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Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced today that "the main part" ofRussian armed forces in Syria will start to withdraw.
He told his diplomats to step up the push for peace as UN-mediated talks resumed on ending the five-year-old war.
Syria rejected any suggestion of a rift with Russia, saying President Bashar al-Assad had agreed on the "reduction" of Russian forces in a telephone call with Mr Putin.
Western diplomats speculated that Mr Putin may be trying to press Mr Assad into accepting a political settlement to the war, which has killed 250,000 people.
US officials note they have seen no sign yet of Russian forces preparing to pull out.
The anti-Assad opposition expressed bafflement, with a spokesman saying: "Nobody knows what is in Putin's mind."
Russia's military intervention in Syria in September helped to turn the tide of war in Mr Assad's favour after months of gains in western Syria by rebel fighters, who were aided by foreign military supplies including US-made anti-tank missiles.
Mr Putin made his surprise announcement, that came with no advance word to the United States, at a meeting with his defence and foreign ministers.
Russian forces had largely fulfilled their objectives in Syria, he said.
But he gave no deadline for the completion of the withdrawal and said forces would remain at a seaport and airbase in Syria's Latakia province.
In Geneva, United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura told the warring parties there was no "Plan B" other than a resumption of conflict if the first of three rounds of talks that aim to agree a "clear road map" for Syria failed to make progress.
Mr Putin and US President Barack Obama spoke by phone today about Syria, with the Kremlin saying the two leaders "called for an intensification of the process for a political settlement" to the conflict.
The White House said Mr Obama welcomed the reduction in violence since the beginning of the cessation of hostilities but "underscored that a political transition is required to end the violence in Syria."
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US was encouraged by Mr Putin's announcement but that it was too early to say what it means, whether he will carry it out and what may have motivated it.
Mr Putin said at the Kremlin meeting that he was ordering the withdrawal from tomorrow of "the main part of our military contingent" from the country.
"The effective work of our military created the conditions for the start of the peace process," he said.
"I believe that the task put before the defence ministry and Russian armed forces has, on the whole, been fulfilled."
With the participation of the Russian military, Syrian armed forces "have been able to achieve a fundamental turnaround in the fight against international terrorism", he added.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Mr Putin had telephoned the Syrian president to inform him of the decision, but the two leaders had not discussed Mr Assad's future, the biggest obstacle to reaching a peace agreement.
The move was announced on the day UN-brokered talks involving the warring sides in Syria resumed in Geneva.
In Damascus, the Syrian presidency said in a statement that Mr Assad had agreed to the reduction in the Russian air force presence, and denied suggestions it reflected a difference between the two countries.
"The whole subject happened in complete coordination between the Russian and Syrian sides, and is a step that was carefully and accurately studied for some time," the statement said, adding that Russia had promised to continue support for Syria in "confronting terrorism".
Syria regards all rebel groups fighting Mr Assad as terrorists.
Rebels and opposition officials alike reacted sceptically.
"I don't understand the Russian announcement, it's a surprise, like the way they entered the war. God protect us," said Fadi Ahmad, spokesman for the First Coastal Division, a Free Syria Army group fighting in the northwest.
Opposition spokesman Salim al-Muslat demanded a total Russian withdrawal. "Nobody knows what is in Putin's mind, but the point is he has no right to be in be our country in the first place. Just go," he said.
A European diplomat was also sceptical. "It has the potential to put a lot of pressure on Assad and the timing fits that," the diplomat said.
"However, I say potentially because we've seen before with Russia that what's promised isn't always what happens."
2.4 million child refugees
Meanwhile Syria's five-year conflict has created 2.4 million child refugees, killed many and led to the recruitment of children as fighters, some as young as seven, UNICEF has said.
Its report "No Place for Children" says more than eight million children in Syria and neighbouring countries need humanitarian assistance, with the international response plan for Syria chronically underfunded.
"Twice as many people now live under siege or in hard-to-reach areas compared with 2013. At least two million of those cut off from assistance are children, including more than 200,000 in areas under siege," it says.
The UN says more than 450,000 people are under siege.
Cases of starvation have been reported this year in areas surrounded by government forces and their allies near Damascus, and by the so-called Islamic State in eastern Syria.
Violence continues despite a fragile cessation of hostilities reached last month.
UNICEF has said 400 children were killed in 2015.
A separate report on Friday by a number of aid groups, including Oxfam, said UN figures showed at least 50,000 people had been killed since April 2014.
Outside Syria, more than 151,000 Syrian children have been born as refugees, according to UNICEF.
UN refugee agency UNHCR says nearly 70,000 Syrian refugee children have been born in Lebanon alone.
About 2.8 million Syrian children in Syria or neighbouring countries are not attending school. Dozens of schools and hospitals were attacked in 2015, according to aid groups.


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Monday May 9, 2016
Five of the World's Best Farmer's Markets
Depending on where we go or what we are doing, a lot of us indulge in way too much junk food during vacation. Luckily, summer is quickly approaching in most parts of the world, and this means farmer's markets abound! Attending a market is the perfect way to enjoy fresh food while supporting the local economy of the city you are visiting. And don't worry, you will still be able to satiate your sweet tooth at most of them, too.
Mercado De La Merced – Mexico City, Mexico
This south of the border market is nothing short of huge. Taking up more than four whole blocks, La Merced offers up treats from all over the country. Stuff yourself with regional fare, splurge on some delectable guavas, and lose yourself in the aroma of sweet Mexican vanilla. This is also the perfect place to pick up a souvenir or two from local artists and crafters.
The English Market – Cork, Ireland
If you are a cheese connoisseur, then the English Market is the place to be. Not only will you have a wide variety of both cow and goat cheeses to choose from, you can sample other famous English and Irish cuisine, like boiled tripe and blood sausage. However, this market is not limited to just regional delicacies, and the rows and rows of Moroccan spices promise to entice your taste buds.
Saxe Breteuil – Paris, France
Saxe Breteuil is widely considered to be Paris' most beautiful market. After strolling through rows of fresh baked breads, bright red, freshly picked strawberries and fragrant flowers with a breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower all the while, you will tend to agree. Rain or shine, this market takes place every Thursday and Saturday, and is the perfect location for sampling fresh produce and the baked good the French are so well known for.
Bolzano Market – Bolzano, Italy
One of the best things about the plethora of markets in Bolzano is they practically run year round. The scent of roasted chestnuts wafts throughout the city, enticing all who wander near the market. Once you are there, you will find the sweetest lemons, tomatoes warmed by the sun, local cheeses and cured meats, and this barely scratches the surface. Everyone knows that Italians know how to do food right!
Carmel Market – Tel Aviv, Israel
This is one of the most sought after locations in all of Israel. Its reputation precedes it, and the Carmel Market will not disappoint those who make the journey. The sheer number and variety of olives alone is reason enough to stop here, but you will also find juicy pears, plump tomatoes, freshly caught fish, and colorful flowers. You can also find a wide variety or wares, ranging from pottery to textiles, so you can bring home something to always remember your trip by.
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Author | exchange4media News Service | Wednesday, Apr 17,2013 8:19 PM
Multi Screen Media (MSM) has appointed Vaishali Sharma as its new Marketing & Communications Head for its premium Hindi movies and special events channel Sony Max.
Sharma has 20 years' experience spanning across various business verticals, including brand and television channel launches, category creation, path-breaking work in building brands in new media and adapting global strategies to bolster local brands.
She moves to the Sony family from Times Now, where she had a successful stint as Vice President, Marketing. Her previous assignments were with BBC Global News and Walt Disney Television as Head of Marketing.
Commenting on Sharma's appointment, Neeraj Vyas, EVP & Business Head, Max said, "We are delighted to have Vaishali join the team at this important juncture and we are certain that her experience and understanding of the business and our audience will help us achieve our objective of becoming the leading player in the genre. We look forward to a long and fruitful working association with her."
On her new role, Sharma said, "MAX has always uniquely positioned itself in the television arena, with non-stop high quality entertainment, showcasing the best of movies and cricket. I look forward to take up this challenging role and work towards ensuring that the channel grows consistently to the leadership position in this space."


