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CZWrestling.com - Two big CZW events in under a month! March 11 with "Proving Grounds" at the Flyers Skate Zone, 601 Laurel Oak RD in Voorhees, NJ at 7:30 pm and "Best of the Best" April 1 at the Wyndham Orlando Resort at 8001 International Drive in Orlando, FL at 8 pm!
On March 11, Joey Janela and Jeff Cannonball continue their fight against Father Matthew Tremont and Stockade!
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This month we talk to Rush's legendary guitar-and-bass duo, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, about their new album,Clockwork Angels, as well as their favorite road and studio gear. We also interview Kim Thayil from Soundgarden about the band's new comeback album,King Animal. We also find out how Dave Knudson of Minus the Bear creates tapped rhythms and synth-y tones with four Line 6 Delay Modelers. Other features in this issue include a do-it-yourself story on setting up a Strat to play like a dream, a how-to guide on choosing a 1/4 cable, and a profile of Dagmar Custom Guitars. Our gear reviews this month include the Gibson J-45 PureVoice Custom, TV Jones Spectra Sonic C Melody baritone, Yamaha BB1025X 5-string bass, Marshall JMP-1C, Fender Select P bass, Malekko Plus Ultra 213, JHS Panther, Brunetti Singleman, Jetter Red Square, and Electroplex Rocket 35-EL. New product for the week of October 08, 2012.
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Upgrade from Sibelius (or other competing products) to Finale for only $139! This product contains a serial number that the customer can redeem at the Finale web site by providing serial number information of the competitive product. New product for the week of October 08, 2012.Return Policy Exception: This product can not be returned if opened but it can be exchanged if defective, for the exact same title.
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Hailing from San Jose, the Doobies have sold more than 40 million albums in the many decades they've been a band. Here are 16 of their hugest hits: China Grove
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For use with all Bb, Eb, C and bass clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultiimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with:
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Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas talks about collaboration and mentoring; Report from marching music's most intense summer competition; How to tame triplets and other tuplets; Sound libraries; Icon Isaac Stern; R&B vocal workouts; Bruno Mars' drummer; Gershwin's Blue moment; NAMM, SchoolJam and other news, books, DVDs, and more! New product for the week of Sept 17th, 2012.
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Here are 10 hit songs tabbed for beginning guitarists to play while they are working through the Hal Leonard Guitar Tab Method, or any other guitar method. The songs are all on facing pages for no page turns, and the CD features both examples of how the guitar should sound, and full-band backing tracks so students can play the lead! Songs: Born under a Bad Sign
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Don't let the compact size of the Axiom 25 fool you. This advanced 25-key USB mobile MIDI controller features both semi-weighted action and assignable aftertouch, plus eight rubberized trigger pads that put drum programming and performance at your fingertips. Eight endless rotary encoder knobs let you get your hands on synth parameters, virtual mixer controls and more. Six transport controls can also assign to control other MIDI parameters. Virtually everything is freely MIDI-assignable-and the backlit LCD screen makes programming easy and intutive. You get 20 memory locations for on-board storage, plus free Enigma editor/librarian software to manage an unlimited number of setups via computer. FEATURES:
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Arrangements Of Works By Other Composers For One Or Two Pianos 4-Hands Complete Edition With Critica
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46 art songs by some of today's most prominent composers, including Mark Adamo, Richard Danielpour, Ricky Ian Gordon, Daron Hagen, Aaron Jay Kernis, Lori Laitman, Ben Moore, Paul Moravec, Nico Muhly, John Musto, Tarik O'Regan, Thomas Pasatieri, Michael Torke, and others. New product for the week of Sept 10th, 2012.
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Capturing the excitement and enthusiasm of the three intrepid seafarers heading out into the wind and waves for some moonlit fishing, Benjamin Kornelis has set this famous childrn's poem. The text will offer many opportunities to work on crisp, clear diction. The refrain is different that the verses so form can be explored. And there are multiple key changes making modulation another musical concept to explore Duration: ca. 3:00 New product for the week of Sept 10th, 2012.
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Taking Center Stage is the definitive print retrospective and musical documentation of the career of one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, Neil Peart of Rush. Originally conceived as a companion to the groundbreaking 2011 3-disc DVD set of the same name, this book combines astonishingly detailed musical transcriptions, historical writing, instructional text, and a beautiful collection of photographs to create a book that every drummer and every fan of Neil and Rush will want to add to their collection. At the heart of the book are note-for-note musical transcriptions of 17 songs that are included on the Taking Center Stage DVD. These transcriptions are exclusive to this book, since they are taken from the performances on the DVD, documenting how Neil currently approaches the songs. Some of the tracks included are Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, The Spirit of Radio, Free Will, Subdivisions, Time Stand Still, Marathon, La Villa Strangiato, The Trees, Caravan, BU2B, Far Cry, and many others. But this is much more than a mere transcription book. The book is divided into chapters corresponding to each and every Rush tour from the time Neil joined the band in 1975, up to the present. Each of these chapters contains extensive text discussing the musical approach of the band at the time, the construction of the drum parts, and Neil's set up. Accompanying this are exquisitely detailed diagrams of each of Neil's drumsets, produced after extensive research into the exact instruments that were used on every tour. Tying everything together is a beautiful collection of dozens of photographs taken over the past 30 years, including exclusive shots from the archives of Fin Costello and Andrew McNauhgtan, which show Neil and his drums in vivid detail. The book also contains color reproductions of just about every drum company advertisement that featured Neil during his career. Written, transcribed, and researched by well-known drummer, author, and educator Joe Bergamini (who also co-produced and appeared in the DVD), and overseen and edited by Neil himself, Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime of Live Performance is the most complete, accurate, and definitive work on Neil Peart's career as a drummer. New product for the week of Sept 24th, 2012.
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A good-time collection of nearly 60 hits perfect for weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs and any other social gatherings where folks want to have fun! Includes: Bang the Drum All Day
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A new collection in the popular series of standard settings used on ceremonial and other occasions by the Scots Guards' corps of pipes and drums. Responding to recent changes in the style of tunes as well as preserving the traditional character of the repertoire, a long overdue addition to the repertoire from one of the most historic regiments. New product for the week of Sept 24th, 2012.
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Adon Olam is one of the most familiar hymns in all of Jewish liturgy. The Adon Olam Folio features 58 varied melodies that can be traced to Spain, Germany, England, North Africa and Ladino Romances. Others borrow from Jewish and Gentile sources. A number of modern composers and cantors created new melodies, piano and choral settings, that are included in this book. New product for the week of Sept 17th, 2012.
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Until he passed away in 1963, Reb Yankel Talmud was the Malchin L'bes Ger (the Composer to the Ger Hasidic court). Beginning with his early years in Poland, and continuing in Israel, Talmud formed and conducted kapelyes (male choir groups) that sang many of his 1100 compositions. A number of these melodies are still popular and have remained a permanent part of the Ger musical repertoire. Untrained musically, but possessing uncanny ability for composing new melodies, Reb Yankel created dance melodies, marches, waltzes, hopkes and a variety of other tunes. His Lo Sevoshi is standard in many Orthodox synagogues worldwide. New product for the week of Sept 17th, 2012.
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Mark Edwards' settting of this hymn standard is upbeat and appropriate for the Easter season or any other celebration time of year. Available separately: SATB, ChoirTrax CD. Score and parts (fl, cl, tpt 1-3, hn 1-2, tbn 1-2, tbn 3/tba, perc, timp, rhythm, vn 1-2, va, vc) available as a CD-ROM and as a digital download. Duration: ca. 3:00. New product for the week of October 1st, 2012.
