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Allen came off the bench to score 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting in 25 minutes.
It was the 13th straight time Miami scored 100 or more points against Sacramento, which trailed by a point with 8:45 remaining in the third.
Two nights removed from a thrilling come-from-behind three-point victory against the Pacers, the Heat faced a Sacramento team that entered 7-17 and in last place in the Pacific Division.
But as Wade said before the game, the two-time defending champs are used to getting everybody’s best shot — that was certainly true in the first half when defense rested at both ends.
Miami led 67-61 at the half after shooting 61.7 percent (29 of 47). Sacramento shot 66.7 percent (26 of 39).
One reason for the high-percentage shooting was the proximity of the shots. The Heat scored 48 points in the paint and 18 off fastbreaks. The Kings recorded 36 in the paint.
With 19 points, Bosh had his highest scoring half of the season.
How wild were the first 24 minutes? Miami sharpshooter Allen had two dunks, including one after grabbing a rebound and going coast to coast.
Things turned in the third quarter, when Miami outscored Sacramento 31-21.
Leading 72-71 with 8:45 to go in the period, Miami went on a 21-6 run during the next six minutes. Bosh had 6 points and Shane Battier nailed two 3-pointers during the spurt.
Miami’s 21-6 run during a nearly six-minute span in the third quarter opened a 16-point cushion. The Kings failed to get closer than 14 the rest of the way.
Bosh had 19 points and 7 rebounds in the first half, then helped fuel the pivotal third-quarter run that put space between the two teams.
Miami shot 61.4 percent (51 of 83) overall thanks partly to 70 points in the paint and 22 fastbreak points.
The Heat conclude their five-game homestead against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night, 7:30 p.m.
CALGARY—A city council committee grappled with weighty challenges around addiction and public safety in Calgary on Wednesday as residents told emotional accounts of problems they say have arrived in their neighbourhood along with the only supervised consumption site.
The public hearing saw residents and business owners weigh in on the way the site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre is affecting the surrounding Beltline neighbourhood.
Health workers who specialize in addiction also gave input on their approach to treatment for people seeking help and where demand for services vastly outstrips capacity.
The Chumir’s supervised consumption site opened in October 2017 and it has since reversed more than 800 overdoses.
It’s currently the only site of its kind in Calgary, where people can use illicit drugs in a hygienic, supervised environment with trained staff on hand to reverse overdoses if necessary.
Jessica McEachern, a peer support worker with Alberta Health Services, spoke Monday to offer her perspective as someone who has lived experience using drugs.
She criticized the way she said some people addressing council were using “stigmatizing rhetoric” about people who deal with substance use.
“I’m not scared of these people. If anything, it’s people using their power and their voices to stigmatize and further push us into disenfranchisement,” she said.
Methamphetamines have been circulating in Calgary for years, she said, and people who are homeless and feel unsafe on the streets may end up using it because they have nowhere to sleep or stay warm.
A spike in the use of meth at the Chumir site has been cited by Calgary police as a driving factor in more emergency calls in the area.
“People are trying to find a reason to shut us down, and now they’re finding it in meth users. But I was a meth user, and now I’m a contributing member of society. It’s possible, and we can’t punish people out of this or criminalize people out of this,” McEachern said.
Anne Murphy, who lives in a condo near the site, said she’s “uncomfortable and heartbroken” seeing people who are clearly struggling in her neighbourhood. And Will Lawrence, one of the co-owners of Shelf Life Books just across from the Chumir, said employees aren’t equipped to handle people coming into the business in distress.
Some also raised issues with what they said is a lack of communication from Alberta Health Services and the people who work at the site when they have concerns.
Alberta Health Services medical officer of health Dr. Nick Etches said it was clear that “people have a need to be heard,” and AHS would commit to improving.
Monday’s conversation was spurred by Councillor Evan Woolley’s motion suggesting 12 options to look at improving the situation around the site. Councillors will see an update later this month on what actions have been taken so far, and feedback from Wednesday’s meeting will help inform further steps.
