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Just a few short years ago, the mere sight of a flat-screen, high-definition television could stop you in your tracks. The slim design! The glorious picture! The sheer size of the image! A generation of men seized by uncontrollable hardware lust emboldened the consumer electronics industry to crank out dramatically improved sets at a rapid pace to slake that desire…until recently. While falling flat-screen TV prices still drive sales, the quality of the picture on screen has remained much the same. Yes, marginal improvements have been introduced, but nothing that generated, for me at least, much of a "wow" factor. Then I got a look at Pioneer's new plasma TV line. My friends, the "wow" is back.
What Pioneer has done better than anyone else is create a jet-black background. In fact, the research effort that gave birth to these new sets was named Project Kuro—and kuro is Japanese for black. If you look closely at most flat-screen TVs, whether they use LCD or plasma technology, you'll find they have a dark gray background rather than a true black. As a result, when some of the dots fill with colored lights to create a picture, they lack the optimal bright-against-dark contrast that gives colors an intense pop.
That lack of black is a function of too much resting voltage—the electrical charge that subtly illuminates the screen. On competitors' TVs, it's enough to turn it from black to gray. The Pioneer engineers found a way to dramatically reduce the resting voltage of the plasma panel on a Project Kuro set to an inky blackness, and the results are amazing. Watching high-def video of fireworks exploding against the night sky, you feel as if you're gazing out a window at the real thing. In a Blu-ray movie, everything from brilliantly colored fruits and flowers to beautiful summer dresses and even foreboding darkened corridors have a lush cinematic quality not found elsewhere.
Eight Pioneer plasmas use the Project Kuro technology, though only four of them offer the true 1080p high-definition picture you want. These range from a 50-inch model for $5,000 to a huge 60-inch set priced at $7,500 from the appropriately named Elite line.
Visit www.pioneerelectronics.com.


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Colorectal Cancer Screening (PDQ®)NCI PDQ Summaries for Patients
What is screening?
General Information About Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Risks of Colorectal Cancer Screening
About This PDQ Summary
What is screening?
Screening is looking for cancer before a person has any symptoms. This can help find cancer at an early stage. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. By the time symptoms appear, cancer may have begun to spread.
Scientists are trying to better understand which people are more likely to get certain types of cancer. They also study the things we do and the things around us to see if they cause cancer. This information helps doctors recommend who should be screened for cancer, which screening tests should be used, and how often the tests should be done.
It is important to remember that your doctor does not necessarily think you have cancer if he or she suggests a screening test. Screening tests are given when you have no cancer symptoms. Screening tests may be repeated on a regular basis.
If a screening test result is abnormal, you may need to have more tests done to find out if you have cancer. These are called diagnostic tests.
General Information About Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon or the rectum.
The colon and rectum are parts of the body's digestive system. The digestive system removes and processes nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and water) from foods and helps pass waste material out of the body. The digestive system is made up of the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, and the small and large intestines. The colon (large bowel) is the first part of the large intestine and is about 5 feet long. Together, the rectum and anal canal make up the last part of the large intestine and are 6-8 inches long. The anal canal ends at the anus (the opening of the large intestine to the outside of the body).
Cancer that begins in the colon is called colon cancer, and cancer that begins in the rectum is called rectal cancer. Cancer that begins in either of these organs may also be called colorectal cancer.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information about colorectal cancer:
- Colorectal Cancer Prevention
- Colon Cancer Treatment
- Rectal Cancer Treatment
- Genetics of Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States.
The number of new colorectal cancer cases and the number of deaths from colorectal cancer are decreasing a little bit each year. But in adults younger than 50 years, there has been a small increase in the number of new cases each year since 1998. Colorectal cancer is found more often in men than in women.
Age and health history can affect the risk of developing colon cancer.
Anything that increases a person's chance of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Risk factors for colorectal cancer include the following:
- Being older than 50 years of age.
- Having a personal history of any of the following:
- Colorectal cancer.
- Polyps in the colon or rectum.
- Cancer of the ovary, endometrium, or breast.
- Ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease.
- Having a parent, brother, sister, or child with colorectal cancer.
- Having certain hereditary conditions, such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC; Lynch Syndrome).
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Tests are used to screen for different types of cancer.
Some screening tests are used because they have been shown to be helpful both in finding cancers early and decreasing the chance of dying from these cancers. Other tests are used because they have been shown to find cancer in some people; however, it has not been proven in clinical trials that use of these tests will decrease the risk of dying from cancer.
Scientists study screening tests to find those with the fewest risks and most benefits. Cancer screening trials also are meant to show whether early detection (finding cancer before it causes symptoms) decreases a person's chance of dying from the disease. For some types of cancer, finding and treating the disease at an early stage may result in a better chance of recovery.
Clinical trials that study cancer screening methods are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI website.
Studies show that screening for colorectal cancer helps decrease the number of deaths from the disease.
Four tests are used to screen for colorectal cancer:
Fecal occult blood test
A fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is a test to check stool (solid waste) for blood that can only be seen with a microscope. Small samples of stool are placed on special cards and returned to the doctor or laboratory for testing. Blood in the stool may be a sign of polyps or cancer.
A new colorectal cancer screening test called immunochemical FOBT (iFOBT) is being studied to see if it is better at finding advanced polyps or cancer than the FOBT.
Sigmoidoscopy is a procedure to look inside the rectum and sigmoid (lower) colon for polyps, abnormal areas, or cancer. A sigmoidoscope is inserted through the rectum into the sigmoid colon. A sigmoidoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also have a tool to remove polyps or tissue samples, which are checked under a microscope for signs of cancer.
Barium enema
A barium enema is a series of x-rays of the lower gastrointestinal tract. A liquid that contains barium (a silver-white metallic compound) is put into the rectum. The barium coats the lower gastrointestinal tract and x-rays are taken. This procedure is also called a lower GI series.
Colonoscopy is a procedure to look inside the rectum and colon for polyps, abnormal areas, or cancer. A colonoscope is inserted through the rectum into the colon. A colonoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also have a tool to remove polyps or tissue samples, which are checked under a microscope for signs of cancer.
Studies have not shown that screening for colorectal cancer using digital rectal exam helps decrease the number of deaths from the disease.
A digital rectal exam (DRE) may be done as part of a routine physical exam. A digital rectal exam is an exam of the rectum. A doctor or nurse inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the lower part of the rectum to feel for lumps or anything else that seems unusual. Study results have shown that there is no evidence to support DRE as a screening method for colorectal cancer.
New screening tests are being studied in clinical trials.
Virtual colonoscopy
Virtual colonoscopy is a procedure that uses a series of x-rays called computed tomography to make a series of pictures of the colon. A computer puts the pictures together to create detailed images that may show polyps and anything else that seems unusual on the inside surface of the colon. This test is also called colonography or CT colonography. Clinical trials are comparing virtual colonoscopy with commonly used colorectal cancer screening tests. Other clinical trials are testing whether drinking a contrast material that coats the stool, instead of using laxatives to clear the colon, shows polyps clearly.
DNA stool test
This test checks DNA in stool cells for genetic changes that may be a sign of colorectal cancer.
Screening clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI website.
Risks of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Screening tests have risks.
Decisions about screening tests can be difficult. Not all screening tests are helpful and most have risks. Before having any screening test, you may want to discuss the test with your doctor. It is important to know the risks of the test and whether it has been proven to reduce the risk of dying from cancer.
False-negative test results can occur.
Screening test results may appear to be normal even though colorectal cancer is present. A person who receives a false-negative test result (one that shows there is no cancer when there really is) may delay seeking medical care even if there are symptoms.
False-positive test results can occur.
