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Living with Nature - School on Blog by Dr. Abercio V. Rotor: St Paul ...

St Paul Museum - Pilgrimage Site (1995 - 2010)
Dr Abe V Rotor
Former Faculty Curator

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Lesson: ?Yes, you can build a Family Museum, Community Museum, Farmers' Museum. Start with available resources and small budget. ?Don't spend in infrastructure, technology and consultancy. The more personal efforts and skill you put, the more authentic your museum is, the richer its collection, more innovative - and it becomes a pride and personal triumph on your part, your family, and participating ?organization. ?

Another?manifestation?of your success is viewers identifying themselves with the things they see in your museum - culture, livelihood, art, etc. They feel it were their museum. This is the key parameter of the former St Paul Museum. ?Students, parents, guests, conference participants felt "at home." They held high trust and confidence in what the museum offered them to see, enjoy and learn. ?There was a variety of events, a diversity of collections. Thousands - countless in fact, came with many coming back. Testimonies of pilgrims getting their wishes come true are not uncommon; so with reported cases of healing. On rare occasions there were friends and guests who paid their final visit before they died. I saw how peaceful they sat alone contemplating in some corner. On rising they would grip my hand and whisper a tearful goodbye. ?This was too much but I learned what it means to be a curator. How I wish I can have the same opportunity to say goodbye to the museum I lived with for the best 15 years of my life. ?I just don't know whose hand I shall grip - except the invisible hand of St Paul, the same hand that guided me in all those 15 years I was with him, his disciple and son. ? ? ? ? ? ?

Face of Christ in the Woods?(AVR)

World War II Memorial at St. Paul University QC stands in front of the museum

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Spirits to me are guiding signals that sometimes take the form of humans. They carry messages that lead us to the theme of our art such as in these particular cases. The denominator is goodness ? they help us seek goodness, and goodness leads us to truth ? truth that is built by strong faith other than reason.

Can we decipher messages the same way we receive communications in daily life? I say no, not always. For the message with deep meaning are not readily evident. One has to labor in order to understand it, and capture the essence of that message.
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At a corner inside the former St Paul University Museum in Quezon City, where once stood an altar many years ago when the Japanese invaders converted the campus into a concentration camp, a small group of visitors bowed in deep thoughts and prayers. For a moment these pilgrims transformed the museum into a holy place.

It was like turning back the hands of time into the Second World War. Now there is peace. There was hatred, but that too, has given way to forgiveness. Despair, and now hope, pride into humility. These contrasting scenarios provide very valuable lessons of man. For man is tempered by war and mellowed by the peace that follows it. All these took place for half a century or so.

The SPUQ museum stands as a witness of the history that shaped the school. The events are the lifeblood of the museum - its walls originally the immaculate walls once stained with blood speak of peace, its pillars the original pillars that withstood the atrocities of war and the tests of the elements and time attest to endurance and posterity.

The museum is not only a repository of history; it is the abode of history. It is like Fort Santiago or the Paco Cemetery. Or the great Pyramids of Egypt, the City of the Dead of the Aztecs, Jerusalem and Rome. These museums have one thing in common: they are part of history. They are living relics that chronicle past events,? stirring nationalism while promoting brotherhood in men. They strengthen universal values and rekindle the spirit. They bring the relationship of man with his Creator closer and harmonious.

Since its opening in late 1994, many pilgrims, old and young, parents and students, city and rural folk, have brought significance to the museum. Other than being an educational institution, it has somehow earned respect for pilgrimage.

School in Ruins (8 ft x 8 ft, AVR)

The building is a early American architecture bearing the basic designs of Greco-Roman style ? high ceiling, prominent, bare and square pillars, solid walls with small grilled windows. The entrance is unassuming, yet there is an aura of dignity that engulfs one on opening the door. For a panoramic view meets the eye, with virtually all four corners optically converging. The scene is accentuated by the massive murals depicting some chapters of the life of St. Paul, and widened by the transparency of the glass cabinets allowing the eye to roam freely.

All these no doubt contribute to the pilgrimage atmosphere. But what is revealing is the gathered information of the place coming from no less than the sisters, many of them in their seniors and living at the nearby Vigil House then. Some of the informants have already died, but the memory of the place lives. .

The senior sisters recall the place as a prayer house. ?There was an altar which was slightly located towards the left corner of the room adjacent to the backdoor.? And they would point out the place in the museum. The backdoor leads to the basement, which was used as clinic during the Japanese occupation. The wounded and the sick were led to the prayer house and to spend time meditating, praying, or just to let time pass by. On several occasions the dead were brought for the wake.

Imagine that for a period of four years, SPUQ then a novitiate and a school for elementary and high school, was made into a garrison and concentration camp, the same way the Japanese did to UST during the same period. And also to De La Salle University in Pasay. We do not know how many died but many Filipino, American and Japanese soldiers died. There were residents, foreigners, women and children who also died.

My students would ask me whenever I tell them the story if there are ghosts on the campus ? or spirits of the dead. ?Have you seen or felt their presence?? I would counter. And the conversation lengthens, creating a world of the supernatural in the process.

Anyone would believe in spirits that may make their presence felt in one way too many, depending on who is telling the story and who are listening. I for one sensed their presence on a number of occasions. The question with believing in the supernatural though is that the mind cannot decipher reality from imagination. But it is this aspect from which we build our stories and beliefs. Take this experience as an example.

In 1994 I was painting Saul on Damascus Road into the night alone. The museum was dead silent. What a conducive time to paint! Then suddenly the arm of Saul ?moved? an inch or two downward. My brush missed the outline. I made the necessary correction but this time the arm had moved upward and now I have two errors to correct. I told myself I was too tired, and left the museum for home. That night I dreamed of Saul? holding a?red robe, which he was to use to clothe the dying Christ. Early that morning I went to the museum and continued painting the arm. I fixed Saul?s right hand and put on the red robe on it. Where did the idea of the red robe come? Was it a dream or a message I got? What made his arm move? Or was it a way of getting a message across?

Saul on Damascus Road (8ft x 8ft, AVR)

I remember at one time in the early part of the painting I received visitors while I was painting the sky on makeshift scaffolding. Causally they would come and take a look at my work. Sometimes they would ask me a question or two and I would obligingly give an answer without breaking my concentration. One evening a kind sister visited the museum. She stood for sometime looking at what I was doing on the scaffolding. Anyone at the top could not see well the person below. And not know when she came and had gone. What I remember was her large hat, but that crossed my mind only days later. Who was she? Where did she come from at 9 in the evening?

At one time I was painting Paradise After Rome. This time I did it at home at our front yard. It took me till dusk. A silhouette figure kept passing at the corner of my eye. I would have dismissed it but it came twice, thrice, not saying a word and not pausing. But there is semblance of the figure I was painting with the silhouette ? a bearded man and heavily built, clothed in flowing robes. The big difference though is that the man I was painting was about to be beheaded while the silhouette was roaming free, with an air of dignity and command.

The following day I changed the man on my painting. Yes, death, I realized is resurrection. So I painted Paul, the resurrected, on the day of his execution when Rome was?being?razed by Nero?s torch.



Spirits to me are guiding signals that sometimes take the form of humans. They carry messages that lead us to the theme of our art such as in these particular cases. The denominator is goodness ? they help us seek goodness, and goodness leads us to truth ? truth that is built by strong faith other than reason.

