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Amedeo Della Valle had 15 points, Marc Loving scored a career-high 13 and the bench provided 38 points as the Buckeyes sprinted past Nebraska 84-53 on Saturday.SAN ANTONIO -- Even though it was an ugly victory, the banged-up San Antonio Spurs were just happy to end a three-game losing streak given their troubling rash of recent injuries. Tim Duncan had 23 points and 17 rebounds, Tony Parker added 18 points and 10 assists, and San Antonio rallied past the skidding Sacramento Kings 95-93 on Saturday night. The win came in San Antonios final home game before departing for its annual "Rodeo Road Trip" that lasts nearly a month. "Its huge to start the road trip like that," Parker said. "We needed a win. Obviously we were in a little slump with those three losses. We wanted to get back on the right track." Patty Mills scored 15 points and Boris Diaw added 14 for San Antonio, which wont play at home again until Feb. 26 against Detroit. Despite playing Friday night against the Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento almost spoiled the going-away party for the Spurs. Isaiah Thomas had 26 points, Rudy Gay scored 23 and Derrick Williams added 14 for the Kings, who have lost seven straight. "Were playing the San Antonio Spurs; theyre going to make their runs," Gay said. "Theyre going to make tough plays. They do that time and time again. Its not were surprised that they did that. But we still had a chance to win and I still wish I had the shot back." After scoring 22 points primarily against Marco Belinelli, Gay was limited to one in the fourth with the 6-foot-8 Diaw guarding him. Gay missed a potential game-winning, 15-foot jumper over Diaw with 0.5 seconds remaining. "The rim. The rim," Gay said when asked what he saw on the final shot. "I mean, honestly, I wish I had that one back; I dont think I miss that too many other times." After being outplayed by Gay and Thomas for much of the game, the veteran Spurs took over down the stretch to end their longest losing streak of the season. Parker and Duncan scored San Antonios final eight points, but they also gave Sacramento hope by going 1 for 3 on free throws in the final 12 seconds. Duncan missed both his attempts with the Spurs clinging to a 94-93 lead. "Very, very, very (frustrating)," Duncan said. "Not many times I get that situation. Just disappointed I couldnt step up and knock them out." The Spurs were sluggish on offence with newly signed Shannon& Brown starting and Tiago Splitter returning from injury, giving them their third different starting lineup in three games.dddddddddddd Brown, signed to a 10-day contract, had two points and two rebounds in 14 minutes. "We need minutes," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "We have to use those minutes so that guys that know the system can be out there at the end of the game. Otherwise, theyre going to be too tired at the end. He gave us good minutes so that we could get everybody else in." San Antonio shot 6 for 20 in the third quarter while falling behind by as many as 10 points. Gay and Thomas matched that production themselves, going a combined 6 for 13 in the third. Williams first 3-pointer gave Sacramento a 76-66 lead with 2 minutes left in the third. Matt Bonner hit a 3 for the Spurs and a jumper that tied the game at 85 with 6 minutes remaining. Then he drove the lane for a runner off the glass after Thomas went flying past him at the 3-point line. That gave San Antonio an 87-85 lead, its first since early in the third quarter. "(Bonner) was great," Duncan said. "He stepped up and scored a bunch of points in a row for us. Made some plays for us. Its going to be big for guys to step up as we have people out." The Spurs are still without Manu Ginobili, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, but Splitters return lifted their spirits. Splitter scored only two points but grabbed four rebounds and helped solidify the teams interior defence. "It was great to be back on the court with the guys," Splitter said. "I wasnt that aggressive on offence, but I just tried to help the guys on defence with the coverage and helps. Most importantly, we won, so Im happy." The Kings were missing leading scorer DeMarcus Cousins, who sat out his sixth straight game due to a sprained left ankle. Gay and Thomas made up for his loss offensively, accounting for half of the teams 53 first-half points. NOTES: Splitter got his loudest ovation of the season when he was announced in the starting lineup after missing 12 games with a sprained right shoulder. He came off the bench in the second half. ... Cousins suited up but did not play. He is day to day. ... Ginobili (strained left hamstring), Leonard (broken hand) and Green (broken left index finger) all sat behind the Spurs bench. ' ' '


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Flores v. State, No. 2008 WL 4683960 (Tx. App. October 23, 2008)
Not surprisingly, a Texas appellate court has held that it should not take judicial notice of a Wikipedia article.
Defendant was tried and convicted for cocaine possession. He appealed his sentence, arguing the trial court improperly admitted two oral statements the defendant made while being interrogated. Defendant apparently objected to the method investigators used to interrogate him, because he asked the appellate court to take judicial notice of the Wikipedia entry for the John Reid technique.
Citing to a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this year, the court declined to treat Wikipedia as a "reliable website," instead invoking the overworn observation that Wikipedia's greatest strength (its open platform) is also its greatest weakness.
At least one other court has declined giving judicial notice to a Wikipedia entry. This past May, the defendant in the trademark case Cynergy Ergonomics, Inc. v. Ergonomic Partners, Inc., 2008 WL 2064967 (E.D. Mo. May 14, 2008) asked the court to take judicial notice of the Wikipedia article about DaVinci's Vitruvian Man.
The Cynergy Ergonomics court looked to Fed. R. Evid. 201 which provides that a court may take judicial notice of a fact not in the record where it is "either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned." While not expressly criticizing the reliability of Wikipedia, the court found that the entry did not meet the criteria for judicial notice.
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Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
A stunning romantic tragedy, this seminal ballet is shaped by Tschaikovsky's heartbreakingly beautiful score and the central role of Odette/Odile, an interpretation that is both technically and emotionally demanding.
In 1996 the Royal Danish Ballet presented Peter Martins' new full-length version of Swan Lake, the last of the enduring 19th-century Russian ballets. Although it was also the last of the famed Tschaikovsky-Petipa classics, Swan Lake was actually the composer's first ballet score. It was commissioned in 1875 by the Moscow Imperial Theater, now the Bolshoi Theatre. Tschaikovsky, who thought that ballet was "the most innocent, the most moral of the arts," suggested the libretto. Years earlier, as a family entertainment, he had composed a short ballet based on a German fairy tale about a wicked sorcerer who turns young girls into birds.
Amazingly, the choreographer of the 1877 Moscow premiere (not Petipa) was not inspired by Tschaikovsky's glorious music, the conductor didn't like the score either, and the ballerina declared it too difficult to dance to and substituted her favorite music and choreography from other ballets. The composer blamed himself for the failure and would not write another ballet score for 12 years. When he resumed, it was to compose The Sleeping Beauty in 1890 and The Nutcracker in 1892. Tschaikovsky died the following year. As a memorial, the Imperial Theater in St. Petersburg mounted a production of just the first lakeside scene, Tschaikovsky's second act, where the Prince meets the Swan Queen. Czar Nicholas II was so impressed by the new choreography of Petipa's assistant Lev Ivanov that he ordered the entire ballet be produced, with Petipa staging the first and third acts. It is this 1885 St. Petersburg production with the dual role of Odette and Odile that is the basis for the classic ballet we see today.
While retaining the well-known set pieces from the traditional version by Petipa and Ivanov, Mr. Martins has imbued his production of Swan Lake with the speed and clarity that New York City Ballet is known for. The lakeside scenes are based on the choreography of Balanchine's one-act version. For the divertissements of the "Black Swan" scene, Martins has created a sensuous Russian dance intended as an homage to the exoticism of the early 20th-century Russian artist Leon Bakst. Martins has also set a pas de quatre for three ballerinas and a danseur with complex step combinations and intricate partnering unheard of in the 19th century.
For this production Martins invited Denmark's leading artist, Per Kirkeby, to design the scenery and décor. Kirkeby's paintings, sculpture, and graphic art have been exhibited at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, the Venice Biennale, New York's Museum of Modern Art, Prague's National Gallery, the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, London's Barbican Center, and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, as well as numerous galleries throughout the world, including the Michael Werner Gallery in New York. Kirkeby is also a writer, geologist, filmmaker, and performance artist who has published more than 60 books of poetry, novels, and essays. Kirkeby's costumes for New York City Ballet's Swan Lake are based on the original costumes he designed in collaboration with Kirsten Lund Nielsen for the Royal Danish Ballet production. The evocative lighting design is by Mark Stanley.
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"That these filthy creatures who call themselves humans that are white could and do think they are above the universal laws of nature, God and karma bespeaks the psychological sickness that is now inherent in them because of their unwillingness to change," says Chesterfield County Black Foot Soldier Hampton McKenny. (Source)
"The white man has broken each of the Universe's Divine Laws, grossly violated the human rights of all the non-white citizens of the earth and without regard plundered the earth herself in selfish exploitation of her resources.As such, we must welcome this: the emergence of the universal age of the white man's karmic retribution," says NBFSN Divine Karma interpreter Hallowed Yclept. "We know now that when any atrocity befalls anywhite person at the hands of any person of color it is in accordance with the edict and bounty the universe has issued against them for their Universal Law violations, failure to make restitution for their racial crimes and crimes against the planet." (Source)


