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What is diarrhea?
Diarrhea is the rapid movement of ingested material through the intestine, resulting in one or more of the following: Increased frequency of bowel movements, loose stools, or increased amount of stool.
If my dog has diarrhea, when should I call my veterinarian?
If your dog has diarrhea, call your veterinarian. Your veterinarian will ask you a series of questions to determine how severe the diarrhea is. It will be helpful for your veterinarian to know when the diarrhea started, how many bowel movements your dog has had, what they look like, and if your dog is uncomfortable. It is especially important that you call your veterinarian immediately if your dog:
How is the cause of diarrhea diagnosed?
There are many causes of diarrhea (See Table 2. Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diarrhea in Dogs). It is important to determine the cause so the appropriate treatment can be given. Your veterinarian will combine information from you, the physical exam, and possibly laboratory and other diagnostic tests to determine the cause of the diarrhea.
Localization of symptoms - Since there are so many causes of diarrhea, it first helps to determine which part of the intestine is most likely involved. By localizing the diarrhea to the small or large intestine, the number of possible causes can be narrowed down. To do this, your veterinarian will need information related to what particular symptoms are occurring, as shown in Table 1.
Onset of symptoms - How suddenly the symptoms appeared is also a good clue in determining the cause of the diarrhea. If the symptoms appeared suddenly, the condition is called "acute". If the symptoms remain over a long period of time (weeks), the diarrhea is called "chronic". If the symptoms appear, go away, and then come back again over several weeks, the diarrhea is considered "intermittent."
Medical history - Your veterinarian will ask about your dog's medical history including vaccinations, what type of wormer the dog has received and how often, contact with other dogs, diet, any access to garbage or toxins, and any medications. The more information you can offer, the easier it will be to make a diagnosis.
Physical examination - Your veterinarian will do a complete physical exam including taking your dog's temperature, checking the heart and respiration, looking in the mouth, palpating the abdomen, checking for dehydration, and performing a rectal exam.
Laboratory and diagnostic tests - In almost all cases of diarrhea, your veterinarian will recommend a fecal flotation. This is a test to check for parasites such as worms or Giardia. If a bacterial infection is suspected, a fecal culture and sensitivity are performed. In cases of certain viral diseases, such as parvovirus, other tests on the feces may aid in the diagnosis.
If your dog is showing signs of illness, a complete blood count and chemistry panel are often recommended. Special blood tests may also be conducted if certain diseases are suspected.
Radiographs (x-rays) are appropriate if a tumor, foreign body, or anatomical problem is suspected. Other diagnostic imaging such as a barium study or ultrasound may also be helpful. Examinations using an endoscope or colonoscopy may be indicated.
For some diseases, the only way to make an accurate diagnosis is to obtain a biopsy and have it examined microscopically.
How is diarrhea treated?
Because there are so many causes of diarrhea, the treatment will vary (See Table 2. Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diarrhea in Dogs).
In many cases of diarrhea in dogs, it is recommended to withhold food for at least 24 hours, and provide small amounts of water frequently. Then, a bland diet such as boiled hamburger and rice is offered in small amounts. If the diarrhea does not recur, the dog is slowly switched back to his normal diet or a special diet over the course of several days.
For some cases of diarrhea, it may be necessary to modify the diet permanently. Special foods may need to be given as a way to avoid certain ingredients, add fiber to the diet, decrease the fat intake, or increase digestibility.
If intestinal worms are present, the appropriate wormer will be prescribed. Few wormers kill every kind of intestinal worm, so it is very important that the appropriate wormer be selected. In most cases it is necessary to repeat the wormer one or more times over several weeks or months. It is also important to try to remove the worm eggs from the environment. The fecal flotation test looks for worm eggs, and if no eggs are being produced, the test could be negative even though adult worms or larvae could be present. For this reason, in some cases, even if the fecal flotation test is negative, a wormer may still be prescribed.
If dehydration is present, it is usually necessary to give the animal intravenous or subcutaneous fluids. Oral fluids are often inadequate since they pass through the animal too quickly to be sufficiently absorbed.
Antibiotics are given if the diarrhea is caused by bacteria. They may also be given if the intestine has been damaged (eg., blood in the stool would indicate an injured intestine) and there is a chance that the injury could allow bacteria from the intestine into the blood stream, possibly causing serious disease (septicemia).
In some cases, medications may be given to decrease motility, i.e., slow down the rate at which the intestine moves ingested material through. These drugs should not be given if the dog could have ingested a toxin or may have a bacterial infection, so it is always important to have an accurate diagnosis before use of these drugs.
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Washabau, RJ; Holt, DE. Diseases of the large intestine. In Ettinger, SJ; Feldman, EC (eds.) Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Sixth Edition. Elsevier, St. Louis MO; 2005; 1378 - 1408.
Willard, MD (ed.) The Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice: Gastroenterology Mellitus. W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, PA; 2003.
Yesilbag, K; Yilmaz, Z; Ozkul, A; Pratelli, A. Aetiological role of viruses in puppies with diarrhoea
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Guernsey States streaming a step closer
Guernsey States meetings could be broadcast online for the first time by the start of 2014, according to the department responsible.
The States Assembly and Constitution Committee (SACC) said it hoped to overcome restrictions on broadcasting debates to launch the service.
Deputy Matt Fallaize, chairman of the SACC, said it was all part of making government more accountable.
Decisions about responsibility for the streaming had delayed the process.
Broadcasting traditionally falls under the umbrella of the Home Department but because the streaming would specifically involve States meetings, it was agreed the States Assembly and Constitution Committee should take it on.
For that to happen, the Policy Council must formally propose a change in the mandate of the two groups.
A 1983 resolution allowing the media access to audio from States debates was written in a way that banned television and effectively banned online streaming.
The Policy Council said a report on the issue should be put to deputies in May.
The SACC said, if given the go-ahead, it expects to be able to move quickly.
Currently islanders can only listen by tuning in to BBC Guernsey's 1116 MW or sitting in the public gallery.

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How to put worried mother at ease?
- Question from bbaby: My grandmother and two aunts have died of breast cancer. How do I convince my mother I won't die of the same disease? She has had cysts, but no malignant tumors and my only sister has not shown any signs of breast cancer. I was diagnosed at 41.
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Rosalind Kleban, L.C.S.W.
Every breast cancer case is unique and different. Breast cancer is a term that describes many, many different diseases. The knowledge that we have today is vastly improved, very different than in Grandma's day. Success with breast cancer today can be expected and very different than in the old days.
I think what your mother needs is a positive example, somebody who has had breast cancer and has survived for many years. Her own family experience has been a bad experience, but she needs to know that the vast majority of women with breast cancer survive and live long, healthy, normal lives. A good person to think about is Betty Ford. Or Shirley Temple Black. They have lived for 30 or 40 years after a diagnosis of breast cancer. You can also meet people living beyond breast cancer on the discussion boards and in chat rooms here at Breastcancer.org.
The Ask-the-Expert Online Conference called Partners, Loved Ones, Caregivers: Taking Care of You featured Author Marc Silver and moderator Rosalind Kleban, L.C.S.W. answering your questions about how you can take care of your loved one and yourself during and after breast cancer treatment.
Editor's Note: This conference took place in February 2007.
The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of Breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.
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The Northeast Tennis Conference Championship proved to be a great day for Hiland with accolades galore and more importantly, a team championship.
Sweeping the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards, the Hawks won a tight battle for the trophy with 32 points, while Central Christian was second with 30 and Massillon third with 29.
The Hawks were led by POY Braxton Mullet, who won the first singles championship. Hiland also picked up a title at second doubles where Charlie Schlabach and Garrett Miller won.
"Braxton lost five games in three matches," said Hiland coach Tony Mullet, the NET COY. "He is just getting better and peaking at the right time for us. Our second doubles team was unbeaten coming in and seeded No. 1 and played really well today.
"With (little) experience or letters coming back this year, I wasn't sure what to expect. After winning the NET for the first time last year, this one almost is better because of how we did it. Today everyone contributed for points and really played a big role."
Braxton Mullet beat Jacob Hofacre of Canton McKinley 6-0, 6-1 in the finals, while Schlabach and Miller beat Chippewa's Trenton Letz and Chandler Gerstenslager 7-6, 6-2 in their NET title match.
Central Christian was led by its first doubles team of Jared Sleutz and Rowan Miller and third singles player Gabe Raber as they posted championship efforts.
