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With more than 550 career collegiate victories entering his 30th season of coaching, Lon Kruger embarks on his fifth campaign as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners. Kruger, who has been leaving his trademark rebuilding stamp on college basketball programs throughout his career, is the only Division I coach to ever take five different schools to the NCAA Tournament. Additionally, in 2014-15 he became the first coach since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 to take four programs to the Sweet 16 or beyond.
After inheriting a program that went 27-36 (.429) in the two seasons prior to his arrival, Kruger has coached the Sooners to an 82-49 (.614) record in his four years in Norman. Over the last three campaigns, OU has posted a 67-33 (.670) mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each season, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2014-15. The Sooners had not been to the postseason since 2009 when they advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.
Oklahoma is the fifth school Kruger has taken to the Big Dance. His collegiate teams have made postseason appearances in 20 of the last 25 years, and he has the storied OU program positioned for another long run of success.
Kruger's effective communication and teaching skills with his players aren't the only reasons for the Sooners' quick reascension on the ladder of hoops relevancy. He has also taken a lead role in the program's community outreach efforts, positively impacting the lives of local residents and reinforcing the favorable manner in which they view the OU program.
Despite his relative newcomer status in the state, Kruger, who was named the Sooners' 14th head coach on April 1, 2011, arrived in Norman already armed with first-hand awareness of OU's rich basketball history from an opponents' perspective. As both a player and coach at conference foe Kansas State, Kruger had many battles against the tradition-laden Sooners.
Kruger, a native of Silver Lake, Kan., acknowledged that location was also a factor in his decision to accept the offer to coach the Sooners.
"My wife, Barb, and I have lived in a lot of places, but we were raised in middle America and that has always been home for us," he said. "We never knew if the opportunity would present itself to get back there, but it did in this case, and it came at a great university."
What makes Kruger's more-than-550 career wins and NCAA Tournament trips with five different programs even more impressive than they might first seem is the condition of the programs when they hired him and the rebuilding jobs he faced at each. In the year before his arrival as head coach at Texas-Pan American, Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma, the schools combined for a 78-99 record (.441). Kruger's teams went a combined 92-89 (.508) in his first year at those schools, 117-72 (.619) in his second year, 114-74 (.606) in his third year and 115-49 (.697) in his fourth season. He directed all six programs to 20-win campaigns and took each of the last five to the NCAA Tournament or NIT by his second year. Not only has Kruger taken Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma to the NCAA Tournament, he has guided each to at least two appearances in college basketball's marquee event.
Immediately prior to coming to Norman, Kruger compiled a stout 161-71 (.694) record in his seven years at UNLV. He coached the Runnin' Rebels to the NCAA Tournament four of his last five seasons after the program appeared in only two of the previous 15 tournaments, and also helped achieve UNLV's first national ranking since 1992-93. Over his final five seasons in Las Vegas, Kruger's teams posted a .743 winning percentage (127-44) and averaged 25.4 victories. His 2006-07 squad won 30 games and advanced to the Sweet 16.
He took over a UNLV program in 2004 that had gone through a period of significant instability with nine different head coaches in the previous 13 seasons. Over that span, UNLV made just two NCAA Tournament appearances, both first-round exits.
The success of the program during Kruger's tenure was reflected in the crowds in Las Vegas. UNLV's 2009-10 attendance numbers at the Thomas & Mack Center were the largest since Jerry Tarkanian's final season (1991-92), and the Runnin' Rebels were No. 18 overall in attendance and No. 1 on the West Coast.
Kruger's overall college mark stands at 561-353 with 20 postseason appearances in 29 years. He owns a 16-16 record in NCAA Tournament games and is 9-7 all-time in opening-round contests. He has also compiled 15 20-plus-win seasons, including eight in the last nine years.
Kruger, 63, began his head coaching career in the 1982-83 season at Texas-Pan American, where he compiled a four-year mark of 52-59, including a 20-8 record in the final season.
From there he left for his alma mater of Kansas State where he was 81-46 (.638) in four seasons. Each of his K-State squads qualified for the NCAA Tournament, and the 1988 team was one of the best in the school's history with 24 wins and a trip to the Elite Eight.
Kruger then moved to Florida where he led the Gators to a 104-80 (.565) mark with an appearance in the 1994 Final Four. After six years in Gainesville, he went to Illinois for a four-year run with the Illini. His teams were 81-48 (.628) with three NCAA Tournament appearances.
A four-year stint in the NBA -- three as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks (69-122) and one as a New York Knicks assistant -- followed before he returned to the college ranks at UNLV in 2004.
As a player, the native of Silver Lake, Kan., helped lead the Wildcats to back-to-back Big Eight Conference titles in 1972 and 1973. After being touted as the Big Eight Sophomore of the Year in 1972, he was honored as the league's player of the year in 1973 and 1974. He ranks 19th on the school's career scoring list with 1,063 career points and has the fourth best career free throw percentage (.826) in school history. As a senior, he averaged 17.6 points per game and ranks in the top 20 on the school's career scoring average list with a 13.3 points-per-game average. His best single-game scoring total was 37 points vs. Colorado as a senior.
Kruger was selected to the all-time All-Big Eight Team (third team) and was named "Mr. Hustle" all-time in the Big Eight. An Academic All-American as a senior, he also earned All-Big Eight academic honors two times and was the first player to capture Kansas State's coveted Porky Morgan Most Inspirational Player Award three times. On Feb. 8, 2006, Kruger was honored during a halftime ceremony at a Kansas State game by having his No. 12 jersey retired.
He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the ninth round of the 1974 NBA Draft. He also starred on the baseball diamond for Kansas State and was drafted by the Houston Astros in 1970 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974. During his Wildcat baseball career he posted his best season in 1971 when he went 4-3 as a pitcher (3-1 in Big Eight games) and had an earned run average of 3.33. He struck out 38 and walked 14 in 46 innings. An all-around athlete, Kruger even got some football notice after graduating from KSU when the Dallas Cowboys invited him to their 1974 rookie camp as a quarterback.
A prep standout at Silver Lake High School, Kruger lettered all four years in football, basketball and baseball. As a senior, he averaged 23 points per game in leading his team to the state basketball tournament, passed for 2,079 yards and 23 touchdowns in nine football games and led the baseball team to the state tournament as a pitcher/infielder. In 2006, Kruger was honored by being inducted into the Topeka and Shawnee County Sports Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class.
Born on Aug. 19, 1952, Kruger graduated from Kansas State in 1975 with a degree in business and earned his master's degree in physical education from Pittsburg State in 1977. He and his wife, Barbara, have two children: daughter Angie, who is a medical school graduate from the University of Florida and who practiced obstetrics and gynecology, and son Kevin, who graduated from Arizona State University and played at UNLV for his senior season, starting at point guard for his father's 2006-07 squad. Kevin, an OU graduate assistant at OU in 2013-14 and now an assistant coach at Northern Arizona, played professionally overseas and with the NBA Development League's Utah Flash. Angie was married to Mike Ciklin in the fall of 2008. The couple had their first child, a daughter named Avery, in August 2012 and they live in Coral Gables, Fla.
Kruger has been involved in a host of charities, especially the Coaches vs. Cancer program that is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He was instrumental in starting the Coaches vs. Cancer's Las Vegas Classic, which has raised more than $2 million over the last seven years to benefit research, education and treatment programs for the American Cancer Society. In 2012, he received the national Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award for his work with the organization.
While at Florida, the Krugers were honored with consecutive Community Service Awards from the Gainesville Community Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse, and in 1995 Lon was named the Gainesville (Fla.) Volunteer of the Year. From 1991-93, the couple served as co-chairpersons of Alachua County's Red Ribbon Campaign, a week-long program aimed at increasing awareness and promoting a drug-free environment.
During the Krugers' stay in Atlanta, Barbara was also involved in charity work, especially with "My House," a transitional home for children 1 to 3 years old.
In Las Vegas, she was on the board of directors for Safe Nest, a domestic violence shelter, was a member of the Las Vegas Paradise Sertoma Club, which provides educational scholarships for the deaf, and is also a sustaining member of the Junior League. Additionally, she is involved with PEO Sisterhood. The Krugers also spent time helping the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth.
Coach Kruger was involved with many causes in Las Vegas and assisted, among others, the NCI and the ACS, the Clark County School District, Southern Nevada Health District with childhood obesity, the City of Las Vegas recreation and youth sports, the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
In 2008, Kruger released his first book, "The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business & Life." The book, which highlights the parallels between coaching a sports team and leading others in non-sports settings, consists of 40, five-minute lessons conducive to leadership, life and teamwork. It uses sports as a way to tell the story and a way to make things tangible. All proceeds earned by Kruger from the book are being donated to the Clark County School District's School-Community Partnership.


