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DENVER - As reporters huddled around Diamondbacks' Chris Young on Sunday afternoon, teammate Justin Upton yelled from across the room. "Ask him how his back feels," Upton said.
You know, from carrying the team.
Young did it again Sunday, homering and driving in three runs as the Diamondbacks avoided a sweep with a 5-2 win over the Colorado Rockies at a cold and rainy Coors Field.
Right-hander Trevor Cahill threw 71/3 strong innings, rebounding from what was a shaky debut with his new team, and reliever Bryan Shaw got the final four outs, carrying the load on a day manager Kirk Gibson wanted to stay away from primary late-inning men David Hernandez and J.J. Putz.
But, again, Young was the star, as he has been over and over in the season's first nine games. His home run, a two-run shot off Rockies left-hander Drew Pomeranz, was his fourth, and he added an RBI single and drew a walk. His average is at .364, his on-base at .475 and he's driven in more than a quarter of the Diamondbacks' runs.
"He's been huge for us," catcher Miguel Montero said. "He's pretty much picking up the team and carrying the team himself.
"He looks like a different hitter. He's not just going up there swinging. He knows what he wants to do. He's been patient, walking a lot more and having good at-bats. Even when he makes an out he's having a quality at-bat."
But Young says he doesn't feel all that different -- and, in a way, that's what's different. In seasons past, he has been about as streaky a player as the Diamondbacks have had, someone capable of a weeklong home-run binge in May before going a month without one later in the summer.
He doesn't feel as locked in as he has in the past, and in some ways, he thinks that might be a good thing.
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In hopes of avoiding the peaks and valleys, he's been quicker to analyze his swing than in previous years. In the past, it might take a week of struggles for him to start tinkering. Now, he says, if an at-bat doesn't feel right, he'll wonder why.
"Can I try to make an adjustment for that next at-bat and not let it get to that point?" Young said. "I'm not saying it never will, but that's what the plan is."
It worked last week during a game in San Diego, when he raced to the clubhouse mid-game to review video of an at-bat. He saw something in his swing, tweaked it and wound up crushing the go-ahead home run later in the night.
On Sunday, he jumped on a full-count fastball from Pomeranz and sent it 10 rows deep in left-center field.
"He's put us up quite a few games" second baseman Aaron Hill said. "You don't want to know what it would be like without him."
Cahill cruises: After walking six men in his first start with the Diamondbacks last week, right-hander Trevor Cahill told catcher Henry Blanco all he wanted to do was throw strikes; if the Rockies hit him, so be it.
He did, but the Rockies couldn't. Cahill gave up just one run on four hits and two walks in 71/3 innings.
"I was just trying to keep it down and fortunately enough they were kind of beating it into the ground and that's usually a sign of when I'm on," Cahill said. "It was pretty cold (48 degrees at first pitch) so it was probably uncomfortable to hit. So that probably helped out a lot."
Big play: With a runner on first in the fifth, Colorado's Chris Nelson hit a popup into shallow right field. Second baseman Aaron Hill raced back, made an over-the-shoulder catch and immediately spun and fired to first for a double play.
"As a baserunner, I know that on a ball like that, it's a tough play," he said. "You want to get to second. If you don't, it drops and (right fielder Justin) Upton may pick it up and throw you out at second. So he's got to get off a little bit. It worked out for us."
Running ragged: The Diamondbacks entered Sunday with six steals in nine attempts, but they went 4 for 4 running on Colorado rookie Drew Pomeranz.
"If there's something available, then you take it," manager Kirk Gibson said. "We felt there was. He was a young kid and we pushed the envelope there and the guys did a good job of that. I think he got a little unraveled there from time to time."
One thing the Diamondbacks did well last season was avoid losing skids, and after losing back-to-back games for the first time this season, they were able to prevent the sweep with a win on Sunday. After getting swept in San Francisco May 10-12, they were swept in just one other series, vs. the Atlanta Braves in August. They're not always going to be firing on all cylinders -- they weren't this weekend -- and those are the times it's important to steal a win here and there.
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Everyone knows Johnny Depp modeled his Pirates of the Caribbean antihero Capt. Jack Sparrow after Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. But would Depp be willing to lend his considerable talents to a project centered around the Stones chief rock n roll rival, The Beatles?
Only if Liam Gallagher gets his way. The former lead singer for the British outfit Oasis (which borrowed heavily from the Beatles songwriting book) is adapting a feature film based on Richard DiLello's 1973 memoir The Longest Cocktail Party. The book details the Beatles final days, exploring their relationship with the Apple Corps. label. Depp is being recruited to play Derek Taylor, the Beatles publicist at the time, according to Q Magazine.
Gallagher said that the script is finished, and is gonna blow peoples minds. He added that the part of Taylors got Depp written all over it man.
Given their cultural impact and rich rock history, Im honestly surprised there have not been more movies made about The Beatles. Whole chapters could be written about the bands early success, their drug-enhanced creative middle period, and -- of course -- their complicated finale. Im unfamiliar with DiLellos book, but am going in picking it up. Im also interested in seeing what Gallagher and his production team can do with a Beatles biopic, of sorts, especially if Depps involved.
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I'm in the UK and looking at buying a Gitzo tripod and the prices in Korea seem significantly lower than anywhere else. The seller Koreagadget on eBay in particular has very competitive prices, and good feedback from around the world. Even after duties, VAT the saving is potentially significant.
