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What A Start
Jessica Wilson started the 2006-07 season with an absolute bang, scoring a career-high 30 points to lead UCSB to a 88-73 win over visting Portland State in the Gauchos' season-opener November 10. The sophomore guard was a very efficient 12-for-20 (.600) from the field, including 2-of-4 from three-point range, and also racked up six rebounds, five assists, and six steals. Not only did the 30-point effort shatter her previous personal best of 22 (vs. Cal Poly January 21, 2006), it would also stand as the most points scored by a Gaucho all season. Additionally, the Sacramento, Calif. native set new career marks for field goals made, field goals attempted, and was one shy of her career-high in steals in the win over the Vikings. As for an encore? In UCSB's next home game, Wilson treated the Thunderdome crowd to another outstanding performance a week later, scoring 28 points on 9-for-16 shooting (.563) to go with eight rebounds and five assists in Santa Barbara's 85-77 loss at the hands of Oregon. She went on to score 10 points or more in the first five games of the season and did so in all but 10 contests as a junior, finishing second behind Jenna Green averaging 13 points per game in 2006-07.
How May I Assist You?
One of the areas Wilson made the biggest strides between her sophomore and junior seasons was in the assist category. After averaging 2.6 assists in 27 games in 2005-06, she had an excellent season setting the table for her teammates a year ago, leading both the team and the Big West Conference with an average of 4.5 helpers per game. In fact, she recorded 14 more total assists than the next closer player (Cal State Fullerton's India McDaniel) and averaged nearly half an assist more per game. Wilson had 11 performances with five or more assists and set both a new career-high and the Big West's top mark for a single game in 2006-07 with 12 -- that's right 12 -- helpers in the Gauchos' 86-67 thrashing of UC Irvine January 6. Her career-high entering the season was six that came in game against Arizona December 19, 2005 -- which she had already bested by the time UCSB's home bout with UCI rolled around when she recorded seven in a losing effort at UCLA November 12. In addition to the outstanding 12-assist performance, Wilson dished out a total of nine helpers on three occasions last season: In Santa Barbara regular season wins at UC Davis and at home vs. Cal State Fullerton, as well as the Gauchos' win over the Titans in the Big West Tournament Semifinals. Wilson became the first Gaucho to lead the conference in assists since Debby Caine averaged 4.9 in 2000-01.
Striking Distance
Wilson enters her senior season in the blue and gold a mere 226 points shy of becoming the 22nd player in program history to score 1,000 points for her career. The Sacramento, Calif. native has a total of 774 points after completing her junior season and there is no doubt, barring injury or some other unforseen circumstance, she will join teammate Jenna Green on the elite list of UCSB players in the 1,000 point club. Wilson scored a total of 402 points in 31 games in 2006-07 for an average of 13.0 points per game. If her scoring average does not increase her senior season -- and chances are it will -- Wilson will need roughly 18 games to crack quadruple digits for career scoring. If she continues to average 13 points per game, that would put her over the top right around the time the Gauchos take on Pacific for the first time in conference play January 26.
The Gauchos' best all-around athlete and most versatile player, Wilson spent most of her time at the two guard, but also ran the point last season...The All-Big West Second Team honoree kicked the year off with a bang, scoring a career-high 30 points on 12-for-20 shooting against Portland State in the opener November 10...Scored 28 and hauled in eight rebounds a week later vs. Oregon...Tallied 15 points and an unbelievable 12 assists to establish a new career mark January 6 in a win over UC Irvine...Racked up 18 points, 10 rebounds, and a career-high seven steals in the win over Utah Valley State January11...Scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Cal Poly February 17...Was one rebound and one assist shy of her first-career triple-double February 22 against Cal State Fullerton, finishing with 16, 9, and 9...Had four double-double performances in 2006-07 and now has a total of seven in her career...Finished 7-for-10 from the floor for 20 points and hauled in 10 rebounds at Pacific March 1...Was tremendous against Cal State Northridge two days later, leading the team with 17 points on 6-for-11 shooting to go with seven rebounds, four assists, and two steals as the Gauchos locked up the Big West's second seed heading into the tournament with an impressive 90-79 win on the road...Scored 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds to help lead UCSB to victory at San Diego in the WNIT First Round March 15...Led the Big West dishing out 4.5 assists per night, while ranking fourth in steals (1.9), eighth in field goal percentage (42.9), 11th in rebounding (6.7), and 12th in scoring (13.0)...Was second on the team in scoring and rebounding behind Jenna Green...Also led the team with 58 steals in 2006-07, an average of just under two per game.
Developed into arguably the Gauchos' most explosive offensive player and disruptive defender as a sophomore...Named to the All-Big West Second Team after scoring in double-figures 12 times, with three games of 20 points or more...Led the conference in steals with 2.44 per contest...Breakout performance was a 21-point, 11-rebound effort while spearheading Santa Barbara's rally from 16 points down in the second half against UCLA on December 17...Hit a buzzer-beating shot to send that game into overtime before exploding for 11 points in the extra period, as UCSB pulled away from the 24th-ranked Bruins...Followed that with 20 points and nine boards in the December 19 win over Arizona, leading to her first career Big West Player of the Week award...Second career double-double was a 15-point, 13-rebound effort as UCSB avenged an earlier loss to Cal Poly February 4...That equaled the most boards by a Gaucho in any game on the season...In a January 26 win at Cal State Northridge, Wilson amassed seven steals, the most by a Gaucho since Erin Buescher nabbed nine on January 17, 1999...Paced the UCSB offense six times - including 17 points in Big West Tournament title game vs. UC Riverside - leading to a spot on the all-tourney team...Had the ball in the waning seconds of that contest, but just missed a layup that would have sent Santa Barbara to the Big Dance...Missed a total of three games, including the Postseason WNIT game due to a left hand injury.
