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- Jeter had his first workout with the Yankees on Thursday
- At this time last year%2C Jeter%27s legs were weak
- For at least one day%2C Jeter seemed to be moving just fine during his workout
TAMPA, Fla. — The most remarkable thing about New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter's first spring-training workout is how unremarkable it really was.
When Jeter came out of the dugout for Thursday morning conditioning drills at Steinbrenner Field, the larger-than-usual crowd along the first-base side roared. Jeter took his place alongside Mark Teixeira and Brian Roberts for stretching. He jogged. He shuffled his feet. He shook Brian McCann's hand. He fielded ground balls, threw out imaginary base runners and hit line drives to center field.
"It felt like every first (day of) spring training," Jeter said. "With the exception of last season."
At this time last year, Jeter's legs were weak. He couldn't do conditioning drills with his teammates. He was convincing himself that he would be healthy enough to play on Opening Day, which proved foolish at best, irresponsible at worst.
"I'm always going to tell you I'm fine," Jeter said. "This year, I mean it."
At shortstop, Jeter seemed at ease, laughing with his teammates and, as usual, giving Eduardo Nunez a hard time. In the cage, Jeter seemed unrestricted, driving the ball when coaches were throwing, but strictly tracking pitches without swinging against actual pitchers throwing live batting practice. He always does that in his first few live sessions.
"Just his jogging and watching him doing the exercises and stretching today, the running that they do, his running looked normal to me," manager Joe Girardi said. "I would say last year at times, just going through what you might consider everyday activity and jogs, running the bases, you would notice (his ankle bothering him). Today it looked like he never got hurt."
One workout isn't enough to draw significant conclusions about Jeter's defensive range and offensive productivity, but it did seem to be enough to measure his improved health and fitness.
Not only has Jeter's surgically repaired ankle had more time to heal, but he had a full offseason to strengthen the muscles around his ankle. He said that sort of fitness was his biggest problem last season. He hadn't worked out last offseason, and that left him weakened in his attempt to rush back into the lineup.
"There's no comparison whatsoever because I've had four months to basically only strengthen my legs," Jeter said. "I can't compare last year and this year."
One significant difference between Thursday and Jeter's prime years: he's a little leaner. This offseason he tweaked his diet and focused on conditioning, intentionally losing weight to get down to 193 pounds. He's played most of his career at 199 (said he always tried to get to 200 but never quite got there).
"I wanted to be a little lighter, take some pressure off my legs and move around a little bit better," he said.
For at least one day, Jeter seemed to be moving just fine. It was nothing out of the ordinary, which was a pretty big deal.
"It's not normal for me to necessarily peek at him when he was running his sprints, and stretching," Girardi said. "But I am going to be aware of that, and pay attention to it. Not because he's retiring, but because of what he's coming off."
Jennings writes for The Journal News in Westchester County, N.Y., a Gannett affiliate


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The lawyer for the alleged "Barefoot Bandit" wants his client to be tried in U.S. Federal court instead of in the Bahamas, where the teenage folk hero was captured Sunday. Attorney John Henry Browne estimates that the dozens of crimes the 19-year-old is alleged to have committed could result in a sentence as short as four years behind bars, or — due more to his notoriety than the crimes themselves — as long as 12.
Colton Harris-Moore's picaresque adventures ended in a boat chase and gunfire on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera. Police say he had a gun in his possession that he tried to dispose of when he was captured. When brought into custody, the lanky 19-year-old was barefoot.
Police believe Harris-Moore arrived in the Bahamas after a 1,000-mile flight in a small airplane stolen in Indiana and crash-landed in the islands. During his two years on the run, Harris-Moore is alleged to have taught himself how to fly and to have used his knowledge to steal five airplanes.
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Which jurisdiction?
Speaking to TODAY's Matt Lauer Monday via satellite from Seattle, Browne said that the best scenario for his client would be if Bahamian authorities agree to allow all charges against Harris-Moore to be consolidated and tried in the United States.
