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JAKARTA, Indonesia Think about it: Would you rather walk an extra 100 yards to the next crosswalk, or risk scrubbing public toilets in urban train stations?
Thats a question residents of Jakarta will be asking themselves in the coming months as the Indonesian capital escalates the battle against its legendary civic chaos.
Jaywalking, littering, driving a car without a license or a motorcycle without a helmet, stopping at unofficial bus stops, even handing money over to beggars youd better think twice in this teeming capital.
Jarkatas authorities will not only fine you, but also order you to scrub the detritus left behind by some of the citys 10 million inhabitants.
Its not about saving money, says Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who announced the new punishments at the end of November. This is all part of an education program to get people to live in order and improve the capital, he told Indonesias news agency Antara.
Authorities appear prepared to be creative in the endless campaign against turmoil in one of the worlds most sprawling cities. Along with these unorthodox social sanctions, as Jakartas deputy governor has called them, city officials are setting up a website that will allow road users to name and shame fellow motorists by posting pictures of traffic offences online.
The police warned that lawbreakers would be identified and fined.
Fauzi, a 34-year-old hotel staff member in central Jakarta, says hes not against the new measures, but he wont tattle on other motorists. It would be a good way to practice my photography, he laughs, but I wont report others, because I sometimes break the law myself. He acknowledges regularly missing red lights and crossing the road where hes not supposed to.
Like two thirds of the other road users in Jakarta, Fauzi drives a motorcycle, squeezing between lanes in the jam-packed rush-hour traffic, but he says he still spends several hours stuck on the streets every day.
In Jakarta, the same journey can take from 10 minutes to three hours according to the time of day. People regularly compromise on rules to shave off minutes here and there. Motorcyclists drive on the wrong side of the street, and take to narrow pedestrian bridges. Sidewalks and bus lanes have long been fair game for everyone.
This last problem, at least, is seeing some improvement with the recent implementation of a 2009 law to fine drivers who use the bus lanes.
Fauzi agrees: Public transportation is the solution but drivers have to respect the special lanes. Jokowi is making them, he says, referring to Jakartas governor, Joko Widodo. In power for just over a year, the popular governor was recently named by pollsters the man to beat in the July 2014 presidential elections.
Prior to his unexpected election as governor of Jakarta, Mr. Joko was mayor of Surakarta, in central Java, where he managed to relieve traffic congestion by implementing a rail/bus system and relocating the hordes of street vendors out of the traffic lanes.
He has yet to prove he can do as well in the gigantic capital. A survey published last October showed a majority of residents didnt believe he had done any better than his predecessors, but he has asked them to be patient. He says the construction of a long awaited monorail system and the relaunch of a 20-year-old railway project will make a difference.
The citys public transportation options are currently very limited, and walking through the polluted equatorial city is hardly pleasant; many pedestrians wear masks, and they must watch out for the occasional open sewer.
But while residents are eager to see change, old habits die hard. The October survey revealed that most respondents blamed traffic congestion on the number of cars, but drivers seem little inclined to give up their vehicles. To encourage carpooling, authorities impose minimum occupancy requirements on vehicles during peak hours. To circumvent this, drivers pay entrepreneurial jockeys to jump in.
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As three recent studies by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) show, prisoners are raped with terrible frequency in the United States.1 We still don't know exactly how many people are sexually abused behind bars every year, but we do know that the number is much larger than 100,000. And we know that those responsible for this abuse are usually not other inmates, but members of the very corrections staff charged with protecting the people in their custody.
The BJS, which is part of the Department of Justice, found statistically significant variation in the incidence of sexual abuse at the hundreds of different facilities it surveyed. Its study of adult prisons, for example, found that 4.5 percent of prisoners nationwide had been sexually abused at their current facilities in the preceding year; but at seven prisons the rate was above 10 percent. Texas's Estelle Unit had a rate of 15.7 percent, while in six prisons no inmates reported such abuse.
One of the most pernicious myths about prisoner rape is that it is an inevitable part of life behind bars. This is simply wrong. As the variance in the BJS findings shows, it can be prevented. In well-run facilities across the country it is being prevented—and this shouldn't be surprising. After all, the government has extraordinary control over the lives of those it locks up. Stopping sexual abuse in detention is a matter of using sound policies and practices, and passing laws that require them.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), which charged the BJS with undertaking its surveys, also created a body called the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, whose mandate was to study the problem more qualitatively and devise national standards for its detection, prevention, and response. Doing so proved to be a slow process. The commissioners convened expert committees, made an exhaustive review of available research, held numerous site visits and public hearings, and submitted draft versions of the standards for public comment. At every step they consulted corrections leaders, survivors of sexual assault in detention, researchers, advocates on behalf of prisoners, academics, legal experts, and health care providers. Finally, on June 23, 2009, six years after the passage of PREA, the commission published its recommendations. (Staff and board members from our organization, Just Detention International (JDI), the only US NGO dedicated solely to ending sexual abuse in detention, served on all eight of the expert committees appointed by the commission.)
The commission wrote four distinct sets of standards: one for adult prisons and jails, with an immigration supplement; one for juvenile facilities; one for "lockups," i.e., temporary holding facilities for people recently arrested or being transferred; and one for "community corrections"—for example, people who are living in post-release halfway houses or are on probation. Its final report describes and explains them all. Reading it, one is repeatedly struck by how straightforward and plainly sensible these…
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Aus 167 Designs von 47 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
addingplay (or possibly AddingPlay - depends on design!)
Addingplay is a new company bringing the element of play to existing websites and applications. Our parent company is playgen.
We do not build flash games! We turn the customers' website into multiplayer games.
We start by what makes games engaging, fun and addictive and applying those same game mechanics and psychology to things that are not necessarily a game. For instance, this could be a website, some work related package or anything else in the digital world.
So there you have it 'addingplay' is about adding play to things.
Brand owners, digital agency types, people with an eye for polished and beautiful graphics.
The logo itself should be very accessible and easy to read. Beautifully designed. Brand recognition is important.
I would prefer if it was highly visual and somehow brought the action of adding play to life using graphics. So when you look at the logo, you think 'aha they add play to things!'
Whether its 'AddingPlay' or 'addingplay' or 'addingPlay' or 'Addingplay' I don't know ! and to be frank I don't think it matters if the logo communicates well.
I need a colour and a black and white version of the logo.
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text: Well, sorry to say but I have been busy for the past two weeks, and I've been trying to revamp my story making sure that I know where I'm going and hopefully I'm not contradicting myself as I write this story. The first two versions of Part A (the story that we are on right now, has been modified so it can feel close to real life. Anyway, I need to rewrite Part A through D and Gaiden (Gaiden is considered to be an impromptu [not planned] so it might actually contradict to the storyline a bit, but I'll try not to).