Wilson became the thirteenth player in Gaucho history to earn a spot on the Big West's All-Freshman Team...Amount of floor time and level of play both rose dramatically down the stretch...Averaged 6.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 57.1% shooting (28-of-49) over the season's last 11 contests...Earned a starting nod in four of UCSB's last seven games...In 12 appearances prior to Santa Barbara's 10-game winning streak, Wilson posted just 1.8 points and 11.1 minutes while only reaching the scoring column in four different contests...Sat out six games in late December-early January while sorting out academic eligibility issues...Missed season-opener at Saint Mary's due to knee soreness...Her 18 points and eight rebounds in the win at UC Riverside were both the highest single-game totals by a Gaucho rookie on the season...14 of those points came in the first half, when she buried five-of-six shots, including both of her three-point attempts...Her other double-digit scoring effort was 10 points on five-of-six shooting in a home win over Cal State Northridge...Nailed a pair of acrobatic, driving layups late in the second half of the Big West Tournament final vs. Idaho to help preserve Gaucho lead.
High School
A three-year varsity letterwinner at Laguna Creek High school in Elk Grove, Calif....Capped outstanding prep career by earning Second Team All-State honors from Cal-Hi Sports and was a McDonald's All-American honorable mention as a senior...Also selected as the
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All-Metro Player of the Year in 2003-04 while leading the Cardinals to the Northern California Finals of the CIF Division I State Tournament...Named Delta League MVP as Laguna Creek captured its third straight title under head coach Glen Mayol...Also part of two sectional championship teams...Scoring and rebounding averages increased each season, culminating with 19.3 points and 5.0 boards per game in her final campaign...Before moving to shooting guard for her senior year, averaged 7.3 assists per contest in 2002-03...Dropped in a career-high 31 points on Sheldon High School during her senior season...Club basketball team was Sacramento Girls with Skills.
Jessica O'Neal Wilson was born on August 6, 1986 in Sacramento, Calif. to Karen Nesbit and Reginald Wilson...Has two older siblings, Nakeaii and Tyana, and two younger brothers, Reginald Jr. and Myshala...A teammate of Tyana's - as well as two of her cousins - while at Laguna Creek...Is in her fourth year at UCSB and is a black studies major...Aspires to play in the WNBA or coach at the Division I level...Enjoys reading, especially the works of Valerie Wilson Wesley and Eric Jerome Dickey...Favorite movies are "The Queens of Comedy" and "The Color Purple"...Dawn Staley and Jason Kidd are the athletes she most admires...Lists the "Real World" and "Golden Girls" among her favorite TV shows...Chose the Gauchos over such programs as Kansas State and Mississippi State.


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American McFadden wins Boston Marathon wheelchair division
BOSTON — Tatyana McFadden of the United States has won the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon on her 25th birthday. It was the second straight year she won the race.
McFadden listened Monday as "The Star-Spangled Banner" played on Boylston Street one year after the bombings that left three dead and more than 260 injured.
She crossed the finish line in 1 hour, 35 minutes, 6 seconds.
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McFadden was born in Russia and lived in an orphanage as a child before starring at the University of Illinois.
She also won the 2013 New York City Marathon women's wheelchair race after taking the titles in Boston, London and Chicago last year. No other athlete has won those four races in the same year.

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Darrelle Revis' stay on the trade block should prove to be uneventful.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday night it's now considered unlikely that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback will be moved in a trade.
The Browns and Oakland Raiders surfaced as two possible suitors Tuesday, with Cleveland looming as a legitimate option. The Patriots also called and expressed interest, per Rapoport. But Revis' camp would rather the cornerback hit the open market than accept a pay cut, and other teams are prepared to wait.
Revis also "loves" Rex Ryan, Rapoport reported, per a person close to Revis, and is open to a Jets return. Rapoport later noted the Giants, Falcons and Eagles were teams that have inquired about Revis.
Revis should hit the open market Wednesday. The conditional fourth-round draft pick acquired by the Jets in last year's Revis trade will become a third-rounder if Revis is on the Bucs' roster by the third day of the league year. That means Revis has to be off Tampa's books by 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
Revis is well-known -- infamous even -- for his acute awareness and aggressive handling of personal business matters. Taking a pay cut and not having control of where he'll play cannot be an appetizing thought for the star.
Revis will still end up taking a pay cut, simply because it's hard to imagine another team paying $16 million annually for a cornerback. But he gains a modicum of control by refusing to play ball with the Bucs.The "Around The League Podcast" is now available on iTunes! Click here to listen and subscribe.


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"We walked down to the Colonel's office. I knocked. I had to salute, and then he read me my discharge orders. I didn't say anything at all."Read the full article here.
Woltkamp's Colonel told him that he had the right to an attorney, and that they would help him find one. But he was informed that he had to sign away all other rights to representation. He was presented then and there with a paper to sign.
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Yesterday, the Ecuadorian government issued a decree for the "Reorganization of the National Council of Water Resources through the creation of the National Water Secretariat."
The decree, signed by President Rafael Correa, provides a legal framework for moving towards integrated water resource management in the country, through water management that performs its duties from the national level to the water basin, watershed and catchment levels; and with a vision in mind of the sustainability, ecosystem and society.
In July 2007, IUCN participated in the development of this decree by organizing a national workshop together with the Andean Community (CAN) and stakeholders of the whole country with the objective of developing a roadmap towards a national Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) plan. In particular in the months after this workshop IUCN participated in different meetings for the elaboration of this decree.
Water, which has historically been neglected in the country, is identified by the current government as a strategic resource. The new decree provides fundamental elements to enable the integrated management of the resource; an example of this is that its management will be decentralized, through river basin management committees. The decree includes many modern principles of water management by putting emphasis on an ecosystem vision and the human right to water; it even includes the recognition of the nature's need to be included in water allocation decisions. It also includes a mechanism to decentralize water management by the creation river basin committees. This decree is the first of its kind and it is clearly a support to an IWRM and ecosystem approach which is a radical change here in Ecuador.