Raber beat Massillon's Nathan Ruth in the finals 6-1, 6-0, while the Comets' winning doubles duo beat Clayton Schrock and Pat Siriponich of Marlington 6-0, 6-3 in the finals.
"We lost to a quality program in Hiland," said Comets coach Nate Holton of the team championship. "I am proud of how we did today, we couldn't have lost to a better team. We have so much respect for Tony and his program."
Chippewa was led by second singles player Ryan Butcher, who beat Hiland's Trey Hawkins in the finals in straight 6-3 sets.
Behind Massillon in the team standings were Chippewa (28), Marlington (22), McKinley and Triway (14) and Canton South (11).


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The property includes a neatly presented, modern two bedroom home. It has a spacious contemporary kitchen with plenty of storage which opens onto a living/dining area. There is one bathroom combined laundry and two toilets. The home is tasteful and attractive with modern finishings throughout including timber trimmings, varnished pine ceilings and laminate floorings. A reverse cycle Fujitsu wall unit and good insulation throughout will ensure you stay comfortable year round.
Out the front there is a small north facing alfresco area with cafe blinds, the perfect spot to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet. There is also a fenced lawn area where the kids and pets can play, a small garden shed and a 98,000 litre rainwater tank.
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A Tucson man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for stabbing his girlfriend to death in front of the woman's teen daughter.
Armando Lopez, 39, stabbed Marie Mesa, 44, with a steak knife during an argument in 2012.
At trial, Lopez's attorney, John Sando, argued his client was enraged because he thought Mesa was cheating.
"This was a vicious and brutal murder under any circumstances," Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard D. Nichols said before sentencing Lopez, who was convicted in June.
Several members of Mesa's family spoke at the sentencing, asking the judge to impose the maximum sentence.
Lopez apologized and said he knew how much suffering he caused Mesa's family.


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Equilibrium Wage And Employment Dynamics In A Model Of Wage Posting Without Commitment
A rich but tractable variant of the Burdett-Mortensen model of wage setting behavior is formulated and a dynamic market equilibrium solution to the model is defined and characterized. In the model, firms cannot commit to wage contracts. Instead, the Markov perfect equilibrium to the wage setting game, characterized by Coles (2001), is assumed. In addition, firm recruiting decisions, firm entry and exit, and transitory firm productivity shocks are incorporated into the model. Given that the cost of recruiting workers is proportional to firm employment, the authors establish the existence of an equilibrium solution to the model in which wages are not contingent on firm size but more productive employers always pay higher wages.


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September 25, 2012
USA Network announced today that it has renewed Covert Affairs for a fourth season. The Toronto-produced drama was picked up for 16 episodes, although no time frame has been set for its return.
The network also announced renewals of White Collar and Royal Pains for additional seasons.
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I don't want to talk to my daughter about sex. Ever.
I just want to sit on the porch with a shotgun and chase the boys away.
But it's not that simple for fathers, says Patrick Wanis, a Miami human behavior expert who has a doctorate in health psychology and hypnosis.
In 2006, teen pregnancies rose for the first time in 15 years, and Wanis states in bold terms that the increase can be blamed on absent fathers and fathers who fail to play an active role in bringing up their daughters.
Studies from researchers at the University of Arizona, University of Texas-Austin and Wake Forest University all indicate girls who have positive relationships with their fathers wait longer to have their first sexual encounter.
With an estimated 60 percent of U.S. girls spending at least part of their childhood without a father in the home, the need for dads is increasing. And divorce shouldn't interfere with their role.
Wanis said fathers can help form daughters' self-image, self-esteem and self-confidence, and teach them discipline, morals and values.
"Dads need to spend more time with their daughters, ask more questions, express sincere interest, listen attentively and openly express love and affection," Wanis said.
As the father of a 6-year-old girl, I'm a few years away from this stage. But wow, I can't believe I have to do all that. What about mom?
Wanis isn't diminishing a mother's role, but said contrary to popular belief, mom shouldn't simply take over when the daughter becomes a teen.
Wanis and other experts argue fathers should be completely involved, including in one-on-one activities.
In fact, he says it's imperative for fathers to have that potentially difficult conversation about what teenage boys really want from them in terms of sex. "They can explain it in a way that mom can't, to let daughter know that for boys teen sex is about conquest, fun and adventure; while for girls, teen sex is about expressing love and affection," Wanis said.
Wanis suggests that dads tell their daughters they were girl-crazed bums just like the knuckleheads coming around today. I thought I would tell her I always sought out inner-beauty and sparkling personalities, and limited my interaction to holding hands.
"You have to tell her you made mistakes and you learned from those mistakes," Wanis said. "Don't pretend you're perfect, because they're going to find out you're not."
Serious consequences exist for fathers who don't engage their daughters.
Not only are teen girls more apt to become pregnant, but they are more likely to date older men, use drugs and engage in risky behaviors that result in sexually transmitted diseases.
Poor father-daughter relationships also can result in adult women entering into negative relationships.
The problems are more pronounced in the African-American community, where father absence is higher.
Wanis said single mothers should try to find a father figure, but cautioned that they should choose carefully.
All of this is a lot to digest. My current role is showing up for cheerleading practice and playing the Camp Rock CD.
But I guess if my daughter is going to end up with a good man, I have to be a good man for her right now.
That's all I'm saying.


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Corporate reporting could do more to meet investors' needs – we explore how.
Corporate reporting could do more to meet investors' needs – we explore how.
It plays an essential role in explaining past performance but on its own it cannot provide a complete picture of business value. More is needed to help shareholders understand how management is driving the business forward and how changes in the business environment might present new opportunities and challenges.
Investor presentations have evolved to address part of this reporting gap by addressing a more forward looking perspective on business value. There is a danger with this approach, though. The quality and content of these presentations varies, and they may address only some aspects of business value. Boards may also be concerned with the communication of some of their most price-sensitive messages being driven through less formal reporting channels without the backstop of the annual report.
A better approach lies in the narrative reporting content of the annual report. It is time for this to evolve to provide a picture of how business value is being developed and protected. We need to see reports built around a company's unique business model, addressing the unique factors that drive longer-term value for that business.
In practice this means:
Explore the links and publications on this page for more views and information.
Providing investors with a longer term perspective on business performance through your narrative reporting / MD&A.
Strategic Reports are evolving to provide greater insight into business performance and prospects.
Suggestions to help banks' financial reporting better support shareholder value analysis.
Improving year 2 viability disclosures: A survey of current practice and a practical guide
Corporate responsibility reporting could do more to add value for investors.
Corporate reporting needs to evolve to provide a more complete picture of business value.
Good reporting should enable the capital markets to better understand a company's strategy
Developing audit to meet investor needs, including our approach to sharing audit insights.
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Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages | home
Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker
Laid down, 19 February 1945, as Tarcoola, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-BT2) tanker hull, under Maritime
Commission contract (MC hull 2639) at Todd Shipbuilding, Houston, TX.
Launched, 15 March 1945
Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 12 September 1945, for operation under contract as a merchant tanker,
renamed Belridge
Acquired by the US Navy, 14 August 1950
Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Nodaway (T-AOG-78),
11 September 1950
Placed out of service and delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) at Mobile, AL., 11 December 1959,
for temporary custody in full lay-up status
Re-acquired by the US Navy and placed in service in August 1965 as USNS Nodaway T-AOG-78)
Assigned to the MSC Ready Reserve Force (RRF) in October 1995, custody remains with MARAD,
berthed at Tsuneishi, Japan
( See photos below )
Displacement 2,100 t.(lt), 6,047 t.(fl)
Length 325'
Beam 48'
Draft 19'
Speed 11 kts.
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion Propulsion, diesel
View the Nodaway (T-AOG-78)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
USS Nodaway (T-AOG-78) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, November 1980.
( Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus )
USS Nodaway (T-AOG-78) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, November 1980.
( Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus )
USS Nodaway (T-AOG-78) underway, date and place unknown.
The MT "Nodaway" laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, circa November 1959 - August 1964, location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )
"Nodaway", (T-AOG-78) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )
"Nodaway", (T-AOG-78), date and place unknown.
