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Proms 2011: David Fray and Jaap van Zweden
The pianist's account of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 leaves Nick Shave cold
It's not hard to see why the young French pianist David Fray is often compared to Glenn Gould. When he plays, Fray hunches over the piano (like Gould, though not as low to the ground); his nose practically brushes the keys, and he often swings his elbows out wide, seemingly coaxing the sound from the piano. At major cadences, he lifts clear off his chair, lurching into the piano, and throwing his hands out wide in an odd flailing gesture.
For his Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday, it was noticeable, too, that he pulled up an ordinary chair, not a stool, to the piano. How long before he, like Gould, brings his own structure to sit on?
I could go on and mention the burbles and frequent hand-drying rituals at the keyboard, but only to suggest that such idiosyncratic gestures – however unaffected – seemed more distracting than helpful when it came to communicating the themes at work in Mozart's K503. Fray has recorded this Concerto – well received – with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden. Here he played with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic – and it felt like an uncomfortable fit.
First, there were problems of balance, with the soloist too often paddling in the background, or worse still, swallowed up by the orchestra. And while that may partly be blamed on the Hall's soupy acoustics, the lack of clarity in the line of the music had more to do with Fray's interpretation: individual phrases were often beautifully rendered, and imaginatively coloured, but his stop-start mannerisms detracted from the flow and delineation of the whole. If Fray's Mozart is tasteful, then it's a taste I've yet to acquire.
Any suspicions that not only the soloist – sporting a pale complexion and hair that might have been modelled on Chopin's – but also the orchestra might have felt more comfortable in Romantic repertoire were confirmed in the second half when Van Zweden took on Bruckner's colossal Eighth Symphony. From the outset, with its shimmering tremolandos, the NRPO showed itself capable of vividly conjuring atmosphere, endlessly varied within Bruckner's journey from darkness to light.
Like Fray, Van Zweden brought a range of unusual gestures to the stage. In dance-like motions he would lean back from the orchestra with his arms fully outstretched, waving his baton as though casting a spell across the players. And clearly his magic worked.
Prom 60
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
David Fray (pno); Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden
Nick Shave writes for The Guardian and is contributing editor of BBC Music Magazine. A regular reviewer and blogger of the Proms, he can usually be found at the Royal Albert Hall with only seconds to spare, breaking into an ungainly powerwalk somewhere between the ticket collection desk and the stalls
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Boyle, in his letters written in 1646 and 1647, refers to our invisible college or the philosophical college. We are particularly lucky to have a description of the beginnings of the Society from John Wallis:-
About the year 1645, while I lived in London (at a time when, by our civil wars, academical studies were much interrupted in both our Universities), ... I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy persons, inquisitive natural philosophy, and other parts of human learning; and particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy. We did by agreements, divers of us, meet weekly in London on a certain day and hour, under a certain penalty, and a weekly contribution for the charge of experiments, with certain rules agreed amongst us, to treat and discourse of such affairs...The London group continued to meet at Gresham College until the year 1658 when the they had to disband in fear of their lives as soldiers took over their meeting rooms and London underwent a period of terror. In February 1660 Monk's army entered London and restored order. King Charles returned to London at the end of May 1660 and the meetings at Gresham College resumed.
About the year 1648-49, some of our company being removed to Oxford (first Dr Wilkins, then I, and soon after Dr Goddard) our company divided. Those in London continued to meet there as before (and we with them, when we had occasion to be there, and those of us at Oxford ... and divers others, continued such meetings in Oxford, and brought those Studies into fashion there...
The Society decided to put itself on a more formal basis. Meetings became more formal and the record of the 5 December 1660 meeting states that:-
... the King had been acquainted with the design of this Meeting. And he did well approve of it, and would be ready to give encouragement to it. It was ordered that Mr Wren be desired to prepare against the next meeting for the pendulum experiment. ...By the summer of 1661 the members were discussing the name of the Society and how they might obtain a Royal Charter of incorporation. After petitions to King Charles II, the Charter of Incorporation passed the Great Seal on 15 July 1662 and the Royal Society of London officially existed from that date. The King presented the new Society with a silver mace which has the emblems of England, Ireland, Scotland and France on its head.
The Charter gives the names of the first Council members and names Viscount William Brouncker as the first President. At the meeting of the Society on 20 May 1663, 150 Fellows were elected.
Of course the total number of Fellows greatly exceeds the list of those given. The number rose from the original 150 to over 200 by 1675 but then dropped to around 100 by 1690. There was then a steady increase in the number of Fellows until around 1840 when there were approximately 750. The numbers then fell rapidly to around 450 by 1880. The number of Fellows then remained fairly constant.
MacTutor links:
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Presidents of the Royal Society
Royal Society Prizes etc:
Royal Medal
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Bakerian Lectures
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Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level in over Four Years
(WASHINGTON) -- Jobless claims tumbled to their lowest level since February 2008 last week following a surprising monthly jobs report, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
For the week ending Oct. 6, the number of people filing for benefits dropped by 30,000 to 339,000. The previous week, claims stood at 369,000.
The four-week average also went down, falling by 11,500 to 364,000.
The positive figures come after the Labor Department reported last Friday that U.S. employers added 114,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, meeting economists' expectations.
In an unexpected twist, however, the unemployment rate dipped from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent, marking the first time the figure has fallen below 8 percent since January 2009. Economists had expected to see the unemployment rate remain above 8 percent.
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McIntosh went on to serve in the Office of Strategic Services and its offspring, the CIA. She's still alive and well at 97.


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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched an international storyboard competition for the creation of the next episode of the animated series Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventures.
The competition invites young people to express their ideas in the form of a storyboard for the Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventures animated series. In the coming days, 187 National Commissions - every States Party to the World Heritage Convention - will receive guidelines for the competition, which will be distributed through the Associated Schools Network. Each entry must be submitted to the relevant National Commission, who will forward a selection of storyboards to UNESCO in early 2011 for the final selection.
The competition this year focuses on different themes which highlight more specifically the links between World Heritage and communities, sustainable tourism, sustainable development and biodiversity.
Launched in 2002 in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Patrimonito World Heritage Adventures project consists of a series of short films introducing the cartoon character of Patrimonito. In each episode, Patrimonito helps children learn about a World Heritage site and the challenges it faces, proposing a solution to help conserve the site.
The World Heritage Centre has already produced 8 episodes of Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventures, developedfrom storyboards designed by young people. These DVDs are intended to mobilize young people to participate actively in World Heritage preservation. The competition allows young people in schools and youth organizations to build critical thinking skills about heritage conservation in their own country as well as to transmit their message to their peers around the world.
Each storyboard should be submitted to the participant's National Commission before 15 December 2010.
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Official NASCAR Press Release
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame today that includes: Dale Earnhardt, Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr., Junior Johnson and Richard Petty.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel, consisting of members of the Nominating Committee along with 29 others representing NASCAR, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, major race track ownership groups, retired drivers, owners and crew chiefs along with motorsports media representatives, met in a closed session in Charlotte, N.C. to vote on the induction class of 2010.
The class was determined by the 51 votes cast by the panel and the nationwide fan vote conducted through NASCAR.COM. The accounting firm of Ernst & Young presided over the tabulation of the votes.
The Class of 2010 will be officially inducted in a ceremony on May 23, 2010 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte.
The results of the voting for the final five chosen in this inaugural class proved competitive. Also receiving votes were David Pearson, Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison.
As part of the inclusive voting process, more than 670,000 NASCAR fans submitted votes online at NASCAR.COM as part of the fan voting process. This remarkable fan feedback once again demonstrates fans' passion and knowledge of the sport and its heritage. The fans voted Petty, Earnhardt, Bill France Sr., Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison as their top five.
