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Cloud Leader Welcomes Interactive Media Visionary Mark Jung as Executive Chairman to Head Seasoned Team From Across Games Industry
Cloud Leader Welcomes Interactive Media Visionary Mark Jung as Executive Chairman to Head Seasoned Team From Across Games Industry
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 5, 2014) - OnLive, the leader of cloud gaming, announced the appointment of seasoned technology visionary and entrepreneur, Mark Jung as Executive Chairman. Jung, the former co-founder and CEO of IGN as well as CEO of the video streaming service VUDU, has already assembled a strong leadership team at OnLive. He will actively drive the Company's strategy and business as OnLive continues to innovate in the cloud gaming space and creates new applications for its powerful cloud technology.
"The time it took to get Mark was well worth it. I can count the number of people who have: founded gaming companies, managed and grown them to IPO & acquisition, have deep understanding of enterprise markets, have an engineering degree and an MBA, are scary smart, have boundless energy, high integrity, stellar references and are a pleasure to work with... on one finger. Mark is truly the ideal leader as we prepare to deliver entirely new kinds of cloud services to gamers and business," said Gary Lauder, Lead Investor in OnLive.
"No other company has been able to deliver games across connected devices over the open Internet with such consistently high standards of performance. If the company can do that with games, which are the most challenging apps to serve effectively from the cloud, the possible applications are endless," said Mark Jung. "OnLive is a disruptive force and I'm thrilled that Gary Lauder has given me the opportunity to lead the Company."
Jung has gathered an exceptional new executive team to help advance the company's plans. Within the past year, OnLive has welcomed a new VP of Business Development, Carrie Holder, formerly Director of Partner Management at Electronic Arts and a driving force in doubling game category revenue at SDI Media. Holder is responsible for publisher and developer relations at OnLive. Rick Sanchez -- former VP of Playdom.com at Disney Interactive -- has recently taken charge of OnLive's product portfolio as VP of Product and Marketing. They are joining Don Gordon, a longtime player and innovator in the video and TV arenas with more than 55 issued US patents, who became OnLive's SVP of Engineering in March of last year.
Mark Jung brings 25 years of executive leadership experience in interactive media, mobile and enterprise applications. In addition to driving the success of Vudu, Jung is known for his astute leadership as co-founder and CEO of IGN, which he built into a digital entertainment powerhouse. After taking the company public in 2000 and then private in 2003, Jung led IGN's sale for over $650 million to NewsCorp, the parent company of Fox Interactive Media in 2005. Subsequently, he was COO of Fox Interactive Media (FIM), where he was responsible for all of its internet properties including IGN Entertainment, FoxSports.com, AmericanIdol.com, and Scout Media. Before launching IGN, he founded Worldtalk, an internet security and directory services company, which he took public in 1996.
Carrie Holder comes to OnLive with an extensive background in games and media, and a successful track record in business development. As VP Business Development, she is responsible for publisher and developer relations. Most recently, at Electronic Arts, she cultivated profitable relationships with third-party publishers as Director of Partner Management, EA Partners -- a business that delivered several hundred million in revenue annually. Prior to Electronic Arts, Carrie was Vice President, Business Development and Sales at SDI Media, where she was responsible for the interactive entertainment business. As Vice President of Business Development at Netcentives, she led multiple acquisitions and managed a team responsible for forming partnerships with online retailers, portals and financial institutions. Carrie's initial foray into media was at Apple, followed by The 3DO Company. At OnLive, Holder will provide strategic direction for the Company's cloud gaming business and is already developing a premium portfolio of content from leading publishers and developers.
Rick Sanchez is a product and marketing executive with a deep background in games and consumer web. He was a co-founder at IGN, where he served as Vice President of Publishing for IGN.com, GameSpy and Rotten Tomatoes. He launched the GameTap games-on-demand platform for Turner Broadcasting, where he was the Creative Director and VP of Content, responsible for game licensing, original game development and the user experience online and in the application. Sanchez was also formerly VP of Digital for Trion Worlds, where he helped to launch RIFT, and General Manager of Kabam.com. He has consulted on product strategy, go-to-market planning and product licensing for a variety of technology and games companies. Most recently, he was Vice President of Playdom.com at Disney Interactive, where he ran the off-Facebook web product and brought games such as Marvel: Avengers Alliance and Pirates of the Caribbean: Isles of War from Facebook to Playdom.com.
Don Gordon was formerly Vice President of Broadcast Solutions at Gracenote Inc. In 2009, he founded Bulldog United, LLC, where he spearheaded the development of groundbreaking video fingerprinting technology and led the company through to its acquisition by Gracenote in May, 2012. Gordon has also held executive-level positions at ActiveVideo Networks, where he was responsible for developing and launching the new CloudTV product; Microsoft, where he oversaw TVD and Microsoft TV initiatives; DIVA systems, where he developed an intellectual property portfolio that includes more than 70 pending and issued patents; and Ericsson. With dozens of US patents in video compression, video manipulation, streaming video, VOD, video fingerprinting, digital ad insertion and other technologies, Gordon will be instrumental in driving the integration of OnLive gaming into tablets, Smart TVs and related devices.
About OnLive
OnLive is the originator of cloud gaming, innovating the delivery of real-time interactive experiences and rich media over the Internet. With ground-breaking video compression technology, OnLive harnesses cloud computing to instantly deliver twitch-response, full-featured, media-rich applications anytime and anywhere, across a range of devices. The OnLive Game Service with its CloudLift (patent pending) and PlayPack subscriptions gives gamers the freedom and convenience to play their games on PCs, Macs, tablets, smartphones and HDTVs via the OnLive Game System, VIZIO Co-Star™ and the G3 Series of LG Google TVs. OnLive Go brings the benefits of cloud gaming to MMOs, virtual worlds and other graphics-rich interactive applications. Having pioneered powerful solutions for fast-twitch AAA games, the most technologically challenging segment of cloud computing, OnLive has hundreds of patents and patents pending that cover its innovations. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California. More information is available at www.onlive.com and www.onlive.co.uk.
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Bulk copy program (bcp), the command-line bulk copy utility that ships with all SQL Server releases, is an oft-overlooked but essential component of a DBA's toolkit. Although the utility gets stuck in the SQL Server program folder without so much as a shortcut on the Start menu—and only a brief mention in SQL Server Books Online (BOL)—bcp has survived numerous SQL Server product releases and has even seen minor enhancements in its recent incarnations. Despite bcp's low visibility, it remains one of the best tools for quickly moving large quantities of data into and out of SQL Server databases. When you use bcp properly, it can move large sets of data faster than SQL Server graphical utilities such as Enterprise Manager and Data Transformation Services (DTS), which usually steal the spotlight.
If you're new to bcp, here's an overview of the way it works. Bcp moves data from tables in the database to files on the file system and vice versa. On the file-system side, bcp works mostly with flat files, such as tab-delimited or fixed-width text files, but bcp also works with a special SQL Server file type that allows the transfer of noncharacter-based data. Bcp doesn't create database objects, so a table must exist before you can use bcp to transfer data into it. Typically, when you insert records into a table, the server must first record in a transaction log any changes that you write to database tables, then write the records to the database itself. For large datasets, this operation consumes significant disk time and space because the server must write every modified record twice. However, bcp can import data into a table faster than a logged insert because, under certain circumstances, you don't have to record the modified records in the transaction log. Inserting records into a table without recording changes in a transaction log is called a fast bulk copy, and I describe it in greater detail later. But first, let's delve into bcp's relationship with the command line.
