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WINSTON, Ore. -- A woman is dead after being mauled by a lion at a facility in California.
The 26-year-old volunteer was killed by a 4-year-old male lion after she went into his enclosure alone.
KPIC News caught up with officials at the Wildlife Safari in Winston to find out what kind of precautions they take to make sure their staff stays safe.
Officials with Safari say that they have a multitude of safety procedures in place to make sure that something similar doesn't happen at this park.
They say they have strict rules about safety, such as the rule that no keeper is allowed to go anywhere alone, and they are not allowed to be in the same enclosure as animals that are "Code 1," a classification given to the most dangeruos carnivores.
Staff members receieve extensive training before being allowed to work with the animals. "You shadow somebody else and you work around those animals, and how they shift and how they move for months before you're ever shifting an animal, actually physically yourself," said carnivore supervisor Sara Roy.
Code 1 animals include lions, tigers, and brown bears, but Roy says that many of the animals at the park can be dangerous if you let your guard down. "We know these animals, we're bonded to these animals," she said, "but you can't get complacent and look at them as your pets or a friend, because they're not. They're dangerous wild animals with huge teeth and huge claws."
Officials say the woman's death serves as a reminder of the dangers of working around wild animals. "I think it's always kind of a wake up call," said executive director Da Van slyke. "There's reasons these protocols are in place. We're really high on that, we don't deviate from that."
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11-year-old's fight against brain cancer inspires Baylor running back to greatness
Jen Martinsen, BBA '88, MSEd '90, played volleyball at Baylor from 1985-88. Her daughter, Molly, was the program's biggest fan until she succumbed to brain cancer in May 2012 at age 11 after a yearlong battle. While Molly was fighting the disease, the volleyball team became her biggest fans, visiting her in the hospital, including her in team activities, even dedicating a match to her.
Molly's courageous story continues to inspire those who hear it. Last week, Baylor running back and Heisman Trophy candidate Lache Seastrunk described to 1660 ESPN how her fight has become motivation and inspiration for him (note his wristband in the picture above):
"[Mrs. Martinsen] told me her story in Death and Dying [a class at Baylor], and ever since then, I've re-evaluated my entire life. … I know now that I can get through anything. When people tell me I can't achieve my goals, I laugh and think of Molly, because Molly's spirit is always gonna be with me. … They told Molly she would never walk again, talk again, eat again. She was in a wheelchair for a day, and she told her mom, 'Mom. I can't be in this wheelchair no more.' So she learned how to walk again, talk again, eat again. She did that after people told her she could not do it.
"So when people tell me I can't achieve my goals, when people tell me I can't win the Heisman, that's funny to me, because Molly never said no, so why should I say no? It's funny when they tell me Baylor can't win the Big 12 Championship. Why not? Molly never said no. Why should we? It's funny when people say we can't go to the national championship, and people laugh at us, but I know in my mind that Molly's like, 'Y'all can. You can. I never said no; why should you?' So every single day, I wake up with that conviction. … I know every single time I step on the field that I'm gonna do great things for my team. … I go on the field every single time with the swagger in my heart that nobody can stop me, and I mean that. Because I've got the power of Molly on my side."
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. has many good memories of Daytona International Speedway.
But it's about time he creates some more.
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Earnhardt has not won at Daytona since the 2004 Daytona 500. He has finished second in the Daytona 500 in three of the last four years but has not been able to take advantage of opportunities in recent trips to NASCAR's iconic oval.
"It's been a bit of a challenge for us to win here in the last several years," Earnhardt said Thursday before practice for Saturday's Sprint Cup race, the Coke Zero 400. "We've come awfully close trying to win the 500 in the last few years. We've been finishing well, but haven't really been able to figure out what I need to do to get into first place on the last lap
"We've had no problem finding our way to the front, but not been able to overtake the leaders. So I think we might need to try to be at a better position sooner, where we're not having to have to do so much right at the end of the race and not have an opportunity to challenge for the win."
Earnhardt hopes that the Daytona asphalt, which was replaced before the 2011 season, has weathered more and that handling will be more of a factor as it traditionally was in July.
One of Earnhardt's biggest wins came at Daytona in July 2001 in the first race at the track after his father was killed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona.
"I never came here for the 500 until I drove in it, but we came to the July race every year and just had a lot of fun," Earnhardt said. "We've got pictures of us burying each other in the sand and things like that when we was little kids.
"I certainly enjoyed some good times here and driving as well. Obviously winning in 2001, that was an incredible experience. But I have always enjoyed coming down here."
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He would enjoy it more with a win. He sits sixth in the Cup standings but it has been 39 races since he last won a race.
So he will take an aggressive approach into the race Saturday night.
The plan is "being aggressive and trying to get track position or make track position happen or move forward — just mentally aggressive, not out there driving in the side of everybody, more just trying to force myself to take a few more chances," Earnhardt said.
"It was hard to do in the 500 because everybody ran around the top and if you pulled out you went to the back. That is what you did. What I did see was that if there was enough room in between the guy in front of me and the next car, if I could make a run and side-draft and actually create even more room by side drafting and fill that gap, you can leapfrog one car at a time."
That is different than in past restrictor-plate races where he could use the draft to gain several positions.
"It's a gamble, but maybe if you want to win the race, I've got to be further ahead than fourth on the last lap," Earnhardt said. "We had enough racecar to win the (Daytona) 500 and just ran out of laps. I need to be a little further forward to be able to have that shot."


