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University faculty and staff were honored June 7 at the Nevada Women's Fund 16th annual celebration of Women of Achievement event.
Wendy Calvin, research associate professor in the geological sciences and engineering department, Jennifer Kimmel, associate dean of medical education at the University's School of Medicine, Jewel Radcliffe, custodial worker from the facilities operations department and Sina Ward, senior outreach coordinator for the Sanford Center for Aging, were recognized for their work and their accomplishments.
The Women of Achievement event began in 1992 as a fundraiser for scholarships and grants for women and children in Nevada. The event has grown to become the largest women's fundraiser in the state and a rare honor to be lauded in the ceremony.
"Women of Achievement offers the opportunity for local businesses and institutions to honor their female employees," Wendy Hutchings, executive assistant at the Nevada Women's Fund said.
According to Hutchings, the Women of Achievement are represented in the event program, including a short biography and a photograph. They are also treated to breakfast and lunch during the event. Keynote speaker Mavis Nicholson Leno will speak on her activism for the women of Afghanistan and oppressed women worldwide during the event.
"It's just a day to be pampered by their employers and receive recognition from their companies," Hutchings said.
Wendy Calvin has a vast experience in the field of planetary science and geological sciences, with her current involvement in several research projects, including the Mars Rover program. Calvin also works at the Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics alongside colleague Jim Taranik, regents professor and director of the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, who also nominated her for award.
"She has probably done more to advance science and the visibility of the college of science than many of the faculty in a short period of time," Taranik said. "Wendy is really regarded as one of the top scientists in her field."
Calvin worked for her bachelor's degree in physics from Denver University and finished her doctorate degree at the University of Colorado.
Calvin was then an Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctorate Fellow at a German University, according to Taranik. Once returning to the United states, she worked for the U.S. Geological Survey's Geophysics Group in Denver than at the USGS Center for Astrogeology in Flagstaff, Ariz. Calvin is credited as being the first scientist to discover oxygen on Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede.
Calvin has published her research in many significant articles in the internationally renowned journal, Science. Calvin's extensive work in science and her mentoring abilities to students in the department of geological science make her an outstanding candidate as a Woman of Achievement.
Jennifer Kimmel's commitment to her work has engendered many accolades from her colleagues and the medical students with whom she works. Kimmel is both a University alumni and has taught for the University of Nevada School of Medicine after receiving her master's degree from the University.
Kimmel has received several other awards for her professionalism and her commitment in the medical field.
According to Cheryl Hug-English, a colleague and associate dean admissions and student affairs, Kimmel has been awarded the Outstanding Resident Award three years in a row while training for her residency, from 1997 to 1999. Kimmel's most recent award was the 2004 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine, which was awarded to Kimmel by the School of Medicine's graduating class of 2004 and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
Along with working as an associate dean at the University, Kimmel has garnered experience in local hospitals including St. Mary's Hospital and the Washoe County Clinic.
Kimmel has garnered respect from the medical students as well as from her colleagues from her extensive interaction with them. Along with her work with the University, Kimmel also volunteers at the Student Outreach Clinic, which is run by University students who provide health care to medically indigent patients.
"Jennifer is committed and dedicated, honest and sincere, passionate about medicine and caring for patients," Hug-English said. "Dr. Kimmel defines the true meaning of professional."
Jewel Radcliffe has been custodian for the Clark Administration Building since 1987. Radcliffe started working at the University in 1974 as a cashier in the snack bar at the Jot Travis Student Union. In 1979, she began to work for Central Services.
Radcliffe's commitment to the University is evident in the time she devotes to the University community. Apart from her custodial services, Radcliffe also serves on the Staff Employee's Council, Classified Merit, Awards Luncheon, Open House, Classified Employee Recognition and Student Services Food, Retail Dining and Catering committees.
Radcliffe has received many honors in her years at the University. She was awarded the Administration and Finance's Outstanding Service Award in 1996 and the Classified Employee of the Year in 2005. Radcliffe has also been nominated for the Classified Employee of the Year four times.
Sina Ward was nominated by Sierra Pacific Power Company. She manages the Senior Outreach Services program in Washoe County. The program is part of the national Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Washoe County and is sponsored by the Universities Sanford Center for Aging. Ward is responsible for recruiting, training and connecting senior volunteers with other elders who are in need of help.
Ward was instrumental in the initiation of a partnership between Sierra Pacific and RSVP. She helped develop a program called Sierra Pacific Senior Power.
The program allows Sierra Pacific employees to assist frail and home-bound seniors reduce utility costs and better conserve energy by weatherization and replacement of appliances that are not working or not energy efficient. This program is now statewide and has the potential to go national.
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When Major League Soccer awarded Toronto an expansion franchise in 2006, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's chief operating officer, Tom Anselmi, tapped Paul Beirne to run the new team's business.
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Anselmi knew the franchise's success would depend on ticket sales and felt Beirne's experience overseeing sales for the Toronto Raptors would give him an upper hand with the new MLS team, Toronto FC.
But even Anselmi was surprised by what followed. In five months, Beirne's sales team sold out the stadium's 14,000 season tickets and 30 club suites. Their success gave the sponsorship team leverage as it sought corporate partners and put the franchise on firm financial footing long before the start of the team's first season.
"The question was, 'Are people ready to embrace a local team?'" Anselmi said. "The answer appears to be a resounding, 'Yes.'"
Beirne says the city of Toronto was primed for professional soccer. The city has an active youth soccer community and is so culturally diverse that only Miami ranks ahead of it in terms of foreign-born population, according to an international report by the United Nations Development Programme. Finally, Toronto FC will christen a new 20,000-seat stadium this season.
Beirne began to tap into the community before the 2006 World Cup kicked off last summer by creating a club membership program. By joining, people were guaranteed they would have the first opportunity to buy tickets for the Under-20 World Cup, which will be held in Canada this summer.
"By doing that, we shook the low-hanging fruit off the tree," Beirne said. "We got the die-hard soccer fans to show themselves early."
More than 1,500 people initially became members, becoming the foundation for the first 2,600 season tickets sold, Beirne said. The club grew following a series of six pub crawls in the fall that featured coach Mo Johnston and the team's first and only player at the time, Jim Brennan.
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Collectively, they formed the foundation for early ticket sales, allowing the team to sell out the stadium's supporters area, which included seven sections, by December when season-ticket sales reached 5,800.