As well, it complements existing policies consistent with natural resource management, environmental protection, people's right to access water, and oversight of economic and social activities that exploit these resources. Emphasis is also placed on the criteria for preservation, conservation, sustainable and efficient water use. Additionally, it supports the promotion of conservation of native forests and páramo ecosystems, which are key ecosystems for water regulation in the Andean watersheds. The páramos consist of mostly glacier formed valleys and plains with a large variety of lakes, peat bogs and grass wetlands provide environmental services including water resources to more than 100 million people.
During the first 60 days, the new National Water Secretary, who will have the rank of minister, must develop special instructions that regulate the adoption of the functional structure and of the creation of the river basin management committees.


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The UNESCO Young People's World Heritage Education Programme (WHE) sees you as a future decision-maker, and as a decision‑maker you should preserve the world's heritage. For you to gain all the related skills and knowledge, the WHE Programme has several options, but the most attractive are without a doubt the Youth Forum and the Word Heritage Volunteers programme.
The Forum can give you and your teachers an opportunity to exchange experiences and ideas on how to become involved in heritage conservation and presentation. You will get the chance to meet people from other countries and learn about their heritage. You might even join the youth delegation that presents the results of the Youth Forum at the World Heritage Committee meeting. So far, 23 international and regional youth forums have taken place with more than 1500 young people participating.
If you are between 18 and 30 years old, you can take part in a youth action camp as a volunteer for 2 to 4 weeks. You will have the chance to take concrete action and to play an active role in the promotion and preservation of World Heritage. You will have the opportunity to meet members of youth groups and heritage & education experts.
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Barry Corr struck for the eighth time in nine games as Southend recorded a deserved 2-0 victory over Mansfield.
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Barry Corr struck for the eighth time in nine games as Southend recorded a deserved 2-0 victory over Mansfield.
Corr and Will Atkinson both struck in the first half as the Shrimpers eased to a first win in three games that leaves them eight points off an automatic promotion place having played a game less than the top three.
Adam Thompson was replaced by Cian Bolger after just 10 minutes due to a shoulder injury, but it did not hold back the hosts.
Corr fired them into the lead in the 21st minute when he was picked out by Michael Timlin before lifting the ball over Lenny Pidgeley.
The lead was doubled six minutes later when Atkinson bagged his first goal of the season after Pidgeley parried Ryan Leonard's shot into his path.
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When Anthem purchased HMO of Colorado and HMO of Nevada as part of a larger deal, George Kandel, MD — the plan's longtime CEO and medical director — retired from the Blues for the second time. He then began spending one morning a week at a coffee shop with other health plan medical directors between jobs.
Abbie Leibowitz, MD, followed a similar tack when Aetna reorganized its management and the direction of the company in 2000. Once Leibowitz knew he would be leaving his post as chief medical officer at Aetna, he began brainstorming new business ideas with former colleagues at weekly coffee meetings.
The former medical directors eventually became entrepreneurs, helping to launch companies that fill certain gaps they identified in the health care system. Kandel's firm, Denver Management Advisors, helps self-insured employers edit claims and avoid overpayment, saving them millions of dollars. And Leibowitz's company, Health Advocate, links nurse advisers with individuals who need help finding health care resources and understanding their benefits.
As health plans consolidate and restructure in response to declining enrollments and rising health care costs, many managed care medical directors are finding themselves in the position of having to redirect their careers. Physician executives who have been laid off or have decided to change jobs have launched new businesses and taken on consulting work; they've accepted administrative roles at group practices, hospitals, and health systems; or they have returned to practicing medicine. Some have found jobs at other health plans, sometimes in expanded or newly specialized roles.
"Health plans have found that medical directors are very expensive commodities, and there is an attempt right now to consolidate the processes that require the services of a medical director in order to contain costs," says John C. Beeson, MD, MBA, a former health plan medical director who is currently vice president for medical affairs at St. Mary's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colo.
It's a tumultuous time in health care, and many insurers are cutting jobs — including those of physician executives. Cigna, Aetna, and Humana all have initiated major restructuring efforts. Today, Aetna employs 102 physicians; Leibowitz says at one time he managed 350 medical directors. Humana will cut 2,300 jobs this year, affecting about 17 percent of its employees.
Some insurers have cut more than 30 percent of their medical director positions, says Patricia French, founder of the French Group, an executive recruitment firm that specializes in health care.
It's the toughest job market for health plan medical directors that anyone can remember. "I've never seen anything like it," French says. So many good health plan medical directors are looking for work that French rarely checks her database anymore for candidates when a prospective employer calls. "If somebody were to call me today and say they needed a high-level physician executive, there would be at least a dozen people off the top of my head that I could present within two minutes," she says.
Jobs are still available, especially entry-level positions, but physician executives often have to endure longer searches and go on more interviews than ever before when they are seeking top positions, French says. More training and experience are also required to win jobs.
For physicians, careers in health care administration are nowhere near as secure as practicing medicine. The risk of being fired is 20 to 40 times as high for physicians in health care leadership roles as it is for clinicians, who face a 2 percent or less chance of being dismissed from a job, according to a survey by Howard L. Kirz and the American College of Physician Executives.
Kirz polled ACPE members about job terminations in 2000. Of 620 respondents, 47 percent said they had been fired at least once during their management careers. That risk is increasing, Kirz found. Sixty-seven percent of reported firings during the previous 20 years had occurred from 1996 to 2000. Twenty-six percent of the terminations occurred at health plans.