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If you've decked out your home with hip and minimal furnishings take note: You don't have to pay a million bucks for modern cat furniture too. Los Angeles-based designer Peter Sehorsch recently took the kitty design world by storm when he turned a simple IKEA Stolmen system into a spectacular cat tower, and now he's selling the custom units for all the copycats who love his work. The Hollywood Franklin Cat Tower — named after his cat, Frank, naturally — combines an IKEA post and mounting fixtures with homemade platforms.
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The hits just keep getting killed off. Google is shutting down yet another service — the company's domain blocking tool, which allowed logged-in users to block unwanted domains from Google's search results.
Google's site-blocking tool was originally aimed at "content farm spam," but Google hasn't done much with it of late, and it even stopped working for a while, despite being available via a link from your profile.
Now the service is officially gone, replaced by a Chrome add-on that does nearly the same thing. Unfortunately that means the ability to ban sites from Google's search results is now limited to those using Google's Chrome web browser. For more on the Chrome add-on see our earlier review.
The bad news about the Chrome extension is that it's client-side filtering, not server-side. That means that if Google returns results from domains you've blocked those results are simply hidden (sometimes there's even a brief flash of the blocked results).
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While 212 million shoppers visited stores and websites this weekend, up from 195 million shoppers last year, the average shopper spend totaled $365.34 this weekend, a 6.4% increase from last year. Total spending reached an estimated $45 billion, NRF said.
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What about The Place Beyond the Pines???
I agree w/Rick B. The fact that people enjoy this movie astounds me, since it's completely incoherent and goes nowhere. Literally. It's not entertaining at all and the characters have no chemistry. I mean, I could go on and on and on but I will say that I watched this with a friend and instead of turning the movie off we fast forwarded it at 4 times speed and, for the first time, it played at a correct pace. I'm confused by your including this movie on your list, and by other pretentious film people's obsession with it.
Upstream Color is, by far, one of the absolute worst films I have ever seen. The movie is, and this is being nice, completely incomprehensible as a narrative work of film. It is nothing more than a bunch of random shots edited together with music and some occasional meaningless dialogue. It reminds me of the "video tests" people post to Vimeo when they're testing out their new still camera's video recording feature. The characters are never set up and the dialogue scenes are full of negative energy. As a result, I have absolutely no idea what they're talking about, I don't like them nor do I care what happens to them. I don't know what Shane Carruth was going for other than satisfying his own selfish need to vomit out this horrible tasting gallon of cryptic bile, but it certainly wasn't to try and entertain any human being with a normally functioning brain. I suspect the only reason this movie gets any press at all is due to its technical competency. That is, it looks like a properly shot movie and has a decent sound mix. If this movie had been shot "Dogme 95" style, I guarantee you would have walked out of the theater after 5 minutes instead of 10. The bottom line is that Shane Carruth does not respect a mainstream audience, and in fact takes every opportunity to insult them to their fact and mock them at the same time with this self-indulgent waste of projector lamp life.
How can a film from 2011 (Starbuck) be one of the best films of 2013?
Based on this list, I got ahold of Starbuck and watched it the other night. Infectious was the right word. Every time I expected it to veer into maudlin or cliched territory, it veered towards originality and a sweetness that fortunately lacked the saccharin qualities these farces usually display. At first, the main character seemed to be a real jerk, so I had some qualms, but quickly his charm overwhelmed my fears, and he won me over. Not every scene sparkled, but overall it was absolutely delightful. Glad that these films are recommended here. I'm going to check out some of the others that either never played in my town or came and went with little notice or coverage.
This is a list of 9 movies you never heard of. Let's try to compile a list of films
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Horrible list. Before Midnight is the only one I'd consider watching.
Not bad list I think in will evolve over time but only time will tell
Since you left out Much Ado About Nothing this list is invalid to me. It is THE best film of the year so far.


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Dramatists Guild Fund to Provide Relief for Theatres Affected by Sandy
The Dramatists Guild Fund (DGF) is providing more than $40,000 in emergency recovery grants to theaters affected by Superstorm Sandy. Theaters in downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey will receive grants to help them rebuild and move on with their seasons.
Due to the storm, many theaters lost power or suffered from structural damage and flooding. "As we provide funding to non-profit theaters annually, we know how fragile finances can be in the arts, especially for smaller organizations," said DGF Executive Director Rachel Routh. "We hope this can be one step towards a faster recovery within the theater community."
DGF is no stranger to helping in emergency situations. Its Kesselring EmergenCy Grant program provides funds to writers in need of temporary financial assistance due to unexpected illness or extreme hardship. In March of 2012, the Fund also joined a consortium of theater organizations for SHINSAI: Theaters for Japan, an event that raised approximately $30,000 in support of theaters and writers who suffered from the 2011 earthquake in Japan. When disaster hit home, DGF knew it needed to help.
The current round of emergenCy Grants is being contributed to area theaters who have previously received support from DGF's annual theater granting program. Each year the Dramatists Guild Fund provides $150,000 in grants to nonprofit theaters and theatrical institutions across the country that develop and/or produce contemporary American plays and musicals. Theaters receiving emergenCy Grants include:
DGF is one of many arts organizations offering assistance, and the Fund's Board President, Gretchen Cryer, feels that community support is vital. "I applaud the amazing efforts seen throughout the arts community. It's times of great need like this, that remind us why we need to pull together and support one another," said Cryer.
Current Round of EmergenCy Grants
Astoria Performing Arts Center, Inc.
The Barrow Group
Blue Coyote Theater Group
Broken Watch Theatre Company
The Bushwick Starr
Civilians, Inc.
Clubbed Thumb
CSC Repertory, Ltd
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre
Emerging Artists Theatre Company
The Flea Theater, Inc.
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Id Theater
International Arts Relations, Inc. (Intar)
Juneteenth Festival, Inc
Labyrinth, Inc.
Mabou Mines Development Foundation
Naked Angels, LTD
New Georges (Theater Labrador Inc.)
New Jersey Repertory Company
One Year Lease, Inc.
Open Eye Theater
Page 73 Productions
Partial Comfort Productions
Performing Artservices - Incubator Arts Project
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey
Queens Theatre in the Park, Inc.
Rabbit Hole Ensemble
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Red Bull Theater, Inc.
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre
TADA! Youth Theater
Thalia Spanish Theatre
Theater Breaking Through Barriers
Women's Project Productions
About the Dramatists Guild Fund
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In a crunch, Ibanez could fill in at catcher
ANAHEIM -- Manager Eric Wedge hasn't faced the situation yet and hopes it never comes up, but if the Mariners needed an emergency third catcher to step in on his current roster he said he'd probably ask veteran outfielder Raul Ibanez.
Ibanez, 40, has played one game behind the plate in his 18-year Major League career, that coming in 1999 during his first stint with the Mariners.
"I haven't proclaimed anybody yet, but Raul is probably the first guy that comes to mind," Wedge said when asked Wednesday. "We've joked about it here from time to time. That's probably where we're at."
The Mariners have been splitting catching duties between Jesus Montero and Kelly Shoppach, with Shoppach getting his second straight start Wednesday.
"Shoppy has done a pretty good job with the running game this year," Wedge said. "The way these guys run, I wanted to get him back in there again today."
If Montero was playing designated hitter as he did last year, a third catcher might be of more critical need. The Mariners went with three catchers last year when Montero was DHing on a regular basis. But Kendrys Morales has filled that role this year and Montero is strictly catching.
As for Ibanez strapping on the gear if needed?
"Raul is in better shape than anybody anyway," Wedge said with a chuckle.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The second: Well, Simon and Garfunkel have given us some beautiful pieces of music. This is just one.
And "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" creates a picture and warms the heart — and the season is really under way.
But this is not about me. Via email came a list of five songs that should be on the list of everyone over 50, and I agree with each of her choices.
By way of introduction, she wrote that she can weep during "Climb Every Mountain" and all the way through "Les Miserables." So we know Mary Ann is sentimental, but isn't that an asset?
Anyway, she lists "At Last," by "the marvelous Etta James." Next is "I'll Be Home for Christmas," followed by "You've Got to be Carefully Taught." No. 4 is Paul McCartney's "Yesterday." Concluding her choices is "There's a Place for Us," from "West Side Story."
But then she followed that up with a second email. There were five more songs she needed to include. "Spring Is Here," sung by Frank Sinatra, is followed by "This Time We Almost Made It," also by Frankie. Then comes "Stormy Weather" as performed by Lena Horne.
"Memories" from the musical "Cats" and is sung by Barbra Streisand is fourth (really ninth), and she ends up with "Younger Than Springtime," from "South Pacific." Good choices, Ma'am!
Beth definitely includes "Stardust." Her husband played in the United States Navy band, and he told her every time they performed, they were requested to play this priceless Hoagy Carmichael song.
Next is "Always," by Irving Berlin. It was her mother and father's song. Then there is the Beatles' "Hey, Jude." When Stan Kenton played here, she remembers, she and husband Charlie were standing in front of the trumpet section and they directed this song to the two of them. She was thrilled!
Peggy Lee asking "Is That All There Is?" is a must, and she winds up her list with "New York, New York," performed by almost anyone. "It's just such a wonderful song," she explained.
Eli Arnold, who directs the Mizpah Shrine band and the American Legion Post 47 band, has some oldies but goodies on his list.
He started off with "Moonglow," a wonderful ballad. Then he mentioned "Sing, Sing, Sing" as played by Louis Prima, and followed that with "Mr. Sandman."
A World War II number was next: It's "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me." (Ah, what memories that one brings!) "Georgia on My Mind" is a Hoagy Carmichael song to be included. And as a band man, of course he includes "Stars and Stripes Forever."
By the way, either group is available and eager to play programs for interested groups. He also has some smaller ensembles that perform post-WWII music.
"Everyone's older than me, and they know how fast to play it and who originally sang it," he says. He gave me his phone number; it's 497-7148.
I just remembered another one to put on my list. It's "If I Loved You," from "Carousel." And how could I leave off "What I Did for Love" from "Chorus Line"?
I had better stop now. But I guess we showed the woman who started all this with her list of 16!