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This contribution comes from two W o n d e r f u l British artists off Deviant Art; Calmllama (Joni), and Grinning-Goblin (Gavin). I've not yet spent a whole lot of time on DA, but J&G along with Steve Huczek created a Fantasy Genesis Group page on DA, (of which there are more posts to come with other Deviants work) but they also painted these brilliant pieces with rolls from FG as well! What beautiful creations these two have made, and I couldn't be more geeked in my brain game having played a small "roll" in the inspiration. (see what I've doon there, then.? Forgive.. =)
First two are Joni's watercolours based on a Humanoid roll; what I'm calling - Deer-Frog on a Unicycle ©2010. and a wonderfully odd Creature roll - "Oryctolagus Polypoda." "The Chimera Illusionists of Counter-Earth crash landed in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Laysan Island. Misunderstanding Earth's fauna they created the Oryctolagus polypoda in a misjudged attempt to blend in.." Joni ©2010 I couldn't be more pleased, and they both put a giant land-island sized grin on me jib.. =) Thank you.
I got a little choked up when I saw this, I must admit, but I think you'll agree, it's a very creative tale, and I'm sure Joni and Gav wouldn't mind any praise on Deviant Art that any of us can give. Thanks for all the creativity you two.. More to come from the Deviants, stay tuned !!


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Krokodil: Q&A with Dr. Neil Capretto
Here is a transcript of a Q&A about the drug krokodil with Dr. Neil Capretto, an addiction specialist and the medical director at Gateway Rehabilitation Center.
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What have you gathered about Krokodil?
"This is something we've been hearing about for some time, but mainly in Russia where they have trouble getting heroin, and people in Russia get codeine which is inexpensive and easy to obtain, and they mix it up with solvents like gasoline. And it's a very potent substance -- eight to 10 times stronger than morphine. But the problem is, the things they mix it with, when you inject it intravenously, it's very toxic to human tissue. It can cause rotting, gangrene. People have lost limbs. It's very toxic to the brain. In fact, life expectancy is often only 1 to 2 years once you start using it, and I heard there's over a million people in Russia using it. We've been pretty fortunate. I have not seen a specific case here in the United States. But in the last couple of months, I've heard a number of people -- including some of my patients -- telling me that it's in the area, they've known people who have used it, they've heard about it. We have not confirmed a case. We don't want to overreact, but we don't want to underreact either.
When they are hearing about it, a recovering addict or addicts right now, what are they saying about it? Do they want it?
"Well, as I talked to a young person today who heard about it, and heard about the danger but heard about the potency, he said, 'The crazy thing is, my first thought is, 'I wonder what it feels like, I'd like to try it,' And that's the insanity of addiction -- not worrying about what's going to happen to you two years or even two weeks from now. It's, 'What do I need in the next two minutes to get my fix?' The brain literally gets hijacked by the disease.
"And we are vulnerable here in the United States, particularly western Pennsylvania, because of this epidemic of opioid prescription medicine and heroin together. There are more people addicted to opioids than at any time ever, leading to record numbers of overdose deaths, so any time a new product comes in that is potent at a reasonable price and it's another opioid, it can find a market. Hopefully that will not be the case because this is very bad news and very deadly. I hope more of this is just rumors than facts, but I'm hearing more of it."
There seem to be two factors why it's possible yet unlikely: Codeine isn't easily accessible here, and heroin is still rather cheap?
Correct. Heroin is still a major problem here. The new heroin over the last several years is very potent but it's very inexpensive. Codeine in Russia is cheaper than it is in the United States and you need a prescription, although people seem to have no trouble getting prescription medicines on the street. But people can go to Russia to buy it, just like they go to Mexico to make methamphetamine and sell it in the United States. So if some organized crime -- just like the Mexican gangs come up and sell methamphetamine in the United States, people from Russia might try to make money in the United States. Hopefully that's not the case. But that's certainly a possibility.
Rumors that stronger heroin is coming into the Pittsburgh area?
Some of the ramifications we've heard locally because of the fear of it (Krokodil) coming in, or the belief that it might be here -- what some of my patients are telling me is that the drug dealers are now bringing in stronger heroin into the Pittsburgh area from Philadelphia and New Jersey to compete with it. In fact, a man I saw who averaged 10 to 20 bags of heroin a day last week used just three bags and became unconscious and overdosing, his life was saved by using some Narcan, and he said his dealer said they're trying to get stronger heroin to compete with what they believe could be the Krokodil coming in."


