's only part of the problem. Brodziak's been starting in the defensive zone more than any other player on the team. Of his 314 non-neutral zone draws, 219 of them have been in the defensive end. That means that he's had 124 more defensive zone draws than offensive zone draws; the next nearest Oiler is Shawn Horcoff with 86. No other player on the team has more than 40.
It's a measure of the trust that MacTavish has in those two players that they are his go-to guys for defensive zone faceoffs.
Checking in on the other end of the blender, Marc Pouliot will centre Steve MacIntyre (asked about MacIntyre playing against Detroit, MacTavish said "we don't have anyone else") and Zach Stortini on the fourth line tonight, and MacTavish hinted that he didn't trust them to play much at all against Detroit, saying that they'd likely sub in on other lines. After saying that he didn't like Pouliot at centre, MacTavish expanded that he felt Pouliot, for all his improvements 'needed something he can provide every night, whether it be a better defensive game, a more physical game, or more consistent offensive contribution'. He summed up by saying that while Pouliot was improving, but that his game on a whole was "vanilla".
The bottom line though is that this Edmonton Oilers team isn't at nearly the same level of the Red Wings when healthy, and they aren't close to that tonight.
On the Red Wings front, significant players in Tomas Holmstron (groin) and Brad Stuart (ribs) won't be playing this afternoon. Marian Hossa, who turned down a massive contract from the Oilers this off-season, is leading the Red Wings in goals (28) and comes to town amid rumours that he and fellow pending unrestricted free agent Johan Franzen are negotiating extensions with the Wings. The real news is that the Red Wings are hoping to sign the two "for a package price of around US$10-million per season." The other thing worth noting is that Albertan Chris Osgood, suffering through a poor season, is not expected to start tonight, making room for ex-Oiler Ty Conklin, who has been very good over the past two seasons.
Because I'm incapable of predicting an Oilers loss, I'm going to call it a 3-2 win with Kyle Brodziak leading the way offensively and Dwayne Roloson making 436 saves (give or take 5). Chime in with your predictions below.
February 07 2009, 04:15PM
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Based on the 3rd MacT will probably have Stortini on the top line tomorrow. I'm so excited I won't even be able to sleep tonight.
Take it to the bank!!
February 07 2009, 04:16PM
Are the Oilers still giving the Molson Cup to Tommy Salo every month?
February 07 2009, 04:26PM
@ Jonathan Willis: Jonathan Willis wrote:
Columbus atrociously mismanaged Brule
as opposed to the way we have been handling him???
February 07 2009, 04:43PM
Let's fire mac-t, fire. Let's fire mac-t, fire. I don't know how it could be more obvious that this isn't and will not play for him. EVER!
What did Mac idiot say after the game?
February 07 2009, 04:58PM
TSN and Sportsnet is reporting that both Reddex and Pouliot where seen leaving the Detroit dressing room after the first. They went over and gave Babcock H_AD just like they do to Mac T so that this game was not a total laugher.Great job Mac T ,K lowe, Katz and all you propaganda pushing Oiler boosters.I have seen enough, I am going out and buying a Flames jersey so that i can wear it in two weeks.I thought I never would do that, but this organization is becoming a total joke!!!!!
I just listened. Battled hard my ass. I hope we lose 25-1 tomorrow.
When zach is one of your best players....it's time to take a look in the mirror and see what needs to be done as an organization. I'm really sick of the bullett dodging afterwards. Mac T and even Ethan Moreau, like, what the hell, they never sounded a tad bit upset about the loss. Just another day at the office for them. When Ethan said, " ya I think we can carry some good things over in tomorrow", you know your in trouble. You thought players were battling hard? THATS YOUR JOB A-HOLE, what do you want? a hug? Show some emotion. Show us you care.
February 07 2009, 08:11PM
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Bob knows who butters his loaf of toast every morning.
Ummm thats butter his Oreos....
