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Every 2007 NFR champ will compete at Kitsap Fair & Stampede rodeo
By AARON MANAGHAN
Sports editor
This is one Stampede that keeps gaining momentum.
While in the past the Kitsap Fair & Stampede Rodeo has seen considerable growth and improvements in everything from stock, to funding, to the arena floor itself, it's never seen a boon like this.
With the top 15 all-around cowboys in the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) standings set to attend, this year's Stampede will be bigger than ever. The Stampede will fill Thunderbird Arena from Wednesday, Aug. 20 to Saturday, Aug. 23.
Rodeo director Joe Drouin said the talent has never been as high.
"I just can't believe it," Drouin said. "I can't believe all these guys are coming up here."
Initially, Drouin said rodeo organizers were worried about competitor turnout due to rising gas prices. So far that hasn't seemed to dampen a thing however, thanks largely to ESPN's coverage of this year's Xtreme Bulls competition, which takes place on Sunday, Aug. 24.
"The word got out about Kitsap," Drouin said. "They heard good things."
Very good things it would seem.
In addition to the top all-around cowboys, each of the NFR reigning world champions will make the trek to Kitsap for the Stampede.
"We've never drawn them all," Drouin said.
That means 2007 All-Around World Champion and Tie-Down Roping champ Trevor Brazille, Bareback Riding champ Bobby Mote, Steer Wrestling champ Jason Miller, Saddle Bronc Riding champ Taos Muncy, Bull Riding champ Wesley Silcox, Barrel Racing champ Brittany Pozzi-Pharr and Team Roping champs Chad Masters and Walt Woodard will all take to the Thunderbird Arena floor in an all-star showing of rodeo talent.
"We're just overjoyed," Drouin said. "It's just unbelievable we got this kind of talent. It's just great. You can't really explain it.
"It's like a mini-NFR."
Along with the champs, all 20 of the top-ranked steer wrestlers and team ropers will be in attendance, as will 17 of the top 20 ranked tie-down ropers and bull riders. 16 of the top 20 saddle bronc riders will compete, as will 11 of the top 20 bareback riders.
Drouin said he attributes the sharp increase in talent not only to ESPN's involvement with Xtreme Bulls, but also the continued improvement and strong reputation the Fair & Stampede has spent the past 48 years building.
"It does tell those guys we've got something good going on," Drouin said. "It's paying off dividends with what we've been doing all these years."
In addition to the cowboys, their direct competition will be high again as Growney Brothers Rodeo Company, Korkow Rodeos, Western Rodeos Inc., Powder River Rodeo LLC, and D&H Cattle Land Co. Inc. are teaming up to provide the stock.
10-ime Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Announcer of the Year Randy Corley, a Silverdale resident, will again lend his vocals to the rodeo, while Mick Thompson and Darrell Diefenbach are the returning bull fighters. Keith Eisley will be back to provide on-floor entertainment after winning the association's Clown of the Year award last year.
Saturday will feature the Tough Enough To Wear Pink benefit, which will once again benefit Harrison Medical Center's oncology services. Last year, the benefit raised more than $12,000.
"It's a natural fit," Tough Enough To Wear Pink chair and Cowpokes Committee secretary Julie Johnson said. "The relationship (with Harrison) is just growing. Why not continue to give to them?"
With the growth the rodeo has seen this year (tickets are going fast for the Friday and Saturday performances), Johnson is happy to coincide the Tough Enough event with a main day.
"Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Xtreme Bulls are our most popular days," Johnson said of the rodeo. "I'm noticing more people are aware of (Tough Enough To Wear Pink). People are getting excited."
A variety of pink-themed items can be purchased at the Stampede for the event, from pink stickers to hats and T-shirts.
Another key improvement this year is on the arena floor, as a new arrow shoot will allow rodeo workers to more efficiently ready the roping stock. Shaped like an arrow's fletching, the stock will be organized by number, which the competitors draw much like bucking stock. When that number is called, the holding pen opens into the main chute without restriction from the other holding pens.
"For my guys, they have to have the animals lined up by the right number," Drouin said. "(This allows) no mess ups, no problems."
Tickets for the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede are available now on the rodeo's Web site, www.kitsaprodeo.com. Tickets are $10 for adults and youth (ages 6-12), while box seats are $25 and floor seating is $20. Presale tickets for Wednesday's opener are available at Westsound Bank and Mortgage or online at www.kitsaproedo.com. The rodeo begins at 7 p.m. nightly. Group tickets also are available, with packages of 25 or 50 tickets. Visit the Web site for more info.
The Fair & Stampede also is hoping to get more people enrolled in the Buckle Club, an exclusive group of rodeo supporters distinguished by the belt buckles they wear, which are personalized with the Kitsap Fair & Stampede logo and the club member's name. For $250, Buckle Club members receive:
• First-year members receive a handcrafted western buckle with the Kitsap Stampede logo and their personalized name engraved on it.
• Renewing members receive a commemorative pin unique for each year.
• Two Buckle Club passes to the Kitsap Fair & Stampede, good for each night of the rodeo.
• Two Buckle Club passes to Sunday's Xtreme Bulls.
• A special seating area during rodeo and Xtreme Bulls that includes appetizers and no-host cocktail service.
• Entry to the famous Thursday afternoon barbecue.
• Ability to attend Buckle Club Socials throughout the year.