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Electrical problem started blaze
The Maine state fire marshal's office says an early morning fire that killed a man in Bethel was caused by an electrical problem.
Authorities have identified the victim as 39-year-old Joshua Piawlock. He was found in his second-floor bedroom after fire swept through the house.
Authorities say an examination by the state medical examiner's office has determined that he died from smoke inhalation.
Piawlock's longtime girlfriend -- 52-year-old Lucinda Bilodeau -- and the couple's 18-year-old son were able to escape. Authorities say both suffered minor smoke inhalation and Bilodeau was treated for minor burns.
The fire started in wiring in a wall on the first floor and destroyed the two-story building.
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Justen Mann (pictured right) and his partner Warren Freyfield are the owners of the newest retail shop in the King Street District, Beer:30
There is no denying that King Street is the place to be and open a business these days. One of the newest to open is also one of the coolest and most obvious of all: Beer:30. Join us after the jump for a photo tour of the small but well turned out shop on King Street. MetroJacksonville, represented by David Paulk, interviews owner Warren Freyfield.
David Paulk, for MetroJacksonville.com interviewed Justen on opening night:
What gave you the idea to open a craft beer store?
-Back in December we went up to watch the jags and falcons game in Atlanta and a friend took him to a beer store and as soon as he walked in the store he said "Wow, this place would do so well in Riverside".
Do you have any previous experience in the beer industry or in another form of retail?
-I have worked retail when I was younger, but never as an owner or manager.
What did you do prior to opening the store?
-I have another business that is a waste and recycling company. This was just a side project that we decided to do.
Have you been a craft beer enthusiast for a long time, or is this a recent development?
-Back in college there was a good beer store right across the street from my house. Every day I would head over there and grab a different six pack. That was about twelve years ago or so, and I've been drinking them ever since.
What made you choose King Street/ Riverside?
-There are so many breweries here in addition to Kickback's, Pele's, and this street has so many beer places, but they don't have a package store. It was all draft, which is awesome, but sometimes you want to take some beer home and drink it there.
Are you going to have tastings or other events to help get the community involved?
-I would like to do tastings, so we are going to do tastings and samplings and then we can host events and do fundraisers or collaborative events with restaurants. To do that we need to get a license, so that is the next step.
How soon until you're able to start doing tastings?
-Hopefully within the next month. We are going to start doing the license next week, and then it is just a matter of getting it processed.
Have the neighborhood organizations been helpful to you in the process of opening your business?
-Organizations? No. They haven't been helpful or hurtful, other than giving us parameters for our sign for the building. The neighborhood itself has been super welcoming. People have come by and said hey and welcomed us to the neighborhood or dropped stuff off. The guy from Pele's just brought me a pizza a second ago to say 'welcome to the neighborhood'. So everybody has been real welcoming. It's been awesome.
How did you choose your selection of beers?
-We have 5 distributors, but we target domestic (American-made), craft beers. We have brought in almost everything we could, right about 650 beers. There are probably a few more that we could get over time, but almost any domestic craft beer you could get in Jacksonville, we have already brought it in.
Out of the whole store, what is your favorite beer?
-Good question. I would say Bell's Double Cream Stout. We actually have sold out of it because I keep pushing it on people.
How could someone who is not that into craft beer come to the store and start to build their taste for it and grow their interest?
-The cool thing about this is that there is such a big selection that you can start off with something that is not that "beer-y". We have ciders, we have light beers, and we have fruit beers, so it is an easy transition. You can work your way up the ladder if you want to get to the 'hoppier' beers, the heavier beers, the stouts, that kind of stuff.
I noticed you keep Bud Light in the back. Is there a reason for that?
-We're not sure if it's going to sell. We have debated on whether we were going to bring it in or not. We figured somebody might come in and that's just what they want. We are all about having the most variety possible, so if that's what we have to do… If it doesn't sell we will stop selling it, but we'll just have to see how it goes.
Have you had any interaction with Grassroots about you opening a store down the road?
-Preben (-Olsen, beer buyer for Grassroots) was actually in here about an hour ago and he bought a six pack he wished us luck and welcomed us to the neighborhood. They have more of an import market and it's a little bit higher end. We are doing the domestic craft, so yeah we are going to compete a little bit, but I think it will be very beneficial to be able to refer customers between the two stores. We'll see how it goes.
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text: Digital Every Picture (and Tweet, and Clip) Tells a Story Social startup Storify is capturing the imagination of journalists and brandsBy Tim Peterson|May 7, 2012 Share By Tim Peterson|May 7, 2012 Share With the presidential elections underway and the Olympics coming up, this is a big year for event-driven journalism—and for social publishing tool Storify. Storify built its name on enabling reporters, bloggers or anyone to aggregate status updates, tweets, links and YouTube videos and embed them into a blog-style, continuous-stream article treatment that can then live on a site of one's choosing. The concept is fairly simple: capture as much content as possible on a particular topic from numerous voices across the Web in an easy-to-consume format. The product launched in closed beta in fall 2010 before rolling out to the public last spring. While the startup has grown from its two co-founders to a crew of only six full-timers, co-founder Burt Herman said 22 of the top 25 U.S. news sites use Storify as do the Obama and Romney campaigns as well as brands including Dell, General Electric, IBM, Adobe, Virgin America and Samsung. (Storify does not yet sell advertising.) Reuters social media editor Anthony De Rosa has been on Storify since its beta period. "We actually featured a story during the U.K. riots on the front page that was completely built using Storify," he said. "There've been moments here or there where it's gone beyond just bloggers using it, and I think you're starting to see more and more it's going out to much larger audiences at bigger name media organizations." Besides Reuters, The Washington Post also uses Storify. Herman said an immediate priority is to capitalize on Storify's growing readership. "What we want to do moving forward is leverage the fact that we have basically the top curators, but now we [also] have a lot of people reading the stories," he said. "[Those readers] don't have as much that they can actually do [with the content] and not everybody is going to create a story in Storify, so we really want to enable the readers to do curation on a smaller scale." Last Friday, Storify announced it was expanding readers' ability to comment on or share any element within a Storify post to a larger number of social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Google+, as well as email. Expanded, user-driven distribution is one way Storify looks to expand its reach, but not the only one. Last month, the company signed its first syndication deal with news aggregator Pulse to distribute stories from top users through the mobile and tablet app. Storify partnered with Pulse "to show that we want to help our creators get an audience for what they do and enable the stories to go anywhere," said Herman. Storify plans to sign on more syndication partners, he said, singling out Internet portals as a possibility. Share http://adweek.it/2kNpNgM copy Adweek Adweek