Can we decipher messages the same way we receive communications in daily life? I say no, not always. For? the message with deep meaning are not readily evident. One has to labor in order to understand it, and capture the essence of that message.

For example on the painting, The School in Ruins, which I entitled in an accompanying verse, Grow and Bloom, Grow and Bloom, an outline of a young devil cast a shadow on the burnt building. This was discovered while I was working on the dying smoke emanating from the fresh ruins. Someone almost shouted at me, Stop, stop! and then he explained. He was seeing a devil in outstretched hand hovering over the ruins. I preserved the outline. Anyone who comes to the museum today experiences the same thing the discoverer made twelve years ago. Yes, the war, the killing, the burning, the looting are works of the devil. His imprint makes us aware not to submit ourselves to evil, but rather fight it at all cost.



The community takes pride in having a museum accredited by the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the museum curator sits in one of the Commission?s sub-committees. The SPUQ Museum is also a member of the Association of Museums in the Philippines. Because of these, the school has the opportunity to take part in various national programs in health, environment, historical events, food and nutrition, and community development, to name the major events. In return, the museum is recognized for its effort. It is one of the very few school museums given such distinction.

Our own students, faculty and the whole community recognize that here in a not far, far land is a little Smithsonian, a little Gethsemane, a little Lourdes, and a little Sistine. And the same Goodness we find there is? also found here ? here at the SPUQ Museum.
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Author?s Note: Prominent pilgrims to the SPCQ Museum include high government officials, leaders in the business, university professors, journalists, personalities in the entertainment world, Filipino balikbayan and their families. The Mother Superior of SPC visited the museum on her visit to the Philippines. Officials from the United Nations, ASEAN and EU on their mission to the Philippines included in their itenerary a visit to the museum. The identities of many of them are kept to give due respect to their person and privacy. The museum celebrated its 15th year in 2010 - its last year as conceived and made fifteen years ago (1995 to 2010).

These murals shown in this article, together with three others, have been removed from their original home for 15 years soon after I left the school as professor and curator due to old age. These murals were transferred to an open area in 2011, and are now exposed to uncontrolled environmental conditions. They can be viewed near the school canteen.?The school's modernization program included a total renovation of the original museum.?

The modernization program in the last ten years displaced the priceless botanical garden, a natural gene bank of more than 200 species of plants which were studied and?documented?by one of the country's leading biologists, Dr Anselmo S Cabigan. ?The garden had two large greenhouses modern even with today's standard. In the late nineties the garden evolved into an Ecological Sanctuary. ?Semblance of wildlife took shape with?resident?and?transient?organisms forming food chains that linked up into food webs and natural cycles ?which are indicators of a functioning ecosystem.
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In the years that followed with a boom in infrastructures, especially the school's modern buildings blocking the sun, eating out every inch of open space, the EcoSanctuary became a minuscule park of benches and?potted?plants and kiosk. ?
Which leads us to inquire that is really the intent of modernization. ? ?
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A?pilgrim took notice of Saul talking with Christ on Damascus road. Did Christ really appear to him? But look again at the painting. That is why those who come to the museum stay longer than to visit. They pray. They wish.

Students facing the trials of defending their thesis come to the museum. They come from UST, Pamantasan ng Maynila. Students seeking entry in medicine proper, reviewers in bar and board exams ? they come and wish. There are those who come back, others have not. Well, the story of the ten lepers ? not all came back to thank. But more are come. Many for the nth time. Our own students, faculty and staff ? they are the first pilgrims. They are pilgrim to recognize that here in a not far, far land is a little Gethsemane, a little Lourdes, or a little Sistine.? And the same God we find there is also found here ? here at the SPCQ Museum.

Prominent pilgrims to the SPCQ Museum include a former senator, a former cabinet member, a former commissioner, university professors, journalists, personalities in the business and entertainment world, Filipino balikbayan and their families. Their identities are kept to give due respect to their person and privacy.

History of the SPCQ Museum

(and Participation in Major Events)

1994 - Presentation and approval of the museum plan

1995 - Opening of the museum
- Celebration of World Youth Day and visitation of the
Holy Father to the Philippines

1995-96 - Golden Jubilee of SPCQ
- Tri-centennial celebration of St. Paul of Chartres

1997 - PAASCU accreditation (college)

1998 - Bicentennial celebration of Philippine Independence
1999 - Launching of Center for Community Development?(CCD) Program
2000 - Earthday ? Ecology Week
2001 - Exhibit on tie-up between SPCQ and Red River College (Canada)
2001 - PAASCU accreditation (college, 1evel 3)
2002 - PAASCU accreditation (High School)
2004 - Exhibit on Biodiversity (w/ Haribon Society)
2005 - Summer Art Workshop Exhibits; Drama Skits (Humanities students)
2006 - Photo exhibits on environment; Linggo ng Wika, Health Week?
2007 - Environment in Photographs (MASS COM Students)
2008 - Ist National Conference on Environmental Advocacy Exhibit
PAASCU Accreditation
2009 Fifteen Years in Retrospect

Note: The Museum also participates in national celebrations such as Education Week, Science Week, Linggo ng Wika, Dental Health Week, Nutrition Week, Environment Week and the like through exhibits, poster making and symposia.

Special features of the SPCQ Museum

1. Seven Sisters ? first Paulinian mission to the Philippines in sculpture by Julie Lluch
2. Mural paintings by AV Rotor
? St. Paul on Damascus Road (8ft x 8ft)
? Shipwreck at the Mediterranean (4ft x 9 ft)
? The Burning of Rome and St. Paul?s Martyrdom
? Lilies of the Pond (SPCQ in Ruins, 1945) (8ft x 8 ft)
? Ruins of Colonialism (8ft x 8ft)
? Light in the Woods (30? x 46?)
3. Miniature Dioramas of Biomes and Major Ecosystems
4. Madonna and Child Collection
5. Story of St. Paul of Chartres Series
6. Photographic Study of the Pieta by Michelangelo
7. Illustrated Life of St. Paul
8. Historical Photographs of SPCQ in pre-war and post-war years
9. Philippine culture
10. Endangered animal specimens
11. Philippine Music Collection by Filipino composers
12. Memorabilia from the Paulinian community

Source: http://avrotor.blogspot.com/2012/10/st-paul-museum-pilgrimage-site-1995-2010_21.html

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25 Must Know SEO Terms to Get You Started | SEO Articles

Knowing that S-E-O stands for ?Search Engine Optimization? may seem like just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to SEO vocabulary, terms and definitions.

Here are 25 of the most popularly used terms when it comes to learning SEO, speaking with your SEO Company and optimizing your website.

Algorithm or Search Algorithm ? a set of instructions for determining which web pages should be listed for a Search Result and in what order. Google uses over 200 factors to determine what results to deliver to an individual searcher.

Alt Tag ? text assigned to graphical elements to help the Search Engines see and understand the graphic.

Anchor Text ? the clickable (hyperlinked) portion of a backlink on a webpage. The words used in the hyperlink help Search Engines associate the content on the linked-to page and contribute to PageRank.