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SongWriter lets you enter notes with a mouse or your MIDI keyboard and print great-looking sheet music. Explore musical options withtools like Drum Groove and Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing, and hear your music play with hundreds of built-in sounds and a powerful mixer. Plus you can share your music with the free downloadable Finale NotePad(TM), and save iPod-ready .MP3 files. From the creators of Finale, the world's leading music notation software, SongWriter is perfect for songwriters, teachers, band and choir directors, church musicians, students, and other musicians. New product for the week of Sept 10th, 2012.
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This sensitive text and tune is beautifully arranged by Daniel Grassi. You will find this effective for communion and many other services as well. Duration: ca. 4:00. New product for the week of October 1st, 2012.
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Three songs: The Stolen Child (W.B. Yeats), After the Revels (Ibn Shuhayad), We Are Seven (William Wordsworth). c. 15 minutes. New product for the week of Sept 10th, 2012.
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Five easy-to-use plug-ins for recording great vocal tracks. Optimized for GarageBand and other leading Mac and Windows recording software. From the company that revolutionized professional vocal production with Auto-Tune
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Ten classic kids tunes in great five-finger arrangements: Any Dream Will Do
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Your ears will take a walk in a winter wonderland when you play these 25 Christmas classics! Includes the song for which this collection was named, plus: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
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I bought some brown rice and would like to sprout it. how long does it take approsimately to cook sprouted brown rice (on the stovetop)?
Noi siamo usciti fore
del maggior corpo al ciel ch'è pura luce:
luce intellettüal, piena d'amore;
amor di vero ben, pien di letizia;
letizia che trascende ogne dolzore.
If you have soaked and sprouted it yourself, it should be quite water-saturated, so it won't take any longer than white rice (20 minutes give or take, plus time for resting.)
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Do you have instructions on how to properly sprout brown rice (hatsuga genmai)? I've been reading about the health benefits and it seems like it's right up my alley. Unfortunately, it is not commercially available here in the US yet, aside from pre-cooked packaged versions (which are convenient but costly).
There is a good tutorial on how to sprout brown rice on instructables.com.
Thanks for asking that question, Twinkle!
I checked out the link Maki posted and realised that my Sanyo Rice cooker might be ideal for sprouting rice as there's a yogurt setting.
I brought back some balilla x solana brown rice from Spain (which I'm hoping is nice and fresh) and this is very similar to Japanese strains of rice.
I rinsed the rice and put it into the rice cooker with some blood temperature fresh water.
Then I pressed the yogurt setting which seems to keep it at the magic 39C/102F for three hours. After that there's an alternative flashing "keep warm" feature much cooler than the regular one which keeps rice hot. But that seems to go down to around 32C. That might be enough if you haven't got a device that allows you to reset the cooker every three hours (my device is a hungry baby!).
The rice and water starts to ferment after 10 hours or so, and as this smell is a bit too funky for me, I just rinse it periodically and replace with more warm water.
The rice started to sprout within 24 hours using this method. I was worried about the process taking 3 days and not being able to use the cooker for anything else.
The Sanyo even has a water line for cooking the sprouted rice.
I should try using the rejected fermentation water to make bread with, it might make a good 'starter'.
how long is it ok to keep the cooked rice in the fridge? (I have a small freezer and have to share it, so I cannot freeze a lot of rice)
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Hi Everyone! I'm Grace Atwood, from Stripes & Sequins. I'm so honored to be December's Blogger of the Month. I've been obsessed with M&J Trim from the moment I moved to New York City. It really is a candy store for the crafty… more ribbon, gems, cord, and treats than one could imagine. I could (and have!) spend hours just ogling the goods – and getting inspiration for my next DIY project.
I've put together four easy projects using the products that M&J sent me… I hope that you enjoy – and attempt to recreate them yourself!
M&J sent me a beautiful box of goodies… pictured above. Inside was sewing thread, striped ribbon, studded trim, black satin ribbon, black faceted chain, and the coolest hear metal sequins.
Project #1: Tory Burch Inspired Collar
When I saw Tory Burch's Skyline Collar Necklace, I knew it was something I could relatively easily recreate at home. The 1.25″ Square Jewel Trim (Item# 45090) that M&J sent me was perfect.
I also used the 24mm Double Faced Satin Ribbon Item# 02324 , a scrap of suede, and my glue gun.
I snipped off the mesh edges of the trim and cut the trim into four pieces (2 short, 2 long.) I then just glued them to the suede in the shape I liked, and cut it out. I finished the necklace by sealing the edges of it with Fray Check, and gluing on two long pieces of the black satin ribbon.
And you're done!
Project #2: Striped Button Ascot
I love stripes, and I love the idea of wearing a fun striped pin with a striped t-shirt. I made this one and have been wearing it constantly. Pinned to a comfy sweater, my favorite trench, etc… it adds a more creative and fun element to my more classic pieces.
- Take a piece of 1 1/2″ Mono Striped Ribbon Item# 39516 (about 8") and form a loop. Close with glue.
- Form another loop with a smaller piece of ribbon, and attach perpendicularly to first loop.
- Add two pieces of striped ribbon to the bottom.
- Glue on two pieces of black satin ribbon.
- Add a botton, and then another sparkly button.
- Flip over, and add a pin to the back. Reinforce with a bit more glue and a small piece of ribbon.
Yup, I'm a little bit obsessed with this one.
Project #3: Safety Pin and Chain Necklace
This was a fun and easy one. There's really no rhyme or reason to this project… just have fun with it!
Using the chain M&J sent me 9mm Black Metal Chain Item# 36959 (and I can't say enough good things about this chain – it's metalized plastic with the coolest little mirrored facets that give it the coolest sparkly touch) I attached three similar length pieces to a jump ring and then to a clasp. From there, I just pinned and pinned, until I had a messy – yet sophisticated necklace. I love that it's a bit rock & roll… I will wear it with my preppier pieces (striped tees, shift dresses, etc.)
Project #4: Embellished Silk Shell
This was another simple one… I had a silk shell in my closet that I was going to get rid of, but I decided to liven it up a bit with the 10mm Heart Metal Sequin Item# 39960 that M&J sent me.
All it took was a little patience and my glue gun… such an easy way to spruce up a boring basic!
Thanks again to M&J Trim for having me… I had such fun with this project! For more Stripes & Sequins, be sure to check out my blog, follow me on Twitter, like S&S on Facebook, or follow my pinboards!


