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The only rain that fell in Seattle last weekend was the rain that fell on the Crew's first-place parade. More specifically, it rained goals. A historic number of goals. And there were some historic goals amongst the historic number of goals. Depending on one's viewpoint and allegiance, the Crew's 6-2 loss to the Seattle Sounders was equal parts historic, horrific, and hysterical. It was hysthorric.
It was a game that featured:
- The equaling of the Crew's record for goals allowed, originally set 15 years ago in a 6-4 loss at Kansas City on May 2, 1996.
- The Crew setting a club record for goals allowed in the first half, with four.
- Jeff Cunningham scoring his 134th career goal to take sole possession of the all-time MLS record.
- Lamar Neagle scoring the first home hat-trick in Sounders history. (The first overall hat-trick in Sounders history was scored by Blaise Nkufo last September in Columbus.)
- The Crew's Josh Gardner scoring a goal and an own-goal less than a minute apart from each other.
It was getting hard to keep up with the research in Neil Sika's radio booth. By the time I would research one historic occurrence, it would become outdated after the words had barely escaped Neil's lips. In one instance, a factoid was interrupted by not one, but two goals, which obliterated the unearthed nugget before it could even be fully shared with the listening audience. If the press box scoresheet runner had been wearing a pedometer, she would have gotten credit for at least a half-marathon.
Here are some notes from a crazy trip and a crazy game…
Needing a good start in a tough environment, the Crew did the opposite, and they did it in stunning fashion. In the fourth minute, Seattle's Lamar Neagle took a routine throw-in near midfield. It's not the sort of event that causes one to cue up the Jaws theme, but for some reason, right back Sebastian Miranda decided to jump up in an effort to block the throw-in with his head. Miranda was unsuccessful and the ball went to the feet of Mike Fucito, who was posted up against Crew defender Rich Balchan near the sideline. Neagle, meanwhile, made an incisive run toward the Crew's goal that Miranda didn't follow. Fucito squared the ball into Neagle's path, forcing Balchan to turn on his jets to catch up with the streaking Neagle as he angled toward the net. Balchan caught up, but the angles were not in his favor. With no recovery run from Miranda and no help coming from the middle, Balchan rode Neagle's outside shoulder and disrupted him enough so that Neagle couldn't get full power or placement on his shot attempt. Crew goalkeeper William Hemser went down to his left and appeared to make the save, but rather than pushing the ball wide, the spin he placed on the ball allowed it to carry on into the net. The Crew's cavalcade of miscues gave the Sounders a dream 1-0 lead just four minutes into the game.
"I didn't really hit it too well," said Neagle, "but a shot on goal has a chance, so sometimes you get those."
"It bounced up on the turf and came back into me," said Hesmer. "I got caught in between pushing it wide and trying to catch it. I didn't get enough of it. I thought initially, when I looked at it, it was still wide. It looked like it spun and went inside the post."
"We were a little fortunate to on the first goal, you know, the bounce," said Sounders coach Sigi Schmid. "I know Hesmer's a quality goalkeeper. Those aren't the kind of goals you expect to get against him."
Those are also the type of goals that Hesmer doesn't expect himself to give up.
"I can't let that happen," Hesmer said. "It is just too hard to play in a place like this when I give up a bad goal like that. I have to do better on that one. From there, it was just downhill."
The downhill journey continued in the 16th minute when Balchan was whistled for handball in the box. Seattle had another Throw-In Of Doom. As the throw came in, Balchan and Fucito were tangled in a body position war at the outside edge of the box. Fucito rolled away from Balchan at the very last second and the ball hit Balchan's hand, which was directly in front of his chest. It was a very tough call due to the location at the very outside edge of the box, the obvious lack of intent or ability to avoid the contact, and the fact that Balchan gained no advantage whatsoever since the ball would have hit him squarely in his sternum anyway.
"I will have to see the replay," said Balchan. "He was backing into me, the ball was bouncing, and then he moved out of the way and the ball hit my hand. My hands were here. [He holds them in against his chest.] The ball hit my hand. I didn't play the ball."
Nevertheless, Mauro Rosales buried the PK to give the Sounders a 2-0 lead.
A week earlier, the Crew got the penalty call in another instance where the ball played the hand. At least in that particular instance, Philly's Sheanon Williams had his hand raised next to his shoulder, and those extra inches of body extension blocked a Crew cross. At least the hand affected the play, even if the ball played the hand. In Balchan's case, the hand had no impact on the play, which made it a tough call to swallow.
Knowing the final score, it's easy to say it wouldn't have mattered anyway. And really, given that Seattle was firing on all cylinders and the Crew were sputtering, that may have been the case. On the other hand, that penalty and that goal may have been huge. The 2011 Crew have been no strangers to slow starts and early 1-0 deficits. Entering Saturday, they had fallen behind 1-0 on 14 occasions and garnered 13 points in those games. (Throw out the 91st minute goal in a 1-0 loss to Chicago, and the Crew had averaged exactly a point per game when allowing the first goal.) They have also earned points in 7 of those 13 non-Chicago contests. If the Crew were able to weather the Seattle storm and hold it at 1-0 for a little bit, they very well could have found their footing and scratched out a result as they had done so many times already in 2011. But at 2-0, the wheels came off. A few minutes later, it was 3-0 and the route was on.
The Crew offered no excuses for their performance. Despite my playing devil's advocate in the previous section, nobody vented about the penalty call and its potential impact on the game. Balchan's comment about it was dragged out of him. He was not looking for a sympathetic ear to bend with a tale of woe. The Crew simply acknowledged that their worst and Seattle's best was a lethal combination that afternoon.
"We made bad mistakes in bad parts of the field and they punished us for it," said Chad Marshall. "The game was over 20 minutes in."
"It was an off game for everyone," said Jeff Cunningham. "That's not the characteristic of this team. We're a very tough team to break down. It was just an off game. Congratulations to the Sounders. That was a classy performance from them. We didn't play well, but they were outstanding. It was good football. You have to give them credit."
When asked what he told his team after the game, Crew coach Robert Warzycha replied, "What can I say?"
And he was right. His players know how to read a scoreboard and they experienced the 6-2 drubbing as up close and personal as anyone can experience it. Nothing else needed to be said.
"Sometimes it is good to get a cold shower,' Warzycha explained. "We still have eight games until the playoffs. We have to regroup and win the next game."
On the bright side, the last time the Crew laid such a rotten egg was the home loss to Chicago. They responded with the run of good form that has propelled them to the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
"It's behind us," said Marshall. "We look forward to getting back on the field against Toronto."
Who doesn't?
In the 60th minute, after a phantom penalty call resulting from Emilio Renteria's off-balance tumble in the Seattle box, Crew Nation got to salvage something from the misbegotten match.
Jeff Cunningham stepped to the penalty spot with the weight of the MLS all-time goal scoring record on his shoulders. As Seattle icon Kasey Keller danced on the goal line, Cunningham calmly slotted the ball into the right side of the net. After a season long build-up, Cunningham finally stood alone atop the goal scoring list.
"I kind of waited for (Keller) to move," Cunningham said of his historic shot. "I saw him cheat a little bit to his right, and that point, the decision was made for me in terms of which direction to go in. For me, it was a good penalty kick. It was an important kick for me."
This past offseason, the Crew brought Cunningham home to where he played the first seven seasons of his career. The plan was for Cunningham to not only break the league scoring record in a Crew kit, but perhaps even shatter it as a super sub and spot starter. The pressure has mounted as the pursuit dragged on month after month. Cunningham tied the league mark in dramatic fashion with a 90th minute game-winner in Vancouver on July 6. The record-setter did not have the same dramatic flair, but this was a record 14 seasons in the making.
"Unfortunately, the result did not go our way, but I am still proud that the goal finally came," Cunningham said. "Now there's less pressure and I can enjoy the rest of the season. I knew it would come at some point. I didn't expect it to take until this point in the season, but I am happy that it's behind me now so I can focus on playing well and helping this team finish the season on a positive note."
Once outside of the locker room, where he was understandably restrained out of respect for his teammates and the loss they all endured, Cunningham opened up a little more and allowed himself to show some of the emotion behind the historic achievement. He repeatedly kissed the record-setting ball and spoke of the league's history.
