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Two girls' basketball players, one each from Gray's Creek and Douglas Byrd, were ejected for fighting in last week's Holiday Classic basketball tournament, and they face additional penalties under N.C. High School Athletic Association rules.
Brad Allen, booking agent for the Southeastern Basketball Officials Association, said he received automatic notification of the ejections from an online reporting system during the holiday break after a report was filed by the game officials. The players were not identified.
The two players were involved in an altercation that occurred during the Holiday Classic game between Gray's Creek and Byrd. It was a play-in bracket consolation game played last Thursday at South View to open the tournament.
Allen said he had not seen video of the incident, but he had spoken to David Culbreth, athletic director at South View, the site director.
"It sounds like a sort of incendiary moment where we had a hard foul on one player,'' Allen said. "A player reacts with a push and blows were thrown by those two players.
"They were the only two involved. No players entered the court from the bench. It was a tinder box kind of thing that did not escalate further.''
Since both teams were in the consolation play-in bracket, they did not compete further in the holiday tournament. According to the NCHSAA handbook, the penalty for fighting in basketball is suspension from playing in the next four games.
Both schools resume play when they return to school this week, so the penalty will be enforced starting then.
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FireLife is dedicated to all things "off-duty" that are of interest to firefighters while they are not working/training. Some of the regular columns we will feature in the health section include:
Some Reasons to Be Vigilant on the "Healthground"Mary Jane Dittmar looks into the phenomenon of genetically modified foods in this edition of "To Your Health." |
Anxiety, a Suicide Risk; Acetaminophen and Serious Skin Reactions; FDA and Gluten-Free LabelsMary Jane Dittmar returns with more info from the world of medicine that could impact firefighters' health. |
Heart and Kidney NotesIn this month's To Your Health, Mary Jane Dittmar discusses new study's concerning cigarettes, Vitamin D deficiencies, and post-traumatic stress disorder. |
Preplan for Health Battles as for Firegound BattlesVirtually all of us have had an encounter with a cancer diagnosis and the roller coaster of emotions it causes to course through the patient, family members, friends, coworkers, and others who are part of the diagnosed person's life. |
New Research: Exercise and Statins; COQ10 and Heart FunctionOften, it is bewildering to know what is really good for us and what might harm us even though it seems to be the Gold Standard for medical care. |
Some Recent News Relative to Cardiovascular DiseaseIn April, the EuroPRevent 2013 Congress of the European Society of Cardiologists was held in Rome. The two studies described below were presented at the Congress. They add to the international discussion of factors that may associated with the development of cardiovascular disease. |
Getting Through the Flu SeasonWe are in the middle of the flu season, which health experts have identified as a "bad" season. Some hospital emergency rooms have had to resort to turning flu patients away. |
Physical Activity at Any Level Can Add to Life ExpectancyAccording to the National Institutes of Health, physical activity "even if done at relatively low levels and regardless of body weight, can extend life expectancy." |
Tea: From the Perspective of a Health AidAccording to researchers at the 5th International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health, held on September 20, 2012, at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), you may be overlooking a pretty remarkable health-improvement aid. |
Recognizing Ischemic Stroke Victims, Cardiac Arrest in Athletes, West Nile VirusIn the never-ending quest to lower the number of deaths from cardiovascular events for first responders and the overall population of the United States, we continue to search for ways to prevent and to treat these conditions more effectively. One of this column's objectives is to present information that could possibly bring us closer to these goals by presenting more "clues." |
Gastrointestinal Distress: Check Your Blood Pressure MedsResearchers at Mayo Clinic have reported an association between Benicor® (Olmesartan) prescribed for high blood pressure and symptoms of celiac disease, including chronic diarrhea and substantial weight loss. |
Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Boosting Chance of SurvivalMary Jane Dittmar looks further into the #1 killer of firefighters everywhere. |
Are You Feeling Sick? Check Your Meds!In this overview of the important new book, "Are Your Meds Making You Sick?", Mary Jane Dittmar uncovers some new rules to live by regarding prescription drugs. |
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No matter whether it is an entertaining article in your local newspaper or an excellent political piece in the New Yorker, both make a good read on a rainy day, and you might like to put them in an archive for easier retrieval. Unfortunately, these gems of journalism are not available online, since their publishers haven't taken the plunge into the Web yet. Not a good thing, as printed media take up a lot of room. But do you really want to rent a shed or fill up your bookshelves with row after row of folders?
