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September 3, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles developed and tested a culturally tailored HIV prevention program called Men of African-American Legacy Empowering Self (MAALES). African Americans have a significantly higher HIV/AIDS incidence than any other ethnic or racial group. CDC data show African Americans accounted for 44 percent of new U.S. HIV diagnoses in 2010. Also, among men who have sex with men (MSM), black men had the largest estimated number of HIV infections. According to Nina Harawa -- principal investigator, adjunct assistant professor of epidemiology at UCLA, and associate professor of research at Charles R. Drew University -- few interventions exist to reduce the high rates of HIV infection among these men.
MAALES was based on the authors' and others previous research indicating that African-American bisexual men had different experiences and concerns than MSM or heterosexual men. The researchers surveyed 437 bisexual black men and assessed key characteristics and behaviors, sociodemographics, incarceration history, self-reported HIV status, condom use, gender role expectations, experiences with racism, and drug and alcohol use. Researchers conducted the surveys at baseline and three and six months postintervention.
Researchers randomized participants to either the six-session MAALES intervention or a control group that educated them on HIV risk reduction at one session. Participants in the MAALES intervention reported 49 percent fewer episodes of unprotected sex with male or female partners after six months, 50 percent fewer episodes of unprotected vaginal sex with females, and 44 percent fewer female partners compared with controls. Dr. John K. Williams, associate professor in residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the co-principal investigator, concluded that the findings showed the ability to create change by means of culturally tailored behavioral intervention.
The full report, "Efficacy of a Culturally Congruent HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Behaviorally Bisexual Black Men: Results of a Randomized Trial," was published online in the journal AIDS (2013; doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283617500).
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|2006-03-15, 11:24
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Netherlands, Rotterdam
Keisatsu Sensha Tai TANK SWAT
Yes, mine favourite catgirls are back
And this time their on the good side, so that will mean more screentime for them
Hope their will be some character development for them besides the obvious action.
|2006-03-15, 19:15
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Vampie Walrus. Big fangs
Join Date: Oct 2004
Tank Police was on my list of "animes I'd like to see remakes of" and I was really happy to hear about this back when it was first announced. Then I heard my source was total BS. But then I heard it was true from another source. But then I heard that source was BS. But now I the news is everywhere so YAY!
|2006-03-16, 11:11
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RRR/Kotori/Tessa Servant
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Netherlands, Rotterdam
It says it's a remake of Masamune Shirow original tank police, which would be true because the catgirls are on the policeforce.
Have to agree that the animation looked a little bit weird, but i can live with that as long as it has a good storyline.
|2006-03-16, 13:22
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Not dead. Yet.
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: UK
Well I'm willing to accept that's just a bad trailer considering the animation is by Doga Productions who have a pretty decent track record. Looks like they've opted for the CG style of the Appleseed movie from the looks of it.
|2006-03-27, 16:07
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Checked out episode 1. It is Dominion Conflict. Unfortunately, the art is extremly BAD. It is in cell-shaded 3D, with terrible rag-doll motions as if taken from some 10 years old anime experiment. Considering the brilliance of original artwork, this third-rate nonsense should be kept as far away from viewers as possible.
|2006-03-27, 16:42
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Not dead. Yet.
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: UK
I think you're being generous SinsI It was pretty atrocious. Yuni and Anna were really badly animated - stiff, lifeless manequins. The cell shading was poor too, broken lines and bad composition in general. The whole thing was so painful to watch that I didn't make it to the end.
I really hope Shirow had nothing to do with this project (apart from taking a fat cheque in compensation).
|2006-03-27, 20:02
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 45
|2006-03-28, 11:36
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Resident devil
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Philippines
I was more concerned with the video quality than the animation. Granted I don't care much for full 3D. The story's OK, though I didn't feel nostalgic at all. Watching through to the end gives the reward of a good song.
|2006-03-28, 11:53
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I am mowing clowns
Join Date: Dec 2005
Hmmm....the story was okay ... no great shakes. The animation (as already noted) is poor. The lighting is flat and very direction (as to be expected due to it being night). The problem with some of the lighting, though, becomes apparent in the building scenes, but I assume radiosity wasn't in the budget (or limited use of).
The rendering is medium bad. Most of the characters reacted like "game AI" and the rag doll physics didn't work too well overall. The hair wasn't bad, but it had the pasta in the wind feel to it. They did have problems with polygonal clipping planes. Such as this shot:
Bodies without guts that happened a few times.
Towards the end, the camera programming and editing was actually quite good. Who ever worked on the final action sequence knew what they were doing. The end song was good as well. The show left me with the feeling that I had watched an opening video clip for a new Xbox game, and maybe that's the feel the creators were going for. Or maybe they only had a small budget.
Too bad ... even the succulent catgirl twins couldn't escape the flat lighting of a game world:
Rating: 2/5
|2006-04-07, 17:09
|Link #17
Stay Green!
Join Date: Oct 2004
Finally got around to seeing it. The story is okay, so far so good for a first episode, but I'm not all too crazy about this CG animation.
It would be a bit confusing if you haven't read Dominion Conflict-1. Bonaparte seems to have new lower hatch opening which I guess is good for Ana since she doesn't have to go all SD just to get into the tank.
Hope to see Brenten and Megane soon! ^^
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2013 British & Irish Lions
Wallabies may play ahead of Lions Tests
ESPN Staff
March 1, 2013
The Wallabies may play a warm-up match during their three-week camp ahead of the three-Test series against the British & Irish Lions in June and July, The Australian reports.
Australian Rugby Union officials are seeking to schedule a fixture, despite the crowded calendar, to boost the Wallabies' campaign to retain the Tom Richards Cup.
The Lions play the Barbarians and five tour matches before meeting the Wallabies in the first Test in Brisbane on June 22.
"Robbie Deans [the Wallabies coach] has a few thoughts on a potential warm-up game," ARU chief executive Bill Pulver said in The Australian. "I suspect there will be a warm-up match. It would be desirable to have a hit-out. The Wallabies played the New Zealand Maori in 2001. I think Robbie has something similar in mind. Ideally, the Wallabies would have had a series of hit-outs. The schedule is what it is. It's not perfect, but it's too late to change it."
Pulver said, however, that he was happy with the Wallabies' proposed preparation. "It is essentially what Robbie Deans has asked for and I'm intent on supporting him in beating the Lions," he said.
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Div. II: 'Business as usual' as Bobcats gird for Portsmouth and Lenehan's finaleBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 22. 2013 12:31AM
At a glanceDIVISION II
Portsmouth (10-1) at Plymouth (10-1), 1 p.m.
This is the end of the line for Plymouth Regional coach Chuck Lenahan, who will retire after this contest. Lenahan has a 355-70-1 record in 43 seasons as Plymouth's head coach. He has guided the Bobcats to 19 state championships and 13 unbeaten seasons. … Second-seeded Portsmouth enters this game on a 10-game winning streak and is the only team that beat top-seeded Plymouth this season. The Clippers posted a 27-22 victory in Plymouth on Oct. 19. Portsmouth trailed 22-7 in the fourth quarter of that contest before rallying. … This game features the program that won last year's Division III championship (Portsmouth) against the program that won last year's Division IV title (Plymouth). … Portsmouth has reached the championship game in its division in each of the last six years. … Plymouth will look to run the ball out of its wing-T with Jared Kuehl and John Thomas, both of whom have gained more than 1,000 yards on the ground this season. Thomas has run for 1,011 yards on 149 carries and has scored 12 touchdowns (11 rushing). Kuehl has gained 1,021 yards on 119 carries with 21 TDs (17 rushing, three receiving, one interception return). Plymouth quarterback Collin Sullivan has completed 47 of 73 passes for 842 yards and nine TDs. He's also run for seven touchdowns. Kyle Reisert has a team-high 22 receptions for 602 yards and five touchdowns. … Senior quarterback Donovan Phanor is the player who makes Portsmouth's four-wide, no-huddle offense go. Phanor has completed 89 of 166 passes for 1,478 yards and 17 touchdowns this season. He's been intercepted six times. Phanor has also run for 719 yards and 11 TDs on 114 carries. … Fullback Mikel Toar is Portsmouth's leading rusher (110-748).… This is the fourth meeting between these programs. Plymouth has a 3-1 record in those games, which includes a 35-20 triumph in the 2006 Division III championship game.
