Defending champion Juan Monaco reached the second round of the Hypo Group International on Wednesday after Carlos Berlocq retired with a thigh injury in the first set.
Second-seeded Monaco twice broke his Argentine compatriot's serve to lead 4-1 before Berlocq quit the …
It's just a little bit of wording on a condom packet -- so smallthat Justin Kleinman hadn't noticed it until he squinted to read itrecently.
"This is completely pointless," the 24-year-old Chicagoan said ofthe warning telling him that, while condoms can help prevent thespread of some sexually transmitted diseases, there are noguarantees.
Even so, that tiny bit of print is at the center of a ragingdebate now that President Bush has asked the Food and DrugAdministration to modify the current warning to include informationabout human papillomavirus, commonly called HPV or genital warts.
On one side are scientists who believe condoms should be promotedas a crucial …
Activists fear Defender will be sold to `fronts'
A number of activists Wednesday held a press conference outside of the Chicago Defender building demanding that those who buy the historic newspaper be African American and not "fronts."
They're also demanding that the children and grandchildren of the late owner, John H. H. Sengstacke, be a part of the management of the paper when it is sold.
However, two hours before her scheduled 11 a.m. press conference outside of the Chicago Defender, 2400 S. Michigan Ave., Myiti Sengstacke, the granddaughter of the late owner, was gagged by a court order issued by Cook County Judge Bernetta Bush.
The order prevents James H. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday delayed a plan to adopt new rules aimed at stemming conflicts of interest in Wall Street's credit rating industry.
The commissioners decided to take up the new rules at the same time as other proposals that could bring significant changes for the credit rating industry, which has been widely criticized for its role in the subprime mortgage debacle. A public meeting is planned for Dec. 3 for that purpose, SEC spokesman John Nester said.
The agenda item was pulled from Wednesday morning's meeting shortly before it started. The five commissioners did vote as planned on a less controversial matter, unanimously …
In the first of a new series great drives MARK WHITCHURCH takes tothe road and heads for the coast in a BMW Z3M Coupe. Porlock Weir ishis chosen destination, stopping on the way at various Somersetlandmarks
CAN'T find anything on the telly to watch over the weekend? Well,this is your chance to get out of the house and head off into thecountryside for a relaxing day out.Beautiful scenery, twisting A andB roads and some points of interest to open your mind.
For the first of this new series, I have chosen to head to PorlockWeir, via the Minehead coastal road.
Find your way out of the sprawl of Bristol on to the A38 headingsouth for Bridgwater, skirting the …
Chicago police thought they were opening a box filled with 20kilograms of cocaine as they got ready for a drug trial this week.
But when the container was unsealed, the $400,000 in drugs wasgone. A duffel bag and a 35-millimeter camera had been stuffedinside, police said.
Lyle Wooden, who faced trial on a drug possession charge, was ableto walk out of jail Friday after pleading guilty and being sentencedfor time already served since his 1997 arrest.
Prosecutor Bernie Murray denied the missing narcotics damaged thecase against Wooden. But his attorney, Adam Bourgeois, disagreed.
"Obviously they were seeking a long term for possession of 20kilograms," …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal budget deficit hits …
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The property has a million-dollar view, but the quarters are cramped, the grounds are nothing to brag about and a loud fog horn blares every 10 seconds.
For the right price, the picturesque Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse can be yours. The 72-foot (22-meter) conical light tower a mile off Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is being auctioned by the federal government.
The …
Anthony Montgomery, star of "I'm Through with White Girls" - which kicks off the 2007 Roxbury Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston tonight - attributes his success to his grandfather, the legendary modern jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery.
"He was a phenomenal guitarist that the world embraced," said the young actor. "Unfortunately, he was not able to enjoy success to the fullest extent because he died at the height of his career. Thafs why I feel like I have been given this opportunity, for my grandfather to enjoy success through me."
Anthony Montgomery began college with little direction. But when one of his professors asked him to audition for an original piece …
Andre Iguodala scored 32 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Suns in Phoenix for the first time in six years, 119-114 on Saturday night.
Andre Miller added 25 points and 12 assists for the 76ers, who shot 57 percent after being blown out at Golden State 119-97 on Friday night. Willie Green scored 17, including three crucial free throws in the final 18.2 seconds.
Louis Williams added 13, including a 3-pointer and breakaway layup in the final 1:10.
The Suns lost consecutive home games for the first time this season to fall to 2-4 since Shaquille O'Neal joined the lineup.
Amare Stoudemire had 26 points and Leandro Barbosa …
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank--U.S. Assistant Secretary of StateWilliam Burns toured the ravaged sections of this camp Saturday andsaid the battle between the Palestinians and Israelis has resulted in"a terrible human tragedy."
"What happened in Jenin has caused enormous suffering forthousands of innocent Palestinian civilians. Food, shelter, medicineand unexploded ordnance remain serious problems for camp residents,"Burns said.
Burns visited the devastation as the United Nations prepares tosend a fact-finding team to the camp. Its mission is to determinewhat actually occurred in Jenin, the scene of the the fiercestfighting in the Israeli military's West Bank …
Converting waste to resources benefits college students, campus farms and gardens, facilities management and the greater community.
Part II
COLLEGES and universities have taken a variety of approaches to establishing composting programs on campus. In Part I of this series (July 2010), we focused on programs that integrated composting into the curriculum. Part II, in September, profiled projects launched by students. In this final installation of BioCycle's campus composting series, we look at closing the loop between food waste diversion, campus farms and utilizing food grown back in the dining halls. We also shine the spotlight on compost programs initiated through campus …
Osama bin Laden said in a new audio recording released Friday that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.
The terrorist leader's third statement this year came as President Bush was wrapping up his visit to Israel to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state.
Bin Laden said the fight for the Palestinian cause was the most important factor driving al-Qaida's war with the West and fueled 19 Muslims to carry out the suicide attacks against the U.S. on September 11.
"To Western nations ... this speech is to understand the core reason of the war between our civilization and your civilizations. I mean the Palestinian cause," said bin Laden in the close to 10 minute audiotape.
"The Palestinian cause is the major issue for my (Islamic) nation. It was an important element in fueling me from the beginning and the 19 others with a great motive to fight for those subjected to injustice and the oppressed," added bin Laden.
Al-Qaida has been stepping up its attempts to use the Israeli-Arab conflict to rally supporters. Israel has warned of growing al-Qaida activity in Palestinian territory, though the terror network is not believed to have taken a strong role there so far.
The authenticity of the message could not be verified, but it was posted on a Web site commonly used by al-Qaida and the voice resembled the one in past bin Laden audiotapes. Though it was unknown exactly when the audio was recorded, but it referenced Israel's 60th anniversary, which began May 8.
IntelCenter, a U.S. group that monitors al-Qaida message traffic, said the audio message was accompanied by a photo of bin Laden wearing a white robe and turban next to a picture of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. It was unclear when the photo of bin Laden was taken.
The al-Qaida leader said the Western media managed to brainwash people over the past 60 years by "portraying the Jewish invaders, the occupiers of our land, as the victims while it portrayed us as the terrorists."
"Sixty years ago, the Israeli state didn't exist. Instead, it was established on the land of Palestine raped by force," said bin Laden. "Israelis are occupying invaders whom we should fight."
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel dismissed bin Laden's new message.
"We do not relate or pay attention to the words of this terrorist lunatic," he said. "The time has come for him to be apprehended and pay for his crimes."
Bin Laden criticized Western leaders like Bush who participated in Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations. Bush feted Israel on Thursday and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements.
Delivering this rosy forecast for the Middle East in 2068 during a speech to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, Bush made no acknowledgment of the hardship Palestinians suffered when hundreds of thousands were displaced following the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, a counterpoint to Israel's two weeks of jubilant celebrations.
Though Bush has set a goal of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian deal before the end of his term in January, he did not mention the ongoing negotiations or how to resolve the thorniest disputes.
Bin Laden said Western leaders were insincere in their expressed desire for Israeli-Palestinian peace and failed to criticize Israel.