"It's a great feeling," he said. "Fourteen years and now to be on top of the scoring lead is a great honor. There have been some great players that were a part of this league, and I am honored to be up amongst them as far as goal production. I am humbled to be in the same class as those guys like Jaime Moreno, Brian McBride, Landon (Donovan)…all those guys…Dante Washington, Roy Lassiter…(Raul) Diaz Arce, (Marco) Etcheverry…this list goes on and on. I am just honored to be amongst those guys. I appreciate all of the support from the fans of the Columbus Crew where I started. To get the opportunity to possibly finish my career here, I couldn't ask for anything better, man. I've been playing this game since I was three or four years old, and to be at this point in my life, holding this ball, you don't have any idea. It's a big honor and I am very proud. I am just honored to be mentioned amongst the best players that have played in this league. I may not put myself in the same class as those players, but to be amongst them in terms of goal production, and to be mentioned with them, it's a big honor."
Cunningham offered a tip of the cap to Jaime Moreno, the D.C. United great that Cunningham caught and surpassed this season.
"He's the reason I don't have an MLS Cup so far," Cunningham said. "His days with D.C., in the early parts of my career with Columbus, it seemed that every time we got in the conference final they got the better of us. At the same time, I've learned a lot from him and to be mentioned in the same breath as him is an honor."
In the immediate aftermath of Cunningham's record setting goal, I was puzzled and angered by two tweets by national-level journalists. Let's start with Ives Galarcep, who tweeted:
"Why would you take a PK in a blowout loss ON the road to break the MLS career goals record? That's Jeff Cunningham folks."
(NOTE: The tweet has since been deleted, but was preserved by Bill Archer, who already gave it a thorough roasting. Also, Ives clarified that his comment was more about his disappointment in seeing a record broken in such drab circumstances. Even if that's true, the "that's Jeff Cunningham, folks" line at the end of the original tweet reveals something a little deeper, doesn't it?)
This tweet riled me up because it's just so impossibly cynical and denigrates the 14 years of work that went into the record. It made it sound like taking the penalty kick was a selfish act of self-glorification that defined Jeff Cunningham. The fact is, Jeff Cunningham had no control over the circumstances of this game. His only alternative was to ignore his coach's orders while keeping the pressure of the record hanging over himself and the team as they head down the stretch, all so that he could find a more perfect and gratifying moment to bask in the glory of the goal scoring record. And THAT would have somehow been preferable and more selfless/honorable than taking the penalty kick? It boggles the mind.
That's Jeff Cunningham, folks? You mean the same Jeff Cunningham who has accepted a greatly reduced role with no public complaints? The Jeff Cunningham who has been working with the Crew's younger players? The Jeff Cunningham who stomached a teammate's taking of the penalty that would have allowed him to tie the league scoring record and set the Crew scoring record in front of the home fans? And not only that, the Jeff Cunningham who vociferously rushed to that teammate's defense after the game amidst the public outcry? The Jeff Cunningham who declined a pre-game ceremony recognizing him as the Crew's all-time leading scorer after he broke the record on the road with a 90th minute game-winner, all because the man he had shared the record with was being honored that day as the first inductee into the Crew's Circle of Honor and he did not wish to distract the focus from Brian McBride? The Jeff Cunningham who didn't blatantly celebrate the record-breaking goal since the Crew were getting blown out on the road? The Jeff Cunningham who was careful not to talk too gleefully about the record in front of his teammates in the locker room, given what everyone had just been through for 90 minutes? The Jeff Cunningham who felt blessed to even be healthy enough to set foot on the field that day?
"A week ago, I thought I was going to need surgery," Cunningham said after the game. "To be standing here right now with the ball and this honor, it's amazing, man. Trust me. Last week, I was very unsure as to how my season was going to play out, but I toughed it out. The trainers helped me, my teammates supported me, and here I am. It's an honor."
I understand that Jeff's reputation was cemented a long time ago by his brasher, younger self, but the Jeff Cunningham of 2011 patiently and quietly earned this moment, regardless of the circumstances. The fact that it wasn't as absolutely perfect as many wanted, expected, or demanded it to be? Well, that's Jeff Cunningham, folks.
On to part two of my tweet retorts. MLSsoccer.com's Simon Borg celebrated Cunningham's historic feat by tweeting, "Cunningham may have all-time goal-scoring record but he won't be remembered as a top goal-scorer. Exciting talent. But not a 'scorer.'"
Just like Hank Aaron won't be remembered as a homerun hitter. Exciting talent, but not a 'homerun hitter.' Babe Ruth, Harmon Killebrew, and Cecil Fielder…THOSE were homerun hitters!
Anyway, as is his style, Borg's comment was utterly ludicrous and surely meant to stimulate furious counterarguments. There's no other possible explanation because his claim does not hold up to examination. Obviously, Cunningham has scored more league goals than any MLS player ever, which speaks for itself. He has scored 114 "spotless" (non-PK) goals, which is the runaway lead in MLS history. Moreno had 89. Ante Razov is the only other man to top 100, and he had 101. That means that Cunningham has 12.8% more spotless goals than the league's #2 all-time player in that category. When it comes to clutch goals, Cunningham has scored an MLS-record 40 game-winning goals. Razov is second with 33. That means that Cunningham has 21.2% more game-winning goals than the #2 all-time player in that category. No MLS player has tormented home fans like Jeff Cunningham in a visiting uniform. His 57 road goals are also the MLS mark, three more than Razov.
Perhaps Borg was referring to the rate of goal production. That doesn't really hold up either. Of the six men in the 100 Goal Club, only Taylor Twellman scored more goals per 90 minutes than Cunningham. Lowering the bar considerably, but still setting it at a very impressive and significant milestone, of the 27 men to score at least 50 goals in MLS history, only five of them (including Twellman) have topped Cunningham's mark of 0.53 goals per 90 minutes.
In their time, Stern John (44 goals in 55 games and 0.88 goals per 90) and Mamadou Diallo (47 goals in 74 games and 0.72 goals per 90) were hands down the two most unstoppable forwards this league has ever seen, but they weren't in the league long enough to generate larger career numbers. And there are some non-'goalscorer' players who have moved up the goal charts due to their longevity, such as all-star midfielders like Steve Ralston (76 goals, 0.21 G/90), Cobi Jones (70 goals, 0.25 G/90), and Mark Chung (61 goals, 0.22 G/90.)
Jeff Cunningham wasn't a goalscoring meteor who briefly flashed through our lives. And he has been anything but a longevity-based accumulator. No, Jeff Cunningham holds the league's all-time goalscoring record because he has been scoring goals at a very good rate for a very long time. It's not some random, fluky accident. He has scored goals in every which way imaginable, with the vast majority of them (85%) coming from the run of play, not the penalty spot. He has seven double-digit scoring seasons and is the only player in MLS history to have won two Golden Boots outright. Here on Planet Earth, that body of work is the very definition of a top goalscorer, Simon.
Josh Gardner pulled off an interesting feat on Saturday. In the 73rd minute, he beat Kasey Keller with a wicked long-range free kick into the upper reaches of the Seattle net. Then, in the 74th minute, he beat William Hesmer when he knocked a bouncing cross into the Columbus goal. In the span of 54 seconds, and just 23 seconds of actual playing time, Gardner scored a goal and an own-goal. Reversals of fortune do not get much crazier than that.
When I bugged him for some answers, the always helpful Rick Lawes at MLS headquarters advised me that this is only the fourth time in MLS history that a player scored a goal and an own goal in the same match. It had never happened until 2008. Now, amazingly, it has happened once every season since then.
Here is the full list:
Player Date Opponent Score Goals
Jack Jewsbury (KC) April 9, 2008 vs. NE NE 3-1 OG (12), G (28)
Brian Namoff (DC) July 18, 2009 vs. COL DC 3-1 OG (14), G (56)
Edson Buddle (LA) October 16, 2010 vs. COL LA 3-1 G (9), OG (18)
Josh Gardner (CLB) August 27, 2011 at SEA SEA 6-2 G (73), OG (74)
Some other G/OG facts:
- At one minute, Gardner has clearly set the record for fastest reversal of fortune, eclipsing Edson Buddle's mark of nine minutes.
