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Transoral Gastroplasty - TOGA Procedure - The Future of Bariatric Surgery?

Bariatric Surgery has gone from an open surgery requiring a large abdominal incision to laparoscopic surgery requiring five or six tiny incisions to Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery requiring a single abdominal incision. The future will be transoral or endoscopic bariatric surgery that involves no incisions. WD152

The Toga system developed by Satiety, Inc., a medical device company based in Palo Alto, California is one of the procedures currently undergoing clinical studies in the United States. The system is a flexible device that is inserted through the mouth into the stomach to staple the stomach.

The TOGA procedure is performed under general anesthesia by a bariatric surgeon. The surgeon then places the flexible stapler down into the stomach and inserts an endoscope, which is a flexible camera into the stomach to see the procedure on a television screen. The device then suctions the wall of the stomach into the stapler and forms a four-inch tube or pouch in the proximal stomach.

As a person eats after the procedure, they will feel full quickly. The food will pass into the newly created pouch and then slowly pass into the rest of the stomach and through the normal digestive system.

The TOGA procedure is not approved by the FDA and is presently under clinical studies in the United States. To qualify for the study patients need to have a body mass index (BMI) of 35 to 55. A BMI greater than 35 is considered severely obese. Enrollment in the study has been completed and the results are still pending.

The TOGA procedure has certain risks and potential complications as with any surgery. There is a risk the staple line can fail and come apart. Leakage is not a risk of transoral gastroplasty because the stomach is not cut. If the staple line comes apart the stomach reforms which can result in failure of the procedure.

The TOGA procedure is similar to other bariatric surgeries like the vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG). The VBG is no longer being performed in the US because of high failure rates. The most common cause of failure was disruption of the staple lines over time. The high incidence of staple line failure will most likely occur with the TOGA procedure as well. However the nice thing about the TOGA procedure as compared to a VBG is that it involves no incision, minimal risk, and minimal recovery time.

There are presently many endoscopic or transoral bariatric surgical procedures being developed. These procedures include endoscopic placement of a sleeve (Endobarrier) in the intestines by GI Dynamics, and POSE or Primary Obesity Surgery Endoscopically by USGI Medical.

Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United State and venture capital companies are investing large amounts of money to help find less invasive procedures to help cure this epidemic.

Steps of the TOGA Procedure

Shawn Garber, MD, FACS, FASMBS, is director of the New York Bariatric Group in New Hyde Park, NY. He is one of only a few surgeons in the Northeast using the new SILS technique for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. www.stopobesityforlife.com

November 2009

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Comment by [Anonymous] on Oct 30, 2009 at 01:10pm
The no incision part sounds fine, until you get to the line that says "the high incidence of staple line failure will most likely occur with the TOGA procedure as well". Who wants to go through that if the doctors expect it to fail?
Comment by KRWaters on Oct 30, 2009 at 09:56pm
So it is a pouch then like the gastric bypasas, just no incision? I still think the duodenal switch far exceeds the expectations of this TOGA thing.
Comment by [Anonymous] on Oct 30, 2009 at 10:58pm
This looks like stomach stapling done from the inside. A sleeve gastrectomy seems like it would be more effective since it reduces ghrelin secretion and this procedure does not.
Comment by [Anonymous] on Oct 31, 2009 at 12:45am
Who wants to go through all this if it has the same high failure rate as the VBG? Just because it doesn't leave a scar doesn't mean it's a successful long term surgery to cure S/MO! I think the DS sounds like a much better option since it actually removes most of the grehlin (hunger) secreting hormone, and has a proven track record of high excess weight loss AND long term maintenance of EWL! I'll take a few lap incisions for that kind of success thank you!
Comment by [Anonymous] on Oct 31, 2009 at 03:02am
I see a high failure rate with this one. We are a long way off from a WLS with no incisions that ACTUALLY works.
Comment by Ms_Swoosh on Oct 31, 2009 at 12:47pm
Ya, Im gonna pass on this one.... My band frustrates me some...but I think I will stick with it. Besides 33titanium staples....INSIDE ME? Ya, I think not :)
Comment by [Anonymous] on Oct 31, 2009 at 01:33pm
why would anyone subject themselves to any procedure that is EXPECTED to have a high failure rate. even if the restriction works, what is the patients chances of maintaining their weight loss with NO malabsorption. i will take my the scar from my open DS with its success over a procedure with the expectations of the TOGA procedure.
Comment by panda_q_bear on Oct 31, 2009 at 11:22pm
No thanks. I really like not having a "stoma" for food to get stuck in, or worse, fall through. This surgery does not seem to address that ubiquitous problem in RNY and Lap Band. Additionally there is no malabsorptive component, which appear from the statistics to be a key factor in long term success from WLS> Given the choice, I'd choose the DS again over this one.
Comment by [Anonymous] on Nov 07, 2009 at 03:14pm
Yeah, the reason my Sleeve has worked so well is because I don't get hungry (and still haven't over one year out) - this procedure offers none of the important parts of weight loss surgery: hunger reduction by loss of stomach, malabsorption by loss of intestine, or even the trauma of WLS that I think we all need to "reset" our bodies (I know I physically didn't want to eat for weeks - I don't see that happening with this). I think this is a waste of time!
Comment by WILL0630 on Nov 15, 2009 at 04:37pm
This may do well for people with lower bmi's or a lot of self control who do not want a band. My biggest concern is the staple line failure rate being an unknown over the long term. Like with all wls you need to understand why you are fat to begin with as well as what your post op lifestyle expectations are. I've met many succesful vbg'ers despite the stats. With discipline, this can possibly work for many.
Comment by [Anonymous] on Dec 07, 2009 at 09:26am
The idea is good, but the long term is the issue. I can see rich/famous people doing it so they can lose weight radically on a "temporary" basis, without the invasion, complication risks, pos-op recovery,scars, etc... They can get fit for the next summer or movie... and I say rich because they dont need to have a BMI higher that 35 to be approved by the insurance companies... their credit card will do all the approving !
Comment by [Anonymous] on Jan 06, 2010 at 03:10pm
IS this a clinical study?
Comment by [Anonymous] on Apr 08, 2010 at 02:06pm
I had the TOGA and it only works if we follow the rules. You don't have to take extra vitamins because the food goes into the stomach and sits there. Your full all the time. I liked this ove Bypass because of the risks & they all have drawn saggy faces from losing weight too fast. The duodanal or whatever switch is horrible. You smell like a sewer all the time. Gas is horrible. As with any procedure..its as good as we are..Bypass patients gain the weight back all the time..
Comment by [Anonymous] on Nov 13, 2011 at 06:24am
Are there any TOGA patients with results 2 years out? I got the TOGA in 2009 and I am currently seeking revision to sleeve going the MX route as my insr does not cover bariatric surgery. Anyhow I was curious to see how everyone else is doing as there were such high hopes for this one. The trial was discontinued this year as the investors backed out because of poor results. I personally lost 45 lbs initially, plateaued, and it crept back up. My TWL has actually been 15 lbs which I've kept off for the past year. It's sad and dissapointing really, but apparently many of you saw that coming.
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Lantz Hare, who died in the 2011 Joplin, Mo., tornado, was an avid bicycle motocross competitor.
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Lantz Hare in 2010.
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Through all the chaos and sorrow that swept through Joplin, Mo., after a devastating tornado in 2011, one man stood out.