While the job market for health plan medical directors is shrinking, it also is changing in ways that could offer new opportunities to physician executives asked to stick it out, health plans and recruiters say. Managed care plans are recasting the role of medical directors, creating more centralized customer service call centers, which medical directors oversee, and placing physicians in companywide positions such as managing disease management programs and contributing to sales and product planning.
Historically, medical directors have predominantly been involved in utilization review and benefit determination as well as care management and care facilitation, says Andrea Gelzer, MD, MS, vice president for health policy at Cigna, which employs about 100 physicians. A focus on consumer education has broadened the role of Cigna medical directors, Gelzer says.
Field medical directors in more than a dozen locations across the country work with Cigna's clients to look at claims data and customize wellness programs for their employees, for example. Medical directors also work on quality initiatives and hold specialized corporate positions, such as Gelzer's in health policy development.
Cigna has streamlined its prior-authorization process and is doing less utilization management overall. Medical directors continue to oversee those functions and other benefit decisions, though they do so through five consolidated care centers, Gelzer says.
"In addition to medical management activities, our clinicians are integrated into every aspect of the business — sales, service, product development, account management," she says. "We are shifting resources from utilization management, and we've tried to eliminate work for medical directors that doesn't add value."
Similar changes are occurring at Aetna and throughout the industry, says Joseph Cheek, MD, head of national patient management at Aetna. The insurer is using medical directors "more smartly than we have in the past," Cheek says. Physicians are no longer involved with day-to-day contracting issues, for example. And they are not on the end of a phone answering questions.
Some of Aetna's physician executives remain in generalist roles, but with more support, Cheek says. Others have been tapped for projects that take advantage of their special skills. Physicians led a recent effort to improve the company's transplant network and launch new quality programs in that area, he adds. Medical directors also are tapped to identify data that physicians can benefit from and will be called on as Aetna continues to roll out consumer-focused benefit programs, to help network physicians think more about customer service, Cheek says.
In addition to new roles within health plans, medical directors are considering work in other areas, recruiters and former medical directors say. The technology and Internet jobs that were available to physicians several years ago have dried up. But opportunities in other growing businesses, such as stand-alone medical management companies that provide outsourcing services to health plans as well as start-up companies like Health Advocate, will be hiring medical directors, says Leibowitz.
Medical directors who have learned administrative and operational skills in health plan jobs can easily transfer those abilities to positions in other health care environments, says Lois Dister, senior vice president and managing principal at Cejka Executive Search, the recruiting company.
Physicians who have been laid off by health plans often look at the experience as an opportunity to branch out, she says. "Physicians need to take an inventory of what they've learned and begin to define themselves as physicians, but also as businesspeople. The market is very bright for physicians in administrative roles," she says. "There are opportunities within managed care and outside of it."
Health plan medical directors also have been moving back to the provider side, taking on administrative positions at group practices, hospitals, and health systems, where roles have been changing, too.
"The vice president for medical affairs at a hospital used to be a figurehead, with someone being appointed from within an organization. But now that is very different," French says. "The job is more operational and very attractive to physician executives."
As employers search for talent to fill top jobs, they are increasingly looking at experience and advanced training and degrees, French and others say. Good communication skills also are key, Cigna's Gelzer reports. And organizations are especially interested in a physician executive's ability to manage resources and budgets effectively, says Howard Horwitz, director of professional development at ACPE. "Physicians who are skilled in that area and can motivate the medical staff to also be good in that area seem to be in demand and tend to succeed," he says.
Physicians considering a move to the administrative side of medicine — and those already working as medical directors — should get their resumes in order and plan for the future, French advises. "Physicians should put together a career plan before they absolutely have to have it," she says. "That way, when they get a call, they can seize the opportunity, because the competition out there is quite fierce."


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Rick Scott is preparing to defend his Florida governorship with the most expensive reelection campaign in state history, drawing up plans for a battleship-sized political operation aimed at overcoming the Republican's deep personal unpopularity.
The anticipated price tag, according to sources familiar with Scott's plans: $100 million.
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Scott is no stranger to heavy spending; the former hospital care executive put some $73 million of his own money into an insurgent 2010 primary campaign and a narrow general election win. His TV ads saturated the Florida airwaves for months.
But Scott's 2014 campaign — possibly pitting him against party-switching former GOP Gov. Charlie Crist as the Democratic candidate — won't just be a jacked-up version of the 2010 version, knowledgeable Republicans said. In addition to darkening the sky with paid media, Scott's team is looking at the possibility of creating a state-specific data and analytics division, either within the campaign or at the Republican Party of Florida.
( Also on POLITICO: Does anyone really know Charlie Crist?)
The idea would be to replicate President Barack Obama's success in targeting and turning out Sunshine State voters — though sources cautioned that no final decisions have been made about the project. The RPOF has already done some deeper voter-file work, and GOP Chairman Lenny Curry spoke out after the 2012 election about the need to catch up with Democratic data-gathering and turnout operations.
Scott is also looking to raise more money from sources other than his own checkbook and hopes to bank tens of millions of dollars with the state party this year. Unlike 2010, when Scott faced a costly primary, this money is all budgeted for the general election.
( Also on POLITICO: Crossroads effort mocked on right)
The incumbent's "internal budget has it as a $100 million race on [Scott's] if Charlie Crist is the nominee," said a source familiar with Scott's plans.


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The number of meals served to students in school cafeterias around the country is staggering -- more than six billion a year. That's a mountain of burgers, fries, chicken nuggets and pizza, no easy task. No matter what the number though, parents hope that every one of those meals be nutritious and safe, prepared in a clean environment. That is exactly what children are getting, according to Mary Kate Harrison of the school nutrition association.
Mary Kate Harrison: "Our record shows that we're serving safe quality nutritious food every single day."
That may be, but just six months ago Dateline went along with health inspectors on unannounced visits to school cafeterias across the country and found a host of problems. In some of the schools, those problems included food temperature violations, the presence of mice, broken glass and even bugs mixed in with food.