Bcp Basics
Executing utilities from the Windows NT command line is an unfamiliar activity for many DBAs. On Windows 2000 and NT workstations, you can get an NT command line by using the Command Prompt shortcut on the Start menu. DBAs who are accustomed to graphical utilities might find using the command line a little daunting at first, but the rewards are worth the effort. Typing BCP -h at the command prompt presents a cheat sheet for the command line's general syntax, which Figure 1 shows. The cheat sheet includes the program's two-dozen-plus command-line options, but you only need to know a few options to understand the tips I present. Keep in mind that the command-line options are case-sensitive, so, for example, -n doesn't mean the same thing as -N. Generally, the command line's syntax resembles the following example:
bcp \{dbtable\} \{in | out | queryout | format\} datafile options
The line begins with bcp, then continues with the fully qualified table name dbtable. A fully qualified table name contains the database name, the table-object owner, and the table-object name. For example, Northwind.dbo.Employees is a fully qualified table name. You then enter the word in or out. If you use bcp to copy data from the file to the database table, you use the in option. If you use bcp to copy data from the database table to the file, you use the out option. The syntax continues with the filename datafile. The filename can be absolute, such as C:\Temp\Northwind.dat, or it can be relative to the current folder, such as ..\Northwind.dat. (The two periods indicate that the file Northwind.dat is written one folder higher in the folder hierarchy.) If you use bcp out, you create a new file with the specified name while automatically overwriting any file of the same name that already exists. You can then specify any number of bcp command-line options.
What kind of command-line options can follow the filename? For starters, you can use the -S option to specify the server name. (You don't need the server name when you connect to a SQL Server installed on a local machine.) If the requested SQL Server instance doesn't respond to the client machine's default protocol, you need to set up the server name as a server alias in the SQL Server Client Network Utility. Next, you can connect to the server by using the -U and -P options to specify a username and password. However, you only need to use these options when you connect under standard security because a trusted connection doesn't require a username or password. If you want to use a trusted connection to the database, you need to choose the -T option to make the connection instead of the -U and -P options. Then, to select the data file type, use the -n option if the data file you want to copy is a SQL Server native type or -c if the file is a tab-delimited text type.
By applying these options, let's write a command that uses the following information to bcp data from a database table to a file:
- The source table is Employees, which dbo owns.
- The table is located in the Northwind database.
- The destination is a tab-delimited text file called Northwind.txt.
- The file is in the current folder on a server called HOMER, which you access through the sa account (no password is required).
After you piece together all the options, your bcp command looks like the following:
bcp Northwind.dbo.Employees out Northwind.txt -c -S HOMER -U sa -P
Now, to reverse the data flow's direction, let's bcp data from a file to a database table by writing a command that uses the following information:
- The source data file is a native SQL Server file type called Invoices.dat.
- The file resides on a server called BART, which you access through a trusted connection.
- The destination table is Invoices, which Lisa owns.
- The table resides in the Northwind database.
Here's the command:
bcp Northwind.lisa.Invoices in Invoices.dat -n -S BART -T
The preceding examples demonstrate some of bcp's basic uses. You can move large tables—indeed whole databases—by using these command-line options. Bcp can also carry out much more elaborate transfers by using fixed-width text files or various delimiters. For more information about bcp command-line options, see BOL.
A Fast Bulk Copy
If the destination database meets two specific conditions, bcp can conduct a fast and efficient bulk copy. First, the database must have the bulk copy database setting enabled. Open Enterprise Manager, drill down to the destination database, right-click the database, and choose Properties from the menu. After the Properties dialog box appears, you can inspect the Options tab to determine whether the Select into/bulk copy option is activated, as Figure 2 shows. Second, the destination tables must be free of indexes. You can also check this condition in Enterprise Manager: Drill down to the destination table, right-click the table, and from the menu, choose All Tasks, Manage Indexes. You can confirm whether a table has indexes by inspecting the Manage Indexes dialog box, which Figure 3 shows. If the destination table is new, you can delay creating indexes until bcp has copied all the data into the database.
When you copy data into a new database, you can usually meet these two conditions without a problem. However, for production databases that applications are currently using, you might encounter a challenge. Because bcp doesn't write its records to the transaction log, you can't reverse any data damage that bcp inflicts through failure or interruption. Therefore, you need to be careful about using bcp to populate tables that applications are accessing, and you might have to consider other options for importing data. You also need to think carefully before changing a production database's database setting. Activating the Select into/bulk copy database option prevents you from restoring any transaction log backups that SQL Server made since the last full database backup. Although you can use bcp to transfer a small group of a database's tables to another database, if you want to make the transfer as fast as possible, the destination database or tables still need to meet the two conditions for fast bulk copy.
As I mentioned earlier, bcp doesn't create database objects. Therefore, to create the tables in the destination database, you have to generate SQL scripts for the source database's table objects. You can easily generate SQL scripts in Enterprise Manager: Drill down to the source database, right-click on the database, and choose Generate SQL Scripts from the All Tasks menu. Then, select the desired database objects from the General tab and check the Formatting tab to confirm that, for each object, Enterprise Manager scripts only the CREATE command. If you also choose to script the DROP command, Enterprise Manager writes a command to drop each object before the command to create it. And although in most cases this script sequence works well, dropping an object manually is safer. Figure 4 shows the Formatting tab in the Generate SQL Scripts window, in which you select the CREATE command scripting option. Next, in the same window's Options tab, verify that Script Indexes, Script Triggers, and Script PRIMARY Keys, FOREIGN Keys, Defaults, and Check Constraints options are activated, as Figure 5 shows. Then, save the SQL scripts to a file by clicking OK. If you want to preview the scripts before you save them, click Preview on the General tab. Finally, to create the required tables and other objects on the destination database, you can execute the SQL scripts that you generated from the source database. I have one caveat: Before proceeding, you need to open Query Analyzer, then execute the CREATE TABLE commands from the SQL scripts that you generated from the source database. Figure 6 shows a CREATE TABLE command in the Query Analyzer window. Group the commands together near the top of the script. At this point in your data transfer, you want to execute CREATE TABLE commands alone because if any of the executed commands create indexes, you won't be able to complete a fast bulk copy into the indexed table objects.
After you create the table objects on the destination database, you can safely use bcp out to bulk copy out the tables one at a time from the source database to files. If you copy data to and from SQL Server, you can—and probably should—use a native-type copy because SQL Server can read and write the native-type format more efficiently. Then, all the files you just created can be bulk-copied back into the destination database, one at a time. After you complete the bulk copying, you can execute on the destination database the remaining commands from the SQL scripts that you generated earlier. Executing the remaining commands after bulk copying is completed creates all the key constraints, triggers, and indexes that belong on the destination tables but weren't created earlier.