"Peace talks that started 60 years ago are just meant to deceive the idiots," said bin Laden. "After all the destruction and the killings ... your leaders talk about principles. This is unbearable."
The terrorist leader mentioned former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who he said ordered a Jewish militia to attack the Arab village of Deir Yassin in 1948. The attack during Israel's push for statehood killed more than 100 Arabs and forced the rest of the village to flee.
"Instead of punishing him (Begin) over his crimes ... he was awarded a Nobel prize," said bin Laden.
Begin won the Nobel peace prize for negotiating a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, Israel's first with an Arab nation. The Israeli leader shared the prize with former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was Begin's negotiating partner. Israel has only signed one other peace treaty with an Arab nation, Jordan.
"We will continue our struggle against the Israelis and their allies," said bin Laden. "We are not going to give up an inch of the land of Palestine."
Bin Laden's message Friday followed an audiotape released in March in which he lashed out at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel.
The March audiotape was the first time bin Laden spoke of the Palestinian question at length since the deteriorating situation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military has been fighting with militants who fire rockets into southern Israel. Israel has been battling Hamas in Gaza since the Islamic militant group took control of the strip last June from followers of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
BERLIN (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Wednesday threw his support behind a new tax on financial transactions, backing a push by Germany and France, but said he would prefer to have it apply across the whole European Union.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have suggested it might suffice to enact such a tax among the 17-nation euro countries. Monti said he would rather have it applied across the full 27-nation EU — which would be more difficult because of U.K. opposition — but did not rule out a eurozone-only deal.
"We are open to supporting this initiative at the EU level," Monti said at a press conference with Merkel during his first visit to Berlin since taking over from Silvio Berlusconi in November.
While the Berlusconi government had rejected a new financial levy outright, Monti has said he was thought it was a good idea, particularly as a means of reducing the tax burden on families.
Sarkozy, who faces an election in April, has said France could even enact the tax unilaterally, but Germany has been more guarded.
Merkel earlier this week, after meeting with Sarkozy in Berlin, said there's no agreement yet on a so-called "Tobin tax" inside her own governing coalition. She called for European leaders to clarify their stance on the matter by March.
The European Commission has estimated that the Tobin tax could raise as much as €57 billion ($77 billion) a year in Europe. These funds could be used to help reduce the substantial budget deficits crippling European economies.
The tax would be a tiny percentage of the value of a trade — the French government proposed 0.1 percent on bonds and shares and 0.01 percent on more complex derivatives. Although some countries already have a minimal duty on share trading, the new proposal would not only increase the scope and size of the tax but also siphon off some revenue to Brussels.
There is no final decision yet, however, on what financial instruments would be taxed and whether currency trades — which make up a large slice of worldwide transactions — would be targeted as well.
Monti, who studied at Yale with economist James Tobin, who first proposed the levy, said his one-time mentor likened the tax's popularity through history to the Loch Ness Monster.
"You see it, it disappears, then reappears," Monti said. "In this phase I think it has more sense than in others given the velocity of financial transactions, which can cause damage, and not just benefits."
In Italy, Monti has already instituted painful austerity measures and said he planned to work closely with Merkel and Sarkozy in the coming weeks and months for wider European solutions to the crisis.
He said Italy should not be seen as "a possible source of infection. ... Italy can do its full part, next to Germany and next to France, for stability."
Merkel and Sarkozy on Monday stressed that they saw boosting economic growth in the 17-nation eurozone as a priority, a recognition that the focus on austerity cuts is unlikely to get Europe out of its debt crisis.
Monti said he and Merkel agreed that they should strive to create real economic growth, not "ephemeral growth that is based on emergency measures, which given room to deficits and inflation."
"Growth needs to be based on structural measures in individual countries and also within the European framework," Monti said.
Europe is currently working on a new treaty enshrining tougher fiscal rules, which leaders agreed at a summit in early December. Merkel said negotiations "are progressing well," but that "there is still work to be done."
"There are good signs that by Jan. 30 we will have made substantial progress or will have even reached a political accord," she said.
Italy has become a key focus in the European financial crisis because of its size, huge debt load and need to borrow heavily in the first quarter. The yield on its 10-year bonds is hovering around the 7 percent level that is widely considered to be a danger mark.
Some economists say the European Central Bank should help Italy more by buying its government bonds on the open market in larger quantities. That would lower Italy's borrowing rates and ease pressure on its finances. But the ECB, along with Germany, resists such a move because it does not want to be seen as propping up specific governments.
Monti said that Italy saw its current borrowing rates as no longer justified.
"We expect from Europe, of which Italy is a part, the development of mechanisms that facilitate the transformation of good politics into more reasonable interest rates," he said.
The ECB will hold its monthly monetary policy meeting on Thursday, but analysts do not expect it to cut interest rates — which would help a weak economy like Italy's — nor signal a more aggressive stance in its bond purchases.
Monti reiterated that Italy would like to see the ECB cut its refinancing rate even lower than its current 1 percent, but did not say how low or when they should be reduced.
Monti's meeting with Merkel is the latest in a series of talks between European leaders. Following her talks Monday with Sarkozy, the German leader met in Berlin on Tuesday evening with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde. Lagarde was in Paris on Wednesday to speak with Sarkozy.
Merkel and Sarkozy also plan to travel to Italy on Jan. 20 before a European summit at the end of the month.
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Kirsten Grieshaber and Nele Mailin Obermueller contributed to this report. Barry reported from Milan.
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Los factores desencadenantes de los ataques de migra�a entre otros, podr�an ser:
a) Tensiones nerviosas.
b) Las luces brillantes.
c) Ciertos alimentos. Por ejemplo, el queso, el man�, el vino rojo, los chocolates y las carnes de cerdo, etc.
Lo que s� es conocido es que la dilataci�n de los vasos sangu�neos del cr�neo, particularmente los que irrigan las meninges (membranas que envuelven al encefalo y a la m�dula espinal), es el resultado final de este proceso. Dicha vasodilataci�n inicia una compleja uni�n entre los vasos sangu�neos del cr�neo y sus respectivos nervios, con lo que produce un c�rculo de vasodilataci�n dolorosa y la liberaci�n de altas cantidades de sustancias vasoactiva. Ahora bien, todav�a esta teor�a que hemos expuesto no esta confirmado en un 100% pero sus investigaciones cient�fica contin�an. Hoy en d�a, una mayor compresi�n en el desarrollo de esta enfermedad (Su Patogenesis), brinda muchas esperanzas para un mejor tratamiento m�dico.
La cefalea, es el primer s�ntoma m�s consistente y muy debilitante, dura entre 2 y 27 horas y, por lo general, se describe como fuerte; a menudo presenta la caracter�stica de latido pulsante, si bien t�picamente s�lo se localiza en un lado de la cabeza, no ser� raro que tambi�n sea de ambas partes. Adem�s, es frecuente que venga acompa�ada de n�usea y v�mitos, Fotofobia (aversi�n a la luz) y temor a los sonidos altos o a la voz alta de nuestras conversaciones (fonofobia). La duraci�n de esta crisis var�a entre las 2 y 36 horas acompa�adas de manifestaciones visuales y gastrointestinales, cuando resulta superior a las 72 horas, se debe de calificar como un estado migra�oso seg�n La Asociaci�n M�dica del Estudio del Dolor de Cabeza. Las caracter�sticas cl�nicas de la migra�a han sido dividida en cuatro fases distintas, la mayor�a de las cuales se combina entre s� durante un ataque. Las fases son las siguientes:
1) La Primera Fase es llamada Prodomo (Ya que signo y s�ntoma que precede al inicio de esta enfermedad), sus s�ntoma se inicia lentamente durante 24 horas ante del ataque, el paciente se muestra irritable o retra�do, tiene deseo de alimentos en especial de dulces, y bosteza muy seguidamente.
