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Schooled by Lisa Lewis explores the widening chasm between privilege, economic class and the opportunities for success. Two students vie for a competitive grant from their roguish professor in a taut threesome that tests their romantic relationship and their ethics. A biting drama with surprising humor, Schooled is an examination of the lies we tell ourselves, and the truths we refuse to believe.
A New York Times-published essayist and acclaimed storyteller, Lisa Lewis' plays have been developed by Naked Angels Tuesdays@9, The New Ohio Theatre, New Helvetia Theatre and The Eureka Project. Her essays and profiles have appeared in The New York Times, ELLE Magazine, Kirkus Reviews and New York Press. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program, Lewis spent six years writing script coverage and development notes for New Line Cinema, Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal at Tribeca Film, and The Weinstein Company. For more info visit http://www.LisaLewisWriting.com.
Peter Friedman is a Tony Award nominee and Obie and Drama Desk Award winner for Ragtime on Broadway, and Circle Mirror Transformation and The Heidi Chronicles both at Playwrights Horizons. He has appeared in Amy Herzog's After the Revolution, and The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World (both Playwrights Horizons), Annie Baker's Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep) and Body Awareness (Atlantic), Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit (Drama Desk nomination) and the Broadway revival of Twelve Angry Men.
Sarah Steele has appeared at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 in Greg Pierce's Slowgirl and Julia Brownell's All-American. Other New York credits include Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate (Roundabout Underground), Erika Shaffer's Russian Transport and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with Cynthia Nixon (both The New Group). Her films include Please Give with Catherine Keener, Spanglish with Adam Sandler and Margaret with Matt Damon.
Harry Zittel's theatre credits include Julia Brownell's All-American at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 and Paul Weitz's Privilege at Second Stage. His film credits include The Virginity Hit, Taking Woodstock, The Bounty Hunter, Stephanie Daley and Spinning Into Butter.
Zoë Winters was seen at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, Love Song (59E59) and Hater (Ohio Theatre). Her regional credits include Half 'n Half 'n Half (Merrimack Rep), The Importance of Being Earnest (Papermill Playhouse) and The Imaginary Invalid (Seattle Rep).
Jules Ochoa's directing credits include Frank Tangredi's Lifeline, Joel Fields' How I Fell in Love (AB*IE Award for Outstanding Direction) and Jan Buttram's Phantom Killer all for the Abingdon Theatre Company. He has also directed at HERE Arts Center, HB Playwrights, Stamford Center for the Arts and Theatre Four. Upcoming projects include Small Fish, a musical by Susan Vitucci and Henry Krieger. He is the Creative Development Director for Michael Filerman Productions.
Ken Davenport of Davenport Theatricals is a Broadway producer whose credits include Godspell, Chinglish, Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, and 13, as well as Altar Boyz, My First Time, The Awesome 80s Prom and Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage. Current projects include bringing the first ever revival of A Few Good Men to Broadway and adapting the novel and film Somewhere in Time into a Broadway musical. For more info visit http://www.DavenportTheatrical.com.
Schooled was developed at New Helvetia Theatre's Sacramento New Works Festival with director Matthew Schneider.Photos courtesy of Darr Publicity.
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Anyone that makes their own jams or cans their own veggies knows what a mason jar is, but did you know there are many other uses for them besides that? Mason jars are made out of thick glass and have a metal top. They are relatively inexpensive, about $10.00 - $15.00 for a dozen jars (even less at yard sales or thrift stores or if you buy in bulk.) An added bonus - they are much better for the environment than plastic, so you can feel good about being "green!"
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Do you know where it will end? Or will you just keep on studying like this? …Or is there an end to it? … That's okay but it's the external study, not the internal study. For the internal study you have to study these eyes, these ears, this nose, this tongue, this body and this mind. This is the real study. The study of books is just the external study, it's really hard to get it finished.
When the eye sees form what sort of thing happens? When ear, nose and tongue experience sounds, smells and tastes, what takes place? When the body and mind come into contact with touches and mental states, what reactions take place ? Are there still greed, aversion and delusion there? Do we get lost in forms, sounds, smells, tastes, textures and moods? This is the internal study. It has a point of completion.
questionasker wrote:If there is a truth, wouldn't it be something simple.
questionasker wrote:Hello fellow Buddhist,
Buddhism has a lot of scriptures and different rules and opinions, lots of teacher with different points of view. Sooo much to the Buddhist ways.
Why so much?? If there is a truth, wouldn't it be something simple. I heard enlightenment is like a joke, once you realize its funny or something like that.
Anyway, i believe that the truth to eliminating suffering or complete happiness and enlightenment should be something simple, i
questionasker wrote:. It doesn't seem right to have to learn all these rules and techniques to become enlightened or reach our full potential.
Aloka wrote:Together with some sutta study, I like to have the uncluttered directness and simplicity of a teacher...
dharmagoat wrote:Buddhism's profundity lies in its ultimate simplicity.
From the mahāyāna point of view, once buddha-nature is revealed, all doctrine has served its purpose.
Durt_Dawg wrote:Oh, just noticed ya from Kiwi Land.
Kia Ora bro!
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manas wrote:Hi questionasker
sorry, had to edit ... upon reflection, I decided that my previous answer here was better left unsaid. I will just say that I empathize with your question.
with metta.
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Lion Tooth's Theatre Company Announces Summer Production of ROMEO AND JULIET, 6/19 - Today
The Lion's Tooth Theatre Company is pleased to announce its first ever production, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This production is directed by Joan Lawson. Performances are June 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 &28. The performance starts at 6:00 pm at the SKIDMORE COLLEGE AMPHITHEATER, but please join us at 5:30 for a PRE-SHOW CARNIVAL!
This summer, the Lion's Tooth Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's timeless love story in a fresh light. Watch Romeo & Juliet outside and enjoy the universal experience of Shakespeare in the park! A boy; a girl; a feud, clowns; carnivals; true love and summer nights. Join us for an evening of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet complete with a pre-show carnival! Welcome to "Fair Verona" where we lay our scene! Here, the Capulets fight the Montagues and the Montagues fight the Capulets, and in the midst of it all, a boy and a girl fall in love. Join us as the in turn comedic and tragic tale of true love unfolds in the beautiful summer air of Saratoga Springs.
Admission is free though donations are accepted!
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Lion's Tooth Theatre Company is excited to debut its first work! The company was founded by passionate, driven undergraduates in Skidmore College's Theatre Department. The Company hopes to explore Shakespeare on the stage in a fun, professional environment. They hope to bring as much joy to the Saratoga community as they have had working on this process.


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So I'm walking out of the game once again on another high that only comes with another Pacers victory and I am going towards the normal green trash can to meet up with my fellow Pacers brothers & sisters. I'm jubilant on top of the world and ready to join in some post game merriment and exultation of our beloved team when I come across Hicks who looks like the visage of death standing there.
In a quandary as to why he looked so sour I was going to ask if he was unhappy at some incident in his life or if he was suffering from gas. He proceeded to tell me how bad he thought this was. Well at first I was confused as all get out, how bad what was as we had just beaten a good solid team. But before we could go on high octane once again decided to ruin our spot by playing their damn drums in the hallway (God that is irritating) so by this time Gnome & the Mrs. Have arrived and we begin to wander our way down to the window by the practice court when en route to there Gnome tells me he is very disappointed.