David Scott Zimmerman of O’Hara, near Pittsburgh, consoled teens on Facebook, shipped T-shirts to boys who needed clothing and prodded a family to form a youth group in honor of their son, who died in the storm.

“He put himself out there for us,” said Shannon Hare, whose stepson, Lantz Hare, 16, was killed in the tornado. “We trusted him.”

Michael and Shannon Hare started the youth group, and Zimmerman helped.

But the relationship quickly soured. Zimmerman formed a new charity and took many of the Hares’ supporters with him.

There was something else. Zimmerman had a secret.

The story of David Zimmerman strikes at the heart of how states regulate youth groups and what information should be disclosed about the organizations and their staffs. The issues are especially timely in Pennsylvania, where new laws about adults who work with children have been proposed in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.

How long should a person be held accountable for his or her past when kids are involved?

Zimmerman said PublicSource’s inquiries about his past amounted to a “witch hunt” and interfered with his work on behalf of needy kids.

A former teacher’s secret

In September 2011, Michael and Shannon Hare formed the LP Foundation in Joplin – LP for their son’s nickname, “Lantz Pantz.” Mike Hare, a construction equipment operator, was president. Zimmerman, who said he worked in advertising and printing, was treasurer.

The Hares said they Googled Zimmerman and found no red flags. He deflected personal questions, they said.

“We had no idea he was ever a teacher,” Shannon Hare said.

Zimmerman taught English and coached basketball and cross-country at Vincentian Academy in McCandless, north of Pittsburgh, in the 1990s.

In 1998, an athlete accused Zimmerman of abusive behavior. An investigator for Duquesne University, which operated Vincentian, concluded that allegations by the athlete and other boys were credible, according to records in a civil lawsuit filed in 2000.

Zimmerman was forced to resign and Vincentian agreed not to comment on the resignation, according to a pretrial statement in a lawsuit.

Vincentian had already notified McCandless police, who interviewed 13 boys. They told police that Zimmerman had used sexually derogatory language about players, asked questions about their sex lives, showed them pornography at his home, compelled them to simulate masturbation and oral sex and goaded them to slap one another’s testicles in an initiation rite called “duping.” They said he had insisted on a code of silence, according to police reports filed in federal court records.

When police interviewed Zimmerman, he denied the allegations.

Police charged him with simple assault and corruption of minors, according to McCandless police records.

In 2001, Zimmerman, then 33, was convicted of corrupting the morals of a minor. One court document describes a negotiated guilty plea; another refers to a no-contest plea. His attorney has described the charge as failing to prevent a boy from engaging in obscene behavior.

The judge barred him from contacting his victims or engaging in work with children for one year.

“I did not plea to anything in that case,” Zimmerman said when interviewed recently by PublicSource.

He said the charges were dropped and expunged, a judicial procedure where documents are sealed or removed from the public record.

“This was over with and done,” he said.

He made a similar argument in a lawsuit brought by parents who claimed Zimmerman had assaulted their son. He countersued for malicious prosecution, stating that criminal charges were withdrawn and he had never been guilty of assault or corruption of minors.

A common pleas judge rejected that. “It did not end in a ‘favorable manner,’” wrote Judge Cynthia Baldwin. She called his case “frivolous” and said in a memorandum opinion that “there is no basis in fact or law to support this claim” of malicious prosecution.

In 2001, Zimmerman was charged by federal officials with possession of child pornography, according to federal court records. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months, but was allowed to remain free while he challenged the search warrant.

In 2002, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the search improper. The charge was dismissed.

Then, in 2008, he was charged with sexual assault of a 20-year-old man in a Harmar motel. The prosecutor withdrew three felony charges and Zimmerman pleaded no contest to simple assault, a misdemeanor, according to court filings. He was put on probation for one year.

By the time of the Joplin tornado, nothing legally restricted Zimmerman from working with young people.

A body in the morgue

The Joplin tornado was the deadliest in America in 47 years. It killed 161 people and injured more than 1,000.

Moments before the twister touched down, Lantz Hare pulled his mother’s Chevrolet Lumina into a supermarket parking lot. He was missing for four days. Mike Hare appealed for help on CNN.

All along, his 16-year-old son’s unidentified body had been in the morgue.

Zimmerman left a telephone message, Shannon Hare said, offering to send 50 free T-shirts with Lantz’s picture to give to his friends. Zimmerman’s offer set him apart from hundreds of callers.

“Of course I said that would be awesome,” Mike Hare said. “That’s how he got his foot in the door.”

Zimmerman arranged for three Joplin 18-year-olds to come to Pittsburgh in summer 2011. One, Joel King, was one of Lantz’s friends, and the tornado had destroyed his house.

His mother, Rhonda Hatfield, said she agreed with Zimmerman that her son needed to get away.

Zimmerman took the boys to a Pirates baseball game and a Steelers preseason football game, King recalled. They stayed at the house of one of Zimmerman’s friends, and Zimmerman slept on a couch in another room.

“He bought us alcohol every night,” King, now 19, said. “He said drinking was a Pittsburgh tradition, so we drank every night.”

Zimmerman, he said, was “cool.”

Zimmerman denied staying at the house and said he picked the boys up in the morning and dropped them off at night. “I highly doubt” alcohol was served, he said in a telephone interview with PublicSource.

Who’s in charge?

Mike Hare said Zimmerman “rushed us to start a foundation.”

Then the Hares and Zimmerman clashed.

“I screamed at him,” Mike Hare said. “This is my son’s foundation! And he said, ‘No, it’s my foundation!’”

Zimmerman took control of the group’s Facebook members and moved them to a new group.

Last year, papers were filed in Florida for the Y.E.A. Foundation. It stands for youth development, extreme sports and art talent. Zimmerman was listed as president and the mailing address was Okeechobee, Fla.

“The general rule for an organization that’s on the up-and-up,” said Matthew Downey, program director of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University, is to be “very open about everything.”

Staff and board members should be identified, he said. Financial information should be available, particularly for new organizations without a track record.

Y.E.A.’s website and two Facebook pages show no financial information and do not identify officers. Zimmerman kept his name and picture off the pages, according to Doug Baker, a volunteer from Illinois who set up the website.