Why Not Use the DTS Import/Export Wizard?
Although transferring data by using bcp isn't complicated, you might wonder whether an easier method exists. In SQL Server 2000 and 7.0, DTS is one alternative for transferring data. DTS has many positive features. It's graphical and easy to use. A DTS shortcut in the Start menu opens the Import/Export Wizard. And the utility features handy wizards, integration with Enterprise Manager, and advanced capabilities for performing complex data transformations that aren't available in bcp. You can also use DTS to transfer data to and from heterogeneous data sources.
If DTS is so feature-laden, why should you ever consider using bcp to copy data? The best reason to use bcp rather than the DTS Import/Export Wizard is speed of data transfer. The Import/Export Wizard is great for transferring a small amount of data or for performing data transformation. Because the wizard often takes less time to set up than a bcp command, the wizard has a special advantage with smaller datasets. However, the wizard's time value diminishes as datasets become larger and bcp begins to outperform the wizard. Also, the wizard can't handle nonlogged data transfers, so the rate of transfer decreases in direct proportion to the amount of time SQL Server takes to write to the transaction log.
However, an equally important reason not to use DTS is that DTS doesn't always create a destination table that exactly duplicates the source table; so by default, you might lose constraints, indexes, and identity columns in the transformation. This problem isn't crucial if you transfer only small amounts of data on a day-to-day basis. However, when you move or copy a database, you have to ensure that all database objects transfer as they were originally defined. By using bcp and the SQL scripts that Enterprise Manager generates, you create a destination table just like the source table, along with its constraints, indexes, and identity columns. Because the data that moves between the two databases is identical, the two tables are functionally equivalent.
How About Database Restore?
SQL Server 7.0 introduced another alternative to using bcp to move data: the database restore feature. To transfer data by this method, you simply create a database backup file, then restore the database backup file into a new database. The database restore feature is completely integrated into Enterprise Manager and incorporates wizards that make backing up and restoring a database simple for even the newest DBA. The destination database is, in fact, an exact copy of the source database, and the transfer is fast.
So why not use database restore to copy data? The best reason not to use the database restore feature to copy data is loss of control. When you restore a database from a backup file, the new database is exactly the same as the original. In other words, all the mistakes that you made in the source database end up in the new database. If the transaction log is hundreds of megabytes too large in the source database, it will still be several hundred megabytes too large in the destination database. All the indexes that you haven't rebuilt lately won't be rebuilt in the destination database. Also, using the database restore feature doesn't give you the option of copying only selected objects; a database restore copies all or nothing. Using bcp and the SQL scripts that Enterprise Manager generates takes only the space that the objects themselves require and just enough space on the transaction logs for building the constraints and indexes. Executing the SQL scripts on the destination database also delivers a bonus: The procedure rebuilds all the indexes. By using bcp, you can pick and choose the objects that belong in the destination database.
Giving Bcp Its Due
SQL Server ships with several tools for copying data from one database to another. Since Microsoft introduced new graphical data-transfer tools in SQL Server 7.0, bcp has probably become the least often discussed utility and the hardest to learn. However, for copying large sets of data as quickly as possible, bcp is still one of the best tools for the job. Any DBA with an occasional need for moving large amounts of data should become acquainted with the basics of using bcp.

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Here are 2 photos that show 2 spirits that followed my sister at Quarantine Station. First let me tell you that I always clean my digital lens constantly and that I took one photo and then turned the camera around sideways for one on the verandah. This is just in case you think that there was something stuck on the lens. If it was something on the lens it would have moved when I turned the camera and not look the same.
I knew these spirits were there because I felt their chill and my sister did especially with the one right behind her. She is the one who told me that she felt really cold and to take a photo. It is strange that the large and small spirit orb hung together like this. I felt that the little one was a child. There is no proof that little orbs are children but I feel that they are a lot.
Spirits that like to follow you
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Posted 23 September 2004 - 02:01 AM
Posted 23 September 2004 - 07:50 AM
Don't worry if they move this thread on ya, I think it will wind up in Spiritphotography. Oh, they love to follow people around.
Is the art of life, living somewhere in between?
Posted 23 September 2004 - 08:43 PM
In that first photo, it seems odd to me that there are THREE orbs, and you could place a ruler on them and draw a straight line between them. You sure that's not something else going on there?
I take that back, I see FOUR orbs, and in the second photo I see at least SIX.....
I take that back, I see FOUR orbs, and in the second photo I see at least SIX.....
A Witch I am..... Use the Force...
Posted 23 September 2004 - 10:01 PM
In the first one, it really looks like the are following her! It looks like a profile in the orb that is closest to the railing. Sort of a three quarter view of a face.
"Never wrestle with a pig. All you get is dirty and the pig has all the fun." ~ Anon.
Posted 23 September 2004 - 11:14 PM
Actually I have studied all my photos carefully and there is a womans profile in the lower orb near the railing. She appears to be wearing one of those frilly type white hats that convict woman use to wear. I've seen drawings of these in books. I think that a lot of woman (commoners I think they called them) wore these types of hats.
Posted 23 September 2004 - 11:16 PM
If you think thats strange have a look down below this topic for my other photos on I communicated using thoughts
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"Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity" by Andrew Solomon. Credit: Scribner
Extraordinary children often lead difficult lives when they are so different that they are unable to feel accepted by society. As they grow older, their differences tend to define them and become cornerstones of their identities. Andrew Solomon, the gay son of heterosexual parents, learned this through personal experience and has now authored a book, "Far From the Tree," about the parent-child dynamic of different kinds of exceptional children and the prejudices they face.
In addition to telling his own story, Solomon explores and illustrates the life experiences of children with dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, severe disabilities, and others. The author strives to expand society's understanding of the relationship between identity and illness and its definition of the human family in order to increase tolerance. Solomon proposes that diversity brings families closer together and ultimately unites us all.
Andrew Solomon, author, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (Scribner)
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Dolphin Power
It was international day at Lang Park , but for a change it wasn't Lewis, Miles and Scott who were the stars. As Redcliffe humbled premiers Wynnum - Manly 30-7 to knock them out of the running for for the '87 Winfield Cup, the Dolphins international front row of Bryan Niebling, Greg Conescu and Dave Brown were the stars.
The big three were relentless and answered their critics so convincingly . The critics had been saying Wynnum are fired by their superstars while Redcliffe's superstars just go through the motions. Power was the name of the game from Niebling and Brown as they repeatedly steamrolled the Wynnum pack, often busting the Wynnum defence wide open on the edge of the ruck. And if that wasn't enough the two internationals laid on three of the five tries.
It was in that vital period just before halftime that Redcliffe pushed their accelerator, with Brown and Niebling in control. With twelve minutes on the clock before halftime and Redcliffe in front 7-1, Brown busted Wynnum wide open, he took two defenders to ground and deftly unloaded to the brilliant Jamie Sandy who scampered over. Almost from the kick - off, Niebling tore straight through the Seagulls forwards, raced thirty metres and then magnificently unloaded to the flying Rohan Teevan to score the try underneath the posts. That took the score to 18-1.