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Btw: What are you using to turn on/off this actuator? Maybe that can already be switched fast enough to work as PWM?
The device will see zero volts, as you're shorting its input :-)You want to move the "-" lead to the "-" that's on the bottom-left of the leftmost battery.Also note that the current draw on that battery will be higher than the draw on the top battery. Thus, it may discharge quicker.
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2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Awarded Books That Explore Lincoln's Relationship with Border States, Jag Joseph Holt
Source: Gettysburg College Newswise, 2-10-12
The 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, which includes an award of $50,000, will go to co-winners William C. Harris of North Carolina State University, for "Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the Union," (Kansas) and Elizabeth D. Leonard of Colby College, for "Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky" (UNC Press).
The Prize is awarded by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The winners were chosen from 116 nominations. Each will receive $25,000 and a bronze replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens's life-size bust, "Lincoln the Man" in a ceremony April 11 in New York City.
The Prize was co-founded in 1990 by businessmen and philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, co-chairmen of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York and co-creators of the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the largest private archives of documents and artifacts in the nation. The Institute is devoted to history education, supporting history theme schools, teacher training, digital archives, curriculum development, exhibitions and publications, and the national History Teacher of the Year Award program.
In his book, Harris covers Lincoln's often desperate efforts to keep the border states within the Union during the first months of the Civil War, with a focus on three states: Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Harris's study is thorough and well researched, and emphasizes Lincoln's careful moderation in dealing with an issue that he himself believed was crucial to the survival of the country. Harris clearly develops the various aspects of loyalty in the three states under examination, and illuminates Lincoln's emerging management style.
In her book, Leonard provides a thorough biography of a man who played a role in four presidential administrations, Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky. She portrays Holt as an interesting personality with strengths, weaknesses, quirks and integrity, and provides a new perspective on emancipation in Kentucky, as evidenced by Holt himself, a slave-owner, who later supported emancipation. The discussion of Holt's role as judge advocate general in the Lincoln administration provides information about Lincoln's wartime efforts regarding emancipation and civil liberties.
"This year's winners — William Harris's 'Lincoln and the Border States' and Elizabeth Leonard's 'Lincoln's Forgotten Ally' — both tell important stories in wonderfully readable prose, while deepening our understanding of Lincoln and the Civil War era," said Gilder Lehrman Institute President James G. Basker. "These are both 'must reads' for anyone who cares about the complex political challenges Lincoln and his government faced during the worst crisis in our country's history."
"Gettysburg College is proud to have the opportunity to partner with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in the presentation of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize to these two excellent books that extend our understanding of Abraham Lincoln's leadership and the role played by of one of his most loyal supporters," said Gettysburg College President Janet Morgan Riggs.
The three-member 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize jury — United States Naval Academy Professor Emeritus and 2011-2012 Class of 1957 Distinguished Professor of American Naval Heritage Craig L. Symonds, who won the 2009 Lincoln Prize for "Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War"; American diplomat and historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor, who won the 2008 Lincoln Prize for "Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee through his Private Letters"; and Professor of History at South Carolina State University Stanley Harrold, who received a 2011 Lincoln Prize honorable mention for "Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War" — considered 116 titles before recommending the finalists to the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Board which makes the final decision.
In addition to Gilder, Lehrman, Basker and Riggs, the Board includes Gettysburg College Trustees Emeritus Edwin T. Johnson and James R. Thomas.
Past Lincoln Prize winners include Ken Burns in 1991 for his documentary, "The Civil War," Allen Guelzo for his books, "Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President" in 2000 and "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America" in 2005 and Doris Kearns Goodwin in 2006 for her book, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."
About Harris
A prominent Lincoln and Civil War historian, Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University William C. Harris is the author of ten books, including "With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union," Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award winner "Lincoln's Last Month," and Henry Adams Prize winner "Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency." He is also the recipient of The Lincoln Diploma of Honor presented by Lincoln Memorial University.
About Leonard
A Civil War and American women's history expert, Elizabeth D. Leonard is the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History at Colby College and the author of five books, including "All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies" and "Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion after the Civil War," both selections for the History Book Club. She is a member of the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians and Southern Historical Association.
About the Honorable Mention Recipient
In addition to the two winners, Barbara A. Gannon, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, was awarded an honorable mention for "The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic" (UNC Press).
Gannon's book examines how black Union veterans crafted their own narrative of the Civil War, and how they reinforced this narrative with one another at their post-war Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) meetings. Gannon examines not only the activities of black GAR chapters, but also notes the rather startling fact that there were a number of racially integrated chapters. She demonstrates how shared suffering and sentimentalism counteracted racism, to a degree, among veterans in what was a profoundly racist era.
About the Finalists
William A. Dobak, "Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867" (U.S. Army Center for Military History) is a comprehensive history of black Union troops during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The book concentrates on the formation, training and operations of black troops, as well as the social, political and racial context.
Amanda Foreman, "A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War" (Random House) covers not only the perception of Britons about what was going on in the United States 1861-65, but also offers views of the war itself through the prism of a number of British subjects who were volunteers on one side or the other.
William G. Thomas, "The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America" (Yale) is an outgrowth of the "Railroads and the Making of Modern America" digital archive project. This book illuminates the critical impact of railroad construction, railroad management and the boost railroads provided to regional development during and after the Civil War era.
Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. Alumni include Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate, and other distinguished scholars. The college, which enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students, is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, founded in 1994, is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the Gilder Lehrman Collection and conducts history education programs in all fifty states, serving more than 150,000 teachers, their students and communities, across the country every year.


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There are so many things wrong on so many levels with this story that I'm not sure where to begin. Let's just get straight to it. A Brooklyn high school assistant principal has been stripped of his duties after it was discovered that he sent almost 3,000 text messages to one of his students in three months. He's married. She's 18. They apparently do nothing -- I mean NOTHING -- but text. And, if you can believe it, the guy is claiming he did nothing wrong! He was just helping her out with her problems! Excuse me while I call bullshit.
It all started when another student observed some unprincipal-like behavior between Christian Del Re, 32, and his female student. Some of the suspicious behavior reportedly included him playing with the girl's hair and her leaving his car. That's when officials discovered 3,000 text messages (along with some 3 a.m. phone calls!) between the two over 90 days.
But ... get this. Both student and principal say he did nothing wrong. Both say the principal "never touched" the girl. He says that he was merely helping the girl with some issues. He reportedly told investigators that the girl "would talk to him about problems at school, problems with other students and problems with her boyfriend."
How is this an excuse?! Is he a counselor? Is he a therapist? Is he the world's savior? Did he do this for the male students too? Did he tell his wife about the texts and calls since they were so innocent?
Parents send their kids to school to learn and to be taken care of by mature, responsible adults. Any adult who can find 3,000 messages to tap out to a teen girl a) isn't performing his job, and b) isn't mature and responsible. What about this girl made her so worthy of so much individual attention? Hmmm. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this girl wasn't a toothless hunchback.
Many of you will probably ask why the teen's parents weren't checking her cellphone. It's a good question, but a better question is, Why is a 31-year-old principal texting his student?? Considering the texts all happened over a short period of time, and considering she may have deleted them as they came in, let's not play "blame the mother."
Anyway, officials say they are seeking this guy's termination, but they also say he's been "reassigned." Does that mean to another school? Hope not.
Do you think a principal should text a student under any circumstances?
Image via kiwanja/Flickr