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Cary received a BFA degree in theatre from the University of Texas, and has worked in numerous regional theatres, dinner theatres, summer stock and touring companies across the country. Some of his roles include Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, and John Adams in 1776. He has a shelf full of acting awards.
He lived for several years in New York City, where in addition to performing in Off-Broadway productions he worked as a writer and editor for DC Comics and as a freelance writer for Marvel Comics and Red Circle Comics. He has chronicled the adventures of such heroes as Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man. He also created his own super hero character, Nemesis, for DC Comics.
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Hi Dr Bob,
first l would like to say what a great effort you put into the forum, and you are my hero, l am recently Hiv Positive not on meds yet, CD450.... when my cd drops to 350 in the future, and l can take meds well, what are the chances l will end up getting AIDS or dying from Aids ??? if HIV even when your on meds leads to AIDS how long in years does it take to go from hiv to aids ??? l know you dont have a crystal ball, but just your expert opinion will do.. l live in Australia..... and l hope obama wins the election and approves stemm cell reseach, ......... thank you for your time Dr Bob
I've recently addressed your question. See below. I have nothing new to add.
Dr. Bob
how many people die from HIV in 2008 (HIV/AIDS SURVIVAL) Sep 6, 2008
Hi Bob, l am recently infected with hiv and and live in Australia, 36 years old and my hiv specialist told me hardly no one dies of hiv-aids anymore in Australia, he said maybe 10% of pepole with HIV die in 2008 in auz, but people infected in 2008 with a CD4 of 350 and start treatment early, will have a healthy normal life span with todays and future treatment, without hep b and c.. l read that with todays treatment a 20 year old can live at least 40 years on meds is this true ???
Dr Bob you are one man that tells it as it is... please what is your information and opinion on the above...
thank you for your time, you are my hero Dr bob for prez of america
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hey there Aussie Dude (or Dudette?),
How many people die from HIV in 2008? Well, if you are asking how many HIV/AIDS-related deaths will occur worldwide (or in the Land Down Under) in 2008, we obviously don't know yet, because it's only September, silly boy (or gal). The most recent actuarial data we have is for the year 2006. That year, an estimated 2.9 million people worldwide succumbed to the pandemic.
However, I tend to doubt that is the real emphasis of your query, right? I assume you're more interested in prognosis, wondering more how many of us will live rather than how many of us are going to be pushing up daisies any time soon. This is a difficult question to answer definitively, as none of us (even Professor Trelawney from the Harry Potter series) has an infallible crystal ball that accurately predicts the future. What we can say with great confidence and a grand sigh of relief is that HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence with a short shelf life, at least for those of us fortunate enough to have access to antiretroviral medications and HIV-knowledgeable health care providers. I realize many well-meaning folks in the HIV/AIDS health care field have made the prediction that HIV/AIDS is now a "chronic manageable illness" and those infected should expect to live "a normal lifespan." Well, I'm perhaps the most optimistic person on the planet, but I'm also a scientist and realist. As such, I can't really claim that we have good data to support this claim. What information we do have clearly demonstrates that the introduction of potent antiretroviral agents in the mid-1990s has been nothing short of miraculous in decreasing AIDS-related morbidity (illness) and mortality (death). These drugs are literally life sustaining, but they are not curative! As I mentioned, nearly three million lives were snuffed out by the virus in 2006! Antiretroviral agents offer us a reprieve from HIV-related illness and death. How long the reprieve will last is still unknown. Years ago, we used to say the average life expectancy was 10 years from the time of diagnosis to death for HIVers. That was an average with a wide-shaped bell curve encompassing that 10-year mark, because patients often don't get diagnosed with HIV at the time they actually contract the virus. In fact, many don't get diagnosed for years and years afterward when their immune system is already shot to hell (or heaven?). Certainly, HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) changed this 10-year statistic in a very dramatic fashion. In fact, in 2006, there was a statistical calculation of projected life expectancy for young hypothetical HIV-infected patients. This computer model estimated 24-year survival. But again, this was only a computer-generated model, not real life HIVers. But it in essence doubled our previous "10 year" estimate. We also have a case-control, population-based cohort study of all HIV-infected persons receiving care in Denmark. Denmark, unlike the U.S., has universal health care that delivers quality HIV care and medications to all who need them at no cost!!! An epidemiological study of Denmark's HIVers revealed a median survival time of 32.5 years for 25-year-old HIVers infected between 2000 and 2005. If we excluded those co-infected with hepatitis C, that median survival number increased to 38.9 years! Great news, eh? However, it's still not as good as age-matched controls that did not have HIV or hepatitis C. Their median survival was 51.1 years! So the message is clear. Let's all pack our bags and move to Denmark! Well, in case that's not an option, because you would miss the kangaroos, koalas and that awful tasting vegemite stuff, what we can conclude from these studies is that life expectancy is dramatically improving from the bad 'ol days of the epidemic. And equally important is the fact that none of the studies can factor in the effect of new developments that will come online within the next decade or two. We've made incredible strides in the treatment of HIV over the past decade and should assume progress in new and novel therapies will continue to be forthcoming in the future. So should you plan on buying that piece of retirement property on the beach for your golden years? Well, as they say in Denmark, ya! ya betcha! (Oops, I think that's a slogan from the Scandinavian Midwest, but you catch my drift, right?)
Be well and let's get through this together, OK?
Cheers Mate!
Dr. Bob
Follow-up to "Just found out..." (SURVIVAL) (LIFE EXPECTANCY 2008) Sep 21, 2008
Sorry, had to do a follow-up... and thanks for the kind words. Made me and my b/f happy for a bit, but he's ever the optimist and I'm ever the... not.
I'm in law school... I don't work... I'm already scared of the costs of all this stuff, and if my insurance (mom's plan) drops me before 25 where they would anyway, what would happen to me? I feel so lost... and when I pulled up that site, it pointed to like 4 docs only and three of them were at the UT health science center here... so I dunno what that means, but I see a doc there and she's a resident psychiatrist.
I'm afraid of why I lost so much weight so fast... why there were weird spots on my skin, night sweats... I guess what I'm asking is it true that if ARS hits you bad you're a fast-progressor or will advance towards AIDS fast?
I'm of course worried as to what strain, if it'll even be treatable... heck, doc, can I just ask? Is it true everyone with HIV WILL get AIDS at some point? Or is the truth the other side, that you can avoid it with meds?
I'm not the thinnest person, so I'm worried I'm screwed in health already and it'll just get worse. I understand I need to make moves to find a doc, and I so will... just have to ask what an outlook is for someone like me, considering how well you've done! I envy you, it sounds like it doesn't affect you nearly as much as the media makes it seem a person would be hampered.
At early 20's, will I even see 40?
Response from Dr. Frascino
First off, if you're covered by your mom's health plan until you are 25, you can't be dropped just because you've acquired a viral infection! And by the time you turn 25, Obama will be president and hopefully we'll have universal health care so that all Americans won't have to be terrified of getting sick! (All readers please remember to register and vote for Obama and the Democrats!)
As for the four certified HIV specialists in your area that you identified from the American Academy of HIV Medicine's Web site, use the criteria discussed in my last post (re-posted below) to help you make your final selection.
Regarding severity of ARS symptoms, this is not related to disease progression or longevity.
As for whether everyone with HIV will eventually get AIDS, no one knows! What I can say is that we do not have a cure for HIV/AIDS, nor is there one on the foreseeable horizon. However, we have made remarkable progress in treating HIV/AIDS and this has improved life expectancy considerably. (See below.)
Will you live to see 40? If you turn off the computer and get your butt into an HIV specialist's office, I'd say your chances are phenomenally good.
Let's get through this together, OK?
Dr. Bob
Just found out... (CHOOSING AN HIV SPECIALIST) Sep 20, 2008
Well, doc, the feelings came and went and I got the nerve to test. It was positive... I don't know what to do now and I don't even know if I have long left cause of how bad I had the ARS and weight loss...
I want to live... I want to live a long happy life... I live in Texas, am I screwed? I'm a student in a grad school, so I'm poor, but what can I do? How do I move forward?
Response from Dr. Frascino
Only those of us who have been through it really understand the full impact of hearing the words "your test came back positive." Many of us feel scared, wondering if we will soon get sick or die. We fear that we will be shunned, lose our jobs or maybe our housing; that we won't be able to have children; that we'll never be able to date, get married or have sex again. None of these things are, in reality, true.
