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Biodiversity of the Hengduan Mountain Region, China
All collections are georeferenced, and the data and digital images are available online.
In 1997, under the auspices of the Biotic Surveys and Inventory Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Arnold Arboretum initiated a three-year program that brought together Chinese and American scientists to inventory the plant and fungal diversity of the Hengduan Mountains. These expeditions resulted in the addition of 32,623 specimens—7,970 of which were unique—of vascular plants, bryophytes, and fungi to the collections of the Harvard University Herbaria and of other herbaria worldwide.
Chinese and American botanists and mycologists are collaborating to inventory the plants and fungi of unexplored areas of the Hengduan Mountains biodiversity hotspot in south-central and southwestern China. The Hengduan area, roughly the size of Texas, lies on the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, extending from the Sichuan Basin to eastern Xizang (Tibet), and from northernmost Myanmar (Burma) southward to the Yunnan plateau. This unique area averages over 4,000 meters in elevation and straddles four of the major rivers of Asia, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy), the Nu Jiang (Salween), the Lancang Jiang (Mekong), and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze).
Rich in vascular plants, it is home to between 30 and 40 percent of China's roughly 30,000 species. Possibly 3,000 or more species are endemic. The area's flora is especially noteworthy for its diverse representation of several genera; for example, upwards of 225 species of Rhododendron, 200 of Pedicularis, and 100 each of Gentiana, Saussurea, and Primula are found there. The region is also rich in mosses and fungi. We discovered at least 15 new species of fungi and five of bryophytes on our field trips between 1997 and 2000. Extremes of geography and climate together with inaccessibility (caused by multiple factors) have kept much of this area unexplored or underexplored and to a large degree biologically unknown.
From 2004 to 2008 the research team will focus on the most poorly known areas, collecting specimens of plants and fungi and gathering information about them, determining biogeographical patterns, and drawing the boundaries of the hotspot. Specimens will be deposited in Chinese herbaria and in the Harvard University Herbaria, with duplicates sent to specialists for identification and study. All collections will be georeferenced and computerized in the field and the data and digital images will made available online.
Results of the project will be extremely useful in phylogenetics, floristics, biogeography, ecology, and conservation. In addition, the work will provide training for Chinese and American students in field techniques, in database development, and in GIS. All collections—herbarium, silica gel, and material collected by special request—will be made available to researchers as needed.


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Choreography by: George Balanchine
Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Mozartiana's prayerful opening will touch your spirit and the upbeat theme and variations that follows builds to pure exhilaration.
Mozartiana is set to the Suite No. 4, Tschaikovsky's arrangement and orchestration of several short works by Mozart. Balanchine first choreographed to this music at the start of his career in 1933, and nearly 50 years later, he returned to the score to create a new ballet, one of his last works. After seeing the work, author Solomon Volkov wrote this letter to Balanchine:


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Scuffling Bradley gets break from starting lineup
BOSTON -- After a nice hot streak earlier in the month, Jackie Bradley Jr. has struggled at the plate over the past nine days, going 3-for-30 entering play Sunday.
He was out of the lineup for Sunday's game against O's right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, but manager John Farrell said that the center fielder will be back in there for Monday morning's Patriots' Day game.
Despite the numbers, Farrell sees progress in Bradley's approach from last season.
"Overall, yes," said Farrell. "Again, more of a known commodity of what pitchers are trying to do to attack him. I think he's just become more familiar with the Major League environment."
Bradley had 18 strikeouts in 50 at-bats entering play Sunday.
"Even he acknowledges the frequency of strikeouts have been greater than what he's experienced at the Minor League level," Farrell said. "He's also facing very good pitching every night he walks on the field. It's a different challenge at this level. Along the way with young players, there's going to be some ebb and flow to the performance, and we have to remain patient to that."


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Just in Time
Harry Burns, a cynical Wall Street stockbroker, wakes up naked except for some strips of fur, and lying on what seems to be a forest floor. Soon he is discovered by a menacing group of men who are similarly arrayed, and their hostile behavior leads him inexorably, although amazingly, to the conclusion that he has been captured by a fragile, endangered hunter/gatherer society somewhere in the Pleistocene era. Still cursed or blessed with his wry and savvy twenty-first-century consciousness, he understands that his suspicious hosts will kill him unless he can be immediately useful to them.
Desperate to save his life and to endear himself somehow to his captors, Harry enlists his modern world knowledge to help them defeat a brutal invasion by the feared band of powerful enemies who attack periodically. He teaches the colony's men some simple elements of ambush and rudimentary warfare, but when his new "family" exults at the victory they have won thanks to his mysterious sophistication and cunning, he is sickened by the terrible carnage.
After he experiences some of the routine brutalities of the colony's daily existence, Harry determines to use his knowledge to do good. Anticipating the future he knows, he will try to invent the wheel, create an alphabet, and accelerate progress toward a more peaceful and humane future. He is keenly aware of the ironies that surround these ambitions but he still feels compelled to realize them.
As his relationships with the group's men and women begin to unfold, Harry is affirmed in this mission by a visit to — or is it a vision of? — the colony's god Xa, a deeply erotic presence and the only consciousness in this entire universe, except for Harry, who is aware that he comes from the future. Unlike Harry, though, Xa also knows why he has been sent into the past.
Also affirming Harry's purpose and embracing his addled sanity is the wise elder he calls CC, who supplies some protection from the ever-unpredictable and often violent others. Though Harry is to have two interesting mates and many enlightening, tragic, and gratifying relationships, CC functions as his only real friend; like Harry, he is an eccentric outsider here who is sometimes more suspected and resented for his great knowledge than respected for it. The contrasts between CC and the headstrong, menacing Keke, the society's most heroic hunter/warrior, illuminate the range between its intriguing margins.
Harry's relationship with the woman he calls Cloud, an elegant and influential leader who is abused by her powerful mate, provides another stream of tension, and so does the intermittent roaring of terrifying probes routinely dispatched to the area by those who are in fact responsible for Harry's presence in the colony. They include the formidable Karang, one of the scientists from another galaxy who have proposed and are monitoring Harry's time travel in the hope of producing a different future than the one we now know.
As he races to introduce advances that will dignify and enhance his adopted people rather than endanger and destroy them, Harry has a second chance to be the human being he never tried to be in his own time — generous, able to savor the moment and live in the present, and aware of his own unique existence as well as his vibrant role in the lives of others. Although his bittersweet and sometimes comical sense of the human condition is all but incommunicable in his new self-contained world, Harry improvises a life for himself and his tribe that leads to an unexpected and liberating future.


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CHIPLEY � In spite of the raging heat, a dozen teams showed up to compete in The Washington-Holmes Domestic Violence Task Force�s co-ed softball tournament held on June 15 to raise money to build a shelter for battered women and their children.
CHIPLEY � In spite of the raging heat, a dozen teams showed up to compete in The Washington-Holmes Domestic Violence Task Force�s co-ed softball tournament held on June 15 to raise money to build a shelter for battered women and their children.
�We�re raising money because there isn�t a shelter within a hundred miles for a woman and her children to escape an abusive relationship,� said Missy Sword Lee, Family Intervention Program Supervisor with Habilitative Services of Northwest Florida. �It�s bad enough that they�ve found themselves in a harmful relationship, they don�t need to pack up their things, quit their jobs, pull their kids out of school and have to move all the way to Panama City to find assistance.�
The 12 teams that participated were Taylor Chiropractic, Holmes County Sheriff�s Office, Children�s Advocacy Center partnered with Bay County Sheriff�s Office, Department of Children and Families, LMC/Anchorage/BBCBC, three teams from First Free Will Baptist Church, Bonifay Athletic Club, Florida Highway Patrol, Alicia Brininger and the Bombers and Joel Patrick and the Seam Splitters.
�Rev. Luther Farmer of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, whose daughter was involved in domestic violence years ago and was murdered as a result, said the opening prayer,� said Lee. �Cody Boyette sang the National Anthem and Judge Colby Peel threw the opening pitch to Jake Zauner. A big thank you to Guy Lane and the City of Chipley for letting us use Pal's Park.�
First place went to Joel Patrick and the Seam Splitters, second place went to Chris Ellis and the Florida Highway Patrol, third place went to Dr. Mark Taylor and Taylor Chiropractic and fourth place went to Johnny Slay and Bonifay Athletic Club.
�The community donated some of the food, all of the prizes and several cash donations including a very generous donation of $400 from Holmes County Teen Court,� said Lee. �Several students from Washington County and Holmes County schools earned community service hours by working in the concession stand and umpiring games/keeping score. Bonifay Chief of police Chris Wells also helped umpire several games.�
She said that there were a lot of donated items to raffle to help raise money for the cause.