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Bed bug adults are small, brownish insects, just under a 1/4 inch long and are relatively flat. They are nearly as wide as they are long, and oval in shape. Immature bed bugs (nymphs) resemble the adults, but are much smaller and lighter in color. Newly hatched nymphs are translucent and are no bigger than a pinhead (1 mm about the size of a letter on a penny). The eggs are very small (approximately 1mm), whitish, and very difficult to see on most surfaces without magnification (individual eggs are about the size of a dust speck).
Both immature and adult bed bugs feed exclusively on blood and while they have been shown to feed on other animals such as mice, dogs, cats, rabbits, etc., their primary food source comes from humans. Bed bugs do not live on, or infest people instead they are similar to a mosquito that feeds and then leaves. They are nocturnal insects and spend most of the daylight hours hiding in locations where they are unlikely to be seen. They are most active late at night when the occupants of the structure are sleeping, during which time the come out of their hiding places to feed. They cannot fly or jump instead, they move about by crawling. They are usually associated with the bed so that the bug can be in close association with its food source but can also be found in other areas as well.
Despite the fact that bed bugs feed on blood they have never been shown to be effective at transmitting diseases. As a result while being bitten by bed bugs may be very upsetting, aside from the itchy red welts that may result from their bite, they are not considered a medically important pest. The reaction to the bite can also vary quite a bit from one person to the next. The most common reaction is similar to that of a mosquito bite, however some reactions can be more severe and then there are some individuals do not react at all.
Bed bugs do not simply wander in from the outside; instead they have to be transferred from one infested environment to another. Because of this, bed bugs have evolved into masters of hitchhiking. It is very unlikely that you have a problem with bed bugs if you have not picked up an item that is infested, stayed in an infested environment or had someone visit you that has been in an infested environment.
To prevent bed bugs from getting into your room, do not bring any used or discarded items into your room. Also, if you were at a location you thought could have bed bugs, inspect everything you brought with you (backpack, luggage, etc.) for the presence of bed bugs. Pay special attention to seams, folds, zippers or any other location that provides the bed bugs with a hiding place.
Early detection of bed bugs is very important and will greatly facilitate the ability of pest management professionals to gain control in an efficient manner.
Waking up each morning with bites that were not present the night before is an indication that bed bugs may be present. Bites can occur anywhere on the body, but are most prevalent on the upper body (arms, shoulders, and neck) or lower body (calf area). Not all people react to bed bug bites, however, in many people the bite will appear as a welt or rash and will often occur in rows of two or three bites.
Bed bugs may be seen actively crawling in the room, particularly during the evening hours or when the room is dimly lit.
Blood stains or smears on sheets, pillow cases, or along the edges/corners of mattresses are another sign that bed bugs may be present. They are typically a tar black color.
If you suspect you have bed bugs, the first step is to immediately notify Residence Life who will inspect your room for the aforementioned indicators. You will also need to see Health Services who will give you a referral to visit an area doctor. Once the doctor has given official confirmation that your bites are caused by bed bugs, Health Services will notify Residence Life. Residence Life will then contact the Facilities Department who will schedule a date for the exterminator to treat your room. You will receive notification of when the exterminator will arrive; this is typically no more than 3 days after official confirmation.
If the presence of bed bugs is confirmed in your room, proceed to Step 3.
Our primary goal is to get all of the bed bugs eliminated from your room in as timely a fashion as possible and your cooperation is key in doing so. An important thing to do is to try not to panic. We know having bed bugs is a very stressful situation but be assured we can take care of the problem and we will do so as swiftly as possible.
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Once given permission to return to your room, you may bring your freshly laundered items back into your room and unpack other items that had been bagged up.