Again, stunned I ask in what? He tells me he is disappointed in Roy.
You could have knocked me over with a feather. In fact by the time Seth, BillS & Mrs. And Trader Joe had arrived they were all either disheartened or in BillS case downright despondent.
I was beside myself, how was it that I was the optimistic upbeat person of the bunch. Now to be fair Trader Joe was supportive of the incident but did believe that there would be repercussions.
I tried to console the group, BillS was already writing the epithet for the season, but I wasn't really getting anywhere. By the time I had to leave I wanted to contact the local suicide hotline and tell them to be on the look out. They all left down and depressed and I was ready to go home and write Klingon Opera's about the night that Roy Hibberts testicles actually dropped.
Since it didn't work on them let me bring it here.
Roy Hibbert & I ride together!
Eff the league.
If it wasn't for the fact that I don't want to lose him for the Clippers game I would say that a one game suspension for Roy Hibbert will do nothing but raise his street cred as the kids would say.
Golden State was getting pummeled; in fact I'll go ahead and say it. Take away Curry's sweet sweet shot and this would have been another beat down of Biblical proportions and there was nothing they could do about it.
Now being competitors they didn't like the thumping they were taking and decided that the only retort to our physical domination, since the referee crew were not going to fall for their flopping, was to be physical in return.
They don't have the horses to be physical and therefore when push came to shove they actually decided to push & shove. Fair enough, their men & I respect that.
David Lee decided to take umbrage with Roy's bumping him off of the box, good for him. Stand up for yourself & I'm sure Mark Jackson appreciates your effort.
BTW, kudos to Mark Jackson for changing the culture of that team. They really do play defense now and to go along with the shooting touch from their back court they will have a few good years ahead of them.
Anyway back to Roy & Lee. Once Lee decided to give Roy a two arm shove Roy in the blink of an eye gave him one back. First and foremost I didn't think Roy had it in him, normally this will evoke a "hey" response from Roy. But for whatever reason tonight he decided that he had taken enough.
Lee bumped back and the melee was on.
The next thing I see is Roy shoving a Warriors player over, it ends up being Curry but I couldn't tell that at the time, and all I want to do is stand up and yell Qapla!!!!!
Then there was some shoving and running about and then David West, as Hicks said I described it, cleared out the section as though he were Sauron knocking soldiers around with his Mace.
All in all I was having a good time. People lets not forget who one of my favorite Pacers is, a knock down drag out fight is just part of a nights work back in the day.
Look nobody did anything dirty here, heck I'm not even mad at the Warriors and in fact I really respect what Lee said after the game about everybody was playing hard and it was just all left on the court.
This was nothing; this wouldn't have even been news at all if it wasn't for the ghost of idiots past. By idiots I mean the members of the team who gave us the bad image.
I know several of you guys are ready to jump off of a bridge or something because of the fear of the image of the brawl and how people will never want to come to our games or whatever.
Let me talk you off of the ledge.
Let us all remember one thing; the local fans supported the team lock, stock and Stephen Jackson's smoking barrel after the brawl. I know because I was one of the very few who was trying to say that our team was in the wrong that night. Believe me I was crucified for that belief.
But the locals came out and supported the next home game vs. the Magic like it was game 7 in the playoffs.
The fan base did not turn on the team because of the brawl, in fact we as a city and area whether we like to admit it out loud or not like a good scuffle. Now I have no problem admitting it but people of higher caliber (read that as almost anybody) probably would.
The locals turned on the team for episode after episode of legal miscues, off court issues, injuries and then when Artest demanded the trade it all but collapsed.
Here is why that won't happen this time.
First these aren't the same group of players. There is no history of bad behavior, there is nobody that has been labeled a malcontent and there hasn't been a single police report filed.
In fact these guys are either perceived as dull or good guys. That other group had already even before the brawl had the fan base turn against them some. Jackson was already getting some boo's from the home crowd in his short tenure due to him cursing at Rick when he was taken out of a game, Tinsley was already running thin with people because of his inability to stay on the floor and yes there were even some people who took issue with Artest.
None of that his here this time.
Oh sure somebody is going to say that the locals don't care they are just looking for an excuse, etc.
Let's get a grip for a min. The people who are going to say that were going to say that no matter what. They didn't buy Pacers tickets in the past, they don't buy them at present and they will not buy Pacers tickets in the future.
The local news media will not cover this the same way, again different cast of characters.
This will blow over and IMO it will endear Roy and West and others to the fans that were there tonight and watched the game. They saw nobody did anything crazy and they saw that just like with Danny the other night this team is a unit and will be there for one another.
Hell I couldn't be more proud of the Pacers than I am right now.
In fact look at us we've spent this entire time talking about this and have kind of overlooked the big picture.
Let's do some grades.
David West: A++
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Paul George: A
He is now averaging 10.5 ppg against the Warriors this season. Actually kind of started out rough but when he kicked it on, well there was just nothing they could do to stop him.
Roy Hibbert: A++
He was having a very good game on the floor before he ascended Mount Olympus and attained Godhood. Don't be ashamed Roy, hold your head high and don't take crap from anyone. I'm not advocating dirty play or even being overly physical but don't back down.
George Hill: A
He decided to play Curry in a first half game of H-O-R-S-E matching him shot for shot in the second quarter, but then George has other team mates who can do something so in the second half he did the smart thing and rode the horse that is David West to victory. BTW, Curry's shot making had nothing to do with bad defense by Hill. Dude was just hitting crap with a lightning fast release. George had great defense and controlled the ball very well.
Lance Stephenson: B
Just didn't have the best night in the world from the field but still contributed to the win and I am certain he had something to do with the increase in chippiness as the game went on.
Tyler Hansbrough: C-
Ugh, whatever happened to his face up 15' jump shot? Am I dreaming or at one point in time a couple of years ago didn't he hit that shot on occasion? C- is really kind of generous but he did play some really good defense on a couple of possession.
Danny Granger: C
Lord this is going to be rough to watch. You can see he still knows how to get to where he wants to go and he still can get there. Converting a shot though? Well that just hasn't happened yet. He still does good things on the floor and I was really surprised tonight to see how much off the ball movement he was doing on offense. Clearly they were trying to drag other players off of West and Paul by running Danny towards the basket in an effort to open up the shot for them. Defense was decent tonight but man is that shot putrid.
Ian Mahinmi: C
I'm not sure why I wasn't more happy with him than I was but it just seemed that the old butter fingers seemed to be in effect again tonight and honestly I didn't think he did all that good with staying with his man. Still though it's nice to have a legitimate 7' player coming off of the bench & hey we may need him to be ready to start on Thursday.
D.J. Augustine: C-
To quote Jim O'Brien, "irrelevant".
Orlando Johnson: D
Certainly not the night he had vs. the Pistons.
My God people we are striding he world like a colossus and I won't hear anything about bad times. We are tearing through teams like Godzilla through Tokyo and these aren't bottom feeder teams.
Get up, rejoice, this is what we sat through 4 soul sucking years of Satan for. This is the payoff, well at least until we hang that banner next fall.