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I hate night games, it makes the whole day go slow..........
James Harrison - "Right now, you know, some people may want to jump on the Steelers bandwagon.
Don't do that. We don't need you. We didn't need you at the beginning, we don't need you now."
Its Steeler gameday sunday...
Lets go Steelers
BTW - who thinks the Aints get over 50 yards rushing? Even with Aaron out I think their run game is completely shut down by our D.
about 3 hours yet and we'll be ready to go!!! Here we go letsgetawin!
Jus waiting for the ko. Every one that needed to lose did just that. Thanks. Now for our win. Johnny the giant killer Farve finally down for the count. But I'll say this. Farve out played men half his fn age with style few will match. Hope he ain't to fd up.
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I was recently reminded of the childhood naval game Broadside. As the defender, you get to place four shore guns and six mines during the setup phase, one on either side of two channels.
The channels are choke points that the attackers ships have to pass through to be able to win the game; one is close to the attacking fleet starting location and represents a direct path to the merchant ships they need to sink to win the game, while the other channel is out of their way.
The trick is that two of the guns are useless decoys, while the other two get a free shot on any ships that passes within range, and three of the mines can destroy an entire ship, while the other three are duds.
Does anyone who remembers this game ever develop a strategy for how to place these static defensive units, and if so, how did that change how you deployed your blue fleet once the game started?


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Rory McIlroy sank a short birdie putt on the 18th hole yesterday to remain tied with Luke Donald as the world's two top-ranked golfers pulled three shots clear of a star-studded field after the third round of the Dubai World Championship.
The top-ranked McIlroy, who has already wrapped up the European and PGA Tour money titles, struggled early when he bogeyed the first hole and missed several makable birdie putts. But he improved on the back nine, sinking a 30-foot eagle putt on 14 to go with three birdies for a 6-under 66.
Donald also had a 66 and is tied with McIlory with a 17-under total of 199.
"I've done a majority of my scoring this week on the back nine, and that's the way it went today," McIlroy said. "Took me a few holes to adjust. But once I got comfortable, I started to hit some good shots and give myself opportunities for birdies."
Donald had his third consecutive bogey-free round and has now gone 100 holes at the Dubai tournament without one. If he wins today without carding a bogey, he will match the feat of Sweden's Jesper Parnevik, who won the 1995 Scandinavian Masters without dropping a shot.
"I was, again, just trying to play solid golf, minimize mistakes," said Donald, who won in Japan last week to overtake Tiger Woods for the No. 2 spot in the rankings. "I guess it's a testament to how I play the game. I kind of keep the ball in front of me and, when I get in trouble, I've got a good short game to bail myself out."
South Africans Louis Oosthuizen (68) and Charl Schwartzel (67) are three shots back, while compatriot Branden Grace and Joostis Luiten of France are a further two shots behind. Seven others are six shots off the pace, including Scotsman Marc Warren, who started the day tied with McIlroy and Donald but had three bogeys on his first 12 holes to fall out of contention.
The round of the day, however, went to Jeev Milkha Singh. Still recovering from a hand injury and worried about his mother, who was hospitalized after a fall, the Indian golfer shot a 64 to match the course record and move into a tie for 25th. He strung together three consecutive birdies on the front nine and four straight after the turn in a round that included a total of nine birdies to go with a lone bogey on the 10th.
"I dedicate this round to my mother," Singh said. "She was in the ICU yesterday. I learned about it just before I teed off."
Though McIlroy and Donald didn't play together, it seemed the world's top golfers were having a duel of sorts all day.
Donald struck first, sinking two birdie putts on the first three holes, while McIlroy hit his opening drive into a bunker and settled for a bogey. McIlroy pulled a shot back with a birdie on No. 3 and then sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the sixth hole before Donald sank birdies on 7 and 9 to extend his lead.
But just when it seemed Donald might pull away, McIlroy made consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th. With Donald extending his lead by two with a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 14, McIlroy needed something special to keep pace.
On the par-5 14th, McIlroy hit what he called a "great drive" followed by a 4-iron that landed in the middle of the green. He curled the 30-foot putt to draw even with Donald.
"I was just trying to hit it on the green somewhere and give myself at least a chance for eagle and probably a two-putt birdie," McIlroy said. "But I got up there and it was 25, 30 feet away, and I guess it was a downhill putt that I was just trying to get close. It was on a good line, and it was a good speed, and it was a bonus that it went in. Obviously, it got me tied, which was nice."
Donald and McIlroy were not alone at the top all day. Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, made a run midway through his round with four birdies over five holes before cooling off and three-putting for par on the 18th.
Donald and McIlroy both birdied the 18th to set up a season-ending duel between No. 1 and No. 2.Though the Northern Irishman has the top ranking locked up, a victory today would affirm his claim as the world's best golfer heading into 2013.
"It's very important no matter what happens tomorrow," McIlroy said. "I guess I'm No. 1 going into next year. But it will be nice to put an exclamation mark on, if you want."
For Donald, a victory would serve as a revenge of sorts. McIlroy took the No. 1 ranking from him earlier this year and then went out and matched the Englishman's feat of winning both tour money titles in 2011. The two haven't played in a final round together since 2007, and that was when Donald was ranked 17th and McIlroy 233rd.
"In terms of my own confidence, it would be a great way to finish off the year," Donald said. "Any time you're playing against the best player in the world, if you can go head to head and come out on top, yeah, you're going to come away feeling good about things."


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Help! I just completed remodeling a stair case for a customer, He was responsible for the hiring and execution of the finishing process. The painter he hired came in and stained the treads and then proceeded to apply a topcoat without ever sanding other than to hit them with a sponge sander. Obviously, the treads look awful and the homeowner is blaming me for not sanding the treads. In over 50 jobs like this, it's always been the painter/finishers job to do the final sanding. Also, my understanding has been that once he applies any finish, he's responsible for any issues. can anyone lead me to a written code or ethics guide that will clear this up?
Painter is responsible. He is in charge for the next steps to complete the job.
once the painter applies any coating they have accepted the surface as ready for finishing and the responsibility for the outcome.
Nick...what is the "whitewood" that you refer to? The stairs in question are red oak.
It's my understanding that 'white wood' just refers to any wood after fabrication but before finishing.
If there is nothing in writing between you, the owner, or the painter, then no one is wrong or right. The history and your explanation is just based on assumptions. So it will be purely negotiations now. Depends on who flinches first, and if no one does, get a lawyer.
In the Cabinet Shops I have worked in, the Cabinetmaker does a sanding of the completed cabinets. Some do a real fine job and others would just do a belt sanding with 100 grit and call it a day.