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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Allen Huddleston scored 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting including three 3-pointers and Fresno State imposed its will on San Diego Christian in the second half, outscoring the Hawks 45-22 to go on and win 84-49 on Thursday night.
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The Revs will play 15 regular-season MLS games at Gillette Stadium this year, including the home opener on Saturday, April 10, against Toronto.
The home schedule also features the following rivalry matches:
- local foe New York Red Bulls on Saturday, May 29;
- arch-rival Chicago Fire on Sunday, June 27;
- the LA Galaxy on Saturday, July 10;
- D.C. United's only trip to Foxborough on Saturday, Aug. 7;
- three-time championship foe Houston Dynamo on Saturday, Aug. 14;
- reigning MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake on Saturday, Oct. 2;
- budding rival Kansas City Wizards on Saturday, Oct. 16
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text: This is a little thing I wrote up in response to a question about REAL winter riders in another forum. I finally updated this as of 8.29.2010 to be a little less militant, more helpful, and incorporate some of what other people have been doing. It's been great to see people posting about their experiences. In the fall of 2002, I bought a BMW F650GS and rode it through 2 and a half winters as my primary commuter. I wore out four sets of studded tires, which adds up to around 12k miles on studded tires. I learned many lessons, but the most important was that (without heated gear) at a certain point, highway speeds aren't safe for extended periods. I was experiencing the first stages of hypothermia on nearly every ride under 10F on my 32 mile freeway commute across Denver. At that point I started to rethink my bike-only strategy. Here are some other things I learned: Success depends a lot on the bike, and a lot on the rider. If you're new to riding, starting on the snow cold be a pretty bad idea, especially if you're going to be in traffic. Here's a few other things to think about: Ground Clearance: If your engine sits 5" off the ground, then a 6" pile of snow will cause your engine to push against it and you'll lose momentum. Now apply this to 2 FEET of snow (parking lots and residential streets) and you'll be doing a LOT of work to get the bike through. It's a workout on your body and your clutch. Seat Height: You're gonna use your feet. It's not pussing out to dab in the snow. I use a foot outrigger at speeds from 0-75MPH when the bike slides, wobbles, or when I got bored. On snow and ice your foot glides along and it's a great balancing tool. You don't want to be 4 feet off the ground or you'll be falling over all the time. Also, think of the leverage you'll need to hold yourself up if your feet have no grip- you want to be able to lock that foot way out from the bike and make your tripod bigger. Compatible Wheels: It helps to have REAL DOT knobbies if you want a reliable snow bike. Others have done great with a more street-oriented dual-sort tire like Gripsters, but they're not ideal for a lot of fresh snow and slush. I used Kenda Trakmaster IIs because they're cheap and last at least 3,000 miles with the studs. I had one front go 8k. They make them in a 17" up to 160mm wide. If you don't have a 21" front rim, you may have to use a rear-use tire on the front which KILLS your cornering confidence and ability. Basically, you turn like a rookie when you're running that setup but It's stable. A 21" Dunlop D606 I put on a KLR650 one year handled great on the dry and took studs with no problems. My F650GS with the 19" rear on the front end was miserable in the corners. Weight: I believe heavier is better- more weight on each knob gets it farther into the snow and makes things more stable. I.E. a 200lb dirtbike will be a handfull and my 400lb BMW will ride smoothly. I also tried to keep the tank full when I knew it was going to snow. Keep in mind this is more weight you'll have to hold up in the slippery stuff and more weight to potentially pick up if you go down. (2010 note: I'm going to try studding a 300lb WR250R this year, so we'll see how that goes.) If you only have a sportbike the above info means: a) You can stud an SV650, F2, F3, or any other sportbike with a 160 rear and 120 front but you'll probably have to remove both fenders. b) Your sportbike will SUCK in deep snow and dry pavement. c) It'll kick ass in compact snow and ice (with studded tires) because of the horsepower, weight, and low genter of gravity. If you have a bigger dual sport this gets much easier. Studs: I use street-legal automobile studs on knobby tires. Ice screws, sheet metal screws, and spikes aren't what I'm talking about. Sheet metal screws can be used in an emergency, but tire studs have been proven to help a motorcycle get around handily on snow and ice. There's a mostly helpful instructional website for studding here, or you can read on for how others are doing it. Stopping with studs: If you have studs, you have to slow down on dry pavement and leave greater braking distances. The only part of the tire you need to stud is the middle and that's what you stop with. You'll also engine-brake a lot more because locking the front becomes a lot easier with less rubber and more metal on the ground. I slide the rear end a lot at stops with the engine and it's pretty effective. On snow, slush, and dry pavement, my stopping distance is about the same. On ice, it all depends on how fast you're going. This doesn't mean your stopping distances will double, only that you'll have to ride less aggressively if you're an aggressive rider. If you're a calmer rider, you may not even notice a difference. The Good Stuff: You can maintain a pretty high rate of speed without the instability that you'll get in a car- basically because the gyroscopic forces of a bike wheel have more effect than car wheels. This means you can do normal highway speeds on the highway... in anything but unpacked snow over 2-3". I've seen indicated speeds of 85MPH on compact snow- with NO traffic around me. I can accelerate with minimal slipping on any surface faster than any 4X4 I've met. In a straight line, the traction is unbeatable on the snow and corners can be taken at a reasonable pace if you know what you're doing. Changes of direction need to be planned and executed with a decent amount of concentration. Fast avoidance maneuvers are possible depending on conditions but I try not to get into situations requiring them. I can "legally" drift-turn around corners and basically play around in the snow and I've never been pulled over on a snow day. The vibe I get from cops I've spoken to is as long as I'm not crashing, I'm golden. Snow Slapper: The big thing to watch for is strips of snow left unpacked or tire tracks that cross your path at an angle other than 90 degrees or the big one: snowplow tailings. Since everything is white it's hard to guage the height of these tracks and your bike will change course a little bit and you'll feel REALLY unstable. Staying on the throttle and maintaining your composure is important at any speed. Obviously this can happen anywhere and it takes a long time to get used to. Crashing: I've never crashed on the street with studs. I did lowside in a parking lot at 10mph trying to drift turn with a passenger. We both slid softly to a stop and got right up. Passengers: It can be done safely but I only reccomend taking passengers with a LOT of riding experience who ride very neutral- any movement can bring you down around a corner or over a bump. See above. Studless: I've done it. I'd do it again on knobbier tires but not street tires: A flat surface will compress snow and make it slippery while a bumpy surface will compress snow and maintain some grip in it. I prefer riding without studs on sanded snow but once rode about 20 miles of highway in 1-2" of fresh snow at an average speed of 45MPH on Dunlop D607s. It can be done, but I wouldn't bet my job on being able to make it to work every day on non-studded tires. There's no way I could have made it to work every day for 2 winters without them. Update: on an '81 XT250 with bare knobbies, I found it difficult to navigate city streets that had a base of packed snow. It was really slick and I fell once in the middle of the road. In fresh, untraveled snow, I was fine, but once I was on the streets it became pretty dangerous. Sanded roads are much easier than unsanded. Chains: Sweet. Great traction, easily installed and removed, but a less balanced, more bumpy ride. Great for emergencies or the occasional fun ride. Crash and AnnieGS have pioneered a lot of chain stuff, but I have never used them. Dirt: Like a car, your bike will get REALLY dirty when it snows. So will you. Get tough gear that will last sand rubbing into it and ice forming on it. You can't be afraid to scratch your bike and you may go a month without being able to wash it because of sub-freezing temps. Gear: Before heated grips or electric clothing, I recommend an electric visor. The HJC CS-12 fits a snowmobile visor that runs a cord to the bike battery. This keeps ice from forming on your shield and lets you maintain visibility without fog and without developing frostnip on your face from leaving the visor open. The visor says not for street use right on it- it won't take a hit like a solid street visor but my opinion is that it's safer to see than to have the strongest equipment. Without an electric visor, falling snow and spray can cake on your faceshield and eventualy entirely obstruct your vision. A finger-squeegee helps a ton, too. I've worn a Firstgear Kilimanjaro jacket for 2 years in the snow and waterproof them once a year. I also wear Coldwave Sno/Ice bibs and Baffin boots. I prefer wearing waterproof motocross boots because the armor is nice to have when bumping off of big chunks of ice from trucks but it's hard to find a cheap pair that'll keep the waterproofing longer than a few snow days. I've never worn electric clothing, mainly because of power restrictions on my bike. Instead, I layer up. My gloves vary but I tend to prefer my lobster claw ice-climbing cloves in extremely cold weather. Experience: On my BMW F650GS in a bad winter storm with sleet, snow, ice, and generally awful conditions on my 32 mile commute between Broomfield and Aurora, CO. On a Honda Ruckus with studded 10" tires, I found that packed snow was lots of fun, but tracked snow and loose snow was miserable because of the tiny wheel diameter- the small wheels followed tracks randomly. In Denver, we experience storms that accumulate fresh snow in a hurry and we see a lot of fresh snow and churned snow/slush. We also see ice and compact snow, but less often as it melts quickly in the Colorado sun. The studs I used made the ice and compact snow simple. The harder parts for me have always been how to deal with the snow and the muck left by snowplows, sand trucks, and traffic.


