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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal policy that allows the Food and Drug Administration to withhold key details about drugs, medical implants and other products is coming under new pressure from open government advocates.
A coalition of public interest groups asked the FDA on Friday to overturn the decades-old policy used to black out sections of federal documents before turning them over to journalists, investigators and others who request information from the government.
In a letter to the agency, OpenTheGovernment.org says that the FDA's so-called "minor deletions" policy is illegal and undermines the Obama administration's goal of making government more accountable.
"It is impossible to square the deletions policy with the President's stated commitment to transparency," said Patrice McDermott, the group's president, in the letter obtained by The Associated Press. The letter comes a few days before the start of Sunshine Week, when transparency advocates promote freedom of information.
McDermott asks FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to take action on a formal petition from Public Citizen that would do away with the deletion policy. The consumer advocacy group, founded by Ralph Nader in the 1970s, submitted the petition in September, but has not heard from the FDA. Public Citizen is a member of the OpenTheGovernment.org coalition.
Over the years, Public Citizen has drawn attention to dozens of drug safety issues by requesting FDA documents on patient side effects and clinical studies. In the case of the arthritis drug Bextra, Public Citizen's disclosures brought to light information about blood clots that led to the drug's market withdrawal in 2005 due to concerns about stroke and heart attack.
Public Citizen says the FDA has repeatedly redacted large portions of text from documents, in some cases blacking out a half-page or more.
The agency justifies this approach in its staff manual, saying that: "The overwhelming majority of requesters who receive documents with minor deletions are satisfied and do not request withheld material."
Regardless of whether most requestors accept the deletions, Public Citizen and other critics say the FDA is still ignoring the law. In 1991 the federal government's own watchdog arm, the Government Accountability Office, urged the FDA to do away with the policy, saying it conflicted with the Freedom of Information Act.
Under that law, anyone who seeks information from the federal government is supposed to get it unless disclosure would hurt national security, violate personal privacy or expose business secrets or confidential decision-making in certain areas. If any information is withheld, the government is supposed to give the requester an immediate option to appeal the decision. But the FDA requires requesters to make a second request to release the redacted information. Only after this second request is denied does the FDA inform the person of their right to an appeal.
Some FDA documents contain proprietary company information about drug testing or manufacturing techniques. The FDA claims the deletions policy actually benefits the public because it allows the agency to release documents that might have to be withheld indefinitely if they were not redacted.
But the agency's critics say the policy is simply an extra logistical hurdle that is unprecedented in the federal government.
"The steps that the FDA has created leave requesters in a state of limbo and add a procedural barrier that is neither lawful nor necessary," said Julie Murray, an attorney with Public Citizen who worked on the petition.
Murray said the deletions policy also distorts the FDA's record of compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, which it must report annually. In 2011, the FDA reported that 97 percent of the documents it released under the Freedom of Information Act were "full releases."
That number is higher than any other agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. But Public Citizen says the FDA's figure is likely inflated since the agency apparently doesn't count "minor deletions" as withheld information.
An FDA spokesman said this week that the agency is still reviewing Public Citizen's petition. Under FDA rules, the agency has 180 days to respond to petitions, placing a March 19 deadline on the group's request.


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Accumulating snow is expected to continue until about 3 p.m. Monday afternoon with total daytime accumulations of between 3 to 5 inches expected, according to the National Weather Service. Locally higher amounts of up to 8 inches are possible, especially near the coast.
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Jim Lee's variant cover for "Django Unchained" No. 1. (DC Comics)Link
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Producer Stacey Sher, left, producer Pilar Savone, director Quentin Tarantino, executive producer Bob Weinstein and producer Reginald Hudlin on the set of "Django Unchained." (Andrew Cooper/ The Weinstein Co.)Link
"Django Unchained" has raked in more than $100 million at the box office, but Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked revenge drama is finding success in another format too — on the paneled page.
This week, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint announced that the first installment of its planned six-issue adaptation of "Django Unchained" sold out; a second printing is set to land in stores in early February, just before Issue No. 2 hits stands Feb. 13.
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The success of both the movie and the comic book is welcome news for Reginald Hudlin, the Oscar-nominated "Django Unchained" producer who penned the miniseries. Hudlin was a logical choice for the assignment — the former BET president and "House Party" director wrote the "Black Panther" series for Marvel from 2005 to '08.
Speaking by phone this week, Hudlin said he was thrilled to have the opportunity to adapt Tarantino's screenplay, which ran about 168 pages.
"Quentin and I, we love to talk and one of the things we love to talk about is comic books, specifically western comic books," Hudlin said. "The main thing was to be as faithful as possible to the original script."
The $3.99 comic book still recounts the story of how the grandiloquent bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz finds and frees Django, enlisting the former slave in his search for a trio of ruthless overseers known as the Brittle brothers. However, artist R.M. Guéra took an original approach to the character design rather than drawing likenesses of the actors from the film.
As for any controversy that "Django Unchained" has generated for the way the film handles the subject of slavery, Hudlin said simply, "It's a Quentin Tarantino movie.
