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Eleven faculty and graduate students embarked this week on a year of focused research and scholarship as this year's new class of Residential Fellows at the Humanities Institute.
The scholars, selected from UConn faculty and graduate students and scholars at other universities, will spend the year working in the Institute on projects involving linguistics, philosophy, history, medieval studies, anthropology, and literature.
"The Humanities Institute is not just a place where we come together to learn about each other's research," said Shirley Roe, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences associate dean for the humanities, at a reception welcoming the new Fellows. "The Institute represents the recognition by the College and the University of what we do as researchers and writers – as humanists."
Now in its 13th year, the Institute, located in the Philip E. Austin building, seeks to enhance research and creativity in broadly-defined areas in the humanities. In addition to the fellowship program, the Institute sponsors undergraduate fellowships; offers advanced courses in humanities fields; presents symposia, conferences, and public programs; and brings outside scholars and authors to Connecticut.
"Like all of us, my work is necessarily interdisciplinary," says Jessica Linker, the inaugural recipient of the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Graduate Dissertation Fellowship in Early American studies. "Being here will help me see how everyone else thinks."
"UConn has a great reputation, and the Humanities Institute will give me a chance for encouragement and interaction with other scholars," adds Mohammed Albakry, associate professor of English and applied linguistics from Middle Tennessee State University.
Albakry will spend his year in Storrs working on an anthology of contemporary Egyptian drama, focusing on plays that are products of the current Egyptian revolutionary movement.
"This is a transformative time in Egypt's history," he said. "It impacts everyone, including theater artists. Drama is so interactive, it has the power to be a cultural mediator. "
People think that in the humanities we're always studying things that happened long ago in literature and history. But in many instances, people see what they study changing before their very eyes.
Albakry grew up in Alexandria, Egypt and came to the United States for his academic work in 1999. He has translated many Egyptian plays from Arabic to English and given them critical context, with the goal of increasing understanding by American audiences. The variety of plays he's chosen for his anthology, he says, have a diversity of voices and theatrical techniques.
"These plays really bring in the humanistic perspective: the nuanced, insider perspective of the revolution," he said. "It's very different from the mainstream media narrative. [The plays] talk about people's hopes and fears."
The director of the Humanities Institute, Sharon Harris, says Albakry's work is a prime example of the currency of the Fellows' research.
"People think that in the humanities we're always studying things that happened long ago in literature and history," she said. "But in many instances, people see what they study changing before their very eyes."
Albakry hopes to collaborate with UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre on dramatic readings and discussions of the plays in the coming year. He's also looking forward to taking advantage of what he calls the "research energy" of the Humanities Institute.
Linker's work involves uncovering the scientific practices of Early American women in the 18th and 19th centuries. She will spend her fellowship year completing her dissertation work, which challenges the assumption that few women were involved in science in Early America.
"It's not that women were historically not involved in science, but that they somehow went missing from the historical record," she said. In most well-known records, she said, "they keep popping up, but then disappearing."
A major part of Linker's work deals with botany; women often pressed leaves and other plant parts into books, where they classified, identified, compared, and sometimes even drew them.
But because women frequently didn't have their own materials, they would press these plant parts into books with other uses, such as autograph books or used business ledgers. Linker sifts through collections at museums, libraries, and archives to find this overlooked evidence that Early American women were much more involved in science than previously thought.
"Most people think that women were never really involved in science, when they actually were," she said. "We're still dealing with the gender gap and these obstacles that were set up, perhaps without reason."
Linker says the time at the Institute will certainly improve her dissertation work: "I'm really looking forward to being here and getting feedback from all the other Fellows."
The full list of 2013-2014 Humanities Institute Fellows:
- Mohammed Albakry, associate professor of English and applied linguistics, Middle Tennessee State University
- Nicola McDonald, professor of English and related literature, University of York, United Kingdom
- Peter Baldwin, associate professor of history, UConn
- Kelly Dennis, associate professor of art history, UConn
- Robin Greeley, associate professor of art history, UConn
- Robert Gross, James L. and Shirley A. Draper Professor of Early American History, UConn
- Gregory Kneidel, associate professor of English, UConn
- Sarah Willen, assistant professor of anthropology, UConn
- Brandon Hawk, Ph.D. candidate in medieval studies, UConn
- Michael Hughes, Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, UConn
- Jessica Linker, Ph.D. candidate in history, UConn


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Ateno spikers nail 4th straight win
THE pair of Bea Tan and Jhoanna Maraguinot came up with big serves and kills as the Ateneo Lady Eagles put away the Adamson Lady Falcons, 21-13, 21-15, yesterday in Day 3 of the 2015 University Athletic Association of the Philippines beach volleyball tournament at the SM Mall Asia Sands.
Their efforts with reserve player Alyssa Valdez sent the Lady Eagles to their fourth straight victory in the women's division.
"Maayos naman ang mga galaw at receives. Iyung mga kills ni Bea ang nagpa score sa kanila," said Lady Eagles coach Parley Tupas.
The Lady Eagles are now in front of the Adamson Lady Falcons Jessica Galanza and Mylene Paat, who took their first loss after four matches.
Galanza and Paat share the same 3-1 slate with Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws, Bernadeth Pons and Kyla Atienza.
In the opener last Friday, Tan teamed up with Valdez for a 21-9, 21-19 victory over the University of the Philippines pair of Arielle Estranero and Vina Alinas.
On Saturday, they got past FEU's Pons and Atienza, 24-22, 21-17; and the National University duo of Jaja Santiago and Jasmine Nabor, 21-18, 21-14.
Pons and Atienza eventually bounced back with 21-12, 21-12 beating of Santiago and Nabor.
In the men's division, Ateneo's Marck Espejo and Ysrael Marasigan won over FEU's Gregorio Dolor and Jude Garcia, 21-18, 21-12, to post their fourth straight victory.
They are ahead of UST's Anthony Arbasto and Kris Roy Guzman, who posted a 21-19, 21-17 win over UP's Alfred Valbuena and Julius Raymundo.
NU's Ryan Bagunas and Madz Gampong trail at 3-1, after thwarting UE's Edward Camposano and Jeric Ortega, 21-15, 21-16.
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We have less than 700 miles to go!
We were delayed for about 4 hours at TS39 because of a rumored fatal multiple car accident. I hope we get time credit for that at the finish line!
While my internet access is spotty and almost unpredictable, I do know one thing in advance: Verizon's map of coverage shows no coverage in the WV region for some reason. So this is a heads-up as things get exciting...
Now, I will need to go and help my team with other duties now that my help is being needed. I however will try my best to update this blog, especially shortly after we finish if I have trouble getting online again!! :)


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Tourism leaders in East Lindsey expect 2013 to be a 'wonderful year' after 60,000 visitor guides were produced in the most concerted promotional effort to date.
The 55 page 2013 Visitor Guide for Skegness, Mablethorpe and the Lincolnshire Wolds has been produced in partnership between Skegness East Coast and Wolds Hospitality Association and East Lindsey District Council, with the support of other key local organisations.
This year, with the support of East Lincolnshire Destination Management Organisation, the guide will be promoted with a national advertising campaign targeting visitors from areas outside Lincolnshire's traditional catchment area, with images of the region's stunning landscapes appearing on buses all over the West Midlands.
Guide committee chairman Nigel Tett said: "With improvements to roads heading east to west, we have the chance to capture some of the 12 million strong population, which lives between Northampton, Nuneaton, Birmingham Wolverhampton and the Potteries."
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Nonprofit Trauma is the specific experience of severe mental and emotional stress arising from systemic interrelational and/or structural abuse that takes place within the context of a workplace grounded in social service or social change values.
Much of how our social movements advance is contingent on the existence of nonprofit organizations, which at their best serve to redirect excess capital and earned income to alleviate the harm caused by generational poverty, structural oppression, and modern capitalism. These organizations are founded on social change or social service values, and attract many among us who seek to devote our careers in the service of paradigm shifting and social change.
And yet we so often experience interrelational and organizational trauma in the context of these spaces, the very spaces we choose to work in because we believe a different world is possible.
One of the things that is unique about Nonprofit Trauma is that in addition to the negative/painful experience of the abuse, the individual or group experiencing that abuse has an underlying experience of betrayal, because of the organization's externally broadcasted values.
After experiencing work-related trauma, employees are often told that we cannot tell our stories for fear of becoming "unhirable", or for fear of damaging the reputation of the organization. Those left within the organizational system are often unable to process or correct that which caused the trauma or trauma state, from fear of damaging the reputation of the organization.
How do we find healing when our individual and organizational traumas are ignored or erased?