Not to be out done by his front row partner , Brown again strode through the Wynnum defence two minutes from halftime, he found the ever present Steve Bleakley in support and Trevor Benson's conversion made it 24-1 and it was goodnight for the premiers.
A delighted Redcliffe coach Darryl Van de Velde conceded after the game that his front row had laid the foundations for the win and the try right on halftime was the gamebreaker. " We knew what we had to do to beat them and we set the match plan accordingly. To say it worked is an understatement " he said. Niebling had been criticised for his performances against the Seagulls in the past with some saying he took it easy on his State of Origin teammates but today Niebling showed everybody that his loyalties were with his Dolphin team-mates and not his Origin mates with a barnstorming performance.
But early it looked like case of deja vu, as Redcliffe repeatedly attacked the Wynnum line and couldn't get across the line. Before talented second - rower Ashley Tupaea eventually crossed in the eighth minute, Redcliffe had atleast three opportuinities to score tries but couldn't convert the chances into points. Every Redcliffe supporter started recalling similar situations in the five previous times Wynnum had beaten the Dolphins this season and no doubt thought ' Here we go again '.
But Redcliffe were here to play today and never let the inabilty to cross early set them back. Redcliffe were well disciplined, particulary with their ball control. Nothing could be taken away from the Dolphins win. The Seagulls had become Redcliffe's bogey team beating them in eight of their last nine outings but today was Redcliffe's day and Wally Lewis could not pull anything out of his bag of tricks to get the Seagulls going, they were totally out played in every aspect of the game.
The best for Redcliffe were the experienced trio of Brown, Niebling, Conescu, while skipper Steve Bleakley was in great touch and the young guns Ashley Tupaea, centre Rohan Teevan and big winger Shane Knuth also played well . It was a superb team effort, and one which will boost their confidence greatly for the upcoming Preliminary final. That area has not always been the longsuit of the Dolphins in the past, but without getting carried away with their big win, it wasn't hard to ' feel ' the new belief in the team in the sheds after the game.
And while coach Van de Velde rightly receives the plaudits for a job well done, one hushed up selection proved a real match winner. The late inclusion of experienced centre Steve Chaerry for the youngster Jeff Doyle ( current Easts captain ) was a masterstroke. Always renowned for his defence , Cherry never left Gene Miles alone and also made a couple of breaks in attack. Miles was never in the game. Even though the Dolphins front row was the area in which Redcliffe orchestrated their win, the man of the match was clearly half back Jamie Sandy. He brilliantly set up the first try for Tupaea , scored the second and made countless clean breaks through the brittle Wynnum defence. And one memorable tackle on Gene Miles early on in the match was a try saver. The Teams that day were Redcliffe Wynnum Greg Donnelly Colin Scott Shane Knuth Scott Nicholls Steve Cherry Gene Miles Rohan Teevan Brian Naylor Robin Thorne Scott Lewis Trevor Benson Brad Samuelson Jamie Sandy Doug Belford Steve Bleakley (c) Wally Lewis (c) Ashley Tupaea Tony Jemmott Bob Keogh Andrew Tessmann Bryan Niebling John Turner Greg Conescu Darren Petrie Dave Brown Darryl Jenner Replacements Replacements Curtis Powell Steve Hazel John Boxsell Peter Sibley Brian Coyne Greg Street
The scorers Redcliffe 30 ( S.Bleakley 2, J.Sandy, R.Teevan, A.Tupaea tries T.Benson 5goals ) Wynnum 7 ( A.Tessmann try B.Samuelson goal T.Jemmott field goal ) Scrums : Wynnum 11-7 Penalties : Wynnum 8-5 Crowd : 9800 Referee : Eddie Ward By the clock 8min : Redcliffe 6-0 Tupaea try Benson goal 16min : Redcliffe 6-1 Jemmott field goal 28min : Redcliffe 12-1 Sandy try Benson goal 30min : Redcliffe 18-1 Teevan try Benson goal 31min : Wynnum replacement S.Hazel for D.Belford 38min : Redcliffe 24-1 Bleakley try Benson goal 53min : Redcliffe 24-7 Tessmann try Samuelson goal 66min : Redcliffe replacement C.Powell for G.Conescu 66min : Redcliffe replacement J.Boxsell for D.Brown 70min : Wynnum replacement P.Sibley for D.Petrie 70min : Wynnum replacement B.Coyne for J.Turner 74min : Redcliffe 30-7 Bleakley try Benson goal 76min: Wynnum replacement G.Street for G.Miles


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two of the nation's top zoos are creating a home where endangered antelope can roam and help repopulate their species on 1,000 acres near the Mississippi River on New Orleans' west bank.
More than two dozen species of hoofed animals and birds, about half of them endangered, vulnerable or near threatened, are being considered for the breeding center planned by the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy and New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute.
"If two great zoos like San Diego and Audubon are going to team up" to breed endangered species, "the birds are certainly going to benefit. And the animals," said Kenneth Rosenberg, a senior researcher in the conservation science department at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which is not part of the new Alliance for Sustainable Wildlife.
The more common animals matter, too, said Steve Shurter, director of White Oak Conservation Center in Jacksonville, Fla. "Breeding centers are very, very important resources to zoos. It's not that easy to source animals for collections," he said. "And zoos have a very, very important role to play introducing people to wild animals and the importance of conserving them."
Okapi are among the animals being considered. They are the only living relatives of giraffes, with a white, giraffe-like head but a much shorter neck and zebra-like stripes on their legs and haunches. They are listed as near threatened. White Oak and the San Diego Zoo have partnered for a quarter-century on the Okapi Conservation Project, using the animals to help conserve the Congolese rain forest where they live, Shurter said.
Antelope under consideration include the bongo, which are large, reddish-brown forest animals with white stripes and long horns. Also being considered are scimitar-horned oryx, which are extinct in the wild, and endangered Speke's gazelles — among the smallest of their kind, up to 2 feet high at the shoulder and 40 pounds.
They all need lots of space for herds — something most zoos don't have, said Steve Feldman, spokesman for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
In general, zoos and other conservation groups try to breed pairs likely to have the best genetic match, he said. "But that two-by-two approach doesn't always work. Sometimes it's better to put more animals together and sort of let them pick," he said.
Birds will include the endangered whooping and Mississippi sandhill cranes already at Audubon, with vulnerable wattled cranes and Dalmatian pelicans among species under consideration.
Ron Forman, president of the Audubon Nature Institute, said the Alliance for Sustainable Wildlife will use most of the 1,400 acres at the Audubon Species Survival Center, where scientists began breeding endangered cranes, hoofed animals and cats in 1996.
At least in the early stages, the birds will get a total of 10 acres while each kind of hoofed stock gets 15- to 50-acre enclosures, said Robert J. "Bob" Wiese, chief life sciences officer at San Diego Global. "The idea is, since we have all this space, let the antelope be antelope. Have the herds acting like herds."
Colonial bird species such as milky storks and lesser flamingos would live in flocks, while others may be paired in a series of neighboring breeding pens, he said.
Wiese and Forman said the project evolved from the zoo association's work to get sustainable populations of various species. It will help decide which birds and animals most need the space, Wiese said.