Blog ?(short for web log) ? the part of a website that is regularly maintained with new content and encourages interaction with visitors through comment fields. Search Engines favor fresh new content which is easily achieved through a blog.

Canonical URL ? the standard form of a URL used for accessing a webpage (http://www.examplesite.com).? Canonicalization translates all other versions (such as www.examplesite.com) into this standard form.

Duplicate Content ? content that is used on more than one webpage; only one webpage is given credit for content that is duplicated.

Google Analytics ? official Google software that helps measures website traffic by including specific HTML coding in the source code.

Hosting Company???a service provider that makes an individual website visible on the World Wide Web. The reputation of an individual website (and its Search Rankings) can be influenced by the reputation of the hosting company.

HTML ? Hyper Text Markup Language ? the basic building blocks of a website that is read and interpreted by a web browser and delivered in its visual form to the web user; HTML is what search robots read.

Indexing or Indexed pages ? the process of a Search Engine?s robots visiting a website and recording or indexing its content so that it can easily recall the content.

IP Address ? Internet Protocol address ? a number given to a device to identify the host and to provide a location address.

Keywords or Keyword Phrases?? the words and phrases used by searchers to find a particular answer, product or service.

Link Popularity ? the number of inbound links directed towards a website.

Links or Backlinks or Inbound Links ? a hyperlink listed on a site that points the visitor towards another site which are also used by Search Engines to determine the importance or popularity of a webpage.

Natural Link ? a backlink that naturally occurs when one website decides to promote the content of another site.

Link Farm ? an unethical practice where a number of websites are simply linked to each other in order to increase the PageRank which is now considered spamming.

One Way Link ? a single backlink that connects one site to another site.

Reciprocal Link ? an exchange of backlinks between two or more websites.

Meta Data or Meta Tags ? included in the HTML code (but not visible to browsers) to further help Search Engines understand the information on the webpage. This data includes a Title, Description and Keywords.

NoFollow ? an attribute assigned to a link to signal to Search Engines that the hyperlink should not influence the ranking.

PageRank ? Google?s method of determining the relative importance of a webpage; the rank is calculated using an algorithm that measures the number of incoming links or back links; more links equate to a higher PageRank.

Robots.txt ? a file placed on the website to signal the structure of the website to Search Engines; can also be used to block access to specific folders or restrict certain search robots from visiting the site.

SEM ? Search Engine Marketing ? involves marketing your business, products and services online through Search Engines using both SEO and PPC practices.

SERP ? Search Engine Results Page ? the page returned by a Search Engine when a specific keyword is searched.

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Palestinians: Israeli airstrike kills 2 Gazans

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two Palestinian militants, after mortar attacks targeted Israeli troops earlier in the day, officials said.

Gaza's Hamas rulers said in a text message sent to reporters that one of the men was a member of the group's military wing. Another Palestinian group, the Popular Resistance Committees, said in an e-mail that the second man was from its ranks.

The Israeli military said aircraft attacked rocket squads following mortar fire on military patrols. Also, several rockets were fired at communities in southern Israel, causing no casualties, the army said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the rocket fire from Gaza would not go unpunished.

"We're not going to let anyone arm themselves and fire rockets on us and think that they can do this with impunity," Netanyahu said following a meeting with international Mideast envoy Tony Blair. "We attacked them before, we attacked them after and we're going to prevent them from arming themselves. "

Hamas' military wing vowed that "the enemy will not be able to twist our arm" and promised retribution.

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Consumer Reports names best products of the year

Don't know which washing machine or television to buy? Mandy Walker of Consumer Reports shares the magazine's top picks for the best appliances, electronics, and food products of the year so you can shop with confidence.

By Ben Popken, TODAY contributor

The right product to buy? You know you need to do your research, but who has the time??

What most people don't realize, Mandy Walker, senior projects editor at Consumer Reports told NBC News by phone, is that you can "often get top quality products, from a brand name, at a good price." That's good news in this economic climate, where every penny counts more than ever.?

From their low-slung brown brick headquarters in Yonkers, N.Y., the testers, engineers, scientists, journalists and consumer advocates at Consumer Reports put a dizzying array of products through a battery of grueling tests, all year long. Now they've culled from all that data and published?their?475 Best Products of the Year?to give you a handy buyer's guide cheat sheet. These are the best of the best. From large to small appliances, from electronics to ?wine, whether you're gearing up for Turkey Day or getting a jump on holiday shopping, don't enter the shopping aisles without it.

To make it onto the list of best products at the best prices, a product really has to get high marks in the Consumer Reports testing facility.

To test washers, they put a piece of fabric through the washer multiple times and then count by hand the number of threads exposed in the worn-down area. Vacuums are hooked up to a mechanical guide and forced to suck up crumb after crumb and hair after hair. They have a special room for testing audio equipment, baffled so that it's completely soundproof and echo free. To make sure that no building vibration disturbed the tests, it sits on a completely separate foundation from the rest of the building. Everything is measured, tested, and the results are tallied and reported.

Another thing that most people don't realize is that to maintain its objectivity and independence, Consumer Reports doesn't test?samples provided by the manufacturers. They have an army of secret shoppers who buy the products on the open market and then ship them back to Yonkers for testing. That's to make sure?the manufacturers don't send them any "goosed" versions that would cheat the tests.

"We test products for consumers from rival manufacturers to make sure they're going to work well, work for a long time, and that they're safe," says Walker. "That's our mandate."

Here's the best of the best:

• Best washer:?LG Washer WM3470HVA, $1100?
• Best dryer:?LG Dryer DLEX3470V, $1200?
• Best vacuum:??Kenmore Intuition 31100, $250 bagless upright
• Best TV:??TV Samsung UN55ES8000,?$2500?
• Best tablet:??iPad 3 16 GB 3rd Generation $500 OR??Google Nexus 7 16 GB $250
• Best eReader:?Barnes and Noble Nook Simple touch $100?
• Best SLR camera:??Nikon D3200 $700
• Best camera:?Nikon Coolpix AW100 $300
• Best GPS:??Garmin Nuvi 2455LT $160
• Best Mac laptop:?Apple Mac Book Pro 15 inch $2200
• Best PC laptop:??HP Pavillion M6-1045DX $700
• Best streaming player:??Roku 2 Streaming Player $80
• Best olive oil: 16 oz.?Trader Joe's California Estate Olive Oil
• Best red wine:??Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon $10?
• Best white wine:??Bogle Chardonnay, $10?
• Best coffeemaker:??Krups Grinder & Brewer KM7000, $130

Check out more of the 475+ Best Products of the Year over at Consumer Reports.

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Auto experts recognize cars like most people recognize faces

ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2012) ? When people -- and monkeys -- look at faces, a special part of their brain that is about the size of a blueberry "lights up." Now, the most detailed brain-mapping study of the area yet conducted has confirmed that it isn't limited to processing faces, as some experts have maintained, but instead serves as a general center of expertise for visual recognition.

Neuroscientists previously established that this region, which is called the fusiform face area (FFA) and is located in the temporal lobe, is responsible for a particularly effective form of visual recognition. But there has been an ongoing debate about whether this area is hard-wired to recognize faces because of their importance to us or if it is a more general mechanism that allows us to rapidly recognize objects that we work with extensively.