Over the last year I have been developing a set of practices that assist Nonprofits in addressing structural oppression and harm through circle process/mediation, collective storytelling, and culture change. If your Nonprofit has experienced an organizational crisis within the last two years, particularly related to structural racism and oppression, and you believe that you could benefit from a facilitated process, please contact me using the Contact form linked to on the left side of the page.


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Georgetown, Guyana - Andrew Richards of the Stabroek News was given First Prize in this year's Biodiversity Reporting Award at a ceremony held in Le Meridien Pegasus in Georgetown. His article "Damage to Konawaruk River - Mines Commission moves to protect waterways" received the highest score among the 21 submissions presented by eight Guyanese journalists.
Richards' winning article takes a serious look at the severe environmental effects caused by more than half a century of gold mining in the Konawaruk River and seeks answers from authorities about the degradation. Richards has been participating in the Biodiversity Reporting Award since the first contest was convened in Guyana in 1999. That year he won third prize and he placed second in 2000 and 2001.
Organized by Conservation International (CI), along with the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the award seeks to promote high quality environmental journalism in biodiversity-rich countries, with an emphasis on greater and better coverage of conservation issues.
Second place went to Sharon Lall of Kaieteur News for her story "From 'Concrete' City to Rich Nature Study" and third place went to Shirley Thomas of the Guyana Chronicle for "Good News for Iwokrama Rainforest Programme." A panel of five distinguished international professionals, including one Guyanese professional, adjudicated the Award.
"This contest, in its fourth year in Guyana, has been generating incentives to engage journalists in the coverage of biodiversity," said Haroldo Castro, CI's Vice-President for International Communications, and Executive Director of the Award. "As Guyana holds one of the most remarkable remaining wilderness areas of the world, reporting on the country's natural heritage is essential to increase awareness about its uniqueness and importance."
The First Prize winner gets an all-expense paid trip to Baltimore, USA, to attend the annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), scheduled from October 10-13, 2002. He also receives a plaque, a resource kit and a two-year membership to the IFEJ.
During the ceremony, the Second and Third Prize winners received cash awards of G$50,000 and G$25,000, respectively, as well as a plaque, two-year honorary membership to the IFEJ and a resource kit.
Honorable Mentions were also given to Linda Rutherford for her piece "Media Urged to Sensitise Public on Environmental Issues" published in the Guyana Chronicle and Stacey Davidson's piece called "Suriname Seminar Hears..." published in the same paper.
Executive Director of Conservation International-Guyana, Major General (retd) Joe Singh, concluded that: "The award serves to recognize the hard work of journalists who report on environmental issues, an area of global concern and national importance."
Established in 1999, the Award was first launched in Guatemala and Guyana. In 2000 it was expanded to include Colombia and in 2001 Bolivia, Brazil and Ghana entered the competition. This year, the competition was held in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, Guyana and Peru.
The Biodiversity Reporting Award is made possible through the support of the Virgina W. Cabot Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Robert Dryfoos Charitable Trust.
Conservation International (CI) applies innovations in science, economics, policy and community participation to protect the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., CI works in more than 40 countries on four continents. For more information about CI, visit www.conservation.org.


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From Kakadu to Uluru, policing in the Northern Territory is an experience like no other – it demands many skills both physical and mental. Working as a Territory police officer is much more than a job, it's a rewarding career and lifestyle choice.
Constables are sworn Police Officers who enforce the laws of the Northern Territory and protect and serve the community. Vast and diverse, the Northern Territory offers unique challenges and experiences. NT Police Officers have the opportunity to be a part of the community and to really make a difference.
As a Northern Territory Police Officer you must be prepared for the unexpected. We are looking for mature and responsible people, who can think on their feet, who are resourceful and resilient, and who can solve problems while being compassionate. After completion of training all Constables will be assigned to a police station which may be in any geographical location in the Northern Territory. Most new Constables will be posted to regional centres in Alice Springs, Katherine and Tennant Creek. Applicants who have an interest and a willingness to serve in remote areas are encouraged to apply!
Future opportunities are endless. Once you have gained skills as a uniformed frontline Police Officer and have completed your two year probationary period you are able to study and apply for specialised positions such as Criminal Investigations, Traffic and Major Crash, Intelligence, Crime Scene examination, Water Police, Mounted Police and Dog Operations amongst many others.
The Northern Territory Police Force recognises and value different characteristics and the 'ages and stages' of their lives. We are committed to strengthen our capability through diversity and therefore welcome applications from the entire community. Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are particularly encouraged to apply.
To apply you must submit a Constable Application along with the required supporting documents, to find out more download the Constable Application booklet.
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Recruit Constable training involves an intensive, full time course of training of approximately seven months duration, held at the Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services College at the Peter McAulay Centre in Darwin.
Recruits are provided the initial induction and instruction into the NT Police Force and are paid from commencement of their training. The course is mentally and physically demanding and involves learning Legislation, Physical Training, Operational Safety Tactics Training, Driver Training, Information Systems Training and much more.
Successful completion of all aspects of the course will result in participants being awarded the Diploma of Public Safety (Policing). After graduation from recruit training, graduates will be posted to one of four regional centres (Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs or Tennant Creek) as sworn Probationary Constables, filling operational policing roles with all powers of a Police Officer.
The probation period extends to the second anniversary of commencement with the Northern Territory Police. Satisfactory completion of all assessment and task requirements throughout the probation period will result in confirmation as a Constable in the Northern Territory Police Force.
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A great party was made even better when Sacramento State's inaugural Green and Gold Gala brought with it the announcement of several major gifts totaling more than $3 million dollars.
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Godbee, Lottie Mae Howell, 92, of Crawfordville; 11 a.m. at Crawfordville Baptist Church, interment in the church cemetery; Callaway Funeral Home, Union Point, has charge of arrangements.
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If you want to explore how creepy hippies, black lights and bucket hats paired with white face masks are, Tyga has the video for you. The L.A. rapper scores solid guest verses, along with appearances, from Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne for a video that takes the thinking behind what Stanley Kubrick does visually and makes it it's the creepiest hip hop video that's come out in quite some time.
He puts the trio in visually distressing situations to create a psychological reaction. Tyga leads a troupe of dancers in red bucket hats with blank white masks on creating the effect of creepy Japanese robots. Minaj shows up in a colorful version of the projects with Blood colors and a few people in the background who are either wearing voodoo-inspired make-up or terrorist-looking accoutrement. Wayne is in a normal American home, put through the Honey Boo Boo filter of reality TV. Everyone around him only has to act normal, bordering on drugged out with Prozac or or Adderall, as Wayne pulls faces and becomes the most present person in the shot.
It's a sharp social critique on top of a sparse West Coast beat, as Tyga asks, "Can you see now?"


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Marqui Hawkins of Columbus (Ga.) Carver will play any position the coaches want him at in college. But given his choice, he would prefer to be on offense.
"I want to play receiver," Hawkins said.
Currently, the 6-feet-2, 190-pounder has 10 offers with the most recent coming Thursday from Ohio State. Some of the teams in that group like him at receiver, while others prefer him at safety.
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Asked if those recruiting him for offense had any type of edge, Hawkins replied, "Yes sir." That said, Hawkins told Rivals.com he is not yet ready to name a leader or even provide a list of top schools.
Hawkins recently visited Clemson, which is recruiting him for defense.
"I was there to see practice," he said. "It was great. I had time to sit and talk to the players and coaches, and go around the campus to look at all the new buildings. I got to meet [Clemson coach] Dabo Swinney. That's when they offered me. It's a great school. I'm going back I think next week."
This Saturday, Hawkins will visit Auburn. That's one of the programs recruiting him to play receiver.
"I like Auburn because of the depth chart," Hawkins said. "They have a lot of seniors at receiver. They'd give me time to go in and play early."
After visiting Auburn and Clemson, Hawkins plans to check out some other schools soon.
"I know I'm going to Tennessee, Mississippi State and Florida," Hawkins said. "I just don't know the dates."
When might Hawkins trim his list of schools?
"Maybe in early August," Hawkins said. "That gives me time to go visit most of the schools [that have offered]."
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Welcome to the Gang-Related News Articles page. This page provides a list of articles pertaining to gangs and gang-related activities from various U.S. and Canadian news sources. A link to the source of each article is provided. The list of articles can be refined and filtered by date and limited to a specific state or Canadian province or territory.
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Opponents of gang injunction rally in front of Oakland City Hall (Oakland, CA): About 100 people gathered outside City Hall on Wednesday in protest of the proposed Nortenos gang injunction that has sparked controversy in Oakland, from its neighborhoods to its courtrooms and political debates.