The Miramar Ship Index for "TARCOOLA"
Subsequent History:
Disposal Data:
At 30/06/2001, laid up in U.S.Reserve at Tsuneishi, Japan
Custody CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships "Tarcoola/Belridge"


text: Moto One To Villopoto Kit Palmer | May 23, 2009Kawasaki riders Ryan Villopoto and Christophe Pourcel fired the first shots in the Lucas Oils AMA Pro Motocross Championship at Glen Helen today. Villopoto passed early leader Josh Grant just past the midway point of the race to win the 450cc class, while Pourcel came out on top of a fierce four-way battle in the 250cc class.Suzuki's Mike Alessi got things started in the 450cc class by grabbing the holeshot and was leading during the second lap when he got hung up in a deep rut, allowing Grant and Villopoto to get around him. From there, Grant, on the JGR Yamaha, led for quite some time, while Villopoto, on the Monster Energy Kawasaki, seemed content to watch his lines and save his energy while keeping pace a couple of seconds back.Finally, Villopoto felt it was time to make his move and passed Grant over a table-top jump and quickly opened up a comfortable gap. He went on to win in what was his first outdoor race on a 450.Grant finished all alone in second, while Alessi finished a distant third.Fourth place went to Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Chad Reed who got off to about a 10th-place start and spent the rest of the race working his way up through the pack. He eventually got up to sixth and got around Honda Red Bull's Davi Millsaps, only to drop his bike in a turn, letting Millsaps back by. Reed, however, quickly got him back, as well as Andrew Short a few laps later.Short, who held down fourth for most of the race, ended up fifth, followed by Millsaps.Jason Lawrence did not start. They Boost Mobile/Troy Racing rider was still feeling the affects of a crash he had earlier in the week, where he took a footpeg to his side.GEICO Powersport Honda's Trey Canard nailed the holeshot in the 250cc class – twice! The first start was red-flagged after a few riders went down on the first lap, including Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Austin Stroupe, who managed to get things straightened out and make the restart.Canard, however, was passed by his GEICO Powersports/Honda teammate, rookie Justin Barcia, who led for nearly half the race, while Canard, Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Pourcel fought back and forth right behind him. The four-way battle kept the large Glen Helen crowd quite entertained, as they mixed it up, turn for turn.About the midway point, Canard slipped past Barcia, as did Dungey and Pourcel shortly after. At that point, Barcia backed it way down and dropped back to ninth where he would finish.Meanwhile, Pourcel and Dungey got around Canard, and the two ran 1-2 for the rest of the race, with Pourcel maintaining about a three-second lead over Dungey which grew slightly towards the end of the race.Canard finished a lonely third, while Tommy Searle, Tyla Rattray, Jake Wiemer and Brett Metcalfe crossed the finish line in succession behind Canard. Eighth place went to Blake Wharton, followed by Barcia.Kit Palmer | Off-Road EditorKit Palmer started his career at Cycle News in 1984 and he's been testing dirt and streetbikes every since – plus covering any event that uses some form of a knobby tire. He's also our resident motorcycle mileage man with a commute of 120 miles a day. Comments


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Harry Winston Reports Net Income of $3.4 Million for Q3
Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (TSX:HW,NYSE:HWD) announced its fiscal 2013 third-quarter results for the quarter ended October 31, 2012, commenting that its net income totaled $3.4 million ($0.04 per share) compared to a net loss of $4.7 million ($0.06 per share) in the year-ago quarter.
As quoted in the press release:
- Consolidated sales increased 51% to $180.4 million for the third quarter compared to $119.7 million for the comparable quarter of the prior year. Operating profit was $10.3 million compared to an operating loss of $2.0 million in the comparable quarter of the prior year. (Included in the prior year's operating loss was a$13.0 million paste plant de-recognition charge for the mining segment.) EBITDA increased 64% to $34.8 million compared to $21.2 million in the comparable quarter of the prior year.
- Consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders for the third quarter was $3.4 million or $0.04 per share compared to net loss attributable to shareholders of$4.7 million or $0.06 per share in the comparable quarter of the prior year. Included in the prior year period net loss was a $8.4 million (or $0.10 per share) after-tax paste plant de-recognition charge.
Click here to read the full Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (TSX:HW,NYSE:HWD) press release.


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CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK – Witnesses say NASCAR star Tony Stewart struck another driver, Kevin Ward Jr., at a New York dirt track Saturday, a year after he was involved in another crash that left a young woman dead.
Authorities say they are investigating the crash at Canandaigua Motorsports Park but gave no details early Sunday. A spokeswoman for Thompson Health said the hospital was treating one patient involved in the crash at Canandaigua Motorsports Park, but would not identify the patient or give a condition or injury details.
Michael Messerly, a fan who witnessed the crash, said it appeared Stewart — racing there on the eve of a race at Watkins Glen — hit Ward who was walking on the dimly lit track after they had collided on the previous lap.
He said Stewart struck Ward, who was wearing a dark racing suit, as he tried to "speed past" him.
"I didn't see (the other driver) anymore," he said. "It just seemed like he was suddenly gone."
Messerly said the crash appeared to be the result of "a number of bad decisions" and not "any intent on Tony Stewart's part."
"Auto racing is a dangerous sport," he said. "I think it was just an unfortunate set of circumstances that created a tragic situation."
The track, located about 50 km southeast of Rochester, canceled the remainder of the race within five minutes and later posted a message on its Facebook page encouraging fans to "pray for the entire racing community of fans, drivers, and families."
It said a statement on the crash would come later Sunday.
Stewart was involved in a July 2013 accident at Canandaigua Motorsports Park that seriously injured a 19-year-old driver. He later took responsibility for his car making contact with another and triggering the 15-car accident that left Alysha Ruggles with a compression fracture in her back.
On Saturday, ambulances, fire trucks and police arrived within minutes of the crash, Messerly said. Fans filed out in stunned silence, he said.
The Ontario County Sheriff's Department says its officers were at the track investigating into the early morning Sunday.
In a statement released Sunday morning, a representative for Stewart says, "our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends." The statement says Stewart's team is still trying to sort through the details of the accident.
Stewart, 42, only returned to sprint track racing last month, almost a year after breaking his leg in a crash at an Iowa track. The accident cost him the second half of the NASCAR season, and he didn't return to racing in any form until February when preparation for NASCAR's season-opening Daytona 500 began.
He refused to stop his extracurricular racing despite the injury and was scheduled to race Sunday.
Stewart was a spectator at the Knoxville Nationals in Iowa on Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the accident, and posted on his Twitter account: "Thank you to everyone that worked so hard to get me back to where I'm at today. It's your life, live it!"
Roughly three hours after the accident in New York, Donny Schatz, a sprint car driver for Tony Stewart Racing, won the prestigious Knoxville Nationals in Iowa for an eighth time. Stewart had spent much of the earlier part of the week trackside in Iowa watching his drivers compete.
"I was just told there was an incident involving Tony. I don't know to what extent or what's happening," Schatz said.
Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion, is co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. The four-team Sprint Cup organization that fields cars for Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Danica Patrick. He's struggled a bit this year since returning from his injury, and heads into Sunday's race winless on the season and ranked 19th in the standings.
Stewart was scheduled to start 13th on Sunday at Watkins Glen International in south central New York state. He has just five races remaining to either score a win or move inside the top 16 in points to grab a valuable spot in NASCAR's championship race.


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Democrats hold majority of county offices,GOP gaining
The Alabama Democratic Party came out of last week's election still holding a majority of the elected offices in county courthouses statewide, but the Republican Party whittled away at the last Democratic stronghold.
State Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead said the GOP had a net gain of 45 county offices. That included everything from probate judge and circuit judge to county school board seats. State Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy said the GOP didn't make the advances it had been predicting.
Both parties are already making plans for 2014, when county sheriffs will be up for election.


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Books & Poetry
"Read all the good books you can, and avoid nearly all magazines." ~ C. S. Lewis
"Do not be downcast within yourself, young one. For there is an echo in the waters, that is not of memories past, but of memories yet to come. As Time draws toward its final destination, it condenses, until its divergent veins and temporal rings seep and blur into one another. That is why some among you see ghosts, and have premonitions of the future."
~ The Old Elm Tree
Tale of the Breathless Living
The Embassy (in progress)
When a new world sparks to life in Yggdrasil's boughs, a Lindworm from a long dead world is determined to snuff it out. A creation myth, The Embassy offers a poetic sci-fi / fantasy take on what might have been, in another world, with multiple dimensions.
Writing Progress
Crimes of Love (in progress)
An autobiographical work exploring the pain of child abuse, and how God, a loving marriage, and music helped this author survive it.