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Officials Arrest 10 in Drug Bust, Still Looking for Two
Bedford Co., VA - The Bedford County Sheriff's Office has arrested 10 people and are searching for two more in a big drug bust.
The arrests come after an eight-month operation.
Officials with the sheriff's office say the suspects are all drug dealers distributing illegal drugs throughout the county.
They are still looking for Brandon Elkins, 25, and Jeremy Darby, 20. A photo of Darby is not available.
If you have any information about where they are, call the Bedford County Sheriff's Office at 434-586-7827.
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I had some leftover cubed chicken from Eat Like a Dinosaur's Fool's Gold, and decided to have some fun with it. The result was an awesome surprise of flavor!
Recipe: Cilantro-Bell Chicken (serves 2–can easily be modified to feed more!)
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
1 bell pepper
1/4 cup cilantro
2 TBSP fresh parsley
1 clove garlic
salt to taste
few tablespoons olive oil for frying + a few more for marinating chicken
Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Meanwhile, combine bell pepper, cilantro, garlic, parsley and salt in a food processor and pulse until minced well. Put chicken in a bowl, pour a few tablespoons olive oil in, and add cilantro mixture. Stir together to combine. Let marinate for a few minutes, or if you want to put in the fridge to marinate longer, feel free. Just make sure you turn your burner off! Making sure the minced spices stick a bit on the chicken, place each piece of chicken in heated skillet with tongs. Let cook 3-4 minutes, flip over and cook another 2-3 minutes, until cooked through. Serve.
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Bovine Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase for the Treatment of Patients With Sepsis
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|Sepsis Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
|Drug: Alkaline Phosphatase Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Double (Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot, Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Exploratory Study to Investigate the Safety and Effect of Bovine Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase in Patients With Sepsis
- Presence of (Serious) Adverse Events ((S)AEs), vital signs (body temperature, heart rate), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, electrocardiogram variables, biochemical, haematological, and coagulation variables, and frequency and type of anti-AP. [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Variables for evaluation of the effect on inflammation: C-reactive protein (CRP), plasma lactate, cytokines (TNFalfa, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10), white cell count, and procalcitonin (PCT) were assessed.differential [ Time Frame: 28 ]
- Evaluation effect: APACHE-II score, overall mortality at 28 days, length of stay at ICU, number of days requiring mechanical ventilation, length of stay in hospital, SOFA score, and number of dysfunctional organs were assessed. [ Time Frame: 28 ]
- Clinical assessment after 90 days [ Time Frame: 90 days ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Drug: Alkaline Phosphatase
Intravenous over a period of 24 hours
Other Name: AP, BIAP, CIAP
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo, saline
Drug: Placebo
Saline over a period of 24h
Other Name: saline
Detailed Description:
Both bolus and continuous infusions were found to effectively reduce the LPS-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFα in piglets. When AP was administered as a bolus (160 U/kg), the reduction of TNFα after administration of 10 μg/kg LPS in piglets was found to be in the order of 32%. When 100 U/kg of CIAP was administered as an infusion over 50 minutes, reaching steady state levels of 400 U/L, the reduction in TNFα after LPS challenge was substantially (70%), as compared to TNFα levels after LPS only. A series of these studies demonstrated that dosages of 100-120 U/kg administered over 50 minutes could effectively reduce LPS toxicity at steady state levels around 400 U/L, about a 10 fold of the normal alkaline phosphatase plasma levels (40 U/L in piglets). Furthermore, it is estimated that the above-mentioned dosages can effectively detoxify 10 μg LPS/kg in piglets, which represents an LPS-equivalent derived from about 1010 colony forming units (cfu) of E.coli. These amounts of circulating bacteria are not easily established in a sepsis patient. It is estimated (personal communication, Prof. S. van Deventer, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam) that the bacterial load in these patients is less than 107 bacteria total, which is equivalent to approx. 2x105 cfu/kg.
In summary, in piglets 160 U/kg AP was able to detoxify an amount of LPS equivalent to 1010 cfu E. Coli/kg, which is approximately 50,000 times the expected amount of bacteria in sepsis patients. We therefore expect that the dosage used in human (200 U/kg) administered over 24 hours is able to detoxify the amount of LPS present in sepsis patients. This dosage will result in 5-times normal plasma level of alkaline phosphatase which was well tolerated during the previous clinical trials. Since the effect of antibiotic treatment is expected to occur within hours of administration we decided to establish this steady state level of AP as fast as possible, which explains the initial bolus-like administration by short infusion, followed by a prolonged steady state infusion.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients between 18 and 80 years (inclusive);
- proven or suspected infection;
- meeting 2 of 4 of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria;
- septic shock or one or more acute organ failures in the preceding 12 hours;
- written informed consent obtained.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating women;
- known HIV seropositive patients;
- patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy or chronically using high doses of glucocorticosteroids (defined as > 1 mg/kg/day) equivalent to prednisone 1 mg/kg/day;
- patients expected to have rapidly fatal disease within 24 h;
- known confirmed gram-positive sepsis;
- known confirmed fungal sepsis;
- chronic renal failure requiring haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis;
- acute pancreatitis with no established source of infection;
- patients not expected to survive for 28 days due to other medical conditions such as end-stage neoplasm or other diseases;
- participation in another investigational study within 90 days prior to start of the study which might interfere with this study;
- previous administration of AP;
- known allergy for cow milk.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00430859
|University Hospital Vrije Universiteit Brussel
|Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium, B-1090
|Hospital Network Antwerpen - Middelheim
|Antwerpen, Belgium, B-2020
|University Hospital Antwerpen
|Antwerpen, Belgium, B-2650
|Medical Centre Leeuwarden
|Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands, 8934 AD
|University Medical Centre St. Radboud
|Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6500 HB
|St. Elisabeth Hospital
|Tilburg, N-Brabant, Netherlands, 5022 GC
|Isala Clinics
|Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands, 8011 JW
|Erasmus Medical Centre
|Rotterdam, Z-Holland, Netherlands, 3015 GD
|University Medical Centre Groningen
|Groningen, Netherlands, 9700 RB
|University Medical Centre Utrecht
|Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508 GA
|Study Chair:
|Bart Wuurman, M.Sc.
|Principal Investigator:
|Hans JG van der Hoeven, MD, PhD
|Radboud University
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00430859 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
EudraCT No. 2005-005257-21
|Study First Received:
|February 1, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 30, 2012
Keywords provided by AM-Pharma:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Organ Failure
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
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Consumers aren't getting any savings from government caps on the swipe fees that merchants pay banks when consumers use debit cards to purchase goods and services.
That's according to an updated report -- "Where's the Debit Discount?" -- issued again this year by the Electronic Payments Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based organization of major banks, state bank associations and payment processing networks.
The report argues that consumers haven't paid lower prices since the Durbin Amendment took effect, despite "overwhelming evidence that the retail industry is experiencing significant savings," the EPC stated.
Retailers began paying lower fees to accept debit cards Oct. 1, 2011, due to the amendment, which was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The fees are capped at 21 cents per transaction, plus small additional extras for fraud losses and prevention.
The report, first issued a year ago, aimed to present evidence that customers weren't receiving discounts due to the swipe fee caps.
To make the point, identical baskets of goods were purchased in September 2012 and September 2013 during 32 shopping trips to 16 major-brand retail locations in five U.S. cities.
Thirteen of the retail locations had raised their prices or kept them the same and three had lowered prices. Overall, customers paid an average of 4.3 percent more for the same products, the report said.
"Despite retailer promises of lower prices, 81 percent of stores raised prices or kept them the same in the last year and many raised their prices far above the rate of inflation," the EPC stated.
Among the findings:
- The price of milk at a Walgreens in San Francisco increased 30 cents.
- The price of peanut butter at a 7-Eleven in Boston increased 20 cents.
- A hammer at a Home Depot in Portland, Maine, still costs $4.98.
- A Slurpee at a 7-Eleven in Washington, D.C., still costs $1.49.
- Macaroni and cheese at a Walmart in Washington, D.C., still costs $1.38.
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Get Your Dog Care Questions Answered by Experts
Can I just ask you some questions first
Thank you, Peter
Hi again
Thanks for the extra information. I just needed to be sure all else was okay.
This is almost certainly a false pregnancy (pseudopregnancy). It is so common in un-spayed female dogs that it is considered to be a normal part of their hormone cycle. Some dogs will cycle without the pseudopregnancy and some dogs will have it after one season but not after all seasons. It's variable. The pseudopregnancy usually lasts for about the same time as a normal pregnancy (9 weeks)
Basically after the ovulation with her last season the hormones that are normally associated with pregnancy started to circulate. That has caused her mammary glands to expand. Some dogs will even produce milk. These hormones make the dog very maternal and they will attach themselves to toys as has your dog.
A pseudopregnancy usually follows an oestrous cycle (heat). Because you noticed her last heat a year ago I think she has probably had another heat recently but that it has been a silent heat. Most dogs cycle every 6 months. When there is a silent season there is very little discharge or swelling and the dog may not even be very attractive to male dogs.
I am always a bit concerned when the seasons in a dog start to become variable in timing and strength, particularly from middle-age onwards. Many of these dogs will develop metritis (a uterine infection) and sometimes this can develop into a very severe infection called pyometron. There is nothing to suggest that this is happening with your dog but it's something you need to be aware about for the future. The signs of pyometron are usually an unwell dog that drinks a lot with an infective vaginal discharge. The infection usually follows a season. If you notice these signs you should have her seen by a vet urgently.
To prevent the risk of pyometron and also of mammary carcinoma I normally recommend that dogs not being used for breeding be spayed. You may want to discuss that with your vet.
But as for your little Feist at the moment everything seems quite ok….she just feels a bit motherly.
I hope I've been of help.
Kindest regards, Peter