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Jechbi wrote:My personal experience is that nothing else is inspiring except to the extent that it contains some taste of Dhamma. When I find that some religion or philosophy is inspiring, I eventually realize it's because of an overlap with the Dhamma.
clw_uk wrote:Greetings
Just out of interest, apart from Buddhism, what other religions or philosophies/ers do you get inspiration from?
Ben wrote:get outside and get some sunshine!
clw_uk wrote:Greetings
Just out of interest, apart from Buddhism, what other religions or philosophies/ers do you get inspiration from?
for myself its atheism, agnosticism and the materialist philosophy. However i do find some inspiration for eastern orthodox leanings towards monasticism and contemplation as well as some respect for jainist asceticism
As for teachers/philosophers i have respect for Epicurus, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, all of them i draw some measure of inspiration from
.I don't care how sad it makes me, I LOVE The Matrix. Yesterday my wife was at work, so I sat down and watched the trillogy throughout and then the animatrix in one sitting. I'm still studying the commentaries, but the Matrix Canon itself is absolutely FASCINATING
clw_uk wrote:If we are talking about films as well, then i have to say Star Wars. Has some Buddhist concepts in it, plus they are brilliant films
Mawkish1983 wrote:Ben wrote:get outside and get some sunshine!
'Still blizzarding', wrote Joyce again on the 21st. "we are lying in pools of water made by our bodies through staying in the same place for such a long time. I don't know what we will do if this does not ease. It has been blowing coninuously without a lull. The food for today was one cup of pemmican amongst three of us, one biscuit each, and two cups of tea among the three". The kerosene was exhausted, but Richards improvised a lamp by pouring some spirit (intended for priming the oil lamp) into a mug, lighting it, and holding another mug over it. It took half an hour to heat a mug of melted snow in this way. "Same old thing, no ceasing of this blizzard." was Joyce's note twenty four hours later. "Hardly any food left except tea and sugar. Richards, Hayward and I, after a long talk, decided to get under way romorrow in any case, or else we shall be sharing the fate of Captain Scott and his party. The other tent seems to be very quiet, but now and again we hear a burst of song from Wild, so they are in the land of the living. We gave the dogs the last of their food tonight, so we shall have to push, as a great deal depends on them"...
Ben wrote:For a bit of perspective, here's an extract from the diaries of Joyce & Richards who were part of the depot-laying party of Shackleton's failed Endurance/Aurora Expedition to cross Antarctica by foot in 1914-1917
Yoda wrote:Adventure, excitement, an Arahant craves not these things
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Topic: Photodynamic Therapy
My husband was diagnosed with cc in November.. Early scans suggested that the tumour was confined to the bile duct and the decision was taken to resect. Unfortunately during the op it became apparent that there had been a spread to the omentum. Liver, lungs, gall bladder and pancreas are all apparently unaffected.
My husband returned home mid Dec and since then we have been concentrating on building up his strength. Now he has good appetitie and energy, although he is very thin.
He has had no chemo and the proposed next stage treatment is PDT with Photofrin. Does anyone have any experience of this? I know that it is non invasive and has few side effects. A clinical trial was terminated because those having the PDT did so much better than the control group, it was considered unethical to withhold the treatment from them. http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=212231
Here is the UK there is also PDT treatment with Photoflora - billed as new generation PDT. There are no clinical trials as yet but I wonder if anyone out there knows anything more. The claim is that it can treat deeper tumours and the side effects of photsensitivity last for 3-4 days as opposed to 30 plus days. http://www.homeonthewww.com/xytos/biotech_how.htm
What about complementary treatments? my husband is taking anti oxidants, Co-enzyme 10, IP6 and AHCC.
I think this site excellent and my congratulations to the people who assembled it.
Well done also the the McCrea family for your drugs summaries. I would be very interested to hear what results you have with Avestin.
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Red Sox fall to Jays despite late rally
Fill-in closer Tazawa gives up decisive homer to Toronto's Lind
BOSTON -- Not more than six hours had passed since Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan announced he would be having season-ending surgery and fill-in closer Junichi Tazawa came running out of the Fenway Park bullpen with the game tied in the ninth inning.
The powerful right-hander threw a few mid-90s fastballs that Blue Jays first baseman Adam Lind couldn't get a handle on. Then, Tazawa threw a slider, missed his spot, and left it on a tee for Lind to crush over the center-field wall.
The home run was the difference on Saturday, as struggling 34-year-old righty Mark Buehrle bounced back from three straight starts in which he allowed at least five runs and limited the Red Sox to one run over seven-plus innings, as the Blue Jays claimed the 3-2 win.
The Red Sox absorbed their seventh loss in nine games.
"I think there is some additional pressure to perform well," Tazawa said about his new role through a translator. "But just trying to concentrate on each pitch, I think I'll be able to perform fine."
While it's easy to point to the closer this time, that's one area that may not be an issue -- even without Hanrahan. Tazawa has struck out 19 batters in 15 1/3 innings with a 3.31 ERA, and the team continues to show faith in him. Flame-throwing righty Andrew Bailey also continues to make progress in his return from a right biceps strain. He threw pain-free the last two days and should return soon.
"[Tazawa] has been doing a great job for us," catcher David Ross said. "He's a really good pitcher. He's one of our best. That's why they chose to put him in the closer role while the [other] guys are out."
It would be hard to blame Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz for this one. Against the free-swinging Blue Jays offense, which lives and dies by the home run ball, he pounded the strike zone and was frequently rewarded with quick outs. He needed 10 pitches or fewer in three of his eight innings, while throwing 101 total pitches.
Buchholz allowed just a pair of runs.
Following two straight impressive starts by Buchholz and Jon Lester, the Red Sox rotation has continued to impress, though there's still a question mark at the back end with Felix Doubront, who has mysteriously lost a few ticks off his fastball.
The main culprit in Boston's sudden streak of poor play has actually been the offense. For the seventh time in 10 days, the Red Sox were held to three runs or fewer.
"Every time I was throwing a pitch," said Buehrle, "it was almost like, 'Hey, you guys aren't going to hit this.' I was that confident today."
Blue Jays left-hander Darren Oliver took over for Buehrle after a leadoff walk to Ross in the eighth inning, and Jacoby Ellsbury promptly smoked a triple into the center-field triangle. Ellsbury scored two batters later when Dustin Pedroia reached on an error by Blue Jays shortstop Munenori Kawasaki to tie the game at 2.
Pedroia stole second to put the go-ahead run in scoring position with just one out, but David Ortiz and Jonny Gomes each struck out to end the rally.
The Red Sox went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, leaving eight men on base -- none bigger than Will Middlebrooks, who was stranded at second in the bottom of the ninth after smacking a leadoff double.
Over the last 10 games, the Red Sox are hitting .179 (15-for-84) with runners in scoring position. They've left 77 men on base.
"We create and continually create opportunities for ourselves," manager John Farrell said. "Multiple times, multiple innings. Yeah, there's a little frustration there, but I can't say it's causing the guys to come out of their approach. You have to give credit where is due. Buehrle made a number of quality pitches with runners in scoring position."
The good news for the struggling Sox batters: Less than two weeks ago they were one of the most dangerous offenses in the Majors.