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There was much trepidation going into this jobs report. Investors should be pleasantly surprised that 146,000 new jobs were created and that the unemployment rate ticked down to 7.7% from 7.9%. Going into the report, estimates for payroll gains from Bloomberg were just 85,000, with the jobless rate holding steady at 7.9%. This comes after the ADP report that said that Hurricane Sandy cut the number of new jobs by 86,000, to 118,000 new jobs.
However, job gains in prior months were revised down. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for September was revised to +132,000 from +148,000, and the change for October was revised to +138,000 from +171,000.
What about Sandy? Here's what the Bureau of Labor Statistics had to say on the storm's impact: "Our survey response rates in the affected states were within normal ranges. Our analysis suggests that Hurricane Sandy did not substantively impact the national employment and unemployment estimates for November." Still, you may want to check out the little-followed data on state employment results, which will be released on Dec. 21, for more information on jobs created or lost in affected states.
Still, many of the job gains were in typically low-paying sectors. Retail trade employment rose by 53,000 in November and has increased by 140,000 over the past three months. That's a disproportionate amount of recent job gains, about a third or so of new jobs. Employment in wholesale trade edged up over the month (+13,000). Since reaching an employment trough in May 2010, the wholesale trade industry has added 228,000 jobs. Job gains in these two sectors may reflect increased expectations for consumer spending.
In November, leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up (+23,000). Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 305,000 jobs. Food service jobs added 9,000 workers last month and more than 260,000 jobs over the past year.
On the other end of the income spectrum, employment in the often-better paying professional and business services rose by 43,000. Employment continued to increase in computer systems design and related services. And health care employment continued to increase in November (+20,000). Health care has added an average of 26,000 jobs per month this year. Information employment also edged up in November (+12,000), with the increase concentrated in motion picture and sound recording (+15,000).
Then there are the weaker goods-producing sectors. Belying recent signs of strength in housing, employment in construction declined by 20,000 in November, with much of the loss occurring in construction of buildings (-11,000). These jobs may be more affected by Sandy, though. Since early 2010, employment in construction has shown no clear trend.
Manufacturing employment changed little over the month. Within the industry, job losses in food manufacturing (-12,000) and chemicals (-9,000) more than offset gains in motor vehicles and parts (+10,000) and wood products (+3,000). On net, manufacturing employment has changed little since this past spring. This may reflect worries about the fiscal cliff and the fading of the inventory cycle, as I recently wrote.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls remained at 34.4 hours in November. However, we see better signs in the details. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.6 hours, although factory overtime was unchanged at 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees edged up 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours.
Earnings grew more than in the prior month. In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by $0.04 to $23.63, after a $0.01 drop the month before. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 1.7%, a bit higher than we've seen recently but not higher than inflation. In November, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged up by $0.03 to $19.84, after a $0.01 gain the prior month.
If you couple hours worked with wage gains, the index of aggregate weekly payrolls increased by 0.3% for all employees and by 0.6% for production and non-supervisory personnel. These figures will flow into aggregate level measures of consumer wage and salary incomes and might be supportive of consumer spending.
The household survey showed a bit different picture. The unemployment rate dropped because the labor force contracted by 350,000 people, bringing the labor force participation rate down to 63.6% from 63.8% but matching levels the month before that. The number of employed people fell by 122,000, even as those classified as "unemployed" fell by 229,000. Combined, this brought the employment to population ratio down to 58.7% from 58.8%, the same as in September.
Those who are not in the labor force grew by 542,000. Even though the numbers of the long-term unemployed fell by 216,000, to 4,786,000, the numbers of the marginally attached grew to a non-seasonally-adjusted 2,505,000 from 2,433,000 (including a 166,000 increase in the number of discouraged workers). That means that some long-term unemployed dropped out of the labor force. However, those who are working part-time for economic reasons fell by 168,000, to 8,176,000 people.
All of that combined, the broad measure of underemployment, the U-6 rate, fell to 14.4% from 14.6%. A year ago, this rate was 15.6%. This is good news, though this rate is still high.
On balance, the labor market is slowly improving even though some details are mixed. Even though wage gains are still on the low side, this is at least a bit better than the month before, as this is unlikely to be affected by Hurricane Sandy. Still, the report, though decent, is not uniformly good, but the good news is that it is better than some expected it to be.


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Dinuba, Calif.-based Wespak Sales Inc. has merged its sales and marketing with Lodi, Calif.-based Rivermaid Trading Co. after a 10-year working relationship.
The two entities will continue to operate separately under mutual leadership, ownership and marketing, although sales representatives will sell both companies' products, according to a news release.
Rivermaid Trading focuses on California fresh pear and cherry marketing.
Wespak has focused on stone fruit as well as apricots, grapes, pomegranates and cherries.
Together, they represent a $100-million operation, according to the release.
Blair Richardson, Wespak Sales chief executive officer, said the two entities complement each other.
"Our weaknesses were there strengths, and vice versa," he said. "As a group, we'll now have product in the market place essentially year round.
"We'll now pack, ship or sell just about every commodity from a tree or vine in the valley."
The merger also creates efficiencies between the two operations.
"Our growers will immediately benefit from the strengths in the domestic presence of Rivermaid Trading, and Rivermaid Trading will benefit from Wespak's leadership in the international marketplace," Richardsonn said.
The decision to merge the companies began about three years ago when Richardson was brought in to lead the process.