"It would be different if we were telling a story about people just being victims, but this movie is sort of the antidote to that," he continued. "This is a straight-up hero, people fighting back and winning."
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I don't know who the idiot was who said you can't take the Bible literally. Do it at your own peril I guess.
I remember back in the late 60's or 70'a when scientists proved that there was a cataclysmic event (some called it the Noahic Deluge)
Although the rivers sustained life, they also destroyed it by frequent floods that ravaged entire cities. The unpredictable Mesopotamian weather was often hard on farmers; crops were often ruined so backup sources of food such as cows and lambs were also kept.
What makes it confusing for me is when I read stuff about how "radiometeric dating has flaws" and "the scientists are off base because of these flaws". Of course I read that stuff on the answers in genesis website so I'm sure they're flubbing the numbers or something to work in their favor.
I don't know who the idiot was who said you can't take the Bible literally.
Quote from: jtp56 on October 13, 2011, 07:36:17 PMI don't know who the idiot was who said you can't take the Bible literally. Did we miss Jesus' return, or is he still 2000 years overdue on his promised return date?
Where, it turns out, there is a possible impact crater on the sea floor 1500 kilometers southeast of Madagascar. Named Burckle Crater and discovered only recently by Masse's colleague Dallas Abbott from Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, it is a little under 30 km in diameter and is visible on bathymetric maps. Stratigraphic cores taken near there suggest that it is an impact crater, but are not definitive. The Burckle Crater needs more study, but it is 3800 meters deep, so it's not an easy place to explore. More readily accessible is the southern coast of Madagascar where recently studied chevron-shaped dune deposits of potential tunamic origin may be indicative of giant waves more than 200 meters in height
Bruce Masse, an environmental archaeologist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He thinks he can say precisely when the comet fell: on the morning of May 10, 2807 B.C.Dr. Masse analyzed 175 flood myths from around the world, and tried to relate them to known and accurately dated natural events like solar eclipses and volcanic eruptions. Among other evidence, he said, 14 flood myths specifically mention a full solar eclipse, which could have been the one that occurred in May 2807 B.C.Half the myths talk of a torrential downpour, Dr. Masse said. A third talk of a tsunami. Worldwide they describe hurricane force winds and darkness during the storm. All of these could come from a mega-tsunami.Of course, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, Dr. Masse said, "and we're not there yet."


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There's another baby on the way for Melissa Joan Hart!
The Melissa & Joey star, who turns 36 Wednesday, and husband Mark Wilkerson are expecting their third child, she confirms.
"(Early) Happy Birthday to me! And baby makes 3!" she Tweeted Tuesday, sharing a pregnancy photo of herself surrounded by her boys.
The couple are already parents to sons Braydon Hart, 4, and Mason Walter, 6.
"I adore my boys to pieces! And if that's all God grants me, I'm fine. But I know myself well enough to know that I'm going to want another baby," the actress said in 2009.
"It's not necessarily that I want girls. It's because I just know I want more babies."
Melissa & Joey will premiere for the season May 30 at 8 p.m. on ABC Family.
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Analyzing Windows Performance Monitor logs is a time-consuming process, often requiring expert knowledge to interpret the log data for use in Microsoft Windows system performance troubleshooting. The good news is that you can simplify the process of collecting and analyzing Performance Monitor data by using three handy tools used by Microsoft support professionals: perfwiz.exe, logman.exe, and Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL).
As an administrator, you probably know firsthand that manually analyzing Performance Monitor logs is a time-consuming process, requiring both a deep-level knowledge of performance counters and familiarity with Windows architecture. The Microsoft Global Escalation Services team gets thousands of calls from customers requesting help in analyzing Performance Monitor logs either to help solve an existing problem or determine whether their servers are optimized for the best possible performance. I'll tell you about some tools that Microsoft support uses for system performance analysis, which can help you more easily and effectively analyze your systems' performance and troubleshoot performance issues.
Two-Part Analysis
Performance analysis comprises two main tasks:
- Data collection: Collecting Performance Monitor logs locally or remotely can be challenging as the number of systems to be monitored increases. Another challenge is determining which set of performance counters to collect and at what intervals.
- Data analysis: Once the data is collected, analyzing it correctly is yet another challenge, and it's in the analysis portion of the process that Microsoft support receives the most calls for assistance.
Let's look at tools you can use to handle each performance-analysis task.
Data-Collection Tools
Performance Monitor Wizard (perfwiz.exe) walks you through creating local and remote Performance Monitor logs. PerfWiz simplifies the process of gathering Performance Monitor logs on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (x86 only), and Windows 2000 systems by configuring the correct counters to collect and suggesting the most appropriate sample intervals and log-file sizes. You can download PerfWiz here.
Logman.exe is a built-in Windows command-line tool that manages and schedules performance counter collections on local and remote systems and runs on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista (x86 and x64), Windows 2003, and XP. You can find information about Logman syntax and examples of usage here.