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No Right to Retire?
Courts regularly grapple with the competing principles of autonomy and obligation in the context of family law. How to reconcile these principles – when gender, money, relative status, jealousy, spite, avarice are involved – is a fascinating challenge for judges. These issues are also fun to teach since they are often uncomfortably close to most people's own experiences.
On Monday, the Massachusetts Supreme Court considered a variant of the autonomy/obligation condundrum in Pierce v. Pierce – in which the Court was basically asked to decide whether a higher earning spouse has a "right to retire" and be exempted from otherwise on-going alimony obligations.
Rudolph Pierce was a well-compensated attorney. In the divorce agreement from Carniece, his wife of 32 years, he agreed to pay $110,000 year in alimony until either party died or she remarried. When he decided to retire from his partnership at age 65, he argued that he should be relieved of any obligation to pay alimony and asked the court to adopt a rebuttable presumption that all alimony should be terminated when (1) the supporting spouse retires from employment at a customary retirement age and has no actual earned income, (2) the parties' marital assets, including their retirement assets, had been equally divided at the divorce, and (3) the parties have the same amount of liquid assets at the time of the provider spouse's retirement.
The trial court agreed to a significant modifcation of Rudolph's obligation – to $42 k – but held that in light of Carniece's recent loss of her job, the fact that she was not yet t entitled to Social Security, and that Rudolph continued to have significant earning capacity (in addition to his assets and his current wife's salary), he wasn't off the hook altogether. The Supreme Court rejected Rudolph's rebutabble presumption and affirmed the multi-factoral test generally applicable to modification requests.
My first thought (which the Court echoed) is why (at age 57), Rudolph agreed to such a high alimony award without a change upon his retirement. A cynic would suggest that this might have been intentional so that his wife would agree to a fairly equal division of property despite the parties' differential earning capacity (his wife had been the primary caretaker of the children and home though she worked outside of the home as well).
Cynicism aside – this is a difficult issue. Rudolph's arguement that declining to accept the presumption would grant the recipient spouse "effective veto power over the provider spouse's retirement decision" was wildly exaggerated. But the Court did impose limitations on when a "supporting spouse" will be able to retire – and for some, the idea of having to continue to work to support a former spouse will seem deeply problematic.


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A Tri-Coastal Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC (N629EK) crashed in a "nose-down, near-vertical attitude" near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton, Ohio, to Harlingen, Texas, on February 8. The sole-occupant pilot was killed. According to the NTSB, the pilot asked ATC if he could make a 360-degree turn to the left while the turboprop twin was in cruise flight at 16,000 feet. Shortly after this, the pilot requested a 360-degree turn to the right. The pilot then asked for radar vectors to the closest airport. Controllers gave him a vector and asked if he had an emergency. The pilot reported he had an "asymmetric fuel condition" and asked for a lower altitude. Controllers cleared the flight to 4,000 feet. About a minute later the pilot transmitted "Mayday" six times, and shortly after this radar and radio contact with the aircraft was lost.
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Bus driver cited in SE Portland crash that killed woman
PORTLAND, Ore. - The driver of the school bus that struck and killed a woman on Tuesday has been issued three citations.
Billie Jean Neel of Gladstone, 55, was cited with one count of careless driving causing death to a vulnerable road user and two counts of failure to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk.
The careless driving count carries a possible penalty of a fine of up to $12,500 and a one-year suspension of driving privileges.
Some of the penalties can be mitigated with the completion of a traffic safety course and community service.
Neel has a clean driving record and has been working for bus company First Student since 1989.
Couple was crossing street on their way home
Renee Bates was holding hands with her husband Shawn in a crosswalk at SE 148th and Division when the bus struck them both.
Shawn said on Wednesday that said the bus originally stopped short of the crosswalk then started rolling forward. Shawn saw the bus driver looking left for oncoming traffic on Division.
Both husband and wife started yelling for the bus to stop, Shawn said. He tried to pull his wife out of the way when the bus clipped his arm.
"I lost grip of her and she fell down. She ended up on her back and the bus kept going," he said. "The next thing you know she was driving and had the wheel right up below her breastline and it was, like, on her stomach up here by her lungs."
Witness David McCoy saw it all unfold and corroborates that story.
"She stepped out in front of the crosswalk, the bus driver was looking the opposite direction, ran over her, immediately ran back over her," McCoy told KATU.
Another man, John Worden, said he was standing just behind Renee and Shawn when the accident happened.
"The ladies behind us were yelling 'back up, back up,' and I was trying to tell them 'turn your wheels to your right,' because it would've rolled right off her torso," he said. "Instead she backed right back over the same injury and (the bus) stayed on her ankle. And when the bus finally backed off her ankle, it was just horrible."


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Rousseau improved dramatically
WOOD RIVER JCT. — To say Meghan Rousseau exceeded expectations for Chariho High's softball team this season is a pretty fair statement, possibly an understatement.
The senior outfielder, who had never played a full varsity season or batted higher than .150, led Division I in batting average and was named to the Coaches Association All-State first team.
Rousseau hit .558 (29 for 52) in league games, which according to Chariho coach Dave Petrocelli was tops in the 17-team division. Rousseau, who hit leadoff didn't just slap the ball either. She had a .654 slugging average in those 16 games with three doubles and a triple while leading the Chargers in runs scored (15).
Not bad for a player who her coach was hoping could play some solid defense and get on base with some bunting to utilize her speed. Rousseau was also named to the Division I first team.
"One thing I want to stress is I've never had a hitter who was more consistent from day one to the last day the way she was," said Petrocelli, who has been the head coach for the past 11 seasons, "I don't think we had her bunting or slapping at the ball more than 10 times this season because she was just ripping the ball. The stats don't lie, she didn't have a slump the entire year.
"Going into the year I was just praying she could handle center field because she had the speed. My other thought process was she could possibly bunt and slap the ball a little bit and get on base."
Rousseau wasn't the only Chariho player to get the attention of opposing coaches. Senior first baseman Jess Ryan was named third team All-State and the D-I second.
Freshman Jess Rego played her way onto the Division I honorable mention team. There were 11 players selected to each of the three All-State teams and 12 players to each All-Division team.
Petrocelli said he put Rousseau in the leadoff spot to open the year hoping she could get on base with her speed. He also admitted the thought of batting Rousseau No. 9 crossed his mind. The left-handed hitter went 2 for 4 with a run batted in and a double in the season opener. She went 2 for 3 with a couple of runs in the next game and remained in the leadoff spot until the season was over.
"She came in as a freshman and soccer was her first love. I give her credit, she never stopped working and this year she worked extremely hard getting ready for the season. I'm telling you from day one at practice with soft-toss, the hitting machine, live pitching, she just worked and worked," Petrocelli said.
While Rousseau certainly stood out at the plate she also had some big moments in the field, including a pair of highlight catches in an 11-0 loss to La Salle in the playoffs.
According to Petrocelli Rousseau will play soccer at the Community College of Rhode Island, but has grown to love the game of softball too. Rousseau was a first team Division III-A soccer player as a senior after leading the Chargers with 10 goals.
"After the La Salle game we all talked on the bus ride home and Meghan told everyone that she had so much fun this season and it was so exciting that it made her love softball as much as she loved soccer," Petrocelli said.
Ryan used her defensive play at first base to break into the Chariho varsity lineup as a sophomore, but it was adding some offense to her game during her senior season that helped improve her chances of getting the postseason accolades.
Ryan improved her batting average from .242 overall as a junior to .413 (19 for 46) in league play this year. Ryan had a team-high 16 RBIs in her 15 league appearances.
"Jess was a captain and a three-year starter for us. She just got better and better and better defensively," Petrocelli said. "I would put her up there with anyone at first base. She can scoop the ball and has good hands. Jess deserved it."
Ryan was a third team All-Division I player as a sophomore.
"Jess has always had a lot of potential at first base. She could always hit and had the talent, but she needed to grow and she did raising her batting average by 100 points. She's a line drive hitter, a pull hitter who has power from left to center," Petrocelli said.
Rego, a freshman, hit .273 (12 for 44) in league play, starting all 16 games. She hit a pair of doubles and scored 11 runs, second most by a Charger.
Petrocelli said Rego's defense at second base was probably what got her the attention needed to make honorable mention, calling her a player who will dive, scratch and claw to make the play.
Senior Alexis Marsella was Chariho's All-Academic selection.
Chariho finished the season with an 11-12 overall record and went 9-7 in Division I play. The Chargers won a single-elimination playoff game before dropping two straight in the double-elimination portion of the D-I tourney.
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Finishing Monday's game or not, there was no complaining from pitcher Zach Kramer of the Lodi Flames varsity baseball team.
After a double play helped the West Wolf Pack get out of a first-inning jam at Zupo Field in Lodi on Monday, the Flames blew up for five runs in the second. The outpouring proved more than enough for Kramer, who earned the 8-0 win in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I South playoffs.


