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So you want to use Org as day planner. I'll show you the bare minimum that you need in order to use Org to manage your tasks day by day. I assume that you've set up Org and Remember according to the basic configuration suggested in "Setup." If you haven't done that yet, please review the section on "Setup", then return here.
Here's what you'll learn how to do:
If you're adding many tasks, you may find it easier to edit your Organizer file. Open ~/organizer.org in Emacs and go to the end of the file. Add headlines like this:
* Inbox ** TODO your task description here ** TODO another task...
Instead of typing ** TODO again and again, you can use C-M-RET to create another TODO heading at the same level as the previous one. Think of all the things you need to do over the next few days and add them to your Org agenda file.
More tasks will come up as you work on things. Instead of switching to your Org agenda file each time you need to add a task, you can use C-c r t (remember, Tasks template) to remember the task quickly. Try it now by typing C-c r t. Type in the task description and press C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c) to add the task to the end of the ~/organizer.org file.
Now you have plenty of tasks on your list, but no idea when you need to do that. Here's where scheduling and deadlines come in.
To schedule a task, move your cursor to the TODO headline and press C-c C-s (org-schedule). Org will prompt you for a date. It understands full, partial, and relative dates. For example, if today is December 29, 2007, then It understands any of the following:
|2007-12-30 10:30
|Time today
|2007-12-30 15:30
|Time today
|Day in the current month
|Month and day in the current year
|2008-01-01 12:30am
|2008-01-01 00:30
|Date and time (also works with partial dates)
|Two days from now
|Three days ago
|The nearest Friday (on or after today)
|Two weeks from today
To set a deadline for a task, type C-c C-d (org-deadline). It accepts the same kinds of date that org-schedule does.
Try this out by scheduling all of your tasks over the next few days, adding deadlines where necessary.
Now that you've added date information to your tasks, you probably want to see those tasks organized by date instead of in the random way you entered them. Agenda views are going to become your new best friend.
Type C-c a a (org-agenda, org-agenda-list) to view your agenda. By default, Org shows a weekly view of your scheduled tasks and appointments. This is your Org agenda view.
Here are some useful navigational keys:
Get into the habit of typing C-c a a to check your task list. It may also help to add
to the bottom of your ~/.emacs. This opens your Org agenda view when you start up Emacs. Start your Emacs day with your Org agenda, check it every time you finish a task, and review it before you end the day. This will help you make sure that nothing falls through the cracks.
The easiest way to mark a task as done is to go to its line in your Org agenda view. Type C-c a a (org-agenda, org-agenda-list) to view your tasks for today, move your cursor to the task, and type t (org-agenda-todo) to cycle the task status until it's marked DONE. You can also type C-u t (org-agenda-todo with a prefix argument) to jump to a specific task status. For example, you could type C-u t DONE to mark a task as done.
You can also mark tasks done from your ~/organizer.org file. Open the file and move your cursor to the item. Type C-c C-t (org-todo) to change the task status. Again, you can type C-u C-c C-t (org-todo) to jump to a specific task status.
I find it helpful to mark tasks as STARTED when I start working on them, WAITING if I need something else in order to continue working on the task, and DONE when I'm finished with it. That way, I can quickly see which task I was supposed to be working on before I got distracted by something bright and shiny, and I can also see what I'm waiting for. Get into the habit of doing that, and you'll find it easier to get back on track after distractions.
Unfortunately, Org does not come with a M-x org-zap-distractions command. There will be days when you can't do everything on your task list.
You don't have to reschedule your tasks. Org will remind you of unfinished, scheduled tasks every single day. It will even helpfully tell you how many days you've procrastinated on that task. If you use C-c a a (org-agenda, org-agenda-list) when you have unfinished tasks on previous days, you'll see task reminders like this:
Saturday 29 December 2007 organizer: Scheduled: TODO Respond to mail organizer: Sched. 6x: TODO Write notes from mentoring conversation organizer: Sched. 2x: WAITING Report time
You could let your unfinished tasks snowball on you in a big mass of procrastination. If you let your task list grow to an intimidating size, though, you may start stressing out about the things you aren't doing. Let me show you how to procrastinate—I mean, reschedule your tasks effectively—so that you can work with a more manageable task list.
If tasks are starting to accumulate, it's a good sign that you need to review those tasks. Do you really need to do them? If not, delete them by moving to the line in your Org agenda view and pressing C-k (org-agenda-kill). You can also edit your ~/organizer.org file and delete them, but org-agenda-kill is more convenient.
If you really need to do the tasks, but there's no point in seeing it in today's task list because you can't do it today anyway, use C-c C-s (org-agenda-schedule) to reschedule the task. If you're only moving it a couple of days ahead, use S-right (org-agenda-later) to move it forward, and S-left (org-agenda-earlier) if you overshoot.
Some tasks show up again and again on your task list, and you know you need to do them, but you don't know where to getting started. "TODO Write a book" is not a good task, because it's just too big to do in one sitting and it doesn't tell you what to do right now. Big tasks are often projects in disguise. Break it down into smaller tasks, and schedule those instead. If you're in the Org agenda view, press RET (org-agenda-switch-to) to jump to the task in your ~/organizer.org file. Break it down into smaller tasks by adding sub-headings and more TODOs, like this:
** Write a book *** TODO Make an outline of what to write *** TODO Read sample query letters *** TODO Write a query letter
… and so on.
Then you can use C-c C-s (org-schedule) to schedule those tasks.
Use these commands to keep your task list manageable. That way, you get the warm and fuzzy feeling of accomplishment when you finish what's on your list and you look at everything you've done today.
If you've been good about keeping your tasks in your ~/organizer.org file, working with your Org agenda view, and marking tasks as DONE when you finish them, you'll find it easy (and satisfying!) to review your accomplishments. Just open your daily or weekly Org agenda view with C-c a a (org-agenda, org-agenda-list). Type l (org-agenda-log-mode) to show completed tasks. Pat yourself on the back, then plan yourself another wonderful day tomorrow!
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The best way for me to dictate is without looking at the computer. Watching the speech recognition program convert my ramblings into words and get them wrong every single time… No. If I watch the computer try to recognize words and piece them together, I get this urge to jump in there and start correcting it . As you may remember from reports that you had to do in high school or essays that you needed to write in college, editing while you're writing is a very bad idea. So instead of watching the words scroll across the screen, I close my eyes and dictate. I just trust that the computer will get it right.
Once I get the key idea out of my hand, then it's time to go back and look at all the misspellings and the incorrect translations. And then I take my writing hat off to put my editing hat on. I'm not yet any faster than I would be if I were just typing. Part of it is due to some corrections I need to make, and I hope they'll be fewer and fewer as the computer gets more used to how I say things.
Most of the advertising for speech recognition programs like Dragon NaturallySpeaking talks about the difference between the number of words per minute that you can speak and the number of words per minute that you can type. Although that speedup is interesting and I hope that I eventually get into it, that's not what my first goal is. I know that I'm going to start out slower. I know that I'm going to spend time editing, I'm going to spend time correcting. I'm going to spend time just thinking what to say. I've got all these habits to unlearn. I've gotten used to typing.
The benefit that I'm really looking for here is increased immediacy. Intimacy. Conversation. When I write, I sometimes find myself falling into a writing voice. Granted, when I speak, I'm a little formal. But maybe if I switch to mainly talking things out, I'll give my blog posts, my articles, this book that I'm writing, just that extra touch of making things personal.
Maybe I'll also learned how to speak in a way that makes sense. Maybe I'll learn how to structure the entire sentence before I start saying it, for one. Maybe I'll find myself dropping all those "you knows", "likes", and other verbal crutches I sometimes use.
And who knows? Maybe this will be the thing that gets me to slow down when I'm speaking. Maybe if I become more comfortable with the idea of dictation, I'll get used to it, and I'll just be speaking at my regular excited rate and then I'll be pouring 200 words a minute into it. That would be interesting . =)
But it all starts with baby steps. Training the recognizer to understand my words, training myself to think of sentences before I say them, learning how to say the punctuation, thinking of what I have to say… Well, I'll give it a try. We'll see what happens. And if it works, it'll be an awesome tool in my kit. We'll see.


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We plan to remove the onus of public employee costs on the government to our private contracting business. We know we can better serve the taxpayers by giving them excellent services while limiting expenses and eliminating government bureaucracy. Instead of these public employees working for the government they would be our employees through our plan for outsourcing.