2) La Segunda Fase es llamada El Aura. Ya que los trastorno visuales son los s�ntoma m�s comunes, el paciente ve luces centellantes (Fotopsia) que son l�neas brillantes en zigzag alrededor de �rea falta de visi�n en uno ambo ojos, tambi�n puede presentarse como sensaci�n de agujas en la manos o adormecimiento, fatal de c�rdinaci�n e incapacidad de ordenar debidamente las palabras (disfasia), los cuales son molestos y agudos. Esta fase antecede la cefalea en una hora o m�s y puede durar entre cinco y 60 minutos. Sin embargo, el 80% de los ataques con migra�a no tiene aura.
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Army Reserve soldiers from the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade from Riverdale Park, Maryland, have struck it rich. In a compound that had been home to Special Republican Guard officers, the soldiers found at least $4 million in crisp U.S. bills that had been hidden in sealed compartments in an L-shaped bunker.
"I'm just awed," said Col. Dave Blackledge, Commander of the 354th, which had just arrived in Baghdad to assess war damage, and support relief and reconstruction efforts. "I guess we can rebuild Iraq now," he joked.
According to a statement written in Arabic and witnessed by five men whose signatures attested to the contents of the compartments, the money was hidden on March 16, just three days prior to the start of the war.
Capt. Krispian McCullar of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 1st Sgt. Dale Blosser of Mt. Sidney, Virginia, were the first to break through the five-inch thick wall made of brick and mortar that housed the currency 40,000 tightly packed and bank-wrapped $100 bills.
Several soldiers said their interests mm were piqued by the small wire cages W that lined two sides of the bunker, apparently to hold small guard dogs or chemically sensitive birds. They also were puzzled by the presence in the enclosed courtyard of a new glass-walled room that seemed to be a guardhouse. The cages and guardhouse all suggested close surveillance of the bunker and its contents.
After everyone was given the opportunity to fondle the money, Col. Blackledge rounded up every packet and made sure the box went to a secured location.
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Five Florida teens face burglary-related charges after police followed a trail of candy wrappers from the crime scene back to the house of one of teens.
Officers responded to a break-in Tuesday in Palm Bay on Florida's central Atlantic coast. An officer then followed a trail of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups packages in the backyard. The officer noticed another wrapper on the front porch of a house near the victim's house.
Officers found several juveniles at the other house. Police say the teens confessed to the burglary and informed officers that the stolen property was in the attic.
Three of the teens face armed burglary charges and two others face charges of resisting arrest without violence and tampering with evidence.
Power's longest streak ends with twinbill split
Power wins third in row then splits
LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Charleston's South Atlantic League baseball teamreached new heights Sunday afternoon at Lakewood, before theBlueClaws pulled the plug on a West Virginia Power three-game winningstreak.
The Power (19-38) won its third straight game - a season high -with a 2-1 victory to open a doubleheader, before the Claws poundedWest Virginia 17-4 in the nightcap. The teams are tied for last placein the SAL Northern Division.
The Power played both games without injured star shortstop AlcidesEscobar. Manager Ramon Aviles said Escobar isn't expected to playbefore Thursday, after spraining and ankle, and then tweaking as hetried to stretch a double into a triple in Saturday's win.
The Power, which returns home Tuesday night to begin and eight-game homestand against Lexington and Lakewood, closes the series androad trip here tonight at 7:05 with right-hander Josh Wahpepah (2-3)on the mound against BlueClaw lefty Derek Griffith (2-2).
In Sunday's opener, the Power tied the game 1-1 in the top of thesixth inning. Hasan Rasheed's sacrifice fly scored Agustin Septimofor the lead. Dave Johnson (2-1) earned the win for West Virginia.
In the second game, the Power led 2-0 on Adam Mannon's two-runsingle in the second inning, but Lakewood tied the game in the bottomof the inning, then scored six in the third, knocking West Virginiastarter Robbie Wooley (1-4) from the game. Mannon later homered andhad all four Power RBI in the loss.
U.S. Open sectional qualifying today
Three golfers with local ties will play in U.S. Open sectionalqualifiers today.
Huntington's Pat Carter, an 11-time West Virginia Amateur champ,will play in the Columbus, Ohio, sectional at Double Eagle Golf Club.
Clendenin native Todd Westfall, who currently plays on theprofessional Cleveland Tour in New England, will compete in asectional at the Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, N.J.
Defending West Virginia Open champ David Bradshaw, of HarpersFerry, will play at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.
Carter and Westfall qualified for sectional play last month atEdgewood Country Club.
Conrad, Whalen win State Four-Ball title
DANIELS - Jamie Conrad of Fayetteville and Ryan Whalen ofMorgantown shot a final-round 67 Sunday, holding off the Huntingtonduo of Pat Carter and Shane Nicely to win the West Virginia Four-Ball golf title at the Glade Spring Resort's Cobb Course.
The Conrad-Whalen duo posted a three-shot victory, at 130, overCarter-Nicely, which finished at 133 after a final-round 65. Fourteams finished at 134 in the 36-hole event on the par-72, 7,191-yardcourse.
Sunday's low round of 63 was posted by Brian Stump of Parkersburgand Rick Rhoads of Vienna. The team tied for third at 134.
WVU spring game provides $18,356 to hospital
MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University's athletics department willdonate $18,356.67 to WVU Children's Hospital. Those were the proceedsfrom the annual Gold-Blue spring football scrimmage in April.
The Mountaineers' donation, during the weekend's Children'sMiracle Network Telethon, brings the WVU athletics' hospitalcontributions of the past 22 years to $460,064.
WVU wrestling coach makes hall of fame
OKLAHOMA CITY - Zeke Jones, an assistant coach at West VirginiaUniversity, was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fameover the weekend.
Jones won a high school title in Michigan before garnering threeNCAA All-America honors at Arizona State, four World Cup gold medals,six national titles, a world championship and an Olympic silvermedal.
As a coach, he was named the 2001 national freestyle coach of theyear and head freestyle coach at the 2004 Olympics.
Marshall freshman named to NFCA All-America Team
Marshall freshman Rachel Folden of Baldwin Park, Calif., is thefirst player in Marshall softball history to be named to the NationalFastpitch Coaches Association All-America team.
Folden, a third team selection, was named Mid-American ConferenceFreshman of the Year earlier this month. The catcher led theconference in the regular season in slugging percentage (.661), RBI(56), doubles (19) and total bases (111), while ranking second inbatting average (.415), runs (33) and hits (68).
This season, Folden set the Marshall single-season records in RBI(60), doubles (19), total bases (119), and ranked second in home runs(9) and hits (73).
WVU's Dunn to speak at State dinner
West Virginia University men's assistant basketball coach JerryDunn will be the guest speaker Friday at the West Virginia StateUniversity "W" Alumni Club dinner at the Erickson Center on theInstitute campus.
The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m., and cost is $25 per person. Statemen's basketball Coach Bryan Poore will be master of ceremonies. Forreservations, call Walt Wilkerson (768-3749) or Betty Spencer (768-0498).
Three award winners listed for WVU baseball
MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University baseball had three awardwinners in the 2005 season - Academic All-America outfielder LeeFritz was named the most valuable position player, Marty Fagler thepitching MVP, and Tyler Kuhn the rookie of the year.
Fritz, a senior from Waynesburg, Pa., led the Mountaineers inbatting (.379) for the third consecutive season. He had five homeruns, 13 doubles and 45 runs-batted-in.
Fagler, a senior from Farmington, Pa., posted a 6-3 record in 10starts and compiled an ERA of 2.92. The left-hander hurled 71 inningsin 12 appearances. He struck out 48, walked 27 and held opposingbatters to a combined .268 batting average.
Kuhn, a freshman infielder from Louisville, Ky., made 50 startswhile playing all of the team's 55 games. He hit .298 with three homeruns, six triples and 13 doubles.
Defending champion United States edged Japan 1-0 to revive its chances of a third Olympic gold medal in women's football on Saturday, and World Cup champion Germany beat Nigeria 1-0 to move closer to a title it has never won.
Beaten 2-0 by 2000 Olympic champion Norway in their opening game Wednesday, the Americans were last in Group G and could afford no slip-ups against the Japanese in Qinhuangdao.