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Lunch Ride: Oakley
At first glance, an 11-mile road loop may not seem that challenging. When you roll out and start the loop, however, do not be fooled by the shopping centers and huge intersections. Hidden within these hills is the 1984 Olympic Road Race course, one that would go on to define a whole era of cycling in the United States. Back then, they did a few more laps than the one that makes up the usual Lunch Ride from the Oakley HQ. That should not sway you from trying this ride for yourself. Find the finish line in Mission Viejo and you will also find a map of the entire route embedded into a lamp post. Steve Blick of Oakley, our good friend and ride leader, showed us the points of interest as we traversed one quick lap a few weeks ago. "This was the sight of the infamous illegal feed", or, "Over that hill is where Kobe lives". It is always good to do a new lunch ride with a leader as well-versed as Steve. As we happen to be in an Olympic year, if you find yourself on this ride, a sprint finish is mandatory.
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People can be found riding it pretty much any day of the week, usually around noon.
Interesting Facts and Landmarks
The 1984 Olympic Road Race was won by American Alexi Grewal in a hotly contested sprint finish. See: Velominati article.
Next to Olympiad Road is Florence Griffith Joyner Olympic Park.
This ride comes equipped with its very own finish line built into the pavement in Mission Viejo.
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If you wish to submit your lunch ride to the collection please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, take a look at the continually updated schedule of the Rapha Mobile Cycle Club to see if Hennie will be in your neighborhood.
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23rd May 2012 02:49pm
nice story.
I cannot help but shudder at the site of a cross bike on tarmac. do 6 hill reps to repent this act.
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23rd May 2012 04:34pm
Can he shoulder the bike for the hill reps?!
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23rd May 2012 09:06pm
Jon - it warms my heart just to know that you're still following along. Hill repeats to follow.
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Nice bar tape -- is that designed like a topo-map? What is it, I wonder?
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Jeff, it is the MASH Cinelli topo tape : http://shop.mashsf.com/collections/cinelli/products/mash-cinelli-topo-tape
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It was a defining image of the Great Recession: floundering college grads stuck back home, living in mom and dad's basement. But while rooted in some truth, that picture doesn't show fully how the prolonged economic downturn broadly impacted people in their early 20s, according to a new study.
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The study contributes to an increasingly voluble national debate over the economic value of a college degree. It doesn't factor in the price — a critical variable when families ask if college is worth it. Average tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 5 percent this year to $8,655 this year, according to the College Board, while two-thirds of the graduating class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, borrowing on average $26,600.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Sebastian Holst makes yoga mobile applications with his wife, a yoga instructor.
The Mobile Yogi is sold in all the major mobile-app stores. But when someone buys his app in the Google Play store, Holst automatically gets something he said he didn't ask for: the buyer's full name, location and email address.
He said consumers are not aware that Google Inc. is sharing their personal information with third parties. No other app store transmits users' personal information to third-party developers when they buy apps, he said.
"Google is not taking reasonable steps to ensure that this data is used correctly," said Holst, whose app has 120,000 users.
Google is coming under fire just as regulators in the U.S. and abroad are stepping up their scrutiny of how all the players in the industry — mobile apps, stores, advertising networks and others — handle consumers' private information. Regulators are pushing for greater transparency about what information is collected by apps and how it's shared.
In an email, Google defended how Google Play operates.
"Google Wallet shares the information necessary to process a transaction, which is clearly spelled out in the Google Wallet Privacy Notice," Google said.
Barry Schwartz, Search Engine Land's news editor, said he prefers it that way.
"I want to be able to service my customers, and yes, they are my customers, not Google's, and not Apple's customers. They download our products. They call the developer with questions. We provide them the tools and the content. They are our customers," Schwartz wrote in a blog post. " Apple doesn't tell us who our customers are, and when we need that information to verify ownership or to give refunds, we are left with blindfolds on. Google, in my opinion, does it right by making the user who downloads the app our customer."
But Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Search Engine Land, said Google should make it clear to consumers that their information is being shared with third-party developers.