�Nicole Everson photography donated a photo session package valued at $600 and Trinity Martial Arts donated $500 worth of martial arts and cage fitness classes,� said Lee. �We were able to auction off items from Little Obsessions Boutique, The Silver Door, Southern Comfort Gift Boutique and Dashing Designs by Clarissa Moore.�
The Washington-Holmes Domestic Violence Task Force holds a regular meeting the second Thursday of every month, alternating between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Washington-Holmes Technical Center.
The next meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on July 11 at the Washington-Holmes Technical Center�s Student Commons.
In September they will visit Washington and Holmes County�s Board of County Commissioners with a proclamation acknowledging September as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
In October they will hold a walk/vigil and a concert in memory of loved ones who have been affected by domestic violence.
Lee also said that she is looking for anyone who would donate their house or facility as a shelter, explaining that they could receive no state funding until the shelter was successfully up and running for one year.
�We�re a 501(c)3 not for profit organization and any donation is tax deductible,� said Lee. �If there was someone that could be so kind as to donate their empty home for a shelter it would be a tremendous blessing.�
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The calendar turns to March on Saturday, which means the college basketball season heats up. The King University men's and women's basketball teams will both host Conference Carolinas Tournament games in win-or-go-home contests Saturday night at the Student Center Complex.
The Tornado women earned the fourth seed in the Conference Carolinas Tournament after finishing the regular season with a 10-8 mark in league play and 16-10 overall record. They will tip off at their usual 5:30 p.m., slot against eight Barton College or rival Lees-McRae College. The seedings will be finalized on Thursday night after the Erskine College-Pfeiffer University contest.
The King men earned the third seed, only one game out of first place with a Conference Carolinas record of 11-5 and overall mark of 14-12. The Tornado will tip off following the women's game at approximately 7:30 p.m., in the Student Center. King will face either Erskine College or North Greenville University, depending on the outcome of the Erskine-Pfeiffer game on Thursday night.
The Conference Carolinas Tournament "Final Four" will be played a Cabarrus Arena in Concord, N.C., on March 5-6.


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Home opener vs. White Sox bodes well for Royals
DETROIT -- The first game of the season has not been kind to the Royals in recent years. Monday's 4-3 loss at Detroit was their sixth straight on Opening Day. Overall, their mark is 15-31.
But the team's home opener is coming up at 3:10 p.m. CT on Friday against the White Sox, and the club's record in its first game on home grounds is considerably better, just one game under .500 at 22-23. That includes 20-21 at Kauffman Stadium after the Royals went 2-2 at old Municipal Stadium from 1969-72.
The Royals won last year's home opener, 3-1, over the Twins with Ervin Santana getting the victory and Aaron Crow the save. After being shut out for seven innings, the Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth with Alcides Escobar's RBI double accounting for the go-ahead run. Suddenly the sellout crowd erupted, and there was joy in Kansas City.
That was the Royals' seventh game of the season; they opened 3-3 on the road in Chicago and Philadelphia.
The Royals most recently won back-to-back home openers in 2007 and 2008 over Boston and New York, and they have another chance this year. History is in their favor. The Royals have had their home opener four times against the White Sox and won three of them.


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As a baseball blog, I feel it necessary to point out history when it happens, and it happened today. Felix Hernandez pitched the first perfect game in the history of the Seattle Mariners, he was spectacular. His final line, 9 innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, and 12 strike outs, wow. Congrats King Felix.
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- FA Cup round-up
Suarez hands Liverpool victory as Swans deny Arsenal
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Liverpool weathered a late storm to book their place in the FA Cup fourth round with victory at Mansfield, while Danny Graham forced a replay for Swansea with a late equaliser against Arsenal.
Daniel Sturridge marked his Liverpool debut with a goal as the Reds booked a fourth-round clash with Oldham Athletic following a 2-1 victory over Mansfield Town at the One Call Stadium.
Sturridge needed just seven minutes to open his Liverpool account before Luis Suarez's controversial goal early in the second half put the game beyond Mansfield, although Liverpool were forced to weather a late storm after the hosts pulled a goal back through Matt Green.
Suarez appeared to handle the ball before rifling the ball past Stags keeper Alan Marriott, but the goal was allowed to stand. Mansfield continued to battle bravely, but were unable to force a replay as Brad Jones was forced to make a number of crucial saves.
Making his first appearance since his transfer from Chelsea, Sturridge looked lively and could have had a hattrick inside the opening 15 minutes. Running onto a precise throughball from Jonjo Shelvey, Sturridge stroked the ball past Mansfield keeper Alan Marriot first time.
He nearly got his second two minutes later, racing onto a sloppy backpass from John Dempster, but Marriott was out quickly to deal with it, and he stood up to block Sturridge's shot when the striker was guilty of hesitating when one-on-one with the keeper.
Mansfield also had their chances in the first half - Green was denied a penalty after he appeared to be bundled over in the box by Sebastian Coates before the striker forced a save from Jones after a fierce strike from the edge of the area.
And the visitors started brightly in the second half, dominating possession and putting their Premier League opponents under a host of pressure. Jones pulled off a save before fumbling a second before Green's backheel was saved at point blank range.
Pushing forward in search of an equaliser, Mansfield were leaving themselves exposed on the counterattack, and Liverpool broke through Stewart Downing, who threaded the ball through to Sturridge, but his shot flashed narrowly wide.
The former Chelsea striker was replaced by Suarez on 55 minutes, and the Reds' top scorer had the ball in the back of the net inside four minutes, albeit in controversial circumstances. Marriott saved Suarez's initial strike from Downing's square pass, but Suarez appeared to control the ball with his hand before bundling home the rebound.
But Mansfield deservedly claimed a consolation goal through the ever-lively Green, who lashed the ball home after Lee Beevers knocked the ball back from Colin Daniel's cross to the far post after Liverpool failed to clear their lines from a free-kick.
Jones was kept busy in the dying minutes as Mansfield desperately searched for an equaliser to keep them in the competition, but Liverpool held out to seal their place in the last 32.
Arsenal produced two goals in the last ten minutes to seemingly wrap up victory in the FA Cup third round against Swansea, but they were denied by Danny Graham in the 87th minute as the sides settled for a thrilling 2-2 draw.
With Arsene Wenger's side 18 points adrift of league leaders Manchester United, the FA Cup represents arguably the Gunners' best hope of silverware this season, but with nine minutes left they trailed to Michu's excellent solo strike.
Cue a late charge as Lukas Podolski - with an instinctive strike - and then Kieran Gibbs - with a glorious volley - turned the match on its head in the space of three minutes.
However, just when the Gunners thought they had booked their place in round four, Graham appeared unmarked at the back post, slamming into the roof of the net to force a replay for the Swans.
There was little sign of the drama that followed in a first half that only stirred briefly to life, once in the 13th minute when Graham forced a sharp stop from Wojciech Szczesny, and then again moments before half-time when ex-Gunner Kyle Bartley headed against the bar.
A driving run by Aaron Ramsey produced strong penalty appeals directly after the interval as Dwight Tiendalli appeared to inadvertently clip the heels of the Arsenal midfielder, but a penalty award would have been extremely harsh.
Olivier Giroud, who started the game for Arsenal, troubled Michel Vorm with a spectacular volley moments later, prompting Michael Laudrup to turn to his main man from the bench.
Within moments, Michu picked up the ball just inside the Arsenal half, dinked it over the off-balance Per Mertesacker and then kept his cool to slot past Szczesny while under pressure from Laurent Koscielny.
Arsenal could and should have responded when Giroud missed a gilt-edged header from six yards, and then Theo Walcott slashed wide when one-one-one with the goalkeeper.
They finally got their reward nine minutes from time when Podolski swivelled and hit in one movement, and then Gibbs nudged Arsenal ahead when he slammed a volley high above the helpless Vorm.
Still there was time for Swansea to equalise, Graham taking advantage of Arsenal's zonal marking, and both sides could have won it as Tiendalli and Koscielny both wasted fine chances in the dying minutes.


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The most recent issue of the glossy Petters Group magazine featured chief executive Tom Petters on the cover showing off a new Polaroid digital printer. Inside the magazine, Petters talks about the importance of education and giving, and about the charitable works of the John T. Petters Foundation, named after his late son.
But the accompanying pictures of smiling employees, grant recipients and foundation guests at a Florida polo outing masked a looming crisis facing the self-made millionaire.