Then David Beckham signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy in mid-January, and "all hell broke loose," Beirne said. The team sold 2,600 more season tickets in three days and built enough momentum to reach the 14,000 season-ticket mark by March 15.
"No other city had the reaction we had," Beirne said. "The consensus was that people bought because they'd been thinking of buying and feared that there wouldn't be any good seats after Beckham signed."
The numbers are all the more impressive considering the average paid attendance for MLS in 2005 was a mere 10,746 per match, according to a report by The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The ticket sales boosted the sponsorship sales team's efforts to sign up corporate partners.
The team had secured a naming-rights partner early by leaning on a pre-existing relationship with BMO Financial Group, which worked with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The financial services company and bank agreed to a reported $23.7 million, 10-year deal.
But as people purchased tickets, Toronto FC was able to add the Toronto Sun and Carlsberg as partners with multiyear, seven-figure deals. Then came: Cannon; Pizza, Pizza, an Ontario chain; Rogers, a telecommunications company; canoe.ca, a news Web site; Purolator, a shipping company; and Unico, a food company.
The team became the third in MLS to sign a jersey partner when BMO Financial agreed to a deal that sources put in the $1 million to $1.5 million range annually, over four to five years.
In less than six months, sponsorships doubled in value as ticket sales rose, said David Hopkinson, MLSE's vice president of corporate sales.
"We joke about a pre-Beckham and post-Beckham price," Hopkinson said. "The longer you waited to do a deal with us the more expensive it got."


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The leaders of New York's not-for-profit community continue to react to proposals by Eliot Spitzer, the state attorney general, regarding nonprofit accountability reforms.
In a January speech to a group of CPAs, Spitzer said he was drafting state legislation paralleling the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which Congress passed last year in the wake of nationwide accounting scandals. Spitzer's legislation would require many New York-based nonprofits to certify financial statements, create audit committees to scrutinize accounting practices, and ensure "a sufficient number of independent board members."
That's enough for Norma Munn, chairperson of the New York City Arts Coalition, to be wary. Depending on how the legislation is written, she says, arts groups could have difficulty complying.
"As I understand them, the changes require nonprofits to create audit committees to certify that its internal processes and procedures are being carried out in an honest, non-fraudulent manner. What Spitzer may have in mind by using a threshold—say, $250,000 in annual income—is to shield small arts organizations from some of this because of the costs and time involved. The problem is mid-size arts groups: Some are too large to fall below any income threshold, yet aren't large enough to cope in a sophisticated auditing environment. Also, I can almost guarantee there isn't any nonprofit liability insurance that would cover an audit committee functioning the way Spitzer would want it to."
Nonprofit liability insurance, she says, is key to a successful nonprofit. "Let's say I sit on the board of a theatre. This is insurance to protect me against being sued for some accident or misbehavior. All of which is contingent on my own behavior—if something happens but I look the other way, that's negligence."
As for "independent board members," Munn is among those questioning how Spitzer defines the term. "Most nonprofit board members think it's important to have good processes and no conflicts of interest. So to me, board members can still be independent and critical of an organization. But this proposal seems to go beyond that. My honest opinion is that Spitzer is asking for an audit committee to act like an outside police element—asking people to hunt for problems. Given the fact that it's following the corporate scandals, that's bound to be the impression. In the end, I think everyone may underestimate how difficult compliance may be."
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Holding a more measured opinion is Jon Small, president of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee, a 1,100-member group that counts the Actors' Fund and the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./NY) among its constituents. Its recent newsletter stated that since "many corporate board members also serve on the boards of nonprofits, it is inevitable that nonprofit board members will soon be focusing more intently on nonprofit accountability as a result of their experiences in complying with the new law at for-profit corporations."
In addition, says Small, Spitzer is only proposing to enshrine into law what's already considered best practices for nonprofits. "Every nonprofit should have a committee that meets and finds out what the issues are, if any, with the auditor, so I don't think the audit committee requirement is inherently bad—I think it's a good thing."
In the business world, he adds, "an 'independent' board member usually means someone who isn't doing business with the company. In nonprofits, most board members aren't doing business with the company either. So I think you can say most nonprofit board members are 'independent.' " He says he'd be "surprised" if nonprofit board members who make financial contributions—as many do—wouldn't be considered independent.
Finally, Small is unconcerned by the fact that Spitzer has yet to reach out to industry leaders to shape the bill. Last month, Back Stage contacted Ben Cameron, executive director of Theatre Communications Group, and Virginia Louloudes, executive director of A.R.T./NY, and both said they were unaware of the proposals. "Earlier input is highly desirable," Small says, "but it's also possible to have material input once legislation has been written."


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Rivalry with Leinster will always be intense: Leslie
Ulster legend Gary Leslie, a member of the side which won the European Cup 14 years ago, was staggered to learn that August 13, 1999 is the most recent example of his home province having beaten Leinster in Dublin.
"Seriously?" he said. "I'd no idea it was so long ago. That's hard to believe. Wow, we're going back a while there, aren't we?"
The story behind his involvement in Ulster's most recent success in the Irish capital is a throwback to a different era and mindset.
"It was August so actually I was on a family holiday in Clifden," he recalls. "I got the train from Galway to Dublin where I met up with the team at the Tara Towers for a pre-match lunch. After the game I'd to get across from the ground (Donnybrook) to Heuston Station to get the last train back up to Galway. Changed times," he muses.
Some things have not changed, however, among them the intense competitiveness of an Ulster-Leinster inter-pro.
As Leslie sees it, that rivalry will always be present when these old neighbours meet.
It began in 1875 and today, with the game enjoying a higher profile and generating greater sums of money than ever before, it has become even more intense.
If you lose today, more people than ever are aware of it. Pride is the spur, therefore.
"Even now, in the professional era, that's always there and you'll pick yourself up that wee bit extra for a game against big rivals," he stresses.
"It's a fact of life in professional sport, whatever it is. In football, look at Manchester United and Liverpool games. Even if one of them happen to be playing poorly they'll pick themselves up because of the momentum and intensity – the sheer rivalry – of that game.
"That's why Munster and Leinster have found Connacht so difficult to beat in the past. Connacht have always lifted themselves up for those inter-provincial games.