Zimmerman described himself as the guy who does not need to be known or seen, according to Richard O’Bryan, a retired teacher from Ambridge, who was briefly the Y.E.A. spokesman.

Several people familiar with Zimmerman’s activities in the past two years said they saw no inappropriate behavior, including boys who traveled with him, parents of boys and volunteers who saw him with boys.

Mostly, Y.E.A. is not a “hands-on organization” and there is little adult contact with children, according to Zimmerman. He said he identifies young people and families who need financial help and gives it to them.

He estimated that he has spent $5,500 of his own money and said Y.E.A. has raised about $1,200 in donations.

“I’m the biggest donor,” he said. “Nobody made money off this. There is no salary.”

Protecting children

“Everybody has a right to make a living,” said David Heckler, the Bucks County district attorney who chaired Pennsylvania’s Task Force on Child Protection. “But most of us make a living without getting unique access to kids, especially on the road and without parents present at a point where they are particularly vulnerable to an adult.”

The General Assembly created the task force in response to the Sandusky scandal. The former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach was convicted last year of sexually molesting 10 boys and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. He met most of his victims at his Second Mile charity for underprivileged youth.

The task force recently recommended a law that would require adults who apply for jobs that involve direct care of a child to get background clearances. Another proposal would create a state database of all reports of child abuse, including unfounded allegations, to enable officials to detect patterns of abuse.

The proposals are aimed at licensed organizations, like day care centers. Unlicensed nonprofit groups are difficult to monitor, Heckler said.

The proposed database would not include expunged criminal cases or unfounded child abuse investigations.

The very purpose of youth organizations, according to a guide from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is to help young people become healthy adults, often by nurturing relationships between adults and children.

“But that same closeness ... can also provide the opportunity for abuse to occur,” said the guide.

The CDC advocates screening employees and volunteers, strict guidelines on interactions between children and adults, and close monitoring of adults working with children.

So what can parents do to check on an unregulated youth group?

Ask a lot of questions, said Downey, the philanthropy expert.

Use common sense, Heckler said. “If some guy is hanging around kids and seeking a position of power, at least have some healthy skepticism.”

‘A normal guy’

Last summer, Zimmerman took four Joplin boys to St. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburgh.

They stayed at Zimmerman’s house for a couple of weeks. They skateboarded and went to a Pirates game, according to one of the boys, who was then 15. Recently, the boy saw a PublicSource story about Zimmerman’s activities at Vincentian Academy. He was surprised and said he had not seen any inappropriate conduct.

“He was just like a normal guy.”

Parents and volunteers said they felt betrayed when they learned of the Vincentian case.

Baker, the Web consultant and Y.E.A.’s “member of the year” for 2012, returned the award and took down the website.

O’Bryan, the former spokesman, disassociated himself from the group and urged his Facebook members to do the same.

Zimmerman said everything he’s done with Y.E.A. has been “above board.”

“Why me?” he asked. Why after so many years is his conduct being singled out?

Attorney Edward Olds wrote a letter to PublicSource on behalf of Zimmerman. He said a June PublicSource story about Zimmerman “contained gross and reckless inaccuracies and has caused Mr. Zimmerman significant injury. It now comes to our attention that you are deliberately attempting to undermine his charitable activity and subvert the good works of the Y.E.A. Foundation.”

Olds did not respond to requests to identify any inaccuracies when contacted by telephone, email and certified mail. The Hares were unaware of the Vincentian case until recently.

“It breaks our hearts,” Shannon Hare said.

“My son died,” Mike Hare said. “David Zimmerman took advantage of me when I was at my lowest.”

Reach Bill Heltzel at 412-315-0265 or

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Report finds aging U.S. faces crisis in cancer care

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WASHINGTON – The United States is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the baby boomers reach their tumor-prone years and doctors have a hard time keeping up with complex new treatments, government advisers reported Tuesday.

The caution comes even as scientists are learning more than ever about better ways to battle cancer, and developing innovative therapies to target tumors.

And while doctors try to optimize treatment, the Institute of Medicine found “daunting” barriers to achieving high-quality care for all patients. Overcoming those challenges will require changes to the health care system, and savvier consumers.

“We do not want to frighten or scare people who are getting care now,” said Dr. Patricia Ganz, a cancer specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired the panel.

But too often, decisions about cancer treatments aren’t based on good evidence, and patients may not understand their choices and what to expect, the panel found. For example, some studies suggest that two-thirds or more of cancer patients with poor prognoses incorrectly believe the treatments they receive could cure them.

Topping the list of recommendations is finding ways to help patients make more informed decisions, with easy-to-understand information on the pros, cons and costs of different treatments.

“The patient can’t be passive,” Ganz said. “It’s an important partnership that we need.”

The risk of cancer increases with age, and older adults account for just over half of the 1.6 million new cases diagnosed each year. By 2030, new diagnoses are expected to reach 2.3 million a year as the population ages. The report warns there may not be enough oncology specialists to care for them.

Perhaps a bigger concern is the growing complexity of care. Increasingly, scientists are finding genetic differences inside tumors that help explain why one person’s cancer is more aggressive than another’s. More importantly, that also means certain cancer drugs will work for, say, lung cancer in one person but not the next.

“If your doctor doesn’t know that, or your hospital doesn’t do the test, you don’t have that opportunity” for newer, targeted therapies, Ganz said. But, “we are living in an information age where it’s impossible to keep up.”

It’s not just a matter of knowing the latest treatments, but deciding if they’re worth it for an individual patient. Consider: Of 13 cancer treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, only one was proven to extend survival by more than a median of six months, the report said. The drugs all cost more than $5,900 for each month of treatment.

For older adults, treatment decisions may be even more complicated – because the studies that test different therapies don’t include enough people over age 65, who tend to have multiple health problems along with cancer, Ganz explained.

Nor are cancer teams doing a good enough job in educating and training patients’ loved ones to offer the at-home care that many need for long stretches of time, she said.

The Institute of Medicine advises the government about health issues. Among its recommendations are: more research to tease out how to best treat different patients; new strategies to help doctors keep up with that evidence; and development of tools to help communicate the choices to patients so they understand what really may happen to them.

In the meantime, the panel had some advice for people who need to know if they’re getting quality care now. Take the time to research care options and get a second opinion, Ganz stressed. Among the questions to ask:

• How long does the average person with this cancer live?

• What is my likelihood of a cure?

• If I can’t be cured, will I live longer with treatment? How much longer?

• Will this care directly treat the cancer, or improve my symptoms, or both?

• What are the side effects?

• Am I healthy enough to try this treatment, or will my other health conditions and medications interfere?

• How many times have you done this procedure?

• What does the care cost?

• Am I eligible for clinical trials?

If your health team doesn’t have answers, “you need to find another set of providers,” Ganz said.

What do you think?


