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Itsmyluckyday Scheduled for Work; Goldencents Gallops at Pimlico
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Orb galloped 1 1/4 miles under exercise rider Jenn Patterson at Belmont Park Friday morning, looking the picture of a happy, healthy horse ready to take on the challenge of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 18.
"I was pleased with everything I've been seeing," trainer Shug McGaughey said.
The Hall of Fame trainer has had trouble taking his eyes off the 3-year-old colt that provided him with his first Kentucky Derby success at Churchill Downs on May 4.
"He's filled out so much physically. I look at him and I can't believe what I'm seeing from last November to now," McGaughey said. "Mentally, everything's come together. He was a bit difficult at the gate all of his 2-year-old year and that's all behind him. I couldn't be more pleased with his development."
Orb, who closed from 17th to post a dominating 2 1/2-length victory in the Derby, has won five races in a row, starting with his maiden victory at Aqueduct last November. In his two most recent starts in the Kentucky Derby and the Florida Derby (G1), in particular, Orb was well in command as he crossed the finish line, leading observers to conclude that in each instance he had reserved some energy for his next race.
"I think it's because he's getting it done quicker than we think he is. In the Florida Derby, Johnny (Velazquez) said he got there quicker than he thought he would and he had to throttle him down. I think it was the same in the Kentucky Derby. He got to those horses quicker than he (Joel Rosario) thought he would."
Orb is regarded as a closer, but his running style doesn't leave him at the mercy of the early pace.
"He comes from back, but they don't take him back. It depends on the color of the race. If it's a fast pace, he'll be off of it, but if it's slow, I think he'll actually be laying up close like he was in the Florida Derby -- within four, five, six lengths," McGaughey said. "And he's got enough of a punch that you don't take him out of the game plan when you do lay up close."
Itsmyluckyday, who finished second to Orb in the Florida Derby before faltering to 15th in the Kentucky Derby, galloped at Monmouth Park Friday morning. Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr., who arrived from his South Florida home base to Monmouth Thursday afternoon, supervised the morning exercise.
"He looked as good to me as he did in Kentucky (before the Derby)," Plesa said. "His gallop today was very, very well into the bit. He's just feeling very good."
Forecasts for weekend rains in New Jersey caused Plesa to call an audible while mapping out Itsmyluckyday's work schedule.
"I'm hoping to work him the next couple days. We're expecting rain up here. I was initially going to work him Sunday, but I've moved it up to Saturday," Plesa said. "We'll see what it looks like tomorrow. I can work him as late as Monday. If something happens and it's still raining on Monday, which it could be, I don't have to work him, but my preference would be to work him."
Plesa said Itsmyluckyday is tentatively scheduled to ship to Pimlico on Tuesday.
Goldencents also turned in an enthusiastic gallop Friday morning at Pimlico Race Course under his jockey, Kevin Krigger. It was the first piece of serious exercise for the colt since he finished 17th in the Kentucky Derby last Saturday. He returned to the track Thursday and jogged.
Krigger is spending the two weeks between the Derby and the Preakness with trainer Doug O'Neill's outfit at Pimlico. He is the exercise rider for all 14 of the O'Neill horses stabled at the Baltimore track and has picked up a pair of mounts on the Saturday racing program at Pimlico, but his priority is Goldencents, the Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner.
Goldencents jogged for a half-mile and appeared to be very alert and interested when Krigger asked him to pick up the pace and gallop about six furlongs.
"This is the first time I've ever been able to gallop him and I got what I was looking for out of him -- a pretty good relaxed gallop," Krigger said. "He stayed relaxed and that's basically what I'm focusing on, letting him achieve the workouts that he needs, not be rank doing it and be comfortable and relaxed. I got that out of him this morning."
Assistant trainer Jack Sisterson liked what he saw from the Into Mischief colt during the 20 minutes he was on the track Friday.
"He's one horse that gets a lot out of his training," Sisterson said. "We wanted to see how he would come out of the Kentucky Derby and he's bounced out of it with high energy. He moved over the track well and Kevin was really happy with him this morning."
Goldencents trained well at Churchill Downs but turned in a disappointing performance in the Derby, which was run over a sloppy, sealed surface. He was near the pace early, but on the run up the backstretch Krigger realized that Goldencents would not be a contender in the final quarter mile and didn't ride him hard to the wire.
"It's not the first race that he's not run to expectations, but it was the Derby and a race that we all wanted to win," Krigger said. "At the same time it was a race that we enjoyed participating in. We didn't get the turnout that we were looking for but he came out of the Derby happy and he came out of the Derby sound and his energy level is up. It's like he didn't even run last week. We're just keeping our focus. I don't think any of us has lost any confidence. We looked back at the race and if he had gotten beaten in the stretch we would probably feel more disappointed than we do. It's as simple as he didn't run his race at all. We're just drawing a line through that race and staying focused and keeping our confidence. As you can see, he's doing the same thing. We're all on the same page."
Goldencents is scheduled to gallop again on Saturday and Sunday. O'Neill is flying in from California on Sunday to watch the colt breeze on Monday morning.
Krigger said that O'Neill will see a horse that has adapted well to the track.
"He looks great, is traveling great," Krigger said. "From my first day galloping him, I'm pretty confident that we're going to be pretty competitive in the Preakness."
Krigger is looking to become the third African-American rider to win the Preakness and the first since 1898 when Willie Simms won aboard Sly Fox. George "Spider" Anderson captured the 1889 Preakness with Buddhist. Six African-American riders have previously ridden in the Preakness. The last was Wayne Barrett, who finished eighth in 1985 with Sparrowvon.
Illinois Derby (G3) winner Departing galloped "a spirited" 1 1/2 miles in the words of trainer Al Stall Jr. on Friday morning at Churchill Downs. Owned by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider, Departing is scheduled to work Sunday morning at 8:30, walk Monday and then train the next two mornings before shipping to Pimlico on Wednesday.
GoldMark Farm and Whisper Hill Farm's Mylute galloped 1 1/2 miles at Churchill Friday morning. A decision on the Preakness status of the fifth-place Kentucky Derby finisher will be made in the morning.
"He trained well this morning and showed good energy. I was satisfied with what I saw and passed that on to the owners," trainer Tom Amoss said. "After he trains in the morning, I'll call the owners at 7 and we will make a decision on the race."