"All games are difficult, but an inter-pro has that wee bit more spice. It's a chance to settle a few scores where a guy is jockeying for an international position and maybe thinking that if his nose isn't quite fitting with the Dublin hierarchy at this stage, this is where he can prove or disprove one or two of the perceptions or theories."
His theory as to Leinster's phenomenal home record is: "Back in the 1990s they always had great individuals, but they never really were a united team. But at some stage in the late 90s they managed to get an identity and a team ethos where all the good individuals started playing together as a collective.
"They've also had a good team of players in terms of their longevity. They've had a very settled team for seven to eight years now."
So given all of that, how do you beat them?
"You have to make the right decisions when it matters and be able to react under that pressure," Leslie advises. "There are only going to be two or three moments in the game where their defensive pattern breaks down and then you have to take your chances.
"That's where the level of skill and mental toughness comes in. Chances will be very few and far between so, when you get them, you have to put them away."
And looking beyond the figurative RDS hedge into the Twickenham field and the April 6 Heineken Cup date with Saracens he adds: "Ulster certainly are good enough to beat Leinster down there.
"But it's a game we have to win in order to get our heads in the right place and our confidence back up for the big game the following week."
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'People who are confident and comfortable in their own skin. People who understand the product we're offering and the intrinsic value therein' Aaron Levine, design VP of chic Toronto founded, New York based label Club Monaco is talking about the man he has in mind for the brand's latest Made In The USA collection. A slightly preppier and all-American take on the label's main line, Made In The USA strikes the difficult balance between smart and casual via some effortless separates. When we found out that farfetch favourite Anthem boutique in Shoreditch was the exclusive European stockist of the collection it piqued our interest even more. So we sat down with Aaron to find out what makes Made In The USA a menswear must-have…
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Farfetch: Tell us a bit about Made In The USA…
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The latest Made In The USA collection
What are the key pieces in the collection this season?
The collection is rooted in iconic items like suits, sport coats, top coats denim, ties and button-down shirts. The Made In The USA line is all about the core items in a man's wardrobe. With this collection we wanted to create clothing that can stand the test of time. This is a project that affords us the chance to work with the finest materials - we like to work with noble goods that have integrity and constitution.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas judge has ruled the city of El Paso can issue $50 million in bonds to build a minor league baseball stadium downtown.
Travis County District Judge Tim Sulak said actions by El Paso city officials to issue and obtain the bonds were "legal and valid," the El Paso (Texas) Times reported Thursday.
Sulak said objections raised by opponents of the bond issue did not "sufficiently show just cause."
The judge declined to rule on whether the city council should hold a May referendum to get voter approval for razing City Hall.
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Schuster picks Robinho for Supercopa squad
MADRID, August 23 (Supercopa) - Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has included wantaway winger Robinho in his squad for Sunday's Supercopa clash with Valencia, but does not want speculation about the Brazilian's future to detract from the task in hand. Madrid go into the second leg match at the Bernabeu trailing 3-2 from the first meeting in Valencia, but much of the news in the build up to the match has centred around Robinho and whether he will be at the club next season. Robinho revealed on Friday that he wanted to leave the Primera Liga champions and move to Chelsea, while Madrid's response was to release a statement saying they would not keep any player against their will. Madrid president Ramon Calderon then spoke in detail about the situation, confirming Robinho could leave but vowing the club would not sell the player and suggesting the 24-year-old would have to buy out his contract to gain his freedom. However, despite Robinho's days at the Bernabeu appearing numbered, Schuster still included the mercurial Brazilian in an 18-man squad for the Valencia match. Inevitably, Schuster had to field a number of questions about Robinho during Saturday's pre-match press conference, but the German was reluctant to let minds wander too far away from Sunday's match. 'I'd prefer to talk about tomorrow's game, there is no discussion about Robinho. Robinho has been included in the squad because he is in perfect condition. I want to win the title tomorrow for Real Madrid,' said Schuster, who said he expected Robinho to stay at the club. 'I'm convinced that he will stay. Robinho has not told me he won't play tomorrow, he is an important player for us, and we've made that clear,' he added. 'I don't think we should over-dramatise it all, there are more important things for us right now.' For Schuster, the more important thing is seeing his side overturn their narrow defeat from the Mestalla and win the first piece of silverware of the Spanish season. 'We are playing at our stadium, in front of our fans and we have a great chance to win the title,' he said. 'We've analysed the first leg, when we made some mistakes, and we will have to change that.' Aside from Robinho, Schuster also included Pepe, Royston Drenthe and Marcelo in his squad, with the former back from suspension and the latter two available following their stints at the Olympics. Madrid will be without a number of players though, with Wesley Sneijder, Javier Saviola, Michel Salgado, Christoph Metzelder and Fabio Cannavaro all out injured, and Fernando Gago still to return to Spain following his successful Olympic Games campaign with Argentina. While in Robinho Madrid now look likely to lose a player they would prefer to keep, Valencia have been cheered by David Silva's decision to commit himself to Los Che. European champions Manchester United and Barcelona were both reportedly keen on the highly-rated Spain international, but the 22-year-old put pen-to-paper on an improved five-year contract with Valencia on Friday. 'Valencia have always been my first option, they have treated me very well,' said Silva. 'I am here and hope to be for many years.' Valencia coach Unai Emery has named an 18-man squad for the trip to the capital, with Nikola Zigic, Miguel Angel Angulo, David Navarro and Asier del Horno missing from the 22-man party for the first leg.
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NFC North Clash
When Brett Favre last visited Soldier Field, he exited in tears after a rousing win over the Chicago Bears that appeared to be a fitting send-off for the future Hall of Famer.
Nearly a year later, not only is Favre back, but he's guided the Green Bay Packers into position to finish this season with an even more memorable victory.
Oddsmakers from Bodog have made Green Bay -9 point spread favorites (View NFL Football odds) for Sunday's game, the over/under has been set at 35 total points (Game Matchup). Current public betting information shows that 63% of bets for this game have been placed on Green Bay -9 (View NFL Football bet percentages).
Favre and the Packers continue their pursuit of the No. 1 seed in the NFC and try to avenge one of their two losses when they take on the Bears on Sunday.
Green Bay closed an 8-8 season in 2006 with a 26-7 victory at Chicago, which rested many of its regulars having already clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Favre, who threw for 285 yards and a touchdown, was emotional afterward on the field and in the press conference.