Now what? Is this management going to wait until the trade deadline? This season is lost? Are we going to rebuild again since there is rumours about Cole? Isn't he the best player now on the team or the most consistent? lots of questions but no answers. We have been lied to by this new regime, at least the EIG was more consistent with fans in the ownership group trying to better the team, were not they against extensions to Lowe and Mactavish? We have been lied to, "a competitive team where free agents will want to come to" Oilers are losing fans, I am one who is ready to give up my season tickets, i'm sure there are others.
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Now what? Is this management going to wait until the trade deadline? This season is lost? Are we going to rebuild again since there is rumours about Cole?
Who knows.. Yes. Yes. Hopefully.
February 07 2009, 09:49PM
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I'd have bought it if they'd started Deslauriers to begin with.
Jonathan, I've been thinking about this all day. That's what we would have done. But we're not NHL coaches. If you put JDD against a team like Detroit, you're obviously throwing the game. I mean, you'd be expected to go with everything you had - if you were playing to win against Detroit.
But what if you're not? What if you tell the guys that you're going to save the bullets for Minny. You tell them to play at 90% but tomorrow you'll expect everything they've got. Why? Because 4 points outta 6 is a successful road trip. And THAT would be good asset management.
In the post game scrum we're surprised that MacT isn't spitting nails. In fact, he's strangely OK with how the game turned out. Almost like things went as he "wrote them up". Meanwhile we're all WTF and Fire MacT.
It appears to me that fans follow the season game-by-game. In an 82 game season, team strategy has to account for flow of the season as much as each individual game. And that means a close eye on resource management. My bet is that the Minny game tomorrow will be a fun one to watch. And the odds are we'll win it too.
February 08 2009, 09:41AM
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@ Jonathan Willis: Jonathan Willis wrote: Columbus atrociously mismanaged Brule as opposed to the way we have been handling him???
I have a lot of complaints about the Oilers this season, but using Gilbert Brule in an offensive role in the minors and trying not to hand him an NHL job until he can handle it is not one of them.


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Fresh from touring the world, the Hadar Noiberg Trio comes to the Al Green Theatre on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m.
Hadar Noiberg is an Israeli-born, New York-based flutist, composer and arranger. She combines jazz improvisation, Middle Eastern and North African rhythms and melodies with western harmonic structure in her original compositions, as is evident on her CD, Journey Back Home.
For her Toronto concert, Noiberg will perform with double bassist Edward Perez, who's from Texas, and drummer Yoni Halevy, an Israeli who is subbing for Ziv Ravitz.
"The concept of the trio started because I get to play in various scenes in New York, including the jazz, Cuban and Brazilian scenes," Noiberg says. "What is beautiful about New York City is that you can play with people that come from these countries. I just love their sense of roots and how they feel connected to their music and culture.
"It made me think of my culture and what it means to be a jazz musician from Israel. I started learning more about Middle Eastern and Arabic music, and played with others who played jazz, but were also interested in Middle Eastern music."
She says that when eastern Europeans immigrated to Israel they were influenced by the Bedouins and other Arabs.
"A modern style of music has come out of that, but I feel sometimes it has been left behind… I'm just trying to incorporate those old influences where you can have a melody that sounds a bit Middle Eastern, but then add jazz improvisational and harmonies… breaking the boundaries and trying to mesh all that into a language."
Noiberg began her career touring with the Young Philharmonic Orchestra. She studied classical music at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music and is the founding member of the celebrated African/Israeli fusion group Yemen Blues, which performed in Toronto last year at an Ashkenaz event.
Noiberg moved to New York eight years ago, enrolling in flute and composition at City College of New York. In 2007, the ASCAP Foundation granted Noiberg a Young Jazz Composer Award.
The trio's future includes a European tour and the recording of another CD in 2013. Noiberg also plans to continue performing with Brazilian and Cuban bands in New York City.
The concert in Toronto is co-presented by the Al Green Theatre in the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, with support from the Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation and the Consulate General of Israel, in conjunction with Toronto Downtown Jazz.
For tickets, contact the Al Green Theatre box office, 416-924-6211, ext. 0, www.algreentheatre.ca.
For more information about Noiberg, visit www.hadarnoiberg.com and/or www.torontojazz.com.


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Letter: Is there 'a better way'?