- Gardner joins Buddle as the only player to negate his own goal with an own-goal. (No goals scored in between.)
- Jewsbury is the only player to do the opposite, by effectively erasing his own-goal with a goal of his own.
- Namoff's is the happiest story of the bunch. His own-goal put his team down 1-0, but then he went on to score the game-winning goal.
- Namoff is also the only player to score his goal and own-goal in the same net in opposite halves. Everyone else scored at both ends of the field in the same half.
- Gardner is the first player in MLS history to pull off this strange feat on the road, and the only player not to start his schizophrenic scoring spree within the first 14 minutes of a game.
- MLS teams are now 2-2-0 when one of their players scores the goal & own-goal double.
- All goal / own-goal games have featured a 3:1 goal ratio. That has nothing to do with anything, other than being a quirky coincidence. Apparently, if a home player does it, it's a 3-1 score. If a visiting player does it, you double that score line.
Also, a tip of the cap to my longtime friend and colleague Matt Bernhardt, who unearthed the fact that this feat has been accomplished one other time in Crew history, although not in league play. On August 6, 2003, Brian Maisonneuve did the goal & own-goal double in a 4-3 U.S. Open Cup loss to the MetroStars at Crew Stadium. In the 24th minute, Maisonneuve's own-goal trimmed the Crew's lead to 2-1. In the 43rd minute, Maisonneuve beat Johnny Walker to cancel out his own-goal and restore the Crew's two-goal advantage. Columbus would end up losing the game anyway, 4-3, on a night in which Brian West got a straight red card for tripping over the ball while dribbling. (I think that's the second time I have referenced that red card this year. It's been eight trips around the sun since that happened, and I am still as befuddled today as I was back then.)
The Seattle game seems like the type of game where you might just burn the film and pretend it never happened. But as I thought about, for example, the multiple breakdowns that led to the first goal…and then I thought, if I could combine all of the Crew's players and coaches into one single character for narrative convenience, the study of the Seattle game film might look a little something like this, allegorically-speaking:
Thankfully, the Crew's track record is infinitely better than the coyote's. For the Crew, last weekend's debacle was an uncharacteristic blip. For the coyote and the Cleveland Browns, it's a way of life.
Well before the game, I noticed Crew technical director Brian Bliss standing alone on the field. Just a solitary man on a barren carpet in an empty stadium. For reasons unknown, I snapped a photo from upstairs.
When I talked to him later, I mentioned that I saw him out there. Bliss said other people took notice too.
"Someone remarked that they didn't want to interrupt me because I looked like I was deep in thought. I said, 'Nah, my mind doesn't work that way.'"
Within the space of one year, I have now spent nine days in the Pacific Northwest. It has been perfectly sunny each and every day. The only raindrops I have felt in all that time came during what was literally a seven-second spritz that descended from an undefined wisp of a cloud while in Portland on Wednesday. I became convinced that the "it rains all the time" complaints are simply propaganda designed to deter people from moving to Cascadia and that all the rain seen on TV is dazzling CGI trickery. Again, in my experience, we're talking NINE for NINE with sunny days.
"I strongly suggest that you broaden your body of work," said Sounders television broadcaster Arlo White. "Your sample size is insufficient, and it's leading you to draw some erroneous conclusions."
Sounders midfielder and Massive Champion Brad Evans is from Arizona, so surely he feels right at home in the Sunshiny Seattle that I have come to know. Or maybe not. He backed up White's assertions.
"We didn't have three consecutive days of sunshine until sometime in May," he said. "It's normally gray. You guys got here at the right time."
Sounders coach Sigi Schmid also congratulated us Ohioans on our timing.
"You came here during our three weeks of summer," Schmid said. "We're enjoying it while it lasts."
Whatever. Nice try, fellas. My sunshine-in-Seattle streak has more data points than the growing Sounders-are-undefeated-all-time-against-the-Crew streak, yet nobody is calling the latter a fluke of timing and sample sizes. My advice? If you are going to Seattle, pack polarized sunglasses, a thick tube of SPF-50, and a solar-powered hand-held mist fan to keep cool.
While killing time in Neil Sika's radio booth before the game, I noticed that one of the production guys in Arlo White's television booth walked over to our shared window-wall and taped a Sounders logo facing into our room. I gave him a dirty look and he laughed. Then he proceeded to tape another Sounders logo facing into our booth. And then another. And another. As he kept going, we were treated to the following wall of Sounders logos:
I figured if this guy was that committed to his joke, then I had to fight back. So I took a copy of the game notes and tore out the small Crew logo at the top so that I could tape it facing into Arlo's booth. Yeah! I was going to give those Sounder types a taste of their own medicine! Here's a photo of my handiwork:
As I taped it to the window-wall, the production guy started laughing. I thought he was amused and impressed by my McGyver-like ingenuity in defending our Massive honor. No, that wasn't it. As he began to tape the next Sounders logo to the window, he flipped over the card so that I could see the other side. Each card contained a promo that Arlo had to read on the air. These promos were taped to the window-wall for easy access. That the Sounders logos on the backs of the cards faced into our booth was merely a side effect of this legitimate process.
So, yeah, the joke was on me after all. It seems that the Sounders' dominance over the Crew even extends down to lowly web-goof idiots like me.
I haven't fully ranked the many blessings in my life, but the fact that Crew Stadium's press box lacks a wall of photos dedicated to journalists in action would have to be near the top of the list.
Not even the inclusions of Katie Witham and Ashleigh Ignelzi could negate the rest of the optical horrors that would populate such a wall in Crew Stadium. We're a scary bunch. Except for Dwight Burgess, of course. He's a handsome man. Just ask him.
Some random anecdotes to finish this thing off…
* Brian Bliss was a member of the last Crew team to cough up six goals in a game. He played in that 6-4 loss in Kansas City on May 2, 1996, right?
"Yeah yeah yeah," he said with a laugh. "But none of the six were my fault!"
Perhaps we need Wile E. Coyote to review that particular game film too.
* Crew radio man Neil Sika wore his self-described "European style" by sporting dress pants and dress shoes without socks. As we walked out of the stadium after the game, a Seattle Mariners ticket scalper was beside himself.
"WHERE. ARE. THE SOCKS?!?" he bellowed from the street corner. "What the (poop), man?!?!? He ain't got no socks!!!"
Sika had a good laugh as we continued walking.
"My style has the people of Seattle talking," he said. "It's creating buzz."
* When I was at the Mariners game on Friday night, I was excited that the yellow boat beat the green boat in some stupid animated scoreboard boat race. I decided that it was a Massive omen for the soccer game the next afternoon, and tweeted accordingly.
Like the Crew, I took my lumps. I will give the final word in this Notebook to Laurie Onside of Seattle (@SeattleOnside), who zinged me with the following tweet after the 6-2 disaster:
"@stevesirk If I were you, I'd have a talk with that yellow boat for stealing all the yellow win in Seattle."
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By Robert Brodsky
Interesting moment this morning at the administration's Tribal Nations conference at the Department of Interior.
President Obama was questioned, possibly for the first time, on potential changes to the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development contracting program. The 8(a) program carves out several unique contracting exceptions for Indian tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Native Hawaiian Organizations. But, those procurement advantages have come under close scrutiny recently by Senate lawmakers.
The final question to Obama was posed by Leslie Lohse of the Paskenta Nomlaki tribe in California, who asked about potential changes to the 8(a) program.
"And another thing that I'd like to ask you to do is to take care of our 8(a) program because those of us -- those that are landless out there can develop economic development opportunities through the 8(a) contracting program, and that may ease some of the burdens that some of the landless tribes are, because you don't need to have land to operate that," Lohse said. "And there is an attack on our 8(a) program -- I perceive it as an attack -- because it is limiting. We just barely started three years ago with ours, and we're starting to get rolling, and now they want to change the rules. So I ask that you pay mind to that -- that we not inhibit our growth in that way so that we can purchase some of our lands back and grow from that, instead of being dependent on gaming."
Obama did not directly respond to comment, but directed conference participants to speak directly with departmental and agency leaders that are in attendance.
"Present to them your concerns, your specific recommendations," Obama said. "They are here to listen and to learn and to advise."