All three of trainer D. Wayne Lukas' Preakness hopefuls, Oxbow, Will Take Charge and Titletown Five, galloped early Friday morning at Churchill. Lukas plans to van nine horses to Pimlico on Tuesday with a 3 a.m. departure from Churchill Downs.
The Hall of Fame trainer saddled Oxbow and Will Take Charge for sixth- and eighth-place finishes, respectively, in the Kentucky Derby. Lukas was particularly impressed with Will Take Charge's effort during a troubled journey.
"You look at the aerial view of the race, and Will Take Charge may have been running the best of all," Lukas said. "He was moving with Orb and then he got checked twice when Verrazano ducked in and out in front of him."
Normandy Invasion galloped at Belmont Park Friday morning for trainer Chad Brown. The Tapit colt owned by Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farms, remains a candidate for the Preakness. Brown said on Sunday morning that the fourth-place finisher in the Derby -- who led in the stretch -- would not run back in two weeks in the Preakness; however, Brown reconsidered that stance on Monday and decided to wait until this weekend before deciding whether Normandy Invasion would be entered in the Preakness.
Governor Charlie, Vyjack and Street Spice remained Preakness candidates Friday.


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New charges: Rice blamed for highway abduction
A man once charged in the 1996 slayings of a lesbian couple in the Shenandoah National Park was indicted Monday in the 1996 abduction of a woman in Prince William County.
A grand jury returned indictments for Darrell David Rice on charges of abduction with intent to defile, robbery and malicious wounding.
Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert said the June 7 indictment of Rice stemmed from the police investigation of "the Route 29 stalker," the man police believe was responsible for the killing of Alicia Showalter Reynolds. Police suspect the same man tried to flag down more than two dozen women along the highway in 1996.
Reynolds, 25, was abducted March 2, 1996, from her car on U.S. 29 in Culpeper County. Her body was found in a shallow grave in the county's Lignum area two months later, on May 7.
A federal judge in Charlottesville dropped charges in February against Rice, 36, in the 1996 slayings of hikers Julianne "Julie" Marie Williams of Minnesota and Laura "Lollie" S. Winans of Maine after DNA evidence cast doubt on the case.
In Prince William, Rice was indicted in the abduction of a 38-year-old woman on state Route 234. Police say a woman stopped her car about midnight on Feb. 26, 1996, after a man repeatedly flashed his lights and honked his horn at her. The man convinced her that sparks were coming from her car and that it was unsafe to drive it, police said.
The man offered the woman a ride, and once she was in the vehicle attempted to assault her, police said. The woman escaped but suffered a broken ankle and other injuries.
Rice is serving a prison sentence of about 11 years in the 1997 attempted abduction of a bicyclist in Shenandoah National Park.
Ebert said Rice faces a maximum of three life sentences if convicted of all counts in Prince William County.
Could Rice, the subject of a 2002 Hook cover story, have killed Alicia Showalter Reynolds? "I think he's linked to that crime," Ebert tells the Hook .
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Andy Serkis' stunning grasp of motion capture acting is one of the reasons Peter Jackson made him a second unit director on The Hobbit. Now the Gollum actor plans to apply those directing skills to a motion-capture project of his own: a new adaptation of George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm.
The Hollywood Reporter has announced Serkis' new project, which he is undertaking with Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish's London-based performance-capture studio, The Imaginarium. Animal Farm is still in its concept stages as the team figures out how best to work with quadrupedal characters, but Serkis has plenty of ideas about the script:
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Serkis has said that he might also act in the film, but doesn't give any indication as to what role he might play. Is Serkis more a Snowball or a Napoleon?
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Ah, September.
The first of the yellow leaves have begun to drift down a few at a time, the first of the yellow school buses have passed by the house, and Halloween candy has replaced the Super Soakers in the "Seasonal" aisle at the supermarket.
I love summer, but I still feel that frisson of excitement in the fall, thinking about the new school year. I remember the simple pleasures, like the smooth painted surface of an un-chewed pencil in 4th Grade. Stacks of blank loose leaf pages in 6th. Clean three-ring binders in 8th Grade, their covers not yet etched with my imagined married name, surrounded by hearts, crossed off, and etched with the next one. And the next.
But even more exciting than the promise of fresh opportunities to prove how socially awkward those middle school years can be, September is National Pediculosis Prevention Month, which thrills me to bits, because everyone in the country is focused on head lice for the entire month! I go from ordinary super-hero to Rock Star this month, and everyone wants to book me for a PTA meeting, or invite me over to screen and treat their families. God, I love September.
Unfortunately, it leaves me so little time to acknowledge the other things that I'm supposed to be aware of in September. Like "Children's Good Manners Month." I have to admit that there's nothing more pleasant than a polite child, other than a polite dog, of course. But there are times when "bad" manners are a sign of something really, truly good.
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Matt Steinmetz, March 7, 8:57 AM
The void of Chris Mullin is a factor in latest turmoil surrounding the Warriors.
The headlines haven't been pretty: "Monta unhappy with Warriors" and "Nelson tells Crawford to opt out."
And all I keep thinking is: Where is Chris Mullin?
First, a quick story or two.
Two years ago around this time, Baron Davis, then a Warrior, was in Los Angeles rehabbing a knee after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in mid-February. He had been rehabbing for about three weeks, and there was uncertainty about when and if he'd return.
The Warriors were 10 or so games below .500, per usual. The fact of the matter was that the Warriors were fading and Davis was dawdling.
Mullin, the Warriors' executive vice president of basketball operations, hopped on a plane and headed down to L.A., where he spent a couple of days with Davis. The two worked out together, played one-on-one, ate together, talked hoops and pretty much reconnected.
Over the course of their time together, in his own understated way, Mullin delivered the message that needed to be delivered: It's time to get back and join your team.
Davis got on a plane and met the team in Detroit, where the Warriors wound up blowing out the Pistons. That, of course, started the 16-5 run that eventually led to "We Believe."
Story No. 2 … After that one-of-a-kind season, Warriors coach Don Nelson started making noise about a new contract, even though he was under contract for the following year. Nelson wanted some more money or another year and it looked as if it was going to be a problem.
Things eventually worked out, and when Nelson was asked how it all worked out, he cited none other than Mullin. Apparently, according to Nelson, Mullin's continuous "Do the right thing" lectures paid off.