Roger Brown's pick: Plymouth 20, Portsmouth 14
When the final whistle sounds Saturday afternoon, it will mark the end of an era unmatched in New England high school football history.
Legendary Plymouth Regional High School coach Chuck Lenahan will lead the Bobcats one final time in 43 years at the helm when No. 1 Plymouth hosts No. 2 Portsmouth at 1 p.m. for the NHIAA Division II championship.
As the finale to the region's most successful high school football coaching career neared its finale, Lenahan this week did what he's always done: deflect the spotlight to his players, especially his senior class.
For Lenahan, 70, the pride and tradition of Plymouth football supercedes any personal accolades.
"It's not about the coaches," he said of the approach he and his staff are taking toward Saturday. "It's business as usual. The championship game — that comes first. It's the seniors' last game, and that matters more than anything."
The players themselves have tried to balance that "business as usual" mantra with the knowledge that it will be Lenahan's last time on the sidelines as he attempts to claim his 20th state championship. "In the back of our minds, we still keep mentioning that it's our last week as seniors, but man, after 43 years, it's his last week, too," said senior quarterback and captain Collin Sullivan. "There has been a sense of urgency to really make this week count and make it memorable, but for the most part, it's been a normal week."
Lenahan's career coaching record heading into the game stands at 355-70-1, the 355 representing the most coaching victories in New England high school football history. In addition to the 19 state championships, the Bobcats have been runner-up 11 times. During his tenure, Plymouth has reeled off winning streaks of 44 and 57 games.
Lenahan was named National High School Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2012, and earlier this year, he was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame.
He prefers not to discuss any of that, choosing to let his accomplishments speak for themselves. It's been that way pretty much since Lenahan became head coach in 1971.
"He's solid. He doesn't miss practice, he doesn't change a lot," said longtime Lenahan assistant Jim Bownes, who also is stepping down after Saturday's game. "Some of the jokes we have as coaches are, 'Why are we doing it this way? Well, that's because it's the way we did it in 1973.' It's worked."
The Bobcats (10-1) will face a Portsmouth team (10-1) that handed them their only loss of the season, a 27-22 defeat in Plymouth on Oct. 19. Portsmouth has won 10 in a row after losing its opening game to Trinity of Manchester, 58-37.
"Our kids know that any team beating a team twice is a huge accomplishment, and it's going to be even tougher this time, and it definitely wasn't easy the first time," Portsmouth coach Brian Pafford said of the rematch with Plymouth.
From the Clippers' perspective, Saturday is about them and the Bobcats, not about the drama surrounding the opposing head coach.
"I don't see us being the bad guy," Pafford said. "I just see two good football teams trying to play against each other. We're trying to keep (Lenahan's retirment) to the side because this is about two teams. It's a state championship game."
Whether Plymouth wins or loses that game, its next head coach will have huge shoes to fill. Lenahan is leaving, and he's taking with him two assistants who have been at his side for 30 years, Bownes and Tom Donahue.
But Lenahan, who also serves as the school's athletics director, isn't worried about choosing successors. Not at the moment anyway.
"I think I'll leave that alone," he said. 'We've got some good candidates in house, and hopefully we get someone in house and we keep it going. We'll worry about that after Saturday."
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The setting of a story (or novel, or narrative poem) is two-fold: it is both the time period and the location of the action. While a longer work might have multiple settings, both in time and in place, it's more likely that ultra-short fiction like that in the Writing Challenge will have only one setting.
I wrote quite a bit about setting in the class on atmosphere, because the setting greatly contributes to the atmosphere of your story. A story set in 1880s Dodge City will be quite different from a contemporary story set in London, even if they're both romantic comedies.
It's interesting that I've gotten to setting in my alphabetical list while the Writing Challenge is on a geographical theme. With that in mind, here are a few tips for making the setting of your piece work for you.
1. Be very familiar with your setting (again, I'm referring to both time period and place). You may have to do some research, but if you get it wrong, believe me, someone who knows will call you on it. Know enough about your location that you can describe it with accuracy, by appealing to several of your readers' senses. Know enough about your time period that you give your readers the feeling of having stepped out of a time machine. Again, if you don't already possess this knowledge, research, research, research. Learn to LOVE research.
If you're writing about a historical time period, be very careful of anachronisms—items existing in time frames where they never actually existed. Don't have a Biblical character drink from a glass of water. And I'm not sure what you'd call an item that shouldn't exist in a particular place, but you should be careful of those, too. Don't have your Australian character catching fireflies in a jar—I have it on good authority that there are no Aussie lightning bugs.
2. Establish the setting of your story early. I've read pieces that I assumed were contemporary until half-way through, when a horse-and-carriage trotted by. That's not to say that you should start out by writing It was 1949 in Fargo, North Dakota, and Susan was listening to the radio. Use items on the scene, speech patterns, your narrative, and your characters' behavior to show your reader where and when she is reading about. But unless you have some compelling reason to do so (a twist at the end, for example), make your setting obvious fairly soon.
3. Don't do too much jumping around in time, or in place. As I mentioned in the introduction to this term, most very short stories will have only one setting. It's quite possible to move around a bit—to have a flashback or flash forward, or to move your character from one place to another—but keep it simple and minimal. If you devote too many of your precious words to switching the scenery, you'll have to give up either plot or characterization.
4. Don't rely solely on descriptive prose to establish your setting. This is mostly personal preference, but I believe that most readers' interest flags after a few sentences of pure, adjective-rich description. I'd far rather "get" the setting as it's integrated into the story—by the actions and dialogue of the main characters.
Homework: Here's a writing exercise that I've sometimes had my students try. You'll need to have a single die for this one…go ahead and take one out of the Monopoly set. I'll wait.
Got it? Okay, you'll need to roll it 5 times, to randomize your assignment.
Roll #1 will give you the first character in your story.
1—a mysterious stranger
2—a toddler
3—a homeless man
4—a flustered mother
5—a computer geek
6—a preacher
Roll #2 will give you the second character in your story.
1—a hippie girl
2—a scientist
3—a waitress
4—a writer
5—a doctor
6—a bed and breakfast owner
Roll #3 will give you the place of your story
1—a desert oasis
2—the mall or market
3—down in the basement
4—on a plane
5—in a busy city
6—in a small house
Roll #4 will give you the time period of your story
1—Feb. 2, 2009
2—some time in the future
3—some time in the early 20th century
4—one dark and stormy night
6—the 1950s
And just for fun, roll #5 will give you an object that must feature prominently in your story.
1—a goblet
2—a scrap of fabric
3—a timepiece
4—a bell
5—a shoe
6—a kitten
Now that you've got the "dry bones" of your story—start writing! For this assignment, just the first paragraph or two will do. If you write the whole story, post it in General Submissions and give us a link!
Got a Challenge entry with a great setting? Post a link, and PLEASE tell us about the setting—why you chose it, and why it works.
Got anything else to add about setting? Let's hear it! Oh, and don't forget to put that die back with the Monopoly board.
I've also done this exercise by adding dice rolls for conflict. My students, reluctant writers all, kind of enjoy the challenge (once they're done with their usual complaining). I've gotten some very interesting stories this way!


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Monday, 11 February 2013 08:50 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's foreign affairs minister on Monday criticized European Union (EU) ambassadors in person for what he called an orchestrated attempt to favor a presidential candidate in Kenya's upcoming elections.
Kenya will hold the election on March 4. One of the top contenders for president is Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to post-election violence that killed more than 1,000 people after Kenya's last presidential election in 2007.