Also, in the Cabinet Shops I am referring to, the Foreman in those various shops would make sure the Cabinets were presented to the Finisher in a ready to finish condition, OR they would say that the Cabinet Makers do a quick sanding and the Finisher does the final sanding.
Its pretty normal for the Finisher to do some raw wood sanding, the product may have been scuffed/marred/scratched or dinged as it was being moved from point A to point B.
With that said, if a product came to the Finisher with badly cross grain scratches left over from a belt sander or giant swirl marks left by an orbital, its wise to ask the Foreman if they wanted the Cabinet Maker to re-sand them OR would they prefer that the Finisher stop what their doing,slow down the work flow and sand the Cabinets themselves.
In the case of finishing stair parts, I think the builder should do a careful sanding with say..100 grit, maybe following it up by sanding with the grain with 120 grit. The painter should then do a final sanding to get the parts ready to stain/clear coat.
On a side note Norm, a Wood Finisher approaches the finishing of a piece of wood differently than say a Painter does.
Any way you can post some photos ?
The finisher is responsible to assess the wood before they apply any stains or coatings. If they find them unacceptable then they either need to stop immediately and report or never start in the first place.
Sometimes it's difficult to see a not great sanding job until the stain is applied. But you don't go and stain the whole stair system knowing that it looks like crap and then expect to blame the guy before you. It's absolutely your responsibility to stop the work if there is a problem.
Agree with Leo! The Finisher is now responsible for the final product. Once he/she accepted to commence the work, they own it and end of story.
agree with Leo.
happens all the time. your shop gives a realistic quote for finishing including sanding thru the grits ,cleaning , staining , seal, clear. customer freaks and says hell my painter will do it for 1/3. and of course you say well, i will remove machine marks, and prep before finishing is on you. they get what they paid for, and blame you . partly because they dont want to admit they re the ones to blame. but, your position should have been stipulated in contract.
To all the great responders here. thank you for your input! Yes, I agree that I should have been clearer in my quote about the sanding issue. My problem is that I used to contract the trim in high end homes in Tennessee & Florida, and this never came up as an issue. In fact, all the painters that I worked with preferred to do all of their own prep thereby ensuring that they had control of the quality of the finish.This is the first job of this sort I've taken since moving to Alabama, and boy do I regret taking it! From now on, I'm staying in my shop doing what I love, building custom furnishings and working with reclaimed wood!
I'm thinking prep of stair treads and risers is way easier before installation. With all the inside corners, getting a good preliminary sanding job is almost impossible after installation.
As a custom builder/contractor for over 30 years, while also operating a small cabinet shop, I'll chime in. I've built my share of custom stairs along with a host of other built-ins and I would always leave the product sanded to the point of being ready to accept a finish. That being said, I would also expect that my painter would touch up sand any part once installed as even the best situation, during installation and the time until painting, it is exposed to the jobsite full of other workers and installers. Once the painter noticed a problem in this case I think he is absolutely required to either bring it to the attention of someone or stop until further notice. What exactly is the issue, cross grain scratching, etc.?
John B. I think the main problem is that the customer hired a lousy finisher. I sanded all the treads as I installed them. What I saw in my brief look was splotchy spots, many looking like the stain was applied unevenly and left to sit too long. They were using a dark walnut MinWax, which in my opinion, is a terrible stain and should only be used with a conditioner. But, I've hired a lawyer and we'll see how it all pans out. If I was the homeowner, I'd make him pay to have a professional hardwood floor finisher come and do a complete refinishing job.
Hi Norm, can you post some photos ?
Yep, same old story. Builder is responsible for handing over a sanded product, but the finisher is responsible for making it look good. If I were installing primed baseboards, I wouldn't sand them afterwards. That's the finishers job.
I'm not Norm,dean c, but the wood in question, according to Norms reply on 11-28-2016 is Red Oak.
Thanks Robert. I missed that!


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N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory�s proposed $135 million cut to the University of North Carolina system has lawmakers thinking about closing one or more campuses.
State Sen. Pete Brunstetter, a Winston-Salem Republican and co-chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the chamber is casting a keen eye about how money is spent by the publically financed colleges than the size of the budget.
�I think our members definitely envision that there could be some consolidation between campuses,� he told WRAL-TV last week, �and we might need to go from 16 down to 15, 14, something like that.�
Five of the 16 UNC campuses are historically black: Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State, N.C. A&T State, N.C. Central and Winston-Salem State universities. UNC-Pembroke, which was founded as a campus for Native Americans, is also part of the UNC system.
UNC leaders immediately voiced concerns over the proposed cuts, which come on the heels of $400 million in budget reductions in recent years. Brunstetter�s consolidation idea was a surprise, and UNC President Tom Ross issued a statement that skirted the issue.
�The university system remains committed to operating more efficiently and to doing its part to ensure North Carolina�s economic competitiveness and high quality of life,� he said. �We recognize that we must do more with less and remain accountable to state taxpayers and policymakers. As outlined in our new strategic plan, we are taking steps to further streamline operations, improve instructional productivity and quality and refine and focus academic missions to meet current and future state needs.�
�Senator Brunstetter�s proposal is deeply troubling,� N.C. Democratic Party Chairman Randy Vollmer said in a statement. �At a time like this, when our economy is on the rebound, the last thing that we should think about doing is limiting our students� educational opportunities. The UNC System, thanks to the work of Democratic governors like O. Max Gardner, Bob Scott and Jim Hunt, has become a model for the country, with 16 universities across the state that are diverse, creative, and innovative.
�From the medical students of Chapel Hill, to the engineers in Raleigh, to the artists in Winston-Salem, each school provides a unique opportunity for North Carolina students, and a unique service to this state."
Brunstetter and his fellow Republicans maintain that overlapping programs should be eliminated, which would potentially pit campuses and regions against each other.
For example, N.C. A&T � long a rumored target for consolidation with neighboring UNC Greensboro � offers a degree in engineering, as does UNC Charlotte and N.C. State University. N.C. Central and UNC-Chapel Hill each have a law school and Elizabeth City State, Chapel Hill and East Carolina University have pharmacy schools.
�I do think you�re going to see a good, hard, honest look at the way the university conducts its business, the way resources are allocated and the way money is spent,� Brunstetter told WRAL.