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In SoCal, the road racing season starts Jan. 12 with the Ontario Shitfest Grand Prix, and ends September 7 with the Droopy Breasts and Leaky Prostate Old Persons' National Championships. That's nine months of racing, about the same amount of time it takes to gestate a baby.
We're fast approaching the end of the first trimester, so I thought it would be a great time to do a mid-season analysis of who's doing what, when, how, where, and why, and maybe even make a few predictions for the rest of the season. It's the time of year that you start to hear the rumbling and grumbling of "Are WE the next Labor Power?" And it's as good a time as any to say, "No, you aren't. You are to Labor Power what a dingleberry is to a dinosaur turd."
To be clear, the bar set by Labor Power is unattainable, so quit trying to be its heir. What do I mean?
- Labor Power rode the ugliest kits ever. No matter how stupid and repulsive your outfit is, Labor Power's was worse. If Roger and Chris couldn't sublimate an abortion, no one could.
- Labor Power was the cheapest team ever. Your team spends more on water bottles than Roger spent on his team car, race entries, and kits. Labor Power was so tight with money that even bike racers considered them cheap.
- Labor Power won more races in a season than most teams today even enter. In 2002 they had 110 first place finishes in everything from crits to road races to stage races to track events to circle jerks. They were so dominant that if you finished 2nd or 3rd no one cared. At all.
- In 2003 they only won 103 races. Get it? "Only" 103. So quit bragging about your string of ten wins.
- In 2004, they won the ELITE men's national championships with Chris Walker putting everyone to the sword. This isn't the shrunken and leaky prostate division, folks, it's the full-sized, covered-with-dog-hair testicle race. And Labor Power won it.
- From 2005 to 2007, the year that Roger imploded with a full brain-and-hip replacement, no one from Labor Power wound up in prison.
So just in case you're wondering whether your string of seven or eight victories puts you in the "Labor" class, the answer is "No. It doesn't. Not even close."
Is there any hope for this younger, weaker generation?
Yes! Great things have been accomplished so far in 2014. Let me tell you about them.
- Jessica Cerra is the best all-around racer in SoCal, if not the USA. She wins hilly, windy, brutal road races. She wins four-corner crits. She time trials. Best of all, she's always ready with a smile and encouragement before she tears your ego out and pops it in the shredder. Plus, she makes a mean Harmony Bar. Word on the street is that sooner rather than later she'll be snatched up by a pro team.
- Rahsaan Bahati has confirmed (again) that he's the fastest and best crit racer in America. 2014 has seen Rahsaan absolutely tear things up in the pro crits, and the only people who've been able to give him a consistent run for his money are Corey and Justin Williams. Over the last decade Rahsaan has remained the single best crit racer in America. And he still shows up on the local Tues/Thurs NPR in L.A. to smack down the locals. Sometimes, literally.
- Charon Smith's legend keeps growing. What began as a wanker who couldn't glue on a tire (crashing at Eldo thanks to a rolled front tire on the last lap) has metamorphosed into the most consistent winning masters racer in SoCal. Charon's always there to encourage, to lift up, and to laugh — unless you're muscling for the sprint, in which case you're going to learn the disappointment of second place.
- Surf City Cyclery has put together premier masters crit racing club. Along with Charon we've seen Kayle Leogrande, Ben Travis, and other SCC riders keep a stranglehold on the SoCal crit circuit. Will they ever venture out from the safety of four corner crits? I'm guessing … no.
- Kings of the road? That title goes to Monster Media and the Troublesome Trio of Phil Tinstman, Gary Douville, and Chris DeMarchi. These three musketeers have dominated in the hardest, most grueling masters' road races that SoCal has to offer, taking impressive wins at Boulevard, Punchbowl, and Castaic. If you plan to win a 35+ road race, take a ticket and stand in line. A long line.
- Biggest contingent of women racers? That's Monster Media again, with Emily Georgeson, Patricia Calderon, Suzanne Sonye, Shelby Reynolds, and a host of other strong women riders taking wins and letting promoters know that women race and they race in numbers.
- Best all-around team? That's SPY-Giant-RIDE, of course. Not just one-trick crit ponies, the SPY team has won races in every division from women's to extremely old and mostly brokedown 50+ geezers. (That's you, DJ.) With two big wins against the Surf City machine — Derek Brauch and Aaron Wimberley — SPY has also taken stage race victories in the 45+ division with Greg Lonergan, as well as stage wins with Kyle Bausch. However, SPY's strongest division is the pack-fodder category, topped by Wankmeister, who is able to convincingly defend 52nd place against all comers. SPY's dominance in 'cross is also unparalleled, and SPY promises to again put riders in the top-1o of the hardest road event in America: The SPY Belgian Waffle Ride.
- The top of the mark in the Pro/1/2 division seems pretty much occupied by the Jakroo/Maxxis team. However, since they're all under the age of 40 I don't really pay much attention to them and assume that the weakest rider in that category is faster than me by a factor of ten.
- You'd be crazy not to acknowledge that the one team that is over-the-top in terms of filling categories with its riders and therefore PROMOTING the sport of bike racing is Big Orange. This South Bay conglomeration of wankers packs the fields in every division. Hats off to a club whose emphasis isn't just on racing, but on encouraging people to get out there and have a go.
- Young punk getting outta town? That would be Diego Binatena, who, after an early season of consistent top-10 finishes and a few key victories has been invited by Team USA to storm the beaches of Normandy for a Euro campaign.