Screening test results may appear to be abnormal even though no cancer is present. A false-positive test result (one that shows there is cancer when there really isn't) can cause anxiety and is usually followed by more tests (such as biopsy), which also have risks.
The following colorectal cancer screening tests have risks:
Fecal occult blood testing
The results of fecal occult blood testing may appear to be abnormal even though no cancer is present. A false-positive test result can cause anxiety and lead to more testing, including colonoscopy or barium enema with sigmoidoscopy.
There can be discomfort or pain during sigmoidoscopy. Women may have more pain during the procedure, which may lead them to avoid future screening. Tears in the lining of the colon and bleeding also may occur.
Serious complications from colonoscopy are rare, but can include tears in the lining of the colon, bleeding, and problems with the heart or blood vessels. These complications may occur more often in older patients.
Virtual colonoscopy
Virtual colonoscopy often finds problems with organs other than the colon, including the kidneys, chest, liver, ovaries, spleen, and pancreas. Some of these findings lead to more testing. The risks and benefits of this follow-up testing are being studied.
Your doctor can advise you about your risk for colorectal cancer and your need for screening tests.
About This PDQ Summary
About PDQ
Physician Data Query (PDQ) is the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) comprehensive cancer information database. The PDQ database contains summaries of the latest published information on cancer prevention, detection, genetics, treatment, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine. Most summaries come in two versions. The health professional versions have detailed information written in technical language. The patient versions are written in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language. Both versions have cancer information that is accurate and up to date and most versions are also available in Spanish.
PDQ is a service of the NCI. The NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is the federal government's center of biomedical research. The PDQ summaries are based on an independent review of the medical literature. They are not policy statements of the NCI or the NIH.
Purpose of This Summary
This PDQ cancer information summary has current information about colorectal cancer screening. It is meant to inform and help patients, families, and caregivers. It does not give formal guidelines or recommendations for making decisions about health care.
Reviewers and Updates
Editorial Boards write the PDQ cancer information summaries and keep them up to date. These Boards are made up of experts in cancer treatment and other specialties related to cancer. The summaries are reviewed regularly and changes are made when there is new information. The date on each summary ("Date Last Modified") is the date of the most recent change.
The information in this patient summary was taken from the health professional version, which is reviewed regularly and updated as needed, by the PDQ Screening and Prevention Editorial Board.
Clinical Trial Information
A clinical trial is a study to answer a scientific question, such as whether one treatment is better than another. Trials are based on past studies and what has been learned in the laboratory. Each trial answers certain scientific questions in order to find new and better ways to help cancer patients. During treatment clinical trials, information is collected about the effects of a new treatment and how well it works. If a clinical trial shows that a new treatment is better than one currently being used, the new treatment may become "standard." Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. Some clinical trials are open only to patients who have not started treatment.
Clinical trials are listed in PDQ and can be found online at NCI's website. Many cancer doctors who take part in clinical trials are also listed in PDQ. For more information, call the Cancer Information Service 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
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The best way to cite this PDQ summary is:
National Cancer Institute: PDQ® Colorectal Cancer Screening. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Date last modified <MM/DD/YYYY>. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/types/colorectal/patient/colorectal-screening-pdq. Accessed <MM/DD/YYYY>.
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Community-based Interventions to Increase HIV Testing and HIV Care Utilization
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01867177
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 3, 2013
Last Update Posted : July 31, 2018
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
The purpose of this study is to conduct a cross-site evaluation of the Kaiser Permanente's Community-based Interventions to Increase HIV Testing and HIV Care Utilization Program, designed to support community-based interventions to reduce the number of new HIV cases and to increase HIV care acquisition and maintenance in minority communities disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. This effort builds on the President's National Strategy for HIV Prevention and recent research documenting the importance and efficacy of "test and treat" and "treatment as prevention" approaches. Hence, goals of this important and novel work will focus on the following objectives:
- identification of HIV infection among recently infected adolescents and adults
- improved access to HIV care, particularly among newly diagnosed adolescents and adults
To achieve these objectives, the following outcomes are expected from grantee programs:
- increased HIV testing among populations at risk for HIV
- improved health care utilization among HIV infected adults and adolescents
This initiative has been undertaken by Kaiser to affect HIV at a population level via community approaches to prevention, intervention and care in minority communities most affected by HIV (e.g. gay, African American, and Latino communities). The University of California, San Diego has developed and will oversee a cross-site evaluation of Kaiser grantee programs funded under this initiative. Each site will have a treatment and comparison group, and will conduct follow up surveys with their participants three and six months after their interventions.
|Condition or disease
|Other: HIV testing Other: standard of HIV care Behavioral: HIV care utilization
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|583 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Community-based Interventions to Increase HIV Testing and HIV Care Utilization
|Study Start Date :
|June 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2017
HIV testing
Identification of HIV infection among recently infected adults
Other: HIV testing
HIV testing. Enhanced testing protocol is used: RESPECT, an evidence-based HIV prevention counseling intervention helping people increase condom use, decrease risky behaviors (resulting in a decrease in STIs) compared to those who did not receive the intervention. RESPECT includes: one-on-one counseling using a structured protocol; "teachable moments" during counseling to motivate clients to change risk-taking behaviors; to explore the contexts in which risk behaviors occur to increase awareness of susceptibility; and negotiate achievable "next steps" with the client that support the larger risk reduction goal. Implemented using a structured protocol with monitoring to ensure the fidelity of the testing intervention.
Experimental: HIV care utilization
Improved access to HIV care and HIV care utilization, particularly among newly diagnosed adults
Behavioral: HIV care utilization
Sites will use a peer-based, client navigation model of an Integrated HIV/AIDS Early Intervention Services (ARTAS), Community Health Worker (CHW) Program, case management/support services linking people to continuous, coordinated care after HIV dx. Another site will do Motivational Enhancement Intervention (MEI) sessions with quality of ife workshops and support groups. Health Educators recruit clients, make appointments, escort to test sites, intake, review. Additional components can include food security support, social and group support, drop in centers, text messaging and social media, depending on sites. All sites focus on approaches to reach community members and facilitate their supportive linkage to care with behavioral and structural supports.
Active Comparator: standard of care
Standard of HIV care; standard of linkage to HIV care
Other: standard of HIV care
Standard linkage and referral to HIV care includes HIV counseling, testing, and referrals. Both intervention and comparison groups will receive these.
- Increased HIV care utilization [ Time Frame: 3 and 6 months following intervention ]Improved access to HIV care, particularly among newly diagnosed adults.
- Increased HIV testing among populations at risk for HIV [ Time Frame: at baseline ]Increased HIV testing among populations at risk for HIV and identification of HIV infection among recently infected adults.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individuals will be adults,
- aged 18 and over,
- with the capacity to give informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Those who do not have the capacity to give informed consent will be excluded.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01867177
|United States, California
|University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health
|La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
|Principal Investigator:
|Anita Raj, PhD
|University of California, San Diego
|Responsible Party:
|Kaiser Permanente
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 3, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 31, 2018
|Last Verified:
|July 2018
health care utilization
HIV testing
access to care


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The Gammu Manual¶
Gammu is a project providing abstraction layer for cell phones access. It covers wide range of phones, mostly focusing on AT compatible phones and Nokia phones.
This manual describes all parts of Gammu, starting with information about Gammu project, going through API documentation for both python-gammu and libGammu and covering SMS Daemon as well.
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Ms. Jem
Granted, it stopped snowing until Sunday night, in New York. But you're in Moscow and even chains won't get your tires out of the white stuff coming down up there. But I'm not without a heart, your girlfriend Babushka holds the heavy weight title and is strong enough to carry you anywhere you want to go.