Here's an example of how you'd use logman.exe from the command line to generate a Performance Monitor log called High-CPU-Perf-Log capturing data at 5-second intervals:
Logman.exe create counter High-CPU-Perf-Log
-f bincirc -v mmddhhmm -max 250
-c "\LogicalDisk(*)\*" "\Memory\*"
"\Network Interface(*)\*" "\Paging File(*)\*"
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\*" "\Process(*)\*"
"\Redirector\*" "\Server\*" "\System\*"
"\Thread(*)\*" -si 00:00:05
(Be sure to type the entire command without the line breaks shown in the example here.)
Executing the logman.exe command generates a .blg file. To view this file, open Performance Monitor and navigate to the Data Collector Sets folder, as Figure 1 shows.
When you're running Performance Monitor to try to pinpoint the source of a problem on a system, I recommend you reboot the server before starting a Performance Monitor log and let the log run from reboot until the condition you're tracking occurs (e.g., system hang, sluggishness). By allowing the Performance Monitor log to collect data until the problem returns, you're ensuring that the log captures all relevant data about your problem. Gathering as much data as possible in the log will improve the reliability of the analysis. Rebooting first, then starting the Performance Monitor log helps in identifying trouble spots because you can see the resource consumption (memory, CPU, and disk) from the very beginning all the way through the problem period.
You should regularly collect baseline performance data on your most essential servers. Doing so could save you a lot of pain and effort in proving or disproving an issue exists. Often at Microsoft support, customers ask us whether a certain performance statistic is "bad" or "good." Although Microsoft provides performance guidelines, it's difficult to know what's typical for your environment unless you have baseline performance data. Creating baselines also helps you to focus on the problem at hand when there are other problems on the system. Certain performance statistics can be falsely blamed as the culprit for a new issue, but having a baseline from before the new problem occurred will help keep the focus off irrelevant statistics. (You can find Microsoft guidelines for gathering baseline data here.)
Data Analysis
A tool that Microsoft support relies on to analyze Performance Monitor logs is the Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool. Clint Huffman, a Microsoft senior premier field engineer, wrote the 6,000-line VBScript tool, which is free and open source. PAL lets administrators easily analyze Performance Monitor logs without requiring them to be experts in performance counters or Windows architecture.
PAL contains a wizard-based UI that asks specific information about the system, which PAL passes as arguments to the VBScript program. PAL picks up where other log analyzers leave off, such as taking into account whether the system is 64-bit or 32-bit, whether the /3GB switch is used, and how much physical memory is installed—all variables that affect system performance. PAL uses these variables along with known thresholds, which were determined by engineers with years of experience, to determine the analysis that's displayed. PAL provides a chronological order of alerts, so that you can correlate your system's performance to any problems that you noticed at specific times.
PAL also can provide application-specific analysis for applications such as Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft IIS. So as an administrator wearing several hats, you can have application-specific performance data analyzed without being an expert in the performance counters for an application. PAL can make your life easier by providing analysis for baseline data when performance is typical or to help pinpoint the root cause of a performance issue when a problem occurs.
PAL's user-friendly UI walks you through the few steps necessary to start the analysis process. The analysis report that PAL generates is an .html file that's stored by default under the My Documents\PAL Reports folder. The report contains hyperlinks and graphs that enable easy interpretation and navigation, and the file's portability lets you easily store it in a convenient location.
Using PAL
An example of where PAL saved the day came when a customer received a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) alert that detected that all BizTalk services had gone offline on one of the customer's BizTalk servers. Remotely connecting to the server wasn't possible then. However, since the server was part of a cluster, the event logs were replicated, revealing the following error at the time the BizTalk server went offline:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Srv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2019
Description: The server was unable to allocate from the system non-paged pool because the pool was empty.
The error explained why remote connections to the server weren't possible but gave us no information about the problem's root cause.
The customer solved the immediate problem by rebooting the server, which then resumed participating in BizTalk transactions. But we needed to understand what caused the failure. To do so, our first step after the reboot was to capture a Performance Monitor log. After capturing the performance data, we copied the .blg file to our workstation for analysis, then loaded the .blg file into the PAL wizard to generate an analysis report. Using the event log error indicating that the system was depleted of non-paged pool memory, we scrolled down to view the alerts in the report's memory section and noticed 31 Handle Leak Detection alerts, as Figure 2 shows.
Clicking the Handle Leak Detection hyperlink displayed an easy-to-read graph, which revealed that more than 340,000 handles were consumed by a single process. Additionally, we clicked the Chronological Order link near the top of the report (not shown in Figure 2), which displayed an explanation of the alert, as Figure 3 shows.
The process that PAL alerted us to turned out to be the problem with this particular server after we updated the process (i.e., we checked with the vendor for an update, found an update that the customer had not applied, and applied the update—which solved the problem). Bingo! No more leaking handles, and no more alerts from MOM indicating that BizTalk processes are offline.
Performance Analysis Insight
These tools and the guidance I've provided for using them should give you some insight into managing the process of system-performance analysis. This knowledge can help you better understand how your systems typically perform and, if you do encounter a performance problem, help you to resolve it with free and easy-to-use tools.
Special thanks to Kent Weare, a Microsoft MVP who helped contribute to this article.


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The director of "Captain America: The First Avenger," the 2011 summer blockbuster that will coincide with the character's 70th anniversary, says the screen version of the hero will be true to his roots — up to a certain point.