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Launch of New Mobile Projectors by NEC
NEC Asia made an announcement on launch of four new mobile digital projectors. The new projectors are the new addition to NEC's existing NP Value Series. the NP110, NP115, NP210 and NP215 digital projectors use the Texas instruments DLP engine. The new projectors provide a brightness of up to 2500 lumens and high contrast images as well as number of other features at an affordable prices thanks to the new DLP engine. The new NP series projectors includes a 7-watt speaker, built-in closed captioned and ECO Mode technology capable of extending lamp life for up to 5000 hours and lowering power consumption (0.71W in standby mode). Read more


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How so? If they fill the vacant position that he is currently doing, they will have to pay the same salary but also benefits. How would that be saving taxpayers money?
Because you are paying almost twice as much and encouraging this double dip at the taxpayers expense. Why encourage this behavior? They are abusing the system. If he is able and willing to work, don't " retire".
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LAFEST (Los Angeles Film & Entertainment Soccer Tournament) is kicking off their first annual entertainment industry soccer event on Sunday March 24, 2013 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. The all-day event will feature a 5v5 entertainment industry soccer tournament, a youth soccer showcase and tournament and culminate with the 4th Annual Mia Hamm & Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge. LAFEST will be the preeminent soccer event of its kind on the West Coast, bringing together film, entertainment, media and advertising professionals and celebrities who are passionate about soccer. In addition to Soccer Hall of Famer and former US Women's National Soccer Team Captain Mia Hamm, Survivor: Africa Winner and Grassroot Soccer Co-Founder Ethan Zohn and former Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodger great Nomar Garciaparra, the event expects to welcome celebrity participants from the entertainment and sports worlds. A full list of participants will be announced. Proceeds will be donated to the Mia Hamm Foundation and Grassroot Soccer.
For more information, please visit: http://www.lafest.net/
The Fourth Annual Mia Hamm & Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge took place on July 31st 2011, at Kastles Stadium at the Wharf in Washington, DC. The event was a sell-out and as a result, the atmosphere was more exciting than ever.
The soccer game included a fun mix of both celebrities and athletes. Participants included players such as Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, U.S. Women's National Team Players Alex Morgan, Ali Krieger, Heather O'Reilly and Tobin Heath, former DC United star Eddie Pope, Boston Celtics Jeff Green, and Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall.
Presenting sponsor FC Barcelona included the event as part of their U.S. Summer Tour and Head Coach Pep Guardiola played in the game as well. Other sponsors and partners included Nike, Gatorade, Dannon, Mission, ViaCord, and Microsoft.
Over 200 people registered at the event for the Be The Match National Marrow Donor Registry, the highest number for the event yet and nearly $100,000 was raised for the Mia Hamm Foundation and Children's National Medical Center.
Support for Transplant Patients and Families - I understand first hand the pain associated with having a family member who needs a marrow or cord blood transplant. In 1997, my brother Garrett passed away from complications related to aplastic anemia. Through an all-star exhibition soccer match, "The Garrett Game", we are able to raise awareness and funds for bone marrow disease research, and to support families through the marrow transplant process. At halftime in the 2001Garrett Game we brought together marrow donors with recipients for the first time. It was clearly my most satisfying moment away from the field.
Young Women in Sports - Needless to say, I would not have had the life experiences to date without other pioneers who worked tirelessly to provide opportunities for women in sport. Although I am encouraged by the growth of opportunities for girls, I am committed to continue the progress made in the last decade. It is my goal to help further the development of programs and initiatives for young women in sports.
With these issues in mind the mission of the Mia Hamm Foundation is as follows:
"The Mia Hamm Foundation is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for families in need of a marrow or cord blood transplant and the development of more opportunities for young women to participate in sport."
2004 was an incredible bookend to my soccer journey. The gold medal in Athens and our special farewell game in November was an unforgettable way for me to wrap up my career. The sport of soccer has been so good to me and I only hope that I have left it in a better place than when I started playing years ago.
As I enjoy the next stage of my life, with my family, I will continue to give back and have more time to dedicate to the causes which are near and dear to me. We are excited that the Foundation continues to promote opportunities for young women in sports and we remain committed to helping marrow and cord blood transplant patients and their families cope with the difficult challenges they face each day.