Since moving to Willits in 1971, I have heard about the Willits' bypass, a conversation introduced in 1952. I have listened to the pros and cons, and gone to meetings early-on and expressed my opinion as to where it could best be
placed. I/we marked out possible routes, and soon found CalTrans had already decided which route it wanted.
I love Willits, and Little Lake Valley, and want to keep it as pastoral as possible, but do feel we need a bypass.
So on Sunday, February 17, I went on the tour of where the proposed route shall be. There will be major changes to our homeland.
Besides the 30-foot-high viaduct-that's a three-story house, neighbors-there's the estimated three years of noisy, vibrating pile-driving, which I'm told will go on night and day. Also there is a supposed plan to wick-drain the valley, and this will affect the water table.
Do you have a well? Our creeks feed into the Eel River, where salmon restoration is taking effect. The viaduct foundation will be on a bed of rock and clay which, if we have an earthquake, will respond like liquifaction, and slip and slide. Remember, the Maacama Fault runs under Willits, traveling northward.
I'm concerned with safety, as well as the need for a two-lane bypass.
Do I have the answer? No. There are problems with all the routes, and no-one wants it in their backyard. But as our dear, departed friend Ed Burton, always said: "There must be a better way."
Let's find it, everyone. This is our home.
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MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - Police are searching for three possible suspects who allegedly shot a 16-year-old boy and 20-year-old man Saturday afternoon.
The shooting happened after 3 p.m. Saturday at 12401 SW 251st Street.
Deborah Smith stood outside her home trying to learn whether her 20-year-old son, Henry, was alive.
"My daughter called and said my son got shot," said Smith.
The Homestead High School graduate was the victim of a drive-by shooting outside his mother's home.
"Some people don't have a heart, like no conscious," said Smith. "I just don't get it. I really don't."
Neighbors say Henry (pictured, right) and his 16-year-old friend were walking to their car in the area of SW 124th Avenue and 251st Street when another car pulled up and opened fire.
"He had a shot in the back and was bleeding profusely from the front," said neighbor Rafael Acosta.
The daughter of a man who lives up the street said her father nearly crashed into the car the alleged shooters were in.
"He's driving in and see the boy laying on the floor with blood," said Acosta. "My stepmom was in the backyard cleaning and heard several gun shots."
"I have so much love for people. I just don't know how people can hurt other people," said Smith.
The two victims were airlifted to Kendall Regional. They are currently listed in stable condition.
The family dog, Buddha, was also shot. Veterinarians at Miami-Dade Animal Services say he took bullets to his front right leg and his back left leg and may require surgery.
"He's actually leaving today with a rescue group who have been kind enough to take care of him," Dr. Anik Chavez told Local 10 Sunday. "Hopefully once we get him patched up, we can send him out for adoption!"
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"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I will admit the top end kickers have created a little bit of space this season. A whopping 3 PPG or so for the most part. But top end QBs or RBs are still creating a difference of about 6 or 7 points per over even a 9 or 10 QB and RB.
You still with me on Dalton, TJ?
You're in a much different mental state than I am then because I'm playing against BGE and the Bengals D. :/
The guy I'm playing tonight has Bryce Brown. This is the championship for this league.
Nice. Mine is just the semi-final. I'm playing for a shot in the title game next week.
I am regretting this decision.
Well, starting Dalton really couldn't have gone any worse so far.
I knew it was possible that he might not play particularly great and put up something like 15 or 16, but this is just complete devastation right now. I'm going to be finished if he can't start completing some passes.
I have a feeling the Dalton over Romo decision will haunt me for a while.....
For the love of God, please do something on this drive.
I'd almost have a cakewalk to the finals in our league if it wasn't for that Seattle D last week. Our playoffs are a 2 week per bracket format and my opponent got 41 points out of his defense. That was enough to get him within 16 points of my score of 102.
He had 3 players that got him ZERO in his lineup.
Unfortunately, this week is not as good for me so not really sure how I will do. 16 points isn't much of a pad heading into the 2nd weekend.
I have Brees, Colston, and Sproles all starting which could be golden... or could be uh oh...