"We're sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers," said Joe Johnston, whose past directing credits include "Jurassic Park III" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." He's a guy that wants to serve his country, but he's not a flag-waver. We're reinterpreting, sort of, what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was."
None of that is surprising, of course — Christopher Nolan pared away significant parts of the Batman mythology (such as Robin the Boy Wonder and any super-powered villains) that didn't fit his grim take on Gotham City, while Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. manufactured a version of Iron Man that is hard-wired for far more humor than the old-school Marvel Comics character.
Still, Captain America, with his name and history, is a sensitive case. A red-white-and-blue character that dates back to the Franklin Roosevelt era stirs up plenty of civic emotion — just take a look at the dust-up over the recent change to Wonder Woman's costume. "Wonder Woman" comics are hardly a publishing-world sensation these days but still, for a day or two, the whole world seemed to notice that she put on some pants.
Johnston has been hard at work on the London set of the film but Saturday he'll be making a whirlwind visit to Comic-Con International in San Diego to promote the film. He'll be joined by cast members too, including his charismatic, young title star, Chris Evans, who has shown a sly, wiseguy wit in many of his previous roles. Does that make him an odd fit to play the earnest and somewhat square superhero with the Betsy Ross fashion sensibility? Johnston answered that in his film — which is set in World War II — the character will fight the enemies of America but he won't be a stiff, slogan-spouting guy.
Those sort of geopolitical vagaries and fan projections will take on much higher stakes with a $150-million-to-$200-million film. Marvel Studios put itself on the map with two "Iron Man" films that racked up a combined $1.19 billion in box office and almost half of that business ($571 million) was beyond the U.S. and Canada. For Johnston, the imperative is an artistic one, not a commercial one. He wants a character that's more complicated than a flag, and a movie that entertains without borders.
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Colman...a Decipher card is now Canon?The guy getting pushed down the stairs has a Doallyn helmet on...the only spot he may be is in the group shots after Han is unfrozen
I'm suggesting Malar is not in the movie...I've never seen him, never seen proof of him and we only have this one reference picture of him.
Ah so that's Bane Malor... I didn't see him on wookieepedia or the official site. Thanks for the image JediMAC. Looks like it would make for a cool figure.
That wave sounds way too good to be true.
Hey - I've always wondered this - Chewie does get shot on the skiff - he falls over on top of Han. Han even says "Chewie are you alright?"Since wrapping just his legs isn't exactly going to keep the sand out of his fur, are they to keep the sand out of his wounds? Heck - from the picture, it looks like it might even only be his left leg that is wrapped up.Always wondered why GL didn't put this scene back into the SE of ROTJ.
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Nashua officials assess future projects
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
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— Several state and city officials gathered on Thursday to discuss the status of the state's 10-year plan for transportation improvements, highlighting transit projects that are just around the corner and some that are still several years from reality.
Nashua has several projects listed in the plan, including $15 million in operating assistance for the Nashua Transit System, $5 million in preventative maintenance for the NTS and nearly $2 million in capital planning for the NTS throughout the next decade.
One of the largest projects in Nashua is a proposed $18.4 million widening of Route 101A in two phases. The first phase is tentatively scheduled for preliminary engineering in 2017, with construction to begin three years later on a portion of the roadway from Sunapee Street to Blackstone Drive, and essentially from Milford to Nashua.
The second phase of the Route 101A improvements include widening from Somerset Parkway to Sunapee Street, and from Blackstone Drive to Celina Avenue. Construction for this portion of the work is tentatively set to begin in 2022.
"Route 101A was recognized as a regional need," Tim Roache of the Nashua Regional Planning Commission said during Thursday's public hearing at Nashua City Hall. "Some of these projects depend almost entirely on local match (funds)."
A large chunk of money is listed in the plan for the Boire Field Improvement Program at the Nashua Municipal Airport, which includes $19.5 million in taxiway upgrades, control tower adjustments, master planning and hazard beacon improvements scheduled to take place throughout the entire decade.
According to the 10-year plan, Nashua is set to purchase two new compressed natural gas buses in 2015 as part of the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality program at a cost of nearly $1 million. Also in 2015, reconstruction of East Hollis Street in Nashua is set to take place from Main Street to the Hudson town line at a price-tag of about $2 million.
The following year, Nashua is tentatively scheduled to receive an additional $2.6 million in CMAQ money to construct park-and-ride facilities at two city locations, according to the document.
Also in 2016 and 2017, a proposed expansion of the F.E. Everett Turnpike from Nashua to Bedford is scheduled to take place at a cost of about $4.1 million.
"This is a priority need that we have heard about throughout the region," Bill Cass of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation said of the turnpike.
The preliminary 10-year plan for 2015-2024 includes various transit, airport, highway and bridge projects throughout the state, with federal funding for state transportation projects reaching up to $155 million per year. State aid, toll revenue and funding from the Federal Highway Administration are used to implement the projects included in the plan.
The state is limited with financial constraints for how and when the projects are implemented, Cass said.