Without the support and kindness of our friends and partner
organizations, we could not continue to raise awareness and much-needed
funds. I am very grateful for your hard work in helping our hopes and
dreams become a reality. Thanks for being a part of The Mia Hamm
Foundation and we look forward to more exciting times ahead.
Mia is widely recognized as the world's best all-around women's soccer player. In Atlanta at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games she proved it by leading her team to Team Gold in front of 80,000 screaming fans in Athens, Georgia. Never in history had so many spectators come out to watch a women's sporting event. The Games highlighted female athletes like no other time in modern history and Mia emerged as one of the Game's true examples for people of all ages who have a dream and go for it. The 1999 Women's World Cup, where the USA took home the championship in front of 40 million viewers in this country alone, sold over 650,000 tickets, including sellouts at Giants Stadium and the Rose Bowl. There is no stopping women's soccer and Mia's enormous impact, both on and off the field.
Mia played collegiately at UNC and led her team to four consecutive NCAA championships. Her awards and accomplishments only tell part of the story of this remarkable athlete; she gives much of her precious free time to charitable causes and strives, in anything she does, to promote women's athletics, the sport of soccer, and a feeling of confidence and sense of purpose in young people.
Mia was the youngest player ever to play for our National Team (age 15) and retired in 2004 after 17 years, 2 World Championships, and 2 Olympic Gold medals. Her records in appearances and goals, MVP awards and overall performance put her at the top of the sport. As Phil Knight, Chairman of Nike says, "I think we've had three athletes who just played at a level that added a new dimension to their games. That's been Michael Jordan, in basketball, and in some ways Mia Hamm in women's soccer and Tiger Woods in golf." In April of 1999, Nike named the largest building on its corporate campus after Mia.
Having seen the enormous support her and her teammates received at the '96 and '00 Games, Mia became a founding member of the Women's United Soccer Association and led the Washington Freedom to the Founder's Cup. Poised, articulate and honest, Mia is a pioneer in her sport and a role model for athletes and fans alike who believe in equal opportunity, Title IX legislation, and the love of the game.
- Youngest woman (at age 15) ever to play with the U.S. National Team (1987)
- Won 4 NCAA championships with the University of North Carolina (1989, 1990, 1992, & 1993)
- Named to NCAA All-Tournament Team (1989 & 1990)
- All-American and ACC Player of the Year (1990, 1992, & 1993)
- Led the nation in scoring at the collegiate level (1990, 1992, & 1993)
- Youngest player (at age 19) on the World Championship-winning U.S. Team at FIFA Women's World Cup (1991)
- Won the Missouri Athletic Club and Hermann Awards for Outstanding Collegiate Soccer (1992 & 1993)
- Completed collegiate career as ACC's all-time leading scorer in goals (103), assists (72) and points (278) (1993)
- Leading scorer (with six goals) of silver medal winning U.S. Team at the World Univeristy Games (1993)
- Named U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year (1994 -1998)
- Had her UNC number (19) retired (1994)
- Received the prestigious Honda-Broderick Award as the nation's outstanding female collegiate athlete (1994 & 1995)
- First place, U.S. CONCACAF Qualifying Championship - scored six goals in three games (1994)
- Third-place, U.S. Team FIFA Women's World Championships; started all games and scored twice during Cup (1995)
- U.S. Women's Cup in Norway - Selected tournament's MVP with five goals and six assists (1995)
- Member of the Gold Medal winning 1996 U.S. Olympic Team in Atlanta
- Named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list (1997)
- U.S. Women's Cup MVP for the second time (1997)
- Women's Sports Foundation Team Athlete of the Year (1997)
- Nominee and finalist, U.S. Olympic Committee's Sportswoman of the Year (1996 & 1997)
- Winner, ESPN's "Espy" award for Female Athlete of the Year (1998)
- Amateur Athletic Foundation World Trophey recipient (1998)
- Member of Gold-Medal winning team at the Goodwill Games in New York City (1998)
- First U.S. player to score 100 goals in their career, scored at U.S. Cup in Rochester (1998)
- Became the world's leading goal scorer in international competition, male or female (1999)
- Had Nike's largest building on it's corporate campus named after her (1999)