The reasons behind our business plan are too voluminous to cover at this time. Do not be deceived, there are outsourcing plans in operation right now that are not taxpayer friendly but such is not the case with our plan. Our contracts will be the key to the intent of our motives and degree of our integrity.
For now, we can foundationally state with confidence that if our plan is implemented two things will occur: The size and costs associated with public employees will diminish, and taxes will either be eliminated or drastically reduced.
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Keith Kaye
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Steelers' defense leads way
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
DENVER -- You know what the problem is when your nose is running and your feet are smelling, right?
Exactly; you're upside down.
As it happened, some similar inversion was precisely the topic as last night's seriously beguiling Monday Night Football episode between the Steelers and the Broncos wore toward some form of sanity.
None of the pregame warnings regarding the ominous atmospherics of the Rocky Mountains foretold of the likelihood that two of the best teams in the AFC would be looking at each other upside down for most of the night, but five minutes deep in the third quarter, the defenses were scoring the touchdowns, the offenses were giving them up, and the respective special teams appeared to be conspiring toward some similarly unconventional climax.
The Broncos, a somehow suspect 6-1 at kickoff, were again running the same strain of offense made malevolent by the New England Patriots, the former employer of their rookie coach, Josh McDaniels. New England had the best record in the NFL during the eight seasons McDaniels spent there, but transplanted to Colorado, McDaniels finds himself missing some key elements:
Tom Brady, Randy Moss, an accomplished offensive line, Wes Welker, just to name most of a half dozen.
Despite his 27-13 record as a starting quarterback, Kyle Orton is a poor coach's Brady, with no apparent ability to strike over the top of a defense, even one as depleted as the unit Dick LeBeau chicken-wired together around the absence of Ryan Clark, Lawrence Timmons, Aaron Smith, Travis Kirschke, and even late scratch Sunny Harris.
That's essentially how Denver wound up outgaining the Steelers, 183 yards to 54, and outpassing them, 157-31, by halftime, all without doing any damage. The longest of Orton's completions covered only 20 yards.
Meanwhile, Ty Carter's 48-yard interception return to the Denver end zone in the second quarter meant that the Steelers' defense had scored three touchdowns since the last time the offense had managed one.
"We always try to make big plays on defense," Carter said 20 minutes after the Steelers horse-collared Denver, 28-10. "If we can score on defense we know we have a good chance to win the game."
When Ben Roethlisberger had the football pried from him on the Steelers' initial possession of the second half, and rookie linebacker Robert Ayers lugged it 54 yards the other way to put Denver ahead, 10-7, it looked very much as though a courageous effort by a besieged Steelers defense would end up a footnote to the third loss of this season.
Even at that, the defense hadn't put itself in a position to gain a lot of sympathy. Brandon Marshall, the topical wideout spearheading an offense not nearly as bright as his day-glo orange footwear, wore down Steelers corner William Gay badly in the early evening.
"Eddie Royal, he ran some good routes on me; I just had to settle down is all," Gay said. "But I've seen the way this defense responds now for two years and I see the way they work every day. I'm not surprised at anything they do."
When the offense suddenly sat bolt upright in the second half, going 80 yards on four plays to a 14-10 lead, the capacity crowd at Invesco Field was compelled to remember that despite the depletions in Le*Beau's defense, it was still thick with superstars. Polamalu was still flying, James Harrison still mauling, Brett Keisel still attacking everything that flashed in front of him. These are the people who make it possible for Mike Tomlin to insist that regardless of circumstances, the standard of expectation does not change. It's no coincidence that the standard of excellence players like these have long since established and so consistently achieve turns into victories in difficult environments.
"We did what we try to do every game," Keisel said when apprised of Denver's second-half rushing total -- 1 yard. "If we can make them one dimensional we can unleash our blitzes, people have a hard time picking up what we're doing."
No one remains so hard to deal with as Polamalu, who darted into the national spotlight still again to nail gun the Broncos to a second consecutive loss.
Backed to their 9 with half the fourth quarter melted away, Orton sent Correll Buckhalter toward the left edge on first-and-10, and a millisecond after Buckhalter got the handoff, he got a bellyful of Troy's flowing black mane.
No gain.
On second-and-10, Orton looked for Marshall over the middle, a quick post that looked promising until Polamalu leaped toward another of the kind of intersections only he seems to envision. That interception not only meant the Steelers had picked off Orton twice as often last night as he had been all season (Carter added his second and the team's third in the final minutes), it set Roethlisberger up at the Denver 25.
Three plays later, Ben fled the pocket and found Mike Wallace for the sealant touchdown.
This Steelers team grew in significant ways in the mountain air. Playing Ziggy Hood and reminding Gay what it takes to win games like this is a crucial component.
"I wake up every morning and thank God I play with people like this," said Hood, the No. 1 pick who got his most substantial playing time to date. "It's not only the kind of players they are, but the kind of people. To be able to play on a defense with a tradition like this is just unbelievable. It's a blessing."
So Tomlin's team had won with defense again, effectively using its own most prominent vulnerability to flog a very solid opponent on the road. That can't be good news in Indianapolis, in New England, or anywhere else where they dream the Steelers can be had.
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text: Other | 14. March 2012 SOFIA: Stars and the Space Between The American Museum of Natural History just published a video introducing SOFIA, the NASA DLR airborne observatory. It gives a very good overview of the programme, the science and the aircraft. Watch the 8-minute feature 'SOFIA: Stars and the Space Between' here. Science Bulletins: SOFIA—Stars and the Space Between from AMNH on Vimeo. You may also want to watch the DLR webcast on SOFIA.


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NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Ryan debating Joe Biden wasn't quite the same television draw as Sarah Palin versus Biden four years ago.
The Nielsen company said Friday that an estimated 51.4 million people watched the vice presidential debate on Thursday night. It was shown on 10 different television networks.
But that total falls well below the nearly 70 million people who saw the Palin-Biden debate in 2008. That event then was an anomaly. It had more viewers than even any presidential debate since 1992.
Excluding 2008, Nielsen said the Biden-Ryan debate had more viewers than any other vice presidential debate since 1984, when George Bush debated Geraldine Ferraro.
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BTW: Bananaphone!, Badger Badger Badger!
Damn fat redneck sitting on the entrance to Zork...
Can't count how many times I tried different things before I realized I could just dump the rye on the plant. That "Course ya do!" still haunts me.
Oh yes!
Here's to us!
Who's like us?
Damn few...
and they're aaaall deard
There's neither a link in the summary nor on the actual blog post to the ScummVM website at http://scummvm.org
I get the feelings someone just wants to get their blog slashvertised here.
The game is called "Return to Zork". There is no "The" in the front.
There should also be a link to the project in question, not just this blogger's site
While it's nice to have this one working on ScummVM, it's been running fine on DOSBox [dosbox.com] for years now (since DOSBox v0.60 or so).
Yes, but SCUMM also runs on my cute little Smartphone...which means I can now play Return to Zork wherever I bring my phone
"Running fine" is largely dependent on what settings you've used. It's a lot easier to configure ScummVM to work at its best than it is DOSBox, particularly when it comes to the sound working perfectly without any breakups.
Admittedly, if a game will run in both ScummVM and DOSBox, the sound is usually a lot better in ScummVM.
But since 0.70, DOSBox automatically figures out the optimal cycles= setting to run a particular game at, so no need to fiddle with this parameter manually like you used to.
Return to Zork is hardly a venerable game. It was a rather poor adventure game for the era, with at least one extremely counter-intuitive puzzle, as well as a error you can make very early in the game that renders it unbeatable, and gives you no clue that you've made an error when you make the mistake.
Zork: Grand Inquisitor, the third of Activision's 90s Zork games, was the lone one of that set that can be fairly called Venerable.
Bonding plant, horrible trap. That should never have been written into a Zork game.
It's "venerable" because, despite its flaws, it's extremely memorable. I remember so much from that game, and I can't even remember what I played yesterday. There are a half-dozen scenes from that game permanently burned into my brain.
And because of that, I am totally going to fire the game up in ScummVM, suffer through some warts, but enjoy the heck out playing out the scenes that I've been remembering for years.
Fair enough. But if you cut the Bonding plant instead of digging it up, well, don't say I didn't warn you.
This is from memory, so I may be off a bit...
south. east. open window. enter. west. get lamp and sword. east. up. light lamp. get all. douse lamp. down. west. move rug. open trapdoor. down. light lamp. east. attack troll with sword. again. again. again. get axe.
'Course you do!
'Course you do!
Here's to us! Ain't many like us, and most of them are dead!