After goalkeeper Hope Solo had tipped a dipping shot from Homare Sawa over the crossbar, the Americans went ahead in the 27th minute when Carli Lloyd met a left-wing cross with a powerful shot into the roof of the net from just outside the box.
Japan goalkeeper Miho Fukumoto defied the U.S. team, the 1996 and 2004 Olympic champions, with a series of saves before Amy Rodriguez shot across the face of goal in the 81st minute. The U.S. now has three points from two games in Group G and Japan has one after a 2-2 draw with New Zealand.
"I am very happy about our performance today against, I would say, a technical and good Japan," U.S. coach Pia Sundhage said. "I think the more minutes we get together in the Olympics ... the better it is, so we will improve our game from one game to another."
In the other Group G game, Melissa Wiik's eighth-minute goal was enough for Norway to beat New Zealand 1-0 and put her team into the quarterfinals with six points from two victories.
In Shenyang, Germany defender Kerstin Stegemann turned home a cross from Anja Mittag in the 64th minute to score.
Cynthia Uwak had wasted a great chance to shock the Germans just before halftime when she dribbled past two defenders but lost control before she could shoot, allowing goalkeeper Nadine Angerer to race off the line and save at her feet. Angerer also pushed away a shot from Perpetua Nkwocha.
"We knew it was going to be a tough game," Germany coach Silvia Neid said. "We had to fight our way into the game and it took us a little time to adjust to our opponent."
After a 0-0 draw with World Cup runner-up Brazil, the Germans now have four points with no goals conceded and Nigeria is virtually eliminated with no points from two games in Group F.
Two-time FIFA player of the year Marta and Daniela scored in the first 22 minutes for Brazil in a 2-1 victory over North Korea in the other Group F match. Brazil also has four points and the Koreans have three after beating Nigeria 1-0 on Wednesday.
"We had to make some adjustments because they started the game pressuring us. They have a very good team and created difficulties," Brazil coach Jorge Barcellos said. "It was important to get the goals when we had the chance."
China and Canada stayed neck and neck at the top of Group E after a 1-1 draw in Tianjin. Christine Sinclair put the Canadians ahead in the 34th minute, but Yu Yuan equalized two minutes later for her second goal of the competition. Both teams now have four points.
"Normally with four points, we would hope to get out of the group," said China coach Shang Ruihua, whose team next plays Argentina in Qinhuangdao. "Argentina is developing fast, but we'll do our best."
Nilla Fischer's 57th-minute goal gave Sweden a 1-0 victory over Argentina to keep her team's hopes alive and all but knock out the South Americans. The Swedes, which had lost 2-1 to China on Wednesday, now have three points.
Q: As a follow up to your recent column on treating parvo, I'mwondering what the long-term effects are for the puppy that survivesparvo. We purchased a Sealyham Terrier puppy. A week ago - two weeksbefore we were to receive him at 4 1/2 months of age - he contractedparvo. Unfortunately, his sister did not make it, but he came homefrom the vet today. He isn't 100 percent yet, but as he continues toeat on his own, we are hopeful that he will make a full recovery.
The breeder has said that if we have any qualms about taking him,we can have a pup from the next litter. While we have our heart seton this little guy, we're wondering what the long-term effects mightbe from his having parvo.
A: Well, there are a few things that just scream at me when I readyour question. One, - and probably the most important one - is whatis a 4 1/2-month-old purebred Terrier from a Terrier breeder doingcontracting parvo? That is a little late to be stricken with thevirus, considering most breeders start vaccinating for parvo andother puppy viruses at 6 to 8 weeks of age and then give boostersmonthly for three to four months.
Along those same lines, if the breeder had two puppies in thekennel come down with parvo, there is a very real chance that it isstill in that environment. It would not be a far stretch to inferthat other puppies from that kennel also have been exposed to parvoand could become ill with parvo. I would not accept another dog fromthis kennel.
The red flags are flying all over this situation. If you acceptthis puppy, you must understand that he will continue to shed thevirus in his feces for several weeks at your house. There arediffering amounts of time reported in the literature from weeks tomonths, so I cannot tell you how long exactly, but it is safe toassume some level of virus will be shed in your environment for sometime by this puppy even though he is clinically normal. This is fineas long as there are no unvaccinated puppies in or visiting your yardfor a few months.
My arms are getting tired, so let me stop waving my flags for aminute; I'm happy to report that once a puppy has survived parvo, hewill not get the virus again. Also, if he survives, he will not haveany long-term damage to his internal organs. So your puppy can go onto live a normal life with your common puppy issues like other dogs.I would wait for one to two months after he is stable to startvaccinating him to allow his immune system to recover fully and beable to respond appropriately to the vaccines.
I promise this is my last red flag. I must go back to the breeder.If you have a breeder whose vaccination protocol has failed a 4 1/2-month-old puppy and a littermate, you need to ask yourself, is thisthe breeder I want to use? Are there going to be other vaccinefailures? Should I worry about my puppy contracting distemper andother viruses in a puppy vaccine? Have they bred good, sound dogs?Have they bred for good body structure? Have they bred for goodtemperaments or do they even consider temperament a factor? Have theywormed these dogs? Are these puppies reasonably priced?
Normally, I am not a big fan of using the Internet to findanimals, but do some research with other Sealyham breeders. You needto be sure that you are dealing with a good breeder and that you aregetting your value out of this puppy. I know your heart is set ongiving this little one a good home and I'm sure he needs it. Justmake sure it is the best puppy for your family.
There are lots of cute little guys that need homes out there. Ifyou arm yourself with information and preparation, the correctdecision becomes obvious.
Send questions for Dr. Allison Dascoli to "Ask the Vet,"Charleston Daily Mail, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston WV 25301 or e-mail them to askthevet@dailymail.com. Comments or suggestions can besubmitted the same way.
* The West Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross is acceptingdonations for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes,combs, deodorant, shaving cream, razors, tissues and feminineproducts are most needed. Supplies can be dropped off at the RedCross office at 113 Lakeview Drive, near the Cross Lanes exit offInterstate 64.
* The Red Cross is accepting financial contributions online atwww.redcross.org or over the phone at 1-800-HELP-NOW. Money also canbe sent to the Disaster Relief Fund, American Red Cross, P.O. Box37243, Washington, DC, 20013.
* Many Charleston-area churches and community groups also arecollecting supplies for the hundreds of Louisiana evacuees arrivingin West Virginia.
Among the suggested donations are Teddy bears and children's toys,children's books and telephone cards. Contact your church or servicegroup to find drop-off locations.
* People may donate to the Salvation Army at salvationarmyusa.org.
A $100 donation to The Salvation Army will feed a family of fourfor two days, provide two cases of drinking water and one householdclean-up kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets and cleaning supplies,according to the organization.
The Tampa Bay Rays lost their seventh straight game, sending Major League Baseball's feel-good story into the All-Star break on a sour note on Sunday.
Jhonny Peralta drove in three runs and the Cleveland Indians beat Scott Kazmir and Tampa Bay 5-2 to complete a four-game sweep. The Rays lost the lead in the American League East to Boston, after leading the division by five games on Monday.
Peralta's two-run homer in the fifth inning off Kazmir (7-5) gave Cleveland a 4-2 lead.
The Indians entered the series having lost 10 straight, their worst streak since 1979, but outscored the Rays 31-8 to extend their home winning streak over Tampa Bay to 13 since September 2005.
Red Sox 2, Orioles 1
At Boston, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched six scoreless innings and Boston reclaimed the AL East lead going into the All-Star break, defeating Baltimore.
The Red Sox took the division lead for the first time since June 28. Boston trailed by a season-high five games last weekend, then won five of six while the Rays lost seven in a row.
Matsuzaka (10-1) struggled with his control, but worked around four hits and five walks. Jonathan Papelbon escaped in the ninth for his 28th save of the season and 100th of his career.
Blue Jays 4, Yankees 1
At Toronto, A.J. Burnett came within two outs of a shutout, Marco Scutaro hit a three-run home run and Toronto beat Andy Pettitte and New York for its fifth win in six games.