"If this is my last game, I want to remember it," Favre said, his voice cracking and tears streaming from his eyes. "It's tough. I love these guys. I love this game. What a great way to go out against a great football team. I couldn't ask for a better way to get out."
Favre may be headed for an even better way of getting out as Green Bay (12-2) is tied with Dallas for the best record in the NFC. The Packers have clinched their first first-round bye since 1997, the year they won Favre's lone Super Bowl title, but must finish ahead of the Cowboys to gain the No. 1 seed.
"We've got two teams that are 12-2," Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said Monday. "We're playing for home-field advantage, and that will be our focus. But with that, we have been playing pretty much almost everybody at most of our positions and we'll continue with that mind-set."
The Packers have been led all year by Favre, who will extend his record for consecutive starts by a quarterback to 252 on Sunday. He set the NFL record for wins by a quarterback with his 149th on Sept. 16 against the New York Giants and became the league's all-time leader in passing yards in last week's 33-14 win at St. Louis, surpassing Miami's Dan Marino.
"I say every time this happens that I'm honored," Favre said. "I would much rather win. I'm tickled to death that I've had a chance to break these records and be a part of all these wonderful things."
Favre is putting together his best season in three years and was named to his ninth Pro Bowl on Tuesday. He needs just 95 yards passing on Sunday to reach 4,000 for the fifth time in his career.
"We've got two more weeks yet to go at this thing and then the real season gets started," Green Bay Pro Bowl defensive end Aaron Kampman said. "For the amount of experience he has, the years he's played in this league, to still be at this level I think speaks volumes about the type of player he is and type of man he is."
Favre and Kampman will be joined in Hawaii by cornerback Al Harris and wide receiver Donald Driver, who has reached 1,000 yards for the fifth time in six seasons.
The Bears (6-8) also have four Pro Bowlers on their roster, but that is about all they have in common with the Packers this season. It has been a dismal year for Chicago, which has lost three straight and has used three different starting quarterbacks.
"We haven't been able to finish," coach Lovie Smith said. "We've had leads in quite a few games. For whatever reason, we just haven't been able to get the job done."
One of the few bright spots for last year's NFC champions, however, was a 27-20 win at Green Bay on Oct. 7. It was one of just four games this season in which Favre had more interceptions (two) than touchdowns (one) as the Packers blew a 10-point halftime lead and had a season-high five turnovers in their first loss of the season.
Brian Griese made his second start for the Bears in that game after Rex Grossman started the first three. Kyle Orton will get the nod this Sunday for his second start in place of an injured Grossman, although he didn't fare very well in the first one.
Making his first start since the 2005 season finale, Orton completed 22 of 38 passes for 184 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in a 20-13 loss at Minnesota on Monday. The Bears finished with 209 yards - their second-lowest total of the season.
Although the quarterback play has been poor, Chicago also has been hampered by the worst rushing attack in football with 1,098 yards. It was especially bad Monday against the NFL's top-ranked rushing defense as the Bears managed a season-low 32 yards on the ground.
Favre has a career 13-2 road record against Chicago, but the Packers remain wary of their fallen rival.
"There's a lot of emotion," McCarthy said. "The importance of this game is very evident. It's probably the best rival football game in the National Football League, and we need to be 13-2 when we come back from Chicago."
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Monday that his country is to set up several nuclear power stations, relaunching a nuclear program frozen more than 20 years ago. "I declare before you the decision to start a program to build a number of nuclear power stations to generate electricity," he said.
The Egyptian leader conveyed a decree would be issued in a few days' time to establish a higher council for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the official MENA news agency reported.
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As the warmer weather approaches, more people will be out on Tennessee lakes, and that means there's more potential to find a historical artifact.
TVA says those artifacts, like arrowheads and pottery, are often found on area lakes.
The utility wants to remind people that the historical artifacts are just that-- historical. Picking them up may damage them and destroy part of East Tennessee history.
"We've got 11,000 miles of shoreline, and about that many archaeological sites, so we just want people to understand what they see when they go out on the river, what they see when they go camping, please don't disturb land, artifacts, you might see arrowheads, you might see some things you don't recognize," said Brenda Brickhouse, TVA federal preservation officer.
An officials with the advisory council on historic preservation is also in town this week. She's training TVA personnel on what to look out for when it comes to artifacts, and the proper procedure to follow when they come across something.


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"Seeing and hearing is believing, folks, how great thou art Abner Jay sings and plays. He once was a low down dirty blues singer, heavy on drugs and liquor. He performed with such greats as Lil Richard, Otis Redding, James Brown and many others. One man band."
"St. James Infirmary Blues"
I very recently heard Abner Jay's music for the first time, and I've fallen in love with his deep voice, folky-blues-ey style and in-between-song spoken word stories and jokes. It's really a bare-bones, original and unique sound that reminds me of so many others I love, from Bob Dylan to Son House. The information that most of us seem to know comes straight from the horse's mouth via pamphlets (such as the quote above) and short biographies that he hand wrote and passed out at his performances, and it seems an lesser known legend has been out there all along.
The basics we know are: Abner was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia in 1921. Since his grandfather and father were both slaves, he was also a slave. His Grandfather gave him his own banjo and learned Abner how to play at an early age. He began performing in Medicine Shows at the age of five. At the age of 11, he joined the Silas Green Ministrels. He was in World War II and by age 25 he led the WMAZ Ministrels on Macon radio from 1946-1956. After this time, he began a solo career, traveling the south in a converted mobile home that opened up into a portable stage, complete with a small PA system and home furnishings. He traveled the southern United States as a one man band, earning a living by performing field songs, Pentecostal hymns and minstrel tunes as well as original material, with themes consisting of Vietnam, drug addiction, depression, sex and lust among others, intermixed with parts of spoken word and jokes. He sold vinyl records and cassettes that he self published on his own label, Brandie Records. These original pressings are sought after and quite rare. More recently, Mississippi Records, a Portland, Oregon based record label specializing in American roots music and blues archiving, has re-released some of Abner's recordings and releases, complete with reproductions of some of the handwritten pamphlets and biographies he distributed, including True Story of Abner Jay and Last Ole Ministrel Man, both of which I have purchased from Amoeba SF.
I think the best way to share the joy of Abner Jay is to let him speak for himself. Here are some more quotes to share the wonder that is Abner Jay.