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Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how malaria parasites enter red blood cells, a discovery that could hasten the development of a vaccine effective enough to wipe out the disease, CBS News reported.
The researchers published their findings in the Nov. 9 issue of Nature.
The scientists, who work for the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK, identified a red blood cell receptor that acts like a gateway into the cell, CBS News reported. When they blocked the malaria protein from interacting with this receptor, the disease could not get in.
"By identifying a single receptor that appears to be essential for parasites to invade human red blood cells, we have also identified an obvious and very exciting focus for vaccine development," study co-author Dr. Julian Rayner said in statement, according to CBS News.
"Our research seems to have revealed an Achilles heel in the way the parasite invades our red blood cells," study co-author Gavin Wright told reporters at a press briefing in London, according to Reuters. "Our findings were unexpected and completely changed the way in which we view the invasion process. The great hope is that this breakthrough will facilitate the path toward a more effective vaccine."
British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has had some success with an experimental vaccine called RTS,S, which prevented 50 percent of children in a recent clinical trial from getting malaria.
More from GlobalPost: New malaria vaccine halves risk of infection
The RTS,S vaccine is likely to become the first licensed malaria vaccine in the world, Reuters reported, but experts stress that wiping out malaria requires a more effective vaccine.
According to the Guardian:
Malaria affects more than 300 million people every year and is responsible for around a million deaths, the majority of them children in sub-Saharan Africa under the age of five. The disease is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which is spread by mosquitoes, with most deaths resulting from infection with Plasmodium falciparum.


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A DRIVER racially abused another motorist who he thought was driving too slow on a snowy and icy road.
Keith Dorey drove up close behind Samir Sheikh to intimidate him, before getting out and shouting at him, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Dorey, of Hobbs Court, Rooksdown, Basingstoke, was in the dock having been convicted of a racially aggravated public order offence by a jury.
The 44-year-old had denied the offence, claiming Mr Sheikh was the aggressor, but jurors found him guilty after a three-day trial in April.
Outlining the facts of the case at the sentencing hearing, Judge Susan Evans said Mr Sheikh had been driving "appropriately slowly" when the offence took place at around 2pm on January 20, last year, in Sherfield Road, Bramley.
She told Dorey: "You drove up close behind to intimidate him. You tried to spit at his window. You then stopped and delivered the most appalling abuse towards him.
"Having run at him initially, you went back to your car and tried to push your dog in his face. Fortunately your dog was quite placid."
The court heard Dorey then drove off at speed, only to crash his car before running off on foot.
Audrey Archer, defending, said Dorey had since been diagnosed with an anti-social behaviour disorder. She added that he could have suffered an episode of this when the road rage took place.
She also told the court his sister has mixed race children, who he sees regularly. She added: "He wishes you to know he does not have any entrenched racist beliefs or feelings."
Judge Evans handed Dorey a seven-month sentence, suspended for 24 months, with a mental health treatment requirement. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months, after also admitting driving without a licence.


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Jeff Probst tweeted a week or 2 ago that from this season on, current players will not be allowed on social media to possibly spoil the season while its on. I haven't seen anything else about this (I'll see what I can find later today), but I think its kind of a good idea.
(I have been itching for this season to start because BB just isn't keeping my interest this year!)


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A Guide to Golf Equipment
If you want to play golf, you will obviously need proper golf equipment. But besides the main "ingredients" - the clubs and balls, there are a few other pieces of equipment that do not only make the game more enjoyable but often also have a major influence on the game itself.
Some of the must-haves besides golf clubs and balls include:
Golf bag. It is intended to store the clubs and other golf equipment to enable you to carry your equipment around with ease both to and on the course. But it is also intended to keep your golf equipment safe from potentially damaging elements and have it easily accessible. The choice of practical and good looking golf bags is enormous, while the prices start at about £50. Although you may feel tempted by the low-cost versions, you are recommended to invest in a quality bag because it will serve you for many years. In addition, high-end bags are usually also designed to be extra lightweight and feature various practical extras such as lots of pockets and built in stand.
Golf clothing. Since golf can be played in just about any kind of clothing including your favourite tracksuit or even jeans, golf clothing often does not get as much attention as it should. But the importance of comfort and self-confidence cannot be stressed enough for the game. If you do not feel good or if you do not feel comfortable, it will show on your shots. So if you think that you do not need golf clothing, think again. Ask yourself if you really feel comfortable and self-confident in your usual clothing? No? That is because it is not designed for sport activities. With so many stylish and above all, comfortable golf clothing to choose from, there is really no need to suffer discomfort or feel awkward on the course any longer.
Golf shoes. An average golf round lasts the entire afternoon which is why it is of utmost importance to have proper footwear. It must offer proper foot support, warmth yet "breathe" at the same time to prevent foot sweating and it should provide you a good grip and balance during swings. Therefore, you are recommended to invest in a quality pair of golf shoes.
Golf accessories. A variety of small but very important golf accessories will make the game a lot more enjoyable. Gloves will give you a much better grip and help prevent those painful blisters, an umbrella will allow you to continue with the game during a rain shower, a range finder will enable you to measure the distance between the pin and your current location,… Of course, there are also golf tees, ball retrievers, pitchmark repairers and ball markers, and many other gadgets that should always be in your golf bag.


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nice man I think thats the way to do it! Youve got some great ones
I "KILLED" it this time!!! my new scope is workin out of 20 cards i got 2 10's!!! 10 9.5's!!! and how bgs cant grade a topps rookie premiere card that says across front "topps certified autograph issue" is beyond me. but if that is the only complaint i have im doin pretty good!!! Roger you ARE the man and i hope you enjoy the pc cards i sent you when i sent my cards
I wish I could see my cards....normally I would have had them by now. But they are leaving Hawaii today. that's right, they went from MA to HI...and I live in CA. oh well, sometime this week.
as for Smackvay ^^^^ the scope you speak of, are you using a microscope on your cards??? Good idea!
I sent in 25 cards to bgs... well I got 16 9.5's, 7 9's... 2 came back non graded (they scored 8.5's) well lets say my /99 RC ICE of hall , seguin both scored 9.5's... well they went on a little road trip through the mail... they left dallas on Oct.18th, landed in Mississauga ON Canada Sort Facility Oct 22nd, then got put on the wrong conveyor belt, went back to Dallas TX, Landed there Oct 26th ( Yesterday) USPS is trying to say they left a notification card, I didnt pick them up. so they dont have to refund BGS... a whole lotta BS!
Awesome to see the 10's, everyones cards :)!


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Trader Jacks cigars are made by the J.C. Newman Company. This is the oldest company of this type that is still owned by the family in the United States. This company began in 1895 in Cleveland, Ohio. J.C. Newman was of Hungarian descent and after opening his business, he then moved it to Ybor City in 1954 which is located in Tampa. The reason for the move at that time was to be more situated in an area that was as close to Cuba as possible which was the primary source for his tobacco at that time. This area was called "Cigar City", and today J.C. Newman is the last company operating there.
Manufactured in the Regensburg factory built in 1910 which was nicknamed the "El Reloj" (Spanish for "The Clock"), Trader Jacks cigars and many other brands sustained the company.
J.C. Newman now distributes products to over 80 countries worldwide.
In the beginning, his first brand was called A.B.C, (Akron, Bedford and Cleveland). This was named after a local streetcar line of the same name. His business expanded to include two additional factories in Ohio. While the depression was rough to weather, his business continued to grow and has done so ever since.
Today Trader Jacks cigars are packaged in a reusable package that touts there is no need to take them out of this and put them in a humidor. Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan tobaccos make up the blend for Trader Jacks cigars. You will also find a very distinct note of spices from the islands with a subtle taste of vanilla infused as well.
When describing Trader Jacks cigars, reviewers often note that upon opening the package, there is a smell of jerk sauce, cognac, and cocoa beans. The taste has been related to that of spicy chicken. They hold a nice head and a very long ash. They are dark brown in color or natural colored with a Connecticut wrapper. They are extremely smooth in texture, and they produce an abundance of smoke. Probably the biggest praise, besides the taste, was the affordability of these sticks. They are priced so that even the smoker on the tightest of budgets could afford them. The flavor remains throughout the smoke from beginning to end. Time and time again, novice smokers and aficionados alike were all convinced that this is definitely a smoke that they will continue to purchase and smoke on a regular basis.