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At 08:46 PM 7/17/2008, Auke de Jong wrote: >I can only offer my own reason for being absent from VO-52 and AO-7: >I find keeping-up with the doppler-tuning of these LEO-orbits to be >frustrating. It doesn't help that my rig is awkward in this mode, and my >PC-control option has a problem I've yet to solve. Add, to this, my manual >rotator-controller, and it adds-up to several uncompleted contacts. VO-52 >is, of course, harder than ao-7 because of it's height/speed. > >Considering just this reason by itself, HEO is much more inviting, because >the doppler-effect is so greatly reduced. I think this reason might be >shared by several other HAM's on the BB, even if they don't mention it. I >even feel a little embarassed to admit that I haven't been able to cope with >the different rates of doppler-shift for uplink and downlink. >I might have to put my old transciever (FT-726R) back on the air, just >because it was a lot easier to control both VFO's mid-QSO to keep centered. >I don't even think I've completed one, since I've gotten my relatively >modern "satellite rig" FT-847, despite several attempts to do-so. Dear Auke, It is very easy to get automatic doppler tuning working and I highly recommend it. Load up InstantTrack on any PC, even a DOS '386! and download InstantTune for free from the AMSAT web site here: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/software/PC/radio-control/itune110.zip Follow the instructions in the readme.txt file. It is very straightforward. --- There is no reason to work linear satellites without automatic doppler tuning. You need the PC anyway to track the satellite - just hookup the COM cable it makes satellite QSOs simple. VO-52 is very easy to work and is actually much easier than AO-07 since the downlink is so strong. You do not need to track the antennas - you can easily work it with omni-directional antennas. I have worked it with just an FT-817 running 5 watts into nothing more than a full wave loop a few feet above ground and another full wave loop for receiving. With an FT-847, it is a breeze. I do not know why you are having trouble with your FT-847 auto-tuning but if you need help, send me an email. 73 (and don't give up on VO-52!) Tony AA2TX >I think that the FM birds are more populated due to their twofold >advantage... very few tuning-steps to stay locked on RX and in some cases, >no uplink tuning at all; and FM gear is smaller and cheaper than anything >available to work linear, especially portable/mobile. > >This would make an excellent poll, if we were on a messageboard-forum such >as the one on www.narc.net, or maybe as a mail-back card sent to all >members. > >I've been skipping/deleting all the other chatter regarding complaints for >lack of a functioning HEO, etc etc. I feel so much better for not having >been infected by the negativity of others. I hope the storm dies-sown soon >so that we can get back to what we do best... whatever it is! >73's >Auke > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Price" <email@example.com> >To: <email@example.com> >Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:16 PM >Subject: [amsat-bb] where all the users > > > >I have been reading about the need for HEO satellites and the reasons > > we don't have them. I wonder why the folks that wont the > > HEO's so bad never show up on AO-07 or VO-52. Most passes it is joe > > K3SZH and maybe two others at most on AO-07 and > > I hardly ever hear anyone on VO-52. The birds that have all the users > > are the FM sats. I would love to see a HEO built but if we > > are not going to use what we have what is the point. > > > > 73's << John > > > > -- > > N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator > > AO-7,AO-27,SO-50,AO-51,VO-52,ISS > > Internet firstname.lastname@example.com > > Echolink nodes #110903 -L #388463 > > Formerly KC4AHW VK3FEZ > > Amsat Member #27845 > > DXCC #33,478 > > VUCC SAT #135 > > WAS SAT #296 > > 51 on AO-51 #13 > > LON -79.256 LAT 37.459 Grid FM07il > >>From the Foothills of the Blueridge > > > > *Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of > > arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to > > skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly > > proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!" > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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VANSTONE, Samson Peter Christopher "Sam"
Jake and Isabelle proudly announce the birth of their son, Samson Peter Christopher (Sam), 8 pounds 6 oz., on July 5, 2005. Delighted grandparents are Russ and Ann VANSTONE and Frank and Halina IWANSKI, along with great-grandmothers Agnes HILLIARD and Genowefa IWANSKA.
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DAVIS -- John and Kyoko are thrilled to announce the birth of twin baby boys, Jack Terumi and Lloyd Kazumi on November 13, 2002. New playmates for siblings Hanae, Matthew and Elena, and cousins Stephanie, Sarah, Garland, James, Caroline and Naran, proud grandparents are Don and Ruth DAVIS in Toronto, Yoshimi and Kazuko IWASA in Tokyo. Many thanks to the obstetricians and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staff at Ai-Iku Hospital in Tokyo.
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Erica and Alan are happy to announce the safe arrival of William Maxwell (Max) at 7 pounds 10 oz. on November 13, 2005 at the IWK Grace Hospital in Halifax. Delighted first time grandparents are Maxine and John FRECKER of Saint John's and Ottawa and Frannie PLAUNT and Bill HALL (Pat) of Calgary. A most welcome nephew for Temma, Michael (Rachel), and David. Many thanks for the support and care given by the staff at IWK.
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Rosalie and Peter are delighted to announce the arrival of their daughter Amelia Ruth Jarvis. Amelia weighed 2844 grams when she was born at the IWK Health▼ Centre▼ in Halifax on March 20, 2006. Amelia is welcomed by proud grandparents Frances and Don ALLEN and Anne and Lloyd JARVIS, as well as her great-granny Dorothy CHURCHILL in England and many other loving relatives and Friends.
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Red tape denies baby Sonja her brief life
To the dismay of parents, thousands of births go undocumented in Ontario
By Carolyn ABRAHAM, Medical Reporter, Page A1
Sonja STEFNOVIC was delivered by emergency cesarean section at Toronto East General Hospital on January 6. She was three days shy of full term and lived for only 35 minutes, but she did indeed live.
Before her heart rate dropped and the room filled with medical staff, before she was pronounced dead at 3: 46 p.m. and a coroner appeared, Sonja was alive. Boris and Scarlett STEFNOVIC remember that vividly, their daughter's pink skin, her generous thatch of dark hair. Mr. STEFNOVIC craned to snap pictures.
In the months that followed, the STEFNOVICs found themselves longing for tangible mementos of Sonja's brief existence. They clung to the few photos of their first child and made inquiries for a birth certificate. Only then did they learn that Sonja, according to Ontario's official record, had never been born.
Her death had been registered with forms and signatures on the spot, but not her actual birth.
"The first and only time I ever wrote 'father' was on a death certificate," Mr. STEFNOVIC said.
No one told them that it was their responsibility to register their daughter's birth.
But without a registration, there could be no birth certificate and Sonja could never be counted among the living.
What happened with Sonja, or didn't happen, is symptomatic of a chronic problem in Canada's largest province. Ontario has been unable to keep an accurate count of its own population. The births of more than 30,000 babies have gone unreported in Ontario in the past decade. Records of about four out of every 100 babies are missing. In the rest of Canada, the rate of missing records is nearly zero. What's more, in Ontario, the latest numbers suggest a startling in the province's shortfall.
Statistics Canada has found that the births of more than 5,400 babies are missing from Ontario's registry in 2003. In 2002, more than 2,600 are missing. In 2001, it is more than 4,000, and similar numbers stretch back to 1996. Included in that are missing birth registrations for 30 per cent of the babies (more than 200) who die each year in the province at less than 12 months old. The number runs between zero and 3 per cent in other provinces.
Experts blame a combination of factors for the underreporting: unusual fees to register a birth in Ontario, a notoriously backlogged registrar's office and an unusual lack of awareness. But the gap has proven to be so persistent that the demography division of Statscan is now "studying whether they should adjust their population projections for Ontario," said Leslie Geran, the senior analyst responsible for processing the country's vital statistics at the national agency.
"If Ontario is counting all its deaths, which we think they are, but undercounting their births, they will have an artificially low population count," Ms. Geran said.
The figures for general population numbers in Ontario, and things like fertility rates over long periods of time, are still useful. But as soon as you break the figures down to look at a shorter time frame, or specific issues related to infant mortality, the figures are no longer "fit for use," Ms. Geran said.
Vital statistics are considered a key marker of a developed country. Planning for things like public health, education and housing suffers without them. Yet Ontario's birth figures are considered so unreliable that, for the fourth time, the province will likely be excluded from the national survey on fetal and infant health conducted by the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System, which operates under the Public Health Agency of Canada.
As well, Ontario's incomplete numbers can distort the whole country's figures since Ontario births of 130,000 a year account for 40 per cent of the national total.
"This is how a country, internationally, is judged, on its infant mortality rates… but we can't count them if there's nothing to count," said Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System member Arne OHLSSON, director of evidence-based neonatal care and outcomes research at the University of Toronto. "Because such a large proportion of the population is born in Ontario and those vital statistics are not accurate, the country's statistics are not accurate and comparisons with other countries will be inaccurate."