Council also consulted an expert panel throughout the day that included representatives from the police, fire department, Alberta Health Services, Alpha House, the Beltline Neighbourhoods Association, and the Victoria Park BIA.
Woolley said it’s important for council to move quickly and keep the federal and provincial governments “engaged” in doing more to help Calgary.
Mayor Naheed Nenshi showed up to the meeting for a short time in the afternoon to lend his support for doing more to protect both neighbourhood residents and users of the site.
“If we put enough big brains and big hearts toward this problem, we’re going to get it right. But in the meantime, it’s incredibly important that we work on these short-term actions,” he said.
There was also friction on council as one councillor appeared to question the value of keeping the supervised consumption site at all.
Councillor Sean Chu said he doesn’t believe addiction should be considered a disease, as experts had said earlier in the day, adding he thinks the problems come down to personal responsibility.
“I think you should be ashamed of some of the things that have come out of your mouth, Councillor Chu,” he said.
Holly Dygert is an ethnographer and educator with expertise in community health, sexual and reproductive health, gender and economic development, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs, indigeneity, and youth. Dygert has conducted over twenty months of ethnographic research among Nuu Savi ("Mixtec") villagers in southern Mexico, and multiple shorter community-based projects in the United States. Dygert teaches courses on Basic Field Research Methods; Global Health; Economic Development; Human Rights; and Sexual and Reproductive Health.
States must develop content standards in at least mathematics and reading and, beginning in the 2005-06 school year, in science. A state's academic-content standards may cover more than one grade. At the high school level, the standards must define the core knowledge that all high school students are expected to achieve, independent of course titles or years completed.
States also must develop academic achievement standards for students that describe at least three levels of achievement: basic, proficient, and advanced. They must describe, in narrative form, the competencies associated with each achievement level and the "cut scores" on tests that separate one achievement level from another. States must develop academic achievement standards for every grade and subject tested, even if the state's content standards cover more than one grade.
To meet the testing requirements under the law, states may include, in their testing systems, either criterion-referenced or norm-referenced tests, or both, and a combination of state and local assessments. Norm-referenced tests, however, must be augmented with additional items to measure "fully and accurately" the depth and breadth of the state's standards, and they must report results in terms of the state's student- achievement levels.
A state that includes local tests in its testing system must demonstrate that such tests are of "equivalent content, rigor, and quality" to make a "fair, rational, and consistent determination" of the annual progress of schools and districts across the state. States must review and approve each local assessment to ensure that it meets or exceeds the state's technical criteria. States must be able to aggregate local test results "with confidence" to determine whether the state has made adequate yearly progress.
States may rely exclusively on local tests only if they can prove that they lack sufficient authority under state law to adopt content and achievement standards and tests that would apply to all students in the state's public schools. Such states would still have to establish technical criteria and a review process for evaluating district standards and tests, and they would still have to be able to aggregate test results across districts.
Each state must determine the minimum number of students needed to report data for disaggregated subgroups that are statistically reliable. States must make every effort to maximize the use of disaggregated data while protecting the privacy of individual students.
The draft regulations and the notice on the "negotiated rulemaking" process are available online at www.ed.gov/nclb/rulemaking/. They were to be published in the Federal Register late last week.
Are public sector banks over dependent on interest income?
New Delhi: Public sector banks depend excessively on their interest income as compared to their peers in the private sector. Also, their fee-based earnings coming from services remain quite low, as per findings of the latest Eco Pulse (AEP) Study on ‘Income sources of Indian banks ‘ brought out by Assocham.
In a banking regime marked by high interest rates, PSU banks are lagging behind in their fee based income which has dipped 10% compared to private sector banks which registered sizable growth of 29% in fiscal 2006-07.
Current high interest regime augmented interest income of public sector banks by 18% though less than a whopping rise of 44% was recorded by private sector banks in FY 2006- 07.
* Other banks registering sufficient rise were ICICI Bank (41.82%), ING Vysya Bank (39.63%), IndusInd Bank (29.29%) and Jammu and Kashmir Bank (24.18%).