- The Ageless One: That would be Thurlow, still ripping the legs off of young, snot-nosed punks in the 45+ division. Rumor has it that The Hand of God a/k/a THOG is going to celebrate his 400th birthday this year, but we know that's a lie. He's older than that.
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Year in review's stellar performers: Diego Binatena
November 21, 2011 § 1 Comment
It was barely a year ago that Diego, at the tender age of 14, finished Day One of Team Ironfly's MT III, the 500-mile epic slog from San Jose to Redondo Beach. We had just finished 70.3 miles and almost 8,000 feet of climbing when we rolled into Santa Cruz. Diego was a tad, shall we say, tired? He checked into his hotel room, collapsed on the bed in his salty, nasty, smelly kit, and went to sleep. For fifteen hours straight.
Somewhere between curling up in a fetal ball on the floor of a cheap motel room in 2010, and the slopes of the Switchbacks in 2011, Diego found an even stronger pair of legs. It was a Saturday in March or April, and there was still a group of about five left before the third turn on the Switchbacks. Diego, who was sitting on the front, launched. We all looked at each other, and since none of us was riding a motorcycle, he continued on, gradually disappearing from sight to take the KOM without, it seemed, breaking a sweat.
As Charlie Sheen would say…Winnnnnning!!
Diego got warmed up in 2011 by nailing second in the Valley of the Sun Stage Race, third in the UCLA Road Race on the gruesome Devil's Punchbowl course, fourth in the Callville Bay Classic's crit and fourth in the crit at the San Dimas Stage Race. With his legs sufficiently warmed, he launched into late March by winning the crit and road race at the Madera County Stage Race. In April he stood atop the podium again at the San Diego Cyclo-Vets crit.
For the vast majority of us, any one of those results would justify a season. For Diego? Just getting started.
At the Sea Otter Classic Road Race in a stacked field containing the top junior racers on the West Coast, our boy from Playa del Rey pulled off a win that can only be described as epic. With twenty miles to the line he hit the gas, gapped the field, and pulled away with one other rider. They worked together until 3k to go, when Diego decided that company at the finish line was not going to be on the menu that particular day. He accelerated, dropped his breakaway companion like a 200-lb. bag of Redi-Crete, and put more than two minutes into second place over the final 1.8 miles.
In April, Diego beat back all challengers with a decisive win at the LA Circuit Race to claim another win for 2011. In May he nailed third place at the Barrio Logan crit, and followed it with a win at the Ontario crit in June. When he got home, he noticed a small corner on his trophy shelf that didn't have anything on it, so he made the trip to Bakersfield for the state championship road race, won that, and is now in the process of building a new shelf.
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As part of the 2011 USA Cycling 15/16 European Development Camp, Diego and five other Americans hit the Belgian cobbles in August. Their race schedule included four kermesses and a stage race. The four-day West Flanders Cycling Tour was over the top in difficulty, as Diego found himself thrown into an aggressive, fast, no-holds barred style of racing. Unlike American races, where many of the riders are pack fodder from the beginning, and they know it, in Belgium it seemed as if every single guy was going for the win.
In the Heestert Kermesse, with the rain pouring down on a cold afternoon, Diego launched from the field in the 63k kermesse with 3k to go and tore victory from the teeth of 97 other disappointed competitors. Being part of the team in the West Flanders stage race meant that Diego saw action supporting his teammate Geoffrey, who won the prologue to claim the yellow jersey.
After stage two, the leader's jersey shifted onto the back of another member of the American squad. Diego went down in a crash and flatted, but exhibited the same toughness he'd shown on MT III by chasing his way back to the peloton and finishing with the leaders.
The third stage of the tour was even more brutal. Since the U.S. riders had the leader's jersey from the first day on the Belgians' home turf, no one amongst the enemy had anything to lose. The attacks were constant and relentless, as each of the twenty-five European teams worked together to stymie the hopes of the Americans. By the end of the third day of racing, the hometown Euros had the jersey.
In the end, though, Team USA fought back to reclaim the yellow jersey. On the final day, an attack with 10k to go brought American Logan Owen to the finish with enough of an advantage to win the overall. The teamwork earned a first-ever victory in this tough European stage race for a U.S. National Junior Team. Diego summed it up thus: "Racing in Belgium changed me forever."
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I am curious if anyone can come up with a function which returns the same results, but is faster. It is OK to increase the overall starting and resource overhead of the main application. Requiring a one-time initialization (per application execution, not per call or per string) is OK.
Note that unlike Microsoft, considerations like, "doing it this way will make everything else slower and has costs that make this method stupid!" can be ignored, so it is possible that even assuming Microsoft's is perfect, it can be beaten by doing something "stupid."
This purely an exercise in my own curiosity and will not be used in real code.
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- Using multiple cores (calculating num2 and num independently)
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The famous windmills of the island of Mykonos, Greece. - Photo from Wiki Commons
In his aviator sunglasses, Mykonos's harbourmaster, Lieutenant Jr Nicholaos Zigouris, supervises this elegant race for space.
"It wasn't like this last year or the year before," he says. "There's been a huge leap in the number of private and professional boats sailing in, and the tourist season has barely begun."
Mykonos, the island made famous by Jackie Onassis, is braced to accept one million tourists this summer but it is not only the international jet-set descending on its shores.
The island's economy may be in freefall, its people hit by the harshest peacetime austerity programme ever imposed on an advanced western state, but Greece is back in business.
After three lean years marked by riots, strikes, social upheaval and political unrest, 17 million or so holidaymakers – 1.5 times the country's population and an all-time record – are about to visit, according to officials.