The Ontario government is to begin overhauling the birth registry system later this year. But public-health officials doubt the efforts will lead to timely or meaningful improvements. In the meantime, many fear that crucial statistics from the turn of the 21st century could be lost forever.
To be counted as a live birth in Ontario, the Office of the Registrar General in Thunder Bay requires two pieces of documentation -- one from the attending physician or midwife and another from the parents of the child. Statscan is able to estimate how many babies are going unreported when hospitals report more births than appear in the provincial registry.
Parents have always been required to register births with their local government, which forwards the forms to the province. But not until 1996, after the Mike Harris Conservatives downloaded a raft of new responsibilities to Ontario municipalities, did local governments gain the right to charge people for the service. Since then, 71…of Ontario's 445…municipalities, particularly those covering urban centres such as Ottawa, Hamilton and Windsor, have introduced fees that generally run between $10 and $30 to register births. In Toronto, where 30 per cent of Ontario babies are born, the fee jumped to $35 this summer.
Everyone -- from Statscan to the registrar's office itself -- warned that the registry fees would lead to unreported births. "I'm aware of no other jurisdiction on Earth that charges for that," Ms. Geran said.
Dr. OHLSSON argued that the fee amounts to a profound ethical "insult."
"It is a fundamental right of a child to be registered," he said, referring to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. "Without it you are not recognized by the state, you are not granted an identity or welcomed into society."
A study published in 2003 found unregistered births in Ontario tripled to 3 per cent between 1991 and 1997. Compiled by Ontario's Central East Health Information Partnership, it concludes that those living in places charging registry fees, especially mothers under 20, and parents of low-birth-weight and preterm babies, who face the highest risk of infant death, were the least likely to register their children.
"The missing numbers are not a random sample -- the fees affect poor people more than the wealthy," said Doctor Allen, who is also a neonatologist at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health▲ Centre.▲
Since those living in poverty are more likely to have babies with health problems, it's as though "this high-risk population is being selectively picked out and it distorts the numbers even more," he said.
Meanwhile, to encourage parents to register births promptly, the province introduced a $50 fee for births registered more than a year after the event.
Experts feel no one can say with confidence if things like teenage pregnancies are going up or down, or whether birth weights are falling, or premature births are rising.
"Without [good information] we can't spot trends or do analysis," said Catherine McCourt, director of health surveillance and epidemiology at the Public Health Agency of Canada.
"We don't know the true situation in Canada -- if we're getting better, or worse."
Initially, it was emotional need that drove the STEFNOVICs to seek a birth certificate for their daughter. But they have since come to see the medical significance of doing it.
The results of an autopsy found Sonja died of asphyxiation due to a rare form of spinal muscular atrophy. Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic disease of the motor neurons that can weaken muscles involved in both movement and breathing. Research has only recently revealed key details about the condition, which strikes one in 6,000 babies.
"They originally believed that this form of spinal muscular atrophy only affected boys," Mrs. STEFNOVIC wrote in an e-mail. "Then a girl was born who had the same symptoms and now they know that it is not limited to male babies. By registering Sonja's birth and death, her information will help to aid in research and understanding about this disease."
Most missed births will eventually be caught, since proof of birth is required to enroll in school and to obtain a passport. But key details related to infant health, birth weights or gestational age, could be lost in the meantime, said Doctor OHLSSON, who is also a neonatologist at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Ms. Geran pointed out that timely statistics also matter because "people are making decisions based on the best available information at that time." School boards, for example, use birth data to determine where and when to build new schools.
"If you are consistently under 4,000 or 5,000 kids and they are in certain geographic areas, then suddenly several thousand kids could show up unexpectedly," she said.
In 2005, a scathing auditor-general's report catalogued a litany of problems at the Ontario registrar's office, everything from low morale to computer woes, that had resulted in a staggering months-long backlog in registering births. Ms. Geran noted the Ontario registrar has also faced added burdens beyond its control -- including a surge in demand for birth certificates after post-9/11 security regulations required children to have their own passports, and it has also been the first registrar to handle same-sex marriage certificates. One result is that Ontario turns over more late data to Statscan than any other province.
It wasn't until March, 2005, for example, eight months late, that Ontario notified Statscan of an extra 4,000 births in 2003. The federal agency had to "stop the presses," Ms. Geran said. Instead of Ontario's birth rate appearing as though it had slightly declined, it had actually increased.
The Canadian Perinatal Surveillance group released a report this spring outlining their concerns with the underreporting of births in Ontario, going public with complaints they have been filing with provincial ministers for years.
But Judi HARTMAN, director of Ontario's Office of the Registrar General, said she agrees with the group's assessment, particularly on the issue of fees: "We're singing from the same song book," she said.
So why, public-health officials wonder, is it taking a decade to respond?
"We've been working on a solution for over 10 years," Ms. HARTMAN said. "It takes a long time to get all your ducks in a row to make things like this happen… it required legislative change, technological change...."
Later this year, she said, the province intends to introduce an "integrated birth program," now running as a pilot project in eight locations. The program allows parents, and hospitals, to complete birth registry forms and pay fees on-line and file them immediately to the provincial registrar and the federal government.
People without a computer, she said, could access the Internet at caf�s, the library or other public sites.
The province also plans to eliminate the fees in the future, she said, after it takes over registering births from the municipalities.
David SOKNACKI, chairman of Toronto City Council's budget advisory committee, said the city supports the move so long as the province takes with it the eight city staff members who have been trained to operate the municipal registry program.
But public-health officials are skeptical that electronic filing will make a big difference. Even if a new parent finds the time to use a public Internet connection, Doctor OHLSSON said, it would be useless for the 16 per cent of Canadian adults who cannot read, or for those who cannot read English or French. He suggested that with the help of a trained clerk, if needed, parents should be able to register births free and electronically in the hospital, where 99 per cent babies in Canada are born. The file could then be sent to the registrar immediately.
Dr. OHLSSON feels such a system would help educate parents and hospital staff about the importance of registering all live births -- particularly in cases of infant deaths.
The STEFNOVICs, who have found support through Perinatal Bereavement Services Ontario, recently met with a few other parents whose babies had died. When they discussed their efforts to get a birth certificate for Sonja, the other parents were surprised.
"No one had registered their babies or even knew they could until I told them," Mrs. STEFNOVIC said.
Ms. Hartman believes that the reporting shortfall of births after infant deaths is a complicated story.
"There's a lot of trauma going on, doctors are completing death registration information and the birth piece just slips through the cracks and people think, 'Well, the baby died anyway, I don't need to deal with the birth.' " There's an education component here," she said. "Also, it's a very sensitive time… the baby may not even be named and to put papers in front of a grieving parent and say you've got to name your child [to register the birth], that's a very difficult thing to do."
Ms. Geran agreed that registering the birth after an infant dies is challenging, "However," she said, "every other province manages to do it."
Mrs. STEFNOVIC found that neither her obstetrician nor her midwives knew if Sonja could receive a birth certificate after a death certificate had been issued.
She finally learned in April from the registrar's office that she could. By May, the completed forms were in the mail to the registrar's office in Thunder Bay.
"I think it… seems to others that it may be cruel to ask parents to register their babies [who have died]. But in a few weeks or months, or years, when the initial shock wears off, most parents want a record of their baby's life, not just of their death," said Mrs. STEFNOVIC, who has been checking the mail every day for Sonja's registration.
The forgotten born
There is a discrepancy between the number of hospital births reported to the Canadian Institute for Health Information by Ontario hospitals, and those reported to Statistics Canada by the Office of the Registrar- General.
Over the past 10 years, since municipalities began charging parents to register the births of their children, experts estimate that 2,500 to 4,000 babies a year in Ontario have been missed by the system, for a cumulative total of more than 30,000.