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Senior bowling league results

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Results of the Greene County Senior Bowling League matches Nov. 20 at Meadowlands Lanes, Washington, have been announced.

n Happy Bunch won four games from the Easy Rollers. Bob Jackson bowled a 159 high game and a 436 high series for the Happy Bunch. Carl Hoy bowled a 164 high game and a 436 high series for Easy Rollers.

n Just A Swinging won four games from the Rolling Fours. Harold King bowled a 201 high game and a 564 high series for Just A Swinging. Betty Tyler bowled a 174 high game and a 430 high series for Rolling Fours.

n Hardly Able won three games and lost one to the Firecrackers. George Wilmer bowled a 191 high game and a 504 high series for Hardly Able. John Clark bowled a 202 high game and a 506 high series for the Firecrackers.

n Awesome Bunch won two games and lost two to Greene Acres. Don Lindley bowled a 169 high game and a 474 high series for the Awesome Bunch. Doc Williams bowled a 162 high game and Emerson Snee bowled a 463 high series for Greene Acres.

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'Till all nations hear': enhancing the legacy of the American Baptist Missionary Union in Nagaland

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In the 19th century, led by their desire to convert the Shans of Upper Burma and ultimately reach China, missionaries from the American Baptist Missionary Union ended up in the plains of Assam in Northeast India and from there embarked on a dangerous evangelising mission among the 'wild' and 'uncivilised' Naga tribes inhabiting the hills bordering Assam. What proved to be a slow and difficult beginning resulted in the mass conversion of the Naga to Christianity which gave them reason to proudly proclaim by the end of the 20th century that they were the most Christian state in the world. Building up on the example of the American missionaries, Naga Christianity nowadays is characterised by a distinct evangelical zeal which has led Naga missionaries all over the world. The paper will seek to elucidate the ideology and some of the challenges which underpin this contemporary missionary endeavour.

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OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan was updated August 22, 2015. Many enhancements have been made, including the ability to use custom holdings paths with book-club lender strings, user interface improvements to make navigating easier, and improved WorldShare ILL-Circulation integration improvements. For more details see the August Release Notes.

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NHL, Ducks could start next week

Hockey fans will soon be returning to these ticket windows at the Honda Center in Anaheim after a tentative agreement was reached to end the 113-day lockout of the NHL season. EUGENE GARCIA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Next step: Ratification of the deal by all team owners and players. This is expected to be completed by Tuesday or Wednesday.

Training camp: Nothing has been determined, but it is expected to begin by mid-week.

Schedule: Anywhere from a 48- to 52-game regular season will start on a date to be determined (as early as Jan. 15, but more likely on Jan. 19). No games will be held out of conference. The regular season is expected to end early May.

Tickets: Tickets are expected to go on sale the day after the schedule is announced.

Playoffs: A full schedule of playoffs will follow the regular season.

Months of concern over a potential canceled NHL season began to fade into the woodwork Sunday after the league and the players' union finally reached tentative agreement on a new 10-year labor deal to end the lockout.

It means the Ducks will be back on the ice and the Kings will get to finally hang their first Stanley Cup banner. Hockey will be played at Honda Center, Staples Center and the other 28 NHL arenas.

So when will teams begin play? Try as soon as next week if the league is able to piece together a new schedule over the next couple of days.

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed to the Register that the NHL is looking at teams playing 48 or 50 games, all against conference opponents. No details have been released but a 50-game season could start as soon as Jan. 15.

The Ducks figure to open on the road as their arena is booked for a stage show from Jan. 17-20 and the original 82-game schedule had them on a four-game road trip. The Kings' home opener could be Jan. 19 as part of a doubleheader with the Clippers.

Training camps could open by the end of the week, though a Ducks spokesman said that no date has been set pending ratification of the agreement. Daly said owners could do it by Tuesday or Wednesday but no exhibition games are expected to be played.

Tickets for Ducks home games are expected to go on sale a day after the deal is finalized. The fact is after 113 dark days and a total of 625 canceled games, the lockout is soon to be history but won't be easily forgotten by loyal hockey fans.

A member of the union's negotiating committee who took part numerous bargaining sessions, Ducks winger Dan Winnik is finally glad to focus on hockey instead of the business side that often got contentious between the sides.

"I'm obviously excited and happy the deal got done," Winnik said. "I truly think we got the best deal that we could have. Both sides have to give. All in all, it's a good thing for hockey."

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Deana Rodriguez' finished end table contrasts with a red-colored work in progress. The co-owner of Alchemy Fine Living in Santa Ana demonstrated her furniture remaking techniques, including how to transform vintage side tables into something chic. H. LORREN AU JR., ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Repainting an end table

•Wipe with a cleaning solution of TSP.

•Use 220-grit sandpaper to lightly sand off the shine.

•Use interior acrylic paint with a satin sheen and a cheap "chip" brush to lightly paint the piece – almost dry-brushing the paint on.

•After the paint is dry, lightly sand the piece again, mostly sanding off the edges.

•Finish with an oil-based stain.

•Detail with craft paint or new hardware.

•Attach new knobs.

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You know how you think your life is going to go this way, but then it turns that way and you go with it?

For mother-daughter team Connie Gayhart and Deana Rodriguez, of Alchemy Fine Living in Santa Ana, they never imagined they'd be in the business of transforming old into new.

Gayhart grew up in a creative family of seamstresses.

"We crafted our own sectional sofa when we were kids and thought nothing of it," she said.

But it all started with Gayhart's antique store in Fullerton. And while Gayhart never thought to offer refurbished furniture to her clients, her daughter did.

A dull wood dresser in the store was calling out for a new treatment. Rodriguez painted it shabby-chic white.

"White painted furniture was all the rage eight years ago," Rodriguez said.

The refashioned dresser sold fast.

Today, the team get requests for blacks, reds, dove grays, soft teals and orange – popular colors not easily found in the new furniture markets.

"If you love orange but can't find it at the furniture store, painting an old piece – or new, for that matter – is a perfect solution," Rodriguez said. "We recently had a client drop off brand new Pottery Barn tables."

Antiques mixed with reimagined furniture worked at the antique store until it didn't. Soon, the women were selling more refurbished furniture than not.

"It's not that we paint furniture and put it in our store anymore," Rodriguez said. "Clients are dropping off their favorite pieces by the truckload."

Gayhart hopes clients will fall in love again with a piece that they've had for years.

"Any hard piece or upholstery piece made with good wood and dovetail joints is worth keeping," Rodriguez said. "The cost of refurbishing the piece is only a fraction of what it would cost to buy new of the same quality."

They have a good eye for finding the essence of a piece and making it work with today's décor styles. Updating with trendy colors and fresh fabrics gives a good piece of furniture new life.

Alchemy Fine Living has a small storefront near the MainPlace mall in Santa Ana. The larger portion of the loft-like building, however, is reserved for refurbishing furniture for clients.