Now, fast forward to March 2009, with Monta Ellis back home in Mississippi with either a family emergency or personal grudge. You decide. And with Nelson telling Jamal Crawford that he wants him to opt out of his contract at year's end.
And again, the thought is: Where's Mullin?
Here are a few places where Mullin isn't: In Jackson, Mississippi, figuring out what's going on with Ellis; or in Milwaukee, telling Nelson he has no business talking to a player that way.
By now, we know Mullin has been isolated or alienated, whatever you want to call it. Or perhaps from management's perspective Mullin's checked out.
Still, it's a fair question: Would all this be happening if Mullin were in charge?
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A quick recap of the Cubs minor league system on August 16.
The AZL Cubs only gave up three hits on Thursday beating the Reds 9-1. Anthony Prieto started and pitched three quality innings allowing no runs on one hit while striking out three. Carlos Martinez-Pumarino got his fifth win of the year pitching five nice innings in relief. He gave up one run on two hits while striking out seven in five innings. Jin-Young Kim threw a scoreless ninth striking out one. The pitching wasn't the only highlight of the night as the Cubs scored nine on 11 hits. Shawon Dunston was really good going 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Yasiel Balaguert had a nice offensive night as he had two hits, a homer and a double. Trevor Gretzky continued his great run going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Garrett Schlecht, Carlos Penalver, and Alberto Mineo all drove in one run. It was good to see the offense get going again on Thursday night.
Boise put up five runs through the first four innings of this one and that was more than enough as they beat Tri-City 7-2. We will start with our Albert Almora watch. Almora went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Carlos Escobar had two hits, including a double and three RBIs. Jeimer Candelario was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Dan Vogelbach and Wilson Contreras each drove in a run with Contreras going 3-for-5 with a double. Giosakar Amaya added a triple and walked three times. The other story of the night was Pierce Johnson who was just great striking out five of the six outs he recorded. Felix Pena got the win as he went the next five innings allowing two run on five hits. Nathan Dorris picked up his third save of the year striking out three batters in two innings. Boise had a very nice night all around.
Peoria only gave up three hits, but couldn't plate a run as they lost to Burlington 4-0. Willengton Cruz got the start for Chiefs and took the loss giving up two runs in two innings of work. Luis Liria and Sheldon McDonald each gave up an unearned run as they combined to pitch the next five innings. Larry Suarez struck out four and pitched the final to innings for Peoria. Dustin Geiger and Timothy Saunders each had a really nice game at the plate recording two hits a piece. Oliver Zapata, Zeke DeVoss, and Pin-Chieh Chen all had a hit to round out the offense for the Chiefs. Once again the defense was an issue as Peoria committed three errors, and allowed two unearned runs to score.
It started out as a good night, but turned into a tough one as they gave up four runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to lose 7-6. Javier Baez had his best night since moving to Daytona going 3-for-4 with a home run and a double. He ended the night with three RBIs and two runs scored as well. Rebel Ridling was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Taylor Davis also had a double and drove in two for the Cubs. Christian Villanueva had been quiet for a while, but he added a hit and an RBI of his own. Robert Whitenack pitched the first four innings allowing one run on four hits. Matt Spencer threw two really nice innings in relief and was in line to get the win, but the Cubs bullpen couldn't hold the lead. First Scott Weismann recorded just two outs and gave up four runs and then after the Cubs took the lead again Jeff Lorick gave up two more runs and took the loss. On a positive it was nice to see Baez have a nice night, hope that is the beginning of a tear.
Tennessee only go four hits in this one, but made them count beating Birmingham 4-3. What else is there to say about Justin Bour. He hit his 16th home run of the season, a three run shot in the third bringing his RBI total to 105. Jae-Hoon Ha was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Elliot Soto drove in a run. Michael Burgess and Dustin Harrington each had a hit as well, with Burgess having a double. Eric Jokisch started, but only lasted 4.2 innings allowing two runs on six hits. Tony Zych came in in relief and got the win pitching a scoreless two innings. After Kevin Rhoderick allowed an unearned run Frank Batista closed the door pitching the final 1.2 innings in recording his 22nd save.
Iowa lost to Tucson 7-6. Seth McClung's first start with Iowa didn't go as planned allowing seven runs, four earned on seven hits in 3.1 innings. Ryan Searle threw 2.2 scoreless innings and Jay Jackson pitched two scoreless. After getting down by six early Iowa's offense got to work, but it just wasn't enough. Alfredo Amezaga was 4-for-5 witha double, a run scored, and an RBI. Tony Campana had two hits and stole a base. Blake Lalli also had two hits driving in one run and Greg Rohan was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Diory Hernandez and Matt Tolbert each had two hits and Jeff Frazier drove in a run. After two wins in a row it's back to the "L" column for Iowa.
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Cowboys Close Door on Defensive Coordinator Chris Tormey [BREAKING]
University of Wyoming head football coach Dave Christensen announced early Tuesday that defensive coordinator Chris Tormey has been relieved of his duties on the Cowboy coaching staff effective immediately. Current defensive line coach Jamar Cain has been named the interim defensive coordinator.
In a release from the University of Wyoming, head coach Dave Christensen said, "I felt that we needed to make a change at this time to give our football team and the young men on it the best opportunity to win our remaining four regular-season games. The last two weeks, our defense has not performed up to the expectations of our coaching staff, our players, nor our fans."
Tormey had been Wyoming's defensive coordinator for the past two seasons, 2012 and '13. He will be paid through his contract, which expires in December of 2013.
Cain is currently in his seventh year as a college coach at the NCAA Division I level. He joined the Cowboy staff in the Spring of 2013 after helping lead Cal Poly to a share of the Big Sky Conference title in 2012.
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Suggesting that the current wave of always-connected, always‐on devices is increasingly turning to Linux development and highly integrated SoC techniques to achieve the performance and battery life consumers demand, Linaro says that promoting the availability of a stable, optimized software base and toolset will make it easier and quicker to develop high-performance consumer devices.
Linaro CEO George Grey claims that manufacturers will now potentially benefit from an improved product development cycle, spending less time on low-level, non-differentiating software and more time on product innovation.