Some of those schools show signs of improvement, but once again, Dateline wanted to follow health inspectors with our cameras to some public school districts we'd never been before. Most school districts said no, but a few, who felt they had nothing to hide, said yes. There were some encouraging signs of schools with well run cafeterias, but the record was far from perfect.
Health inspectors are still finding plenty of critical violations, the kind that can make food go bad and make our kids sick
Chris Hansen: "Is it fair to expect that a school cafeteria has a perfect inspection every time?"
Harrison: "I think that's what we ought to be shooting for. Every single school ought to be-- ought to have as a goal a perfect inspection."
Our first stop is Fairfax County, Va. This wealthy suburb outside Washington is where many of the government elite live. Dateline cameras followed inspector Kristin Redfern to six schools. Fairfax schools passed temperature checks with flying colors. Hot food was always hot enough to kill the bacteria that could make a child sick.
But the inspector did find other problems. In two of the six schools we visited, sneeze guards were missing on the serving lines.
Hansen: "Will you eat at a buffet that did not have a sneeze guard?"
Jennifer Berg: "I absolutely wouldn't. Neither would my children."
NYU professor and food safety expert Jennifer Berg says sneeze guards are critically important.
Berg: "Coughing, sneezing, that is such a quick way to pass bacteria and infection that they're carrying into the food."
One critical violation the inspector found was dented cans in two schools. A dented or swollen can, especially one with a broken seal, could lead to the growth of dangerous bacteria inside the can.
Berg: "When you're talking about feeding young children, you can't take any risks."
Penny McConnell: "I've never served food from a dented can. And we never have in Fairfax county."
Even so, Penny McConnell, the director of food services for Fairfax County schools told us she recently sent out a reminder to food handlers to make sure they throw away dented cans. She also said sneeze guards will be in place by the fall, now that the health department is enforcing that rule.
But for all six schools we went to, inspectors only found six critical violations in Fairfax County. That puts the schools among the best Dateline has visited.
Penny McConnell: "No violation from a health inspection is benign. Even if it's corrected on the spot, it requires retraining so it doesn't occur again."
Our next stop Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby. School and health officials say the school lunch program here is rarely cited for critical violations. At the first school we went to, Atherton High, they are doing well. Food temperatures were on target, employees were washing their hands to kill germs before handling food, not even a dented can was found.
But on closer examination, inspector Leslie Jenks spotted some disturbing sights. Under the kitchen sink were roaches, all dead, but a sure sign of a pest problem. The inspector then checked the dry storage area, many times a haven for vermin. Once again, the inspector found what she called, an "uninvited guest." It appeared to be a mouse.
Hansen: "And what's the potential that that kind of a rodent presence could make a child sick?
Berg: "They're scurrying on counters, they're near cutting boards, leaving little droppings. If they're not noticed droppings getting into food. Could absolutely make children sick."
In Louisville, food establishments from restaurants to school lunch rooms are required to post the letter grades given by inspectors. And in Louisville school cafeterias, just like in the classroom, getting a "C" is not a good thing, especially when you got an "A" last time. But three of the six schools we went to were at the top of the class with no critical violations at all, winning them straight "A's."
Marty Bell is a spokesman for Jefferson County schools.
Hansen: "But what about the other school where the roaches were found and the dead mouse?"
Marty Bell: "That happened from the time they inspected in the morning, by the time the inspector got there. The roaches should not have happened and caused us to respray as a result of it."
Hansen: "But if we go back to those two schools six months from now, what will we find?"
Bell: "You'd better find A's hanging outside the door."
In Kansas City, Mo., at Southeast High School, the first sign this would not be a good inspection was a bowl of rotting potatoes. And on the food service line, item after item was being served below the proper temperature. In Missouri that's 135 degrees. In fact, some hot food was about 20 degrees too low. Apparently, some of the steam tables were broken and not giving off enough heat to kill dangerous bacteria.
In another school in the district, it was the opposite problem. The milk was too warm. It should have been 41 degrees to prevent bacteria growth that could make a child sick.
Berg: "The people who are to blame are the people at the top, the people who were responsible for training everybody."
Hansen: "How would you feel if you were a parent in that school district?"
Berg: "If I was a parent in that school district, I would not want my children eating that food."
Back at Southeast High, apparently the kitchen had more than just students eating in the cafeteria. There were mouse droppings. And there was certainly the potential for contamination there, with a dead mouse and evidence of a hole. And it wasn't just one mouse that was using that hole. There were two on that trap, and a third in another trap. And then the inspector saw another critical violation almost immediately.
The cafeteria worker who had just picked up the glue board with the mice, didn't wash his hands before carrying fresh food into the cooler, which is exactly how germs and bacteria can be spread.
Berg: "If I was the health inspector I would shut down that kitchen."
Edwin Birch is a spokesman for the school district.
Hansen: "How do you feel seeing that as an official with the Kansas City school district."
Edwin Birch: "It really kind of tears you apart. We have the duty and the privilege of trying to maintain the safety of students in our school environment, but we also have to do it in our cafeterias where they come and eat, as far as the health concern."
Hansen: "I've got to tell you, that of all the schools we visited on this trip, Kansas City was the worst.
Birch: "Kansas City? We were the worst? That is very disheartening. It won't continue. You come back to Kansas City and visit those schools, you won't see that again."
We've heard that kind of promise before from officials at schools we visited in our last story, back in October 2004. Were those promises kept and those cafeterias have been cleaned up?
Twice we had been to the nation's capitol and on our second visit, school cafeterias had dramatically improved. But some violations just wouldn't go away. The two times, we visited Ballou High School with inspector Ronnie Taylor, we found mice droppings right below where food was served. At that time, a D.C. official promised that six months later we would be able to "eat off the floors."