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On Monday mornings, at a coffee shop in Mounds View, Tim Budig, Howard Lestrud and I meet to discuss their plans for the week ahead. Tim and Howard represent the commitment of ECM Publishers to provide more than strictly local news in our 51 newspapers.
When I started reading ECM's Thisweek Newspaper after moving to Lakeville from Edina in 1999, I was struck by a byline for a "Capitol reporter" in this paper that was mostly about happenings in the community. That wasn't the kind of byline I was accustomed to seeing in the Edina Sun Current, the weekly paper I had read for many years.
Now, however, you will see state Capitol news in our Edina paper and the other Sun papers ECM acquired a year ago. And on all our news websites, in a section called At The Capitol, you'll find the reporting of Budig and Lestrud.
Not too many years after ECM was founded by Elmer Andersen, a former businessman, legislator and governor, our papers named a Capitol correspondent to cover the happenings at the Legislature and state agencies. Budig, a Wisconsin native and former reporter at our ABC papers in Coon Rapids, has been that Capitol correspondent for almost 15 years.
Tim is a writing machine — a guy who might crank out 10 stories a week on what our legislators are doing. However, after the Sun acquisition in 2011, he found himself covering state news for about 30 more newspapers. Recently, we gave Tim some help. Howard Lestrud, a longtime ECM editor and manager, agreed to take on the new position as political editor and is now working with Tim in St. Paul. Tim and Howard have been meeting with legislators and state officials to develop stories about government as the new legislative session begins.
Howard also has been co-chair of the ECM Editorial Board, another creation of our late founder, whose son, Julian Andersen, is our current CEO. Julian's father took great pleasure in writing editorials and felt that it's important for newspapers to take stands on public issues. So about once a month, you'll find editorials in your local newspaper that might deal with anything from education policy to political races to the national farm bill.
Also appearing on our editorial pages are columns by Don Heinzman, who has worked as an editor and manager with ECM almost since the company was founded. Don serves with Howard, Julian, President Marge Winkelman, several of our editors and two citizen members on the editorial board that meets monthly to develop positions on issues.
Another regular ECM columnist is Joe Nathan, who is executive director of the Center for School Change. Joe, a former public school teacher and education-policy expert, provides his views on Minnesota education.
Some of you might wonder why the local weekly newspaper and website is devoting resources to covering news that crosses the boundaries of your municipalities and counties. It's because a renaissance man named Andersen decided his newspapers would provide more than what has come to be known as "hyperlocal" news — the activities of city councils, school boards and sports teams. He wanted you to get information about the state he served as a legislator and governor.
It would be less expensive to forgo that kind of big-picture coverage and stick with strictly local news. One of the reasons I enjoy working for ECM is because the company's mission goes beyond reporting local news and selling local ads.
In his autobiography, Elmer Andersen wrote this about his commitment to news: "I was not in the newspaper business to make money. I was in it for the mission." — Larry Werner (Editor's note: Werner is director of news for ECM Publishers. He is at [email protected]


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I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about the $85 billion in spending cuts that will kick in as a result of the sequester, and he said, "Mike, you're being too negative, these are just scare tactics."
Scare tactics, perhaps. Too negative, maybe, but that $85 billion is only the tip of the iceberg. Actually, it will be more like $130 billion when the normal multipliers are applied -- most economists, including those at the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget, use a multiplier of 1.5. That means that for every dollar of spending that the government cuts, someone in the private sector will reduce spending by an additional $0.50.
Moreover, when you take into account the negative fourth quarter, you're going to subtract about another 0.8%, and GDP is going to be negative by 1.0% or perhaps more. That's not a scare tactic, that's just arithmetic.
These points didn't convince my friend, who said, "Look at Latvia. They imposed austerity and a flat tax, and now they're growing at 5.5%."
This was the example he was giving me? Latvia?
This is the revisionism currently being used by the hard-money "austerians." It's their way of justifying austerity, to make it appear as though it works. They'll look at a country like Latvia, which imposed brutal austerity in 2008-2009, causing the economy to contract by 40% and unemployment surge to 25%. Since then, the country has seen a feeble growth rebound of 5.5%, which is normal coming off these depression troughs. And the austerians seize upon this and say, "Aha! You see ... austerity works!" Well, maybe austerity works, but people sure don't. Latvia is still struggling with a 15% unemployment rate. But hey, they got a flat tax! Whoopee!
The same ridiculous revisionism was being applied in Europe not too long ago, when some of the most decimated countries, such as Spain and Greece, and even England, rebounded from deep contractions, prompting the pro-austerity crowd to point to that as evidence that austerity works. These were people who were not just casual observers like my friend but high-level policy makers. Not surprisingly, their voices have since been silenced as the economies in these respective countries have gone negative again under the weight of deep cuts.
To look at a policy that is designed to create depression and massive unemployment and cheer its "success" when feeble rebounds occur is not reality. It's not intelligence. It's just blind adherence to an ideology. The sad part is, look at how many people believe it. Most of the American public believes that we need to cut the deficit. That belief underpins the political support that is going to make this happen. In effect, the electorate is arguing against its own interests.
It may well be that the market and the economy will initially respond positively at the onset of the sequester. That's because, as I've written in previous columns, we have seen a huge injection of funds into net financial balances in February, as a result of a very large amount of deficit spending in the month and the very high level of tax refunds. I fully expect the Dow and S&P 500 to make all-time highs, and we could even see some decent improvement in the economic data. All this, of course, will make some people say, "You see ... austerity works!"
Then watch out.
Because the old adage "Sell in May and go away" is likely to be truer than ever this year. That's because all those financial balances will be returned to the Treasury in April as people and firms pay taxes. And by May, when austerity is in full force, there won't be anything to drive the economy, and we'll be heading down, hitting low after low and getting our heads above water only once in a while. Just like the success that is Latvia.