I want jellie beans!
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YA Connection
(Week of November 16th - 22nd)
YA Connection is a collaborative column collected by Kristi (The Story Siren) and Steph (Reviewer X). In it can be found links from around the YA blogosphere, including, but not limited to, contests links, author blog links, review links, and miscellaneous news pertaining to the age group. Also, Kristi and Steph hold weekly contests accompanying the column, as well as a book and author spotlight.
If you're a blogger, author or publicist looking to have your links added, please email Kristi at thestorysiren (at) hotmail.com or Steph at reviewerx (at) gmail.com. Any book donations for giveaways are also greatly appreciated. Please note that the spotlights are not up to suggestion, but rather decided by both Kristi and Steph.
Last week's contest winner was Alyce. Emailed ya :) This week I'm giving away any book of your choice from Amazon.com. Email email@example.com (with your address). Extra entries may be earned by +1 getting the secret word at http://thestorysiren.com/ or be linking to this contest from somewhere (and telling us about it in the email).
(Compiled by Kristi)
Brooke Taylor (Undone) is giving away a collectors edition of Twilight! Sorry no Edward haters allowed. (Steph intervention: Why do I sense this won't sit well with Khyrinthia?)
Liv of Liv's Book Reviews is hosting a contest for a copy of Death by Latte by Linda Gerber.
Lenore of Presenting Lenore is giving away Chalice by Robin McKinley, Schooled by Anisha Lakhani and Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag.
There aren't really many contests I found this week.. If you have one please feel free to bring it to my attention. If you want to make sure your contest is mentioned, please feel free to email me or Steph.
Author Musings
(Compiled by Kristi)
*random Steph intervention* Before handing it over to Kristi, I just want to post a special author announcement: One of my blog's followers, Kimberly Derting, is getting published!
Kimberly Derting's THE BODY FINDER, weaving coming-of-age romance into the story of a sixteen-year old girl with trying to find purpose in her ability to find dead bodies of murder victims through the imprints they leave behind on the world and on their killers, who herself becomes the prey of a serial killer, to Gretchen Hirsch at Harper, in a good deal, for publication in August 2009, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World).
Apparently Ms Derting has known this since AUGUST but she's been sneaky and not said a word until the deal was properly announced. Y'all, this is huge. Congrats, Kimberly!
Back to Kristi...
A.S. King (The Dust of 100 Dogs) was busy doing interviews and guest blogs this week. Did you know she loves Utz cheeseballs and hot baths!
Alexa Young (Frenemies) was all about shameless self promotion this week, but we still love her!
Ally Carter (The Gallagher Girls Series) is looking for her lost mojo... Why do I think of cheesy lines from Austin Powers when I see the word mojo.
If you thought you had a crazy week, you should check out Amanda Ashby's (Zombie Queen of Newbury High) post on her's. Welcome to Crazy Town!
Aprilynne Pike (Wings) celebrated an anniversary!! And she has a timeline to explain all that stuff that happens behind the scenes while we are waiting for Wings to hit the shelves. I'm just wondering if we are ever going to see the cover of this masterpiece!!
Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth) has a post on honey, baby, sweetheart, snookums.... I mean terms of endearment.
Cyn Balog (Fairy Lust) now has her own personal cyber footprint. Visit her new website: http://cynbalog.com/
Diana Peterfreund (Rampant) continues the Unicorns vs. Zombies campaign. She's also been sick this week, so go leave her some love.
Elizabeth Scott (Living Dead Girl) shared the cover of her new novel Love You, Hate You, Miss You. Gorgeous, just simply Gorgeous.. darling!!
Holly Black (Ironside) shares her views on the Unicorn vs. Zombies debate.
I'm not even going to mention Justine Larbalestier (How to Ditch Your Fairy) because of her blatant support of Team Zombie
Lisa Schroeder (I Heart You, You Haunt Me) has great news about her MG novel It's Raining Cupcakes! CONGRATS Lisa!!
Maggie Stiefvater (Lament) shared her adventures in New York!!
Mandy Hubbard (Prada & Prejudice) has a Teaser Tuesday post from her next possible novel Shattered... me likey!
Mari Mancusi (Boys that Bite) celebrated the release of her new novel Gamer Girl!
Melissa Marr (Ink Exchange) got a special delivery this week from the UPS guy this week. Not that kind of delivery.. sicko, she got a box full of Fragile Eternity ARCs!!
Melissa Walker (The Violet Series) did a cover stories post with Dead Girl Walking by Linda Joy Singleton. I love when she does these! And she also gave a shout out to The Story Siren this week! Thanks Melissa!
Cassandra Clare's (City of Ashes) identity was stolen this week!! Actually someone started a Twitter account posing as her! You know you've hit the big time when someone pretends to be you on Twitter. (For some reason you have to be logged into LiveJournal to view her post... sorry about that)
P.C. Cast (Untamed) announced that The House of Night Series is hitting the Big Screen!
R.J. Anderson (Faery Rebel) revealed the U.S cover for Faery Rebel: Spell Hunter! (Steph: the one on the right is the UK cover. I'm not that stupid :P)
Group Author blogs you should check out:
Books, Boys, Buzz
Nineteen Teen
Ya Fresh
YA Edge (Just recently discovered this one!)
Author of the Week
Libba Bray
Libba Bray is the author of five and a half plays, a few short stories and essays and lots of things that, in her words, "should never see the light of day." She has worked as a waitress, a nanny, a burrito roller, a publishing plebe, and an advertising copywriter. Raised in Texas on a steady diet of British humor, underground bands, suburban dysfuntion, and bad TV, she somehow managed to escape with only a few serious deranged haircuts. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and son.
Find out more at http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/
Blogger Blurbs
(Compiled by Steph)
Gabrielle of Innovative reviewed This Book Isn't Fat, It's Fabulous by Nina Beck: "The book was fun and there were some awesome one-liners. I appreciated how Beck pointed out the obvious problems in any Riley-D romance and Eric can pretty much take me to prom right now."
And hey, Lenore did too! "Not only did I have fun reading this book, I had a big old goofy smile on my face at the end. Go Riley!"
Jia of Dear Author reviewed Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi: "The best comparison for this book is that it's like cotton candy. It's pleasant and sweet while you're consuming it, but the next day it's a vague memory."
Reader Rabbit reviewed Savvy by Ingrid Law: "Final Verdict: Despite not being much about savvies, Ingrid Law makes this novel worth reading because of her motley array of characters and Mibs' storytelling."
Kelsey of Just Blinded Book Reviews reviewed Sleepless by Terri Clark: "I loved Trinity's sarcasm it me laugh out loud countless time while reading this; it was just her whole attitude that throughout the book that really made her so likeable as a character."
Chelsea of The Page Flipper reviewed I Know It's Over by C.K. Kelly Martin: "The author approached the topic of teen pregnancy with delicacy. She didn't scold or point fingers (Annie's Baby, anyone?); teen pregnancy is a reality, and she made the story revolve around a healthy teen relationship that simply took a hard turn, rather than a simple fling."
Sophie of Mrs. Magoo Reads reviewed Violet in Private by Melissa Walker: "I have to say, though, I am increasingly confused by the marketing of this series. They seem to be promoted as very beach-y, pro-model books, and yet the books come across as anti-model/fashion world and reveal the bad messages that that world can give out. Does anybody else feel this way, or am I missing something?"
Brina of YA New York reviewed The DeVouring by Simon Holt: "I swear, the night I read this book for the first time, I couldn't go to sleep. And the night I read it again, I couldn't get to sleep either. I myself have read very little horror, but this tale was chock full of terrors. Clowns, for example. Very, very scary clowns. I really hate clowns."