In spite of that appetizing invite, Dateline was crossed off the list this time around. The man in charge of Washington cafeterias wrote us saying we couldn't come back because our visit..."would be too disruptive and could add to the lowered morale of the...staff who work very hard to provide breakfast and lunch in a wholesome environment every day."
It seems like a missed opportunity for D.C. schools though, because in reviewing the most recent inspection report for Ballou High School, in fact, the school has improved. Inspectors found no mouse droppings under the food service line.
Detroit, the motor city wanted to toot its horn about how much better it was doing. Last fall, food at Rosa Parks Elementary wasn't hot enough and brand new ovens couldn't be plugged in to reheat food. Today, circuit breakers are installed and ovens are piping hot. In fact, during our recent visit, the school had no critical violations at all.
At another school last fall, employees had nowhere to wash their hands, a critical violation. Shortly after our visit, a new sink was installed. And while a number of schools had rodent problems before, this time there wasn't a creature stirring in all of the five schools we returned to. But have Detroit schools been able to correct serious temperature violations we found last fall? The answer unfortunately is no.
Which is what the inspector found this time around, macaroni and cheese not heated properly. One cafeteria manager even failed the test when asked what the proper temperature was for hot food.
In many Detroit schools Dateline visited recently, kitchen thermometers were not working properly. In one kitchen, normally a hot place to begin with, a handheld thermometer used to measure food temperatures was showing the air temperature about 50 degrees too low.
Berg: "If those thermometers were registering 20 degrees in a kitchen, if nobody picked up on it, that says that they're really probably not trained at all."
At another kitchen, the milk cooler thermometer wasn't working. Not surprisingly, the milk in the cooler was not as cold as it was supposed to be. One school official argued that the problem must be with the inspector's thermometer, not the milk.
Robert Brown is the director of the Detroit school lunch program.
Hansen: "How can your people make sure that food is kept at the right temperature if they don't have working thermometers?"
Robert Brown: "We just have to be more diligent of making sure that the thermometers are working and some of that is training as well. I think if you check the logs with the Health Department and their normal visits, there have been fewer critical violations this year than at any time in recent history."
In fact, a review of Detroit health inspection reports last fall showed that inspectors found at least one critical violation 61 percent of the time. Since then, the number has now dropped to 40 percent.
In Nashville, Tenn., Dateline had gone to the country music capitol schools twice before and the violations actually were worse the second time around. School officials were hoping the third time would be the charm. In September, we saw bits of broken glass mixed in with fruit in the cooler. This time, the cooler was fine.
At another high school last fall, there were bugs chewing on a bag of flour. Needless to say the school flunked its inspection. The school's latest inspection report showed not a bug in sight. Last September, we found hamburgers and pizza severely undercooked, 70 to 80 degrees below the correct temperatures.
In our most recent visit, Nashville still had some food temperatures violations, but nowhere near as extreme as before. The last time we visited Nashville mice were a problem, especially at McGavock High where the inspector found dead mice rotting in a trap. Unfortunately for kids at that school, in the same area, there are still signs of mice.
We showed our video to Jay Nelson, the head of food services in Nashville.
Hansen: "How concerned are you about what we just saw there?"
Jay Nelson: "I'm concerned about that, Chris. But we're not seeing, as in previous visits, mice droppings out in the serving lines. No excuse. We're at least getting it to the back of the house now. Pretty soon we'll take care of the entire problem."
Critical violations for Nashville schools have decreased since our visit last fall, especially after the health department started targeting problem schools. Back then, inspectors found critical violations 71 percent of the time. Since our fall visit that number has been cut to just 40 percent. Problem schools are now being inspected four instead of two times a year. Nelson says the change in the inspection schedule came about after Dateline's visits to Nashville schools.
Hansen: "You know, a lot of school districts this time around refused to let us go along on inspections. Yet you did even after, you know, we saw some fairly significant problems. Why did you let us come back a third time?"
Nelson: "I certainly don't want to be on national television and showing critical violations. But we have certainly improved and we certainly have cut our critical violations, which I think has been part of you being there."
While Dateline's visits may have triggered changes in some schools, we wanted to get a more complete picture of how schools are doing when our cameras re not rolling.
So we examined thousands of inspection reports from the last two years.
Our latest review showed some school districts close to the goal of perfect inspections, but others still have a long way to go.
Dateline's visits to school cafeterias with health inspectors are just a snapshot on one given day in which a lot can go right or wrong. Of the 29 schools Dateline went to this time around, 26 had critical violations, the kind that can lead to food borne illness in children. To get a fuller picture, we asked 10 cities around the country, some we had visited and some we had not, to send us health reports for unannounced school inspections for the past two years.
These are the findings based on the reports they sent us, some reports show more than one critical violation.
In one school, our cameras found roaches and a dead mouse. But after reviewing two years of documents, we discovered that only three percent of school inspection reports showed critical violations -- a remarkably low number.
Hansen: "Over the last two years out of 669 inspections, there were only 33 critical violations."
Bell: "We're very proud of the fact that our people are well trained so that they know how food has to be served."
It was a different story in Fairfax County, Va., where we found few critical violations during our visit. Records show that in 59 percent of its inspections, Fairfax schools have at least one critical violation, most often for keeping food at the wrong temperature.
Hansen: "Does it surprise you that when we went back and looked in special reports for two years that the most common violation was temperature violations?"
McConnell: "It disappointed me. Did it surprise me? No, because that's been a very, very, very difficult training issue."
Kansas City, Mo., was the school district with the most critical violations during our recent visits. Was it just unlucky that day? Or was what we saw part of a larger pattern?
Birch: "I would have liked to think that what we have seen today is not a reflection on most of our cafeterias in our schools."
But it turns out that Kansas City school cafeterias didn't fare much better when we looked at their performance over time. Seventy percent of the time, inspectors find at least one critical violation during unannounced visits. In fact, many schools have two or three. We also examined two years of inspection reports from four cities that declined to allow Dateline cameras into their schools.