In the new study published this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of Vanderbilt researchers report that they have recorded the activity in the FFAs of a group of automobile aficionados at extremely high resolution using one the most powerful MRI scanners available for human use and found no evidence that there is a special area devoted exclusively to facial recognition. Instead, they found that the FFA of the auto experts was filled with small, interspersed patches that respond strongly to photos of faces and autos both.

"We can't say that the same groups of neurons process both facial images and objects of expertise, but we have now mapped the area in enough detail to rule out the possibility of an area exclusively devoted to facial recognition," said Rankin McGugin, who conducted this research as part of her doctoral dissertation.

According to Isabel Gauthier, the David K. Wilson Chair of Psychology, who directed the study, the demonstration that the FFA can support expertise for other categories may help scientists improve treatments for people who have difficulty recognizing faces, like individuals with autism. In addition, identifying the neural basis of individual differences in learning visual skills is an important step toward mapping the brain chemistry involved in learning may eventually lead to the development of drugs that make it easier for individuals to acquire different kinds of visual expertise.

For most objects, research has shown that people use a piecemeal identification scheme that focuses on parts of the object. By contrast, experts, for faces or for cars, use a more holistic approach that is extremely fast and improves their performance in recognition tasks.

The scientists point out that visual expertise may be more the norm than the exception: "It helps the doctor reading X-rays, the judge looking at show dogs, the person learning to identify birds or to play chess; it even helped us when we learned brain anatomy!" Gauthier said.

Gauthier and her colleagues have further found that people who are better at learning to recognize one subject should also be better at learning another. Recent work by her group found that those who did a better job at identifying objects in which they were most interested were also better at identifying faces.

Christopher Gatenby at the University of Washington and John Gore, director of Vanderbilt's Institute of Imaging Science, also contributed to the study. The research was supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation, National Science Foundation grant SBE-0542013, National Eye Institute grant EY013441-06A2 and the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center.

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How to make your smartphone's ringtones smarter

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Adam Dachis , Lifehacker

If you have the same ringtone for calls and alert for messages regardless of what they are, you might want to create your?own and assign specific tones to specific contacts. Can you do more with ringtones and alerts so they're actually informative and not just the same annoying sound?

Actually you can do a lot! Ringtone and alert settings, as well as third-party apps and hacks to do even more, have come a long way. Both Android and iOS have plenty of customization options that make your ringtones more useful. Let's take a look at what you do on both mobile operating systems.

Create Custom Ringtones and Alerts
Creating your own custom ringtones and alerts is pretty simple. On Android, all you need is an AAC or MP3 file, which you can create on your computer and transfer over to your phone. If you want to trim an existing song or sound, an app called Ringdroid does that for free. (For detailed usage instructions, read this.) Once you've created your specific ringtone or alert, you can set it as the default in Settings ?> Sound ?> Phone Ringtone.

iOS requires additional work because Apple would prefer you paid extra money for ringtones and alerts through the iTunes Store. To work around this limitation, simply shorten the sound or song you want as your new ringtone or alert (if desired) and convert it to AAC format. There are plenty of apps that offer this functionality for free, such as Adapter, but iTunes can as well. (For detailed instructions, read this.) Take the converted AAC file and change its extension to .m4r. Add that file to iTunes, which will see it as a ringtone, and sync your iPhone.

Note: If you simply want to set a song or other audio file as an alarm, you don't need to go through this process. iOS 6 alarms let you choose almost any ?audio in your music library when setting them up.

Individualize for Specific People
Now that you know how to create your own ringtones and alerts for your phone, you can start setting specific ones for individual contacts. You could add songs that relate to the person calling or texting. You could record the person saying their name and use that as an alert so you'd know exactly who's contacting you. You could also create tones and alerts that escalate in urgency and assign them to contacts based on importance. Personally, I opted to just make my alerts more soothing because I found the defaults loud and annoying.?

When your tones are individualized, there are many ways to make them more useful and informative. While any of those suggested ideas work, figure out what you want to accomplish with your notifications before you move forward. Chances are you have a lot of contacts and so assigning custom settings for many or all of them takes time. Figure out an approach that provides you with the information you want every time someone calls or texts.

Once you have your approach in mind, setting individual alerts is easy. On Android, simply edit any contact on your phone, tap the menu button, and choose Options. From there you can set a ringtone for that specific person. To do the same for text messages, you'll need a third-party SMS app, and Handcent is the popular choice. From Handcent, simply open a contact, tap Settings ?> Icon & Personalization ?> Notification Settings. From there you can set an individual tone for that person. If you don't want an entirely new app for SMS, you can download SMS tone customizers like WhoIsIt Lite (Free) Custom SMS Tones ($1) instead. WhoIsIt ($2) can set custom vibration patterns, too.

On iOS, open up the Phone or Contacts app and choose the person who's going to receive the custom ringtone and/or alert sound. Tap Edit, and your options will expand. Toward the end of the page, you'll find two tab: one starts with ringtone and one starts with text tone. Both are likely set to the default. Simply tap either tab to set a new tone. Along with tone options, you'll also find a vibration tab. If you tap that, you can set a custom vibration pattern for each contact. Apple offers a few preset options you can choose from, but scroll down to the bottom and choose Create New Vibration to make your own. From there you'll just tap on the screen rhythmically until you're satisfied. Save the vibration pattern and that's how your iPhone will vibrate when you receive a call or message from that specific person.

Customize Alerts on a Per-App Basis
Customizing alerts for specific apps requires a bit of extra work, but if you like to know which app is bugging you there are actions you can take. On Android, your options vary by app, by device, and by the version of Android you're running. Certain app settings may allow you to set custom notifications, so check there first. Certain devices provide various notification options, so you may also be able to change some app notifications from your Android's Settings app. Neither of these options can override everything, but previously mentioned WhoIsIt ($2) can offer a crazy amount of customization. It'll even let you set specific notification sounds for email contacts.

UPDATE: Reader ShirinDirce suggested Light Flow, an app that can customize notifications to, perhaps, an excess. It goes beyond tones and handles light and vibration notifications as well.

On iOS, you need to jailbreak and install a hack called PushTone. All it does is add a PushTone option to every app in Notification Center so you can assign it a tone just like any other setting.

If you want to take this a step further, you can customize your notification system using an app called Pushover. It'll give you more control over what shows up on your phone and when.

That's all you really need to do to customize your ringtones and alerts to make them more useful. Ultimately you'll have to decide on a system that works best for you, but the technical side of things is pretty easy if you know where to look.

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Acupuncture is one of the most popular traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) that is widely used for a range of conditions. It is done by inserting a solid, metallic, thin needle into the skin at different pressure points along the meridians. Needles can be manipulated manually or through electrical stimulation.

A patient may feel varied sensations at various acupuncture points also depending on what is happening from a health perspective. Additionally there are different ways to insert the needle to induce different effects. A patient seeing a skilled acupuncturist does not need to worry about pain in general.

Two Main Schools Of Thought
There are two main schools of thought regarding the big question of: how does acupuncture work? The original school of thought agrees with the concept of TCM, which is based on the flow of energy (qi) and the school of thought which emerged from the 1970s, led by doctors such as Dr. Felix Mann which is a scientifically based system known asmedical acupuncture today. Let's examine a little these two different schools of thought.