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It's about time we rewrite an old axiom. When speaking of Deer & Deer Hunting's content, let us mark this as the issue when we note how the more things change, the more they get improved.
While many facets of this magazine underwent changes during its early years in the 1970s, some features remained basically unchanged since their inception.
One example is our "Deer Browse" section. This column appeared for the first time in the sixth issue of D&DH (July 1978), and it has been a regular department ever since.
Back then, "Deer Browse" was a forum of sorts — an exchange of comments and information by members of the Stump Sitters Whitetail Study Group. Interestingly, the first reader submission provided for "Browse" was a field report by group member Gene Wensel, who is now a veteran bow-hunter and hunting industry celebrity.
As years passed and D&DH volumes piled up, "Deer Browse" was expanded to include news, notes and observations on anything and everything related to deer, including briefs on biology, physiology and research, and more great insights of unusual field reports from readers.
As well as being the longest running regular department, it remains one of the most popular.
So, for those reasons and more, we proudly unveil a new and improved "Browse" section in this issue.
For starters, you'll notice that we've moved the column to the front of the magazine. A fan favorite column deserves at least that much. We're also expanding the column. With each issue, you will notice "Browse" will span several pages and include everything from whitetail news and research briefs to field notes, behavior observations, venison processing tips and recipes, and much more.
We will also be moving the column online at deeranddeerhunting.com. The digital version, however, will include expanded coverage, more opportunities for you to contribute, surveys, and links to more information on deer behavior and hunting tactics.
Above all, "Browse" will remain as your column. It always has been, and always will be.
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Carey Mulligan looks dazzling on the red carpet at the 2010 Oscars held at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday (March 7) in Los Angeles.
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The most commonly asked question in my class is how do I get my dog to come to me when called? People complain that their dogs come only when it is convenient to them, and certainly not if there is another dog or a squirrel in the vicinity. Too often these people have used the "come" command in so many unsuccessful circumstances that it has lost meaning. In this case we need to start from scratch and build a dependable foundation.
First of all, you must establish yourself as leader of the pack in your relationship to your dog. You accomplish this by creating rituals around food and territory. When feeding your dog, you should always make sure it has to wait before you release it to eat. Also, make sure you are not giving out treats for free. Oftentimes people get in the habit of telling a dog it is good and giving it a bone when the dog has done nothing more than watch them come home. It is also good to eat something before feeding your dog, because an alpha in a pack always eats first. Make sure your dog waits before entering or exiting a new territory, until you take the first step, then release it. Make sure it learns the "leave it" command with toys and treats. Practice long down stays.
You may wonder what these directions have to do with creating a reliable recall, but establishing a firm foundation in training and doing your alpha work will make the recall more secure, because you dog will be looking to you for direction and leadership.
Now for the recall work. To begin with, you need to choose a command that you haven't ruined, so if you already used "come" and your dog often didn't come, then choose "here" or "now," something short and easy, a one-syllable word. Start using this command when your dog is on a six-foot leash, pulling it towards you after you say the word, followed by praise and a treat. Do this on and off throughout the day, so that your dog learns the somatic relationship between the command and the pull on the leash.
"First of all, you must establish yourself as leader of the pack in your relationship to your dog. You accomplish this by creating rituals around food and territory."
More than anything, you need to make sure your dog associates coming to you with something good. Praise and treat your dog even if it comes to you without being called, if you are sitting on the couch or at a park, for example. If your dog is off leash and is being distracted by a squirrel, do not use the reliable recall word while still working on it, but use an unreliable recall, like its name. That way, if you aren't successful, you won't be back to square one.
Make sure you only call out your command once. Dogs learn quickly that they don't have to listen to a command if it is repeated again and again. Also, make sure you are using good treats and a variety of treats and vary the amount, so that your dog doesn't know when it will hit the jackpot. It's like gambling; your dog will keep coming back in hope of hitting that big steak payoff again. Eventually you'll be using treats randomly, but while in training use treats consistently, to program the positive association.
Begin using a long-line when outside, calling the dog to you and reeling it in if it doesn't respond. Use the command indoors several times a day off leash, when you know it will come. Make sure you consistently praise the dog when it comes to you. Use the long line outside when your dog is distracted by a squirrel. Control distraction by having a person feed your dog while you call it to you, so that it learns to make the choice to come to you instead of staying where the distraction is. Make sure your treats are better. If the dog fails, leash it and practice the recall three times on leash. Keep up treating it intermittently and praising it to make sure the recall remains consistent, and don't only use the recall command when it's time to go home and the fun is over. Make it a command you work on even after you feel you have it down.
If you follow these directions and slowly increase distraction, you will have a dog that comes to you reliably, and it's a great moment when your dog chooses to come to you instead of chasing squirrels.
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Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around DogsDid you know a dog can feel threatened by a hug? This book describes how our actions effect our dogs and how we can improve communication.
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HIDALGO, Texas (AP) — In a story Aug. 14 about the National Guard arriving on the Texas border, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Texas National Guard, reported erroneously that the deployments were part of the 1,000 troops ordered by Gov. Rick Perry. Texas National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Walker said the troops, which are part of a counterdrug task force, do not count toward Perry's "Operation Strong Safety."
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HIDALGO, Texas (AP) — A new wave of National Guard troops has taken up observation posts along the Texas-Mexico border as part of the state's Joint Counterdrug Task Force.
The several dozen soldiers deployed in the Rio Grande Valley this week are not part of the up to 1,000 troops called up by Gov. Rick Perry last month.
Several guardsmen were seen Thursday afternoon manning an observation tower along the busy road leading to the Hidalgo International Bridge.
The soldiers are specifically trained to man such observation towers in the area belonging to local law enforcement agencies and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Texas National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Walker of the Joint Counterdrug Task Force said Thursday. They will serve as extra eyes on the border and report suspicious activity to authorities.
A Customs and Border Protection document viewed by The Associated Press indicated that guardsmen would be manning CBP towers in Hidalgo and Starr counties, as well as towers for the Hidalgo and Pharr police departments and the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office.
"They're just there for support," Walker said of the soldiers who entered the field this week after training in the area last week. "We're just trying to give some relief to the guys at Customs and Border Protection" and other law enforcement agencies. He said the duration of their deployment was not set, but that current funding for their mission only runs through September.
The guardsmen seen Thursday dressed in camouflage uniforms were manning a Hidalgo police tower.
Hidalgo Police Chief Rodolfo Espinoza said he would normally not have his department's two towers manned. They have cameras that can pan the area and record activity, but having a person that can recognize something suspicious and report it is more valuable, he said.
"It is good to have them," Espinoza said of the soldiers. "It is a positive benefit for everybody."
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SOURCE: Avita Medical
September 07, 2012 13:05 ET
NORTHRIDGE, CA and CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Sep 7, 2012) - Avita Medical Ltd (ASX: AVH), (PINKSHEETS: AVMXF), (OTCQX: AVMXY)
Regenerative medicine company Avita Medical Ltd (ASX: AVH), (PINKSHEETS: AVMXF), (OTCQX: AVMXY) is raising up to A$10 million at $0.12 per share through a placement to professional and sophisticated investors, including a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) to existing shareholders. The capital raising will comprise a first tranche placement of $4.3 million, representing 15% of the issued capital, with the balance to be raised through a second tranche placement and the SPP.
Placement. The capital raising ensures that the company is well funded through completion of the US FDA trial and submission to the FDA for clearance to sell its ReCell® Spray-On Skin™ technology. The proceeds from the raising will be used in the expansion of sales and marketing efforts, funding of studies for the treatment of chronic wounds (venous and diabetic lower limb ulcers), ongoing marketing studies for the use of ReCell in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic procedures, and development of the next generation of Avita's regenerative medicine product line. This represents an exciting revenue-generation phase in Avita's development.