Writing Progress
Tales of the Breathless Living (in progress)
A collection of autobiographical stories, strange tales, and mysterious poems written by inanimate authors, such as trees, shadows, caves, and abandoned homes.
Writing Progress
Homer (in progress)
When the leader of an evil race of leviathans experiences a moral awakening, he must choose whether to do the right thing and risk death, or withdraw into the wilderness and live a life of exile.
Image: "Dragon Resting Its Head On The Lap Of A Woman," by R. Leinweber, New York Public Library.


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September Blog: Internet Restrictions at Work. This month's blog is talking about internet restrictions in our classrooms and computer labs.
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It's taken John O'Callaghan just 5 short years to outrun his 'next big thing' tag and move over to the A-list fast-track. A masterful spinner, his unique blend of trance, coupled with an exacting, pin-point precise mixing style has seen him power up the DJ rankings. In the summer of 2008 the gifted 27 year old spun his first Radio 1 Essential Mix and, in the course of the year, was one of only 4 trance DJs to do so. In the 2007 Top 100 chart, John was marked out as the man to watch by no less than 5 DJs. 12 months later he duly delivered on their predictions, entering at No.60 on the 2008 countdown. Last year he picked up the 'Best Producer' and 'Best DJ' trophies at the Irish Dance Music Awards; decisively conquered the notoriously-competitive dance-testing ground of Ibiza and became the first Irishman to play Trance Energy. In 2009 he stands at the threshold of dance superstardom.
Production: Since making his first moves into music production just 5 years ago, John's notched-up over 20 releases on some of the most respected labels in the industry, prompting Paul Van Dyk to mark him "one of the most exciting producers in the world today". Club killers like 'The Chamber', 'Exactly' & 'Space & Time' have all become mainstays of DJs sets on many revered trance imprints. In 2007 he released both his first compilation 'Live As Vol.2' and his debut artist album 'Something to Live For' through Discover Records. Later the same year, in collaboration with vocalist Audrey Gallagher, John produced 'Big Sky'… By virtue of a 4-month-long club & radio hammering from the big 5, it was voted the No.1 trance tune of 2007 on Armin's A State of Trance. 'Big Sky' has rapidly gained modern trance classic status, virtually taking on a life of its own. John also produces through a number of pseudonyms, including Joint Operations Centre and J.O.C. Under the latter he indulges his love of techno-fringed productions, releasing 'Rotterdam' on Sander van Doorn's own 'Doorn Records'. In 2008 John was called upon by Godskitchen to mix their Australian 10th Anniversary Compilation, closely followed by 'Trance World Vol. 4' which was released through industry giants Armada. John occasionally also collaborates with other select artists, most recently and significantly with trance-legend Giuseppe Ottaviani on the hugely-received VANDIT release 'Our Dimension'. The spring of 2009 will see the release of John's highly anticipated 2nd artist album on Armada Records.
DJ: John caught his first DJing break playing on national Irish radio station 2FM's 'Sessions Tour', which was broadcast on New Years Eve, 2003. He has gone on to throw trance-fire onto the floors of some of the world's highest-profile clubs and festivals. Counted amongst them are Ireland's Planet Love, Global Gathering, Trance Energy, WMC Miami, South America Music Conference and Creamfields, amongst others. 2008 went down as John's all-important DJ breakthrough year... One that saw him play 6 nights on the White Isle, including Judgement Sunday & Armada at Amnesia, before going on in October to conquer Australia as part of Godskitchen's infamous yearly nationwide tour. Latterly, O'Callaghan has expanded his fan-bases in Poland, The States, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Slovakia and The Czech Republic – territories which he credits as being the deciding factor in entering the 2008 DJ Top 100 chart. In Utrecht in March of 2009 John will play the main-stage at
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For Bill Simmons, the walk on Laker game days from his office at ESPN to the Staples Center — or "the Silicon Center," as he once referred to it in a column — is an excruciating 250 yards, a nauseating gantlet of purple and yellow jerseys, T-shirts and banners that choke L.A. Live, the cheesy outdoor plaza that Kobe built. The games themselves are a special kind of sports abomination to him — more Hollywood scene than sports event, where no one gets drunk and yells at the officials, where the crowd could easily be mistaken for the audience at a Coldplay concert (his metaphor) and the loudest cheers are for Jack Nicholson.
Simmons is the most prominent sportswriter in America. He's also a Boston fan. During his early years as a columnist in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was sustained by the angst of backing losers, above all, the Red Sox. More recently, with Boston's various sports franchises prospering, he has sought poetic inspiration in the teams he hates, and, with the exception of the Yankees, he hates no team more than the Lakers.
"It's sad how well I know this place," he told me as we entered the arena on a Wednesday evening in early May, a few minutes before tip-off at the Lakers' second playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks. We arrived at our seats near midcourt just in time for the pomp of pregame introductions. A huge white sheet covering the video screen dropped to the floor, and the strains of the Who gave way to the absurdly dramatic voice of the P.A. announcer: "The defending back-to-back N.B.A. champions, your Los Angeles Lakers!"
ESPN's press presence at N.B.A. games is dominated by men who, in their slick suits and Italian loafers, seem to be taking their misguided fashion cues from the players themselves. Simmons, who is 41, was dressed more like a TV comedy writer — which he was, briefly, on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" — in a T-shirt, Jack Purcell sneakers, a baseball cap and blue jeans.
During the fourth quarter, the Lakers began to unravel. Simmons, until now relatively restrained, grew giddy, cheering loudly as Dirk Nowitzki reeled off a few quick baskets for the Mavericks. "I'm having too much fun," he told me, standing up and pumping his fist after J. J. Barea, the Mavs' backup point guard, improbably sliced through the entire Lakers' defense. "I'm going to get punched," he said gleefully.Continue reading the main story
Between cheers, Simmons hunkered down over his BlackBerry, not to check his e-mail but to post gloating messages on Twitter. "I don't care if J. J. Barea is from Puerto Rico," Simmons typed. "We need to put him on a dollar bill. He's an American hero."
Simmons's joy at the Lakers' collapse was magnified by the sight of his publicist, Lewis Kay, a lifelong Los Angeles resident and devout Lakers fan, who was sitting two seats away, monitoring his Twitter feed on his own BlackBerry. At one point, Kay glanced over, looking pale and seriously dejected. "I'd like to see you with a red ball gag in your mouth," Simmons joked, snapping a photograph of Kay with his BlackBerry. "I'm going to tweet this!"
"That's not nice," Kay replied, sounding legitimately upset.
"Come on, you've won two titles in a row!" Simmons said. He went on to compare Kay to a guy who picks up women at a bar for two weeks straight, "and then strikes out once and complains about it."
A little later, the Lakers' defeat now a certainty, Simmons auditioned another tweet before sending it out to his more than 1.4 million followers. " 'We killed Osama and the Lakers in one week?' " he suggested. "Too far?"
With that, Kay was finally able to shut him down. "Over the line," he said. "And I'm speaking as your publicist, not as a Laker fan."
For Simmons, this distinction — between fan and columnist — doesn't really exist. Unlike many sportswriters, for whom detachment is a point of professional pride, Simmons makes no pretense of neutrality. This is at least one explanation for his extraordinary popularity. According to ComScore, Simmons's "Sports Guy" Web column, which he publishes every 10 days or so, attracted 740,000 unique visitors in April, making him probably the most widely read sportswriter in America today. The column is just one of several media through which Simmons connects with his fans. He has written two best-selling books, the first a memoir of Red Sox fandom, the second a popular history of the N.B.A. His regular podcasts, "The B.S. Report," are downloaded an average of 600,000 times each.
Later this month, Simmons will take another step in the ongoing expansion of his empire, starting his own Web site, in conjunction with ESPN, called Grantland. Simmons says Grantland will be to ESPN what Miramax was to Disney, a boutique division with more room for creativity. Another metaphor might be Martha Stewart Living, a magazine similarly constructed around a single person's market-tested sensibility. Much has been made of some of the well-known, literary writers Simmons has already attracted to Grantland, but as a business proposition, the site is basically an attempt to leverage Simmons's take on sports and, really, life into something much bigger than himself.
After the game, Simmons, still feeling festive, led a group to a nearby sushi place for a nightcap. "Let's sit outside," he proposed. "I want to see the faces of the sad Laker fans walking by."