1 - Traditional Acupuncture
In order to understand the traditional acupuncture model we need to have a basic appreciation of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) concept of disease.

Disease in TCM is considered to occur when there is a lack of harmony between the interactions or functioning of qi, yin, yan, xu?, z?ng-f?, meridians as well as/or possibly an imbalance between the human body and its environmental surroundings.

To cure the disease the TCM practitioner needs to identify the pattern of disharmony, which for example can also be caused by an invasion of damp, cold or wind. Proponents of this ancient healing practice believe that the body contains at least 350 acupuncture points that lie along the 12 meridians or channels of the body.

Once the pattern is identified in TCM it is commonly treated with acupuncture and/or herbs.

A traditional acupuncturist will carry out a traditional diagnosis and know which points to insert the acupuncture needles to have the best result. Expert acupuncturists can determine the root cause of a disease by inspecting the patient's tongue, breathing, smell of breath, sound of the voice and strength of the pulse. The intensity of acupuncture treatments given to patients vary depending on the results of the diagnosis.

2 - Medical Acupuncture
Medical acupuncture is best explained in the concept of neuroscience. It is believed that acupuncture plays a vital role in treating and preventing the onset of diseases by accessing and stimulating the acupuncture points in the body.

There is quite a bit of research which shows that acupuncture promotes overall health and fitness by stimulating the central nervous system to produce chemicals and hormones to the spinal cord, brain and muscles of the body.

These chemicals can either lessen the intensity of pain or trigger the production of other hormones and chemicals that can help in regulating the body's internal functions and processes. The increased production of chemicals and hormones helps in stimulating and enhancing the body's natural restorative, therapeutic and healing abilities thereby promoting a healthy emotional and physical being.

When the needles are inserted into the acupuncture points, it stimulates the nerve fibres to send nerve impulse to the spinal cord. It further stimulates the production of endorphins such as dynorphin and enkephalin that inhibit pain.

When the nerve fibres are stimulated, it also sends nerve signals to certain areas of the mid-brain that is responsible for the production of enkephalin which is a precursor to the production of monoamine transmitters like norepinephrine and serotonin. These monoamine transmitters play vital roles in suppressing the transmission of pain signals. Meanwhile, serotonin is scientifically proven to have anti-depressant effects to the brain aside from the fact that it reduces the intensity of pain.

Acupuncture is also beneficial in the production of adrenocorticotropic and beta-endorphin hormones. Endorphins provide immediate pain relief while adrenocorticotropic stimulates the adrenal gland to produce cortisol which is known for its anti-inflammatory effects.

Japanese v Chinese Acupuncture
Japanese and Chinese have different ways of conducting acupuncture. After a thorough investigation, a Japanese acupuncturist checks the pulse to determine where the needles should be inserted. Meanwhile, a Chinese acupuncturist checks the pulse once and examines the tongue to find out the activities that are taking place inside the body.

The Chinese believed that a disruption in the natural flow of energy or qi in the body can trigger the onset of different kinds of diseases. Furthermore, the lack of harmony between the mind and the body can cause an imbalance which can commence the development of diseases.

As well as different approaches and schools of thought, there are also a variety of different types of acupuncture.

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Jay-Z christens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love

NEW YORK (AP) ? The newly built Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the team's co-owner, Jay-Z, christened the venue Friday night in uniform, sporting a Nets hat and jersey as he rapped two dozen jams onstage in front of thousands.

Jay-Z performed for an excited and rowdy crowd of 18,000, wearing a jersey that featured his last name, Carter, and the number four. It was his first of eight shows at the venue.

As he emerged onstage, a video highlighting some of Brooklyn's historical moments ? like when it was named an official borough of New York City ? played in the background. There were also pictures of famous faces who were born in Brooklyn, from Michael Jordan to Al Capone to Aaliyah to Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys.

Jay-Z opened the show with the hometown anthems "Where I'm From," a song about his upbringing in Brooklyn's Marcy projects complex, and "Brooklyn Go Hard." He followed that with a tribute to one of Brooklyn's icons: the late Notorious B.I.G. He performed some of the rap vet's hit "Juicy" as the crowd joined in.

"Sing loud so he can hear you in heaven," said Jay-Z, who also held a moment of silence for the rapper, who was shot to death in 1997.

Another Brooklynite ? Big Daddy Kane ? made an appearance, performing songs like "Ain't No Half Steppin'" and "Warm It Up, Kane." He received a roaring cheer from the crowd when performing old-school dance moves with two dancers in all white.

Jay-Z said Friday's concert was incomparable to most of his other top-level performances, including the Grammys, Glastonbury or Coachella.

"Nothing feels like tonight," he told the crowd multiple times.

The audience was excited and wild, cheering on Jay-Z as blue laser lights beamed across the venue. A seven-piece band was placed a level above Jay-Z, who paced from left to right while performing jams like "Empire State of Mind," ''I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)," ''Izzo (H.O.V.A.)," ''99 Problems" and many others. Videos played on screens behind and above Jay-Z, while screens for fans in the higher sections ? though not large enough ? showed the rapper's performance on the left and right sides of the stage.

"I want to thank you, Brooklyn, New York City, for making me the man I am today," he said. "Like I said, everybody's from Brooklyn tonight."

A fan in the front section held up Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers jersey, immediately grabbing Jay-Z's attention. He asked the fan for it and said: "I promise I'll give it back."

"Brooklyn had their heart broken," he said as he held up the jersey and referred to the Dodgers leaving for Los Angeles after the 1957 baseball season. "We cried for so many years. ...Look how far we've come."

Jay-Z will perform at Barclays through Oct. 6 with the exception of Oct. 2.

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Refs cheered at first NFL game following lockout

BALTIMORE (AP) ? No one is complaining that the refs cost the Cleveland Browns the game. That mere fact is a major victory for the NFL and the seven-man crew led by referee Gene Steratore, who brought official harmony back to the nation's most popular league.

Cheered from the moment they walked onto the field, the men in stripes ran a smooth and efficient game Thursday night as the NFL's lockout of officials came to an end with the Baltimore Ravens' 23-16 win over the Browns.

"To just be applauded by 50,000 people prior to anything happening, it was something that kind of chokes you up," Steratore said. "It was a very special feeling."

Sure, there were calls that made both sides unhappy. Browns coach Pat Shurmur drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for arguing an intentional grounding call, and Ravens left tackle Michael Oher could be heard raising all kinds of beef about a holding call.

But, overall, the officials kept the game in control, curtailing the chippy play and choppy pace ? not to mention the inconsistent calls ? that had marred the three weeks of games with replacement officials.

"It was great to have those guys back," Ravens running back Ray Rice said. "It looked like they knew what they were doing."

An agreement to end the lockout was reached late Wednesday after marathon negotiations, two days after a "Monday Night Football" finish brought debate over the use of the replacements to a fevered pitch nationwide.

That game ended when a 24-yard desperation pass on the last play was ruled a touchdown ? even though replays appeared to show it should have been an interception ? giving the Seattle Seahawks a disputed 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers.

The stage was set for something eerily similar Thursday. A fourth-down unnecessary roughness penalty on Baltimore's Paul Kruger ? a good call, given the way he shoved Cleveland's Joe Thomas after the whistle ? gave the Browns one final play from the 18-yard line.