Source: San Jose Mercury News Date: January 26, 2011
Fall River gets boost in grant to keep kids away from gangs (Fall River, MA): The city is receiving a minor boost in funding to help keep kids away from gangs. The office of Gov. Deval Patrick announced Fall River will receive $280,000 through the Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative Grant. The funding is a $5,000 increase from the city's allocation during the previous fiscal year.
Source: The Herald News Date: January 26, 2011
Police crack down on gang activity (Livermore, CA): Police have made 14 arrests of suspected gang offenders in the past two weeks and are now looking for the public's help in curbing a spike in gang activity in town.
Source: LivermorePatch Date: January 26, 2011
Police: Teen injured as bullets fly in neighborhood shooting (San Antonio, TX): It was a terrifying Wednesday evening on the west side as neighbors ducked to avoid flying bullets. A 14-year-old was caught in the middle of the mayhem. Police say they have no leads on suspects at this time but believe the shooting is gang-related.
Source: KENS 5 News Date: January 26, 2011
11 Gardena street gang members in custody (Gardena, CA): A major crackdown on a street gang in Gardena landed nearly a dozen suspects behind bars early Wednesday morning. Authorities accuse the gang of spreading fear and crime in the city.
Source: KABC 7 News Date: January 26, 2011
Police nab five teens in graffiti spree (Longview, WA): Longview police have arrested five juvenile gang members suspected of spray painting graffiti on at least 40 properties and causing more than $20,000 in damage during the past two months, the department announced Wednesday.
Source: The Daily News Date: January 26, 2011
Stabbing victim at Rhino Club confirmed 5-Star General in local gang (Wilmington, NC): Wilmington Police have confirmed Taaron Jones, who was stabbed to death outside the Rhino Club Sunday night, was a confirmed member "Double I" (ii) street gang.
Source: WWAY NewsChannel 3 Date: January 26, 2011
Gang assessment committee concludes work (Warren County, NC): The Warren County Gang Assessment Steering Committee officially concluded its work last week by holding a joint meeting with the local Juvenile Crime Prevention Council.
Source: Warren Record Date: January 26, 2011
Abbotsford detective says latest charges could shake gang underworld (Abbotsford, BC): Murder charges laid Monday against senior members of the notorious United Nations gang will "send a shock wave" through Metro Vancouver's criminal underworld, a police specialist who has investigated the UN says.
Source: Abbotsford Times Date: January 26, 2011
Gang violence near campus not a threat, experts say (Los Angeles, CA): Given USC's location in downtown Los Angeles, crime can seem almost inevitable, especially when there are two gangs operating within miles of campus. These groups are active and potentially dangerous, but their threat doesn't extend to the USC campus, experts say.
Source: Daily Trojan Date: January 25, 2011
Weekend operation nets 21 arrests in Tulare County (Tulare County, CA): After a rash of gang-related shootings, gang suppression units countywide say they are taking a zero-tolerance approach to gang violence.
Source: Visalia Times-Delta Date: January 25, 2011
Drug Bureau: Cartel activity increases in Oklahoma (Edmond, OK): Mexican cartel-related activity is increasing in Oklahoma, a prominent drug distribution hub along with several other states near the border, an official said.
Source: The Edmond Sun Date: January 25, 2011
Lawyer argues against Hard 50 for teen (Wichita, KS): Rogelio Soto Jr. was not an adult on the night Arturo Moreno was stabbed to death, so he should not be given an adult sentence for his part in the crime, his defense attorney argued on Monday.
Source: The Wichita Eagle Date: January 25, 2011
Lowell receives $350G anti-gang grant (Lowell, MA): Lowell is set to receive a $350,000 state grant this year to combat gang violence with innovative community-based programs. The money will be awarded as a Shannon Grant, an anti-gang and youth-violence prevention program popular with local police.
Source: The Lowell Sun Date: January 25, 2011
Four gang members arrested on conspiracy charges (Merced, CA): Four men arrested last week in central Merced were trying to help a wanted gang member avoid arrest, the Merced Police Department said.
Source: Merced Sun-Star Date: January 25, 2011
Anti-gang summit report presented to council (Prince George, BC): The summary report on the Prince George Gang Crime Summit was presented to city council on Monday. The report, based on a public consultation session during the two-day summit in November, is just a first step, according to city social development manager Chris Bone.
Source: Prince George Free Press Date: January 25, 2011
Sioux Falls Police investigate gang-related graffiti (Sioux Falls, SD): Police in Sioux Falls are looking into a possible rise in gang activity. That is after several vandalism reports around town they believe are connected. The police received 12 calls in the last two nights of spray paint on buildings and one car.
Source: KSFY News Date: January 25, 2011
Police: Bethlehem crime wave connected to young Bloods (Bethlehem, PA): Bethlehem police said they've cracked a rash of violent armed robberies and burglaries committed by a younger branch of the Bloods to finance the gang.
Source: The Morning Call Date: January 25, 2011
Gang members facing charges (Kamloops, BC): Seven men being charged with first degree murder in gang-related deaths are apparently members of the U-N gang.
Source: CFJC TV7 News Date: January 25, 2011
Two arrested on drug charges (Wichita Falls, TX): Two suspects were arrested Saturday afternoon, one of whom is a known Wichita Falls gang member, according to city police.
Source: Time Record News Date: January 25, 2011
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UEFA chief blasts goal-line technology
UEFA president Michele Platini on Thursday spoke out against the use of goal-line technology for Champions League and Europa League matches, citing high costs and said the alternative five-man referee system for Champions League has been essentially mistake-free.
"If we are going to use this goal-line technology in the Champions League and Europe League, then we would have to set it up in every single stadium where matches are played," he said after a UEFA executive committee meeting.
"If we wanted to use goal-line technology, we would have to install it in 280 stadiums and then remove it again for domestic matches," he said.
"It would cost around 54 million euros ($69.26 million) over five years for this technology, so it's quite expensive for the sort of mistake which happens once every 40 years.
"Honestly, I prefer to put more money into youth football and infrastructure than spend it on technology when there's a goal in a blue moon that hasn't been seen by a referee."
FIFA will use goal-line technology in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Football's law-making organization approved the use of goal-line technology last July to help referees make decisions in cases where it was not clear whether or not the ball entered the goal.
UEFA developed an alternative system featuring an extra linesman on each goal-line, which was also approved last year and used in Italy's Serie A and the Brazilian championship.
"In the Champions League, I'm very happy with the results. Practically no mistakes have been made and the referees see practically everything that happens on the pitch," said Platini.
"At the very least, they see everything although there is also the question of how they interpret what they see."
Information from Efe News Agency was used in this report.
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Smoker's Lung: Pathology Photo Essay (cont.)
Michael C. Fishbein, MD
Dr. Fishbein received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Illinois. He completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Harbor General Hospital/UCLA Medical Center. He is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology.
Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
In this Article
- Smoker's lung introduction
- What is the structure of the normal lung?
- What processes determine normal function of the lung?
- What are the abnormalities (diseases) in smoker's lung?
- What happens to the lung in emphysema?
- How does emphysema come about?
- Why does smoker's lung look black?
- What happens to the airways in chronic bronchitis?
- Are smokers with COPD predisposed to developing pneumonia?
- What about lung cancer in smokers?
- Are any of the pulmonary consequences of smoking reversible?
- From what do smokers die?
Are any of the pulmonary consequences of smoking reversible?
First, the bad news is that emphysema is not reversible. But now, the good news! If a person stops smoking, the inflammatory changes (chronic bronchitis) in the airways probably will go away. Furthermore, when a person stops smoking, the risk of developing lung cancer decreases, although it never goes back to normal. In other words, the risk of cancer in ex-smokers is less than in smokers, but remains greater than in non-smokers.
From what do smokers die?
Remarkably, despite a wealth of information on death rates (mortality) from cigarette smoking, little information is available on the specific causes of death in smokers. Smokers with COPD can die from lack of oxygen (hypoxia) in the tissues of the body. The hypoxia occurs because there is so little functioning lung left and/or the effort of breathing is so great that affected individuals just stop breathing from exhaustion. Other important causes of death in smokers include lung infection (pneumonia), lung cancer, cancers of the digestive, urinary, and genital systems, and leukemia. Indeed, because smoking can cause cancer in so many organs, 30% of all cancer deaths can be related to cigarette smoking.
Nevertheless, because smoking is such a powerful risk factor for the development of coronary atherosclerosis (hardening and blockage of the arteries of the heart), heart disease is by far the most common cause of death in smokers. Moreover, since autopsies are done in less than 10% of patients who die in hospitals and less than 1% of patients who die in nursing homes, we really can't prove why most smokers die. You see, even though a clinician is often correct about the cause of a person's death, only an autopsy can be definitive.
