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Brother Wease has been a morning radio fixture in Rochester for over twenty years, in addition to hosting shows on XM Satellite Radio and WBUF in Buffalo. Wease is known for his openness with listeners, including the sharing of much of his personal life. He is a war veteran, having completed three tours of duty in Vietnam. He has been married three times and has six children. He met his current wife, Doreen, when she was a guest on his show. He is a motorcycle enthusiast and an avid poker player. His work history includes stints as a concert promoter, a mail carrier, and an overnight disc jockey. He is part owner of Physical Graffiti, a tattoo parlor on Ridge Road. The champion of all things Rochester, Wease is adored by his listeners as the city's foremost proponent of cultural events and recreational activities. Brother Wease served as an emcee at Woodstock in 1994 & 1999. Wease founded a charity called Wease Cares in honor of a friend who died after a long bout with cancer in 1998. Gregg "Opie" Hughes of The Opie and Anthony Show has referred to Brother Wease as his mentor. Hughes worked with Wease at the same station in Rochester when he was first breaking into the business. Nationally syndicated talk radio host Stephanie Miller was once a co-host with Wease, using the on-air name "Sister Sleaze". The Wease Show on 95.1 The Brew features nationally known comedian Marianne Sierk, sports with John DiTullio and news updates from 13 WHAM-TV's Doug Emblidge. The show airs weekday mornings from 5am to 12 pm on 95.1 The Brew and is streamed online at http://www.951TheBrew.com/.
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We have sports writer, VJ Stanley, in studio! He has been in many times before & discusses children's competitive sports! He believes we need to help kids long-term psychologically and physically with their competitive sport issues!! He brought out the statistic that 70% of kids who start sports before age 10
Wease Show Rundown 1-7-13 - V.J. Stanley In Studio Talking Youth Sports [READ MORE]
VJ Stanley is an author/consultant/motivational speaker who has written a book called "Stop The Tsunami In Youth Sports" which discusses the pressure now put on kids in sports, as opposed to "playing" sports, and how kids are hurt by the pressure, and most kids wind up quitting. A long discussion takes place with many callers telling stories about their experiences with kids and athletics, both pro and con.


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Welcome Message
Dean's Welcome
Welcome to the web site for the College of Science and Technology at Millersville University. After visiting us online, we invite you to visit our campus in person, to meet our faculty and students, see our modern facilities and learn more about our exceptional programs.
What should you know about the College of Science and Technology?
At Millersville, excellence in teaching and learning is our highest priority. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our teaching in every class offered in the College. Moreover, our professors take a personal interest in the success of our students. While many institutions use graduate students to teach introductory courses and laboratory sections, our professors teach laboratory sections, as well as our introductory courses. Ninety-eight percent of the full-time faculty members in the College hold doctoral degrees. Talk to Millersville students and hear about the high level of interaction that they have with their professors. Each year, majors in our college complete more than one hundred individual research projects, working closely with our faculty. As a result, undergraduates are often listed as co-authors on faculty research publications. Talk with Millersville alumni, and you will hear success stories and compliments on the quality of the undergraduate experience at Millersville. Our alumni will tell you how well prepared they were for the jobs they have taken or how well prepared they were for further study, in top-notch graduate programs or professional schools. At Millersville, the success of our students is of paramount importance.
What is the reputation of the academic departments in the college?
The evidence of quality is everywhere you look:
- Virtually one hundred percent of the Mathematics Education and Science Education majors pass the national Praxis exams on the first try.
- The Department of Computer Science has one of only seven nationally accredited undergraduate computer science programs in Pennsylvania.
- Millersville's Chemistry, Nursing, and Respiratory Therapy programs also have national accreditation.
- The Nursing Department places 100% of its graduates.
- Our Meteorology program has a national reputation for excellence in teaching and research.
- Marine Biology and Oceanography majors take course work at Millersville and also at the Marine Science Consortium field site at Wallop's Island, VA. Millersville was one of the founding universities of this consortium and has a lead role in its programs.
- The Physics Department graduates among the highest number of physics majors in the Commonwealth and has done so for years.
- Graduating Chemistry majors score on average at the 77th percentile level on the national chemistry Major Field Assessment Test, meaning that our graduates score on average better than eight of every ten students who take the examination nationwide.
- Over the past 10 years, Millersville has produced more graduates in Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Physics than any other PA State System of Higher Education university. Millersville is #2 in the State System in the number of Biology graduates and #5 in the number of Computer Science graduates.
Does the college have up-to-date facilities?
Our facilities include the 88,000 square foot state-of-the-art Caputo Hall, which was completed in 1999 and the 55,000 square foot Roddy Hall, which was completely renovated in 2001. In fall of 2006, the university completed a total renovation of Wickersham Hall, which houses the Mathematics Department. Our modern facilities were designed with our students' needs in mind. Caputo and Roddy Halls have a total of 39 teaching laboratories, but they also house 39 individual laboratories for student/faculty research. Brossman Hall houses oceanography facilities, and Nichols House houses the Earth Sciences Offices and a remote sensing laboratory. In the Spring of 2004, Osburn Hall opened with the excitement of a new facility that was expanded to over 70,000 square foot center for the study of Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology. McComsey Hall is home to the Geography department and houses the Office of the Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 17 classrooms, 2 computer labs (1 PC lab and 1 dual-booting Mac lab), Myers Auditorium, the Ford Atrium, departmental offices, meeting spaces, and faculty offices. Our faculty members have committed themselves to an undergraduate curriculum that emphasizes the importance of student research as the culmination of the undergraduate experience and our modern facilities were designed to support that objective. Taken together with significant opportunities for internships and co-op experiences in industry, our students have a curriculum that provides them with solid conceptual, theoretical and practical experience.
Why choose the College of Science and Technology for your studies?
Millersville faculty will take a personal interest in your education. Our faculty members are experienced educators, but they are also active scholars, who recognize that their research activities complement and inform their teaching. Most faculty research is performed in collaboration with our undergraduates and many faculty papers have Millersville students as co-authors.
The departments in the College have a long tradition of successfully preparing students for professional positions in industry, for graduate and professional schools and for positions as secondary mathematics and science teachers (a high priority in the Commonwealth). We offer high quality, laboratory-rich experiences and all of our labs are directed by faculty members and not graduate students. All majors are assigned a faculty adviser in their major department to support them as they plan their programs of study and consider career choices. Talk to a Millersville graduate, and you will invariably hear of a faculty mentor who took a personal interest in that alumnus and helped to guide the development of his or her career.
Take a few minutes to read the brief highlights of our departments, which link from the College homepage, to get a feeling for the College. Also available are summaries of sample student research projects, as well as student club opportunities. Finally, for more detail on a given department, go directly to that department's home page; there are links to these from the brief department highlights.
I am pleased you are taking the time to research the science and mathematics programs at Millersville University. Feel free to contact me with your questions or comments at firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr. Mike Jackson
Dean, College of Science and Technology
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A number of intelligence sources say that lower and mid-level officers in Pakistan's army and air force were involved in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto:
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on orders of lower- and middle-level officers of the Pakistani army and air force, according to various intelligence sources, including members of India's counterintelligence service.
According to a source who asked to remain unnamed, members of the Pakistani armed forces involved in Thursday's killing of the former prime minister and leader of the opposition are sympathizers of the ultra-conservative Islamists with ties to the jihadis.