But Brandon Weeden's 18-yard pass sailed high as time expired. No controversial ending this time.

"I thought they handled (the game) great," Cleveland coach Pat Shurmur said. "I had all the confidence in the world that this was going to be officiated in the right way."

The newfound love for the refs was evident all evening.

About an hour before kickoff, they made their first appearance on the field and heard cheers from the early arrivals. A few minutes later, Steratore was shaking hands with Shurmur near midfield and getting a hug from Ravens face-of-the-franchise Ray Lewis at the 30-yard line.

Later, when the crew returned, they received a standing ovation and doffed their caps to the crowd. One fan held up a sign that read: "Finally! We get to yell at real refs! Welcome back!"

"It was very chaotic with the replacement refs," said Karen Riley, a 44-year-old fan wearing a Rice jersey. "They couldn't control the players on either side. There were bad calls, constantly, and in some cases refs making different calls at the same time."

When Steratore then turned on his microphone to greet the captains for the pre-game coin toss, the crowd heard him say: "Good evening, men. It's good to be back."

The stadium erupted in a roar.

"You know we always pride ourselves in being a face without a name," Steratore, a 10-year league veteran, told The Associated Press about an hour before kickoff. "This will be a little different, but I don't expect it to last too long. And that's the goal ? is that we can let them get through that portion of this. It's happy to be back, it's happy to be appreciated. But then as soon as the game starts, it's happy to disappear again and let the entertainers entertain."

The deal to end the lockout is only tentative ? it must be ratified by 51 percent of the union's 121 members in a vote scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Dallas ? but both sides nevertheless went forward with the plan to have the regulars back for Thursday's game.

So Steratore hustled to Baltimore, making the 3?-hour drive Thursday morning from his home in the Pittsburgh area. He's usually in place the day before a game, but none of his regular pregame meetings had to be changed because the Browns-Ravens game was at night.

"We've had a few weeks to actually realize that this was the first September that I was home for multiple Saturdays and Sundays for almost 30 years of my life, continuously. ... It just feels completely different," Steratore said. "To be away from something that is involved with this level of professional sport, just to come back and feel that again, it doesn't take long to realize why you were missing it as much as you were missing it."

Steratore, who is a basketball official in the Big East Conference among others, also was fully aware he would be jeered the first time his crew made a questionable call ? just like always.

"Without a question," he said. "I've been yelled at by my own children many times, so this won't be any different."

Sure enough, the same fans that cheered the coin toss let out a full chorus of boos when line judge Jeff Seeman tossed his yellow flag some 20 yards to whistle Baltimore safety Bernard Pollard for a personal foul in the third quarter. Replays showed it was a good call: Pollard led with his helmet to make contact with a defenseless receiver, costing the Ravens 15 yards in a drive that led to a field goal for the Browns.

Steratore's crew nearly made a misstep in the first quarter, incorrectly spotting the ball by 2 yards after a misapplication of the rules following a holding call on the Browns. But two members of the crew caught the mistake and notified the referee before the next snap. A brief huddle ensued, and the ball was moved to its correct spot.

The crew made it clear it wouldn't tolerate the extra shoving and yelling after the whistle that had been frequently permitted by the replacements. Offsetting personal fouls were called on Cleveland's Johnson Bademosi and Baltimore's James Ihedigbo for extracurricular roughness on a punt return in the first quarter.

Then there was Shurmur's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Replays appeared to validate the grounding call he was trying to contest, and the coach took responsibility for his loss of temper.

"I can't do that," Shurmur said. "It's an emotional game, and I got to make sure I keep my emotions in check."

There were 18 penalties called in the game, mostly the familiar calls for holding and false start. There were two rare ? and indisputable ? whistles for fair catch interference on punt returns, and a hands-to-the-face call on Baltimore's Kelechi Osemele was so obvious that it drew three flags.

The league's new agreement with the officials runs for eight years. Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged the ending of the Seahawks-Packers game "may have pushed the parties further along" in the talks.

"Obviously when you go through something like this it is painful for everybody," Goodell said. "Most importantly, it is painful for our fans. We are sorry to have to put our fans through that, but it is something that in the short term you sometimes have to do to make sure you get the right kind of deal for the long term and make sure you continue to grow the game."

The dispute even made its way to the campaign trail, with President Barack Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, calling Thursday "a great day for America."

"The president's very pleased that the two sides have come together," Carney said.

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AP Sports Writer Rachel Cohen and AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner in New York, AP Pro Football Writer Howard Fendrich in Washington, and AP Sports Writer David Ginsburg in Baltimore contributed to this report.

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Man fatally shoots self on TV after Arizona chase

In this video grab provided by Fox 10 News, a vehicle involved in a police car chase is followed on an interstate highway by a television station helicopter west of Phoenix, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Police say a man fatally shot himself in the head on live national television at the end of the high-speed chase that began in Phoenix when the driver stopped, ran into the desert and placed a handgun to his head and fired. (AP Photo/Fox 10 News)

In this video grab provided by Fox 10 News, a vehicle involved in a police car chase is followed on an interstate highway by a television station helicopter west of Phoenix, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Police say a man fatally shot himself in the head on live national television at the end of the high-speed chase that began in Phoenix when the driver stopped, ran into the desert and placed a handgun to his head and fired. (AP Photo/Fox 10 News)

Map shows Tonopah Arizona, where a suspected car-jacker appears to shoot himself on live television.

PHOENIX (AP) ? Authorities still haven't released the identity of a man who fatally shot himself in the head on live national television at the end of a high-speed carjacking chase that began in Phoenix and ended close to the California border.

Fox News was covering the chase that began about midday Friday using a live helicopter shot from Phoenix affiliate KSAZ-TV. The man driving a copper-colored four-door sedan stopped, ran into the desert and placed a handgun to his head and fired.

The man was declared dead at the scene, according to Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix police spokesman.

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith told viewers that the video was supposed to be on a 10-second delay so it could be cut off from airing if something went awry.

"We really messed up, and we're all very sorry," Smith said.

Fox apologized for showing the violence on air.

"We took every precaution to avoid any such live incident by putting the helicopter pictures on a five second delay," said Michael Clemente, executive vice president of news editorial. "Unfortunately, this mistake was the result of a severe human error and we apologize for what viewers ultimately saw on the screen."

More frequently than its rivals, Fox News Channel picks up car chases from its local affiliates and airs them live. It's gripping television, a live mystery with no clear resolution, and often provides a short-term ratings boost as viewers tune in to see how it ends. Critics say the chases themselves rarely rise to the level of national news. The Phoenix station was not airing the chase live when it ended.

Thompson said the man allegedly stole a car from a couple at gunpoint outside a Phoenix restaurant just before 11 a.m. MST.

Police officers located the vehicle and began a pursuit and the man fired several shots, Thompson said. He said at least one shot hit the police vehicle but the officers escaped injury.

The suspect headed west on Interstate 10, then pulled onto a dirt road near the town of Tonopah that Thompson said was "70 to 80 miles east of the California line."

TV footage showed the man exiting the vehicle and running erratically in a field before putting the gun to his head and firing. He then fell to the ground.

"Efforts to revive him were not successful and he was dead at the scene," Thompson said. "We don't have an ID yet."