Birmingham, Ala.: 35 percent of the reports show critical violations.
New Orleans: At least one critical violation in 42 percent of the reports.
Minneapolis: "Health inspectors found at least one critical violation 48 percent of the time.
Washington, D.C.: In the fall, inspection reports showed a critical violation 88 percent of the time, the highest of any school district we'd seen.
Their record has improved, but still has a long way to go. Reports show critical violations dropped to 74 percent since the new year.
As we've done before, we shared the results of our investigation with Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. As a result of Durbin's efforts, federal law now requires schools to have at least two inspections a year and they must also have a plan in place to decrease lunch room violations.
Sen. Dick Durbin: "Give credit to Dateline. You got the ball rolling. You brought it to my attention and I think created some momentum for us to make some legislative changes that can help too... We have to demand that every kid, every vulnerable, innocent kid who goes to school, has a safe school lunch."
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"Emerging Learners in the Classroom" - that's the logo of the new banner the Estherville Lincoln Central Foundation recently rolled out just in time for the Champions in Education banquet Oct. 19 at Estherville Golf Course.
The foundation sponsors scholarships and Key Grants in which staff may hold a certain amount from their paychecks which is matched by a grant for special classroom supplies. Foundation president Molly Jo Anderson said the foundation has previously awarded Key Grants for Smart Boards, iPads, laptops, Kindles for libraries and educationally based field trips that enhance classroom curriculum.
The foundation's Champion in Education, who has previously been announced before the banquet, will actually be announced at this year's banquet which will have a masquerade ball theme. As before, an extensive hors d'oeuvre' spread will be offered.
Middle-school talented and gifted coordinator Lois Fraser, who will select a scholarship to present one of the graduating seniors next May, was on hand with Anderson to reveal the new banner on Wednesday.


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OSU researcher highlights public, private biomass work in Ore.
Public and private enterprises in Oregon are working diligently to develop and expand a local biobased economy. During a presentation at the 2012 Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show, Christine Kelly, an associate professor of chemical, biological and environmental engineering at Oregon State University, outlined the achievements made by private companies, research institutions and universities in the biopower, biomass, and biofuels sectors.
Kelly opened her discussion by highlighting the work of private companies within her state. Regarding biopower, Kelly said that Portland General Electric in Boardman recently came to an agreement with state authorities to phase out the use of coal at its power plant by 2020. As an alternative, Kelly said, the company has been considering fueling the plant with giant cane. Potland General Electric has been working with several entities within the state to develop the biomass feedstock, specifically by working with farmers and evaluating logistics and infrastructure needs.
Another Oregon company, HM3 Energy, is working to construct a plant to torrify biomass. The resulting fuel could be used by coal-fired power plants to offset the use of some fossil fuel. According to Kelly, construction of the plant is set to begin, as preliminary investigations have been completed.
Greenwood Resources is another company located within the state that is involved in the biomass sector. Greenwood, which grows poplars, boasts the largest tree farm in the U.S. While the resulting woody biomass has traditionally been used to produce wood for moldings, the farm recently agreed to supply feedstock to ZeaChem, which converts the biomass to produce acetic acid and ethyl acetate. The company also eventually plans to produce cellulosic ethanol.
Meanwhile, Kelly said Trillium FiberFuels Inc. is working on enzymatic isomerization. Essentially they are looking at how to increase yields by utilizing five-carbon sugars with traditional yeast. The process converts xylose so traditional yeast can ferment it.
The state of Oregon is also home to several first-generation biofuels companies, including Summit Foods Inc., which converts its fruit waste into ethanol. She noted another company, SeQuential Pacific, operates a 17 MMgy biodiesel plant in Salem that utilizes waste cooking oil as feedstock.
In addition to these private enterprises, Kelly noted that Oregon State University, Portland State University and the University of Oregon are contributing to the biomass sector by pursuing research-oriented work in the areas of advanced ethanol development, biopower technology, biodiesel technology, woody biomass logistics, feedstock agronomy, biofuel enzymes, micro- and nano-scale technologies, and algae physiology and cultivation.


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Carrier adds capacity with comfort on largest model of A320 Family
Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 10, 2013 – Philippine Airlines (PAL) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321. The aircraft was handed over at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany yesterday and is the first of 64 new Airbus aircraft ordered by the airline in 2012 under a major fleet modernisation programme. These include 44 single aisle A321s and 20 widebody A330s.
Philippine Airlines has specified a two class layout for its A321s, with 12 seats in Business Class and 187 in Economy. The airline will operate its new A321s primarily on international routes across the Asian region, as well as on selected domestic flights.
"We are excited about the A321 not only because its size fit our expansion plans, but the flexibility it gives us in matching the aircraft to specific route requirements is tremendous," said Ramon Ang, President and CEO, Philippine Airlines. "With the A321 we will be able to add capacity without compromising comfort, offering our passengers a choice between full premium class and a great range of value fares."
"The addition of the A321 to the PAL fleet reflects a general move towards larger aircraft types in all the various size categories – including the single aisle market," said John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers, Airbus. "With the A321 PAL will benefit from the additional seat count and unbeatable operating costs offered by the aircraft, while offering its passengers a great in-flight experience. We are sure that the A321 will be a winner for the airline, enabling it to compete even more effectively in the fast-growing Asian market."
The A321 joins an Airbus fleet at Philippine Airlines that already includes 22 A320 Family aircraft flying on domestic and regional routes, as well as nine in service with its budget subsidiary PAL Express. The carrier also operates eight widebody A330s on higher capacity routes across Asia and seven A340-300s on its longest services to the United States.