Octa Phillip Bioscience Managers has committed to invest $3 million of the $10 million raising following extensive due diligence that confirmed Avita's strong commercial prospects from a well-managed funding pathway. Australian Ethical Investment's ongoing support continues as it increased its cornerstone investment with a further $1.5 million stake in the placement. Both investments are subject to a minimum raising of $6 million and shareholder approval.
The first tranche of the Placement of $4.3 million has closed oversubscribed with the second tranche subject to shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) expected to be held on Friday 19 October 2012. Existing shareholders will be eligible to participate in the SPP which is anticipated to close at 7:00pm AEST Monday 1 October 2012.
"This investment proposition will distinguish Avita from other smaller companies by presenting the full funding plan and operational outlook through to 2014," said Avita Medical CEO and managing director Dr William Dolphin.
"Securing a new cornerstone investor of the calibre of Octa Phillip Bioscience Managers, plus reconfirmation of Australian Ethical Investment support, is a validation of management's strategic approach in the building of a strong market base for the ReCell technology and testament to the clinical and revenue-generating prospects of the Company over the coming years."
Shareholder Purchase Plan. The SPP will be offered to shareholders recorded on the Company's share register as at 7:00pm AEST on Tuesday 4 September 2012. Each shareholder will be eligible to participate up to $15,000 at $0.12 per share. The SPP is not underwritten and is expected to be capped at $3.5 million, with Avita reserving the right to accept applications in excess of this amount. An appropriate scale-back will be applied if valid applications exceed $3.5 million. Further announcements and the offer documents relating to the SPP will be provided to shareholders shortly.
Board Appointments. As part of the Octa Phillip Bioscience Manager's investment, Jeremy Curnock Cook and Matt McNamara will be appointed to the board of Avita. Mr Curnock Cook launched a joint venture with Johnson & Johnson for the creation of Healthcare Ventures and also launched the International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) when he was head of the life science equity team at Rothschild Asset Management in the UK. Mr. Curnock Cook has served on more than 30 boards in the healthcare and medical sciences sector in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Japan and Australia.
Mr McNamara has over 23 years experience in the healthcare & medical sciences sector. After initially working in Molecular Biology Research, Matt spent 11 years with Merck & Co. and Johnson and Johnson Medical Pty. Ltd. He has served as SVP Business Development for eBioinformatics Inc. and was CEO of a Life Sciences Venture Capital fund, SciCapital Pty. Ltd.
Octa Phillip Bioscience Managers is a specialist investor in Australasian listed and unlisted bioscience companies. Established in 2008, the group's Fund I performance saw it up 74% for the 48 months to 30 June 2012.
Octa Phillip Securities Limited is acting as lead manager to the placement and SPP.
About Avita Medical Ltd.
Avita Medical (www.avitamedical.com) is a publicly listed medical technology company that develops and distributes regenerative and tissue-engineered products for the treatment of a broad range of wounds, scars and skin defects. Using patented and proprietary tissue-culture, collection and application technology, the company is able to provide innovative treatment solutions derived from a patient's own skin. The company's lead product, ReCell® Spray-On Skin, has been designed for use in a wide range of indications including treatment of chronic wounds and burns, as well as plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. ReCell is on market and generating early and growing revenues.
ReCell® is patented, CE marked for Europe, TGA registered in Australia, and SFDA cleared in China.
ReCell is not available for sale in the United States; in the U.S. ReCell is an investigational device limited by federal law to investigational use. A Phase III FDA trial is in process.
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Arc System Works tweeted in an unorthodox fashion that Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R will be coming to Vita in April.
How many times is Guilty Gear going to be ported before they make a new game?
ill be getting this.. I have the PSP guilty gear on my vita but the definitive version will replace it.. Still i would LOVE to see a sequel to this.. I love blaze blu but this one is where i fell in love with the fighting engine
I'm sorry that I'm going to talk about something unrelated to this game, but how do I reset my Vita? I've had it for over a year now, and there were a lot of times in that year where it froze, so I had to hard reset my Vita. Today, I found out update 2.10 just got released, so I decided to download it. I do, but it was stuck at 100%. Angry that it was stuck at that screen, I just pressed cancel and selected no, and my Vita turned off. I tried hard resetting, and now I only have TWO options! The first one to reset my Vita, and the last one, which is to update my Vita. I haven't tried updating using my PS3 or a PC, but when I tried to update with my memory card, it said I needed a card that has a 2.06 file... What does that mean? I've already download 2.06 last month, and 2.10 just released today. Anyone can help? I tried searching why I only had two options from the Safe Mode, but all I got was "rebuild my database" or "format memory card", which I can't since my Safe Mode WON'T let me access them :(
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The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the team will induct the club's all-time leader in goals scored and assists, Ronald Cerritos, into the San Jose Earthquakes Hall of Fame on Wednesday, September 29th during a halftime ceremony at the Earthquakes game against the Chicago Fire at Buck Shaw Stadium. The game kicks off at 8 p.m. PT.
Cerritos played in San Jose from 1997-2001 and then returned to the club in 2005 for one season. During his tenure with the club, he scored 61 goals and notched 47 assists. Additionally, Cerritos ranks 4th all-time in appearances (148), minutes played (12,382) and games started (142). He also helped lead the team to its first ever MLS Cup Championship in 2001.
"I am very grateful to the team for selecting me for the Hall of Fame," said Cerritos. "San Jose is where my career really took off and the community there always supported me and made me feel welcome. I am looking forward to getting out there and seeing everyone again in September."
He joins former Earthquakes great and current general manager John Doyle, who was inducted in 2005, as the lone members of the Earthquakes Hall of Fame. Cerritos' jersey will be on display at all Earthquakes home games, alongside Doyle's. The team established the Earthquakes Hall of Fame as a tribute to honor the players who have made exceptional and lasting contributions to the club both on and off the field throughout its history.
Cerritos was allocated to the San Jose Clash, as the team was then named, from ADET on March 21, 1997 and achieved immediate success, leading the team with 12 goals and being named in the MLS Best XI that year. He also set an MLS and San Jose record with an 11-game point streak. Cerritos led the Earthquakes in goals scored in every season he was with the club except for the 2000 and 2005 seasons. Cerritos was selected to three All-Star games (1997, 1999 and 2001) during his six-year tenure in San Jose and was named the team's MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999. He earned the MLS Play of Year in 1999 for his bicycle kick assist to Alejandro Sequeira.
During the off-season following the 2001 season, Cerritos was traded to the Dallas Burn. In 38 appearances with Dallas, Cerritos scored seven goals, before being traded to D.C. United during the 2003 season. Cerritos made 13 appearances with D.C. United during the 2003 and 2004 seasons, scoring two goals.
He returned in 2005 to San Jose and had an immediate impact, scoring a goal in the opener. He appeared in 30 games in his final season, scoring six goals and notching nine assists, as the Quakes put together the best regular season in club history. They finished 18-4-10 for a club record 64 points and won the team's only Supporter's Shield.
Cerritos also spent time with the El Salvador National Team, making 66 caps and scoring eight goals from 1995-2008.


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Arizona St.-Boise St. Preview
AP) -- Boise State's Kellen Moore is the winningest quarterback in college football history, but if not for his team missing a few last-second field goals, Moore's legacy might have been even more spectacular.
Being denied a second straight BCS berth after another one-loss season was particularly tough for the Broncos to take.