"Abner Jay, a Philosopher, Lecturer, Composer, Author, Singer, Bone Player and one man band, has often been refered to as a black 'Will Rogers' and a black 'Bob Dylan.' Abner have been performing for 45 years, traveled over 42 United States and several Foreign countries. Abner plays banjo, harmonica, guitar, bass drums, cymbals and bones. Abner is the only person known still playing and singing the old traditional American songs such as: "Dixie," "Old Black Joe," "Swaunee"... Abner plays to the upper grade people, in supper clubs, schools. colleges and churches. Abner have written over 80 songs and one book -- Rattle the Bones.
"Abner was a slave sixty five years after the slaves were freed, because Abner grandpa and Pa love the slave life. Abner was hired out to white plantation owners when he was at the age of six. Abner worked as a slave side by side with his grandpa, a former slave. Abner could not and did not receive his pay until after he was twenty one years of age. Abner ate and slept in the barn with the mules. The White folk would hand his food out of the back door to him in a pan, mostly left overs and the food the white folk dogs wouldn't eat...
"Abner start singing on the public for the white plantation owner when he was eight. Abner start playing banjo at the age of ten, and became a one man band and bone player at the age of fourteen. Abner would play in the rich homes for the plantation owners when they wanted to entertain."
"Abner Jay became ill with cancer of the throat and vocal chords. He was in and out of 10 different VA hospitals. On August 5, 1958 at Sawtell, Calif VA Hosp., surgery was performed. He was in intensive care for 18 days. His family was notified that he had only hours to live. They came to bury him, but he recovered, puzzling all the hospital staff. He was told not to try to sing for 18 months. Abner also used to be a heavy smoker, 4 packs of cigarettes per day...Abner hates cigarettes now. Abner believes in God.
"Abner Jay, a living art, plays and sings over 600 favorite ole American classical songs, mostly of the ole South. He plays and sings the songs the original way. Abner's life started turning around in February 1960, 18 months after surgery. It was then his voice range changed to a low bass voice."
"Abner plays his grandpa's ole banjo. This banjo was made in 1748 by the slaves. If you haven't heard him, you haven't heard the ole music played and sung the original style and way. Just like over 150 years ago. HELP KEEP AMERICAN CULTURE ALIVE by purchasing Abner's record albums."
"Don't Mess with Me, Baby"
"Abner is known to be the champion of:
-the hambone
-world's champion cotton picker and pea picker
-world's fastest tobacco crapper
-world's greatest jaw bone player
-world's fastest mule skinner
-the world's worse business man"
In the end, Abner had 7 wives and 16 children. For a time he was a pimp and in the early '60's he studied voice and music in New York City with 4 different voice coaches. Chris Campion listed Abner as #1 on a list of unsung heroes: "He was a confidante to an evangelical preacher called Prophetess Dolly and acted as agent and manager to 'original soul sister' Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the first million-selling gospel star. He managed nightclubs, ran a restaurant and even played the Apollo. He was friendly with Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown and Elvis, and played alongside Muddy Waters. Jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton described him as 'an American master.' Abner Jay himself was no less modest. 'Forget about your Tchaikovsky,' he said. 'He Russian. I'm your classical American music. Like it or not -- I'm IT.'"
His last performance was in 1993 at the Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, New York, and he died shortly thereafter. Here are 2 songs from that last performance. I hope you have enjoyed reading, listening and watching! I'd like to let Abner get the last word in: "There is nobody in the class with Abner, he is all in a class by himself."


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Keith Richards was not recognised by R'n'B legend Chuck Berry when he casually picked up his guitar backstage, and thus gained a black eye.
''We've had our ups and downs," The Rolling Stones guitarist told Planet Rock. "He once gave me a black eye, it was backstage at a gig of his. He'd left his guitar out in his dressing room and I just picked it up. And he walks in, 'Nobody touches that.' Bam!! But he didn't know it was me."
Happily, they could look each other in the eye again when the misunderstanding was cleared up. ''A few months later I get this apologetic 'Keith, I didn't know it was you.' I said, 'Chuck, you did the right move, I wouldn't let nobody touch mine either!'''
Richards also revealed that he first learned about the blues through hearing his mother's music. "She loved jazz, she loved Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington. That was what was around the house. There's a lot of blues in jazz.
"And so, in a way, it was in the bones before I actually got to hear country blues and real blues. At the same age, I was starting to hear early rock and roll. It sounded perfectly normal to me... not some new kind of music. It was sort of natural.''


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Flashes Of Thought: being one thousand choice extracts from the works of C.H. Spurgeon: alphabetically arranged, and with a copious index.
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Firsthand Account: Investment Grade Silver Shortage Developing in China
We have well documented over the past few months the unprecedented flows of physical gold and silver being drained out of Western vaults and shipped East.
SD reader Ji Hai Shan, an American currently residing in China, has provided a boots-on-the-ground first-hand account which substantiates our recent claims that spiking silver premiums on the Shanghai Gold Exchange indicate a shortage of the physical metal in China.
"3 months ago, when I inquired about buying some more bars, they said that I would have to wait a month.
So, yesterday, I stopped by the shop and was told again that I would have to wait a month.
The affordable investment grade bars are in shortage."
Ji Hai Shan's first-hand account of the developing shortage of investment grade silver in China is below:
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So, yesterday, I stopped by the shop and was told again that I would have to wait a month. Where is all of the investment grade silver going? The reports are saying that so much silver and gold are coming over here to China.
The affordable investment grade bars are in shortage. However, there are supplies of ornately minted coins and bars with various artistic designs on them. However, there are very high premiums on these products. So, due to the long wait, high premiums as well as administrative hurdles involved in getting my Chinese bullion out of here, I've just been sending my money home and have been buying silver in the US. What I see is that there are available supplies in the US, I don't have to wait long to take delivery and on the whole, it seems like I am getting a lot more bang for my buck, buying silver back in the US, (Maple Leafs, Silver Eagles and rounds).
In summary, I'd really like to know where are of the silver is going? What is the physical shortage being caused by? Are the Asians shorting physical back somewhere else?
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Just in case Zooey Deschanel's presence on your TV screen on Fox's fall hit New Girl, iPhone Siri commercial, or SNL as a host was not enough adorkability for you, her face now may be on a bus in a city near you.