The nominees included many of the sport's legendary names:
Bobby Allison, Buck Baker, Red Byron, Richard Childress, Dale Earnhardt, Richie Evans, Tim Flock, Bill France Jr., Bill France Sr., Rick Hendrick, Ned Jarrett, Junior Johnson, Bud Moore, Raymond Parks, Benny Parsons, David Pearson, Lee Petty, Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, Herb Thomas, Curtis Turner, Darrell Waltrip, Joe Weatherly, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame broke ground in Charlotte on Jan. 25, 2007 and will open May 11, 2010. The facility honors the history and heritage of NASCAR and the many who have contributed to the success of NASCAR.
Highlighting the Class of 2010:
Dale Earnhardt
Earnhardt co-holds the record for most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships (seven) with Richard Petty. In only his second full season, 1980, Earnhardt nabbed his first championship. He won consecutive titles on three separate occasions (1986-87, '90-91 and '93-94). Earnhardt's 76 victories rank seventh all-time.
He is the all-time leader in race victories at Daytona International Speedway with 34, though the most prominent of them was a while in the making.
In 1998, Earnhardt won his most coveted race – the Daytona 500. The scene was a memorable one, forever etched in the minds of race fans. As Earnhardt's black No. 3 rolled down pit road, a Daytona 500 winner at last, every crew member from every team lined up to congratulate one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history.
Bill France Sr.
Called "Big Bill," only partly because of his 6-foot-5 stature, France spearheaded NASCAR from its beginning and directed it to its present status as the world's largest stock-car racing organization. In 1936, he helped lay out the first beach/road course in Daytona Beach; in the first race on the course he finished fifth. Starting in 1938, he helped promote races on the sands of Daytona Beach. In 1947, France became the driving force behind the establishment of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. NASCAR, it was called, resulting from a famous meeting at the Streamline Hotel on State Road A1A in Daytona Beach – a structure that stands to this day, as a racing landmark. "Big Bill" France passed away in June 1992. He left behind a lasting legacy.
Bill France Jr.
William Clifton France is remembered – and revered – as the man who followed his visionary father at NASCAR's helm, in the process becoming a visionary himself, as he guided NASCAR to unprecedented levels of popularity.
France became NASCAR's president in January 1972, replacing his father and becoming only the second president of the world's largest auto racing sanctioning body. His emergence coincided with the sport's emergence, and its eventual ascent to become America's No. 1 form of motorsports and the nation's second-most popular sport overall.
France, often referred to as "Bill Jr.," remained president until November 2000. At that time, France announced the formation of a NASCAR Board of Directors on which he served as chairman and CEO until October 2003 when he was replaced by his son, Brian Z. France. After that, he continued to serve the sport for the remainder of his life as NASCAR Vice Chairman.
Junior Johnson
Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson is unique in NASCAR history, with tremendous success both as a driver and a car owner.
Johnson won the second annual Daytona 500 in 1960 and in the process, became credited with the discovery of "drafting" on the massive superspeedways. He won 50 races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series then surprised many people by retiring from driving to become an owner. As an owner, Johnson never missed a beat; through the years, his drivers won 132 races. There also were six series championships produced with Cale Yarborough (1976-78) and Darrell Waltrip (1981-82, '85).
Named one of NASCAR's "50 Greatest Drivers" in 1998, Johnson resides in Wilkesboro, N.C., and remains one of the sport's most enduring – and endearing – personalities, at the age of 78.
Richard Petty
Known as "the King", Richard Petty's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series records are staggering: Most wins (200), most poles (123), tied for most championships (seven), most wins in a season (27), most Daytona 500 wins (seven), most consecutive wins (10) and most starts (1,185).
Petty's success continued even after his retirement from driving in 1992. He would still hold the top spot in the family business – Petty Enterprises, and now, Richard Petty Motorsports. In all, Petty Enterprises totaled 268 victories before merging with Gillett Evernham Motorsports for the 2009 season to become Richard Petty Motorsports.


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Can someone (Lightning ? ) make some more 0.3.7 kernels ? http://lewys-spot.dyndns.org/kernels/
I'm thinking about something like kernel-035.cd-ipsec-vipc but for 0.3.7 (kernel-037.cd-ipsec-vipc).
Also a readme would be nice since I haven't got the slightest idea on the differences between kernel-035.cd-586-triton-vipc and kernel-035.cd-686-triton-vipc (beside the names), or for that matter what exactly triton stands for besides the Intel arch ? I have shuttle-hot-555 MoBo that is triton based and I never used to have problems so I figure its probably a feature or a whole different thing...
And as the 2.0.39 kernel doesn't support cool stuff like USB or anything like that I keep wandering just what 686 is ? MMX ? what good is it for ?
I know the vipc and the ipsec are package required (iftop i think ? and alike), CD-ROM is to make the cd work but does that mean mounting ? burning ?
Also what about loopback ? I know that without using kernel-037.cd-686-triton-vipc-power_off I can't mount an iso file through a loopback device, but is it the cd, the 686, the triton, or some other too obvious a feature to mention that adds that ?
the readme doesn't have to be gz' with each file as I'm sure this will require rewriting your kernel utility (though I can't be sure as I never managed to use it ), but pls at least put it in the directory so lazy folks like me won't need to recompile on their own
* Is it just me or does it seems like every time you recompile you forget adding / removing something ? aha...
I am very confused :unsure:
Thanks !
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Police at the Tampa International Airport are investigating after maintenance workers discovered a passenger dead in an elevator shaft.
Airport officials said the body 31-year-old Chad Wolfe, of West Newton, Pennsylvania was found Friday morning.
Records show Wolfe arrived in Tampa from Atlanta shortly after midnight Friday. Maintenance first noticed problems with the elevator at the short term parking garage several hours later.
Body Found in West Park Alleyway Identified as Teen
There was no immediate evidence of foul play, but investigators were still trying to determine how Wolfe got into the shaft.
Flight Diverted to Tampa to Remove "Unruly" German Couple
The medical examiner will determine Wolfe's cause of death.
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GASTONIA � Former Forestview standout Stormy Kendrick and her Clemson senior classmates completed a perfect sweep of ACC titles last weekend with the Tigers� fourth straight ACC outdoor championship at N.C. State.
Coupled with the four straight indoor track championships the Clemson women�s program has won, it means Kendrick�s class has gone a perfect eight-for-eight in league titles during her four years at the school.
�It means a lot to start winning as a freshman and continue winning all four years,� Kendrick said in a news release on clemsontigers.com. �It�s amazing. We all had one goal, to start winning ACC championships. I hope that once we�re gone, the legacy can be continued for many more years.�
A 2009 Forestview High graduate, Kendrick played in role in last weekend�s title by finishing second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.36 seconds. It gave Kendrick the 15th All-ACC selection of her career.
Pro basketball
Gastonia�s Hassan Whiteside and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers begin a best-of-three National Basketball Developmental League championship series Thursday niht at 9:30 p.m. against the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Game One of the series is at Santa Cruz, with Games Two and Three (if necessary) being played at Rio Grande Valley. Game Two is Saturday at 8 p.m., with Game Three slated for Monday at 8 p.m.
Whiteside has yet to play in either of the Vipers playoff series wins � 2-0 wins over Maine and Tulsa � but he averaged 5.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 28 games in the regular season.
For Cocodrilos de Caracas in the Venezuelan League, Kris Lang (Hunter Huss 1998) is averaging 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds in 26 games.