It is broad daylight. You are likely to be attacked by flying penises.
The manual tantalisingly hints that it is possible but I've never managed to find out how.
While we're on the subject of the fiendish and sometimes arbitrary puzzles, don't forget about the instant deaths from taking the innocuous "ROad to the South" or trying to cross a bridge which the player can't see has only one half. (Why doesn't the character notice that the bridge ends halfway across the river and just s
A text adventure with very basic graphics... you started out in prison and had to escape by getting some cheese and catching a mouse, etc. I recall that you had to send away for a pilots license that you later picked up at the warden's house in his mailbox. Anyone recall this game?
Our business in life is not to succeed but to continue to fail in high spirits. -- Robert Louis Stevenson


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According to Debbie Wright, who is a worker's compensation risk specialist, the Affordable Care Act is here regardless of what politicians decide to do. She said that the ACA, commonly known as ObamaCare, is active legislation and employers must start complying now.
According to Debbie Wright, who is a worker's compensation risk specialist, the Affordable Care Act is here regardless of what politicians decide to do. She said that the ACA, commonly known as ObamaCare, is active legislation and employers must start complying now.
"This is a law that was signed on March 23, 2010," she said. "I know people who say they don't have to worry about it because it is not going to happen or when we have another election, they will throw it out. Even if that is the case, it is a law today."
Wright was the featured speaker on Monday at an event sponsored by the Davidson County Community College Small Business Center and held at the Mary Rittling Conference Center to help small business owners understand what the new comprehensive health care law means for them.
Although she said up front that she is no expert on the ACA, Wright has over 25 years of experience as a registered nurse and has been a case manager at Breakthrough Access Solutions, a business management consulting group based in Oak Ridge.
"The first question people always ask is what does this mean for them," she said. "The problem is that there is so much that we don't know so we aren't sure."
She says the Affordable Care Act was started to bring insurance costs down, to provide insurance for everyone and to eliminate pre-existing conditions. Although it still remains to be seen whether these goals will be reached, the point is businesses must start complying now.
The open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act begin Oct. 1 and ends March 31, 2014. Open enrollment periods in following years will be shorter than this one-time, six-month period. This federal program is for people who are not subject to an exemption or who do not have qualifying coverage, such as employer-sponsored health insurance. Exemptions include people currently on Medicaid/Medicare, those who are within the set poverty limit criteria and those of Native American descent who are eligible for services through an Indian health care provider.
Small business owners who employ less than 49 full-time employees are not required to provide health insurance. Wright says that cutting all employees to part-time or reducing their hours will not qualify them for exemption. The formula used to determine how many full-time employees a company has combines all the hours every employee works, whether they are full-time or part time, and then divides that number by the 30-hour work week, which is what the program defines as full time.
Wright also said that employers must be wary of losing employees if they start making radical changes to their health insurance coverage or dropping coverage.
"You shouldn't be spending your time trying to get around the law," Wright said. "You should be trying to see what in the law will work for your business."
For businesses that do employ less than 50 employees and have 70 percent of their workforce insured, they can apply for the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) where they may qualify for a small business health care tax credit worth up to 50 percent of premium costs.
As of Oct. 1, all business owners are required to notify their employees by letter, informing them of their choices as it relates to health insurance, but they will not be fined as previously mandated. This allows employees an opportunity to participate in the employer-paid insurance or to purchase an individual plan.
Wright says the best way to discover what is best for your company is to sit down with a knowledgeable insurance agent who has a working knowledge of the Affordable Care Act. She also said to have frank discussions with your accountant or business manager about what your company can afford to provide.
"You must make a decision on what is best for you and your employees," said Wright. "It is just good business practice to let your employees know what their options are and what your company can provide. Let them decide what is best for them."
Sharon Myers can be reached at 249-3981, ext, 228 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wapak Deal Could Be Close
WAPAKONETA — The Wapakoneta Education Association (WEA) and the Wapakoneta City Schools Board of Education may be closer to reaching a contract agreement after a non-binding meeting Wed-nesday with the federal mediator overseeing their case.
"Informal discussion has led to a conceptual agreement that may lead to a resolution," Wapakoneta City Schools Superintendent Keith Horner said this morning.
He declined to comment further about the 3 1/2 hour meeting held at the mediator's office in Dayton. Four representatives from each side attended.
Todd Crow, spokesman for the WEA, said this morning that nothing had yet been presented to them from the meeting but the teachers' union is scheduled to meet tonight with plans to vote on information that is presented.
Wapakoneta City Board of Education members on Jan. 1 implemented its "last, best and final" offer with the WEA, with whom they had been negotiating since April. The 155 teachers in the union have been working under an expired contract since July.
The contract implemented this month freezes teachers' base salaries and offers no automatic increases based on teacher education level or longevity. It also does not provide for future step increases and requires teachers to pay more for the cost of health insurance.
School administrators have said the contract was necessary because the school district lost $1.2 million in the school year ending June 30 and is expected to lose another $1.6 million at the end of this school year.
In December, members of the WEA voted to give their negotiating team the authority to issue a 10-day strike notice if they saw fit. To date, no such notice has been given.


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Australian Open: Novak Djokovic survives massive scare against Stan Wawrinka
Novak Djokovic survived an epic five-hour, five-set battle with Stanislas Wawrinka in the fourth round in Melbourne.
Last Updated: 20/01/13 5:40pm
The defending champion won 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-7 12-10, fighting his way back from a set and 5-3 down in the process before booking his place in the last eight where he will face Tomas Berdych.
Wawrinka played absolutely sublime tennis in the opening hour that Djokovic simply could not cope with.
The Swiss star - acknowledged as one of the most talented on the circuit - went for broke from the off, going for winners all over the Rod Laver Arena.
His magnificent backhand earned him a succession of winners and he broke a shell-shocked Djokovic three times in the first set, and then roared into a 5-2 lead in the second.
But the champion picked himself up, and reeled off five successive games to level it up.
When the Serb took the third set 6-4, breaking at 4-4, it looked like Wawrinka's challenge would end meekly - but he rallied superbly in the fourth.
The two went toe-to-toe with some thrilling baseline rallies to set up a tie-break, where Wawrinka quickly went 4-1 up, then 6-3 up.
Back came Djokovic, thrillingly saving two set points - but then Wawrinka went for it, whipping a brutal backhand cross court which the No 1 seed could only prod back, then putting away the winner with his forehand - two sets each.
The fifth was an incredible rollercoaster ride into the early hours for the players and an enthralled crowd, Wawrinka opening it by breaking Djokovic, only to then be broken himself in the next game.
For the next 19 games neither man could break, though at 4-4 Wawrinka missed four break points with Djokovic clinging on grimly.
The No 15 seed stood firm under immense pressure, repeatedly serving to stay in the match - until, at 10-11, Djokovic fought back from 40-15 down to deuce, then earning match point.
Warwinka saved that one with a big serve, fended off a second with a bullet backhand winner, but on the third, after another astonishing baseline rally, the Swiss approached with a backhand slice, and Djokovic won it with a glorious crosscourt backhand winner.


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NEW YORK — A top New York state lawmaker was arrested early Tuesday in what federal prosecutors said was his central role in a brazen series of bribery and corruption schemes, including an attempt to buy a spot on the ballot in this year's race for New York City mayor.
In outlining the charges against state Senator Malcolm A. Smith, as well as five other politicians and Republican Party leaders, US Attorney Preet Bharara said the case was but the latest evidence that corruption in New York is ''pervasive.''
"Every New Yorker should be disheartened and dismayed by the sad state of affairs in this great state,'' Bharara said.
Smith, a Queens Democrat, rose to become the first black president of the state Senate. He was accused of conspiring with City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III, Republican of Queens, to get his name on the ballot for mayor as a Republican, which would require approval of a majority of the party's leadership in the city.
The others arrested were Joseph J. Savino, the Bronx Republican Party chairman; Vincent Tabone, vice chairman of the Queens Republican Party; and Noramie F. Jasmin, the mayor of the Rockland County village of Spring Valley, and her deputy, Joseph A. Desmaret, a criminal complaint said.
The complaint alleges a scheme hatched in a series of clandestine meetings in hotels, with cash passing hands in parked cars and hushed conversations in a restaurant on Valentine's Day and even in Smith's office in Albany.
The meetings, recorded by an undercover agent or a cooperating witness, were primarily among Smith, the undercover agent, and the witness, and Halloran and the agent and the witness. The scheme involving the race was one of three bribery schemes charged in the case.