"Through collaboration and convergence on common Linux foundational components and tools, HP looks to accelerate our webOS platform with the latest ARM-based SoC designs. This means that webOS will play a prominent role in HP's future and we see Linaro and the ARM ecosystem as key allies for building that future," said Steve Manser, senior vice president of product development, Palm Global Business Unit, Personal Systems Group, HP. "As an advisor partner, we look forward to shaping the next generation of Ubuntu devices with the Linaro ecosystem. Canonical's customers will be able to engage with us to focus on the user experience in the knowledge that the solution is based on shared and standard components," said Jane Silber, CEO at Canonical. "We look forward to working with Linaro to accelerate the time-to-market for devices, ensuring that users and partners can take advantage of hardware improvements."


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I graduated from SUCOLI after it became SUNY at Stony Brook. I became a computer programmer and worked for several different companies over the years. I've been married to Nancy for 38 years. We have two "kids" and lived on LI. I retired from Northrop Grumman 6 years ago. We moved to Ephrata, PA in Lancaster County soon thereafter,.
I was in a "What ever became of ..." mood one night recently and Googled you. I found you in hits for Atheist Nexus, and joined, mostly to confirm that it was you and see how you're doing.
Larry, there were also hits for an obituary. I am very sorry to hear about Beth. It's nice to know that you were together for such a long time. I remember driving up to Cazenovia for your wedding.
Bill Thomsen graduated from Stony Brook after changing his major from Engineering to English. He got his master's degree from Berkeley, and eventually became chairman of the English department at-- Harborfields! He and his wife, Arlene are comfortably retired in St. Augustine, where we visited them and another college couple earlier this year. They have two kids, too.
Our daughter and her husband are moving from Salt Lake City to Wenatchee, Washington this weekend. In relative terms, that's not too far from Idaho. Maybe we could get together out there eventually, during one of our visits? But I won't push. Only if we both decide it's a good idea.
Thanks for all those rides. I liked the VW a lot. For a couple of years, I owned a black '57 with a sun roof that "I never should have sold." I stumbled on it years later in the Walt Whitman Mall's parking lot. Whoever owned it then appeared to have rolled it. Alas.
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Panthers fall to co-leaders for second straight week
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Freshman running back Kevin Cook ran for a career-high 112 yards on only 11 carries (10.2 avg.) and accounted for three touchdowns Saturday afternoon as Western New England University posted a 49-7 victory over Plymouth State University in a New England Football Conference (NEFC) Boyd Division contest.
The Golden Bears, ranked fourth in New England Division III, ran their winning streak to five games and moved to 7-1 overall, including a perfect 5-0 in the division. The Panthers fall to 4-4 and 2-3 in Boyd action.
Cook rushed for a pair of scores for the third straight week going 51 and five yards as Western New England took a 14-0 lead after the opening period. Senior quarterback Bryce Brown then connected with freshman receiver Kareem Hines on scoring passes of 17 and 18 yards as the Golden Bears took a 28-0 advantage at halftime.
Brown then found Cook for a 19-yard touchdown early in the third period to give the hosts a commanding 35-0 margin.
Plymouth State took advantage of a turnover to score its only touchdown on a two-yard run by junior back Andrew Foglia (17 carries, 35 yards) at the 6:44 mark of the third stanza.
Western New England tallied its final two touchdowns on a pair of two-yard runs by senior back JJ Jachym.
Brown was 10-of-13 passing for 116 yards and three touchdowns with two sacks while rushing for 73 yards on 14 attempts (5.2 avg.). He left the game two plays into the fourth quarter with an injury and didn't return.
PSU used four quarterbacks with junior starter Chris Rigoli managing to complete only two-of-seven passes for 24 yards. He suffered five of the team's six sacks and had an interception.
Western New England totaled 321 yards and had its best defensive showing of the year holding the Panthers to only 57 yards.
Senior linebacker Joe Cicarella led the Golden Bears with six tackles and a pair of sacks. Junior free safety Nicholas Silvester added his team-best fifth interception of the season.
Senior cornerback Derek Lussier compiled a game-high eight tackles and had one pass breakup for the Panthers.
PSU is back at home next Saturday, hosting Salve Regina University on Senior Day at Currier Field for the last home game of the season. WNE hosts Boyd Division co-leader Endicott College next Saturday for the divisional championship.
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Maybe he just got tired of gold.
Superhuman swimmer and seemingly untouchable Olympian Michael Phelps finished fifth at a World Cup meet this week in Berlin, NBC Sports reported, meaning that four paddlers beat him -- and the 8-time, undefeated Olympic champion didn't get the chance to podium.
Phelps' fifth-place catastrophe came just days after he clocked in at 2nd and 3rd place in two events in Stockholm.
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Even more surprising? Phelps was the slowest qualifier to the finals at the Berlin event, finishing nearly two full seconds after the first-place qualifier.
The all-star swimmer won 8 medals at the past Olympics, winning virtually every event he competed in.


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Cognition is the ability to think, learn, and remember. Your baby is born with 100 billion brain cells (neurons). To function at their full potential, these cells must form connections (synapses) with each other. These connections carry messages between the cells in the brain and from the brain to the body. During a baby's first month, the body makes more connections and improves how the cells are able to work together.
You can help boost your baby's brain growth by providing a loving, comforting, and stimulating environment. Your baby learns from every interaction. For example, when you respond to cries of hunger by offering food and comfort, your baby learns to trust and depend on you.
The majority of synapses are made during childhood and serve as the basis for lifetime learning.
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I think a special love note makes a for heartfelt Valentines gift...If you look closely into my office artwork wall above {click image to enlarge} you will see a little love note I created last year for Pia's upcoming My Heart Wanders project! Can you see it?!
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Europe in Ruins takes the fast paced, intense and surreal combat that you've come to know from Company of Heroes and combines it with persistent environment, ever changing meta-gameplay and ongoing war. The modification sees you creating and commanding your very own battalion in which you can customise with any units and upgrades you wish; Company of Heroes strategy has never had so much choice. Not only do you get to build up your battalion, but as you units battle, they will gain and retain all the experience they have earned, carrying over from battle to battle; going from green to elite! Not only do units gain veterancy, but your battalion as a whole increases in effectiveness through doctrine unlocks and other advantages. Each of these are designed so that the player can tailor their battalion to their own likes and play styles. The combinations choices are endless!
Europe in Ruins: Reinforcements adds to the already ground breaking game play of Europe in Ruins by adding in the British Commonwealth, the Panzer Elite, new game mode, a bunch of new maps, the new Advantages system and a whole new back-end launcher with new innovative systems for army purchase and persistence. What is in this latest release:
- Play all four Company of Heroes armies (British, Panzer Elite, American, Wehrmacht)
- A new game mode: Reinforcements. Which sees players coming in at different stages of the battlefield.