The virus found me while I was working over 17 years ago! Back then, the prognosis for HIVers was about 10 years max. We've made remarkable, in fact miraculous, improvements in treatment of HIV/AIDS, which have dramatically decreased both morbidity (illness) and mortality (death) as demonstrated by the fact I'm still here answering your question rather than pushing up daisies. It is true we do not have a cure, but for many of those lucky enough to have access to antiretrovirals and expert (or at least competent) HIV medical care, "virally-enhanced," healthy and fulfilling lives are truly attainable. Here in the U.S., even for those who don't have or can't afford private health insurance (this includes undocumented immigrants, by the way), it is possible to get quality HIV care and support in most areas of the country.
Now that you know you are HIV positive, I would recommend two simple first steps:
Consult an HIV specialist. She will be able to assess the severity of your HIV disease and also help you access the health care system based on your health insurance or lack thereof. To locate an HIV specialist in your area, check the American Academy of HIV Medicine's Web site at www.aahivm.org. There you will find a roster of certified HIV specialists listed by locale. (I'll also print some information below from the archives that discusses choosing an HIV specialist.)
Get informed! Learn as much as you can about HIV and its treatments. This Web site is an excellent place to accomplish that. Begin by reviewing the information in the "Just Diagnosed" chapter that can be easily accessed on The Body's homepage under the Quick Links heading. Start with the articles found under the "Just Diagnosed Basics" subheading.
Finally, as far as living in Texas, well, yeah, that kinda sucks, but it really shouldn't impact negatively on your HIV disease.
Start learning more about HIV and get evaluated by an HIV specialist. I'm here if you need me. Let's get through this together, OK?
Dr. Bob
Need a Private doctor Aug 14, 2008
I am HIV Positive living in Seattle area. I currently don't have one and i am looking urgently in a private clinic? Do you know a good one? I asked this question earlier & was told about Peter Shalit who is fully booked until end of year. Please let me know if you have a good one in mind. Thank You.
Response from Dr. Frascino
I would suggest you consult the American Academy of HIV Medicine Web site (www.aahivm.org). There you will find a list of certified HIV specialists arranged by locale. There are a number of well-qualified HIV specialists in the Seattle area. Be sure you hook up with one that you trust and with whom you can easily communicate. Your health insurance plan may have some restrictions, so remember to check this out as well. I'll repost some information below from the archives pertaining to locating an HIV specialist.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
Choosing an HIV Care Provider
July 18, 2007
Why Is Choosing an HIV Care Provider Important?
Treating HIV disease is very complicated. There are choices to consider at every stage of the disease. It's best if you and your health care provider work together as a team. That makes it easier to choose and stick to your treatment plan. "Care provider" means a doctor, a physician's assistant, or a nurse practitioner.
There are several issues you may want to consider in choosing an HIV care provider. You might decide to have them be your "regular doctor" for all of your health issues. You might use a different care provider for most health issues and use your HIV provider as a specialist. If your regular provider isn't an HIV specialist, be sure they regularly get expert advice on HIV issues.
Training and Experience
Many people with HIV/AIDS get their care from physicians who are specialists in infectious diseases. However, especially now that people are living longer with HIV, it's important to deal with all of your health issues. You might prefer to have a family practitioner or a specialist in internal medicine as your primary physician.
No matter what their specialty, you will get better HIV care from providers who have experience treating people at all stages of HIV disease. Be sure to ask how many patients with HIV they have treated, and how many they currently see. HIV patients do better when their physicians have more experience treating HIV disease.
Do You Have Similar Ideas About Treating HIV?
Some providers are conservative. They prefer "tried and true" methods. Others are more aggressive. They are willing to try new and experimental treatments. Some are optimistic by nature, and focus on the hopeful or positive side when they talk about test results or future prospects. Others are more realistic. Some are pessimistic.
Some providers are comfortable suggesting "complementary and alternative" therapies such as massage, acupuncture, or herbs. Others stick strictly to Western medicine.
If you want a lot of emotional support, you probably won't be comfortable with a health care provider who only talks about test results. The more comfortable you are with their approach to HIV treatments, the easier it will be for you to get the kind of health care you want. Talk to providers and their patients before you make your choice.
The Provider-Patient Relationship
Many patients do better when they take an active role in planning their own health care. These patients do a lot of reading on their own, and bring information to their providers. They work together to make health care decisions.
Other patients are more comfortable with the provider making important decisions. Decide how you want to work with your provider. See if that fits with the way the provider likes to work with patients.
Help Your Provider Help You
Make sure that your provider has all the information needed to give the best advice about your treatment. This starts with your medical records, which may have to be transferred from another office. When you start working with a new provider, they will probably do a lot of tests to collect "baseline" information. This helps you see how well you're doing as time goes by.
Be sure your provider knows how you feel about using medications, and about your illness. Some people don't mind taking a lot of pills. Other people would rather take as few as possible. Are you willing to change your diet, or the amnount of exercise you do? Your provider should also know about other treatments you are using or want to try, including non-medical ones.
Be honest about your lifestyle. Your eating, sleeping, and work patterns can make a difference for your health care. So can your sexual practices and use of recreational drugs. If your provider seems too judgmental, try to change providers. It's better to have a provider who really knows you instead of holding back information.
Let your provider know about the important people in your life: the people who will support you if you get sick, or will help you make important medical decisions.
The best care provider won't do you any good if you can't get in to see them. Ask them (or their receptionist) how long it usually takes to get an appointment. Find out how well they usually stay on schedule during the day.
The type of insurance you have could limit your choice of a provider. Maybe the provider isn't on the list for your health maintenance organization (HMO) or insurance plan. Be sure to find out how you will be able to pay for their services.
Remember, you don't need an HIV specialist to help you with most of your health care needs. If a good HIV provider is hard to find, or if it's hard to get an appointment, use a non-HIV care provider for your general health care. Just be sure that when you are dealing with HIV issues, you see an experienced HIV provider, or one who consults with an expert in HIV.
Some people are very concerned about keeping their HIV status private. You might choose to get your HIV care from a provider in another town to protect your privacy. You will need to find your own balance between confidentiality and convenience.
Changing Providers
Your health care needs might change as time goes by. Also, your ideas about treatment could change. Although you will probably get better medical care from a provider who has known you for a long time, you always have the right to stop seeing one provider and change to another.
To Find a Health Care Provider ...
You can get help finding a care provider from your case manager or from your local Department of Health. You can also ask other people living with HIV. The American Academy of HIV Medicine has a web page to help you find a doctor at http://aahivm.org/web/index.php?option= com_comprofiler&task=usersList.
The Bottom Line
HIV medical care is very complicated, and changes quickly. This makes it important to find an HIV care provider who works with HIV/AIDS patients and is committed to staying up to date. Your relationship with an HIV provider will be better if you are comfortable with each other's personal style and approach to dealing with health issues in general, and HIV in particular.


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Quinnipiac University is out with a new poll this morning that shows President Barack Obama edging out Mitt Romney 49 percent to 45 percent among likely voters, building his lead with a massive 18-point advantage among female voters.
While most recent polls have shown a gender gap between the two candidates, the new survey's margins are astounding. Women break for Obama 56 percent to 38 percent, and Romney's 52 to 42 percent lead among men isn't enough to catch up.
The poll should be very troubling to Romney for two reasons:
- First, it proves that there really was a war for women
- And second, it shows Obama is winning that war handily
There are compelling reasons to suggest that this flagging support among women is not just Romney's problem. The former Massachusetts governor is not defined by his strong conservative stance on women's issues, and has even been criticized by his party for flip-flopping on abortion. Romney's running mate Paul Ryan, whose pro-life record is more consistently conservative, is also much better known for his positions on fiscal issues.
A new research memo of female voters in Virginia bears this out, arguing that Romney's problems with women are "more reflective of how these voters view the Republican brand rather than Governor Romney."
Regardless of who wins the election, this trend is bad news for Republicans, who are already struggling against nationwide demographic shifts that tend to favor Democrats.
But Romney is not entirely blameless. Republicans have long argued that women are more concerned with economic issues than they are with contraception, and most issue-polling bears that out. But in the absence of a detailed economic plan from the Republican presidential nominee, voters are free to be distracted by trigger issues and party perceptions that could influence their vote for years to come.


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I have to admit that I was wrong. When I started reviewing DVD applications some six years ago, it didn't take a visionary to see that authoring had to get a lot easier for DVD to improve upon the very marginal successes of VideoCD and CD-i. A lot of terminology had to go—Video Title Sets and Video_TS folders, program chain groups and the like— and user interfaces had to do a lot more of the work to entice broader usage. But all these transgressions against authoring accessibility paled against the real poster child for all that was wrong: "Color Mapping."
Sure, the basic concept of Color Mapping is simple: make a specific color in your menu turn into another color when the viewer's cursor/ remote "selects" and then "activates" a button. But which color are you mapping: the color you're coming from or the color you're going to? Why do I map the color in "Normal" when nothing has happened yet? All of a sudden there's this matrix of twelve colors, each with a pull-down menu with more colors. Where did they all come from? And then there's this whole transparency thing. What becomes transparent: the color I'm substituting or the one I'm substituting for?
