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High sugar prices – prompted, at least in part, by growing demand for "natural sweeteners" -- and a good 2010/2011 sugarcane harvest season have certainly improved Louisiana producers' collective mood.
"This past harvest was completely different from the 2009/2010 crop," says Blaine Viator, a veteran south Louisiana consultant in early February. "Then, we had one of the wettest harvests on record – probably the wettest since 2002. Unlike a lot of other sugarcane industries, we can't stop our harvest when it's wet. We're up against the clock because we have to beat the freezes."
In 2010, "we had record tonnage per acre of cane. Stalks had absorbed a lot of water. That, of course, adds weight but so did the excess mud and trash from the sloppy conditions.
"All that mud causes several problems. The main one, because of the mud and trash, is sugar content of the cane is reduced quite a bit. What happens is, even though there's higher tonnage in a wet harvest, we see lower sugar content. Growers are paid by sugar-per-acre: the product of the total tons of cane times the sugar content per ton of cane."
For the latest harvest, Viator says conditions made a sharp divergence from those a year earlier.
"We had a very dry harvest with lower cane weight, for the most part, and the tonnage per acre was down as a state average. However, because it was dry, we had very good sugar content per ton of cane.
"To me, the latest harvest is ideal. Although the tonnage was lower, the sugar content was higher and the actual sugar-per-acre was nearly identical to 2009/2010 as an industry average even though the two yield components were dramatically different."
An easier harvest means growers "are able to spend much less money on repairing equipment, rutted fields, and turn-rows. They're also able to finish harvesting earlier in the day. So, the overall cost of this harvest really dropped."
One thing that came into play both in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 crops was "consecutive abnormally cold winters in south Louisiana. We had several freezes in December 2009 and we've already had several this winter. One is going on as we speak."
Stubble cane – the newly-emerging cane -- was a worry coming into this year's crop. It was "slowed severely because of those hard freezes and a cool spring. We really didn't start getting our cane growth until well into late April and May. Generally, the crop starts growing in late February and March. Luckily, even with the slow start, most of the cane did catch up."
Yields and ripeners
Overall yields were another "unusual occurrence" with the 2010/2011 crop.
"There was a big discrepancy favoring the more northern area of the sugarcane belt versus the southern parishes along the coastline. That may sound odd because you'd think the farther north the growers are, the more their crops will be impacted by freezes. This year, though, that wasn't the case."
Viator says there has been a "constant back-and-forth (argument) in the sugar industry about the use of glyphosate ripeners. Using them is very profitable and probably the most studied practice in our industry. A lot of folks believe the use of glyphosate ripeners throughout the complete crop cycle reduces sugar yields rather than increasing them.
"Contradicting this train of thought is that the growers in the highest-yielding areas have historically been the heaviest users of glyphosate ripeners. The lowest yielding areas were those where glyphosate ripeners have been used the least. There may be no direct correlation but it is interesting."
Sugar prices
Regarding current sugar prices, Viator says "it's almost like a perfect storm.
"We've seen some of the best prices since 1974. But there are some differences. In 1974, many believed the price increase was artificial with a lot of speculation – not a true supply and demand situation.
"The current situation, most economists say, is much stronger because it's based on true supply and demand. And some issues have come into play. First -- just as with grains and soybeans several years ago when soybeans went to $15 per bushel – India and China, whose populations are massive, has increased per capita wealth to the point where they can afford beef. That meant a need for grain crops to feed the beef."
If able to afford beef "they can also afford a candy bar and soda. What is happening is countries that used to be net exporters of sugar have become net importers. On a global basis, that's shifted the world's supply and boosted price."
Added to the mix are "some earlier problems with Brazil's ports, the largest sugar-producing country in the world, exporting sugar. When they have problems at the ports and logistical issues then world sugar prices are affected."
More recently, reports are that a cyclone hit the Australian sugar industry, the world's third largest sugar exporter.
"That has people worried about Australia's output. And then there are weather concerns in Thailand and Brazil. Plus, there were record freezes in the Florida cane industry. With their harvest yet to be complete,
there are some estimates that their production may be reduced as a result. That's yet to be seen.
"Adding more momentum to the price is the controversial court ruling on GMO sugar beets, which could potentially reduce domestic sugar supply even further."
For more, see USDA issues partial deregulation for GM-sugar beets.
All-natural shift
At the same time all the above is happening "we're seeing an increase in demand for sugar. The American public is trending towards 'all-natural' products. Helping sugar even more is that high-fructose corn syrup is being scrutinized by nutritionists and the public on its potential contribution to obesity. Soda companies that were strictly using high-fructose corn syrup are going back to natural sugar, so much so that the high fructose corn syrup producers are petitioning the FDA to change its product name to 'corn sugar.' That's helping push demand for real sugar higher."
In 2010, "most experts thought high sugar prices would only carry us into early 2011. But with all these things happening at once, a lot of us now think we'll see very good prices into next year's crop.
"Something that's helped is traditionally the sugar industry here has produced raw sugar. That is then sold to a refinery, which refines it into pure, granulated cane sugar.
"Recently, some of the sugar industry down here has vertically integrated and purchased ownership into the refineries. That has passed down some of the profits of the refined sugar market to producers and raw sugar millers. That's really helped us – to capture some of those refining market dollars. Some years, there have been extremely low raw sugar prices while refined sugar prices were much higher. Now, we should be able to better handle the low raw sugar price years."
Viator was recently named president-elect of the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC).
For more, see NAICC selects Viator to be next leader.
"NAICC has done a lot of membership polling over the last year. The organization really wanted to know what our membership needed the most. Included in our group are contract researchers and quality-assurance professionals all working in agriculture."
A very detailed member survey sought "to get a handle on what the membership thought was the major role of NAICC in representing the independent crop consultants and researchers on a nationwide basis. One of the biggest things members wanted was a presence in Washington, D.C., to educate not only agriculture-related government employees and organizations but also lawmakers. We need to let them know what our profession is and the role we play. They need to know the considerable amount of expertise our membership has, and if needed, we can be utilized."
Several years ago, the NAICC began an outreach effort called the 'Crawfish Boil on the Hill.'
"We do it every March. It's a very low-key, relaxed reception. No political agendas or issues are discussed.
"We just invite lawmakers and staff to the function and provide crawfish and other Cajun delicacies. They come in and relax and get to know consultants and researchers.
"It has really done a lot for our government affairs and relations in D.C. Last year, we visited some of the government agencies the day prior to the function. Doing that, we learned a lot about the atrazine situation and the possibility of EPA removing it from our toolbox. We learned a lot about the NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permitting."
For more on NPDES, see permits.
"And then those same people we visited with came and had some crawfish. We get a lot of mileage out of these efforts. We're excited about continuing that."
The issues that face the NAICC "are very similar to those facing agriculture in general. NAICC members interface with production agriculture every day. It behooves all that are in the field of agriculture to work together to be sure the public is informed of the importance of our nations' great 'Farm Food Factory' and that our lawmakers, USDA and our regulatory agencies are aware of how their actions affect the day to day operations of our growers."


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Pittsburgh, PA – Andrew McCutchen went 4-for-4 with an RBI double and a run scored and Garret Jones added a two run home run as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Seattle Mariners, 4-1, in the opener of a brief two-game set at PNC Park.
Travis Snider also had an RBI double and Starling Marte scored a run for the Pirates, who had dropped four of their last six games.
Jeanmar Gomez (2-0) scattered two hits and two walks while striking out five over five scoreless innings to earn the win. Jason Grilli worked a perfect ninth to earn his 13th save.
Raul Ibanez drove in the lone run for the Mariners with a pinch-hit double in the seventh inning.
Aaron Harang (1-4) gave up two runs on five hits over six innings to absorb the loss. He struck out six without issuing a walk.
"I was able to throw pitches where I wanted to, moving the ball in an out. I was really getting on top of my slider and had good depth with my pitches today," Harang said.
Pittsburgh pushed a pair of runs across in the first inning. Marte singled then scored when Snider doubled off the wall in center. McCutchen followed with a double of his own to center field to plate Snider.