A brief, reductive history of modern sportswriting in America might look something like this: Practitioners of the craft during the first two-thirds of the 20th century paid for their unfettered access to athletes by glorifying them, "Godding up those ballplayers," as one sportswriter memorably put it. In the 1970s, sportswriters stopped protecting athletes and started demythologizing them. As they did, their access diminished. The gulf between ballplayers and fans widened.
Enter Simmons and his legion of imitators, whom you won't find loitering in a locker room, trawling for quotes or sitting at the press tables of an N.B.A. game, where rooting is forbidden. At the center of Simmons's columns is not the increasingly unknowable athlete but the experience of the fan. His frame of reference is himself. He might not be able to tell you how a ballplayer felt performing a particular feat, but he can tell you how he felt watching it, what childhood memories it evoked, the scene from the movie "Point Break" it brought to mind, which one of his countless theories — newcomers to his column can consult a glossary on his home page — it vindicates. There's a vaguely metaphysical quality to this approach: the sportswriter Robert Lipsyte calls it "the tao of Bill."
Simmons is more than just a fan; he is the fan, the voice of the citizenry of sports nation. In a larger sense, what he's doing is nothing new. In much the same way that newspaper columnists call out callous politicians and crooked businessmen, Simmons rails against greedy owners, the commissioners who invariably side with them, overpaid players and dysfunctional franchises. Recently, he lambasted the Maloof brothers, the owners of the Sacramento Kings, for neglecting the team, and David Stern, the N.B.A.'s commissioner, for allowing them to do so. "Once you get approved to purchase an N.B.A. franchise, for whatever reason, David Stern seemingly yields all control over your behavior unless you criticize his officials," Simmons wrote. "Anything else? Knock yourself out. Buying into the N.B.A. is like buying a house: Once you move in, feel free to disgrace the neighborhood however you want."
Simmons is a funny, intelligent and original writer. He comes up with surprising angles and conceits — in a column last month, he applied quotes from "The Wire" to moments in the N.B.A. playoffs — that may not always work but certainly prevent him from becoming predictable. He is especially good at describing sports moments, a dying art since the arrival of nonstop sports highlights.
But Simmons's rise has been fueled by broader forces too. The recent explosion of the sports industry — the emergence of 24-hour sports networks, sports-radio shows, Web sites, fantasy leagues, video games — has been geared foremost toward creating and satisfying the demands of the consumer. The fan became the engine of the sporting world.
Simmons not only benefited from this new populism; he also had a hand in its creation. When he began writing for AOL, the term "blogger" didn't even exist. Since then, his self-referential, stream-of-consciousness style has left countless readers with the mistaken impression that they could do what he does. Thanks to the Internet, nothing has stopped them from trying.
Simmons is ambivalent about what he spawned. When I asked him once how sportswriting had evolved since he first started, he questioned the implication. "Is it better?" he asked. "I'm not so sure. The worst thing that's happening now is that people are writing things just to drive traffic and get attention."
There is an obvious irony to the author of a column headlined "Is Clemens the Anti-Christ?" criticizing his peers for being excessively provocative. Then again, we have reached a point at which sports Web sites are posting photographs said to show Brett Favre's penis.
In some respects, Grantland is meant as an antidote to the revolution Simmons helped start. The site will more closely resemble a traditional print publication than a Web site. Its name is a homage to the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice; its designer is a former art director for New York magazine and Esquire. Unlike news aggregators like The Huffington Post, Grantland will feature only exclusive content. Stories will run long and often include original reporting.
In addition to sports, Grantland will dwell heavily on Simmons's other obsession, pop culture. In truth, though — and Simmons had a hand in this too — sports now is pop culture, or a huge part of it anyway, every bit as dominant in the entertainment world as, say, pop music. Athletes are no longer gods, they're celebrities, marketing their brands, starring in reality TV shows and providing fodder for Web sites like Deadspin and TMZ.
I first visited Simmons in his offices at ESPN in early April, his favorite month of the sports calendar. The start of the baseball season was imminent, and the N.B.A. and N.H.L. playoffs had just gotten under way. The day before, Simmons had participated in a 10-hour fantasy-baseball draft. He and his fellow "owners" were still wrapping things up via e-mail; as we talked, Simmons monitored the final rounds on his BlackBerry.
Simmons came to L.A. from Boston in 2002 to write for the Kimmel show. He returned to full-time sportswriting after just a year and a half, but he decided to stay in Los Angeles. The weather was a factor, but so was the Pacific time zone: he liked that the sports day started three hours earlier.
Most men hit their peak of fandom as teenagers before starting an inevitable decline into a state of relative apathy. By the time we reach middle age, our lives — work, wives, children — have overtaken us. We lose track of who's playing where, who's coaching which team. Some of us turn to fantasy leagues in an attempt to establish a more mature relationship with sports. (If it's too late to imagine yourself as a professional athlete, how about a general manager?) But this can backfire, transforming your emotional connection to sports into a statistical one, leaving you more disconnected than ever from your rooting self.
In this context, Simmons is what you might call the Peter Pan of sports fandom. He still has good days when his teams win and rough ones when they lose. He wouldn't go to the old Yankee Stadium — "just too many bad memories there" — and he doesn't travel on football Sundays, when he spends 12 hours in the Neverland of his four-flat-screen "man cave."
As a cultural phenomenon, Simmons is a member of the new class of man-boys, defined most famously by Judd Apatow and Todd Phillips, who make movies about men who can't or won't grow up. They got rich staying true to their 17-year-old selves and, along the way, helped make losers sort of cool. Simmons knows that the only people his age who obsess about sports the way he does are geeks — in his columns, he refers to his fantasy-baseball league as "the League of Dorks" — and he recognizes the quasi-pathetic nature of a grown man living and dying for his teams. But at the same time he's unapologetic about it. "I always thought that by the time I turned 40 I wouldn't care about sports so much," Simmons told me. "I'd seen it happen to so many other people. But it hasn't happened to me."
Simmons is not a literary sportswriter. You can't capture his resonance with lyrical quotes from his oeuvre, because they don't really exist. (The flip side of Simmons's adolescent passion for sports is a lot of pornography metaphors and frat-boy shtick.) His power resides in the overall effect of his columns, the mix of honesty, enthusiasm, smart analysis and an implicit recognition that for fans, anyway, the sports experience is bound up with moments in our lives. I remember how I felt when I first started reading Simmons almost 10 years ago. (A sentimental paean to his childhood hero, Larry Bird, stands out in particular.) There was a certain nostalgic thrill, reinforced by his references to touchstone movies like "The Karate Kid" and TV shows like "Cheers," that served as a kind of retro soundtrack for his columns. We — and I speak here, I think, for many middle-aged men — want to love sports as we did when we were younger. Reading Simmons, we can.
When you hang out with Simmons, it pretty quickly becomes clear that the world he creates in his columns — "Sports Guy's World," as his ESPN homepage is known — is also the one he inhabits, surrounded as often as not by his buddies, who run the gamut from fantasy-sports pals to N.B.A. executives. It's a soothing, reassuring place where what matters most are sports, movies and television, and the casual sexism comes with the irony baked-in. "I like the post-assassination Jackie," Simmons said during a Kennedy riff one recent afternoon in Los Angeles. "She was superhot."
There's a popular narrative among those who have followed the arc of Simmons's career that he was simply in the right place at the right time — that his personal, irreverent style was ideally suited to the new medium of online journalism. An argument can fairly be made that if his ambition was to be a sportswriter, and it was, his timing was actually terrible.
An only child, Simmons grew up in Brookline, Mass. By the time he was 13, his parents had divorced, and he moved with his mother to Stamford, Conn., but he visited his father every other weekend and remained loyal to his hometown teams. Simmons graduated from Holy Cross in 1992, and he earned his master's degree in journalism from Boston University a year later, when the newspaper industry was already contracting and the Web was in its infancy. "The only one way to get a column back then was to go through this whole ridiculous minor-league-newspaper system and then kind of hope that other people died," he says.
Simmons had no interest in waiting his turn. A few years into a job in the sports department of The Boston Herald, a local tabloid, he quit to tend bar. Soon after, he noticed a "Boston Movie Guy" on AOL's Digital City Boston Web site, and badgered its editor until he hired him as "The Boston Sports Guy" for $50 a week.
In the early going, traffic was minimal — one day he got just six page views — but Simmons gradually built a loyal, if modest, cult following. Because AOL was available only to subscribers, readers would cut and paste his columns into e-mails and send them around. Still unfamiliar to most sports fans, Simmons's name would occasionally be deleted somewhere along the way. Several friends once e-mailed him a copy of one of his own pieces, a column about a debauched weekend in Las Vegas.