Bharara, at a news conference, pointed to Halloran's own words in a recorded conversation with the confidential witness as evidence of how ''money greases the wheel.''
''That's politics, that's politics,'' Halloran is quoted in the complaint as saying. ''Not about whether or will, it's about how much, and that's our politicians in New York, they're all like that. And they get like that because of the drive that the money does for everything else.''
The charges immediately reverberated at City Hall and in Albany, threatening to upset the Republican primary for mayor of New York and the leadership coalition that governs the state Senate.
''It is very, very troubling,'' Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said of the charges. ''We have zero tolerance for any violation of the public integrity and the public trust, so they're very serious.''
At the Capitol, Smith is a key member of an independent faction of Democrats who joined forces with Republicans to seize control of the Senate this year. Although that coalition has enough members to retain control without him, the charges against him are sure to taint the coalition as well as the rest of the Senate Democrats, who have been struggling to distance themselves from years of corruption.
Jeffrey D. Klein, a Democrat and one of the two leaders of the state Senate, said Smith would be stripped of his committee assignments and his conference leadership position.
In New York City, the case suggests an unseemly connection between money and the Republican Party's nominating process, and raises questions for a leading Republican candidate, John A. Catsimatidis.
Tabone is an influential campaign adviser to Catsimatidis and in-house counsel to the candidate's privately held company, which owns the Gristedes supermarket chain. The charges are also likely to be a distraction for Joseph J. Lhota, another GOP candidate, who just days ago celebrated the endorsement of Halloran.


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The Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive officially kicked off its 2012 season Tuesday, with a goal of between $28,000 and $29,000 in collected donations.
Said Chillicothe Salvation Army Major Faye Flanagan, red kettles already have been set up across Chillicothe (at Hy-Vee and Piggly Wiggly), and in Trenton (at Hy-Vee and ShopCo). Flanagan said that the two Chillicothe Walmart kettles will not go up until the Friday after Thanksgiving this year (Nov. 23).
"Our kettle goal is between $28,000 and $29,000," Flanagan said, "[And] I think we're trying to at least hit a total goal of $72,000. That's including kettles and mail appeals.
"We made our Christmas goal last year, but donations were down throughout the year."
The red kettle drive will go through Monday, Dec. 24. Mail appeals will be accepted through mid-January 2013.
"We're currently looking for volunteers [to ring the bells by the kettles]," Flanagan said. Persons interested in doing so are asked to call the Chillicothe Salvation Army Office, at 646-3538, and tell the person answering the phone that they would like to donate their time to the drive. From there, times will be worked out so that all parties involved are satisfied, and volunteer services are used adequately.
Of note, the first donation of the season for the 2012 Red Kettle Drive was made on behalf of the offenders at Chillicothe Correctional Center, in the amount of $500. This was done during the Chillicothe Salvation Army's 125th anniversary celebration, held at their office, 621 W. Mohawk Rd., on Tuesday morning.
Salvation Army kettle campaign begins
The Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive officially kicked off its 2012 season Tuesday, with a goal of between $28,000 and $29,000 in collected donations.


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NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic hope to generate some momentum in their closing games this season.
They already are.
But it's not the kind of momentum they want.
They've now lost five consecutive games, including a defeat Wednesday night in which they never led. Playing without starting center Nik Vucevic, who was feeling sick, the Magic fell to the New York Knicks 106-94 at Madison Square Garden.
"We missed him tonight for sure," said point guard and co-captain Jameer Nelson, who played every second of the first and third quarters but none of the second and fourth quarters.
The Knicks made almost 53 percent of their shots, and Carmelo Anthony returned from missing three games due to a knee problem to score 21 points and grab eight rebounds.
Maurice Harkless and Tobias Harris each spent time guarding Anthony, with limited success.
"I think they are the hardest team to defend in the NBA," Harris said.
The Knicks made 15 of their 34 shot attempts from beyond the arc.
Vucevic, who was the only Magic player to appear in each of Orlando's first 68 games this season, said he began to feel sick Wednesday morning.
Around 6 p.m., he walked out to the Garden's court to warm up, but he didn't stay out there for very long.
With Vucevic ill, the Magic employed a small starting lineup of Nelson, E'Twaun Moore, Arron Afflalo, Harkless and Harris.
Nelson and Afflalo were ineffective.
In his 24 minutes, Nelson scored just six points, had just one assist and turned the ball over once.
Afflalo began the game at small forward, where he is less comfortable than he is at his natural position of shooting guard.
He missed his first five shots and didn't score until he hit a 19-foot jumper with 3:48 left in the third quarter.
The bucket cut New York's lead to 72-60.
Afflalo finished with just four points on 1-of-9 shooting.
"The Knicks played well tonight," he said.
Magic rookie big man Kyle O'Quinn, a Queens native, scored 12 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and dished out four assists — all career highs — off the bench.
His performance was one of Orlando's few bright spots.
"Coach allowed me to get out there and trusted me on the court," O'Quinn said. "That just shows improvement right there, so it gives you a comfort level."
Harris and rookie power forward Andrew Nicholson scored a team-high 14 points apiece.
Still, Anthony set the tone for the entire night.
He took the game's first shot, a 3-pointer from 25 feet, and sank it.
"I had big-time relief on him making the first shot," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "He has been solid the whole time since I took over. He is doing all of the right things for us to win basketball games."
Moore countered on Orlando's ensuing possession with a 3-pointer of his own, but New York's Raymond Felton immediately responded with a jumper of his own.
The Knicks (40-26) led the rest of the night.
The Magic (18-51) completed their four-game road trip to Oklahoma City, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and New York without a win.
And the Knicks, led by Anthony, made the trip's finale a painful one.
"Guarding him one-on-one is a task in itself," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said. "Then, when you've got guys that are around him and shooting the 3 at a high level, it makes it tough to defend."
Ten of Orlando's final 13 games will be against teams currently in playoff position.
There might be more nights similar to the one the Magic experienced on Wednesday.
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February Is Heart Health Month [VIDEO]
Physicians and federal health officials are emphasizing prevention during Heart Health Month this February.
Cardiologist Dr. Janet Wright, Executive Director of the Million Hearts Initiative says while the heart disease death rate is falling, the prevalence of the disease in the population is increasing. She says "we're very concerned with increasing obesity and diabetes in the country and really the inability to treat cardiovascular disease across our entire population in an effective way."
Dr. Wright wants people to learn the A,B,C's of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. "I want folks to know that their blood pressure is, know what their cholesterol is, know how to get help if they want to stop smoking and to know whether or not they need to take aspirin."
Heart Health Month is being promoted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Their press release says Medicare provides coverage for cardiovascular screening blood tests, ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms and smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling at low or no cost to qualified beneficiaries as part of the Affordable Care Act.
The also list a number of steps you can take to lower your risk for heart disease.
Do watch your blood Pressure and cholesterol levels
Do maintain a healthy weight
Do eat a healthy diet and limit fried and fatty foods
Do stay active
Do find healthy ways to cope with stress
Don't smoke
You can also get more information, including how to register for medicare at their web site: medicare.gov or call 1-800-633-4227 if you want a copy of "Staying Health: Medicare's Preventive Services" TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.
Dr. Wright says the One Million Hearts Initiative was launched in September of 2011. She says it's a national initiative that has an audacious goal 'to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in five years'. Wright says the initiative is co-led by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. She says they're also getting help for the program across the Federal Family of Departments and the private sector.


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Branching out to grow healthy forests
Healthy, sustainable forests are vital to Europe's economic and environmental well-being, and it is regions that must play a leading role in developing new management strategies, a new EU-funded project reveals.
The project involves encouraging the co-operation of five regional research-driven clusters from six European countries: Germany (Baden-Württemberg); Finland (North Karelia); Spain (Catalonia), and the cross-border clusters from Croatia-Serbia and France-Spain (Aquitaine-Basque). The aim is to share forest product and service innovations, and to demonstrate how regional forestry strategies can have positive impacts on other policy areas.
Outlining the future for forestry
To date, RoK-FOR has enabled project partners to share good practice and know-how and to learn from each other. North Karelia in Finland, for example, has a highly developed forest-based bio-energy cluster, while Aquitaine is a recognised centre of expertise for companies working with wood. Baden-Württemberg has a very highly developed forest cluster.
"This 'cross-fertilisation' across sectors using wood-based solutions has already opened up new research and development initiatives," says RoK-FOR Coordinator Dr Timo J. Hokkanen from the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for North Karelia. "For example, by connecting sustainable construction with energy generation using forest-based resources, such as residues from woodworking industries, and connecting R&D in this sector with regional strategies and priorities."