Today the New Girl Facebook page announced the "True American" bus tour, which will kick off labor day weekend in Boston and move on to New York. The tour's name clearly comes from the show's infamous patriotic drinking game, to which the rules are still unclear. Perhaps we can learn on the tour, since it looks like every major city in America will be getting a dose of Zooey and Co., but not in the flesh.
The bus will be the same kind of party bus featured in Schmidt's birthday episode. Instead of the blue-eyed indie darling herself, fans will get the chance to make their own tee shirts with new girl witticisms like "Schmidt Happens" and "Pink Wine Makes me Slutty," and grab swag bags with Jess' trademark hipster black frames included. The page also boasts that "fans and their friends can reenact the show's opening theme song segment in a one-of-a-kind photo which they can share on their social media sites...all while snacking on Jess' famous cupcakes!" You can be adorkable, too, America!


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Hughes: Demotion won't be end of QPR
QPR boss Mark Hughes is convinced that there is a bright future ahead for the club, even if they suffer relegation to the Championship this Sunday.
The Rs currently have their heads above water as they are two points clear of 18th-placed Bolton in the Premier League table, but while the Trotters face a Stoke side with nothing to play for on the last day of the season, Hughes' side face the uneviable task of travelling to champions-elect Manchester City.
Hughes could face the ignominy of being relegated by the club that sacked him just two years ago, but the Welshman is preferring to focus on the positives ahead of QPR's date with destiny.
"It is a huge game,'' Hughes said. "In the whole context of QPR, I think if we don't stay in the Premier League what is in place will still continue and still happen.
"What we want to happen is obviously stay in the Premier League so that process is accelerated and we can really go on with building this club to where we want it to be in the future.
"That is the exciting part and that is why I came here. We don't want the setback of relegation In fairness, it will set us back because 12 months or whatever would be hard for us, but it wouldn't stop what is happening here.
"There is a real will to make sure that Queens Park Rangers are a really strong, competitive team in the Premier League for many years to come.''
Hughes has never managed in the second tier before and, given his lofty ambitions, some have suggested he could jump ship if the worst happens. The Welshman, though, was quick to dismiss such talk.
"I didn't sign up with the intention of jumping away from the situation,'' he said. "It is an exciting time for us. We all feel we're on the cusp of a real period of excitement and that is the reason I and many others signed up for it.
"That is what we feel is going to happen and, as I say, if we have take a backwards step then so be it, but it won't stop what is happening here in the future.''
Hughes was also keen to clear up talk that he is in line for a £1 million bonus should he steer the Rs to safety. Several newspapers have reported he will receive a hefty pay day should they retain their top-flight status, although both he and advisor Kia Joorabchian have rejected the claims.
"There is no truth in that,'' Hughes said. "I didn't sign for QPR on the proviso that I had a big bonus if I kept them up. I signed up for what we will do in the future in two or three seasons time.
"It wasn't a period of three or fours months and then I get patted on the back for saving the club from relegation. I don't really think that we should be congratulated for that anyway so I wouldn't expect a bonus for that.''
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text: Hello Russell,> If people insist on adding the mask/unmask crap to it, the function> might as well be deleted and be an alias for handle_level_IRQ. Because> that's _precisely_ what you lot are turning it into.First, I want to make clear that I am just debugging a problem on RTthat does not exist on mainline, and I am trying to find a way to getit solved nicely _on RT_, and preferable in a way that it works foreverybody with the least chance for regression.I already mentioned that RT is doing masking in this code duringnormal use, where the mainline kernel does not do this, **except** inan error situation.I also mentioned that there are 2 ways of solving it on RT:1) do not do masking at all, (just as on mainline), and only mask itwhen there is an error (just as on mainline)2) Fix it by adding an unmask, which I proposed in my first patch, andwhich others also did in their patches. (not knowing your opinion, asI do know)Still, I believe, that the fact if a interrupt **can** be masked isnot a reason to forbid the simple_irq type(), and surely does not makeit automatically a level type interrupt.The interrupt type I talk about is actually edge triggered (theinterrupt triggers on _BOTH_ edges of the input-line), but there is noway of 'acknowledging' the interrupt, which makes the edge typehandler unsuitable, and much too heavy.As mentioned, this type of irq is never pending, and unmasking it willnever lead to get a interrupt request immediately; the interrupt thatoccurs during the masked time, is just lost.So, as far as I can tell , the type really used on at91 for the GPIOstuff _is_ a simple_irq as you describe, but one that can bemasked/unmasked **in case of errors**. It should never be maskedduring normal use.So, I propose option 1 to solve it on RT, and thus to trigger Stevento NACK my first patch. I will try and see if I can make it work_without_ masking on RT (except in case of errors, just as inmainline)....and probably add some clear description about the purpose ofsimple_irq, especially related to masking...Do you agree on this Russell?> Ah, and looking at the changes to the file, the addition of the mask> and unmask was done by someone who didn't understand what this was> trying to do. So that change should be backed out.Maybe he was trying to mask the irq during an error situation?Kind regards,Remy-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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Vogelsong can't right ship against D-backs
Vogelsong can't right ship against D-backs
PHOENIX -- Ryan Vogelsong knows all about overcoming adversity. Unfortunately for him, he has set himself up for a repeat effort. Vogelsong's slide from National League ERA leader to enigma continued Sunday as the Giants fell to Arizona, 10-2, concluding an otherwise successful two-city trip. The Giants captured two of three games here and at Colorado to extend their streak of unbeaten road series to 10 (nine wins, one split). Though their winning streak of four consecutive games ended, they remained poised to clinch the National League West title, a feat they can accomplish with a solid performance during a 10-game homestand beginning Monday against Colorado. The second-place Dodgers lost to St. Louis, preserving the Giants' 7 1/2-game division lead and shrinking San Francisco's magic number for clinching the division to nine.