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It always bugged me that in 'Do-Re-Mi,' the hyper-catchy song from The Sound of Music, the 'La' portion of the musical scales was just a note to follow 'So.' That's some bullshizz. 'Do' is an animal, 'Re' is the sunlight, "Me" is you. 'La?' Oh, that's just some note we stuck in there to bridge the gap between 'So' and 'Te' (which is a delightful English drink that earmarks every leisurely moment taken in the U.K.). But 'La?' 'La' ain't nothin'. Go ahead and ignore 'La.' It really has always bugged me. For years. Ever since my mom packed me into shortpants, handed me my flute and whisked me off to the Swiss Alps. Anyway, it's time we stop ignoring LA. Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge hit a career-high 40 points last night in the win against the Spurs. After the game, there was simultanous chatter that this guy is a bonafide all-star, as well as speculation that if the team's health wasn't so depleted his stats wouldn't be this inflated. To those groups I say, shouldn't he be considered an all-star, if for no other reason, than because he's lasted more than half the year without snapping a knee? Last season, the knock on the guy was that he was a good player who didn't do enough of anything – especially on defense with his blocks and steals. So what happens? He doubles his bpgs (from 0.6 to 1.2) and improves his steals (from 0.9 to 1.1). He also added an additional 3.5 ppg and one extra rpg, while maintaining his percentages and only playing two fewer minutes per game. It's not like he's out there 45 minutes a game with Oden and Camby out. He's improved his defense, become more efficient. He's done everything his critics have said he'd have to in order to be an elite forward. Now he's an elite forward, not just some note to follow Oden or Roy. It's time to acknowledge that he's a top 10 forward.
Here's what else deserves some acknowledgment in fantasy basketball:
Tony Parker – Tonee zhot 3-for-11, and zeemed cold all night. Eet iz zee worst performanze from zee Frenchman seence Dezember 1 againzt zee Clipperz, where he went 1-for-6 and ended weez a 2/2/4 line.
DeJuan Blair – Earned his 10th double-double of the season last night (14/12), four of which have all come in the last seven games. For medium-sized leagues looking for a solid big man to replace, say, Emeka Okafor, Blair has maintained an 11.9/9.6, with 2.7 steals+blocks per game average. Jump on it, Tonto.
Jason Smith – Kaboom! 20/5, 2 steals. 9-for-11 in 25 minutes in place of Emeka Okafor. I picked him up in my deepest league because I had a spot left open, but this was probably the best game he's going to play all season. And I don't think the second-best game is going to be close to this. Still, Emeka Okafor is under the impression that he'll be injured through the All-Star Break, which makes Smith, then David Andersen, and then Aaron Gray an empty roster spot the way to vulture Okafor's minutes.
John Wall – 4/6/7 as he's shot sub-.400 10 times in his last 15 games. Brandon Jennings 2009 = John Wall 2010. They both started the season as ROY favorites. In the deep winter months, they both shot field-goal percentages that made most owners yak a bit in their own mouths, and eventually ended somewhere between 2-4 on the ROY voting.
Rashard Lewis – 2-for-6 from the field, as he earned four points and then fouled out. He's quietly having the mediocre season I knew he would.
JaVale McGee – 9/3, with a block in 19 minutes off the bench. He's still flu'd up, which explains his poor last two games. The Wiz don't play again until Friday, so he should be fully-charged by then. Just in time to earn five fouls in 17 minutes guarding Dwight Howard.
Rodney Stuckey – Confirmed that he won't be playing tonight, as his shoulder's still barking at him. Ben Gordon is averaging five threes and 28 points in the two games starting in place of Stuckey. Just sayin'.
Nate Robinson – 4/4/2, with five steals in 21 minutes of a game no one involved looked like they wanted to be a part of. Yup. That's when Sugar Nate shines!
Samuel Dalembert – Started for the first time in a month, but like I said 1/8 of an inch above, no one wanted to play this game. Dalembert didn't and ended with a 4/7/1 line. No one else did either, which is why he was allowed to grab two steals and five blocks.
Lamar Odom – Started in place of the injured Andrew Bynum and ended with 20/20/4. It sounds as if Bynum will miss a few games. And considering Gasol also went 26/15 in Bynum's absence, it sounds like the boys are back, Thin Lizzy!
Jordan Hill – Left with an ankle injury and will likely miss some games. I wouldn't even mention it, but Chuck Hayes stands to grab up most of that 17 mpg/6 pts/4 rbd that Hill was contributing.
Kevin Martin – 30/4/4, and went 10-for-11 from the line. He leads the NBA in free throws made (363) and is third in the NBA in free throws attempted. Speed Racer rarely gets credit for how important his free throw shooting is to fantasy owners. He's the second-most potent free throw shooter behind Durant. Jrue story.
Aaron Brooks – 16/1/8, while Kyle Lowry ended with 4/5/6. Brooks has averaged 24.4/11.9/3.7 in the last month as compared to Lowry's 32.6 mpg/12.4/4.8. If you even their playing time by using per36, Brooks is averaging 17.6/5.5, while Lowry is stuck on 13.7/5.3. Neither player shot over .420 and both defended and shot from the arc about the same. This is why you can't drop Brooks. It's also why you can't play him.


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Press Releases
Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Have a Hunger for Speed
Jun 22, 2009
New Promotion Gives Customers a Chance to Win the All New 2010 Chevy Camaro
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – June 22, 2009 – Carl's Jr®. and Hardee's® are putting it in high gear with Dr Pepper® and giving away the highly-anticipated, all new 2010 Chevy Camaro. Starting this week, guests who purchase a large beverage or combo meal at both chains will receive a "Dr Pepper Camaro" instant-win game cup. Each cup contains a tasty offer to be used toward future food purchases, as well as a unique game code. On June 24th, customers can then visit www.DrPepperCamaro.com to register and insert the code to reveal if they have won one of six all new 2010 Chevy Camaro cars to be given away during the six-week promotion. Additional prizes include remote control Camaro cars and Carl's Jr. and Hardee's gift cards.
"Our core loyal customers of 'young, hungry guys' love three things: great burgers, fast cars and hot women," says Brad Haley, EVP of Marketing for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. "This promotion gives us the opportunity to reward our fans with, at the very least, the first item on that list, great burgers, along with a chance to win the second item on that list – a hot car. They are on the own with the third one, but the car could help."
While visiting www.DrPepperCamaro.com, guests can also click to play the Drive-Thru Derby game to test their own Camaro-driving skills. Players must maneuver around obstacles and obtain points by collecting Happy Stars, burgers and Dr Pepper drink cups.
About Carl's Jr. and Hardee's
Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are a wholly owned subsidiaries of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 26, 2009, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,116 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,195 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,908 Hardee's restaurants. For more information, or to find a location near you, go to www.carlsjr.com or www.hardees.com.
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text: Fans of the old AFC East rivals chose to renew their own rivalry in the upper reaches of MetLife Stadium on Sunday, and the rout was on around the 32-second mark, when the meathead in the black tanktop took a swipe at the (male? female?) Bills fan who appeared to be arguing with someone else.