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Evaluation of the Pharmacokinetics of Antituberculosis Drugs and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes (SOUTH)
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|AIDS With Tuberculosis
|Drug: Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide
|Phase 4
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|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of the Pharmacokinetics of Antituberculosis Drugs and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in HIV-tuberculosis Co-infected Ugandan Adults
- clinical outcome [ Time Frame: At the end of treatment (6 months after enrolmet) ]To investigate the association between serum concentrations of antituberculosis drugs and tuberculosis treatment response in HIV-TB-co-infected individuals.
- Cmax [ Time Frame: At 2 weeks, 8 weeks and 24 weeks after anti-tuberculosis drug initiation ]To investigate the steady-state pharmacokinetic parameters of anti-TB drugs at different time-points over the course of TB-treatment
- Number of adverse events [ Time Frame: 2 weeks, 8 weeks and 24 weeks after anti-tuberculosis drug initiation ]To assess the safety and tolerability of anti-TB drugs based on the WHO guidelines
- ART trough levels [ Time Frame: At 2 weeks, 8 weeks and 24 weeks after anti-tuberculosis drug initiation ]To correlate the effect of anti-TB drugs on plasma concentrations of efavirenz or protease inhibitors and vice versa.
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Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide tablets 3 to 5 tablets once daily for 2 months followed by Rifampicin, Isoniazid 3 to 5 tablets once daily for 4 months
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Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide: 3, 4 or 5 tablets daily for weight below 55kg, above 55kg or above 70kg respectively for first 2 months followed by Rifampicin, Isoniazid: 3, 4 or 5 tablets daily for patients' weight below 55kg, above 55kg or above 70kg respectively for 4 months
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A CRF will be completed for each included subject and will be signed by the investigator or by an authorized staff member to attest that the data is true. Any corrections to entries made in the CRFs, source documents must be dated, initialed and explained (if necessary) and should not obscure the original entry. Qualit assurance will as also be performed regularly on the CRFs.
The primary end point will be analyzed using Time to event (cure, death, relapse etc)analysis and failure rates and hazard ratios will be calculated accordig to categorical drug concentrations with proposed cutt offs.
Secondary end points will be analysed using time to event for occurence of toxicities which will also be corelated to the drug concentrations.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent
- Subjects who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.
- Age of ≥18 years
- First episode of pulmonary TB i.e. proven or highly suspected TB considered for TB treatment qualifying for 6 months anti-Tb drugs regimen
- Confirmed HIV-1 infection
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- Unable to provide informed consent
- Documented or highly suspected TB infection of any organs/systems other than the lung requiring TB treatment longer than 6 months
- Previously treated for a mycobacterial infection (TB or atypical mycobacterial infection, active or latent)
- Pregnancy or planned pregnancy within the next year
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- Decompensated liver disease and/or aminotransferases >5x ULN
- GFR < 50 ml/min
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Mycobacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Antitubercular Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Leprostatic Agents
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Hypolipidemic Agents
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Top 5: What Superstars Deserve a Push?
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This is my third top 5 and looking at the comments, I decided to change something, because I totally agree. There are so many talented superstars on the wwe Roster right now. Too many that are underestimated. A lot of superstars have the talent to be champion material... okay, maybe not championship, but they can be bigger than WWE is making them. Here they are:
5. Tyler Reks
Tyler Reks has been with the WWE for a while now, and half of WWE fans hardly know who he is. He has great in ring ability. WWE has stuck him on Superstars. No one watches Superstars. He is starting to appear on Raw and Smackdown with Curt Hawkins supporting John Laurinaitis, but hasn't been in a match on RAW or Smackdown on-on-one since I can remember.
4. Drew Mcintyre
Although I'm not a huge fan of Drew, He is a great in ring competitor. And also, form what has been heard, he's not that bad with the mic. Drew is a guy that I can see in the run for the WHC any day. I gotta give it to Johnny, it was a good move bringing him back, but when was the last time you saw him compete on Raw or Smackdown?
3. Tyson Kidd
Tyson Kidd is another superstar who is stuck on that lame show that no one watches. Thinking back to my previous list and readng the comments, I decided that Khali isn't so good after all. Tyson is a great in-ring performer with great athleticism and is always entertaining to watch.
2. Alex Riley
The last big thing that happened to Riley was when he was in that fued with The Miz. Riley was just on Raw last night getting pushed out of the way by the Big Show. The kid has a lot of talent and charisma and is also great on the mic. He could be something big in WWE, if he was granted the opportunity to compete and show his talent.
1. Yoshi Tatsu
This guy has great in-ring athletic ability, he has a great character, and he also is stuck on Superstars... which no one watches. Yoshi Tatsu's athleticism and charisma makes him a guy that I enjoy watching. The best WWE gave him was his 15 minutes of fame with that short fued with Tensai. WWE really has to open their eyes and realize this guys talent. He could easily replace some of the guys at the top right now.
These are just 5 out of a lot. Dolph deserves to get out of his stupid tag team and get away from Vickie, and he can be big. Alicia Fox could be big. David Otunga has the muscle to get to the top. Justin Gabriel has everything to be a great superstar. Some people need to stay at the bottom because they aren't as good as these guys like Curt Hawkins and Heath Slater. Put your thoughts in the comments.


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The rapidly recovering housing market has led to a new issue for new-home developers: the inability to get their products to market quickly enough, said a Pardee Homes executive on Wednesday.
Beth Fischer, division president for Pardee's San Diego office, said mass layoffs and scaled back infrastructure projects during The Great Recession are now making it difficult to build homes fast enough. During the downturn, Pardee laid off 75 percent of its staff to respond to a loss of 80 percent of its business. Earlier this year, as people came off the sidelines to capitalize on still-low prices, new-home developers didn't have as much inventory to offer.
"All that conserving of cash and cutting costs meant little extra in the way of infrastructure in the ground, permits in process and projects and entitlements," Fischer said, at the Women in Real Estate conference at the University of San Diego. "Builders not holding land felt the heat in competitive lot purchase bids, and there were few lots in ready to go condition."
Fischer said San Diego is projected to add about 15,000 households per year in the next three years, but that building permits only reflect about two-thirds of that demand to be satisfied. She noted obstacles to getting projects done quickly in San Diego, including the area's topography and environmental regulations. That's going to keep supply low.
"Everyone wants to have purchased at the bottom of the market, so when prices show that first tick up, waiting buyers jump off the fence and they do so in droves," she said.
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Median home prices were $412,750 in October, up 17.9 percent from October 2013, DataQuick reported this week. Fischer said she expects prices to continue to rise, but not as quickly as the 24 percent they were up year-over-year earlier this summer. Fischer said, however, that because of the limited supply, the housing prices will rise faster than area incomes, noting what's commonly referred to in San Diego as the "sunshine tax."
"Since San Diego's communities won't suddenly decide to embrace new housing, affordability will definitely suffer," Fischer said.
Fischer said new construction is focused on creating walkable, bike-able neighborhoods, with centralized services, gathering spaces and close to good schools. She said integrating the homes with technology, such as remotely turning on lights and music, adjusting temperatures, and locking and unlocking doors will render older homes uncompetitive. And when the economy improves, people want more environmentally friendly designs.
Related: How other SoCal housing markets fared
The conference, hosted by the USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, also included a speech from Kris Michell, president of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, who spoke on the merits of continuing to develop the downtown area. Later, the audience of about 140 people was able to ask Michell and Fischer questions during a panel discussion.


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Jackie Nared tied a career-high with 28 points, adding 12 rebounds and was named the Classic's Most Outstanding Player. She was joined on the All-Classic team by teammate Danielle Mauldin, Taylor Schippers (Butler), Angela Misa (Portland State) and Kayla Christopher (Chattanooga).
Chattanooga stayed in the game by connecting on 13-for-38 from three-point land. The Gaels once again used a steady does of rebounding (48-39 advantage) and free-throw shooting, (SMC 20-for-25, 80 percent).
Saint Mary's ended the first half on a 10-2 run and began the second half with a 13-2 run to open up a 16-point advantage. The Gaels led by 10 at 63-53 before the Lady Mocs got hot from three-point range. Chattanooga came back within 63-61 with 1:57 remaining.
Saint Mary's would make a couple stops and led 67-61 with 1:07 left. UTC made two more threes with an SMC free-throw in-between to pull within 68-67 with 38 seconds left. The Gaels got one free throw to lead by two and withstood two UTC attempts, one to take a lead with a three that rimmed out and another jumper that missed to tie the game. The Gaels got a rebound and free-throw with two seconds left to go up 70-67. The Lady Mocs inbounded the ball but could not get a shot off to potentially tie the game.
In addition to Nared's 28 points and 12 rebounds, Mauldin added six points and 11 rebounds (eight offensive). Morgan Hatten and Lauren Nicholson added seven points apiece.
Saint Mary's is back in action on Thursday, November 29 at Cal Poly. Tip is set for 7:00 p.m. in San Luis Obispo. The match-up will be the first of five consecutive road games for the Gaels.