Rachael of The Book Muncher reviewed In Too Deep by Jennifer Banash: "I think I must emphasize how great it is that The Elite series is the Gossip Girl series once it's grown a conscience. Readers will be drawn into the extravagant and high-end lifestyles of New York's upper class as well as sympathize with these spoiled teens' issues."
Becky of Becky's Book Reviews reviewed You Know Where To Find Me by Rachel Cohn: "I think that You Know Where To Find Me will either appeal to you...or not. It wasn't quite my thing. I know it sounds awful to not like Miles. After all, she doesn't love herself or respect herself...and someone needs to love her. But other than the fact that at one point Miles loved to read, really loved to read, we have very little in common. I guess I've just never felt so deeply-troubled and angry and despondent."
Alea of Pop Culture Junkie posted a new Lookalikes!
Taren of The Chick Manifesto reviewed Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz: "Hot damn! These books have more twists and turns than my back did before scoliosis surgery!"
(Um... that's nice, Tar. :))
Okay, I'm gonna have to cut this one short because today = mom traveling abroad and I have to help her out with stuff.
Book of the Week
A Great and Terrible Beauty
It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to?
Our Reviews
Kristi reviewed: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead, Poseur: The Good, The Fab and The Ugly by Rachel Maude and Moonstone by Marilee Brothers.
Steph: Nada... Oops!
Nice weekend, everyone!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
YA Connection, November 16th - 22nd
YA Connection
Posted by Steph at 12:33 PM
Labels: young adult weekly
15 comments:
- Alea said...
No reviews from you? Now that you pointed it out I'm all sad :( But it's nice of you to help your mom out, I hope her travels include picking up some books for you! As always, thanks for mentioning me, someday I'll have an actual YA review LOL!
- November 22, 2008 at 1:32 PM
- Amee said...
Terri Clark is having a contest on her MySpace blog. And Lisa McMann's contest is still going till Tuesday. So there are a couple contests if you wanted to add them. ;)
- November 22, 2008 at 1:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
I just put up a contest last night, in which I'm giving away a signed copy of Vampire Kisses #1 by Ellen Schreiber to a winner and also as a second prize, the second volume of the Vampire Kisses manga (plus some swag!).
Great roundup! :)
- November 22, 2008 at 1:55 PM
- A.S. King said...
Great round up as always! Since it fell through the cracks, I want to mention The Book Muncher's AWESOME review of D100D from last weekend. I know. I'm shameless. But it was just so nice, and I seem to have issues about holding back this week. >,<
- November 22, 2008 at 2:03 PM
- Christy Raedeke said...
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- November 22, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- Christy Raedeke said...
What a fabulous discovery your blog was this morning! Can't believe I haven't seen this yet. I blather about your amazing site on my blog today:
- November 22, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- Khy said...
"(Steph intervention: Why do I sense this won't sit well with Khyrinthia?)"
I have no idea why you would sense that. No idea at all.
- November 22, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- holed up in a book said...
heyy, thought i should let you know that i'm hosting a contest on my site: www.juiciliciousssreviews.blogspot.com
thankss :)
- November 22, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- R.J. Anderson said...
Excellent roundup as usual! And thanks so much for the mention of Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter! I am gleeful.
- November 22, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- Kimberly Derting said...
Loved the post…especially the part where *YOU ANNOUNCED MY BOOK DEAL!* Thanks so much for the mention!!!
Oh, and "Steph intervention"…sounds like a new reality show for MTV.
- November 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Your blog is so great, Steph. I can't believe how much stuff I would have missed this week in the writing-world otherwise! Thanks for including my new site :) Cyn
- November 22, 2008 at 6:27 PM
- Meredith said...
This was a great week, once again. I really do love this feature!
- November 22, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- Melissa Walker said...
Hey, you guys! Thanks so much for the love. I also am so interested by the "marketing" comment from Mrs. Magoo--I'll post my thoughts on her blog.
So glad you do this--it helps me keep up!
- November 22, 2008 at 11:03 PM
- the story siren said...
excellent job Steph!
- November 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- Em said...
I read Ally Carter's Mojo post. Hilarious!
Great round-up, as usual! :)
- November 28, 2008 at 3:38 AM
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I've enjoyed playing cards since I was a kid and Bridge is the ultimate card game. I played heavily in 2006-2009 while going to college and then disappeared for a while when the limited vacation days made it hard to go to tournaments. I have a bit more free time recently and have been getting back into it again, what a great game!
For day job stuff I build custom native mobile apps for Android and iOS and my main other consistent interest has been hiking. I'd like to get into backpacking although I haven't done it yet. Other interests over the years have been Magic the Gathering, Gardening, Go, Eve Online, and tabletop games like Terra Mystica.
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It's something most people have never even thought about, but if given the option, would you drink your sunscreen?
One company claims to have developed a drinkable sunscreen that provides protection comparable to an SPF 30 lotion.
According to a press release, Osmosis Skincare's UV Neutralizer Harmonized Water uses purified water "imprinted with unique vibrational waves which isolate out the precise frequencies needed to protect you from UV rays."
The product comes in 3.38-ounce bottles that sell for $30. The serving size is only 2 ML, hence consumption through an eye dropper.
Osmosis Skincare notes that their product has yet to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.


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In our ever-connected world of today, being a true original is increasingly challenging.
St. Mary's Medical Center (part of Broomfield, CO-based SCL Health), Grand Junction, CO, USA; Brazosport Regional Health System, Lake Jackson, TX, USA; Cabrini Health, a Catholic, not-for-profit healthcare service provider, Malvern, VIC, Australia.
The art of capturing an entire company's ideas, ethos, knowledge and the future in one logo and corporate identity is an integral part of visual branding. Of course there's much more to branding than meets the eye!
Most of today's organizations are well-versed in this most fundamental of branding-building exercises. Some are still struggling to design an identity that best represents their values and positive traits, while others come up with eerily similar-looking designs, albeit representing vastly different organizations, across a multitude of industries and countries.
I consider myself as a visual creature, and the past few years i've been on a personal mission to identify suspiciously similar looking Logos and Corporate Identities. Allow me to add a footnote, however, as I've learned from past experience; the opinions on the similarities are subjective, representing my views. And my sole intention is simply to demonstrate that we are all inspired by the same things. Now more than ever, thanks to the internet.
To date I've come across myriad doppelgängers, look-alikes, wannabes, copies, or plain plagiarism. Sheer coincidence? Or copycats?
Realistically of course, I'm not discounting the simple fact that some may have been inspired by the same ideas. Nevertheless, it's an ever changing, ever amassing encyclopedia of visual identity that's just a click away. Here's a look at some.
There's an old French proverb: "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," first coined by French columnist and novelist Alphonse Karr (1808-1890), which loosely translates to: "The more we change, the more we stay the same."
Before the internet, we all operated in virtual seclusion and isolation, as individuals in our world. Collaboration only occurred in Multinational Corporations that operated across different countries and cultures. In the business world, ideas and innovation spread in limitation, only to organizations that had the resources and means to communicate
Fast forward to the Internet and Social Media era, connecting the human race like never before in history, like a labyrinth of busy bees.
Facebook, Twitter, Linked-IN, Groupon, Instagram, Pinterest, Path and Crowdsourcing are becoming a common part of our vocabulary and lifestyle… through which mediums we are connected through our work, and the objects that inspire us.
And for all the digital natives out there (yes, all you mortals conceived after 1980s when internet and email was part of daily vocabulary – in any lingo), I have no doubt that life without the internet is quity simply… NO LIFE AT ALL!
