Deerfield High School gymnast Christine Stitcher is heading to the state finals.
Stitcher qualified at Thursday's section meet to advance on the vault and bars, as well as in the all-around competition, according to Warriors Coach?Carol Myers. This is her third trip to the state finals.
"Christine struggled in the first half of the meet, falling off the beam and some minor mishaps on floor, but really came through on vault and bars," Myers said.?
Myers pointed out some other notable performances.
"Leslie Ross hit her season high of 8.225 on bars," Myers said. "And Ally Perbohner participated in all four events giving her tremendous experience to help her lead the team next year when Christine is gone. Freshman Emily Berlin, unfortunately could not perform on beam because she sprained her MCL during regional floor." ?
The finals take place next weekend at Palatine High School.
Christine had a request of Deerfield Patch, which we were happy to oblige, and asked that we include this question at the end of the story:
"Ben Weiss, will you go to turnabout with Christine?"
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Ilayaraja is a popular composer of film music in the South Indian Cinema industry right from the late 1970s. Even though, he has composed tunes for movies in different Indian languages like Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu, he is known for his prominent hits for the Tamil film Music Industry. He gained popularity in the industry mainly because he acted as a trend-setter by integrating folk lyricism and also by introducing broader western musical sensibilities into the South Indian Musical mainstream. He has several accolades and awards in his favor for the best background score and soothing harmony notes composed by him.
The Trinity College of Music, London awarded him a gold medal in classical guitar in the year 1993. He also holds the pride of being the first Asian to score a full symphony performed in London. He has a large group of fans in South India and even in North India as well. Due to the search made for his compositions in the search engines, there are many websites that feature his hits alone. In addition to these websites, most of the music websites have a web page named 'Ilayaraja hits', with a wide collection of his ever- green compositions.
Like Ilayaraja hits, compositions of A.R. Rahman, who is another world-known music composer from Tamil film industry also has great fans. Some movies get popular because of the artists in the film, while some of them get popular because of the director. In Tamil film industry, some movies become popular mainly because of the fact that the songs for the film was composed by the best music director like A.R. Rahman. One such film that has raised great expectations among people is 'Kadal'. This film, which is directed by the popular film director Mr. Mani Rathnam, had its album release recently. Immediately after the release, many people began to search for 'Kadal review' just because of the great expectation as the songs were composed by the world popular music director Mr. A.R. Rahman.
Many enthusiasts and great fans of this music director written their review on the website from where they heard the songs of the album first. When reading the 'Kadal review', it is found that most of the people liked the score, but some did not like as well. It entirely depends on individual tastes and preferences and an internet search can take you to a review page.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- To Laura King, her three children were acting normal while enjoying dinner at an Italian restaurant in their hometown in Washington state.
But staffers of the restaurant Sogno di Vino in Poulsbo were so impressed with her children's table manners during their Feb. 1 dinner that they thanked her kids and gave the family of five a bowl of ice cream.
It wasn't until King got home that that she noticed a $4 "well behaved kids" discount on her receipt to cover the dessert. A friend posted a picture of the receipt on the website Reddit, and the story took off.
"The server said staff didn't even know there were kids at the table," said King, whose children are 2, 3, and 8 years old.
King said it's been entertaining to see all the attention her story has gotten, and she plans to dine at Sogno di Vino again soon.
Sogno di Vino owner Rob Scott said servers have the discretion to offer a discount to customers, adding that this wasn't the first time well-behaved kids have been rewarded. What was different this time was that one of the staffers wrote it out in the receipt.
"It was just an act of kindness," Scott said.
Scott said the restaurant was packed the night Laura's family came in, which can be challenging to families with small children. But he said he was impressed with the way the family was interacting with each other and that even the 2-year-old on a high chair seemed to be having a good time.
Rowdy children are an issue all restaurant customers have encountered at one point or another, Scott said.
"You can tell when a (family) had a rough ride to the restaurant," Scott said. "There tends to be sometimes activities where children get out of the chair or stand on chairs or get loud, as they get loud, it upsets other patrons, and they paid for a baby sitter."
Scott said he's been asked if he would charge more to customers who have unruly children. That's not something he does, he said.