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Hello, I was hoping someone would be able to give me some advice. I need to replace two Britax Decathalons, they expire soon. The children sitting in them are 4.5 years old (52 lbs,39 in) and 2 years (25 lbs, 32in). The 4.5 year old has not outgrown the Decathalon in height. There is a new baby coming in late August, I have two older children in Graco Turbo Boosters (one backless). I have a 2001 Honda Oddessy and a 2001 Hyundai Elantra Station Wagon.
The Britax seats were great, installed well in every position. The younger children have other seats I keep in the station wagon. The 4.5 year old rides in a Graco Nautilus, the 2 year old in a Recaro ProRide. I don't like the ProRide very much, it is hard to get a good recline RF and it's a challenge to get the 2 year old in and out of the seat RF. I really like the Nautilus, and I would consider replacing the 4.5 year old's seat with another, except it does not install well in the van. The 'stem' of the buckle is too long, so I can't get it much tighter. This is the case in every seating position except the 3rd row middle (I haven't tried it there). I'd prefer to keep the two youngest children in the middle row, it's easier for me, and I will travel most frequently with the two youngest (either in the van, or the station wagon). I also need to fit all 5 kids in the van, just something to keep in mind.
I am hesitant to order Dionos. I've heard they can be difficult to install in some vehicles and I do not have latch (I do have tether in all seating positions in the van).
Should I just order the Dionos? Or is there another solution? I've done childcare and put RF children in the 3rd row through the back of the van. I'm not totally opposed, but if I don't have an older child with me to sit with them, I feel like I would be stopping pretty frequently. My 2 year old isn't happy in the car.
The new baby will be in a Chicco KeyFit 30, though I hope I can pass down a seat to him/her when he outgrows the bucket and move the (then) 5.5 year old to a booster.
Any advice? Suggestions?
Amber SAHM Fiber Artist Mom to:
Maddison (9): Arwen (8): Finn (4): Aedan (2)
Sept 2012
If you can't get a good install on the nautilus in your van, you won't with the radian. The belt path is even lower. Have you looked into a maestro for your 4.5 yo?
The Maestro has a 50# limit so it's not an option for the 4yo. Its cousins, the SecureKid300 and SecureKid400, would be worth looking at, though.
Single WAH mama to a fourteen-year-old girl.
Darn, I was hoping there was a chance the Radian would work. The Britax Frontier seems similar, I think the belt path will be too low. I'm considering a boulevard for the 2 year old, or a marathon?
Amber SAHM Fiber Artist Mom to:
Maddison (9): Arwen (8): Finn (4): Aedan (2)
Sept 2012
How different is a 2004 odyssey from a 2001?
Or a 2000?
I wouldn't give up on the Diono... perhaps order it from a store that offers free return shipping (like Amazon)?
OB RN, partner to and mama to (2008, 31 weeker) and (2011)
Oh...that is good news! I don't think the Odysseys are very different at all - though I don't know for sure. I do know that my 2001 looks an awful lot like the 2010. I'd imagine it is very similar to the 2000 or 2002.
Is it safe to twist the buckle stalk? I see a few people did that. How many twists is acceptable?
Amber SAHM Fiber Artist Mom to:
Maddison (9): Arwen (8): Finn (4): Aedan (2)
Sept 2012
Three full twists (1080 degrees) of the female end.
Single WAH mama to a fourteen-year-old girl.
C.- WOHM, CPST Instructor, and all around busy Mama to A.- 02/04, I. 01/07,E. 09/10 and
expecting the surprise of our lives Fall 2012!
Wow! Three full twists was more than I was expecting! Good to know though! I went to BRU and tried the Britax Frontier, I was able to get a really nice install so I went ahead and ordered one from Amazon (way cheaper than BRU). I set up seats for the 3 older kids in the 3rd row (tested with the Nautilus and two boosters). I asked them if they were too squished, or cramped, if they could ride like that all the time - they said it was fine! I ordered a Marathon for the 2 year old. I'm very excited for the new seats to arrive!!
Thanks so much for the information! Car-seats.org was a great help too!
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Sept 2012
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Bruce Jenner has spoken out about his stepdaughter, Khloe Kardashian's, impending jail sentence.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Khloe was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in jail for failing to adhere to the terms of her March 2007 DUI probation.
In a new interview with Access' Billy Bush for his "Billy Bush Show" and Access Hollywood, Jenner said Khloe is very upset over the news.
"Obviously for Khloe, it's devastating," the former Olympic gold medalist told Billy. "She made a mistake. She knows that. But, they've kind of just thrown the book at her… It's her first offense."
Though Kardashian was sentenced for failing to complete an alcohol program and Cal-Trans work as community service, Jenner said she had actually attended appointments for both. He also said Kardashian's jail sentence had been reduced from 30 days to three.
"She's had to go to AA meetings and she really doesn't even drink that much," Jenner said. "She's had to be on the side of the road picking up garbage. Now they're throwing her in for three days and it's just unfortunate, but that's the law and she made the mistake and hopefully other kids can see what this is and realize, 'Hey! You cannot be drinking and driving.'"
Jenner said the situation has been "hard on the whole family."
"I talked to her for a long time this morning. Of course I just found out. I'm always the last to know. She came home this morning and we sat down and talked about it," he said. "It's disappointing. I feel sorry for her, but she made the mistake and she's, just gonna have to pay the price, suck it up, go through it, move on and never do that again."


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text: Kentucky agriculture Despite Drought, Net Farm Income Should be Strong By Dan Modlin • Sep 15, 2012 WKU Public Radio University of Kentucky Agricultural Economist Will Snell says a rise in commodity prices and increasing indemnity payments will result in higher net farm income than many would have expected this year. Speaking to the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture in Lexington, Snell pointed to USDA projections that net farm income this year will reach its highest level in 42 years. Kentucky Program Aims to Help Children Grow Gardens By Associated Press • Aug 29, 2012 The Kentucky Department of Agriculture usually deals with bigger farmers but has joined with the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy to work with some younger potential growers. First lady Jane Beshear and Agriculture Commissioner James Comer have launched a program to show young people how they can plant their own gardens and grow food, even on a patio. Ongoing Heat Bad News for Commonwealth's Corn Crop By Associated Press • Jul 3, 2012 Kentucky's corn crop took a sharp turn for the worse during last week's record-breaking heat, and nearly half the crop is in poor condition as a drought lingers in some key producing areas.