The Mariners finally got on the board in the seventh. Dustin Ackley singled then moved to second on Kelly Shoppach's slow grounder to Clint Barmes. Ibanez followed with a doubled to right field to push Ackley across.
Jones added his two-run blast in the eighth. McCutchen Walked before Jones clobbered a fastball into the right-field seats. It was his fourth homer of the season.
"It takes a little bit of pressure off Grilli and relieves a little pressure off the defense. I am glad I was able to contribute," said. Jones.
Game Notes
Pittsburgh is 13-0 when leading after six innings this season ... The Pirates' pitching staff has fanned 42 hitters over the last four games ... Pittsburgh starter James McDonald was scheduled to start Tuesday's contest, but was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of discomfort in his right shoulder. The move is retroactive to May 1. To fill the roster spot the Pirates recalled infielder Josh Harrison from Triple-A Indianapolis ... Harang is 10-12 over 30 career Interleague starts.


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Madjid Bougherra has turned down Rangers' offer of a two-year contract extension and expects to leave Ibrox this summer.
The Algeria international defender, who signed from Charlton in July 2008, has one year remaining on his current deal, but now wishes to return to the Barclays Premier League.
He said: "Rangers offered me a chance to extend my contract by another two years, but I politely refused.
"I have spent three wonderful years here in Glasgow and I want to try a new challenge.
"I have one year left of my contract with Rangers and everything depends on discussions I have with the people in charge of the club.
"If I do stay another year, there will be no problem on my side because I've only known good times with Rangers.
"Now if there is a great challenge for me elsewhere and the club is okay with it, I think I will be leaving."
While a return to England appeals, Bougherra says he has other options.
He added: "My priority is to play in the Premier League, for sure. Now if it does not happen, I shall go and play in either Turkey or the Gulf countries.
"But for now, I'm still at Rangers and we still have a lot to play for this season. I've not left Rangers yet."


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YAKIMA – Coach Rick Puente's assessment that all 12 girls on his roster contributed mightily in last Saturday's 61-45 State Sectional win over Auburn Mountainview couldn't ring more true.
"It was a good, overall performance by our entire squad," Puente said of the victory that propels the Lady Grizzly basketball team to the big dance.
That dance - an eight-team affair - is the WIAA Class 3A State Tournament, to be held this coming Thursday through Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. The last time a Sunnyside girls hoop advanced that far, back in 2002, the top 16 teams competed at State.
In knocking off, and ending the season of the Auburn Mountainview Lions (18-6) at Eisenhower's gym in Yakima last Saturday, Sunnyside received what arguably could be described as Jordan Rodriguez's best effort ever. The 5'8" junior poured in 17 points and grabbed 16 rebounds – both game-highs.
"It was a great overall performance by Jordan, one of her better games," confirmed Puente.
Rodriguez, with two steals, also led a spirited defensive attack by Sunnyside, which has been the Lady Grizzlies' calling card all season long. Forcing the Auburn club into committing 22 turnovers, Sunnyside converted those Lions' miscues into 17 points.
In contrast, Auburn Mountainview tallied just one bucket off the nine turnovers the Lady Grizzlies committed.
The idea in last Saturday's winner-to-State, loser-out game, explained Puente, "…was to come out of the gate being the aggressor.
"And we did that. Our defense created a lot of scoring opportunities for us," he said.
Sunnyside, for the most part, employs a seven-prong attack. Five of the tines were scissor-sharp Saturday. Rodriguez – along with Vanessa Alvarez, Emilee Maldonado, Natalia Bazan and Tiana Perez – combined to score 60 of the team's 61 points.
As well as those five played, and even though the stat sheet might not reflect it, Sunnyside also got a major boost from the trio of Jazel Trevino, Summer Hazzard and Jasmine Lua.
Normally, that trio doesn't see a lot of time on the court. But with four of Sunnyside's regulars in foul trouble – one fouling out and three others whistled for four infractions – Trevino, Hazzard and Lua were called upon to spell the headline-makers.
"Our bench, they came in and gave us some good minutes," said Puente, just over 10 minutes in all between those three reserves.
"They bought us some time…some very valuable minutes in a big, key game when some of our starters had to go to the bench.
"What's great about it is that we didn't miss a beat. Our reserves play with that same intensity, especially on defense.
"I think a lot of it, the reason we don't have a letdown when our reserves come in, is created in our practices. Our girls go hard in practice, all of them, and it helps prepare all of them when they are in the game," said Puente.
Sunnyside and Auburn fought to a 12-all stand-off in the opening quarter Saturday, although it appeared the Lady Grizzlies were going to take control when Perez hit a lay-up off a feed from Rodriguez halfway through the period, giving Sunnyside an 8-2 lead. The Lions, however, closed out the final three minutes and 40 seconds of the opening period with a 10-4 run, due chiefly to some less than spectacular shooting on the part of the Lady Grizzlies.
Sunnyside began to settle in early on in the second quarter, opening the stanza with a 5-0 spurt thanks to Alvarez, the lone senior on the club. Of late, Alvarez has been the first sub off the bench, having relinquished her role as a starter after missing two games because of a knee injury she sustained on Feb. 14. She had an offensive putback to start Sunnyside's second-quarter surge, hit 1-of-2 free throws on another putback attempt, then worked in another 2-point bucket from down low.
Alvarez scored her third field goal of the period from the baseline, upping Sunnyside's lead to 30-18 with just over a minute remaining before the half. Hitting 6-of-12 shots from the field for the game, she finished with 13 points, which complemented her four-rebound effort.
Besides the seven, second-quarter points Alvarez had, Rodriguez and Bazan combined for another 10, which sent the Lady Grizzlies into the half with a 31-21 advantage.
Sunnyside wasted little time in caging the Lions after intermission, opening the second half with a 10-4 run for its biggest lead of the game (41-25).
Alvarez kick-started the rally, taking a feed from Bazan for a bucket from under the hoop. Rodriguez then went coast-to-coast after notching one of her two steals in the game, following that lay-up with a 3-point bomb on Sunnyside's next trip back down the floor. After yet another defensive stop, the freshman Maldonado fired in another 3-point howitzer to complete the 10-4 run.
But, Auburn Mountainview wouldn't go away. The Lions, behind Maddie Taylor's team-high 12 points and another 8 from Allison Hammer, closed to within 45-35 heading into the final period.
Sunnyside fans were then drawn to the edge of their seats when Maddie Newell and Hammer, both seniors, opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back treys, pulling the Lions to within 45-41.
Unflustered, yet another of Sunnyside's trademarks this season, the Lady Grizzlies didn't flinch.
Bazan drove the lane on Sunnyside's next possession and nailed a basket.
Following a quick turnover, Maldonado – who finished in double figures with 11 points, had five rebounds and dished two assists – hit a runner in the lane.
After another defensive stop, inbounding the ball from under its own basket, Rodriguez spotted Alvarez just inside the 3-point arc and fired the ball to her, who in turn dropped it through the net. Alvarez added another bucket after two more defensive stops to increase the lead to 53-41.
With a little less than four minutes remaining, the 5'10" Perez came alive. The tallest player on Sunnyside's roster, Perez worked the paint to perfection, banging in three of Sunnyside's final four shots to help preserve the 16-point margin of victory. She totaled 9 points in the game, collected seven rebounds, had a block and dished three assists.
The one other bucket scored by the Lady Grizzlies in the waning moments came from Bazan, off a feed to the low post from Perez. The 5'6" Bazan finished her night with 10 points, two rebounds, four assists, five steals and one block.
"Our girls performed well," said Puente. "All of the girls were really pumped up for this one.
"It's been quite a ride."
In looking ahead to the State tourney opener in the Tacoma Dome this coming Thursday, the Lady Grizzlies (21-3) have drawn Bellevue. That game is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
The Wolverines made it as far as the semi's at last year's State tourney, losing to Cleveland, the same team that bested Bellevue in Regionals a week ago.
Bellevue, offensively, is led by two underclassmen – 6'0" sophomore Shelby Canser and 5'9" junior Mandy Steward, who averaged 15.7 and 14.7 points per game this season, respectively.