Medically reviewed by James E. Gerace, MD; American Board of Internal Medicine with subspecialty in Pulmonary Disease
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Sorry it's been a while; working retail during the holidays can take a lot out of a girl. I've just been really tired and not interested in blogging lately but tonight I am back!
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Jury selection continues today in the trial of two men charged in a pipe bomb explosion in the Luxor hotel-casino parking garage in May 2007, which left a 24-year-old hot dog stand employee dead.
Attorneys are quizzing jurors on their responses to a 47-question, 10-page questionnaire to seat a panel of 12 and two alternates from a jury pool of more than 100 in the trial of Omar Rueda-Denvers and Porfirio Duarte-Herrera.
The men have been charged with attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon, malicious destruction of private property, possession of an explosive or incindiary device during the commission of a felony, murder with use of a deadly weapon, manufacture and/or possession of an explosive or incindiary device and possession of a component of an explosive device.
The charges stem from a May 7, 2007, incident in which an explosive device placed on the roof of a vehicle in the Luxor parking garage was detonated. Willebaldo Dorantes Antonio was injured in the explosion and later died from his injuries.
Both Rueda-Denvers and Duarte-Herrera have pleaded not guilty, but prosecutors say both men made detailed confessions. They're accused of plotting to kill Dorantes Antonio because he was dating Rueda-Denvers' ex-girlfriend.
Attorneys have focused their questions on jurors' attitudes toward the death penalty, a sentence either man could face if found guilty. There are four possible punishments the jury can dole out if the men are found guilty. Other possibilities include life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, or a term of 100 years with the possibility of parole after 40 years.
Jurors also were asked if they would be able to review the evidence and testimony presented in the case as it applies to each defendant individually.
At the start of questioning this morning, District Court Judge Michael Villani reviewed the synopsis of the case with the jury pool. He emphasized that the synopsis was not evidence and jurors were not permitted to use it to formulate an opinion on the guilt or innocence of the defendants.


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MLB Officially Announces New TV Deals With Fox, Turner
Fox Retains Exclusive Rights To
World Series In New Deal With MLB
RIGHTS FEES: The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Paul Gough cites sources as saying that Fox will pay an average of $250M annually, down from the $417M it has been paying, and that Turner will pay $120M a year (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 7/12). However, the WALL STREET JOURNAL's Brian Steinberg cites sources as saying that TBS will pay around $70M annually. One source said that MLB "expects to secure more than $3[B] over seven years from the Fox and TBS deals combined with payments from the remaining games to be sold (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 7/12). Fox Sports President Ed Goren said, "Our rights fees are significantly less than what we'd been paying. But going to cable TV, with its revenues from ads and subscribers, MLB could reach its revenue targets" (USA TODAY, 7/12). Goren added, "Fox has won the adults 18-49 race two years running. [Fox Entertainment President] Peter Liguori and his team has to figure out how to make the most out of postseason baseball. It makes sense to pre-empt fewer nights and create more windows for his schedule while retaining the promotional power of postseason baseball" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 7/12).
TBS Ending Three Decades
Of National Braves Programming
WORLD SERIES: Selig said of the decision to move World Series Game One to a Tuesday night instead of the current Saturday night start under the new deal, "For years, we started on a weekend and everyone grumbled to me — that Saturday night is a tough television night. ... We're going to do it Tuesday and Wednesday, off Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, off Monday, then Tuesday and Wednesday. It's a better fit" (DETROIT NEWS, 7/12).
Fox Sees First Increase In MLB All-Star Overnight Since '01
Fox earned a 10.6/18 overnight Nielsen rating for last night's MLB All-Star Game, up 8.2% from a 9.8/16 last year and the first year-to-year increase in the game's overnight rating since '01. Host city Pittsburgh delivered a 22.9/34 for last night's game. The following presents overnight and final Nielsen ratings for the MLB All-Star Game since '99 (THE DAILY).
MLB ALL-STAR GAME RATINGS TRENDYRNETOVERNIGHT RAT/SHR%+/-FINAL RAT/SHR%+/-'06Fox10.6/188.2%NANA'05Fox9.8/16-5.7%8.1/14-8.0%'04Fox10.4/17-6.3%8.8/15-7.4%'03Fox11.1/18-2.6%9.5/170.0%
'02Fox11.4/19-8.8%9.5/17-13.6% '01Fox12.5/2114.7%11.0/198.9% '00NBC10.9/18-18.0%10.1/18-15.8% '99Fox13.3/2312.0/22
NA = Final rating was not available at presstime.
NHL To Launch Social Networking Platform On NHL.com
The NHL prior to next season will introduce NHL Connect on NHL.com, which it calls the first league-sponsored social networking environment. Fans will be able to use NHL Connect, which was developed by California-based Five Across, to make personal profile pages that include comments, photos, podcasts and videocasts, as well as links to new articles and content, friends or colleagues. The platform currently is in a Beta testing stage on an invitation-only basis (NHL).
HBO On Pace To Top '99 PPV Boxing Revenue Record Of $200M
HBO Lands $15.7M In PPV Revenue
For Mayweather-Judah Bout
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THE DAILY offers a sampling of what some local and national bloggers are dishing about this week.
Athletics Nation athleticsnation.com A's GM Billy Beane in his latest interview with Tyler Bleszinski says of this season, "I guess the ends justify the means, but it's been challenging up to this point." 3 Quarks Daily 3quarksdaily.blogs.com Asad Raza writes Zinedine Zidane's head butt, "amplified by taking place in the most watched sports event of the year, nevertheless brutally transcended the game in which it occurred. It will be publicly understood, digested, for days to come. It will lose force, be neutralized, but not without having revealed much." Elmhurst Pub Roundtable elmhurstpubroundtable.blogspot.com cwhager527 offers five suggestions to change the MLB All-Star Game and writes, "Oh, and we're outlawing Chris Berman from any HR type incident. No more back-back-back-back's. It's time to put that baby to bed." Definitely, Maybe, Biscuit Anybody? blog.sportscolumn.com Chloe Gallagher writes of Roger Federer's outfit at Wimdbledon that included a cream colored Nike blazer, "There's nothing wrong with the way my grandad dresses, but I don't really expect 24-year-old tennis aces to copy it."
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Media Notes
In Toronto, Ken Campbell reports Rogers Sportsnet fired News & Hockey Dir Scott Morrison over "a difference in philosophy between Morrison's journalistic approach of telling stories and breaking news and the network's desire to appeal to young men." Supervising Producer Jeff McDonald was also dismissed, while VP/Production Rick Briggs-Jude "was moved to event production and is being replaced" by new VP/Content David Akande (TORONTO STAR, 7/12). Also in Toronto, Grant Robertson reports Rogers Sportsnet "is the latest cable sports channel to apply to the federal broadcast regulator for permission to show movies and one-hour dramas" (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 7/12).
CALL DROPPED: In Manchester, Richard Wray reports BSkyB has secured the mobile highlights package for the English Premier League. TWI and mobile phone companies 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone were working on a joint bid "that would have seen each operator given equal access to games." The mobile rights "are understood to have been sold for under [US$18.4M], leaving the Premier League short compared with" the previous deal (GUARDIAN, 7/12).
PREDATORS: The Predators will produce separate TV and radio broadcasts next season, ending the simulcast that had been used since the team's inaugural season in '98-99. Play-by-play announcer Pete Weber and analyst Terry Crisp will call games on FSN South and move to radio for games that are not televised (Predators).


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AFTER getting the acting bug at Abingdon School, Edward Rowett has had his comic turns praised by BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Mr Rowett, 25, grew up in Botley and, after attending New College School and Abingdon School, went to Cambridge University where he formed a writing partnership with fellow undergraduate Robert Frimston, also 25.
Now the duo, whose comedy sketch partnership Frimston and Rowett will appear at the Edinburgh Fringe festival this summer for the third year running, has been recognised by the prestigious academy.
The pair reached the final eight out of 500 entries to BAFTA's Rocliffe New Writing Forum, a competition to find the UK's most promising TV comedy writers.
They were not picked as the winning two entries to perform for industry experts at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August, or at the New York Television Festival in October. But Mr Rowett said he and his writing partner had been encouraged by BAFTAs' recognition. He said: "I lived in Oxford my whole life before I moved to London in 2010.
"At Abingdon School I discovered drama, something I had not done before, and that really brought me out of my shell.
"Jeremy Taylor was head of drama and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there."