The arrivals have never mattered more. Tourism accounts for almost 20% of GDP - and jobs. With recession-hit Greeks also struggling with a record level of unemployment, which has reached nearly 28%, the highest in the Eurozone, industry earnings this year may well be the only income for many.
Up in the mini-resort that his father, Mykonos's first hotelier, built back in the 1960s, Andreas Fiorentinos says Greeks have learned the hard way to appreciate the benefits of tourism.
"The crisis has taught us that we cannot fool our clients," says Fiorentinos, taking in a spectacular view framed by bobbing yachts below. "And it has made us more aware. People understand how important it is for our economy."
Like many, the third-generation hotelier believes the time has come for Greece to reinvent itself. For too long, he says, the industry has been overly dependent on its image as a destination of sun, sand and sea. "As a result of catering to price-sensitive tourists interested only in drinking and the beach, we have failed to tap into a whole market," he sighs. "It's an outdated model that has to change.
Fiorentinos is also deputy secretary general of EOT, the country's tourism board. "For the past year we've been visiting tourist expos around the world to convey the message that Greece is not only about souvlaki and Zorba the Greek. If it weren't for our lumbering state we would have moved away from those stereotypes long ago."
The efforts to appeal to a broader and more affluent audience - evident in the blossoming of five-star resorts, boutique hotels and gastronomic and cultural tourism - have not been easy.
Breaking old moulds has frequently been thwarted by corruption and vested interests, the twin ills blamed for bringing the country to its knees.
"Take Delos," says Fiorentinos referring to Mykonos's adjacent isle, an archaeological treasure trove and the country's most sacred site. "It was considered the most important place in the ancient world. But do we show it off? No. Every day it closes at 3pm because the (state-run) archaeological service refuses to do otherwise."
In the same vein it has taken nearly 20 years for Mykonos to get a new marina, seen as vital for attracting the fast-growing cruise tourism sector and niche commerce.
This year's sharp rise in numbers has been partly attributed to a 40% increase in travellers on cruise ships, mostly from the US.
But it is not just Westerners who are fuelling this tourism boom. Seated in his air-conditioned Athens office, Andreas Andreadis, who heads the association of Greek tourism enterprises, SETE, says much of Greece's new traffic arises from the lifting of visa restrictions in long-haul emerging markets such as China, Turkey and Russia.
Russian arrivals at regional airports alone have shot up by 230% this year.
"In Moscow, 13,000 visas are issued for Greece every day," Andreadis says. "The volume is so high that SETE has employed 20 of its own people just to help stamp visas."
Airlines have got more than one million extra seats and scores of new routes to the country, including to places such as Mykonos island.
"We are linked to 14 countries and 28 destinations. There are daily flights to London, Milan and Istanbul," says Athanasios Kollias, the air traffic controller at the island's newly expanded airport. "From now on, 120 charters are expected every week. In May the number of passengers flying in from abroad more than doubled."
Summer bookings to Greece from Germany and Britain have also soared. Some of the 15% increase from Germany was attributed to the chancellor, Angela Merkel – because of her insistence on austerity, exhorting her compatriots to visit the country. This month, Lufthansa chose Athens for the inaugural flight of its new flagship plane, the B747-8, the largest aircraft in the world.
For Andreadis the key to sustaining this boom is quality. And on Super Paradise beach, Mykonos's favoured spot for the cool and trendy, the emphasis on improved service is everywhere to be seen. There's a champagne bar at one end and a massage tent at the other as holidaymakers lounge on new sunbeds, under new, thatched, umbrellas, and take in the turquoise waters below.
For people like Nikos Xydakis, who has run a beach taverna for the past 40 years, the new look is not just about survival. "This year we had to do everything, even clean the beach because the state is in no position to help. But in life everything changes. The crisis has played a big role. Our tourists have changed and we have changed too." – Guardian News & Media
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Poking fun at old people doesn't seem very wise. Let's face it, there is a reason old people are the way they are — we just don't know what that reason is because we aren't old yet. But we will be, and when we are I'm sure we'll be yelling at the kids to get off the lawn just as vigorously.
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Governor Michael Rounds announced a gift of $20 million from Mr. Sanford earmarked for The University of South Dakota School of Medicine to ultimately improve the state of healthcare for all South Dakotans.
"I want to personally thank Denny for this most generous gift to The University of South Dakota and for sharing the vision of our 2010 Initiative," said the Governor. "His support will provide more opportunities for our best and brightest medical students to stay right here in the state; retainour bestmedical school teachers and provide enhanced medical teaching techniques; as well as create research opportunities for both the teaching staff and our students. This truly is a great day for healthcare in South Dakota."
The South Dakota Board of Regents also announced the name of the University's School of Medicine will be changed, effective immediately, to the Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota in recognition of the magnitude of Mr. Sanford's gift and its positive consequences for the institution and the state.
"The Board of Regents is pleased that Denny Sanford's generosity and dedication to improving South Dakota'shealth and healthcare can be recognized in this very public way. Many schools of medicine across the country carry the name of benefactors who have unselfishly invested in helping others," said Harvey Jewett, President of the Board of Regents, in making the re-naming announcement. "It is now time for South Dakota's School of Medicine to join that elite group. The Board will therefore take official action today to establishthe Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota."