Color Mapping can seem like an old grade-school word problem. You know the kind: if you have eleven apples and three get eaten by worms and seven are green and someone gives you five more…Or, if you're stuck driving behind a truck going 35 mph and you have 72 miles to go, but the truck turns off after 26 miles…
I thought Color Mapping was on the way out several years ago with the first application to break the $10,000 price barrier. Minerva's Impression (now sold by Pinnacle Systems for less than $200) introduced a clever way of building menus and sub-pictures in Adobe Photoshop by leveraging Photoshop's layers. You had to be very exact about naming layers, but once inside Impression the buttons' states (normal, selected, or activated) were ready to go. No Color Mapping!
Astarte soon did them one better in DVDirector by randomly assigning Photoshop layers to button states within the authoring interface. That functionality still exists in its descendant, the recently transformed DVD Studio Pro 2.
But so does Color Mapping!
What happened to ease of use along the way? Applications like DVD Studio Pro 2 and Adobe Encore are just the kind of thing (for the most part) I dreamed about back in those early DVD days. They are capable, modestly priced applications that make designing and integrating almost blissfully easy (relatively speaking, of course). They hide the more esoteric aspects of authoring and still offer rich functionality. So, why do they still have Color Mapping?
Keep in mind that abstracted tools like DVD Studio Pro 2 and Encore are writing discs to interact with DVD players and answer to the DVD spec just like the tools introduced six years ago; we just don't see it. We aren't doing the same job, but they are. So how does this "abstracted," Photoshop-assisted approach affect the functionality of DVD titles created with it? Using Photoshop layers is clever for authoring, but potentially less fluid for playback. Why? Each Photoshop layer used as a sub-picture is actually encoded by the DVD engine into a separate JPEG file.
When a user changes the button state from normal to selected to activated, DVD players have to swap an entire full-frame JPEG, which is a potentially clumsy operation for low-memory, CPU-less devices. The relative genius of Color Mapping is that the player need only swap a set color within a JPEG and not load a new file. That's a faster, more responsive user experience. And it turns out, like those word problems from grade school, once you figure what's going on, the "math" is really pretty simple.
The trick with Color Mapping is preparation: designing the changeable areas (in the buttons or highlights) of menus with exact RGB color or grayscale values that can be identified specifically in Color Mapping. They don't even have to be the colors you want viewers to see, although they can be. They just act as hot zones or punch holes into which the DVD player can substitute other colors.
After telling the authoring interface which color(s) will be overlaid, you assign new colors (here comes that matrix) that will be seen in the different button states. The matrix is only complicated because you have the opportunity to assign new colors to all three states for each button (normal, selected, activated).
Admittedly, the DVD spec limits you to a palette of 16 colors per menu, an apparent hurdle for color-design jocks. But the DVD spec gives you the ability to set opacity levels for each newly assigned color (from completely transparent, thus showing your original color, to fully opaque) and the chance to blend colors. You can use up to three different color sets in a single menu and have multiple simultaneous visual elements changing with each move of the player's cursor. It's really a designer's boon, and—even better—it tends to yield very professional end-user performance results.
While Video Title Set (VTS) groupings are now just dragged and dropped and button navigation is often automatically generated, Color Mapping remains. And it remains in products designed for business users and independent videographers affording them same professionalism as top-tier tools with less accommodating interfaces. So, I was wrong. Color Mapping has to stay.
On the other hand, the new version of Photoshop CS has a new feature called "Layer Comps" that automatically generates layers and visual layer combinations. It really wouldn't be that hard, it seems to me, for Adobe to tie that feature to Encore, thus doing all that matrix programming for you. Hmmm…


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Jerry Hickey from Surrey, British Columbia, is one of them fellows who always thought he'd never buy anything over the Internet, but when this '55 big-window Chevy popped up, his views changed.
He looked at the truck everyday for two weeks before he actually phoned up the truck's owner down in South Carolina. For the next month Jerry talked to the owner several times, taking in more and more information on the truck. As it turned out, he decided to buy the truck on the spot, and unseen at that.
Since the previous owner had to sell the truck due to the fact that he ran out of money, the truck was pretty much complete, so Jerry was excited to jump in the beast and hit the road. After a month of waiting on the transport company, the truck finally showed up at his door. Cruising down the road four hours later, the motor's bottom end gave way! Being that he waited this long, he immediately began to work on the truck. He had the 350 motor rebuilt and brushed up a few other items as well. As luck would have it, not only did Jerry get his dream truck, but he also got the truck done just in time for his daughter's upcoming wedding this past May.
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Check out this story from Mike Evans in Cypress, California:
"For years I kept an old '53 Flathead engine in our garage. One day my daughter asked me if we could build a hot rod using the old Flathead motor. Of course, I said yes! I asked her what she wanted to build, and she said a truck. Julie located her truck on the Internet; it was in Texas, and the selling price was $5,000. We drove to Texas and picked it up-it was all in pieces. After seven years of hard work, she ended up with a beautiful truck. Because Julie is a girl, all the parts houses bent over backward to help her find the different parts we needed to finish the project. Flathead Jack in Northern California was especially nice to Julie, helping us get all the parts to rebuild the engine.
"Here is what we did to the truck. The engine is 3/4 race, using an Isky 3/4 race street cam, new pistons, valves, heads, intake manifold, and four-barrel carb. We also rewired to a 12-volt system with an alternator and electronic ignition. We installed a C4 tranny and a 9-inch Ford rearend. The color is '99 Cadillac Indigo blue metallic with blue pearl in the clearcoat. Of course, there are ghost flames to keep with the '50s look. It also has the old '50s tuck 'n' roll interior, chrome reverse rims, and baby moons. Oh, almost forgot electric doors. When she took it to her first show, she won Best of Show. By the way, Julie doesn't know that I wrote this letter, so if you do decide to print this, it will be a total surprise."
Surprise! It's in print. By the way, killer truck, Julie.
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Check out this '48 Ford Freighter yellow stunner from Down Under. It comes to us by way of David Reece clear over in Sydney, Australia. Yet instead of us laying down the gospel about the truck, we're going to let David take the reins. So have at it, mate.
"In 2002, my wife and I moved from Brisbane, Australia, back to Sydney for my work. For the first 12 months all I did was work, and my wife was an international flight attendant for Air New Zealand. After 12 months, my wife suggested, god bless her heart, that I needed a hobby. After careful confirmation that she was sure, I embarked on the journey below.
"My brother had completed a '28 Ford Roadster hot rod and purchased our grandfather's '29 Touring A, which he restored to better than the original. The '29 Touring A is a car that my grandfather had since it was brand new. He stored it during World War II, and then it was driven as my grandparents' only car until '67, so it is a very special car. However, being born in '71, I don't remember this car on the road because it was always in the garage, where my grandfather started it once a week. My father, uncle, and grandfather had a farming business and bought a '48 Ford Freighter, which became my grandfather's daily driver until he died in '83. I remember the truck vividly, and he drove it everywhere.
"In 2003, when my wife suggested I get a hobby, I could only think of the '48 Ford, so I went looking but was unable to find the original. We did manage to find the old Inverell Tow Truck, a business that was 40 miles from our original home in Bingara, which is in northern New South Wales, Australia.
"My father Lawrence, brother Robert, and my two young nephews Chris and Nick started to disassemble the truck. We spent many nights together learning, laughing, and joking as we worked on the truck. About 12 months later our father died unexpectedly at the age of 49. This rocked us, to say the least, but my brother and I continued with the build and spent a lot of time together that money can't replace. My brother was the fabricator and I the apprentice. In the end, we ended up using the entire running gear from a '78 Series II Jaguar. We also installed a 350 Chevy motor, painted the truck Ferrari yellow, and covered the seat in black leather. Not to mention we installed a Billet Fast Lane steering wheel, and no, that photo isn't reversed, the Ford is a righthand drive.
"Thanks must go out to Larry at Blue Oval Truck parts, Jeg's, Obsolete Ford Truck Parts, Dennis Carpenter, Bill Hepburn, and my wife, because many parts were sent to her hotel and brought home via Air New Zealand."


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Last spring, fresh into a new masters age group, I ran a 5K. Nothing unusual in that; I'd run spring 5Ks the year before ... and the year before that ... for quite a few years. The surprise was that I was 45 seconds faster than I'd been in any recent year. Age-graded, it was a massive PR.
Short course, I thought, but a couple weeks later, I did it again, then twice more. Friends were wondering about my training. "What are you doing differently?" they asked.