There is no doubt about the fact that some members of Pakistan's military and intelligence service (the ISI) are jihadis. Military officers have been arrested following past assassination attempts aimed at Musharraf. It is impossible to tell from the linked UPI report, however, whether the current claims are based on hard intelligence, or are merely speculation.


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Handling Specialty was asked to quote on a vertical assembly platform that is being used during the assembly process for large energy turbines. The lift is mounted in a pit and rises approximately 35 feet, safely holding personnel and equipment, as the turbine assembly is completed.
The platform features 3 (three) round removable plates, which can be manufactured at a variety of sizes. For safety, the lift also features safety lock-up bars to hold the lift in a raised position for regular maintenance, and hydraulic cylinders equipped with velocity fuses to provide rate of descent protection.


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Flexible, Wearable Electronics for Biometrics and Medicine
Flexible, wearable electronics will create more effective, safer and less expensive methods to provide health care monitoring of trauma patients, the elderly, military personnel, and athletes. From sports, fitness, and well-being, to home monitoring, remote patient monitoring, and on-site professional healthcare monitoring, the potential markets for wearable devices are endless
Wearable electronics is already an established and growing market, with approximately 170 million units forecast in 2017, according ABI Research. This will be evenly split between 90 million wearable fitness devices and about 80 million healthcare-focused. A major component of wearable health and fitness devices is biosensors, and the worldwide market is expected to grow from US$ 8.5 billion in 2012 to $16.8 billion by 2018, according to MarketResearch.com. Applications for biosensors include Point-of-Care Testing, Home Diagnostics, Environmental Monitoring, Research Laboratories, Process Industry and Security & Biodefense.
Complete wearable systems and subsystems that incorporate sensors, data collection, flexible displays, wireless transmission, memory, solar cells and thin batteries have the ability to monitor vital health signs and give immediate feedback into performance and physiological well-being. However, integrating all these components can be challenging.
In order to explore these challenges, FlexTech Alliance will host a workshop in San Jose, CA on April 10-11, 2012. The workshop will provide a well-rounded view of the flexible, wearable electronics market and bring together subject matter experts who are developing solutions and enabling technologies. "The Road to Flexible, Wearable Electronics for Biometrics and Medicine" will specifically address end-user requirements of wearable electronics in the athletic, healthcare and military sectors and will present recent progress in materials and sensor technologies for physiological monitoring.
Presenting companies include Reebok, GE, MC10, PARC, Air Force Research Lab, Lockheed Martin, Stanford University, Avery Dennison, Body Media, Shimmer Research, and Physical Optics Corporation. Topics to be addressed include:
- Wearable Sensors Near/On the Skin — Avery Dennison, Stanford University
- Healthcare, Medical Sensors and Markets — Body Media, GE, Physical Optics Corp.
- Defense Requirements — Air Force Research Lab and Lockheed Martin
- Business, Commercialization and Collaboration — MC10, PARC, Reebok, Shimmer Research
For more information, the complete agenda, and to register, visit www.flextechworkshop.org or call FlexTech Alliance at 1-408-577-1300.
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Elvitegravir vs. Raltegravir: 96-Week Phase III Results in Treatment-Experienced Patients
July/August 2012
Richard Elion from Whitman-Walker Health in Washington presented updated 96 week results from the phase 3 head-to-head study of elvitegravir vs raltegravir.1
The 48 week results, first presented at the IAS conference in Rome last year showed elvitegravir to be non-inferior to raltegravir based on viral suppression to <50 copies/mL.2
This phase 3 study randomised 712 treatment-experienced patients to either the investigational integrase inhibitor elvitegravir (150 mg once-daily) or raltegravir (400 mg twice-daily), each with matching placebo, plus a background regimen of a boosted protease inhibitor (PI) plus a third drug.
Baseline characteristics included mean age 45 years; 18% women; mean CD4 count 260 cells/mm3 (45% with CD4 <200), median viral load 20,000 copies/mL (with 26% >100,000 copies/mL) and 5% and 15% of patients were coinfected with HBV or HCV respectively. Approximately 63% patients had primary resistance to drugs in two or more classes (PI 33%, NRTI 72%, and NNRTI 61%), balanced between arms. Choice of background PI was largely darunavir (58%), lopinavir/r (19%) or atazanavir (16%). The third drug was an NRTI in 80% of patients (tenofovir 59%, tenofovir/FTC 27%, abacavir 4%, 3TC 3%, other 7%) with 13% using etravirine and 6% using maraviroc.
The primary endpoint of viral load <50 copies/mL through week 48 (time to loss of virologic response [TLOVR] analysis) was achieved by 59% of elvitegravir vs 85% raltegravir patients respectively.
Virological response out to 96 weeks dropped similarly in each arm (to 48% vs 45%%), maintaining non-inferiority for the comparison (difference 2.6; 95%CI -4.6, +9.9). Approximately 40% of patients in each arm discontinued before week 96. Reasons were balanced between arms (non-compliance: 39 vs 34; loss to follow-up: 29 vs 31, lack of efficacy: 17 vs 21, etc) expect for withdrawal of consent (30 vs 17), all elvitegravir vs raltegravir, respectively. The respective percentages of patients with virological failure increased to 26% vs 29% and 26% of patient in each arm had discontinued for other reasons (including side effects). CD4 increases were similar at +205 vs + 195 cells/mm3 (all elvitegravir vs raltegravir, respectively).
Genotypic resistance test results were available for approximately 25% of patients with virological failure in each arm, with a quarter of these in each arm (23/87 vs 26/93) having integrase inhibitor-associated mutations. Although some mutations were shared, elvitegravir was associated with T66I/A (n=8), E92Q/G (n=7), N155H (n=5), T97A (n=4), S147G (n=4) and Q148R (n=4); and raltegravir with N155H (n=16), Q148H (n=7) and T97A (n=4). Resistant mutations associated with NRTIs (3%), PIs (1%) and NNRTIs (2-3%) were similar in each arm. A more detailed analysis of the resistance results was presented as a separate poster.3
Grade 2-4 side effects were similar (68% in each arm) with slightly higher diarrhoea with elvitegravir (13% vs 7%). Limited details were provided for the 20% rate of serious side effects in each group but these only led to discontinuation in 4% vs 3% of patients. Grade 3/4 laboratory abnormalities were also similar, except for slightly higher ALT/AST/GGT in the raltegravir arm (2-3% vs 5-7%).
Elvitegravir has already been submitted to both the to the FDA and EMA for a decision on regulatory approval as a single agent.
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There are several opportunities to volunteer at Point Lookout State Park in the area of historical interpretation. We have both Fort Lincoln a civil war fort, and the Lighthouse that was constructed in 1830. We have two friends groups that work on the preservation and interpretation of both these wonderful areas that played a huge role in our local and state's history. We are looking for anyone who is willing to help pass down bits of history and or assist in the maintenance of the facilities, and help us pereserve these historically significant areas in our park.
Want to look back at the end of the day with a feeling of accomplishment? Clear Trails after storms (or the winter off-season), build water bars, repair trails damaged by storms or usage, and otherwise help to keep our network of trails in tip-top shape. A strong back, and the ability to work outside in all weather on potentially rugged terrain, is a must. Familiarity with hand and/or power tools, and/or some experience with trail work, is a bonus but not required. Wear weather-appropriate clothing that can get dirty/muddy, and sturdy work or hiking boots; bring water bottle, work gloves, lunch, as well as sunscreen, bug repellent and rain protection as needed. This is an occasional opportunity and days and times will vary.