In court documents unsealed late Friday, federal agents painted a starkly different portrait of the St. Cloud native and chairman of Sun Country Airlines, among other high-profile companies. In a search warrant filed in federal court in St. Paul, the FBI describes Petters as the key figure in a high-stakes fraud scheme that began in the mid-1990s and continues unabated.
He has declined to discuss the investigation publicly. Through his attorney, Jon Hopeman, he asserted his innocence and said he'd fight if he is charged.
The public metamorphosis of Petters from world-class businessman and philanthropist to the target of a major federal investigation began abruptly Wednesday morning, when his home and headquarters were rushed by a phalanx of federal agents brandishing search warrants.
Scores of agents herded employees of Petters Group Worldwide into the company's Minnetonka cafeteria, told them to turn off their cell phones, then escorted them from the property. Petters was out of town and had to quickly fly back to the Twin Cities.
In the meantime, agents with the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the IRS criminal investigative division worked from morning into the evening and left with trucks and vans packed with paper and electronic documents. A stunned business community could only wonder what it was all about.
Petters, an outwardly successful and charismatic businessman, has maintained silence in the aftermath of the raid, other than to apologize to employees for the disruption. Later, he talked to business people in an airport hangar about future aviation endeavors.
But that was before the government released its bombshell: an FBI agent's sworn statement detailing allegations of a complex and massive fraud. One of Petters' associates was secretly recorded saying the fraud exceeded $2 billion. The affidavit says Petters and a handful of associates enticed investors into deals that were allegedly secured by retail products. But there were no products and the purchase and sale of those products was fictitious, according to the government.
'Out of all the people in world'
To friends and associates, the thought of Petters as the object of a federal investigation is incongruous with the businessman and benefactor they know.
"Out of all the people in the world -- everyone who knew him fell to the floor when they heard the news," said David Koch, CEO of the restaurant Bellanotte, in which Petters was an early investor. "He was always very considerate. He was always helping others make it in business," Koch said. "He invested significant amounts to help people get off the ground or pick them up from the ground."
To get a handle on all of Petters' business interests is a complex task. The parent company is called Petters Group Worldwide with headquarters on Baker Road in Minnetonka. In addition to Sun Country, the Petters umbrella includes Polaroid, Petters Warehouse Direct and Fingerhut. Petters Co. Inc., the object of the government's interest, is described as a finance company.
But a review of public records compiled by a commercial data clearinghouse indicates that Petters has been associated with other companies in finance and real estate, from Florida to Massachusetts to Colorado to California.
News of the raid last week prompted investors and investment advisers from Canada to Texas to call reporters for additional information, none of which was available on the tightly wrapped federal investigation until the close of business Friday.
Petters, 51, opened the first Petters Warehouse Direct in 1995 after several years working the retail floor at the old Schaak Electronics chain. In 2002, Petters and veteran entrepreneur Ted Deikel purchased Fingerhut's catalog business. Today, Petters remains a minority owner in the direct mail company.
The Petters Group bought Polaroid in 2005 for $426 million with a strategy of using the well-known brand name to sell a line of consumer electronics, including plasma TVs, DVD players and memory cards. The next year, Petters entered the money-guzzling airline business when he bought a stake in Sun Country. By late 2007, he expanded his investment and now owns all of the voting shares in Sun Country. The airline soaked up $25 million of Petters' cash within the past year as high fuel prices punished commercial carriers.
Petters entered the media business this year when he bought assets from Metropolitan Media Group. That enterprise was renamed Great Waters Media and became controversial when a number of former employees of the lifestyle magazines were refused back pay and accrued vacation.
Was cash flow a problem? A conversation between Petters and an associate mentioned in the FBI affidavit suggests so. In a conversation with the executive about the alleged fraud scheme, Petters reportedly says that "he doesn't know what choice they have" other than continuing to create false documents to attract investors.
Tragedy and philanthropy
Petters' apparent successes in business were marred by personal tragedy when his 21-year-old son, John, was stabbed to death while on vacation in Italy. Petters was killed after he and a companion accidentally wandered into a home's private garden and were confronted by the knife-wielding owner of the property.
"He had such a zest for life," Petters said of his son after the 2004 incident.
That led Petters to create the John T. Petters Center for Leadership, Ethics and Skills Development at Miami University in Ohio, where his son had attended college. Petters funded the center with a $10 million donation.
Philanthropy has become a big part of the Petters brand in recent years. He donated $8.3 million to the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., for its study-abroad program and renovation of the Benedicta Arts Center. Petters donated $4 million more to Miami University for a chair in Asian business, and he gave $12 million for international programs at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., where his daughter, Jennifer, got her degree.
In response to a Star Tribune inquiry, officials at St. Benedict called Petters and his companies "very generous benefactors" to St. Benedict and other colleges. Miami University officials declined to discuss the status of Petters' contributions to the school other than to provide press releases that praised his "vision and leadership" when the second gift was made in 2006.
Susan Neis, executive director of Cornerstone, a Bloomington domestic abuse center, said Petters' involvement in fundraising for a new facility was invaluable to the nonprofit organization. A teen lounge in the new building is named in memory of John Petters.
Neis said Tom Petters had firsthand knowledge of the devastating effects of domestic abuse because he helped a family member escape an abusive marriage.
"It was an issue close to his heart. He introduced us to people who could provide financial help, and he supported our campaign for a new facility," Neis said. "He is a compassionate man who, when asked, will help people out."
On Saturday, Neis said: "It's always very sad when you've had a positive experience with a person who is compassionate about something and they find themselves in a bad situation. I feel sad for Tom. I feel sad for his family. It affects everyone."
Koch said Petters was a quiet investor in his Bellanotte restaurant business in downtown Minneapolis but offered advice when asked.
"He never got in my hair. He spoke to me about certain things business-wise where I had shortcomings," Koch said. "I learned that when you're judging something, you have to sometimes sit back and be fully analytical before you make a move."
Petters, who has retained a criminal defense attorney to deal with the investigation, now awaits the government's next move.
Last week, after a raucous 12 hours when federal agents roamed the premises, the Petters corporate mantra was business as usual. But the contents of government search warrants suggests otherwise.
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Steven Mason enters his sixth season of working with the Lipscomb men's and women's cross country/track and field programs. In June of 2016, he joined the coaching staff full-time as an assistant coach to women's distance. Along with coaching, his primary responsibilities include strength and conditioning for the entire men's and women's programs, as well as the team performance therapist.
Prior to joining the cross country/track and field staff on a full-time basis, Mason served in the strength and conditioning department as a strength coach from 2011 to 2016. He worked primarily with the women's soccer team, as well as men's and women's cross country/track and field programs.
In college, Mason competed as a NCAA Division I Track and Field athlete for Lipscomb, running the 200m, 400m, and 800m events, as well as throwing javelin. During his collegiate career, he served three years as a team captain. He also served on the team spiritual formation committee, initiating and leading the first team athletic mission trip to inner city Los Angeles in May of 2010. Since then, he has formed, directed and led eight consecutive team mission trips to Belize, Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.
Mason graduated from Lipscomb in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. Upon graduating, he immediately began working as a graduate assistant strength coach for the athletic weight room. During those two years, he completed his master's degree in Exercise and Nutrition Science through the Kinesiology Department at Lipscomb.
Coach Mason has been an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) since 2012 and received his distinction as a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) in 2014. During his time as a graduate assistant strength coach, he was selected as one of five candidates for the NSCA's Assistantship Program.
While working as a strength coach, Mason became increasingly interested in human movement and saw a huge need to bridge the gap between rehabilitation and performance. In 2013, he became certified in Functional Movement Systems (FMS), a system of corrective screens and assessments that identifies movement dysfunction as the result of poor motor control, muscle imbalance, and asymmetries. He is also a certified Movement and Mobility Specialist through the MobilityWod Institute.
After completing his master's degree, Mason enrolled in a sports massage therapy program. He became a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) in 2016 and specializes in sports massage, cupping, Kinesio/Rock taping, and Fascial Stretch Therapy. He is also full body certified in Active Release Techniques, often considered the gold standard in soft tissue therapy. He currently travels with the team as a coach and performance therapist, treating athletes before and after their competitive events.
Coach Mason currently resides in Nashville with his wife Louisa (former Lipscomb distance runner and current volunteer assistant).


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While I have no problem with the governor, mayors and heads of municipalities throughout New York giving addresses, the issue I have is that many elected officials have seen the attention that these speeches have received and have decided that hosting their own spin-off events would be a politically expedient way of patting themselves on the back while touting their ideas and achievements.
Recently, in New York City, we have seen the City Council speaker, City Comptroller and borough presidents all host their own addresses. It is ridiculous and a complete waste of time and money to set up these events that often seem like campaign speeches without the banners and adoring supporters.