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Conservation of the Gandhara Scroll: A Successful Collaboration
Holly Huston Krueger
Senior Paper Conservator
Conservation Division
February 11 , 2009
About the Lecture:
Buddhism is one of the world's major religions and can trace its origins to 450 BC when its founder, Guatama Buddha, attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Buddhism spread northward from India into the Peshawar Valley, present day Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. The region, Gandhara, stood as a thriving center for Buddhism before spreading eastward along the Silk Roads. Until recently, no original manuscripts had been found documenting the development of the Gandharan doctrine of Buddhism. A group of materials dating from 1st c BC to 2nd c BCE were unearthed in the 1990's, and the Library of Congress acquired a birch-bark scroll from this collection. It fell to the Library's Conservation Division to unroll, document and devise a long-term preservation strategy for this most fragile and ancient object. To accomplish this task, conservators relied upon a myriad of colleagues and expertise, both inside and outside of its own walls.
About the Speaker:
Holly Huston Krueger is a 1982 Graduate of the Cooperstown Graduate Program for Conservation. She has worked at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Western Regional Paper Conservation Laboratory. In 1984, she re-located to Dallas, Texas where she was the Conservator at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. In 1992, Holly joined the Library of Congress Conservation Division in Washington, D.C., where she is presently a Senior Paper Conservator.


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A FIVE year old girl is in a serious condition in hospital after she was knocked down in Deane.
The little girl was airlifted from nearby Haslam Park to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital after she was hit by a red Peugeot just before 2.35pm on Hawthorne Street yesterday afternoon.
Neighbours say the accident happened after a wedding at St Ethelbert's RC Church, and they could hear screaming from roads away.
Police shut off the road and took the car, belonging to a female driver, away.
Cheryl Foster, who lives on adjacent Melbourne Road, said she was told about the incident by a group of lads.
she said: "They could see the girl on the ground and there was a lot of blood.
"It was horrible. Everybody was going on about the crash on Willows Lane, but there was a little girl knocked over here.
"The cars speed along, but I don't think anyone has been knocked down before."
Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, said her son came home to tell her what had happened.
She said: "He said she was on the ground and was in a bad way.
"I didn't want to go and look."
Parish priest at St Ethelbert's, Fr Duncan McVicar, said it was not clear whether the child had been attending the wedding at his church.
He said: "I've yet to speak to the bride and groom to find out if she was attending their wedding.
"Nobody knows what happened - I went to speak to some residents and nobody is clear what happened.
"It's really tragic.
"Kids run out onto the road all the time but it is usually very quiet - at the moment you could hear a pin drop outside."
The collision reconstruction unit of Greater Manchester Police are working to identify the circumstances of the crash.


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The other thread on this program was closed Mr Stephenson made clear that the Titanic Liverpool name plate would be shown in Titanic at 100.
I watched, recorded, but did not see it or missed it. The links to the program were put up and I did not see it.
It's something I have badly wanted to see since 1985 and I have seen every documentary from Ballard 85-86 through the 90's Rmst Inc to Mr Cameron 2001-05, Ballard return to RMST Inc 2010 and the Imax visit in 1990. Despite the thousands of bow shots I have seen one only good distance shot released recently of Titanic's aft stern which is still very recognizable and in tact.
I would love to see this from every angle, lit up close ups of the deck.
I do not understand why after a quarter of a century there has been one still image, no close up shots of the nameplate, nothing but a few very quick video glances over the years which I first saw in Ghost of the Abyss.
If Mr Stephenson or anyone else can respond or post the image/video or point me to a site at Woods Hole or RMST Inc where this would be included that would be incredible.
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keltik wrote:why do people that can only throw a Nuke SS 250 feet shoot better scores than I do?
I just don't have the time or the freedom to play serious practice rounds. I can't get out of work in time to make it to any leagues. I got kids to feed. I just don't want to resign myself to playing rec/novice until I age out into Masters. I feel like I should be better than I am. I guess I'm wrong.
JHern wrote:If your putter isn't your favorite disc, get a new putter.
Hoey wrote:First off, I feel like I'm a pretty good player, but I have a hard time actually doing well when it counts. I feel that some percentage of that is due to not completely understanding (inside and out) the discs I'm throwing.
When I worked at Marshall Street I was constantly trying out all the new discs that came in because, well, they were new and shiny... but I felt like I should know the discs customers would ask me about. Duh right?
I guess I'm finally coming to the point in my disc golf career, where I'm just gonna hunker down, and find the right molds that work in my best interests. It's kind of a no brainer, but it's hard with the temptation of trying out new technology... plus there's like what, a dozen or more options for each "slot" in your bag? With so many good companies out there producing so many competent models, how in the world are we supposed to find the ones that work best for us?
Perhaps someone has already been in this position and can offer some sort of insight?
7ontheline wrote:Hoey, once your settle on the molds you feel confident have your slots covered, my suggestion is to get several backups (hopefully in the same run) so you'll have plenty others to cycle through.
Keltik, kids do make it harder. Be happy and remember to do "it" while you can because one day you won't be able to.
So... my wife plays a lot of sand volleyball, like everyday. She's smoking'. Back off knuckleheads Anyways, we have a pool and are only a few minutes from the sand courts and her hot bikini girlfriends are always coming over to hang out, drink a few adult beverages, and let their hair down after a sweaty workout.
Sounds like no problem, right? Well... on second thought Hoey some slots may only ever need one driver
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Frank Delicious wrote:I've already hunkered down and decided to keep my molds the same for a few years now. The only disc I am thinking of replacing long run is the SOLF because the newer runs are all over the place. I have 4 1.3s and none of them fly the same. I have a bunch of 1.1 back ups but down the road has to be considered so right now I am trying out the starfire and hoping for the volt to work also.
The last major change to the bag was going back to aviars from wizards after I decided it was too much of a hassle to get good wizards when aviars are easy to come by.
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What am I doing wrong, and am I doing anything right? Any tips and pointers welcome.
I know I need to sort out what I do with my off hand, and I've noticed I have nose angle issues and tend to throw a bit high most of the time.
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Dennis wrote:Yeah, I'd say control has been and is still probably my biggest issue. I've been trying to keep the throw more compact since I shot that video, shorter X step, less reach back and getting my weight into the disc more. One big problem I had was that whenever I tried to put any power behind my drive and even approaches, I'd end up throwing 15-20° to the right and just couldn't figure out why. Then one day it hit me that it was because I was trying to keep my plant foot on a straight line from my left foot towards the target, thinking that meant I would be lined up right. I'm not sure what made it click, but I noticed that instead planting the foot a bit to the left actually made the whole line of the run-up and throw straighter, I made an illustration of what I'm trying to say because I'm not sure I'm making sense.
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Hattiesburg, Miss., October 22, 2012 - William Carey University officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new women's residence hall on the Hattiesburg campus on October 17. The residence hall, which will be located directly behind Byrd Hall on the south end of campus, will accommodate 96 women residents double occupancy or in 49 private rooms to relieve the school's housing crunch. The dorm is scheduled to be completed before the beginning of the 2013-14 academic year.
Dr. Tommy King, president of WCU, called the residence hall "an important step in the growth of William Carey University." He said, "perhaps the greatest announcement I can make is that we have the money in the bank to pay for it."
The building will cost $4.5 million and the funds came from support by the Mississippi Baptist Convention, private donors and careful management of existing funds.
During the ceremony, Hannah Brown, a senior from Columbus and Baptist Student Union president, gave the prayer of thanksgiving. Courtney Daley, a senior from Carson and student foundation treasurer, followed with a student testimony about the benefits of living on campus. A group of students, administrators, a trustee, the architect, and the contractor then joined Dr. King in the turning of the shovels to official break ground where the new dorms will be located. The ceremony concluded with a prayer of dedication by Dr. Hugh Dickens, chairman of the Board of Trustees.