Fox returned repeatedly to shots showing the car passing big-rig trucks that typically travel at about 70 mph as if they were standing still.

Police cars did not appear to be immediately behind the car during most of the chase.

Smith was narrating the video and clearly had his doubts about what was being shown from the moment the man stopped the car. "This scares me," he said.

"You wait for the end of these things and you worry about how they may end up," he said. "This makes me a little nervous, I got to tell you. A little nervous."

After the man shot himself, Fox's picture quickly cut to Smith, who was shouting "get off, get off, get off, get off."

Smith apologized repeatedly following the commercial break.

"That didn't belong on TV. We took every precaution we knew how to take to keep that from being on TV and I personally apologize to you that that happened," he said.

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AP television writer David Bauder reported from New York. Associated Press writer Walter Berry in Phoenix also contributed to this report.

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Lake Forest horse racing, restaurant plan still in the gate | horse ...

LAKE FOREST ? Six guys from South County who bought a former Black Angus site just off the I-5 hope it will be the place to be during next year's Kentucky Derby.

They envision a room filled with ladies in hats, an upscale restaurant and a betting scene where patrons can gamble on the ponies while watching the races on big screens.

Developers Bruce T. Lehman, left, and Brad McKinzie are two of six partners planning to transform the former Black Angus restaurant in Lake Forest into a high-end restaurant and sports bar with satellite horse race betting. The site is near the I-5 Freeway and Lake Forest Drive.

EUGENE GARCIA, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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"We want to build a fun, vibrant, classy place where horse racing becomes a social activity," said Brad McKinzie, one of the six partners hopeful that the city's Planning Commission lets them open Sammy's, a fine-dining restaurant with mini-satellite horse wagering. "Having it open for the Kentucky Derby ? now, that would be fun!"

City officials aren't so sure they'll bet on the idea just yet, however.

McKinzie, a 25-year executive at the Los Alamitos Race Course, and his longtime friend Bruce Lehmen, a real estate developer, say the Lake Forest location is the perfect spot for a vision they've been crafting with their golfing buddies for three years.

But while the six call it perfect, city planners haven't given the OK to spring open the race gates. The Planning Commission reviewed the project two weeks ago and had some concerns. They questioned how well an adult-use business fits into the family-minded Lake Forest vibe. They also wanted to know more about plans for the exterior and changes to the parking lot. McKinzie and Lehman, who with their partners bought the 10,000-square-foot building in 2009, want it to operate as a trendy restaurant with a mini-satellite horse-wagering lounge as an extra.

Planning Commissioners are interested to hear more about the proposed $1 million remodel of a building near the city's gateway. The developer proposal calls for a renovation inside and out, including new landscaping and an upgrade to the weed-overgrown parking lot.

Jerry Verplancke, commission chair, said that while the applicants had hoped for an immediate decision, commissioners are still considering many factors related to the gaming lounge?? among them, a proposal to require that guests be 21 or older. Since Sammy's is being billed as a high-end American cuisine restaurant, commissioners asked the applicant to rethink how it might become a family-oriented place in addition to being a wagering lounge.

Commissioners will also consider how the zoning code affects combining gaming and dining. Security concerns will also be taken seriously, Verplancke said. The commissioners will also balance the city's family-oriented theme with a request for an adult-oriented business.

In past years two adult clubs at the city's entrances?? Captain Cream (also known as Captain's Cabaret) at Lake Forest Drive and Rockfield Boulevard and the Library Gentleman's Club at El Toro Boulevard and Rockfield?? shut down. A Hooters restaurant that opened three years ago in the former Library building also recently closed.

In turn, city officials have focused their efforts on reinvigorating old shopping centers, spending more than $800,000 renovating 10 city parks and building a state-of-art $39 million sports park The city is also continuing to focus on the community recreation center and completing a final gap closure on Rancho Parkway. In the next few years, developers are expected to have built more than 4,000 homes in the city.

"Our job is to look at the code and decide, is it prudent to have this here?" he said.

The commission plans to revisit the Sammy's concept at its last meeting in October. In April, the panel approved an ordinance that allows mini-satellite wagering.

In 2007, the California Legislature passed a law allowing mini-satellite wagering facilities at restaurants and bars. All wagering would be operated by Southern California Off Track Wagering Inc., an association of race track and race horse owners created to oversee and administer statewide satellite facilities. According to law, the facilities must be 20 miles from a horse track and 10 miles from another satellite wagering facility. The closest wagering spot is in San Clemente.

McKinzie, a Huntington Beach resident, said he and others in the industry were delighted when San Clemente's OC Tavern, already popular for sports-watching, decided to go for the mini-satellite horse racing.

"We all made pilgrimages down there when they opened," he said.

Planning Commissioner David Carter also reported to his colleagues that he went to visit the site. It's different from the one McKinzie and Lehman have planned in Lake Forest, he told them. The tavern was already a sports bar when satellite wagering was added.

Phillip Ramminger, a manager at the tavern, said business is booming even more with the horse racing. A lot of locals were really excited for it to start up but the bar draws people from all over. He also said it's brought in a new type of clientele.

"It's a lot higher-class?? there are a lot more Bentleys parked out front," he said. "Everyone is like a family. Everyone helps each other out. If one has a good pick on a horse, they have no problem telling other people about it. They're real gentlemen."

That demographic, McKinzie said, one he perceives as underserved in the Saddleback Valley, is what he envisions at Sammy's in Lake Forest, too. He and his partners want to take it up a notch by also offering fine dining and dancing. They like the Lake Forest area's demographics and view their clientele as a high-end, higher-educated and older group.

"We won't have children throwing cheese pizzas or offer booster seats here," Lehman said.

Designs call for one-third of the restaurant's space to be a horse-race wagering room. The room would be decked out with leather-upholstered chairs, two- and four-person tables, and soffits housing high-definition, flat-screen TVs showing horse races from local tracks.

Horse race fans would be able to bet on live races from Thursday through Sunday. All the money bet would go to the same pool as those betting at Santa Anita Park, Los Alamitos Race Course and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The advantage, Lehman said, is horse race fans could experience the thrill of live racing without having to drive to the track.

By state law, only those 21 and older would be allowed in the horse room during betting days, which generally are Wednesday through Sunday. Operating hours would be 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday they would be from 9 a.m. to midnight. Security guards would be present during wagering and an armored transport would remove the money.

Before the 2007 law, off-track bets could be placed at other racetracks, some tribal casinos and fairgrounds, and by phone and on the Internet. Yet horse racing still faced falling revenue. McKinzie said establishing mini-satellites would attract new bettors and generate more money for the industry. And just maybe those new bettors would go to the tracks and become horse-racing fans, he said.

In Lake Forest, Lehman and McKinzie said they expect to hire at least 40 people. The city would also get one-third of 1 percent of what would be wagered at Sammy's, McKinzie said.

Lawmakers wanted to boost the industry to save thousands of jobs and revenue generated for the state by the horse-racing industry, said Rod Blonien, a lobbyist for Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress.