The general goals of the gift are to enhance the scope, reputation, resources and quality of medical education. In keeping with Mr. Sanford's long established commitment, he has indicated special interest in fostering the further growth and development of the USDSM Pediatrics Department. Sioux Valley Hospital and Sioux Valley Health System have a long history of supporting the USD School of Medicine through financial contributions, physician recruitment and program development. The Sioux Valley Hospital campus serves as a unique and successful teaching location for the education of USD medical students.
"The best investment I can make in the future is bringing to life the vision I share with Governor Rounds, the state Board of Regents, the leadership of Sioux Valley and The University of South Dakota," said Mr. Sanford. "Our common vision is that South Dakota residents enjoy the best health, the finest healthcare and the most outstanding quality of life in the nation."
"I am making this gift to Sioux Valley Hospital, an institution with which I enjoy a strong relationship," he continued. "I have the utmost confidence that in collaboration with Sioux Valley Hospital, the Sanford Medical School will quickly become one of our country's premiere academic medical centers to the benefit of millions of individuals, thousands of families and scores of South Dakota communities in the decades ahead. I am particularly excited at what the School will be able to achieve for the state's youngest citizens, who have a special place in my heart."
Sioux Valley will provide the pledged funds to the University, starting with a donation of $4 million in 2006, followed by $2 million annually for 8 years. "While the state provides a critical base of support for the Medical School, this gift will allow us to do more with what the state contributes," added Mr. Jewett. "It is not a replacement, but an enhancement that will further strengthen the breadth and depth of the Medical School's programs."
Mr. Sanford has been a major benefactor of Sioux Valley Hospital in the recent past, donating $16 million for the construction of a new Sanford Children's Hospital, and very recently making a generous gift to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota which creates collaboration between Sioux Valley Hospital's pediatric specialists with those of the Mayo Clinic.
"This is a momentous day for South Dakota medical education, and for South Dakota public higher education. We are tremendously grateful for Mr. Sanford's generous support," said University of South Dakota President James W. Abbott. "I also want to express our gratitude to Sioux Valley Hospital for its continued commitment to quality healthcare in South Dakota. This gift will help the new Sanford School of Medicine rise to even greater prominence and will help fund our ever-growing research efforts."
According to Rod Parry, M.D., Dean of the USD School of Medicine, the $20 million will create an endowment fund to provide long-term support to the School's faculty, training programs and development. Parry noted the gift is a timely one, given developments in medical education nationwide which are responding to population growth, demographic trends, changes in medical technologies and the looming retirement of a large number of practicing physicians.
"The future at Sanford School of Medicine will be focused on the further development of training programs and research initiatives," said Dr. Parry. "The impact on South Dakotans will be significant because we do exceptionally well in educating our students and residents and a great number of them practice in South Dakota after they complete their medical training."
According to University and Medical School records, some 48 percent of the state's 1,276 current physicians are USD School of Medicine graduates. The School was recently ranked 13th among the nation's 125 medical schools for achievements in Rural Medicine and 27th in the nation for Family Medicine.
Sioux Valley and USD enjoy a close working relationship that has resulted in the creation and growth of a superb academic medical center," said Becky Nelson, President of Sioux Valley Hospital USD Medical Center. "Today's gift is yet another way of commemorating the unique and successful relationship between USD and Sioux Valley and between Sioux Valley and Denny Sanford. We are excited that he has now challenged us to reach higher and dream bigger about how we can enhance these relationships to benefit more people in an even more profound and lasting way."
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1. Tell us more about the reasons for the donations and the donor's philanthropic interest.
Mr. Sanford's contribution is a special way for him to say thank you to the people of South Dakota and help further develop the great institutions of learning and healing that will serve them in years ahead. The institutions he is supporting - The University of South Dakota School of Medicine and Sioux Valley - will ensure that the accessibility to physicians and quality health care is accomplished for all South Dakotans.
He has always believed it is critical to help the youngest members of our society, whether in health care or education. Our future depends on how we nurture our children. He is gratified that this gift will be used to help educate the best and brightest South Dakota young people so that they may serve our communities in years ahead. He believes this gift will strengthen medical education as well as research and patient care involving the School of Medicine and Sioux Valley which will benefit all South Dakotans."
Mr. Sanford's philanthropic interests significantly relate to children and are exemplified in his $16 million contribution for the construction of the Sanford Children's Hospital at Sioux Valley and the recently announced $15 million Mayo Clinic-Sioux Valley T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Collaboration Program and the new pediatric center at Mayo Clinic.
2. Why and how is Sioux Valley involved in the contribution?
Mr. Sanford has an established relationship with Sioux Valley and knows they will help make sure the gift can be used to support programs and initiatives that make a difference in strengthening the School of Medicine. He recognizes the integral role Sioux Valley Hospital University of South Dakota Medical Center plays in supporting future success of the school including faculty and leadership development and research. Sioux Valley will be contributing a total of $20 million over a nine year period for these purposes.
3. What will the gift be used for?
The gift will be used to develop an endowment fund for long-term support to the School of Medicine's Training Program and to develop future growth in the years ahead. Sioux Valley will provide assistance in the meantime with costs associated with leadership and faculty to develop as needed by the School in pursuing its plans for the future.
4. What goals are there for the gift?
The gift will be used to enhance the scope, reputation, resources and quality of medical education at the School of Medicine through program development and coordination between Sioux Valley and the School of Medicine with a specific goal of further development of the School of Medicine's Pediatrics Department.