"We know Bellevue is a tough team, very athletic, tall and long," said Puente. "And, like us, they like to press and make things happen with their defense.
"It's going to be an interesting match-up," he said.
The three other opening day games at the 3A State tourney include Cleveland vs. Lincoln at 3:45 p.m., Bishop Blanchet vs. University at 7:15 p.m. and Mercer Island vs. Wilson at 9 p.m.
Auburn MV 12 9 14 10 -45
Sunnyside 12 19 14 16 -61
2-PT FG – Auburn 11/31 (Maddie Taylor 5/7), Sunnyside 21/50 (Tiana Perez 4/6, Vanessa Alvarez 6/11, Jordan Rodriguez 4/8, Natalia Bazan 4/8). 3-PT FG – Auburn 4/16 (Allison Hammer 2/11), Sunnyside 3/20 (Jordan Rodriguez 2/5). FT – Auburn 11/23 (Kaitlyn Jensen 3/5, Sammy DePiano 2/2), Sunnyside 10/18 (Jordan Rodriguez 3/5, Natalia Bazan 2/2. RBD – Auburn 40 (Ellie Alfrey 11, Maddie Taylor 7), Sunnyside 47 (Jordan Rodriguez 16, Tiana Perez 7, Emilee Maldonado 5). TO – Auburn 22, Sunnyside 9.
Auburn Mountainview – Ellie Alfrey 2, Maddie Newell 4, Sammi DePiano 4, Brianna Zaragoza-Jones 4, Makaliah Johnson 5, Nicole Carter 1, Allison Hammer 8, Kaitlyn Jensen 5, Anastasia Finney 0, Maddie Taylor 12, Carlie Sahlin 0, Mariah McHenry 0
Sunnyside – Mireya Herrera 0, Vanessa Alvarez 13, Summer Hazzard 0, Jasmine Lua 0, Jazel Trevino 0, Aubrey Isquierdo 0, Natalia Bazan 10, Selena Rubalcava 1, Emilee Maldonado 11, Jessica Mendoza 0, Jordan Rodriguez 17, Tiana Perez 9
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Great Job Grizzlies!! This team sure deserves it! this is one of those instances that you can truly be proud of the girls that are representing our community and school. You hear all these horror stories about other teams with grade problems, players in detention or suspended, and just not representing their schools and communities well, yet still allowed to play. You cannot say that about this team! They are strong academically, very polite and courteous young ladies that have their priorities straight. Good job to the coaches teachers and administrators and especially the parents for towing the line and holding everyone accountable! Enjoy the ride and bring home the title. You can say the same thing about the wrestling team that placed really high at their state tournament. You are doing something right in Sunnyside, we are proud of you1


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Discuss other upcoming Jim Carrey movies (not confirmed/rumours).
Kate has a lovely voice........she sings in Romance and Cigarettes and had a big chart hit with 'What If'
I think Scarlett might be a better choice though........
Imo Scarlett would be a total miscast. Sorry for that.
Kate Winslet sure can sing, she did it before. And she can play anything, realy ... I'd love to see her in this role. She has the voice, the skills, the vibe, the talent, the comedic talent, the ... she's has it all. She would rock with the red hair and the attitude. And ofcours, she had a realy good chemistry with Carrey before.
Yeah, 'Romance & Cigarettes' is a bit weird.
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Yeah Scarlett doesn't seem like the right fit for this movie. I wonder if they'll be able to sign Winslet. Not sure how much money they have to throw around (still need a director too).
So maybe we should discuss who should direct? IMHO if I were to cast a director it would be Burton. He did a great job with the Sweeney Todd Broadway musical.
Tim Burton is a very good director, but I have the feeling Musical isn't what he's best in. "Sweeney Todd" was good, sure, but nog one of the greatest in the genre. Burton can play with colors and settings and all that stuff, but for a musical it wasn't all that alive, you know. They were singing and the camera just kinda stood there, musical should be a world where everything is happening when people sing ... and here the visual part was a bit, well, boring. That realy suprised me with a man like Burton behind it. Same was going on in Charlie and the Chocolat Factory at some times.
The thing is that most of the real musical-director's are already six feet under. I wonder how it would be if someone like Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline) to make a live-action musical. (and then I think of 'Monkeybone', yuk) Or how about someone like -I know it's a weird choice- Brad Bird? He has a great vision. His animated things (The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, Incredibles, Best Simpsons episodes ever) look like there realy was a cinematographer, director and camera at the place working on the best shots. I'm just thinking out loud. Ofcours, I would like to see a name like David Fincher, Sam Mendes or whatever attached to this ... but how will they do with the genre?
Maybe Rob Marshall? That could work, no? He nailed it with 'Chicago' and is now working on 'Nine'. Who's in it? Daniel Day Lewis, ladies and gentleman. Also Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson (Fergie) and Marion Cotillard. I have to say WOW! on that.
I think this'll be a great remake....
As I listened to the Theatre Version, the songs would be better at a faster pace. The thing I liked in the Theater was the big bed but it should have been a water bed, more fun to bounce on, don't know if it would work though.
Lola should be played by Jennifer Lopez, she would be great, that's my opinion. Great singer, I think she could do the dancing also quite well, maybe try and bring Jake in on the attempt. This could be really funny if done right.
I liked the film version better.
I think it could be done very successfully if done right.
If Jennifer Lopez is playing in it, it might be the first Jim Carrey movie I'm not going to see with my arms wide open to embrace the movie. She's anything but a good actress, she can sing (I think), but hell ... let her stay away from Hollywood. But I respect your opinion, Canadian Jane. If you feel like she's right, I'm not gonna take that away from you.
Get Jennifer L to talk to the greats ...
Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch and Jennifer will do just fine.
Todd Graff to direct
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Pffff ... Again a project that I lost faith in. His previous movies are mediocre in every possible way. I was realy hoping for Rob Marshall. All the other projects I lost faith in were of the list after a while ... bad sign?
Wonder when they will film it. Looks like Jake has some projects in near future.
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NILES, IL, June 29, 2010 – Shure Incorporated is pleased to announce the formation of Shure Distribution Netherlands. The new Shure subsidiary began operations on June 1, 2010, and will be responsible for the distribution of Shure products in the Netherlands. The subsidiary, based in Culemborg, will also provide sales, marketing, and applications support to Shure's pro audio and consumer partners in that country.
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Graduate medical education (GME) in the United States needs an overhaul if it is to have any hope of keeping up with an aging population and a rapidly changing health care system, according to a recently released report from the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME). Ensuring value for dollars spent is high on the list of recommendations from the council.
The report's authors point out that the nation faces serious challenges in ensuring that Americans have access to "the very best physician workforce in the world." Medical education has not evolved as rapidly as changes in the health care delivery system, they say.
The report, Improving Value in Graduate Medical Education(www.hrsa.gov), proposes a number of recommendations that address topics ranging from funding, recruiting criteria and curricula issues to the need for medical education research.
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According to COGME, past unsolved problems, including poor geographic distribution of the physician workforce and accelerating subspecialization at the expense of primary care, have collided with new challenges to create a crisis in medical education. "GME is responsible for developing the future physician workforce but falls short in several areas," say the authors. "Training program size and specialty mix are sometimes at odds with the nation's health workforce requirements."
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- Authors of a recently released COGME report say U.S. graduate medical education (GME) needs an overhaul if it is to keep up with health system reform and an aging American population.
- The report says that GME, which is responsible for ensuring the nation's future physician workforce, falls short in areas such as training program size and specialty mix.
- The report outlines six specific recommendations that deal with funding, recruiting criteria, curricula issues and medical education research.
Many training hospitals have not adequately focused on primary care training, and the curriculum often is lacking in important areas, such as population health, care coordination and team-based care. "National accreditation organizations have been slow to lead these necessary changes," says the report.
In addition, for 15 years, Congress has resisted funding GME with additional public monies. "The Balanced Budget Act's imposition of a funding cap on the number of Medicare-funded positions slowed expansion (of residency slots), except under limited circumstance," says the report. "Without additional funding, the number of training positions continued to grow slowly, but largely in subspecialties."