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Disaster-Related Fraud Low in Colorado
Posted March 26, 2014
After devastating floods, Colorado had to brace itself for recovery and a busy year for Denver remodeling companies, but there was a hidden menace the state had to prepare for: fraud. In the wake of natural disasters, unscrupulous individuals who prey on victims, set up false relief funds, or target assistance programs for fraudulent activity tend to run rampant, delaying legitimate claims and making things more frustrating for people who need help.
However, the state is reporting a relatively low level of fraud so far, and it credits the lessons learned from other states. It created and promoted centralized sources of information including a licensed contractor database, a government-run site with information about how to help and how to get help, and a list of registered charities. Making all this information readily available helped victims avoid scams, and made it more difficult for fraudsters to slip in. Hopefully other states will take note and follow suit in future emergency situations!View original post.


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WITH each step the government and the judiciary have taken in the NRO implementation and prime minister's contempt of court cases over the last few months, the political and the legal have become more closely intertwined. And with the arrival of a new prime minister the possible implications of this tussle have only gotten more worrying. Giving its timing and content, the new contempt of court act the government is trying to pass into law is clearly an attempt to save a second prime minister from being sent home too once the NRO implementation hearing resumes on July 12. But while legislating to confront immediate challenges is not necessarily the most principled or long-term approach to lawmaking, the action is also one of an elected government with its back against the wall in the face of a Supreme Court at whose hands it has already suffered one major defeat.
This could now play out it in a couple of different ways. Passing the law through parliament requires only a simple majority, which will be easy enough for the ruling party to pull off. But petitions contesting the law will inevitably be filed, and at that point the court could either take an aggressive stance against it or find a way to let it slide, which would enable the SC to let the current prime minister survive despite having sacked Mr Gilani. In fact, the procedure for hearing contempt of court cases laid out in the new law, or the process of determining whether the law is valid in the face of the court's existing judgments, could well delay a decision in the NRO implementation case till the point elections are held. That could be one way to minimise disruption to the democratic set-up. Ultimately, what ends up happening next will depend on the court's mood. Is it hell-bent on getting a letter written by a stubborn government in order to establish its authority vis-à-vis other institutions? Or will it be willing to take advantage of this development to step back for the greater good of the system?


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MANY EASTER ACTIVITIES OCCURRED DURING HOLY WEEK IN CUBA By Tania Quintero, Cuba Free Press (as translated by a volunteer).
HAVANA - There were many activities in Cuba on the occasion of the Christians' holy week for the Roman Catholic world from March 28 through April 4. A little over a year after the pope's visit here, some of the principal activities included Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, archbishop of Havana, officiating at all services at the Metropolitan Cathedral.
On March 28, Palm Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. the Mass and Blessing of the Palms were held. On the 31st, Holy Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m. the program "The seven words: Christ on the Cross" was held. The choir ensemble "Juan Pablo II" and the "Schola Cantorum Coralina" under the direction of Professor Alina Orraca interpreted the "Seven Words" a work by Theodore Dubois. The work counted with the participation of the Spanish soloist, Jordi Homs and Cubans Sonia McCormac, Arnulfo Ramirez and Mario Jiga as well as the piano accompaniments of Selena Cansino.
Other events: On April 1, Holy Thursday, at 8 p.m. the Mass of the Lord's Supper; on Good Friday at 8.p.m. a celebration of the Passion; on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. the Easter vigil; and on Resurrection Sunday at 10:30 a.m. the Easter Mass. A special invitation had been extended to all those baptized to attend the Cathedral on April 2 to receive a special blessing from their bishop, Cardinal Ortega.
On this occasion, the end of Holy Week coincided with the anniversary celebrations of the Pioneers and the other communist youth organizations. This presented a challenge for both Catholics and communists since, even with the improved relations between church and state, there still are frictions at the very basic levels.
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Moore schools tee off early to close out before 2014 US Open
Posted August 19, 2013
Pinehurst, N.C. — Public school students in Moore County got a jump on other North Carolina students, starting class on Monday instead of the Aug. 26 start for most other school districts.
Moore County Schools planned the early start to the 2013-14 school year so students could finish classes before the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open golf tournaments in Pinehurst next June.
Local officials plan to use schools as off-site parking and school buses as shuttles to move the crowds expected at the back-to-back events to and from Pinehurst Resort.
Superintendent Aaron Spence said the school district has been planning for the early start for more than a year, so there were few problems Monday morning.
Moore school officials planned for early opening
"We were pretty proactive in communicating that we were going to start early, so our teachers knew (and) our parents knew," Spence said. "The kids are really actually ready to come back to school, so we're pretty excited."
If inclement weather forces Moore County schools to miss any time this winter, he said, those days will have to be made up during the school year because they cannot be tacked on at the end.
The U.S. Open is scheduled for June 12-15, and the U.S. Women's Open is set for June 19-22. Both tournaments will be held at the famed Pinehurst No. 2 course.


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400 Blows have shifted members a bit. Following their efforts to assist their drummer Ferdie with medical assistance, he has decided to exit the band, focusing on non–music related ventures. Replacing him will be Kevin Fitzgerald of the legendary Circle Jerks.
You can see the new lineup on Friday October 5th at Safari Sam's in Hollywood alongside New Collapge, Tweak Bird and Longmont Potion Castle.