Pitching on three days rest for the third time in his career, Burnett (10-8) allowed one run and six hits, walked one and struck out eight. He is 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA when pitching on three days' rest.
Jason Giambi spoiled Burnett's shutout bid with a solo home run in the ninth, his 19th.
Tigers 4, Twins 2
At Detroit, Justin Verlander tossed seven sharp innings and Detroit avoided a four-game sweep by beating Minnesota.
Verlander (7-9) allowed two runs and four hits, improving to 5-0 in his last seven starts. He hasn't allowed more than two earned runs during his unbeaten streak, lowering his ERA from 5.05 to 4.15.
Clete Thomas hit his first major league homer for the Tigers.
Miguel Cabrera put Detroit ahead 3-2 with a run-scoring groundout in the fifth and Matt Joyce hit his ninth homer in the eighth.
Mariners 4, Royals 3
At Kansas City, Missouri, Adrian Beltre scored the go-ahead run on an error in the ninth, enabling Seattle to close out a disappointing first half of the season with a victory over Kansas City.
Beltre doubled, went to third on a sacrifice bunt, but then got caught in a rundown when Willie Bloomquist grounded back to Soria.
Soria threw back to catcher John Buck and Beltre was trapped in a rundown, but a bad throw by Buck went over the third baseman's head. Beltre dashed home and Bloomquist sped into second.
The Mariners end the first half at 37-58, the worst record in the AL.
Rangers 12, White Sox 11
At Arlington, Texas, All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with three hits and drove in three runs for Texas, which held on for a wild victory.
Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh that finally put Texas ahead to stay and Michael Young, one of four Rangers going to Yankee Stadium for the All-Star game, added a two-run single to push his hitting streak to 15 games.
Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye homered for Chicago, which had a season-high 22 hits. Boone Logan (2-2) got the loss.
Chicago scored three times in the ninth against closer C.J. Wilson before Jim Thome and Paul Konerko both took called third strikes to end the game.
Angels 4, Athletics 3
At Oakland, California, Erick Aybar's infield single drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth, leading Los Angeles to the victory over Oakland.
Casey Kotchman hit a home run and Howie Kendrick drove in two runs to help the Angels record their 19th comeback win and improve to a major league-best 36-19 in games decided by two runs or less.
All-Star Justin Duchscherer allowed two runs and five hits over 7 2-3 innings for Oakland.
In Rachel Harrison's Untitled, 1991, a rank bear fur hangs from nails driven into the wall. Thin, braided plaits of fake human hair (extensions snatched from a roommate) similar in shade to the dark brown fur complicate the nasty thing, whatever it is. On the hirsute surface dangle, rather precariously (making a kind of truncated constellation, ursa minor as it were), four tattered photos; Harrison found them abandoned on the street. The hue and hairdos date the snapshots from the late '6os or early '70s. One is of a family-four children, a father kneeling, someone standing, an accordion stretched across hips, the face and shoulder eviscerated. Another picture shows a little girl with a photo album splayed across her lap; she appears to suffer from Down's syndrome. Is our understanding of these forlorn pix and the skin they hang on any more profound than the girl's take on the photo album in her lap? Does she think the album, with its heavy black pages, might make music like the accordion with its black folds? What questions would she want to ask about art? Are they the questions anyone should ask? Another pic shows a wall with a road sign: CAUTION. Take it as a directive on how to proceed, on too hastily deciding what this untitled bear rug with photos is-sculpture? photo?-much less what it means. The bear rug doesn't really frame the photos, despite surrounding them, and while the fur suggests drooping connection to Robert Morris felt pieces and the protruding braids to Eva Hesse or David Hammons, I keep thinking it's like a strange coat of arms. The motto would read: How much meaning can you bear?
Harrison's work is positioned as dealing in the connections and disconnections between (1) the flat, illusionistic space of photography and the volumetric, actual space of sculpture; (2) the readymade and the hand- and/or homemade (cans of peas, found materials, Marilyn Monroe; variegated, at times even glittering, blobby forms and DIY carpentry); (3) '60s formal/ poetic Minimal and post-Minimal devices and '80s appropriationist and commodity-critique strategies; (4) artist, viewer, and object viewed, which Harrison often literalizes-diagrams-in her pieces with photographic or sculptural stand-ins for people looking. In Untitled, 2001, for example, a Becky doll (advertised as Barbie's "wheelchair friend" and the "school photographer" [!] on the Mattel box) stares at a photograph of a green-screen soundstage, taken on the set of The Mummy Returns, the green screen itself, like photography, able to depict or project anything and everything. Or in a framed photograph in Sphinx, 2002, art critic/saint Sister Wendy gazes, happily full of grace, at an ancient statuary head. In terms of Harrison's use of such particular surrogates, it is not simply the viewer who's figured (empowered?) as different, disabled, or "challenged"; the artist is implied as well, meaning that you can probably smell the stinky, suppurating wound of Philoctetes (cf. Edmund Wilson's The Wound and the Bow, which figures the ostracized but unsurpassable Greek marksman as artist, whom society shuns or ignores because of his or her difference, even repugnance, until a crisis-when what the artist provides is the only thing that will save society). To put it another way: The stand-in "other" has become anyone who bothers to try to look and to consider looking. (Since they are inanimate objects, Harrison's various representations of lookers cannot, of course, actually see; in this sense, a kind of looking-but-not-seeing, a blind gaze, is depicted.) Given a media-driven, image-obsessed culture that nonetheless devalues when not preventing a sustained education about how art and the visual operate-and how this might be pertinent to a more informed negotiation of life in such a culture-one can understand that, with little of Wilson's romanticism, the artist and the looker might be figured as crippled.
Still, Harrison is no queen of the between. Her work doesn't operate by opposition. In its literalization of what cannot be seen (blind spots), in its being held together by, paradoxically, gaps and holes (especially between different kinds and forms of culture), Harrison's photography and sculpture bear an analogical, even allegorical relation to the cultural/artistic condition in which opposition has ceased to exist. Most of her sculptural work defies structuring principles of front and back: Representations of either are only apparent, as in Sphinx, where the drywall that displays the Sister Wendy photo seems to situate a front or outside (gallery wall) and the rosy blob on its kooky diagrammatic base a back or inside (storage area). Such strict oppositional spatiality is stymied, confused, by attention to how the "base" that supports the pink form resembles other Harrison sculptures (such as Studio 54, 1996) wile the rosy "sculpture" itself mimics "bases" in other works by Harrison-e.g., the mountainous jade form of Wardrobe, 2002. Similarly, the unfinished wood of Sphinx recalls the artist's early installations, like her 1996 debut solo show in New York, at Arena, where various panelings and faux-- brick coverings, in addition to little papier-mache blob shelves holding cans of peas and framed street photographs-some with piles of green garbage bags dream-- fly skewing the scale of the piles of green peas on the labels of the cans-abstracted the real and realized abstraction by folding the space of domestic, sculptural, architectural, and photographic representation. Sphinx is made up of the presentation of a photograph and the presentation of a sculpture; it isn't "about" the display or framing of either. One of the questions it would seem to ask is, What kind of difference does surface qua surface make when one looks-at a photograph and at a sculpture, when represented surface and actual surface meet? All of which makes it not only difficult to answer the riddle of where Sphinx is (front/back, inside/outside) but what and when it is (is it simply present, or does it re-present aspects of sculptural history as well as of the artist's own earlier work?). The viewer must continue to circumambulate Sphinx-circulation and stasis situating one of the basic differences in looking at sculpture and photography (we don't usually walk around photographs)-and its riddle never settles.
I didn't think I'd begin my attempt to write about Harrison's work in such a dutiful way (mention an early "key" piece to lens things through, detail the various constitutive aspects of the work). I was going to start by mentioning my forthcoming book (finally!) of interviews with Helen Keller on aesthetics, conducted in 1968, just a few months prior to the grand dame of audio-visual deprivation's demise. Bringing Helen into this would thematize seeing and the unseeable, methods of reception (Anne Sullivan; braille), effects of mediation (The Miracle Worker) and belief. Not impertinent matters.