GOLF: At 12 years of age, Xavier Byrne is learning the game of golf with his grandfather.
The pair play on a Sunday each fortnight and grandfather Bill Morrison is happy to pass on a few hints.
Morrison has only been playing the game for six years after being talked into it by his brother Charlie Morrison.
At present, Xavier is playing junior cricket on a Saturday but once the season is over, he is thinking of joining the junior golf program in Warwick.
Grandfather and grandson have been playing for the past six months.
"Xavier's is best at driving and his best shot is over the dam on the 13th to the front of the green,” Morrison said.
Don't ask them for their score on a Sunday, they don't keep scores. It is all about having a go and being just a little better each week.
Morrison was playing his second round of the weekend today after playing club competition on Saturday.
"I went okay on Saturday but didn't break any records,” he said.
Clijsters back to French Open after 5 year absence Associated Press - 25 May 2011 01:02-04:00 Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Vice Admiral Frank Ropers was born in August 1946 and commissioned into the Federal German Navy in 1969. Service in the Fast Patrol Boat and Destroyer Flotillas led to command of the Fast Patrol Boat FGS OZELOT from 1973 to 1975. A tour as ADC to the German Military Representative at SHAPE was followed by a series of appointments in FGS LÜTJENS, latterly as the Executive Officer, a sequence only interrupted by completion of the General Staff Course at the Federal Armed Forces Command and General Staff College in Hamburg .
From the end of 1983 until 1986 he was a member of the Defence Secretary’s planning staff which was followed by command of FGS ROMMEL. Promoted to Captain in 1989, he returned to the Staff College as the principal instructor for Maritime Warfare and Operational Planning.
An appointment as Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff SHAPE in 1990 preceded attendance at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London for the 1993 course, following which he was seconded to the Head of the Naval Office at Wilhelmshaven with a special project management portfolio.
On promotion to Flag rank in October 1994, he became Commandant of the Naval Academy Mürwik and subsequently commander of the NATO Standing Naval Force Mediterranean from September 1995 until September 1996. For the majority of that period the force were integrated into the NATO/WEU Maritime Task Force conducting Operation SHARP GUARD, embargo operations off the former Republic of Yugoslavia .
On return to Wilhelmshaven , he assumed command of the German Destroyer Flotilla and was responsible for all destroyers, frigates and support ships of the Federal German Navy. Vice Admiral Ropers was appointed Head of the Naval Office at Rostock in September 1998, one of the three major commands in the Federal German Navy.
He joined the HQ of Commander-in-Chief East Atlantic and Commander Allied Naval Forces North in January 2001 as Chief of Staff and became the Deputy Commander in April 2003. On transformation of the NATO Command System Vice Admiral Ropers subsequently assumed the appointment as Deputy Commander Allied Maritime Component Command Northwood. He took up his present post in May 2006.
Vice Admiral Frank Ropers and his wife Gabriele (Gaby) have two daughters, one living and forging a career in Hamburg , the other in Berlin .
Professor Jean VanderGheynst was selected by the Graduate Council Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Welfare Committee as the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring Award.
This award recognizes the vital role mentoring plays in the academic and professional development of postdoctoral scholars at the UC Davis, and recognizes faculty who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring in the overall success of the universitys postdoctoral scholars. The Committee received a number of outstanding nominations this year, but felt that because of Dr. VanderGheynst's mentoring accomplishments, she was the most deserving of the award.
An Honors and Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Monday, May 23, at which she will be recognized for her achievement. The ceremony will take place in the Multipurpose Room (MPR) in the Student Community Center (SCC), from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Congratulations to Dr. VanderGheynst for her excellence in mentoring postdoctoral scholars!
Hospital and six doctors allegedly conducted illegal transplants in case that stretches to Israel and Brazil.
A prominent South African hospital chain and its chief executive have been charged in connection with trafficking human organs in a case that authorities say stretched to Israel and Brazil.