"There are many more needs than there are priorities," he said. "But we have tried to strike a balance among those."
Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said she had hoped that the newly proposed Exit 36 southbound off-ramp would have been moved up on the state's 10-year plan. The exit, which would actually be built in Tyngsborough, Mass., has been a discussion by Nashua and Tyngsborough officials for more than two years.
"I look at this as a really remarkable opportunity to do something regionally across two states," said Lozeau, maintaining it is the perfect opportunity to create a multimodal transportation center.
The proposed exit, according to documentation provided on Thursday, is tentatively planned for 2019-2025 at a cost of about $17 million.
In addition to the 10-year plan, there are other future transit projects prioritized up to 2040. Some of those long-term projects specifically affecting Nashua include: the Nashua to Concord Capitol Corridor passenger rail effort at an estimated cost of $100 million; a new bridge over the Merrimack River in Hudson, Litchfield, Merrimack and Nashua at a cost of about $185 million between 2033-2038; and reconstruction of Nashua's Main Street at a cost of $2.2 million in 2024.


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yayyyyyyyy my oniotchi just evolved into a maskutchi today!!!:D
i caught her watching tv twice!the first time i thaught she was mad at me so i pressed the button then it moved so i said it aint mad n i just caught again a while ago....it looks so cool!!!
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Hehehehe! Very cute! I have one, too. He likes to get really close to the screen and bob up and down. He's adorable. I'm going to miss him when he leaves me tonight. But his daughter's adorable.
Posted 25 November 2004 - 10:02 PM ( #4 )
What do you mean wayches tv??


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WHAT: The 45-member University of Rochester Brass Choir, led by founder and director Josef Hanson, will perform familiar tunes from Rock 'n' Roll's heyday and favorites from one of America's major sports institutions at two of Ohio's cultural landmarks.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18
1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., Cleveland, OH
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19
2121 George Halas Dr. NW, Canton, OH
ADMISSION: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Admission is free as part of the Hall of Fame's Martin Luther King, Jr. Festival. Admission to the exhibits, however, is full price. Pricing details may be found here.
Pro Football Hall of Fame: The concert requires the purchase of a full price museum ticket, which includes admission to the exhibits. Pricing details may be found here.


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Ashley Tisdale: Furniture Shopping with Christopher French
Ashley Tisdale loops her arm in boyfriend musician Christopher French's arm while out and about on Friday afternoon (January 25) in Los Angeles.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The baseball team kicked off its 2011 season with a road heartbreaker Tuesday, as they blew a late lead against Washington - St. Louis and lost 8-3 at Kenny Field. Though they were dealt the loss, GC looked good through seven innings and gave up only seven hits in the game.
Things looked promising early as Greenville jumped out to quick lead, scoring on sophomore Cole Lawson's two-run double in the second inning. The Panthers would add another run in the inning and lead Washington University 3-0 after two.
However the theme of the day for the Panthers turned out to be a failure to capitalize. In the top of the third inning, Greenville's Kenny Trager hit what appeared to be an RBI double to left center field, but David Massengill failed to score on the play thanks to a crisp relay from centerfielder Kyle Billig to shortstop Greg Gleicher to catcher Joe Noon, who made the tag at the plate.
The Washington defense prevented another run in the fifth inning. Massengill was on second base and Justin Hubbard stood at first when Kenny Trager singled to centerfield. The Bear's Billig made another heads up play and caught Hubbard taking too large a turn at second base and threw him out before Massengill came around to score.
Washington University's first baseman Matt Skinner caught fire at the plate late, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. His leadoff double in the sixth inning led to a run to make the score 3-2, and he tied the game with a base hit through the right side of the infield in the seventh inning. The Bears went on to record three runs in the seventh and eighth innings to put the game out of reach.
Leading GC at the plate in the losing effort was Trager. The sophomore went 2-for-2, with two walks and a double.
Greenville's sophomore pitcher Derrick Reckmman had an impressive season-opening performance, going four innings and giving up only one run while striking out four. Senior Daniel Covert was charged with the loss, giving up two earned runs in three innings of work.
Senior Zach Cain picked up the win for Washington University, coming in for relief in the fifth inning and pitching four and one-third innings of scoreless baseball. He gave up just three hits and one walk with two strikeouts to halt the Panthers in the Bears' winning effort.
Greenville (0-1) next takes the diamond as they welcome defending NCAA Division III national champion Illinois Wesleyan for a Saturday afternoon doubleheader on March 5. The games will be played at Robert E. Smith Field with game one scheduled for 12 p.m. and game two starting at 2:30 p.m.


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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — JaVale McGee's hope-filled season started poorly and has taken a sharp turn for the worse. McGee is out indefinitely with a fracture to his left shin, the team announced Sunday.
This season was supposed to be something of a new start for the 7-foot center renowned more for his goofiness than his contributions in his five previous seasons, three-and-a-half spent with the Washington Wizards before getting traded to Denver.
Under rookie head coach Brian Shaw, McGee expected to take over as the starter, and he did, and figured to be a focal point of an offense that was turning more traditional coming out of George Karl's up-tempo attack. But McGee's minutes didn't rise; they dipped to lower levels than under former coach George Karl, just 15.8 mpg. He was averaging 7.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 1.4 bpg.