I rarely applaud our federal politicians for setting an example but neither the Speaker of the House nor the Senate Majority Leader have their own State of the Union Addresses following the president's. I am sure many of our senatorial and congressional representatives would love to speak on behalf of the Union but it is simply not their place. In the same way it is not appropriate for the Council speaker, Comptroller or any other elected official to speak on behalf of the city.
The shameless self-promotion and grandstanding needs to end. Our city and state face great challenges that deserve our undivided attention. All these self-aggrandizing speeches really only serve to beg the question that with all of these great ideas and accomplishments by these politicians, why do we still face such serious problems?


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Amiodarone, sold under the brand names Cordarone, Nexterone or Pacerone, is a medication used — sometimes in emergency situations — to treat irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias).
Heart arrhythmias can occur in conditions such as ventricular arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (thickening of the walls of the heart).
Amiodarone may also be prescribed off-label for children to help treat irregular heartbeat.
Amiodarone belongs to group of drugs known as anti-arrhythmics. There are four major classes of anti-arrhythmics, and amiodarone belongs to Class III. It works by:
Amiodarone was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the brand name Pacerone in 1985, and was manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now a division of Pfizer).
Amiodarone has two black-box warnings for having the potential to cause the risk of sudden death and potentially deadly side effects including:
As a result, amiodarone is only prescribed for patients in situations where the risk outweighs the benefit (e.g., for patients who have heart conditions that are considered to be deadly).
You should not take amiodarone if:
Patients who receive amiodarone via injection (intravenously) will need to do so in a hospital setting.
Talk to your doctor before taking amiodarone if you:
Amiodarone should only be taken in situations when there are no other options available, because the drug could harm the fetus.
Regardless, you should tell your doctor if you are pregnant or might become pregnant before taking this medication.
Amiodarone is not recommended for breastfeeding women, so make sure to tell your physician if you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed.
You should tell your doctor if any of the following side effects become severe or don't go away:
You should call your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following serious side effects:
Although not common, some patients taking amiodarone may notice a bluish or gray-blue tint to the skin (ceruloderma).
In rare cases, patients who have taken amiodarone for long periods of time and in higher doses may begin to see yellowish halos due to a build-up of small bodies of fat on the eye, known as corneal microdeposits.
This side effect reportedly goes away roughly seven months after stopping amiodarone.
Another rare side effect is a condition known as demyelinating polyneuropathy, which can lead to partial or permanent blindness.
It's recommended that all patients on amiodarone have a test of their lung function (called a pulmonary function test) before or just after starting amiodarone and yearly during therapy.
This is advised to monitor for the possible side effect of pulmonary fibrosis.
Tell your doctor about all prescription, non-prescription, illegal, recreational, herbal, nutritional, or dietary drugs you're taking.
You should not take amiodarone if you are taking the following drugs:
Other medications that have serious interactions with amiodarone include:
Avoid or limit drinking alcohol while taking amiodarone.
Alcohol use increases the risk that you'll experience side effects of the drug.
You should avoid eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice while taking amiodarone.
Grapefruit juice slows down how quickly the body is able to break down the medication, which could cause amiodarone levels in the blood to rise dangerously high.
Amiodarone is available in tablet form or as a liquid for injection. The injection must be given in the hospital by a trained healthcare professional.
Patients receiving amiodarone for the first time are normally closely monitored by healthcare professional to help determine whether their body can tolerate the drug.
Amiodarone tablets are available in 100 milligram (mg), 200 mg, and 400 mg tablets taken by mouth.
When you first start taking amiodarone, your doctor may put you on a higher dose (ranging from 800 to 1600 mg per day) for one to three weeks until your body starts to respond to the drug. Then, your dose may be decreased (ranging from 400 mg to 600 mg per day).
In children, the dose of amiodarone is normally based on the child's body surface area (BSA), and normally ends being no more than 400 mg per day.
Amiodarone can be taken with or without food, but you should always take it with a full glass of water.
You should expect to have regular follow-up visits and blood work done while taking this drug to make sure your body is responding well to the drug.
If you suspect an overdose, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately.
You can get in touch with a poison control center at (800) 222-1222.
If you miss a dose of amiodarone, try to take it as soon as you remember.
However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue on your regular schedule.
Don't double up on doses to make up for a missed one.
A: Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat abnormal beating of the heart (cardiac arrhythmias). The drug has a wide range of side effects including the corneal deposits and pulmonary scarring you mentioned. Some side effects are obscure, but ones such as sensitivity to light, decreased thyroid function, changes in liver function, nausea, vomiting, constipation, and anorexia are more common. If you feel as if you are experiencing additional side effects, discuss them with your pharmacist or physician. Some side effects can be treated so that amiodarone therapy can continue and still be tolerated. The link included may provide you more information you may find helpful about amiodarone. //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/amiodarone Jeff O'Connell, PharmD
A: Amiodarone (Cordarone) is an antiarrhythmic drug used to keep the heart beating normally in patients with life-threatening heart rhythm disorders of the ventricles (lower chambers of the heart). Amiodarone is indicated to treat ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Amiodarone can cause serious side effects. The first doses of amiodarone are administered in a hospital where your heart can be closely monitored in case the medication causes serious side effects. According to the prescribing information for Cordarone (amiodarone), the most serious side effects that are possible with treatment include pulmonary (lung) toxicity, worsening of arrhythmia and rare, but serious, liver injury. Some of the other reported side effects of amiodarone therapy include neurologic problems (fatigue, tremor, involuntary movements and poor coordination), gastrointestinal disturbances (nausea, vomiting, constipation and anorexia), abnormalities involving the eye (optic neuritis, optic neuropathy, blindness, photosensitivity and corneal and macular degeneration), dermatological abnormalities (photosensitivity and pigmentation changes) and cardiovascular complications including congestive heart failure and decreased heart rate. Avoid consumption of grapefruit juice or grapefruit while being treated with amiodarone. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice can inhibit the breakdown of amiodarone and cause increased levels of the drug in the body and an increased risk for dangerous side effects. When being treated with amiodarone, the lowest effective dose should be used by your health care provider to decrease your risk for serious side effects. Alternative treatments to amiodarone depend on exactly which type of arrhythmia is being treated. You should consult with your health care provider regarding this issue. Depending on which type of arrhythmia you have, alternative treatment options can be discussed. For more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications, particularly before taking any action. Beth Isaac, PharmD
A: Pacerone (amiodarone) is an antiarrhythmic agent (medication used for irregular heart beat) used for various types of tachyarrhythmias (fast forms of irregular heart beat), both ventricular and supraventricular (atrial) arrhythmias. Serious side effects of Pacerone include: a new or a worsening irregular heartbeat pattern; fast, slow, or pounding heartbeats; feeling like you might pass out; wheezing; cough; chest pain; trouble breathing; coughing up blood; blurred vision; headache or pain behind your eyes sometimes with vomiting feeling short of breath even with mild exertion; swelling; rapid weight gain; weight loss; thinning hair; feeling too hot or too cold; increased sweating; irregular menstrual periods; swelling in your neck (goiter); numbness, burning, pain, or tingling in your hands or feet; or nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, and clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes). Other less serious side effects of Pacerone may include: feeling dizzy or tired, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, constipation, loss of appetite, sleep problems (insomnia), weakness, lack of coordination; or warmth, tingling, or redness under your skin. These are not all the possible side effects of Pacerone. For a complete list, ask your doctor or pharmacist. For more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications, particularly before taking any action. Shereen A. Gharbia, PharmD
A: Cordarone (amiodarone) is an antiarrhythmic medication that affects the rhythm of heartbeats. Amiodarone is used to help keep the heart beating normally in people with life-threatening heart rhythm disorders of the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart that allow blood to flow out of the heart); it treats ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Amiodarone may also be used for other purposes. For more information on this medication, go to //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/amiodarone. Lowell Sterler, RPh
By Frieda Wiley, PharmD, CGP, RPh | Medically Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD
Latest Update: 2015-02-19
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Some say Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets broke Sonny Weems's ankles in last night's Nets/Raptors game in London. That means some look past the fact that Weems more likely than not got tripped by Kris Humphries while defending Williams.
Potato, potahto.
Deron Williams breaks Sonny Weems' ankles!!! [YouTube]
Nets beat Raptors in Europe's first NBA game [NBC Sports]
NBA heads to Europe [Al Jazeera English]
NBA's Silver Says Basketball's U.K. Fan Base Is Growing [YouTube]
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There are initial reports that mortars that hit near the Kerem Shalom crossing came from Egypt.