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I don't have any facts to support this assumption, but I believe that last night's episode of Mad Men will be one that splits viewers down the middle. The entire time I was watching it, I couldn't help thinking that zero was the number of clues that I had about what was going on, but after letting it marinate for a couple hours and watching one of the middle-of-the-night repeats, I can't help but think that it was totally and utterly brilliant.
Structurally, all of the things that Matthew Weiner and his writers were able to build into an hour of television absolutely boggles the mind. Don and Roger went on two parallel trips with their wives, one literally and one figuratively, and the show was so chock full of references to previous seasons that I'm still trying to unpack everything to try and decode where all of this information tells us this season is going. Help me sleuth after the jump.
When the episode opened on Peggy, I was sure that this episode was going to be about her in the same way that last week's was about Pete. It wasn't, but it did start us off on two important recurrences through the episode: pointed references to past seasons and mirrors, both literal and figurative. Sometimes those two things went hand in hand, but this time, they were separate, with a literal mirror in front of which Peggy was primping for work and the reference to a previous season being the violet candies for which she was searching. In season two, Don told Bobby that his dad loved the violet candies in the purple and silver packaging, and it seems that he had given some of them to Peggy for good luck.
Peggy needed the luck because it was time for her to pitch a new idea to Heinz, and while she was fretting over that, her problematic boyfriend Abe was in her bed, trying to convince her to go to the movies with him and then fretting over how she prioritizes him behind her job. Peggy's had this fight before, and we know how it ends: with her threatening to break up with the dude. Abe didn't take her up on it like Mark did a couple of seasons ago, but they parted on unhappy terms.
At the office, things weren't going much better. Don pulled himself and Megan out of the Heinz pitch so that they could go be irresponsible at the Howard Johnson mothership upstate (Roger told him it was a bad idea, but Don was too busy fetching his bride to listen), which left Peggy to do the pitch with Rizzo standing dutifully at her side. Compared to the Bean Ballet, the idea was surprisingly good – "Home Is Where The Heinz Is." Peggy, to her credit, sold it quite well. Still, though, the ever-waffling Heinz exec wasn't quite so sure that he loved it.
When he balked, Peggy practically channeled Don to give one of those barn-burning Don speeches about how the idea is great and he's just contrary and no one else on the planet could make beans so beautiful. Instead of giving the Heinz dude the push he needed, as those speeches do when Don gives then, the old man fought back against the insolent little girl he saw in front of him and had her kicked off the account.
Peggy reacted to the blowup as the female mirror (mirror!) of Don – she went to the movies by herself, smoked a joint offered to her by a stranger in the darkened theater, and then gave said stranger a handjob while they watched a violent nature film. Afterward, she went right back to work, but instead of working, she fell asleep on the couch with the shot framed the exact same way that Weiner has shown us Don in distress so many times.
Dawn finally woke Peggy up that evening because Don was calling, agitated, from a phone booth that had yet to be given a meaningful context. We'll get to why he was making that call later because the show doesn't clue us in for a good half hour, but the important thing for the moment was that it caused Peggy to go finish up for the night in her office, where Ginsberg was also working.
Peggy had run into Ginsberg and his dad when she got back from the movies, and the show took the opportunity to let us in on a little bit more of his origin story. As it turns out, he hadn't been lying when he said that he didn't have any family. The man who he lives with and calls his father is actually a man who had found him in a Swedish orphanage at the age of five, and as far as Ginsberg knows, he was born in a concentration camp during the war and his parents are dead.
Ginsberg said that he had received one communication since leaving the orphanage, and it was a letter telling him only to stay where he was. He didn't elaborate, but the stark reality of the horror out of which he came was jarring enough to send Peggy straight home to call her boyfriend, tell him that she actually did need him. I'm not entirely sure how Ginsberg's story inspired that in Peggy, but perhaps it was as simple as a reminder of the basic need for human affection in the face of horror. I still think Peggy and Ginsberg are going to bone, though. Just you wait and see.
Over in Roger's neck of the woods, Jane was dragging him to a dinner party with her fancy friends that he had complained about to Don earlier in the episode. And Roger was right, Jane's friends were truly pretentious, sitting around the dinner table discussing the nature of truth and the moral implications of reality like any of them are actually all that interesting and thoughtful.
What was interesting, however, was what happened when dinner concluded – everyone dropped acid. Jane had warned Roger that she wanted to do it with her friends that night, but because he doesn't listen to a word she says, the entire thing took him off guard. After some initial trepidation, though, Roger and Jane and a couple of other folks were all tripping. Roger in the sky with diamonds!
Roger's first act while high was to open a bottle of his beloved Stoli, which contained booming Russian march music. He then proceeded to get self-conscious about his hair and dye half of it black with his mind, at which point Don appeared to tell him to stop looking in the mirror – the literal one, this time. After some rambling and an exceedingly terrified taxi ride home, Jane and Roger found themselves in the bathtub together, Roger watching the 1919 World Series and Jane complaining that she couldn't see it. Probably because she was too young to have seen it the first time around.
After that, they proceeded to put their wet hair in pink towels and lay on the floor together in the dark, which is where things really got interesting. As it turns out, the psychiatrist at the party was also Jane's shrink, which she had been keeping (badly) from Roger. It didn't take much to get them each to admit that they were both done with the marriage, and in a surprisingly touching moment, Roger admitted that he didn't like Jane anymore, as a person, but insisted that he once had. Then they cuddled. I say this without a shred of sarcasm: I hope my next breakup happens while sprawled out on the floor, tripping balls. I bet that'd make things a lot smoother.
In the morning, Roger was still feeling serenely content, but Jane had forgotten that they had mutually agreed to get divorced while they were high. She eventually remembered, and although she seemed concerned about how expensive it would be, she put up absolutely no fight. We've all known from the beginning of the season (and most of us probably knew long before that) that their marriage was doomed, and it seems like they've both been aware of it for some time too. You could see it in the elevator on the way to the party; they fought, but not about anything in particular. They fought just to fight, because their contempt for each other has reached such a level that it's the only way that they can interact with each other anymore.
We then went back in time, to when Roger and Don were talking in the office and Roger told him it was a bad idea to take Megan to the HoJo. He took her anyway, of course, and he yanked her out of Heinz preparation to do it. Megan didn't let on at first, but her irritation over never knowing which role she's playing – Don's wife or Don's employee – grew as the trip went on. Peggy's boyfriend mentioned at the top of the episode that he felt like Peggy wanted to store him in her desk drawer and take him out when she was bored, and it seems as though Don's gotten as close to literally doing that as possible.
By the time that they were at the HoJo (which felt like more of an acid trip than Roger's party did), Megan was spitefully rejecting the offer of orange sherbet to embarrass Don in front of some random waitress, and then after being called out, she was shoving it down her gullet so fast that I practically got a sympathy brain freeze. Megan then took a truly low swipe at Don's dead mother (who she knows is dead because she indicated knowledge of his previous identity in the season premiere), which prompted Don to storm out and drive away, leaving her in the parking lot of the Plattsburgh HoJo.
Naturally, Don got a couple of miles away, thought better of his half of the giant toddler tantrum and turned around to retrieve his stranded wife. Except when he got back to the hotel, she wasn't there – the waitress said that she had left with a group of young men who had been at a different table, which meant that she was probably inducted into some sort of drug cult and headed to California by the time Don realized she was missing. He stayed for hours, waiting and using the pay phone in the parking lot to call Peggy, Megan's mom and whoever else may have heard from her. No luck.
The next thing we knew, Don and Megan were in the car, Megan navigating and Don steering them home. Suddenly Sally was in the backseat, looking sleepy and with her Mickey Mouse ears askew, making even clearer what the circular booth and sundae-style glass already told us – this scene was like a Bizarro World counterpoint to the scene in California where Don knew Megan was special when she cleaned up the spilled milkshake. Instead, this episode was where Don realized that nothing gold can stay.
He eventually went home to the city, where he found that Megan had hopped a bus home and had been ignoring his phone calls, and a fight broke out. First it was just verbal, where Don was locked out and yelling at Megan, who was yelling back from the other side of the door in almost an exact mirror (Mirrors! We'll get to that.) of a fight that Jane and Roger had last season that foreshadowed all of the misery that their marriage has come to be. Don did what Roger didn't bother to do, though – he kicked down the door.
I don't know if Don kicking the door in is supposed to metaphorically signal to us that he's willing to do stuff to save his marriage that Roger was too lazy and apathetic to do, or if it was merely necessary in order to effectively continue the scene. We'll find that out as the season progresses, but in the episode, it lead directly to a physical altercation. Megan struck first, but then Don chased her literally all the way around the apartment before tackling her onto the same white carpet on which they'd had sex in the season's first episode. He didn't strike her other than that, and while the entire thing may seem shocking now, for the period, it was actually sort of Domestic Violence Lite. Don's a lot of things, but this show has gone out of its way not to make him a physical abuser.
While they were laying there, winded and disoriented, Megan whimpered that every fight diminished them. And she's right, because by the looks of it, what's going on here is basically Don and Betty, The Early Years. Don really did love Betty when they were married, if you think back to the scene we saw of him telling Anna that they needed to get a divorce so that he could marry Betty (which was, itself, a flashback). He was giddy and overjoyed to spend the rest of his life with his future bride, and we all know how that ended. In contrast to how we've always seen Don end fights with Betty – dismissive and cold – this time, the scene ended with him on his knees, arms wrapped around Megan's waist, weeping that he thought he had lost her.
Despite the fight, Don and Megan both pulled themselves together and went in to work later that morning, trying their very bests to behave as though everything was fine and that nothing at all had happened. Roger had been right, though. The entire trip had been a very bad idea. Roger's "trip," on the other hand, had turned out just swimmingly, and his participation in the episode culminated in him announcing to Don that it was going to be a beautiful day.
That wasn't the end of the show, though. When Don and Megan got to work, Cooper was waiting to tell him about the disaster with Peggy and Heinz and to command Don to get his head out of the clouds and start actually working and running his department again. And Cooper was right, because if Don had been in that pitch room and made The Don Speech for Peggy, everything would have gone swimmingly. Peggy may be great at what she does, but that doesn't mean that all the old men who run SCDP's client companies are going to respect her enough to participate in the tougher parts of business with her as an equal. That's just the reality of the era, and Cooper made no bones about it. Between that and the escalating conflicts with Megan, perhaps we'll get a glimpse of the old Don Draper soon. Good for us, bad for him.
Stray Observations:
- I said it before, but it bears repeating: the structural elements of this episode were excellent. The triple narrative worked seamlessly, and the entire episode played like a love letter to hardcore Mad Men fanatics, who were subtly rewarded over and over again by small references to things in past episodes that you would probably only remember if you've seen the series through several times. (I've seen it through five or six times, judge me if you must.)
- This episode also did a great job warping its audience's sense of time. The entire thing took place in a little over a day, but it seemed like time was zooming by all of the characters, a problem with which Pete, who was largely absent from this episode, would likely sympathize.
- I'm continually impressed by how Mad Men makes so much drama out of things that are actually completely mundane. That's why this show is so great; instead of narrative gimmickry, it builds characters that feel so real and so worthy of our interest that their normal lives have meaning.
- In case you hadn't noticed, I really love Mad Men.
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Expectant mom Kate Hudson was radiant in a Stella McCartney gown at the MET Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 2) in New York City. The 32-year-old bride-to-be finished her look with an Edie Parker handbag and Casadei shoes. And not to mention those long golden locks!
Recently, we spotted Kate on Broadway and supporting her mom, Goldie Hawn, at the MindUp Hawn Foundation.
The You, Me and Dupree star – who is already mom to 7-year-old son Ryder – and her fiance Matthew Bellamy are expecting their first child together within "weeks."