Pro baseball
Blake Lalli (Gardner-Webb 2002-06) celebrated his return to the major leagues with a walkoff RBI single last week for the Milwaukee Brewers in a victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Lalli last summer had become the first Gardner-Webb product to play in the major leagues (then with the Chicago Cubs) was last player cut from the major league roster in spring training and spent three games with the Nashville Sounds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League affiliate before being recalled by the Brewers.
In six games so far for Milwaukee, Lalli is hitting .111 with two RBIs.
Devin Harris (Ashbrook Class of 2006) is hitting .246 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 16 games for the San Jose Giants. San Jose is the San Francisco Giants� Class A California League affiliate.
Jake Buchanan (North Gaston 2007) is 1-0 with a 1.57 ERA in five appearances (four starts) for the Corpus Christi Hooks. Corpus Christi is the Houston Astros� Class AA Texas League affiliate.
And Alex Castellanos (Belmont Abbey 2007-08) is hitting .309 with three home runs and 13 RBIs in 13 games for the Albuquerque Isotopes. Albuquerque is the Los Angeles Dodgers� Class AAA Pacific Coast League affiliate.
College baseball
Five former local products have helped Catawba Valley Community College to a 32-10, 17-5 Carolinas-Virginia Conference record.
The Buccaneers, who hosts Southeastern Community College in a three-game series that begins with a 1 p.m. Saturday doubleheader, have Seth Weekley (Bessemer City 2011), Blake Mosteller (Cherryville 2011), Dustin Greene (Burns 2012) and Dallas Conner (Kings Mountain 2012) on its pitching staff and former Gaston Braves standout Zech Wiggs in its every day lineup.
Weekley is 0-0 with a 7.88 ERA in six appearances, Mosteller is 2-0 with 5.47 ERA in nine appearances (one start), Greene is 1-1 with a 1.73 ERA in 11 appearances, Conner is 3-0 with a 2.77 ERA in six appearances and Wiggs is hitting .303 with one home run and 20 RBIs in 32 games.
At North Carolina, Mason McCullough (Crest 2011) is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in nine appearances, Reilly Hovis (Forestview 2012) is 0-0 with a 3.21 ERA in nine appearances (two starts) and Zach Daly (Forestview 2012) is hitting .286 in eight games for the top-ranked Tar Heels (39-3, 18-2), who visit ACC rival N.C. State in a three-game series that begins Friday. Sunday�s 7 p.m. game will be nationally-televised by ESPNU.
And at Pfeiffer, Josh Branch (Forestview 2011) is 4-4 with a 5.72 ERA in 14 appearances (10 starts) for the Falcons (18-29, 11-11), who face Coker at 3 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the Conference Carolinas tournament in Burlington.
College softball
A pair of former local standouts had big weekends in the South Atlantic Conference.
At Anderson, Bailey Smith (Crest 2010) was named first team all-conference designated player after hitting .310 with eight home runs and 24 RBIs in 46 games and going 17-7 with a 2.67 ERA in 25 starts as a pitcher for the Trojans.
And at Lenoir-Rhyne, Anne Marie Lackey (Burns 2012) was a part of the Bears� team that beat Catawba twice last Sunday in Salisbury to win the league title. Lackey is hitting .100 with one RBI in 17 games this season.
Coming up: May 23 � 2013 College softball wrapup, May 30 � 2013 College baseball wrapup
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From the moment you drive over the plank bridge entrance you will feel as though you've journeyed to the South Seas. The Mai-Kai bring Polynesia to you, complete with tropical gardens, hand carved tikis, and our exciting Islander's Revue.
The Mai-Kai main showroom is available for luncheon parties from 50 up to 300 guests. The main stage can be utilized during your function for DJ's, guest speakers, presentations, fashion shows and of course our Polynesian Islander's Revue. Each room throughout the Mai-Kai is named after a different island in the South Pacific, such as New Guinea, Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga. All rooms are decorated with museum quality artifacts and Pacific Island decor. Our beautiful gardens feature waterfalls, lagoons and giant tiki sculptures, which provide a unique and romantic background for pictures of any occasion.
Daytime luncheons and receptions are based upon availability and must be completed by 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. depending on the date you choose.
Luncheons include a complete meal with salad, entrée and dessert. You have the option of upgrading your appetizers and desserts, as well as adding entrées at an additional charge.
Luncheons may be either sit down or buffet style.
SIT DOWN or BUFFET STYLE LUNCH
The following menu items are included in our luncheon menus:
* Garden Salad with a Citrus Vinaigrette
* Selection of two Entrées (additional entrée selections can be
be added at an additional charge)
* Chinese Steamed White Rice and Mai-Kai Pork Fried Rice
* Tahitian Vanilla Bean or Dreamy Dark Chocolate Frozen
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As every family with youngsters in the Washington, DC area knows, Rocknoceros is three guys: Coach, Williebob, and Boogie Bennie. They have been making award-winning music together since 2005 and are celebrating their 10th year together with a brand new album.
Coach and Boogie, best friends since they were five years old, endlessly listened to Beatles records in Boogie's suburban bedroom while "waiting for Williebob," who appeared on the scene in high school. The three have been making music ever since, although it wasn't until 2005, when Coach was raising young'uns of his own, that the inspiration for Rocknoceros finally crystallized.
In its first decade as a band Rocknoceros has entertained tens of thousands of fans throughout the country and gained significant national recognition with performances at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Wolf Trap, and The Kennedy Center.
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Anthony J. Baniewicz III died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. He was 44.
Tony was the son of Loretta (Woods) and the late Anthony J. Baniewicz.
He is survived by his wife, Colleen (Brennan); sons, Anthony J. IV, Andrew, and Connor; siblings, Carolyn Baniewicz (Charles Lear), and Robert Baniewicz (Katey); godmother, Rita Gore; mother and father-in-law, Patricia and Gerald Brennan; brother-in-law, Chris Brennan (Jennifer); nieces, Candice and Courtney Sheak; and nephews, Cade and Nolan Brennan. Tony is preceded in death by his sister, Jennifer Baniewicz.
Tony's family will receive relatives and friends from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 611 Knowles Ave., Southampton, Pa. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., with Rev. John J. Kilgallon as celebrant. Interment will take place in Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, Pa.
Condolences may be sent to Tony's family by visiting the web address listed below. James J. McGhee Funeral Home


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Jongsoon Lee, Ph.D.
Research Summary
Our laboratory has been working on identifying the molecular mechanism underlying obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance (also referred to as pre-diabetes syndrome) is a condition in which certain tissues of the body—notably muscle, liver and fat—no longer respond to normal levels of insulin in the body. To compensate, the pancreatic β cells must express insulin in ever-increasing quantities. Over time, the heavy demand for insulin production causes "β-cell burnout." The pancreas cannot produce enough insulin to overcome insulin resistance, causing the development of Type 2 Diabetes.
It has been well known that obesity is the major cause for the development of insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. More than 20 percent of Americans are considered obese, and this number rises to 50 percent if people who are overweight are included in the total. About 40 percent of people who are obese eventually develop diabetes. Over the past few years, the number of people with diabetes has increased to 10 percent of the population, largely due to the epidemic of obesity. Understanding obesity on the molecular level—including intracellular signaling defects - and how obesity promotes diabetes will make it possible to design treatments to reverse insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes and prevent the development of the diseases.
In collaboration with Dr. Shoelson at the Joslin, we have found that inflammation plays an important role in the development of obesity-induced insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. In particular, we found that the IKKβ/NF-κB pathway is activated by obesity and that inhibiting this pathway improves insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes in animals and humans. These observations are among the first to show that chronic subacute inflammation is an important mediator of the development of obesity-induced insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes.