Become a Volunteer Ranger and help protect Maryland's natural resources! The Volunteer Ranger Program is for volunteers ages 18 and above who want to assist the Department's regular workforce in state parks with operations, programs and public service. Volunteers are trained and provided with uniforms for their jobs once they have completed 40 hours of volunteer service at a state park. Orientation training helps rangers become acclimated to the Maryland Park Service. Additional training opportunities, that may include CPR, first aid, search and rescue, and trail stewardship, are offered on a regional basis. As ambassadors of the state parks, Volunteer Rangers serve a vital role to the public. Thousands of visitors to Maryland's state parks look to Volunteer Rangers for guidance and help.
Enjoy meeting your fellow campers? Point Lookout's Camp Hosts receive a free campsite in exhange for working for 20 hours per week. The work to be done is generally campground related: welcoming new campers, keeping campsites clean, keeping the campground in good condition, keeping bathhouses clean and in working order, answering questions asked by campers, and letting the campers know what is happening in the park/area over the period of the campers' stay. Camp Hosts are asked to make a commitment of a one-month stay. Opportunities are year-round.
If any of these volunteer opportunities interest you or if you have any questions, please call Point Lookout State Park at 301-872-5688 or e-mail Zachary Bruce at email@example.com.
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Elwood Babbitt
Daily Forecast for October 19th 2018
Elwood Babbitt is a male celebrity.
He was born on Saturday November 26th 1921, in Orange, MA, USA,.
October 19th 2018 brings Elwood Babbitt possible work-related travel.
Successful that he is today in his endeavours, Elwood makes good connections, and much is achieved if he concentrates on business.
Babbitt comes up with money-saving ideas, but he better keep his thoughts to himself.
While studying the color and flavor of the day, it is a good practice to keep in mind the greater meaning of October and the master plan of 2018 in Elwood's life.
You and Elwood
About Elwood's Numerological Forecast & Personal Day Cycle
Just as Elwood Babbitt evolves through a nine-year cycle and experiences the nine-month cycle, he is also subjected to nine-day cycles, even though their impact is subtle compared to the Personal Year and even Personal Month cycles. The Personal Day cycles proceed according to the same pattern - 1 through 9 - that the Personal Year and Personal Month cycles do. The numbers within the daily cycles have a similar impact on Elwood to the yearly and monthly cycles - though less pronounced.
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NEW ORLEANS (WBRC) - LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu enjoys his celebrity status as the "honey badger," especially when learning what a honey badger actually is.
"I think the Honey Badger nickname came from the fans back in Tiger Nation, and honey badger is such a relentless animal. He's fierce. And he definitely doesn't fear anything."
Mathieu spoke Thursday to reporters in New Orleans as the LSU Tigers prepare to play the Alabama Crimson Tide on Monday for the BCS National Championship. The Heisman trophy finalist said he tries to play every game like a honey badger.
"I just try to take that same approach to the field and just try to play smart and violent football for my team."
Mathieu knows he will need to be playing his best game Monday when LSU tries to stay undefeated and beat Alabama again. Alabama lost its only game to the Tigers in overtime, 9-6. Mathieu says Alabama is well balanced.
"I think we definitely are facing a great team in all three phases of the game," Mathieu said. "Our playmakers, the guys who lead this team, you know, definitely are going to have to step up and play their best football and put our team in position to win this game."
Alabama running back Trent Richardson was asked Thursday to express his thoughts on Mathieu. The two got to know each other last month during the ESPN College Football Awards and Heisman Trophy ceremony. Richardson called Mathieu "motivated."
"He's a very motivated guy," Richardson said. "He's a special guy. When I was down there I got to find out he was adopted. And to come from a situation like that and being as small as he is, it tells you a lot about his personality and what his ego is for real.
"To come from a guy like that who came from the situation he came from, it means a lot to everybody and gives a lot of hope to kids out there that are smaller than what most of the kids are nowadays," Richardson added.
Mathieu admits he enjoys his celebrity status, but also admits his teammates keep him humble.
"Michael Bonnette does a good job of definitely keeping me humble and just keeping me motivated and doing the things I gotta do for my team," Mathieu said. "These guys sitting next to me always bring me back down to Earth. So I never get too ahead of myself anymore. I just try to go out there, play my game fast, hoping that those guys have my back."
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Auld wins 'Project Runway' USA TODAY challenge
The Louisiana designer's sleek, linear dress, inspired by a fan-submitted photo, proved the best of the bunch.
NEW YORK -- Buttoned-down, he's not.
With his sugary Southern drawl and hair-raising style, Anthony Ryan Auld is one of the standout personalities on the current season of Project Runway All Stars (Thursdays, Lifetime, 9 p.m. ET/PT). And he's the winner of the show's first-ever interactive challenge: Take a photo submitted by a fan and design an outfit inspired by it and USA TODAY's visual storytelling.
Auld's sleek fitted blue, black and white above-the-knee dress, which called to mind the designs of Narciso Rodriguez, captivated the show's two regular judges, Georgina Chapman and Isaac Mizrahi, and two guests, Charlotte Ronson and fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson. It also landed him the grand prize: A feature in USA TODAY.
"This is one of the biggest things that's ever happened to me at this point in my career," an invigorated Auld said backstage after his win. "It's one of the biggest things I've ever gotten to win."
The 29-year-old from Baton Rouge says he was drawn to his reader-submitted photo because he "loved the linear aspects… you could tell it was something that was built, in the way that you build a life, so that's what drew me to the picture." The headline he selected for the photo was fitting: "Always looking forward."
USA Today challenged Project Runway All-Stars to tell a story by incorporating a fan photo into their design. Lifetime
He explains: "For me personally, I've had a lot of experiences that I could be very bitter and angry about , but I've just kind of learned that in the end it's not healthy."
And to Auld, a testicular cancer survivor, health is of utmost importance.
"One of the things I got from my cancer experience is to be appreciative for every day that you're given," he says. "Just the little things in the day. Regardless of if you get to have 10 minutes with your grandmother for the day or you get to call your mom and say I love you. You really have to take those and enjoy them."
And that's exactly what he's doing. Auld has started a "fashion driven movement" called ROCKONE1 that helps make fashion dreams come true for cancer victims and their friends and family. From taking them shopping to creating a custom garment, Auld wants to give back.
"Fashion gave me a positive mind-set, so I want to bring that to other people. I'm not just going to give the money for research, or give them the money to do it themselves. I want to do it with them," he says.
What's next design-wise for Auld on All-Stars?
"I'm going to show (the judges) a couple of things that I haven't done. You know, I don't work typically with a lot of flowy and bias cut. So I know I'm going to bring them that. I haven't really got to show them a gown yet. I have a different take on gowns. I want to keep pushing," he says.
Fans will have to wait until the season finale on Jan. 17 to find out if the pushing pays off. In the meantime, Auld isn't worrying.
"I came in with no expectations. I came in here just to show the world who I am a little bit more," he says. "I haven't really thought about what winning (the season) would mean....I can't let myself think about it because I'm so grateful to be here, to think about what it would mean to win would only set me up for disappointment and I have no reason to be disappointed."
Win or lose, Auld plans to continue his foundation, and pursue more fashion opportunities in his native Louisiana.
"I will still be paving the road for myself in the South, because there's not a whole lot of opportunities, so I kind of still have to make them," he explains.