Forman said Audubon has put more than $30 million into the project and expects to spend another $10 million and more on new pens and paddocks, with the two zoos sharing operating costs. Construction should start by the end of the year and continue into 2018, with animals moving into the first enclosures next year, he said.


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Many companies find the concept of enterprise risk management (ERM) as a holistic approach to managing a company's risk profile appealing. However, these same companies are frequently skeptical about its value and whether the results will justify the cost, effort, and challenges of implementing a meaningful ERM process. Despite the effort required, properly implemented ERM programs can improve communication, address cross-functional risks (legal, operational, and personnel matters), help boards comply with various legal rules and regulations, and meet their fiduciary duties to companies and shareholders.


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Police: Elderly homeowner tussles with burglar
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KEENE - An 81-year-old resident suffered minor injuries after tussling with a burglar Tuesday morning.
Police said the homeowner was treated by Keene fFire Department personnel and then released.
The elderly resident interrupted the burglary about 4:30 a.m. at the 15 Eastern Ave. home. The burglar ran out of the home with some of the homeowner's property, police said.
The burglar is described as a short white male with a medium build wearing a dark-hooded sweatshirt.
A police dog was brought to the scene to try and track the burglar, but did not find him.
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On the cusp of his retrial on rape charges, former Carmel physician Carl Bergstrom learned Friday he would be set free.
The trial was to be the second for Bergstrom, 56, after an appeals court struck down his 2009 forcible rape conviction in 2011 because of improper jury instructions.
After a plea deal that eliminated the rape charge, Bergstrom pleaded no contest on Friday to a count of felony sexual battery on his victim, known in court as Jane Doe.
Poised and appearing to weigh her words, Doe gave a statement at Friday's hearing.
"I came here to get closure and speak my voice," the petite woman said.
Then she addressed Bergstrom directly.
"You are guilty. These past few years through this whole ordeal — no woman should have to go through (that). And by the grace of God I lived through that," she said.
She said she has since met many sexual assault victims, female and male, who don't come forward but know how much the crime can affect their lives.
"So I am speaking today not only for myself, but all these other people as well who don't get this opportunity," she said. "This is a horrendous crime. It's not just a physical crime. For a while it robbed me of my spirit ... (but) I tried to stay away from hatred in this whole thing.
She also told Bergstrom, "I really just wanted to hear you say that you are guilty. To own up to what you have done to people. ... At some point, you need to take responsibility."
Doe accused Bergstrom of forcibly sodomizing her in his Carmel home after a night of drinking in April 2009, and she testified in his first trial that he would not stop even when she told him to and cried out in pain.
Two other women testified were similarly assaulted by the physician on other occasions. Both women testified they believe they might have been drugged.
As part of the plea agreement, prosecutor Cristina Johnson said any possible cases involving Bergstrom and the other women will not be pursued.
She said Doe and the other women were aware of Friday's deal and approved it.
Another trial, Johnson said, would mean Doe would have to go through more of the intense media attention the case has garnered for years.
"In sexual assault cases, you do have to consider the emotional trauma to the victim," she said.
Judge Julie Culver praised Doe's "fortitude and strength in coming forward." She said she understood Doe's "wanting or needing to see Mr. Bergstrom admitting guilt in this matter."
Before he was arrested in 2009, Bergstrom was a "concierge" doctor on the Peninsula whose patients paid to keep him on a full-time retainer.
In April 2009, he and Doe, who were professional acquaintances, met at a Carmel bar. That night, after they drank wine at his house, he sexually assaulted her, Johnson said.
Doe called 911, and Carmel police found her crying hysterically on the curb in front of his house about 3 a.m.
In July of that year, Bergstrom was found guilty of forcible sodomy and sentenced to six years in prison, but quickly filed an appeal.
Immediately after the conviction, Bergstrom gave up his medical licenses in California and Idaho just as California's Medical Board took steps to revoke his license because of the case.
Jennifer Simoes of the state medical board said Friday that state code requires the state to "promptly" revoke the license of anyone required to register as a felony sex offender.
The board cited several additional reasons for the revocation based on audio recordings of Bergstrom, including jailhouse phone calls that indicated he was practicing medicine while in Monterey County Jail.
According to court records, Bergstrom once inadvertently left a dictation machine running in his office that recorded him offering to sell cocaine or trade it for sex. He admitted at trial that he traded prescription drugs for cocaine.
In 2011, he was serving his sentence in state prison when the Sixth District Court of Appeal overturned his conviction because of improper jury instructions issued by Judge Russell Scott.
Bergstrom's attorney, Richard Rosen, said he planned to reveal evidence indicating Doe falsely accused his client, along with expert witnesses that would help his case.
But Bergstrom was not a free man yet. He was held in jail in lieu of bail as his retrial slowly began churning through the court.
Attorneys have said his assets are depleted.
A lawsuit for damages filed by Doe is scheduled for trial in Monterey, though it is unclear what, if any, resources Bergstrom may still possess. A public records database shows he no longer owns his Carmel Woods house.
Although numerous supporters have vocally defended him through the years, on Friday none was present in court. But Rosen said his client's father and brother have been supportive over the past year as Bergstrom faced a new trial.
Bergstrom was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. He has already served about 3½ years in jail and prison, and because of good behavior in prison, his incarceration "credits" amount to seven years.
As a result, Bergstrom was expected to be released late Friday from Monterey County Jail, Rosen said.
According to state corrections records, he was previously housed at Avenal State Prison.
Bergstrom's new sentence includes restitution fines and three to five years' parole.
But it is unclear whether he will have to be on parole because his time-served credits include the equivalent of three years of supervision.
He will have to register as a sex offender for life and has waived his right to an appeal.
Rosen declined to say what plans Bergstrom has for the future and offered a simple explanation for his client's admission to the charges.
"Sometimes you have to plead to get out of jail," Rosen said outside the courtroom. "By doing this plea bargain, he's out tonight."
Appearing attentive as Doe spoke in court, Bergstrom did not make a statement.
But before ending the hearing, Judge Culver said she hoped Bergstrom will take Doe's statements to heart.
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University of Washington students from all majors may earn a Minor in Business Administration at UW Bothell. Students enrolled at UW Seattle and UW Tacoma will be authorized for cross-enrollment in order to pursue the business minor. Interested students should discuss the feasibility of completing this minor with their major program advisor.
Prospective students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.70.
Before enrolling in the minor, prospective students must also achieve an overall GPA of 2.70 in the following prerequisite courses:
A minimum grade of 2.0 is required in each course.
If all prerequisites have been completed satisfactorily, admission to the minor is guaranteed.
To apply, submit a "Change of Program or Minor" form along with transcripts that show completion of all the prerequisites. The "Change of Program or Minor" form can be picked up in the Business School office or in any UW academic office. Send "Change of Program or Minor" form, and transcripts, to the UW Bothell School of Business. Students must complete all the prerequisites before registering for any business course.
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You can also make an appointment with a Business School Advisor to discuss the Minor.