In the hours before Operation Pillar of Defense, there were four rockets fired from the Sinai towards Israel.
I can imagine the Islamists in the Sinai itching to join in the shooting, especially since they know Israel isn't going to attack Egypt. At least one major Sinai jihadist group openly claims to cooperate with Hamas when firing rockets.
Egypt, publicly a staunch defender of Hamas but privately far more cautious, will need to make clear very soon how it intends to deal with such actions. Morsi will probably string this out as long as possible, claiming plausible deniability to the West while tacitly supporting the groups by dragging his feet to stop them.
As far as I can tell, Egyptian security did little or nothing after the last round of fire on Israel.
Even if this report doesn't pan out, there is a good chance that Sinai groups will be firing towards Jewish communities.
The target of Kerem Shalom is interesting. It is the crossing through which Gazans get most of their food and other supplies via Israel. The crossing was closed on Sunday and Monday because of the rocket fire, reopened Tuesday and Wednesday and then closed again since then.
(By the way, Israel keeps the Erez crossing open for diplomats and reporters. A number of diplomats, trying to flee Gaza on Thursday, were stopped from leaving - by Hamas. They were detained for several hours. Too bad none of them will talk about it. I received this information from an Israeli military source.)
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Austerity, Social Unrest, And Europe's 'Lose-Lose' Proposition
by Tyler Durden
The link between government spending cuts and social unrest is highly non-linear and extremely troublesome. We first noted the must-read quantification of the relationship between so-called CHAOS of social unrest and spending cuts back in early January and this brief lecture reiterates some of the frightening conclusions. Critically, small spending cuts impact social unrest in very marginal ways but once the cuts begin to rise to 2-3% of GDP then the probability of considerable and painful social unrest becomes much higher. As Hans-Joachim Voth points out in this INET lecture, analogizing between a burning cigarette as a catalyst for a forest fire in an arid landscape, he suggests the rapid build up of combustible material caused by austerity (youth unemployment in Spain perhaps?) could be inflamed by a seemingly small catalyst that would otherwise be ignored in general (a poor immigrant being shot or motorist murdered in a bad part of town) when spending cuts are at the extremes we see across Europe currently. The frightening reality of the non-economic, real social costs of the Troika's handiwork look set to be tested going forward as the link between periods of very heavy unrest (clusters of rioting for instance) and austerity is very strong. His findings on the post-chaos fiscal policies, (what does the government do once social unrest explodes) are perhaps more worrisome in that governments will immediately withdraw from austerity patterns which leads to some tough game-theoretical perspectives on the endgame in Europe in a 'lose-lose proposition' for austerity as the uncertainty shock of these events cause dramatic drops in Industrial Production.
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A commuter ferry slams into a New York City dock, injuring dozens on board. NBC's Chris Clackum reports.
Updated at 3:35 p.m. ET -- A commuter ferry packed with more than 300 passengers crashed into a dock in Lower Manhattan early Wednesday, injuring 74, at least two critically. Nine people were also in serious condition, officials said.
The force of the crash tossed some morning commuters in the air and sent others tumbling down stairs, witnesses said.
"Everybody got jolted right out of their seats," passenger Sean Boyle told NBC 4 New York, adding that it felt like the vessel went "full speed right into the pier."
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After the accident, a large gash could be seen in the underside of the ferry, which was operated by Seastreak and originated from Highland, N.J., around 8 a.m.
Aerial footage showed people strapped to stretchers, their heads and necks immobilized, with firefighters swarming the ferry and surrounding areas.
"We were pulling in like we normally do every day, and the next thing I know, I was six feet in the air," rider Ashley Furman told NBC 4 New York. "I woke up from getting knocked out six feet in the air behind me. Thank god I'm OK and I'm not on a stretcher like everybody else."
One of those in critical condition was rushed to surgery with a head injury, a spokesperson with the New York Police Department said. A total of 326 people, including five crew members, had been aboard the vessel.
It was not known what caused the crash, which occurred at Manhattan's Pier 11, near Wall Street. Weather conditions were normal Wednesday morning, and no mariner warnings had been posted before the 8:45 a.m. accident happened, NBC 4 New York reported.
According to James Barker, Seastreak's president, the ferry's captain was at the controls when the vessel crashed. Barker said the captain had passed a breathalyzer test, and authorities were still waiting for results of a drug test – both of which are routine tests to be taken in accidents such as this one, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
He added that the captain, a 10-year veteran of Seastreak, was cooperating with authorities.
The National Transportation Safety Board launched a full investigation into the crash, and was working with the Coast Guard.
Seastreak commuter service offers rides from the New York metropolitan area to and from New Jersey, according to its website.
Wednesday's ferry accident was not the only one in recent New York history. In 2003, a Staten Island ferry got into an accident when its pilot, suffering from fatigue and on painkillers, passed out at the wheel; 11 people were killed. In May 2010, due to a mechanical malfunction, the same ferry smashed into a pier, injuring nearly 40 people.
PhotoBlog: Pictures from the ferry accident in Lower Manhattan
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State Rep. Matt Gaetz said legislation he plans to introduce Monday could cut nearly five years off the average inmate�s stay on death row.
State Rep. Matt Gaetz said legislation he plans to introduce Monday could cut nearly five years off the average inmate�s stay on death row.
The death penalty reform bill, which Gaetz was putting the final touches on Friday afternoon, would require judges at the Circuit Court and Supreme Court levels to speed up their reviews of motions filed by inmates sentenced to die.
It also would attempt to change some strategies employed by defense attorneys and would punish lawyers who admit to providing ineffective counsel in cases where a client was sentenced to die.
�It�s admittedly provocative,� said Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach. �We have to have a carrot and a stick for people in the system to make sure they�re doing their jobs.�
However, before the bill�s language could be enforced, voters would have to approve a constitutional amendment to give state lawmakers the right to �craft judicial rules.�
The Supreme Court has ruled that only it has the constitutional authority to write the rules it follows. Since that ruling, which followed a 2001 attempt to reform the death penalty appeals process, the average death case appeal lasts three years longer, Gaetz said.
�We can enforce the tightened time frame if the voters allow the Legislature to craft judicial rules,� he said.
Marty Lester, an attorney in Okaloosa County who has defended clients in death penalty cases, warned against taking rash steps in the name of reform.
�Obviously, I haven�t seen the draft legislation and can�t comment on any of the particulars,� Lester said. �But I think when you�re dealing with someone being found guilty or not guilty of an offense that could lead to execution, the most important thing is getting it right, not necessarily getting it fast.�
Gaetz said his review of the death penalty in Florida found that the average inmate spends 14 years on death row before the sentence is carried out.
He�s found some cases, like that of convicted local serial killer Frank Walls, that have taken much longer. Walls was sentenced to die in 1988 and again on retrial in 1992. He�s now spent 25 years on death row.
Gaetz said he�s discovered that it is after sentencing, in post conviction litigation, that �you begin the abyss.�
Gaetz said the delays begin with the Supreme Court, to which all death sentences are appealed.
�Unfortunately, the court may not be prioritizing these cases,� he said.
Gaetz�s legislation, if passed, would give the Supreme Court 180 days to rule on a post conviction appeal.
�Today it takes years,� he said. �We think 180 days is sufficient. That could potentially cut two years off the time it takes.�
Lester said �trying to limit the time the Supreme Court or trial judges have in making decisions will do nothing but increase the likelihood they�re going to make errors.�
�You�ve got to give them time to make sure the sentence is correct,� he said. �Certainly we�ve seen over the past few years DNA testing leading to the release of death row inmates when science showed they were innocent of what they were convicted for.�
If the Supreme Court upholds a death sentence, the case is almost always appealed back to the trial court, where a new lawyer alleges the attorneys who represented the defendant in the original case had somehow provided ineffective counsel.
Gaetz said that oftentimes the original defense attorney will offer an �insincere� admission that he or she was ineffective in order to further their former client�s appeal. His bill would attempt to halt that practice.
�If an attorney admits ineffective counsel in a death penalty case, my bill says he can�t take another one for five years,� Gaetz said. �If you�re confessing to offering ineffective counsel you shouldn�t be going out and picking up new cases.�
Lester said trial lawyers should be encouraged to admit legitimate errors, not punished for doing so.
�If there is a case where someone commits an error, and the error could cost a life, we don�t want them to be in fear of admitting it,� he said.
The third of four reform proposals in Gaetz�s bill would require Circuit Court judges to schedule motion hearings in death penalty cases no longer than 30 days after they are filed and to issue an order within 90 days after they are scheduled.