Many times as a product moves from the original manufacture to a larger scale production, something is lost along the way. This is not the case with these wonderful J.C. Newman offerings. The taste, affordability, availability, and blend of tobaccos make this a premium smoke that has won praises from everyone in the industry. With rave reviews from both smokers and retailers, this is a rare gem among the many brands that are available today.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With defending national champion LSU scheduled to come into Gainesville this week, Florida coach Urban Meyer is still waiting for his team to play a complete game.
But what the Gators discovered Saturday is sometimes good enough is all you really need.
Despite a sporadic offense, more than 100 yards in penalties and a defense shredded for more than 300 yards, the No. 12 Gators held on early then poured it on in the second half for a 38-7 victory over struggling Arkansas in front of 70,072 at Donald Reynolds Stadium.
"We're very far from the finished product, but that's what happens in college football," Meyer said. "We're trying to get a little better.
"It's good to get out of here with a win."
Florida (4-1, 2-1 SEC) led 14-0 at halftime despite giving up 238 yards to the Razorbacks (2-3, 0-2). At times, Arkansas, which came into the game having been outscored 101-24 in its two previous games, moved the ball at will.
But it wasn't able to get into the end zone — hurt by missed fourth-down chances in field goal range and mistakes on the Gators' side of the field.
A 6-yard touchdown run by Michael Smith pulled the Razorbacks to within 17-7 with 5:50 remaining in the third. But a mistake by the Gators on the ensuing possession turned out to be their catalyst.
Tim Tebow was intercepted by Jerry Franklin at the Arkansas 26, ending a 10-play drive.
"Making a mistake is something I pride myself on not doing, and I did it," said Tebow, who was 17-of-26 for 217 yards. "And I was upset with that. After that, we just said, 'Shoot, we're going to spread it out, take some shots, go wing it around and just play.' So we did."
In a big way.
Florida scored on a 21-yard pass from Tebow to Percy Harvin, a 75-yard run by redshirt freshman Chris Rainey and a 48-yard run by freshman Jeff Demps — all during the fourth quarter — to put the game out of reach.
Demps also had a 30-yard touchdown run in the first half.
The Gators finished with 514 total yards and were 3-of-3 on fourth-down conversions after failing to convert late in last week's loss to Mississippi.
"It all starts with the quarterback position, and Tim played excellent down the stretch," Meyer said. "He had a couple of bumps in the road. We all did. Collectively, offensively, we're still not hitting this thing right. But when we do, it's a great thing to watch. But collectively, we're not there yet.
"But we better get there real fast with what's coming to town next week."
Florida earned the victory despite a multitude of mistakes.
The Gators were penalized 12 times for 110 yards, including a drive in which they lost 25 yards due to penalties.
An interception by safety Ahmad Black was negated by a pass interference call against Major Wright, and an 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Brandon James was called back due to a block in the back by Chris Pintado.
The Gators defense, still trying to shore up mistakes from last week, was maligned but managed to keep the Razorbacks out of the end zone for most of the day.
Arkansas finished with 361 yards, including 133 on 20 carries by Smith. Florida will face an even greater challenge this week in LSU's Charles Scott, the SEC's leading rusher.
"We know we have to play much better," Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong said. "We didn't play great, but we played just good enough. We kept them from scoring."
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Today is the day. Green Day's Dookie albums turns 20. The song that began the explosion into the mainstream scene was a song that Billy Joe Armstrong said was basically written about boredom, masturbation and smoking weed. Even though the album came with a much more polished sound, that and other lyrics from Dookie were pretty punk rock. Ever wonder how Mike Dirnt came up with the bass line at the beginning of the song? He was fooling around on the bass while on LSD.
After that came future classics "Welcome To Paradise", "Basket Case", "She" and "When I Come Around." Crank up Dookie today!


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The yard truck scheduling and the storage allocation are two important decision problems affecting the efficiency of container terminal operations. This paper proposes a novel approach that integrates these two problems into a whole. The objective is to minimize the weighted sum of total delay of requests and the total travel time of yard trucks. Due to the intractability of the proposed problem, a hybrid insertion algorithm is designed for effective problem solutions. Computational experiments are conducted to examine the key factors of the problem and the performance of the proposed heuristic algorithm.
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Gaza's hospitals struggle with civilians
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza was apparently hit by a shell, officials say.
Hundreds of Palestinians were in the school in Beit Hanoun, where they were taking shelter from Israel's continuing military operation against Hamas rocket attacks.
More than 800 Palestinians and 35 Israelis have died since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on 8 July.
The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from the emergency unit in Gaza's main hospital as it deals with the growing number of casualties.
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Survivor: South Pacific is the upcoming twenty-third season of the American CBS reality television series Survivor, which will premiere on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Survivor: South Pacific was filmed in Upolu, Samoa, where Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains had took place.[1]
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Secrets for Successful Sweet Rolls
After punching down the dough, let it rest for 10 minutes. This allows the dough to relax, which makes it easier to roll out.
Roll up dough firmly. If it's too loose, you'll see air pockets or large gaps when cut. If it's too tight, the bread will crack.
A simple way to slice cinnamon rolls or sticky buns is to place a piece of unflavored dental floss or heavy-duty thread under the rolled dough, 1-in. from the end. Bring the floss up around the dough and cross it over the top, cutting through the dough and filling. Repeat at 1-in. interval.
Evenly space the cut rolls in the pan, leaving room around each to allow for the final rising.
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PARIS, France — As the Autumn/Winter 2009 collections draw to a close, it's time to share some impressions of the fashion week season that was.
Yes, there were some amazing fashions to behold, in particular Lanvin (which unfortunately I did not see in person), Junya Watanabe and Rick Owens in Paris, Christopher Kane and Erdem in London, and Marc Jacobs and Proenza Schouler in New York. There were also some delightful new finds (at least for me) in menswear from Patrik Ervell, Robert Geller and Tim Hamilton in New York, and in London from Carolyn Massey.
But fashion week isn't just about the clothes. It's also an informal, four-week defacto industry conference held in between the shows and at the end of long days of schlepping around four of the most exciting cities in the world. This season, though the overall mood was out-of-the-ordinary (part sombre, part denial, part confusion about the economy), there were still plenty of things off the runway that seemed to come up in conversation over and over again.
This is what people were talking about in London, New York and Paris during the Autumn/Winter 2009 collections.
When Cristophe Decarnain sent out a strong shoulders with a distinctive bump for his S/S 2009 collection, he probably did not expect to be aped by designers far and wide, including Ricardo Tisci at Givenchy, Aquilano/Rimondi at Ferre, and Manish Arora. It was simply everywhere this season, even on Hadley Freeman's Style File avatar. The question is, how long can this "pagoda shoulder" possibly last before people realise it looks kind of ridiculous? This is a trend that got too hot, too quickly, and I suspect it will be demode by next season. Plus, it was Margiela who first brought it back many seasons ago, before he disappeared from the Margiela label — but that's another story altogether.
This was the season that twittering really took off and BoF got in on the twittering action too, after some early experimentation in January. I first noticed the wave of twittering at the Marc Jacobs show in New York when editors were giving live reviews from their front-row seats. Since then, twittering has only gathered steam. I have been enjoying the tweets from our friends at Fashionista.com, Fashion Observer, and the NY Times Moment, which has over 150,000 followers. Even Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld are twittering.
Our friends Diane Pernet at A Shaded View on Fashion and Jason Campbell at JC Report were using these nifty gadgets to get live video feedback on the collections and collective mood that could be quickly posted to their websites, in a strangely appealing raw, uncut format. I discovered the precociously eloquent Julia Drakes through Diane's interview with her in the back of a chauffeured car. I've got to get my hands on one of these flip gadgets soon. RSS readers click here.
While some people were throwing over-the-top shindigs with paparazzi swarms and champagne swilling, I was noticing a lot more of the private affairs that allow for real conversation and exchange, as opposed to the rugby tackles and hockey checks necessary for surviving the mega-bashes. Small is the new big, in case you hadn't heard. Jefferson Hack and Karl Lagerfeld hosted a small party in Paris to celebrate the launch of a new book and Mickey Boardman of Paper invited friends to a small gathering on the Ile St Louis.