His struggles have mirrored the team's lackluster performances leading to a 1-4 record coming off last season's franchise-record 57 victories. Before training camp commenced, McGee, who dealt with left shin pain last season, was as juiced for this season as any previous year. He was determined to be taken seriously as a difference-making center.
"I feel like I'm extremely athletic, extremely fast, extremely agile for being a 7-foot big man and just need the right people behind me to be able to bring what has to come out to be a dominant center in the league," McGee told NBA.com in September. "There's a lot of things that haven't even been [brought out] of my game that people haven't even seen. So I just feel like this is going to be the season.
"It's really up to the coach as to how he wants to use me. It's up to me to work and everything, and I'm going to do that. So if I work hard and I come prepared and in shape for training camp, there's nothing that can stop me but the coach."
Apparently Shaw wasn't seeing what he wanted from the big man. Because McGee wasn't playing much, perhaps his loss won't be as costly as it might have been if he had gotten off to the start he had hoped. Shaw told reporters he'll either start Timofey Mozgov or undersized J.J. Hickson, the 6-foot-9 power forward who played out of position in the middle all last season for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Denver plays at winless Utah on Monday and returns home Wednesday to play the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Last season, Karl was asked why McGee couldn't crack 18 mpg. Karl simply simply said he didn't deserve more. Shaw apparently didn't need to see much to be in agreement. Now McGee will sit idle as he waits for his shin to heal.
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McGee's injury only adds to his personal frustration and the team's growing challenge.


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The Beginning
Eurosport, the first Sports Endeavors, Inc. retail company was founded in 1984, based on a love of soccer and a high school business project.
The Moylans were a soccer family of six children who all played soccer, four of whom played in college. Eurosport CatalogsDuring his junior year in high school, Mike Moylan was working at a mail order swimwear company that had a small retail outlet. In the retail outlet, along with the swim product that the company sold through the catalog, they also sold a few pairs of soccer shoes. Mike thought that the real opportunity was creating a soccer catalog, and in a car ride on a college recruiting trip his senior year, he proposed the concept to his father. Dr. Moylan was a surgeon at Duke University Medical Center but his father had owned a dairy business so Dr. Moylan had grown up in a family business. He liked the idea of starting another family business. It was Ann Carole, Mike's mom, who came up with the name Eurosport for the catalog.
The concept for the company was a simple one; the mail order catalog would carry only the best soccer products from all around the world. In order to graduate from high school Mike was required to do a senior project, so for this project he created a business plan for the mail order company he envisioned. He was joined in this by Jody Maxwell, classmate, life-long friend and current employee. That plan was the first road map for the fledging business and became the foundation for the success of Eurosport.
The first Eurosport catalog was mailed in the fall of 1984. Because of the limited product availability, the selection included everything Mike could find that was soccer related and he even added in a little tennis gear to fill out the catalog. It was 24 pages and while 20,000 were printed, the first mailing went to only 6,000 soccer players and friends. The location of the company was less than 900 square feet, which included a retail space, a few desks to take phone call and a stock room to store products and process orders.
After high school, Mike entered Georgetown University, where he played soccer. So for the first four years while Mike was at school, his mother ran the company along with Gary Lloyd and then later Eric Vaughter, both of whom had tremendous impact on the business. In the beginning, it was difficult for a business that was catalog-only to establish relationships with sporting goods manufacturers. Therefore the family had to open a brick-and-mortar store in order to build those all-important vendor relationships. Ultimately there were two stores in the Raleigh-Durham area. As the catalog business grew, the decision was made to focus on this part of the business. By 1996 the stores were closed and their resources focused toward the rapidly growing mail order segment.
A year after Eurosport's founding, Brendan graduated from high school and went to Duke University. Brendan worked at the company part-time and when he graduated in 1989, he joined the company on a fulltime basis.
The Move
1991 was a big year for Sports Endeavors. The growing company moved from Durham to the former White Furniture factory, just down the road in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The building was creaky and in need of some repair, as parts of the facility were constructed in the early 20th century, but it allowed plenty of room to expand. Areas were renovated as additional space was needed.
Also in 1991, the father of a childhood friend of Mike and Brendan Moylan came by to purchase some soccer balls. The friend was now serving with the Peace Corps in Malawi and soccer balls were a great way to open doors in the smaller communities. As luck would have it, the company had just taken a return on some team uniforms that were already customized. Since the uniforms were not fit for resale, it was decided to donate them to the Peace Corps friend as well.
In talking about this later, Mike and Brendan realized that there were probably a lot of kids with closets full of extra gear that was older and going unused. So a campaign was organized to solicit used-but-usable equipment from customers, who would in return receive a small gift certificate as a token of appreciation. As word spread the company soon started receiving requests for donations from medical teams, missionaries and military organizations to supply product to be used in the same way as that first shipment to Malawi- to help kids who are less fortunate and open the doors for others into places where they could be of assistance. This was the birth of the Passback Program.Passback programToday, the Passback Program is administered in conjunction with the US Soccer Foundation and continues to help supply the needs of the less fortunate and disadvantaged around the world. Since its inception, Passback has distributed nearly 800,000 items. Please go to www.Passback.org to learn more.