How about a move to the U.S. fashion capital of New York?
"The opportunity would have to present itself in the end."
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In Arizona, Suspended Mexican American Studies Classes Could be Restored in High Schools
A pact that could bring closure to a 1974 lawsuit over racial segregation in southern Arizona's public schools, could reinstate -even expand- Mexican American studies courses eliminated from classrooms earlier this year by the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) under pressure from the state government.
Groups representing black and Latino plaintiffs have reached an agreement with the TUSD that could bring closure to the decades old discrimination lawsuit, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) said Monday. The proposal aims to increase racially and ethnically integrated schools, improve magnet schools and programs to promote integration and educational quality and enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of TUSD's administrators, teachers and staff, among other goals.
If approved, however, the plan would also restore courses on Mexican American history and culture that the TUSD eliminated in January, MALDEF Western Regional Counsel Nancy Ramírez said.
"The restoration and expansion of literature and social studies courses that focus on Mexican American experiences recognizes the important role these courses play in engaging students and improving their academic achievement and graduation rates and is a critical strategy for closing the achievement gap for Latino students," she said.
On January 10, the TUSD's governing board voted 4 to 1 to abandon its controversial Mexican American Studies courses in order to bring the district into compliance with a new law forbidding classes that advocate the overthrow of the United States, promote racial resentment or emphasize students' ethnicity rather than their individuality.
The law, HB 2281, specifically targeted the district's Mexican American studies program, which supporters accused of politicizing students and breeding ethnic resentment. The district removed seven book titles on Mexican American studies from its classrooms.
Arizona's Superintendent of Schools led the fight against the curricula in TUSD, the biggest school district in southern Arizona with a 60 percent Latino student population, because he said it teaches students to resent Anglos.
In an interview with Fox News Latino earlier this year, Superintendent John Huppenthal said the university system that educated public school teachers is to blame and he expressed interest in taking the curriculum ban to the university level.
"I think that's where this toxic thing starts from, the universities," Huppenthal said.
"To me, the pervasive problem was the lack of balance going on in these classes," he explained.
In the wake of Tucson's suspension of its Mexican American Studies program, a web of censorship and confusion has entangled the city's public schools. While the district has not expressly banned any books, it has implemented a series of restrictions ranging from outright prohibition of some books from classrooms, to new approval requirements for supplemental texts, and vague instructions regarding how texts may be taught.
So now Latino advocacy groups and state officials await the process for approving the plan announced Monday, while three community forums are being planned to allow parents to voice their opinions.
The comments received about the proposal will be presented before a federal court on Dec. 10; four days later a response must be given to any objections raised against it.
Sylvia Campoy, a teacher and one of the plaintiffs, said they have high hopes that this proposal will transform the TUSD into a school district "open to the community and responsible for the actions it takes."
The lawsuit was filed in May 1974 by the NAACP. Five months later, a group of Hispanics brought a similar suit.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Jurors began deliberations in the sentencing-eligibility phase of the trial of Naeem Williams, who was convicted last month in the 2005 beating death of his 5-year-old daughter, Talia.
Lawyers made their final arguments Thursday, debating whether Williams' mental competence and intentions warrant the death penalty.
Prosecutors said Williams intended to inflict severe physical pain and suffering on his daughter, and that intent makes Williams eligible for the death penalty.
"His intent was clear," prosecuting attorney Steven Mellin said. "He intended to and did cause severe physical pain and suffering. He hit her so hard that even he couldn't cover up the resulting impact."
Williams' lawyer, Michael Burt, said his client's violent actions were intended to discipline his daughter for urinating on herself. Williams was disciplined with a belt by his own father, Burt said.
"He always said: 'I did not want to inflict extreme pain on Talia. All I wanted to do is to ... stop her from using the bathroom on herself,' " Burt said.
Mellin argued that Williams intended to do more than discipline his daughter, noting that at one point in the days leading up to her death Williams acknowledged that his daughter "smelt like death."
"He repeatedly and meticulously duct-taped his daughter to the bed post and beat her," Mellin said. "He hit her so many times with the belt or fist he lost count."
Burt also argued that Williams was mentally impaired. During several weeks of sentencing hearings, defense lawyers brought in experts to testify about Williams' low IQ in an attempt to show that his low level of intelligence makes him ineligible for a death sentence.
Burt had previously told the jury that Williams initially failed a military aptitude test and later achieved the minimum score to join the Army. He had said Williams has an IQ score of 73, and had the mental age of a 7- to 9-year-old.
"The cold reality of this case is that both the defense experts and the government experts found important deficits," Burt said.
But Mellin countered that Williams' success in his career showed that he is not intellectually disabled. Williams' Army supervisor said he was in the top 10 percent of all people he supervised, Mellin said.
"He is simply using this claim as a way to not take responsibility for his violent acts," Mellin said.
Williams faces the death penalty even though Hawaii abolished capital punishment in 1957. Because the crime took place on military property, the case is in the federal justice system, which allows for the death penalty.


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STOCKTON - The blood alcohol content of the county's chief librarian registered at three times the legal limit upon his arrest early this year for drunken driving, a prosecutor said Monday.
STOCKTON - The blood alcohol content of the county's chief librarian registered at three times the legal limit upon his arrest early this year for drunken driving, a prosecutor said Monday.
Christopher Freeman, who heads the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, admitted his guilt before a group of students at August Knodt Elementary School in Weston Ranch.
The Choices and Consequences program takes the courtroom to schools, impressing upon students the perils of drinking and driving. County Superior Court Judge Richard Vlavianos oversaw the sentencing.
Freeman's voice trembled with nerves as the 42-year-old stood to tell 200 students in the gymnasium-turned-courtroom that he was embarrassed for his poor choice.
"Drinking and driving is one of the dumbest things you can do," he said. "I could have killed myself. I could have killed somebody. I could have killed one of you that night."
His library job was not mentioned in his sentencing.
Chief Deputy Scott Fichtner of the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office explained the facts of Freeman's case.
The California Highway Patrol arrested Freeman at 1:40 a.m. Jan. 12. at Pershing and Mendocino avenues in Stockton, near Freeman's home. He was initially pulled over for driving 60 mph in a 35 mph zone.
The officer then noticed the odor of alcohol emanating from Freeman, glossy eyes and slurred speech. An hour after his arrest, Freeman's blood alcohol content registered at .24 percent, a prosecutor said. The legal limit is .08.
Vlavianos sentenced Freeman to five days in jail. He can work off that time through a county program rather than spend it behind bars. His $2,748 fine was reduced by $500 for making himself an example before the children.
Freeman also has to take classes for the next nine months in a first-time offender program and spend three years on informal probation, which means he won't have to report to anyone.
But the judge told Freeman that his behavior - if repeated - could have horrible consequences.
"If you continue to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol and somebody dies, you can be charged with murder," Vlavianos said.
The state's Department of Motor Vehicles is expected to take away Freeman's driver's license for a month, and after that for a period of time he will be allowed to drive only to and from work.
Attorney Gil Somera, who represented Freeman, said his client's arrest will end up costing about $10,000, given the cost of classes and a spike to his car insurance for the next 10 years.
Despite his troubles, Freeman has kept his job as deputy director of Stockton's Department of Community Services, where he earned $104,367 in gross pay for 2012 overseeing the library branches.
Freeman is getting off relatively easily, despite the embarrassment and cost, said Somera, who has had clients sent to prison for killing strangers, family members and a best friend.