When I went back and looked at my training logs, the answer was surprising: I'd cut back my mileage. I'd done it simply because I was busy, but as the winter progressed, my speed workouts had responded. For masters runners, less is often more.
Aging, like injuries, is one of those things most of us prefer to deny. "It'll never happen to me," goes the common decree. But, as a non-running friend once said about her graying hair, "Consider the alternative." Eventually, we're all either going to become masters runners ... or not be runners. The options are limited.
Internet fountain-of-youth claims notwithstanding, the passage of years does indeed affect athletic performance. Last summer, the American College of Sports Medicine published a depressing litany of time's tolls: declining VO2 max, reduced strength, increased body fat, reduced lactic acid clearance, declining bone density and more. Not to mention heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and declining mental acuity. Put these together and, according to data compiled by World Masters Athletics, runners slow about 7 percent per decade in their 40s, 50s, and 60s (and more quickly after that).
The better we understand this process, the easier it is to beat the aging curve. Even if we merely reduce the rate at which the years affect our speed, that's a victory -- the runner's version of aging gracefully.
But it doesn't take a total revision of training philosophy. "You don't have to do a lot different," says Flagstaff, Ariz., coach and exercise physiologist Greg McMillan, himself a masters runner. "The physiological reactions in the body and the adaptations you want to get are the same." In other words, we merely have to modify how we do things, not what we do. For workout-addicted runners, that's good news.
VO2 Max
One indisputable effect of aging is declining aerobic horsepower. Classically, this is measured via VO2 max, your maximum rate of oxygen usage per unit of body weight. For sedentary people, VO2 max typically declines by about 10 percent per decade after age 30. For athletes who keep in training, the rate of decline can often be held to about half that.
Most runners associate this with reduced cardiac capacity. With age, there is a steady fall in the number of receptors in your heart muscle listening to the nervous system's signals telling it how fast to beat. As the heart becomes increasingly deaf to these messages, its maximum rate drops about one beat per minute each year. There also appears to be a decline in the heart's intrinsic ability to beat quickly. "It's not so much that the heart can't beat as quickly, though that's probably true," says Benjamin Levine of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas. "The heart can't relax as quickly. Out of all the factors that are probably an inevitable part of aging and not modifiable by training patterns, this is it. Our data have shown that masters athletes have youthful, compliant -- 'stretchy'-- hearts that fill well at low pressures. However, no amount of training was able to prevent the slowing of relaxation."Many people simply presume that this decline in heart rate is the cause of age-related VO2 max decline. But the reality appears to be considerably more complex. What counts is the ability of the heart to pump blood, and that's comprised of two factors: heart rate and stroke volume (the amount of blood pumped with each beat). In a 2001 study that didn't get as much attention as it deserved, Levine and colleague Darren McGuire had a unique opportunity to study the effect of 30 years of aging on a small cadre of ordinary individuals. (Other long-term studies had involved elite athletes, a group that might not be representative of the rest of us.)
The study began in the 1960s, when five college students volunteered for three weeks' total bed rest. Their catastrophic declines in aerobic conditioning are a major reason why nurses now prod surgical patients out of bed as quickly as possible. But before being put to bed, the young men were subjected to the type of testing normally reserved for elite athletes.
Thirty years later, McGuire and Levine realized they could retest the same men in their early 50s. The follow-up study revealed lots of things, not the least of which was that the intervening decades hadn't been as hard on their VO2 max values as the three weeks' bed rest. Of greater interest, though, was the discovery that the men's stroke volumes had increased. It was already known that this happens, as the heart enlarges to force blood through age-stiffened arteries. But nobody anticipated the magnitude of the effect. It turned out to be more than enough to compensate for the decline in maximum heart rate. A 50-year-old's heart might not beat as rapidly as it once did, but it can pump at least as much blood per minute.
What this means is that changes in VO2 max aren't entirely driven by changes in the heart. If the heart is delivering as much oxygen as before, but VO2 max is declining, it must be that the muscles are becoming less adept at using it.
What precisely is going on is a subject of considerable dispute. Partly, it's simply that people lose muscle mass with age. Smaller muscles use less oxygen.
But other factors are probably also involved. Perhaps aging muscles have fewer capillaries to supply them with blood. Maybe they're less able to call for blood when they need it. Or perhaps their cells have fewer mitochondria (the powerhouses in which oxygen is used). Perhaps their arteries become increasingly clogged or inelastic.
A more complex theory comes from exercise physiologist Tim Noakes, who argues that for each stride, the aging brain may simply be using a lower fraction of the available muscle cells. Physiologists have long known that for any given movement, our nerves recruit only a fraction of each muscle's fibers, letting the others rest. In the latest edition of Lore of Running, Noakes suggests that as we age, our nervous systems may become more cautious about protecting our muscles from overload. (This is, however, an extremely controversial theory that has provoked outspoken dissent from other scientists.)
Whatever the cause, the solution is fairly straightforward: run.
Richard Brown is a 71-year-old exercise physiologist and coach from Eugene, Ore., whose trainees have included Suzy Favor Hamilton, Vicki Huber and Mary Slaney. He believes that the secret to holding onto as much VO2 max as possible is simply the old Lydiard approach: run, run, run. "It's just moderate-paced work, where you're going at least 60 minutes," he says, though he adds that masters runners may want to go this far only two or three times a week. And he adds, "Eat really good foods."
Others believe speed work factors into the mix (reducing the number of longer runs). "Train fairly hard at your 2-mile or 5K pace at least once a week, where you're running your heart rate up to 98 percent of maximum," says Portland, Ore.-based coach Bob Williams. "I'm a real believer in that."
McMillan concurs. "These are great things to include in your training program," he says of 5K-paced workouts. "I wouldn't say year-round, but frequently."
He also recommends racing frequently, perhaps once every three to six weeks, particularly 5Ks. "That's a great VO2 max workout in and of itself. The more I look at masters runners, the more I think you've got to keep racing. You almost go back to George Sheehan. He was the king of racing every weekend. It doesn't have to be 100 percent, and you can't do long. The more 5Ks and 8Ks you can do, the better. This is completely different from what you'd advise for a 23-year-old who wants to go to the Olympics."
One of the people involved in McGuire and Levine's study was Gregg Hill. At 20, Hill was a college sophomore who could do a 4:45 mile -- no threat to win the Olympics, but no slouch, either. At the end of the follow-up study's intensive training, his VO2 max had been restored ... but not the 4:45 mile. Clearly, aerobic capacity isn't the only factor affecting masters performance. "What determines speed on the track is different from VO2 max," Levine says.
I talked to Hill in 2005, a few years after the follow-up study had come out. He thought the missing factor was the youthful elasticity of his tendons. In support, he cited Steven Vogel, a biologist at Duke University and author of Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle, who claims that much of a runner's propulsion comes from energy carried over from the previous stride via the elasticity of stretched tendons. "My guess is that in older people, the tendons are less efficient," Hill said.
Also cutting into your speed is a simple loss of range of motion -- a problem most runners have faced since youth but which intensifies with age.
Part of the difficulty is the typical middle-aged lifestyle. McMillan notes that many masters-age runners spend a lot of their work lives sitting at their desks or in meetings. "We've risen to a level [in our jobs] that can be bad for us," he says. "We're doing a lot of things that don't have us moving. That's the worst thing we can do from a flexibility standpoint."
"Once the muscles start to get tight, you're limiting your power base," adds Williams. "You're not going to be able to move as smooth and efficiently."
The solution is stretching. Not the static stretches that most of us who've been running long enough to have entered the masters ranks grew up on (although those have their place), but the new breed of dynamic stretches.
Not that the stretches have to be all that newfangled; many of the things we used to do in grade school, such as jumping jacks and alternate toe touchers still work, says Brown. The idea is to get blood flowing through the connective tissues, best done by stretching them dynamically before the workout, and statically afterward. "It doesn't have to be a lot," Brown says. And, he notes, it's better to do it consistently for a few minutes each time than to make erratic efforts at more comprehensive routines.
Brown himself often stretches in his post-workout clean-up. "I do seven static stretches in the shower. I've done that for 20 years and I think it's helped."
Williams generally has runners do 15 to 20 minutes of drills while warming up. "Static stretching can be helpful, but dynamic movement is more valuable," he says. In particular, he says, dynamic exercises should focus on calves, hamstrings and hips.But stretching isn't the only thing that can help retain or restore flexibility. "Use a foam roller four to five days a week," Williams says. "Or get a massage every week or two. The foam roller seems to be the primary tool I've found that keeps competitive runners healthy."
Alternatively, if you want to retain flexibility but don't want it to feel quite so regimented, Williams suggests trying some other sport that works your range of motion. Williams suggests tennis, but pretty much anything is better than nothing, even golf. "There are a lot of things you can do," he says. "You don't need a gym."