Mr Rowett said the script he produced with Mr Frimston is called Hardacre's and is based on life in an advertising agency.
"I've never worked in an advertising agency myself but it's something I have always been interested in," he said. "Ultimately this is my way of aspiring to being like Don Draper from the American TV show Mad Men."
Mr Rowett said he hoped further industry recognition would follow from being shortlisted for the BAFTA competition.
He added: "It's a little bit frustrating that we came so close to the final prize, but it's great to recognised in this way and we were the youngest of the finalists.
"Our main focus at the moment is still our live sketch show and we are looking forward to taking it to Edinburgh."
Andrew Newman, chairman of BAFTA's Television Committee, said: "The standard of entries to the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum is always impressive, so to be shortlisted is a fantastic achievement."
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[NOTE: This Notebook was written based on events from Saturday's game vs. Los Angeles. It doesn't touch on the game all that much, so it's not really all that outdated, even though the Crew lost to Kansas City on Wednesday. Sorry for the delay. – SS]
On Saturday night at Crew Stadium, the Galaxy suffered a 1-0 defeat, much to the delight of the sellout crowd of 21,203.
Too bad it was only the mascot game. In the MLS game, the Los Angeles Galaxy got a stoppage-time winner from Chad Barrett to defeat the hometown Crew, 1-0. The loss left the Crew in a second-place tie with just one point from the team's last five matches. The Crew's Septic September has seen the postseason discussion morph from home field advantage to simply making the playoffs.
[With Wednesday's loss and Philly's win on Thursday, the Crew are now all the way down in 4th place in the East. It was indeed a Septic September To Never Remember.]
This Notebook will focus on a few non-game stories. After all, the game itself was a broken record. Even though the Crew didn't fall behind early as has been their recent custom, the 0-0 halftime score was the 14th such instance in 30 league matches, so it was routine nonetheless.
On side two of the broken record, the Crew stepped it up and repeatedly threatened the Los Angeles goal to no avail. I'm convinced that if the Crew played Monopoly, they would land on Chance over and over and over again and draw cards like:
* "Your shot has gone high and/or wide. Move token back 60 yards to challenge ensuing goal kick."
* "Your header was somehow cleared off the line as always. Pay $100 to gypsy to remove curse."
*"Your breakaway has been smothered by the goalkeeper. Advance token to nearest railroad and un-tie distraught fans who are begging for a train to come."
The near misses and terrific saves came back to haunt the Crew when Barrett buried a rebound off of a Landon Donovan shot. Donovan forced a diving save out of Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer after running on to a bouncing ball and unleashing an unchallenged volley.
"I don't know what we were doing," Hesmer said. "We had a couple of throw ins over there. Why we can't just get the ball out of our corner in the 90th minute, I don't know. We got cute with it a couple of times, and then the ball pops up, and nobody wins it. We sit there and watch a couple of headers back and forth in our defensive third in the 90th minute in a 0-0 game at this point in the season…we've got to be going through that. We've got to be going through and winning the ball and somebody's got to take command and not let something like that happen."
That's what normally would have happened if it weren't for a little bit of chicanery from Donovan.
"I heard somebody yell, 'Leave it!'" said central defender Julius James, who had a hitch in his step as he stopped his pursuit of the ball for a split second, giving Donovan the space he needed. "I thought it was my teammate, but it was Landon. He ran onto the ball and he hit a nice shot. It was a communication error there. I just thought it was my teammate telling me to leave it."
So James got duped by the soccer equivalent of the baseball's hidden ball trick or hockey's behind-the-play stick rattle. It was all the opening that Donovan needed to start the game-winning sequence.
"It was a great shot," Hesmer said. "He had time to let it sit up for him right where he wanted to volley it, and then he hit it well. I tried to push through it and get is much of it as I could with my palms, but unfortunately, Barrett's right there running through it."
It was a gut-punch ending for a team with punch-drunk guts.
"There was a mixup and we lost," said midfielder Robbie Rogers. "It was just unlucky. We worked so hard tonight. I thought we deserved three points, but we ended up losing. I'm pretty bummed out, but we have four games left so we need to keep our heads up and we need to keep going."
Rogers stressed that the game wasn't just the result of a defensive mix-up at the end. After all, goals mitigate the potential for late-game calamity on a single mistake.
"That's soccer if you don't finish your chances," he said. "I feel like we just need a break. We just need to finish one of those chances. I felt like we were going to get the goal, but we didn't. They're a good team and they punched us in the end. I have a really bad taste in my mouth. I had my chance, Andres had his chance…we were dangerous, but we just needed to finish one those chances. We need to create our own luck."
Thanks in part to the Galaxy trio of David Beckham (who might as well have been in galaxy far, far away after skipping town the day before the game), Robbie Keane (who missed the game due to a pulled butt muscle), and Landon Donovan, Crew Stadium was packed on Saturday night. The Crew have struggled at the gate in 2011, so playing before a sellout crowd of 21,203 was a glorious opportunity for the team to win people over. The team generated plenty of anticipatory buzz and despairing "Ohhhh's" with their second half near-misses, but they never gave the place a chance to roar with a goal.
"It was an amazing crowd," said Hesmer. "Regardless of what drew them here, we need to find a way to bring them back. We want them supporting us. It would have been nice to reward them."
"I've never seen the stadium this packed," said James, who is in his first year with the team. "We wanted to give the fans something to feel happy about. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. That's the game of soccer. Hopefully we gave them enough excitement to make them want to come back again. We have a pretty good fan base that comes to the games, but to see the stadium tonight was really thrilling. Hopefully we can get crowds like that in the future."
As I had asked the others, I asked Danny O'Rourke if it was extra disappointing not to give the large crowd some goals and a win.
"We have great fans that follow us all the time, and those are the fans I'm disappointed for tonight," O'Rourke said. "But the people who will only come out just to see David Beckham, who doesn't even show up anyway, they're going to miss out on good games here."
Danny's candor was refreshing, but I also don't know that it's that dire. I think when a team with Landon Donovan and David Beckham comes to town, it's going to draw plenty of genuine and casual fans who only come to a few games per year. Most anybody with an interest in attending a Crew game is going to have that date circled.
As an example, I saw all of Nolan Ryan's starts at Cleveland Municipal Stadium during his twilight stint with the Texas Rangers. Ryan was one of my favorite non-Cleveland players as a kid, and I was excited to see the future Hall of Famer and his hundred mile per hour heater with my own two eyes.
But I was rooting for the Indians. I wanted them to beat Ryan, which they did on two of those three occasions. Even though I knew I could only go to a handful of Indians games each summer, I made sure that one of them was when The Ryan Express rolled through town. It didn't mean I was there just to see Ryan. It didn't mean that I didn't care about the Indians and never came to other games.
So I get the large crowd for the Beckham-Donovan game. And I even understand the large cheer for Donovan when he entered the game in the second half, as it was Ohio's first chance to applaud him after his spine-tingling World Cup heroics last summer. There was undoubtedly some percentage of front-running Star Whores in the crowd, but I saw far fewer Beckham jerseys in the stands than I did a few years ago. The Crew implored fans to "black out the Galaxy", and lo and behold, the stadium was as black as Darth Vader's cape closet.
Based on the black-clad crowd and the lack of rampant no-shows once it was announced that Beckham blew town the day before, my hunch isn't that David Beckham and Landon Donovan caused thousands of otherwise indifferent people to come out of the woodwork to gawk at their celebrity. Rather, the Galaxy's stars likely concentrated ticket sales. In many cases, it's likely that fans came to see the Crew (potentially) play David Beckham and Landon Donovan instead of seeing the Crew play the Portland Timbers or Houston Dynamo.
And if that's the case, those people can be sold.
[More on that later on in this Notebook.]
Former Crew captain Frankie Hejduk made his first trip back to Crew Stadium since the club parted ways with the popular veteran as part of the rebuilding process. It was a strange sight, seeing the Dude walking around in his LA Galaxy gear over an hour before the game, chatting with a bevy of familiar faces who approached him to say hello, be they players, staffers, or fans.
And it was weirder seeing him on the field, wearing the armband while playing against the very club he captained during its greatest successes. His shirt was the wrong color, each run up the flank was in the wrong direction, and when Hejduk wiped out Andres Mendoza late in the game, it felt surreal to demand the yellow card that he deserved instead of hoping that somehow he would get let off the hook just this once, yet again.
And then when it was over, with three points in his back pocket, Hejduk made his way to the Nordecke as he had done every game ever since its creation. He bowed, patted his heart in appreciation, and even drank a beer from the crowd. All in all, he spent nearly a half hour walking around the edge of the field, shaking hands and signing autographs. Galaxy coach Bruce Arena personally went out to the field to scold him for holding up the team's bus. Wearing a Crew scarf, Hejduk finally made his way back to the Galaxy's already empty locker room.