�A judge philosophically opposed to the death penalty� can take years to hear a motion, said Gaetz, who pointed to one jurist he said he found who �sat on appeals for six years.�
The last reform Gaetz proposes would �tighten down on endless motions.�
It would attempt to stymie attorneys bent on filing appeal after appeal based on some aspect of the original trial, alleging ineffective counsel in each new motion.
�It�s the sort of rehashing the same old stuff we have to stop,� Gaetz said.
Under the bill, �with every successive motion filed singly, the question would be asked �why couldn�t this have been raised in an earlier appeal,� he said.
�If counsel cannot provide a good argument, then a motion hearing won�t be held,� Gaetz said.
�The judge can say he won�t hear the motion, and if he does it�s back on the 120-day clock,� Gaetz said.
Gaetz chairs the state House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, where his bill will originate. He said he believes the reforms he is proposing could cut the average stay on death row from 14 years to less than 10.
�And certainly we can clean out these cases on the docket now for 20 to 25 years,� he said.
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President Obama says that the $85 billion bailout of General Motors and Chrysler saved millions of jobs that may have been lost without the money, speaking in a high school gym packed with auto workers and other union members in Toledo, Ohio.
TOLEDO, OH -- President Barack Obama decried Republican opponent Mitt Romney's opposition to the 2009 auto industry bailout before a crowd full of autoworkers gathered here for Labor Day.
Surrounded by some 3,000 supporters -- many of whom were sporting United Auto Worker (UAW) t-shirts -- in a high school gym, Obama said he had made sure to stop in Toledo, a major auto industry hub as part of his campaign across the country in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
"I wanted to stop here in Toledo to spend this day with you," he said as the crowd applauded. "A day that belongs to the working men and women of America."
The bailout was first initiated by President George W. Bush, and won the support of some Midwestern Republicans, including the vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan. Romney penned an op-ed at the time, infamously titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," that the Obama campaign has used against the GOP presidential candidate.
"You remember that?" Obama asked the crowd as they booed.
He also decried Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich for claiming he had led a turnaround in this economically ravaged swing state; that turnaround wouldn't be the case if not for the administration's policies, Obama said.
"I guess the theory was it's all the governor's doing. But I think we need to refresh his memory. Because a lot of those jobs are auto worker jobs like yours," Obama said.
Kasich has previously downplayed the positive effect of the bailout in his state, arguing in July on Meet the Press that it wasn't responsible for as many auto jobs as Democrats might claim.
Obama's appearance here marked an effort to court Ohio's influential labor vote, which could make a big difference for the president in his bid for a second term; Obama won 58 of Ohio's union members in 2008.
And the importance of the auto industry to Ohio's economy -- according to a February 2011 state government study, 7.5 percent of economic activity here relates to auto production -- meant Toledo was the perfect place for Obama to compare his position on the auto bailout with Romney's.
The president also seized a statement Romney made in Cincinnati on Saturday, when the former Massachusetts governor called for a "new coach" that would bring America a "winning season."
Reacting to that comment, the president went off on his own extended football analogy, seeming to suggest to his presidential rival that Romney not tread on the home turf of the nation's best-known sports fan.
"After their convention Gov. Romney came here to Ohio and he said he's going to be the coach that leads America to a winning season," Obama said. "The problem is everybody's already seen his economic playbook."
Then he explained how Romney would spend the next three "downs" destroying the economic recovery by raising taxes, which he deemed "unnecessary roughness," calling an audible by undoing financial regulations, and finally calling for a Hail Mary on the third down by "ending Medicare as we know it."
"There's a flag on the play! Loss of up to an additional 64 hundred dollars a year on the same benefits that you get now!" he shouted. "I've got one piece of advice for you about the Romney/Ryan game plan, Ohio. It won't work! It won't win the game!"
"You don't need that coach," he concluded.
The event in Toledo concluded Obama's political events on this four-day swing; he headed to Louisiana after the event to tour the damage from Hurricane Isaac in St. John the Baptist Parish and talk to officials there.


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25 musicians, 6 bands, 2 nights! Whoo-hoo!
Amoeba Music is a proud sponsor of the Berkeley Arts Festival's OFF Festival, which highlights the best of the 1990's Bay Area creative music scene with a power packed line-up featuring the Rova Saxophone Quartet playing a tribute to Bay Area tenor saxophone great Glenn Spearman, local legend Ralph Carney, Pluto, Pamela Z, Gino Robair's Improvcore Orchestra 3000, Dan Plonsey's New Monsters, and a reunion of the avant jazz group The Manufacturing of Humidifiers, all in two action-packed nights.
The festival runs Friday, December 9th and Saturday, December 10th at 2133 University Avenue - just off the corner of Shattuck, in beautiful Downtown Berkeley. Sliding scale admission (suggested donation $10-20).


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I have to admit to you that I kind of cheated a bit to find out who A was- before the season 2 finale of Pretty Little Liars. I knew there were books and I poked around until I found the answer. Now that I know, I want to go back through and re-watch both Season One and Season Two and see what little hints and suggestions I missed out on! Knowing that just like the books, A is really Mona…that's not surprising. But the folks who write this show aren't going to give us all of the answers, and we should all expect a whole lot of twists, turns, and (un)pleasant surprises for Season Three. Perhaps the show will be more pretty and handsome little liars? So what's next for the girls?
Oh wait. A isn't REALLY Mona. She can't be. She's the messenger. Part of the team. My bad. And here some of you were thinking I was giving spoilers (can they be spoilers after the episode airs? I think Mona's doing the "social media" taunting and bullying FOR A….or rather, the A-Team. She's not working alone.
I cannot say who I thought really was A before I did my research- I'm probably the worlds worst "detective" and miss things all the time. Just ask my husband (haha).
While you're waiting for your Pretty Little Liars: The Complete Second Season on DVD to arrive, don't forget to enter the Pretty Little Lies contest!! I want one of you to win a fun new bag!! The promotion ends TONIGHT: June 12!!
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text: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Texas Chapter and University of Incarnate Word Boost Minority Fund APTA's minority scholarship fund recently received a donation of $3,794.92 in honor of Jacquelin Perry, MD, on behalf of the University of the Incarnate Word Doctor of Physical Therapy program and the Central District of the Texas Chapter. Perry, who is considered the world authority on gait analysis, is Chief Emeritus of Pathokinesiology at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, California. Caroline Goulet, PT, PhD, director of the university's physical therapy program and former chair of APTA's Committee on Cultural Competence, and chair of the Central District of the Texas Chapter Ann H. Newstead, PT, PhD, GCS, NCS, were instrumental in the fundraising raising activities, which included "A Lifelong Dedication to the Research and Clinical Application of Gait" dinner held in honor of Perry on April 15. Proceeds from an April 16 continuing education course presented by Judith M. Burnfield, PT, PhD, titled "Therapeutic Management of Gait Dysfunction" also went toward the donation. (Editor's note: This article was updated on July 20 to clarify the titles of Goulet and Newstead.)


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Community Outreach Week. LIB 100 APPROVED!
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Community Outreach Week is a powerful example of the Grand Valley Laker Effect, of our community's collective impact on individual students, West Michigan, our state, and beyond. We are a force for positive change. Through this award-winning week of service, Lakers unite from around the globe to provide volunteer support and outreach to their communities.
This is a joint effort between the GVSU Alumni Association and the Community Service Learning Center. To broaden our Laker Effect, all alumni, Clubs and Chapters, students, as well as faculty and staff members are encouraged to coordinate and/or participate in a community service project during this week in the name of Grand Valley. All projects during this week are Lib 100 approved for students.
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2017 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Friction Stir Welding and Processing IX
TMS Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division
TMS: Shaping and Forming Committee
Yuri Hovanski
, Brigham Young University
Rajiv S. Mishra
, University of North Texas
Yutaka S. Sato
, Tohoku University
Piyush Upadhyay
, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David P Yan
, San José State University
This symposium is the ninth friction stir welding and processing symposium during TMS Annual Meetings. This symposium will present fundamentals and the current status of friction stir welding (FSW) and solid-state friction stir processing of materials. It will provide researchers and engineers with an opportunity to review the current status of the friction stir related processes and discuss the future possibilities. Papers are sought on all aspects of friction stir welding and processing including their various derivative technologies.
Abstracts are requested in the following general topic areas related to friction stir technologies: derivative technologies; high temperature applications, industrial applications, dissimilar alloys and/or materials, lightweight alloys, simulation, and characterization.