Our laboratory's current work focuses on determining in which tissues/cells obesity-induced inflammation occur. Although classical insulin responsive tissues including muscle, liver, β cells, and adipose tissue are important for glucose homeostasis, we believe that obesity-induced inflammation is mainly mediated by immune cells, as shown in other fields, including cancer biology and immunology. This idea has generally been embraced by other researchers in the diabetes field, who have focused in particular on adipose tissue macrophages as the main drivers of obesity-induced inflammation.
However, since insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes are systemic diseases, we have hypothesized further that obesity first activates systemic immune cells and that this induces local inflammation, including the activation of adipose tissue macrophages, which then promotes the development of insulin resistance. Our laboratory has been testing these hypotheses by studying how immune cells in circulation and local tissues are regulated by obesity and how this then mediates the development of obesity-induced insulin resistance in animal models as well as in human, and our accumulating experimental evidence encouragingly supports these hypotheses. We believe that our research not only shows how the fields of metabolism and immunology in insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes can interact, it also shows the reciprocal significance of the fields of basic and clinical science.
Jongsoon Lee, Ph.D., is an Assistant Investigator in the Section on Pathophysiology and Molecular Pharmacology at the Joslin, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lee received his BS and MS degrees from Seoul National University in Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Boston University School of Medicine and postdoctoral training in the Section of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the Joslin.
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March 21, 2007 -- Scientists say they have discovered a tiny chunk of DNA that may affect schizophrenia risk.
The DNA chunk is located near two genes -- the CSF2RA and IL3RA genes -- that haven't been linked to schizophrenia before.
The researchers who spotted the DNA chunk included Todd Lencz, PhD, of the Zucker Hillside Hospital Division of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Glen Oaks, N.Y., the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y., and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx.
Lencz and colleagues analyzed DNA from blood samples provided by 178 people with schizophrenia and 144 people without schizophrenia.
The researchers mapped each person's entire collection of DNA and looked for DNA patterns specific to schizophrenia. The newly identified DNA chunk stood out in those analyses.
Follow-up DNA tests confirmed that certain genetic patterns in that DNA chunk were more common among people with schizophrenia.
However, the study doesn't prove that the DNA chunk causes schizophrenia. It also doesn't rule out the possibility of other genetic traits that accompany schizophrenia.
The findings also don't show exactly how that particular DNA chunk affects the body. However, the two genes closest to the DNA chunk are linked to cytokines, a type of inflammatory chemical made by the body.
The findings appear in the advance online edition of Molecular Psychiatry.


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The Town of Stoughton and the Massachusetts School Building Authority will work together to study options on Stoughton High School.
STOUGHTON – The town is ready to move on from the structural issues and outdated facilities at Stoughton High School.
The next step in massive renovations, or more likely, a new building, came Tuesday when the Massachusetts School Building Authority approved a feasibility study on replacing or renovating the 91-year-old school.
"It's a huge lift for the entire town, even those who may not have students," said Superintendent Dr. Marguerite Rizzi, of the potential of a new school.
The study, which Rizzi said could take between 8 months to a year to complete, will look at possible renovations as well as the needs of the community and sites for a new facility.
With structural issues at the current location, which was built in 1923, a new building may be the most cost-efficient option.
"The old building is obsolete in a lot of ways," Rizzi said.
To get approval from the MSBA, the Town of Stoughton presented demographics, statistics and enrollment projections. The town also created a required building committee. All of the steps were completed ahead of deadline.
Stoughton is also ahead of other communities in that the town's side of funding for feasibility study is already secured.
In 2012, Town Meeting approved up to $1 million for the study.
With the partnership, the MSBA will reimburse Stoughton for 57 percent of the feasibility study cost.
"We are committed to working with Stoughton officials to find the best alternative for the Stoughton High School," said State Treasurer Steven Grossman, chairman of the MSBA. "This collaboration will develop a cost-effective solution that ensures Stoughton students can develop and flourish in a state-of-the art, 21st century learning environment."
Supertintendent Rizzi, Joaquin Soares of
the School Committee and Ted Phillips, from State Representative Louis Kafka's
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Prevention campaign: reducing evening burglaries
Mardi 9 août, vers midi, la centrale d'alarmes et d'engagement de la Police municipale de Lausanne a été appelée pour un individu agité au centre EVAM de Vennes. L'homme qui s'était vu refuser l'entrée dans les locaux n'était pas d'accord de quitter les lieux. Une patrouille a été dépêchée sur place et lors du contrôle, le personnage s'est montré violent envers les policiers. Il a pris la fuite après avoir blessé un des agents et il a été interpellé par des renforts peu après, puis conduit à l'Hôtel de police.
Every year in autumn we see a rise in the number of break-ins as night falls. Dark arrives quickly and burglars take advantage of dusk to check out empty houses and enter them, under cover of the fading light. The season for evening home break-ins has this way in recent years. Police recorded some 70 such burglaries during September, with houses and apartments equally affected. Up to now, more than 100 burglaries have been recorded during October 2013. Those during the first week of October were mainly apartments in the city of Lausanne, but the following week more houses than apartments were broken into. The highest number of burglaries during the previous two years were in December 2011 with 350 and in November 2012 with 300. A rise in the number of break-ins during coming months is therefore expected.
You can avoid being an unhappy victim of these crimes by taking a few precautions. Make your presence known by turning on different lights using timers that are set to come on as evening falls, until your return. Use energy-saving lamps that don't heat up and consume little energy – LED lights, for example. Another strategy is to install low-consumption lights that come on when
movement is detected outside your home.
Police from the communes and Vaud's gendarmes are waging a joint campaign to make the population more aware of the problem and to introduce people to preventive measures they can take against evening burglaries. The campaign kicks off 26 October through the press and social media. Flyers will be handed out to the population and posters put up in residential areas.
Given the large number of English speakers in Vaud and in the greater region of French-speaking
Switzerland, Vaud Police are working with the English-language web site GenevaLunch.com to
offer the campaign in English.
Renseignement complémentaire
- Sébastien Jost, chargé de communication, tél. +41 21 315 36 81
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I spent most of my time at California Extreme reminding myself why I never beat Dragon's Lair, but other people were busy winning tournaments and stuff at the massive arcade and pinball show.
Keith Elwin, number one pinball player in the world, walked away from the modern and solid state tournaments with a couple of trophies and $1,290 in prizes. Local player Neil Inn scored the top spot in the electromechanical tournament (conducted with games from the 60s and 70s), winning $550. Finally, 14-year-old Los Angeles teenager Alec Castillo ranked highest in the Guitar Hero Arcade tournament, winning the Wii and Guitar Hero World Tour package plus four other Guitar Hero games.
"Overall, the tournaments at California Extreme gave away over $7,500 in cash and prizes, even more than we had hoped," says tournament organizer Bowen Kerins. "It was our largest show ever, both in terms of attendance and number of games on the floor, and we can't wait for the next one."
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Is there enough married sex shown or talked about on television? That intrepid defender of the nation's video morals, the Parents Television Council, says no.
"Sex in the context of marriage is either nonexistent on prime-time broadcast television, or is depicted as a burdensome rather than as an expression of love and commitment," a new PTC report concludes. "By contrast, extramarital or adulterous sexual relationships are depicted with greater frequency and overwhelmingly, as a positive experience."
Now I'm sure that plenty of couch potatoes wouldn't mind seeing Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get connubial on the telly. That, of course, is not what the PTC wants. Its new report, Happily Never After: How Hollywood Favors Adultery and Promiscuity Over Marital Intimacy on Prime Time Broadcast Television, laments that scripted references to out-of-wedlock sex outnumber the married kind by three to one. As for scenes "depicting or implying sex between non-married partners"—well, as you might guess, they stomp the married scenes by a ratio of four to one.