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Ancient Jomon people not like present-day East Asians – "'We found a unique genetic position of the Jomon people who had diverged before the diversification of most of present-day East Eurasian populations including East Eurasian Islanders. This indicates that Jomon people were a basal population in East Eurasia and genetically isolated from other East Eurasians for long time.'" – h/t charles!
Uncovering the Genetic History of the Present-Day Greenlandic Population – "[W]e analyzed ∼200,000 SNPs from more than 10% of the adult Greenlandic population (n = 4,674). We found that recent gene flow from Europe has had a substantial impact on the population: more than 80% of the Greenlanders have some European ancestry (on average ∼25% of their genome). However, we also found that the amount of recent European gene flow varies across Greenland and is far smaller in the more historically isolated areas in the north and east and in the small villages in the south. Furthermore, we found that there is substantial population structure in the Inuit genetic component of the Greenlanders and that individuals from the east, west, and north can be distinguished from each other. Moreover, the genetic differences in the Inuit ancestry are consistent with a single colonization wave of the island from north to west to south to east. Although it has been speculated that there has been historical admixture between the Norse Vikings who lived in Greenland for a limited period ∼600–1,000 years ago and the Inuit, we found no evidence supporting this hypothesis. Similarly, we found no evidence supporting a previously hypothesized admixture event between the Inuit in East Greenland and the Dorset people, who lived in Greenland before the Inuit." – h/t razib!
Y chromosome super-fathers – "Most of these lineages are so young that there are good chances that their founders were figures from history or mythology." – from dienekes.
Bone Tool Discovered at Neanderthal Site in France – "A bone tool from the Grotte du Bison at Arcy-sur-Cure in France is further evidence that Neanderthals had abilities usually attributed solely to modern humans…."
Early age of alcohol initiation is not the cause of alcohol use disorders in adulthood, but is a major indicator of genetic risk. A population-based twin study. – "The association between early age of alcohol initiation and alcohol use disorders in later life does not reflect a causal relationship, but is due almost entirely to common genetic risk factors."
α-Actinin-3: Why Gene Loss Is an Evolutionary Gain – h/t billare! who tweeted: "Positive selection for broken proteins: Derived ACTN3 mutation seems to help fast-twitch muscles fatigue less slowly."
Do viruses make us smarter? – "[R]etroviruses seem to play a central role in the basic functions of the brain, more specifically in the regulation of which genes are to be expressed, and when."
Estimating the genotypic intelligence of populations and assessing the impact of socioeconomic factors and migrations – from davide piffer who tweeted: "New version of my paper with genetic distances. Migrations or drift less likely to explain results." also, from the paper: "The results also provide preliminary evidence in favor of the hypothesis that poor environmental conditions (i.e. economic and sociocultural) tend to depress national IQ scores. Countries with lower per capita GDP and a lower index of Human Development tended to have larger positive 'residuals', that is the difference between the score predicted by the regression (of IQs for developed countries on the 4 SNPs g factor) and the actually measured IQ was larger in countries with lower GDP and HDI (r around 0.7). Thus, poorer and less developed countries have yet to reach their full intellectual potential. The results of this study indicate that the gaps in intellectual performance between some populations can be narrowed via adequate improvement of environmental conditions, however the overall pattern of intellectual scores is due to relatively stable and fixed (genetic) factors and cannot be substantially altered." – see also terrific post from anatoly karlin on this paper!: Genetics, IQ, and Convergence.
Evidence of polygenic selection on human stature inferred from spatial distribution of allele frequencies – also from davide piffer.
Geographical Variation in Dementia: Examining the Role of Environmental Factors in Sweden and Scotland – "We found a 2- to 3-fold geographical variation in dementia odds in Sweden, after twin random effects — likely to capture genetic and shared environmental variance — were removed. In Scotland, we found no variation in dementia odds in childhood but substantial variation, following a broadly similar pattern to Sweden, by adulthood. Conclusion: There is geographical variation in dementia rates." – h/t erwin schmidt! – also Genetics and Underlying Pathology of Dementia.
Archaeogenomic insights into the adaptation of plants to the human environment: pushing plant–hominin co-evolution back to the Pliocene – "The colonization of the human environment by plants, and the consequent evolution of domesticated forms is increasingly being viewed as a co-evolutionary plant–human process that occurred over a long time period, with evidence for the co-evolutionary relationship between plants and humans reaching ever deeper into the hominin past. This developing view is characterized by a change in emphasis on the drivers of evolution in the case of plants. Rather than individual species being passive recipients of artificial selection pressures and ultimately becoming domesticates, entire plant communities adapted to the human environment." – h/t george perry!
Son of Edar – "[S]omebody should look for characteristic racial differences in tears, sebaceous glands, Meobomian glands, and salivary glands. And possibly fingernails. They may well exist, be driven by this EDAR mutation, and some might play a role in its selective advantage." – from greg cochran.
Quality vs Quantity – "To the extent that human capital is a product of genetic factors (quite a lot), this tradeoff *does not exist*." – also from greg cochran.
Lower mortality rates among Asian, Hispanic lupus patients – "Asian and Hispanic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have lower mortality rates compared to Black, White, or Native Americans with the disease, scientists have found. Findings indicate that the risk for death among White patients is much lower than in Black and Native American SLE patients."
Genetic errors linked to more ALS cases than scientists had thought – h/t jayman!
Is your face special? – "Face recognition is highly heritable and weakly related to *g* so it probably has its own module, or a favoured set of circuits which only partly taps into the central processor power of general intelligence. So, not only is your face is special. but your specialised ability to recognise faces is even more special." – from dr. james thompson.
Are flu shots effective? Your genetics determine how the immune system responds
Environment, more than genetics, shapes immune system – "Everyone's immune system is slightly different—a unique mixture of hundreds of these cells and proteins. But the main driver of this variation is unclear. Although scientists know that our immune system can adapt to our environment—that's why vaccines work, for instance—it is also built by our genes…. After recruiting 210 identical and fraternal twins between 8 and 82 years old, Davis and colleagues took blood samples and measured more than 200 parameters of their immune systems. For example, they measured the numbers of 95 kinds of immune cells and 51 kinds of proteins. Today, the researchers report online in Cell that identical twins' immune systems were too different for the variation to boil down to genetics. Indeed, environment overshadowed inheritance in three-quarters of the measurements, and half showed no measurable genetic influence. Moreover, younger twins were more similar than were older twins, evidence that as the twins aged and were exposed to different environments, their immune systems diverged over time."
Levels of Selection Are Artefacts of Different Fitness Temporal Measures – "I show by comparing the fitness of individuals with that of collectives of individuals in the same environment and over the same period of time – as required to decide if one or more levels of selection is acting in a population – that the selection of collectives is a by-product of selection at the individual level; thus, talking about two or more levels of selection represents merely a different perspective on one and the same process."