The top State Department official for Africa, Johnnie Carson, appeared last week to warn Kenyans from voting for Kenyatta. Shortly afterward, France and Switzerland said they would have only essential contact with Kenya's top leadership if Kenyatta wins the presidency.
Foreign Minster Sam Ongeri — a key ally of Kenyatta — on Monday summoned EU ambassadors to relay his displeasure over those statements. The U.S. ambassador was not at the meeting but Kenya sent a diplomatic note to the United States asking for an explanation of Carson's statement.
"This is a major exercise which is being done in the history of this country and therefore Kenyans must be left to ponder slowly and carefully how they are going to choose their leaders, not be imposed. This is a democratic state . . . we least expect any interference at this level by anybody from any quarter and Kenyans must be left to make their choices," Ongeri said.
The remarks made by EU envoys are clearly inflammatory and could have the effect of polarizing the country, said Ongeri, who is Kenyatta's point man for election efforts in the western Kenya region of Kisii.
The EU ambassadors informed the foreign affairs ministry that they rejected allegations of interfering with Kenya's elections, said a statement from the EU. Continued cooperation with the ICC is of vital importance, regardless of who is elected as president, the statement said.
Ongeri said elections will be closely contested and statements warning of consequences of a Kenyatta win could amount to taking sides and even allegations of advance rigging.
Ongeri noted that the EU is an accredited observer of Kenya's elections, but he said the statements from member countries put into doubt whether the EU delegation can be counted as impartial.
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A few days into the 2013 Hurley Pro at Lowers, an official announcement was made from the booth declaring that the ASP Women's World Tour would be joining the men at the same event in 2014. Immediately, our hearts leapt with joy as one of our dreams over the years has been to see the women get the opportunity to surf a spot like Trestles in a World Tour competition. Within seconds of the announcement, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets were buzzing with the news as posts were made from both fans and World Tour members alike.
In the warm-up sessions that took place in the days before this year's Hurley Pro, we had the opportunity to swim around with the world's best surfers from the Men's ASP World Tour. While we didn't hear every conversation going down, the topic we heard discussed most was how incredibly fun the waves at Lowers are. The lineup was crazy-competitive and ultra-crowded with everyone from Kelly Slater and Taj Burrow to ex-WCT'ers like Chris Ward who consistently picked off the best waves of the day. Floating in the channel with a camera, it felt like we were sitting at a surf movie witnessing the best that progressive surfing has to offer. Come 2014, the women will get in on it too.
If the swell cooperates at the event next September, we believe that the performances put on by the current members of the ASP Top 17 will be a watershed moment in women's professional surfing. There won't be hopping, groveling, or rolling the dice on which onshore peak to surf like some spots on the Tour schedule. Instead, there will be Lowers, a perfect pointbreak that's as close to high-performance heaven as we have in Southern California. The wave has something for every type of surfer on Tour and offers a canvas that is as equally friendly to the air game as it is to committed rail work.
Lowers is our favorite wave on the coast and we're so excited that the women will get the chance to surf it in 2014. We're not the only ones amping though. We asked a bunch surfers on the current ASP Women's World Tour to share their thoughts on the event and we also received feedback from some of the US mainland and Hawaii's best amateurs, many of whom hope to be joining the Tour themselves in the future. We'll step aside now and kick it off with our current World Champion, Carissa Moore.
"An event at Lowers for the women is such exciting news. It is such a high performance wave that I think will really suit the women and allow for next level surfing. It is so encouraging to see Hurley and the ASP make the effort to get us such an amazing venue for the 2014 season." – Carissa Moore instagram.com/rissmoore10
"The news of the Lowers event being locked in for our 2014 tour was really exciting to hear. With the talent level on the Women's World Tour at an all-time high, it is a perfect time to introduce a high performance wave like Trestles. It will be an awesome atmosphere to compete in alongside the Men's Tour event and I'm predicting that all the heats will be extremely close. I'm looking forward to putting together a great performance there. I can't wait for September to roll around again next year and give it everything I've got to lift the inaugural Hurley Pro Trestles trophy." – Sally Fitzgibbons instagram.com/sally_fitz
"I'm looking forward to surfing a location such as Lowers on the World Tour because it's a wave that allows high performance progressive surfing. It's a move in the right direction for the Women's World Tour." – Courtney Conlogue instagram.com/courtneyconlogue
"Going into 2014 there are going to be a lot of positive changes for the Women's tour. That gave me motivation to want to re-qualify so I can be a part of such an awesome time for the sport of women's surfing. So far, I'm most excited about the added event at Trestles. Lowers is the skatepark of surfing and I'm looking forward to finally getting to compete again at that prestigious venue." – Malia Manuel instagram.com/maliamanuel
"I know there used to be a women's event at Trestles a long time ago. Ever since I knew that, I've been wishing that we would get it back and now it's here! I'm so thankful to still be on tour and to be able to get the chance to surf this fun, world class wave with one other lady in the water, eeek I'm getting excited just thinking about it!" – Paige Hareb instagram.com/paigehareb
"Too little too late for me as I won't be on your next year. But I am stoked to say that Trestles will definitely be one event I will tune into next year for the women. To be able to showcase their ability in actual waves instead of having tactical beach break conditions will be really exciting. Congrats to the ASP for getting that one on the schedule. Wish I could of hung on long enough to be there!" – Bec Woods instagram.com/becwoods
"I was so excited when I heard the news of Lowers! Next year is going to be my first year on tour and the timing could not have been better! I have surfed that wave a few times before and it is the most perfect wave! The crowd is insane, so just being out in the water with one other girl out is going to be so dreamy!" – Dimity Stoyle instagram.com/dimity
"Lowers is an incredible wave obviously and I am so so excited to compete there next year. It's going to be exciting for us to show everyone our best surfing in perfect waves. It's definitely a huge step forward in women's surfing." – Nikki van Dijk instagram.com/nikkivandijk
"The dream tour aptly named. It's a perfect wave, and the girls will be able to show their finest surfing!" – Johanne Defay instagram.com/johannedefay
"I heard rumors of Lowers being an upcoming event for the 2014 Women's World Tour when I was in France and Spain, and I was already freaking out about the rumor. When the ASP made the announcement I couldn't stop imagining how amazing it would be for the women to get to perform at such a perfect wave! The next thing I thought was this is definitely the next step to competitive surfing for women because Lowers is one of the most prestigious waves and it's a really big deal that the Hurley Pro wants to include women in the event! Many women on Tour will get a lot more publicity because of it!" – Tatiana Weston-Webb instagram.com/tatiwest
"I think it will be a great venue. Lowers is a world class wave, and you can pretty much count on it to produce swell. I think it gives the women a fair chance to demonstrate their talent and prove themselves. It's a great location, and I am really looking forward to watching the event. Hopefully one day I'll be right up there with them." – Nikki Viesins instagram.com/viesins
"I am overly excited to see that the women's tour has made its way to lowers. I have experienced heats there the past couple of years and it is one of the best places to have a contest. Lowers is such an amazing wave. The girls this year are so talented and I believe everyone has been waiting for this opportunity for them to surf such a rippable wave. Hopefully one day I will get the chance to join them!" – Tia Blanco instagram.com/tiablanco
"When I heard about the new World Tour event for the Women at Lower Trestles, I was shocked. I think it's amazing that they are holding it at a world-class wave, and it gets to show the truth of about women's surfing. Over the years we've been less prioritized and we should be treated as one with the boys, because every woman out there has the potential to do a man's job. If there's an amateur event at Lowers, why isn't there a pro event? Lowers is a rippable wave, and I'm excited to see my favorite surfers be out there for next year's season, and hoping I get to surf in that event sometime in the future. I've won a couple of National Titles there, and hoping to win a World Tour event at that same spot." – Mahina Maeda instagram.com/mahinamaeda
"When I heard the news about the Women's tour having a stop at Lowers I was ecstatic! I couldn't really even believe it. Lowers is one of the most perfect waves in the world. In my opinion it's the closest thing to a wave pool! This event is going to show the true potential of all the women on the tour. Hopefully one day I'll be surfing in it! Thank you Hurley for the amazing opportunity for the women. They're going to prove themselves ;)" – Dax McGill instagram.com/dax_mcgill
"I think the Women's World Tour coming to Lowers is something that has taken too long to happen! Everyone loves watching the guys shred one of the best waves in Southern California, but it's only fair to let the girls have their fair share of fun too! I'm stoked to see that girl surfers are getting more opportunities just like the boys." – Kylie Loveland instagram.com/kylieloveland
"I think that it's an amazing opportunity for the girls to really show off their competition strategies and skills. And it also represents the growth and uprising of women's surfing. I believe Lowers is a magical wave that will bring out the most talent in a contest and it is a big step for women's surfing to be a part of that." – Malia Ward instagram.com/malia_ward
Final Note: Thank you to the ASP, Paul Speaker, Jessi Miley-Dyer, Pat O'Connell, Bob Hurley, the Hurley brand, IMG, California State Parks and whoever else played an integral part in taking the ASP Women's World Tour to Trestles next year. With this move you have fulfilled dreams and undoubtedly stoked the imaginations of young athletes the world over who will get to witness the best female surfers competing in a truly, world-class venue.