Abstracts Due
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Planned: Stand-alone book in which only your symposium's papers would appear (indicate title in comments section below)
A-84: Effect of Morphological Characteristics of Intermetallic Compounds on Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Aluminium A6061- 304 Steel Joint
A-86: Effect of Tool Shoulder Feature on Heat Generation and Material Flow of Friction Stir Welded Al-Mg-Si Alloy
A-87: Fabrication and Characterization of Al/Al2O3-SiC Hybrid Surface Nano Composite by Friction Stir Process
A-88: Fatigue-Strength Increase by Friction Stir Processing between Different Strength Grades of Butt-Welded High-Tensile Steels
A-89: Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Metals
A-90: Effect of Heat Treatment on Friction-stir-processed Nanodispersed AA7075 and 2024 Al Alloys
A-91: Circumferential Tool Path Control for Friction Stir Spot Welding of Thin Al/Fe Dissimilar Metal Joint
A-92: Numerical Analysis of FSW Employing Discrete Element Method
A Novel Approach for Joining EN AW 1070 Stranded Wire and EN CW 004A Contact Elements by Friction Stir Spot Bonding
A Numerical Simulation for Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys Joined by Friction Stir Welding
Automated Optical Visualization of Materials Flow in Dissimilar Metal Friction Stir Welds
Avoiding Melting in Friction Stir Welds of Highly Dissimilar Melting Temperature Materials
Corrosion Fatigue Performance of Friction Stir Processed Magnesium Alloy AZ31B-H24: A Comparative Evaluation
Depth and Temperature Control during Friction Stir Welding of 5 cm Thick Copper Canisters
Development of Friction Stir Processing for Repair of Nuclear Dry Cask Storage System Canisters
Direct Pin Tool Temperature Measurements in Friction Stir Welding
Dissimilar Metal T-Joint Formed by Friction Stir Extrusion
Effect of Friction Stir Processing on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cast Eglin Steel (ES-1)
Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the Damage Resistance of 6xxx Series Aluminium Alloys
Effect of Hydrogenation on Superplastic Behavior of Nugget in Friction Stir Welded Ti-6Al-4V Joints
Effect of Pin Tool Profile on Metal Flow, Torque and Forces during Friction Stir Welding-limiting Friction Cases
Effect of Process Parameters on the Residual Stress Distribution in Stationary Shoulder T-Joints
Effect of Thermal Aging on the Corrosion and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded 250 Grade Maraging Steel
Effect of Tool Runout in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy for Structural Applications
Evaluation of Ausformed H13 Tool Steel for FSW Tools
Feasibility of Iridium Containing Nickel Base Superalloy Tool to Friction Stir Spot Welding of High Strength Steel
Flow Features in Shoulder Zone during Scroll Tool Friction Stir Welding Thick 6061 Aluminum Plates
Friction-Stir-Processing Microstructure Improvement Related to Fatigue-strength and Charpy-absorbed-Energy Increase of TIG-welded SS400 Steels
Friction Stir Processing of 2507 Super Duplex Stainless Steel: Microstructure and Corrosion Behaviour
Friction Stir Processing of 304L Stainless Steel for Crack Repair
Friction Stir Weld Lap Joint Properties in Aeronautic Aluminum Alloys
Friction Stir Welding – A Closer Examination
Friction Stir Welding of Steel-two Innovative Welding Methods
Friction Stir Welding of Thick Aluminium Welds – Challenges and Perspectives
Friction Stir Welding of Thick Section Aluminium Alloys - New Techniques
Friction Stir Welding Parameter Development of AA7075 for Hot Stamping Applications
FSW Studies to Achieve High Charpy Impact Energy in 19 mm Thick ASTM-A6 Steel
Growth of Friction Stir Welding and Processing: Contributions of Murray W. Mahoney
High-speed FSW Aluminum Alloy 7075 Microstructure and Corrosion Properties
High Temperature Properties and Microstructures of ODS and RAFM Alloys FSW
Industrial Application of FSW at HFW
Influence of Stir Flow on Joint Quality during Friction Stir Lap Al-to-Cu Welding
Influence of Underwater Operation on Friction Stir Welding of Medium Carbon Steel
Intermetallic Phase Formation at Al-steel Solid-state Joints – A Comparison between FSW and VFAW Processes
Investigation of Process Parameters for Friction Stir Processing (FSP) of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy
Joining Aerospace Aluminum 2024-T4 to Titanium by Friction Stir Extrusion
Joining Al 6061 to ZE41A Mg Alloy by Friction Stir Welding Using a Cold Spray Transition Joint
Joining Aluminum Alloys to High Strength Steels by Friction Spot Welding
Joining Dissimilar Material Using Friction Stir Scribe Technique
Measuring the Advancing Side Separation Forces during Self-reacting FSW of Al
Micro-mechanical Testing of Magnesium Based Composites Reinforced by Carbon Fibers Manufactured by Friction Stir Processing
Microscopic Evaluation of Friction Plug Welds– Correlation to a Processing Analysis
Microstructural Analysis and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Back Extruded/Aged 7075 Aluminum Alloy
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Beta-type Ti-15V-3Cr-3Al-3Sn Alloy Joints Fabricated by Friction Stir Welding
Performance of Tungsten-based Alloy Tool Developed for Friction Stir Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel
Predicting Friction Pull Plug Welding Results
Predicting Lap Shear Strength for Friction Stir Scribe Joining of Dissimilar Materials
Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welds through Microstructural Data
Process Force Reduction during Robotic Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium Alloys with Reduced Tool Aspect Ratios
Realization of Ultrasound Enhanced Friction Stir Welded (USE-FSW) Al/Mg- and Al/Steel-Joints: Process and Robustness, Mechanical and Corrosive Properties
Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding Aerospace Aluminum Alloys
Round Material Flow in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy
Simultaneous Independent Control of Tool Axial Force and Temperature in Friction Stir Processing
Solid-State Joining of Thick-Section Dissimilar Materials Using a New Friction Stir Dovetailing (FSD) Process
Solid State Additive Manufacturing Using FSW and Low-cost Precursors
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Honey Glendinning
Sporting Group Judge, Oakland Kennel Club
Digging deeper into the judges slated for the San Mateo shows, I noticed that Honey Glendinning of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, is scheduled to judge the Sporting Group at the Oakland Kennel Club show on 30 December. She, along with husband, Rick, also an AKC judge, are owners of Fantail Kennels (English Setters). Honey is also the sister of Taffe McFadden, handler of the Giant Schnauzer, CH Galilee's Pure Of Spirit. Honey, in all likelihood, will be placed in the thankless position of deciding if the Pointer, CH Cookieland Seasyde Hollyberry, will advance to face her sister's charge in a final seven that could possibly decide who is the AKC's 2008 Number One Dog.
After 40 years following AKC dogs, I am confident that all the judges will behave professionally and all the handlers will act graciously. Call me naïve, but it's just the way I like to see it.


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by Len Lear
The end of the year is traditionally a time for newspaper columnists to sum up their selections for "best" books, movies, TV shows, etc., of the year, so here are my choices for our best restaurant experiences of 2011:
•Dandelion, an upscale British pub at 124 S. 18th St. (at Sansom): We've been in London, England, five times and visited numerous pubs, and believe me, they were as different from Dandelion as lightning bugs are from lightning. Dandelion is like a pub for the exclusive use of the royal family. There are wood-burning fireplaces, beautiful reclaimed banisters and bar-top globe lights, banquettes, sofas, Victoriana, cushions, chandeliers, rich mahogany, dog-themed memorabilia, etc.
The food and drinks are right up there with the elegance and charm of the Dandelion ambience, and the rustic flavors are just as authentic and inviting as the sounds of happy customers that fill the room. Risotto with porcini mushrooms and cipollini onions ($14), had a satiny, impeccably moist consistency. Soft and creamy, the center of each grain of rice retained the firm tooth that is the hallmark of an outstanding risotto.
And zephyr-light beer-battered, blushing codfish and chips ($19.50) was light years ahead of this staple that's served at most English-style pubs. Cumberland sausages with a frisson of onion gravy and creamy mashed potatoes was also elevated above the standards of this ordinarily pedestrian dish ($15). Customers at Dandelion are cosseted by an armada of attentive servers (like Natalie, who waited on us) and runners. More information at 215-558-2500 or www.thedandelionpub.com
•Tequilas was opened 25 years ago by David Suro-Pinero at 1511 Locust St. and then moved to larger quarters at 1602 Locust St. 10 years ago. Tequilas does not get as much press as certain other upscale South-of-the border-cuisine restaurants despite its longevity, but its food, cocktails, ambience and service are unsurpassed by any other Latino-influenced restaurant in the Delaware Valley.