Does incidental disgust amplify moral judgment? A meta-analytic review of experimental evidence [pdf] – "We meta-analyzed all available studies, published and unpublished, that experimentally manipulated incidental disgust prior to or concurrent with a moral judgment task (k=50). We found that there is evidence for a small amplification effect of disgust (d=.11), which is strongest for gustatory/olfactory modes of disgust induction. However, there is also some suggestion of publication bias in this literature, and when this is accounted for, the effect disappears entirely (d=-.01). Moreover, prevalent confounds mean that the effect size that we estimate is best interpreted as an upper bound on the size of the amplification effect. The results of this meta-analysis argue against strong claims about the causal role of affect in moral judgment and suggest a need for new, more rigorous research on this topic." – h/t stuart ritchie!
The DNA photofit: Amazing breakthrough means police can tell suspect's colour, height and even age – from a tiny speck of blood – daily mail.
The Coming Stability? The Decline of Warfare in Africa and Implications for International Security – "The years 2010–2013 saw an increase of 35 per cent in African battle deaths over 2005–2010, but they still are 87 per cent lower than the 1990–1999 average…. Consequently, there is no Africa exception to the systemic shift towards lower levels of armed conflict." – h/t mugwump!
The Scariest Explanation for America's Vast Prison Population: We Want It That Way – "[I]n federal prisons at least, Hispanics have overtaken blacks in the dubious distinction of being the most disproportionately imprisoned. Nor can we blame the war on drugs. The idea that vast numbers of Americans are in prison for smoking pot or snorting blow turns out to be a fantasy. About 20 percent of inmates are in for drug-related crimes, but those crimes are rarely limited to their own casual use. According to a 2004 estimate, only about 12,000 people were incarcerated for simple possession, without intent to traffic or distribute."
Sorry, liberals, Scandinavian countries aren't utopias – "Finland, which tops the charts in many surveys (they're the least corrupt people on Earth, its per-capita income is the highest in Western Europe and Helsinki often tops polls of the best cities), is also a leader in categories like alcoholism, murder (highest rate in Western Europe), suicide and antidepressant usage…." – [huh. even with all that tango dancing!] – "It turns out that the 'warrior gene' — actually the enzyme monoamine oxidase A, which is linked to impulsive behavior, violence and alcoholism — is especially prevalent in Finland. 'Dark' doesn't just describe winter in the Arctic suburbs, it applies to the Finnish character." – h/t ninja economics!
The relationship between anti-gay prejudice and the categorization of sexual orientation – "[I]ndividuals reporting higher levels of anti-gay bias appear to be less accurate judges of sexual orientation." but "Italians reporting greater anti-gay bias miscategorized fewer gay faces as straight." – h/t ben southwood!
Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Couples and Family Formation – "It has long been debated how legalizing same-sex marriage would affect (different-sex) family formation. In this article, I use data on OECD member countries for the period 1980–2009 to examine the effects of the legal recognition of same-sex couples (through marriage or an alternative institution) on different-sex marriage, divorce, and extramarital births. Estimates from difference-in-difference models indicate that the introduction of same-sex marriage or of alternative institutions has no negative effects on family formation…. In addition, the country-by-country case studies provide evidence of homogeneity of the estimated effects."
Pair-Bonding, Romantic Love, and Evolution – The Curious Case of Homo sapiens – "We conclude there is interdisciplinary support for the claim that romantic love and pair-bonding, along with alloparenting, played critical roles in the evolution of Homo sapiens."
Sex ratio effects on reproductive strategies in humans – among the makushi people of guyana.
Antiquity of dairy farming in Ireland revealed – "Research published today in the Journal of Environmental Archaeology shows that dairying on the island goes back approximately 6,000 years, revealed through traces of ancient dairy fats found in pots dating to around 4,000 to 2,500 BC." – h/t frau katze!
The origin and evolution of maize in the American Southwest
A Breeder Apart: Farmers Say Goodbye to the Bull Who Sired 500,000 Offspring – "Fans Commemorate 'Toystory,' a Dairy Legend With a Ravenous Libido" – the genghis khan of bulls! h/t mr. robert ford!
Items lost in the Stone Age are found in melting glaciers – "Mittens, shoes, weapons, walking sticks – lost in the high mountains of Norway thousands of years ago – are now emerging from melting ice."
bonus: 'I can haz genomes': cats claw their way into genetics – "Canine dominance bows to tabby chic as cat sequencing takes off."
bonus bonus: Some Microbes Can Eat And Breathe Electricity – whoa.
bonus bonus bonus: Britain's oldest person Ethel Lang dies aged 114 – "Ethel Lang was believed to be the last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria." – h/t ed west!
bonus bonus bonus bonus: Two New Studies Posit At Least Two New Planets Out Beyond Pluto
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Whaleworld: Looking for cetacean culture – h/t steve stewart williams! who tweeted: "Millions of years before human culture appeared, there was culture in the ocean." – cool!
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Medieval Apps.
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Archaeologists find 132-year-old Winchester rifle leaning against Nevada desert tree
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Irn Bru release 57 Scottish tartan labels and clan finder website promotion (~_^)
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: "At some German crossings you can play a game of Pong with the person standing at the other side." (^_^)
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: If birds in a truck fly, does the truck get lighter? – hey…don't bogart that joint, new scientist!
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Publish a Novel About Sherlock Holmes's Brother Mycroft – danced a few dances with kareem! (^_^) (not a euphemism. for anything!)
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Schilling's challenge: Can he hold GOP seat?
One incumbent has said he will not run for re-election to Charlottesville City Council, and a second is weighing his options for a possible second term. But if he decides to run, Councilor Rob Schilling may find himself fighting an uphill battle.
"It's definitely a bigger hill for a Republican to climb in a city that's heavily Democratic like Charlottesville," says Matt Smyth, an analyst at UVA's Center for Politics. "The situation has to be right, and the candidate has to be right, for a Republican to win."
As the Council election approaches– the last that will occur in May– Schilling sidesteps party dynamics.
"I never asked anyone to vote for me because I'm a Republican," he says. "I also asked people not to vote against me because I'm a Republican.
"I've been respectful and served people of all political parties," Schilling says. "I'm pleased that people from across the city, many who I know are Democrats, call me frequently and ask me for help, because they know I've been an advocate of serving the public and not serving the city government."
Democrat Blake Caravati has a similar reputation for problem-solving, but the two-term Democrat and former mayor is retiring from city politics this year.
Caravati says that future Councils will have to grapple with issues involving the high cost of living in Charlottesville and transportation issues that have people stuck in city and neighboring Albemarle County traffic.