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About 5% of acute-care hospitals and 18% of long-term care hospitals reported at least one infection involving a bacteria called carbapenem-resistent Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) to the National Healthcare Safety Network in the first half of 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Highly resistant to treatment with most antibiotics, CRE infections have a mortality rate exceeding 40%. While relatively rare in acute-care hospitals, CRE represents a growing share of Enterobacteriaceae infections. It also can spread rapidly in health care settings and has the potential to move to the community, CDC said. "The high proportion of LTACHs with CRE in 2012 highlights the need to expand prevention outside of short-stay acute-care hospitals into settings that, historically, have had less developed infection prevention programs," the report states. "Additional research is needed to clarify unanswered questions, including assessing which CRE prevention strategies are most effective and investigating new prevention approaches such as decolonization."
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The very first game football game Notre Dame played did not
mark an auspicious beginning to their football ambitions; it was an 8-0 loss to
the University of Michigan on November 23, 1887. Though not yet the dominant
football force it would become, Notre Dame had compiled a record of 108 wins, 31
losses and 13 ties by the end of 1912. By the end of the decade Notre Dame would
have established an integral part of its mythos: the rivalries with Michigan,
Michigan State, Army and USC.
In 1918 Knute Rockne was hired as head football coach. During
his comparatively short tenure of 13 years, Rockne would transform the Irish
from a good team into a legendary program. With Rockne as coach Notre Dame
posted a record of 105 wins, 12 losses and 5 ties. The Irish also won 6 national
championships and had 5 undefeated season with Rockne as coach. It was during
this time that Notre Dame featured the famous "Four Horsemen": Harry Stuhldreher,
Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden. The nickname was inspired by this
excerpt of an article by Grantland Rice:
"Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the
Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine,
pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their
real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed
the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting
Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this
afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering
panorama spread out upon the green plain below."
"Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the
Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine,
pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their
real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed
the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting
Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this
afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering
panorama spread out upon the green plain below."
The next great period in Notre Dame football began in 1941
with the arrival of new coach Frank Leahy. Although Leahy only coached the Irish
for 11 season, his impact on the program was immense. Among his achievements
were leading the Irish to a record of 87 wins, 11 losses and 9 ties including an
incredible streak of 39 games without a loss. During coach Leahy's time in Notre
Dame, the Irish won 4 national championships and had 6 undefeated seasons.
Leahy's successor was Ara Parseghian. From 1954-1963
Parseghian led the Irish to a record of 95 wins, 17 losses and 4 ties. His
accomplishments with the team also include leading the Irish to two national
championships and two undefeated seasons.
Dan Devine took over for Parseghian beginning in 1975 and
continued the winning tradition of Notre Dame. His record with the Irish was 53
wins, 16 losses and 1 tie. The Irish also won a national championship in 1977.
The next great Notre Dame coach was hired in 1986: Lou Holtz.
Between 1986 and 1996, Holtz would coach Notre Dame to a 95-24-2 record. During
his time with the Irish, they had 1 undefeated season and won a national
championship in 1988.
Overall, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have won a record 11
national championships in football:
1924: Coach: Knute Rockne, Record: 10-0-0
1929: Coach: Knute Rockne, Record: 9-0-0
1930: Coach: Knute Rockne, Record: 10-0-0
1943: Coach: Frank Leahy, Record: 9-1-0
1946: Coach: Frank Leahy, Record: 8-0-1
1947: Coach: Frank Leahy, Record: 9-0-0
1949: Coach: Frank Leahy, Record: 10-0
1966: Coach: Ara Parseghian, Record: 9-0-1
1973: Coach: Ara Parseghian, Record: 11-0
1977: Coach: Dan Devine, Record: 11-1
1988: Coach: Lou Holtz, Record: 12-0
In addition to these, the Fighting Irish also received votes
as national champions in the following seasons: 1919, 1920, 1927, 1938, 1953,
1964, 1967, 1970, and 1989.
Even among the all time great programs, Notre Dame is matched
by few. Along with Nebraska, Yale, Michigan and Texas, the Irish are part of the
800 win club.
Some of the individual awards given to Notre Dame coaches and
players are the following:
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
Ara Parseghian - 1964
Lou Holtz - 1988
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award
Charlie Weis - 2005
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award
Tyrone Willingham - 2002
Heisman Trophy (Most outstanding collegiate
football player)
Angelo Bertelli - 1943
Johnny Lujack - 1947
Leon Hart - 1949
Johnny Lattner - 1953
Paul Hornung - 1956
John Huarte - 1964
Tim Brown - 1987
Maxwell Award (Most outstanding collegiate football
player, , adjudged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National
Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell
Football Club)
Johnny Lattner - 1952, 1953
Jim Lynch - 1966
Ross Browner - 1977
Brady Quinn - 2006
Walter Camp Award (Most outstanding collegiate
football player, adjudged by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors)
Ken MacAfee - 1977
Raghib Ismail - 1990
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Most outstanding
senior quarterback)
Tony Rice - 1989
Cingular All-America Player of the Year (This is a
weekly and annual award given to college football's player of the week and
player of the year respectively. The results are tabulated from a weekly
cellular telephone poll conducted jointly by Cingular Wireless and ESPN)
Outland Trophy (Most outstanding interior lineman -
offense or defense)
George Connor - 1946
Bill Fischer - 1948
Ross Browner - 1976
Lombardi Award (Most outstanding lineman - defense
or offense - or linebacker)
Walt Patulski - 1971
Chris Zorich - 1990
Aaron Taylor - 1993
Sammy Baugh Trophy (Most outstanding quarterback,
adjudged by a panel of college football coaches and awarded by the Touchdown
Club of Columbus)
Terry Hanratty - 1967
Brady Quinn - 2005
1963: Curly Lambeau - Green Bay Packers 1919-49
1964: George Trafton - Chicago Bears 1920-22
1968: Wayne Millner - Boston and Washington Redskins
1936-41, 1945
1975: George Connor - Chicago Bears 1948-55
1986: Paul Hornung - Green Bay Packers 1957-62, 1964-66
1988: Alan Page - Minnesota Vikings 1967-78, Chicago
2000: Joe Montana - San Francisco 49ers 1979-92, Kansas
City 1993-94
2001: Nick Buoniconti - Boston Patriots 1962-68, Miami
Dolphins 1969-74, 1976
2002: Dave Casper - Oakland 1974-80, Houston 1980-83,
Minnesota 1983
The design of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fleece: Football
Panel is composed of the University's ND logo, Fighting Irishman logo and
a football helmet over a navy background within a green frame. Each panel
measures 60" wide by 50" long.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fleece: Football Panel is not
suitable for children's sleepwear. All patterns have been licensed by the
University of Notre Dame and are for individual consumption only. Any other use
of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fleece: Football Panel is prohibited and


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We're hearing that NYT's Jeremy Peters, newly on the beat, is working on a story about Politico that is set to run Monday. Peters has been calling former Politico reporters and talking to current employees about whether reporters are expected to work too hard.
The piece would follow Mark Leibovich's recent gargantuan magazine profile of Politico scribe Mike Allen in late April, which also addressed newsroom culture.
Last night at HuffPost's rooftop party, guests were buzzing about the potential story, wondering what it would or could say that was different than what has already been reported. With eyes rolling and people chuckling, no one seemed too worried about it, although those chatting about it said they didn't know whether the story would be favorable or not.
In the past 12 months, the NYT has written some 14 stories involving Politico and/or Robert Allbritton, who owns the publication.