I currently have Garcon slotted in to start. The 'scouting' says to worry about Garcon if RG3 doesn't play. I could play Decker, Givens, or Avery in his place.... or Golden Tate. Decker is tempting in his place but Decker has a tougher D to play against and has been 2nd fiddle for much of the season.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
As a Redskins fan I would play Garcon.
Then again, I only had fantasy one year (this year) and I am 1-12. I actually thought I wouldn't win a game, but I pulled a win out in week 12.
I'd start Garcon. Don't read too much into my opinion though because I started a QB tonight who has negative points in the second half. Unbelievable, I'm on an 8 game winning streak, had the best record in the league and a bye, but am going to lose because of a beyond hideous performance from a QB. Why do I get so into this?
Josh Freeman is going to put up like 40 on the Saints now. Just watch.
Yeah I'm 100% certain now that Romo will put up a bunch of points. Even if the Steelers pick him off a couple of times (I'm sure they will), he'll still get a couple of TDs and a bunch of yards, which is respectable in a fantasy league.
Sorry TJ if I swayed you to jump off of the cliff with me.
I have Romo on my bench. I started worrying about Brees after that game a couple of weeks ago and Romo was available. Brees' played so bad I was afraid of finding out he had an injury or something. Looks like a slump now. Hopefully this game he will turn it around.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Well that helped, TJ. At least he won't finish in the negatives LOL.
How many teams are in your league? Romo hasn't had a particularly great season, but I'm still very surprised that he wasn't on anyone's roster. That's some solid insurance at least. You always need two capable QBs on your team because you never know when one can go down.
Dalton touchdown to Green. It's been a disappointing night, TJ, but at least it's not as catastrophic as it initially looked.
Bengals D FTW Haha.
Dalton salvaged enough
I had him on the bench at the beginning of the year and then ended up punting him for a flyer I took on Rivers for a game. That didn't turn out well.
Our league uses the Team QB rule so if your starter goes down you automatically get the backup who comes in. So if your QB gets knocked out of the game on the first play you don't necessarily end up screwed for the game. You get the backup. I think that makes people feel a little better about how they use the bench for QB's over the season. Especially if you have any confidence in the 2nd stringer for a week or two. Plus with 10 teams even teams keeping 2 TQB's is about the max so there's usually someone floating around decent available on the waiver wire.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
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A 24-year-old pizza delivery man was shot at at least four times Saturday night, Salinas police said.
The driver told police a red Ford Mustang pulled up alongside his vehicle about 11 p.m. and a man sitting in the front seat gave him a threatening glance.
He "sensed something bad was going to happen" and quickly turned into the parking lot of the Quick Stop at East Laurel Drive and Natividad Road, police said.
After the late-1990s Mustang made a left turn, the delivery man pulled out of the lot a few moments later.
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The assailant fired four to five shots at the victim's vehicle, striking it several times, police said.
The delivery man was not hit by the man whom he described as a Latino male wearing a gray sweatshirt and gray hat.
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, July 31) The Food and Drug Administration issued a public warning against eating cantaloupe from Burch Farms, Faison, N.C. The grower voluntarily recalled 580 cases of whole Athena cantaloupe because of possible listeria contamination.
The farm issued the recall through the Food and Drug Administration July 28. No illnesses have been reported. Listeria was found during a random test sample, according to the recall notice.
FDA issued the public warning at about 6 p.m. EDT July 30, warning retailers that the cantaloupe was packed in sweet potato cartons.
"Cantaloupes from the North Carolina firm tested positive for (listeria) following sampling carried out in New York, as part of sampling conducted through the USDA Microbiological Data Program," the FDA warning states.
The FDA warning also states that although the cantaloupes were initially sent only to New York and Maine, it is "likely that the melons were distributed in other states."
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According to the recall notice, Burch shipped the cantaloupe July 15 and distributed to retail stores in the Northeast U.S. The whole cantaloupes have oval-shaped red labels with the words "Burch Farms" and product lookup codes of 4319.
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EAST LANSING - Sophomore linebacker Denicos Allen finished the first one-third of Michigan State's spring football season with a bang.