Stan Kozakowski, M.D., director of the AAFP Division of Medical Education, calls the report "groundbreaking" in its assertion that the country's medical education system must prove its value. After all, he notes, public tax dollars provide more than $13 billion in funding each year.
He points out that GME funding has been buffeted by the weak economy, as well as by congressional sequestration measures that slashed money from the federal budget. "The report implies that we need to be more strategic in how we train physicians because there is not a limitless pot of money," says Kozakowski. "Clearly, the way to attain workforce reform in medicine is to purposely address the GME environment, and that includes appropriately aligning accreditation forces."
Report Recommendations
The COGME report outlines six principal recommendations regarding GME:
- increase and broaden GME funding;
- prioritize funding to quickly align the physician workforce with population and health delivery needs;
- work to improve training efficiency;
- align medical student recruitment efforts with population health care needs;
- realign clinical learning and curricula to reflect patient-centered, safe and effective care; and
- invest in medical education research to improve GME quality and physician competencies.
In terms of GME funding, the report recommends that Congress continue funding current GME positions, increase funding for additional positions, aim to graduate 3,000 more physicians per year and look at funding sources other than Medicare. "COGME also recommends that training be expanded and prioritized to meet specific needs of a U.S. population that is growing and aging as an increasing proportion of physicians reach retirement age," says the report.
In addition, GME funding increases should be directed to high-priority specialties -- family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine, general surgery, high-priority pediatric subspecialties and psychiatry -- and training programs should emphasize new competencies. "Training in nonhospital-based outpatient and office-based practices needs to be incorporated into any new GME approach to reflect the shift of medical care to outpatient settings," says the report.
Eliminating transitional postgraduate year positions could improve efficiencies and reduce waste, according to the report, which also urges accreditation and licensing organizations to "permit flexibility in certain clinical training in the fourth year of medical school to be credited toward residency training."
Report authors also call for a revision in medical student recruitment criteria to help craft a physician workforce that meets population needs. "Recruitment needs to target students with the necessary personal attributes essential to providing patient-centered care," says the report. "Achieving these goals requires changes in the interview process as well as a willingness to accept students from a variety of educational backgrounds."
In addition, Congress should direct HHS to develop and disseminate "innovative faculty development programs to improve GME training across all specialties," says the report. The clinical learning environment of sponsoring institutions should be evaluated to ensure that core competencies set out by the Institute of Medicine -- namely, patient-centered care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient and equitable -- are met. And successful completion of each phase of medical education should be based on an assessment of competence rather than on the amount of time spent in training.
Lastly, the authors urge the nation to invest in medical education research to improve the quality of GME and the competencies of the physician workforce. Specifically, the report asks Congress to authorize and finance an entity dubbed the National Institute for Health Professions Education that would "support innovative medical education research that improves both learner and patient-care outcomes."
Although not perfect, many of the COGME report recommendations dovetail with the AAFP's own roadmap for change in the nation's GME system, according to Kozakowski. He calls GME funding an "investment for the country" and notes that funding should not be cut but strategically expanded.
COGME report findings that align with AAFP priorities include
- funding GME and aligning it with workforce priorities,
- eliminating waste in the system,
- getting the right people in the medical education pipeline,
- setting priorities around competencies, and
- creating a research agenda to ensure the right steps are being taken.
"The 21st COGME report is important because it drives federal policy," says Kozakowski. "The information in this report will be a touchstone for others. Those in the accreditation world will have a hard time ignoring these recommendations."
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1. Joe Laiacona takes on Deb Mell
2. Change of Subject: On second thought....
3. Rep. Deb Mell may be off re-election ballot
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom - SPECIAL Media Update
November 11, 2009
To read NCSF Media Updates on a daily basis, visit our blog at: http://ncsf.wordpress.com
The following Media Update concerns the leather community's own Jack Rinella, who is running as a
Democratic for a seat as a Delegate in the Illinois statehouse. He is running under his real name, Joe
Laiacona, however he has been out about his writings as Jack Rinella. He has published LeatherViews for
Gay Chicago magazine for the past 17 years and has written numerous BDSM books including the Master's
Manual. His websites are: www.friendsforjoelaiacona.org and www.leatherviews.com
"Joe Laiacona takes on Deb Mell"
Windy City Times
Joe Laiacona is taking on incumbent state Rep. Deb Mell in what is shaping up to a very intriguing race
in the state's 40th District. Does Laiacona realize the magnitude of the task before him? Absolutely. Is
he intimidated? Hardly.
In a talk with Windy City Times, the openly gay Laiaconabwho teaches at Columbia College and is an
amateur genealogistbdiscussed his platform, Mell's interview with this publication and his reason for
not being more "out" on his campaign Web site. ...
To read the rest of this article, go to: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?
"Change of Subject: On second thought...."
Chicago Tribune
When I wrote last week that sexual orientation is unlikely to be an issue in the upcoming Democratic
primary race on the Northwest Side between incumbent Rep. Deb Mell and challenger Joe Laiacona (they're
both gay, a first at this level of politics in Illinois) I did so having not pursued a tiny clue buried
in the Windy City Times interview with Laiacona: that he formerly wrote a column under the pen
name "Jack Rinella" for Gay Chicago magazine.
Capitol Fax publisher Rich Miller called my attention to a brief article from the Windy City Times in
June noting: "Laiaconabwho wrote the column "Leather Views" for Gay Chicago magazine for many years
under the name Jack Rinella...is also on the board of directors of the Leather Leadership Conference,
Inc." ...
To read the rest of this article, go to:
"Rep. Deb Mell May Be Off Re-election Ballot"
Chicago Tribune
Another big piece of bad news is hitting Chicago's Mell/Blagojevich political clan.
Northwest Side State Rep. Deb Mell may have screwed up her nominating petitions, with a real risk
that she'll be knocked off the February Democratic primary ballot.
A challenge filed Monday afternoon by an attorney for Joseph Laiacona, the only other remaining
candidate in the 40th District race, contends that Ms. Mell is not registered to vote at her apparently
new address. By law, all candidates are supposed to be registered at the address they use for their
nominating petitions. ...
To read the rest of this article, go to: http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/
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Judge Charles Brown Sears was born in Brooklyn on October 16, 1870 to Hector and Leora C. Brown Sears. His father was a manufacturer. Sears studied at the Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn and graduated in 1892 from Yale. While at Yale he was a member of Scroll and Keys and an editor of the Yale News. He later received an honorary degree from his alma mater.1 Before receiving his Bachelor of Law from Harvard Law School he attended lectures at the University of Berlin from 1892-1893, demonstrating an early interest in international matters. While at Harvard, he served as an editor of the Law Review and graduated cum laude.
Following his admission to the New York State Bar in 1895, Sears moved to Buffalo. He showed his affection for his adopted City by participating in virtually every important civic undertaking in that city for over 50 years. For his service he was awarded the Chancellor's Medal of the University of Buffalo in 1944 for outstanding service to the community. When the Law School of the University moved to its new building, the law library was named after him.2
On October 20, 1896, Judge Sears married Florence A. Gilbert of Brookline, Massachusetts. From 1895 until 1917 Sears practiced law in Buffalo, first with Rogers, Locke and Babcock and then as a partner of the firm Norton Penney and Sears3 until Governor Charles S. Whitman appointed him to the Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District, to fill an unexpired term. The Republican Committee had urged Whitman to appoint Sears to the seat vacated by Judge Cuthbert W. Pound, who had been elected to the Court of Appeals. The committee lauded Sears as "one of the ablest and most broadminded men at the bar and [emphasized] that everyone who came in contact with him praised his disinterestedness and his sense of fairness."4 That November he was nominated by both parties to run for the seat and was elected for the full 14-year term.