Inspiration: Kerning & Cupcakes


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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State baseball team dominated San Jose State in game one of the three-game home league series winning 17-1 in seven innings at Presley Askew Field, Friday, May 3. The Aggies are now 25-21 on the year and 10-9 in Western Athletic Conference play.
Senior starting pitcher Adam Mott moves to 6-4 on the year after working seven inning and allowing just one run. He tallied seven strikeouts on the night and now has 79 K's in 82.0 innings of work. Senior third baseman Bobby Lecount sparked the Aggie offense as he tied his career-high of six RBI while going 3-of-4 at the dish with two home runs. Lecount marked six RBI against Fresno State on May 12, 2012 as well.
"We had a good situation in the first with Bobby [Lecount] hitting a shot in the first and we just didn't look back from there," head coach Rocky Ward said.
NM State posted its 17 runs on 16 hits with seven of those hits being extra-base hits. This is the second time during WAC play that the Aggies have marked 16 hits in a game as the also did it in a 12-6 victory over Texas State on March 22.
After Lecount hammered a three-run shot in the bottom of the first, the Aggie offense followed with seven runs on six hits in the bottom of the second to take a commanding 10-0 lead. NM State sent 11 batters to the dish that inning with only one Aggie hitter not getting on base.
The Aggies took advantage of a miscue by the Spartan defense in the bottom of the third, posting three more runs with Lecount accounting for two of them with a two-run shot over the left field wall. He leads the team with 11 homers on the year as the Aggies have 44 as a team.
NM State scored three more runs in the fourth and another in the fifth before SJSU finally crossed the plate in the top of the seventh. The Aggies had five different with at least two hits including Micheal Medina, Quinnton Mack, Kyle Phillips, Taylor Noyer and Lecount.
The Aggies take on San Jose State in game two of the series, Saturday, May 4 at 6:05 p.m. (MT).


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ZIPPY TO THE MAX: A lot of wines tend to get general descriptive words applied to their flavor, character, and forward-taste, again and again. "Light" is trotted out quite often, and works. "Full-bodied" is pretty good, too, though the speaker should qualify it with what makes it particularly full. And "delicious"? That's one every wine maker wants to hear. But zinfandel tends to, if not own certain terms, then be paired with them, time after time. "Zippy" is one, as is its cousin "zingy." Both work, right, zin fans? The red grape varietal doesn't lean toward the shy side of the sip scale. "Jammy" and "fruity" are two more that fit for the fruit-luscious libation. "Big," too, is very zin, though it might be too broad for a single type of wine to covet as its own. The short of it is this: Zinfandel is much beloved by the oenophile that likes a lot of pop in their purchase, and those pop-seeking people'll be making for Paso Robles, over the middle weekend of March, to discuss and savor all things zinfandel.
AND... other "wild wines." It's a three-day partay devoted to the extroverts of winedom, those tastes that refuse to lay low lest they bump up against, or even delightfully overpower, the food they're paired with. Tours of regional wineries'll go on throughout the weekend, alongside some special events (like a Spaghetti Western Night at August Ridge Vineyards. And Brochelle Vineyards? They're doing Zinfandel gelato on the final day. Hoo, that sounds zippy and zingy and jammy and fruity, all at once. The dates? Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16. The number of wineries zin-ing it up (as well as wine- and cheese-ing it up in general)? Oh, just 120. Yeah, zin lovers. We said things are "big" with this wine and we weren't pulling your vine.


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As an owner of the AX5/Twenty and now an almost broken in QX5/Twenty I have the same conclusions. I am coming from an Empirical Audio DAC fully updated and loaded. The Ayre is something special. Very few products are as musical. I'm hearing bass that I didnt' think my Treo's had! Coherency is another word that keeps popping up. Listening to Dire Straights Private Investigators Album right now. It's amazing, but int the beginning it can sound sharp as heck. This is the very first digital device that can play this without making my ears bleed a bit. It still keeps the pitch and brightness that it's supposed to have. I am noticing the micro and macro details in songs that I've not heard on my digital or others. I find this unit more musical than the dCS Rossini/external clock. I know that's blasphemy, but it's my system and my ears and the dCS sounded leaner in my system and not as much fun to listen to.
As you have said, this is a fun to turn on and listen to component. I'm listening for more hours daily than I ever have. I'm even using the wifi to stream Tidal still as I need to hook up in the room.
I never really care about someone telling me I made a good choice in a component, but it's also nice to know that others hear what you hear. From speaking with many who own the QX5 or who have auditioned it, the Ayre electronics in general just sound great with nearly anyone's high end speakers. That's just so rare in audio.
Thanks as always for the review and the AWESOME musical recommendations you sneak in with your reviews!!! Pete


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Sun-Baked PNC Park (5/23/2010)
It was a day game following a rain-delayed, extra late night game, and we were in the starting line-up. Actually, you couldn't keep us away from the Braves vs. Pirates game on Sunday, May 23, 2010. This game was the whole reason for the weekend trip — our first ever Kids Run The Bases day at:
There was more rain in the forecast, but the rain was a no show. Maybe it was exhausted from the long night at PNC Park the night before. Sunday was a beautiful sunny day.
And it wasn't just Kids "Run The Bases" day, it was an all-around "Kids Day." We arrived at the stadium about two hours before game time, and it was in full kids festival mode…
…but we didn't hang around outside too long because we could see that the Braves were taking BP. We headed into the ball park after Tim got a big, free Pirate smiley face cookie.
The BP situation was a little confusing. Well, just the beginning of it. We entered the park through the River walk enterance in LCF. On weekends, the River walk opens 2.5 hours before the game and season ticket holders can enter the entire stadium at that time. But non-season ticket holders (like us) have to wait in the River walk for the first half hour. We know this because that is what happened on Saturday.
But on Sunday, we entered the River walk and no one stopped us at the CF/bullpen enterance into the main stadium. So I figured it must have been less than 2 hours until game time and the entire stadium was open to everyone. But as we circled the inner concourse, we could see people at all of the other entrances still locked outside the stadium. We were in there with what appeared to be a bunch of the BP regulars, but no one was following us. It was almost empty in there.
This would prove to work to our advantage.
The give-away for the day was a pair of wind-up pierogies. Still in the box, I stuffed them into our backpack right after the guy gave them to Tim. We were going to head over to the RF foul line to watch BP. But as we passed behind the Pirates dugout, Tim asked for the pierogies. So we stopped at the dugout so I could fish them out of our backpack.
After I gave Tim the pierogies, which he absolutely loved, I noticed that there was a baseball sitting in foul territory in front of the dugout. It looked like this:
There was absolutely no one else in the seats within 100 feet of the dugout. When Melky Cabrera walked around the batting cage to our side, I called out, "Hey, Melky." He looked up and I pointed at the ball and then at Tim. Two seconds later, Melky tossed the ball our way.
Thanks, Melky!
I turned my back to the field and gave the ball to Tim. He showed me the pierogies. We generally weren't paying any attention to the field until I heard a loud "Hey!" from behind me. Out of the blue, Braves third base coach Brian Snitker (who was in the process of hitting fungos to infielders) tossed us a second baseball.
Thanks, Coach!
After the unexpected second baseball, we decided to head over to RF. As we passed the Braves dugout, Tommy Hanson popped out and started signing autographs. Tim grabbed the Snitker baseball and a pen and walked up to Hanson and said, "Will you autograph my baseball?" I always think its cute when he asks for an autograph because it seems like most people just hold out a ball/card/ticket and a pen and the player grabs it and signs the item without any words being exchanged. But Tim always speaks up and gets the player to verbally commit to the autograph while he's still signing for other people.