From the start, Simmons wanted to write about sports the same way he talked about them with his friends, with an urgency and partisanship that he thought was missing from most sportswriting. (Also, he couldn't get press credentials.) But he never intended to lead a revolution. "It was an Internet sports column," he says. "How far was I going to go with that?"
"The Boston Sports Guy" was Simmons at his edgiest, eager to be discovered, uncensored by ESPN. Most of these early columns have long since disappeared. Like unrecorded rock concerts, they have assumed an almost mythic aura among his fans. Simmons, though, is not prone to romanticizing those years. It bothers him that more people weren't reading him.
Simmons almost quit writing in 2000 when ESPN introduced "Page 2," a more voice-driven complement to its newsy homepage, and didn't call him. But the following year, ESPN gave him a few freelance assignments, and then offered him a full-time job. He was soon a leading attraction on Page 2, right alongside David Halberstam. The tectonic plates of sportswriting were shifting, all the more so because Simmons was much more fun to read than Halberstam, who never felt as if he belonged on your computer screen. "Halberstam is one of my heroes and one of the greatest writers ever, but he had no idea how to write on the Internet," Simmons says.
As sacrilegious as it may sound to compare Simmons with the Homer of the American sporting scene, he played a similar role for a generation of readers who grew up in the era of the empowered fan. "I printed out those 6,000-word columns and took them to the bathroom just like everybody else," says A. J. Daulerio, the 37-year-old editor in chief of Deadspin, Gawker's sports blog. "He changed the way I looked at everyone else's writing."
During halftime at the Lakers game, Simmons spotted Stephen A. Smith, an ESPN colleague and a walking cautionary tale of the pitfalls of 24-hour sports. ESPN's myriad outlets generate an insatiable demand for content that has an unfortunate tendency to transform sports writers into yammering caricatures. "Screaming A. Smith," as he has been called, may be the most widely mocked of the bunch. "We have to do a better job protecting our talent," Simmons said as Smith passed by, not noticing Simmons. "He's a guy who should be writing more. We let him become too big a yakker."
Simmons has deliberately taken a different approach to his career, trying to expand his audience without becoming overexposed. He limits his radio and television appearances, and has turned down offers to host his own late-night talk show. "What happens at ESPN is that if you're doing well, they'll keep asking for more, and if you don't fight for yourself and say no, they'll just bleed you," he says.
Most of all, unlike many of his colleagues, Simmons has never abandoned his column, though in many ways it's more difficult than ever for him to write. His work is now scrutinized by scores of bloggers who love nothing more than to find fault with his arguments. Simmons finally has the audience he always wanted, and for better or for worse, it includes the subjects of his columns. What's more, they now travel in some of the same circles. "A lot of the people who are easy for me to make fun of, a lot of easy targets, I might actually run into those people," he says. "It makes it harder for you to keep your edge."
In recent years, some of Simmons's onetime admirers have accused him of losing that edge. This sort of criticism often follows cult figures who graduate to mainstream success, but in Simmons's case it cuts directly to the core of his vox populi identity.
Simmons's life has changed substantially since he moved to Los Angeles. ESPN has made him rich, particularly for a sportswriter. "The Sports Guy mansion," as he jokingly refers to his home, is by all accounts very nearly a mansion. (For someone who spills so much of himself into his columns, Simmons is oddly protective of his personal life; he wouldn't let me see his house or meet his wife, "The Sports Gal" of his columns.) He belongs to the trendy Soho House in West Hollywood, and his circle of friends has widened to include celebrities like Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers.
Simmons's column has changed, too, though this may have as much to do with him getting older as it does with him being corrupted by access. His column is essentially an evolving first-person chronicle of sports fandom, and he has moved on to new obsessions, like trying to prevent his young daughter from becoming a Lakers fan, or exposing his 3-year-old son to the exhilaration of watching Tiger Woods at Augusta. If this strikes some as Simmons veering perilously close to sentimental middle-aged-sportswriter terrain — picture Mitch Albom — well, Simmons is now a middle-aged sportswriter.
With its six 24-hour cable channels, 46 international networks and more than 750 radio affiliates, ESPN is everywhere, the hulking superstructure of the sports world, forever manipulating the relationship between sports and fans. Notionally, anyway, ESPN is a news operation, though to say it covers sports would be to vastly understate its influence and misunderstand its business model. ESPN creates sports story lines and shapes our perceptions of them, hyping LeBron James's decision to leave Cleveland and then turning fan resentment toward James over that hype into a recurring theme during the N.B.A. season. The network also broadcasts the vast majority of sporting events on national TV, so the company is basically covering its own product.
Simmons wouldn't be where he is without ESPN, and yet as the self-appointed spokesman for fandom, he can hardly ignore the ESPN-ization of the sports experience. "To be honest, it's really hard to write about sports without making fun of ESPN," he says.
Simmons's desire to criticize his colleagues has been a frequent source of tension within ESPN, and he has occasionally ignored its prohibitions against doing so, most recently in a new oral history of the company. ("Could be bad for me," Simmons told me in L.A. a few weeks before the book was published.) ESPN has been known to treat Simmons like a rebellious teenager, temporarily suspending his Twitter account when he called the hosts of an ESPN-affiliate radio show "deceitful scumbugs." Simmons, in turn, has been known to behave like a rebellious teenager, going on a mini-work stoppage and creating his own blog where at least one unedited version of his column was posted.
Simmons's relationship with ESPN might be described as dysfunctionally codependent: the Worldwide Leader in Sports needs the byline of America's most prominent sportswriter; America's most prominent sportswriter needs the platform of the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Even as adversaries, they serve a useful purpose for each other. Like David Letterman's potshots at NBC, Simmons's jabs at ESPN help him maintain his increasingly threatened anti-establishment credibility. ESPN can point to Simmons as evidence that it's not the Kremlin of the sports world. John Walsh, the executive editor of ESPN, likes to tell the story of how he offered Simmons his first assignment after reading his column mocking ESPN's annual awards show, the ESPYs.
Given their dynamic, it's hard not to wonder how the relationship between Simmons and ESPN will play out at Grantland. The site will be a separate publication, with Simmons in editorial control. Ultimately, though, it's owned by ESPN, and the parent company has already made its presence known, choosing the site's name, which Simmons is less than enthusiastic about. He worries that it sounds pretentious, he told me, but the higher-ups at ESPN "loved it, and they've been so supportive of the site. You've got to pick your battles."
Simmons doesn't write much about baseball anymore — he has been turned off by the fetishization of statistics that now dominates coverage of the sport — but he still likes going to games. In late April, I met him and a couple of other guys for a day game at Dodger Stadium. The ballpark was almost empty. "That Giant thing was not good," Simmons said, referring to the recent beating of a Giants fan in the stadium parking lot. "Also, the team being taken over by the commissioner — not good for fan support."
Simmons, who was wearing camouflage shorts and a T-shirt, got a hot dog with mustard and we found our seats behind home plate. "How do you feel about a guy with his own name on the back of his jersey?" Simmons asked, pointing out a man a few rows in front of us in a Dodgers shirt, the name "Scotty G" written across the back. "It's like a double violation. You'd never see that a Red Sox game. He's everything you'd want 'Scotty G' to look like, too, with the slicked-back hair and blue sunglasses."
A little later, Simmons spotted a trio of heavyset women in tank tops and cut-off jeans shorts, drinking what appeared to be frozen daiquiris out of plastic Dodger cups. "Look, it's 'Sex and the City'!" he said.
It was a sultry afternoon, and midway through the game, we went inside to the Dugout Club to cool off and talk. Simmons sounded as if he was having some regrets about Grantland. "It hasn't been as much as fun as I had thought," he told me. "I'm not sure I would do it again." Too much of his time was being spent in the office, dealing with administrative tasks, which was encroaching on his column.
Simmons's literary persona suggests a slacker, a guy who would like nothing more than to spend his days drinking beer and watching sports. This image, enhanced by his loose, casual prose, is misleading. The real Simmons is hard-working and competitive. His rise to prominence has been punctuated by bouts of restlessness and frustration, even when things looked from the outside to be going his way. He's still chafing over his publisher's handling of his 2009 book, "The Book of Basketball," a No. 1 New York Times best seller.