So far, Browne said, the Bamahas is claiming jurisdiction over Harris-Moore, who is suspected of having committed a number of burglaries in the islands, and also could be charged with illegal possession of the airplane he allegedly flew there.
"I think if they want to hang onto him for a while, they probably could. But it would make a lot more sense to me for Colton's best interests, and also for the government, I think, to try to consolidate all of these things and have him extradited to Seattle, where he's charged in federal court in Seattle. When you're in federal court, it's a lot easier to consolidate things," Browne said.
Harris-Moore, who had been on the run for two years before finally being captured, is alleged to have committed as many as 100 crimes in eight states and one Canadian province during that time. The spree began when he escaped from a juvenile detention facility. After initially staying in the Pacific Northwest, authorities believe he moved across the upper United States, eventually stealing the airplane in Indiana for his flight to the Bahamas.
Browne said that it just makes sense to consolidate all the charges into one case in Seattle. "Otherwise, it could be an administrative nightmare, trying cases all over the United States," he said.
A challenging case
The lawyer had not yet spoken to Harris-Moore when he spoke to Lauer. Browne said he had been retained by Harris-Moore's mother. The young fugitive had called his aunt after being arrested in the Bahamas because he did not have his mother's new telephone number.
Browne said he hasn't seen the evidence against Harris-Moore, but he did not specifically deny any of the allegations against the young man who collected nearly 71,000 Facebook fans.
The lawyer said that if Harris-Moore was in possession of a gun, it would complicate the case against him in the Bahamas.
"Just having a weapon during the commission of a crime makes the central sentence much greater," Browne said. "Everybody acknowledges he was not using the gun to harm anybody, he never pointed it at anybody, but, unfortunately, just having possession of a gun during commission of a crime makes crimes much more serious."
Browne said he hopes the notoriety and publicity associated with the case dies down eventually so it can be adjudicated in a calmer atmosphere. "That's going to be a challenge for me; I don't think there's any question about that," he said of dealing with the media attention.
Despite all the charges, Browne said he doesn't think the charges — if proved — ought to result in a long sentence by themselves.
"If we could consolidate everything in Seattle in federal court, then the best I could do is give you an estimate: It would probably be somewhere between four and 12 years, something like that," Browne said, adding that if it weren't such a high-profile case, the sentence would be shorter.
"But for the notoriety, I think it would be a case you could resolve for less than four years, but because of that, it's going to be a higher number," Browne told Lauer.
Suicide attempt?
It was actually Harris-Moore's notoriety that proved to be his downfall on Sunday. Witnesses on Eleuthera recognized the 19-year-old and called police, who captured him after a high-speed boat chase, Bahamas Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said at a celebratory news conference in Nassau, the capital.
Greenslade said shots were fired during the water chase but he did not say who fired them. He also said Harris-Moore was carrying a handgun that he tried to throw away.
Another senior police official, however, said police fired to disable the motor on the suspect's stolen boat, and that Harris-Moore threw his gun in the water. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case, also said that police recovered a laptop and a GPS locator from the suspect.
Police flew Harris-Moore in shackles to Nassau. True to his nickname, the teen with close-shorn hair was shoeless as he walked off the plane wearing short camouflage cargo pants, a short-sleeved shirt and a bulletproof vest.
The 6-foot-5-inch Harris-Moore had been on the run since escaping from a Washington state halfway house in 2008. He is accused of breaking into dozens of homes and committing burglaries across Washington, as well as in British Columbia and Idaho.
Some of his alleged actions appeared intended to taunt police: In February, someone who broke into a grocery store in Washington's San Juan Islands drew cartoonish, chalk-outline feet all over the floor.
Through it all, his ranks of supporters grew. Some of his more than 60,000 Facebook fans posted disappointed messages Sunday, while others promoted T-shirts and tote bags with the words "Free Colton!" and "Let Colton Fly!"