"Every day, that nightmare never goes away," Somera said. "For the rest of your life you have to acknowledge that your dumb mistake killed your best friend."
At the end of Freeman's brief but poignant sentencing, a county Sheriff's deputy put the librarian in handcuffs and led him out under the students' gaze.
Outside of their view in the parking lot, the bailiff unlocked the handcuffs, and Freeman drove away. Just seeing somebody handcuffed leaves a powerful impact on the students, Somera said.
The ordeal has been all too real for Freeman, he said.
"He has greatly suffered personally and professionally for this," Somera said of his client, noting he is an otherwise upstanding citizen with no other criminal past. "It taints his record. It taints him as a person."
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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April 26, 1993 - August 21, 2013
Middletown, NY
Elysia Jade Hasbrouck, a.k.a. Cha-Chi, was born April 26, 1993 in Middletown, NY and received her new body on August 21, 2013 in Rocky Mount, NC.
She is survived by her father, two mothers, four sisters, two brothers, five nephews and two nieces. Her spirit and love are forever encompassing and her light eternally luminous. Live Your Dreams - Elysia.
Friends and family will gather on Thursday, August 29th from 2 to 4 p.m. at Morse Funeral Home Inc., 33 Railroad Ave., Middletown, NY. A Service celebrating and remembering Elysia's life will be held at 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the funeral home to help defray the costs.
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German; born Kattowicz, 1902 - died Paris 1975.
Bellmer studied under George Grosz in Berlin and by the early thirties had adopted his surrealist style depicting bizarre images involving young female nudes. Denounced by the Nazis as a degenerate, he fled to Paris in 1935 and became a member of the Surrealist group there (Arp, Ernst, Duchamp, Man Ray).
He made his famous poupées (dolls), articulated female figurines, which defined his work from others. They were photographed by himself and Man Ray and he employed his superb draughtsmanship in depicting them in paintings, drawings, etchings and engravings.
Draughtsman, painter, constructor of dolls, etcher, lithographer and writer. He is essentially the poet of an obsessional erotic and fetishist magic.
Bellmer is also one of the most peculiar etchers. The erotic undertones of his work scandalised many but made him a favourite of the Surrealists
Born in Upper Silesia.
Early influence of Klinger, Beardsley. and ToulouseLautrec.
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Keira Jones: Wag Watch #23
The South London glamour model has been on a quest to make a name for herself the only way a WAG knows how. By flaunting her goods on quality publications like Page 3 of the Star, FHM, Loaded, and Zoo. And what goods she has. When asked what the best thing about being a model was, Keira replied everything. At least she knows the awesomeness of her job. If you're interested in a date, her turn-ons include smiling, kisses, and laughter. Turn-offs include bad vibes and swearing. Guess I'm out of luck. No matter, the British beauty has bagged Woking/Cypriot midfielder Nicky Nicolau.
Still one can dream. Keira claims she often spends upwards of £200 on lingerie shopping trips, where lace dominates over leather. And when asked to describe her best talent, she stated that, "I can fit my whole hand in mouth, which surprises people as my mouth looks quite small." Nice.
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Oil and gas drilling is acceptable on certain federal lands. But some places are simply too wild to drill—in these places, important wildlife habitat, scenic beauty and other cultural and environmental benefits are at risk.
The Bureau of Land Management currently protects less than 10 percent of lands for conservation, leaving more than 90 percent open to potential energy development.
Oil and gas drilling leaves a large footprint on the land. Extracting polluting fossil fuels requires a mesh of roads, pipelines and well pads that break up large swaths of land and fragment wildlife habitat. Currently, oil and gas development is one of the largest threats to our wild landscapes.
Continuing to modernize America's energy policy will be critical to protecting wild places. Revising land management plans, protecting key wildlife and reforming how and where energy leasing occurs will allow conservation to be in the mix early on.
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Protecting wildlands from the scars of oil and gas development
BLM and Forest Service lands are increasingly becoming home to oil and gas development in America. This can often mean real and unavoidable consequences for wild places, wildlife, water and recreation.
Federal guidelines and a smart from the start energy strategy will modernize the way development happens on public land to avoid the most sensitive areas. New methods of managing BLM lands, called Master Leasing Plans, can help balance all the values and resources of an area—protecting the places that are too wild to drill, and guiding oil and gas drilling towards less-sensitive areas.
With a Master Leasing Plan, the BLM meets with conservationists, local communities and other stakeholders to identify the wild and valuable places in an area to ensure that the best and wildest are kept off limits to drilling. This new way of doing business on public lands can help prevent some of the conflict of the past and lessen the impacts of oil and gas development on public lands.
Learn more: Six ways oil and gas drilling is bad news for the environment
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Too Wild to Drill
There are places that oil and gas drilling is acceptable on federal lands—but there are also many places that are too wild to drill. Keeping the well pads, pipelines and roads away from wilderness quality places is a critical piece of the energy puzzle.
The main way to "do energy right" on public lands and protect places that are too wild to drill is to ensure that conservation and recreation are given the same respect as drilling and grazing on federal lands. Balancing all of the values and resources of an area will ensure protection of places that are too special for development.
Learn more about how places deemed Too Wild to Drill are still being threatened by energy development
Leasing on federal lands can be a confusing process—learn more about it
Wildlands open for business
Of the 245 million acres of land under the Bureau of Land Management, only 27 million acres are protected from drilling—the rest are open for business (and not much else). Conserving wild places is not on equal ground with oil and gas drilling—far from it.
From discount rates for drilling on federal lands, shortchanging tax payers, to areas being managed for oil above all other uses, management of BLM lands is not where it should be. Recreation like hiking and biking, fishing and camping, and wildlife watching is supposed to be on a level playing field with energy development on BLM lands. Unfortunately, this is not usually the case.
Most of the lands managed by the BLM are open to leasing for oil and gas companies—90 percent of BLM lands are open to leasing, and only 10 percent are protected with special conservation designations. Once land is leased, it can be locked up by oil and gas companies for 20 years. Currently, more than 36 million acres of BLM lands have been leased to oil and gas companies—but only 12 million are in production with the oil companies just sitting on the rest. That's 24 million acres that are locked up by the oil and gas industry!
Our report, Open for Business (and not much else!) dives into the inequality that exists in the management of America's lands. It is time that conservation be put on Equal Ground with energy development.


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This UI requires 3D hardware drivers, and with Ubuntu's goal being to run on any ARM device, they wanted to come up with a solution - and they found it. If you can't count on 3D support, then you should come up with a UI that doesn't require it.
That's exactly what the Ubuntu developers have done. For Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, the ARM release will have a new UI by default, written using the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. The EFL are designed to be lightweight and easy on the hardware while still offering all the fancy effects and stuff people have come to expect.
"It's a direct clone of the UI found in the 9.10 Karmic release on i386 although this one is based on Enlightenment Foundation Libraries meaning that its fast on non-accelerated platforms," Bennett writes, "If there is 3D hardware available it can use that but it works perfectly fine without."
This is great news for the Enlightenment team, and they are rightfully proud about it. "The Enlightenment team is proud its products are being used more and more on embedded systems, be they e-book readers, phones, or TV's; x86, ARM, or MIPS; accelerated or non-accelerated hardware," writes Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri.