New Game
In 1993, Sports Endeavors expanded beyond soccer. Former UNC lacrosse player Chad Watson, who was working at the company, approached Mike and Brendan about selling gear for his sport. Great Atlantic Lacrosse Company was soon founded and the first catalog mailed to 17,000 players in March of 1994.
Also in 1994, a good friend, Jim Covington, came back from serving with the United States Navy and went to work here at Sports Endeavors. Jim returned from lunch one day and said he had spent the hour speaking with an associate about an emerging computer network called the world wide web. So Brendan and Jim did a little research and registered the URLs Soccer.com and Lacrosse.com. Later that year the company launched a commercial site on Soccer.com, followed in early in 1995 by a store on Lacrosse.com. (Alas, we didn't have the foresight to also register Eurosport or Great Atlantic...)
Sports Endeavors' biggest competitor at that point, a company called TSI Soccer, was located right across town in Durham. In January of 2001, SEI acquired that company and merged it into Eurosport. At this point a new emphasis was placed on growing the team business, combining a team catalog and website with an active sales group. Between the acquisition and building the team business, the company quickly filled up a distribution center expansion completed in 2000.
By the end of 2003, Sports Endeavors had broken ground on a massive addition, giving more distribution capacity, more office space and a large new "town center" in which employees could gather, relax and eat. Since as far back as 1998, there has always been a large-screen TV in the room and work slows considerably when a match from one of the big events like the Champions League, the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championships is being broadcast.
In 2004, while planning for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the leadership team determined that even with the two recent expansions, the distribution center was not still going to be able to handle the capacity that would be required for this event as well as the rapid growth. After determining that expansion of the existing facility was no longer feasible, a new location was sought.
That location was found in Mebane, North Carolina, eleven miles from Hillsborough,Sports Endeavors Warehousewhere the customer service center and offices remain. The new distribution center provided 225,000 sq. ft., twice the size of the space in Hillsborough. The company's distribution center operations moved in to the new facility in May of 2006, just prior to the start of that year's World Cup. In November of 2007 a larger breakroom and offices were added.
Sports Endeavors' biggest online competitor was a company called 365, Inc. based in Birmingham, Alabama. Mike and Brendan had met the owner, Bernard Frei, at a vendor event in August of 2004 and discovered the two companies shared a lot of the same growth aches and pains. It was also realized that the companies could be better together, and late in 2005 Sports Endeavors acquired 365. Bernard remained on board and today plays a large role in the running of Sports Endeavors.
The merger with 365 also brought a new sport to the fold. Rugby was -and is- Bernard Frei's passion. He played the sport from the age of 11 until an injury while playing in Parma, Italy sidelined him at age 40. Bernard's playing days began in the UK and took him to France, Australia and the United States. Sports Endeavors was excited to welcome the sport of rugby, which had been a growing business for 365.
During this time, it was decided that Sports Endeavors would become a non-smoking company, which meant no smoking on the grounds. This decision was made for the health of our employees as well as to set a positive example for the youth sports with which we are so involved. It was also decided to offer healthy alternatives for employees and today, each employee can schedule with their supervisor to take one hour of paid time a week to participate in a variety of classes offered by the company. Classes offered have included Weight Loss, Smoking Cessation, CPR, Aerobics, Yoga, Ballroom Dancing, Zumba, Bodyfit, lunchtime basketball and of course, lunchtime soccer.
Since the beginning, Mike and Brendan were fortunate enough to be able to call on friends with whom they had grown up or with whom they had a family connection for a helping hand in building the business. In addition, every Moylan sibling (Sean, Maura, Kiernan and Katie) has worked in the business at some point as well as a few cousins, nieces and nephews. Many of the early employees- Jody and Julie Maxwell, John London, Ed Hinshaw, Kevin Sullivan, Drew Blum, Mandy Tabor, Darlene Chapman, Jimmy McIntyre, Linda Turner, Durward Williams, Billy Lalor, Chad Watson- are still with the company. Many more have moved on to other careers within the industry.
Sports Endeavors has grown well beyond that high school project. It is still a family owned business and Mike and Brendan are still very involved but Sports Endeavors, Inc. has become the largest soccer specialty retailer in the world.
In 1984, the company had three fulltime employees. Today, it has over three hundred fulltime employees and more than 400 part-time and seasonal employees.That first Eurosport catalog was mailed to 6000 players and friends. Today, a little over a million soccer, lacrosse and rugby players receive a catalog each month.
Sprots Endeavors Culture
The company began customization by silk-screening t-shirts and later added a heat press for numbers and letters. Today, there are hundreds of employees picking, packing, silk-screening, embroidering and applying transfers 7 days a week and during peak periods, 24 hours a day.
While it was difficult to find enough gear to fill up the first catalog, today over 60,000 different items are sold through the catalogs and websites. The goal of Sports Endeavors, Inc. is to ship that same day every order placed before 6 pm that doesn't require customization.