Xtreme Bulls bringing in more bang for buck
Sure, everyone knew Xtreme Bulls would be bigger than ever this year with ESPN adding it as a televised tour stop.
But no one thought it'd be this big.
Four previous NFR world champion bull riders, including reigning champ Wesley Silcox, will compete at Xtreme Bulls, battling some of the baddest bucking bulls in the business for the tour stop crown — and their share of the $50,000 pot.
"This is a big year," Kitsap Fair & Stampede rodeo director Joe Drouin said.
ESPN will broadcast Xtreme Bulls via tape delay on Sept. 7 at noon and again on Nov. 23 at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
The addition of the tour stop to ESPN's roster means some changes from past Xtreme Bulls events. Most notably, a new arena entry will be in place allowing some degree of pyrotechnics, Drouin said.
"With Xtreme Bulls, we had to have a different kind of entry," Drouin said.
Philadelphia, Miss. cowboy Chance Smart currently rides atop the Xtreme Bulls standings with more than $57,000 in total earnings. Kankakee, Ill. bull rider Mike Moore is second with $40,777.20 while Silcox is third at $40,295.92.
Kanan Assay, of Powell, Wyo., won the Xtreme Bulls overall championship last year but will not be at Kitsap's leg.
Tickets are $20 for adult general admission and $16 for youth tickets (ages 6-12) on the day of the event, while presale costs $18 for general admission. Children 5 and younger are free. Tickets are available in advance at all Westsound Bank locations, at the Kitsap County Facilities, Parks and Recreation Department office or online at www.kitsaprodeo.com. Arena floor seats for the event are $25. Box seats are $35.


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August 21, 2014
New Douglas County Sheriff's deputy Jake Smith was sworn in on July 21 in a ceremony held at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Valley Station in Minden.
Smith, 22, was appointed after several months of testing and evaluation consisting of a written examination, physical agility test, oral interview, extensive background investigation, psychological evaluation, polygraph examination and medical exam.
He will now undergo a 12-week jail training program to provide him with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform his duties as a jail deputy. Prior to his appointment Smith attended and successfully completed Douglas County Sheriff's 120-hour Reserve Academy.
A Gardnerville resident, Smith graduated from Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years and is not married.


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As for the fork grip, it helped me get the nose down by changing the orientation of the disc in my hand. I've got big hands and to get a comfortable power grip, which I used for about 6 years, the nose would be up 90% of the time. with the fork grip, it put the disc in the crease of my palm and left the nose down when I wrapped my fingers under the rim.
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Child's play may have led to toddler's death
DELANO, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - A 3-year-old toddler was struck and killed in the parking lot of Vallarta Supermarket on Cecil Avenue on Saturday shortly before 2 p.m.
"When officers arrived there, they saw a 3-year-old male suffering from head trauma," said Delano police Sgt. Faustino Mendoza.
The toddler was taken to Delano Regional Medical Center, where he died a short time later.
The name of the toddler is Michael Pineda. According to one witness, the toddler was being chased by an older child. The boy ran out of the store and onto on coming traffic. The vehicle that struck Michael is a Toyota Tundra pickup.
The driver of the vehicle stopped and she was questioned by police.
"I was told that the driver felt badly ... hysterically," said Mendoza.
Parents were stunned by news of the incident.
"It's very sad. It makes me think that something like this can happen to my own children," said Javier Ontiveros as he was shopping at the supermarket on Sunday. "My prayers go out to the family."
The incident is still under investigation, but no citations were issued to the driver according to police. Funeral arrangements for Michael are pending.


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Industrial PCs take new forms for new jobs
As the boundaries defining traditional industrial PCs used in manufacturing disappear, theyre morphing into new, fanless, diskless forms, and taking on tasks once reserved for PLCs and other plant-floor devices.
By Jim Montague, Executive Editor
WHAT IS AN industrial PC? A better question these days might be what isn't an industrial PC? As computers and their software moved into manufacturing and onto the factory floor over the past few decades, they traditionally needed to protect their more delicate components, principally their hard drives, fans, and any other moving parts or accessories.
So, of course, these desktops and laptops were armored in enclosures that separated them from the heat, cold, shock, vibration, moisture, dirt, corrosives, electrical noise, and other threats always so common on the plant floor. These protections allowed users to gain PCs' data-processing capabilities, while sheltering their information, software, and the hardware that conveyed them.
Much has changed since PCs arrived on the plant floor, however, and even more is changing now. The very nature and definition of PCs has evolved, so that they're often unrecognizable from the PCs of old. Sure, there are still numerous traditionally protected IPCs, but the line separating them from other control and automation devices is completely blurred, if not entirely gone. This evolution makes it even more important now for users to take care in selecting and implementing the most appropriate solution for their application.
"We've used and implemented industrial PCs for 20 years, and my perception of today's controls market is that a large percentage of industrial applications are using low-cost, white-box PCs, and that many are working just fine and achieving long lifespans," says Rick Caldwell, president of SCADAware Inc., a system integrator in Bloomington, Ill. "In general manufacturing, these are usually Dells or equivalent PCs that are partially or poorly enclosed, and often not in an enclosure at all.
"Of course, there are times when PCs can't serve alone, and where they still need to be in a professional enclosure. However, much of the former IPC market has dried up, and isn't what it was. Users are much more willing to use regular PCs in industrial setting because IPC systems that used to cost $12,000 in the mid-1990s are now selling for $400. So, the costs are such that people aren't afraid to use PCs because it's still cheap to buy a second one."