- The ability to choose Allied/Axis attack
- 34 maps specifically designed for Europe in Ruins as well as the ability to play all of your old Company of Heroes favourites!
- A brand new launcher
- Complete persistency, All units retain vet, and continue to use it in their next battles.
- A complete installer that contains the Europe in Ruins files, launcher, and maps
- Basic unit unlock doctrines
- A new soft capping availability system
- New Advantages System
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Step 1: Signing up to Europe in Ruins
Step 2: Choosing your Faction and Doctrine
Step 3: Setting Up your First Company
Step 4: Finding and Starting Games
Step 5: Playing the Game
Step 6: Post Game Company Management
Step 2: Choosing your Faction and Doctrine
Step 3: Setting Up your First Company
Step 4: Finding and Starting Games
Step 5: Playing the Game
Step 6: Post Game Company Management
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Port: 3929
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1968 Dodge Dart HEMI Super Stock
While the age of factory-produced drag cars is long past, the Dart HEMI Super Stock represents the peak of the short-lived factory drag race wars. In short, there was never a faster factory-built drag car ever made. There were only 50 of these built by Hurst and delivered to dealers for drag racing greats like "Dandy" Dick Landy. A giant 426 HEMI was shoehorned into the engine bay, with a little help – literally – from a few sledgehammer hits to the fender walls. The wheel arches and shock towers were modified similarly to provide clearance for the valve covers. Then, to lighten the body, a fiberglass nose, fenders, and hood were bolted on along with lightened bumpers and the removal of the mirrors, radio, heaters and, yes, the back seat. The unique L023 coded Dart's HEMI itself was built by hand-picked technicians from Chrysler's Marine and Industrial division. It was laughably rated at 425 horsepower; in actuality, it easily touted more than 500. While some were driven on the streets, the L023 came with a factory sticker stating, "This vehicle was not manufactured for use on Public Streets, Roads or Highways, and does not conform to Motor Vehicle Safety Standards." Whether that was a warning or a sales pitch is still up for debate.


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Two Talks on the View from France
On 7 May at noon, Van Ruymbeke will speak at the Boston Athenaeum on "Rêves d'Amérique: The New World in Huguenot Imagination and Reality." That lecture description says:
Promotional pamphlets published by colonial proprietors and land speculators to draw Huguenots to their domains and Huguenot letters sent from America to relatives who remained in Europe enable historians to grasp the image that the New World carried in the refugees' imagination and to contrast it to the harsh reality of getting settled in an often inhospitable environment.Van Ruymbeke is author of a new book titled L'Amérique avant les États-Unis: Une histoire de l'Amérique anglaise (America before the United States: A History of English America). He's previously written and edited books on the Huguenot diaspora after 1685.
Among the Huguenot families who eventually settled in Boston were the Reveres, Bowdoins, and Faneuils. For a while there was a Huguenot church, though it sat empty by the time of the Revolution. Ironically, the town's first Catholic congregation met there in the 1780s.


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Check out the first stop in our series: Seattle.
Venice is a quaint, laid back city with only a
remnant (update: there is actually a daily minyan in the synagogue and there is a young and active Chief Rabbi) of its once proud and thriving Jewish community. However, it's a beautiful city worth visiting at least once in your lifetime. Be prepared to do a lot of walking.
Aside from using boats and taxis, I got lost many times since all the streets look the same to me. Nevertheless, it was of course very enjoyable.
All the kosher food options are located in one area – the Jewish Ghetto which is in the Cannaregio sestiere of Venice. (The northern most of the six historic sestieri [districts] of Venice).
Let's start with breakfast. In the Kosher bakery and grocery 'Volpi' you can buy fresh rolls, breads and all baked goods. It is the only kosher bakery in town, owned by a Venetian
Jewish woman (update: the owner is not Jewish, which is why it has a kashrut certificate despite the fact it is open on Shabbat). There are also some basic products you can pick up, such as pasta, wine and other products.
These photos are from the evening when I went in to grab some rolls for breakfast for the next day.
Lunch – Gam Gam Goddies. A bakery where you'll find fresh baked goods and pizza. I have to say – it was delicious!
Crispy, thin and cheesy! While there isn't a sit down option, you can eat in the main courtyard of the ghetto. If you don't want to eat outside on the street, you can head around the corner of the pizza shop to the Chabad House and eat in there.
The Museum cafeteria also serves lunch, with awesome pasta dishes, frittatas etc, all dairy.
Dinner – Gam Gam is a Middle Eastern restaurant. The food is fresh, well priced and very tasty. There are also lots of vegan options. Be sure to make a reservation as it fills up fast during tourist season (which may be all year!).
Gam Gam is located on the waterside, so when the weather is good request outdoor seating.
You can also request double wrapped dishes to go which you can then warm up at your hotel. Gam Gam is run by the local Chabad.
If you're looking to stop for a quick drink, try the café in the Jewish Museum. You can also find a few basics there as well.
Shabbos options: You can eat at Gam Gam or at the Pardes Rimonim. (Pardes Rimonim will soon re-open for the weekdays as well).
Thanks to Alessandra Rovati of Dinner in Venice for updating us on the info we missed.
Check out the first stop in our series: Seattle.
Thanks for the info. Very fun!


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CVS to stock R.I. Walgreens stores with Narcan
The opiate overdose antidote Narcan will soon be available in all CVS pharmacies in Rhode Island without a prescription. The move comes as the state is seeing a surge in recent deaths due to opiate drug overdoses, which can be reversed by Narcan, also known as naloxone. Narcan can be administered as a nasal spray or an injection, and CVS says it will offer both, following in the footsteps of a similar move by Walgreens last year.
Rhode Island ranks among the highest in the country in illicit drug use, including the non-medical use of prescription painkillers and per capita overdose deaths.
In the first four months of 2014, 90 Rhode Islanders died from accidental drug overdoses, a 23% increase from the 73 drug overdoses reported during the same period last year.