In 1922 Governor Nathan L. Miller appointed Sears to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department as Associate Justice, and in 1927 Governor Alfred E. Smith redesignated him for another five-year term. In 1929 Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt named Judge Sears Presiding Justice, a position he held until his appointment to the Court of Appeals in 1940.5
Sears was reelected in 1931 to another full 14-year term.6 At the Republican Judicial Convention of 1931, John Lord O'Brian,7 a longtime friend and colleague, in his nomination speech summarized Sears' qualities:
"His opinions are known throughout the State and the sound character of his work is known far outside its boundaries. Indefatigable in industry and a profound student of the law, his reputation is even better established by his human qualities - his patience, his understanding, his highmindedness. Devoted to the service of his profession as a citizen of Buffalo he has made time for himself to engage helpfully in many civic undertakings and good causes have always had his active support. Today, receiving again the compliment of an endorsement by the Democratic party, the finest thing of all is that he has attained his present position of respect and esteem solely because of his own personal character and his own unaided efforts."
"[I]t should be a source of pride to all of us that as a contribution to the stability of our institutions we are able to present again as a candidate for the Judiciary one who has been faithful to its obligations and an exemplar of the finest traditions of our profession, - sound lawyer, good citizen, friend of humankind" - Charles B. Sears.8
Well known and well respected among his peers, Judge Sears was chosen to be a delegate to the State Constitutional Conventions of 1915 and 1938. He was a member of the Judiciary Committee at the 1915 convention in Albany, where he and his friends rented a house at No. 4 Elk Street which became known as the "house of lords."9 Sears later wrote a paper about the convention for the Thursday Club at Buffalo, recalling some of the livelier incidents and providing a flavored view of the more notable personalities.10
As chairman of the judiciary committee during the 1938 convention, Judge Sears was instrumental in drafting the new constitution and was generally recognized as an authority on judicial matters. Despite his reputation, Judge Sears revealed a more humble view of his purported influence with a dry wit. When questioned by Chief Judge Crane of the Court of Appeals about his own opinion of judicial review: "Don't you think your opinion carries enough weight?" The Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division replied: "No, I don't. . . .I am only a judge of a court of intermediate conjecture."11
In the end, the judiciary article the committee drafted was defeated by voters "largely through the inclusion of sections [opposed by Sears] dealing with judicial review of administrative decisions and establishments of new judicial districts for Nassau and Suffolk Counties."12 Years later, however, Manly Fleischmann of the Erie County Bar spoke of Sears' contributions: "His skillful and impartial conduct [as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee] won him public plaudits of leading members of the convention representing both major political parties."13
As early as 1928 Judge Sears was considered to be a desirable Republican candidate for membership on the Court of Appeals. In September of that year a group of lawyers and former judges in a letter to the Republican State and National Committees supporting his nomination stated: "It is our deliberate judgment that it rarely happens that a man of [such] exceptional qualities and attainments can be secured for the office...."14 The time was not ripe, however, and Judge Sears went on to serve as Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department. Later, in 1934 Judge Sears was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Associate Judge of the Court.15
In 1939, even though his age would limit his term to one year, Sears was tapped for the Court of Appeals by Governor Herbert Lehman to replace Judge Irving Lehman,16 who was set to accept the appointment of Chief Judge on January 1, 1940.17 Many people regarded the one-year appointment as a reward for his long years of service in the courts of New York.18 Unquestionably it was the highlight of his judicial career. Upon learning of it, Sears responded: "Of course I am very grateful to the Governor for the confidence he has shown in this appointment."19 If his remarks seemed subdued, it may have been attributed to the death on October 3, 1939 of his wife of almost 43 years, Florence A. Gilbert. The couple had no children. Sadly, the woman who had been by his side from the beginning of his legal career would not see him attain his place on the most prestigious bench.20
Although his term was a short one, his contributions, both personal and professional, were many. Perhaps Judge Sears' most notable case is People v. Johnson, 284 NY 182 (1940). For a unanimous Court, he wrote that prosecutors would not be permitted to advise jurors that appellate review would protect defendants in case of a mistaken guilty verdict. Stanley Johnson was convicted of capital murder after the prosecutor explicitly informed the prospective jurors that their verdict would not be final because the Court of Appeals and the Governor would still have opportunities to mitigate the death sentence. Despite the defendant's clear guilt, Judge Sears refused to allow the verdict to stand. In emotional language, he declared "Whatever may be our ideas as to the defendant's guilt, it is essential to the due administration of justice that he should have received a scrupulously fair trial" (284 NY at 184). Later, the U.S. Supreme Court cited Judge Sears's opinion in its own case invalidating the prosecutorial practice of informing jurors that a mistaken verdict would be corrected on appeal (see Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320, 334 n.5 [1985] [observing that many states considered the practice "clearly improper" and following their lead]).
In another interesting case, Judge Sears provided an example of how courts handled the early stages of the administrative state. New York State Guernsey Breeders Co Operative v. Noyes, 284 N.Y. 197 (1940) reveals the Court's early discomfort with administrative regulation of the economy, even as the massive growth in regulation associated with World War II was about to begin. The question before the Court was whether milk price regulations promulgated by the state Commissioner of Agriculture had been properly established. The Court held, unanimously, that although the Commissioner had given adequate notice of the rule, held a hearing on the proposed rule, and then referred to the testimony at the hearing in support of the final text, the proceeding was actually judicial rather than administrative (284 NY at 204). In that context, the Court felt that the Commissioner had given insufficient weight to the dairy co-operative's request for an exemption from the rule. Judge Sears explained that the case had to be remitted for further fact-finding, in no small part because "[n]o mention is made in the order of the specific conditions brought out by the testimony of petitioner's representative. We do not know what circumstances prompted the Commissioner to reject this seemingly uncontroverted testimony, nor do we even know that it was considered" (id.). This type of searching judicial review of administrative fact-finding and policymaking in an area of special agency expertise may seem quaint today, but the decision was uncontroversial in 1940.
Finally, in Finn v. New York, 282 NY 153 (1940), Judge Sears wrote for a divided Court that certain public officials' entitlement to their full authorized salary during the officials' term of office could be waived by failure to comply with administrative procedures. The New York City charter required public officials to sign a written statement contemporaneous with their payment that they accepted a salary underpayment under protest or else forfeit their right to their full wages. The City then paid the plaintiff, the Sheriff and Clerk for New York County, less than his lawful salary. He accepted payment without noting his objection. The Court held that the failure to object in writing at the time of underpayment operated as a waiver of the official's entitlement to his full salary. The official argued that the Charter provision permitting underpayment in the absence of a contemporaneous objection conflicted with the state constitution's art. XIII, sec. 12, which declared that the official's compensation "shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed" (282 NY at 156). Judge Sears took a more expansive view, holding that although the constitution did prohibit upward or downward adjustments of an official's pay during his term of office, that constitutional right could be waived by a failure to object, as described by the City charter.
On Sears' retirement, Chief Judge Lehman presented him with a loving cup "as a symbol and token of [the Court's] friendship and admiration." The Chief Judge continued, praising Sears for using his intellectual prowess not to gain advantage for himself but "to promote justice in accordance with ideals which are eternal for their source is in the divine."21
In his eulogy of Judge Sears given before the Appellate Division, Fourth Department on November 1953, Manly Fleischmann noted that Sears approached his work on the court with the vigor of a much younger man:
"With only a year to serve, the record [made] it clear that he intended to make that year count. Volumes 282, 283 and 284 of the New York Reports contain approximately thirty of his opinions - all but one for the majority of the court. Each one of them bore the familiar hallmarks of his strong and simple English style, his absolute mastery of the tools of the law, and above all, his devoted search for justice among men."22
At the unveiling of Judge Sears' portrait in the magnificent H.H. Richardson Courtroom, Chief Judge John T. Loughran recalled the remarks of an unidentified Court of Appeals judge:
"His younger associates in the Court of Appeals will be in everlasting debt to Judge Sears for many lessons he gave them out of his skill and experience and for the bracing example of the painstaking thoroughness with which he did his work day in and day out. He was in truth a godsend to us at a time when the court lost overnight three of its then most seasoned members."23
Following his retirement at age 70, Judge Sears served as official referee of the Court. At the urging of his old friend, Attorney General, later United States Supreme Court Justice, Robert H. Jackson, he took a leave of absence from that post to serve as Presiding American Judge of one of the Nuremberg trials.24
No longer a widower, at the age of 76 Judge Sears remarried on November 24, 1946. His bride, 64-year-old Mary Vanderpoel Hun, was a daughter of one of Albany's oldest families and was prominent in her own right, having served as chair of the State Commission for the Blind during Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's tenure.25
At the age of 80, Judge Sears died on December 18, 1950. His memorial service was held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Buffalo.26 He is buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.27 He was survived by his wife Mary, who died on January 16, 1966.28
Judge Sears and his first wife Florence A. Gilbert had no children.