Outré takes
Even worse, however, is TV's focus on "outré sexual expression"—a term that makes me want to shave my head and sit in a cafe reading a leather-bound edition of the works of Michel Foucault. "Today more than ever teens are exposed to a host of once-taboo sexual behaviors," the PTC report warns, "including threesomes, partner swapping, pedophilia, necrophilia, bestiality, and sex with prostitutes, to say nothing of the now-common depictions of strippers, references to masturbation, pornography, sex toys, and kinky or fetishistic behaviors."
I hope that my students don't read this survey (I teach history at UC-Santa Cruz), because many of them cultivate the good habit of not watching TV. These revelations might make them get started. The PTC folks, on the other hand, have definitely had their eyes glued to the set. For this report they audited every single scripted prime time entertainment show on ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, and NBC for the first four weeks of the 2007-2008 TV season. That's 207.5 programming hours.
Here's some more socially destabilizing stuff that the PTC found:
- References to cheating on a spouse outnumbered references to married sex by 2:1 across all the broadcast networks.
- It's really bad during The Family Hour. The study doesn't say when exactly that hour is time-wise, but it's the sixty minutes when kids watch the most. During that time slot, nonmarried nookie apparently stomps the married kind by 3.9:1.
- Visual depictions of some third-party taping or watching while sex happens outnumbered visual references to married sex by 2.7:1.
"Wait for it . . . "
The ABC Network wins the prize for references to married sex, PTC says, but a lot of them were negative. Apparently the group thinks you won't laugh when you read some of the scripts they excerpted. Here's one from a marriage therapy scene in the Carpoolers.
Woman: He told me he would rather have sex with a catcher's mitt.
Man: No, what I said was I'd rather have sex with a mailbox.
Therapist: On top of being a very hurtful comment, I think that's a federal crime.
Admit it, you'd like another. Ok. Here's one from How I Met Your Mother.
Marshall: If Lily and I have sex twice a week, which, let's be honest, we all know is being conservative, and we've been together 10 years, plus 17 more times on the honeymoon, minus the two-week drought when I said the checker at the grocery store looked like a young Lily, then, we have had sex a total of, wait for it, 1,053-1/2 times.
While you're trying to figure out why you should disapprove of that last quote, read this nonmarried sexual reference that the PTC doesn't like from ABC's Dirty Sexy Money.
Jeremy: Someone just came in.
Natalie: So we'll have a three-way!
Somebody actually got paid to write that? There's the scandal here.
But the report doesn't just focus on ABC's crimes. Here's a hot tip: At NBC, references to "incest, pedophilia, partner swapping, prostitution, threesomes, transsexuals/transvestites, bestiality, and necrophilia combined outnumbered references to sex in marriage by a ratio of 27:1." In fact, in the 46 hours of programming that PTC surveyed, its auditors found but a single reference to marital sex. Now you know which network to watch. CW and Fox have less extreme ratios, but the PTC doesn't approve of them either.
ABC rules the commercial airwaves when it comes to fornication
Diddling for dollars
What does the Parents Television Council conclude from these findings? It notes that the Federal Communications Commission has of late stepped up its enforcement of its decency rules, "but clearly the FCC's enforcement actions to date have done little or nothing to deter broadcasters from exploring once-taboo subject matter." More recently "FCC enforcement has stalled in the face of court challenges from the networks."
This will suggest to many, if not the PTC, that the FCC's recent indecency rampage has been futile—not to mention unlawful. But the survey does hint that the Council is now looking elsewhere to wield its might, namely at advertisers.
They too "must be held accountable for the messages they underwrite with their advertising dollars," the PTC notes. "Only when corporate sponsors band together in the name of responsible entertainment can we expect to see meaningful change from the broadcast industry."
Further reading:
- The PTC's Happily Never After report


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President Obama's Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's senior staff was updated regularly about the Occupy Wall Street movement last November, at the same time that mayors were planning a nationwide crackdown on the protests, according to new documents obtained by Business Insider through a Freedom of Information Act Request.
The documents show that Napolitano's staff — including chief of staff Noah Kroloff, deputy chief of staff Amy Shlossman, and John Sandweg, the Secretary's special counselor — received email updates about Occupy protests in several cities, including Atlanta, Portland, and Washington, D.C. The emails are dated from November 2011, around the time that mayors in at least 10 cities orchestrated a coordinated crackdown on the movement.
While the documents don't necessarily indicate that the Department of Homeland Security was directly involved in the crackdown, they do indicate that concern about the Occupy movement went all the way to the top of the agency.
We are still combing through the 355-page FOIA cache, and will update if there are more details.


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(in law) an obligation owed by one party to another. Duty may be established by statute or other legal process, as by contract or oath supported by statute, or it may be voluntarily undertaken. Every person has a duty of care to all other people to prevent causing harm or injury by negligence.
negligenceMedical malpractice The failure or alleged failure on the part of a physician or other health care provider to exercise ordinary, reasonable, usual, or expected care, prudence, or skill–that would usually and customarily be exercised by other reputable physicians treating similar Pts–in performing a legally recognized duty, resulting in forseeable harm, injury or loss to another; negligence may be an act of omission–ie, unintentional, or commission–ie, intentional, characterized by inattention, recklessness, inadvertence, thoughtlessness, or wantonness. See Adverse event, Comparative negligence, Contributory negligence, Gross negligence, Malpractice, Wanton negligence, Willful negligence. Cf Recklessness.
Negligence, required elements
Duty A recognized relationship between Pt and physician
Breach Failure of a medical practitioner to practice in accordance with standard of care
Proximate cause The plaintiff must show that injury is reasonably connected to physician's action
Damages Plaintiff must show that alleged loss or damage has a quantifiable value such that a monetary payment can be made APLM 1997; 121:252
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BANGALORE, India—Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s India unit said Thursday it has received a notice from a federal government agency as part of an investigation into allegations that the U.S. retailer violated the South Asian country's foreign-investment rules.
"We will be working to provide the authorities with relevant information," a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said. She declined to give any details of what the notice says.


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Law Schools Get Practical
With the Tight Job Market, Course Emphasis Shifts From Textbooks to Skill Sets
Looking to attract employers' attention, some law schools are throwing out decades of tradition by replacing textbook courses with classes that teach more practical skills.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law started teaching project management this year and also offers a course on so-called emotional intelligence. The class has no textbook and instead uses personality assessments and peer reviews to develop students' interpersonal skills.
New York Law School hired 15 new faculty members over the past two years, many directly from the ranks of working lawyers, to teach skills in negotiation, counseling and fact investigation. The school says it normally hires one or two new faculty a year, and usually those focused on legal research.
And Washington and Lee University School of Law completely rebuilt its third-year curriculum in 2009, swapping out lectures and Socratic-style seminars for case-based simulations run by practicing lawyers.
A few elite players also are making adjustments. Harvard Law School last year launched a problem-solving class for first-year students, and Stanford Law School is considering making a full-time clinical course—which entails several 40-hour plus weeks of actual case work—a graduation requirement.
"Law firms are saying, 'You're sending us people who are not in a position to do anything useful for clients.' This is a first effort to try and fix that," says Larry Kramer, the law dean at Stanford.
The moves come amid a prolonged downturn in the legal job market. Only about one-quarter of last year's graduating law-school classes—down from 33% in 2009—snagged positions with big law firms, according to the National Association for Law Placement, an organization that collects employment data.