A bigger issue, Caravati says, is the cost of housing. "A lot of our folks live in Waynesboro and the Valley because our housing market here is probably double what it is over there.
"We even have a hard time hiring teachers or police officers who can afford to live here," he adds. "They can find rental housing, but not home-ownership housing."
Schilling agrees that housing and cost-of-living issues will be paramount in the upcoming campaign.
"A key issue," says Schilling, "will be the ever-increasing tax burden on the citizens based on what I'll call an out-of-control city budget. More and more people are being forced out of the city, and I hear from them every year when the tax assessments come out. We as council unfortunately have exercised very little fiscal discipline."
Caravati– without naming anyone– blasted the "politics of no" when he announced his pending retirement from city council at a January 9 press conference.
"The person I had in mind there," Caravati now explains, "was Rob Schilling. He very seldom votes yes for anything. He has never supported a budget, for instance. And he refuses to be a legislator. For him, it's the politics of no– we either reduce taxes, or I'm going to vote no on everything.
"Whatever has to do with the future of the city– for instance, building a transit center or expanding the Downtown Mall– he always votes no. And every time, he says it's a waste of money," Caravati continues.
Schilling was elected to Council in 2002, the first Republican to win a seat in 16 years. While Caravati cruised to victory, his Democrat colleague, Alexandria Searls, went down in defeat.
"Four years ago was a surprise to everybody," says blogger Waldo Jaquith, "and it was because we Democrats ran two candidates who hated each other, wouldn't campaign together, and the non-incumbent failed to do the work necessary to win. I regard it as a fluke."
Among that year's surprises was the strong performance of the youthful Jaquith in the early rounds at the Democratic nominating meeting. Jaquith– who blogs at cvillenews.com– says he's looking forward to watching the 2006 race that has already attracted two would-be Democratic contenders: poverty-fighter Dave Norris and retired fire chief Julian Taliaferro.
"The wild card here is going to be the elected school board," says Jaquith. "There was widespread opposition to an elected school board until superintendent Scottie Griffin alienated so many parents. So some of the core members of the Charlottesville Democratic Party suddenly found themselves strongly in favor of an elected school board because they felt that the appointed board wasn't sufficiently responsive."
Schilling had already advocated for an elected school board, before the controversy broke.
"That's a feather in his cap," says Jaquith, "but whether that's going to make anybody vote for him, I don't know. It's something that he's done, not something that he's promising to do."
Depending on how the cards are played this spring, it's not impossible that the GOP could continue to hold a seat on city council, says UVA analyst Smyth.
"Rob Schilling has been successful in part," Smyth says, "because he doesn't approach people saying that he's a Republican who advocates every single facet of the Republican Party agenda without fail. He presents himself as a Republican who's also a single member of a five-member city council who can bring to the table certain ideas that maybe aren't represented elsewhere on the council."
Schilling, noting the active opposition he has faced from fellow council members in his time in office, hopes that the talk about Republicans and Democrats is soon rendered moot.
"I would hope that in the future we would consider making our elections in the city nonpartisan," Schilling says.
"The saying is that there's no Democrat or Republican way to fix a road, and that's really true," says Schilling. "There's no place for partisanship locally."
Outgoing: Blake Caravati
Incumbent: Rob Schilling


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Patients with an unruptured arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the brain are four times more likely to have a stroke or die if they have a procedure to eradicate the AVM than if they receive medical management alone, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and APHP-Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris, France.
The results of the trial, which followed participants for an average of 33 months, were published on Nov. 20 in the British journal The Lancet. The trial was led by J.P. Mohr, MD, Daniel Sciarra Professor of Neurology at CUMC, and Christian Stapf, MD, adjunct professor of neurology at CUMC and a tenured neurologist at APHP-Hôpital Lariboisière.
"Based on these findings, it is difficult to recommend intervention at this time," Mohr says. "In the first one to three years of follow-up, we haven't seen the beneficial effect of eradication we had hoped for."
AVMs are abnormal collections of blood vessels in an area of the brain where high pressure can enlarge the AVM or cause hemorrhaging. Until the rise of MRI and CT, most AVMs were discovered because they had hemorrhaged. Now unruptured AVMs are being detected when brain imaging is done for headache, seizures, or symptoms unrelated to stroke. Researchers estimate that every year AVMs are discovered in one to two people in every 100,000, with two unruptured AVMs discovered for every ruptured AVM.
The idea for a trial to compare eradication with medical management began, Mohr says, when physicians noticed that many patients with unruptured AVMs—who either had refused invasive treatment or had AVMs that were too complex for eradication—were not hemorrhaging at the rate feared. And many patients who had undergone eradication were experiencing adverse events. "It was possible that AVMs were more benign, and treatment more dangerous, than we originally thought," Mohr says.
The randomized, NIH-funded trial started in 2007. Only patients with unruptured AVMs eligible for eradication were enrolled. Patients were randomized to receive medical management only or to undergo AVM eradication along with medical management.
Thirty-nine sites around the world, including 15 in the U.S., participated; each site was experienced in AVM eradication, performing at least 10 procedures a year. Each treatment team chose the intervention method—surgical removal, embolization via a catheter inserted through an artery, radiation, or any combination thereof.
In April 2013, six years after the trial began, the data and safety monitoring board appointed by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke stopped enrollment into the trial, after an interim data analysis showed that medical management was superior to intervention, exceeding the statistical model for stopping the randomization phase.
At that point, 223 patients had been enrolled and followed for an average of 33 months. Of the 114 assigned to the interventional arm of the trial, three died and 34 had a stroke; of the 109 patients assigned to medical management, two died and nine had a stroke.
"One of the study's major findings overall is that the risk of hemorrhage and death from unruptured AVMs is lower than widely thought," Mohr says. "When we started the trial, the hemorrhage risk was thought to be 4 percent each year. Our data show that it's closer to 1 percent."
Mohr says that it is possible that the number of strokes and deaths in the medically managed group will increase with further follow-up. The investigators also hope that any patients who have been harmed by eradication treatments may show clinical improvement. They have applied to NIH for support to follow the patients for five more years.
"This is not the definitive study for what to do with all AVMs," Mohr says. "All these interventions seem to make sense and are in regular use for those who have bled; but right now, if you compare the outcomes, intervention presents four times the risk, compared with medical management, for unruptured AVMs."
Further research may be able to identify a group of AVM patients with a high risk of hemorrhage who would benefit from intervention. Forms of medical therapy may be developed to reduce the risk of hemorrhage.
"We want people who need treatment to get treatment, but we don't yet know who those patients are," says Mohr. "Our trial is a major step toward that goal."
The research was supported by NIH grants U01NS051483 and U01NS051566. Initial results were presented at the European Stroke Conference in May 2013.