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Missouri Task Force 1 on Colorado alert
Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:52:43 GMT —
Missouri Task Force 1 includes 80 firefighters and emergency workers with more than 100,000 pounds of equipment and they are currently on standby as they wait to help with massive flooding in Colorado.
According to Mark Slavit with KRCG in Jefferson City, Friday, members of Missouri Task Force 1 were put on alert status which means they have permission to organize their 80 person team and their equipment as they prepare for a trip to Colorado.
When task force member Tammy Rounsavall first heard about the Colorado alert, she immediately started preparing equipment. She is responsible for fine tuning all of the equipment before it heads out the door.
â??Iâ??m making sure if there is anything that needs to be charged that it is charged. I making sure that items that were taken off for charging or recalibration that we get those back in the trailers so that they are ready to go with boots on the ground and they can go to work,â?? Rounsavall told KRCG.
Authorities report more than 3,000 people are missing or cut off from safety and more than 200 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Colorado. Past experiences at Hurricane Katrina and the Joplin tornado help task force members prepare for disasters like the flooding in Colorado.
â??When we went to Joplin it was more of a wide area searching of light weight constructed buildings. This would be more in line with what Katrina was as far as the flooding,â?? Missouri Task Force 1 spokesman Gale Blomenkamp said.
Missouri Task Force 1 officials recently bought some additional rescue boats to help them with search and rescue in flooding conditions.
â??We have zodiac boats. We have John boats. We have life preservers. We have wet suits. We have dry suits. We have all of that type of rescue equipment that would loaded and enough to sustain any type of operation that we would be assigned,â?? Blomenkamp said.
Task force members would use tractor trailers, pick-up trucks and emergency vehicles to transport themselves and their equipment to Colorado.
â??The ultimate goal is search and rescue and not search and recovery. If we are given that assignment of search and recovery, our people take that very seriously. In that case, we are not rescuing live victims but we are providing closure to the families who are going through a very, very tough time,â?? Blomenkamp explained.
If they get the call, Blomenkamp said Missouriâ??s most experienced search and rescue team could stay up to 2 weeks in Colorado.
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The Mayor
Pedro Pablo Edmunds Paoa, or "Petero" as he is known, has been mayor of Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui's only settlement, for 12 years, and won re-election last November. He has an open-door policy at his office on Hanga Roa's main street, and welcomed this writer dropping by to talk about the preservation of Rapa Nui's cultural heritage.
"As a society of 3,000 people, plus 30,000 tourists a year, we have health problems, education problems and social problems with drugs, alcohol and violence," he explained. "For us, the preservation of our cultural heritage is way down our list of priorities. People around the world say, 'Why aren't you doing more?' I say, 'What more can we do?' For us, this is number 20, 25 on our list.
"So our call is to the hearts of world governments to make an example and help us. We need help, and we need it permanently. Japan, for us, is friendly, really understanding what we have here. Through decades it has helped us. It's thanks to Japan that the government of Chile is just a little bit interested in us.
"Imagine if other countries could think that way — we wouldn't be sitting here talking about this.
"Perhaps with that support we could go to museums around the world and reclaim our things. People came here and took our artefacts, but the Rapa Nui people of that time didn't understand that they should be paid for. We want these things back; we want them all back where they belong. I think the world today owes Rapa Nui an apology for taking away our artefacts.
"More than this, there are many, many of our artefacts in museums that aren't even on display. I say give them back, so we can display them. The task we face is huge. We have a site on the other side of the island that needs urgent help. Every year, fire goes through it. It heats up the stone and it cracks. We need to restore that, but it will cost about $300,000. And I can name you another site: Orongo. Orongo is falling down. In just a little more time it's going to be down the cliff. I estimate it'll take $2 million to prevent this. We need to get under it, reinforce it, conduct scientific studies, but all that costs money, money, money.
"Those are just two examples out of 1,000. Put aside the moai and we still have 1,000 sites. I believe the world must pay attention to what we have here. There is no person yet born who can tell us the meaning of what we have."
The archaeologist
Jo Anne Van Tilburg is the world's foremost authority on Easter Island's statues. As head of the Easter Island Statue Project, based at the University of California, Los Angeles, she has conducted annual fieldwork on the island for nearly two decades. This year she published "Among Stone Giants," a biography of Katherine Routledge, the first European anthropologist to conduct extensive fieldwork on the island. Routledge's 1913-14 research captured the memories of a dying generation that was the last to witness and participate in the Orongo Birdman rituals.
"The Easter Island Statue Project is the longest running, most comprehensive project here on the island. We have 10,000 documents on more than 210 sites, and have about another 80-100 to go," Van Tilburg explained. "It's a marvelous example of interchange between science and anthropology, outsiders and insiders. One site we've studied — it was a cool thing — a little boy just told us about it. We went straight off and investigated, and there it was. So this will be a living database. The database has expanded beyond statues to include sculpture in museums around the world.
"I have a kind of design timeline now that has grown from documentation of the monolithic statues to the whole spectrum of design. These objects are part of the way the Rapa Nui people interpreted their spiritual and natural worlds, so it seemed essential to have an artist as part of the team to interpret that.
"What Katherine (Routledge) achieved during her own excavations was remarkable. She was intuitive, insightful, a woman of the bigger picture. She was tough on herself, but also just tough. Everything about her life on the island was clear to me. I didn't stumble; I understood what it was like to be an investigator on the island. I also understood many things about being a woman in a man's world: Archaeology is still a man's world. And yes, I loved Katherine. I cried when I was writing about her death."
Van Tilburg has clear views on the theory advanced by Jared Diamond and others who claim that the islanders brought about their own downfall by overexploitation of their resources, principally the island's forests. I just think [that theory] is too facile. We don't know enough — the history of climate change, the cycles of drought. We don't even have a handle on the population. [Such conclusions] may be jumping the gun, given that this is the most studied island in the Pacific.
"The catalog evidence points to a successful, thriving culture that's motivated, that needs food. Well, that may mean overdepletion of resources, soil erosion. One point Jared makes is the fragility of the island, so you have an environment that wouldn't favor a society that would practice [destructive behaviors like that].
"Everyone thinks it's deforestation, that you need the trees to transport these statues. But deforestation wasn't required to build these statues. One theory is that gradually things got worse, that the chiefs didn't have enough food to give. But the statues are not what killed the island, they're evidence of cooperation. Tongariki [a large ahu with 15 moai] is evidence of cooperation. [The Birdman cult of Orongo, from a period postdating the statue-building culture] is evidence of environmental stress and weakening of the ruling classes — of responses to challenges, whether they're environmental, political or social. The environmental disintegration thesis is still under discussion, it needs to be refined more."
The Artist
Christian Pakarati is a Rapa Nui-born artist and descendent of Juan Tepano, who was Katherine Routledge's guide and right-hand-man during her sojourn on Easter Island. History has repeated itself, as Pakarati now works as part of Van Tilburg's team. His technical and field illustrations for the Easter Island Statue Project database are an invaluable way to record details that photographs don't always capture clearly. They are also remarkably beautiful works of art.
"The drawings I've done have been getting better and better each year," Pakarati said. "I'm a painter, but the good thing here is that through Jo Anne's knowledge, I've been able to refine my art. Half of that came from my ancestors, but now I'm getting to be complete — I'm half scientist, and half part of a cultural tradition. And that tradition isn't always true. Half the information you get from your grandparents was wrong, it's just the way the Rapa Nui people are, with all the religion, the tradition.
"The question is, how to balance the scientist side with all the spooky things — Jo Anne has taken me even through that. You enrich yourself in knowing the two worlds are compatible."
Pakarati and Van Tilburg have lively exchanges about the theories surrounding the collapse of Rapa Nui's statue-building culture. The artist favors the view that environmental depletion led to increased status competition between chieftans — rejecting the theory that the Rapa Nui people precipitated their own decline by wholesale cutting down of trees to transport their statues.
"This is a society that respected trees. When they cut down a tree to make a canoe, there was a celebration, so I don't think these were crazy people just cutting down trees. What happens to a person like a chief if you've had people serving you for generations, then you can't give them what they need anymore? You have to show your status somehow. The biggest moai are still in the quarry; that suggests increasing competition.
"Even now, in ordinary life, Rapa Nui people are very competitive. And Rapa Nui people are still keeping their natural ways. We can leave the island wide open to tourists because there are so few of them."


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