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Another action packed fixture list has provided ample choice for this weekend's goals of the week.
Robin Van Persie hit a match-winning free-kick, Fernando Torres rediscovered his form in front of goal, while further afield Lionel Messi broke Gerd Muller's 85-goal calendar year record with a brace against Real Betis on Sunday.
Manchester United moved six points clear at the top of the table with Van Persie's 94th minute strike - sweet revenge for United fans who were forced to watch Sergio Aguero's Premier League-winning goal in the same minute on the final day of last season.
For City, it was another disappointing day in a season characterised by disappointing days. Roberto Mancini's side battled back from two-nil down, but a half-hearted wave of the leg from Samir Nasri cost them dearly.
Elsewhere, wins for Arsenal and Everton propelled them back into Champions League contention, at the expense of Tottenham.
In La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona both chalked up wins, while Atletico Madrid looked to hang onto the coattails of Tito Vilanova's side, largely thanks to an incredible five-goal from man-of-the-moment Radamel Falcao.
So, without further ado, here are your top goals of the week…
Robin Van Persie | Manchester United v Manchester City
The Manchester derby poised at 2-2, the fourth minute of stoppage time, a free-kick 25 yards out. Cue Robin Van Persie, cue bedlam at the Etihad.
Glen Johnson | West Ham v Liverpool
The England international got the ball rolling for Brendan Rodgers' side with a stunner against his former club West Ham. They later slipped 2-1 behind, but fought back brilliantly to earn a well-deserved three points.
Fernando Torres | Sunderland v Chelsea
The decision to hire the man who first got the best out of Fernando Torres seems to have done the trick. Rafa Benitez arrives at Stamford Bridge, and the Spain striker finds the net. It's still early days, but the signs are good.
Pablo Zabaleta | Manchester City v Manchester United
When Zabaleta hauled City level, it looked like the Premier League champions would go on to trample their rivals. That didn't happen, but the Argentine's strike was pure nonetheless. He's been excellent this season, it's just a shame some of his teammates haven't.
Lionel Messi | Real Betis v Barcelona
Another week, another record - although this one's a big one. Both his goals typified his brilliance, but the second included a cheeky Andres Iniesta assist.
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Pittsburgh defensive coordinator finally gets nod to join legends in Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dick LeBeau takes no credit for his boundless energy or youthful appearance.
"I am blessed with a great gene pool," says the 72-year-old defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. "People in my family have had great longevity."
LeBeau also has had great longevity in the National Football League, having spent more than half a century as a player or coach. After waiting more than three decades, he will finally join gridiron greats when he is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday.
Credited with creating the "zone blitz," a defensive tactic in which linebackers rush the passer and linemen drop into coverage, LeBeau helped to coach the Steelers to two Super Bowl championships in four years (2005 and 2008 seasons).
"You could make a strong argument that LeBeau is the best defensive coach ever," says ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski.
The waiting game
As great as LeBeau has been as an assistant coach, he made the Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2010 for his work as a player. He was a cornerback for the Detroit Lions from 1959 to 1972, intercepting 62 passes, which ranks eighth-best in NFL history. But he still had to wait 33 years before pro football's highest honor was bestowed upon him.
LeBeau never complained when, year after year, the football writers who vote on the Hall inductees bypassed him. He showed extraordinary patience, even if his supporters weren't thrilled with the repeated snubs.
"As a player, he belongs," says Rod Woodson, a Hall of Fame defensive back whom LeBeau mentored. "But look beyond that and consider his 50 years in the NFL and how valuable he has been to the league."
LeBeau, who played for legendary coach Woody Hayes and led Ohio State University to the 1957 national championship as a running back and cornerback, credits someone else with inspiring him.
"Jim Bowlus," LeBeau says of his high school coach in London, Ohio. "I could see the positive impact he had on me and all my teammates. I knew right then that I would be a coach one day."
From player to coach
Coaching would wait, however. After Ohio State, his hometown team, the Cleveland Browns, drafted him in 1959. But in training camp the Browns cut the rookie, who proved them wrong after signing with the Lions. He started 171 consecutive games with the team, which is still a record for cornerbacks.
LeBeau has used the same consistent approach to his career with the players he coaches.
"He's tough but fair," says Steelers linebacker James Farrior. "He treats us like we're all his sons."
It is sentiments like those that explain why everyone connected with the team is rejoicing over LeBeau's Hall honor. But he credits others with helping him earn football immortality.
"I am indebted to our players who took me to the Super Bowl and kept my name current even though it's been a long time since I've played," LeBeau says. "I'm grateful."
But he's not done yet. LeBeau is preparing for the 2010 season and another try for Super Bowl glory. The married father of five does enjoy his time away from football, playing acoustic guitar and reading. He shuns today's technology, joking that he's "older than old school. Half of the time, I have to call my son to get my TV on. … I'm not high-tech. I just try to keep my brain high-tech."
LeBeau's number one hobby is golf. He is an exceptional player who shoots in the 70s. "There is no great aerobic value in golf, but it does give you a good stretching of your entire core muscles," he says. "With muscles, if you don't use 'em, it doesn't take too long before they atrophy."
So what's his secret for staying vibrant?
"Besides good genes, I'd say that I haven't put a whole lot of poison in my body, ever," he says. "And I enjoy interacting with young people—my players."
Walter Villa is deputy sports editor at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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At this point, Christmas is probably over-saturated just a little bit. In the case of movies, there's too many of them and not enough time to watch them all -- but that's a good thing. Here's a guide to what you should be watching this holiday season:
The Christmas TV Specials:
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- Frosty the Snowman (1969)
- Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1970)
- The Year Without A Santa Claus (1974)
There isn't anything more comforting in December than the animated TV specials, all of which are stretched out by commercials to almost twice their actual running time.
The Best Adaptations of 'A Christmas Carol':
- Scrooge (1951)
- Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
A Christmas Carol is one of the most frequently-adapted works of all-time, probably because it's the one Charles Dickens story that doesn't take you five years to finish reading. While the Alastair Sim version, Scrooge, is generally thought to be the best, some other adaptations are just as entertaining, albeit for different, sillier reasons. The Muppets always make everything better (especially Statler and Waldorf as "Marley and Marley"), Mr. Magoo has a surprisingly good singing voice and the Jim Carrey motion-capture film is so misunderstood; wahh, the 3D special effects were too cool and the plot was too depressing... you know, like the original story.
Very Hate-Watchable Christmas Classics:
- Jingle All The Way (1996)
- Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
- Picking Up & Dropping Off (2003)
It's scary how unfunny everything and everyone besides Phil Hartman is in Jingle All The Way. It's scary how stupid the plot of Picking Up & Dropping Off is, even for an ABC Family original (two independently divorced parents meet every year at Christmas when they drop off their kids at the airport and eventually fall in love -- don't they meet people the other 364 days of the year?). And it's truly scary just how hilarious the rampage scene is in Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, if only for one line: "Garbage day!"
Actual Christmas Classics:
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- A Christmas Story (1983)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (1994)
- The Santa Clause (1994)
The titles really speak for themselves -- except for maybe The Santa Clause, to which I would say: It's a creative, modern twist on the Santa Claus origin tale that harnesses Tim Allen's best comic instincts and combines the Christmas tradition of the Cosby sweater with the droll, monotone humor of Judge Reinhold. Can't ask for much more than that.
The Best Christmas Movie of All-Time:
- Die Hard (1988)
Um, yeah, it's a Christmas movie: Takes place on Christmas Eve, Holly McClane's gift bracelet becomes a major plot point and "Ode to Joy" is played incessantly throughout the film. You want to start an exciting new Christmas tradition? Watch Die Hard -- you won't regret it.
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Holiday revelers can celebrate the season as "Winter in Venice" returns to the Las Vegas Strip, complete with strolling entertainers, outdoor skating and food festivals.
The Venetian hosts the annual event, which continues through Jan. 5. Music troupe Celtic Woman will perform "Home for Christmas – The Symphony Tour" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $75.50-$99.50 and are available online or by calling (702) 414-9000.
A variety of special dinners will take place, many hosted by celebrity chefs. The La Cucina Italiana Food & Wine Festival Dec. 5-8 will feature Chefs Mario Batali, Wolfgang Puck, Buddy Valastro and sommelier Anthony Giglio. At its centerpiece is the Dec. 6 Grand Banquet, a meal served Tuscan-style as 200 guests gather around a giant table in the resort's Grand Colonnade.