"Customers love the idea that they can keep a piece of furniture that means something to them but have it in an entirely new way," Rodriguez said.

The bulk of their business is refurbishing furniture for designers and homeowners.

But evolving again, they have initiated private painting and upholstery lessons, and they host group workshops once a month.

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Disney history: California Adventure opens

Fireworks float high above the opening ceremonies for Disney's California Adventure at 8 am on Feb. 8, 2001. Lighter crowds than expected attended the opening day festivities. Michael Kitada, Orange County Register

This week in Disney history ...

Feb. 2, 1985: The nationally televised T.V. special, “Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration,” showcases 30 years of Disneyland with musical numbers by Julie Andrews, Julian Lennon, Marie Osmond and Peter Allen.

Feb. 4, 2010: The Disney hotel union, Unite Here Local 11, announces that 10 members plan to start a hunger strike to draw attention to a contract dispute. Click on the photo to see a slideshow of pictures from the press conference to announce the hunger strike.

Feb. 6, 2009: The “it's a small world” ride reopens after a controversial refurbishment, which includes the addition of Disney characters and an American-inspired theme.

Feb. 6, 1985: Disneyland begins year-round, seven days-a-week operation. Before, Disneyland was traditionally closed on Monday and Tuesday during the off season.

Feb. 8, 2001: Disney California Adventure park and Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel open.

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Reggie Miller to have his No. 31 jersey retired on Wednesday

UCLA coach Ben Howland said on Tuesday that this had been a long time coming for a Bruins legend, and on Wednesday during halftime of UCLA's rivalry matchup with USC, UCLA will finally retire the No. 31 jersey of former sharpshooter and Hall of Famer Reggie Miller.

Miller shot over 50 percent in each of his four years in Westwood and averaged 24 points per game over his final two seasons with the Bruins, despite playing only a limited amount of time with a 3-point line as an available weapon. Miller is currently UCLA's second-leading scorer all-time, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

After Jamaal Wilkes' No. 52 jersey was retired recently, Miller will join Gail Goodrich (No. 25), Ed O'Bannon (also No. 31), Bill Walton (No. 32), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (No. 33), Sidney Wicks (No. 35), Walt Hazzard (No. 42), and Marques Johnson (No. 54) as the only UCLA players to have their jersey numbers retired.

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Reasons the Yankees might tumble

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Ok, the New York Yankees remain the best team money can buy. Don't begrudge them that status, because it isn't likely to change soon, and there's nothing anyone intends to do to change it.

But that doesn't mean Manager Joe Girardi's club will repeat as World Series champions. Before 2009, the Yankees spent plenty, but had not appeared in a World Series since 2003.

Believe it or not, baseball actually survived a 14-year gap without the Yankees in the World Series fairly recently (1982-95). There was also an 11-season run without the Yankees in the Fall Classic (1965-75), most of it in the pre-Steinbrenner period.

They might be favorites in 2010, but they play in a division where the Red Sox spend nearly as much, and the Rays are much, much better than their payroll and market allow. Plus, Yankees don't play forever (gasp!); it only seems like it.

Click on the photo to see some reasons why the Yankees might revert to baseball's most expensive disappointment in 2010.

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Concerned officials plan meetings on stadium

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ANAHEIM – Two workshops are scheduled for this month to publicly explain ongoing stadium-lease negotiations with the Angels.

The meetings are set for Jan. 14 and 30 at the Anaheim Convention Center, with times still not set.

City officials are expected to discuss how and why the Angels are renegotiating terms of its lease, set to expire in 2029, with an option to leave in 2019.

In September, the City Council voted 4-1 to adopt an outline that could allow Angels owner Arte Moreno to develop land around the stadium for $1 annually over 66 years.

The money generated by the development would go toward an estimated$150 million worth of upgrades to the stadium.

Other negotiating points aimed at keeping the Angels in town through 2057 include giving the team exclusive control of its name and reducing the city's share of ticket sales.

Mayor Tom Tait voted against the negotiating terms and asked for an appraisal of the stadium's property, set to be released this month.

Angels Chairman Dennis Kuhl has said the team has not explored other locations and is working toward a lease with the city.

Anaheim city officials are discussing the issue with community groups.

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Ducks make reading the goal for area kids

The players are on ice rather than on the ice but the Ducks are pressing on during the NHL lockout -- at least with their community endeavors.

Several representatives of the Ducks took to Fairmont Elementary School in Yorba Linda on Friday for the sixth annual Reading is the Goal day, that is part of the club's S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation and Education) program.

Former Ducks forward J.F. Jomphe and current television analyst Brian Hayward joined mascot Wild Wing and the team's Power Players squad hit the classrooms and read books to students before the kids hit the playground for some street hockey.

An assembly featuring a question-and-answer session with Jomphe and Hayward capped the afternoon. S.C.O.R.E., which was developed in 2005, is a free program for fourth-grade students and is sponsored by the Anaheim Ducks Foundation.

Below are photos from the Reading is the Goal event, courtesy of the Ducks:

[caption id="attachment_113438" align="alignleft" width="516"] Students at Fairmont Elementary School in Yorba Linda take in a game of street hockey arranged by the Ducks.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_113439" align="alignleft" width="516"] About 400 students from grades four through six at Fairmont Elementary School take part in an assembly featuring former Ducks player J.F. Jomphe and television analyst Brian Hayward.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_113441" align="alignleft" width="516"] Ducks television analyst Brian Hayward reads from the hockey-themed book "Brady Brady and the Great Hockey Rink" to students in grades four through six.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_113442" align="alignleft" width="516"] Wild Wing, the Ducks' longtime mascot, entertains the kids at Fairmont Elementary School in Yorba Linda.[/caption]

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Judge: California high-speed rail violates initiative

SACRAMENTO — Dealing a major blow to California's high-speed rail project, a Sacramento County judge ruled Friday that the agency overseeing the bullet train failed to comply with the financial and environmental promises made to voters when they approved initial funding for the project five years ago.

Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny said the California High-Speed Rail Authority “abused its discretion by approving a funding plan that did not comply with the requirements of the law” and has failed to identify “sources of funds that were more than merely theoretically possible.”

Yet he declined to immediately halt funding for the project and said he will hold another hearing to determine what happens next. A date has not yet been set.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority and the office of Gov. Jerry Brown, who has championed the project, did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

Central Valley landowners and the Kings County Board of Supervisors argued in their 2011 lawsuit that the $68 billion high-speed rail plan did not meet the promises made to voters in 2008, when they approved selling $10 billion in bonds for it.

Proposition 1A required the agency to identify funding for the entire first segment of the project and clear all environmental hurdles before starting construction. The high-speed rail authority had argued that those requirements applied only to the first 130 miles from Madera to Fresno.