Judge Sears was survived by his second wife Mary Vanderpoel Hun Sears, who died on January 16, 1966. She was survived by two sisters. Apparently, Judge Sears has no direct descendants.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication.
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C.B. Sears Dies: Was a Judge of 2 State Courts, New York Herald Tribune, December 18, 1950.
Charles B. Sears, Jurist, Dies at 80, New York Times, December 18, 1950.
Eminent Members of the Bench and Bar of New York, 153, C.W. Taylor, Jr., Pub., 1943.
Great Citizens of Buffalo: The Individuals to whom The University of Buffalo has awarded the Chancellor's Medal, together with Chancellor Samuel P. Capen's Citations in making such awards, 1925-1944. Buffalo: The University of Buffalo, 1944.
Lehman Will Put Sears and Lewis on Appeals Bench, New York Times, December 3, 1939.
In Memoriam: Charles Brown Sears and Thomas Day Thacher, 303 NY vii.
In Memoriam: Proceedings in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the Fourth Judicial Department Held at the Courthouse of the City of Rochester on the 9th Day of November, 1953 at 1:45 P.M., 282 NY vii.
39 National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: New York; 158-159 J.T. White (1954).
3 Who Was Who in America, 770 (1960).
Year Book of the Century Association 1951-52, 74-75, Box 15, Folder 1, John Lord O'Brian Papers, Charles B. Sears Law Library, University at Buffalo.
Published Writings Include:
Correspondence between Charles B. Sears, 1870-1950 and Robert Houghwout Jackson, Papers of Robert Houghwout Jackson, 1816-1983 (bulk 1934-1954), General Correspondence 1912-1954, Box 20, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. (concerning the Nuremberg Trials).
Dennis' Buffalo City Court Act Annotated: Forward by Hon. Charles B. Sears, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Buffalo, Dennis & Co., Inc., 1940.
Sears, Some Episodes of the Constitutional Convention: Paper Read at Thursday Club. Buffalo, 1916 (Photocopy) held in Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Archives.
Judge Sears also issued opinions while official referee of the Court and as Judge of the Nuremberg trials.


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With the Blackboard achievements tool, you can provide this kind of incentive by designing a badge system to encourage your students to explore and participate more.
You can award badges for the completion of a project, mastery of a skill, or levels of experience. A collection of badges can represent the key learning milestones that have been met. They can show a complete view of a person's skills and achievements.
You can also award badges for skills and knowledge acquired outside of the classroom setting, such as:
Basically, you can allow students to combine a diverse set of badges to tell the story of their accomplishments, in and out of class. Together, you can create badges to spotlight skills that will help students work toward a specific goal. Whether the goal is to gain admittance into graduate school or finding the perfect job, you can collaborate with your students to design the pathways.
When students are allowed a voice in the process that unlocks the access to what they want, you may see a spike in their motivation for additional learning. You want to facilitate your students' "what if" thinking stage. Allow them the flexibility to be innovative and determine what they value and recognize as important to their own educations.
Achievements appear in the content area and in the achievements tool.
An achievement is not be presented to students in the student view of the achievements tool until a trigger rule is defined and a reward is selected.
For an achievement, you can define one or more rules that will trigger the release of the reward. You must define at least one rule.
The achievements tool is built upon the content adaptive release technology of Blackboard Learn. This currently includes the following:
Setting a Display After date means that students cannot earn the reward before that date, even if they have already met the criteria. Display After is not the same as an end date and is not a deadline.
To create a rule, name it, and set each criterion necessary for fulfilling the requirements of the achievement. You can create additional criteria for grade and review status by clicking the add functions.
If students must complete four exams in your course and have a final grade of 70%, you will create the following:
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March 11, 2008
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The Wabash College Music Department will offer its annual Fine Arts and Honor Scholarship Weekend Concert on Friday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in Salter Hall of the Fine Arts Center. In addition, the Wabash College Glee Club will present its Campus Concert for the Wabash and Crawfordsville communities on Sunday evening, March 16, at 8 p.m. in the Salter Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Center at Wabash College.
The Friday evening concert will feature four Music Department ensembles: Wamidan (world music ensemble), Brass Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Glee Club.
The 40-member Glee Club will present its annual Campus Concert on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. Recently returned from its Spring 2008 Concert Tour in San Francisco, California, the Glee Club's performances there included St. Mary's Cathedral, Grace Cathedral, Cal State University East Bay, the Family Club, Vintage Seniors Retirement Community, and a Wabash alumni reception at the John Pence ('58) Gallery. The Glee Club is under the direction of Dr. Richard Bowen and is accompanied by Ms. Cheryl Everett.
Both concerts are free and open to the public.


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Dear Health-Conscious Friend,
I'm Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D. As a practicing physician and Medical Director of the Center for New Medicine in Orange County, California, I get a lot of complaints from my older male patients regarding prostate issues. Recently, a patient commented:
"I think I must have been better off when I was a baby. I'm not in control at all. When I'm driving, I'm constantly worried about where I can find a bathroom. I'm afraid to go sailing, to concerts, and other public places where I might have to go urgently. My sleep, along with my wife's, is ruined by frequent night time bathroom trips."
"I think I must have been better off when I was a baby. I'm not in control at all. When I'm driving, I'm constantly worried about where I can find a bathroom. I'm afraid to go sailing, to concerts, and other public places where I might have to go urgently. My sleep, along with my wife's, is ruined by frequent night time bathroom trips."
His complaints are classic indications of an enlarged prostate. Depending on what study you read, over 50% of men over 50 suffer the ill-effects of an enlarged prostate. That number jumps to 80% or more for men 80 years and above. So, if you're suffering with prostate issues you are certainly not alone.
Most doctors think Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a major cause of an enlarged prostate.
Like testosterone, DHT is a male sex hormone. But unlike testosterone, which is a steroid hormone within the androgen group, DHT is synthesized by the 5-alpha reductase enzyme in the adrenal glands, hair follicles and prostate.
In youth, DHT has an important role in the formation of male external genitalia. But as we get older, it plays a more diabolical role in prostate enlargement as well as male pattern baldness.
This becomes more critical as men grow older. Although their level of testosterone decreases, the level of DHT increases.
This increasingly harmful imbalance is the primary cause of an enlarged prostate.
The prostate is a small doughnut-shaped gland normally about the size of a walnut. It is located below your bladder, and your urethra (the tube that transports both urine and semen to the penis), runs directly through the prostate gland.
Until about the age of 50, the prostate typically accomplishes what it's designed to do without any problems, but as you age, it can begin to enlarge and constrict your urethra causing very annoying problems, including:
These problems are all the result of an enlarged prostate. Most doctors, including myself, agree that dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is the major cause of an enlarged prostate. In fact, men who don't produce DHT, don't develop prostate issues.
But what exactly is DHT and how does it cause an enlarged prostate?
DHT starts with 5-alpha reductase. 5-alpha reductase is an enzyme that is secreted by your body starting around the age of 40. This enzyme converts the testosterone in your body into DHT. So, as you age, this leads to a decrease in your testosterone levels and an increase in your DHT levels. Once DHT is formed, it actually promotes cell growth in the tissues that line the prostate gland, which, of course, leads to the annoying prostate enlargement issues you're probably experiencing.
When your prostate gland becomes enlarged, or inflamed, it actually squeezes the urethra. This explains why you experience problems with both urination and sexual performance.