In fact, some industrial applications, such as steel production, may replace as many as a third of their PCs per year, according to Phil Aponte, Siemens' HMI product marketing manager. "This is costly, but it's better than risking a critical, onsite failure," he says. "Some users have had to shutdown their facilities because they used off-the-shelf computers when they shouldn't have done it. This is where IPCS can help."
Bjoern Falke, Phoenix Contact's automation marketing manager, adds that IPCs also historically offer legacy connection options, such as ISA bus and parallel port, industrial-grade mounting options, and touchscreens to eliminate the need for a keyboard and easily change machine parameters. "The entire IPC design needs to be able to withstand the shock and vibration, as well as the EMI noise levels, found in an industrial setting," he says. "Besides high immunity to electrical noise, users mostly need a dust-proof, water-tight front-bezel, probably IP65, or an entirely dust-proof, such as IP50 or higher. For applications exposed to a high amount of vibration or shock, a traditional rotating hard drive now can be replaced by a non-rotating media."
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Despite declining prices, or perhaps partially because of them, many PCs' forms, functions, power, data storage, networking capabilities, and other once-essential characteristics are often totally different now. Naturally, all of this evolution is finding its way into industrial PCs (IPCs), whose developers are adding many innovations of their own.
"Industrial PCs now come in many more useful form factors to meet the needs of each application, whether it's displaying data, collecting it, or interfacing with users," says Ann Ke, Wonderware's IPC product manager. "However, what they all still have in common is a need to withstand industrial environments, so the production lines and processes they're linked to don't break down. Even whether you need a hard drive really depends on the application. Certain lower-end operations can just use a flash card, while doing HMI on the plant floor, collecting data, or running a SQL database or historian really needs a hard drive. Solid-state drives are available, which Wonderware has as well, but they still cost more, though they might be worthwhile for some applications."
Typical environmental stresses for IPCs include temperature, which usually is countered with heaters below 0 ºC and with ventilation above 50 ºC. Next, an IPC's internal components are rated to withstand certain levels of shock and vibration, and then more shock-absorbing protection is added to each system. For example, the silicon padding that Ke reports is added externally to the hard drives of Wonderware's Industrial Tablet and Touch Panel computers reportedly protects them from on-edge drops. Similar barrier-type protections are added to prevent intrusion by water, chemicals, and other harsh substances, and testing determines their two-digit ingress protection (IP) ratings (see sidebar).
"In my mind, an IPC is a 12-15 in. panel-mounted computer with an enclosed front and back end that can sit anywhere," says Caldwell. "Now, an IPC can be everything from a 4 x 4-in., diskless, DIN rail-mounted computing device to an entire Dell PC tower."
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Glue ear is a build-up of fluid inside the middle ear (behind the ear drum). Glue ear is known as Otitis Media with Effusion.
The middle ear constantly 'sweats' the fluid that is produced usually empties away from the middle ear when we yawn or swallow. But when we have an ear infection, this process doesn't work as it should due to swelling, and results in the fluid thickening up as it builds up behind the middle ear.
While chronic and untreated glue ear can have a detrimental effect on your child's language and speech development, it will usually cause temporary problems with your child's hearing. Glue ear can stop the bones in the ear and the ear drum from moving freely, which can result in conductive hearing loss. If your child has glue ear, he may:
If your GP has tried to resolve your child's ear infections by using antibiotics (of which you may have been prescribed two courses) without success, he may refer you to a specialist.
If your child suffers from glue ear that cannot be resolved, he may need to have grommets (tiny ventilation tubes) to be put into the eardrum to allow the thick glue-like fluid to flow out, and to allow the middle ear to be ventilated.
Grommets are fitted under anaesthetic and this type of day-surgery is one of the most common done on young children.
While your child has grommets, you will need to take precautions to keep water out of the middle ear - this means using ear plugs, silicone putty and a swimming cap or ear wrap every time your child gets his head wet, be that while swimming or bathing. Without protecting your child's ear, you will leave it open to bacteria from dirty water.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot. Sources include Raising Children Network.
Last revised: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Rejuvenated Gyorko activated from disabled list
ATLANTA -- Jedd Gyorko didn't just return to the Padres' clubhouse on Monday with a healed left foot, he did so with a renewed sense of optimism that his offensive struggles in the first two months of the season are behind him.
"I think my swing is feeling more like it did last year than it has all year," Gyorko said. "Hopefully, that translates into the big leagues. I'm not worried about what's happened in the past. We have got two months of baseball left."
After missing the team's past 44 games with plantar fasciitis in his left foot, Gyorko was reinstated from the disabled list prior to Monday's afternoon game against the Braves. He was in the starting lineup at second base, batting sixth.
Gyorko landed on the DL on June 6, retroactive to June 4, and was brought along slowly. He had to wear a protective boot to stabilize the foot. It was only earlier this month when he was cleared to head to Arizona to begin workouts, which started with the simplest of drills, including running.
"You never really know if it's right until you get out there and get on it. I went to Arizona, and I was out there running around. If you can run in Arizona, you can run anywhere. The fields are kind of hard at this time of year," Gyorko said. "But it feels good. I think we're past it."