"Everybody in my generation was raised to behave in restaurants," he said. "That parenting skills have been forgotten in some cases."
King said she has worked in the restaurant industry before and knows that families aren't the easiest customers to serve. She said that at the restaurant, her kids apply the table etiquette used at her dining table.
When Claire Gordon arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, nurses knew she needed extra attention.
She was 96, had heart disease and a history of falls. Now she had pneumonia and the flu. A team of Cedars specialists converged on her case to ensure that a bad situation did not turn worse and that she didn't end up with a lengthy, costly hospital stay.
Frail seniors like Gordon account for a disproportionate share of healthcare expenditures because they are frequently hospitalized and often land in intensive care units or are readmitted soon after being released. Now the federal health reform law is driving sweeping changes in how hospitals treat a rapidly growing number of elderly patients.
The U.S. population is aging quickly: People older than 65 are expected to make up nearly 20% of it by 2030. Linda P. Fried, dean of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, said now is the time to train professionals and test efforts to improve care and lower healthcare costs for elderly patients.
"It's incredibly important that we prepare for being in a society where there are a lot of older people," she said. "We have to do this type of experiment right now."
At Cedars-Sinai, where more than half the patients in the medical and surgical wards are 65 or older, one such effort is dubbed the "frailty project." Within 24 hours, nurses assess elderly patients for their risk of complications such as falls, bed sores and delirium. Then a nurse, social worker, pharmacist and physician assess the most vulnerable patients and make an action plan to help them.
The Cedars project stands out nationally because medical professionals are working together to identify high-risk patients at the front end of their hospitalizations to prevent problems at the back end, said Herb Schultz, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"For seniors, it is better care, it is high-quality care and it is peace of mind," he said.
The effort and others like it also have the potential to reduce healthcare costs by cutting preventable medical errors and readmissions, Schultz said. The federal law penalizes hospitals for both.
Gordon, an articulate woman with brightly painted fingernails and a sense of humor, arrived at Cedars-Sinai by ambulance on a Monday.
Soon, nurse Jacquelyn Maxton was at her bedside asking a series of questions to check for problems with sleep, diet and confusion. The answers led to Gordon's designation as a frail patient. The next day, the project team huddled down the hall and addressed her risks one by one. Medical staff would treat the flu and pneumonia while at the same time addressing underlying health issues that could extend Gordon's stay and slow her recovery, both in the hospital and after going home.
To reduce the chance of falls, nurses placed a yellow band on her wrist that read "fall risk" and ensured that she didn't get up on her own. To prevent bed sores, they got her up and moving as often as possible. To cut down on confusion, they reminded Gordon frequently where she was and made sure she got uninterrupted sleep. Medical staff also stopped a few unnecessary medications that Gordon had been prescribed before her admission, including a heavy narcotic and a sleeping pill.
"It is really a holistic approach to the patient, not just to the disease that they are in here for," said Glenn D. Braunstein, the hospital's vice president for clinical innovation.
Previously, nurse Ivy Dimalanta said, she and her colleagues provided similar care but on a much more random basis. Under the project, the care has become standardized.
The healthcare system has not been well designed to address the needs of seniors who may have had a lifetime of health problems, said Mary Naylor, gerontology professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. As a result, patients sometimes fall through the cracks and return to hospitals again and again.
"That is not good for them and that is not good for society to be using resources in that way," Naylor said.
Using data from related projects, Cedars began a pilot program in 2011 and expanded it last summer. The research is continuing but early results suggest that the interventions are leading to fewer seniors being admitted to the intensive care unit and to shorter hospital stays, said Jeff Borenstein, researcher and lead clinician on the frailty project. "It definitely seems to be going in the right direction," he said.
The hospital is now working with Naylor and the University of Pennsylvania to design a program to help the patients once they go home.
"People who are frail are very vulnerable when they leave the hospital," said Harriet Udin Aronow, a researcher at Cedars. "We want to promote them being safe at home and continuing to recover."
In Gordon's case, she lives alone with the help of her children and a caregiver. The hospital didn't want her experiencing complications that would lengthen the stay, but they also didn't want to discharge her before she was ready. Under the health reform law, hospitals face penalties if patients come back too soon after being released.