Manager Bruce Bochy has refused to address postseason-related issues until the Giants officially take the division. But if Vogelsong's stunning slump persists, Bochy and San Francisco's braintrust are bound to wonder how much the right-hander can help the club in October. Vogelsong (12-9) allowed the D-backs seven runs (six earned) and five hits while walking four. In a seven-start stretch beginning Aug. 13, he has recorded a 10.31 ERA, contrasting with a NL-best 2.27 ERA in 21 outings before that skid. Bochy, speaking in his distinctive bass, and Vogelsong, answering questions in tones clipped by frustration, formed a postgame chorus in the visitor's clubhouse at Chase Field. Though neither can determine the source of Vogelsong's problems, the right-hander will stay in the starting rotation and attempt to correct his flaws during game competition. "I feel healthy; I feel strong; my stuff's there. I'm just not getting results," said Vogelsong, whose ascent from Triple-A reject to NL All-Star was one of baseball's most compelling stories last year. "... That's why this is getting perplexing, because my stuff's there. This doesn't make much sense to me right now." In fact, Vogelsong struck out five of the first nine hitters he faced. "The good news is that he's healthy and he's shown how well he can throw at times," Bochy said. "He's fighting himself a little bit. He just has to back off a little. I think he's going a little too hard." Bochy employed similar patience this year with Tim Lincecum, who's 6-4 with a 3.33 ERA since the All-Star break but compiled a 3-10 record with a 6.42 ERA before it. Though Vogelsong probably has just three regular-season starts remaining, Bochy believes that he can regain his equilibrium in timely fashion. Vogelsong, he reasoned, has displayed none of the traits of a failing pitcher, such as overall fatigue or deliveries that lack movement. "Every time he goes out there, I feel good about what's going to happen," Bochy said. "I know he's having his down period right now, but he'll come out of this. If I saw something that would make me want to skip him, sure. But his stuff is too good to see what happened today happen. He's one of our guys and I have all the confidence in the world in him right now." Vogelsong appreciated Bochy's faith: "I've been on the other side of what he's talking about, looking over your shoulder every day. That says a lot." The afternoon unraveled for Vogelsong and the Giants as Arizona broke a 2-2 tie with five runs in the fourth inning. Shortstop Joaquin Arias fumbled Paul Goldschmidt's leadoff grounder for an error. One out later, Cody Ransom doubled and Gerardo Parra drew an intentional walk to load the bases. Up came opposing pitcher Patrick Corbin, batting .069 (2-for-29). He grounded a 1-2 pitch inside first base and into the right-field corner for a triple, giving Arizona a 5-2 lead. Vogelsong walked Adam Eaton before being replaced by Shane Loux, who yielded Aaron Hill's two-run double. "Heater up and in. It wasn't even a strike," Vogelsong said, describing the pitch Corbin hit. The Giants averaged 6.2 runs in the first five games of their trip before encountering Corbin (6-7), the rookie left-hander who limited them to two runs and eight hits in a career-high eight innings. Corbin preyed upon the Giants' aggressive approach simply by varying the 93 pitches he threw. "They were just coming out swinging, so I kept my pitch count down," Corbin said. "It wasn't too high, so I wasn't tired or anything like that. It felt great all day." Buster Posey accounted for both of San Francisco's runs, driving in Angel Pagan with a two-out, first-inning single and scoring on Brandon Belt's fourth-inning double. Bochy said that back tightness prompted Pagan's removal from the game in the sixth inning. Bochy expected the leadoff batter and center fielder to recover sufficiently and start Monday night.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I am a female in her early sixties. I had my first colonoscopy about a year ago. Only one 1 cm polyp found, in my anus near the verge. The doctor biopsied the polyp but didn't remove it because it was located near hemriodial tissue. The biosopy showed it was a condyloma (genital wart). The doctor told me to come in ten years for another colonscopy, but to have the condyloma removed by a surgeon under general anesthesia. When the condyloma was removed and biopsed, it was found to be an in situ carcinoma (premagligent). Needless to say this was a total shock because I had never heard of any connection between HPV and anal cancer.
So now I apparently need follow-up screening, but it has really difficult to find out exactly what screening I need.
The coleorectal surgeon said I had to have a colonscopy every three years for the rest of my life. That doesn't make much sense to me because HPV apparently only infects cells in the anus, not in the colon. In retrospect, I don't think the surgeon was the best doctor. In my pre-operative appointment, he told me that I could wait one or two years to have the condyloma removed which could have been disastrous. He also never told me to make a post-operative appointment or that there would be any biopsy.
So I consulted the doctor who performed my colonscopy. He told me that he had just read a paper indicating that patients like me, should be screened every six months and then at increasing intervals. He told me to make an appointment for a sigmoidoscopy in six months and that I would not have to do a prep. When I made the appointment, I was told I had to do a prep even though I carefully explained why I making the appointment. This caused me to wonder if this doctor had much experience screening patients like myself. I decided to go ahead with the screening, but ask about how much experience he had screening patients like myself during the appointment.
My sigmoidoscopy exam lasted only 2 to 3 minutes. I know this because I was not sedated. The doctor said everything looked great and that I should have another screening in 1 to 2 years, but didn't specify whether it would be a colonoscopy or a sigmoidoscopy. He then disappeared before I had a chance to ask any questions. The real kicker was that in the folder that I given to take home, there was a paper which stated that "all the risks and benefits of the procedure had been discussed with me", "the reasons for not giving me a sedative had been discussed with me" and "my previous reactions to anathesia had been discussed with me". Maybe all these discussions took place, but not in front of me.
At this point I realized that I had been in denial about the whole problem and I needed to find better information. I haven't found much information on the internet about screening for someone with my situation, although I did find this forum. After reading on this forum, it's become clear to me that the screening is a trivial inconvenience compared to the treatment for anal cancer. But I'm still confused about screening. I may be overreacting because I am anxious to avoid any recurrence and I can't find any clear screening guidelines for patients like me. I wonder how much my surgeon and colonoscopy doctor actually know much about HPV/anal cancer screening, and whether I am just being kept in the hospital network because I have good insurance. The UCSF website on anal HPV infections showed that there are doctors in my area who specialize in this problem. It seems to me that I should have been referred to one of these doctors. It's also unclear how much screening my insurance will pay for. If my doctors who specialize in gastrointestinal problems, seem so unknowledgeable about HPV/anal cancer screening, how easy will it be to get a straight answer from an insurance customer service representative about how often my insurance will pay for screening?
My question is for the members of this forum who have completed treatment. I realize that my situation is different from yours, but this seems to be one place I might be able to get information on how patients are actually screened for reoccurrences. What type of screening procedure do you undergo, to determine whether there are changes/new lesions in anal cells? Was my 2-3 minute sigmoidoscopy exam similar to your screening procedures?