Gyorko eventually joined Triple-A El Paso for his rehabilitation stint, hitting .294 in six games. He flew on Sunday from El Paso to Atlanta. Before getting hurt, Gyorko struggled at the outset of his second season in the big leagues, hitting .162 in 56 games with five home runs and 24 RBIs.
The Padres are hoping for big things over the final two-plus months from Gyorko, who hit 23 home runs as a rookie and signed a $35 million contract extension with the team in April.
"We need him to hit. ... He's a good hitter," said Padres manager Bud Black. "Where his average is now, do I think he's that kind of hitter? No. He's got a long ways to go to get to his lifetime average. He can play better."
One reason for hope? Gyorko's batting average on balls in play (BABIP) thus far is just .192, suggesting, among other things, that's he's been unlucky on balls in play this season.
"I don't know how much luck goes into it. I'm going just try to hit the ball hard. If you hit the ball hard enough times, good things will happen eventually," Gyorko said.
The Padres optioned infielder Brooks Conrad to El Paso to make room for Gyorko on the 25-man roster. Conrad hit .100 in 30 at-bats over 13 games with San Diego.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The owner of the Fircrest apartment complex has reimbursed the rental deposits for eight families who lost their homes in a fire that ravaged the apartment complex early Monday morning.
Robert Sherwood, who owns the complex, said he met with the affected tenants Wednesday and gave all but one of them back their $1,000 deposits so they would have money for a deposit elsewhere, along with March rent for those who had paid it. Eight units were a complete loss from smoke or water damage, leaving more than 20 people homeless.
Sherwood, who also owns other Ukiah properties, said he was also able to relocate four of the families to other rental units he owns, both at the same complex and elsewhere.
The emergency Red Cross shelter set up at Ukiah High School to house the families closed Wednesday afternoon, when the Red Cross had confirmation that each of them had somewhere to stay that night, according to spokeswoman Ellen Maremont Silver.
The shelter closed at 3 p.m., and workers cleaned up and closed down the impromptu shelter until 11 p.m. that night, she said. After that, the Red Cross workers went into "casework mode," meaning they worked to help the fire victims reach out to local organizations to meet their needs as they made the transition to new living quarters.
Fire investigators and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office have identified a woman between the ages of 25 and 30 as a person of interest in the ongoing arson investigation around the origin of the fire.
The woman believed to have set fire to the apartment complex early Monday morning was in the process of being evicted, according to Detective Sgt. Jason Caudillo of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities believe she started 13 fires at the apartment complex since October, according to Caudillo, including the one that earlier this week destroyed eight units and displaced more than 20 people.
The arson investigation continues as authorities work to gather enough evidence to make an arrest, Caudillo said previously. Investigators hope someone will come forward with information about the incident, or that state Department of Justice laboratory testing results will offer up more concrete evidence in six months to a year, he said.
The apartment complex manager had on Sunday received eviction paperwork from the complex's attorney to serve on the woman, according to Caudillo, and whether or not it had been served, he said, "she definitely knew she was being evicted."
The fire appears to have started in the stairwell that gave access to two upstairs apartments around midnight Sunday and moved at an unusually quick rate through the building, and Ukiah area firefighters had it under control about an hour later. An arson-sniffing dog brought to the scene from Willits detected the use of an accelerant, Capt. Justin Buckingham of the Ukiah Valley Fire District reported previously.
Caudillo said the woman believed to have set the fire, whose name isn't being revealed, was the reporting party in most of the previous 12 fires at the apartment complex since October, which he said is typical behavior for an arsonist. Two of the fires were in vehicles parked near the complex, he said.
The same woman is also believed to have been involved in several fires set at two different apartment complexes in Merced where she lived previously, according to Caudillo. In each case, there was not enough evidence to make an arrest, he said.
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While the Tomb Raider movie has been anounced publicised and hyped to a great degree, the official movie site was athe last to report anything.
This has finally changed and the long time under construction site is now presenting cast, and general information concernng the movie.
Features of the site include a weekly image from the set, an interview with director Simon West and three movie wallpapers.
There is also a story there which hints at the movies plot direction which honestly doesn't seem to satisfying. Amongst other things the story claims "Lara still retains the essence of her upbringing - most notably her polite, upper-class accent and her appreciation of classical music." I think this is exactly what Lara doesn't need. They will turn her into a female James Bond.
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'Parks and Recreation' plans Indianapolis field trip
NBC sitcom's cast will visit in December
The civil servants of fictional Pawnee, Ind., are headed back to Indianapolis.
According to NBC, cast and production crew of sitcom "Parks and Recreation" will be in Indianapolis during the first week of December to film at various locations.
In 2010, the show shot an episode at the Indiana Statehouse. "Parks and Recreation," which stars Amy Poehler as a city council member, airs at 9:30 p.m. Thursdays on WTHR-13.
The specific roster of "Parks and Recreation" players that will visit in December is unclear, but several characters may have a mission in the Circle City:
>> Andy Dwyer (portrayed by Chris Pratt) could look up NFL wide receiver Reggie Wayne, as Andy wore a Wayne jersey at his wedding.
>> Tom Haverford (portrayed by Aziz Ansari) could reconnect with NBA center Roy Hibbert, who did some moonlighting for Haverford's media conglomerate Entertainment 720.
>> Chris Traeger (portrayed by Rob Lowe) could visit the chic apartment where he lived when he worked for the Indiana state government.