5. How will the gift benefit South Dakotans?
Improvements in medical education in South Dakota will help train and retain the best doctors for the State. As a result, South Dakotans will have better access to more and better health care services in the future. Enhancing the Medical Schools's overall program will also help facilitate initiatives and contribute to economic development and quality of life throughout communities in the State. This includes the education, research and patient care missions to be supported through the gift and the relationship of the School of Medicine and Sioux Valley.
6. How was it decided to change the name of the Medical School?
The School of Medicine will be renamed Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota in honor of Mr. Sanford's gift. As is the case at other Universities throughout the country, gifts of this magnitude deserve the honor of naming the school after the donor. It is an expression of gratitude and the State is pleased that Mr. Sanford is allowing his name to be used.
7. How does the gift relate to State funding for the Medical School?
State funds underwrite a portion of the School of Medicine's budget and need to remain in place to continue the basic mission of the school. Mr. Sanford's gift will enhance these programs and complement and further develop their ability to achieve best possible medical education programs and service to the State. State funding is essential for this reason.
8. How does the gift support other priorities for South Dakota?
Included in the Governor's 2010 Initiative are key objectives related to research and development. A stronger medical school will help create more capacity for research and development in the State which benefits and supports these important priorities. Success has already been seen in the investment in such programs by increased funding received from outside funding sources. This relates to employment and economic development throughout the State.
9. Tell us more about the relationship between the Medical School and Sioux Valley.
Over the years, Sioux Valley has provided significant support to the buildings, programs and research development associated with the School of Medicine. In keeping with the goals of the gift to enhance the scope, reputation, resources and quality of medical education at the School of Medicine through program development and coordination between Sioux Valley and the school, there will be further opportunities to support the overall goal of these developments.
10. Will other hospitals continue to be involved with the Medical School?
Yes, School of Medicine programming and relationships with other hospitals and providers will not be affected by this gift. The relationships established with Rapid City Regional, Avera, and the VA will not change. Nothing about this donation changes the relationship with Sioux Valley nor the other relationships that the School of Medicine has established and in place with other hospitals in the state.
11. Will other buildings or other developments be part of the gift?
No new facilities are contemplated in association with this gift. The School of Medicine will be completing the construction of the new Medical Building in Vermillion in the near future. Exciting opportunities lie ahead in association with the continued development of infrastructure at the University through the gift's ability to enhance that in areas of training, research and patient care.
12. Mr. Jewett made reference to another $20 million gift. Where is that money coming from ?
In keeping with the spirit and vision of Mr. Sanford's gift, Sioux Valley will continue its ongoing commitment to the South Dakota Health Research Foundation with an additional 20 million dollar capital contribution over the next decade. The South Dakota Health Research Foundation is a successful research partnership established by Sioux Valley and the School of Medicine in 1998".


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Christmas crafts are lots of fun for the kids and make great decorations. u can make this Scrap Paper Christmas Tree out of those small scraps of paper that you just can't throw away. This would be a good fund raising projects for teens.
Paper Scraps (double sided)
Green Cardstock
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Roll a piece of green cardstock into a cone and secure it with glue dots.
Cut your double sided paper into 1" x 3" strips.
Wrap the paper strips around a pen or pencil to make them curl.
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Today, I finally had a chance to put the finishing touches on my Mark V's new drivetrain ( Pictures and details here ) After removing the 1mm bb spacer, my chainline was as close to perfect as I can tell and quiet to boot.
After 10 odd miles of riding, I was thoroughly impressed with the setup. My new 49/18 gear ratio makes spinning, hills and starts a lot easier, although moving a little less per revolution is going to take some getting used to. It's smooth, responsive and stiff, and for not a terrible amount of money.
I'm sort of glad that I opted to go with the sealed cartridge bb, instead of the sugino 75, since there was a decent amount of brown grimey water that came out after the original bb was removed. I also would estimate that my chainline is off by less than a mm, so a 109 wouldn't make a world of difference.
I'd also like to note that the threading on the IRO BB might be a little odd. I make absolutely sure that I wasn't stripping the bb, but there's varying amount of resistance when instaling. Perhaps it's the UN-73 bb.
The stock drivetrain on the IRO is the weakest link, especially if you ride it a lot. While a new chainring might do the trick, money spent on an upgraded drivetrain is mone well spent.


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Time to send a message. Enough is enough!
Re: Time to send a message. Enough is enough!
posted at 12/13/2010 3:26 PM ESTI don't know if the Bruins have the roster to be consistently physical and in-your-face. About half the D can exact a price, but other than the 4th line, I think Lucic is the only hammer on the roster - and the 4th line's not big. Horton has size but hasn't been a hitter since junior. Bergeron is a precision hitter - he picks his spots for some doozies, but it would mean a significant change in his game if you wanted him to hit regularly. Krejci and Ryder will rub guys out on the boards, but you wouldn't say they punish guys. Wheeler's nickname should be "excuse me" (though I still like Proud Mary - Big wheel keep on turning - away from contact). Seguin avoids initiating contact. Savard's tiny. Recchi couldn't play a whole season of "recching ball" hockey.
A different coach could get more hits and more grit out of this lineup, for sure. If you told Bergeron to hit more, he'd look for hits. If you kept the pressure on Ryder to move his feet and play physically, he could do it as well as he did against the Sabres last spring. Some big cracks there. Horton would have to be convinced. Savard's willing but will never be more than a nuisance hitter. Seguin has a long road on this front.