We've been talking about fashion films on BoF for quite some time now, but this was the season that the fashion film really took off. First, Halston substituted a runway presentation with a high-end video production costing much more than a typical fashion show. Then, Gareth Pugh surprised the fashion flock with his imaginative film shown live at a venue in Paris and on Showstudio.com. Who will follow suit next time around? RSS readers click here.
Over the course of the past few weeks, several prominent fashion and luxury financiers and groups have been facing seriously hard times and tongues have been wagging off the runway, speculating as to the future of several high-profile fashion brands. Ittiere, the licensee for Ferre, Malo and several other brands has filed for bankruptcy, as has Baugur, an investor in Matthew Williamson. The biggest finance failure of all came when SVG Capital revealed that it has written down the book value of its investment in Valentino, via Permira, by 54 percent. We hate to say we told you so, but in this case, we really did. By most accounts, new designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli failed to deliver anything that pushed the brand forward.
TV crews were trailing two of the industry's most important editors this season — not that they would open up to just anyone. Even though Anna Wintour wouldn't speak to an Italian fashion site that asked to speak to her on no less than three occasions, she was still happy to be accompanied by Morley Safer of 60 Minutes who I saw looking somewhat bemused at the Rick Owens show and sitting front row at Dior. For her part, Carine Roitfeld was hanging out with CNN at Marc Jacobs and elsewhere for a segement that will air on the news channel next week. RSS readers click here.
Bill Cunningham of the New York Times is the original street fashion photographer, but the trend was taken global on the Internet by Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist. I chatted with Scott between his shots (stay tuned for a BoF interview that reveals a side of Scott that most of his fashion followers don't know) and met Garance Dore, whose great images I only discovered this season. All this attention must be good for the egos of photogenic fashionistas, but the hordes of photographers who swarm the show venues only make the mob scenes outside even worse. And having seen the quality of some of the photography, well let's just put it this way: not everyone is as good as Bill, Scott and Garance. Then again, it's a fantastic way to share some of the spirit that is hanging about fashion week and that is rarely reported in the mainstream press.
He's a bonafide fashion fan and we give him credit for that. Kanye West's repeated appearances with an outlandishly-dressed entourage were a fixture at fashion shows in New York, London and Paris. He first appeared at the Hermes menswear show in January (with one sidekick dressed entirely in MCM, leading the Parisian fashionistas to photograph him like some sort of side-show circus character) and has shown up everywhere since then. When the initial frisson of seeing Kanye in person wore off, some editors and buyers began to look at the Kanye spectacle with more than just a little disdain.
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The 'Proper' way to make crisps
You'd never think that so much effort went into making a bag of crisps. I don't know what I really expected: Maybe shove some spuds in one end of an automated process and watch them pop out the other in neat little packets.
This is not the "Proper" way, and Your Weekend has been invited to Nelson to watch the manufacture of Proper Hand Cooked Crisps, from the Proper factory in Stoke. Here, the staff sort and trim the potatoes by hand, stir them as they cook, and inspect carefully before bagging.
Proper is a South Island company and it's spreading its wings to other parts of New Zealand.
It is owned by American couple Ned and Mina Smith. They bought the business from founders Kathryn and Stuart Franklin, who started making crisps in 2008. The Franklins wanted to make artisan crisps that weren't over-processed and artificially flavoured. They set up in Nelson, did a lot of experimenting and were very happy with the result.
The Smiths spend about half the year in Nelson, the other half in San Diego, where they have more food interests. The Smiths have continued the Proper hand- cooked tradition, but have brought in some more sophisticated equipment and expanded the business.
The hero ingredient is agria potatoes, which mainly come from grower Simon Connolly in Temuka, in Canterbury.
The crisps are cooked in high quality imported sunflower oil. The original (and still most popular) Proper flavour is Marlborough Sea Salt from Lake Grassmere. The Smiths have added three more natural flavours: Rosemary and Thyme, Smoked Paprika, and Apple Cider Vinegar and Sea Salt.
The crisps are all gluten, dairy, MSG, GMO free, and vegan friendly, the core value being "100 per cent natural, with no compromises".
General manager James Bowyer and operations manager Mike Kirkwood take the factory tour and the first thing to learn is that agria spuds can be a bit sensitive; they get upset if they are transported too far. "They don't like the jiggle, " Kirkwood says. They may start turning starch to sugar, which means the crisps could go brown. So they need to be rested after the run up from Temuka and kept warmish.
"They're harder to look after - there are others that are easier to grow, but they don't give you the flavour and golden flesh, " Kirkwood says.
This batch starts its 20-25 minute spud- to-crisp journey by being washed and peeled (in a heavy-duty mechanised peeler); they're checked and trimmed , then they tumble into an impressive- looking potato slicer, which deals to 52kg in 40 seconds.
The sliced potatoes pitch into the cooking vat. During the seven-minute process, moisture steams off the spuds, and when it's mostly gone, the crisps begin rising to the top of the oil.
A centrifuge machine spins off the excess oil; there's another run of hand inspection, with staff looking for crisps stuck together, or maybe too brown. They have their shot of flavouring, before they're finally bagged (by machine; 70 bags a minute when it's really wound up), then boxed (by hand).
All the hands-on treatment and quality products come at a price. Proper Crisps are $4.29 for a 150g pack - close to double many mainstream chip brands.
Buyers told the Proper people it wouldn't work. James Bowyer says it's working. The firm is growing, constantly evaluating and researching its products and markets. "People are prepared to pay the difference in price because of the quality they're getting." On a sunny day in Nelson with a bag of highly addictive crisps to hand, it's hard to disagree.
Proper Crisps are available at supermarkets, Fresh Choice Cambridge, plus some specialty stores such as the Country Providore, Tamahere. Denise Irvine was hosted by Proper Crisps in Nelson.
The potato chip market in New Zealand is estimated at $137 million annually and Proper Crisps has 2-3 per cent of this market.
Proper processes more than 455 tonnes of potatoes a year. It turns out about 6000 150g bags a day.
6.3kg of raw potatoes convert to 1.8kg of crisps during the dehydration process.
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An impromptu game of chase. A few minutes of fetch. Most dog owners spend at least a little time each day engaged in play. The trouble is, these brief episodes of activity aren't enough to prevent unhealthy weight gain and loss of cardiovascular fitness.
While I fully support playing with your dog whenever, wherever, and however you can, I also advise dog owners to set aside time for regular exercise. Daily walks, runs or other activities help you and your dog stay on a healthy track and gives dogs the structure they need to stay happy and well-behaved.
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Four-legged friends make great running buddies – but always put safety first. Follow these rules for ruling the road:
If your dog eventually gets bored with running or walking, take heart: there are other ways to get him the exercise he needs. A 15-minute game of fetch makes for a good workout. Supervised play with other dogs is a good option too. Whatever you do, make sure you and your furry friend get moving and stay moving!
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The recent and tragic event in Newtown, Connecticut has once again showed American citizens that this issue with mental illness in this country should be taken very seriously.
And that it is extremely important to understand the person behind this tragedy more than the gun issue or laws. There are far too many complicated situations to consider however, why not take a look at the life of an average America citizen?
In my own perception, I see that many American families "look" like they are close to one another but in reality, it is not really like so. They do have issues. To begin with, many American kids do not respect their parents, especially their mothers.
In a way, the laws protect the children and allow them to behave that way taking away the parents rights and authority over their kids. But the fact that a mother would "accept" her own child to call her "bitch" and other "names" and yell and scream at her shows how out of control the situation is.
These days there are kids who are born with an iPhone and a Facebook profile. They are given absolutely anything they want and ask for and when they don't get it, they threaten, etc. because they have absolutely no respect for their parents and/or other adults.
But that is one of the parts of the issue. Another part would be how some religious kids and even no religious might be brought up, how they might be taught that everything is a taboo. Like they are kept in this bubble where they are not able to go out in public and express their true feelings. For instance to feel free to be attracted to whoever he or she is attracted to without the "interracial" and all other separation issues this country lives in. How it's a bad thing to see a boob exposed, like Janet Jackson's this one time.