>> Ron Swanson (portrayed by Nick Offerman) could visit the former site of his favorite restaurant, Charles Mulligan's Steak House


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I have typical runner's thighs and a small waist so I have a horrible time finding jeans that fit well. I like things pretty basic, so no fancy stitching on the butt or super low rise. Just a good classic jean!
I have typical runner's thighs and a small waist so I have a horrible time finding jeans that fit well. I like things pretty basic, so no fancy stitching on the butt or super low rise. Just a good classic jean!
As Stacey and Clinton say - find jeans that fit the widest part of you, then take them to be altered at the waist. It's not expensive.
A common complaint around these parts! This was actually the first question I posted when I joined the forum a couple years ago.
I've found GAP to be the best option, lots of people like Levis (neither they nor the above mentioned Old Navy work for me though), and others talk about White House/Black Market. I was also in a farm supply store the other day -- Farm & Fleet -- and while I didn't try any on, they had some called something like "country girl/city girl" that looked promising. I've never had any tailored, but that is also a common idea. Many people on this forum like Ann Taylor pants, and they also usually offer tailoring.
Good luck!
I've had good luck with the DKNY Jeans brand. In Canada they sell for about $80 a pair but they last along time and are made for tall skinny women like myself.
I have found Gap or New York and Company has the best jeans. Right now, New York and Company has the slim slouch jeans which have a smaller waist and wider legs.
I am a stick with a gut. I have the opposite problem!
I know most people don't usually buy clothes here, but I do well with Victoria's Secret jeans. Yes, it's a gamble the first time around if you don't know your size/measurements. But Vicki's jeans are all about the small waist (most of their clothes are). I find that the "hipster" cut works really well for me, but I'm looking to try the "love" cut soon. Though I do find that midrise fits better than low.
Same body composition so I can relate! I've found great success with Levi's, Gloria Vanderbelt and especially Lee relaxed fit - all of which also come in petite and short lengths. Zero alterations - wear and go and reasonably priced. Also, GAP if you want to spend a bit more.
I like Levis in curvy style. But I'm naturally shaped like a pear I would definitely try on different styles of Levi's and see what you think next time you go shopping.
Same shape - Lauren Conrad for Kohl's makes a nice trouser jean that's dark wash and fits me, no fancy stitching/tacky bling etc. I was so excited that I bought them in three sizes! Otherwise I go for Joe's jeans resale and wear a belt... my size fluctuates so much during training it's enough to make me crazy!
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A blazing summer day in Houston, Texas served as the perfect backdrop for the local community's 2nd annual Grill & Chill Lowrider Show. Adair Park, a beautiful area located on the outskirts of the city, played host to this wonderful event, which was put together by Latin Kustoms Car Club based out of Pasadena, Texas, and Houston's own Last Minute Customs. Latin Kustoms held a pre-show party in one of Houston's hottest nightclubs the night before the show, drumming up anticipation for this amazing event to a near fever pitch. Everybody in H-Town was anxious to attend this summer show, and over 400 cars packed the Adair Park parking lot the next day to prove it.
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For Fairfield Fire Chief Vince Webster, the fire service isn't just a job, it's a way of life.
Now, a week after the city announced Webster's retirement in the spring, the 50-year-old is looking ahead to new life phases full of transitions and family time outside of the life he has known since he was 20.
He credits much in his career to inspiration from his father, who from an early age encouraged him to think toward the future and plan for the day he would have a family of his own.
"When I started in the fire service, my dad was retired military and he was big on making sure you find a job that has decent benefits, and he always told me, 'Son, when you get a job, look ahead,' not just to the here and now like most youngsters would do," he explained. " ... He gave me the whole nine yards and he served just about 30 years in the military."
"For whatever reason, that 30 years stuck with me," he said.
His start in the fire service, however, didn't begin with dreams of fighting fires.
"Unlike a lot of folks, when I first started ... I was more intrigued with the idea of being a paramedic than a firefighter," Webster said. "I really liked the idea of helping people and I had some time in the hospital when I was in high school and I really started to like the medical profession."
He eventually became an emergency medical technician and went to work for an ambulance company before going to paramedics school, which led to his decision to become a firefighter.
Webster joined the Sausalito Fire Department in April 1983, giving his chosen departure date of April 2 added significance as he closes out three decades in the fire service.
Even during this stint, the Fairfield-grown first responder continued to call the city home as he commuted back and forth.
Webster thrived on the action, camaraderie, variety and the challenge of working as a firefighter/paramedic and soon knew it was a career that he could invest himself in for the long haul.
During the next 14 1/2 years with the Sausalito Fire Department, Webster worked his way up to battalion chief before transferring to Fairfield in 1997.
"I was really excited when the opportunity came up for me to transfer to the Fairfield Fire Department," he said.
Once in Fairfield, he again was promoted, this time to division chief -- later renamed deputy chief -- which he continued doing until becoming chief in 2008, he said.
One of the greatest challenges Webster said he faced since then is "dealing with the tough economic times" and the impacts they have had on both the city and department.
"I'm really proud of this department and I'm thankful for the camaraderie that's here and the teamwork that's here," he said. "But I think the biggest challenge to our teamwork and camaraderie was just that, the budget cuts that we had to endure. And that hit us across all portions of the department.
"Trying to make sure we are well trained, well equipped and well staffed so that we can respond to the citizens' emergencies the way they expect -- having to do all that while making budget cuts is stressful."