Festival prices vary by event. Banquet tickets sell for $500 a person.
Skating is being offered on a synthetic ice rink outdoors along Las Vegas Boulevard. The rink is open daily from 3-11 p.m. The cost -- $14.95 -- includes skate rental.
Each evening, a holiday spectacular featuring costumed characters and a light show provides free entertainment in front of the hotel. The show is staged at 6:05, 8:05 and 10:05 p.m.
A complete list of activities is available online.


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Congressional findingsThe Congress makes the following findings:
The United States Government collects substantial amounts of information from foreign owned or controlled business enterprises or affiliates operating in the United States.
Additional analysis and presentation of this information is desirable to assist the public debate on the issue of foreign direct investments in the United States.
Information collected from foreign owned or controlled firms by the Bureau of Economic Analysis has serious analytical limitations because it is largely collected on an "enterprise" basis that does not permit an adequate analysis by industry groupings.
Statistical and analytic comparisons of the performance of foreign owned or controlled businesses operating within the United States with other business enterprises operating within the same industry can be accomplished under sections 3101(b) and 3104(c) of this title, and under Executive Order Numbered 11961, without the need to collect additional information, by sharing with other authorized Government agencies the employer identification numbers maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Public disclosures of confidential business information collected by the United States Government relating to international direct investment flows could cause serious damage to the accuracy of the statistical data base.
The Government Accountability Office may have limited access to Government data on foreign direct investment.
(Pub. L. 101–533, § 2, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2344; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
2004—Par. (6). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".
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Executive Order Numbered 11961, referred to in par. (4), is set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.
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Pub. L. 101–533, § 1, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2344, provided that:
"This Act [enacting this chapter and section 401 of Title 13, Census, and amending sections 3101 and 3103 to 3105 of this title and section 9 of Title 13] may be cited as the 'Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial Data Improvements Act of 1990'."
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Friday, February 25, 2011
First recipient: From left, Rosenbaum, Chester M. Pierce, MD, a longtime MGH psychiatrist, Bell and Slavin
A physician in the Department of Psychiatry for five decades, Frances J. Bonner, MD, was both the first African American woman resident and first African American woman faculty member at the MGH. To honor her contributions to the hospital and promote diversity and inclusion in the psychiatric community, the MGH Department of Psychiatry and the MGH Psychiatry Diversity Committee have established the Frances J. Bonner, MD, Award. The annual award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of mental health or the care of minority communities.
The inaugural recipient of the award is Carl Bell, MD, director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, clinical professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, and director of Public and Community Psychiatry at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Bell also is president and CEO of the Community Mental Health Council and Foundation, Inc., a comprehensive community mental health center located on the south side of Chicago.
Nearly 100 guests – including Bonner's daughters, Carol Bonner and Dale Murphy – attended a celebration of the newly established award and a lecture by Bell Feb. 17 in the Ether Dome. Jerrold Rosenbaum, MD, chief of the Department of Psychiatry, welcomed attendees and described the life of Bonner, who dedicated most of her career at the MGH to clinical practice and the supervision of residents in individual psychotherapy.
"Dr. Bonner was an amazing woman, and it is a privilege and honor to recognize her," said Rosenbaum at the event. "She was a pioneer in crossing racial and gender boundaries within medicine."
Rosenbaum then introduced Bell, who presented "Prospects for the Prevention of Mental Illness: New Developments and New Challenges." Bell discussed the need for a paradigm shift in psychiatric care, especially in regard to young people. He emphasized that factors that increase the risk of developing mental health disorders, such as traumatic childhood experiences, do not predetermine the development of such mental health disorders. In light of this, Bell argued, more should be done to identify and build upon the reasons why some individuals with significant risk factors for mental health disorders do not develop them. He also asserted that improving mental health and preventing psychiatric disorders on a broad scale is only possible through a cohesive, community effort.
Bell described multiple studies and trials that have achieved success in both preventing psychiatric illness and promoting good mental health, explaining that mental health is not simply the absence of disorder. Despite the success of such research, Bell said, not enough is being done to implement the findings.
"Implementation is the problem," he said. "We need to put our knowledge into practice."
Following the lecture, a luncheon was held in the Trustees Room, where Peter L. Slavin, MD, MGH president, congratulated Bell on his achievements.
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By Carlo Garganese
The eight seeded teams who will be in Pot 1 when the World Cup draw is made in Bahia on December 6 are hosts Brazil, holders Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Switzerland and, barring a shock loss to Jordan in an inter-confederation play-off, Uruguay. The presence of the latter four teams ahead of giants Italy and Netherlands can only be described as farcical.
The Azzurri and Oranje were runners-up at Euro 2012 and World Cup 2010, respectively, and were the first nations outside of the Asian region to qualify for Brazil - romping through their groups unbeaten with two rounds to spare.
Four-time winners Italy have not lost a World Cup or European Championship qualifier for 40 games - their last defeat was more than seven years ago to France in Paris. In their last four major tournaments, they have reached the final twice - winning one. Netherlands have incredibly emerged victorious in 26 of their last 28 competitive qualifiers - the best record in Europe for the previous three qualifying programmes, superior even to Spain.
Compare this to Belgium, who have not progressed to a major finals in 12 years and finished fifth, fourth and third respectively in their three group qualifying campaigns prior to World Cup 2014.
|Brazil (hosts)
|Spain (holders)
|Uruguay (still to qualify)
Compare this to Colombia, who have won fewer World Cup games than Italy have trophies and have not participated in a finals since 1998. Or Switzerland, who failed to qualify for Euro 2012, were eliminated in the group stage in South Africa two years earlier and were the first team to be knocked out of their own co-hosted Euros in 2008.
The seeds were decided by using the October Fifa Ranking (this decision was only, coincidentally, made by the Fifa executive committee this month), in an attempt to reward form rather than past performances - as had been the old system.
But this procedure is clearly flawed when you consider that Uruguay are set to be in Pot 1, despite having not even qualified for Brazil yet. Oscar Tabarez's men endured a dreadful Conmebol campaign, winning just seven of their 16 qualifiers and ending with a +0 goal difference.
The complicated Fifa ranking, which is explained in full here, places too much emphasis on meaningless friendly matches, and this is where Italy and Netherlands have clearly been penalised. Since Cesare Prandelli replaced Marcello Lippi in 2010, the Azzurri have won just four of their 17 friendlies - displaying that innate Italian trait of treating uncompetitive games with disdain. The Dutch have only five victories in their last 14 friendlies - most of these against smaller opponents - which thus earns them fewer ranking points.
Uruguay, on the other hand, have won six and lost just one of their last 10 friendlies, earning substantial points by beating high-level opponents Italy, France and Chile. Switzerland have also won six of their last 10 uncompetitive clashes, losing two, racking up the points with prestigious triumphs over Brazil and Germany. Colombia have won six from seven, and Belgium also boast a much better record than the Azzurri and Oranje.
This is all somewhat comparable to Uefa's decision to compensate nations whose clubs do well in the derided Europa League with extra Champions League places, via their own flawed coefficient system.
Thus, when the World Cup draw is made in December, we are almost certainly guaranteed at least two or three groups of death. With Italy, Netherlands, England and play-off favourites France and Portugal all absent from Pot 1, a repeat of the controversial 2002 World Cup when superpowers fell by the wayside in the early rounds - albeit for other reasons - is a very real possibility.
What another wonderful World Cup that would be.
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Zothecula writes "We may be closer to the day when United States Marines will, within a matter of minutes, use a handheld app to summon robotic helicopters to deliver battlefield supplies. On Tuesday, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced its five-year, US$98 million Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) program, with the specific aim of developing 'sensors and control technologies for robotic vertical take-off and landing aircraft.'" Last month we covered NATO's robotic helicopter, the K-MAX.


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On May 19, Brian Rademacher of RockEyez conducted an interview with Sean Danielsen (lead vocals, guitar) of the Los Angeles-based rock trio SMILE EMPTY SOUL. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.
SMILE EMPTY SOUL's new album, "3's", was released on May 22 via eOne Music.
"I think we put more thought into this album cover than ever before. There's a ton of symbolism going on, and the whole package this time really means a lot to us," says Sean Danielson.
He continues, "'3's' is the best record we've made. It's more musical and mature, yet still has the 'SMILE' sound that our fans are looking for."