Among other things from chef Claudio Soto, my wife and I both felt the velvety guacamole and pristine black bean soup were the best we have ever tasted. An appetizer of queso fundido ($9.95) was impeccably moist, anointed with chorizo and inflected with poblano peppers in melted Chihuahua cheese. Salsa tequila's is a classic entree orchestrated with tequila and fused with butter, garlic and lime juice, perfuming each other with their flavors, with either a whole red snapper, grouper fillet or jumbo shrimp ($21.95 to $$25.75). For more information, call 215-546-0181 or visit www.tequilasphilly.com
•Village Belle at 757 S. Front St., an American restaurant with Italian and Mediterranean influences in Queen Village, has been on an upward trajectory for its owners, South Philly brothers Lou and Joey Campanaro. Set in an unusual stand-alone building, the lively bistro offers a beautiful bar and casual dining room with wrap-around picture windows. Many of the dishes on the menu were first learned by Lou and Joey from their Italian grandmother during their childhood on Queen Street, just around the corner from the restaurant.
The brothers' menu at Village Belle includes sausage ravioli with robiola, lemon and turnip tops; duck confit with mandarin, fennel and celery root; codfish with escarole, white beans and pancetta; and capellini with fruitti di mare and light saffron broth. The menu ranges in price from $8 to $14 for appetizers; all entrees are under $25, and there's not a joker in the deck. Check any of the restaurant blogs, and you'll see that customers are raving about this one-year-old treasure. More information at 215-551-2200 or www.thevillagebelle.com
•Vietnam Cafe, the large, airy, beautifully decorated gem that opened in November, 2009, at 816 S. 47th St. in West Philadelphia/University City, has one of the city's best bargains in its signature barbecue platter. The menu lists the barbecue platter under "Specials," but it is a permanent fixture of the menu, as it has been for many years at Vietnam, the Lai family's other restaurant. Vietnam has been a Chinatown institution for 27 years at 221 N. 11th St.
The dish is a huge, colorful platter filled chockablock with several crispy spring rolls, 12 beef-stuffed grape leaves, a substantial quantity of char-grilled chicken, grilled "meat balls" (that are actually more cylindrical than round), fluffy rice vermicelli, lettuce, carrots, crushed peanuts and ramekins of two sauces that can all be mixed and matched and packed into thin-as-air rice paper to form sandwich wraps. The two of us could not come close to finishing the food ($26.95 for two) and had plenty to take home. The quantity and quality are truly memorable. More information at 215-592-1163 (Vietnam) or 215-729-0260 (Vietnam Cafe) or www.eatatvietnam.com
•Alisa Consorto is the owner/chef of Umbria, a charming thimble-sized storefront at 7131 Germantown Ave., which has survived for 22 years against overwhelming odds and is still the only Mt. Airy BYOB creating an upscale dining experience.
During our most recent dinner at Umbria, our dishes could have made a foodie's heart glow in the dark. A spinach salad sparkled with nuggets of goat cheese and crunchy candied walnuts and was dressed with an orange vinaigrette that was so seductive, Alisa should sell it in quart bottles ($9.50). A filet of salmon special absolutely oozed with sweetness, amplified by a judicious bite of dijon mustard and an affectionate brush of horseradish glaze ($21). And I tell you most 'sincereously' that a sublime roasted haddock entree with roasted garlic and red peppers would satisfy the most discerning dinerati ($23).
Dessert lovers could have a hot 'n' heavy with peach cobbler (my wife, who grew up in Indiana, is a peach cobbler aficionado who declared the Umbria version "authentic and wonderful") and an aphrodisiac of a caramel sundae with vanilla ice cream, sugar/salted almonds and a heavenly homemade caramel sauce ($7.50 each). The flavors melted together into the taste equivalent of a Beethoven piano concerto. More information 215-242-6470 or www.umbriarestaurantphilly.com.
•When you think of the term "Main Line," you think of someone like Katherine Hepburn, a Bryn Mawr graduate who actually portrayed a Main Line maven in "The Philadelphia Story" — the quintessence of elegance, sophistication and so much money that there is no need to show it off.
This is the very definition of Paramour, which just opened in the fall in the iconic Wayne Hotel, 139 E. Lancaster Ave., after an ultra-extensive two-year renovation of the former Taquet property. One could easily rhapsodize about the exquisite bar, easily the most eye-OK on the Main Line, or the build-your-own Bloody Mary Bar or the urbane, cosmopolitan lobby-lounge area or the celestial cuisine from executive chef Michael Giampa, a classy Ambler native who has traveled the world developing concepts and opening restaurants for hotels, resorts and casinos.
Several dishes we tasted, from flatbreads to a crudo sampler to a seared snapper entree to a caramel chocolate parfait dessert, were positively ambrosial. The prices are also impressive — entrees from $24 to $34, for example — but this is the kind of place you will tell your friends about. For more information, call 610-977-0600 or visit www.paramourwayne.com


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Seattle: The Spice is Right at Icon Grill
Burger reviews in the Seattle area.
Icon Grill
1933 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA (map); icongrill.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: 8-ounce burger featuring beef dry-cured overnight in a mixture of spices is worth trying for a special treat, even for burger purists
Want Fries with That? Shoestring fries are twice-fried for extra crispness
Price: Icon Special Grind Burger w/fries, $11.99; w/cheese or bacon, + $1
Notes: Burger is only on the lunch menu and isn't included during happy hour
Icon Grill's Special Grind Burger steps away from burger tradition with a spice blend that takes cues from masala and uses chiles from the Southwest. It's a burger that argues just because it's seasoned with a complex mix of spices, it doesn't take away from the genuine experience of a beloved classic.
For ten years Icon Grill has been serving American fare to the city along the busy stretch of 5th Avenue that gets as many locals as it does visitors. The large restaurant is decorated from floor to ceiling with unusual artwork, Northwest mementos, and the prerequisite Chihuly-styled hand-blown glass chandelier fixtures. You'll easily notice the sign from a distance, the vertical marquee hanging off the side of the brick building, topped with a mythic winged lion, a symbol of the city of Venice and a nod to Seattle's own appreciation for Venetian glass. As ten years can do a bit of wear and tear, excuse the scaffolding that's propped in front of their entrance—they've been in an ongoing renovation process, but they remain open.
Burger purists turn their nose up at heavily-spiced burgers, but the Special Grind Burger may change some minds. Icon finds the balance between seasonings and the natural flavor of the beef. Head chef Nick Musser says their process starts with a large cut of beef clod, or shoulder—his preferred cut of meat for burgers—which is sliced into large chunks for it to be dry-cured overnight in a special in-house "Mystic" blend of seasonings, and then ground in-house before being formed into 8-ounce patties. The dry cure arguably enhances the flavor of the beef, as the process not only adds flavor and tenderizes, it wrings out excess moisture in the meat, intensifying the flavor of the burger.
The Mystic Blend is comprised of sixteen different herbs and spices, including familiar ingredients like garlic and oregano, but also unique items like ground dry chiles from New Mexico, which gives the burger a distinctive earthy, almost oaky depth of flavor. Musser says the blend is sweet and savory; the use of sugar not only heightens the flavor experience, but it helps produce a heavier char and a more pronounced crust. The chile powder—the primary ingredient in the blend—gives the meat a distinctive blush, making for a pleasantly bright-looking beef patty. It might appear undercooked, but even if the burger is grilled to well done-ness, the color of the Mystic Blend persists.
Originally served on foccacia when the burger was introduced on the menu years ago, it's since been modified to be served on a Kaiser roll, a heartier bread that can hold the heft of the patty and toppings, but is spongy enough to absorb all the drippings. The burger is presented open-faced alongside classic toppings—tomato slices, lettuce, thin slices of white onion, and pickles cut lengthwise—which were hidden below the pile of fries served with the burger. You can add cheese and/or bacon to your burger for a dollar each, but those add-ons would drown out the patty's flavors. I recommend letting the meat speak for itself.
"Special sauce" and ketchup come on the side. The special sauce is a typical fry sauce/Russian dressing—mayonnaise with a bit of ketchup and relish—and gives the burger creaminess and tang. The ketchup goes best with the fries; its heavy acidity would likely overwhelm the burger.
The fries are shoestring-cut and twice-fried—they have that extra-crisp, almost batter-like outer texture from a partial dip in the oil, then a final, longer session in the oil right before being served.
It's not an everyday burger given the $11.99 price tag, but it's good for a special treat. And besides their burger, Icon Grill offers sensory overload from their decorations and artwork. Don't forget to check out their bathrooms; Icon Grill has cheeky décor everywhere, showing vintage clips from 1950s public service announcements in the women's restrooms and videos of waterfalls and running water in the men's restroom. Not that I admit to going into the men's room to check it out...
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