In past years, a law firm could bill clients for a new lawyer's work, even if that time were spent getting the novice up to speed. During the recession, corporate clients started limiting the number of hours a firm could charge and made it a policy not to pay for first-year associates, explains Don Liu, general counsel for Xerox Corp.
"This is a push from clients saying, 'Why are we going to pay this kind of money? We don't want to train the new lawyers,'" says Jennifer Queen, head of recruiting for McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.
There are also fewer jobs to go around at a time when lawyers are in excess. In 2010, there were more than twice as many people—about 54,000—who passed the bar exam than there were legal job openings in the U.S., according to an analysis by consultants at Economic Modeling Specialists Inc.
Most law schools' offerings cover a wide range of topics, but clinical placements—often students' first chance for a taste of real law work—are usually optional and far fewer in number than theory-based courses.
"Medical students learn from real doctors in a real hospital during their education. In law, we're learning from a bunch of academics who have deliberately elected not to pursue law as a profession...there's such a disconnect," says BeiBei Que, a 2007 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. Ms. Que, who runs a boutique law firm that helps tech start-ups navigate legal issues, says she had to pick up practical skills—networking, soliciting clients, forming a business plan—on her own.
Law schools have generally lagged behind other, more real-world oriented institutions like business schools in piloting practical improvements, as law professors tend to focus on scholarly work, says Bill Henderson, a professor at Maurer. And curriculum change tends to "move like a glacier," he adds.
But many remain skeptical that new approaches to education will have a meaningful impact on the ability of lawyers to land jobs. "It could enhance the reputation of the law school...as places that will produce new lawyers who have practical skills," says Timothy Lloyd, a partner at Hogan Lovells and chair of its recruiting committee. "As to the particular student when I'm interviewing them? It doesn't make much of a difference."
Other recruiters say schools that have overhauled programs need to do a better job of promoting the changes to employers in order to see an impact. Until then, law school prestige will remain a big factor, says Bruce MacEwen, a law firm consultant and blogger who tracks the legal industry.
"Firms are very obsessed with prestige," he says. "That's just a fact of life."
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RENO, NV - A former high-level employee at the Bureau of Land Management pleaded guilty Thursday in Washoe District Court to a sexual relationship with a young relative.
64-year-old Ronald Wenker will be sentenced in May to sexual assault and lewdness charges involving a minor under the age of 14.
Investigators believe the relationship started when the girl was 8, and he was arrested when she was 13, last year. Another relative had witnessed the abuse and reported it.
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Got a million on my mind while I'm brushing my teeth
Say the hustlers prayer than I'm back to these streets
A million mothafuckas throwin salt on my name
A million mothafuckas throwin salt on my game
Can't hear you bitch ass niggas yeah I'm sorry
Too busy switchin these gears in my Ferrari
Roof do gymnastics, shits like magic
Life like traffic, this shit here classic
Worked the Nino Brown, went to chill in the Bahamas
I was all in the hood, got some head in the Bahama's
Why you smokin' 'bout a zip? It suppress my pain
Talk about a real nigga when you mention my name
I'm a simple man, want the money, fuck fame
While you stay the same, everybody else change
I don't know, but I'm going out tonight though and
Drink 'til I'm fucked up like them white folks
I know it look bad, its gon be alright
Keep them bottles coming we gon be here all night
Roll them swishas up, we about to take flight
Need a set of new dice yeah, I'm 'bout the shake life
'bout the shake life
Yeah I'm 'bout the shake life
'bout the shake life
Yeah we 'bout the shake life
And live every night like it's Friday night
Need a set of new dice
We 'bout the shake life
I'm 'bout the shake life thats word to my momma
The work come in, yeah its on Your Honour
Give me all the time in the World and I quote
You give me a hundred years but I won't be broke
When you broke, treat you like a bad joke
Niggas laugh at you when they know it ain't funny
Government playin' round with everybody money
Got us brainwashed so we all big dummies
War in these streets everyday like Libya
Will I get shot in the head? it's like Trivia
CNN tryna get us to hate all the Muslims
Them niggas never talkin the truth so don't trust 'em
Niggas out there die about true religion
Young niggas over here dying over True Religions
So fuck it all I'm going out tonight though
Drink 'til I'm fucked up like them white folks
Supposed to live everyday just like it's your last
Smile at these suckas while you spending your cash
Ball 'til you fall, how long it's gon' last
The only thing that matters is how long is your cash
So holla when you see me out stuntin' in these cars
When you looking at a nigga do you niggas see my scars
Stab me in the back, that's right the game cut me
I got it all but lost all my dogs, the game fucked me
Some in cemeteries, and the rest got 30
Why I'm so clean tonight cause life dirty
These jockin' ass rappers tryna jock my fresh
Remind me of seventh grade, when they was jockin' my Guess
I ain't gonna lie, shit I had it back then
8 for an O, I can lease bout 10
So fuck it all shit I'm going out tonight though
And drink 'til I'm fucked up like them white folks
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The weather could not have been any more perfect than the final days of last week. The winds were light in the morning with the no-see-ums chewing the flesh off my bones. By midmorning a warm breeze kept the no-see-ums at bay and allowed me to come out of my hoodie. It looks as if our last cool blast will have passed us by the time you read this column and we will be in a true springtime pattern. It is looking like a typical spring break for our students with warm weather and a slight chance of showers each day. It is definitely time to get after the fish.
Have you seen the weather forecast? 75 degrees?
I had to double take while watching the news recently because this week Brunswick County is forecast to have daily high temperatures in the high 70s. Because of all this warm, calm weather, many of my fishing friends and other local anglers have contacted me to tell me they plan to fish in the Gulf Stream this week. Every conversation consists of, "You going this week?" or, "Where's the water at?"
The forecast hasn't looked this pretty in a while. Temperatures are on the steady rise, nearly topping 70 degrees this week. Sure, a few cloudy, cool days are in the mix with a slight chance of rain. The rain chance is supposed to be significantly less than our last several events. This whole winter it seemed as if the rain would never stop falling. I am ready for some springlike weather and it looks as if we are going to get a few shots. I just hope it stays this way and this is not just a tease.
After consecutive weeks of cold, dreary weather, everyone in Brunswick County is ready for spring. This season may only bring warm weather and comfortable beach days for some, yet for hunters and fishermen, it means something different.
About the first or second week of March is when I make my seasonal transition. To me it begins with turkey season. Breaking out my diaphragm call and scouting to see where a giant tom may be roosting. This process varies for many and I'll admit much of my success is from reading how experienced hunters target big turkeys.
January can be an extremely tough month for Brunswick County fishermen. Air temperatures are frigid, marine conditions are predominantly rough, and "honey-do" lists' seem to increase every time you tinker with fishing tackle. Yet somewhere past the howling winds and dismal days there is hope that a day will come to head offshore again. Not knowing what the targeted species may be, but simply to push the throttles forward and head out to the blue water.
What in the world can a fisherman write about in this kind of weather? The possibility of a nasty winter storm just squeaked by our coastline last weekend. Several areas north of us recorded the second worst snow storm in their history. I expect we will see a few more opportunities for a nasty winter storm along our coastline before April. The good news is that the forecast for Feb. 1 shows highs in the mid-60s. Those kinds of temperatures just might put a few people on the water. What can you expect to encounter out there?
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Here are the skirts from the Santa shot. I stuck to my guns on the construction this time and didn't get distracted by the shiny ruffler. They just needed a plain layering jean skirt, however I could not resist adding some half inch tucks around the hem, because those are just so easy.
If you'd like to make a similar skirt, start with a simple pattern like this one. Instead of the ribbon hem, just do a traditional double folded hem.