It seems like an average American child is born, knows he has to go to school, is sent out of the parents house to be on his/her own when he/she's 17 or 18 or college age and then graduates, gets a job, gets married and work his/her whole life to save money to then have fun when he/she retires.
Or he/she goes into the military...then become a veteran, with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) aka a mental health issue.
Unless an American gets sent out of the country on a religious mission, or with the military, or college exchange, work assignment that person will never know or understand that there is a whole world of amazing and different things and people out there. It's a fact that many Americans have never left their hometown and that those who have been overseas, have a better view of life, people and the world as well as more appreciation for everything the Unites States is as a country.
I see Americans are very patriotic but at the same time live in terror, fear of being attacked and don't trust anyone and maybe every other 6 months a new bunch of soldiers, or Marines are sent out to the middle east to "protect our country".
Why does the United States of America have so many people with mental health issues?
Maybe because America is the poor little rich kid that has absolutely everything he wants but is extremely unhappy, unloved and lonely.
Maybe Americans should finally recognize that mental illness is a real problem in this country, take a close look at what is causing it and take strides to come up with solutions to people that could turn out to be like Adam Lanza from the Connecticut shooting, James Eagan Holmes from the Aurora shooting in Colorado, and Nidal Malik Hasan from the Fort Hood shooting in Kileen, Texas and others.
Perhaps, America needs more love, a whole bunch of love and friends everywhere, make peace with the rest of the world and not war and trust more, be more open and accepting.
America does have freedom but isn't this freedom coming with the sacrificing of way too many lives?


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West Ham reaches first FA Cup final since 1980
LONDON -- A season after returning to the top flight of English soccer, West Ham reached its first FA Cup final in 26 years with a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough on Sunday.
Marlon Harewood collected a headed pass from Dean Ashton to drive the ball past substitute goalkeeper Bradley Jones with 12 minutes to play at neutral Villa Park. The Hammers will face six-time FA Cup winner Liverpool in the May 13 final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
On Saturday, Liverpool posted a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford over a Chelsea team which will soon have the consolation of winning the Premier League title for the second season in a row. Jose Mourinho's team needs one point from its remaining three games.
BERLIN -- Roy Makaay scored both goals as Bayern Munich edged closer to its second Bundesliga title in a row with a 2-2 tie against Mainz 05.
With second place Hamburg losing 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, a victory would have but the defending champions up seven points with three games to go. Instead Hamburg trails by five.
"I've helped bring home a few titles. There is no reason to get nervous," said Bayern 'keeper Oliver Kahn. "It's a long season, these things are a matter of patience."
MADRID -- David Villa's hat trick in the last eight minutes gave Valencia a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday and maintained the club's faint chances of winning the Spanish title.
With four league games left, the win lifted Valencia within eight points of leader FC Barcelona, which had its late game suspended because of a water-logged field.
Had Valencia lost and Barcelona won, the Catalan team would have claimed its 18th league title.
While Valencia waited to take control of the match, it did so emphatically when Villa scored in the 82nd minute, again two minutes later and finally in the 86th.
Real Madrid won 2-1 against last-place Malaga, moving up to third place.
Sevilla was set to host Barcelona but torrential rain, hail and partial flooding of the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium forced referee Teixeira Vitienes to suspend the game after examining the soaked playing surface. A new date wasn't immediately set.
In other matches it was: Espanyol 2, Real Betis 0; Cadiz 1, Deportivo La Coruna 1; Racing Santander 1, Getafe 3 and Mallorca 0, Osasuna 1.


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- Must have a minimum of two previous consecutive CALEA Accreditation awards.
- Must not have conditions or noncompliance issues resulting from the current or last assessment.
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- At the time of the current assessment, the agency must be in compliance with 90 percent of all applicable other-than-mandatory standards.
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This award will be determined by the Commission and will be announced during the CALEA Awards Banquet. The Commission will review each qualifying agencies' assessment report and render a decision concerning agencies to be awarded. Agency representatives will be advised of the Review Committee's recommendation to the full Commission regarding the CALEA Accreditation with Excellence Award following the Review Committee presentations.
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01-Sep-2016 Roland DG Launches TrueVIS SG-540 and SG-300 Printer/Cutters
17-Jun-2016 Roland DG Initiates Joint Research on Laser Fabrication Technology
A femtosecond laser is an ultrashort pulse of intense light which is concentrated at a femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second). Peak power is generated by compressing and oscillating the pulse length of a laser to a few femtoseconds. Melting or thermal damage to the irradiated area and its surroundings are reduced due to the laser's ablation effect* making femtosecond lasers highly effective when fabricating with extremely hard materials with exceptional accuracy, or when trying not to damage nearby tissues during an operation such as used in Lasik eye surgery. Currently, practical applications of the femtosecond laser have expanded into fabrication with industrial metals and carbon fibers, keratorefractive surgery and cataract treatment, and research and development in biotechnology. Challenges remain, however, including downsizing and cost reduction of the oscillator, which is required to create a femtosecond laser, and conducting further research on how materials change during fabrication.
Hisashi Bito, Executive Officer and division vice president of Easy Shape business development at Roland DG, said, "Through this joint research, our company is aiming to explore the possibility of applying femtosecond laser technology to our 3D digital fabrication and healthcare areas with the objective of producing the first desk-top femtosecond laser fabrication machine."
Yoshihiro Takiguchi, Vice-President of GPI and professor of optical information and systems, added, "At GPI, we are looking forward to investigating new industrial applications for laser processing with the goal of creating new industries. The state of the art ultrashort pulse laser we are using was acquired with the financial support of the Japanese government and has the ability to instantly ionize matter. By combining the ultrashort pulse laser to the Roland DG's 3D digital fabrication tools, we can enhance our knowledge of how materials change during fabrication, and how we can apply the latest laser technology to a variety of industries."
*A phenomenon whereby the fabricated object reaches a plasma state by irradiating a high strength laser beam to its surface. Since this method does not create any bumps or distortion around the fabricated area and the effect of the heat is very limited, it is possible to achieve a high quality finish.
About GPI: The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries
Founded in 2006 with the assistance of various Japanese companies including Hamamatsu Photonics and Toyota, GPI provides a Ph.D. program for students with an entrepreneurial spirit to create new photonics industries. Entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers, and presidents and top managers of small- to mid-sized companies come to GPI to develop their business plans with hands-on support by the professors with management and technical expertise.
For more information about GPI, please visit: http://www.gpi.ac.jp/en/index.html
14-Jun-2016 TrueVIS VG printer/cutters and SOLJET EJ-640 printer win EDP Awards
Sydney, Australia, June 14, 2016 - Roland DG is delighted to announce that two of its recently launched wide format digital print devices; the TrueVIS VG Series and SOLJET EJ-640 have won prestigious EDP awards.
Jerry Davies, President EMEA for Roland DG accepted the award for 'Best wide format print & cut solution' for the TrueVIS VG-640 and VG-540 and 'Best wide format roll to roll printer up to 170 cm' for the SOLJET EJ-640.
Speaking at the ceremony, which took place at drupa in Dusseldorf, Jerry Davies commented "It's an exciting time of innovation for the digital wide format print industry, with keen competition driving the release of new products. The EDP recognition demonstrates that Roland DG technology continues to lead the way, offering an award-winning combination of quality, durability and overall return-on-investment."
Since 2007 the EDP Association (European Digital Press Association) has evaluated and celebrated the best new developments in print production, annually presenting awards to the very best solutions in the industry.
The TrueVIS VG Series is the culmination of Roland's many years of market-leading expertise in the field of integrated eco-solvent print & cut technology, combined with a host of new enhancements. These include four newly developed FlexFire printheads to deliver precise, high quality print at production speeds and new GREENGUARD Gold certified TrueVIS INK which works in synergy with the printheads to optimise output. New powerful and advanced cutting technology delivers increased downforce, accuracy and compatibility with a wide range of media. To enhance the user experience, LED lighting illuminates the print and maintenance areas and the wireless Roland DG Mobile Panel enables full remote printer management from the user's iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. The new included VersaWorks Dual RIP software offers a range of new features to optimise the efficiency and quality of production.