"3's" track listing:
01. Carve
02. Ugly
03. Warning
04. Sleep Deprivation
05. Hiding Place
06. Let Go
07. Basement
08. Afterlife
09. Greatest Hits and Medleys
10. Hard Biter
11. Wrecking Ball
12. Not Alike
Formed in 1998, SMILE EMPTY SOUL has certainly seen the inside of the music business. With a Top 10 hit single, "Bottom Of A Bottle", countless tours and a gold-certified album under their belts, the band shows no signs of stopping now.
SMILE EMPTY SOUL is:
Sean Danielsen (lead vocals, guitar)
Ryan Martin (bass)
Jake Kilmer (drums, backing vocals)
"Afterlife" video:


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True to its name, the Kia pro_cee'd GT has all the bold styling fit for a performance hatch-back of this calibre. Take its striking front LED "ice cube" daytime running lights for instance, or its boldly shaped sports bumpers front and back. Not forgetting its sculpted LED taillights, unique tiger-nose grille, dual exhaust pipes and rear diffusor … the list goes on. Whichever angle you look at it, this newcomer is unmistakeably GT.
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Slip into the Recaro sport seats and get maximum comfort and enjoyment whatever driving mood you're in. As well as being uncompromisingly sporting in look and feel, and featuring a wonderful covering made from leather and suede, they also fit ergonomically to the contours of your body. For more ambitious drivers, they offer strong side support through the tight corners of the road, while unparalleled lumbar support make them super comfortable for everyday use too.
Our designers have made sure everything inside the Kia pro_cee'd GT is tuned to live up to its Gran Turismo name. That's why they've even treated the driver pedals in a racing-style alloy look to match the rest of the sporty cabin. For a thoroughly authentic GT experience you'll enjoy from your head right down to your toes.
The Kia pro_cee'd GT's streamlined contours might look fantastic, but that's not their only purpose in life! They also play a vital part in maximising the aerodynamic performance of the car. Along with the chassis' low centre of gravity that puts you right back in touch with the road again. This aerodynamic prowess optimises airflow while reducing drag, and that has the double bonus of helping to reduce cabin noise while increasing fuel efficiency.
The Kia pro_cee'd GT gives you so much sportiness at the wheel you won't want to leave the driver's seat. Our secret behind the sportiness? A refined suspension for excellent handling and driving comfort to start with. Not forgetting of course the appealing mix of a solid and comfortable sensation behind the wheel for everyday journeys coupled with the extra-sporty roar from the exhaust whenever you fancy thrilling yourself to your destination.
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The Kia pro_cee'd GT is designed to make sure you'll never be too chilly or too stuffy on the road again. In winter, heatable driver and front passenger seats will give you just the right level of cosiness. Come the summer, you'll be able to regulate your own cool breeze with automatic dual-zone air conditioning for the driver and passengers. (And if that's not enough fresh air for you, you can always retract the optional sunroof for some open-top ventilation.)
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At his Friday morning press conference, O'Brien was asked about what alignment he planned to run.
"Defensively, everybody wants to pin you down and ask you if you're going to be a 3-4 guy or a 4-3 guy," O'Brien said. "To me, I think, right now, about 70 percent of games are played in nickel and dime defense because of the type of league it is."
Since 2011, the Texans ran a 3-4 defense under coordinator Wade Phillips. O'Brien said the defense
"We'll evaluate the personnel on this team," O'Brien said. "We'll do a really good job of putting together a good football team and we'll adapt the systems to the players that we bring into this program."
Before those system adjustments take place, O'Brien will assemble a new staff of assistants. His first step in that process begins on Saturday.
"I'm going to sit down with every member of the Houston Texans staff tomorrow," O'Brien said. "It will be a long day. We'll sit down and we'll talk and we'll meet eye ball to eye ball. That'll be good. It'll be good experience for me and a good experience for them. We'll go from there. We'll put together a
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Cushing is also excited to play in whatever defense the Texans employ.
"Anything that's put forth in my direction, I can do," Cushing said. "Everyone's pretty much excited. We're all looking forward to the opportunity of playing for him."
Cushing is continuing to rehab from a knee injury he suffered at Kansas City in Week 7. He said he expects to be 100 percent in "a month-and-a-half, two months".


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Ever since the horn sounded to end Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final last month, the Bruins commemorative books and other paraphernalia has been flying out of the factories and then onto and off of the shelves.
There have been a couple books to honor the Bruins Stanley Cup championship, but of the ones I've received the one simply titled "The Year of the Bruins" with text by Andrew Podnieks of the Globe and Mail and some of the best photos of the Bruins' run you'll find anywhere.
The books bills itself as a "celebration" of the Bruins run from training camp through the dramatic victory over Vancouver. And it truly is a great keepsake for any Bruins fan.
The publisher over at Fenn/M&S has provided me with a couple copies to give away to a couple of you — my loyal readers. So what I'll do is provide you with this link. Click it and fill out the form and I'll pick two random winners at the end of the week to receive the book. One entry per person, must be 18 years old to enter, U.S. & Canadian residents eligible. Only entries submitted through the form link will be accepted. No purchase necessary.
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The Mets and Marlins don't like each other, and the Marlins are anxious to knock your team out of the playoffs again.
Here's what several Fish had to say:
Scott Olson: "Silence is golden. It's not that good of a stadium. I remember Tom Glavine walking off the mound with his head down without getting three outs."
Paul Lo Duca: "It was not a good memory and I'm hoping we can make it not good memories for them again this year."


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Michael Keener
Mr. Michael Hoyt Keener, age 49 of Fairmount, Gordon County, Ga., departed this life Tuesday evening, May 6, 2008 at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga. after several years of declining health.
Michael was born July 25, 1958 in Fairmount. He worked for many years as a welder and with the Georgia Department of Transportation in the Road Inventory Department. Michael was an avid motorcycle rider and loved his Harley-Davidson. He was a member of Pleasant Grove (Ryo) Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Deborah Hensley Keener of the home, and would have celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary Sept. 4; parents, Hoyt and Betty Lou Keener, Fairmount; father- and mother-in-law, Herbert and Eloise Hensley; brother- and sister-in-law, David and Pat Hensley, all of Ranger; special nephew, Blaine Hensley; God-children, Josh, Rachel and Amber Holbert; God-grandchildren, Lukas and Rosie Duvall and Madison and Makayla Gilland; special friends, Mylon and Shari Holbert and Robert and Teresa Taylor. Several aunts, uncles and cousins also survive.
The service to celebrate the life of Michael was held Friday, May 9 at 2 p.m. from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Steve Samples and the Rev. Robert Vines officiating. Music and singing was provided by Amber Holbert and Bob and Travis Childers. He was laid to rest in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Mylon and Josh Holbert, Robert Taylor, Steve Black, David Hensley, John Gibson, Butch Young, Billy Lambert, Randy Cox and Charlie Poole. Honorary pallbearers: Ricky and Tim Young, Danny Childers, Greg Hartman, Nick Whitener, Scott Crider, Roger Mulkey, Steve Cantrell, Eddie Griffin, Pete Hancock, Tony Patterson, Gary Ingle, Timmy Nicholson and Danny Young. Donations may be made to Conasauga Kidney Foundation, 1506 Broadrick Dr., Dalton, Ga. 30720.
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Joe McPherson, Sr.
Big Joe McPherson, Sr., age 64 of Ball Ground, passed at Metropolitan Hospice on May 2, 2008.
He was an auto mechanic and member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include his daughter, Trena Jones, Ball Ground, sons, Joe P. McPherson, Jr., Canton, Vincent McPherson, Ball Ground, Danny McPherson, Douglasville, and Chad McPherson, Ball Ground; and sisters, Ruby Ray and Dot McPherson, both of Canton, and Lena Harrison, Monroe. Eleven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with the Revs. Gene Tatum, Franklin McPherson and Danny Collis officiating. Interment followed in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Doris McFarland
Mrs. Doris J. McFarland, age 63 of Ball Ground, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Northside Hospital-Cherokee. She was a homemaker and member of Nelson Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Tommy McFarland; sons, Joel and Craig McFarland, both of Ball Ground; daughter, Trina Jordan, Canton; mother, Nell Wehunt, Ball Ground; brother, Ralph Wehunt, Free Home; and sister, Frances Wofford, Ball Ground. Six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 9 from Nelson Baptist Church with the Revs. Jeff Priest and Leroy Kelley officiating. Interment followed in Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery. Sosebee Funeral Home of Canton in charge of arrangements.
Jimmy Heaton
Mr. Jimmy Heaton, age 50 of Talking Rock, passed away early Friday morning, May 9, 2008 at Northside-Cherokee Hospital.