As far as Simmons has come since he first started searching for an audience, he wants to go much further, to create something more enduring than his column or even his books. But the drudgery of running his own publication is already intruding on the utopian world he has built for himself. And he knows that the only thing preventing him from becoming another overexposed hack, an ex-sportswriter who now gets paid to blather on TV, is his column, which can take days to research and write. "My biggest concern about the site is that I don't want the column to just be one of the things I'm doing," Simmons said.
After the game, we drove to Chinatown for a late lunch. "Listen to this," Simmons said, reading the fortune from his cookie as we were getting up to leave: "An important business venture may soon develop for you." Everyone laughed. "Or it could be the end of my career," Simmons joked. "I don't know, I think I have one more big sellout contract in me."Continue reading the main story


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Situated in the suburbs, this hotel is 5.9 mi (9.6 km) from Western Museum of Mining and Industry and within 12 mi (20 km) of US Air Force Academy and Eisenhower Golf Club. Chapel Hills Mall is 12.2 mi (19.7 km) away.
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Along with a 24-hour fitness center, this hotel has a 24-hour business center and a conference center. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, conference rooms, and laundry facilities are onsite.
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measuring 3000 square feet (279 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, multilingual staff, and a picnic area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Ramada Monument has designated areas for smoking.
- Free breakfast
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- Total number of rooms - 115
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- Number of floors - 2
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.
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No Cancer Without Cell Walls
"New cells are created by the duplication of existing cells through a highly-organized process known as the cell cycle," explains lead author, Dr. Maite Bengoechea Alonso. "Last year we discovered that a protein called SREBP1 that regulates the synthesis of lipids needed for new cell walls was regulated during the cell cycle. Now we show that the SREBP1 protein actually controls the cell cycle".
Senior author, LICR's Dr. Johan Ericsson, realized that disrupting the function of SREBP1 might prevent the lipid synthesis mandatory for new cell walls. "In fact, we literally stopped the cell cycle in its tracks by removing SREBP1 from cells. It seems that if you don't have SREBP1 activity, you can't make lipids, and if you don't have lipids, you can't make new cells".
As per Dr. Ericsson, who is also a Research Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, this approach might one day form the basis of a new strategy for the long-term control of cancer. "Cancer cells divide uncontrollably, so their need for lipids is more urgent and continuous than normal cells. Treatment with an inhibitor of SREBP1 might reduce the rate of cancer cell proliferation to slow down tumor growth, or might enhance the effect of targeted therapies that aim to actually kill cancer cells".........
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Curry And Onions May Prevent Colon Cancer
In the study, reported in the recent issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, five patients with an inherited form of premalignant polyps in the lower bowel known as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) were treated with regular doses of curcumin (the chemical found in turmeric) and quercetin, an antioxidant in onions, over an average of six months. The average number of polyps dropped 60.4 percent, and the average size dropped by 50.9 percent, as per a team led by Francis M. Giardiello, M.D., at the Division of Gastroenterology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Marcia Cruz-Correa, M.D., Ph.D., at Johns Hopkins and the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.
"We believe this is the first proof of principle that these substances have significant effects in patients with FAP," says Giardiello.
Typically familial adenomatous polyposis is a disorder that runs in families and is characterized by the development of hundreds of colorectal adenomas (polyps) and eventual colon cancer. Recently, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been used to treat some patients with this condition, but these compounds often produce significant side effects, including gastrointestinal ulcerations and bleeding, as per Giardiello.........
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Higher Blood Pressure Associated with Decline in Walking Ability
Scientists recruited 888 older Catholic clergy without dementia or Parkinson's disease who are participating in the Religious Orders Study. At baseline, blood pressure was measured, the presence of vascular diseases and diabetes was recorded, cognitive function was assessed, and medications were inspected.
At baseline and subsequent annual visits, gait and balance were assessed using performance-based tasks, such as the time and number of steps taken to walk 8 feet, the time to sit up and down five times, the number of steps off the line during an 8-foot heel-to-toe walk, and a comparison of ability to stand with eyes open and eyes closed.
Participants completed a mean of nearly eight annual evaluations with a high rate of follow-up. Controlling for age, education, and gender, the study found a 10mmHg increment in systolic blood pressure was linked to greater decline in lower limb function. On average, lower limb function declined 28.7% faster in persons with a systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHg than in persons with a normal systolic blood pressure of 120 mmHg.........
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Human Cytomegalovirus Vaccine
Because of the dangers posed by the virus to infants, the Institute of Medicine has declared that development of a CMV vaccine should be one of the highest priorities for vaccine makers. Now, in a new study in the August 1 issue of The Journal of Virology, scientists at The Wistar Institute outline an innovative approach that could be used to create such a vaccine.
The Wistar researchers began with the observation that mice harbor a species-specific form of CMV that is unable to sustain an infection in humans and is completely harmless to them. They then asked whether, using recombinant technologies, there might not be a way to shift the mouse-specific virus closer to the human-specific virus to generate a version of the virus able to elicit a protective immune response but not a dangerous infection in humans.........
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One Of 50 Most Influential Women In Optical
Sarita SoniP. Sarita Soni, professor of optometry and vice provost for research at Indiana University Bloomington, was named among the 50 most influential women in optical in a report released by Vision Monday magazine, a national news and analysis service for eye care professionals.
Soni joined the School of Optometry in 1978 and has developed and taught many courses in optometry, vision science and optometric technology. She is also the founder and co-director of the IU Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, which has been involved in numerous clinical trials under her direction. Soni has published more than 70 research articles on corneas, contact lenses and refractive error corrections over the span of her career. She has also served in various consulting roles for the Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission and National Institutes of Health.
The report honored women who had made a difference in the optical industry through their leadership and service. This was the fourth year that Vision Monday has compiled this list of influential women in optical. View the report online at http://cms.visionmonday.com/articles/details.asp?ID=15727.
To speak with Soni, contact Elisabeth Andrews, 812-855-2153 or email@example.com.........
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An Eye-opening Look At Anesthesia
Dr. Emery N. Brown Photo courtesy / Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyRaise your hand if you are more afraid of the prospect of general anesthesia than of surgery itself. If you raised your hand, you are not alone, as per the newest faculty member at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST).
Dr. Emery N. Brown, who explores what happens to the brain during anesthesia, began a dual appointment as professor of health sciences and technology and professor of computational neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) at MIT in October 2005.
"Anesthesia has taken on a mythical quality; it's not perceived as a neuro-physiological phenomenon," he said.
He describes the motivation behind his current research focus: "For a number of years, I was practicing anesthesiology, learning clinical skills in order to take care of patients, not thinking about how anesthesia affects patients. Then 10 years ago, when HST alum Dr. Greg Koski was the head of human studies at MGH, he said, 'It would be interesting to see an image, to see what happens when someone is under anesthesia.'" Brown was hooked.
"We say we induce anesthesia and then 'wake up' the patient," Brown said. "But in French the patient is reanime, or brought back to life. We haven't yet begun to think precisely about what we do, however. Anesthesia is not like sleep. It's not the same process".........
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HIV hides from drugs
"This is the first longitudinal study to show that, while current HIV treatment is quite successful in reducing viral loads and increasing T-cells in peripheral blood, it is not so effective in gut mucosa," said Satya Dandekar, professor and chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at UC Davis Health System and senior author of the study.
"The real battle between the virus and exposed individuals is happening in the gut immediately after viral infection," she said. "We need to be focusing our efforts on improving therapy of gut mucosa, where massive destruction of immune cells is occurring. Gut-associated lymphoid tissue accounts for 70 percent of the body's immune system. Restoring its function is crucial to ridding the body of the virus".........
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Malignant Melanoma Secretes Embryo Protein
An article describing this research was published recently in the advanced online issue of the journal Nature Medicine.
The scientists identified the potent and highly unstable embryonic growth factor by injecting aggressive melanoma cells into developing zebrafish embryos, which were used as "biosensors" for tumor cell-derived signals, and were consequently able to induce ectopic (abnormal) embryonic skull and backbone (axes) formation.
"This finding highlights the convergence of tumorigenic and embryonic signaling pathways. From a translational perspective, Nodal signaling provides a novel target for therapy of aggressive cancers such as melanomas," said Mary J. C. Hendrix, the corresponding author, of Children's Memorial Research Center where the discovery was made.
Hendrix is president and scientific director of the Children's Memorial Research Center, professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a member of the executive committee of The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. Jolanta M. Topczewska and Lynne-Marie Postovit, from Children's Memorial Research Center, co-led the study.........