Greenslade said the high-speed chase began around 2 a.m. Sunday after police received tips from members of the public that the suspect was on Harbour Island. The chase ended in the waters off the Romora Bay Resort & Marina on Harbour Island, where security director Kenneth Strachan reported seeing a young man running through the bush barefoot with a handgun, according to Anne Ward, who manages the property.
Ward said the fugitive ran back to the water and stole another boat but ran aground in the shallows, where police shot out his engine. "At one point, the boy threw his computer in the water and put a gun to his head. He was going to kill himself. Police talked him out of it," Ward said.
The Associated Press contributed reporting to this story.


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The UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea, the largest unbroken area of mudflats in the world, is a fascinating landscape of sand dunes and beaches and a haven for all kinds of rare wildlife.
In this remarkable national park and UNESCO biosphere reserve in Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein, the options for holidaymakers are as endless as the long sandy beaches.
A sea of possibilities
How about a walk across the salt marshes, a spot of bird-watching, a bike ride, a thalassotherapy treatment or a trip to the unique Hallig islands, which German author Theodor Storm referred to as "dreams floating on the sea"? At high tide, these small inhabited islands in the middle of the mudflats are surrounded – and sometimes even flooded – by the North Sea.
Walking on the seabed
A walk on the coastal mudflats is an absolute must. At low tide and in the company of an expert guide, you can walk on the seabed itself, either barefoot or in Wellington boots, depending on the weather. You can even watch seals on their resting places from an appropriate distance.
The 'big five' at the Wadden Sea
It is quite possible that you will catch sight of common seals, grey seals, porpoises or the rare white-tailed eagle on the coastal mudflats. The fifth member of the big five, the European sea sturgeon, has become extinct in the Wadden Sea, but you can still find it in the large aquarium at the Multimar Wattforum National Park Centre in Tönning. The Wadden Sea is home to more than 3,000 animal species including starfish, snails, molluscs and small organisms that live in the mud.
Boat trips into World Heritage waters
If you would like to observe marine wildlife in its natural habitat, then embark on one of the guided boat trips, where you'll have the chance to catch all kinds of sea creatures (and return them to the water) and go seal watching. The boat trips are run by the national park's shipping partners and depart from harbours such as Büsum, Nordstrand, Dagebüll, Schlüttsiel and from the islands of Föhr, Amrum and Sylt.
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So the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for 2012 has been announced, but what have the deserving winners done anyway? Here's a look at the defining achievements that have cemented their place in history.
What's the Big Deal With Stem Cells?
Sir John Gurdon from Cambridge and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka from Kyoto University have won the prize for their work on induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS), and every biologist has greeted this news with a cheer. Every cell in our body is specialized to perform its own task; that's why your food goes into your stomach and air into your lungs. However, every cell in our body arises from one single cell. How does this division of labor occur? At some stage of development in the womb, cells undergo a process called 'differentiation', which is what tells the cells what functions they will be restricted to performing. What we call 'stem cells' are essentially undifferentiated cells, which are enormously powerful simply because they can turn into any type of tissue we want!
This differentiation was thought to be one-directional. In 1962, Sir John Gurdon showed that the reverse of the 'differentiation' process could be achieved. Cells from a tissue like the skin could be reversed to form 'stem cells' that could in turn turn into any type of tissue. He took out the nucleus of an adult frog and injected it into an egg cell of a tadpole (from which the DNA-containing nucleus had been removed). This embryo then grew into a live tadpole, showing that 'adult DNA' really could become 'immature' again.
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, in 2006, concocted an actual recipe for this reverse differentiation, and produced IPS cells from the skin cells of mice in this seminal paper. He identified 4 genes that could convert these skin cells into immature yet all-powerful stem cells.
These cells have huge potential in both medicine and research. Brain cells, for example, are notoriously difficult to isolate. Thanks to their discovery, we can produce IPS cells and culture brain cells instead of having to isolate them. While the direct applications to medicine are not yet on the horizon, this technology does hold promises for the future.