Better than the autograph, Hanson also posed for a picture with Tim:
After parting ways with Hanson, we headed a little further down the RF line. I watched BP while Tim played non-stop with his pierogies. He was having a blast with those things.
I decided to take a panorama through the little chain link fence on the foul territory warning track:
Tim kept playing and playing and playing with those pierogies. He put them in all sorts of make believe situations, many involving the threat of falling off of the wall or a step or a chair while Tim or I had to save them from falling to the ground below. Are are some random scenes:
See the bottom right picture? Someone hit a ball right down the line. There was an open gate to the field. I could tell the ball was going to hit the wall and then hit that gate and probably bounce into the handicapped seating area. By the way, the rest of the stadium was apparently still not open. There was literally no one else around us. I could have walked the fifty or so feet down to the gate and still got the baseball. But I didn't. I ran down there, reached over the wall and scooped the ball off of the warning track right after it clanked off of the gate.
Here are the three baseballs we got at this game:
Before BP ended, we headed around to the LF line to watch the Pirates pitchers warm up…
…and I got a shot of Larry "Chipper" Jones on the way.
After both teams finished warming up and returned to their clubhouses, Tim and I decided to grab some nachos and check out our seats.
On our way to our seats, we watched the Pirates' cool scoreboard game intro video:
(Click 720 HD for the best quality)
I missed the beginning of the video so I am not sure, but my best guess is that the first statue (the one that steals second base) is Honus Wagner. The second statue is Roberto Clemente. And the third is apparently Bill Mazeroski. The Pirates always have cool intro videos at the ballpark.
After the intro video, we made our way to our seats with a big pile of nachos. Thanks to reading about a ticket sale on the Pitt Peas blog (Thanks, Matt!), these seats cost us $7/ticket for this game:
Those seats are Section 105, Row V, Seats 9-10.
As always, the nachos were excellent, but Tim had a hard time putting down his pierogies while eating and eventually he had cheesy pierogies that needed a major napkin scrub down…
…immediately upon finishing our nachos, Tim was ready for some ice cream. We swung around to the 3B concourse to grab some ice cream helmets.
On our way back over to section 105, the game started. As we passed behind the 3B dugout, I got this shot of Nate McLouth…
…he launched a monster foul bomb that just snuck over the last row of the RF bleachers.
We don't like to be cramped in our seats and Section 105 was packed. But Section 101 in the RF corner was almost empty, so we grabbed some ice cream seats there:
An usher was walking around kicking everyone out who didn't have Section 101 tickets. When he approached us he asked if we had Section 101 tickets. I said, "Section 105, but we're hiding out here in the shade so he can eat his ice cream." The usher said we could stay there because Section 101 was a downgrade from our real tickets. He then turned to Tim and said, "You can sit here, but you have to promise me that you'll keep your dad under control." I gave him a courtesy laugh, but Tim was too lost in ice-cream-helmet-deliciousness to really respond.
Here was our view of the plate (zoomed in) from Section 101…
…in the second inning, Lastings Milledge got drilled by a fastball and it took him a few minutes to recooperate before he made his way down to 1B.
Once again, I was pulling for former Mariner Ronny Cedeno to have a big day…
…he would ground out in this second inning at bat and go 1-4 on the day.
On Saturday, Tim was excited each time he saw the Pirate parrot. He would point him out and say either "There is the Phanatic!" or "There is a big green chicken!"
By Sunday, he'd figured out it was a parrot. And when Tim spotted the parrot coming up the stairs between Sections 103 and 105 early in the game, he yelled out, "Let's get our picture with the parrot!" and he was off to the races.
We tracked down the parrot and got this shot:
Tim and I are usually on the go a lot during games. But Tim was very happy in our shady spot in Section 101. We stayed there without leaving the section until the 9th inning. This gave us plenty of time to get more action shots. Like this one of Andrew McCutchen — who was just a bit early on this pitch in the 4th.
I got lots of good and funny shots of Tim who was having a blast playing with his pierogies or just generally being a kid…
…I love the head band shots. We saw the head band at Target in the morning before the game and Tim just had to have it. He didn't wear it much, but it was hilarious when he did.
We wanted to see ejection-legend Bobby Cox get tossed from a game this weekend. But he stayed calm. The best we could do was to get these shots of Cox pulling starting pitcher Kris Medlen from the game in the 6th:
We had possibly the best view in the stadium of the photo finish in the pierogie race:
The results are in: Section 101 at PNC Park is an excellent place to watch a game:
As for the game itself, it was an excellent one. It was a pitchers' dual between Kris Medlen and Zach Duke.
The Braves took the early lead in the second when Melky Cabrera scored an unearned run on a David Ross single.
The Pirates tied it up 1-1 in the sixth when McCutchen hit a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly. Moments later, the Pirates took the lead when Garrett Jones scored on a single by Ryan Doumit.
Speaking of Doumit, I've never known much about him other than his name. But after this game, I won't soon forget him because, among other things discussed below, he impressed me by coming to bat accompanied by the sweet sounds of Danzig's "Mother":
(Click 720 HD for the best quality)
Excellent call, Mr. Doumit.
Back to the game, the Braves knotted the score at 2-2 with a lead-off HR by Eric Hinske in the 8th inning.
Later in the inning, Future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones pinch-hit for Omar Infante and bounced out to 1B (you can see the ball at the right of the of picture):
Hey, how about a random cute picture of Tim and a pierogie? Sure, here you go:
In the ninth inning, we headed over to the concourse behind Section 113…
…to see if we could figure out where the umpires would leave the field so we could go for a post-game umpire baseball. We couldn't figure it out.
But we did get this awesome picture of Andrew McCutchen hitting a single to CF in the bottom of the ninth…
…if you click to enlarge that picture you can see that the handle of his bat broke when he hit that ball. After I took that picture, a guy next to me in the concourse tapped my shoulder and asked me what kind of camera I was using. He saw the picture on the preview screen and was impressed. By the way, it is a Canon PowerShot SX200is.
When the Braves came to bat in the tenth, we headed out to RF in case someone would hit a homerun there. On the way, I got this shot of the field from Section 125…
…and these shots of pinch hitter Jason Heyward — he walked:
Here was the nice sunny view from Section 137 in LF:
We didn't stay long in LF because we'd spent a lot of time there on Saturday. We decided to check out the RF bleachers. We walked around to Section 144, headed up the stairs into the seats, and grabbed two seats just above the tunnel.
Here was the view:
We made the wrong call. We should have gone one more section over toward the RF foul pole. Because about 5 minutes after sitting down, Ryan Doumit stepped to the plate. I said to Tim, "This guy likes Danzig so he might hit a home run." He did. It was a screaming bullet of a line-drive and it landed exactly where we would have been had we decided to grab the same seats, but one more section over toward the RF pole. The guy who got the ball was sitting probably 20 seats over from us and one row behind us.
With the walk off HR, it was TIME TO RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER!!!
Time to go home? Heck, no. It was Kids Run The Bases time!
We got in line on the River walk and Tim hung out on my shoulders and watched the boats on the river:
We snaked our way across the River walk, out to the street behind the 1B line, and through a tunnel that dumped us out at the field right below Section 101. By the way, inside the tunnel we saw that there is valet parking under the River walk. I'm guessing that is for VIPs.
Someone was nice enough to take our standard RF foul line picture…
…Unfortunately, the distance sign is at the very top of the wall so we couldn't get it in the picture with us.
Another standard picture, approaching the infield on the 1B warning track…
…the foul territory is very narrow down the RF line so we got to actually walk in fair territory part of the way.
Then the Pirates switched things up on us! Before this game, Tim had run the bases at Progressive Field, Citi Field, Rogers Centre, Nationals Park, Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park and Miller Park and at every one of those stadiums, the kids started their trip around the bases at first base.