I was warned that I was going to get murdered at the hands of several Galaxy staffers if I went in there and got him talking, but it was too historic of an occasion to pass up. This would not be one of our leisurely chats of old. Under the watchful eye of hurried and harried handlers, Hejduk spoke quickly as he got dressed, trying to cram as many words as he could through the palpable cloud of impatience.
"It was an emotional game," he said. "To come here was a special moment for me. To have to switch the hat and go to the other side of it was a little bit crazy, but it's a business, and they made a business decision. I know what championship teams are made of, and this LA Galaxy team, to come here to Columbus, which is not an easy place to win, and I know that for sure, to battle back with the type of week that we had, and to keep on going for 90 minutes and to get the goal last minute, really says a lot about the heart and character of this LA Galaxy team, and that is what championship teams are made of, and we are right on the way to the path to get there."
(That last sentence ran on for miles, just like its speaker. If anyone is able to fittingly speak in run-on sentences, it's Hejduk, right?)
Hejduk also expressed gratitude to Arena, who at that moment was undoubtedly rolling his eyes while glancing at his watch on the bus, for allowing him to wear the captain's armband at Crew Stadium.
"It's special," Hejduk said. "I'm really thankful to Bruce for doing that for me, and like I said, it was a really emotional day. To step on with the captain's armband brought back some great memories. But this LA Galaxy team fought hard and fought back. They really started pressing in the second half and sending numbers forward, but we were solid defensively, and Josh Saunders made a couple big saves, and we got 'em. We had three dangerous players come off the bench in Magee, Landon, and Barrett, and they showed why they are such special players."
Hejduk also expressed his strong emotional attachment to the people of Columbus.
"It was great," he said of his interactions with the fans. "They really feel for me. It was emotional. It was great to see them embrace me the way they did because, at the end of the day, I'm playing against their team. But they know that my heart and all the effort that I gave over the years was for them, and it was really great of them to show me so much respect. I love them. That's why I put my hand on my heart and was bowing and all that. It was eight of the best years of my life. That's an emotional time. But when things change, things change, for whatever reason. It was a crazy and emotional day."
But beneath the overwhelming emotion, business is still business. Just as any of us would have pressed a button that would have caused Frankie to score a 92nd minute own-goal to give the Crew a 1-0 victory, he was happy that it was his team breaking hearts.
"I'm excited that we got the three points," he said. "When you go to the business side of it, we came here to win. It was all fine and dandy to say hi to everyone, but I still had a job to do. My job was to help this team win the game. And we did."
And with that, Hejduk was ushered out of the room before the bus ran out of gas while idling in the parking lot.
It had been an hour since the game had ended. Like Hejduk, Crew midfielder Danny O'Rourke spent plenty of time on the field with the fans after the game. But then it was right back to work. After missing most of the season with a knee injury, O'Rourke's work is never done.
Danny had already been back in the trainer's room for a good half hour when he sent word for me to come back and chat. The trainer's room is a reporter-free Xanadu where players can duck interviews while getting luxurious massages, or so the theory goes. (Until you realize that any potentially luxurious massaging is being done by the decidedly un-luxurious Dave Lagow, who has been known to lament, "I rub dudes for a living.") There's no doubt that training room ducking happens in every sport from time to time. But this was not one of those times. Danny is not one of those people. There was much work to be done.
I came in as assistant trainer Skylar "Paco" Richards was wrapping up a muscle activation therapy session. As O'Rourke reclined on the table, Paco took great care to ensure that O'Rourke was aligned properly, squatting down to examine Danny's legs as if he were lining up the tournament-winning billiards shot. Once his legs were lined up to Paco's satisfaction, O'Rourke heeded Paco's movement commands, sometimes accompanied by a grunt or a grimace.
"It's a hundred times better than before," O'Rourke said.
And then Paco left Danny to do resistance exercises on his own. Using a big rubber band trapped under the leg of a training table, Danny spoke in bursts between reps of leg exercises.
"It's frustrating," he said of the Crew's 1-0 loss. "I don't think it was our best performance, but if we walked out of there with three points, great. Emilio was a spark for us. I think for the most part we played solid defensively once we sorted out the way they were moving in the first half. To have such a great crowd and to not get a victory is a little gut-wrenching."
O'Rourke reflected on the team's month-long struggle to get results.
"We need to step up and compete," he said. "We put the work in, but things aren't going our way right now. Things went our way early in the season with things like PKs, red cards, and we were finding ways to win. Luck's now turned its ugly head and we're getting the blunt end of it. Good teams work harder and make their own luck. The next four games, that's what we're going to have to do."
[NOTE: Somehow, the Crew managed to lose Wednesday in Kansas City on a late own-goal off of a throw-in. Yes, that actually happened. Their luck obviously hasn't turned yet.]
"We just need to win," Danny said. "When we win, the locker room is fun. It's not fun right now. In the past, we wouldn't panic because we had that continuity. We knew how to work hard but simultaneously ease that tension that would be building up. Otherwise you play tentative. We have to find that balance.
"We need to lock down a playoff spot. If we don't make the playoffs after all the hard work we put in, that would be bitter. It's man-check time. We need to step up. Right now we could easily feel sorry for ourselves because we haven't been doing well. But that's not the type of guy I am and that's not the type of guy my teammates are. This loss stings a little. It just doesn't sit right. Especially when they put out a team that we should have done better with. But credit to them. They had some young guys who moved around well. They showed their depth, and that's why they're one of the teams to beat this year."
O'Rourke said all that the Crew can do is put it behind them and get ready for the match in Kansas City. The teams entered the match tied for second place, but in the scrunched-up Eastern Conference, those 90 minutes could majorly impact each team's playoff hopes.
"I think Wednesday's going to be a good game," Danny said. "A win there can be a catalyst for us because Kansas City is a good team."
[Unfortunately, Danny wasn't physically able to make the trip and the game was not a catalyst. See the previous note about somehow losing on an own-goal off of a throw-in.]
As we wrapped up our official conversation, Danny prepped for an ice bath, which reduces swelling and tissue breakdown after lots of running and exercise. He deemed the water to be insufficiently cold, so we went to work. We each grabbed a scooper and chucked pound after pound of ice into the tub. Danny decided that this was inefficient, so we filled an entire Gatorade bucket with ice and then dumped that in too.
The result was THIS:
"That has to suck," I said, empathizing by stating the obvious.
"It's miserable," he said. "Keep me talking or I'll go crazy."
Danny kneeled down into the cryotherapeutic slush.
"How long do you have to do this for?" I asked.
"At least ten minutes," he said with a quick gasp as his body endured the sudden temperature shock.
"I feel like I'm watching some sort of stupid Fear Factor stunt," I said.
But then Danny got to talking to keep his mind off of the teeth-chattering chill. He talked of his muscle activation therapy, and how it's important that he does all of this stuff directly after the game so that his brain can begin making the reparative neural adjustments during his REM sleep that night. He used his hands and forearms to demonstrate a hip socket and all that can go wrong to create compensatory muscle and tendon problems throughout the length of the leg. He spoke of his own physical struggles to recuperate from games and prepare for the next one, and how interesting it has been for him to read up and learn about all of the fascinating science behind his various therapies and exercises.
In previous conversations, Danny had been quick to praise the Crew's training staff for getting him ready to play again this year, and it's now apparent to me that being able to play effectively for 90 minutes is merely a milestone in the recovery process, not its culmination. Away from the field, the other 9,990 minutes of the week are still anything but normal.
Anyway, it wasn't all medical talk. Naturally, we also talked fantasy football. Danny relished beating Andy Gruenebaum to move to 2-0 on the season while simultaneously dropping the Hebrew Hammer to 0-2. I also learned the shocking fact that Danny did not follow the NFL at all until he started playing fantasy football five years ago.
Ten minutes later, O'Rourke emerged from the tub. More than 90 minutes after he had somehow run around for more than 90 minutes, I left him there, shivering in his soaking-wet game shorts.
It was after 11:00 p.m. Unlike Danny O'Rourke, I was done working for the night.
Two weeks ago, the Crew announced their GOAL 10K initiative, asking Columbus to "Dare to be Massive" in an effort to climb back to 10,000 season tickets. Knowing that Saturday's game was sold out, the ticketing department came up with a smart idea to sell tickets on the spot. Before the game, I tweeted this photo of a seat-specific season ticket solicitation that was attached to the seatback itself:
I had seen such signs at "select a seat" events at various venues, but I had never seen an organization combine a "select a seat" event with the actual sporting event itself. On the surface, it made great sense. It took the concept of season tickets out of the abstract and made it very real. If a fan was having fun at the game, he or she was provided with instant information on how to make that seat his or her own for 2012, including the cost and payment options. Simple, yet brilliant.