The business minor requires the completion of 25 credits of upper-division business courses. Three of the five courses in the business minor must be completed at UW Bothell. Courses include:
Students who have been accepted into the Business minor will be able to register for UW Bothell business courses starting Registration Period 2. However, registration cannot be accomplished through the myUW registration system. Students will need to contact an advisor in the UWB School of Business in order to register for their Business courses each quarter.
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Tim Geithner has long planned to step down from his role as Treasury Secretary during President Obama's second term. What is one of the most powerful men in finance to do once he becomes a private citizen?
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A round of "detox" and writing a book, possibly in that order.
Friends of Geithner say they believe he will take a year off from one of the most stressful posts in government and possibly pen a book about his role in developing economic policy during President Obama's first term in office, as well as his other public policy experience, including his role as president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank during the 2008 financial crisis.
No doubt it could be a page-turner, at least for those interested in the confluence of finance and government during one of the most tumultuous times since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Geithner, 51, was one of the architects behind the controversial bailouts of Bear Stearns, American International Group (NYSE:AIG) and the grand bailout of the banking system known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. He also played a role in the decision to let investment bank Lehman Brothers fail, which sent shockwaves through world markets.
Also potential fodder for his book are the rescues of General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Chrysler. He has spent nearly his entire career in government except a short stint in 1980s at Kissinger Associates.
Back in September, Geithner appeared to throw cold water on the idea of writing a book, though he didn't rule it out. Speaking during the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York, he told moderator Charlie Rose that "a lot of people are telling my story."
But people who have spoken to him in recent weeks say he's now embracing the idea of writing about his experiences in government, after taking some time off in what one person described as a "detox" period.
A spokesman for Geithner didn't return calls for comment.
As first reported by FOX Business, Jack Lew is seen as the front-runner to replace Geithner in a decision that could be announced by President Barack Obama as early as this week.
Meanwhile, other high-ranking advisers to Obama are also beginning to make plans for their future. Bill Daley, who served as Obama's chief of staff for a year starting in January 2011, is mulling a run for the governor of Illinois.
Former Obama economic adviser Larry Summers might find his way back into Washington. Sources say Obama is considering Summers and TIAA-CREF chief executive Roger Ferguson as potential replacements for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke., whose term ends in January 2014.
Bernanke has reportedly told people he doesn't want another term as Fed chairman.


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Nov. trial date set in post-Katrina shooting
A federal judge has set a new trial date for a Mississippi man charged with shooting at three men in what prosecutors call a racially motivated attack in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Roland Bourgeois' trial has been postponed 12 times in nearly three years due to questions about his mental competency. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon scheduled it to start on Nov. 18.
Prosecutors say Bourgeois, who is white, wounded at least one of the three black men he shot at following the 2005 storm. Bourgeois lived in Columbia, Miss., at the time of his 2010 indictment.


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The American Sign Language Interpreting program at Golden West College is designed to provide students with sign and interpreting skills sufficient for general entry-level employment in the interpreting profession. Emphasis is on use of American Sign Language, but other forms of signed English are used. The coursework is designed to provide basic information about deafness and other areas of knowledge related to interpreting. It also includes classes for building interpreting skills and supervised interpreting experience.
Our curriculum is aimed at preparing people for general interpreting employment. Specialties such as legal interpreting, interpreting for deaf/blind clients, and religious or artistic interpreting are not covered in detail. Graduates are encouraged to apply for certification by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, for which the Golden West program has been designed to prepare them.
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Interpreting is a tri-step process of receiving a message in one language, grasping its meaning and intent, and delivering it into another language. This is a simple definition of a complex process that requires a high degree of linguistic, cognitive and technical skills. Interpreters encounter a wide variety of situations ranging from public events to very personal medical and counseling settings. Interpreters work in rehabilitation, education, state and local government, medical facilities, legal practices and other community services.
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MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has fired a campaign aide for making demeaning comments about Hispanics on social media.
Walker ousted Taylor Palmisano as his campaign's deputy finance director Tuesday. The Republican governor made the move after No Quarter contacted his campaign about the tweets.
In a March 2011 tweet, Palmisano referred as a custodian in a library where she was working as "illegal" and said "turn off your Walkman."
Two months earlier she went on Twitter to say "Nobody speaks English" on the bus she was riding after watching Wisconsin play in the Rose Bowl.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports a Walker campaign spokesman says both the governor and his campaign "condemn these insulting remarks."
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By Lisa TschaunerBusiness Instructor & Entrepreneurship CoordinatorCentral Community College, Hastings, NE
What do you getwhen you take 13 strong-minded, innovative risk-takers who are eager to learn, 14 business-oriented service professionals willing to share, eight mentors happy to give guidance, and one over-zealous business instructor at a community college? The answer is the perfect storm for a successful eight-week Entrepreneurship Workshop.
In January of 2010, Central Community College of Hastings, NE launched its first entrepreneurial workshop series, "Become An Entrepreneur; Starting and Developing Your Small Business." As the campus's Entrepreneurship Coordinator and also a Business Instructor, I designed a model for this workshop that included community and campus-wide promotion, session-specific curriculum and lessons, and a build-as-you-go business plan template. The program was enhanced by guest speakers, business mentors, and collaboration with other college programs.
Since this was the pilot of this model, I also put into place a measuring tool that allowed us to gather statistics on what worked and what didn't. Below is a breakdown of the specific steps taken to promote the workshop, the sessions that were offered and how they fit within the enrollment boundaries as well as a discussion of the opportunities, challenges, and rewards involved with this workshop.
Promotion of this event included the normal strategies listed below.
However, to promote this workshop and infuse the entrepreneurial message to other vocational programs, I put together an interactive presentation to "take out on the road." I coordinated class visits with instructors to visit with students in technical-focused programs who may be interested in starting their own businesses. These programs included vocational disciplines such as machine tool, diesel technology, electrical and construction technology, graphic arts and information technology. I visited with over 500 students and shared information on entrepreneurship including the opportunity to enroll in the workshop. This brought awareness to the students as well as the other instructors, who also serve as the advisors to these students when they register for classes.
In the statistical analysis of the workshop we discovered that the participants learned about the workshop mostly through these presentations and their instructors and advisors.
Workshop Sessions and Enrollment
The workshop consisted of eight sessions. The topics of these sessions included:
Students had the option of enrolling in specific sessions or the entire eight-week course. If the students took the entire course, they earned two college credits and they were provided all materials including a course binder, in which they compiled their weekly information packets as well as other handouts they received. Each session ran approximately four hours with about two 15-20 minute breaks. For each class, I taught a lesson on the topic, using a media presentation that covered the business basics needed on each topic. The presentation was a companion to the information packet. This packet included more in-depth information, business planning worksheets and a resource guide for each session topic. Each session had a review of the previous class as well as action plans to prepare for the upcoming class.
The first six sessions were also enhanced by the expertise of guest speakers who talked on the subject matter for the evening and gave their expert advice and shared their experiences. These guest speakers included successful entrepreneurs from the area, an attorney, an insurance agent, marketing professional, economic and community development agents, a rural assistance specialist, a SCORE representative, an accountant and the director of the college's foundation, who previously spent 30 years in the banking and lending industry.