Many doctors turn to prescription drugs to treat enlarged prostates. While these drugs are prescribed in order to alleviate the symptoms — frequent urination, waking up at night, and dribbling – many times, these drugs actually lead to even worse side effects, including:
That's right. These prescription drugs can actually cause some of the same problems you're experiencing as a result of your enlarged prostate — sleeping problems and problems with ejaculation. Why would you want a "solution" to a problem that often just causes more problems?
Which is why I've created...
The nutrients included in Prostate Plus will relieve your symptoms, plus they shrink your prostate as well. These ingredients, each backed by scientific research and showing an impressive track record of effective results, will give you both short- and long-term relief.
The first two ingredients I've added to Prostate Plus are Pygeum and Beta Sitosterol. Pygeum, from the bark of the African plum tree, and Beta Sitosterol, from various plant sources, are scientifically proven to relieve the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, including:
In fact, studies show that both Pygeum and Beta Sitosterol are proven to lower men's IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score). The IPSS is determined based on a questionnaire that asks men to state the frequency with which they encounter the following problems: incomplete emptying of the bladder, frequency of urination, intermittency of urine stream, urgency of urination, weak stream, and straining with urination. Based on their answers, participants are given a score between 0 and 35 — 35 being severely symptomatic.
Not only do Pygeum and Beta Sitosterol improve the prostate problems listed above (thereby lowering their IPSS by up to 10 points!), studies also show that when men stopped taking these supplements, their urinary problems returned!
So, with the addition of Pygeum and Beta Sitosterol, you will experience improvements in urine flow, fewer nighttime bathroom trips, less dripping, and a better overall quality of life. Just imagine the piece of mind from making it through an entire day (day after day) without worrying about your prostate again.
And, while it's imperative to start relieving symptoms as quickly as possible, it's even more important to target the source of the problem. Which is why I've added two other nutrients to my Prostate Plus formulation...
Saw Palmetto, from the ripened berries of the saw palmetto shrub, and Graminex, extract from rye pollen, are scientifically proven to work to shrink your prostate.
Saw Palmetto, when used over time, actually shrinks the prostate by soothing and calming the inflammation. In fact, Saw Palmetto targets and inhibits 5-alpha reductase — the enzyme that combines with testosterone to form DHT, the source of your enlarged prostate! By inhibiting this enzyme, testosterone cannot develop into DHT, thereby decreasing cell growth in your prostate tissue.
It's interesting to note that several studies show that Saw Palmetto Extract can achieve the same results as the most widely prescribed drugs for patients with enlarged prostates.
Similar to Saw Palmetto, Graminex stops prostate enlargement at the source and helps to decrease the diameter of the prostate. Aside from decreasing prostate size, Graminex is proven to relieve urinary symptoms as well as decreasing the need to urinate at night. So, say goodbye to those frequent nighttime bathroom visits. I'm sure you will not be the only one thankful for the restful sleep — your wife will be thankful too!
These two ingredients together are a powerhouse combination that addresses the symptoms of prostate enlargement by SOLVING the problem.
Because Prostate Plus gets to the root of the problem by decreasing the size of your prostate while it relieves your current symptoms, it can take up to 30 days for you to feel the full prostate relief you're looking for.
But, I'm so confident Prostate Plus will help you that I'm offering you a special risk-free trial on a 2-month supply.
Simply take two Prostate Plus softgels a day, and if you aren't:
— then I will insist on giving you your money back.
Just return the unused softgels and you'll receive a refund of every penny you paid, less shipping and handling. You have my word on it.
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Prostate Plus contains the key ingredients at dosage levels that have been clinically shown to relieve the symptoms of an enlarged prostate and support a healthy, normal sized prostate gland. By simply taking two Prostate Plus softgels a day, you'll enjoy:
Remember: Natural, side-effect-free supplements like Prostate Plus often take up to 30 days to build up in your system to provide the benefits of full symptom relief.


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Feldman shines as Cubs rout Mets
Chicago, IL – Scott Feldman pitched into the seventh inning and contributed two RBI as Chicago took an 8-2 win over the New York Mets in the second of three from Wrigley Field on Saturday.
Feldman (4-3) scattered seven hits and a walk over 6 2/3 innings to win his fourth straight decision and added a two-run double in the fourth inning to help the Cubs win for a fifth time in seven games.
"He's not letting left-handers beat him and his cutter has been incredible," said Chicago manager Dale Sveum about Feldman. "He's able to bounce his curveball when he has to and throw it for a strike. Everything is working for him."
Nate Schierholtz and Anthony Rizzo each gave a solo home run in the win for Chicago.
Jeremy Hefner (0-5) gave up four runs on five hits in just four innings of work for the Mets, who had won their previous two after dropping six straight.
"I want to win and I want the team to win," said Hefner. "Obviously we didn't do that today and I need to make some adjustments out there to get back on track."
The Cubs had stranded runners on first and third with one out in the second, but finally broke through in the fourth.
Rizzo singled to right to leadoff and Alfonso Soriano was hit by a pitch. After Schierholtz singled to load the bases, Luis Valbuena brought home the first run with a sacrifice fly and Welington Castillo followed with an RBI single. Two batters later, Feldman doubled to right for a 4-0 lead.
Rizzo homered off of Robert Carson to start the fifth and Schierholtz gave a leadoff blast in the eighth. Later in the eighth, David DeJesus dropped a bloop single into right to chase in two more runners for an 8-0 lead.
The Mets had men on second and third in both the first and second innings, but Feldman was able to get out of the jams without any damage.
With one on and two out in the seventh, Feldman stepped off the mound for James Russell, who got Mike Baxter to hit into a fielder's choice to end the frame.
Russell then tossed a 1-2-3 eighth inning, but Hector Rondon allowed a two-run home run to Rick Ankiel in the ninth to spoil Chicago's attempt at its first shutout of the season.
Game Notes
Ankiel and Daniel Murphy each had two hits for the Mets ... Dillon Gee takes the mound for New York in the finale on Sunday and will be opposed by Travis Wood for Chicago ... The Mets were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven, while Chicago was 4-for-9 with RISP.


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In one minute, find out what Lighthouse schools do:
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In the Pursuit of Excellence
The Lighthouse Christian Academy's mission is to train up young men and women in the most excellent way of authentic love, which has been established by the Word of God and exemplified in the life of Jesus Christ. Within this environment, in which students learn to pursue excellence in their academics, extracurricular pursuits, attitudes, and relationships, LCA also offers an unparalleled 10:1 student-to-teacher ratio. With this one-on-one capability, learning is made fun, in-depth, personal, and practical, as students grow under the inspiration of Biblical excellence. As a result, our students graduate with not only superb academic strength, but also right hearts, strong minds, and a love of life and its immense possibilities. We are currently accepting new students for enrollment.
Lighthouse Christian Academy 's mission is to educate the whole person and graduate students with critical thinking who apply the teachings of Jesus Christ our Lord in a practical way.
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Our approach to academics takes its inspiration from the most excellent way described in 1 Corinthians 12:31, which is love. We aim to approach each subject from a perspective of Biblical love, which provides us with the following four guiding principles:
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Ms. Sharon Miller-McCoy
Business Manager
Phone: 202-319-6846
Fax: 202-319-4967
- Management and overall responisbility for administrative operations of the school--budget and travel expenditures.
- Building Supervisor
- Procurement
- Faculty contracts
- Liaison with other areas of the university, including University Development.
- Monitor supplies, equipment.
- Maintain faculty files and selected reports.
- Assist Dean regarding coordination and management of faculty/staff policies and procedures.


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Alice Jane Nance, 88, Wabash, passed away at 9:39 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born to the late Hugh G. and Louise (Carr) Miller on Aug. 2, 1925 in Wabash.
She married Herbert Guy Nance on June 10, 1989. He passed away on Nov. 12, 2003. She was a homemaker for her family. She was a member of Christian Heritage Church in Wabash. Alice loved the Lord and was very proud to have such a large family. She enjoyed all of the social activities at the nursing home and was very involved.