McMillan agrees. Experiment with different types of flexibility training, he says. "As a masters runner, you've got to investigate and find the methods that work."
Declining Muscle Power
Another indisputable side effect of aging is a decline in muscle mass. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, muscle strength and mass begin decreasing at age 40, with the process speeding up after age 65 or 70. Of particular concern to runners, the loss generally occurs fastest in the lower body.
The rate of loss appears to be faster for fast-twitch fibers than for slow-twitch. That's a greater problem for sprinters than for distance runners, but it should be of concern for everyone because it's possible to lose all of your fast-twitch fibers. And when that happens, nobody knows how to get them back.
Scott Trappe, director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., was the head of the team that made this discovery. The likely reason, he said at the time, is changing lifestyles. As people age, particularly into their 70s and 80s, they stop doing the high-intensity activities that call for fast-twitch fibers. The result is that these fibers atrophy until they're gone ... permanently.
"The body is going to react to demands," adds Brown. "If you don't demand it any more -- if you think, 'I'm too old to do this, and I'm strong enough anyway,' then you'll start to lose muscle mass."
The solution is vigorous weight-training: the type that gives the same type of "burn" younger athletes seek, albeit at whatever lower weight you can now handle. Fancy health club machines aren't necessary. Rubber tubing, free weights, stretchy bands, calisthenics: any of those can help. "As long as you're doing something two or three days a week to push yourself to a point where you're saying, 'This is starting to get pretty hard,'" Williams says.
Adds McMillan: "The best masters runners never stop. They don't have big down times. They seem to be always training and racing. That may help. The initial research was showing that if you just keep with it, you can reduce that loss of muscle composition."
Slower recovery and healing rates
None of these approaches works if you push too hard, too often. "All the evidence I read doesn't suggest that you can actually slow the aging process," Noakes once told me. "In contrast, I think you can accelerate the aging process if you overdo the exercise."
For younger athletes, he thinks overdoing it is running more than about two hours a day. But many masters runners find that it takes longer than it once did to recover from workouts and races. Lots of factors may be involved, but the simplest to understand is at the cellular level, where tissue repair and replacement simply don't occur as rapidly as they once did.
What this means is that as you age, you may have to experiment with changing your workout pattern. When Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the Olympic marathon at age 37, then went on to win the Rotterdam Marathon at age 38 with a new world record of 2:07:12, Alberto Salazar asked him what he did differently at that age. "Carlos was definitely at an age where most people start having to make adjustments," Salazar says. "He told me that his main adjustment had been to reduce the frequency of his hard workouts. These workouts, he said, still needed to be as intense as ever; he simply allowed more recovery time between them."
McMillan agrees. Masters runners need to do every type of workout that younger runners do, but they may need to alter their schedules. And they may need to allow more time to adapt. "We are so engrained with Tuesday-Thursday [speed], Sunday long run," he says. "You almost have to throw that out the window and start looking at what's going to help. That's going to be different for every runner."
Masters runners also need to be careful to allow enough recovery time after races. "It used to be a race on Saturday, long run on Sunday; no problem," McMillan says. "When you get older, that may not be the best routine."


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Pinellas Park, Florida - "Taking a bite out of crime" lives up to its meaning after a Pinellas Park man comes face-to-face with an alligator.
It started as 20-year-old Brian Zuniga was being pulled over by a Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy just before 3 a.m. Thursday for failing to maintain his lane.
"I left to go to work early this morning and I saw a bunch of deputy cars down on one of the cul-de-sacs," said resident Darren Davis.
At some point during the traffic stop, the 20-year-old jumped out of the car he was driving through the passenger side, and bolted.
The deputy lost him when he slipped under a fence near a lake on Westchester Blvd. and 71st St. N.- where Zuniga would soon learn the hard way that it's infested with alligators.
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Authorities caught up Zuniga a few hours later... at the hospital, where he was being treated for multiple puncture wounds to his face, arm and armpit. Zuniga told deputies a gator attacked him near a water treatment plant in unincorporated St. Petersburg.
Zuniga was later released from the hospital and taken to the Pinellas County Jail without further incident.
Among the charges Zuniga is facing, fleeing and eluding a police officer, driving with a suspended or revoked license and resisting an officer without violence.
No word on what became of the alligator.
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The best of Al Qaeda
Asia Times Online describes an Al Qaeda compilation CD (why call it state-of-the-art, though?) that is being sold illegally in South Asia and the Middle East. The CD is quite well put together, apparently, reminding me of the high production quality of an Iraqi insurgency video a few months ago. That seemed to have been put together in part by and for British Muslims of Indian and Pakistani origin; this CD, with English and Urdu subtitles, could be targeted to the same people. But of course, nowadays any vaguely techy person could make their own VCD or DVD.
Update: some recent related articles about the article-planting scandal:
Asia Times Online, meanwhile, has learned of the release in Afghanistan of a state-of-the-art CD comprising selected speeches by Osama bin Laden from 2002 to December 2004. The CD is already available (illegally) in Pakistan and in parts of the Middle East.The Asia Times article also includes a lot of interesting material on the US' propaganda war, most notably its contract with the Lincoln Group to plant pro-US articles in the Iraqi media, but rather unconvincingly contrast the CD and the article planting as two parts of a media war. Not really, I would say, since one is covert and narrowly targeted while the other seems part of an effort to gain a higher public profile.
Security experts believe that soon it will flood the market as the first step towards a broader al-Qaeda goal; to shed its shadowy image and openly propagate the call for mass jihad against the US and any other foreign occupiers in the Middle East.
The CD's speeches address specific audiences, like the one in 2002 to the Pakistani nation, the 2003 speech to Americans, a speech in 2004 to Europe and the December 2004 address to the people of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia).
The CD includes horrifying images of war and destruction in Iraq, and pays tribute to the Iraqi resistance.
Unlike in the past, the CD appears to have been made by professionals in a well-equipped studio. The audio and visual effects are clear, with English subtitles for non-Arabic speakers. Additionally, separate formatted files include transcripts in languages such as Urdu, Persian, English and Arabic.
Update: some recent related articles about the article-planting scandal:
- Comic writer Henry Beard confesses to planting pro-American jokes in Baghdad papers.
- The LA Times editorial makes "Godfather" analogies.
- Whirldview, a blog, says that there more US companies involved in psy-ops than the Lincoln Group.
- From Aqoul: Arab journalists "weak and corrupt," says top Dubai honcho while demanding more positive spin.


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Your duties will be as follows: you'll spend most of your time at the gate. You expect two kinds of travelers to arrive:
• Immigrants: When an elven immigrant arrives, you must direct her to an available patch of land, and create her home. You have strong house-building magic, so this shouldn't be too hard: you can create buildings of any shape and size, and even start building upwards when your population gets high enough.
• Visitors: Occasionally a visitor will arrive looking for a specific elf. Your job is to direct the messenger to that elf's home.
There's one complication, though. Elven names are ridiculously long. They're so long that writing them down would take up an entire house. They're so long that even an elf can't reliably remember more than one or two at a time. So it's not feasible to maintain a directory of where everybody lives.
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Corinth Stator, Pegasus
Corinth (Corinthia), Stater (tin coin replica) 400 - 350 BC.
OBV: Pegasos w. pointed wing, flying l. ΠΣ beneath.
REV: Head of Athena right., wearing Corinthian helmet, three dolphins around.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Pegasos) was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa.
Descriptions vary as to the winged stallion's birth and his brother the giant, Chrysaor; some say that they sprang from Medusa's neck as Perseus beheaded her, a "higher" birth, like the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Others says that they were born of the earth as Medusa's blood spilled onto it, in which case Poseidon would not be their sire. Minerva caught and tamed Pegasus, and presented him to the Muses.
Hesiod connects the name Pegasos with the word for "spring, well", pēgē; everywhere the winged horse struck hoof to earth, an inspiring spring burst forth: one on the Muses' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring"), at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling too much and another at Troezen. The actual etymology of the name is most likely from Luwian pihassas "lightning", or pihassasas, a weather god (the god of lightning). In Hesiod, Pegasos is still associated with this original significance by carrying the thunderbolts for Zeus.
Mounted on Pegasus, and with the Gorgon's head safely in his magical bag, Perseus was completed as a hero, and was ready to win Andromeda.
Pegasus aided the hero Bellerophon, who is a double in some way for Perseus, in his fight against both the Chimera and the Amazons. There are varying tales as to how Bellerophon found Pegasus, some say that the hero found him drinking at the Pierian spring and that Polyidus told Bellerophon how to find and tame him, others that either Athena or Poseidon brought him to Bellerophon.