Each class meeting ended with a work session for the students to start on the planning worksheets to develop that particular part of the business plan. Two or three days following the workshop session, all participants received ane-mail that reviewed important items and shared any additional information. This e-mail also had a link in it to a survey that the students could access to rate that particular work session on items like materials, instruction, guest speakers and resources.
Participants were also given the opportunity to enroll in a QuickBooks course taught through Central Community College. Several of the students took advantage of this option and also earned an additional credit by doing so.
The model is the black and white. The students become the gray matter or, in this case, the color! I consider the interaction and chance to share and assist these students in their entrepreneurial endeavors a great opportunity.
Offering this workshop through a community college afforded the group the chance to collaborate with other vocational programs. In this specific class, the participants were looking for some brand identity and logo creations for their businesses. The graphic design students at the college were able to work this into their program by using the workshop participants as clients for their semester projects. This was an excellent opportunity with a win-win result for all involved, including the partnership between me and Carole Meyer, the Graphic Arts instructor at Central Community College.
The contribution from the community was also an identified opportunity to build on with this workshop. Having seasoned business owners and service providers speak to this group created the chance for budding entrepreneurs to network and make important connections that will benefit their businesses.
Having enough time each session to make it through the agenda was a challenge. Meeting the varying needs of all participants in a timely fashion would be the biggest challenge with this workshop. As the pilot of this program, some elements of the workshop were learn-as-you-go. It is clear that a more defined role for the instructor and a more clear expectation of the students could help this workshop. However, it is a balancing act. Entrepreneurs don't thrive with strict boundaries and they need a lot of support and encouragement. They are creative and need to be able to benefit from a learning environment that fosters innovation and promotes inventive problem-solving.
Potential small business creators need a great deal of information. The session involving the tax structures and legal information could easily be divided into two sessions. Intellectual property is an important topic to cover and needs enough attention. Electronic commerce is covered in the marketing session, but could really benefit from being presented in a new session that could also include the importance of viral marketing.
One challenge that eventually surfaced as a reward was getting the students comfortable talking about themselves and their businesses. Each session, sometimes two to three times per session, the participants would introduce themselves and their businesses to each other and guests to the workshop. The evolution that resulted was so important to the way the students saw themselves as entrepreneurs. In the beginning a student would hesitantly say, "I am Bob Smith, and I have an idea for a business that makes custom sleds…" By the end of the workshop the same student would eagerly say, "Hi everyone, I am Bob Smith, the proud owner of Smith Custom Sledding, a new business in town." This was a true sign of growth.
Meeting entrepreneurs and being a part of business creation is a reward in itself. Hearing that this workshop was the catalyst to further jump start the creative efforts of the participants was incredibly rewarding. The participants were all at different stages in their businesses and all presented a variety of business ideas.
Two students were creating a partnership where they would offer chroming and customized motorcycle parts. Another woman in the workshop was inspired by her passion of quality nutrition for high-pedigree dogs and had developed an all-natural dog food, which she plans to produce. A local college physics professor with his Ph.D. took the course to launch his own line of professional loudspeakers that he had designed based on the science of sound. Another gentleman had already applied for the patent to his lawn debris receptacle, which he had started selling and was looking for guidance on how to take his business to the next level. The husband and wife team who thought their hobby was just a craft found out that it was in fact considered art and learned that they could market it as such.
The best reward is to actually know that this workshop served as a confidence builder and gentle nudge to the participants moving forward with plans to start a business. As one participant commented,"I can't adequately describe how valuable this workshop was to convincing me that my idea had value. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who is seriously interested in starting a business. The resources and information here will save light years of time and expense in mistakes by going it alone."
The next workshop for Central Community College's Entrepreneurship Center in Hastings has been scheduled for Fall 2010. Based on the feedback from the participants, some adjustments have been made. The sessions have been extended to include 10 meetings as well as the opportunity for more one-on-one time between the students and instructor. If you are interested in more information on this workshop or would like to visit with me to see if this model would work for your college, please contact me: Lisa Tschauner, Central Community College, PO Box 1024, Hastings, NE 68902-1024, Phone: 402.460.2142 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Jeremy Hunt Pledges to Continue the Primary Care 'Revolution' in Interview on ITN's Healthcare Channel
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LONDON, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Recently appointed Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that a 'revolution in primary care' is the only way to improve health services in the NHS.
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Speaking exclusively to the ITN Healthcare Channel, he pointed to an ageing population as one of the primary reasons why change needs to happen sooner rather than later.
'We're more committed than ever to clinical commissioning for the really important shift that we need in the NHS and we know that best decisions on the ground are made by doctors and nurses who are closest to their patients.'
Mr Hunt also added that to deliver the plans outlined in the Health and Social Care Bill, the government needed focus on 'the three I's'.
'Integration is going to happen. Secondly innovation, we're going to tap into ideas from people on the front line to crack problems that have been around for years. The third is IT, the IT revolution has yet to touch the NHS. It's about better experiences for patients.
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DALLAS � Abigail Moriearty was 5 when she watched Nastia Liukin win all-around Olympic gold in 2008 and decided that's what she had to do, too.
Now 9 and the winner of a gold, silver and fifth-place finish in national championships, Abigail, of Allen, Texas, is more driven than ever.
"I feel like I'm flying," she says after an impressive gymnastic flip at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano, Texas, where Liukin once trained under the watchful eyes of her father, Valeri Liukin, the facility's owner.
"That will be me up there," she says softly on a warm September afternoon, grasping her wooden practice blocks as she extends into a handstand before returning to earth and wrapping her arms tightly around the blocks as she heads to her car.
Gymnastics can help inspire a child to stay fit. It's great exercise, as long as parents understand the risks, according to experts at Stop Sports Injuries, a Rosemont, Ill.-based campaign launched by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and other medical organizations in 2010.
More than 425,000 kids ages 6 to 17 were hurt while participating in gymnastics from 1990 to 2005, with 67,810 in 2011, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The average age of those injured was 11, and 82 percent of the injured were girls.
Even so, for children, gymnastics ranks well behind bicycling, basketball, football, baseball and soccer among the leading causes of sports injuries, according to the National Safe Kids Campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Abigail's doctor, Richard Rhodes, orthopedic and sports medicine doctor for Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine, says he sees interest in gymnastics peak in his patients around the Olympics and expects sign-ups to be particularly strong with a new team of American gymnasts winning the gold.
"Any time the American teams do well, it gets a lot of youngsters excited," he says.
Some experts worry about traumatic injuries, such as head and spinal damage. Dr. Sabatino Bianco, a neurosurgeon at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, says he's treated athletes who have attempted unfortunate flips and somersaults, particularly on trampolines. (The Consumer Product Safety Commission lists trampolines as seventh among the top activities that send kids to emergency rooms, behind basketball, bicycling, football, soccer, baseball and skateboarding.) Many injuries can be prevented with careful conditioning, training and safety measures, including those trained as spotters to catch athletes before they fall, experts say.
Some injuries, however, are hard to prevent even with the best care, Rhodes notes. Abigail sprained a wrist on a bad landing in June that took more than three months to heal. Olympic champion McKayla Maroney fractured her left tibia Sept. 9 when she fell on her uneven bars dismount during the second stop of the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastic Champions.