"It's a great way to very visually promote a particular seat location's availability," said Crew President and General Manager Mark McCullers. "It shows existing season ticket holders seats that they may want to add or locations where they may want to upgrade. For new prospects, it puts the idea of them being a season ticket holder and occupying that seat every game into their mind in a very tangible way."
The idea came from the ticket sales staff, who then went out and spent a couple of hours manually tagging over 1,000 seats. "This type of action is born out of GOAL 10K and the enthusiasm for that mission," McCullers said.
As good as the idea was on paper, I was curious as to whether it met the club's projections. After all, that would be the true litmus test of whether it was merely a creative idea, or if it was both creative and effective.
"I would say that the tactic has been very successful," McCullers said. "The interesting thing is that of those that brought the tags to our sales tent, 50% were existing season ticket holders looking to add or upgrade, and 50% were new prospects. We also know that lots of the tags were taken, so they may be on someone's desk at their home or office – so we should get additional calls. It has exceeded our expectations."
Oh, and that seat I randomly photographed before the game? Don't bother trying to buy it for 2012. I have received confirmation that it's already been sold.
As longtime readers know, Mascot Soccer is one my most eagerly anticipated events of the year. This year, the Crew announced that the normal mascots would be playing Stars Wars characters, which is the mascot soccer equivalent of MLS bringing in Manchester United for its all-star game. My good buddy Flick, who shares my mascot soccer obsession, is also a Star Wars nerd. When I broke the news of the intergalactic matchup to him, he was giddy.
How big of a Stars Wars nerd is Flick? He owns this jersey, which I am shocked he did not wear for the mascot game:
As always, I joined Flick and the Nefarious Numbers Runner Known as Z-Man is section 107 for the big game. This year's match-up posed a problem for Z-Man, who normally wagers based on which team has the most functional footwear.
"The Star Wars team has a huge advantage in footwear," he noted, "but they are not fit at all. I think the people in bulky costumes will still be able to outrun them." Flick agreed and started coming up with names like "Obi-Waddle Kenobi" for the Star Wars team.
We also thought it would be awesome if the soccer ball was a Death Star, but then we realized that the dimple part of it would make the ball roll funny. I also wondered if Darth Vader could get whistled for handballs if he held out his hand and caught the ball even if it was off in the distance, just like how he can asphyxiate incompetent underlings from across the room. When I saw he was started in goal, I thought that might be the reason why.
Crew video ace Cornell Thomas kindly shot video of the majority of this year's game. You can watch it here:
The normal mascots defeated Star Wars, 1-0, on a goal by Stinger of the Columbus Blue Jackets. There was a scrum in front of the Star Wars net, and Stinger barreled the ball into the goal. A little Boba Fett, who stood in the goal with Darth Vader, was knocked down in the process, but no foul was called.
We gave Stinger man of the match honors. Not only did he score the goal, but he also did some stellar recovery work on defense. As one might expect, he was buzzing all over the field. Gapper, of the Cincinnati Reds, kept the clean sheet in goal. "He's got hands like Brandon Phillips," Flick said.
After the final whistle, Gapper celebrated by dancing with his shirt off. "Gapper's going to get a Robbie Rogers yellow card for ripping off his shirt in celebration," said Flick.
One event that is not documented on Cornell's video is the game-ending challenge Moondog put on the aforementioned little Boba Fett. It was the second time that the mini bounty hunter was knocked to the turf in a scrum involving the Cavaliers' canine mascot.
"Was Little Boba Fett wearing a LeBron jersey?" Flick wondered. "I think it's fair to say that we might be seeing a new carbonite wall hanging at Jabba the Hutt's palace once Little Boba Fett tracks down Moondog."
As I mentioned, Flick is a big Star Wars nerd, and he emailed the following thoughts about the mascot game. He was disappointed that the home side didn't utterly destroy the interplanetary visitors.
"The 2008 Crew thrived on perfect chemistry;" Flick wrote. "The chemistry of the Star Wars team had to be awful with it being made up of so many groups: the Galactic Empire, the Rebel Alliance, Jedi, bounty hunters, and desert planet scavengers. Let's focus on the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance/Jedi. It's like Spain's national team with players from FC Barcelona and Real Madrid...except these guys will literally kill each other. Don't let that elegant weapon from a more civilized age fool you; those lightsabers will slice you faster than a mistimed Frankie Hejduk two-footer.
"Don't even get me started on travel. I'm sure it took a few hours to travel down I-71 from Cleveland, having to stop frequently for Moondog's urine breaks, but even Los Angeles to Columbus seems close and simple when compared to a road trip from a galaxy far, far way… no matter how many charters you own that are capable of making the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.
"Let's talk tactics. Since Yoda wasn't around, we can only assume he is the manager and he remained back in the locker room. Star Wars took the field with two Jedi up top and Darth Vader in the back. Seriously? Noted peace keepers in the attack and an acknowledged deadly finisher in defense?!? It's obvious what happened: When identifying the formation, Yoda uttered, 'Take the field in 2-4-4, we will,' and everything got inverted. Yoda definitely needed a translator for clearing up his instructions.
"Yoda did get one thing right: not slotting any stormtroopers into the lineup. Have you seen those guys shoot? Not impressive at all, like an outside back spraying shots into the south end or something. Yikes. It looked like they did have nice trooper diversity lining the field, though, which is ironic in a way since the Galactic Empire didn't seem to be big fans of diversity. You had the standard stormtrooper, sandtroopers, scout troopers, and snowtroopers. Throw in some clone troopers, and it was a Skittles bag of stormtrooper markings.
"How about the Rebel Alliance pilots up top? Sure, overall they performed well in their most famous attacking effort - taking down the first Death Star - but I think it was readily apparent that the Rebel Alliance has to accept all comers, and they're not big on fitness requirements.
"Bounty hunters… bounty hunters! They're mercenaries, man. You can't build a team with them in your starting eleven. They will sell-out anything for a better deal. And if anyone knows how to negotiate a better deal, it's Stinger. I think he and Mayor Coleman got a couple of those bounty hunters on the take.
"I could go on, but I think I've dissected this contest enough… except to ask, what was up with Moondog? I'm sure Dan Gilbert will see Moondog's twice crushing a small child as fulfilling his comic sans, teen break-up promises of championships, but my goodness. He's lucky the Star Wars team didn't start their very own Joey Barton – shoot-first Han Solo – or else he would have been left as nothing but a mess in a hive of scum and villainy."
Wow. It's been far too long since Flick made a Notebook appearance. Shame on me.
Head athletic trainer Dave Lagow was perturbed by Josh Williams' wardrobe choice on Saturday. He tried to explain it to me, which then set up a deadpan zinger from Danny O'Rourke.
LAGOW: "He had his pants tucked into his boots, but his boots weren't laced, because, you know, he cares but he doesn't care too much. Then he had on a khaki shirt. Khaki. I mean Crocodile Hunter khaki."
O'ROURKE: "I asked if he was raiding tombs with Lara Croft."
Star Wars jokes…video game jokes…I think my stay in Seattle during NerdFest 2011 has finally seeped into the Notebook. Maybe that Seattle road trip was the downfall of all of us.
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Sirk's Notebook: Mascot soccer edition
[NOTE: This Notebook was written based on events from Saturday's game vs. Los Angeles. It doesn't touch on the game all that much, so it's not really all that outdated, even though the Crew lost to Kansas City on Wednesday. Sorry for the delay. – SS]


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Back before Microsoft announced the Xbox One, everyone assumed that the next Xbox was going to be the first choice among gamers. With the Xbox 360, Microsoft understood social features and controller ergonomics, and it understood that gamers who used to be 14 year olds playing games were now 20- and 30-somethings who also appreciated having Netflix on their living room TVs.
But wait, doesn't the Xbox One also have those things? You can now start Skype calls while gaming. Microsoft put over $100 million into developing the controller to fine-tune it to perfection. Then we have TV on the Xbox One. Also, sports. If you didn't know the "Xbone" shows sports, then you definitely haven't been paying attention.
Despite these features, the PlayStation 4 has surpassed the Xbox One in early sales. In the first week on eBay, the PS4 made $12.5 million dollars in one market (North America) while the Xbox One made less than $8 million in 13 markets, according to market research group Terapeak.