The day before yesterday's Jersey Scrimmage, Allen levied a hard hit on running back Edwin Baker to stop him for a loss in a goal line situation on the last play of practice.
"It was a read, I had a run-through, it was open and I took it," Allen said.
Allen had a good hit on Baker earlier in the day as well.
"I hit him high, not low, I wouldn't try to take out one of our running backs," Allen said. "It was just a stretch play and we met; it was kind of a standstill with a nice pop, we kind of popped each other."
Allen was sure to give Baker credit for playing strong. Allen wasn't bragging about his big hits, but merely answering questions about them after head coach Mark Dantonio and defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi mentioned Allen as having had an excellent day in Practice No. 5 of 15 for the spring.
The good news for Michigan State is that Allen's strong day of practice on Thursday was not a one-hit wonder.
"Denicos is certainly with the ones and he has done a good job for us," Narduzzi said. "He is physical and he had a great day today (Thursday)."
On Friday, Allen helped the Michigan State defense win the first Jersey Scrimmage of the spring. Dantonio said the front seven was dominant
"It has been physical and aggressive," Narduzzi said of MSU's defense throughout the spring thus far. "The kids are into it."
All spring, Allen has been the first-string 'star' linebacker - an outside 'backer position usually deployed in the slot area or on the weak side of a conventional formation.
Rising junior Chris Norman started at 'star' linebacker in 2010, but Michigan State plans to move Norman inside to Sam (strong side) linebacker for 2011. Norman is not participating in contact drills this spring as he recovers from an elbow injury.
Allen competed with Norman for the starting 'star' linebacker spot in August, but Norman beat him out. Allen saw limited playing time in passing situations in September of 2010, but saw his role reduced as the season progressed and Norman took a stranglehold on the position.
Now the new starter at 'star,' Allen has no experienced reserves behind him at that position. In fact, there are no scholarship players behind him. He is being backed up by walk-on Kyler Elsworth (6-1, 209). Michigan State needed Allen to come forward with a good spring, earn trust at 'star' and take over that position. The quick, sturdy, 5-foot-10, 218-pounder from Hamilton, Ohio appears to be doing just that.
Is there a marked difference in Allen now, compared to last August?
"Yeah, there is no doubt about it," Narduzzi said. "Last August he was still tentative, still trying to figure out what he's doing. I think he now has a lot of confidence in what he is doing and I think the whole defense right now has a lot of confidence.
"I think it was just inexperience last year. I don't think he is ever a nervous guy worried about, 'I need to make something happen or else I'm not going to get playing time.' It was just a matter of knowing what to do, and he feels comfortable now in what he is doing.
"My confidence grew last year," Allen said. "Special teams kind of gave me a taste of what it's like to play."
Allen finished the spring of 2010 with a terrific performance in the Green-White Game. He out-shined Norman on that day, giving reason to believe he could compete with Norman for the 'star' position and possibly win it in the August of 2010. But Allen fell short in his first shot at the title.
"In August I kind of struggled getting the plays down and doing my job," Allen said. "I was worried about everything else except my job. I settled down and focused on what I need to do and got better as a leader and then as a player. It helped me out, learning the plays better."
Allen stood out as a special teams performer in 2010. He had 18 tackles on the year, mostly on coverage units. He finished 2010 with a solid showing in mop-up duty in the Capital One Bowl, with four solo tackles.
"It was kind of an up-and-down season but for the most part when I got opportunities I felt I did my job, made some plays and I felt I showed the coaches that I needed to be in there and that I was the guy they were looking for," Allen said. "I feel like I'm doing a really good job right now. The coaches say they like my toughness and they see I know what I'm doing more, and I'm focused on the game."
Allen Could Try The Other Side
Michigan State is trying to manufacture depth at the linebacker position. The Spartans have only five scholarship players for three linebacker positions this spring. Four incoming freshmen will report this summer.
If Allen is able to learn two positions this spring - the Sam in addition to the 'star' - it will provide an added layer of depth.
"So far I have just been playing 'star,' but they have been talking about moving me to Sam," Allen said. "They just want the best three linebackers on the field and I'm trying to be one of those three."