"Enlightenment Foundation Libraries were conceived and developed with performance in mind," Barbieri adds, "Started in 2000, the current incarnation was designed based on previous experience with Imlib and Imlib2, libraries known to be quite fast. Over the past 10 years, the API changed a lot to be easier to use, but the performance impact of each and every change was carefully considered and benchmarked using the Expedite tool."


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Nashua, hospital close to settling parking disputeBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
August 05. 2013 7:40PM
NASHUA — The city's legal counsel has drafted two tentative lease agreements that may resolve an ongoing dispute over city land being used by a local hospital for overflow parking.
On Wednesday, the aldermanic Finance Committee will review a proposal to have the city enter into two lease agreements with Southern New Hampshire Medical Center.
The agreements, if approved, will enable the hospital to continue leasing a city-owned parking lot behind CVS pharmacy on Main Street, in addition to leasing a parking lot next to the former Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical building at the corner of East Hollis Street and Medical Center Drive.
Last fall, a dispute erupted over the hospital's parking situation when a proposed resolution was made requesting that the nearby CVS pharmacy lease the parking property already being rented by the hospital.
As a compromise, the newest lease agreement being recommended by Stephen Bennett, deputy corporation counsel, will enable the hospital to continue leasing the 80-spot parking lot, but CVS will be permitted to sublease parking spaces from the hospital.
"This agreement is intended to provide Southern New Hampshire Medical Center with the opportunity to expand its campus to accommodate additional patient services while ensuring that CVS can redevelop its site to upgrade its facility to better serve its customers," Bennett said in a memo to the Finance Committee.
In return, the city will allow the hospital to lease, with annual increments of $24,000, the former Dartmouth-Hitchcock parking lot, which Bennett said will offset the parking spaces that will be subleased to CVS at the other city parking lot.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has been leasing the other city-owned parking lot behind CVS for about 25 to 30 years. That parking is important to the hospital because it is housed at the north entrance of the hospital facility and is used by many outpatients on a daily basis, a hospital spokesperson said recently.
If the two new agreements are approved, the hospital can enter into a new, 15-year lease agreement to rent the same parking lot for $48,000 a year, according to Bennett's memo.
"The agreement contains a provision that the property may be purchased during the term of this agreement by Southern New Hampshire Medical Center for a price of $720,000 with credit for all rental fees paid pursuant to the agreement," according to the memo. "This option to purchase is conditioned upon Southern New Hampshire Medical Center obligating itself to redeveloping the property with the construction of a multi-story parking garage, medical office building or similar improvements."
Representatives from the city, CVS and Southern New Hampshire Medical Center have been meeting since last fall to resolve the parking issue. Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said previously that various options were being explored to remedy the situation.
In April, it was revealed that the hospital is planning to build a new parking lot on Prospect Street, but still had hopes of leasing the city-owned parking lot also being sought by CVS.
The property at 20 Prospect St. was purchased with the intention of converting it into a parking lot that would connect with an existing parking lot near Lamprey Health Care, Scott Cote, chief information officer for the hospital, said earlier this year.
That parking lot is adding about 35 to 40 parking spaces to be used primarily by hospital staff, therefore freeing up other parking spots for patients, Cote said previously.


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To raise financial awareness about the importance of estate planning, the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils created National Estate Planning Awareness Week, which runs Monday through Friday.
To raise financial awareness about the importance of estate planning, the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils created National Estate Planning Awareness Week, which runs Monday through Friday.
I wanted to honor this week by bringing you information on how property passes at death with and without a will or written estate plan.
As I often joke: "If you don't have a will, don't worry. New York state has written one for you." If you die without a will, your assets will be passed on to your family under a procedure called "intestate distribution" or "intestacy."
Generally speaking, there are four ways to pass on property when you die:
1. By operation of law — e.g., a property with joint ownership (aka joint tenants);
2. By contract — e.g., transfer-on-death or payable-on-death beneficiary designations, insurance policies and retirement accounts;
3. By a Last Will and Testament — i.e. everything left in your own name after 1 and 2; or
4. Intestacy — i.e. New York will govern how your assets (the ones without beneficiary designations) are distributed if you pass without a will.
According to New York law, if you die without a will, your estate (in very basic terms) will pass as follows:
If you are survived by a spouse and "issue":
Spouse gets first $50,000 and one-half of the residue of the estate (not all to your spouse as many assume); Issue (your children and their progeny) divide the rest.
If you are survived by a spouse and no issue, then the spouse inherits all.
If you are survived by issue but no spouse, the issue divide the estate.
If you have no spouse or issue, then assets pass to your closest relatives, beginning with your parents and so on all the way to first cousins once removed.
If you have no living relatives, your estate passes to New York state.
There are, of course, many other rules and nuances to the intestate distribution that are beyond the scope of this article.
If you want to decide how your assets are distributed at your death, such as giving to a certain charity, you need to create a will. By having a will, you can decide who receives your property and in what proportions; plan around tax problems; create a trust for children because of age or special needs; and nominate guardians for your minor children.
I'd recommend meeting with an attorney who concentrates their practice in estate planning and/or elder law. And while you're there, remember to get a health care proxy and durable power of attorney.
To learn more about the added benefits of a living will, take a look at EstatepPanningAnswers.org. Created by the NAEPC, the website provides through answers to consumers on a variety of estate planning questions.
Laura Medigovich is a certified financial planner and vice president for M&T Bank's Hudson Valley region. The views expressed by the author are her own and are not endorsed by M&T Bank, M&T Securities or their affiliates.


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An illegal logging operation that caused substantial surface damage was discovered in January on Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
Monument manager Marietta Eaton said the violation occurred near the Utah border north of County Road 10. Citations were issued, but no names have been released.
"It has been so dry, they were able to drive in and cut or pull down more than 20 juniper trees," Eaton said. "Then they returned a second time to buck it up."
Wood cutting and collection aren't allowed in the monument.
Three people were given summons to appear in U.S. District Court in Durango on March 6.
Eaton said about 1.5 miles of off-road damage will to be rehabilitated.
Eaton said there are no cultural resources in the area.
BLM law enforcement officer Logan Briscoe, who issued the citations, said the investigation is continuing.
"It came to our attention on January 16, and on January 24 we caught the individuals," Briscoe said. "We've been having a problem with illegal wood cutting along County Road 10."
The illegal harvest is one of the largest officials have seen.
No fuel wood permits are issued within the monument.
"Wood collection was shut down on the monument because typically you have to drive off-road to get to a tree, and that creates a lot of potential for damage to cultural sites," Briscoe said.
The individuals used a truck and an ATV to access and move the trees, according to court documents. They accessed the area via a two-track road that officials will landscape to hide it from County Road 10. It will be signed as non-motorized use only.
"It comes at a cost to the taxpayer, because the area has to be rehabilitated where the tracks caused damage, and that takes time and money," Briscoe said.
Road closures
In an unrelated action, officials will gate three roads in Canyons of the Ancients as part of the 2010 management plan.
The end of Road W, Road 4546 at the Utah state line, and a spur road off of Road 4526 to Yellow Jacket Canyon will be gated. The roads are for administrative purposes, and will continue to be available for non-motorized travel by the public.


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Using urine specific gravity values to localize azotemia in veterinary care
In previous issues of dvm360 (see the http://dvm360.com/osborne "The whole story"), we discussed various aspects of urine specific gravity values and their implications on patient health. Here, we discuss urine specific values and localization of azotemia.