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Stivarga: Advanced Colon Cancer Drug Approved By FDA

* Bayer drug intended for cancer that has progressed or spread
* Wholesale cost set at $9,350 for 28-day treatment course
* Label has liver toxicity warning
* Onyx entitled to 20 percent royalty
* Bayer shares up 1.3 pct, Onyx shares up 2.8 pct (Adds Bayer comment, analyst forecast, potential other use for drug)
By Bill Berkrot
Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug for advanced colon cancer developed by Bayer AG, a month ahead of the agency's expected action date for a decision.
The drug, to be sold under the brand name Stivarga, was approved to treat colon cancer that has progressed after prior treatment or that has spread to other parts of the body, the agency said.
"Someone has clearly lit a fire under the FDA," Sanford Bernstein analyst Geoffrey Porges said of the speedy approval. "We're seeing a fairly consistent pattern of drugs for high unmet needs diseases being approved on an expedited basis."
Bayer said Stivarga will be ready for distribution as soon as Friday and set a wholesale price for the drug of $9,350 for a 28-day cycle of treatment.
In pivotal clinical trials, Stivarga - known chemically as regorafenib - helped severely ill patients live on average 1.4 months longer than those who received standard treatment without the Bayer drug. Stivarga plus standard care also delayed tumor growth for an average of two months compared with 1.7 months for standard care alone.
Bayer is currently awaiting a colon cancer approval decision for the drug in Europe and is also seeking U.S. approval of regorafenib as a treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
"Stivarga is the latest colorectal cancer treatment to demonstrate an ability to extend patients' lives and is the second drug approved for patients with colorectal cancer in the past two months," Richard Pazdur, director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
In August, the FDA approved Zaltrap, an advanced colon cancer treatment from Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc is entitled to a 20 percent royalty payment on global net sales of Stivarga under a settlement agreement with Bayer following a dispute over how closely related the medicine is to Nexavar, the kidney and liver cancer drug that the companies co-developed and share.
Bayer and Onyx will jointly promote Stivarga in the United States.
Porges, Bernstein's biotechnology analyst, called the Onyx royalty agreement, "a fairly attractive deal."
But he said initial sales expectations for Stivarga are relatively modest "because this is really a relatively small indication late in the disease."
However, Morningstar analyst Damien Conover forecast sales of the drug reaching $1 billion by 2020. Bayer declined to provide its own sales forecast for the medicine.
"Bayer has very high expectations for Stivarga," Shannon Campbell, head of oncology for Bayer Healthcare, said in a telephone interview. "We certainly expect that Stivarga is going to play an important role once (patients) have gone through some of the more standard infusion based chemotherapies that are out there."
Stivarga is a pill that works by blocking several enzymes that promote cancer growth.
The drug was reviewed under the FDA's priority review program that provides an expedited six-month review for drugs that offer major advances in treatment or that provide treatment when no adequate therapy exists. A decision had been expected by Oct. 27.
The Stivarga label will include a warning that severe and fatal liver toxicity occurred in some patients treated with the medicine during clinical studies, the FDA said.
In addition to Zaltrap, Stivarga will likely also compete with Roche Holding AG's multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin and Erbitux from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Eli Lilly and Co.
An estimated 143,460 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 51,690 will die from the disease in 2012, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Bayer shares rose 1.3 percent to 68.40 euros in Germany. Onyx shares were up 2.8 percent at $84.85 on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Bill Berkrot in New York; editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Matthew Lewis and Carol Bishopric)

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Study reveals wide discrepancy in multidrug surveillance among intensive care units

Public release date: 28-Sep-2012
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Elsevier Health Sciences

Washington, DC, September 28, 2012 Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

The P-NICE interdisciplinary research team from the Columbia University School of Nursing collected and analyzed survey responses from the infection preventionists (IPs) of 250 hospitals that participated in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) in 2008. The goal of the study was to explore the relationship between hospital and infection control characteristics and the adoption, monitoring, and implementation of infection control policies aimed at MDROs.

Researchers found that participating NHSN ICUs routinely screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (59 percent). However, other potentially deadly MDROs were screened for far less frequently: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (22 percent), gram-negative rods (12 percent), and C. difficile (11 percent).

Forty percent of ICUs reported a written policy to screen for any MDRO, and less than one-third (27 percent) had a policy for periodic screening following admission. One-third reported a policy requiring isolation/contact precautions pending screening, 98 percent reported requiring contact precautions for culture-positive patients, and 42 percent reported a policy for grouping colonized patients together.

The study found that state-mandated reporting, being a teaching hospital, having 201-500 beds, and being located in the western United States were factors associated with having a policy to screen all admissions for any MDRO. Periodic screening after admission was correlated with mandated reporting, teaching status, and use of an electronic surveillance system.

"There is significant variation in adoption of screening and infection control interventions aimed at MDRO and C. difficile in NHSN ICUs, which is congruent with data from other studies and may reflect wide variation in published recommendations or their interpretation," said Monika Pogorzelska, PhD, MPH, lead study author. "Additionally, with the current increase in mandatory reporting, IPs may be focusing on fulfilling mandates rather than implementing policies based on their experience and hospital needs. Further research is needed to provide additional insight on effective strategies and how best to promote compliance."

"Rather than being driven by legislative mandates that are not evidence based, MDRO screening should be based on a facility's risk assessment, as the epidemiology of these organisms can vary from region to region," said APIC 2012 President Michelle Farber, RN, CIC. "APIC recommends that each institution designs an HAI prevention program that is effective for their facility and needs."

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Contact: Liz Garman
egarman@apic.org
202-454-2604
Elsevier Health Sciences

Washington, DC, September 28, 2012 Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

The P-NICE interdisciplinary research team from the Columbia University School of Nursing collected and analyzed survey responses from the infection preventionists (IPs) of 250 hospitals that participated in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) in 2008. The goal of the study was to explore the relationship between hospital and infection control characteristics and the adoption, monitoring, and implementation of infection control policies aimed at MDROs.

Researchers found that participating NHSN ICUs routinely screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (59 percent). However, other potentially deadly MDROs were screened for far less frequently: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (22 percent), gram-negative rods (12 percent), and C. difficile (11 percent).

Forty percent of ICUs reported a written policy to screen for any MDRO, and less than one-third (27 percent) had a policy for periodic screening following admission. One-third reported a policy requiring isolation/contact precautions pending screening, 98 percent reported requiring contact precautions for culture-positive patients, and 42 percent reported a policy for grouping colonized patients together.

The study found that state-mandated reporting, being a teaching hospital, having 201-500 beds, and being located in the western United States were factors associated with having a policy to screen all admissions for any MDRO. Periodic screening after admission was correlated with mandated reporting, teaching status, and use of an electronic surveillance system.

"There is significant variation in adoption of screening and infection control interventions aimed at MDRO and C. difficile in NHSN ICUs, which is congruent with data from other studies and may reflect wide variation in published recommendations or their interpretation," said Monika Pogorzelska, PhD, MPH, lead study author. "Additionally, with the current increase in mandatory reporting, IPs may be focusing on fulfilling mandates rather than implementing policies based on their experience and hospital needs. Further research is needed to provide additional insight on effective strategies and how best to promote compliance."

"Rather than being driven by legislative mandates that are not evidence based, MDRO screening should be based on a facility's risk assessment, as the epidemiology of these organisms can vary from region to region," said APIC 2012 President Michelle Farber, RN, CIC. "APIC recommends that each institution designs an HAI prevention program that is effective for their facility and needs."

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