To allow for 1/2 inch tucks, add an inch in skirt length for each tuck you take. Iron a crease on the right side where the tuck should bend, pin, then sew 1/2 inch away from the crease. Then after I iron it down I also sew the tuck down, very close to the existing seam.
I love the extra style it gives for the minimal time invested.
I also experimented with a new waist on one of them. I like the simplicity of the elastic-in-a-tube waist, but it tends to look bunchy in the front. I did a tube waist on Thing 1's but with Thing 2's skirt I attempted to copy something I've seen in store-bought skirts: the front having a smooth waistband attached to the gathered skirt, and the back waistband having elastic:
So I made the skirt length shorter since I didn't need to allow for the fold over waist, and added two rows of gathering stitches at the top where it would connect with the waistband. For the waistband I cut two additional pieces. Both were 3 inches wide and the same length, which was:
I did that because I wanted the front smooth part of the waistband to reach around her sides and the back elasticized part to start a bit around the back instead of right at the sides. I pressed both strips in half, wrong sides together.
At this point I tried it on Thing 2 to make sure my math skillz were on target. It fit fine. So I pinned the waistband on the skirt right sides together and raw edges aligned, pulled the gathering stitches to fit and sewed it on with a half inch seam.
It came out great, but I'll do two things next time:
- Use interfacing in the smooth waistband to add some body
- Use a wider waistband, just for looks


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I took a nice, long nap on Sunday afternoon and enjoyed every minute of it.
That's rare for me. I only tend to take naps if I am tired during the day or want to clear my head — and even then I wake up feeling as though I have lost hours in the day. It is not often that I indulge in a nap for the sheer luxury of one.
But nap I did on Sunday. I got the idea from my wife, Valerie. After lunch, Valerie and I watched a couple of shows on television — the previous night's "Saturday Night Live" and an old episode of "Family Ties" on Netflix — while our daughter, Madeline, visited our neighbors. Valerie dozed off at one point. Maybe it was the tryptophan in the turkey dinner we ate at Bonanza Steakhouse at noon.
In any event, once that "Family Ties" episode finished, I decided Val had the right idea. I turned off the television and stretched out on our couch, using the arm rest as a pillow.
Valerie woke up after a few minutes and decided to run an errand. With her at the store and Maddie and our dog, Pepper, visiting our neighbors across the street, I had the house to myself. I napped in silence.
I felt my usual reluctance before I drifted off, and for a few seconds thought about the chores I needed to do, and the walk I wanted to take, and the book that I wanted to finish, and other things. Then I looked at one of our cats sitting in the window and remembered a moment from earlier in the week. I was home from work on my lunch hour, and just as I was putting on my coat and hat and gloves to go back out into the subzero cold, I saw our two cats lounging on the couch. I felt tired that afternoon — a mix of a slight cold and, yes, a wintry malaise — and imagined that nothing would be better than joining the cats on the couch for a snooze.
I recalled that moment as I sprawled on the couch on Sunday afternoon, and right away knew I finally had my chance to take that nap I had craved earlier in the workweek. I closed my eyes and slept there on the couch for two hours, from three to five.
I woke up, recharged and in good spirits. I think I could get into the hang of this napping thing.
According to WebMD, that'd be a better idea than reaching for that second cup of coffee, as I am prone to do in the afternoon. A "power nap" does more to improve your memory, cognitive skills, creativity and energy, Sara C. Mednick, PhD, says on the website. She recommends maintaining a regular nap schedule, keeping your naps quick (30 minutes or less), napping in the dark, and staying warm. Add up all of these tips, and you may experience less stress in your life and even decrease your chances of heart troubles.
As I researched the benefits of napping on Google, I also found a website called "The Art of Manliness" that offered eight tips for successful napping. I'm not sure what those tips are, as I did not make it past the wood-paneling wallpaper on the website's home page. I did, however, see a doodle of Dagwood, from the comic strip "Blondie," napping on his couch. Now there's a guy who knows a thing or two about napping.
I never liked naps when I was a kid. Once, at a babysitter's house, I spent the afternoon trying to teach myself how to tie my shoes when I should have been sleeping. I suppose you'd be hard-pressed to name a milder attempt by a child to avoid taking a nap, but there you go. I'm sure on other occasions I did my fair share of raising a ruckus in protest.
In a way, nothing has changed. If we can expand the subject from napping to sleeping in general, I find nowadays that I do not like to go to bed early, even when I am exhausted at the end of the day. For some reason, I am reluctant to surrender the day. Is this the result of a positive attitude — a realization that each day is a gift to be enjoyed to its fullest? Or is it a pessimistic one — the knowledge that life is fleeting, and that once a day is done, it's done, never to be retrieved. Not sure. I figure myself to be an optimist, so perhaps it's the former notion. But all of this might just be overthinking.
My hunch is that I'm just a stubborn Irish guy who refuses to heed his heavy eyelids and concede the jig is up.
Shawn P. Sullivan is the editor of the Sanford News. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Congress sputters on deadline day
Lawmakers arrived on Capitol Hill Thursday with a lengthy list of critical issues to handle and little time to finish them.
It didn't go so well.
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Separate House and Senate bills meant to tackle an influx of migrants at the border went down in flames, denying President Barack Obama the funds he requested to deal with undocumented migrants arriving from Central America. Senate Republicans easily defeated Democrats' $2.7 billion aid package while House Republicans pulled their slimmed down legislation from the floor, lacking the votes to pass anything.
Congress made minimal progress on other fronts. Lawmakers agreed to do the bare minimum on transportation, using a controversial mix of flimsy funding methods to avert Friday's looming federal transportation shutdown until next May. And with the difficult deal-making done on reforming the ailing Veterans Affairs' health-care system, the Senate sent the House-approved bill to the Obama for his signature.
( Also on POLITICO: GOP leaders stumble on Day One)
Still, the twin border collapse disgusted lawmakers in both parties.
"It's an absolute disgrace that the House couldn't even muster a vote. At least we're having a vote, but it's only slightly better to have Senate Republicans voting against the funding than it is for House Republicans to avoid a vote entirely," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
"Can we do anything anymore? Can we muster the ability to do the most basic? On the VA bill we came through, on the highway bill it looks like we're going to get there. The answer is: 'Yes we can do things.' The things that we choose not to do still baffle me," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Some lawmakers hoped that Obama's administration would find a way to juggle its spending priorities to allow the Department of Homeland Security to buy some time until September, when Congress returns from its recess.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate blocks border bill)
"I did get the sense today there's a way for the administration to move some dollars around within DHS. I obviously would prefer, would way prefer on every issue, that we resolve it and solve it. But that's not going to happen," said Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who met with President Obama with other congressional leaders on Thursday morning.
The Senate was also unable to come to an agreement on aiding Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system and fighting wildfires in the West; Republicans blocked the measure over concerns that it would add to the deficit.
"Our number one ally — at least in my mind — is under attack. If this isn't an emergency I don't know anything that is," lamented Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Attempts to increase U.S. influence in global hotspots failed as well. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) tried to swiftly confirm more than a dozen new ambassadors to countries like Russia and Guatemala, which is sending thousands of immigrants to the U.S. border. But bitterness from Senate Democrats' unilateral rules change to eliminate filibusters on most nominees has not abated, and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) objected to approval of ambassadors, citing Democrats' use of the "nuclear option."
( Also on POLITICO: Senate blocks aid to Israel)
A few minutes later, Republicans relented and John Tefft was confirmed as ambassador to Russia. The chamber recessed shortly thereafter, after 11 p.m.