At the time they began their losing streak, they sat at 20-8, with the best record in the Majors and an offense that scored 148 runs -- more than all but one team, the Oakland A's.
They were hot for 28 games. Cold streaks happen, too.
"It's part of baseball," said Mike Napoli, who went 0-for-3 and is 6-for-37 over his last 10 games. "You're not going to be hot all year -- just trying to minimize the little rough times you have. But we feel fine. We're all confident here, and we're going to go out there, be out there tomorrow and try to win a series."
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Topic: One Million Dollar Limit On Insurance
My wife Nancy, was recently diagnosed with unresctable Cholangiocarcinoma Stage 4 on April 1, 2010 and she has been in the hospital 4 times for infections. The average stay is about 10 days. I'm just getting the bills for these hospital stays and they average about
$ 70,000.00 per stay. That does not include Chemo Therapy. Our insurance carrier is Cigna and the policy has a one million dollar limit. At this rate we will run out insurance in a few months. With this disease, won't she be uninsurable? Has anyone else maxed out their benifits? Are there any other options?
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And we should remember that the above words are directed at celibate monks.reflection wrote:There is a tendency here that "eradicating sex drive" is a harsh formulation and may be the wrong way to go about it. Reading the OP also, I agree with that. But the Buddha also used quite strong words apparently:"And which is even practice? There is the case where a monk doesn't acquiesce to an arisen thought of sensuality. He abandons it, destroys it, dispels it, knows it,[2] demolishes it, wipes it out of existence.
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Time Is Running Out to Rebuild the Fund, Mr. Paulson
Op-ed in the Financial Times
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Dear Hank Paulson,
Congratulations on your installation as the 74th secretary of the US Treasury. The Treasury is a vital institution, guiding the US economy and financial system for more than 200 years. As you enter your handsome corner office, many issues will demand your immediate attention, including the US fiscal situation. I write about a related concern: reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), another vital institution.
The IMF has shaped a prosperous global economy and stable international financial system for more than 60 years. It is in eclipse. Time is running out to reform the Fund. At your first IMF annual meetings in Singapore in September, you face this big challenge. If you and your colleagues fail to address it, the adverse consequences for global economic and financial stability could be enormous. The Singapore meetings should produce concrete progress on a three-part package: meaningful governance reform, significant steps in policing the policies of the systemically important countries and a strengthened IMF role in crisis lending.
On governance, the US position is forward looking. Enhancing the IMF's legitimacy requires a redistribution of voting shares and executive board chairs. IMF voting shares have stagnated for three decades as the world economy evolved. At least 10 percentage points should be redistributed from relatively slow-growing, industrial countries toward faster-growing ones. The latter are primarily the emerging market countries, principally in Asia. The quota formula should be revised to reflect the economic and financial facts in the 21st century. It should be based predominantly on some measure of gross domestic product and exclude intra-eurozone trade.
The configuration of the IMF executive board has been largely unchanged for more than four decades. The disproportionate representation of Europe in 10 of 24 seats and its dominance in eight of them cannot be justified. The Europeans should begin consolidating their representation in the Fund.
On multilateral surveillance, the US position is incomplete. The core objective is to police more effectively the policies of those countries that affect the global economy. The managing director has initiated multilateral consultation on the resolution of global imbalances. The content and timetable of these consultations are insufficiently ambitious. They must be grounded in an acceptance that Fund members have obligations under the IMF articles not to prevent effective balance of payments adjustment and that the managing director has the responsibility to act as the overseer of the system.
The global adjustment process has been under way since the US dollar peaked in February 2002 and has so far been unbalanced. But more than changes in exchange rates are required. The United States should not hide behind a modest improvement in its irresponsible fiscal position that has been driven by economic recovery. From 2003 to 2007, the US overall, underlying fiscal balance is projected to narrow by only half of 1 percent of GDP and to remain close to 4 percent. That is insufficient to ensure the health of either the US or the global economy. Mr. Secretary, this is where you need to exert leadership at home to achieve results abroad.
On crisis lending, some reactionary and short-sighted policymakers and critics want to close down the IMF as a significant lending institution. The United States has been sympathetic to these views. That position is inconsistent with the fact that liberalized global financial markets can be dangerous to countries' economic health. Perceptions of those dangers and a weakened Fund have contributed to a doubling of foreign exchange reserves over the past five years, creating a massive distortion of the global adjustment process. Policymakers in many emerging market countries are right to be concerned that the IMF may not be there to help in the future. Therefore, a key component of the IMF reform agenda must be an updating of the Fund's lending instruments to provide high-access financing, contingent on automatic prequalification of countries with strong macroeconomic and financial policies.
Meaningful IMF reform requires a balanced, comprehensive package. It will necessarily contain elements that some would prefer to omit, including the United States. Mr. Secretary, discussions have advanced beyond the technical and analytical stage to the political stage. Politics demands results. Politics is the art of compromise.


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What is this medicine?METFORMIN (met FOR min) is used to treat type 2 diabetes. It helps to control blood sugar. Treatment is combined with diet and exercise. This medicine can be used alone or with other medicines for diabetes.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth. Take it with meals. Swallow the tablets with a drink of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 10 years of age for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
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Learn how to check your blood sugar. Learn the symptoms of low and high blood sugar and how to manage them.
If you have low blood sugar, eat or drink something that has sugar. Make sure others know to get medical help quickly if you have serious symptoms of low blood sugar, like if you become unconscious or have a seizure.
If you need surgery or if you will need a procedure with contrast drugs, tell your doctor or health care professional that you are taking this medicine.
Wear a medical identification bracelet or chain to say you have diabetes, and carry a card that lists all your medications.
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Increased production of U.S. domestic crude oil, particularly light sweet crude from tight oil formations in Texas and North Dakota, has been replacing imports of foreign light crude oil processed by U.S. Gulf Coast refineries. With Gulf Coast imports of heavier crude oil remaining steady, this shift in light crude supply from imports to domestic production has changed the average quality of crude oil imported into the U.S. Gulf Coast (PADD 3).
One of the primary characteristics that distinguishes different grades of crude oil is density, or how light or heavy the oil is. Crude oil density is typically measured as American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity, which is a scale expressing the specific gravity, or density, of liquid petroleum products in degrees; the higher the API gravity, the lighter the crude oil.
Since 2007, as domestic production of light sweet crude has increased, overall crude imports have fallen and become, on average, heavier. The average API gravity of crude imports processed in PADD 3 has dropped from more than 28° API to less than 27° API (Figure 1). This move to a higher percentage of heavier oil imports accelerated in 2011 when volumes of domestic light sweet crude oil production increased significantly, reducing the need for imports. Going forward, the growing production of domestic light crude may strain the capability of refineries to balance crude slates by reducing light crude imports and may put downward pressure on light crude prices on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Normally, light crude warrants a premium over heavier crude.
The volume of imported light crude oil (API gravity greater than 35°) (Figure 2) has decreased since 2010 to make room for the increasing volumes of light crudes from Eagle Ford (Texas) and Bakken (North Dakota) tight oil plays as well as for additional light sweet crude moving down the Seaway pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma. While the absolute volume of imported heavy crude oil (API gravity less than 25°) has decreased since 2010 as well, the volume of heavy crude imports as a percentage of total PADD 3 imports has increased from 44 percent in 2010 to 47 percent in 2012.