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Should you spy a strange contraption hovering over Spaulding Field in the future, don't panic - it may be the latest in UCLA's technological embrace.
The Bruins rolled out a new sound system Wednesday, but head coach Jim Mora said that won't be the team's last high-tech addition.
"The next step -- and we will get to it, it's just going to take us a while -- is they've got these drones now that can hover over your practice field with a video camera," Mora said. "What we eventually want to do is get a drone because that's another perspective."
Tennessee tried a similar idea last week, using what looked like an eight-pronged helicopter at its spring practice. An upgrade on the cable-suspended Skycam used in television broadcasts, the "drones" would also require UCLA to amp up its fundraising efforts. A Cinestar Octocopter, used in the film industry, can cost about $10,000.
The aforementioned sound system -- the CoachComm Tempo, to be exact -- looks downright medieval in comparison.
Already used at other schools like Utah and Oregon, the system allows music, crowd noises and even voiceovers to be pre-programmed. The system also syncs to a game clock to help make sessions more efficient.
Mora said he also hopes the school will break ground on a new practice facility in a year. In the meantime, the Bruins are working on some upgrades to existing structures, such as replacing tarps and painting sheds. Meeting and locker rooms have already undergone some changes.
Testing, testingSince no NFL team selected a UCLA player in any of last year's seven rounds, this week marks the first time Mora will truly experience a draft as a college coach. He's exuberant about the prospect, but has also been active in guiding his former players through the waters.
Take, for example, the proper measures for taking an NFL coach out to dinner.
"What they don't realize is, it's a test," Mora said. "Everything's a test. From what you wear, to getting there early, to knowing where you're gonna park. To having made reservations at the restaurant. To having directions to the restaurant. ...
"Everything's a test. Everything's an audition. These teams are about to pump millions of dollars into them."
Injury reportEarly enrollee Kylie Fitts returned to practice after aggravating his sprained ankle. The defensive end had looked doubtful for Saturday's spring game, but might be ready. Defensive tackle Ellis McCarthy, rehabbing from knee surgery, did more sideline work.
Safety Dietrich Riley is back after missing half of spring with a separated shoulder, but was consistently beaten in pass coverage Wednesday.


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Now that Netflix has released an iPhone app that allows mobile cinephiles to stream their instant queues, it's worth considering reorganizing those queues for smartphone screening. So we put together a handy list of films across all genres that ought to look just fine on the iPhone's comparatively tiny display. Once they're all available, that is.
As expected, there's not a flick among them that contains ubiquitous subtitles or indispensable minutiae. They're all wide-screen blasts, whose broad strokes and deceptively simple compositions screen nicely on handsets.
The Iron Giant
Stream: Brad Bird's brilliant first film, The Iron Giant is a masterful sci-fi fable starring a boy called Hogarth (Eli Marienthal) and his interstellar killer robot gone good during the paranoid Cold War. Hounded by an insane government spook named Mansley (Kevin Macdonald) and befriended by a cool beatnik named Dean (Harry Connick Jr.), The Iron Giant (Vin Diesel) must choose between a hard-fought peace and an all-too-easy atomic holocaust. But only after eating all the used cars in sight.
Buffering... Effortlessly shifting between measured pacing and kinetic fun, Bird's 1999 debut shouldn't suck up too much bandwidth or battery life. Actually, you should go watch it now.
Bonus: The Iron Giant's stunning heart and smarts don't detract at all from its hypnotic wide-screen mash of hand-drawn animation and CGI. It fully computes in any dimension.
Image courtesy Warner Bros.
Stream: Alfred Hithcock's foundational 1960 horror immortal charts the lethal convergence of unlucky losers Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in a remote hotel haunted by sexual jealousy and violence. The rest is film history.
Buffering... Psycho's brutal shower murder, culminating in a vertiginous spiral out of its victim's retina, is still capable of deranging both your brain and your sense of safety. Same goes with the climactic reveal, which itself could destabilize your spine from your iPhone's puny display.
Bonus: Hitchcock went indie and dialed back the glitz on Psycho, shooting starkly contrasting scenes in fearsome black-and-white. That makes it easier to watch anywhere, even if you keep the lights on.
Image courtesy William Creamer/MPTV Images
The Dark Knight
Stream: Inception director Christopher Nolan made a billion-dollar splash with this blockbuster 2008 reboot of Batman (Christian Bale) and Joker's first fearsome collision. But the hyper-real upgrade went supernova after Heath Ledger -- whose Oscar-winning portrayal of The Dark Knight's unhinged villain gave the film its unpredictable fire -- unexpectedly passed away.
Buffering... Joker's opening crime, an attrition heist that purposefully takes down every one of his henchmen, is just as galvanizing an opener at iPhone size as it is in IMAX.
Bonus: Nolan's preference for thrilling action and taut plots still keeps The Dark Knight from sinking into the morass of most CGI-bloated comics-based films. That renewable tension will also help it keep from sinking down your Netflix queue.
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Stream: DIY superhero Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) tries to impress the high school hottie by beating up thugs. After YouTube captures him in action, Kick-Ass teams up with young crime-fighter Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) to avenge her father's death at the hands of the local crime lord.
Buffering... Pint-size superhero Hit Girl, tailor-made for a pint-sized screen, makes her first entrance wielding knives, leaping off walls, and dismembering bad guys while hurling profanities at everyone in her path.
Bonus: Candy-colored cinematography pops throughout, firing up pixels like a live-action Saturday-morning cartoon. -- Hugh Hart
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Kill Bill Vol. 1
Stream: Uma Thurman's Beatrix Kiddo, more bloodily known as The Bride, seeks vengeance on her former colleague after he ruins her chances for a normal family life.
Buffering... Beatrix Kiddo turns up at the suburban house of Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox) and engages in a lethal cat-and-mouse punctuated with jibes and a kitchen-destroying martial arts fight scene guaranteed to leap off your two-inch screen.
Bonus: Besides the gorgeously filmed wild west vistas, Quentin Tarantino cherry-picked killer tunes for the soundtrack. Sync it up after the film for a sonic refresher. -- Hugh Hart
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The Bourne Supremacy
Stream:In this 2004 sequel to 2002's The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) continues his quest for revenge on the operatives who wiped his memory and killed his girlfriend.
Buffering...Arguably the best action sequence of the decade begins on motor scooters crowding the streets of Tangiers, then shifting to a building-leaping foot chase over the rooftops and through the apartments of wigged out Algerians, before culminating in a brutal slugfest. No dialogue required.
Bonus: Director Paul Greengrass' shaky cameras offers gritty picture postcards from scenic sites all around the world. -- Hugh Hart
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Stream: Human evolution, from Earth to the stars to beyond the infinite, is charted with painstaking patience in this cerebral 1968 sci-fi classic from director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke. Throw in an overeager and ambitious killer computer named HAL, and you have the ultimate in ironic iPhone screenings.
Buffering... You can take your pick of any of Kubrick's breathtaking panoramas, and still come up a winner on your smartphone. We're partial to the zero-gravity space-station ballet, set to Johann Strauss' ethereal waltz The Blue Danube.
Bonus: Astronaut Dave Bowman's psychedelic journey into the infinite should induce as much swirling cinematic euphoria on the iPhone as it does on the big screen. Just try to keep your eyes from widening.
Image courtesy MGM/Turner
The Hangover
Stream: This road-trip comedy follows three dorks (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis) as they embark on the bachelor's party from Hell in Las Vegas.
Buffering... Hilarious scene-stealer Ken Jeong makes a jaw-dropping appearance as a kidnapped thug who pops out of a car trunk furious and completely naked. Jeong's improvised antics, which seem to stun the other actors, translates into big laughs, even on a small screen.
Bonus: Perfect for multi-taskers, The Hangover's free-standing set pieces are driven by goofy banter and broad physical schtick that require no "before" or "after" context. -- Hugh Hart
Image courtesy Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Stream: Trey Parker and Matt Stone's riotous feature film follows foul-mouthed Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny and a host of hilarious characters -- including star-crossed lovers Saddam Hussein and the Devil -- as they seek to avoid war with Canada. And it's still the sharpest war satire since Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.
Buffering... From Kenny's trip through Hell -- soundtracked by Parker, Stone and Metallica's James Hetfield -- to the climactic war with our neighbors to the North, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is packed with action. But its ceaseless, often thankfully profane, jokes carry the day, especially on your handset.
Bonus: Two words: "Uncle Fucka." That is all.
Image courtesy Comedy Central Films
See Also:
- Cerebral Sci-Fi Films That Wipe Our Minds
- Wired's Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Time: Star Wars and After
- Geek Culture's 26 Most Awesome Female Ass-Kickers