Prior to aiding Bellerophon, Pegasus brought thunderbolts to Zeus, and following Bellerophon's death he returned to Mount Olympus to aid the gods. In his later life, Pegasus took a wife, Euippe (or Ocyrrhoe), by whom he had a child, Celeris. This family is the origin of the winged horses.
Pegasus was eventually turned into a constellation, but a single feather fell to the earth near the city of Tarsus (hence its name).


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Xbox Experience
New Xbox Experience Avatars video
After the break. The following movie is the latest installement of Major Nelson's dev diary and takes a closer look at Avatars. Learn how to customise them and all that stuff when the Autumn Dashboard Update eventually goes live sometime in the erm, autumn. Worth watching, we thought. By Mike Bowden
Xbox Experience headlines
Nelson talks Xbox Experience at PAX
There's a movie on GameVee of the Major doing a presentation of Xbox Experience at PAX. There's plenty of info in there about migrating groups within the Live update, Avatars, and so on. Worth watching. Xbox Experience launches in November, says the internet.
Xbox Live Experience dashboard update coming in November
Yep, the one with Avatars, game installations, and the like. According to RPG-TV, who sent a man out to a London showing of Microsoft's new "Xbox Live Experience," the Mii-too overhaul will be force-fed to your Internet-connected Xbox 360 this November. So, excitement, etc. By Nathan Grayson
Microsoft shows PAX 08 schedule
Microsoft's published its demo schedule for PAX 08, and there should be plenty there to keep you happy. Assuming you're going to Seattle next week, obviously. And you're into Marcus Fenix. Gears 2 and a showing of Xbox Experience are both on show, neither of which made Leipzig last week, but there's no sign of […]
Live update prepares for "future growth"
The Major's confirmed that a small update was issued to Xbox Live today, but it's only a teeny one, so don't get excited. "This update contains code to 'prepare for future growth of the service,'" he said. "There are no other changes or enhancements in this update… in other words no new features." More through […]
Rumour: First images of 360 Avatar creator released
X3F's carrying what looks to be the first images of the Avatar creation system to be release for Xbox 360 this autumn as part of the Xbox Experience dashboard. There's nothing confirmed about this, but the PS3F 2.40 pics turned out to be genuine, so don't be gigantically shocked if these do as well. Take […]
Microsoft: Microtransactions for Avatars "may be in the future"
Uh oh. Microsoft's John Schappert gave an unnerving answer to VentureBeat when asked at E3 whether or not Xbox Live's Avatar's will come with microtransactions attached. "That may be in the future," he said. "In the near term, we want to launch these with great customization and a great library of accessories this fall. "I […]
New Xbox 360 dashboard leaked, shown running on a modded console
Xbox-Scene's carrying a movie of what's supposedly a leaked version of Xbox Experience working on a modded 360. The pirate version of the upcoming Xbox 360 dashboard apparently only works on machines installed with the Infectus 2 mod chip. You may know what that means. There's more detail through the link.
Nelson shows off Netflix working with Xbox Experience
There's a video after the break, seemingly shot at E3, of Major Nelson showing Netflix working with the Xbox 360 UI revamp, Xbox Experience. It looks pretty neat, truth be told, with users able to start watching their Netflix movies virtually instantly – why wasn't this trumpeted in the conference? – and invite Friends to […]
Major Nelson talks Xbox Experience in-depth
The Major's posted up his E3 podcast, and it contains a ton of information on the Xbox 360 dashboard revamp, Xbox Experience. This is pretty much essential listening for anyone with a passing interest in the machine, as he goes into detail on party-forming and funtionality, the Netflix deal announced at the show, and heaps […]
See the new Xbox 360 dashboard in video
After the break. It's a snippet from the IGN feed from the Microsoft E3 press conference last night, and shows the design of Xbox Experience and the look of Avatars. There's also stuff in there about navigation and how you can reach photos, games, and so on. Look.
Uno Rush confirmed for XBLA
Missed this in the panic earlier. A new version of Uno, Uno Rush, was announced for XBLA in the Microsoft E3 press conference tonight. It's out next month. Apparently you're going to be able to win real-life prizes in it. Power-news.
NBC and Universal adds names to Live movie list
Joystiq is reporting that NBC and Universal Studios are releasing both television and movie content respectively on Microsoft's Xbox Live Video Marketplace today. NBC will be bringing TV shows in the shape of Monk, The Office and Battlestar Galactica whilst Universal will offer films like 12 Monkeys, The Bourne Supremacy, The Mummy and The Chronicles […]
Xbox Experience photos posted
Engadget's posted up a good gallery of shots of Xbox Experience, the newly-announced Xbox 360 dashboard revamp, just shown fro the first time in Microsoft's E3 press conference. Avatars, parties, shared movies: all sorts of stuff's included. Check out this for more info.
Microsoft details Xbox Experience, confirms full hard drive installs
Nelson just posted up a bunch of information on Xbox Experience, the new 360 dashboard just announced in the Microsoft E3 press conference for release this autumn. In there's confirmation that you're soon going to be able to copy games to your HD completely. Check this out: Play from hard drive. Copy your games from […]
Avatars confirmed for 360 at E3
Microsoft just confirmed that Avatars will come to the new Xbox 360 dashboard this autumn. Live Party, up to eight friends chatting together, was also shown, as were Avatars being customised with clothing, and so on.
New Xbox 360 dashboard shown at E3
Microsoft has just shown "Xbox Experience," the new interface for the console. This autumn. The dashboard looks completely different from the current edition, the main update being the now-announced Avatars. The design is grey, and features rolling functionality similar to Vista. Hopefully Microsoft will release some images after its ongoing E3 conference.
Xbox Experience latest
Microsoft: Microtransactions for Avatars "may be in the future"
New Xbox 360 dashboard leaked, shown running on a modded console
Microsoft details Xbox Experience, confirms full hard drive installs


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I am a black female undergrad student. I took the Oct. LSAT and made a 148. My cumulative gpa is a 2.99, with my degree granting gpa a 3.70. ( I went to a few 2yr schools, a long time ago, and my grades weren't so hot back then). Im involved in school organizations, president of one and a member of another. My question is, is there any chance of me getting into a school in the Atlanta, Ga area (please do not say John Marshall) or should I study and retake the LSAT next year and wait to apply for the fall 2012 school year? Any thoughts?Thanks
Can ya'll please come back? I miss the LSD days especially BLSD. No where else compares. Thanks to the few remaining old heads that still take the time to pop in ever so often, but on the real, BLSD was the greatest.


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A Skydiving Dream Come True
If you only do one thing in New Zealand, make it Skydiving. It's something you'll remember for the rest of your life. I mean, how often do you get to fly?
A Must-Do In New Zealand
Skydiving. It's thrilling, nerve-racking, scary, epic, stimulating, exciting, and amazing — all at the same time. It's something almost everybody has thought about at least once... Some say it's crazy, but I say it's life changing.
Location & Company
Queenstown, New Zealand. Hands down. After traveling the entire North & South islands, I can say without a doubt that Queenstown was my favourite town in the entire trip. The beautiful snow topped mountains, the laid back lifestyle of the locals, the adventure around every corner, and most importantly home to NZone Skydive.
After hours of research on which company to go with, NZone won in every aspect. They had the best price for what you got, were super friendly from start to finish, but most importantly, made you feel super safe. From the beginning of the day, right through to the end, there wasn't one time where I was left feeling unsafe... And when you're jumping out of a plane at 15,000 feet high; that's saying something.
The Jump
After getting an excellent briefing at the office, the bus then took our group to the 'Drop Zone'. We put on our jump suits, met our tandem instructors, and had another quick briefing on what to do in the air. Before I knew it, I was walking to the plane with my instructor, nervously awaiting what was in store.
After everybody piled into the plane, we started our ascent. At this point I was pretty nervous — until I saw a child sitting in front of me. He couldn't have been more than 12 years old! This really shows that it doesn't matter how young (or old) you are to jump out of a plane.
All the sudden the door opened, and the groups in front of me were falling out of the plane. It was surreal. Before I knew it, I was sitting on the edge of the plane, looking down at the amazing snowcapped mountains below. The next thing I knew, I was flipping out of the plane and falling to the ground below.
The next 45 seconds of free-fall were life changing. It didn't feel like you were falling — but more so just floating through the air. It's a feeling I can't even put into words. The parachute then opened, and we slowly floated to the ground. I even got to steer for a bit! It went smoothly the entire time, including the landing, which was as easy as sitting down.
The Aftermath
Not a day goes by where I don't look at the sky and think, 'I can't wait to do that again'. It's changed my life, and I'm absolutely hooked. There's no doubt in my mind that I'll be doing it again, hopefully many many times.
Do yourself a favour and book your skydive today. You won't regret it!


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Imagine getting kicked out of your home because you called police after your ex-boyfriend beat you up too many times.