The increased light sweet crude oil production from the Eagle Ford and Bakken fields has primarily displaced foreign light crudes from Africa. In total, light crude imports processed in PADD 3 have decreased to less than 0.7 million barrels per day (bbl/d) for the first half of 2012 from an average of 1.2 million bbl/d in 2010 (lowering the light crude imports to PADD 3 to 15 percent from 22 percent). To maintain a balanced crude slate with increased light crude availability, refiners have reduced imports of light crude and replaced them with domestic production. Imports of heavy crude processed in PADD 3 have continued as much of the heavy crude is either under long-term contract, is processed in equity refineries, or is needed to blend with domestic light crudes to balance the refinery crude slate.
The availability of domestic light crude to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries is expected to continue increasing as pipeline expansions allow more crude to move to the U.S. Gulf Coast. This increased light crude supply could exert downward pressure on Gulf Coast light crude prices.
Light crude generally contains less sulfur than heavier crudes and is easier to process. As a result, it is normally priced at a premium to heavier crude oils. However, processing large amounts of light low-sulfur crude can unbalance refinery processing units. Refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast in particular are designed to process heavy crude oils. Catalytic crackers, hydrocrackers, and coking units convert the very heavy compounds in the crude oil into lighter and more valuable products. Processing lighter crude oil could underload the cracking units that handle the heavier components and overload the units that process the lighter components, causing refineries to operate less economically than they would with a more balanced crude slate. To process more light sweet crude, PADD 3 refiners would need to readjust refinery crude runs, revamp refinery equipment to run a higher percent of light crude, or reduce the use of heavy crude upgrading equipment, which may have adverse impacts on operations. Each of these alternatives carries a cost and, as a result, refiners may not be willing to pay as much for light crude (compared to heavy crude), and light crude prices could decline.


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That year, von Mutius took her research with her to Tuscon, Arizona, where she worked on a fellowship at the University of Arizona under her mentor, Dr. Fernando Martinez, the well-known asthma researcher who today is the director of the Arizona Respiratory Center. One day he read a medical paper out of Britain about something called "the hygiene hypothesis".
The author of that paper, an epidemiologist named David Strachan, had conducted a study of over 17,000 British children and found that youngsters who had older siblings and were exposed to more infections and bacteria early in life were less likely to develop hay fever or eczema. Writing in that same pivotal year of 1989, Strachan had theorized that smaller family sizes and higher levels of hygiene in modern Western homes may have been contributing directly to the increased prevalence of allergy.
Martinez was intrigued. What, he asked, would happen if von Mutius took into account the sizes of her East German and West German families? The data were incomplete, but it was the less allergic East Germans who clearly had more children per family. She and Martinez followed up with a study comparing family sizes and allergy in Munich and Leipzig (and a neighboring city).
A pattern emerged: the most allergic were the Munich kids with one or no siblings; the least allergic were the East Germans with two or more brothers and sisters. Children in the larger families were being exposed to more germs. It fit with this rudimentary hygiene hypothesis. "It took off from there," says von Mutius.
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Where the hygiene theory took off to was a place caught in a time warp: the traditional European farm, where father, mother and children still do all the manual labor, from milking to sweeping out the stables. The idea to look at the family-run farm actually came from a school doctor in a Swiss village. He noticed that farm children under his care, unlike other kids, never seemed to get hay fever.
Struck by this observation, he began writing to allergy experts in Basel, research colleagues of von Mutius. At first they were skeptical of the rural doctor's notion, but then a few Swiss professors ran a small study. The findings were compelling: there was markedly less allergy and asthma on the farms in question. This merited further examination.
And so in 1998, von Mutius began her long-running involvement in a series of European farm studies that have become the underpinning of current allergy research. The first was ALEX (the Allergy and Endotoxin Study), involving scientists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The team began gathering and publishing data, and the central findings were consistent: children who lived on these farms were significantly less inclined to have allergies and asthma than children in the neighboring village.
Then came other major studies of the family farms: the multi-center PARSIFAL study of children enrolled in Steiner schools (akin to Waldorf education), which involved 6,600 pupils in five countries; and the PASTURE study, which examined children's exposure to microbes on farms across Europe. With each study, with each new set of samples of stable and mattress dust, with each new set of blood-test results for environmental and food allergies, a little more was known. "We are getting somewhere," says von Mutius, taking stock for a moment. "There are now 17 papers [since 1999] that all show the same things."
They reveal what's termed "the farming effect," a phenomenon that protects against allergic disease. Von Mutius and her colleagues have narrowed the effect down to three key factors: livestock (specifically cows, pigs or poultry); type of fodder (for instance, whether it's fresh grass or hay); and drinking of raw farm milk.
The findings have been generally consistent – about 1 to 2 per cent of the farm children in the studies had asthma compared to 12 per cent of local, non-farm children in control groups. "I'm completely convinced that this is real," says von Mutius. "The question is – are we going to be able to solve the puzzle." She chuckles: "For that we need a lot of luck."
To that end, today von Mutius is co-leader of a massive European Commission project called GABRIEL, which involves 14 countries and 40,000 test subjects. Among its goals is to identify what in those three key elements of livestock, fodder and unpasteurized milk confers protection against allergy, whether it acts alone or in combination with other farm factors as well as the genetic background, and how this all takes place.
For a while, some thought a key was endotoxin in the barns – that's the membrane of certain bacteria that stimulates the immune system and can cause illness. But fungal spores are also proving important. At this stage, von Mutius finds endotoxin a minor player. "It's not just endotoxin, of that I'm pretty sure. We think it is microbial factors on the farms – it's probably anything that's bacterial, or molds, maybe yeasts. We're trying to develop new tools to measure those exposures."


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During a tense cross-examination by her former lover, HSU boss Kathy Jackson has admitted signing a cheque granting herself a $63,000 ex gratia payment - even though she had no authority to do so.
Ms Jackson had earlier lost her application to stop her cross-examination by union barrister Mark Irving, with whom she had an eight-week affair 21 years ago.
The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption ruled the relationship irrelevant.
Mr Irving asked her about the merger of the Victorian and NSW union branches in May, 2010 when she was secretary of the Victorian No.3 branch.
She became general secretary of the amalgamated Health Services Union East branch.
Mr Irving said funds belonging to the Victorian branches became the property of the HSU East branch following the merger.
By May 2010 Ms Jackson was no longer branch secretary but on June 30 2010, she signed a $63,000 cheque, which was an honorarium for herself.
In reply to questioning from Mr Irving, she said although the amalgamation had gone ahead, the funds had not been consolidated.
Mr Irving asked Ms Jackson if there had been "remittance for any taxation to the Australian Tax Office?"
Ms Jackson said she would have to check as she hadn't been prepared for the question.
"If you want to delve into my tax affairs, feel free," she added.
In earlier evidence, Ms Jackson said she could not remember the details of large withdrawals of union money, one of which happened before a trip to Hong Kong.
The commission has heard that $80,000 was paid to her for a trip to the US, which took in Las Vegas and Washington. The visit, she says, was part of a study trip.