Today, Sports Endeavors, Inc. has partnered with the FIFA 2014 World Cup, UEFA Champions League, the 2012 UEFA European Championships, Major League Soccer, Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC, AC Milan, Manchester United FC, FC Barcelona, Juventus, Santos, FC Bayern Munich, the Mexican Football Federation, USA Rugby and South Africa's Springboks among others.
Two brothers, supported by their parents, family and friends.A team of people dedicated to service.One love for soccer, lacrosse and rugby.


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Sunday Cruise
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Vivid Opera
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Chicken Pot Pie - Pâtés au poulet
I love this time of the year when I start cooking for the freezer. Chicken Pot Pies are perfect for that. They freeze well & when you feel to it them you just need to reheat them. You can either use leftover chicken or turkey to make these pot pies. Last week we called my mom for her secret recipe of fudge and this week we called my mother-in-law. So we are featuring her recipe of chicken pot pies. They are easy to make and in no time we had eight small servings ready to freeze.
J'aime bien ce temps de l'année. Je commence à faire de la bouffe pour le congélateur. Je trouve que les pâtés au poulet se congèlent très bien. Lorsque vous avez envie de les manger, vous avez juste à les faire réchauffer. Vous pouvez utiliser du poulet ou de la dinde pour faire ces pâtés au poulet. La semaine passée j'ai appelé ma mère pour sa recette secrète du sucre à la crème et cette semaine nous avons appeler ma belle-mère. Nous aimons bien sa recette qu'elle fait depuis de nombreuses années. Ils sont si faciles à faire et si bons. En un rien de temps nous avions huits pâtés au poulet en format individuels prêts pour le congélateur.
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These look great, I usually make chicken pot pie from cooking light with a phyllo topping.ReplyDelete
Very well done Helene! I love the crimped edge :) We have our own version of chicken pie here, called chicken pastel... It has chunks of frankfurters in it :)ReplyDelete
Your Pot Pies look scrumptious! A wonderful dish that I'll soon have to try!ReplyDelete
what a beautifully done poulet! mmmmReplyDelete
Chicken pot pies are one of my favourite comfort foods..I don't usually even have to make them. There is a bakery that makes some delicious homemade ones that come frozen to cook later.....makes an easy supper but of course I sometimes make my own. Yours look perfect Helene:DReplyDelete
I love recipes that freeze well too. Perfect for the fall. Or at least fall as I knew it on the East Coast. Your pies look delicious!ReplyDelete
I couldn't agree more with the ease of the chicken pot pies and reheating. I think my mom even allowed me to do it when I was little :) Mmmm turkey at it's leftover best...ReplyDelete
i tend to prefer sweet pies, but your filling looks completely irresistible! heck, why not have pie for both supper and dessert? :)ReplyDelete
I was just thinking I should work on a gluten-free chicken pot pie. Now you have inspired me to stop thinking and start doing!ReplyDelete
I feel good after an hectic day, knowing that I have prepared meals in the freezer. I love the veggies in your pot pies..ReplyDelete
I've always been intriqued by how the crust sits on top of the pie. Your crust looks wonderful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful pot pies! How nice to be able to pull that out of the freeze at the end of a busy day!ReplyDelete
Smart woman! Make tons and freeze. Oh do those come in handy later in winter when it's frigid outside.ReplyDelete
Never made one of these yummies, & it's wonderful that you are featuring old classics from your family. Swell idea to make some for the freezer...I love it when you know that there's food ready & dinner is a breeze! Wonderful Helen!ReplyDelete
Ça c'est vraiment bon des pâtés maison.
Chicken pot pies are one of my favorites and those look great!ReplyDelete
That looks great... it's always nice to have some secret family recipes to appeal to...ReplyDelete
I love chicken pot pie, but I'm not sure why I'd never thought to freeze it for later. That would be very convenient. I'll have to get on that!ReplyDelete
This is my kind of comfort food! You did a beautiful crimping job and the ingredients...delicious!ReplyDelete
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What a gorgeous fold you used for the edge around on your top crust!ReplyDelete
I just love pot pie, such a nice comforting and delicious meal. Your crust looks great.ReplyDelete
Those chicken pot pies look so comforting and good!ReplyDelete
Wow, that is a great idea. If I only had bigger freezer... mine is sooo small can hardly take frozen herbs I have ;)ReplyDelete
Enjoy your weekend Helene, Margot
who doesn't love pot pies! i can't remember the last time i had one.ReplyDelete
The pies look delicious and I would gladly devour one with a slice of you no-knead bread :DReplyDelete
Nothing like a good chicken pot pie on a cold fall day. I like your version and your crust is just stellar.ReplyDelete
Beautiful job! this is the perfect dish for this time of year! Thanks for the recipe and we'll use it with out left over turkey!ReplyDelete
I love chicken pot pie! So good and such great comfort food. Looks awesome!ReplyDelete
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I haven't made chicken pot pie in way too long! Your pot pie is so pretty, too, I'm thinking it would be a good dish for the days when guests arrive or you want to bring a nice dish to a shut in.ReplyDelete


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