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So after ripping open the box and giving it a test run in my house which seemed to work fine. This morning I awoke to this :
FOG (not smoke!!) Perfect weather to try out my new hatphones. Even though the hatphones had already exceeded my expectations, I didn't know how good it would stay on while I was actually working out, if I would be able to hear the speakers, it they would stay on the right place on ears. Many questioned to be answered, so my research continued.
I started off my run, and the had definitely did it's true purpose of being hatphones. It kept my head super warm and my ears were also very warm as well. The hatphones never slid off and I didn't have to continually keep tugging it down over my ears or forehead either. The speakers were very loud and I could easily hear my music during my entire run. The ipod holder inside my had didn't bother me at all, I forgot my ipod was even "attached" to my head. The turn wheel is easy to use and there is even a little extra room in the hatphones for the Nike+ system.
The speaker system stayed in place and were very comfortable and didn't bother me or feel heavy at all. I was worried the hatphones would feel cumbersome, or uncomfortable, or even become to tight on my ears but this was not the case at all. I also was worried that I wouldn't be able to hear the music out on the main street with many cars and other things going on around me, but the music stayed consistently loud but I was still able to stay alert and hear what was going on if for some reason someone honked at me.
Please don't judge me in these pictures! It was early and I just woke up. :) Overall the hatphonesworked GREAT, exceeded all my expectations, and I would give it the following grades.
Comfort: A because it was comfortable and did what a hat is suppose to do, keep
Stay-on-ability: A- because it stayed on for almost all of my three mile run, and stayed
Coolness Factor: A+ because what is better than having your own speaker system on
Usability: B because for me, the fleece lined inside is almost a little bit to warm
Sound: B+ because some songs seemed a little louder than others, but that
Overall: A- because it is a great product, at a great price, and is super cool and
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Neck 'n Neck, patiently handled while breaking from post eleven under Brian Hernandez Jr., rallied from 10th place to land the Grade II Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park on Saturday.
The Ian Wilkes trainee clearly enjoys a mile and a sixteenth, and his fondness for Churchill Downs is well documented, so he could end up under the Twin Spires next.
Super Derby hero Bourbon Courage was up for the place and beaten favorite Fed Biz checked in a respectable 3rd.
Gemologist has been retired to WinStar Farm and is one of several high profile sophomores to hit the breeding shed much too early.
Since my last report, Paynter had surgery to remove a growth from his intestines and is on the road to recovery.
Jarrod Horak's Top Ten Active 3-Year-olds
1. Alpha (Bernardini) – Jim Dandy/Travers hero finished a flat 6th in the PA Derby. He is currently gearing up for the BC Classic, most recently breezing 4f in :48.40 (3/4) at Greentree Training Center on 10-5.
2. Paynter (Awesome Again) – Gave Union Rags a run for his money in the Test of Champions and looked great capturing his first graded stakes in the Haskell. He is recovering from recent intestinal surgery and hopefully all of his recent health issues are behind him.
3. Nonios (Pleasantly Perfect) – Haskell place finisher ended up 5th in the Travers. He was clearly second best behind likely BC Classic favorite Game On Dude in the G1 Awesome Again at Santa Anita on Sept 29. Worked 4f in :47.60 (3/55) at Hollywood Park on 10-6.
4. Dullahan (Even The Score) – Ran his Polytrack record to a perfect 3-for-3 in the Pacific Classic but never picked up his feet in the grassy G1 Jamaica. The BC Turf or Classic is next.
5. Neck 'n Neck (Flower Alley) – Rallied from the back of the pack (post 11) to gamely capture the G2 Indiana Derby (95 BSF). He will probably show up next in a stakes race at Churchill Downs.
6. Bourbon Courage (Lion Heart) – He put together a trio of strong efforts in the G2 West Va. Derby (2nd), G2 Super Derby (1st), and G2 Indiana Derby (2nd).
7. Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway) – Baffert's highly regarded colt returned in the pink at Del Mar (El Cajon Stakes) on Aug 31 and just finished a close-up 3rd in the Indiana Derby on Oct 6.
8. Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor) – Gave Fed Biz everything he could handle in El Cajon and Mandella's $900k purchase rallied for the show vs. salty older sprinters in G1 SA Sprint Championship on 10-6. The BC Sprint might be next.
9. Unbridled's Note (Unbridled's Song) – Unlucky G1 King's Bishop show finisher probably would have won that heat with clear sailing. Asmussen trainee switched to turf and smartly nabbed the G3 Eddie D (92 BSF) over Santa Anita's downhill course on Sept 28. The BC Turf Sprint is probably next. Worked 4f in :50.40 (35/44) at Santa Anita on 10-8.
10. Summer Front (War Front) – Lost for first time on turf in G1 Secretariat but was hardly disgraced in show finish. He was 3rd again in the G1 Jamaica and could have won that one with clear sailing.


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For his next challenge, set by best friend driver Jim, Tall Tim visits Precision Driving in Darlington to learn how to Fast Park. Instructed by Paul Swift, a British stunt driver best known for his autotesting, precision driving and involvement in live action arena motor shows, Tim is first taught how to park as the average driver would and then will ultimately attempt to perform a 180 Handbrake Parallel Park.
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How widely useful is the Learning Registry?
Mimas has been working with a variety of UK collaborators on the JISC-funded JLeRN Experiment, an exploration of the Learning Registry (LR) as an application, as an architecture and as a software toolset. There have been a number of valuable developments, including LR nodes, and a range of use cases has been identified and some tested in areas relating to learning resource discovery, utilization and associated paradata.
The JLeRN project completes at the end of October 2012 and Mimas is authoring a Final Report looking at appetite, demand and sectoral capacity with some use cases and case studies.
To supplement this core work, I've been asked to produce a complementary report examining the wider potential affordances of The Learning Registry as an architecture or conceptual approach, looking beyond the core educational technology focus to the broader information environment and the associated JISC community.
This will be a short report – but there will be plenty of room to highlight suggestions and observations. So you may wish to comment here on any of my THREE questions – or to add another! Throughout, bear in mind that we're interested in the potential of the LR and its reuse as an approach to a problem space, as an application, as an architecture or simply as a bunch of reusable Open Source software.
ONE – What functions should the LR provide to be useful? For example …
- Storage, indexing and retrieval at scale
- Distributed / federated data store management
- Authentication, authorisation and other security features
- Provision of open APIs / service interfaces for ingest, publishing and discovery
- Range of ingest / submission / output data formats
- Reporting and visualisation
- Support for annotation, rating and other user contributions
TWO – In what applications or domains could the LR be useful? For example …
- Library activity data
- Research data
- Repository
- Profiles of people, places
- General analytics data
- Heterogeneous / specialised metadata
THREE – Are there alternative/complementary approaches to the same requirement/problem space? For example …
- Repositories such as DSpace, Fedora, etc
- California Digital Library Micro-services
- Apache Jackrabbit based document stores
- Enterprise data warehouse applications
- Other approaches using combinations of NoSQL databases and indexing
Any comments via this blog will assist in shaping a presentation of iideas at the JLeRN project closing event on 22 October and my public report due by 31 October. Regardless of whether you wish to comment, thanks for your interest!
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Les nuits d'été [28:33]
Roméo et Juliette - Scène d'amour [16:48]
La mort de Cléopâtre [20:05]
Karen Cargill (mezzo)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati
rec. 1-4 April 2012, Usher Hall, Edinburgh. DSD
French texts and English translations included
421 [65:48]
I have heard and greatly enjoyed two Brahms discs
conducted by Robin Ticciati on the Tudor label (choral
works &
Serenade 1 and the Haydn variations). However, I have not caught
up with his recording of the Symphonie fantastique with the Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, which was greeted with great enthusiasm by Dan
Morgan and Simon
Thompson. I was keen to make up for lost time, therefore, when this
new Berlioz disc arrived for review.