- Formed the Mia Hamm Foundation (1999)
- Lead the U.S. to the World Championship at FIFA Women's World Cup (1999)
- Winner, ESPN's "Espy" award for Female Athlete of the Year and Soccer Player of the Year (1999)
- Member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team -- awarded Silver Medal in Sydney
- Founding member of the Women's United Soccer Association (2001)
- Began career in WUSA with the Washington Freedom & led all Freedom scorers in goals & assists (2001)
- Named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year (2001 & 2002)
- Averaged a goal every 63 minutes and tallied 3 game-winning goals for the Freedom (2001)
- Led Freedom to Founder's Cup championship game (2002)
- Best season in the WUSA: Led the WUSA in assists with 11 and tied for the league-lead in game-winning goals with 4 (2003)
- Assisted in Washington Freedom's success as Founder's Cup Champions (2003)
- Graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in September; only the second female soccer player to appear on the cover (2003)
- Member of Bronze Medal-winning U.S. Team at the FIFA Women's World Cup -- her fourth appearance in a World Cup tournament (2003)
- Currently holds record as world's all-time leading scorer, male or female, with 158 goals scored in international competition (December 2004)
-Member of 2004 U.S. Olympic Team--awarded Gold Medal in Athens, Greece.
-Elected as first soccer player to carry the U.S. Flag for the Olympic Closing Ceremonies (2004)
-Played her last international soccer game of her career on December 8, 2004 in Carson, CA.
- Gave birth to twin daughters, Ava and Grace, on March 27th 2007, with husband Nomar Garciaparra.
- Inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York in August of 2007.
Mia Hamm Foundation is one of several organizations that:
The need for bone marrow donors from ethnically and racially diverse communities is especially acute. Mia Hamm Foundation and the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) are committed to diversifying the NMDP Registry of potential bone marrow donors and cord blood units. The NMDP is a non-profit organization that facilitates unrelated bone marrow and cord blood transplants as a single point of access. Corporations, non-profit organizations and civic groups across the country are working to educate the public and support bone marrow disease research and treatment efforts.
Mia's Personal Commitment
Mia Hamm has participated in several events to support bone marrow
disease research. She is a member of the board of directors for The
Marrow Foundation and has joined the NMDP Registry to encourage others
to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors.
Celebrity Soccer Challenge
In 2008, Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra will host a celebrity soccer
challenge benefiting Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Mia Hamm
Foundation. Donations from the Celebrity Soccer Challenge will benefit
bone marrow transplant patients and their families. All proceeds from
the event will benefit funds set up at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
The Celebrity Soccer Challenge's inspiration and predecessor was the
Garrett Game, a soccer exhibition game named after Mia's late brother,
Garrett, who died in 1997 from a bone marrow disease.
Did You Know?
For more information about the NMDP, call 1 (800) MARROW-2 or visit www.marrow.org. Join the NMDP Registry online by visiting www.marrow.org/join.
*Facts courtesy of the National Marrow Donor Program
Visit the following Web sites for more information:
National Marrow Donor Program (www.marrow.org)
The Bone Marrow Foundation (www.bonemarrow.org)
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics. Title IX states:
"No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
Athletics has created the most controversy regarding Title IX, but its gains in education and academics are notable. Before Title IX, many schools saw no problem in refusing to admit women or having strict limits. Some statistics highlighting the advancements follow:
Title IX and its application to intercollegiate athletics:
Title IX governs the overall equity of treatment and opportunity in athletics while giving schools the flexibility to choose sports based on student body interest, geographic influence, a given school's budget restraints, and gender ratio. In other words, it is not a matter of women being able to participate in wrestling or that exactly the same amount of money is spent per women's and men's basketball player. Instead, the focus is on the necessity for women to have equal opportunities as men on a whole, not on an individual basis.