The biggest problem with "be a tougher team" though? They wouldn't be as sound defensively. Exacting that physical toll means playing at a higher tempo than your opposition. Any time they trump you in tempo, you're out of postion and ripe for the picking. Given the trouble this team has scoring, I don't think giving up defensive progress is a good idea.
As much as I, too, covet a lineup with more iron in it's back, I think this group will have to be satisfied with showing that they choose to play the game like chess even though they can play like animals. That means losing it from time to time.
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I'm not a big old-timey fistacuffs guy, but something needs to be done about the Flyers. I am sick and tired of that pack of thugs. I'm gonna gag a little as I type this, but maybe you do bring up McGratton for the next Flyers game...or tell the guys you have there now to make it a statement game.
I'm ready for the B's to say heck with the wins & points for 5 games! And bring both McGrats & Reich! Doesn't matter who they play! Just make a line of Grats, Thorts & Reich. I know that'll never happen, but that's where my patience has run dry on this issue! Tired of teams taking liberties on my favourite team & nobody doing anything about it!
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posted at 12/13/2010 3:45 PM EST(though I still like Proud Mary - Big wheel keep on turning - away from contact)
The most long and difficult to say but yet still awesome nickname of all time goes to BB.
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posted at 12/13/2010 4:35 PM ESTI'm not sure where the idea of some players as " softies" comes from. Anyone who has played or coached at any, and moreso in the advanced, levels of hockey, realize that hockey REQUIRES strength, conditioning, and physical capabilities. This does not mean that everyone adds boxing lessons to their training. At the same time, legal checks are a mainstay in NHL hockey. Some of the Bruins do it better than others. Boychuck, McQuaid, Chara,Lucic,Bergeron, Campbell, Marchand, Stuart, Ference, Seidenberg, and last but not least Thornton. We also have heard that Claude has restrictions primarily on Lucic and Chara. We have not watched enough of Seguin, but Kreji, Horton and Savard are not known for forceful checks, although Horton does come thru at times; Ryder checks once in a great while and Rechi's checks have diminished at his current age. Finally, Wheeler doesn't know how to check. So, who do you want to label as " soft" and have Cam berate them??? The current rules, which are applied with very little consistency game to game, are geared to take rules offenders off the ice. In this scenario Claude tends to play more within the rules which also severly restrict defensemen from cross-checks and other " intimidating " activity. If you are not happy with today's game, which should be played on a larger ice surface, go and watch those 300 lb football guys maim each other[ average career= less than 5 years]
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posted at 12/13/2010 4:52 PM ESTdoes any one on these post watch other games?? The Flyers cheap shot every team, not just the B's. Two years ago the B's did fight often and hit all the time and ended up second overall in points, yeah!! What happened after that? A hockey team that was beat, battered and bruised that was ousted in the play-offs by a team they should have beat, and we all found out later how many were playing w/ injuries. It is an 82 games schedule, these players can and should do what is necessary for the long haul. I agree there should be an edge, but how far should they go? Having a key player out for breaking his hand in a fight is dumb when the team would benefit much more with them on the ice. Being hard to play against all the time is hard, but that would be a way to intimidate most teams not all. The Flyers will always play close to or over the edge until the league clamps down on them. Other teams will play into their hands if they run around trying to exact retribution.
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Nice work Ford !! A post like this was overdue....
Agreed, we're not even effectively neutralizing goon teams right now, let alone meting out retribution for attacks like this and Cooke's....
I think McGratts should hang as a 13 th forward and play the Philly/Pitt/Loafs games - figure out how to work him in ( ie; Thorts on 3rd line ? ), but something has to be done now before someone else gets concussed or crippled - are you
reading this Cam Bam ????
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posted at 12/13/2010 9:38 PM ESTI can tell you one thing ....from the Bruins dressing room ....next game against the Flyers we'll take care of Shelly ......dont worry
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posted at 12/13/2010 10:43 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Time to send a message. Enough is enough!:Agreed all around guys...like the post says "enough is enough!!" And IMO, Chara is not f'n Bobby Orr, he can be spared for 5 minutes to establish him as the leader of this team & to send a message to the league that this will happen any time you attempt to run one of his boys.....even if he gets the gate, WHO CARES, the team will nto follow a lifeless captain. In fairness to Chara & others on the B's, this may be a message from coaching, management, etc, I dont know; but whoever is makign these decisions to do nothing is in my eyes the issue. Hey Yep? Bobby Orr fought on all comers! Nobody was cheapshotted on the B's when he was on the ice. Not without him jumping in & taking care of business. Red Fisher a BIG TIME PRO MONTREAL CANADIENS REPORTER. Said "They tested Bobby Orr in fights in the first year. They didn't test him in year two!" Coming from a "homer" like Red Fisher? That says A LOT! This maybe coming from the coaches, but NOBODY will make me believe that Cam is OK with this! Not until I hear it from the man himself!
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I actually heard Orr could take care of himself quite a bit, never had the pleasure to truly see him play live.....I was alluding to people saying "chara is too valuable to fight & sit down for 5 minutes"....I stated the guy is being touted as valuable as Orr, thats what I meant that Orr was that valuable to even have the argument, chara clearly is not even in the same breath as Orr. Sorry for any confusion on my verbiage....


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Open your fridge, and examine the labels on your food. No, not the nutrition labels, the ones that indicate if your food is still safe to eat. Based on the information you find, is your food still safe? Depending on which label your food carries, this may be a harder question than you think.