Often when reviewing a disc one leaves the verdict until the end. There
are times, however, when there's no point in prevaricating; one
may as well nail one's colours to the mast at once. This is one
such occasion: this is an outstanding disc. I've heard many very
fine accounts of Berlioz's ravishing song-cycle and there are
certain 'market leaders', among which the classic accounts
by Régine Crespin and Dame Janet Baker would warrant the first
mentions. However, even if Karen Cargill may not quite challenge the
supremacy of those two great singers, this recording of Les nuits
d'été is one that made me listen with fresh
Miss Cargill sings very well indeed both here and in La mort de Cléopâtre,
matching her tone to the varying demands of the music with great intelligence
and deploying a fine range of vocal colours. I wasn't entirely
convinced by her French pronunciation at times but this is not a major
issue. What gives this performance of Les nuits d'été
its special character is the sound of the orchestra. One is used to
hearing the work played by a full symphony orchestra. Here, however,
the SCO fields a string section that numbers 8/6/4/4/2. That means that
the wind and brass parts come through very naturally and easily and
that there's a delightful transparency to the orchestral textures
at all times. One has heard revelatory accounts of Berlioz involving
period instruments under the batons of conductors such as Sir John Eliot
Gardiner and Paul McCreesh (review)
but here Robin Ticciati reminds us triumphantly, just as the late Sir
Colin Davis did, that a well-balanced skilful orchestra playing on modern
instruments can do just as much justice to the subtle, original timbres
of Berlioz's orchestration.
So, for example, 'Villanelle' is as light and buoyant as
you could wish. The orchestral sound is light on its feet and delicate
and Karen Cargill's timbre is delightful. 'Le spectre de
la rose' is wonderfully languid at the start and at its conclusion
- and how right Julian Rushton is to point out in his excellent notes
the comparison with the Scène d'amour which we are
to hear later. In this second song Miss Cargill's singing is sensuous
and expressive and at "Et j'arrive du paradis" she
unleashes passionate tone, which is just right. At the start of 'Sur
les lagunes' I love the grainy string tone that Ticciati gets
his players to produce; it really catches the ear as do the arresting
interjections of the hand-stopped horns in the second verse. Karen Cargill's
singing is vivid and ardent. It is, perhaps, in 'Absence'
that the benefits of using small orchestral forces are most conspicuously
reaped. There's a wonderful sense of intimacy about the performance
of this exquisite song which I can't readily recall that I've
heard equalled. I could mention comparable delights in the remaining
two songs but I hope that by now I've said enough to convince
you that however many recordings of these great songs you possess you
must hear this one as well.
Ever since I had the chance to take part in a performance of it as a
member of my university's orchestra over forty years ago I've
loved the Scène d'amour from Roméo et
Juliette. In those days I hadn't really got the Berlioz 'bug'
- that came later - but it remains a firm personal favourite among his
music. As with Les nuits d'été I have some
fine performances of this piece in my collection, including several
as part of the complete score, yet I found this newcomer something of
a revelation. Here, more than in Les nuits d'été
the listener is, perhaps, more likely to miss the presence of a normal-sized
symphony orchestra string section. However, if you are willing to forego
a rich carpet of string tone - and I suggest that you should - the rewards
are great. Once again, it's the intimacy and the transparency
of the textures that make the performance so beguiling. Right at the
start, Ticciati and his players evoke beautifully the impression of
a garden on a warm, sultry night. The scale of the orchestral sound
suggests to us that this is a small, walled garden. Throughout
this performance the textures are clear and one can relish the subtlety
of Berlioz's orchestral imaginings. There's interpretative
imagination at work here, too, as we can hear, for example, in the delivery
of those cello recitative passages just before that wonderful extended
melody for flute and cor anglais begins (at 6:51). That tune is unfolded
in a very convincing way. Ticciati is properly expressive but he keeps
the music moving forward most persuasively. Other conductors have taken
this melody at a broader pace but Ticciati's pacing reminds us
that this piece is about a pair of young lovers. This performance
of the Scène d'amour, often gossamer-light, is an
incandescent one.