Following the introduction of the A321, Philippine Airlines will take delivery of the first of its 20 new A330s in the third quarter of the year. The carrier is also currently adding four A340-300s to its fleet for deployment on new non-stop services to Europe, scheduled to begin next month.
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Bomb disposal experts have safely detonated the 'suspect package' found ahead of Brighton Pride earlier today (Saturday, August 1).
A controlled explosion was carried out by an army bomb squad along Brighton seafront, police said.
The area on the A259 by the bandstand is currently cordoned off and the area has been evacuated.
Sussex Police have reassured the thousands who are in the city for the celebrations that 'there is no risk to the public' and have asked the public to respect the cordons that are in place.
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I know John Fletcher used mainly his large Holton CC for this, with the Besson Eb for select other passages, however I have heard it said in the past that he also used his Alex BBb for this recording. Having checked what I have of writings by and about Fletch I cannot find this written anywhere, although there are various references to his Alex. Having recently become the proud owner of this particular Alex, I'm interested to find out for sure: are there anyone out there who can substantiate this, or indeed refute it? Listening through the soundtrack, there are a few passages that sound "Alexy", the standout one being in the track called The Emperor Arrives (which even includes a slightly sharp low G as feature on this Alex, not something normally heard on his Holton).
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Everybody freak out: a new study shows sleep deprivation could screw up your brain before you even feel tired.
According to LiveScience, scientists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison studied the brains of rats who had been sleep-deprived for four hours. During that period — equivalent to a night or less for a human — small portions of the brain lapsed into inactivity as though they were asleep, although the rats themselves remained awake and open-eyed. A subsequent test showed that the rats grew worse at grabbing a sugar pellet the longer they were sleep-deprived.
Study author Chiara Cirelli says, "Based on what we know right now about sleep in rodents versus humans... we have little reason to doubt that something like this happens in humans." And since four hours for a rat really doesn't translate to all that much sleep deprivation, you're probably wandering around like a zombie without even knowing it: "Even before you feel fatigued, there are signs in the brain that you should stop certain activities that may require alertness. Specific groups of neurons may be falling asleep, with negative consequences on performance."
So if you are trying to grab sugar pellets on just five hours sleep, quit it, because you are probably fucking it up. Same goes for driving, operating heavy machinery, eating, reading, and thinking. You should probably go take a nap right now.
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I have been enjoying my holiday.
My birthday was this weekend!!! Feel free to leave some birthday prayers in the comment section. Much appreciated. Had a fab time anyway.
I watched the first episode of Dragons' Den Nigeria this weekend. I was really impressed.
Dragon's Den is an entrepreneurial reality show which allows budding entrepreneurs with the opportunity to present their business ideas to 'Dragons' - established business titans who then have the option of investing in their companies. Each player pitches a business scheme, telling us how much they need to float the business. The Dragons can invest as much or as little as they like in return for...an agreed percentage of the business.
Each Dragon can pledge as much money as they like, or nothing at all. But players have to raise ALL the cash they ask for. If an idea need 1,000,000 Naira and the Dragons offer a total of 750,000k, the player leaves empty handed.
The show has had successful runs in various markets including the UK and Canada.
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Romance Is Officially Dead and This App Murdered It
Because it's just not easy enough to sow your horny oats in the real world and initiate a sexual relationship by your own devices online, ta da! May the social media gods present Bang With Friends, a Facebook app that takes connecting with someone to a whole other level. With the click of your mouse, you could be logging off of The Book and having some very tangible sex. Provided you get banged back, of course.
The app, which launched about a week ago, is the brainchild of three college students who claim to have built it in just three short hours (which probably makes their parents proud and the investment of their tuition dollars extra super worthwhile). Its proprietors say they've have matched 10,000 couples in that short time, though one—mainly me—has to wonder how they track those hook-ups. Methinks users should proceed with caution and watch who they bang. For more reasons than one.
Here's how it works: after you download, you're welcomed by a collage of profile pics and a message at the top of the page: "Skip the chatting and get to smacking those cheeks. Which of your friends do you want to bang?" Straightforward and to the point, just like the app itself.
Ideally, BWF weeds through your list of Facebook friends and pulls out members of the opposite sex (though plans are in the works to tweak it for optional girl-girl and boy-boy action). You then click the "Down to Bang" button to initiate the rendezvous and wait, expectantly, hopefully, I guess, to get an affirmative response. Your potential hook-up will be notified privately via email when there's a match.
And the rest is up to you, him, and the Trojan Man.
Feeling adventurous, I took it for a spin. My list didn't pull together quite as expected—sorry Tahnaya and Rochelle, who are both very female, and hence, at least for me, very un-bang-able. Aside from them, I was greeted with several dudes I know from college. Didn't want to bang them then, don't want to bang them now. My best friend's little sister's gay bestie. Won't be banging him either, much to both of our relief, I'm sure. A few of my cousins (yikes!) and nooo! Not my pastor. Sweet baby Jesus.
Adding to the gross factor was the ickiness of scanning over profile pics of newborn babies, adorable little kids, and even a doggie or two. All very awkward.
If you can sort through that deflating montage and still feel randy, more power to you. I was just testing it out for the sake of this blog post and feel like I need to hit the showers and a confessional, and I'm not even Catholic. I couldn't remove it fast enough from my account, partly out of disgust and partly out of fear that a closeted perv would test it out and discover that I, too, am down for a bang. I'm really not.
A mobile app is in the works, too, but I can't help thinking this is a really bad idea. As if it's not already easy enough to cheat on FB and Twitter (which I for the life of me can't get—cheating in 140 characters or less?!), now there are apps making it that much more convenient to hook up and destroy the concept of relationships. Sweet.


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2009-2010: Sailed in four regattas for the Bulldogs.
Before Yale: Captain of Windsurfer Girls Basketball Team…Participated in Model United Nations and Habitat for Humanity…Participated in orchestra and choir.
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