Photos: Chris Grant / Jettygirl.com | Photo of Carissa Moore © Red Bull Media House
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September 24. 2017 9:48PM
Roger Brown's The State of Sports: Cerne has spot in NH lore
By ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
Who is the best high school football player New Hampshire has ever produced? We could debate that from now until the end of the season and not agree on an answer.
Here's what's not up for debate, however: Few players could impact a game like former Timberlane running back/defensive back
Matt Cerne
, who was inducted into the Timberlane Athletic Hall of Fame last Wednesday during a ceremony at Atkinson Country Club. If you have doubts about that last statement then just ask Exeter coach
Bill Ball
Cerne is best known for his efforts during his senior season, when he played the starring role for a Timberlane team that won the 1999 Division II championship by upsetting Exeter 28-14 in the title game. Cerne returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown and finished that game with 305 all-purpose yards. The victory ended Exeter's 26-game winning streak.
"That game was really special," Cerne recalled. "Exeter was such a powerhouse. They had the winning streak and they were the team everyone else aspired to be.
(Mike) Pariseau
and Coach
(Blaise) Zambrano
had the guys confident in the locker room that day. We were ready. When we returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown that set the tone for the rest of the game. The guys we had on that field were special guys."
Cerne had 2,465 all-purpose yards (897 receiving) and scored 22 touchdowns for the Owls that season. Timberlane finished 10-1 and its only loss came against Exeter during the regular season.
Cerne's Timberlane athletic resume includes two years on the track and field team. He also scored 1,086 points during his high school basketball career.
Cerne, 35, flirted with some Division I (FBS) and Division I-AA (FCS) schools before deciding to enroll at Division III Tufts. He caught 23 passes for 284 yards as a freshman at Tufts, but injuries derailed much of his college career.
Cerne is currently employed by State Street Bank in Boston. He lives in Atkinson with his wife,
, and their 2-year-old son,
Is he the best NHIAA football player these eyes have seen? Maybe. He's certainly in the conversation.
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The Hockey East men's preseason coaches' poll is scheduled to be released Tuesday during the league's media day in Boston.
UNH returns 12 forwards — including four of the team's top-five goal scorers from a year ago — six defensemen and three goaltenders from the 2016-17 team. The returnees include senior goaltender
Danny Tirone
, who started in 38 games last season. Tirone will enter the season with 2,705 career saves.
Kevin Regan
, who stopped 3,235 shots from 2005 to 2008, is the only UNH goalie who has recorded more saves.
The freshmen include
Mike Robinson
, a goaltender from Bedford;
Kohei Sato
, a forward from Nishitokyo, Japan; and
Max Gildon
, a defenseman who played for the U.S. National Under-18 Team last season. San Jose selected Robinson in the third round of the 2015 draft, and Florida picked Gildon in the third round of this year's draft.
The Wildcats will be seeking their 19th NCAA tournament appearance in
Dick Umile
's 28th and final season as the program's head coach.
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ICYMI: Hampstead's
Lauren Thibodeau
won the Granite State Junior Championship on Sept. 17 at Keene's Bretwood Golf Course. The event featured 24 golfers from New England and Canada.
Thibodeau shot a two-day total of 145 to finish six strokes better than
Alexis Florio
of Cranston, R.I. , and
Rebecca Skoler
of Needham, Mass. Thibodeau was the only golfer who finished under par in the second round. She shot a 70 on Bretwood's South course.
Thibodeau, who attends Pinkerton Academy, will attempt to become the first female to win four straight NHIAA individual state championships when she competes in the NHIAA girls' state tournament Saturday at Campbell's Scottish Highlands. She will play golf for Louisville next fall.
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Congratulations to
Bobby Cliche
, a three-sport athlete at Exeter High School (football, basketball and baseball) who recently committed to play Division I baseball at the University of Maine. It was Cliche's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning that propelled Exeter past fourth-seeded Spaulding of Rochester, 7-6, in the Division I semifinals last spring. Exeter extended it season by scoring three runs after its first two batters were retired in the seventh.


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Archbishop Wenski, born in West Palm Beach on October 18, 1950 grew up in Lake Worth, Florida where he attended Catholic school at his home parish, Sacred Heart. He studied at St. John Vianney Minor Seminary in Miami and later at St. Vincent de Paul Major Seminary in Boynton Beach and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami on May 15, 1976. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy (1972), and Master of Divinity (1975), from the Boynton Beach Seminary and in 1993 a Master of Arts in Sociology from Fordham University in New York. He has also taken summer courses at the Catholic University of Lublin (Poland).
He served three years as associate pastor of Corpus Christi Church, a mainly Hispanic parish in Miami. In 1979, after briefly ministering in Haiti, he was assigned to the newly established Haitian Apostolate of the Archdiocese. He was associate director and then director of the Pierre Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center in Miami from that time to his appointment as a Bishop in 1997. The Pierre Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center in addition to providing for the pastoral and spiritual needs of the Haitian communities of South Florida also provided numerous social, educational and legal services to newly arrived Haitian immigrants. He also served concurrently as pastor of three Haitian mission parishes in the Archdiocese-Notre-Dame d'Haiti in Miami, Divine Mercy in Fort Lauderdale, and St. Joseph in Pompano Beach.
Through the 1980's he also conducted a circuit-riding ministry that led him to help establish Haitian Catholic communities from Homestead in the south to Fort Pierce to the north, Immokalee to the West and Fort Lauderdale to the east. In the early 1980's his outreach to Haitians also extended to Wachula, Winter Haven, and Ruskin on Florida's west coast.
He celebrated the weekly Mass in English for shut-ins at the Miami's local ABC affiliate from 1992-1997.
He directed the Archdiocese of Miami Ministry to Non-Hispanic Ethnic Groups.
In January 1996, the then Father Wenski was appointed the Archdiocese Director of Catholic Charities, one of the largest Catholic social service agencies in the United States. In this capacity he helped forge a collaborative relationship with Caritas Cuba, the social service arm of the Catholic Church in Cuba. Since early 1996 he has traveled to Cuba on many occasions on behalf of the Church.
In late 1996, he spearheaded a relief operation that delivered over 150,000 pounds of food to Caritas Cuba for distribution to people left homeless by hurricane Lily. This was the first time that Cubans in Miami participated in a humanitarian relief effort directed to Cuba. In subsequent years, similar relief efforts were also directed to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the countries of Central America and Colombia.
Appointed auxiliary Bishop of Miami on June 24, 1997, he was ordained to the episcopacy on September 3, 1997 along with Bishop Gilberto Fernandez in the Miami Arena.