Posted in Informational, Pharmaceutical Industry Tagged addiction, CVS, Deaths, heroin, naloxone, Narcan, narcotics, overdose, oxy, oxy-to-heroin, oxycodone, OxyContin, painkillers, pharmacy, pills, pills-to-heroin, prescription, prescription drug abuse, prescriptions, Rhode Island, Schedule II narcotics, Walgreens Leave a comment
DEA clamps down on hydrocodone
Hydrocodone, the nation's most widely prescribed painkiller, will now be in the same category as other frequently abused medications such as OxyContin and fentanyl. The agency said Friday it had published a rule to reschedule hydrocodone combination products — which include Vicodin and Norco — from Schedule III to the more restrictive Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
Americans consume 99% of the hydrocodone produced worldwide; because of the perception that such products are less risky than other narcotic painkillers, they are widely prescribed by general practitioners and dentists, according to this article.
Combination hydrocodone products are currently classified as Schedule III drugs, meaning that prescriptions can be written with five refills and pharmacies are not required to lock them in a safe.
Since 2007, more U.S. prescriptions were written for the combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen than any other drug. In 2012, that was over 135 million prescriptions, or one prescription for every 2.3 men, women, and children in the U.S. that year, according to this article.
Posted in Informational, Pharmaceutical Industry, Policy & Regulation Tagged addiction, Big Pharma, DEA, Deaths, hydrocodone, narcotics, Norco, opioid, pain medication, painkillers, pharmacy, pills, prescription drug abuse, prescriptions, reclassification, Schedule II narcotics, Schedule III narcotics, Vicodin Leave a comment
Pa. tightens opioid prescribing guidelines
Pennsylvania — which ranks 14th in the nation in prescription overdose deaths — has unveiled new emergency room opioid prescribing guidelines in an attempt to stem the tide of prescription drug abuse.
The new guidelines state that emergency room doctors should limit prescriptions for short-acting opioid painkillers to a week's supply, and should not prescribe OxyContin, methadone or extended-release morphine without coordinating with the patient's primary care physician.
According to the guidelines:
Opioid analgesics may be necessary for the relief of pain, but improper use of opioids poses a threat to the individual and to society. Providers have a responsibility to diagnose and treat pain using sound clinical judgment, and such treatment may include the prescribing of opioids. Providers also have a responsibility to minimize the potential for the abuse and diversion of opioids. Therefore, providers should use proper safeguards to minimize the potential for abuse and diversion of opioids.
Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every adult in the U.S. to have a bottle of pills, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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U.S. AG calls for cops to carry Narcan
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is urging federal law enforcement agencies to identify, train and equip personnel who may interact with a victim of a heroin overdose with the drug naloxone. The potentially life-saving drug — which effectively restores breathing to a victim in the midst of a heroin or opioid overdose — is already carried by officers in some state and local law enforcement groups while on patrol.
The U.S. Department of Justice wants federal law enforcement agencies, as well as their state and local partners, to review their policies and procedures to determine whether personnel should be equipped and trained to recognize and respond to opioid overdose by various methods, including the use of naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have amended their laws to increase access to naloxone, resulting in over 10,000 overdose reversals since 2001.
According to Holder:
The shocking increase in overdose deaths illustrates that addiction to heroin and other opioids, including some prescription painkillers, represents nothing less than a public health crisis. I am confident that expanding the availability of naloxone has the potential to save the lives, families and futures of countless people across the nation.
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Pa. sees huge uptick in heroin-related deaths
In Pennsylvania — which ranks among the top 10 states in per capita heroin and opioid deaths— more than 3,000 residents have died from heroin and multi-drug overdoses since 2009, according to this article.
Heroin has recently been dramatically rising in popularity in Pennsylvania: four years ago, 20% of those newly admitted for drug treatment cited heroin as their primary substance of abuse, but the rate has since increased to 23.5%, and the state has about 40,000 heroin users.
Nationwide, the number of people using heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2012 to some 669,000 people. Painkiller addicts across the U.S. are turning to the hardcore street drug when pills become too expensive or scarce, according to a letter published in 2012 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Three researchers examined the effect of the abuse-deterrent formulation on the abuse of OxyContin and other opioids, surveying 2,566 people seeking treatment for abuse of or dependence on opioid drugs. Although 24% found a way to defeat the tamper-resistant properties of the abuse-deterrent formulation, 66% indicated a switch to another opioid, with heroin the most common response.
FedEx faces drug-trafficking charges
FedEx Corp. is facing charges that it delivered prescription painkillers and other controlled substances for illegal Internet pharmacies.
The charges include 15 counts of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and misbranded drugs and drug trafficking. Prosecutors claim FedEx delivered drugs to Internet pharmacies that supplied pills to customers who filled out online questionnaires without undergoing doctors' examinations, in violation of federal and state drug laws.
According to the indictment, FedEx knew as early as 2004 that it was delivering drugs to dealers and addicts:
FedEx's couriers in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia expressed safety concerns that were circulated to FedEx Senior management, including that FedEx trucks were stopped on the road by online pharmacy customers demanding packages of pills, that the delivery address was a parking lot, school, or vacant home where several car loads of people were waiting for the FedEx driver to arrive with their drugs, that customers were jumping on the FedEx trucks and demanding online pharmacy packages, and that FedEx drivers were threatened if they insisted on delivering packages to the addresses instead of giving the packages to customers who demanded them. In response to these concerns, FedEx adopted a procedure whereby Internet pharmacy packages from problematic shippers were held for pick up at specific stations, rather than delivered to the recipient's address.
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Heroin use up 80% since 2007
Heroin use skyrocketed by more than 80% nationwide from 2007 to 2012, with the number of heroin users rising from about 373,000 to 669,000 in 2012, according to this article, which cites data from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presented at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Dallas.
Physicians in the U.S. prescribe enough painkillers to medicate everyone in the country 24 hours a day for a month, and most heroin users start with prescription drugs, the article says.
Meanwhile, new data from the CDC the number of drug poisoning deaths related to heroin jumped by 45% from 2010 to 2011. But the number of people who are dying from overdosing on prescription drugs hasn't dropped — about half of the 41,340 people who died of drug poisoning in 2011 took prescription opiates, according to this article.
Del. orders Zohydro prescribing restrictions
Delaware has put into place emergency prescribing regulations regarding Zohydro, a powerful new painkiller many critics fear may fuel the epidemic of painkiller abuse. Late last year, Zohydro gained FDA approval despite the fact that after its own advisory committee had voted 11-2 against allowing the drug on the market. Since then, 29 state attorneys general have urged the agency to reconsider its decision, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick even attempted to ban the drug (a federal judge later blocked that order). Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock said the regulations were necessary "to address the imminent peril to the public health, safety and welfare of all Delawareans" caused by Zohydro. According to his statement:
The use of this new and dangerous narcotic painkiller known as Zohydro must be monitored closely because the abuse of it can be deadly. It carries even higher risks of abuse than other short-acting formulations.