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It can be made also exclusively from certain "cru", for example exclusively from "Grande Champagne", but of different ages.
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Peavy impressed with Lincecum's accomplishments
WASHINGTON -- With a victory Saturday over the Nationals, Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum would become the fifth pitcher to win 100 games with the club since the franchise moved west in 1958.
The others all distinguished themselves to varying degrees. Juan Marichal (238 wins as a Giant) is a Hall of Famer who's regarded as one of the finest pitchers of his era. Gaylord Perry (134), another Hall of Famer, tacked on 180 more wins after the ill-advised trade that sent him to Cleveland before the 1972 season. Kirk Rueter (105) remains the winningest left-hander in San Francisco history. And Mike McCormick (107) became the Giants' first Cy Young Award winner in 1967.
Lincecum's resume measures up to those of his predecessors. He has won two Cy Young Awards, thrown two no-hitters, made four All-Star teams and built a postseason record that's exceeded in franchise history only by Christy Mathewson.
Discussing win No. 100 during Spring Training, Lincecum said, "I'll be proud of it when I get there. That's not something I've ever actually shot for."
One Giant who understands the significance of reaching triple digits in victories is Jake Peavy, who has amassed a 135-110 record in 13 big league seasons.
"I don't think it's really symbolic of anything," Peavy said Friday. "It's a round number is what it comes down to."
Peavy added that since fewer starting pitchers work deep into games and thus are less responsible for their decisions, the impact of win totals has ebbed.
"There are so many better ways to judge how good a pitcher is," Peavy said.
Peavy pointed out that he won the Cy Young Award with a 19-6 record and a 2.54 ERA in 2007 for San Diego, yet finished 10-11 the following year despite posting a similar ERA (2.85).
That said, Peavy affirmed that Lincecum should feel rewarded once he reaches the century mark.
"When anybody who understands how hard it is to win a Major League game sees those 100 wins, there's a ton of respect from your peers when you see guys start to rack up wins like Tim has," Peavy said.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. Teddy Cahill is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @tedcahill. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Collins praises Murphy's All-Star work ethic
NEW YORK -- One of the drawbacks to Daniel Murphy being selected as the Mets' only All-Star is that manager Terry Collins will be hard-pressed to find him time to rest. It may have to be Sunday's series finale against the Marlins.
Just a few days before Murphy departs for the Midsummer Classic, Collins couldn't help but provide a laundry list of attributes that he's admired in his second baseman, one of the first Major Leaguers he met after joining the Mets.
"I watched him during January camp, the way he worked, the way he went about it," said Collins. "That was when he was just coming off playing a little left field and went to first base. ... All he did was grab a glove. He never asked why, never talked about he couldn't do it. Just grabbed a glove and went and played."
Collins was especially impressed with Murphy's ability to stay focused in 2010, when he got injured in a rundown in one of the Mets' final Spring Training games.
"To watch the rehab guys to see how hard this guy was working to get back," said Collins. "Every night, third row, St. Lucie game. Dan Murphy is there. Big league player watching an A-ball game every night. ... That just showed me he was a baseball player."
While Murphy will be making his first All-Star Game appearance Tuesday, Mets Triple-A prospects Noah Syndergaard and Kevin Plawecki will be making their national debuts Sunday in the Futures Game.
Plawecki, the Mets' sixth-ranked prospect on MLB.com's Top 20 Prospects list, hit .326 with an .864 OPS in 58 games for Double-A Binghamton before he was promoted to Las Vegas in late June.
"He's gonna be an outstanding offensive player," said Collins. "He's really got a good swing."
Syndergaard, the Mets' top-ranked pitching prospect, will enter Sunday's game hot, coming off his best start of the year -- seven innings of one-run ball -- after a rough first half.
"There's a growing period that you've gotta go through, especially in that Pacific Coast League," said Collins. "Here's a guy that can throw 98-99 mph, but they're still getting hits, where the year before they didn't. I think it's something you've just gotta learn to get through."
Jake Kring-Schreifels is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.