Patients and their families often are unaware of the additional attention. Sitting in a chair in front of a vase of pink flowers, Gordon said she knew she would have to do her part to get out of the hospital quickly. "You have to move," she said. "I know you get bed sores if you stay in bed."
Gordon said she was comfortable at the hospital but she wanted to go back to her house as quickly as she could. "There's no place like home," she said.
The 2013 Westminster winner, Malachi the Pekingnese
Westminster is the most well-known dog show in America, standing behind only the Kentucky Derby as the nation's most long-standing sporting event. This year, the 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 11-12, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and televised on CNBC and the USA Network.
The prestigious event will host 3,200 barking participants. At the start, each dog competes against its own breed. If you happen to be a Golden Retriever, for example, this year it means the competition is grueling, with a field of 60 individual Goldens all seeking the status of top Golden. Only one will then be named top dog, and that individual moves on to complete against all the member breeds of the Sporting Group. Compare that to an Entlebucher Mountain Dog, a rare breed, which only deals with a pawful of other competitors vying for Best in that breed.
Each of the 187 breeds and varieties is recognized under one of seven groups. Goldens are in the Sporting Group, while Entelbucher Mountain Dogs appear in the Herding Group. The remaining five Groups include: Hound, Non-Sporting, Terrier, Toy and Working. The Group competition is the point at which TV coverage kicks off, with David Frei and Mary Carillo announcing each of the seven Group contest. One winner is named for each group, and it's those seven good-looking canines who participate in the always suspenseful Best on Show competition, seen on TV Tuesday night.
While Westminster may carry the image of being a stodgy affair, in reality, the?raucous?sold-out house at the Garden seems to get behind one or two of the top seven dogs -- and the fans aren't shy about expressing themselves in bold New York fashion! As fans scream, the Garden rattles as it does for any Knicks basketball game. Frei agrees that the crowd seems to always decide on their favorites among the final seven, as if all 18,200 fans are texting one another to determine which dog to cheer for.
"I'm not sure they all have one another's (cell phone) numbers," says Frei with a laugh.
In 2005, a German Shorthaired Pointer named Carlee was still being judged when she presented a perfect stack. "It's a dog show stance, and is much like how the German Shorthaired stands in the field," says Frei. "As the crowd went crazy, Carlee froze -- she didn't move, and the crowd went more nuts. By that time, how could she not win? To this day, it's known as 'the stack heard around the world.'"
Three years later, Frei says he witnessed the loudest roar in his 12 years announcing Westminster. He could barely hear himself as a great little showman, a Beagle named Uno, was awarded Best in Show. "He owned the ground he walked on and he knew it," Frei recalls. Uno responded to the cheering crowd with a cocky strut (as if he was saying "I've got this thing") and a howl so loud thousands in the Garden heard it.
Best in Show judges aren't supposed to consider anything except the breed standard -- not an ability to whip the crowd into a frenzy ?"Let's face it, there's some subjectivity in this, and there's one more thing," says Frei. "Judges all have one thing in common: they're human. How can you not pay attention to the crowd? Or your own emotions?" This year's Best in Show judge will be Michael Dougherty, of Escondito, CA. He understands what Westminster is like. He received his dog show start decades ago; he competed in the Garden as a junior handler.
For the first time ever, Breed competition for all 187 breeds and varieties will be streamed live here Monday and Tuesday morning and afternoon, Feb. 11-12, followed by the telecast of the first round of Group competition on Monday, starting 8 p.m. ET on CNBC. The final Group competition and Best in Show will be televised Tuesday, Feb. 12, starting at 8 p.m. on the USA Network.
Hear an interview on my Petcast with David Frei HERE.
TOP PICKS:
Here are announcer David Frei's top five best bets to win Best in Show at Westminster this year (not that Frei is encouraging wagering).
-- German Wirehaired Pointer Champion (Ch.) Mt. View's Ripsnorter Silver Charm: Currently the No. 1 dog in America, winning many Best in Shows in 2012. "He's rock solid, but being number one doesn't always translate to number one at Westminster," Frei says.