Keep in mind that some azotemic cats with primary renal failure retain comparably greater urine concentrating capacity than dogs do. In dogs with progressive disease resulting in primary renal failure, azotemia usually follows loss of the ability to concentrate urine to a specific gravity of at least 1.030. In some cats with primary renal failure, azotemia may precede loss of the ability to concentrate urine to values of 1.040 to 1.045.
Prerenal azotemiaCauses and pathogenesis. Extraurinary diseases may cause varying degrees of alteration in glomerular filtration because of reduced renal blood flow. Inadequate perfusion of normal glomeruli with blood, regardless of cause, may cause prerenal azotemia.
Prerenal azotemia is initially associated with structurally normal kidneys that are capable of quantitatively normal renal function, provided compromised renal perfusion is corrected before the onset of ischemic nephron damage. Progression of prerenal azotemia to intrarenal (primary) renal failure due to persistent ischemia prolongs and reduces the likelihood of complete recovery.
Consider prerenal azotemia if abnormal elevations in blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine concentrations are associated with adequately concentrated urine (1.035 in dogs; 1.040 in cats) in patients with no specific evidence of generalized glomerular disease. Adequately concentrated urine in association with azotemia indicates that enough functional nephrons are present to prevent primary renal azotemia. Significantly elevated BUN or creatinine concentrations due to primary renal failure cannot be detected in dogs until about 70 to 75 percent of the nephron population is nonfunctional. Elevated urine specific gravity associated with prerenal azotemia probably reflects a compensatory response by the body to combat low perfusion pressure and blood volume by secreting antidiuretic hormone (and possibly other substances) to conserve water filtered through glomeruli. Appropriate volume replacement therapy to restore renal perfusion is typically followed by a dramatic drop in urea and creatinine concentrations to normal in about one to three days.
Another form of potentially reversible prerenal azotemia associated with primary renal disease may develop in patients with glomerulonephropathy and severe hypoalbuminemia. At the level of the glomerulus, hypoalbuminemia enhances the glomerular filtration rate because of reduced colloidal osmotic pressure. However, decreased renal blood flow and glomerular filtration that occur in association with a marked reduction in vascular volume secondary to a reduction in colloidal osmotic pressure result in a proportionate degree of retention of substances normally cleared by the kidneys (e.g., creatinine, urea). These two mechanisms have opposite effects on glomerular filtration. So carefully interpret an abnormal increase in BUN or creatinine concentration (or a reduction in creatinine clearance) in hypoproteinemic nephrotic patients. Azotemia is not indisputable evidence of severe primary glomerular lesions since a component of the azotemia may be associated with a potentially reversible decrease in renal perfusion caused by hypoalbuminemia.
Diagnosis. Diagnosis of prerenal azotemia is based on the following:
> Elevated serum BUN or creatinine concentrations
> Oliguria
> High urine specific gravity (1.035 in dogs; 1.040 in cats) or osmolality
> Detection of underlying cause
> Rapid correction of azotemia after administration of appropriate therapy to restore renal perfusion.
Prognosis. The prognosis of prerenal azotemia depends on reversibility of the primary cause. The prognosis is favorable for renal function if perfusion is rapidly restored. However, complete loss of renal perfusion in excess of two to four hours may result in generalized ischemic renal disease. With the exception of shock, this degree of reduced renal perfusion is uncommon. Thus, the onset of generalized renal disease would be expected to require a longer period of altered renal perfusion.


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Timeline of Events
Amanda Berry
April 21, 2003 - 16-year-old Amanda Berry goes missing. It was the day before her 17th birthday. She had just left her part-time job at the Burger King at West 110th and Lorain.
November 2004 - A television psychic tells Amanda's mom, Louwana Miller she'll never see her daughter alive again.
September 2006 - Amanda Berry's mom died. Some say she died of a broken heart.
July 2012 - FBI received a tip from an inmate at Lucasville Prison, claiming he killed Amanda and buried her body in a field at West 30th and Wade Ave, not far from the house on Seymour.
Gina DeJesus
April 2004 - 14-year-old Gina DeJesus disappeared as she walked home from Wilbur Wright Middle School. Gina was last seen in the area of West 105th Street and Lorain Avenue.
September 2006 - Cleveland police dug up a garage on the west side. They found nothing that would lead them to Gina DeJesus.
2007 - Age progression photo released of Gina.
April 2010 - A prayer march in Cleveland for Gina DeJesus who disappeared six years ago April 2nd. Her family and friends gathered to re-trace her steps from the last place she was seen.
July 2010 - Gina's parents joined forces with the Williamsport, PA Crosscutters. Gina's picture appeared on the baseball team's photo, given out to fans.
April 2012 - Monday night family, friends and activists gathered for a vigil at W. 105th and Lorain -- the same spot the 14-year old was last seen.
Michelle Knight
August 22, 2002 - Michelle Knight disappeared. She was 21 years old.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight
May 6, 2013 - Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight found safe in a home on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland.
After the women were found:
May 7, 2013 - In a touching moment, report Bill Safos kept his promise to Amanda Berry's mother and wore the shirt and tie she asked him to wear "when Mandy comes home."
For the first time, we heard from the family of Michelle Knight.
May 8, 2013 - Around 11:30 a.m., Amanda Berry returned home.
Around 2:45 p.m., Gina DeJesus returned home.
Ed Gallek shot exclusive video of suspect Ariel Castro in the Justice Center.
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Wednesday night, charges were filed against Castro.
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One of the characteristics of our style of Shorin-Ryu is that we only pivot on the balls of our feet -- we do not pivot on our heels.
The first kata in which this is noticeable is Fukyugata Ichi. In the first movement, the left foot moves to the left, and when setting into Zenkutsu Dachi, the right foot pivots on the ball of the foot -- the heel thrusts back. It is very noticeable when a student incorrectly pivots on their heel because this makes the front of the their foot pivot forward in an arch -- it sort of flaps.
In the second movement of the kata, we step forward with our right foot and our left foot (which had been the foreward foot in Zenkutsu Dachi) pivots on the ball of the foot into Shizentai Dachi. Again, it would not be correct for the student to pivot on the heel of the left foot.
I think that there are two reasons for the ball of the foot pivot. The first is that it gives a firm base. If you pivot on the heel at the moment of contact, your balance could be poor and you could lose your balance. The second reason is that it helps to maintain body compression. Pivoting on the ball of the foot closes the body (particularly the hara) while pivoting on the heel tends to open it.
There is a difference between a preparatory pivot and one at the moment of contact. We tend to pivot on the moment of contact and for this, the ball of the foot is preferrable to the heel. However, if the pivot is before the moment of contact, there may be cases where a pivot on the heel is used to step on or trap the attacker's foot. It is much easier to step on someone's foot when you pivot on your heel.
Of course, the opposite is also true -- sometimes the pivot on the ball of the foot is used to sweep the attacker's foot or leg. The rear leg is usually used for this.
When I practiced Tai Chi, we always pivoted on our heels, with the step on the attacker's foot as the usual explanation. Some styles of Karate also pivot on the heel, sometimes to open the hara.
The use of the ball of the foot or heel to pivot affects the line of the kata. The heel pivots maintains the line while the ball of the foot pivot shifts the line to the inside slightly. This affects weight distribution and lines of attack/avoidance.
At an advanced level, it is possible to move more freely with less reliance on firm footwork (because the body compression is more internal than ground based).
For a beginner, however, we pivot on the balls of our feet.