Vish Naidoo, a police spokesman, told The Associated Press news agency on Thursday that 11 suspects were ordered to appear in court in November.
He declined to name them, but the board of directors of the Netcare hospital chain said in a statement that the parent company, its chief executive officer, Richard Friedland, and its subsidiary in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal received subpoenas on Wednesday.
"The board has been advised that the allegations made are unjustified and that neither Netcare nor Dr Friedland are guilty of any wrongdoing,'' the statement said.
Five South African doctors were also charged as part of the case with performing illegal kidney transplants for rich Israelis using organs bought from poor Brazilians and Romanians, South African newspapers reported.
The Star newspaper reported on Thursday that prosecutors claimed 109 illegal operations were conducted between 2001 and 2003.
The Times newspaper reported that "Israeli citizens in need of kidney transplants would be brought to South Africa for transplants at St Augustine's Hospital. They paid kidney suppliers for these operations".
The kidneys "were initially sourced from Israeli citizens, but later Romanian and Brazilian citizens were recruited as their kidneys were obtainable at much lower costs than those of the Israeli suppliers."
Israelis were paid about $20,000 for their kidneys, while the Brazilians and Romanians were paid an average of $6,000, prosecutors said.
J-P Du Plessis, a senior journalist with Eyewitness news in Johannesburg, said big international network was involved in the alleged organ trade.
"They had people operating in three different countries," he told Al Jazeera.
"People who would source kidneys from poor people, arrange payments, have organs transplanted and transport them from those countries to South Africa, which is not a small feat in its own. To get them through customs you obviously need the right documentation."
Five years ago, South African police tried to bring a case against Ilan Perry, an Israeli who is believed to be the head of the syndicate.
That case was never brought forward and Perry has now turned state witness, The Times reported.
"He is providing vital evidence that is enabling the police to focus on suspects in the South African hospitals," Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips, reporting from Johannesburg, said.
"Police is saying he was what's known as the 'organ broker', the go-between, in a very complex organisation between countries like Brazil and Romania where he would find poor people who were willing to sell their kidneys, helping to bring them to South Africa with the assistance of criminals gangs here and then apparently infiltrate hospitals."
Netcare has said it will defend itself against the charges in court.
"After several years of co-operating fully with the South African Service Police and providing the investigating officer with countless affidavits, it has come as a great surprise and disappointment that the prosecuting authority has seen it fit to bring charges" against the firm, Netcare said in a statement.
There is a high demand and small supply of kidneys, which can be taken from a living donor.
The black market is said to be thriving around the world. The World Health Organisation calls the shortage of organs "a universal problem".
BOSTON -- The Washington Capitals extended their winning streak against the Boston Bruins to 14 games with a 4-2 victory at TD Garden on Thursday.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice, and Jakub Vrana and Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Capitals (27-12-4), who haven't lost to the Bruins since March 29, 2014, at Washington. Braden Holtby made 39 saves for Washington, which has won three in a row.
The Capitals won despite being outshot 41-22.
"They worked to generate what they got," Holtby said of Boston, which went 1-for-5 on the power play. "Obviously their power play was where they got probably their best opportunities. But like I said about shot totals, you never really tell. But two good teams and I think probably tonight they deserved to win as much as we did, that's how good the game was. That's fun hockey to play."
Ryan Donato and David Krejci scored, and Jaroslav Halak made 18 saves for the Bruins (25-15-4), who had won a season-high five games in a row.
"I thought we certainly gave ourselves a chance to win the game," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Didn't happen again against this team, so [we] have to get over that hurdle. A lot of nights that'd be good enough for points, if not two points, but not tonight."
Vrana gave Washington a 1-0 lead on a breakaway at 6:38 of the first period. T.J. Oshie got the first of his two assists by making a long pass to Vrana after a steal.
Donato tied it 1-1 with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle at 14:11 of the second period.
Washington regained the lead 2-1 on Ovechkin's goal at 14:50. Tom Wilson made a pass out from below the goal line, and Ovechkin scored on a one-timer from the left circle.