Even after retirement, Webster said he has no plans of becoming a "couch potato" and will continue teaching fire technology at Solano Community College, as he has on and off for the past decade.
"I love what I do and I'm thankful for this career," he said.
Despite the changes that Webster admits have him a little anxious, he said he is most anxious to spend some quality time with his wife, Sheila, who he says has been by his side during each of his career endeavors. Together, the couple plans to continue to remain involved in the community that they call home.
"If I had to do it all over again, I would absolutely do it all over again," he said. "I'm really thankful. I think the biggest thing I'm thankful for is being privileged to work with such talented people.
"I don't look at myself as an autocratic leader. I look at myself as a facilitator and try to motivate folks and to let their talents shine, and I've been able to do that and a lot of things have taken place because of folks around the department."
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I figured I would go ahead and make this so we can update how our future QB is doing in College as the season progresses.
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I figured I would go ahead and make this so we can update how our future QB is doing in College as the season progresses.
I was just looking at our schedule. If we don't win at home v. KC next week, I'm not sure we have another game we can realistically win. Maybe we will be in position to take Luck.
Maybe Painter Painter actually improves a little bit. Even if that happens, though, there are so many issues with this team.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
If I didn't think we were going to get Dexter Mccluster'ed to death next week, I would have held off on this thread.
I'm posting from my phone these days and not sure how to embed video. Can someone embed the Luck one hand catch and Luck destroying a USC player after he recovers a fumble?
We aren't going to get Luck, guys. You're just setting yourselves up for disappointment.
I like it!
Colts will win out! Wooooo!
Keep the faith Shade.
Even if we get the #1 pick, Polian will **** it up.
With the first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select
Jerry Hughes, again, TCU
"We got our guy, again!" - The Polian's
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
Stanford even letting Luck call his own plays
Sadly, I agree with Shade.
I just get the feeling that, if we did get the #1 pick, Polian (Bill or Chris, either one) would manage to f**k it up.
Stop quoting people I have on ignore!
Miami just raised the stakes. Henne gone for the season. They're threatening to sign Trent Edwards. If that's not tanking, I don't know what is.
Just what exactly does Curtis Painter, Dan Orlovsky and working out Brody Croyle represent ??
Just trying to win games
If we happen to land the #1, we need to trade for a ransom. This team has sooooooooo many needs right now. You don't pick Luck and have him sit through his entire rookie contact while Manning plays.
Hopefully there are some major changes this offseason, especially changing the defensive scheme. The Tampa-2 just doesn't work like it used too, and we've never had the right personell to see it succeed (see lack of good DTs).
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
It's far from from a sure thing Manning ever plays again. If he does, it's even more unlikely he finishes his contract. He'll be 36 years old coming off of 3 neck surgeries.
Andrew Luck is the best quarterback prospect since Peyton was in the draft. You do not pass that up.
If you take Luck, you can use every draft pick you have for the next decade on the other needs.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Andrew Luck
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
Landry Jones has some of the best footwork he should be a solid nfl qb as well imo. Luck is better but Jones should be pretty damn good.
You guys think Andrew will get a home in Carmel or Geist?
Maybe a big condo downtown? Hopefully not in JOB's old building.
From the final minute of the first half until the end of the game, we were throttled 21-0.
By the Kansas City Chiefs.
In our own stadium.
Luck is on the way.
are the Colts gonna switch to a west coast offense? Jim Hargbough runs the exact same offense as he did at Stanford. Watching Stanford yesterday and the 49ers today looks like a carbon copy offense. They both use 2 or 3 TE's each play and do a lot of play action passes and short passes before they go deep. Andrew Luck is so quick and fast for his size he is perfect for that style of offense. But really he is perfect for any offense.


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BBB 2009 is finally here!
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Re: A reader's comment that cerebral palsy is a result of the birth itself [Issue 3: 32]: This information is absolutely *wrong*! By publishing this answer by a credentialed midwife, you are giving the false impression that her answer is true. It is not. Cerebral palsy most often is believed to occur *before* labor begins. The cause is not known, but theory has it that it may be due to asymptomatic maternal infection.
If a cesarean section prevented CP, then we should expect to see a tremendous decline in the number of cases of CP as the c-sec rate increases. Sadly, that is not the case. The rate of CP has remained constant from the 1970s to the present in spite of cesarean rates that went from 5% to 25%.
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In response to Marsden Wagner's commentary on Cytotec induction [Issue 3:35]: It disturbs me that inductions in the US occur with such frequency and for lack of medical indication. Attention should be given to any medication given to a pregnant or laboring woman, and adequately controlled research trials should be done with full consent from the laboring woman and her family. Basically one of the fundamental problems with the US is use of medications without medical indication.
However, there are very few agents for induction and cervical ripening available to physicians. Oxytocin is not the drug of choice for women who do not have a ripe cervix, and dinoprostone has a high rate of uterine hyperstimulation, similar to Cytotec--there are many cases of poor outcomes with its use as well. In defense of physicians, there are times when they are taking care of a mother who is severely preeclamptic and has a cervix that is closed thick and high. The ultimate goal is for that woman to birth vaginally, and there are limited choices in medications to use to make that happen. Sometimes the lesser of two evils has to be chosen--a medication like Cytotec or a surgical birth. In the birthing world that I would like to see, these medications would only be used in the case of a medical condition requiring birth to be imminent, and only after a woman has been truly informed of the risks of each medication.