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Diagnosis And Referrals For Kidney Disease
Their findings, published in the recent issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, show that of 126 kidney specialists surveyed, 97 percent properly diagnosed CKD and 99 percent would have recommended specialized kidney care for the "patient." But only 59 percent of the 89 family physicians and 78 percent of 89 general internal medicine physicians fully recognized the signs and symptoms of CKD. And referrals to a nephrologist were made by only 76 percent of the family physicians and only 81 percent of general internists.
"We, as physicians, can certainly do better," says L. Ebony Boulware, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and lead author of the study.
"Millions of people have kidney disease, but a substantial number may not have their disease recognized," Boulware added. "Simply put, our study shows that primary care physicians are not recognizing kidney disease in high-risk patients as often as they should".
In the study, the Hopkins group asked the surveyed physicians to evaluate the medical files of a simulated patient being treated by a primary-care doctor and suffering from progressive CKD. CKD is a growing epidemic, affecting an estimated 10 million Americans. The medical "record" contained clues to the condition indicating that, based on guidelines issued in 2000 by the National Kidney Foundation, the patient should be referred to a nephrologist for evaluation of CKD.........
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Interventions Should Start After The First Puff
This information needs to be incorporated into intervention programs aimed at young smokers.
In a related commentary, Klein discusses the challenges in helping young smokers quit and the need for stronger public health efforts to keep youth from starting in the first place.........
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A total of 50 Woodside residential properties will be recognized with Backyard Habitat awards. The program will run from 3 to 5 p.m. on the patio of Town Hall.
The award includes a 3-foot-long, 4-inch-wide vertical plaque of rusty steel engraved with the program's name and topped by a silhouette of a California Quail, also rusty.
Two guests are scheduled to speak and/or present: Philippe Cohen, the executive director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and Nicky Hughes of the Gold Rush Nursery in Soquel.


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August 5, 2013
In another case of 'conspiracy' confirmed as reality, US regulators are now revealing various documents and call logs detailing initiatives by the world's mega banks to rig interest rates in order to rake in millions at the expense of legitimate businesses and pension funds.
And once again, the media is acting as if this revelation is truly inconceivable and unexpected. As it turns out, however, reports now [1] confirm what we have known for decades: that the mega banks are in fact gutting the economy in order to squeeze as many greenbacks as possible from the last breathe of our financial infrastructure. It's essential to remember that, as Bloomberg [2] revealed in an attempt to obtain alternative news readers and latch on to some form of credibility, these mega banks are already receiving $83 billion from taxpayers [3] each year.
What's amazing is the blatant and audacious nature of these mafia bankers, who are confident they can continue to siphon our cash without consequence.
But before we even get into the once again blatant siphoning of finances from pension funds and legitimate businesses, you should also be reminded where this cash is then funneled. As it turns out, the mega banks turn to Mexican drug cartels [4] and known terrorists inside the United States in order to generate massive profits on their investments. A reality that has even been reported on by mainstream media outlets and buried within the 'miscellaneous' news categories with very low visibility.
NBC News, for example, has covered [5] the admission that mega banks like HSBC are indeed funding Mexican drug cartels that continue to pump drugs into the United States. So much for the phony drug war, huh?
- A d v e r t i s e m e n t
These are the colossal corporations we are now entrusting to regulate and control our economy, and then we wonder why they're obliterating the pension funds. We have given the banks the role of regulating the premiere benchmark for interest-rate derivatives. Known as ISDAfix, documents now [6] being 'investigated' by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC [7]) explain how Wall Street bankers went in and worked with various brokers in order to alter this benchmark rate of the industry in order to profit.
Bringing down others in the process, the Wall Street sharks were on record in e-mails and phone calls discussing plans to make loads of cash on derivatives trades by altering ISDAfix rates in their favor. After all, they knew what would happen to the rates they were controlling. This is, by the way, extremely illegal and specifically prohibited in the 2010 [8] Dodd-Frank Act. And guess what, the whole gang is involved.
In fact, the banks now being investigated for robbing pensions via the rigging of interest benchmarks now include:
- Bank of America Corp
- Barclays
- Citigroup
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- And several others
As always, the usual suspects are up to their consistent game of looting the economy for their own gain. The usual banking mafia that operates under the love of money, power, and absolute deception. The purest form of absolute corruption there is in the whole system today.
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New composite filling
Hello, I just had a small cavity that grew on my back molar at the edge of an old composite filling. I didn`t even notice the cavity but it was discovered during a routine visit. He removed the decay and old filling without Novocain and it was only mildly uncomfortable. However, it has been about 6 hours since the procedure was done and my tooth (which had no pain before) has started a light throbbing pain. I have read that sometimes the material used during the filling can irritate the tooth but I am uncertain how painful it should/shouldn't be. Because he filled it without Novocain, does that mean it was not deep and I can rule out and forming abscess? I have been taking 800mg of ibuprofen for the pain but can eat and drink fin on it. It just bothers me when I am doing nothing. Thank you for your help.
From what you are telling me, the filling does not sound very deep. If this is the case, an abscess would be very rare. Sometimes, the tooth dries out a little too much during the filling process. It is much more of a problem with composite fillings than silver fillings. When this happens, the tooth can be painful for a few days. If it continues for more than a week, return to your dentist.
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The neighborhood appliance store closed its doors for a few days in late December. Legal action taken by Jerry Caston forced the store's owner of more than two years to depart Dec. 28, Caston said.
Coming back to the store for Jerry Caston means a return to a lifelong legacy.
"I grew up in the industry, working for an appliance store in San Fernando in the '60s," he said.
After college, Caston became a business partner of the San Fernando appliance store and opened a branch in old Newhall. In 1973, he bought out the store and changed its name to Caston's, he said. In 1985, he relocated to Lyons Avenue.
The mom-and-pop shop did well for more than 30 years under the Caston ownership. Both Jerry and Rick boast a loyal client base.
"We must have done something right," Jerry Caston said. "We took care of our customers, gave full service, we didn't try to compete with the big box stores, we gave a quality product at a fair price and we were always there for (customers)."
Coming back means a return from retirement for Jerry Caston, but he said Rick, will handle much of the responsibility.
As someone who practically grew up in his dad's store, Rick Caston said he's where he wants to be.
"I know everything about the store and how to take care of customers," Rick Caston said. "If you don't take care of the customers, you're not going to have a business. You give a fair price and do what you say you're going to do to have happy, loyal customers."
Irene Carillo, 72, of Newhall, said the Castons always took care of her in the 48 years she's shopped at the store.
"I've always bought everything there," she said. "They're very good to me. I get treated very well. I missed them while they were gone."
Rick Caston said they will soon remodel, adding eight display kitchens and six bathrooms.
"It'll be a one-stop shop, from top to bottom," he said.


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Dorris-Eaton School students are showing they are math and debate whizzes.
At a regional MathCounts Tournament held at UC Berkeley, Dorris-Eaton placed first overall from among the 15 schools (150 students) that competed.
The MathCounts team is awaiting results from the other regional competitions to see if it will qualify for the state competition at Stanford University on March 22.
Individual awards were earned by the following students in overall scoring:
First place overall, David Yang, grade 6; second place overall, Benjamin Park, grade 7; and fifth place overall, Daniel Shen, grade 6.
Award winners in the speed round were: First place, David Yang, grade 6; and third place, Benjamin Park, grade 7.
On Feb. 8, the Dorris-Eaton debate team took second place overall as a school at Piedmont Middle School's debate tournament. One unbeaten team that took third place for the tournament consisted of students Pia Dovichi, Chinasa Mbanugo and Sarah Wornow. In addition, four students were ranked as individual speakers, from among a total of 114 speakers — they were David Wornow, Micalyn Struble, Dovichi and Wornow.
In accordance with the city's centennial celebration, all Walnut Creek students are encouraged to participate in the 2014 Student Poetry Contest.
The Walnut Creek Library Foundation, Ygnacio Valley Library and Walnut Creek Library are asking young writers to focus on this year's theme: "100."
Poems may be no more than 32 lines, and authors are encouraged to "think about the number 100 and what it means to you."
The free contest is open to students ages 5 to 19, and all participants will receive a poetry contestant certificate. Winners may participate in a student poetry reading on Saturday, May 3 at the Walnut Creek Library.
The deadline to enter is March 26. Pick up a registration packet at any Walnut Creek library or online at www.wclibrary.org/contest/
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