The atmosphere ahead of the five-week congressional recess scheduled to begin Friday was akin to the last day of school with lawmakers and staffers eager to take a break and escape the Washington grind. And though the Senate won't vote until September, the House is being called back to class and will be in session on Friday to figure out a way forward on the border crisis.
When House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — slated to become majority leader later in the day — announced there could be more votes, members booed on the House floor.


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In 1930, when the baseball star Babe Ruth earned the then-unheard-of sum of $80,000, a reporter asked him why he should make more than the president of the United States, Herbert Hoover.
"Why not?" Ruth famously replied. "I had a better year than he did."
That much was true. The stock market crashed in October of 1929, triggering what would soon be known as the Great Depression. By 1933, one-quarter of able-bodied Americans were out of work. Unable to reverse the trend, President Hoover became the butt of jokes across the land: an empty pocket turned outwards was a "Hoover flag," and a homeless encampment was a "Hoover village."
Hoover earned $75,000 in 1930 – five thousand less than the Babe, who hit his 500th career home run the previous summer. But the reporter's question implied that neither of them should be making that much money, when so much of the country was mired in poverty.
And that was the context missing from this summer's hoopla surrounding basketball superstar LeBron James, which concluded last night with an hour-long TV special on ESPN. After months of speculation – would he stay in Cleveland? would he go to Chicago? – James announced that he will sign with the Miami Heat. He'll join Heat guard Dwyane Wade – who decided to stay in Miami – and Toronto Raptors power forward Chris Bosh, the Heat's other big-time free-agent acquisition.
After that, Internet chat rooms and radio call-in shows lit up with predictable darts and arrows. Especially in Ohio, critics derided James for forsaking his native Buckeye State. Others questioned whether James, Wade, and Bosh – who are all accustomed to carrying their teams – could share the ball with each other.
But almost nobody complained that James – like Wade and Bosh – will make sinful piles of money, at our worst economic moment since the Great Depression itself. On the contrary, they actually praised these guys for taking less than they could have earned playing elsewhere.
See, on the open market, each of them could get about $20 million dollars per year. But to comply with the Heat's salary cap, they're probably going to make about $15 million. That's right: $15 million. We're not talking about a vow of poverty here.
Indeed, we're not talking about poverty – or wealth – at all. And that tells us something truly depressing about our current economic moment: We've lost our sense of moral outrage about inequality. Vast riches, amid rising levels of unemployment and destitution: Who cares?
Even President Obama, when he weighed in on the James sweepstakes, said simply that he hoped the hoopster would sign with Obama's hometown Chicago Bulls. No mention about how much these players earn, and how much the rest of us need those earnings.
And make no mistake: We do need them. While James was dithering about which team would give him millions of dollars, Obama was crisscrossing the country pleading for Congress to extend unemployment assistance to the nation's 15 million jobless adults. Republicans – and some Democrats – balked at the proposal, complaining that any such aid would swell the federal deficit.
And surely it would, absent a tax hike on the wealthy. But don't hold your breath for that. Even after Obama rolled back George W. Bush's tax cut, the top marginal tax rate on the richest Americans remained below 40 percent. Under Ronald Reagan, who is still the GOP's preeminent historical icon, the rate was 50 percent; and in the 1950s, which conservatives often venerate as America's Golden Age, it topped 90 percent.
So there's plenty of wealth to go around, if we're willing to share it. And in the past, we did. But no longer. We might bemoan our rising tide of inequality, but we've lost the political and even moral imagination to do anything about it.
And that brings us back to Babe Ruth, whose 1930 salary of $80,000 converts in constant dollars to more than $1 million today. But that's chump change in contemporary pro baseball, where the average annual salary exceeds $3 million. And at the top end, as in basketball, players earn nearly 10 times that.
Who needs to take home $15 million or $20 million per year? Nobody. But we all need to take account of the wealth – and the poverty – in our midst.
Perhaps we can use these astronomic athletic salaries to make a fresh case for higher marginal taxes on the super-rich, just like we had in the old days – and just as many European democracies have today.
LeBron James shouldn't get paid such an extraordinary sum, when millions of Americans aren't getting paid at all. And it doesn't matter how good a year he had.
Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at New York University. He is the author, most recently, of "Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory."
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New Bern-Craven County Public Library hosting �Pride Pride & Passion � The African-American Baseball Experience�
NEW BERN � New Bern-Craven County Public Library is one of 50 libraries nationwide to hosts a traveling exhibit titled �Pride & Passion � The African-American Baseball Experience.�
The exhibit, which opens Friday, was organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., and the American Library Association Public Programs Office in Chicago.
The exhibition tells the story of how black baseball players from the late 19th century onward persevered through discrimination to excel.
In the 1880s, more than 30 African-Americans were on teams in baseball�s major and minor leagues. But opportunities diminished as Reconstruction ended and segregation became entrenched as part of American culture. During the 1887 season, league owners agreed to make no new contracts with African-American players.
Black baseball players, shut out of the major leagues, organized their own baseball clubs, and starting in the 1920s, formed their own leagues.
This exhibition tells the story of Negro league baseball and how it grew into a multi-million dollar enterprise and a focus of great pride in the African-American community. Players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and James �Cool Papa� Bell, and teams like the Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs and Birmingham Black Barons drew enthusiastic crowds, developed a reputation for a fast-running, power-hitting game, and paved the way for the integration of the sport.
�We are looking forward to sharing this exhibit with the community,� said Joanne Straight, head librarian. �The display shows that, in spite of segregation, black players helped advance the game of baseball in many ways.
�The Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro league team, were the first to develop a successful lighting system for night games, five years before Major League Baseball played its first night game. They carried their own generators and light stands with them on the road. Many more remarkable stories of players and teams who were shut out of major league baseball, but persevered in a sport they loved, are shown throughout the exhibit.�
Programming began Tuesday at the library with a Reel Readers presentation of �The Jackie Robinson Story.�
On Saturday, �Soul of the Game� will be shown at 2:15 p.m.
After the exhibit�s opening reception on March 14 at 4 p.m., there will be a program titled �Sweet Sport in the Carolinas,� an oral history about baseball in New Bern.
On March 23, a lecture titled �The Moral Significance of Sports: How Sports Reflect and Affect Society� will be presented by Jan Boxill, senior lecturer, UNC Philosophy Department. Boxill is director of the Parr Center for Ethics and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNC and was an announcer at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
An April 13 program will feature former Negro League players Clifford Layton and Kinston�s Carl Long talking about their experiences.
The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name on permanent display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
For more information, call 638-7800 or on the web: newbern.cpclib.org.
Breakout box:
�Pride & Passion � The African-American Baseball Experience� is coming to the New Bern-Craven County Public Library
n Exhibit opens, 400 Johnson St.
n 2:15 p.m. � �Soul of the Game�
March 13
n 4 p.m. � Movie Day: �Everyone�s Hero� Children, kindergarten to grade 5
March 14
n 4 p.m. � Opening reception
n 4:30 p.m. � �Baseball in New Bern: Oral Histories�
March 21
n 4 p.m. � Baseball-themed story time: �Take Me Out to the Ballgame,� kindergarten to grade 2; �Batter Up!� grades 3 to 5
n 7 p.m. � �Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart.� Play by Mike Wiley Productions at the N.C. History Center
March 22
n 10 a.m. � �Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart.� Play by Mike Wiley Productions at the N.C. History Center.
March 23
n 2 p.m. � �The Moral Significance of Sports: How Sports Reflect and Affect Society.� Lecture by Jan Boxill, senior lecturer, UNC Philosophy Department
April 13
n 2 p.m. � �Life in the Negro Leagues� Former Negro League players Clifford Layton and Carl Long discuss experiences.
April 18
n Exhibit closes