Why would I do that? I want to throw some rays of reflexivity onto the forms of writing about art that often go uncommented on, almost as if they were not forms, kinds of narrative. Not that I'm a big believer in mimesis when it comes to writing in a manner "like" the art about which one writes, but that one way to begin to unpack the question of why Harrison might be having her moment in the sun is in the way her sculpture and photography draw attention-reflexively-to their respective media, their histories, and their modes of reception. In other words, one thing Harrison's work makes inescapable is the fact of how art materially instantiates the reality or fictionality of the discourses it provokes. By which I mean that to convey most sinuously the complexities of a given work of art, one may have to embrace forms and modes of address beyond art history or aesthetics. For example, consider screening thought about the nonvisual or nonretinal through Patty Duke-as representative of moving from blindness-as-vision (Patty as Helen) to insight-as-vision (Patty as Anne Sullivan).
What are the questions that should be asked about Harrison's sculptures and photographs? In the otherwise punitive October "roundtable" on the state of criticism, curator Helen Molesworth proffers that Harrison's "work is, actually, deeply invested in the texts that many of the [October school] have produced about Minimalism and phenomenology and the role of the photograph in spectacle culture" and that the work "maybe isn't recognized by the very people with whom she's trying to have a dialogue." Elsewhere, art historian and October editor George Baker nominates Harrison's "insistence on confronting the aporia between the legacies of Constructivism and the readymade ... and the almost curatorial use of sculpture as a display surface for photographs" as crucial for grappling with how her work produces meaning and with the meanings produced. There's nothing wrong per se with either of these critical takes, yet neither provides help in considering the obvious and sustained elements in the artist's work: her brilliant, consistent deployment of star culture (photographic appearances of Bo Derek, Michael Jackson, Johnny Carson, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando) and color (ballerina pink, shit brown, jade, glittering disco blue). These aren't just decorative or whimsical components (although decoration and whimsy are matters contemplated through the work).
Harrison isn't opposing Constructivism and Marlon Brando; nor is she placing her work between the two. But her sculpture and photography preemptively destabilize any reading that would allow the art historical to rationalize the work-by and/or with the frivolous pleasure of color, of post-Fortensky-These Old Broads Liz, of Dr. Moreau-fat-"Lying for a Living" Marlon, of the pancake-makeup, friend-ofthe-David Gests derangement appearing under the sign of Michael Jackson. I'm not certain that this project is ever to be concluded, yet the attempt would seem to be to negotiate forms of thought in a manner analogous to Harrison's movement through media, not settling for either photography or sculpture or even photography-- cum-sculpture, in which each medium serves as a point of return and difference. Harrison is not putting photography and sculpture together to hybridize media or to present neo-Rauschenbergian combines; she's using them to consider what it would mean, post-- postmedium, to endeavor something that would be "sculpture" or "photography," historically informed but not nostalgic redux. Nothing so programmatic as making sculptures to represent the cultural moment and its lack of a quorum when it comes to whether art matters or what its key critical issues might be, Harrison's work nonetheless conveys such concerns-the fact that Sister Wendy and Liz Taylor and Becky the Cripple/ Photographer have as much to contribute concerning opticality and vision as does any esteemed art historian.
Harrison's sculpture spatializes and is constructed out of such a critical dilemma. She is taking apart and juxtaposing the constitutive elements of photography and sculpture in a manner reflecting on and influenced by the work of artists from a previous generation, in particular Cady Noland. Where Noland's personages usually invoke noir Americanness, Harrison's truck in the bizarre facticity of existence. Eschewing Noland's use of silkscreening and employment of newspaper and/or tabloid images (in a manner related to Warhol's paintings) as sculptural elements, Harrison uses actual photographs and presents sculpture as sculpture (rather than as a Noland-esque stand-in); yet, in a manner recalling Noland, she is sorting out the differences and connections between represented and presented space while pursuing formal issues of medium and why such an approach is still credible.
An example of how cogently Harrison presents some of these concerns is seen in 5 x 7s (A&R Quality Photo...), 1996, for which the artist had the same negative of a naturally abstract anthill developed at ten stores or labs, requesting an identical process and picture size each time. Each photo came back looking different, in a comically variegated range of hues, and one of the developed images was larger than the requested five-by-- seven. Framed together they provide a witty commentary on the medium, on the production and reception of sameness, on the absence of a standard, even of standardization. Harrison opens up the potential of the situation to attempt to respond to the demands of a culture of too much. I don't think the flux or absence is supposed to be deplorable or depressing.
The Honey Collector, 2002: Red & White Honey / US Grade A. Pure Natural / Honey Brother / uncooked no preservatives / Clover Honey. Dutch Gold / US Grade A / Clover / Pure Honey. Sandt's / Pure Honey / Pure / Clover Honey. SueBee / Premium / Clover / Honey / US Grade A Fancy White Pure Honey. Gunter's / Pure Honey / Clover / 100% Natural US Grade A. Clover Honey Dawes Hill / Once Again Nut Butter Dawes Hill Honey. Nature's Sweetest Miracle / Stoller's / Pure / Clover / Honey. Krasdale / US Grade A Fancy / HONEY / Clover. Sandt's / Natural Unfiltered / Clover / Pure Honey. I write out the labels to highlight the strangeness and poetry of Harrison's decision not to choose simply a single kind of honey bear. Collector, she is valuing difference, multiplicity, and the minute distinctions that make things matter and create difference. The plastic creatures in The Honey Collector, 2002, could be the small pets taken care of by reliable Debra, whose ad on another side of the sculpture announces: "RELIABLE CAT-SITTER / WILL TAKE CARE OF / YOUR CATS & OTHER SMALL PETS / IN YOUR HOME / REASONABLE RATE / EXCELLENT REFERENCES / DEBRA (212) XXX-3240." The honey bears punctuate one section of the work's different horizontal, vertical, and almost topographical planes-- which at times suggest shelf as stage or stage as shelf (where performers are displayed)-that make up the work's mauve, almost constructivist form. Here Harrison is staging questions about the history of sculpture (its theatricality; its unfinished investigation of sculpture and base; its relation to props, furniture, stuff). By including a photo of Brando, she's plumping out ideas of mass; sculpture's relation to bodies and, since the shot seems to be from the actor's selfdirected western opus, One-Eyed Jacks, to cinematic horizontality, space filled with movement. Diagramming the difference within similitude, the honey bear labels display the fat, dizzying range of difference among nearly identical products. Debra doesn't want to be taken for just any other cat-sitter even though her ad is like so many others seen on coffee house or grocery market bulletin boards. Marlon advertises Marlonness (identity; identicality) as well as masculinity and its consumption. Big sweet-eater, he bares the impact of reference on the body. The burden of referential honey, his presence asks: Honey, how much can anyone bear? Lavender brightness, funny honey bears, Marion's perseverance-The Honey Collector sweetens the potentially unbearable by refusing simply to consume it or ignore it. It owns up to it, collecting the situation.
A subtle, brilliant feminist current courses through Harrison's work as well. Connecting the issues of surplus and multiplicity with the feminine (and putting a witty spin on Haim Steinbach's shelving), for Teaching Bo to Count Backwards, 1996-97, Harrison places cans of olives and photos of Bo on an inverted white gutter, from where we look up to see a literal star. The woman who for a time embodied a number ("io") seems to consider self-definition and a life apart from her scary late husband, John, as she struggles to count the olives on the various cans arranged in stacks to the side of the photos she appears in. At first, Bo seems perplexed, bewildered by how many olives there are. There are too many; she rests her taxed skull on her husband's shoulder. Then she looks as if she might begin to get it-the number of olives-at the same time figuring out that she could do so solo. She's happiest when the label shows only a single olive. Bo can easily count one olive-- and she can do it by herself. Everyone may experience Bo-- like difficulties. It may be appealing to accomplish a Bo-like surety (one is one), but to speak only in the realm of art-- what is the beau and what is not; how to proceed when there's no opposition and too many options to count-- means not just a self-forgetting (knowing only one, Bo never could begin a search for self-knowledge ["10"]) but an enervated accounting of culture.