But at PNC Park, they had the kids start from home plate…
….note that in the top right picture Tim cut first base in order to pass about bunch of kids. Hopefully the umpire wasn't looking!
Another great thing about PNC Park is that they didn't have people rushing us off of the field the second Tim touched home plate. So we had plenty of time to get some more pictures. I love this one featuring Tim and the "P" behind home plate…
…and this panorama from behind home plate…
…and a father-son picture behind home plate:
Now check this out, I snapped a picture of the Pirates' dugout…
…and I saw a piece of paper sitting on the ledge behind the bench (yellow arrow to the left). I took a zoomed in picture of the paper. Above to the right, you see it is a picture of Omar Infante hitting a double off of Zach Duke. At the bottom it says "DUKE vs. O. INFANTE Inn. 6 Out 0 Runners none Count 3-2 Fly Ball Double." I checked the game log, and this isn't advanced scouting. This is "in game" scouting. Infante hit this double off of Duke in the sixth inning of THIS GAME! That's pretty cool.
How about another picture as we made our way down the 3B line? Why not:
What a beautiful day and a beautiful setting. Can you blame me for taking so many pictures of this great scene?
As we made our way to the far exit at the LF "corner spot, Tim inspected the dirt on the warning track:
On our way out of the seating bowl, we snapped this panorama from the cross aisle behind Section 129:
And this one from the concourse behind Section 132:
Then we said good-bye to PNC Park. It was a great weekend at the ballpark.
But the fun didn't end quite yet. We still had four hours in the car ahead of us. Here are just a couple of the sights from our drive home:
The mural at the top left is about 2 blocks from PNC Park, across the street from the Andy Warhol Museum. I thought it was cool that the mural had the windmills in it because there are a bunch of them in Western PA — as shown in the top right picture.
In the bottom left picture, that is a giant piece of art in Pittsburgh. I think it was just across the river in downtown. In case you can't tell, the Robot man is made out of Pittsburgh's yellow bridges. Very cool.
In the bottom right corner, Tim is using his "binoculars" to see the sights. He took a 20 minute nap in the car, but then was awake the rest of the drive home. Highlights of the drive included Tim telling me about 50 knock-knock jokes in a row, most concluding with a chicken doing something or other. Also, after discussing what championship the band Queen had won, we sang "We Are The Champions" about 4 times in a row at the top of our lungs. Good times on the road.
When we arrived home (about 2.5 hours after Tim's bed time) Tim was still wide awake. He proceeded to tell mommy all of the great things we'd done and seen over the weekend.
The weekend was a complete success. Thanks, Pittsburgh.
2010 Fan Stats:
7 Games
9 Teams (Mariners, Orioles and Blue Jays; Phillies, Pirates, Braves, Mets, Brewers and Nationals)
7 Ice Cream Helmets (Orioles (2), Phillies, Pirates (2), Mets, & Nationals)
19 Baseballs (2 Mariners, 3 Brewers, 3 Nationals, 2 Blue Jays, 3 Umpires, 1 Phillies, 1 Mets, 4 Braves)
5 Stadiums (Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Citi Field, PNC Park)
6 Player Photos (Ryan Rowland-Smith, Frank Catalanotto, Billy Wagner, Jeff Suppan, Tommy Hanson and Scott Olsen)
5 Autographs (Frank Catalanotto (2), Billy Wagner (2), Jeff Suppan, Tommy Hanson and Scott Olsen)
4 Kids Run The Bases (Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Citi Field, PNC Park)


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You know, I just read the June 27 log, and another thing stood out for me. The idea of flow fields, where ships should avoid things and still follow a leader, had a phrase in it that seems curious. "Avoid ships that are stronger than you are." In a fleet of individual pilots, not all of them know how to form a good judgment of what ships are strong and what aren't. Mostly, they depend on their squad leader to judge that. If the squad leader can be made to have limited information about ship capabilities, you could have some interesting variable behaviors. For example, varying levels of conservativeness/aggresiveness would lead certain squads to attack anything in sight regardless of its perceived strength, and others to only attack after bearing witness to a ship's guns actually firing. Or, if a ship gets attacked and isn't able to fire back for some reason - out of ammo, jammed up, whatever - then your ultra-conservative pirate squad leader might finally decide he has an easy target and move his squad in for the kill.
I know it's always an interesting time on EVE comms when fighting gimpy-fit ships. You generally don't know how that big nasty battleship is fit - and when it turns out that the normally-armor-tanked Armageddon you're shooting suddenly pulses a shield repper, everyone gets pretty excited. It ultimately means he's wasting fitting and energy on a module that won't do him any good, and that means he's an easier-than-average battleship to kill. But until you know that, your fleet commander will normally assume and prepare for the worst unless he's feeling fiesty or drunk.
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In this April 21, 2010, file image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)
In a court filing, BP attorneys said the report issued earlier this month by former FBI Director Louis Freeh shows the settlement program is plagued by problems that need to be fixed.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier already has rejected two previous requests by BP to suspend settlement payments, but both rulings preceded Freeh's Sept. 6 report.
Freeh concluded that top members of claims administrator Patrick Juneau's staff engaged in conduct that was improper, unethical and possibly criminal, but said he didn't see a need to shut down settlement payments.
BP lawyers questioned whether Barbier would have authorized Juneau to begin processing and paying claims more than a year ago if he had known the settlement program would be "riven by conflicts of interest," lacked adequate anti-fraud controls and operated in a "grossly inefficient and over-costly manner."
"While BP does not presume to know for certain, it submits that the answer most likely would have been an emphatic 'no,'" company lawyers wrote. "Instead, the Settlement Program would have been instructed to fix its problems first, before being allowed to open its doors to the claims of class members."
On Aug. 28, Barbier rejected BP's second request to suspend all payments to businesses and residents who claim the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money.
The judge said an internal probe by Juneau's office didn't find credible evidence of fraud involving employees of the settlement program's Mobile, Ala., claims center. Barbier also ruled that BP's separate complaints about alleged conflicts of interest inside the settlement program didn't warrant a halt in the claims process.
Freeh's report said two private attorneys — Glen Lerner and Jon Andry — used Lionel Sutton, a lawyer on Juneau's staff, to expedite a claim by their firm for nearly $8 million. In return, Sutton received more than $40,000 in fees from payments on claims he had referred to their law firm before joining Juneau's staff, according to the report.
Sutton resigned from Juneau's staff in June.
BP also noted that Freeh's report said BrownGreer, a vendor for the settlement program, has resisted efforts to control its costs. BrownGreer has averaged more than $15 million per month in fees for its work on the program.
"BrownGreer appears to be part of the problem, not part of the solution," BP lawyers wrote.
Freeh's report said his work is "ongoing" and will result in recommendations for strengthening the settlement program's operations and anti-fraud measures. BP urged Barbier to suspend all settlement payments until Juneau and Freeh can reform the program, "bringing a satisfactory resolution" to the problems Freeh uncovered.
Juneau has said Freeh's report validates his team's work, calling his staff's alleged misconduct an "isolated situation."
"The Freeh Report specifically recommended we continue to process and pay claims. That is what we have been doing and we will continue to do so," Juneau said in a statement Monday.


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They were pretty well-sourced and cross-checked "rumors" Rob, but whatever.We shall see on the used games front. Sony did patent tech to lock out game discs after they're used on a console. It's the way the industry has been going for a while.
Launching the PS3 at $600 would have been considered too far fetched to be legit as well, I think. As I said, we shall see.
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Economic Views
Will the Bank of England pull out all the stops?