That is exactly the dilemma Lakisha Briggs, 33, faced in June of last year when her ex-boyfriend, Wilbert Bennett, arrived at her home and threatened and brutally beat her.
"You are going to be with me or you are going to be with no one," he allegedly threatened, according to police.
Briggs says she did not call police because this would have made her third call to authorities from her home she rented with a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 voucher. A Norristown law orders landlords to evict tenants after three 911 calls within four months. City officials say it's designed to promote peaceful neighborhoods and discourage nuisance calls.
"She was so afraid to call the police after the third incident when her property was placed in a probationary period when her former boyfriend attacked her in her house. He bit and tore her lip, he struck her across her lip with a glass astray and then took shards of the glass astray and jabbed it into her neck. Before she passed out she refused to call police because she was afraid of losing her home," said Peter Smith, a private lawyer working with the American Civil Liberties Union, told NBC10.com Thursday.
A neighbor eventually called, over Briggs' protests, and the severely injured Briggs was airlifted to a hospital.
"This woman was being battered in her home and was silenced," said Smith.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a trial to decide whether towns can force the eviction of tenants who make too many 911 calls, a national test case pitting free speech rights against community safety concerns.
U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno said he expects the "complex and novel" case to reach a federal appeals court.
The American Civil Liberties Union believes the laws endanger domestic violence victims and violate their free-speech rights.
At the hearing, Robreno denied the township's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, but he also rejected the ACLU's bid for a temporary injunction, since city officials have agreed not to pursue any action against Briggs through her landlord. The landlord, Darren Sudman, supports Briggs and calls her a good tenant, although she has since moved.
"I felt like I was being punished for being assaulted," Briggs told The Associated Press last month.
Hundreds of communities around the country have passed similar tenant rules, according to the ACLU.
The lawsuit alleges the ordinances disproportionately affect women, since they are more often the victims of domestic violence, and that the federal Violence Against Women Act protects their housing rights.
Norristown officials amended its ordinance in December to give landlords a chance to appeal any three-strikes fines in court. And the city said it hasn't been enforcing the code this year, given the lawsuit. But it believes the law is both fair and valuable.
"They're trying to preserve the peaceful enjoyment of the neighborhood," lawyer Robert P. DiDomenicis argued Thursday. "These restrictions are not onerous."
According to court papers, police were called to Briggs' home 10 times in the first five months of 2012. The ex-boyfriend is back in jail after a conviction for attacking her.
Norristown's revised ordinance grants exceptions for certain true emergencies, but is meant to address disorderly conduct, DiDomenicis said. It also provides landlords the right to appeal the police fine.
But the ACLU believes police have too much discretion to decide what constitutes a danger versus a disturbance. And while landlords may appeal, the tenants who ultimately face eviction have no such right. Robreno himself wondered if landlords wouldn't take the easy way out.
"Instead of challenging the strikes, he'll just get rid of the tenant?" the judge asked Smith.
"That's right," Smith said.
The case is expected to go to trial late next year.


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The 8th Annual Kentucky State Park Race Series, including a 5K family fun walk, will start April 14 with the Goose Creek 5K at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville.
Runners of all ages can take part in all five races to capture the overall championship based on a point system. Additional dates and races are:
May 12 – Spring Hoot 5K at Barren River State Resort Park near Glasgow;
June 9 – Possum Ridge 5K at Taylorsville Lake State Park at Taylorsville;
Several drivers were honored at Saturday's awards celebration at Bluegrass Speedway. The top 10 in each division received plaques.
Track promoters David and Anita Ferrell received the STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League Promoter of the Year Award. The Ferrells announced they will not return as promoters next season. They've spent 12 seasons at the track.
Final Top 10 Track Points
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models
1. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 177
2. Lee Devasier (Crestwood)- 154
3. Jeff Watson (Campbellsville)- 152
SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway
Sept. 24
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models (19 entries)
Top Qualifier- Aaron Hatton 14.822
Dash- Tim Prince, Jeff Watson, Dustin Neat, Aaron Hatton, Lee Devasier, Tim Rivers
1st Heat- Jason Hinkle, Steve Barnett, Tommy Carlton, Jim Price
2nd Heat- Bill Blair, Jr., Marty O'Neal, David Webb, Jeff Rawlings
SUMMARY - Bluegrass Speedway, Bardstown
Sept. 17
American Modified Series
(24 entries)
Williams Precision Engine Top Qualifier- Ricky Arms 16.130
Hypercoils Spring Heat #1- Jimmy Payne, Ricky Arms, Robbie Gullion, J.T. Ayers, Dion Benningfield, Matthew Colston
Wiles Driveshafts Heat #2- Joey Kramer, Kelly Warren, Elliott Despain, Billy Meredith, Brian Foster (DQ- Josh Lucas)
VP Racing Fuels Heat #3- Bryan Barber, Trent Young, Michael England, Earl Plessinger, Rob Penny, Gary Parks
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models
1. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 96
2. Lee Devasier (Crestwood)- 76
3. Mike Jewell (Scottsburg, Ind.)- 68
4. Jeff Watson (Campbellsville)- 66
5. Tim Tungate (Campbellsville)- 65
6. Joey Daniel (Liberty)- 64
7. Steve Barnett (Franklin, Ind.)- 61
8. Jarryd Holshouser (Boaz)- 52
9. Rohn Moon (Greenwood, Ind.)- 39
10. Larry Greer (Bowling Green)- 35
Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modifieds
1. Benji Lee (Loretto)- 107
2. Michael England (Glasgow)- 101
Bluegrass Speedway Top Ten Track Points after May 28, 2011
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models
1. Mike Jewell (Scottsburg, Ind.)- 43
2. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 29
3. Joey Daniel (Liberty, Ky.)- 28
4. Lee Devasier (Crestwood, Ky.)- 27
5. Dustin Neat (Dunnville, Ky.)- 26
6. Darrell Lanigan (Union, Ky.)- 25
7. Steve Barnett (Franklin, Ind.)- 25
8. Rohn Moon (Greenwood, Ind.)- 24
9. Scott James (Lawrenceburg, Ind.)- 22
10. Josh Richards (Shinnston, W. Va.)- 20
By Michael Despain
Media Contact/Track Announcer
The Legendary Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY
Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY
Donald Gene Powell (1927-2003)
Long time stock car racer Donald Gene Powell of Hodgenville lost the battle with cancer and passed away on Feb. 17, 2003.
Bluegrass Speedway
2221 New Haven Road
Bardstown, Kentucky
April 9 - Test and Tune for All Divisions (6-10 p.m.)
April 16 - 2011 Season Opener: Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks
April 23 - Weekly Racing Series: Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks
Willard Price, left, of Hodgenville, showed off a mini-late model racer he bought in Tennessee. The previous owner raced it at 411 Motor Speedway south of Knoxville. Price and his partner, Junior Puyear, along with other family members, drive it on a local track, getting it up to 33 miles per hour. On a larger track, it can reach 97 miles per hour. Price hopes a local track will form a class for the mini. If you are interested in racing minis, call Price at 765-9560.
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Exhibit at New Cumberland Library
The New Cumberland Public Library features an art gallery and two locked showcases. All exhibits are changed monthly. A yearly schedule is usually developed in the summer.
The Charley Krone Gallery is located in the Mansion area of the library on the second floor. Named for a local artist who was a lifelong resident of New Cumberland, this gallery generally features the work of local artists. Exhibiters have included the Harrisburg Camera Club, Earl Blust, Stephen Conklin, Lyn Marsh, Richard Neff, Al Freistak, Patricia Koscienski, and Annette Braught. There is no charge to exhibit, and all sales are directed to the artist. The gallery space can hold as few as 12 or as many as 45 paintings.
The main floor showcase is located in the Anderson Reading room and is a six-foot high lighted glass case which is locked. A wide variety of items have been shown in this case, from World War II uniforms to doll house miniatures.
There is a small showcase located in the children's area on the lower level. This locked case features exhibits geared to the interests of our younger customers. Recent exhibits included Barbie dolls, Batman, dinosaurs, and Beanie Babies.
Contact the library at 774-7820 to request an exhibit time and a staff person will contact you.


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Dancin' On The Air was, apparently, a teen dance series that ran from 1981 - 1987. It predated Dance Party USA — but that doesn't mean it was progressive in the least. In this selection, we're introduced to a series of teenagers slow dancing to "I Am By Your Side" by Corey Hart as the announcers explain who "stands behind" each of the dancers in their personal life. (Get it? Yeah, it's a stretch.) Weirdly, some of the dancers named their partner, while others named their parents. Wouldn't you be pissed if you listed your steady boyfriend as your main supporter and he went ahead and named his mom? In terms of televised high school dating blunders, mortifying.
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