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Vintage couture for kids
Designer and actress Melanie Salisbury founded British-based childrenswear company Rock 'n' Regal, which specialises in children's clothing from age 5-12. Each piece is sourced, designed and hand finished in the UK. ACHICA Living chats to Melanie to find out more about her unique brand...
Have you always been interested in designing clothes?
My background is theatre - I've played Cinderella many times alongside the likes of Denise Welch and Bobby Davro. My mum was a choreographer and dancer, my dad was in Royal Ballet and my nan was a dancer too. I grew up not even thinking of doing anything other than working in the theatre. As a child my hobby was making and creating and I enjoyed sewing. My nan had a massive room of costumes and I used to play in there – they were more elaborate than usual dressing up clothes! It's always been a hobby of mine to design and make clothing.
How did you come about founding Rock 'n' Regal?
My mum and I run Birmingham Stage School and five years ago we did a big show at the Royal Albert Hall in London and I took on the job of costume designer. It was dark Victorian-type circus costumes and I made some beautiful outfits that were wild in design.
That was my turning point. I had done a lot of performing but got to the point where I wanted to pursue designing as it's something I really enjoy.
People started to ask me to make bespoke pieces for them – bridesmaid dresses and smarter clothes for children – things for special occasions that were just that bit different. A lot of people told me I should explore the childrenwear market full time and I thought it was worth giving it a go. Working with a lot of children at the dance school I got a lot of feedback – I knew what they liked and what they wanted to see more of.
Can you tell us a bit about your brand Rock 'n' Regal?
We have three main themes – rock, regal and British heritage. We try and incorporate those themes in all our designs. Making costumes has been a real asset in leading me in the design field – I've worn everything from Renaissance period dress through to Victorian and modern day costume. I've tried to adapt a lot of heritage cuts in modern clothes so there's a bit of a twist.
We don't just stick a flag on the front of a t-shirt to make it British, but we look at different cuts, how the clothing hangs, how to make the clothing look good from a distance etc.
Joan Collins is a fan of our designs. I met her while working in the theatre in Birimingham and she wanted some of my designs for her granddaughter.
What is your most coveted design?
The one that seems to be doing well this season is a skirt called Darcy. ACHICA has picked this one out to feature in the Rock 'n' Regal promotion. It's a green British checked skirt with a bustle feature on the back. From the front it looks like a classic British skirt, turn it around and it has a fun element. Classic with a twist – that's what we are at Rock 'n' Regal.
Any exciting projects you're currently working on?
I love music and it's an honor to be working with Abbey Road. They loved the undiluted Britishness of my designs when they saw them. They have one of the world's largest collection of microphones, so we're featuring a print of these on some of our clothing next season...
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Alterations to this map: I would prefer to have the area below this country not be blackened out as I did it. This was because I only knew how to place landmass on water at the point that I made it. For information on mapping anything on this below country (entirely optional but man that'd be a nice effect as well), click here. (Overall map of entire setting available here to know where mountains and such go)
The map I made is not totally complete. The named towns are about right, though better symbols for them could be used. The mountain range in the west could possibly be better laid out. Most of the snow/ice symbol that is repeated over and over can be changed to just a basic cold terrain, i just couldn't find a good one. Any other small towns/villages can be added around the place - just keep a cold and/or russian names theme. The lake can be smaller.
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Just a light hobby if someone gets bored. I'll be working on it but from some of the work I've seen loads better can be done.
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Posted this afternoon on the Feminist Majority Foundation's blog in response to the shitstorm over Peg Yorkin's pro-Polanski statement in the L. A. Times (comments on the FMF's blog are enabled–I hope you'll use them).
Statement by Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation, On the Arrest of Roman Polanski:
The Feminist Majority Foundation joins our sister feminist organizations in working to ensure rape is prosecuted as the heinous crime that it is, especially against girls. The Feminist Majority Foundation is a leader in the fight to end all forms of violence against women and is demanding the expeditious processing of all back-logged rape kits in the possession of law enforcement authorities so that perpetrators can be brought to justice. The Feminist Majority Foundation believes Roman Polanski should be extradited to the United States to face the consequences of his conviction for raping a 13-year old girl in 1977. No one is above the law. The chair of our board, Peg Yorkin, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times yesterday providing her personal opinion on the matter of Polanski's arrest, but wants to make clear she condemns rape. Her statement on Polanski's arrest, however, does not reflect the position of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
In my opinion, this does not go far enough. Peg Yorkin herself must issue a complete retraction and personal apology. More than one commenter here and elsewhere has said she should resign as chair altogether, and I agree. Anyone with the "personal opinion" that society–and law enforcement–should just "let it go" when an adult drugs and rapes a 13-year old has no place in the kind of organization Eleanor Smeal is describing.


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Fans of tequila and obstacle courses rejoice, because the CuervoGames 2010 arrive in Orlando this weekend.
On March 6, anyone who is 21-and-up is invited to come to Orange Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Orlando at 11 a.m. to register for the all-day competition. Teams will compete in five events that are "inspired by the tequila-making traditions of the Cuervo family."
Those events include the "Waterfall Climb" which is essentially a rock-climbing wall competition, "Agave Airwalk" where a person is suspended 30 feet above ground to collect blue agave leaves (what tequila is made of), "Tahona Tumbler" is an event pushing the Tahona wheel around (used during the production of tequila), "Barrel Roll" pretty self-explanatory and the final event is a "Tequila Mix-Off," testing the competitors mixology skills.
Best of all, to compete is free. This seriously sounds like a blast to either compete or watch. For more information go to facebook.com/cuervo