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In response to the question regarding retained placenta piece [Issue 3:28]: Your anger is understandable, but what do you hope to achieve by suing? You may get a backlash such as we have experienced in Mexico. In Mexico the OBs have organized a very "efficient" solution to avoiding any retained fragments of placenta. It is called "revision de la cavidad uterina" (manual exploration and/or cleaning of the uterus). Yes, it is just as awful as it sounds and jeopardizes the woman by introducing bacteria into the uterus at the moment when the woman's body is expelling its final contents. Besides being a violation of her body, it is painful. The argument is that it is difficult to ascertain if the placenta has been completely expelled so this procedure is initiated to forgo that uncertainty.
This continues as a routine procedure although studies such as "Efficacy of Routine Postpartum Uterine Exploration and Manual Sponge Curettage," Journal of Family Practice, Vol 28, No 2 p.172-176, 1989 maintain that "routine elective postpartum manual exploration and sponge curettage of the uterus is a painful procedure that is not clinically indicated for reducing the potential risk of postpartum hemorrhage or endometritis and is unnecessary following routine vaginal delivery."
The Spanish language journal Ginecologia U Obstetricia de Mexico (Vol 59, Agosto 1991)draws quite another conclusion. While maintaining that initially the procedure was only carried out when there was reason to suspect that some or all of the placenta had not been expelled, it goes on to assert that in large hospitals where the birth professionals are "still learning," this selective procedure needs to become a standard one because some cases of retained fragments are missed. Chilling thought to contemplate this sort of backlash in the US in response to women suing for having had faulty inspection of their placentas in the first place!
The concluding remarks of the Mexican study are the most unnerving: "Probably one of the most important causes of this problem is the low health education of our patients who in general don't utilize the preventive health resources and only frequent the caregiver when they have lost their good health." (translation mine)
So goes the circuitous reasoning--it is the women's fault that OBs have had to affect this barbaric routinized procedure in order to protect women from the faulty medical care they may have incurred from caregivers not yet fully experienced in the first place! The list of advantages to the healthcare institutions includes five, and the list of supposed advantages to the recently birthed mother include seven. Nowhere is it mentioned that perhaps a better training course for the caregivers would help bypass the original problem!
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Q: I am the midwife of a woman who had twins 16 months ago in a home delivery with no problems. She had some varicose veins while carrying the twins. She had a 12-month-old baby when the twins were born and is currently 34 weeks pregnant with another. That is four babies in less than three years.
In the last 12 months she has developed significant varicose veins that start in her feet and go up her leg to the perineum and into the labia internally. The veins are larger than a large thumb. What is the danger of a varicose vein bursting while in labor? If one does burst, what are possible procedures to follow to stop bleeding?
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A: We are testing all our clients at 28 wks for GBS, treating with ampicillin when positive results are returned, and also treating with ampicillin IV in labor (2 grams every 4 hrs). We decided to treat at 28 weeks because of the association with PROM and PTL and in labor to help prevent neonatal infection.
- Tanya Tanner, CNM
A: We offer screening to every woman at 37 weeks. The discussion/informed choice information begins much earlier--usually about 34-35 weeks because there are so many choices and so much information. We offer women three choices: test/don't test; treat/don't treat based on test results; treat based on risk factors.
When women are given all the information we have and take responsibility for their own choices, about 50% of our clients choose to be screened. Those who are screened generally agree to be treated with IV antibiotics in labor if they are GBS positive. Those who don't screen generally agree to be treated with IV antibiotics in labor if they develop risk factors. The risk factors identified with the CDC are: fever in labor, prolonged rupture of membranes, previously affected baby (which thankfully has never applied to us) and GBS as the causative organism for a UA.
We haven't yet had a woman who declines testing and refuses risk factor-based treatment. We have had discussions about women who test positive but prefer to be treated only if they develop risk factors. I find this option clinically acceptable but politically concerning. If I transport a known GBS-positive mom in labor and she hasn't had antibiotics, I will be outside my community standard of care.
I don't see what other option I have in that situation, though. Offering informed choice means that I will honor the woman's choice. I just have to be clear in my charting and my handouts exactly what the process of informed choice was surrounding this issue. It's unfortunate when politics color our clinical decisions, but it's a very real fact of midwifery.
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A MAN caught hiding heroin and crack in his underpants to protect a dealer has walked free from court after a judge heard he was working towards a business studies degree.
Thabo Thornton had 18 wraps of hard drugs on him when police raided the town centre house he was living in just under a year ago.
But after hearing the 20-year-old had turned his back on the drugs world, and was now at Swansea University, a judge imposed a suspended sentence.
Thornton had initially given a 'laughable' version of events, saying he had been handed the package in the seconds before officers stormed into the property.
He changed his version of events when the police looked at his phone and found it littered with pictures glorifying a culture of drugs and money.
Colin Meeke, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court how police raided a house on Newhall Street on March 22 last year.
Thornton was strip-searched and the hard drugs, worth as much as £250, were found secreted 'under his testicles,' Mr Meeke said.
"He was hiding them where in a general search they would not be found which indicates someone who knows more about drug dealing," he said.
At an earlier hearing he said: "Part of the Crown's case is Mr Thornton knew all about the drugs culture and knew exactly what was going on.
"The idea on the one occasion he was handed a package he thought possibly could be drugs and tucked them behind his testicles as the police came through the door is laughable.