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Bruins top Flames in Iginla's return to Calgary
Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - The Boston Bruins made Jarome Iginla's return to Calgary a triumphant one, scoring a pair of goals late in the third period to rally for a 2-1 victory over the Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Reilly Smith potted the game-winner with 4:33 left to play, a mere 98 seconds after David Krejci recorded the equalizer with the Bruins on the power play.
Iginla, the Flames' all-time leader in goals (525), points (1,095) and games played (1,219), faced the club he spent 16 highly productive seasons with for the first time since Calgary traded its longtime captain to Pittsburgh during last April's trade deadline. The revered 36-year-old received a warm and rousing ovation from the home crowd during postgame introductions.
"It brought back a lot of great memories," Iginla said of his return.
Tuukka Rask stopped 26-of-27 shots to help Boston to its third straight win and fifth in six games.
Jiri Hudler had the lone goal for Calgary, which received 22 saves from Reto Berra in a losing cause.
After sleepwalking through most of the first 2 1/2 periods, the Bruins' offense finally came to life while down 1-0 with under seven minutes left in the third.
A delay of game penalty to Calgary's Joe Colborne with 7:23 to go helped draw Boston even, with Krejci crowding the net to re-direct Torey Krug's blast from the point on the resulting man advantage.
With the goal giving them renewed life, the Bruins went ahead shortly afterward on an outstanding individual effort from Smith, who got around Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie while skating hard down the right wing before lifting the puck over the shoulder of Berra.
Calgary managed just one shot the rest of the way, but controlled the action for nearly the entirety of the opening two periods.
"I think the best way to describe this is a lack of maturity," Flames head coach Bob Hartley said of his team allowing Boston to get back in the game in the third.
The Flames owned a decided 22-9 advantage in shots through the first 40 minutes, but Rask kept it close with several key saves over that time frame.
Hudler was able to solve the Boston netminder and break a scoreless deadlock with 5:17 left in the second period. Receiving a puck chipped up the left boards by Sven Baertschi, the veteran forward sent a well-placed wrister that landed under Rask's glove and into the net.
Game Notes
Iginla led the Flames in scoring for 11 consecutive seasons from 2000-01 to 2011-12, the longest stretch by any player in league history ... Bruins forward Shawn Thornton sat out a second straight game while awaiting Friday's suspension hearing for an illegal hit on Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik during last Saturday's matchup with the Penguins ... Hudler has two goals and three assists over a four-game point streak ... Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk returned to action after missing two straight games with back spasms ... Boston center Gregory Campbell skated in his 600th career NHL game.


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"There's a lack of awareness about how bad obesity is," said Robert Shin, MD, medical director of the Weight Loss Center at CAMC. "It's the #1 killer in society, but it's still treated more like a shameful problem than a medical issue. We need to break the barriers of obesity and understand that it is one of the most serious health problems facing this generation and future generations."
The health of future generations is what concerns pediatrician Jamie Jeffrey the most.
"When I started seeing the complications of obesity in my pediatric patients around 10 years ago, I had to re-learn about 'adult' diseases like type II diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea," said Jamie Jeffrey, MD, medical director of the Children's Medicine Center at CAMC. "Type 2 diabetes wasn't something I learned about in my pediatrics residency because at that time children didn't get it – only adults did. Likewise, hypertension was rare in kids, but now is very common because of the obesity epidemic."
The American Heart Association reports that one in three American children and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963, which is causing a broad range of health problems in children that previously weren't seen until adulthood such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Plus, there are the psychological effects: obese children are more prone to low self-esteem, negative body image and depression.
"Obesity is the biggest public health threat facing today's children," Jeffrey said. "If you make their health better, you make their lives better."
So Jeffrey created the Healthy Kids Pediatric Weight Management Program at CAMC, which is a family-based, medically-supervised program that encourages a healthy diet and active lifestyle for children and teens 5 to 18 years old.
"We encourage making healthy changes by setting small goals each week. It's all about taking baby steps to make change easy and permanent," Jeffrey said. "Children go through a complete medical evaluation to identify complications of being overweight, and they are guided through every step of the program by a doctor, dietitian and nurse educator."
The program consists of three tracks that vary in length and intensity.
"We do a thorough screening before enrolling a child and family into the group session," Jeffrey said. "We talk with parents about their concerns, we talk with the children about what motivates and concerns them, and we find out if it's the right time for the family to make this commitment."
After the initial consultation, the doctor and family chooses which track best suits their needs: a consult track that involves just a few visits; a monthly track that includes meeting with a doctor, dietitian, and nurse educator in addition to weekly weigh-ins; or an intensive one-year multidisciplinary track.
"The one-year program includes weekly visits for the first eight weeks, individual sessions with team members, group nutrition and exercise sessions, and weekly weigh-ins. After the first eight weeks, children attend monthly sessions for the remainder of the year," Jeffrey said.
Jeffrey uses intrinsic motivation techniques to encourage participants. Rather than telling children what to do, she helps them stay focused on their goals and what motivates them.
"During the screening process we ask the kids, 'What's in it for you? How will you be better if you lose weight?' For girls, it's clothes and bathing suits. For boys, it's sports activities and keeping up with friends that are more active. So we help them stay focused on what's important to them."
Participants have an individual responsibility to set their own goals and work toward them. They fill out nutritional food logs, physical activity logs, look at food labels, and participate in exercise programs designed specifically for them.
"We meet at the CAMC Weight Loss Center where there's a gym with kid-size equipment, like an elliptical machine, and we make exercise fun," Jeffrey said.
Family support is also key, because it often takes changing a family's habits to help children be successful.
"We have to teach children to be healthy at home, which means making better food choices at the grocery store, planning ahead for meals, learning about portion control, sending healthier snacks to school, and making healthier food choices when eating out," Jeffrey said. "After kids get to a certain age if all they've eaten are fries, pizza and milkshakes, all of a sudden parents think they have picky eaters. But if that's what kids are used to eating, that's all they'll want."
As a busy working mom of four children herself, Jeffrey practices what she teaches.
"I used to drive through fast food on our way to the pool, dance or soccer, and I noticed my kids gaining weight. So we stopped ordering french fries and sides, which made a difference. We also keep veggie trays in the house to snack on, and we plan our meals ahead instead of choosing fast food all the time. You have to do what works for your schedule, but making small changes can have big results."
Healthy Kids is also seeing results. Of the last 100 children who went through the multi-disciplinary program, 93 percent of patients lost weight. Their average BMI range also dropped from 34.5 to 32.3 in the first eight weeks.
"We, adults, have demanded a life and environment of convenience and it's killing our children," Jeffrey said. "We have to be advocates for them and change it."
For more information about the Healthy Kids program at CAMC, call (304) 388-2938.