Zogenix, the maker of Zohydro, recently reported that about 9,000 prescriptions were filled through June 13 since the drug hit the market in March. The company plans to target about 20,000 prescribers it describes as "high decile [extended-release/long-acting] opioid prescribers" who account for 60% of the market, and envisions Zohydro along the lines of the multibillion-dollar market for OxyContin, according to this article.
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Ca. counties sue Big Pharma over opioid marketing
Two California counties have launched a lawsuit accusing five major pharmaceutical companies of obscuring the addictive effects of OxyContin, Percocet and other powerful opioid painkillers while reaping billions of dollars in profits from the drugs. The companies deceived tens of millions of doctors and patients about the "significant dangers and questionable benefits of prescription opioids" for the treatment of long-term non-cancer pain, according to a complaint filed today in California state court. The five opioid manufacturers — Purdue Pharma, Cephalon, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Health Solutions, and Actavis — concealed the dangerously addictive nature of the medicines while touting benefits that had no scientific support, in order to expand the market for the drugs and boost profits, the lawsuit alleges.
The complaint charges that the pharmaceutical companies marketed opioids as "rarely" addictive, misrepresented the evidence of their efficacy for treating chronic non-cancer pain, trivialized their serious side effects and falsely assured doctors and consumers that opioids were safer than over-the-counter drugs.
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These pharmaceutical companies have a long history of aggressively marketing these dangerous drugs through sophisticated campaigns. These campaigns employ industry-funded professional associations, patient advocacy groups, and physicians to deceive consumers and their doctors about the harms and purported benefits of opioids for treating chronic pain.
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Ga. sees uptick in heroin abuse
Georgia is the latest state to see an spike in heroin abuse following the rise of prescription painkiller addiction, with heroin submissions to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab increasing by more than 300% since 2011. The current fiscal year has seen a 20% increase in heroin submissions, while all other drugs during that period have decreased by 22%, according to this article. Many users claim they started off taking prescription painkillers like OxyContin; when the drug started to have less effect, they began melting and shooting up the painkillers before eventually moving on to heroin, the article says.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in 2012 prescription drugs played a role in 592 deaths in the 152 of 159 counties in Georgia for which it performs autopsies. Meanwhile, several major metro Atlanta counties recently reported a spike in heroin-related deaths: in DeKalb County, heroin deaths doubled, increasing from 5 to 10 between 2012 and 2013; in Gwinnett County, deaths rose from 2 in 2012 to 7 in 2013; and Cobb County saw heroin-related deaths surge from 9 in 2011 to 16 in 2012, according to this article.
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After blasting University School of Nashville 16-0, the South Walton Seahawks came up short 11-2 to Donelson Christian Academy of Nashville in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon in Santa Rosa Beach.
"You've got to tip your hat to DCA in the first inning. We got in a hole and really couldn't over come it," said South Walton Coach Nick Borthwick.
In the first inning, DCA pounded out seven hits for an eight-run start.
South Walton answered in the bottom half with one run on two hits. Reed Yandell walked and scored on a double to right field by Zach Lance. Sage Roberts followed with a single. Jack Flynn reached on a fielder's choice with Roberts going down at second base for an out. Flynn was picked off at first for the third out.
After coming in as relief pitcher late in the first Yandell shut the DCA Wildcats down the next four innings.
South Walton got runners on base but failed to get them home.
In the second, Noah Neville singled up the middle, but then got picked off at first base.
In the third inning with two outs, Lance and Roberts hit back-to-back singles but were left stranded when the next Seahawk struck out.
South Walton came up empty in the fourth on a pop fly, a run down for an out and a strike out.
In the top the sixth, the Wildcats picked up another run on a hit and an error.
South Walton answered in the bottom half with one last run. With two outs, Tyler Slotter singled and moved around to second on a wild pitch. Slotter later scored on a double to left field by Neville.
In the top of the seventh, DCA scored two runs on a hit and two errors.
"The biggest thing I saw was bad base running over and over and getting picked off at first," Borthwick said. "I was disappointed in the breakdown."
The other downfall for the South Walton was leaving runners on base.
"That's been a common theme for us � we're having trouble getting the big hits. It will be nice to see a four or five hit inning instead of a one or two."
In the earlier game, against University School of Nashville, junior Seahawk pitcher Tuck Stafford got the win.
"We hit the ball a bit better and they made some mistakes," Borthwick said. "We pitched well and played good defense � it was totally a different game."
The Seahawks, now 7-4, will travel to Paxton for a 6 p.m. game Tuesday.


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El Segundo, CA — Spectrum Athletic Clubs once again hired a CEO with roots in The Wellbridge Co. Bud Rockhill was recently announced as Spectrum's president and CEO. Rockhill, who has served in the fitness and wellness industry for more than 25 years, was one of three owners of Colorado-based Club Sports International — now known as The Wellbridge Co. Club Sports grew to more than 40 clubs and earned more than $100 million in revenue during his tenure there.
Rockhill replaces Matthew Stevens, who left Spectrum last year to become president and CEO of Western Athletic Clubs, San Francisco. Stevens had been an executive at The Wellbridge Co. before coming to Spectrum.
In the late 1990s, Rockhill left The Wellbridge Co. to become the CEO of Destination Cinema, an affiliate of National Geographic that owns IMAX theaters in select locations. Most recently, Rockhill was the president of Colorado-based Westwood College Online, a company that doubled its revenue in two years.


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The California Massage Therapy Council, a statewide body that licenses massage practitioners, may expire at the end of this year unless extended by the California Legislature. Some anti-prostitution crusaders say reverting to local control will make it easier to shut down covert brothels, but the practitioners fear a return to the bad old days, when stigmas and stereotypes overcomplicated their lives.
On one side of the debate are the massage therapists, who say that the council protects them from unfair discrimination, replaces a patchwork of local ordinances, and provides a greater level of respectability to their profession. However, an array of city officials, police departments, and powerful groups such as the League of California Cities argue that the CAMTC makes it easier for illicit massage parlors to get away with prostitution and human trafficking.