"I asked for photographs from Mr Thornton's phone. These show clearly a love of what best can be described as an alternate, dishonest culture.
"One I have marked, a man holding a fan of bank notes, is the defendant. I think the man in the red sweatshirt is the defendant also, again holding a fan of bank notes.
"These are indicative of a man who is immersed in frankly the dishonest culture that surrounds drug dealing.
"The Crown accept he is not a street dealer, but a cog in the street-dealing mechanism."
He said it was accepted that he was holding on to the wraps for the street dealer who would make the actual sales.
Thornton, of Groundwell Road, pleaded guilty to possessing drugs with intent to supply.
Chris Oswald, defending, said his client was briefly involved in the world of drug dealing, but has shown a wish to change and get away from that culture.
He said he is now working hard at university towards a degree in business, which would be severely hampered if he was jailed.
Judge Douglas Field said: "Your involvement in this was limited, but nevertheless it was facilitating the ultimate distribution of drugs to people on the streets in Swindon.
"You are only 20, your involvement with drugs and the drug world has been brief.
"I am satisfied that you have now learned your lesson and you have been concerned over the intervening months of your life being in ruins and your potential university career and business career coming to nothing.
"You have no previous convictions and you are at university undergoing a degree course. You have a future.
"I am prepared to say that the public interest does not demand you having an immediate custodial sentence."
He imposed a 19-month jail term suspended for two years and told him to do 200 hours of unpaid work.


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Safety and Effectiveness of 3 Doses of Crofelemer Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of HIV Associated Diarrhea (ADVENT)
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This is a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, multi-center study. This study will compare an investigational new drug (crofelemer) to placebo for the control of HIV-associated diarrhea. The first stage of the study will determine the optimal dose of study drug based on safety and response to therapy and the second stage will evaluate further the effectiveness of the optimal dose.
|HIV Associated Diarrhea
|Drug: Crofelemer 125 mg Drug: Crofelemer 250 mg Drug: Crofelemer 500 mg Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled, Two-Stage Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of 3 Doses of Crofelemer Orally Twice Daily for the Treatment of HIV-Associated Diarrhea
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- The primary objective is to determine the proportion of HIV-positive subjects experiencing relief of diarrhea with crofelemer compared to placebo during the placebo-controlled treatment phase. [ Time Frame: 31 days ]
- Primary efficacy outcome is two or less watery bowel movements per week during at least two weeks of the treatment phase. [ Time Frame: 31 days ]
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|October 2007
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|Experimental: Placebo
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|Experimental: Crofelemer 125 mg
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Crofelemer 125 mg
|Experimental: Crofelemer 250 mg
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|Experimental: Crofelemer 500 mg
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- History of HIV-1 infection confirmed by standard serological tests
- Stable medical regimen for treatment of HIV disease and associated conditions for at least 4 weeks prior to screening
- Patient-reported history of diarrhea, defined as either persistently loose stools despite regular ADM use, or one or more watery bowel movements per day without regular ADM use, of at least 1 month duration
- Colonoscopy within the past 5 years if ≥ 50 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Current or past gastrointestinal (GI) medical or surgical conditions
- Use of certain opiate pain medication within 2 weeks of screening
- Use of an antibiotic within 2 weeks prior to screening, with the exception of stable antibiotic therapy for prophylactic treatment of infection or an HIV-associated condition
- CD4 counts < 100 cells/mm3
- Previous randomization into this study, or into any other crofelemer study
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Marlins disappointed at missing out on '15 ASG
VIERA, Fla. -- From March 12-16, Marlins Park will host World Baseball Classic second-round games.
The club was once hopeful that the Classic would be the first of many major baseball events in the new building. The franchise had its eye on another major prize -- the 2015 All-Star Game.
The Marlins were in the mix for the '15 Midsummer Classic, but last month, Major League Baseball announced it was going to Cincinnati. Throughout construction of Marlins Park, a posh retractable-roof building in the Little Havana section of Miami, the Marlins were optimistic 2015 was realistic.
"I was really hopeful that '15 would happen," team president David Samson said. "I believe that it should have happened."
Could a reason the Marlins were bypassed be all the negativity that has surrounded the franchise since they made their blockbuster trade with the Blue Jays on Nov. 19? No, Samson said, and for reassurances, he discussed the issue with MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.
"I spoke to Bud about that," Samson said. "Cincinnati was just ahead of us in line. That's the bottom line.
"It had nothing to do with anything [negative]. The Cincinnati decision was made long before there were any payroll discussions."
Miami scaled back its payroll from roughly $100 million a year ago to around $40 million. The earliest the club could now host the All-Star Game is 2017, after an American League club gets the 2016 game. But '17 isn't a lock either, because the Nationals also are in the running.
One reason the Marlins made their wholesale moves was based on revenues. The team finished last in the National League East, and as the losses mounted, attendance dropped. So the team didn't meet its ticket-sale projections. Samson noted that MLB and the MLB Players Association have all the Marlins' statements regarding their revenues.
"So they knew exactly what was going on, and they knew what this offseason was going to bring, long before November," Samson said.
Samson is aware of the public backlash since the November trade, and he is hopeful that once the season starts, fans will embrace the youthful team.
"What upsets me the most is, we want our fans to forget about life for a while, and enjoy baseball," Samson said. "Be entertained and have fun. When we are not providing that, that means we're making a mistake."


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