In regard to intercollegiate athletics, there are three primary areas that determine if an institution is in compliance:
Appraisal of compliance is on a program-wide basis, not on a sport-by-sport basis.
Athletic Financial Assistance
First, financial assistance must be awarded based on the number of male and female athletes. The test is financial proportionality. The total amounts of athletics aid must be substantially proportionate to the ratio of male and female athletes.
Accommodation of Athletic Interests & Abilities
Second, the selection of sports and the level of competition must effectively accommodate the students' interests and abilities. There are 3 factors that are looked at consecutively.
Other Program Areas
Third, all other benefits, opportunities, and treatments afforded sports participants are to be equivalent, but not necessarily identical. Title IX specifically looks at the following program components:
One example of an organization doing great work is the Women's Sports Foundation.The Women's Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport. http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org
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My period isn't late yet, but I really feel like I'm pregnant. Am I crazy? How early can I do a home pregnancy test?
Early pregnancy often feels just like a period about to start, but some women notice the effects of the early rise in hCG levels, which can result in breast tenderness. A pregnancy test is the best way to determine if you are pregnant, and a blood test is the most accurate, particularly in early pregnancy. Home tests are accurate when used according to package instructions, usually not until the first day of your missed period. Some brands now offer results up to five days sooner, although with decreased accuracy. (Read more about the early signs of pregnancy.)
My periods are usually very regular, but the last one was late. Could that mean I was pregnant and miscarried?
It is possible. Ten to 25 percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, including many pregnancies that women aren't even aware of because they occur very early. You would not experience more cramping with an early miscarriage, and the only way to know that you were pregnant and miscarried would be with a blood test. Having a late period one or two times a year is in fact normal and often due to stress, travel, exercise, or illness.
Is it possible to have a normal period after conception?
After conception, some people have a small amount of spotting around the time of their period called implantation bleeding, but it is not like a normal period. Spotting is very light bleeding (usually brown) and lasts only one to two days. This is different from a period which lasts four to five days and is heavier in flow. Women may spot during the first trimester, but you cannot be pregnant and get a true period.


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Welcome to the Partner Center!
The new DMA Partners program seeks the support of individuals, corporations, and foundations desiring to be a part of the Museum's efforts to deliver access to its extensive collection and diverse public programs. While DMA Partners receive benefits commensurate with their giving, their philanthropic involvement with the DMA enables the Museum to provide free admission and membership to the community at large.
DMA Partners can support the Museum via one of eleven different giving levels, ranging from $100 to $25,000. These levels were selected after careful review of philanthropic interests and motivations, and the resulting benefits are responsive to donor research conducted by the DMA in 2009 and 2010. In addition to retaining some of the most preferred benefits, the program adds new dimensions of access and experiences—some of which overlap with awards for especially engaged DMA Friends to encourage dialogue between the two groups.


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Can I suggest you have a look at the GPU2 folding client at this link You will be contributing to much larger protein folding (they reserve the big ones for the GPU's) and getting about 10X the points that you will get with your CPU client. You can even run both the CPU and GPU clients at the same time. On my machine, when running the GPU client alone, my Core1 utilization goes up to 100% and Core2 remains idle. When I kick in the CPU folding Core1 remains at 100% and Core0 goes to about 70% utilization. Even in this state the system seems fine for wen browsing and such. If I want to game I just pause both clients and turn them back on when I am done.
Running both now, think the GPU one is doing its connecting thing, as for my CPU one is now done 2% Who knew this could be so easy, yet so helpful? Holy crap i'm already at 3% with my GPU one. Woot WOOT!
GPU folding is FAST alot faster then most CPUs. *off topic* i just spilled my damn energy drink on my lap
Congrats to everyone for your efforts, they are truly appreciated. I have been considering a 4 x GPU rig for about a month now. After careful consideration, I am pleased to announce that TPU will have it's 1st GPU monster online in about a week. The rig will consist of the following Hardware: MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard AMD Athlon X2 BE2400 CPU 4 x EVGA 9600 GSO 384mb Corsair 750 TX PSU 2gb OCZ DDR2 1066mhz Windows XP SP2 (Vista is complicated with multi-gpu) I will post some pics when it's assembled. Considering installing it on test bench for cooler hardware temps. Depending on the WU, it should average between 12k to 19k PPD. This should give some additional boost on our journey to the top 100. I want to thank everyone who has joined the team in the past few days.