Besides his duties in the Archdiocese of Miami, where he served on numerous boards including Catholic Hospice, Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities Legal Services, and St. Thomas University, and later as Coadjutor Bishop and Ordinary of Orlando, he also served as chair of CLINIC (Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.) (1998-2001), chair of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops' Committee on Migration (2001-2004); and chair of the conference's Committee on International Policy (2004-2008) and currently he continues as a consultant to the Committee on Migration, and a member of the Conference's Secretariat for the Church in Latin America , the committee for International Justice and Peace, and CLINIC (Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.). On behalf of his work on these committees, he has traveled to the Congo and the Great Lakes region of Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America as well as to Israel and the West Bank (Palestinian Authority).
He also served on a number of community and civic organizations, including Miami-Dade County's Homeless Trust, the Coordinating Council of Broward and in 2001, Governor Bush appointed him to the Florida Council on Homelessness as well as the Governor's Task Force on Haiti in 2004.
He is currently the Episcopal Moderator for Catholic Health Services for the Florida Catholic Conference. Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Wenski as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Orlando on July 1, 2003.
Bishop Wenski assumed the role of the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Orlando on November 13, 2004.
In October 2007, Bishop Wenski was selected to serve on the Board of Directors of The Florida Specialty Crop Foundation, a non-profit public charity that responds to challenges that confront specialty crop producers and their stakeholders.
In March 2009, Bishop Wenski joined the Catholic Leadership Institute's national advisory board for their 'Good Leaders, Good Shepherds' program.
In June 2009, Bishop Wenski was elected to a four-year term on the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America.
On April 20, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the fourth Archbishop of Miami and Metropolitan of the Province of Miami (which includes the seven dioceses of the State of Florida).
On June 1, 2010, Bishop Thomas Wenski was installed as Archbishop of Miami in a beautiful Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary. Click here to view the Mass.
In addition to English, Archbishop Wenski speaks Haitian Creole and Spanish fluently and preaches and celebrates Mass regularly in both languages. He learned Spanish while still a seminarian and worked with various Spanish speaking groups including Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans during his seminary training and early years as a priest. He also has a limited knowledge of Polish, the language of his immigrant father and Polish American mother. His parents moved to Florida from Detroit, Michigan shortly after their wedding in 1947. They are both deceased. He has one sister, who lives in Lake Worth. He is the only Florida native serving as a bishop in the state.
The archbishop's episcopal motto is "Omnia Omnibus", which means "all things to all men". The scriptural text is taken from St. Paul's letter to the Corinthians, "I have become all things to all men, to save at least some." (9:22)


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Rihanna gave Prince Harry a pop star welcome to her native Barbados on Wednesday as part of the British royal's Caribbean tour.
The Umbrella hitmaker returned to the island nation to represent her country as she greeted Harry at the Toast to the Nation event, held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Barbados' independence from the British Empire.
Rihanna, who wore a light blue, knee-length dress for the occasion, was photographed smiling as she and the Prince shook hands.
According to Britain's The Daily Express, Rihanna was seated at a table with Guyana's President David Granger, and as the Prince walked over to her, he told the singer, "Hello, it's very nice to meet you."
The moment was captured on Snapchat by a royal aide, who captioned the post, "Meeting @badgalriri (Rihanna) at Barbados Independence celebrations".
Harry is also due to attend the Golden Anniversary Spectacular Mega Concert later on Wednesday, when Rihanna is set to perform the national anthem. The event will also feature other top Bajan talent.
The royal heir arrived in Barbados earlier this week and kicked off his visit with a stop at the Nightingale Children's Home, which provides accommodation and care for kids under the age of 18.
He also headed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Wednesday to spend time with sick children, six years after his last visit.
His two-week tour of the Caribbean will wrap up this weekend with a trip to Guyana.
Singer Rihanna and Prince Harry brought awareness to the global AIDS fight in Barbados on Thursday by undergoing a live test for the disease.
The Umbrella hitmaker returned to the island nation to represent her country on Wednesday and met the British royal at the Toast to the Nation event, held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Barbados' independence from the British Empire.
On Thursday, Rihanna and Prince Harry reunited for a World AIDS Day event, during which medical professionals tested them for the blood disease.
"You made it seem like it hurts," Rihanna joked as her finger was pricked. "It's not as painful as you said this morning."
Both tests came back negative.
Prince Harry explained he wanted to showcase how easy it is to undergo AIDS testing, while stressing the importance of treating the virus with the proper medication.
"It is amazing how quick it is," he said. "So whether you're a man, woman, gay, straight, black or white – even ginger – why wouldn't you come and have a test?"
The AIDS test was hastily arranged after Harry spoke with Rihanna backstage at the Golden Anniversary Spectacular Mega Concert on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for Kensington Palace says. "This was only arranged last night. Prince Harry asked her at the concert. They spoke after he had given his speech. They spoke for about 15 minutes. She was very happy to do it.
"She has had people in her life that she has known, who have died from AIDS. She said this is important and she wanted to do this. She has tens of millions of followers on social media alone. Her people are confident that she can reach a billion people through social media."


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November 08. 2013 9:36PM
Nashua informant has history with husband of the mayor
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
Nashua mayor speaks out, says bullying 'will not work'
— Thomas P. Brennan, the man who sparked a police investigation when he made allegations of wrongdoing against Mayor Donnalee Lozeau and her husband in 2009, was arrested just a few months before he had provided confidential information to authorities.
The mayor's husband, David Lozeau, was serving as a bail commissioner at the time Brennan was arrested on July 8, 2009, and issued him a $10,000 personal recognizance bail for the felony charge of burglary, according to court documents on file at the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division.
Brennan, 52, formerly of 13 Timberline Drive, was accused of entering 31 Congress St., Apt. 16, with his daughter when he allegedly assaulted Anthony Debenedictis.
According to court records, the charge of burglary was eventually not prosecuted and Brennan was found guilty of a lesser charge of criminal trespass, a violation. For that offense, Judge Michael Ryan issued a $500 fine that was suspended on Dec. 28, 2009, according to court documents.
Three weeks prior, Brennan, acting as a confidential informant, met with Attorney General Jane Young, Nashua Detective John Newell, Lt. Scott Hammond and other law enforcement officials to provide authorities will private information about the Lozeaus, according to police documents released earlier this week.
During police questioning, Brennan made several accusations against the Lozeaus, which included marijuana use, bid rigging while the mayor worked at Southern New Hampshire Services and questionable practices by David Lozeau as a bail commissioner.
The Nashua Police Department, with Young's OK, had set up 11 separate wiretaps with Brennan, attempting to collect evidence on David Lozeau.
"Despite these repeated attempts, at no point did my husband implicate himself in any criminal wrongdoing of any kind," Mayor Lozeau said recently. "After spending hundreds of man hours investigating my husband and I, the investigation was closed on (former) Chief Don Conley's watch, as no crimes were committed."
Mayor Lozeau maintains that the investigation was based on one individual facing criminal charges — the same man her husband sued for $7,800 in 2008 over a truck dispute.
Her husband, David, said police properly decided not to prosecute him for anything.
"The case was closed and the matter was filed away. Now, in the middle of a political battle between the (Nashua Police Department) and my wife, those files have suddenly resurfaced," said David Lozeau. "I am a lifelong resident of the Nashua community and I am willing to rest on the reputation I have earned during that time."
Nashua Police Chief John Seusing said this week that the case was never closed, but rather suspended pending additional information.
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Back from Indianapolis, here are five take-aways from my time at the scouting combine, including thoughts on Luck/RGIII, a CBA quirk that might affect DeSean Jackson and Luke Kuechly:
-- The 40 is overrated, but I don't care: I love the 40-yard-dash, even if its hype far exceeds its worth in evaluating players.
To me, the 40 is the closest thing the NFL has to the simple, silly fun that once was the Slam Dunk contest. It requires zero attention span, zero jargony tape breakdowns and just gives you a brief moment to be awed by raw athleticism, to have that jaw-dropping instant that makes you say 'holy Mel Kiper, did he really do that?'