The consensus seems to be that Sony understood gamers while Microsoft alienated them. Microsoft spoke about Skype, which makes you think of computers, while Sony spoke about integrating social gaming features right into the PS4's controller with a share button. We heard more about Microsoft's controller than its investment in games; meanwhile, we've heard so much about Sony making it super easy for indie developers to publish on its platforms. Apps such as Netflix won't need Playstation Plus, Sony's premium service, but they will require a paid Xbox Live subscription. Oh, and Sony didn't mention sports once.
I'm not even going to mention the blunders and policy reversals made by Microsoft prior to launch.
So here's the thing. The Xbox One is actually pretty unique — but not as a gaming machine. It's almost identical to the PlayStation 4, a Steam Machine is on the horizon, and if we think of graphics, then there is no reason for me to buy a console (mmm, PC). Wait, sorry — back to how cool the Xbone is. Microsoft has made a brilliant multimedia machine. It's got multitasking and split-screen. Group video calls. Voice recognition and control. Phone and tablet support. Loads of video and music apps. It does all that really well, and of course, it plays games very well. It's all designed to be so intuitive that even a child can use it.
The Xbox One does make a fantastic home entertainment system. Take my brother, for example. Without a PC or console, the only games he plays are the ones on his phone. Yet he is the one who introduced me to games. As kids, we split our pocket money to buy our first-ever computer graphics card to play Final Fantasy VII.
Does he watch the Electronic Entertainment Expo and read gaming news? No. Does he use Netflix? Yes. Does he use Skype and place video calls? Yes. Does he listen to music in the living room? Yes. Would he like to enjoy the occasional game from his sofa? Sure.
So why wasn't the Xbox One marketed to both young people and home owners? Microsoft spent so much of its time trying to convince gamers that they didn't just want to play games that it excluded the market that already put multimedia content over games in their everyday lives.
If the Xbox One wasn't the successor to the Xbox 360 (and wasn't called a Windows machine, either — ew) but instead pitched as a non-PC, very cool device to have in your living room for all your TV needs, then it would blow past the PlayStation 4 sales figures. Why? For the same reason that mobile phones have seriously threatened handhelds. Most people are casual. Microsoft could have marketed two very separate audiences and eaten so much cake.
Here's the irony: Microsoft tried so hard to make a console that wasn't a console that it succeeded. Now it seriously risks betraying the gamers who invested in it. The company is going to need smarter thinking and smarter-focused marketing to catch up with Sony. Time will tell what Microsoft decides to do.


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I was out and about, and stopped at the gas station, when I got back in to leave, my van would not start.
I cranked but would not start (just put gas in so it was not out of gas). I had a friend mechanic tell me it was a probable fuel pump. I towed to the shop, the next day they said it was the fuel pump, they replaced that, then they called saying they needed all keys to reprogram them, then the tell me it is also the anti theft module that is bad. When the car was at the gas station, our friend sprayed something directly into the engine, and it started right up until he stopped spraying.
I do not have an alarm on the car, I just want to know if the anti theft module could have been a problem also, instead, or happened after it went to the shop.
2002 Pontiac Montana Van 110,000 miles v6
have the same problem?
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I had one of those wonderful rabbi moments that reminded me of the amazing privilege that I have to do what I do in life this morning while walking into my synagogue to start the day. One of my members who happened to come by to pick something up at the Kehillat Israel office stopped me in the lobby and as she started to speak, she began to cry. Naturally my initial reaction was to ask if she was OK and if there was something wrong that I could help with. She looked up at me through her tears and I saw a broad grin begin to emerge on her face as she grabbed on to my arm and exclaimed, "Oh my God, Adam's bar mitzvah was the most amazing moment of my life. I have thought of you every single day since and I am so incredibly grateful for how that experience touched everyone who was there. I will never forget that moment. It will be with me forever."
She then went on to talk about how her cousins from the East had changed their travel plans so they could stay an extra couple of days because the ceremony was so powerful for them that they just didn't want to leave the magic glow of the experience too soon. She told me that since her husband isn't Jewish of course it was the first Bar Mitzvah experience that his family had ever had, and that his mother was so touched by the power of the service that she hasn't stopped talking about the beauty of Judaism and what a gift it has been for her to be able to share in it. "And what it has done for my son is just impossible to express," she said. "Here he is, a 13-year-old adolescent, and he was so moved by being part of this ancient tradition that he emerged with a profound sense of gratitude for his life, his friends, the privilege to be part of it all and the gifts and blessings that so many people shared with him. I don't even know how to express the power of this transformation in all our lives and I will cherish it forever."
What better way could a rabbi ask to start his day than this? It literally brought me to tears as well. It's not that people aren't often grateful for how powerful a bar or bat mitzvah service can be in the life of their family, for I have had the blessing of watching hundreds of such families over the three decades that I have served as a rabbi thank me for being part of something wonderful in their family's life. But there was something different about this one. Perhaps it was because this family had been through so much trauma and so many personal struggles over the years. During the entire bar mitzvah service I couldn't help but remember sitting day after day in the hospital years ago holding the wife's hand and doing what I could to bring comfort and strength to the husband after he almost lost a limb from being hit by an out of control driver who drove his car right through the wall of the Department of Motor Vehicles while he was there just to renew his own license.
As someone who worked in the technical side of television production, his entire livelihood was totally dependent on the vagaries of which TV show would be picked up that year and whether he was lucky enough to be part of the crew. Sometimes the answer was yes, and sometimes the answer was no. And like so many in similar lines of inconsistent work, they never knew whether the money would be there to pay the mortgage, put food on the table or take care of their family's needs.
As a synagogue rabbi I have the spiritual privilege to be in a position to make sure that this wonderful, loving family could at least always be part of an extended, caring religious community. No matter what else might come and go in their lives, no matter how insecure so many aspects of their economic lives might be, our synagogue could always be something they could count on, something that could forever be a strong spiritual, social and communal foundation for them and their children. So to see how touched they all were by the power of this age-old Jewish life-cycle experience was a gift worth more than I could ever describe.
This is what community is truly all about. To be there for each other and be able to provide and share in a life-changing spiritual memory that links each of them to thousands of years of Jewish civilization. This, to me is where we discover what "holiness" really means. This week in the Torah we are commanded to "Be Holy." It is declared by God as a fundamental goal of life, a personal commandment to act in such as way as to bring God's very presence into the world. This morning with those tears were her gift to me as Lisa shared the impact that Adam's bar mitzvah had on so many of her family and friends. And ultimately it was made all the more powerful because they are an interfaith family who because of our communal acceptance and embrace has been able to experience Judaism as something meaningful that helps give a sense of purpose to their lives. This too is what I understand "holiness" to be about. It is the moments we create together for those who otherwise might never find that power and beauty and sanctity that being part of the thousands of years of Jewish civilization can offer. This was a morning of holiness for me and I gave thanks for the opportunity to bring that holiness to others as well.


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Church says women bishops situation 'unsustainable'
Leaders in the Church of England have reiterated their determination to move forward with women bishops.
The House of Bishops met this week at Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to consider the implications of last month's defeat in the General Synod of legislation to admit women to the episcopate.
In a statement, the House expressed its "ongoing gratitude" for the ministy of ordained women in the Church of England, as well as sadness that the events of last month "left so many feeling undermined and undervalued".
"Effective response to this situation is a priority on which all are strongly agreed," the bishops said.
"The House acknowledged the profound and widespread sense of anger, grief, and disappointment felt by so many in the Church of England and beyond, and agreed that the present situation was unsustainable for all, whatever their convictions."
Discussions were joined by the Very Reverend Viv Faull, the Venerable Christine Hardman, Dr Paula Gooder, and Mrs Margaret Swinson, who had all previously served on the Steering Committee or Revision Committee for the legislation.
The House of Bishops will be working on fresh proposals to put before the General Synod at its next meeting in July.
An event to take place early in the new year will share with a larger number of lay and ordained women questions about the culture of the House's processes and discussions, and how women might more regularly contribute.
The House of Bishops has also set up a working group drawn from all three houses of Synod to avoid further delay in preparing the new legislative proposals. The make-up of the working group will be decided by the Archbishops and announced before Christmas.
The working group will arrange facilitated discussions to take place next February, which will then be followed up with an additional meeting of the House of Bishops. Details of the new legislative package are to be finalised in May.
The House of Bishops said it would be working to formulate proposals with a "greater simplicity" in order to give them the greatest possible chance of achieving assent.
In its conclusions, the House endorsed the view of the Archbishops' Council that the "Church of England now has to resolve this issue through its own processes as a matter of great urgency".


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