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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, couldn't find work at a national law firm after her graduation. She finished third out of her class of 102 students at Stanford Law, but the closest she came to a job offer was the position of legal secretary.
That kind of rejection wasn't likely to deter a woman who kept a pet bobcat as a child. Raised on the Lazy B cattle ranch in Arizona and often left to fend for herself, O'Connor grew up resourceful and focused on getting the job done--whatever the job might be. She worked as a public attorney in California and Arizona, took five years off to raise her children and finally sat on the Arizona Court of Appeals before President Ronald Reagan named her to the nation's high court in 1981.
O'Connor handled the intense press surrounding her appointment with humor, while never downplaying the historical significance of her new job. When the New York Times carelessly referred to the "nine men of SCOTUS" (the Supreme Court Of The United States) in a 1983 editorial, she wrote a playful rebuke signed by "FWOTSC" (the First Woman Of The Supreme Court).
Like most Supreme Court Justices, O'Connor soon became a frequent public speaker. Some of her earliest speaking lessons came at the El Paso, Texas, Radford School for Girls, where one of her elementary teachers, Miss Fireovid, made her recite poetry, read aloud and give speeches before the class to help her overcome her shyness. "It is something that probably helped me the rest of my life," O'Connor said.
Her most-quoted speech is "Portia's Progress," delivered at the New York University Law School in 1991 on the 100th anniversary of the school's admission of women. The occasion and the topic--focused on the history and prospects of women in the law--was a natural for O'Connor. What can you learn from this famous speech?
- Don't be afraid to be contrary. Ten years after her appointment to the Supreme Court, O'Connor had learned confound expectations. The speech skewers the myth of the "True Woman"--unsuited for argument, best kept at home and out of the public fray--that barred women from the law for hundreds of years. But O'Connor also disappointed many women with this speech by rejecting what she called a "new feminism," which suggested women had different (and perhaps more useful) aptitude and style than men when it came to the law.
- Take advantage of speaking opportunities when you're the ultimate insider. Who better to give a speech about the progress of women in the law than the first woman to reach the pinnacle of the profession? O'Connor shares her personal experiences behind most of the topics in this talk, from her rejection by private firms to the difficulties of blending work and family. She also gave the audience an insider's perspective on how and why the Court ruled on the latest cases regarding women in the workplace.
- Use quotes that say it all. Like most lawyers, O'Connor layered her talk with case names and decision minutiae that can make a non-legal mind wander. But the talk remains lively with her choice to include colorful, often stinging quotes from the people involved. My favorite comes from Clara Shortridge Foltz, the first woman lawyer in California. When an opposing attorney suggested Foltz should be at home raising children, Foltz replied, "A woman had better be in almost any business than raising such men as you."
Since her retirement, O'Connor has given several forceful and surprisingly candid speeches about judicial activism and the need for an independent judiciary. The most pointed of these speeches, delivered at Georgetown University in 2006, was not recorded at O'Connor's request. But here's a shorter take on the topic from 2008:


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Director MJ Delaney's feature debut, based on hit Edinburgh play, is shooting now in London.
Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, singer Kate Nash and Oona Chaplin are among the cast on MJ Delaney's feature debut Powder Room, previously announced by Screen (under the previous title When Women Wee).
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Damian Jones and James Cotton are producing the comedy about a young woman - played by Smith - whose life is turned upside down on a big night out. Riann Steele, Sarah Hoare, Lashana Lynch and Antonia Bernath are also among the cast.
Rachel Hirons has scripted the feature, which is based on the successful Edinburgh Fringe hit When Women Wee. Shooting takes place at 3 Mills Studios and on location around London.
Commercials director Delaney is best known for her YouTube sensation spoof Newport State of Mind and Channel 4's Ben and Lump.
Acclaimed singer Nash has recently had roles in Daniel Algrant's Greetings from Tim Buckley and Aram Michael Rappaport's Syrup.


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On the contrary, designers over at Versace have also been expressing their interest in luxury home furnishings. Their home line of Italian fashion delivers a new line of fashion and style with the Bubble Sofa. The sofa design is a unique approach to luxury furnishing and is available in two styles; white and clean or colorful and versatile. Each one delivers a bold spirit of individual interior fashion that is certain to give any room a fresh new attitude.
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Those are interesting stats on the FYLSE, good old fashioned correspondence beats out online and fixed facility in the pass rates. My theory is that no amount of tech or classroom can compensate for lack of rote memorization for these students.
. Keeping in mind that CA has the toughest bar exam in the nation...
Many T1 out of state law schools had pass rates which were significantly lower than CA T4s. I understand that bar pass rates are not the only metric to consider when evaluating schools, but I also think it speaks to the absurdity of the rankings scheme.
Quote from: Roald on July 18, 2012, 03:40:45 PM. Keeping in mind that CA has the toughest bar exam in the nation...Why? Because so many people fail? You don't think the fact that so many people fail has something to do with the fact that virtually every other state requires ABA accreditation?http://www.protectconsumerjustice.org/california-bar-exam-pass-rates-by-law-school.htmlSeems like the bar passage rates for most of the schools in CA is 80% or higher. This red herring that California has the hardest bar exam simply because so many people fail it doesn't really bear scrutiny.The reality is that California lets a whole lot of people sit for the bar exam who are grossly unqualified in most other states.A few of them pass, and that's great. But let's not delude ourselves into thinking that so many fail because the bar exam is so much harder. It's far more likely that so many fail because they shouldn't be sitting for the bar exam in the first place and in most other states, they wouldn't be allowed to.