She admitted a union "kitty" used to pay members of the Branch Committee of Management for attending meetings had been structured so it could not be scrutinised.
She said it had been set up after a resolution and was used for committee expenses, to occasionally buy tickets to fundraisers, or to help other members of the union who were in need.
Mr Irving also questioned her about more than $100,000 paid into an account belonging to law firm Minter Ellison, when there was no recorded debt to the firm.
Ms Jackson said the money was loans for the Victorian No 1 branch, which had huge debts, $58,000 of which was for her ex-husband Jeff Jackson's long service leave entitlements.
In his evidence on Wednesday, Mr Jackson said the money was part of a divorce settlement, but later said he was unsure.
Mr Jackson was secretary of the No.1 branch.
Thursday's hearing was also told that cheque signing rules were breached in No.3 branch when Ms Jackson was there and that matter was now with the federal court.
Ms Jackson continues her evidence on Friday, when acting HSU national secretary Chris Brown will also return to the witness box.


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Fremont's top two scorers were on fire last Friday night, and the result was the Firebirds' 10th boys basketball win of the season, including the first two in league play.
Senior sharpshooter Connor Smith scored 25 points, including 5 of 8 from three-point range and 6 of 7 free throws, and senior Tecson Gacrama added 13 points on 50 percent shooting, helping Fremont win at Santa Clara 62-36.
The entire Fremont team had a good shooting night, hitting 51 percent from the floor (23 for 45) and 77 percent from the charity stripe (10 for 13), which helped the Firebirds jump out to a 21-8 lead in the first quarter.
Fremont stretched the lead in each period after that, building margins of 36-19 at halftime and 48-27 after three quarters.
Smith, who averages 16.2 points per game, and Gacrama (12.4) received scoring support from senior Kevin Seubert (11) and 6-foot-5 junior Alex Bernauer (7). Senior Michael Sadsad and junior Cary Tai each added three to round out the scoring column.
Bernauer's eight rebounds and Gacrama's three assists were team bests in the game.
Two nights earlier, Smith scored 15, Gacrama 14 and senior Michael Burdett 12 in a 65-48 home triumph over Gunn. Seubert added nine, Bernauer eight and Sadsad seven for the Firebirds.
Burdett (11 rebounds) and Bernauer (10) controlled the backboards for Fremont, which needs just one more win to secure its best season since the 2006-07 squad went 16-13.
Fremont's 8-4 non-league record under second-year coach Jason Townsend included a championship in its own tournament and a second-place finish in the Pioneer Holiday Classic.
After a home game against Lynbrook (0-1, 1-12), the Firebirds will play at Wilcox (2-0, 6-6) on Jan. 11, 7:45 p.m.
Monta Vista (1-1, 7-7) also was a winner last Friday night, beating Gunn 53-52 in Palo Alto. Junior Ramana Keerthi led the way with 18 points and 16 rebounds. Senior David Lai scored 11 points, junior Adi Raju added nine and senior Ryosuke Oshima and junior Jeffrey Liu had five each.
The Matadors were coming off a 52-43 home loss to Los Altos (1-0, 6-6). Lai tallied 15 and senior Cory Low 11 in that one. Monta Vista will play at Lynbrook on Jan. 11, 7:45 p.m.
In the De Anza Division, Homestead (1-0, 6-7) whipped Cupertino 52-20. The Pioneers, which also lost 72-41 to Saratoga, saw their record fall to 0-2 and 3-11 overall.


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BioShock Infinite is still set for a February 2013 release and is one of the highly anticipated games of 2013. If you never played the original, now is a great time to do so as you really need to catch up on the story line and best yet, it is free! It appears that the GameFly PC client is coming out of beta today, and in order to promote the release, the company is giving away BioShock! Free copies are available while supplies last. A version is also available for Mac, so Apple gamers don't have to feel left out. Just download the client, log in and grab a copy of BioShock!
"We used the positive and constructive feedback from our community during the beta to help make the best product possible," said GameFly co-founder Sean Spector. "To celebrate the launch of the client, we're excited to partner with 2K Games to give away their highly acclaimed PC game BioShock for free."
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March Meeting Focus Topics & Focus Topic Sessions
Focus sessions are sessions based on a topic identified well ahead of time and for which a focus topic sorting category is assigned.The topic is typically organized by one to three people who nominate invited speakers, advertise the topic to attract contributed abstracts, and organize the focus topic sessions at the Sorters meeting (typically in early December).Each session of a focus topic generally consists of one invited talk (36 minutes) and 12 contributed abstracts (12 minutes each) that are related to the invited talk, to fill a three-hour time block.Focus topics fulfill two basic functions.
- Help bring new topics and new people to the March Meeting.The idea is that if a new topic of growing interest could be announced early in the meeting planning stage then people might attend the March Meeting who wouldn't normally because they wouldn't expect to find enough people with interests in common with their own.
- To coordinate active, focused areas of research, in the meeting program.These are successful focus topics that are organized for a number of years.Each year the organizers for that topic will arrange the invited and contributed talks into coordinated sessions, and then arrange the sessions within the meeting so that they are in a suitably-sized room, and don't conflict with symposia organized by other units or other similar sessions that same audience might want to attend.
It is expected that any new focus topic that is selected should be able to attract at least 20 contributed talks so that a minimum of two sessions can be arranged on the topic. This is a critical mass for attracting others in this area to attend the meeting. Before a new focus topic is listed, the sponsoring unit should verify that it appears possible to attract at least 20 contributions. This can be done by identifying appropriate abstracts in the previous meeting.Another method is for the unit to sponsor a symposium on the subject and see what interest it draws, and then if it appears viable, organize a focus topic the following year.Of course, it is always possible to misjudge the attractiveness of a topic. If this occurs, then the topic should probably not be repeated for some time.
The APS Division of Materials Physics (DMP) has the most experience with focus topics as they have being doing them for a long time. They find that a rule of thumb is that if a focus topic is repeated for a second year, the number of invited speakers for this topic should be N-1, where N is the number of filled sessions on this topic the previous year. This is a good rule for everyone to follow.
In general, topics that receive less then 12 contributed abstracts in any year will not be repeated in the next year unless a member of the program committee can make a convincing case for them.


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The job report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics always seems to be sending mixed signals. Take the January report. Unemployment rate down a smidge. U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs. Blah. Blah.
But the Labor figures don't include people who have given up looking for work, so we're usually left wondering how many people are really unemployed.
Ritchie S. King, a visual reporter at Quartz, has taken a good look at the January jobs report and explains the employment status of Americans of working age …
King also made a chart that explains which industries are hiring and firing:


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Lila Luminosity and the Lipstick Murders
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Kick off your Monolos, open a bag of Hershey kisses, and join Lila Luminosity and her gang of galactic crazies as she lives out every woman's fantasy and proves a girl can never own enough pairs of shoes, eat enough cocoa bean products and run far enough away from her mother. Take a minute to bond with Lila and the ever-perfect Buster as they solve the lipstick murders and make the universe safe for chickens and Prada boots once more.
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In past years, a few here have taken the test. I was wondering what people thought about this year's version.