She is survived by three daughters, Diana Spencer, Wabash, Carolyn Hale, Wittensville, Ky. and Mrs. Ronald (Barbara) Gilbert, Wabash; 16 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 12 great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three grandchildren, one great grandchild, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater officiating. Burial will follow in the Hoff Cemetery in Wabash County, Indiana.
Visitation for family and friends will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Avenue, Wabash.
Preferred memorials are to Christian Heritage Church, 6776 River Road, Wabash, Indiana 46992.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com.


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Most visible lot for sale in the Portage Creek Landings Condominium Development. Almost 300 feet of frontage on Shaver Rd with more than 15,000 cars passing per day with traffic counts over 25,000 cars/day on cross streets on Westenedge and Centre Ave. Join the neighbors of Walgreens and Huntington Bank. Location could be beautiful with Portage Creek and landscaping of City property nearby. The area has great conveneince to I-94 and US 131. This spot would make a great location for a national chain wanting to make its presence in Portage or an independent business wanting to take advantage of traffic counts and exposure. Lot size can be altered slightly if necessary.
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[Indie developer Flat Earth Games got its start by co-habituating and co-developing its first title with an established game studio, and in this article the developers involved explain how you could benefit from doing the same.]
In late 2011, two brothers with an idea for a video game got the attention of their friend Morgan Lean, who runs a local developer in Sydney called Epiphany Games. The three signed an agreement that they would co-develop the brothers' first title, and thus Flat Earth Games was born as a new indie developer. The pair moved in to the Epiphany offices and work began on the project in earnest. What follows is a record from Morgan, Rohan Harris and Leigh Harris on why indie developers and established studios can benefit each other by working hand-in-hand.
Morgan Lean: When we heard Rohan and Leigh's idea (before they'd founded Flat Earth), we at first saw it as a unique opportunity to work on other indie projects. I mean, our projects are always independent, but on a much larger scale. That said, we have been running a services business delivering iOS and Android titles on the side for some time now. So we already had the expertise and the adaptable and fast turnaround team structure to make a smaller-scale game happen.
Leigh Harris: As a pair of aspiring game designers, Rohan and I lacked the ability to bring our idea from concept to fruition, as we didn't have the business and technical acumen to really deliver on the promises we were eager to make. We had skill in publicity, marketing and some programming, and were both chomping at the bit to try our hand at game design, but without a third party to fill that void, we'd never have had the impetus to do anything beyond make our studio a pet project. A commercial entity is a completely different prospect to gleaning a game from a cool idea, and would require us to pay attention to bringing artists, musicians and animators on board, figuring out the details of creating our own company, learning how to write contracts, manage our accounting and be able to outline accurate milestones for our team to stick to.
Of course, a commercial entity doesn't have to embody all of these things, but ours did. Our idea, which seemed simple (they always do) at conception, was actually quite a complicated one -- a fact which would dawn upon us time and time again.
The developers at Flat Earth Games and Epiphany
Rohan Harris: There is a lot of pleasure independent developers get from being 'independent', and pride in that descriptor -- and rightly so. However, just because you're independent doesn't mean that having enormously talented, experienced people accessible to you isn't a huge advantage.
I can't help but think that this kind of 'cohabiting' and 'co-developing' process is a spectacular thing to encourage.
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(May 7) KARLSTAD, Sweden - If only there were more Canadians like Patrick, Sydor and Smyth - the Team Canada and Edmonton Oilers captain who played in his fourth world championship on an ankle that still needs to have a metal rod removed.
There were 25 devastated players in Team Canada's dressing room Tuesday night. There were over 60 players back home who probably didn't sleep too well, either, after failing to answer the call when general manager Lanny McDonald invited them.
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"I hope they do feel guilty," said Canadian goalie J.S. Giguere, outstanding in Tuesday's 3-2 quarter-final loss to Slovakia. "This tournament gives players an opportunity to get better, visit a new country. It should be important to represent your country."
Giguere said what all of his teammates were thinking, although not many would admit it. If there's any embarrassment in Canada failing to win in the quarter-finals for two straight years, it's not with the group of players who showed up this year and played their hearts out. It's with those could have made a difference but didn't bother.
There's no doubt many players had valuable reasons for saying No, most noticeably because of injuries that had to be taken of with surgery. But that doesn't mean the 25 guys who showed up didn't have their own injuries to fight through.
"I love the way the Edmonton Oilers approach this tournament," said Canadian Hockey Association president Bob Nicholson. "They want their players competing in April and May. We need more (NHL) organizations looking at this tournament that way.
The Dallas Stars produced four: Sydor, Richard Matvichuk, Brenden Morrow and Marty Turco.
There's no doubt the world championship will never rival the Stanley Cup playoffs in North America. But Canadians - fans, media and players alike - should at least realize the stakes of sending the sixth-best possible team to this tournament.
Failing to reach the semifinals cost the CHA 300,000 Swiss francs ($296,520 Cdn), money that would have gone back to minor hockey in Canada, the same minor hockey that developed the NHL stars who make millions today.
Slovakia, on the other hand, got every NHL player that was available. Stars such as Peter Bondra, Miroslav Satan, Ziggy Palffy and Jozef Stumpel showed up without hesitation.
Canada has depth, but when more than 60 players decline invitations, the depth gets tested.
Canada has gone without a medal for five years, its last a gold at the '97 world championship.
"As Canadians, we want to be fighting for a gold medal. It's an empty feeling."
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Eric Burdon-'I Am The Animals'
With Animals fans taking note that this year marks the band's 50th anniversary, frontman Eric Burdon is quick to point out that much of the accolades should go to him. Burdon will be a keynote speaker on March 14th at the 2013 South By Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW).
Burdon is back with his first new studio set in six years, titled, 'Til Your Rivers Run Dry, and says when you talk about the Animals -- you're essentially talking about him: "From my personal point of view? The Animals are dead. (Laughs) I mean, they've killed themselves. They were always the band that could not live up to their name. And I kept using the name for strictly promotional purpose, so that young kids would associate the name the Animals with the Beatles, the (Rolling) Stones, and that period and would come see my show. But, y'know, I got sued for using the name by former members of the band. And this has happened to many groups. To be quite honest with you, I always thought that I was the guy the kept the name alive when the others had stopped."
Eric Burdon tour dates (subject to change):
March 15 - Austin, TX - SXSW Stage On Sixth Patio
April 19 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House
April 20 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club
July 7 - Ottawa, ON - RBC Bluesfest at Lebreton Flats Park


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It has been three months since I last saw my mom. She picked me up from the airport this morning and I noticed some physical changes – particularly a really aggressive acne-like rash all over her face and upper body. It's more visible in real life, but my mom's a fighter.
She was diagnosed about two years ago and opted for lung surgery in New Zealand. However, that didn't really work out and she went on chemotherapy and then radiotherapy (which explains the hair loss, it's more noticeable around the eyebrows) which forced it into remission for a bit before it the cancer returned again.
My mom switched her medication recently and she told me she's not particularly curious about how it works. I know it's a TKI and it costs an insane amount of money. The side effects are really intense – the skin condition being the most dangerous since it can be fatal if not monitored properly. Yes, this drug can kill you in rare cases, but the same is true for all medication.
However, the FDA has approved it for certain types of advanced lung cancer where chemotherapy alone has failed. It improves the overall survival rate by 19% when used together with chemotherapy and the manufacturer claims it extends life by 3.3 months when the end game comes. It is rather expensive though – the single dose per day tablet costs RM 300.
It's a patented drug that will only expire in 2020 although there is another pharmaceutical company embroiled in a lawsuit for producing generics for the Indian market (who won't be able to afford the patented drug anyway).
This means the medication alone will cost RM 9,000 per month. The other ancillary costs like PET scans, tumor marker tests, hospital bills etc hasn't been factored in yet and I've been meaning to contribute more to help defray the costs.
My mom has bandages on most of her fingertips due to the rash (it looks like acne – raised pimples and patches) so I've been helping around the house. I just realized that our kitchen sink is built really low – got a backache just from washing all the dishes inside.
However, I'm glad I came home. I'll be here for a week, all the better to spend some time with my mom and dad. :)