Economic Views
Will the Bank of England pull out all the stops?
If the economic outlook over the forecast horizon is highly uncertain with clear downside risks, some policymakers suggest following a "risk management" approach to setting monetary policy (i.e. going all out).
Others suggest waiting for clearer signals that downside scenarios have materialised before acting (i.e. saving some for later).
Risk management defined
Risk management, in the context of monetary policy, can be defined as a policy that takes into "account the dispersion of shocks around their means" (Evans, Fisher, Gourio and Krane, 2015).
So, policy is set taking into account the probability of a more complete range of events, rather than just setting policy for the most likely outcome in the central bank's forecast horizon.
The net effect of this in the current environment has been to keep policy looser than historical relationships suggest is required.
Running out of options
Looking at monetary policy across developed markets, it could be argued the issue of risk management is now of greater importance.
As they attempt to stimulate demand, central bankers are having to use alternative tools to force rates lower as policy is constrained by the zero lower bound1 (ZLB).
It is also argued that with greater uncertainty about the effectiveness of these unconventional tools in easing policy, more should be done to combat downside risks than would be done to neutralise equivalent upside risks.
The corollary of this is that in times of uncertainty where tangible tail risks exist and where rates are already low, more substantial easing should be undertaken than would be expected if rates were higher.
Costs are well-known
In effect, by applying the risk management school of thought, central banks insure themselves against severe losses of output by keeping policy looser than their baseline forecast may suggest is warranted.
While the benefits of looser policy at low rates become more ambiguous (which is the reason risk management suggests easing more than usual), the costs are not.
These can come in the form of less money being earned on savings, forcing some to reduce spending in order to save more.
A lower discount rate (the assumed investment return used in a present value calculation of assets) also increases liabilities for pension and insurance companies, with more capital needed to match liabilities. Banks also face difficulties, with lower profit margins often cited as an issue.
Higher inflation could also be a consequence of "lower for longer" interest rates, but with the current fear of low inflation being embedded into consumers' expectations, it has been deemed a price worth paying by many.
However, this central bank loss aversion argument may seem counterintuitive to an extent.
By easing policy in an aggressive manner when rates are already low, some argue the short-term ZLB issue in fact becomes more acute.
Put simply, cutting rates aggressively enough will eventually lead to a point where you can cut no further. And it as at this exact point you surely face the problem that you were trying to avoid.
To this extent, some suggest each available further rate cut should be "saved for a rainy day", where negative outcomes are known with greater certainty and hard data confirming such a slowdown is available.
Pros and cons
There are obvious pros and cons to both monetary policy approaches. We will have to wait and see which route the Bank of England deems most appropriate on Thursday.
1. A macroeconomic problem faced by central banks who have already taken interest rates to at or below zero, and are limited in their ability to cut any further.↩
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In light of a new report that suggests some institutions are struggling to comply with new consumer information requirements, we would like to highlight the many resources NASFAA provides to help members comply with the complex and ever-growing disclosure regulations.
According to the report, "The Truth Behind Higher Education Disclosure Laws," the "large majority" of higher education institutions are in noncompliance with consumer information disclosures required in order to be eligible for federal financial aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Education Sector and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research developed the report by posing as students and contacting a random sample of 152 public and private four-year colleges and universities to obtain information colleges are required to provide under the Higher Education and Opportunity Act.
The report recognizes that the "law itself allows so much variation in compliance as to render much of the information all but useless for students and parents choosing colleges." However, the report also found that:
While schools seem to struggle with the above disclosures, a larger percentage of the contacted schools provided other consumer information:
The amount and variety of consumer information schools are required to disclose has increased rapidly since 2008 creating a serious administrative challenge. Some institutions have had to implement as many as 25 new reporting requirements since 2008 -- an increase of nearly 50 percent. The complexity of these disclosures vary greatly. Some, like the net-price calculator, are extremely complicated to implement. Others, like gender ratios among part-time assistant coaches (as highlighted by the report, "The Truth Behind Higher Education Disclosure Laws") are less complicated but still require time and money to report.
NASFAA continues to advocate lawmakers, policymakers and Obama administration officials at the U.S. Department of Education to simplify disclosure requirements to more effectively communicate consumer information to students and families and reduce the administrative burden. We continue to highlight that growing disclosure requirements are a huge administrative burden and can be more confusing, duplicative, and voluminous than helpful to students.
While our advocacy efforts continue, we encourage you to utilize the resources below to ensure your campus is in compliance with all the disclosure requirements to eliminate any possibility of losing eligibility to participate in the Title IV student aid programs.
2010-11 Self-Evaluation Guide, Part 1
NASFAA Policies & Procedures Tools
Private Education Loan Disclosure Models
2011-12 CORE -- Financial Aid Fundamentals*
Program Integrity and Gainful Employment Guidance
Net Price Calculator Buyer's Guide (NASFAA website under Members/Professional Practice Tools/How-to Guides tabs)
Net Price Calculators: Finding the Right Fit (Student Aid Transcript Vol. 21 No.3)
The Award Letter: A Model Concept Tool
2010–11 FSA Handbook: Volume 2, Chapter 6 -- Providing Consumer Information
Information Required to be Disclosed Under the HEA -- Suggestions for Dissemination (National Postsecondary Education Cooperative)
IFAP Gain Employment Disclosures Q&A
2011 NASFAA Conference Presentations
Final Rule: Disclosures Required by Program Integrity Rules (Federal Register)
Final Rule: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act -- FERPA (Federal Register)
GEN-11-12: Students Enrolled for a Trial Period That Leads to a Regular Student (Dear Colleague Letter)
see discussion for standards of participation
GEN-11-10: Gainful Employment Disclosures (Dear Colleague Letter)
GEN-10-09: Guidance to Assist Textbook Publishers and Institutions of Higher Education in Implementing Section 133 of the HEA (Dear Colleague Letter)
GEN-10-08: Institutional Requirements for Combating the Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Materials by Users of the Institution's Network (Dear Colleague Letter)
Tools to Help Students Evaluate Colleges
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Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO)
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Dzhokar Tsarnaev is not accused of forgetting to clean his room.
He didn't allegedly stay out too late on a school night or purportedly return his dad's car without any gas. And he didn't supposedly write "Roadhouse Blues" for that matter, either.
So when the cover of Rolling Stone's August 1, 2013 issue leaked portraying the alleged Boston bomber as – at worst – a typical teenager, and – at best – a rock 'n' roll god the likes of Jim Morrison, it obviously displeased a few people.
CVS and New England-based grocery store chain Tedeschi Foods both have said they will refuse to sell the issue.
Highlights from a ticked off Twittersphere …
Rolling Stone glamorizes and glorifies the biggest turd in America on its cover #Tsarnaev http://t.co/nphaDz1jkF #BoycottRollingStone
— Joe the Dissident (@joethepatriotic) July 17, 2013
CVS stores won't sell Rolling Stone mag with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on cover "out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones"
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 17, 2013
Uhm @RollingStone In what universe did you think it was appropriate to put a murdering terrorist like #Tsarnaev on your cover?!?!? #TCOT
— Rick Swift (@rickswift) July 17, 2013
Shouldn't they be calling #Tsarnaev "the alleged bomber" until convicted?
— Kira (@kalovescope) July 17, 2013


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Some politicians are not happy with the FCC, and have even gone so far as to say that the agency is mismanaged. Is there a problem lingering at the FCC, or do you think this is purely a divide along political lines?
Personally I feel that there are some things such as the repeater issues with SDARS that have simply gone unattended for a long time. The issue should have been handled long ago.
Like anything, the agency has its good and bad points. What do you think would make the FCC a better agency?