The programme is completed by a performance of La mort de Cléopâtre,
which Berlioz composed in 1829 as his entry for the competition for
the Prix de Rome. He was unsuccessful and, listening to this performance
it's not hard to see why for the music must have seemed outlandish
and gratuitously radical to the conservatively-minded judges. I was
impressed by Karen Cargill's performance. She's vividly
dramatic at the very start - at which point the orchestral sounds are
equally arresting. Later on in the first part, the Scène Lyrique,
the passage beginning at "Actium m'a livrée"
is full of bite and towards the end of the Scène Lyrique
she fairly spits out the words "C'est par moi qu'aux
Romains l'Égypte est asservie". The second section,
Méditation, begins with funereal timbres, superbly sounded in
the orchestra and then soloist and orchestra excel in the dark music
that follows. It's not long, however, that Berlioz's music
rises in passion and dramatic force and Miss Cargill is blazingly intense
in her delivery as she and Ticciati drive the music through its searingly
dramatic final pages.
This is an outstanding disc and the performances have been captured
in the sort of demonstration-quality sound for which Linn is well known.
Engineer/producer Philip Hobbs has done a superb job. As I indicated
earlier, the accompanying notes are very good indeed.
In summary, all Berlioz collectors should investigate this disc. As
for me, I'm off to acquire a copy of Ticciati's recording
of Symphonie Fantastique without further delay.
John Quinn


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– Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that when one copy of the SHANK3 gene in mice is missing, nerve cells do not effectively communicate and do not show cellular properties associated with normal learning. This discovery may explain how mutations affecting SHANK3 may lead to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) . The research is published in Molecular Autism.
"We know that SHANK3 mutation plays a central, causative role in some forms of autism spectrum disorders, but wanted to learn more about how it does this," said Joseph Buxbaum, PhD, Director of the Seaver Autism Center and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "These data provide critical insight into the mechanism behind the development of the cognitive and social changes associated with autism."
Previous research has shown that gene mutation in SHANK3 is associated with delayed language abilities, learning disability, and ASDs. A team of researchers at the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Mental Health wanted to better understand the connection between the SHANK3 mutation and subsequent brain and behavioral difficulties. They examined mice genetically engineered to lack one copy of SHANK3, similar to patients who have a mutation in one copy of SHANK3, and compared the nerve cell activity of these mice with that of mice in a control group that did not have the mutation. They also examined social behaviors in these mice.
Mount Sinai scientists looked at brain activity in vitro and worked with the NIMH Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, led by Jacqueline Crawley, PhD, to evaluate behavioral differences in the two groups of mice. The research team observed impaired communication between nerve cells in the mice with the SHANK3 mutation. They also found altered functional and structural plasticity in nerve cells, which is a cellular measure of the flexibility that occurs during learning, and in the synapses—the points of contact between nerve cells. Behavioral observations indicated reduced male-female social interactions in the SHANK3 mutant mice. The studies identify clear brain targets that can implicate drugs that can be therapeutic.
"These results have helped us determine a pathological mechanism behind neurodevelopmental disorders like autism," said Dr. Buxbaum. "Currently, the only therapeutic options for people with ASDs are to treat the symptoms of the disease, like anxiety or aggression. Armed with this breakthrough, we can begin testing drug compounds that treat the disease at its root cause, improving nerve cell communication. We hope and expect that, like other developmental disorders such as Fragile X syndrome, the use of mouse models will lead directly to clinical trials that can benefit patients."
The study was supported by a grant from the Seaver Foundation and a special multi-site grant awarded to co-authors Drs. Buxbaum, Crawley, Hof and Zhou from the Simons Foundation.
Autism and the ASDs are complex neurobiological disorders that inhibit a person's ability to engage in reciprocal social interactions and to develop social relationships, and are often accompanied by behavioral challenges. ASDs are diagnosed in one in 110 children in the United States, affecting four times as many boys as girls. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the high prevalence of ASDs a national public health crisis. A specific genetic disorder is identified in at least 15 to 25 percent of people with an ASD, and the proportion with an etiological diagnosis will continue to increase with the more widespread use of genetic testing.