A still from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant provides In the Zoo, 2001, not only a mood but also a palette and materials. Unlike many of Harrison's pieces, what's depicted in the photograph gets represented (therefore changed) in the space of the sculpture itself. The teal blue phone snaking through part of In the Zoo is off the hook, unlike the teal blue phone in the film still; there, it rests on the polar bear shag next to which Petra waits, her bottle of vodka dulling the harshness of waiting. The photo of Petra is dinky compared to another image it abuts, an almost completely blurred picture of a rooster in a zoo. Cardboard with packing tape attempts to cover part of the lower parts of the makeshift sculpture, barely holding it together. A sign with the handwritten words 3 MILE ISLAND hangs from the piece's midregion. A study in tans, teal, and pink connoting an obsolescent phone booth, In the Zoo delivers the nuclear meltdown of love suspended. Is meaning busy or does it never call? Tears wrench emotion but cleanse after blurring vision. The bitter philosophy of Petra, not Immanuel, suggests a place for a Fourth Critique. Not jettisoning the lessons of neo-formalist, neo-Kantian critique but not simply kowtowing to them either, responding to Harrison's work (as to the best of her contemporaries) compels a response enfolding the frivolous, the stupid, the fatty intractable, a Ronellian beyond of knowledge. The phone may be off the hook, but we're not.
[Author Affiliation]
Bruce Hainley is a contributing editor of Artforum.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Notre Dame freshman forward LaPhonso Ellis felthe never got into a rhythm against Creighton, despite histeam-leading 17 points.
"I was never into the flow of the game," said Ellis after NotreDame went 4-0 with a 77-64 victory Saturday. "I did some good thingsin the second half, when we needed it, but I never got into it."
Ellis scored four points in the final two minutes to help stifleCreighton's final threat in the non-conference game.
"We did what we wanted to do as far as getting an up-tempo game,but we were just too quick and too careless," said Notre Dame coachDigger Phelps. "We couldn't get a rhythm going."
Creighton coach Tony Barone said Notre Dame's tough playintimidated the Bluejays. "They beat you up, and beat you up, andbeat you up," he said.
Notre Dame withstood Bob Harstad's career-high 28 points forCreighton. "He was flashing into the middle, and we weren't pickinghim up," said Ellis. "On a given day, a given person can have the hothand, and he had the hot hand today."
Creighton (2-4) pulled with four points, 67-63, at 2:36 on athree-point goal by Todd Eisner. A pair of field goals by the 6-9Ellis and four free throws by Tim Singleton, who finished with 13points, helped the Irish to the winning margin.
Earlier, after trailing 10 points, the Bluejays pulled withintwo at 47-45 but never overtook the Irish.
Joe Fredrick, who suffered a facial cut in a collision with theBluejays' Kevin Johnson and later reinjured the cut, finished with 14points for Notre Dame.
Both teams struggled on offense in the first half.
Notre Dame went scoreless for four minutes after Singleton hit afree throw to give the Irish a 10-8 lead. But the Bluejays, duringthe same period, managed only a three-point goal by Porter Moser, whofinished with six points.
Creighton tied the game for the fourth time, at 30-30, late inthe half on a field goal by Harstad and two free throws by JamesFarr. The Irish then answered with an eight-point scoring streak,their longest of the half, on three-point goals by Jamere Jackson andKevin Ellery, and an Ellis field goal, for a 38-30 halftime score.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Results of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the 5.5-kilometer (3.5-mile) Yas Marina circuit (with driver, nationality, laps completed, time):
1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren, 55, 1 hour, 37 minutes, 11.886 seconds.
2. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 55, 1:37:20.343.
3. Jenson Button, Britain, McLaren, 55, 1:37:37.767.
4. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 55, 1:37:47.670.
5. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 55, 1:38:02.464.
6. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 55, 1:38:04.203.
7. Michael Schumacher, Germany, Mercedes, 55, 1:38:27.850.
8. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Force India, 55, 1:38:29.008.
9. Paul di Resta, Britain, Force India, 55, 1:38:52.973.
10. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Sauber, 54, 1:37:13.417.
11. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Sauber, 54, 1:37:26.738.
12. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Williams, 54, 1:37:27.448.
13. Vitaly Petrov, Russia, Renault, 54, 1:37:31.300.
14. Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Williams, 54, 1:37:54.633.
15. Jaime Alguersuari, Spain, Toro Rosso, 54, 1:38:05.938.
16. Bruno Senna, Brazil, Renault, 54, 1:38:34.408.
17. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, Lotus, 54, 1:38:37.753.
18. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Lotus, 53, 1:37:53.904
19. Timo Glock, Germany Virgin, 53, 1:38:23.176
20. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italy, Virgin, 1:38:55.177.
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Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Hispania, 48.
Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland, Toro Rosso, 19.
Jerome d'Ambrosio, Belgium, Virgin, 18.
Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 1.
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| Fastest lap: Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1 minute, 42.612 seconds on lap 51. |
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| Drivers' championship standings |
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1. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 374 points.
2. Jenson Button, Britain, McLaren, 255
3. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 245
4. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 233
5. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren, 227
6. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 108
7. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 83
8. Michael Schumacher, Germany, Mercedes, 76
9. Vitaly Petrov, Russia, Renault, 36
10. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, Renault, 34
11. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Force India, 34
12. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Sauber, 28
13. Jaime Alguersuari, Spain, Toro Rosso, 26
14. Paul di Resta, Britain, Force India, 23
15. Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland, Toro Rosso, 15
16. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Sauber, 14
17. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Williams, 4
18. Bruno Senna, Brazil, Renault, 2
19. Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Williams, 1
| Constructors' championship standings |
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1. Red Bull, 607 points.
2. McLaren, 482
3. Ferrari, 353
4. Mercedes, 159
5. Renault, 72
6. Force India, 57
7. Sauber, 42
7. Toro Rosso, 41
9. Williams, 5
OVERCOMING BARRIERS
Study of residential and commercial food scraps collection and composting programs identifies barriers and suggests solutions, including modifications to state permitting processes.
Part II
ANATIONAL study, funded by USEPA Region 5, of residential and commercial food scraps collection and composting programs in about 200 communities in the United States confirms the growing interest in food waste diversion. Part I of this two-part article series ("Food Scraps Programs In The United States," July 2011) reviewed the number and location of programs identified in the study, tonnages diverted, program costs and tip fees. Part II, based on data from the saine study, highlights common barriers faced by program managers across the U.S.. as well provides a selection of best management practices.
The most commonly reported barriers to implementation of food waste programs include a lack of political will to implement food scraps program, permitting facilities to receive food scraps, costs and contamination, public perceptions about the food waste "yuck" factor and attracting unwanted vectors. Interviewees offered a variety of solutions to overcome them.
BARRIERS/SOLUTIONS
Politicai Willingness: Without political will behind a program, implementation rarely happens. Getting elected officials, business leaders and other stakeholders on-board to support a program is an important factor for success. Educate on why the program should be adopted, and motivate using avoided landfill disposal costs or saving landfill space, meeting community or business greenhouse gas reduction targets, doing "good" for the environment, job creation, and others.
Waste characterizations are helpful in showing how much of the current waste stream can be diverted (although if local residential results are not available, public data may suffice in making the point). Waste audits can be particularly useful in the commercial sector to help generators realize potential cost savings from diversion. Starting a citizens' committee or a business or trade group to get the ball rolling is a common path toward implementation. One or two dedicated individuals in a community can go a long way toward getting a program started. Statewide stakeholder groups, gathering all the players, including generators, haulers, processors and elected officials, have helped initiate programs in states including Massachusetts and Ohio.