Survivors include his wife of 24 years, Lisa Heaton, Talking Rock; son, Kyle Heaton, Talking Rock; daughters, Amy and Kacie Heaton, both of Talking Rock; father- and mother-in-law, Max and Jean Childers, Hill City; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Mark and Brandy Childers, Marble Hill, Chris and Dawn Childers and Corey and Shannon Childers, all of Jasper, and Chad and Sarah Childers, Tate; sisters- and brother-in-law, Gaylene and Jimmy Gleason, Jasper, and Kaylene Marlow, Hill City. A host of nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Revs. Carl Owenby and Edwin Weaver officiating. Interment followed in Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were: Mark, Chad, Corey and Chris Childers, Verner Simmons, Gary Quinton, Bo Sandford, Allen Carver, Gene Jacobs and David Solomon. Honorary pallbearer was Jim Whitmire.
Larry Bruner
Mr. Larry Bruner, age 60 of Jasper, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008 at Heartland Hospice House in Cartersville.
Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Linda Bruner, Jasper; and sisters, Brenda Spence, Jasper, and Betty Jean and Huel Garrison, Talking Rock. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A graveside interment service was held Thursday, May 1 at 2 p.m. from Ball Ground City Cemetery with the Rev. Benny Clark officiating. Pallbearers were: Danny Kirk, Steve Schrader, James Merritt, Don Smith, Jr., David Strickland, Charles Jones and Carl Childers. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Patricia Humphries
Miss Patricia Lynn Humphries, age 67 of Jasper, Ga., passed away Friday, May 2, 2008 at the Brian Center Nursing Home in Canton, Ga.
Survivors include her daughter, Melinda Sue Studstill, Canton; and son, Michael Steven Studstill, Dawsonville. Other survivors include grandchildren, Kattie, Michael, Lacey, Colton and Courtney, and great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17 from Mercy Fellowship Church in Cumming, Ga., 205 Talbert St., Cumming. Pastor Terry Garrett will give words of encouragement and praise.
Peggy Mullins
Mrs. Peggy J. Mullins of Jasper passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008 at her residence.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, William and Becky Mullins and Alan and Gina Mullins, all of Jasper; brother and sister-in-law, Rev. Franklin and Dot McPherson, Canton; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sara and Milton Turner, White, Ga., Frances and Lamar Bearden, Kennesaw, and Martha Bryant, Fairmount; grandchildren, Miranda, Brett and Mathew Mullins, Colton and Syndel Wilkins; and aunt, Edna Wood. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 14 from County Line Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerry Banks, Franklin McPherson, Scott Uzzell and Jim Fax officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Bill Headrick, Michael, Lee and Jimmy Mullins, Murl Burch, Robert Bryant, Michael Bearden and Dwayne McPherson. Honorary pallbearers were: Bill, Marshall, Myrick and Ronnie Mullins, Reggie Weaver, James Blalock, Phillip and Dana McPherson and Marcus Turner.


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Ivory Coast: an election to end division? (part 2)
There's a lot riding on this week's elections in Ivory Coast. Once one of the most peaceful and prosperous countries in Africa, the nation has been divided and beset by violence for over a decade. Officials say at least 80 percent of voters turned out to cast a ballot. The UN says that's among the highest turnout ever for an African election. So could this be a turning point for Ivorians? Or a trigger for yet more turbulence?
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WARRENSBURG, MO (Oct. 18, 2013) – The Performing Arts Series at the University of Central Missouri presents "When Words Collide: Scenes, Swords, and a Pair of Steinways," the second in its new Fanfare Series of performances, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 in Hart Recital Hall.
The piano duo of Tian Tian and Mia Hynes, member of the piano faculty in the UCM Department of Music, will perform virtuoso arrangements of music for two pianos from "Carmen"; the Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2," known to cartoon watchers the world over as "The Tom and Jerry Rhapsody"; Aram Khatchaturian's fiery "Sabre Dance"; and, for Disney fans, a melange of waltzes from "Mary Poppins," " Snow White," and "Beauty and the Beast."
Joining the Tian and Hynes duo onstage will be UCM faculty members Stella Roden and Jacob Sentgeorge, who will join forces for arias and duets from Gounod's "Faust," Verdi's "La Traviata," and Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."
The Tian and Hynes piano duo was formed in 2012 and performed to enthusiastic acclaim at the UCM President's Gala at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo., earlier this year.
Tickets for the performance are available from the PAS box office, Administration 100, by calling 660-543-8888, and at the door.
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When your upcoming opponent has just given up 59 points and almost 700 yards of total offense, it's a pretty encouraging thing, admits Florida offensive coordinator Brent Pease.
But then again No. 19 Florida isn't No. 2 Oregon, so don't read too much into Tennessee's defensive meltdown against the fastbreak Ducks and how it may impact Saturday's game, Pease said.
"Yeah, I mean you like it because I think there's some things you can draw from it," Pease said Tuesday. "But in the same sense, what we told our kids, you've got to throw that out because one, this is the SEC, they're coming here to play us and it's a rivalry game.
"They've got to understand that the passion between the two teams and probably some hatred between the two teams and the competition level of what you're going to get from them. You're going to get their best shot.
"You can't say well, gosh, we're running this same play that Oregon ran. There are different situations or circumstances there of how the flow of the game went compared to what we're probably going to be in. Yeah, you like to think you can draw something from it, but it's going to be a little different because it's a conference game for us."
Oregon's up-tempo offense caught the UT defense out of position and off guard time after time, resulting in numerous big plays and all kinds of yardage and points.
Although the Gators have an up-tempo package in their offense, it has not been a staple. UF's approach has been slower and more methodical, based on a physical running game to create opportunities in the passing game.
Given Oregon's success going fast against UT, Pease said the Gators may go uptempo at times Saturday.
"It's always interesting to do some of that," Pease said. "You have to understand how (Oregon has) built this thing for the last five to six years and how dialed in they are. It's tough for us to say that's us all of a sudden. Nah. Is using some tempo that we practice (a possibility)? Yeah, there's always that possibility. But to do it how they're doing it, I don't think efficiency-wise we're built that way right now.
"We have to make sure our components are going to fit to what we feel are our match-ups and how we attack teams. You saw us do it a little bit last year to start off games kind of to get the kids in a flow. It's something we always have prepared."
Pease is one of the many offensive coordinators around the nation who seems intrigued by the up-tempo style of play. In August, he attended an NFL exhibition game in Jacksonville to watch how the Philadelphia Eagles are doing it under former Oregon coach Chip Kelly.
"I think you create more space and more dynamic situations for players," Pease said. "I don't know if we're built that way. We're built to hold onto the ball a little bit more.
"(Oregon) is very efficient in what they do. Our efficiency is going to be more in grind it a little bit more and try to create some big plays throwing the football. And, that's where I think we've got to be more consistent in getting points.
"Because we're probably more designed to go six to 12 plays in a drive, rather than three to four, and hold onto the ball for more than two minutes in a drive."
Pease takes the blame
Pease said it was a bad decision on his part to call a quarterback sneak on a fourth-and-one play that failed against Miami two weeks ago.
"We've got a half a yard, and obviously I think our guys up front are very good and they can move people," Pease said. "I called it and I knew what they were probably going to go to (defensively). I think that put our guys in too tough a spot.
"I knew they were all going to sink down in there and dive at their feet and just create a mosh pit of humanity. Right after I called it, I knew it. I guess I let my ego get involved a bit that I trust our guys up front. I'm not saying I don't ever trust them, because I always do, but I knew it put those guys in a tough spot. You can't do that.
"I think there was a better option of plays that we had looking back on it, so I probably should have gone with something else."
Robinson's time coming?
After a big buildup in preseason camp, true freshman wide receiver Demarcus Robinson has yet to catch his first collegiate pass. But his opportunities may be coming soon, Pease said.
"I don't know if there's anything specific. He's been in situations where he's targeted and sometimes coverage takes it away," Pease said. "Sometimes he's been there and we haven't got the ball to him. It's just a matter of getting into the flow. I know it's been tough to see, but he's come on in practice. He works hard. He's a very likable kid that I think, it's going to pop here soon."
Robinson was thrown to twice in the UM game on short crossing patterns, but both passes were behind him.
UF offense eager to hit next gear against Tennessee
When your upcoming opponent has just given up 59 points and almost 700 yards of total offense, it's a pretty encouraging thing, admits Florida offensive coordinator Brent Pease.