When RGIII was initially clocked at 4.38 (later revised to 4.41), it was one of those moments. When Dontari Poe, a 346-pound cement mixer on legs ran it in 4.87, it was one of those moments. (And when Vontaze Burfict clocked in at 4.93, it was like the guy who sets up an elaborate dunk attempt and clangs it off the back of the rim).
Most people around the NFL will tell you that what matters far more than any combine drill is a prospects' play in actual football games. If the guy scores touchdowns or makes tackles, does it matter how many hundredths of a second it took him to do it?
You might want to know if a supposed burner at corner or receiver lives up to his billing. But if your defensive tackle ever runs a 40 yard sprint, something has gone horribly wrong. I have never once seen a broad jump executed in open play. Straight up speed helps, but it's just one part of the equation, along with agility, balance and strength. Ideally all that is mixed with smarts, heart and toughness. Plenty of great players have used talent in some areas to make up for deficiencies in others.
But I'm still mesmerized by freakish 40 times.
It's like looking over 0 to 60 acceleration times while car shopping. While you navigate Center City, drive over to Wegman's or roll to Chipotle, how often are you going to open up the engine into a full sprint? But it's still nice to know what it can do when you bolt off the entrance ramp and wheel into the flow of traffic.
When the ball is snapped and the moment comes when your linebacker has diagnosed the play and made a decision and it's time to just hit somebody, or when your quarterback needs to get past one man to reach the end zone, it's fun to know what's under the hood.
-- The Eagles have options beyond Kuechly: It's hard to find a mock draft that doesn't have the Eagles taking Boston College LB Luke Kuechly with the 15th overall pick, and he certainly bolstered his case by being one of the top linebackers in nearly every drill they run at the combine. That he did it while five pounds heavier than in college seems to answer the only question surrounding him -- his athleticism – because Kuechly's game play was outstanding. He led the nation in tackles for the past two years and last year won the Butkus Award (best linebacker) Lombardi Award (best linebacker or lineman) and Bronko Nagurski Award (best defensive player). In other words, he can play, and the combine shows he can run, jump and zip between cones with the best of this year's prospects.
All that said, Jeff rightly pointed out that there might be some intriguing free agent options at LB and that a proven veteran might make more sense. And, as Les wrote today, people in Indy were raving about the defensive tackles. We know how much Andy Reid loves his linemen, and there might be a great one available at 15. The other obvious place to look is wide receiver, but one guy sometimes linked to the Eagles, Baylor's Kendall Wright, disappointed with a 4.61 40. This is an instance where the time matters, since Wright is supposed to be a speedster who might be a like-for-like replacement if DeSean Jackson is gone. Maybe Notre Dame's Michael Floyd – not a burner but a 6-foot-3 target who can play big – will tempt them.
I'll throw out one other place to consider: safety. It's considered a thin class, with not much beyond Alabama's Mark Barron. And the Eagles already have two recent second round safeties on the roster. Nate Allen has shown enough potential that he deserves another year to show what he can do. Jaiquawn Jarrett has only had one season, and normally you can't give up on a high draft pick that quickly. But what if the Eagles have already seen enough to know that they reached and missed? They quickly admitted the Daniel Te'o-Nesheim mistake. Jarrett would be an even bigger strike out, but if he's not the answer, it would only compound the mistake to stand pat.
-- RGIII is going to dominate the next few months nationally, and maybe in Philadelphia too: No one created more combine buzz than the charismatic Robert Griffin, III, first with a media performance that was stellar, by all accounts, and then with a blazing 40 time. There isn't much drama at number one: Andrew Luck seems sure to go to the Colts. But the bidding for number two is going to be a huge story that probably won't resolve until shortly before the draft.
The Eagles have become part of the talk because they met with Griffin. I don't read too much into that meeting alone. According to SI's Peter King, Griffin "really enjoyed" his time with Reid – but what else would the quarterback say?
Still, Phil Sheridan raised some fascinating points that are worth considering, about Reid maybe taking the long view on Griffin. If you can get a game-changing quarterback, you can set up your franchise for a decade or more. As current Eagles stars age, Griffin, if he pans out, would be coming into his prime just in time to carry the team.
That said, the price to get Griffin would be enormous and I think the Eagles have constructed a team to win now and should draft accordingly. Trent Cole turns 30 this year. Jason Babin will soon be 32. Jason Peters is 30 and Nnamdi Asomugha turns 31 before the season. These are some of the most important pieces of the team. I'd even add in LeSean McCoy as a player who the Eagles need to take full advantage of right now. Even though he is only 23, running backs have stunningly short primes. These players are known quantities and the Eagles should take advantage of having them while they can still play at high levels.
I once heard from an NFL personnel man that teams are always keeping an eye on top players, even ones who aren't available right away, because you never know what might happen. Three years ago it would have been impossible to imagine Peyton Manning hitting the open market, but it seems sure that that is about to happen. I got the impression last summer that the Eagles were long enamored with Asomugha, even before he was due to reach free agency. But once those guys are under contract, contact with them is limited, so the combine presents a rare chance to really sit down and talk to what could be the next big thing.
My guess is that's all the Eagles were doing. But I can't totally rule out the idea that they would go big and try to land RGIII. At the very least it makes for an excellent debate.
-- The new labor deal includes some quirks that will affect contracts and maybe DeSean Jackson: Franchise tag salaries have actually decreased from recent years (NFL.com has a breakdown here), angering a number of agents at the combine. The reason is that the league has changed the formula that once determined the tag price by using the average of the top five players at a given position. The new, more complicated formula factors in how much of the cap the tag took up in each of the previous five seasons.
The end result is that the roughly $9.4 million franchise number the Eagles would have to pay Jackson if they tag him is still a huge raise, but not as much as the $11.4 million a tagged receiver would have made in 2011.
On the other hand, the Eagles would have to pay substantially more in 2013 if they tagged DeSean a second time. While there are several reasons, the bottom line, essentially, is that using the tag on a player for a second year will almost always require teams to pay 120 percent of the player's salary – in other words, a 20 percent raise from the $9.4 million Jackson would get if he plays under the tag this coming season. The cost goes up even more for a third year, according to the NFL Network's Albert Breer.
That means that if the Eagles keep DeSean for 2012 on the tag and want to keep him beyond this season, it would give them incentive to work out a long-term deal.
One other labor note: with the league's new TV contracts, many agents are anticipating a sharp increase in television revenue in a couple years, which means bigger salary caps and larger paydays. Jermichael Finley's two-year deal with the Packers might be the first example of players looking for short-term deals now with an eye toward cashing in again in the near future.
-- Can't wait to see Luck/RGIII over the next five years: The obvious comparison is the 1998 draft, when quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf went one and two overall. But that story quickly fizzled as Leaf burned out and Manning starred.
I have a feeling – or maybe just a hope – that this year ends up more like the NBA draft of 2003, which saw LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade all chosen within the first five picks. Quarterback is the closest thing the NFL has to an NBA superstar: they can single-handedly lift an organization, and while great regular seasons are expected, stars are ultimately measured by postseason excellence and championships.
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Children's python[3] (Antaresia childreni) is a nonvenomous python species found in Australia.
Both the common name, Children's python, and the specific name or epithet, childreni, are in honor of English scientist John George Children.[4]
Adults grow to an average length of about 1 m (~3 ft), with a maximum of 1.5 m (~5 ft). The crown scales are enlarged while those on the body are small and smooth, with a rainbow sheen that can be seen when exposed to direct sunlight.
Dorsum is brown with darker spots in five or six longitudinal series. A dark streak on each side of the head, passes through the eye. Lips are yellowish, spotted with brown. The ventrum is uniformly yellowish.
Head is distinct from neck. Nostril is superolateral, in a large semidivided nasal. Eye is moderate in size, with vertical pupil. Body is slightly laterally compressed. The tail is short.
Smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 41 to 45 rows; ventrals 257−287; anal plate entire; subcaudals 38−53, all or mostly in two rows.