Facilities and Infrastructure: The most concerning barriers related to facilities permitting, lack of processing capability, NIMBYism, odors at existing operations, distance to the nearest facility, and time delays related to changing existing programs to accept food scraps. Policy changes at the state level may be needed in some areas (discussed in more detail below). Siting facilities farther from neighbors, following best practices in processing to avoid odors, and working with commercial generators to identify particular loads that may be troublesome were all suggested by interviewees. Pilot programs are also useful to allow a facility to perfect the "recipe" for processing, e.g., optimizing C:N ratio, bulking agent requirements, etc. However, a pilot may not be necessary in regions where already successful food scraps programs are operating.
Cost: Whether related to residential or commercial user fees or rate structures, community or government costs for carts, collection, trucks, etc., private hauler costs, or the food scraps tip fees, cost is a common barrier to implementing programs. This barrier is difficult to overcome; many successful prostill have cost issues yet to be fully resolved.
Communities addressed residential cost issues by partnering with other communities or counties for outreach, not giving kitchen containers to all households, (only those that request or using coupons), using PAYT trash rates and emthe costs of a base service levfor organica collection in the trash (often for a 32-gallon level of serwith increased fees for additional levels of service), alternating every - other-week collection of recyclables with e very-other -week collection of organics using the same trucks, and applying for local, state and national grants to help get the program started.
On the commercial side, some communities are partnering with large corporations or supporting private programs (e.g., Walmart, Kroger's, etc.), providing audits to interested businesses to show potential cost-savings by reducing trash service levels, offering small "start-up" grants for businesses to address capital needs, or providing a subsidy to commercial generators to make food scraps/organics collection competitive with trash or recycling. Establishing program rates to cover the entire costs of collection and processing will help ensure viability over the long term regardless of vagaries in the market.
Contamination: Contaminants are the nemesJs of most composting programs, including those diverting food scraps. Plastic bags, disposable food service items (from packaged condiments to coffee stirrers), some biodegradable products, etc., are among the contaminant sources.
Education is key to overcoming this barrier. Ou the residential side, community-based social marketing can be useful; on the commerciai side, employee training and staff meetings to get employees behind the program have been shown to reduce contamination. Some programs have banned use of any plastic bag regardless of whether or not it is compostable, while other programs have invested in equipment on the processing side (similar to a large vacuum) to deal with the small pieces of shredded plastic bags.
Public Perceptions: This category of barriers includes the "yuck" factor and generator perceptions. The idea that food, initially attractive and edible, becomes a pest-ridden and disgusting item once transferred from the plate to the composting pail or bin, is a common problem in food scraps composting programs, especially in the beginning. This tends to be especially true in residential programs but was also noted to be an issue among employees in some commercial programs. Additionally, the perception that combined food scraps/compo sta bles will attract greater numbers of pests, animals and other vectors is another common barrier in this category. Typically this is not an actual issue at the curb; however itcan be a factor on the facility side.
Like many of the other barriers discussed, education, persistence and a consistent message are key to overcoming the yuck factor and vector concerns. Changing the mindset for residents and businesses can be a daunting task but not a program deal-breaker. Some communities have focused on pizza boxes or other food-soiled paper as a way to get generators into the habit of source separation and move on to vegetative and eventually meat and dairy products later. Others provide directions for disposing of meat and dairy scraps that may minimize the "yuckiness," such as freezing items, wrapping them in paper towels, putting them in cardboard boxes, and "layering" the yard trimmings and food scraps.
PERMITTING
Increasing numbers of haulers are seeing the potential of generating new revenues by offering a new food scraps collection service. At the same time, program managers are embracing food scraps diversion as a way to meet goals. However, in many regions across the country, the growth in program adoption is outpacing the growth of permitted capacity. One of the largest, if not the single largest, barrier to increased capacity development was reported to he within the permitting process. The issues that multiple states are attempting to sort out include: developing a definition of yard trimmings, food scraps and municipal solid waste; setting the correct level of regulation that is not too stringent and not too loose; addressing potential environmental issues; and creating a stable regulatory framework and removing uncertainty in the marketplace.
Some states successfully addressed the permitting process and provide potential lessons for those still grappling with the issue. A few of the best management practices in permitting include:
Stakeholder Meetings and Public Comments: Whether or not a public process and stakeholder meetings are mandated in the rulemaking process for the state, almost all states considering changes to the regulations undertake both. By getting all of the important voices on the matter involved in the conversation, the state is able to develop a regulation that meets the needs of the generators, industry and the environment - and gather enough support to get new rules adopted.
Definition of Food Scraps: In some states, food waste falls under the MSW definition, meaning that Ln order for a facility to process food scraps it must obtain a solid waste facility permit. On the other hand, if food scraps are not specifically defined, they may fall under yard trimmings composting site permitting, which may not provide enough regulation to protect the environment. It is recommended to clearly define food scraps separately from yard trimmings and solid waste so that an adequate level of regulation can be developed.
Facility Classification /Tiered Regulatory Structure: By creating a tiered permitting framework and setting a classification specifically for food scraps composting, the state can promulgate regulations that encourage development of facilities with the proper level of regulation. States are leaning toward creating a kind of middle ground, i.e., a classification that covers such environmental considerations as setbacks, flood plains, pads or liners and odor control, while at the same time not being overly burdensome for food scraps facilities.
Environmental /NIMBY Factors: Odors can shut down a facility, making it important to draft regulations that deal with air quality from the start. Whether this happens via setback requirements from neighbors, cover systems, inspections or some combination, odor management must be addressed as facilities need to be good neighbors.
Lowering Permitting Fees: Many states are significantly lowering or all together dropping permitting and application fees associated with food composting facilities to encourage development of new sites and remove the cost barrier.
Exemptions For Yard Trimmings Facilities: There is a well-established composting infrastructure for yard trimmings, in part due to disposal bans enacted by about two dozen states in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and mandatory state recycling goals that encouraged yard trimmings diversion. As a way to speed adoption of additional food scraps composting programs, some states are allowing already permitted yard trimmings sites to accept a minimal amount of food scraps generally 5% to 109M without any changes to their existing programs.
Innovation In Rulemaking Process: New and innovative approaches to existing state regulations and rulemaking processes may be needed for states to deal with food scraps requirements. For example. Indiana chose to remove the solid waste permitting requirement for food scraps composting facilities and instead use the marketing and distribution permit. This enabled the state to quickly overcome barriers to new facility development and remove the onerous $12,000 permitting fee while still addressing environmental concerns.
Food scraps represent one of the largest remaining components of the waste stream. Whether it is diverted from the commercial or residential sector, processed as food to hogs, composted or sent to some other end use, food waste strategies are becoming main stream. By examining what has already occurred, learning from our peers and sharing knowledge, future programs can be designed to more costeffectively divert significant and meaiiingful amounts of this beneficial stream from our landfills.
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See the online version of this article for links to Part I and additional information from the full report, "Best Management Practices in Food Scrap Programs."
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[Author Affiliation]
Juri Freeman is a Senior Environmental Analyst at The Econservaiion Institute (www.econservationinstitute.org) and Skumatz Economic Research Associates (www.serainc.com). Lisa Skumatz, PhD, is founder of The Econservation Institute and Principal of SERA. Freeman and Skumatz work with communities, counties, states, and federa! agencies to analyze effective and cost-effective solid waste diversion strategies. This Econservation. Institute project was conducted under a grant from EPA Regiofi 5. Additional information on Best Management Practices cari he found in the full report "Best Management Practices in Food Scraps Progrants" available at on www.foodscrapscomposting.com.
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A Colorado man who says marijuana is a sacrament in his religion has been convicted of misdemeanor drug charges.
A Clear Creek County judge found Trevor Douglas of Avon guilty Tuesday of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving an unregistered vehicle.
Douglas says he will appeal. He says he's standing up for his First Amendment right to religious freedom.
He argued he shouldn't be convicted on drug charges because marijuana serves the same role in his religion as communion wine in Christianity. He's a member of the Hilo, Hawaii-based THC Ministry.
The judge said Douglas' beliefs don't rise to the level of a religion.
Douglas was ordered to pay $450 in fines and costs and serve 15 hours of community service.