Winner of 'Best wide format roll to roll printer up to 170 cm,' Roland's new 64" SOLJET EJ-640 eco-solvent printer has been designed with cost-efficient and high-performance productivity in mind. With dual staggered printheads, an integrated tri-heater system and strong chassis, the EJ-640 is built for optimum performance for businesses working on high-volume output.
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A puppy found abandoned on a roadside has only days left to be reunited with her owner.
The white and tan Staffordshire bull terrier was handed into Farcroft Kennels and Cattery in Burnham Road, Latchingdon, just before 2pm on Friday.
Kennels owner Karen Carr said a couple found her the previous evening on the main road in Althorne. "The dog warden has been told about her and no-one's rung to say they lost her," said.
"We were told that we have got to keep hold of her for seven days and if no owner comes forward, we can rehome her."
The owner should call 01621 741937.


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ONE of East Lancashire's fastest-growing manufacturers has announced £12million plans to expand further, creating dozens of jobs.
Award-winning toilet roll maker, Accrol Papers, which has its base on the Roman Road Industrial Estate, Davy Field Road, Blackburn, announced it will create 90 jobs when it extends an existing warehouse and production buildings, if planners agree.
The work, which will be carried out by Burnley firm Barnfield Construction, will also include a new trailer park and access, and a new boundary fence. Commercial director at Accrol, Tim Bullough, said the company hoped to demolish a Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council motor vehicle service station, which is situated on land the company owns, when the council relocates 'in a few months'.
He said: "It will allow us to increase production capacity and warehouse area.
"It's a £12million investment to increase the size of the premises, and part of the project will be to buy new machines.
"We are continuing to expand and the reason we want to increase capacity is because we are experiencing demand from customers, which we can't fully meet at the moment."
Accrol, which employs 250 staff and turns over around £100million a year, celebrated its 20-year anniversary in 2013 by opening a new £6million headquarters.
It remains one of Europe's largest independent soft tissue converters, with manufacturing capacity in excess of 65,000 tonnes per annum.
The company took home the Business Growth gong at the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards in 2011 and has previously won a Lancashire Telegraph Business Award.
The planning application, which will be discussed by planning officers at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, includes plans to increase the existing car park by 38 spaces, including two more disabled spots and six more cycle spaces.


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It is no surprise for Nairobi residents, and many other African cities, to experience constant blackouts caused by inefficient grid systems and unreliable power sources from the utility companies. The conventional solution has been to install petroleum based electric generators to kick in during such incidents. However, the amount of energy that could be produced through solar equipment constructed onto and integrated into existing infrastructure would easily exceed the demand, three to five times over. By using areas around existing infrastructure, Nairobi could substantially increase how much energy it gets from solar, without the complications that come with finding new space for equipment, or significantly altering the surrounding areas, or even causing harm to the natural habitat.
Distributed systems can be sized to meet a small, localized energy demand and may function independent of the grid. These systems usually require little to no ancillary facilities, often utilizing pre-existing infrastructure within the built environment. Residential and commercial rooftops, present plenty of opportunity for power generation through small and utility-scale solar power installations. Other urban spaces, such as parks, also offer untapped areas for installations.


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Anxiety is the feeling of worry, fear or nervousness and when this becomes an excess in your life, then you may be affected by an anxiety disorder. There are few types of disorder like panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalized anxiety disorder. The person who has generalized anxiety disorder will be tensed or worried all the time and in certain cases, the individual does not even know the reason behind it. Social anxiety disorder as the name says, they might be scared to mingle in public as they feel that they may be humiliated by others and the other reason could be extreme shyness. The victim would get Panic attacks in case of panic disorder and they always fear of getting another one. These people avoid going to places where they could not get any help when they are in trouble like public places, shopping mall. In the case of OCD, people suffer from unwanted thoughts or behavior that could not be controlled. Post-traumatic stress disorder is something which happens after a life-threatening event in a person's life, they continue experiencing nightmares about it and they avoid certain situations that make them recollect it.
Symptoms of anxiety disorder
- Do you always feel tensed, worried or feel helpless
- Does this fear interfere in your social relationship
- Do you believe that you are in danger for certain silly reasons and still cannot overcome
- Do you always feel irritating, restlessness and trouble in concentrating
- Fear for animals or any situations
The symptoms may vary from person to person and it is advisable to consult your doctor and start your medication.
Ativan's role as a remedy for treating Anxiety Disorder
When Ativan is an anti-anxiety drug which is used by the patients who are suffering from anxiety disorder, it helps in producing the calming effect by acting on the person's brain. It is a sedative which concentrates on central nervous system and reduces anxiety in the patients and is one among the most commonly prescribed medicines for this problem. It is very important to take the pill orally without breaking or chewing it. Ativan is habit forming hence it should be taken only for shorter spans after consulting your physician. This drug is generally combined with therapy like cognitive or behavioral therapy because it will help you in managing your life without the taking the pill after a certain point of time. Tell your doctor if the Ativan stopped working on you or if it is showing any withdrawal symptoms. It is always a good idea of being in touch with your physician and to tell all the effects that you are presently undergoing.
Is Ativan safe for health?
Getting cheap Ativan is one of the safest medicines that is available online. You can definitely take it for treating anxiety from a reliable pharmacy. Ativan should be taken according to the dosage strength that is been prescribed by your doctor. It is equally important to stop the usage after the prescribed duration since it is addictive in nature. You can always be safe if you intake the pill in a proper way. Consumption of alcohol, grapefruit or its juice should definitely be avoided, if you are taking Ativan because these will react with the components in the pill thus causing unwanted ill effects on you. Anxiety is the situation that can be solved only when you co-operate with your physician and take the pills regularly till the prescribed time. If you had missed a dose, you can take it as soon as you remember but when it conflicts with the next schedule of Ativan, it is better avoiding it. Just remember to stay happy and get treated to solve your anxiety disorder.


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We report a high-power (AlGaIn)(AsSb) semiconductor disk laser emitting around . With a diamond heat spreader used for thermal management, a maximum output power of just over and slope efficiencies of over 25% were demonstrated. The output wavelength was tunable over an range centered at . The beam propagation parameter was measured to be in the range of 1.1 to 1.4 for output powers up to .
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Louis Capozzi
Lou Capozzi serves as an adjunct professor in the New York University Master of Science program in Public Relations and Corporate Communications, teaching courses in business skills and public relations management, both in-house and in consultancy firms. Until his recent retirement, Mr. Capozzi was chairman of the Publicis Public Relations and Corporate Communications Group, which includes all of the public relations firms and related agencies in the world's fourth largest communications holding company. He had been CEO of MS&L, one of the world's largest public relations firms, when it was acquired by Publicis in 2002. He joined the MS&L in 1990 as Director of Creative and Strategic Development, and was named CEO in 1997. Mr. Capozzi was formerly Vice President of Corporate Communications for Aetna Life & Casualty, then America's largest public insurer, where he spent eight years managing advertising, corporate and marketing public relations, financial and shareholder communications, employee communications and investor relations support.
Mr. Capozzi is active on many boards, including Emerging Med in New York, a clinical trial recruiting service, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Rx4Good. Lou served as Chairman of the Board of The Reciprocity Foundation, helping homeless teens find opportunities in creative professions. He is a member of the New York advisory board of the National Parks Conservation Association, and advises their communications organization on brand positioning. He was recently a member of the board of Business for Diplomatic Action, a group working to improve America's relationships with the rest of the world. He is also a former board member of American Rivers, the nation's largest river protection organization. He also serves on the advisory committee of the College of Charleston.
Mr. Capozzi is a marketing and journalism graduate of the New York University School of Business, and he holds an MBA in Finance from the Bernard Baruch Graduate School of Business.


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Lambton OPP say two break and enter incidents were reported in the last few days.
On Thursday, Nov. 17, an entry into a garage and shed in the 4000 block of Churchill Line in Enniskillen Township resulted in the theft of a Honda water pump, three Stihl chainsaws, a Skil saw and a can of gasoline. The estimated loss was said to be about $3,700.
In St. Clair Township, OPP say sometime between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m. on November 19, 2011, a shed was entered on Milton Street in Courtright. A 4 foot tall standing tool box filled with assorted tools valued at about $5,000 has been reported stolen.