Rostral is broader than high, barely visible from above. Internasals are slightly longer than broad and are shorter than the anterior prefrontals. Second pair of prefrontals are in contact at midline or separated by a small shield. These posterior prefrontals sometimes broken into several shields. Frontal 1½ times as long as broad, slightly shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, longer than the small parietals. There are 3 to 10 small loreal shields, some almost granular, and 11 to 13 upper labials. Three or four of the posterior lower labials have deep pits.
Anterior maxillary teeth and mandibular teeth are very long, gradually decreasing in size posteriorly. Premaxillary bone also has teeth.[1]
Geographic range[edit]
Found in Australia in the extreme north of Western Australia, the northern third of Northern Territory, and northeastern Queensland and also on the islands of the Torres Strait. The type locality given is "?" Listed as "N.W. Australia" in the catalogue of the British Museum of Natural History and as unknown in Stimson (1969).[5]
It occurs specifically in the region spanning along the coast between the Kimberleys in Western Australia to Mount Isa in northwestern Queensland.
The diet consists of reptiles, birds and small mammals, particularly microbats which they catch by dangling from stalactites in caves, which they commonly inhabit, and snatch them out of the air as they fly past.
Oviparous, with up to 25 eggs per clutch. Females brood their eggs through a seven week incubation period by coiling around them and occasionally shivering to keep them warm, which also affords the eggs some protection from predators. Juveniles are heavily blotched, but gradually become reddish brown or brown as they mature.
Children's Pythons are often kept as a pet due to its good nature and less demanding requirements. The lifespan of captive specimens has been known to exceed 30 years. Juveniles are fed pinky mice (baby, hairless mice), while larger individuals can be fed on adult mice or small rats. Feeding should occur roughly once a fortnight.
Anterisia childreni is one of four species of Antaresia, a genus of the family Pythonidae named after the star Antares. John Edward Gray published the original description of the species in 1842, naming it Liasis childreni. The specific epithet, conserved in the current name, is in honour of Gray's mentor, John George Children, a curator of the zoological collection at the British Museum around that time. No subspecies are currently recognized.[6] Some species of the genus Altaresia were formerly assigned to the genus Morelia.[5]
See also[edit]
- List of pythonid species and subspecies
- Pythonidae, valid scientific names
- Pythonidae by taxonomic synonyms
- ^ a b Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Liasis childreni, pp. 77-78, 418 + Plate IV, figure 1).
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anteresia childreni, p. 53).
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Antaresia childreni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
Further reading[edit]
- Gray JE. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed Snakes, or Family Boidae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 41–46. (Liasis childreni, new species, p. 44).


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Immunotherapy is like a vaccination against your allergies. Vaccine shots are to prevent infections; immunotherapy shots are to prevent allergies. However, the two work in opposite ways. Vaccinations prime the immune system to help the body react swiftly if the disease is encountered again, whereas immunotherapy dulls the reaction to allergens.
In the long term, allergy shots can minimize the need for antihistamines or other allergy medications. Immunotherapy builds up your tolerance to specific allergens, so your body won't overreact to them.
Immunotherapy shots are used for most airborne allergens, including tree, grass, and weed pollens, mold spores, dust mites, and animal allergens. Immunotherapy shots can also be used to prevent severe sting reactions from honeybees, yellow jackets, hornets, wasps, or fire ants.
Your allergist will first confirm what you're allergic to with allergy testing. Next, the allergist will inject small amounts of allergens over the course of many months, periodically increasing the amount of allergens injected. After receiving each shot, you will need to stay in the doctor's office for 20 - 30 minutes to see if you react adversely. Also, your allergist will ask you how you felt after getting the previous shot.
The injection schedule depends on the individual. Generally, 1 - 2 shots are given weekly in the beginning during the "buildup" phase. They eventually taper off to monthly "maintenance" shots. For some people, it may take up to 12 months to reach the maintenance dose, depending on how they tolerate the buildup phase.
Immunotherapy treatment can last for 3 - 5 years, but you may start feeling relief from symptoms within 6 - 12 months of starting the therapy. After stopping immunotherapy, the benefits can last for more than 3 years.
If you are considering immunotherapy and have not visited an allergist, ask your primary care physician for a referral. Also, if you have health insurance, find out if immunotherapy is covered.
"Everyone in my family has allergies, and we would all get our shots together. It was like a family outing; we would all get our shots, and afterwards we'd get pizza."
-- Sharon, age 29
With the advice of your allergist, you can decide if immunotherapy is right for you. Do the benefits of immunotherapy outweigh the time commitment, risks, and costs involved? Consider immunotherapy if:
Immunotherapy has proven to be effective at reducing symptoms of:
It may also prevent the development of asthma in children who have allergic rhinitis.
Since immunotherapy involves the injection of something that you are allergic to, there is a small risk of anaphylaxis for some people. Immunotherapy must be performed in a medical setting, where epinephrine and other emergency allergy treatments are easily accessible -- this minimizes the risk of anaphylactic shock.
You should not receive immunotherapy if you are taking beta-blocker medication. Beta-blockers counteract the effects of epinephrine used for emergency treatment of anaphylactic shock.
You should also not receive immunotherapy if you have:
Immunotherapy during pregnancy
Make sure you inform your allergist if you are pregnant. It is not advisable to start immunotherapy shots for the first time during pregnancy. If you become pregnant after you have already started, you may be able to continue if:
You should be able to continue immunotherapy while you're breastfeeding.
Allergen immunotherapy: A practice parameter, Second Update. J Allergy Clin Immunol. September 2007; 120(3).
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Charles Haley is working with Aldon Smith
San Francisco outside linebacker Aldon Smith is preparing to play in his first Super Bowl, after getting some help from a former 49ers outside linebacker who is the only player ever to win five Super Bowl rings.
Charles Haley, the Hall of Fame finalist who won two Super Bowls with the 49ers and three with the Cowboys, talked to Smith before the 49ers played the Falcons. Smith told CSNBayArea.com that Haley cornered him and instantly started coaching him.
"He gave me tips in our first five seconds of talking," Smith said. "It was legit. He said, 'You need to turn your foot like this and start rushing like that.' And I was like, 'All right.'"
Smith said Haley's tips helped him pressure Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan.
"I did the tips," Smith said. "They worked and helped out a little bit. I was in there."
Although Smith did get pressure on Ryan a few times and recovered a fumble in the NFC Championship Game, he hasn't had a sack in the last five games. Perhaps the help of a five-time champion will set Smith up for a big game in the Super Bowl.
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We haven't crashed a poll in a while — and to be honest, it's like they're all trending our way anyway anymore — but since I'm on my way to Texas, sure, let's do a Texas based poll on the recent court decision that public high school cheerleaders get to flash bible messages at spectators. It's classic Texas: football, cheerleaders, and god, but good grief, even the Texans see through it as an endorsement of religion.
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Tom Brennan led Manchester's public school system through five tumultuous, trying years. The progress made during his tenure was largely his doing. He did much with little, which is a great tribute to his abilities as a manager.
When Brennan was hired in 2008, he was predicted to be a tough, no-nonsense superintendent. The description does not do him justice. He was tough, but also fair and broad-minded. He stood up for the district and pushed his ideas before a sometimes hostile Board of School Committee. Yet he was no pig-headed bureaucrat. Brennan understood that his job was to be effective. Instead of posturing, he rolled up his sleeves and worked hard to improve the schools year after year.
He worked with school board members and the mayor to create opportunities for change. He consistently put the students first, and it showed in his passion for the job and the policies he pursued.
Our favorite Tom Brennan moments were those times when he sat calmly before a board of bickering school board members and coolly injected a dose of reality into the discussion when he was finally given a chance to speak. This happened a lot. A good example was the meeting in December of 2009 when the board voted 9-5 to restore funding for extracurricular activities that had been cut from the budget earlier in the year. Brennan informed the board that he could do that, but to make it work he would have to cut $80,000 in textbooks and other classroom supplies. Point made.