Charles C. Goodin
Pivot on the Ball
One of the characteristics of our style of Shorin-Ryu is that we only pivot on the balls of our feet -- we do not pivot on our heels.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, June 21, 2006


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summertime saturdays.7Saturday, August 02, 2008
Um, yes. Another Saturday. But we camped out last night. At the pool. And there was a lovely breakfast this morning. But I missed my oportunity to photograph it. So instead I will show you some knitting.
I mentioned of my plans to knit for others the month of July. After I read about nest on Sarah's blog, and then again on Amanda's, I knew I wanted to participate. To help others stay warm. So I decided to just try to knit as much as I could, until the end of the month. And I decided since I have both of these patterns memorized, this would be the easiest thing for me to tote around. I also owe some people some gifts, so some will go to them.
I searched my stash, and this is what I found. Lorna's laces, Classic Elite, Renaissance and Cascade 220 superwash. One skein of the Renaissance made one pair. One skein of the Cascade made two pairs. And I only made one pair out of the Lorna's Laces, but I do believe that I have enough to make one more pair.
Almost finished ten. Almost.
This pattern is one that is a combination of a couple of different patterns. So, not my own. Hopefully sometime soon I will be able to combine my thoughts so that you can make a pair if you want. They are super easy. And quick.
And these are the Evangeline. My all time favorite. I added one pattern repeat to the instructions for the short pair.
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Love all your mitts. Hope you can get your thoughts together soon, I am looking for a good pattern and the non-cabled ones look like something I could do. I haven't advanced to cables yet. Good idea - I think I may have to try this for August.ReplyDelete
How inspiring!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! That is such a wonderful idea. I know they will be appreciated.ReplyDelete
yep, the genmaicha is in my queue.ReplyDelete
i've got the pattern and the yarn.
now i just need the time. ;-)
school starts in nine days. with just one kidlet at home, maybe i can manage some daytime knitting.
thoughtful gifting...love that...ReplyDelete
OMG Leslie, we're stash twins! I have those exact colors of Classic Elite Renaissance hanging around as well. I've been meaning to give Evangeline a try, so thanks for the info.ReplyDelete
Your mitts are lovely and will not doubt be loved by those who wear them!
Um! Wow! Ok, so I so totally don't feel bad knitting a pair of stripey socks every week this summer...and yes, I am giving mine away too! I am so impressed; I made a pair of endpaper mitts last year and it took me months to make them...I can't believe you made all those. I love the ones with cables the best.ReplyDelete
What a lot of mitts to knit. You must have heaps of patience. They all look great and for a good cause too.ReplyDelete
you are a wonderful woman, leslie. i think i'll be making hats for nest.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful thing to do, Leslie. I'm going to be doing the same thing now that I can get my hands on the yarn again. You're an inspiration!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/03/2008
I love them. I went to magknits.com and they 'don't exist" anymore??? the site is blank with one email addy on it that bounced back to me. :( i suppose you don't happen to have the pattern on your computer that you could email to me.. or post on your site for print? Raverly has the pattern pictures but if you want the pattern they forward you to magknits... which doesn't work. Have a great knittyday.ReplyDelete
i love "Water for Elephants"!! It has been a crazy summer here - I am very jealous of your very relaxing vacation and the picnic blanket. Oh, and all those pretty mitts - might have to try the cabled pair. Very inspired by all your work as well...ReplyDelete
Happy August!!
what a wonderful project to work on! I love that first photo.ReplyDelete
You are like super woman. Such a font of energy, creativity. I love the mitts line-up photo, too :o)ReplyDelete
Nice work and excellent planning!
I love the mitts. You must do a pattern for the plain ones. Those are exactly what I have been looking for to make for Christmas gifts for sisters(3) and girlfriends!! Also, I picked up some bandanas on the way home the other day and my 8 year old daughter has lavished us all (including dad and brother) with her skills. I am wearing 2 to work today!! She insisted, and no it doesn't really match my work clothes, but how can I resist.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/04/2008
Thank you for the links. I will definitely try to knit a few items to send along so that someone can get a little warmth and comfort over the winter months. I think sometimes we all take it for granted to have heat and air. I'm very lucky that in the past 6 years I've only had to turn my heat on twice. Good thing for good insulation. Unfortunately we run our air constantly because of the high temps and that good insulation.ReplyDelete
I'll definitely have to try out the pattern you linked to as well. Very pretty mitts!
Wow! What a wonderful collection! I'm forever in awe of those who can keep their WIPs a "secret" and then just present beautiful FOs (especially multiple ones!) like this.ReplyDelete
It goes without saying that you're awesome for contributing to such a worthy cause. :)
WHAT A KIND HEART AND A WONDERFUL TALENT YOU HAVE!ReplyDelete
They are all so beautiful!ReplyDelete
Wow... this is amazing! I have to say, fingerless mitts are one of my favorite things to knit... and gift:)ReplyDelete
love your Evangelines! your reason for knitting them is very inspiring. i may have to do this as well. it's a great idea!ReplyDelete
They are beautiful!ReplyDelete
- caroline (UK)8/13/2008
Wow, I am so impressed with the amount of knitting you produce in such a short time! And with kids in the house too. I have a 1 year old and my knitting time seems to be almost non-existent! Do you have any tips on how to fit more knitting into a busy life?? Do you tend to take your knitting everywhere with you just in case you get a free moment for example? I would love to hear from you!ReplyDelete
Beth over at esoule.blogspot.com has been ranting and raving about these cabled mitts of yours, they might be the perfect project to get me back into knitting!ReplyDelete
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Part of this may be due to the fact that graphics have become less of a talking point for PlayStation Vita, Yoshida said, so priorities for the handheld have evolved over the years. "It's very fortunate that the indie boom happened, and they are providing lots of great content to Vita," he said. "Gameplay, game-mechanic wise, people want to spend 10 minutes, 15 minutes getting in and out. ... Instead of watching big stories or cinematics, you can spend hours on Vita."
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DOT sets target date of Jan. 17 for reopening Leo Frigo Bridge
DOT sets target date of Jan. 17 for reopening Leo Frigo Bridge
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Ring, ring, "Crisis Line, this is Lindsay." This is a daily occurrence for a domestic violence advocate. Some calls may be simple, like someone needing a phone number to another social service agency; some calls are more complex, like someone trying to flee an abusive relationship, but all the shelters are full. Then there are the calls that you never forget, like the one where a woman calls because her husband is hurting her and you can hear him screaming at her in the back ground and all of a sudden the phone goes dead. You are silent, keeping the phone to your ear, hoping she will call back, but thinking the worst.
Being a domestic violence advocate at a shelter has its challenges and successes. For example, in facilitating an economic empowerment group, you have a client that gets it, she wants to set goals and achieve them. She knows she can do it on her own for the first time; she's optimistic and excited to learn more. Then there is the client that has been struggling with social security, trying to get disability because she can't work due to numerous physical and emotional reasons. You help her fill out the paperwork, take her to your local congressman's office seeking assistance, then later, you get the call from her that she was finally approved. Victory!
Some days there are more challenges than successes, like trying to assist clients in finding housing and jobs, which are both very hard to come by right now. They come back to shelter day after day feeling worn out and getting no where. Should they tell a potential land lord they are staying at a domestic violence shelter, will that hurt their chances or help them? It's always a gamble; will they get someone who is kind and understanding, or will they get someone that only cares about the bottom line; taking in a client could be a potential risk if the abuser comes around and causes problems.
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