Lawmakers last summer authorized selling $2.6 billion in state bonds for construction of that first segment, allowing the state to tap $3.3 billion in federal matching funds. That is just a fraction of the eventual financing needed to link Northern and Southern California by high-speed train.

The judge said the plain language in the initiative indicates that financing and environmental clearances should be completed for the first 290 miles from Merced to the San Fernando Valley, which is estimated to cost anywhere from $24 billion to $31 billion.

“The judge indicated that they really had to have the funding for the entire IOS (initial operating segment) that they picked, and that's $31 billion,” said Mike Brady, an attorney for the plaintiffs. “They only have $6 billion of the $31 billion, so that's going to be a pretty big hurdle, I think.”

Aaron Fukuda of Hanford, one of the landowners who also was a plaintiff, said the judge's ruling was vindication of the concerns raised by regular people.

“To have a judge finally validate those concerns, it's completely uplifting,” he said.

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Free document-shredding event Saturday in Anaheim

A Cintas workers dumps documents at the last Shred-a-thon sponsored by the Automobile Club of Southern California and Experian in October 2010. PHOTO BY SAM GANGWER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Members of the public will have an opportunity to safely dispose of personal documents and financial records without fear of identity theft during a shred-a-thon being hosted Saturday by the Automobile Club of Southern California and Experian's ProtectMyID.

Cintas will provide the free document-shredding service which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Angel Stadium, 200 Gene Autry Way in Anaheim.

"The community event is highlighting the importance of destroying personal information properly, a critical step in guarding one's identity, along with drawing attention to recycling," said Denise Bialek, unit manager of AAA Value Programs.

Watch a video about the shredding event.

The event will allow each person one trip with up to five banker boxes or paper grocery bags filled with junk mail and personal papers that might contain names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, account numbers and other private information. Plastic bags and binders, folders, computer disks, laminated paper or other non-paper materials must be removed.

Cintas workers will load the documents into 64-gallon bins, which will then be dumped into trucks customized to shred large volumes of documents into pin-sized bits. The banker boxes and paper bags also will be collected for shredding and recycling.

Separately, the public also can bring old computers, monitors, cameras, cell phones and microwave ovens, which will be recycled by 1-800-Got-Junk.

Be prepared for a crowd. More than 800 vehicles lined up for the last shredding event in October 2010.

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After trade, Dodgers have a battery of catchers

Dodgers pitcher J.P. Howell and catcher Tim Federowicz celebrate their 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday at Dodger Stadium. REED SAXON, AP

LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers have gone from having too many starting pitchers to having too many catchers.

That situation should be resolved by Wednesday. Acquired from the Colorado Rockies in a trade for right-hander Aaron Harang, veteran catcher Ramon Hernandez joined the Dodgers on Sunday, temporarily giving them three – A.J. Ellis, Tim Federowicz and Hernandez.

Federowicz started Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates but probably will be headed to Triple-A Albuquerque by Wednesday when the Dodgers will activate right-hander Chad Billingsley from the disabled list in time to start in San Diego that night.

Federowicz, 25, held off the spring challenges of a foursome of veteran catchers brought in on non-roster invitations (Jesus Flores, Eliezer Alfonzo, Wilkin Castillo and Ramon Castro) to win the job as Ellis' backup. At the time, Mattingly said Federowicz had "shown he doesn't belong in Triple-A anymore." But the opportunity to add the experience of Hernandez (a 14-year veteran and one-time All-Star) apparently changed that equation.

"This doesn't change the depth chart," Mattingly said of Federowicz's standing with the Dodgers. "Everybody likes Fed and the things he can do as a catcher. We think he's going to develop offensively. He's smart, kind of like A.J. in that way. We feel like he fits right in."

Mattingly said he would talk with Federowicz about the situation.

"It's probably one of the biggest concerns of this deal; what does it do to Fed?" Mattingly said. "We don't want to crush the kid because we think he's going to be very good. So we have to talk to Fed, make sure he understands the move and where he fits so he's not out there on an island wondering how we feel about him."

Playing time for Hernandez is not likely to be any greater than it would have been for Federowicz. Mattingly made it clear: "A.J.'s the leader of that pitching staff."

"A.J. is our guy," Mattingly said. "Ramon's here to give us experience, give us a guy who's caught some good staffs, give us some depth. He's been a good player for a long time. We still think he has something left."

The 36-year-old Hernandez has caught more innings than all but one active catcher (A.J. Pierzynski) and was the A's primary catcher from 2000-03 when their staff was led by Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito. Hernandez made the All-Star team in 2003 and has been to the postseason six times with the A's, Padres and Reds.

"If he (Ellis) needs help, I'm up for it – whatever he needs, whatever the pitchers need," Hernandez said of his role with the Dodgers. "Definitely, I can bring what I've learned in the game.

"I'm ready for whatever they need me to do. I'm ready, 24-7. My body feels ready."

The Dodgers sent $4.25 million to the Rockies along with Harang to cover part of his $7 million salary. Harang, 34, has an option for 2014 in his contract with a $2 million buyout, but the Rockies immediately designated him for assignment. They now have 10 days to trade, waive or release him.

With the Dodgers hitting .205 as a team through the first five games of the season, Mattingly opted to give four regulars – right fielder Andre Ethier, second baseman Mark Ellis, A.J. Ellis and infielder Luis Cruz – the day off Sunday. Cruz's slump is the deepest in a sagging lineup. He was hitless in his first 17 at-bats through Saturday and seemed keenly aware of it, leading to poor at-bats and the benching Sunday.

"When guys don't get off early (in the season), the one thing I do worry about is them trying to get out of that hole," Mattingly said of Cruz. "You're going to have stretches during the season where you struggle. Luis has had it right out of the gate, and that kind of builds on you. The season has started and you don't have a hit – it drains you mentally.

"He's gotta put that behind him. He's had what, 16, 17 at-bats? He can't change those. You can't let 16 at-bats affect the next 300 or the next 50. Today was a day I thought it had gotten to be too much. I just wanted to give him a breather. Let him see the forest because he was getting too close to the trees and didn't see a way out."

In Ethier's case, Mattingly said the day off was just an attempt "to keep him fresh." Ethier's struggles against left-handed pitching the past few years has been well-documented, and the Dodgers will face five left-handed starters in their first eight games including Sunday's starter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Jeff Locke. Ethier is 3 for 8 with a home run and two doubles against left-handed pitchers so far this season.

Dodgers infielder Hanley Ramirez has begun taking ground balls and doing other defensive drills with a small cast still on his right thumb. Ramirez had surgery on March 22 to repair a torn ligament suffered during the World Baseball Classic. ... The Dodgers are reportedly in discussions to bring the NHL's "Winter Classic" game to Dodger Stadium, possibly as soon as the 2013-14 season. The annual outdoor game would be hosted by the Kings. The NHL already has one outdoor game scheduled for next season and this game would be a second. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings were scheduled to play at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on New Year's Day this year, but that game as canceled and rescheduled for New Year's Day 2014 because of the lockout that delayed the start of the current NHL season. Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten and chairman Mark Walter first expressed interest in hosting an outdoor NHL game at Dodger Stadium almost a year ago.