Joined, crunching on 1 single core (athlon 64 3000), 1 dual core (x2 4400), and soon to be on my laptop hopefully. Do you guys know if the 8800M GTX gpu is supported for the GPU client?
the mobile cards should support cuda, so it should work. I'd be wary of the laptop overheating, however.
It's the Clevo M570RU, gaming laptop, and IF it did start getting too hot, i'd gladly use the Fn+1 shortcut to crank the fans to 100% . But being the gaming/desktop replacement that it is, I hope it can handle some heat, has done me well so far. I can play any games and still have it sit in my lap. @ Skitzo I don't understand all the references in that chart, but does the overtake column mean that at our current rate we'll over take 4 places in ~7 days?
Also, seperate topic here: On my x2 4400+, I'm attempting (I think successfully) to run 2 single core clients on it, but would it be better to run the multicore client instead?
Yes, the multi-core client is more efficient at utilizing multiple cores, and does more advanced work than the single core client.
Multi core client is the SMP client you gotta go into the performance FAH page, small link at the bottom of the download page...same place the GPU client is found. Affinity changer does some good too..even on the new client. It's working great with dual and quads (intel that is).
How do you calculate PPD? I will definately try out Affinity. I also wondered when installing this how the AMD Dual core optimizer affects all of this, soon to be tested once I know how to get PPD.
Infinity Changer does not work for AMD CPU's. It actually decreases PPD in some cases AFAIK. Just google it. If you have an AM2/AM2+ mobo, you do not need dual core optimizer.
Yeah I read about AMD's not working with the changer, but wanted to do some testing with and without the DC optimizer to see what difference it made either way. No AM2/+ here, my x2 4400+ is 939, and my athlon 64 3000 is 754 woo! (My laptop in my specs is a bit better)


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Mon, May 23, 2011 | 06:41 BST
Debate over: Video games now officially art
Are games art? Yes. They are. Don't argue! It's the law.
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Art of Video Games voting open
The Smithsonian's Art of Video Games exhibit has an incredible body of work to choose from, and the curators are seeking your assistance in doing just that. Voting has opened on the selection of just 240 representative titles from four decades of gaming goodness, with only eighty earmarked for inclusion in the final exhibit.
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Dyack says games are art, "gameplay is not everything"
During his talk at Develop, Denis Dyack stated that gameplay is not everything when it comes to developing a title, and the aesthetic value must be considered an integral part.
Basically, games are art.
"Gameplay is not everything," said Dyack. "If you look at the most popular games today, they are far more narrative-focused. If games are to follow the trajectory of films, then the dominance of gameplay will diminish in place of an increased focus and importance on gaming's stories and the ways in which they are told.
"It's an unpopular viewpoint. But I don't believe that gameplay is the most important aspect to games. I have a theory: that engagement is greater than or equal to art plus story plus gameplay plus audio plus technology. It's all of these things combined, and one is not more important than another.
"While I think that narrative is going to become more and more dominant, possibly superseding gameplay, narrative is not the be all and end all. However, I think we will move towards a place where games can be a success because of more than just their gameplay, because of their music, their internal architecture and so on.
"That video games are art is quite obvious to me. The new synthesis is interactivity and gameplay. Instead of moving pictures, that which movies brought to art, we now have interactivity as the glue that brings together all the previous artistic elements.
"It's ridiculous to claim that video games aren't art because they speak the language of film. I would encourage us to apply filmic technique to our creations. If you can replicate these techniques extraordinarily well, then your game will resonate with people on a deep level."
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose nation Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has openly advocated destroying, said last year that Iran probably would have the capability to make a nuclear weapon by this spring or summer. The question was whether the economic sanctions would collapse the regime before then. That does not seem likely. So, now what?
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