"I receive complaints from neighbors all the time about certain establishments," said Sup. Katy Tang about her supervisorial district in San Francisco's Sunset District. "We can inspect, but we have no ability to enforce any of our regulations. If there are any penalties, we can't enforce them."
Tang's frustration stems from Senate Bill 731, legislation that was signed into law in 2008. That bill created the CAMTC, a non-profit organization that has the authority to certify massage practitioners and therapists in California. Prior to the creation of this body, each city and county enacted its own certification procedures, leading to a messy patchwork of rules all over the state.
Before the CAMTC, "there were 550 different kinds of regulations from city to city," said Ahmos Netanel, CEO of the organization. "Within a radius of one mile, you can have a situation where different cities have their own standards. One city may require no training, and another right next door may require 1,000 hours."
A massage provider working in California pre-2009 not only had to be savvy with the medley of laws, but also needed to purchase expensive licenses for each city he or she planned to practice in. The CAMTC creates a universal—though voluntary—system, where licensed practitioners can travel and work freely around the state.
The contentious part of the law comes from the protection that it offers to licensed practitioners. Any establishment that employs all CAMTC-certified massage providers is exempt from city ordinances that target massage businesses. Law enforcement agencies claim that these restrictions impede their ability to crack down on illegal parlors, but the massage therapists say that they are necessary to fight off discriminatory laws.
Some of these unfair regulations targeted entire establishments, such as zoning rules that forced all massage businesses into run-down or dangerous parts of town, with the assumption that they were brothels. Massage providers argued that this was neither fair nor safe for, say, a 75-year-old woman seeking out massage for arthritis, or a soon-to-be mom trying to obtain a pre-natal massage.
Other laws targeted the therapists themselves. Stacey DeGooyer, a certified massage therapist in the Bay Area, remembers times when practicing massage meant mandatory STD testing and reminders from police to not wear undergarments as exterior clothing.
"I remember thinking, 'Wow, this is for my profession?'" DeGooyer said.
To massage practitioners' chagrin, they are still lumped into the same category as adult entertainers and subjected to "archaic prostitution laws," according to DeGooyer, while similar legitimate therapies, such as physical rehabilitation, are overlooked. Most massage providers aren't looking to be on par with physicians, but they don't want to be on par with prostitutes, either.
Bodywork in San Francisco
Currently, the city of San Francisco has its own certification program that is regulated by the Department of Public Health. To practice massage in the city, the provider must have a license from either the city or the CAMTC. However, only those who have the state CAMTC license can legally call themselves a "licensed massage" therapist or practitioner.
Tang has been one of the most outspoken critics of the CAMTC in San Francisco, urging the Legislature to let the body sunset at the end of the year.
"I wouldn't say that I'm against [the CAMTC], but there are structural flaws in how it was designed," Tang said. "It was created for good reasons, since there were so many jurisdictions and they wanted to standardize it and create a cohesive process.
"But there are jurisdictions like San Francisco where we have our own robust process, but when an establishment uses all CAMTC practitioners, they can bypass all rules. More and more people are starting to become aware of this and are starting to do CAMTC instead, and the city can't do anything."
But Netanel disagrees.
"Some cities are claiming that the CAMTC makes it more difficult for law enforcement, but that's not the reality," he said. "We even got a thank you letter from the Santa Monica Police saying we made it easier for them, not harder. Cities that cooperate and partner with CAMTC greatly benefit from our tools and protocols to go after bad apples. Other cities have a misinterpretation of the law, and choose to take a different approach."
Netanel said that even though some cities, such as San Francisco, compete with the CAMTC by providing their own massage licenses, over 150 other California cities have made CAMTC certification mandatory within their jurisdictions. He also points out that many applicants who are denied a license by the CAMTC often turn around and obtain a license within their cities, which generally have lower standards than the state organization.
The number of massage establishments have surged since the adoption of the CAMTC, which critics use as evidence for a growing number of illicit parlors. But Netanel referenced multiple points in the original bill which allows law enforcement to do its job to prevent prostitution. The CAMTC has no real enforcement power to go after illegal establishments itself, but instead works to prevent them from existing in the first place. Out of over 63,000 applicants, Netanel said, they have never certified a single person who has been convicted of illicit activities. They also utilize an online complaint form to report questionable behavior, and respond to all complaints within 24 hours.
The Department of Public Health and the SFPD—the two city entities which police illegal massage business—both ignored multiple requests from the Bay Guardian to find out exactly how and if the CAMTC makes their work more difficult.
The CAMTC is set to be dissolved at the beginning of next year, unless the Legislature decides to extend the original law. A current bill in the California Assembly would extend the CAMTC's authority until 2019, an additional four years, and massage therapists across the state are pleading for that to happen.
"Even with those who criticize [the CAMTC], we share the same goals," Netanel said. "We want a safe, healthy, and reliable certification process, so consumers can trust their therapists. Even more, we want to put an end to illegal massage parlors so they are no longer categorized with honest providers."


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On April 24, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a digital trove of 870,000 photographs, maps and videos that document more than 150 years of Big Apple history, starting in 1858. Among the highlights is a series of images showcasing the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened to the public 129 years ago on Thursday.
The evocative, black-and-white photographs are not only remarkable for the intimate and playful details they capture, including a shot of workers painting the Brooklyn Bridge in 1914—without harness!—but also because they were taken by an amateur photographer named Eugene de Salignac, who was a municipal worker from 1906-1934.
"He was an extremely talented photographer who was tasked with documenting the building of the city," says Eileen Flannelly, New York City's deputy commissioner for the department of records. "Unfortunately, he didn't get recognition for his images during his lifetime. He was just a civil service employee, really unknown. I don't think people really understood then that he was showing us how our city was built."
The push to unveil this digital archive has been in the works for nearly four years, and it's likely to become a hallmark achievement for Mayor Bloomberg, who has made it a mission to support technological initiatives during his tenure. Other photographs from the archive give viewers an inside look at the city's grisly crime scenes, old Times Square and various borough presidents' offices. "I look at the crime scene and it's like looking at an old gangster movies—they're fascinating because they don't look real," Flannelly says. "Then I look at pictures from the '80s and see how much the city has changed. It's fascinating because you don't have to go too far back to see how far we've come."
The New York City Municipal Archives Photo Gallery can be browsed online here.