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Argonauts drop opener to Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers rolled to an upset win in the opening game of the CFL season, topping the Toronto Argonauts 45-21 as home underdogs on the football betting lines.

The Blue Bombers were listed as 7-point home underdogs at the sportsbooks for the game, while the combined score went OVER the night's posted total (55.5).

Drew Willy threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns in the win for Winnipeg, while Ricky Ray passed for 283 yards and two touchdowns in the losing cause for Toronto.


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Pennsylvania Falls 70-65 Against Princeton - Game Recap

Princeton grabbed a 70-65 win over Pennsylvania on Tuesday, behind an 18-point effort from T.J. Bray at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Bettors who backed Princeton were disappointed, as they failed to cover the closing number of 13.5.

Princeton got 14 points from Steven Cook and another 12 points from Clay Wilson. T.J. Bray contributed 3 assists, while T.J. Bray cleaned the glass with 7 rebounds.

Pennsylvania got 20 points from Fran Dougherty in a losing cause and another 18 points from Darien Nelson-Henry. Miles Jackson-Cartwright contributed 6 assists for them, while Fran Dougherty had 9 rebounds.

First-half bettors who backed Pennsylvania were victorious, as the score was 31-29 at the break.

Princeton won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 34-30.


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Mosgiel police are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault in the township.

The assault took place at a Kinmont Cres house about 7.30pm on Saturday, Sergeant Kevin Davidson, of Mosgiel, said.

Police arrested one person, while another connected with the incident remained at large, he said.

The victim was taken to Dunedin Hospital and discharged on Sunday morning, he said.

Anyone with information about the incident was urged to contact Mosgiel police on 489-3534, or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555-111.

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Wrong men fingered in assault probe

Police fingered the wrong men in their investigation of a serious assault in Queenstown last week.

They posted CCTV footage of two men apparently running away from the victim on their Facebook page last Wednesday, after the early morning incident.

The Otago Daily Times reported police saying they were looking for the men.

Their images, supplied by police, were published.

These men, initially thought responsible for the assault, which put a man in hospital with damaged teeth, facial cuts and bruising, are now being treated as witnesses.

Video released on the Queenstown police Facebook page showed them running along Lake Esplanade, away from the victim.

A statement appeared on the Facebook page yesterday stating a Queenstown business had provided CCTV footage showing a third man assaulting the victim.

New footage was also posted, showing the alleged offender leaving a downtown bar five minutes before the assault and walking through the Steamer Wharf complex.

The two witnesses, who were tracked to Mount Cook village, had given a description of the alleged offender, and police were ''making progress'' with the investigation.

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The Coast to Coast is approaching again, and Otago athletes are busy with their preparations. In the first in a series of profiles, Wayne Parsons talks to a rising multisporter keen to make amends.

 Josh Harris gets in some river run training at Frasers Gully. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Josh Harris gets in some river run training at Frasers Gully. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Dazed and confused is how Josh Harris would describe his baptism in the Coast to Coast in 2011.

Harris (24) became hooked in 2010, as member of the support crew for JJ Wilson, who finished third in the rain-affected event that year.

''I just knew I had to come back and give it a crack myself,'' Harris said.

But while the weather gods were smiling on the 2011 Coast to Coast, track and river conditions were deceptive.

It was the year contenders for two-day titles Sia Svendsen (Christchurch) and Shannon Edgar (Dunedin) were airlifted from Goat Pass after falls on the run up Deception Valley. Harris was among others to fall on the mountain run.

''I knocked myself out and was lucky enough that when I fell into the water, the current was strong enough to push me on to the bank,'' he said.

''I came to in a bit of a bad way.''

Harris, who had shared the lead at one stage with Gavin Mason, went from third to finishing the stage at Klondyke Corner in 45th.

''It was probably the toughest moment in my racing to watch people as they flew past me as I was only able to walk until I reached the Deception hut.''

Despite still suffering from blurred vision, Harris was able to make the most of more open country over Goat Pass and down to Klondyke.

He had the night to recover before the kayaking and bike stages through to Sumner Beach, where he finished 20th overall.

''That experience has giving me the biggest drive to go back and conquer that race. I will go into the race a lot more humble this time round and aim to focus on sticking with my plan on how I believe I can win.''

Because of ironman commitments, Harris was unable to lay the ghosts of 2011 to rest in 2012, but the delay has only added to his resolve for 2013.

Harris left Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake to train and live in Dunedin. It proved a successful move when he placed fifth overall and third New Zealander at Ironman New Zealand.

''Training in Dunedin has to be some of the best terrain in New Zealand for multisporters. It has fantastic hills and the harbour being so close is awesome for paddling.

''The only issue is ... you need to know the run like the back of your hand and the paddle needs to be done many times before you know how to do it perfectly. It is hard for Dunedin athletes to get the time on moving water, which is a huge aspect of the race.''

Harris has worked in recent times with some of Otago's top multisport athletes such as Mason, three-time Coast to Coast runner-up Dougal Allan, top paddler Ian Huntsman and coach Matty Graham.

''My training this time has been based around trying to be stronger for each section. Such is the nature of the race, often a strong powerful athlete will beat the small light-footed guy.

''It is no secret that the bike is my strength, but this year I have done a lot of work in the kayak and now believe I can use this to my advantage.''

Harris believes he has the fastest kayak available, made by Advanced Fibre Glass. R & R Sport has also been backing Harris and Allan, who will be back to contest the Longest Day.

While it will be Harris' second attempt in the two-day section of the Speight's-sponsored event, he makes no secret of eyeing up the main race.

''The Longest Day for me will always be the goal. But first I need to promote myself better in the two-day and get a good result before stepping up.''


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Council members authorized Supervisor Paul H. Smith to sign the necessary paperwork to sell a 50-by-125-foot parcel of town-owned vacant residential land on South James Street to Robert Sanders for $1,500. The property adjoins Mr. Sanders’s property. It was one of three properties the town declared surplus in June and had surveyed to sell the vacant lots and return them to the tax roll.

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FORT DRUM — Civilian emergency medical services providers are encouraged to attend the Battlefield Emergency Care training Thursday on post to learn how military providers handle trauma.

Charles F. Brenon III, Jefferson County’s director of emergency services, said the training will showcase the military as being on the “cutting edge of developments in increasing the survivability of trauma victims.”

“The fact that they have such a high-speed system and expertise in trauma, it’s good to get our civilian folks exposed to that trauma base,” Mr. Brenon said. “We hope they learn the newest developments coming through the military care system.”