Abigail practices three times a week, which is about as much as kids should do, Rhodes and Bianco agree. Overuse and simple stress leave gymnasts vulnerable to injuries in the ankles, feet, lower back, knees, wrists and hands, they say. These injuries are rarely severe at the outset, but if untreated they can lead to chronic pain and bone fractures.
They can be of particular concern for growing children who run the risk of damaging growth plates with prolonged exercise that requires lifting or impact in the critical years before puberty when bones mature, Bianco says.
Engaging in multiple sports is not only better for the body in preventing overuse, but can generate additional pathways in the brain that lead to a more complete cerebellum, Bianco says.
Abigail follows that advice � her mother was driving her to her other passion, ballet, after gymnastics.
Dr. Richard Rhodes, Abigail's doctor:
� Pick your facility with care. You want the highest possible ratio of experienced spotters to students who are knowledgeable about preventing injury.
� Prepare. Improve your core strength before you try new moves � your abdominals, lower back muscles and hip muscles as well as overall conditioning.
� When in doubt, check it out. Small overuse stress injuries can become fractures or sources of chronic pain if not properly evaluated, treated and rested right away.
Alice Moriearty, Abigail's mom:
� Observe. When you have a child who won't tell you when she's in pain, look for subtle signs of injury, such as being extra quiet or holding a pen or pencil, fork or spoon strangely or transferring things into the other hand.
� Put your best food forward. Kids should limit sweets and carbohydrates, as they can slow reflexes and make them tired. Moriearty gives Abigail an apple and water before practice.
� Make the dreamers sleep. Abigail goes to bed by 7:30 p.m. except for the nights that practice ends at 8:30 p.m.; she goes to bed right after practice on those nights.
Brandi Wren, Abigail's coach:
� Show up. Kids get injured when they don't keep up with their conditioning and are not at classes consistently enough to learn the techniques.
� Practice makes perfect. Never do a move on the floor that you haven't done at least 100 times successfully with a spotter.
� Listen. I always tell them, "If at first you don't succeed, then do what Coach says."
� Be disciplined. Keep your body tight and not loosey-goosey. Bond with teammates. You have to trust your base - your partner who is catching you.
� Listen to your coach. Coach says, "If at first you don't succeed, then do what Coach says," but I say, "Just do what coach says and you'll succeed the first time."
Dr. Grant L. Jones and Dr. Brian R. Wolf, of Stop Sports Injuries, stopsportsinjuries.org say parents should make sure coaches:
� Have gymnasts wear safety gear, including wrist guards, hand grips, footwear, ankle or elbow braces, and pads.
� Make first aid available at competitions and practices.
� Inspect equipment to ensure it's in good condition, including padded floors, secured mats under every apparatus and safety harnesses for learning difficult moves.
� Insist on spotters when learning new skills.


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Weeks ago, rumors began to surface about an audiotape secretly made by Hoboken Housing Authority Director Carmelo Garcia of a lunch conversation he had in January with the mayor's husband, Stan Grossbard.
On Tuesday, Garcia -- who is running for Assembly in November -- filed a lawsuit against Zimmer, Grossbard, and former housing board chairman Jake Stuiver alleging that they have interfered improperly in Hoboken Housing Authority affairs and engaged in what the lawsuit says is "an ambitious political quest to transform Hoboken politically and ethnically."
Garcia is the director of Hoboken's low-income public housing, where thousands of families live (and vote). The projects have often been the scene of a power struggle among warring factions in town. Garcia is overseen by an unpaid seven-member board of commissioners, and since last summer, Mayor Dawn Zimmer's allies have held the majority on the board.
This has resulted in struggles between Garcia and Zimmer's allies over issues such as the future renovations of the projects (involving millions of dollars in contracts) and which lawyer to hire.
In January, Garcia had lunch in New York with Zimmer's husband, Stan Grossbard, and former State Sen. Bernard Kenny -- and apparently secretly taped it.
The transcript, obtained by the Reporter, came to light after it was cited in a July 18 deposition of Zimmer in a completely separate discrimination lawsuit brought by former Hoboken Public Safety Director Angel Alicea against the city. The transcript of the tape sheds a light on power relationships and attempts by both political sides to determine the direction of the public housing projects.
Louis Zayas, a North Bergen-based attorney with a history of working for clients opposed to City Hall, is representing Garcia in his lawsuit against Zimmer and also representing Angel Alicea, who is in an unrelated matter suing Zimmer due to his job loss.
Both Grossbard (the mayor's husband) and Garcia have different opinions as to what the contents of the recorded conversation represent, with the mayor's husband arguing that the conversation was an unsuccessful attempt by Garcia to entrap him into making some sort of illegal agreement, and Zayas saying that Garcia recorded the meeting in an effort to gain evidence of Grossbard's alleged role as Zimmer's de facto political emissary, and to provide evidence for the lawsuit against Grossbard and Zimmer, which he says has been planned for several months. Garcia's suit attempts to paint the pair, as well as Stuivier, as improperly interfering in his job and trying to pressure him to make certain decisions about personnel and other matters.
The HHA is meant to be an autonomous agency from City Hall. It is also an important one in Hoboken -- a body entrusted with maintaining the quality of life of the city's most vulnerable residents. As a source of thousands of votes, it has also been a site for political machinations and mudslinging for decades.
Tape recording a conversation is legal both in the state of New York, where the lunch conversation took place, as well as in New Jersey. Zayas refused to say this week whether Garcia has taped conversations with any other officials.
Garcia referred all questions to Zayas.
In one of many interesting side notes, according to a transcript of the tape, Garcia tells Grossbard that he may be willing to support Mayor Zimmer for re-election this November if she allows him greater leeway to do what he wants to do. It is surprising because Zimmer is facing Assemblyman Ruben Ramos Jr. for mayor in November, and Garcia is thought to be supporting Ramos over ZImmer.
Zimmer said Thursday morning that she had not seen the lawsuit and thus could not comment on it yet.
The tape and lawsuit provide many more details that shed light on the types of machinations and accusations that inform politics in Hoboken, a mile square city with changing demographics and millions of dollars in contracts always hanging in the balance. Check hudsonreporter.com later for more details about this story, and watch for a longer story in this weekend's edition of the Hoboken Reporter. – Dean DeChiaro


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official says armed men stormed into a "quinceanera" party in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey and killed a man and injured 11 guests.
The Nuevo Leon state official says the gunmen arrived around midnight on Saturday at the party for a girl's 15th birthday, a traditional Latin American celebration much like a Sweet 16. The official spoke to The Associated Press Sunday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.
The aggressors were looking for a man and once they found Julio Cesar Cruz inside the dance hall they killed him, the official said. Family members who tried to protect him before he died were also wounded.
"The friends and relatives tried to intervene and that's why they were shot, too," the official said. "Fortunately, the wounds were not serious."
Eight victims have already been released from the hospital and three others are reported stable. The official said the birthday girl was not injured in the attack.
Monterrey has been the scene of bloody turf battles between the Zetas and the Gulf cartels.