One failed 39-yard field goal away from a near-certain spot in the BCS title game, eighth-ranked Boise State will try to summon the motivation to send Moore out on a high note as he closes his collegiate career Thursday in the MAACO Bowl in Las Vegas against Arizona State.
Chris Petersen helped put the Broncos (11-1) on the map when he arrived in December 2005, leading his team to a memorable Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma just 16 months later, but it's been Moore's presence the past four years that's kept Boise State a fixture in the BCS conversation.
Moore helped give Petersen his second unbeaten season as a sophomore in 2009, capping a 14-0 run with another Fiesta Bowl win, and he did all he could as a junior and senior to duplicate that feat.
But two failed chip-shot field goals cost the Broncos in their only loss of 2010 at Nevada, keeping them out of the BCS, and Dan Goodale's missed 39-yarder as time expired doomed Boise State in a 36-35 home loss to TCU on Nov. 12.
Had that kick gone through - or had the Broncos held on to a 17-0 lead - they'd almost definitely be facing LSU on Jan. 9 in the BCS championship game. Instead, they were left out of the BCS entirely for the third time in four years.
"Everybody is just very tired of the BCS," Petersen said in a Dec. 5 press conference. "I think that's the bottom line. Everybody's frustrated. Nobody even really knows what to do anymore. It doesn't make sense to anybody. I don't think anyone's happy anywhere."
"The whole thing needs to be changed, there's no question about it."
It won't be changed in time to give Moore another shot at a BCS game, but the Broncos have one more chance to add to his legacy. Moore passed Colt McCoy as the winningest quarterback in NCAA history Nov. 5 at UNLV with his 46th win, and he added three more after the loss to the Horned Frogs.
A career-high 41 of Moore's 140 TD pass have come this season.
"This is his best year, without question," Petersen said after Boise State's 45-0 rout of New Mexico on Dec. 3. "He set the standard for quarterback play throughout the country for four years. He just hasn't flinched, but he's gotten better every year."
Petersen said "this team is as good as any of the teams that we've had" after beating the Lobos, and Moore certainly isn't the only reason. Running back Doug Martin, also part of Petersen's 2006 recruiting class, has topped 1,350 yards from scrimmage each of the past two seasons while totaling 31 touchdowns.
The Broncos may have trouble finding motivation to play in a non-BCS bowl, but they certainly won't lack for familiarity. Boise State played in the MAACO Bowl just 12 months ago, riding 339 passing yards from Moore and 147 on the ground from Martin to a 26-3 win over Utah.
While the Broncos have been a model of consistency during Petersen's tenure, Arizona State (6-6) returns to the postseason for the first time since a 2007 Holiday Bowl loss.
(That was Dennis Erickson's first year as coach, and that 10-3 finish also represented the high point of his tenure in Tempe. Erickson was fired Nov. 28 after the Sun Devils collapsed with four consecutive losses following a 6-2 start, though the school will let him coach this game.
"It was difficult because of the dramatic change from how we played (early) to how we played (late)," athletic director Lisa Love said. "The big shift was not something that I had witnessed before and, according to Dennis, he's never witnessed it before.
"But it became prevalent in the program, it became some kind of challenge or issue that we were having a hard time ridding ourselves of."
Pittsburgh coach Todd Graham will replace Erickson next season after leading the Panthers to a 6-6 mark this year.
On the field, the Sun Devils' porous defense seems like a bad matchup for the Broncos. Arizona State allows 419.5 yards per game - 89th in the nation - and gave up 36.0 points per contest during its November collapse.
It's also unclear how much time the defense's best player will see. Star linebacker Vontaze Burfict was benched in the team's Nov. 25 loss to Cal for a personal foul and later reportedly refused to go back in the game, but Erickson said he'll at least travel to Las Vegas.
That means the Sun Devils likely will have to rely on Brock Osweiler to match touchdowns with Moore. The junior averaged 303.4 passing yards per game - ninth in the nation, three spots ahead of Moore - but also threw 12 interceptions.
The 6-foot-8 Osweiler is 237 yards shy of surpassing Andrew Walter's 2002 school record for passing yards in a single season.
Boise State is 7-4 all-time in bowl games, while Arizona State is 12-11-1. The schools have met once, a 56-7 Sun Devils win in Tempe on Oct. 5, 1996.


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Standing in front of his congregation at One Church International, pastor Touré Roberts made an impassioned plea: Go see a Ja Rule movie this weekend.
"I'm excited about this film," the preacher said. "It's almost like God is taking it viral. It comes out this Friday, and we gotta go."
In the middle of a Wednesday evening service at a theater-turned-church on La Brea Avenue, Roberts was hyping up "I'm in Love With a Church Girl," a faith-based film that just debuted in about 500 theaters. The movie is based on the story of screenwriter Galley Molina, a former drug trafficker who found God after he began seeing a woman involved in the church.
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For the last month, he and rapper Ja Rule — who plays a fictionalized version of Molina in the film — have been on a 20-city promotional tour, enlisting youth groups and pastors to spread the word about the Christian-friendly tale. (Roberts even asked his church to tweet about the movie twice per day this weekend.)
Spending so much time in church has had a spiritual effect on Rule, the 37-year-old Queens native born Jeff Atkins. In May, he was released early from prison after a two-year stint, serving time concurrently after pleading guilty to weapon possession and tax evasion charges. "Church Girl" was filmed in 2010, before Rule went behind bars — and even then, he had doubts about how the religious community would receive him.
"I just didn't think that the church people would welcome me with open arms," Rule said before the service last week, a toothpick lazily hanging from his mouth. "I was kind of nervous they would be like, 'Why would you pick him to be in a faith-based film? He's not a Christian. He doesn't even go to church.'"
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The film's backers were anxious too. Rule had landed supporting roles in movies like "The Fast and the Furious" and "Scary Movie 3," but he'd never carried a movie on his own. Director Steve Race said he was warned against signing onto the project from friends who asked, "What are you, crazy? He's a gangster rapper. They have such bad reputations on set."
"And I think he was late every day," said Race. "But I didn't mind. I give so much freedom to my talent because they don't have a physical thing they do — they're acting. If you start getting on them for being late, their emotions change."
Leap of faith
It was the filmmaker who eventually sold Molina on Rule. The musician wasn't the writer's first choice for the lead part, but Molina quickly found there were few actors interested in starring in a faith-based movie.
"We went out to Hollywood, man — not just rap stars and musicians," said Molina, who along with private investors helped pay the $12 million it cost to produce and market the picture. "We went with legitimate offers and we got shunned. But my goal here is to reach a wide audience. And you can't put a Yankee cap on Kirk Cameron and be like, 'Yo, play this part.'"
He was referring to Cameron because in 2008 the "Growing Pains" star appeared in "Fireproof," a low-budget faith-based film that grossed a surprisingly strong $33 million. Since then, a number of movies with religious themes — including the inspirational dramas "Soul Surfer" and "Courageous" — have also performed well at the box office, indicating increasing demand for the genre.
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With no nudity or cursing, the PG-rated "Church Girl" is set to play to that same core audience. The woman Rule's protagonist falls in love with, played by Adrienne Bailon, frequents Bible study and works at a store that sells faith-related merchandise. The couple have numerous discussions about God and attend worship together.
Despite its numerous religious references, Rule believes the movie has the potential to reach a secular audience.
"I think right now may be a turning point for faith-based films," Rule said. "Unless you're [Mel Gibson's blockbuster] 'Passion of the Christ,' they really don't want faith-based films coming out of their studios right now.... But we're not just gonna touch a faith-based audience, we'll touch a mainstream audience — maybe a light one, but a mainstream audience nonetheless. And for the faith-based community, we bring a sense of cool."