Some new resources that civilian providers may see, he said, include what’s called a pelvic compression device, which is used to help decrease bleeding from lower extremity wounds.

Mr. Brenon said one helpful item civilian providers learned about from similar training a few years ago was use of hemostatic gauze. Going by the trade name of “quick clot,” the gauze rapidly causes blood clotting to stop severe bleeding.

“That has since come in general use in emergency medical services,” Mr. Brenon said. “We also learned through military medicine the use of longer needles in chest decompression.”

Civilian EMS providers’ more frequent use of tourniquets also was learned from the military. Mr. Brenon said that, when he took his EMS training in 1979, tourniquets were used as a last resort to compress a blood vessel.

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Capt. Martin L. Stewart, who is in charge of the simulation center, said the Fort Drum medical community wants to assist civilian providers with this training because it “has a vested interest in maintaining a robust professional relationship with the north country’s EMS assets.”

“Traditionally, the civilian EMS protocols have been several years behind the Department of Defense,” he said. “However, continued favorable casualty data has allowed the civilian sector to implement combat-proven techniques at a faster rate. Per Charlie Brenon, some local protocols have changed due to information received at the last EMS day event.”

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By Nate Ulrich Published: September 6, 2013

Browns coach Rob Chudzinski met with reporters today after practice. Here is a transcript from the news conference:

Opening statement: “We have [DL Ahtyba Rubin] listed as questionable.  (CB) Buster Skrine had a shoulder injury.  We held him out.  We’ll do the same with him.  We’ll treat him in the next 48 hours.  He’s questionable, and we’ll see how he responds for the game.

“I thought we had a very good week of preparation.  We’re all excited to get to the game finally, and it is finally here.  I feel our guys are ready for this game, ready for the challenge that Miami presents.  We’re excited about this game being at home and getting a chance to get out there with the fans in FirstEnergy Stadium.  We’re looking forward to the atmosphere that we know will be out there.  It’ll be an exciting time.

“We had our team vote for team captains.  It’s very important. It was very important to me, as well as the guys on the team, that we would be able to vote for and have captains who represent us, both on the field and off the field, what we’re trying to do in terms of creating the culture and the identity that we want here.  My plan was to have a captain from each phase.  We have a captain from offense, that’s (OL) Joe Thomas; our captain on defense is (LB) D’Qwell Jackson; and our special-teams captain is (LB) Quentin Groves.  Those guys were voted on by the team.  I am very pleased with who they picked.  I also will pick on a weekly basis one other guy to be a captain for that particular game that will be somebody else on the team.  For this week, it will be (WR) Davone Bess as the fourth captain.”

On rookie LB Barkevious Mingo’s status: “We’ve been evaluating and testing him on a daily basis.  The doctors have been constantly doing that in that process.  We’ll hold him out.  He’s not ready to go yet for this week.”

On if Mingo will be ready next week: “We’ll see next week.”

More on Mingo’s status: “He’s made progress every day.  He’s running more and doing more things.  It’s just a matter of him not having practice this week at full speed.  We’ll hold him out.”

On if DB Buster Skrine sustained his injury yesterday: “Yes, it was yesterday.”

On potential roster moves due to Skrine’s status: “That’s always a possibility, but we feel like we have three safeties that can play corner as well.  We’re comfortable with doing that.”

On adding a cornerback: “We have three corners that we have on the roster on the practice squad.”

On who will return kicks: “We have a pool of guys.  I’m going to keep that to myself for the time being, but we have a pool of guys that I’m comfortable with and that we’ve been getting reps with.”

On if DL Ahtyba Rubin’s calf injury is to the same leg as last season: “I’m not sure about that, but it’s a completely different injury though.”

On his emotions entering his first game as a Head Coach: “There’s a lot of them.  The biggest one is excitement and anticipation.  It’s been a long wait.  You just look back to the first day I came as head coach on the job.  All of the things that have happened, it seems like a long time ago, and it’s finally here.  This game is finally here.  This is why we do all of these things.  This is why we work so hard.  The team has prepared, as well.  I can’t ask any more from them and what they’ve done.  It’s going to be an exciting day for us, and I’m looking forward to it.”

On head-coaching responsibilities he may have wanted to practice more during the preseason, including challenging a play: “I practiced throwing the [challenge] flag out of my pocket so I’m not worried about that [laughter].  As those things come up, I thought we were on top of that pretty well in the preseason.  There were potential times where we were looking at things and it just didn’t come that it was the right decision at the right time.  I feel like the process is there and obviously we’re finding out for real here.”

On filtering out distractions before the game: “It’s part of preparing.  You have to weed out the things that are important.  I think the approach that we have instilled with the players is focusing on this week and the things that are important to this game and to winning this game and preparing to put ourselves in the best position to win this game.  That’s what you focus on and then all of the other things become secondary to that.”

On confidence in reserve defensive linemen if Rubin cannot play: “I feel good.  I feel that the defensive line is one of the positions that we had depth.  We made sure we kept enough guys and extra guys on the front on both sides of the ball.”

On DL Billy Winn: “Billy is very versatile.  I’m completely confident and comfortable with him in there, as well as (DL Ishmaa’ily Kitchen) Kitch and (DL) Armonty (Bryant) if Rube isn’t available.”

On if DB Johnson Bademosi took repetitions at cornerback this week: “We roll a lot of guys through practice.  There’s lot of practice squad reps, as well, that we can work some of the safeties and they get to work on some of their techniques, and some of their base coverages are the same.”

On Panthers WR Steve Smith’s comments: “I’ve been focusing on Miami, and anything else, I’m not worried about.”

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If there was ever a doubt that the holidays are fast approaching, the evidence is piling up on my desk. Now is the season when all wise cook book authors get theirs into print, just in time for holiday gift-giving.

And seriously, what cook doesn't want another book? For most of us, cook book collecting is a favorite hobby, if not an obsession. I've tried to keep my collection down to a reasonable number, at home, but my desk at work is a very different story. They are piled everywhere. I know it's crazy, but I love being surrounded by all of these cookbooks. It's like being surrounded by love all day long. Each page holds the promise of culinary inspiration.

Oh, there are plenty of clunkers in the mix. Books that make me ask, "Was this self- published?" or "Who agreed to print that?"

But there are others that make me swoon. Currently, I'm swooning over Essential Pepin, a new tome by Jacques Pepin, which includes more than 700 of his favorite recipes, many taken from his public television shows.

I've only just begun working my way through its 600+ pages, and already, I'm feeling weak in the knees. There is no arguing that Pepin is the authority. Now, if I can only convince him to come to Akron and cook for me. OK, cook with me. I promise to do all of the shopping and chopping. He can just stand there, and show me how to cook something perfectly, instructing me with his French accent. And I promise to do all of the hard work.

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