I passed the test a few years ago, but couldn't make the audition because it was the same day as my capstone presentation for my Master's. This year, I did far better on the test than I ever have before. It wasn't just that I thought I knew most of the answers; I was certain of them. Checking up on questions I wasn't sure of, I've only found four I missed. One was because I kept switching back and forth between Egypt and Tunisia, and had nothing written when time expired, and one was because I typed Chantel instead of Chanel (in that case, I had no idea of the answer consciously, so I must have known subconsciously in order to get it that close.)
So, if others have taken the test, did you think it was easier than usual, or did I just hit the right categories this time?


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging the end to another sports labor dispute.
While taking questions from viewers on NBC's "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on Wednesday, he was asked if he could pull any strings to end the NHL lockout.
Obama says: "Every time these things happen I just want to remind the owners and the players: You guys make money because you've got a whole bunch of fans out there who are working really hard — they buy tickets, they're watching on TV."
He adds: "You all should be able to figure this out. Get this done."
The president sent a tweet last month urging the NFL and its officials to end their labor dispute.
All quiet as deadline for full NHL season nears
NEW YORK (AP) — With only hours remaining before an NHL-imposed deadline to make a deal with the players' association and preserve a full hockey season, all was quiet between the sides.
By Thursday afternoon, the sides were still not in contact.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman already painted a pessimistic picture on Wednesday, saying it was unlikely that a new collective bargaining agreement would be reached by Thursday that would allow the NHL to play a condensed 82-game schedule starting on Nov. 2.
In making its most recent offer to the players, the NHL presented a proposal that included a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues. But that was contingent on the sides making a deal by Thursday and getting the season under way following a week of training camp.
Talks broke down last week, and the NHL turned down the union's offer to return to the table this week with no preconditions.
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Ryback is 31, Langston 26. So Langston has time on his side. But as Southerblood said: Ryback has such an advantage, I don't think Langston will ever catch up in popularity.
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Chris Jericho: 'Without a storyline, wrestling is just two guys in their underwear rolling around half naked.'
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We're off to a chilly, damp start with rain across most of the area Saturday.
Rain and even some wet snowflakes are possible through midday with areas North of I-69 possibly seeing some minor slush develop before all precipitation ends during the afternoon. Temperatures remain nearly steady in the low 40s. Skies become partly cloudy Saturday evening, then some fog develops overnight. Lows will be near 30 degrees.
Sunday will start dry, but clouds will quickly increase and we'll see another area of rain move in during the afternoon. Highs will be in the low 40s.
Most of next week looks dry, and then we have an interesting storm to monitor for next Saturday…will it be rain, or will we have to shovel? Stay tuned!
You can always follow the forecast at Justweather.com.
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Stage 6: Dry decay - 50-365 days after death. The pig has been reduced to hair and bone.
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Animals which can feed on hair include tineid moths, and micro-organisms like bacteria. Mites, in turn, feed on these micro-organisms.
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The Washburn football team will try to knock off Central Missouri on Saturday afternoon at Yager Stadium.
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Since Alabamians have to show photo ID at the polls, critics like Jackson say closing the driver's license offices will make it tougher for …
Congress on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a sweeping $612 billion U.S. defense policy bill that he has threatened to veto.
Congressional budget analysts said Wednesday that the federal government ran a deficit of $435 billion in the just-completed budget year, th…
Hillary Rodham Clinton declared her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord on Wednesday.
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A memorial for 6-year-old Madie Rose Mall already covers the spot where emergency personnel pulled her from her father's car Monday night.
A Civil War-era home north of Topeka that was thought to have been a way station on the Underground Railroad has been demolished.
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The state of Kansas says it's delaying an overhaul in how it provides services to people with disabilities.
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'I think Finns are most commonly very hard workers. They are trust worthy and don't do too much fancy stuff on the ice. I think it's a product of how the national team program has been built up, and how we've been able to have so much success. We don't have that many players in the NHL, or playing hockey in general like they do in North America or Russia. That's how we've been brought up. Now they are trying to bring more skill into the program because there are not enough pure players coming. So now they realizing they have to work more on the skills.'
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Seafood can be an important part of a balanced diet. It is a good source of high quality protein and other nutrients, and is low in fat. Many types of fish are also high in long-chain omega-3 fatty acids. These are essential nutrients that help reduce the risk for heart attack, stroke, and mental decline. The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish can help lower your blood pressure and heart rate and decrease your risk for heart disease. Fish is a good source of proteins for pregnancy. The American Heart Association recommends that Americans eat fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids twice a week.
However, some fish and shellfish contain high levels of a form of mercury called methylmercury that may harm an unborn baby's or young child's developing nervous system. Methylmercury occurs naturally in the environment and can also be released through industrial pollution.
The potential health risks from contaminated seafood depend on the mercury level in the particular seafood and the amount of seafood eaten. Other risk factors are age, weight, and gender. You should watch the kind and amount of fish you and your family eat, especially for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and young children.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the EPA recommend the following:
- Do not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel, or tilefish because they contain high levels of mercury.
- Eat up to 12 ounces (two average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury.
- Check local advisories about the safety of fish caught by family and friends in your local lakes, rivers, and coastal areas. If no advice is available, eat up to six ounces (one average meal) per week of fish you catch from local waters, but don't consume any other fish during that week.
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- Cut back on how much you eat of shark, albacore tuna, and other fish known to be high in contaminants.
- Eat a variety of fish. Not all seafood is high in mercury and PCBs, so varying the kinds of fish you eat will reduce your risk.
- Fish and seafood low in mercury include shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and catfish.
- Follow the advisories posted by the EPA.
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SELF-proclaimed non-walkers Lisa and Ali Williams will put their stamina and endurance to the test as they walk 25 miles along Hadrian's Wall in support of the thousands of women affected each year by ovarian cancer.
The couple, from Ash Brake, were inspired to take on the gruelling challenge from July 11 to 13 for the charity Target Ovarian Cancer after seeing family friend Tracey Toop battle the condition with courage and optimism.
Over the past four months, they have stopped at nothing to secure donations, writing letters to potential sponsors, holding stalls and more recently a fundraising evening at Lydiard Park Conference Centre- collecting £1,625 in the process.
"My mum's friend Tracey was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and given two years to live over two years ago, " said Lisa, 32, a painter-decorator in Cirencester.
"She is just in her 40s. It was upsetting to hear. She has been an inspiration and she has been fighting and fighting. She is always smiling when you see her. That's why we chose this charity.
"We are not walkers and we have never done any hikes but if she has gone through what she has than we can do it."
A total of 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year.
Some of the symptoms are similar to those seen in conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which can make it difficult for GPs to diagnose. In the UK 1 in 50 women will develop ovarian cancer during their lifetime.
Ali, 32, said: "A lot of money goes to breast cancer charities but not so much to ovarian cancer and people don't know much about ovarian cancer."
"You often don't know you have it until it has spread. Nearly always it is too late when it's diagnosed."
Despite having taken up walking over the last few month thanks to the arrival of their energetic puppy Rollo, the steep Northern landscape will prove challenging, as will its capricious weather.
"We will be doing 15 miles on the 12th and 10 miles on the 13th but I am more worried about the second day.