Before Brennan was hired, a lot of people wondered whether anyone could be found for the job. Manchester was regarded as something of a dysfunctional district. Tom Brennan accepted the challenge and achieved successes that few would have thought possible. He guided some serious reforms, the most important being the granting of academic credits for sports and off-campus instruction. And though he often found himself unjustly on the receiving end of deliberately barbed criticism, he did his job with good humor and a gentle kindness. He will be deeply missed.


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'Tis the season for summer running and, for most of us, big miles, big mountains, and hopefully some big fun. But with all that running, problems can arise. Not every ache, pain, or issue is an injury, though. Not at their outset, at least.
The key to avoiding injury isn't necessarily avoiding any factor that could cause injury. If that were the case, most of us–especially us mountain trail ultrarunners–would simply have to quit running! Because each day and each run–especially those technical, long trail runs–have the potential for falls, or can and will provide ample impact stress to our bodies. And these factors can cause injury.
The key, instead, is to identify and correct any changes to our bodies that could lead to an injury. These changes I refer as 'dysfunctions.' To discern between a dysfunction and an injury, I usually ask the following question to clients in the clinic: "If I go out to your car in the parking lot and let all the air out of one of tires, is anything wrong with the tire? Is it damaged?" The answer is usually, "No." I follow up, "But if you drove away, how far could you drive before the tire gets damaged?"
The 'Tire Question' and the Difference Between a Dysfunction and Injury
A blown-out tire is a damaged, 'injured' tire. Its physical structure is incomplete and will thus require substantial remediation before it can function normally. This is the essence of orthopedic injury. Either at the microscopic (single cells or a collection of cells) or macroscopic (muscle, tendon, or ligament fiber) level, tissue is damaged. We call them sprains or strains, or other unseemly terms such as tears, ruptures, or degeneration.
On the other hand, a deflated tire is 'dysfunctional.' By definition, a tire needs to be fully inflated to function normally. When deflated, it fails to operate as intended, which is to provide both a controlled and cushioned ride. But a tire devoid of air pressure isn't necessarily damaged. It simply needs some adjustment or restoration to function normally.
A running problem can present as either a dysfunction or injury, and this can be confusing. To make matters worse, sometimes they hurt, and sometimes they don't (yet)! This is because not all aches and pains are due to damaged tissue . Indeed, our body is skilled at providing pain well before tissue is truly damaged in hopes that we will stop or change what we're doing before that happens! But the key to overcoming these problems is to discern between dysfunction and injury, and to provide the most appropriate treatment. Returning to the car analogy, we need to simply inflate the tire or to change it outright.
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Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
My mother has brain cancer. She is retired and is 50 years old. In March of 1998 she had CT and MRI scans, which revealed a tumor in her brain stem. Then she had routine treatment, but it did not show a significant effect.
Experts in Nanjing, China suggested that she should be further treated with gamma knife radiosurgery. Then she was transferred to the center for gamma knife radiosurgery and prepared for the therapy.
In May of 1998, she had another MRI scan showing that the tumor had enlarged and was now also involving part of mesencephalon, pons and medulla oblongata. The tumor has almost invaded half of the brain stem.
The physician at the center of gamma knife radiosurgery recommended against gamma knife treatment at the present. He advised that she should have chemotherapy and radiotherapy first. If the tumor decreased in size, she could have gamma knife radiosurgery perhaps then.
My mother now feels very disappointed that she may never receive this advanced treatment. If you could offer help to us, please communicate with me quickly!
John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD, Editorial Assistants for Oncolink, respond:
Dear Anxious Son,
Thank you for your interest and question.
It seems to be a very difficult situation that your mother faces at this point. There seems to be extensive cancer involvement throughout the brain stem. Primary brain cancers are very difficult to treat and "cure." The mainstay of treatment is surgery and radiation therapy. Chemotherapy has been controversial as far as its effectiveness.
Your mother's care from the very limited information you have given, appears to be appropriate. The lesion that you describe could be treated with radiation therapy to a portion of her brain. This could be given at the same time, before or after the chemotherapy. Following this treatment, another MRI or CT scan could be done to assess the response. If the mass has reduced enough, perhaps stereotactic radiosurgery could be done with the gamma knife. The gamma knife can only effectively and safely treat masses that are 1 to 30 cubic centimeters in size. If it is any larger, one runs a significant increased risk of brain necrosis (focal death or destruction of normal brain cells) due to the volume of normal tissue included and the dose of radiation delivered. This is probably the reason that the physician advised performing the treatment now.
You mentioned that the gamma knife is advanced treatment. It is, in the sense that it is more technically sophisticated, but the data are not conclusive about it usefulness. It has not been seen to provide a survival advantage in most studies (ie University of Wisconsin, University of Florida, University of Arizona, etc.). There is current Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG 95-03) that is a phase III study comparing the effectiveness of using standard external beam radiation with or without radiosurgery (gamma knife). That study may bring us closer to the answer about radiosurgery's efficacy.


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The latest Gallup Poll, released this morning, shows undiminished support for the Iraq war, still running at around 70%. The only finding that represents a significant change, compared to one week ago, is that the percentage who think the war is going "very well" has declined from 53% to 33%, while those thinking the war is going "moderately well" have increased from 37% to 52%–hardly a surprising finding, given the non-stop media questioning of the war effort in recent days. The noteworthy fact, however, is that the percentage who think the war is going "moderately badly" or "very badly" has changed hardly at all, remaining at a very low 14% (11% moderately badly, 3% very badly).
The American people seem to have a realistic view of the war's likely consequences. 86% are either "very confident" or "somewhat confident" that we can remove Saddam Hussein from power; 84% that we will find weapons of mass destruction; 70% that we will capture or kill Saddam; and 65% that we will establish a stable democracy in Iraq.
Meanwhile, President Bush's job approval remains steady at 71%.
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BUFFALO -- It was a total team effort, and not in a good way. For three quarters Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium, the Eagles played an abysmal game on offense, an abysmal game on defense and an abysmal game by the coaching staff. Triple Abysmal, then -- and, no, it isn't the name of an obscure IPA.
Then the Eagles made it interesting in the fourth quarter before losing to the Bills, 31-24. Only the future will tell us if that fourth quarter was meaningful, or just some camouflage for a team that is a lot more capable of playing wretched football than any of us ever suspected.
Trailing by 31-14 after three quarters, on merit, the combination of Mike Vick-to-DeSean Jackson woke them out of a slumber that featured four turnovers and some of the worst run defense, and worst tackling, any of us has seen by the Eagles since, well, since last week.
A 31-yard touchdown, a catch-and-run where Jackson tiptoed in along the sideline, brought the Eagles back to 31-21 with 14:51 left to play. A 26-yard catch by Jackson set up the 35-yard Alex Henery field goal that made it 31-24 with 9:29 left. That one could have been a touchdown, too -- Vick's rushing score was called back because guard Danny Watkins was called for illegal hands to the face.
After the Eagles' defense held -- not a misprint -- the Eagles had the ball on their own 20 and marched nicely down the field. With good blocking up front, Vick carved into the Bills' defense with key completions to Jackson and Jason Avant. Faced with a third-and-3 at the Bills' 25-yard line with 2 minutes remaining, a pass to Avant that was short of the first down line was intercepted kind of pried away from the Eagles' receiver and intercepted by the Bills' Nick Barnett. And that -- the Eagles' fifth turnover of the day and Vick's fourth interception -- was that.
Except for this final insult: with the Bills lined up to go for it on fourth-and-inches with 1:23 left, and with the Bills very obviously just calling signals in an attempt to get the Eagles to jump offsides -- a ploy that never works -- the Eagles' Juqua Parker obliged.
Earlier, there were two memorable symbols of the Eagles' futility. At the end of the first half, rather than kicking a field goal with 8 seconds remaining and (shockingly) no timeouts remaining, the Eagles decided to run a play instead, with Vick throwing an incompletion into the end zone. Despite their complaints that there should have been 1 second remaining, the officials ruled otherwise. It was a colossal error by Andy Reid.
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