A public profession
Decked out in a varsity jacket and a baseball cap that declared him a "Beast," Rule was received warmly by the crowd at One Church International this week. The audience was audibly enthusiastic when he began talking about how the movie opened his eyes to religion, that his experience on the production sustained him through prison. It was there that Rule decided to read the Bible cover to cover.
"They only give you two books — the jail rule book and the Bible. Nobody really wants to read the jail manual, so you go with option B, you know?" he said with a chuckle.
At first, he said, he felt out of place on the press tour — like he was walking on eggshells, or should have been dressed in a suit and tie. That last month changed when Molina took him to Hillsong Church in New York, a congregation led by Carl Lentz, a tattooed 34-year-old who is close with Justin Bieber and Jay-Z.
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"I felt comfortable there," Rule recalled. "The people looked just like me, they were dressed like me — nobody was in there in suits and ties all stuffy hitting you with the 'God is good now, brother' — that fake Christian stuff."
When Lentz did the altar call, Rule came forward to make a spiritual commitment to Jesus. He now considers himself saved. With his newfound faith, Rule is hoping Christians will reserve judgment about his criminal past — but he's also eager for Hollywood to see him in a new light too. He said he just signed a deal for his wife and their three kids to star in a reality show with him, though he'd like to continue more serious acting pursuits as well.
"I hope people look at this movie and say 'Wow, Ja handled a lot of dialogue in that film,'" he said. "'If he can do that, we can definitely give him a badge and a gun and have him say a few lines here and there.'"
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Five things to watch for Avalanche-Wild Game 7
It will be a lucky seven for one side and a date with the defending Stanley Cup champs
It'll be unlucky for the other.
The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild have duked it out six times during their opening-round series and decided only that they need one more dance on Wednesday night in the Mile High City to determine who meets the awaiting Chicago Blackhawks in the second round of the NHL's playoff tournament.
It's been a topsy-turvy set already, but the crowning moment will come on Wednesday in Denver's Pepsi Center. We have no idea who'll be sipping from the cup of victory, but here are five things to watch when the puck drops.
Loving that home cooking
It's been a tasty six pack of wins for the hosts already this series. That should bode well for the Avs, shouldn't it?
Colorado had a solid regular-season home record and ended with three wins in the final four games before heading into the playoffs.
On the other side, the Wild posted a paltry 17-17-7 road performance during the regular season on top of losing all three games in Denver during this set.
Another advantage: Colorado, right?
However, the last time the Avalanche skated in a Game 7, it was the 2003 series against the Wild, a 3-2 overtime victory for Minnesota. That game also happens to be the final game in the illustrious goaltending career for current Avs head coach Patrick Roy.
The Wild franchise has won both times a playoff series has reached seven games, both of them in that 2003 run to the Western Conference final.
As the Avalanche, the franchise has a 4-4 mark in deciding games.
Any of that past history won't mean much when they hit the ice for what should be a thriller, but history tends to repeat itself.
No Avalanche of power-play goals
For all the offensive capabilities the Avs boast, their man-advantage time has been a downright disappointment against the Wild.
It's a trend that goes beyond the first six games of their best-of-seven series.
In the five regular-season clashes, Colorado's power play was skunked, blanked against 11 chances despite winning four of the five clashes, and losing the other in a shootout.
The turnaround hasn't happened in this series.
Minnesota's penalty killers have surrendered only two power-play goals against 22 opportunities. Moreover, the Wild have a shorthanded goal to go against that 91.9% success rate.
If that's not bad enough, one of Colorado's man-advantage markers came into an empty net to seal the 4-2 Game 2 victory.
The inability to score on the power play was the defining moment for the St. Louis Blues in the deciding game of their series against the Blackhawks.
The Avs had a top-5 power play in the regular season, while the Wild placed 27th in killing off infractions through the 82-game slate.
Colorado's chances of winning will improve exponentially if the power play gets in gear.
Lining 'em up
The Colorado top trio of centre Paul Stastny, captain Gabriel Landeskog and rookie sensation Nathan Mackinnon has been absolutely dominating on home ice and quiet on the road in this series.
Those three have combined for nine goals and 23 points so far this series, with Mackinnon (2-8-10) leading the way. All of his points have come at home.
Matt Duchene's return from a knee injury last game was a success, even in the loss since he set up a power-play goal and gobbled 18 minutes of ice time, will help the Colorado cause. Duchene and his linemates, Ryan O'Reilly and P.A. Parenteau, gives the team a second potent trio for the Wild, and top defenceman Ryan Suter, to have to worry about.
Having the last change on home ice, it'll be interesting to see how Avs coach Patrick Roy chooses to deploy his top couple of lines.
Likewise, a great study will be the way Wild bench boss Mike Yeo uses his defence pairings in an attempt to keep the Avalanche in check.
Which makes man can steal the win?
So, going back a few months, who would have guessed Darcy Kuemper would be the goaltender to take the net for the Wild in a Game 7?
You lie.
A team which had three veterans in Josh Harding, Niklas Backstrom (both unavailable) and Ilya Bryzgalov, is relying on Kuemper, the soon-to-be 24-year-old Saskatoon product to keep their season alive … again.
Kuemper, a sixth-round choice in the 2009 NHL Draft, has been outstanding in his first NHL playoffs, with a sparkling 1.53 goals-against average and .934 save percentage. So far, he's seemed unfazed by the big-game moment, but a Game 7 clash has an extra element for a young goalie to deal with.
At the other end, Colorado's Semyon Varlamov will suit up for a fourth Game 7 game. He has a 1-2 record in those game, all coming while he played for the Washington Capitals.
It will be curious to see whether the demons from those disappointing clinching games while with the Capitals affect Varlamov or he can exorcise them.
The Barrie factor
Matt Cooke's suspension deserving knee-on-knee hit on Colorado defenceman Tyson Barrie has been a factor in this series.
Counting the game in which Barrie was hit – which garnered the Wild forward a seven-game banishment – the Avs have just one victory, lost three times and scored just six goals, one into an empty net. This is a team which scored nine times in the first two games (one empty netter).
As appalling as it sounds, Cooke's action – the sixth of his controversial career, even if he'd avoided trouble for the past few years – has had a major impact on the series. Barrie's knee injury took away Colorado's best puck-moving defenceman and a big part of the offensive attack.
The Avs blueline brigade lacks somebody who does that job so well, which hurts a team that loves to attack with such a quick transition game.
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On May 20, 2011, I wrote an encomium for a friend and co-worker who was leaving the staff to work full-time in his own shop on a large, long-term, multi-piece commission project…that he's now wrapping up. I'm far happier to be writing this post.
Please join me in welcoming (back) to Popular Woodworking Magazine our new managing editor, Glen D. Huey.
As you may know, Glen has been associated with Popular Woodworking since 1997, when his first published project appeared in the November issue – and he's been writing for the magazine, and publishing books and videos with us ever since. In 2006, Glen joined the staff full-time as a senior editor, a position he held through the October 2011 issue production cycle (after which he became a contributing editor).
I mentioned when I said goodbye to him in 2011 that Glen is the best writing student I've ever had. Now, I expect he'll also become the best copy editing student I've ever had – and I know he'll embrace the many other duties of the job with equal verve and ability. (And I will embrace letting them go.)
I can't wait to see Glen's smiling face (and the rest of him) walk through the door on Feb. 11 – his first day on the new job. I'm delighted to welcome him back – and hope you are, too.
— Megan Fitzpatrick
p.s. Glen's e-mail address will be firstname.lastname@example.com – but it won't be active until he starts.