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The Gospel of the Christ: Should We Continue Using the Phrase "Crossless Gospel?"
Dear Guests of IDOTG:
Earlier this month I had the privilege of introducing the new book by Pastor Tom Stegall, The Gospel of the Christ: A Biblical response to the Crossless Gospel Regarding the Contents of Saving Faith.
In Tom Stegall's introduction of his book he noted:
"My objective in writing the book was to provide a biblical response to the controversy within the Free Grace community over the subject of the 'crossless gospel' and the contents of saving faith. Part I of the book lays the groundwork by introducing the problem of the crossless/promise-only/Grace Evangelical Society (GES) gospel and its associated doctrines. The remainder of the book still interacts with the new GES theology but it is primarily an exegetical synthesis of dozens of key passages involving the terms 'gospel' and 'Christ'."
Let's continue with the eighth in the series of excerpts from Tom Stegall's book.
Should We Continue Using the Phrase "Crossless Gospel?"
In spite of the ample documentation demonstrating the accuracy of the phrase, "crossless gospel," some advocates of this view still insist it is an inappropriate and misleading description of their position. Though the phrase "crossless gospel" is certainly not needed in order to defend the biblical veracity of the "traditional" Free Grace gospel that is espoused in this book, a word of clarification about the legitimacy of its use is in order here due to the vehement protests of some crossless proponents that this phrase should be stricken from use.
It must be recognized that the leaders of the new gospel have not given their doctrine their own self-descriptive title or label. They prefer to continue bearing the mantle, "Free Grace," believing that their view represents the embodiment of the most biblically consistent and accurate doctrine of salvation among Free Grace people. Some vocal proponents of the crossless position, who are not necessarily the leading teachers and formulators of it, have begun using the designations, "Consistent Free Grace" and "Refined Free Grace" to distinguish their position. They are convinced that their position is more biblically consistent and thus a refinement rather than an abandonment of the Free Grace position. They prefer to call the position defended in this book the "Traditional Free Grace" view, portraying the current controversy as a choice between either biblical refinement or theological "tradition." Which sounds more appealing to you? Of course, we all want to be more biblically consistent and not follow "the tradition of men" (Col. 2:8).
But are such designations truly accurate and appropriate? Should Grace people begin using this kind of phraseology? Should the Free Grace community even use the expressions "crossless" or "crossless gospel" to designate this new form of the saving message? What designations or labels should we use, if any, now that a major doctrinal shift has taken place within our own theological camp?
Let's face it; few of us like the labels that are assigned by those who oppose our beliefs. We would much prefer to create our own designations in order to present our beliefs in the most favorable and acceptable light. But the real question with any label is not whether people like it, but whether it is accurate, appropriate, and able to be used honestly in the sight of God. I am convinced that the phrase "crossless gospel" meets each of these criteria. It is biblically accurate and can be applied with integrity to the current controversy, even while admitting the possibility that other theological labels may be used for the new, aberrant Free Grace position that may prove more fitting and may eventually replace the phrase "crossless gospel."
Please continue to- Is the Gospel Still the "Saving Message?"
For a companion article see- Is the "Crossless" Label the Right Label?
Editor's Note: The Crossless Gospel was originated by the late Zane Hodges. This is the most egregious form of reductionist soteriology ever introduced to the New Testament church by one of its own. No one in Christian circles outside the membership and friends of the Grace Evangelical Society (Bob Wilkin, Executive Director) believes in and/or advocates this reductionist assault on the Gospel, i.e. the necessary content of saving faith. For related reading and discussion see these articles.
The Gospel Under Siege by the Very Man Who Wrote the Book On It
GES Reductionist Affirmation of Faith
The Hollow "Gospel" of the Grace Evangelical Society
Zane Hodges: Drifting Far Off the Marker
Is "RE-DEFINED" Free Grace Theology- Free Grace Theology?
Free Grace Theology: What Every Advocate of Lordship Salvation Should Know


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Hold onto your hats, folks. The ONC has taken an official interest in blockchain technology, a move which suggests that it's becoming a more mainstream technology in healthcare.
As you may know, blockchain is the backbone for the somewhat shadowy world of bitcoin, a "cryptocurrency" whose users can't be traced. (For some of you, your first introduction to cryptocurrency may have been when a Hollywood, CA hospitals was forced to pay off ransomware demands with $17K in bitcoins.)
But despite its use by criminals, blockchain still has great potential for creating breakthroughs for legitimate businesses, notably banking and healthcare. Look at dispassionately, a blockchain is just a distributed database, one which maintains a continuously growing list with data records hardened against tampering and revision.
Right now, the most common use the blockchain is to serve as a public ledger of bitcoin transactions. But the concept is bubbling up in the healthcare world, with some even suggesting that blockchain should be used to tackle health data security problems.
And now, the ONC has shown interest in this technology, soliciting white papers that offer thoughtful take on how blockchain can help meet important healthcare industry objectives.
The whitepaper, which may not be no longer than 10 pages, must be submitted by July 29. (Want to participate, but don't have time to write the paper yourself? Click here.) Papers must discuss the cryptography and underlying fundamentals of blockchain technology, explain how the use of blockchain can meet industry interoperability needs, patient centered outcomes research, precision medicine and other healthcare delivery needs, as well as offering recommendations for blockchain's implementation.
The ONC will choose eight winning papers from among the submissions. Winning authors will have an opportunity to present the paper at a Blockchain & Healthcare Workshop held at NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD on September 26th and 27th.
In hosting this contest, ONC is lending blockchain approaches in healthcare a level of credibility they might not have had in the past. But there's already a lot of discussion going on about blockchain applications for health IT.
So what are people talking about where blockchain IT is concerned? In one LinkedIn piece, consultant Peter Nichol argues that blockchain can address concerns around scalability and privacy electronic medical records. He also suggests that blockchain technology can provide patients with more sophisticated privacy control of their personal health information, for example, providers can enhance health data security by letting patients combine their own blockchain signature with a hospital's signature.
But obviously, ONC leaders think there's a lot more that can be done here. And I'm pretty confident that they're right. While I'm no security or cryptocurrency expert, I know that when a technology has been kicked around for several years, and used for a sensitive function like financial exchange without racking up any major failures, it's got to be pretty solid. I'm eager to see what people come up with!