--English Springer Spaniel, Ch. Wynmoor Champagne Supernova: The No. 2 dog in America. Frei theorizes, "An English Springer won Best in Show as recently at 2007, so it may be tough to repeat it again so soon. Still, this is one great dog," he says.
--American Cocker Spaniel (Black), Ch. Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction. A year ago, this dog won the Sporting Group at Westminster. The dog's family calls him Beckham, and he might bend like his soccer-playing namesake and win
--Wire Fox Terrier, Ch. After All Painting The Sky: Of all breeds, Wire Fox Terriers have enjoyed the most success at Westminster with 13 Best in Show victories. This dog won the National Dog Show in November and AKC Invitational in December, and if he wins Westminster will win what Frei dubs "the triple crown of the dog world."
--Doberman Pincher, Ch Protocol's Veni Vidi Vici: Shown by an owner who's also the dog's handler in the ring. An owner/handler hasn't won Best in Show since 1983, so this dog is 'underdog' in this era of expensive handlers, and is bound to be a crowd favorite. Last year, this Dobie won the Working Group at the Garden, and Frei says he might just take it all this time around.
?Steve Dale, Tribune Media Services
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is part of a new bipartisan group that will push for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
The other co-chairs of the new effort are former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell; former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, a Democrat; and former Republican Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, several people involved told The Associated Press on Friday.
The high-profile group, brought together by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, will aim to keep up momentum behind overhauling immigration and serve as a sounding board for policy makers, Rendell said.
The effort is also meant to underscore that there is a bipartisan consensus behind passing immigration legislation. Bipartisan Senate negotiators are aiming to finalize a bill by March and get it through the Senate by summer, although success is far from certain. Even if legislation gets through the Senate the Republican-led House would still have to approve it. President Barack Obama is also pushing on the issue.
"I hope it makes plain that there is bipartisan support for pro-growth solutions that would result from immigration reform," Barbour said in an interview.
Rendell said that, "there are a lot of issues that are yet to be resolved and it's going to take a lot of goodwill and a lot of patience, and anyone who thinks we're going to have an immigration bill by the end of March is probably a cockeyed optimist."
"Obviously this cannot wait," Cisneros said. "If we're going to be helpful we need to weigh in immediately."
If you?re still tracking your time for projects or clients with a spreadsheet, it?s time to transition to a modern tool, program or application such as one of these suggested by PR columnist Lindsay Olson.
Basecamp. Allows you to manage team projects, assign tasks, share documents and track time. Plans start at $20 a month.
Toggl. A simple tool that you can use on any device, including iPhones and Android devices. $5 per user per month.
Tick. You can track time on specific client projects and view how you?re doing on your overall time budget. Manage one project: free; for more it starts at $9 per month.
OfficeTime. Use on PCs, Macs, iPhones and iPads to track your team?s progress on a project, including who is working too much or too little. The Windows or Mac version costs $47.
Cash Board. Track time, send invoices and accept payments online. It?s free to manage two projects and bill one client a month and unlimited use is $10 per month plus 25 cents per client invoiced.
Harvest. Use a PC, Mac, smartphone, desktop widget, Twitter, Gmail and other popular applications to track time. Send invoices and messages to your staff reminding them to turn in their timesheets. A single user is $12 per month after a free-trial period.
On the Job. A desktop application for Macs that runs inconspicuously in your toolbar. The software costs $39.95.
Sage HRMS. This software has more sophisticated functionality that ties time-tracking to payroll. Em??ployees log time worked from their computer, and you can easily calculate payroll and time off.?
HoursTracker. An Apple app tracks time spent on projects and generates reports on where they?re spending their time. Cost: $4.99.
FreshBooks. A cloud-based tool for freelancers and small businesses that has built-in time billing. Allows you to collaborate, bill different projects at different rates and tie hours worked to invoices. Free to manage up to three clients, with larger plans starting at $19.95 a month.?? ?
? Adapted from ?Tools, Programs, and Apps: Elec??tronic Time-Tracking At Its Best,? Lindsay Olson, U.S. News & World Report.
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