After reading all your stories, my heart goes out to each and every one of you. I realize how easily I could have found myself in your position. I especially want to thank all the members who posted about their "special bums". It made me realize I needn't feel ashamed or embarrassed.
Nov 28, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Hello and Welcome, First you need to find a dr with the experience with anal cancer, as it is very rare. Next I think they should do a anal pap smear and examine with dres, ano and sig scopes like you had. Others will I'm sure add in. My cancer was on the anal verge, and I had a punch biopsy to determine it was cancer. I also have to have a colonoscopy every 3 years due to having a pre cancerouse rectal polyp. I wish you well and keep us posted. Lori
Nov 28, 2011 - 9:20 pm
It definitely sounds to me like you have been examined by doctors who do not have much experience in diagnosing and treating anal cancer. If, as you say, there are doctors listed on the UCSF website in your area who specialize in HPV, dysplasia, anal cancer, etc., then I highly recommend that you get yourself scheduled with one of them. To detect anal cancer, you should have an anoscope done (which is a short scope that requires no prep and can be done in the doctor's office). If an anal pap smear is offered to you, I would also have that done, but many docs do not do them, so don't be surprised if they tell you they don't do them. I can totally relate to the condyloma issue, as I had 3 pin-head sized ones removed in September 2010. They were removed under general anesthesia and biopsied (luckily all negative). My colorectal doctor told me that with my history of anal cancer (diagnosed in June 2008), the anal warts must be removed, and she referred to them as HPV warts. If your examination warrants a PET scan, then insist on one!
In all of my reading on anal carcinoma-in-situ, I've learned that treatment is not usually done (at least chemo/radiation). But the UCSF doctors have a dysplasia clinic that may be able to help you and I would recommend getting on their website again and reading up on this. There is a Dr. Berry there who specializes in treating dysplasia, so you can check him out on their site. That is one of the few places that offer high resolution anoscopy, which is a better test than the standard type. I know of someone who is being treated for anal dysplagia by Dr. Berry and they think he's wonderful.
Most insurance companies do not balk at paying for second opinions, so I would not let that stop me from making an appt. for one. It's my understanding that there are procedures that this dysplasia clinic offers which can prevent these lesions from turning into cancer. I would think an insurance company would much rather pay for that than full-blown cancer treatment.
Please let us know how things go for you. Remember, this is your life you're dealing with and I don't think you should continue dealing with doctors that make you unsure of their experience with this disease. Please seek out an expert for a second opinion. I wish you all the best.


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DeRozan please draw Gortat's 6th foul.
DeRozan please draw Gortat's 6th foul.
Seriously, Vasquez gets hacked shooting the three and they don't call it.
Gortat commits offensive foul on Demar while shooting, no call.
But every ticky tack foul around gets called against the Raps
Blown call on one end (Vasquez had a 4 point play there), and yet calling every little thing when Gortat gets touched (and fail to call the offensive push-off fouls from him)
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
Wiz really, really, really don't want to go 0-4 against the Raps this season.
Watching Miami vs NY (tv) and this crazy Toronto vs Washington game on the league pass pic.twitter.com/DefkzIYrhJ— Nicolas Batum (@nicolas88batum) February 28, 2014
Just have to foul out Gortat
got a text that summarized the game perfectly: "Pretty ugly game between two teams that refuse to win."
thanks for comin out vasquez
there goes the game
What to expect with Vasques. Hell of a game tho..
Aw man.
Twitter - @thekid_it
Well that's game.
-"You cant run from me. I mean, my heart dont bleed Kool-Aid."
-"I aint no diva! I dont have no blond hair, red hair. Im Reggie Evans.
What's the opposite of a game ball? Cuz Vasquez can have it.
The refs really wanted Washington to win.
man wall and gortat are gloating big time. this is wizard equivalent of them winning a championship.
enjoy your first round exit, lads
These ref fucked us so hard this entire game!
ISO hands bro???? What the fuck is Casey on??
Fuck. Can't watch this anymore man. Raps getting fucked on the calls again. Minor but tide turning.
Gortat out!!!
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13 April 2002
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THE International Atomic Energy Agency has plans to rid Africa of the tsetse fly by releasing millions of male flies sterilised with gamma radiation (New Scientist, 23 February, p 17). It certainly looks like an attractive idea, as the tsetse fly causes even more problems in Africa than AIDS. But I asked Hilary Benn, the junior international development minister, what he thought.
Benn replied that the release of sterile insects is part of the important Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC). However, the Department for International Development seriously doubts if existing technologies can eradicate tsetse flies from some 9 million square kilometres of Africa. It also has reservations about the economic and social benefits claimed for PATTEC. If this major initiative fails it could undermine other efforts to control trypanosomiasis for many years.
Benn added that other technologies can already remove tsetse flies from specific environments.


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GAZA, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Hamas warned residents of the Jewish town of Sderot Tuesday it will hit them with al-Qassam rockets if Israel does not lift a siege on nearby Beit Hanoun.
A masked member of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, appeared in a videotape broadcast by Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite television.
"Your occupation army entered Beit Hanoun 40 days ago under the pretext of stopping us from firing al-Qassam rockets ... They have destroyed houses and lands and killed dozens of people, but this did not stop the rockets.
"To the residents of Sderot ... we ask you to stop your army from massacring our people and to pull out from Beit Hanoun, otherwise you will pay the price," the statement said.


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From BRRH:
Officials at Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH) today announced that Standard & Poor's (S&P) Rating Services has affirmed the Hospital's Investment Grade credit rating and upgraded the organization's rating outlook from Stable to Positive.
This follows on the heels of a similar affirmation and upgrade by Fitch Ratings in February. In issuing its analysis, S&P stated, "The positive outlook reflects our opinion of BRRH's improved operating profile and balance sheet with growth in unrestricted reserves, improved debt service coverage in the last fiscal year, and year-to-date results that are ahead of the prior year."
The rating agency also noted the Hospital's management efforts to improve efficiency, recruit and align with physicians and partner with other hospitals—all of which should lead to improved operating results.
"This now constitutes two very favorable reviews of the Hospital by the major rating agencies," said Jerry Fedele, President and CEO at Boca Regional. "Both Fitch and S&P were similar in recognizing our areas of achievement and opportunities for further improvement. We are extremely gratified in earning the upgrades in outlook and will continue our efforts to secure a higher rating."
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