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A new update has just gone live in the Great Realm. Please see below for more details:
The Trixter specialty is out of early access and the price has been lowered.
Many changes with The Gauntlet to make it more accessible and fun.
* All rounds are just one fight now.
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Numerous changes with Conquests to make them more approachable and enjoyable.
* Reduced the difficulty to complete.
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Manchester United are looking to have the British record signing of Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria wrapped up on Tuesday.
United have made no official comment on the matter, but it is understood a fee has been agreed between the Red Devils and Real that will eclipse the British record £50million Chelsea paid to Liverpool for Fernando Torres in 2011, with reports putting the figure at a minimum of £59.7m.
It is also understood Di Maria - who bid farewell to his Real team-mates on Sunday - was flying to Manchester on Monday ahead of a medical.
And the expectation is that the deal will be complete within around 24 hours, although not in time for the Argentina international to be involved in United's Capital One Cup tie at MK Dons on Tuesday night.
The 26-year-old would be set for a debut in Saturday's Premier League match at Burnley.
United boss Louis van Gaal would neither confirm nor deny anything with regard to the Di Maria situation after his side's 1-1 league draw at Sunderland on Sunday.
Van Gaal said: ''I cannot say anything about transfers, you have to understand that. When a transfer has been finished, then we can say something. But now you have to wait and see.
''When the moment is there, Manchester United shall announce it.''
He added with a smile: ''It is not only Di Maria - maybe (Arturo) Vidal or (Lionel) Messi! We are a big club.''
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Course Tour - "Mini" HMBIM
Sep 11, 2013
With race day fast approaching, we've come to our 4th and final HMBIM Course Tour hosted by the Coastside Running Club and Sunday Run Group. Take this wonderful opportunity to come out and meet the runners you'll be sharing race day moments with on your big day - it's amazing how a friendly smile from someone you recognize from the tours can put a little giddy-up in your step! This Saturday we'll run a "mini" HMBIM of sorts. First we'll do 5 miles out-and-back on the Southern portio…
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HMBIM Course Tour - Southern Section
Aug 27, 2013
When: Saturday August 31st at 9:00 AM Where: Half Moon Bay State Beach 95 Kelly Ave. Half Moon Bay, CA ($10 park entrance fee, or you can park on Kelly Ave. and walk/run in) Event Registration (FREE): http://halfmoonbayimcoursetours.brownpapertickets.com/ Who: HMBIM registered runners and friends. Availability: Limited to first 30 runners (sign up using the link above) Your Hosts: Franz Dill (HMBIM Assistant RD & Director of Training)Members of the&nbs…
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HMBIM Course Tour #2
Aug 13, 2013
Has 2 weeks passed already? Wow, time is flying by and so are the training miles (hopefully)! With 2 weeks passing we're due for another Coastside Running Club sponsored HMBIM Course Tour. Lace up those trainers and come out to run with a great group of Coastal locals. Starting this tour I'm asking that everyone register for the FREE event. Logistically this allows me to plan properly to get everyone the tour they deserve. When: Saturday August 17th at 9:00 AM Where: 371 Prin…
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Did You Say, "HMBIM Course Tour?"
Jul 31, 2013
Happy almost August everyone. Although I (Franz) may be a little late to rev-up the HMBIM Course Tour engine I know eveyone has been training to perfection in preparation for our 2013 HMBIM event. While you're out there working hard and logging the miles, so are we! One of my favorite traditions for past HMBIM event has been the course tours. I mean what can beat showcasing our wonderful course, making new running friends, and then seeing them victoriously cross the finish line on race day…
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HMBIM - Race Day Tips
Sep 16, 2012
Race day is officially 1 week away and what a wonderful HMBIM running season it's been. I want to thank each runner that has been a part of the HMBIM Course Tours, read the Training Blog, or has sent me emails about training. Opening your experience to fellow HMBIM runners, the Coastside Running Club, and myself forges a bond that strengthens us all. It's a goal of the HMBIM staff to provide a stage for each and every runner to be great, to write their own race day story of success a…
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HMBIM Training Finale!
Sep 03, 2012
For the final course tour weekend, I've put together a 2 event series that I'm really excited about. Through this year's runs I've noticed two groups of runners emerge that, for me as a coach and HMBIM Course Tour organizer, create a challenge in bringing an experience that supports the overall HMBIM experience. To better devote myself to these two type of runners I've decided split the remaining training runs into two formats. Come to one or both!Course Tour …
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Jen Pfeifer - Women's 2011 Winner
Aug 27, 2012
Jen Pfeifer is an amazingly talented runner that spent much of her youth right here in Half Moon Bay, CA. In last year's HMBIM she ran the marathon in 3:05:55, 6th place overall and 1st place female! A quick search on marathon results reveals that Jen's marathon PR is at least a 2:46:20! Needless to say she is not only amazing but consistantly amazing through the years. She also runs ultramarathons, recently completing the Western States 100 in a PR time of 21:31:20 (yes, that's 21 hou…
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2011 HMBIM Winner Scott Dunlap
Aug 22, 2012
I had the pleasure of interviewing last year's HMBIM men's winner, Scott Dunlap. Scott is an extremely talented "local" runner from Woodside, CA that excels not only in marathons but also ultramarathons; he's no stranger to the 100 mile mountain run or the big city marathon. On course you'll often see him taking picures (yes, while racing) then bound past you with a smile and a "good job". After finishing you'll probably find him along the finisher's chute with a recovery drink and his 2 k…
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RESTING for the HMBIM? Huh?
Aug 17, 2012
We're a little over 5 weeks from HMBIM race day! How exciting. Distance and goal dependent you're probably 'adventuring' into the heart of your training. You've been meticulously logging miles (or hours) building yourself up for Sept. 23rd's big day. Take a moment and congratulate yourself; no, really. It's not easy this day in age with kids, jobs, school, … life in general, to set aside blocks of training time. Great job -…
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Interview: Importance of Cross Training
Jul 29, 2012
[Franz - HMBIM] Joesph Chlubna, Owner of Coastal Lifestyles Health & Fitness, thanks so much for taking the time to speak with me about the importance of cross-training while training for the Half Moon Bay International Marathon. Speaking from personal experience, I love to run and if I could, running would be the only thing I'd do to prepare for a race. However, over the years (and injuries) I've learned that cross-training is a vital component to, not just stayin…


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I once took out 861 infected villagers, crawly creatures, chainsaw-wielding weirdos, and bosses in a single session of Resident Evil 4. That's a lot of splatter, chest holes, ammunition, and blood bursts. That's a lot of violence.
Some of the new games unveiled at E3 this year make my personal splatterfest record look pretty tame. The Splinter Cell: Blacklist trailer is age-restricted. I counted at least a couple dozen kills over the course of the trailer, most of them up close and personal.
CNET Executive Editor Molly Wood's rant on the amount of violence in the new video games at E3 has triggered some hub-bub in the comments section. Some gamers feel that gore is okay in the service of a good storyline. Others feel it's just gone too far over-the-top in recent years.
We're a long way from the days when video game violence was so much more pixelated. Current gaming systems can show incredible details of blood drops flying through the air and innards becoming outtards.
All that ooze has become a major selling point for new games, as evidenced by some of the big game unveils at E3. But how are you feeling about all the blood? Maybe your favorite games are Okami and Myst, or maybe you can't wait to gut your enemies in the new Splinter Cell.
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A joint effort of YSU's Maag Library, History Department and the Department of Media & Academic Computing, this one hour documentary was broadcast by Public Television's Western Reserve Public Media during the 2011-12 season and was rebroadcast in 2013. It may also premiere on WGTE in Toledo. Here is a preview.
This Jambar article discussed the creation of the program. It was featured at the Youngstown Area 2012 Jewish Film Festival and all proceeds from purchased copies will go to Dr. Saul Friedman's Scholarship fund for history students studying the Holocaust. Dr. Friedman died March 31, 2013.
According to the records of the Greek government, 56,500 Jewish citizens lived in the city of Salonika on the eve of the Holocaust. By December 1944 only three remained. This is their story–and by extension–it is the story of the Jews of Greece.
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Ash and Smoke may also be borrowed from the Maag Library's MultiMedia Center, Call number DVD 0432.


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February 3: William Stafford Discussion Group #1
Monday, February 3, 3:00 pm at Lake Oswego Public Library. Join in a special William Stafford Discussion Group! Come share one of your favorite Stafford poems and discuss his life and works with your fellow poetry enthusiasts. Stafford was also a photographer and by attending a discussion group you have the rare opportunity to win a small print of one of his photographs.


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Places of assembly such as auditoriums, gymnasiums and houses of worship create design and operational challenges for HVAC systems. Loads and ventilation requirements due to the number of people in the space are a challenge for any HVAC system. However, these issues can be overcome with proper system knowledge, design and operation.