"If you already have jelly legs having to go back and do another 10 miles it will be hard," said Ali.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Left-hander Joe Saunders and right-hander Tommy Hanson, both competing for a spot in the rotation, will be on the mound Tuesday when the Rangers face the White Sox in Glendale.
They aren't the only candidates competing for a spot at the back end of the rotation but they are two veteran pitchers acquired over the past four weeks so it gives the game an aura of head-to-head competition.
"I just view it as I have to go out and pitch well," said Hanson, who was signed as a free agent just before the start of Spring Training. "I'm not viewing it any other way."
Hanson's last outing was against the White Sox last Wednesday when he allowed two runs on five hits in three innings. He walked none and struck out three. Saunders, who signed with the Rangers last Wednesday, will be pitching in a Cactus League game for the first time. He had two scoreless innings in a B game last Friday.
"You always want to give a good impression," Saunders said. "They signed me, my job is to go out and perform and do my job to the best of my ability."
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Vetter Nets Career-High Four Goals for Chesapeake in 17-14 Defeat to Toronto
Midfielder Garrett Billings scored three goals and dished off an assist in his season debut while attackman Kevin Huntley totaled two goals and two assists as the Toronto Nationals defeated the Chesapeake Bayhawks 17-14 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Thursday night.
Attackman Corey Small had a hat trick for Toronto, which never trailed in the contest. Attackman John Grant Jr. and midfielder Jordan Hall had two goals and an assist for the Nationals (2-5), who have now won two straight.
Midfielder Brian Vetter scored a career-high four goals to lead Chesapeake (4-3), which has lost two straight for the first time this season. Midfielder Peet Poillon had three goals and an assist while attackman Danny Glading added a goal and three assists for the Bayhawks, who fell behind 3-0 in the opening five minutes and played catch-up the whole way.
"It's frustrating. Once you fall behind you start forcing things," Vetter said. "We're making bad decisions, especially in transition and as far as shot selection."
Attackman Andrew "Buggs" Combs had a hat trick for Chesapeake, which rallied from a 10-6 halftime deficit to tie the score at the 10:04 mark of the third quarter. Poillon had a huge 2-point goal on a wicked underhand crank shot as the Bayhawks went on a 4-0 run to start the second half.
However, Grant responded with a 2-pointer of his own to cap a 4-0 run as Toronto pushed its lead back to four goals at 14-10 with 3:15 left in the third. Chesapeake would close to 15-14 with five minutes elapsed in the fourth quarter when Vetter fired in a beautiful overhand shot on the run and Glading followed a minute later with a nice low-to-high shot.
Toronto was not going to be denied on this night as newly-acquired Jake Deane scored directly off a faceoff and Billings netted his final goal to complete the scoring. Deane was one of five new players activated by the Nationals for Thursday night's game. Billings, who was picked up off waivers this week, was named the Bud Light MVP.
Alex Smith won 21 of 32 faceoffs for Chesapeake, but 14-for-31 shooting and a slew of turnovers negated the possession advantage. Goalkeeper Chris Garrity did what he could to keep the Bayhawks in the game with 12 saves, several on point-blank shot attempts.
"We're giving up too many runs. Each of us has to be accountable, myself included, about communicating better and sliding properly," Bayhawks defenseman Michael Evans said.
Rookie midfielder Michael Kimmel contributed a goal and two assists for the Bayhawks, who now have a lengthy break before traveling to Denver for a night game (9 p.m.) on July 4.
"We have a week and a half off to regroup and get it going again," Combs said. "Coach (John Tucker) challenged us as a group and individually at halftime tonight. Some guys responded well to it and hopefully that carries over into the next game. I'm not worried. Things will come together. We're still the same team that started the season 4-1.


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Leukemia is the most common of all cancers in children, with most cases occurring in children under 10 years. Leukemia is a cancer in which the bone marrow produces too many white blood cells. These cells are often abnormal. White blood cells are the body's infection fighters, so kids with leukemia might get more infections than normal. Leukemia is life-threatening, but treatable.
Like many cancers, doctors aren't really sure why kids get leukemia, but most believe it is a combination of genetic factors and environmental ones.
Yes. Leukemia is life-threatening. Most kids with acute leukemia (leukemia that comes on suddenly) can be cured, and kids with chronic leukemia (develops more slowly) can manage their cancer for a long time.
There's no way to completely prevent leukemia, but ensuring your child is not exposed to environmental toxins might help.
Acute leukemia is often diagnosed faster than chronic leukemia. Sometimes, kids with chronic leukemia don't have any symptoms for a long time. Symptoms of both acute and chronic leukemia include:
Your doctor will discuss the best treatment for your child. Most treatment plans include chemotherapy - cancer killing drugs. Other treatments may include radiotherapy, immunotherapy, steroids, and stem cell transplant. Leukemia treatments are difficult and you may need outside support to help you and your child cope.
Call the doctor if your child displays the symptoms of leukemia. He can perform tests that can diagnose the disease. Successful treatment depends, in part, on catching the disease as early as possible.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health. Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health and Health Insite.
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Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed over the holiday weekend.
Top stories this past weekend
Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed over the holiday weekend.
Top stories this past weekend
How safe is air travel? Who knows? TSA doesn't • Airport security is impossible to judge based on the agency's haphazard data.
Obama Act 2: 4 more years, 6 vital issues • As in first term, economy will loom, but the president has sights set on ambitions policy goals in 5 other areas.
Late businessman key in Utah attorney general controversy • Enigmatic owner of major payday-loan chain looms over the alleged scheme.
D.C. deadlock dampens Utahns' faith in 2013 • Utah's job numbers are growing at rates commensurate with normal times. Unemployment is at a four-year low. Homebuilding is picking up again and home prices are showing a modest recovery. Lots of companies are trooping to Utah, bringing jobs that pay more than prevailing wages. In spite of the favorable signals, many everyday Utahns are doubtful because of the incessant deadlock between Congress and the White House.
Dixie State College keeping its name amid controversy • Dixie State College looks ready to become Dixie State University after the school's board of trustees voted unanimously Friday to retain the name despite its controversial associations with the Southern Confederacy.
Utahns dare federal government to enforce gun control • On Saturday, a crowd at the Utah State Capitol was defiantly daring the federal government to try to take away any gun rights. And the Utah Sheriffs' Association, in a letter to President Barack Obama, declared, "No federal official will be permitted to descend upon our constituents and take from them what the Bill of Rights in particular our Amendment II has given them."
Utah director Jerusha Hess' 'Austenland' is charming • Utah filmmaker Jerusha Hess unveiled her first movie, "Austenland," Friday afternoon before the most prestigious audience she'll find in her home state: The 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Other news of interest
'I was a walking zombie' a Utahn's journey back to mental health
Couple, unborn child, 5 dogs killed as truck flies off overpass
Alcohol use, porn found on school grounds before Cottonwood shake-up
Jury convicts Bond of killing BYU professor
Utah boys who died in snow slide are identified
Shurtleff, Swallow say outside consulting OK
Utah jobless rate rises, while employment growth slows
Utah's rising number of hunters, anglers generates big dollars
Rolly: Utah's sorry run of AGs
McEntee: Memo to Utah on Obamacare: Don't fight it, join it


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