"He can play in the box or out of the box," Narduzzi said. "He can do both."
'Star' linebacker customarily plays "out of the box" against three-WR formations. The Sam plays "inside the box," next to the middle (Mike) linebacker.
Bullough Back To No. 1
Rising sophomore Max Bullough ascended back up to No. 1 at Mike linebacker on Thursday, in time for Friday's Jersey Scrimmage. Bullough, who began the spring as the No. 3 Mike linebacker and was suspended for two practices after a spring break arrest in Aspen, Col., posted five tackles during the scrimmage.
Sophomore TyQuan Hammock is the No. 2 Mike linebacker. He had an interception during Friday's scrimmage.
Junior Steve Gardiner began the spring as the No. 1 Mike linebacker. He has moved to Sam linebacker, where he is No. 1 at that position while Norman is out.
"Max is doing good, in football and life," Narduzzi said. "He understands what he is supposed to do as the Mike, more than Hammock does, so he knows what he is doing for sure. He has the confidence."
Gardiner continues to be slowed by a toe injury, but he has impressed coaches nonetheless.
"Gardiner is having a good spring," Narduzzi said. "He knows what he is doing. He can play both the Mike and Sam really well. I don't know if Hammock can play both but he is trying to. But Gardiner can get in a game right now and play both Mike and Sam. He is a smart football player. He is doing a great job mentally.
"He knows what to do. He does things perfectly. He does everything the way it is supposed to be done."
Hammock lost approximately 20 pounds during the off-season, in moving from fullback to his original linebacker position in time for spring practice.
"He is doing well, not as well as you want everyone to play, but understanding that he had a year away from the position and he has just been back at it for a couple of weeks," Narduzzi said. "I would say he is doing okay, based on having a year off.
"He is playing Mike, and a little bit of Sam. He'll continue to get reps at both as we try to get the three best out there."
The depth-chart looks like this:
1. Bullough
2. Hammock
1. Gardiner
2. Jeremy Gainer
(Chris Norman participating in non-contract drills, but will start in the fall.)
1. Allen
2. Elsworth
Gainer (6-1, 227, Detroit/Livonia Clarenceville) is trying to make an impression before the freshmen arrive. The former four-star recruit saw action in only one game last year, making one tackle against Northern Colorado.
"Jeremy is having a solid spring," Narduzzi said. "He just keeps learning. He is a Sam only. He could be a Mike but we haven't put him there yet. It's an important spring for him to find out where he is."


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Town Supervisor Joseph Leggio said after a Town Board meeting Tuesday that the $1.5 million project could still be under way by June, but that engineering plans will require approval by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before work can begin.
"We met last Friday and they proceeded to tell us that they wanted some design changes in the wall and then they will give us the permit," he said.
"In one portion of the wall instead of it being 12 feet high, I believe they want it to taper down along a 50-foot section," Leggio said. "It's probably not going to cost us any more money, because it will be less concrete and more rocks."
Officials said the wall is planned along the stream bank near Woodstock Avenue behind the Palenville Fire Department station.
Plans were drawn up after Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, but approval was delayed last year. That meant work could not start by the end of September to avoid harming fish habitats. In November, the Town Board decided to send back bonds that would have been used to finance the project, because town officials did not want to pay 2 percent in annual interest when no work was being done.
Federal funding is expected to cover 75 percent of the work's cost; the state will cover the remaining 25 percent.
Leggio said the latest design change is another example of government agencies making it difficult for local taxpayers.
"It's the fact that we have to reinvent the wheel for something that we thought was ready to go," he said. "This is government at its finest. Design the project, bid the project, bonded the money, paid the money back, bond the money again, and now we don't know what we're going to do with it because we have to accommodate some agencies."
Leggio said he did not get an answer when state and federal representatives were asked why the changes where not recommended sooner.
"There was a comment from somebody saying, 'Let's just move forward and not worry about the past,'" he said.
Last year, the board authorized $2.1 million in borrowing to pay for about 20 repair projects following Tropical Storm Irene. The last of the other projects, involving culvert repairs along state Route 23A, were completed in October.