The Seaver Autism Center provides comprehensive assessment and care for people with autism spectrum conditions. It includes a multi-disciplinary team of experts that use genetics, molecular biology, model systems, neuroimaging, and therapeutics to improve patient care and to develop the next generation of treatments. The Seaver Autism Center provides opportunities to participate in research studies aimed at understanding the causes of autism spectrum conditions and developing treatments. For more information, visit www.SeaverAutismCenter.org.
The article is available on the journal website.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of few medical schools embedded in a hospital in the United States. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 15 institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institute of Health funding and by U.S. News & World Report. The school received the 2009 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital among the nation's best hospitals based on reputation, patient safety, and other patient-care factors. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 530,000 outpatient visits took place.
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It's a big day at track and field, topped by the always exciting men's 1,500-meter final. In other notable events, several athletes say farewell to the London Games while others look for one more shot at glory.
Here are five things to look for Tuesday at the 2012 London Games:
1. Women's gymnastics floor: Wieber's last chance
Jordyn Wieber of the United States didn't have a chance for an all-around gold, but Tuesday she could medal in her last event of these Games. She takes part in the floor competition, where she scored a 15.000 during the team competition. Her teammate Aly Raisman also has podium hopes and comes into the event having scored the best marks in the event at the London Olympics.
Event begins at 4:23 p.m. London time (11:23 a.m. ET)
2. Men's 1,500 meters: Could be a Kenyan sweep
Kenyan Asbel Kiprop, who won the 1,000 meters in Beijing at age 19, has run the best time in the world this year, but will be tested by countrymen Silas Kiplagat and Nixon Chebseba. Also keep an eye on Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi, who was reinstated after the governing body of track and field originally had expelled him from the Games for failing to race hard in his 800-meter heat. A doctor's note convinced the IAAF that Makhloufi has a knee injury.
Event begins at 9:15 p.m. London time (4:15 p.m. ET)
3. Men's soccer: Final four time
One Japanese team is already in a football final, now the men hope to equal the women's side, with a win over Mexico in the Olympic semifinals. Giovani dos Santos is the top offensive threat for Mexico, which entered the tournament as one of the medal favorites. Brazil faces South Korea in the other match. Brazil has scored three goals in each of its four wins, and is led by Neymar, one of the most exciting young players in the world.
Mexico plays Japan at 5 p.m. London time (noon ET) while the South Korea-Brazil match starts at 7:45 p.m. London time (2:45 p.m. ET)
4. Beach volleyball: Can top-ranked team spring an upset?
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings made news at this tournament when they lost a set. Not a match, a set. The two-time defending champs face Zhang Xi and Xue Chen of China, the top-ranked team in the world, in one contest. Despite the Chinese pair's ranking, most experts are picking the U.S. greats to win. In the other match, Brazil's Juliana and Larissa, second in the world ratings, will play Americans April Ross and Jennifer Kessy.
Women's semifinals begin at 6 p.m. London time (1 p.m. ET)
5. Men's Cycling: Keirin on
Chris Hoy of Great Britain wants to wrap up his Olympic track cycling career by defending his title in the keirin and breaking a British mark for golds. Hoy is tied with rower Steve Redgrave for a Team GB record five gold medals. Keirin events feature six racers being paced for 5 ½ laps then sprinting for 2 ½ laps on the velodrome track. Crashes in final curve are not uncommon as the pack heads for the finish line.
The final is scheduled for 5:57 p.m. London time (12:57 p.m. ET)


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The Adirondack Research Consortium (ARC) was founded to bring together scientists from research organizations and people who work to make the Park a better place, such as business owners, local and State governments, private land managers, farmers, foresters, teachers, and interested citizens. We partner researchers with decision-makers to make sure good science is being used to answer real questions.
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Most of us have seen it happen: a friend or colleague with enviable energy and dedication to a stressful job suddenly burns out. In place of tireless toil comes unrelenting exhaustion, difficulty falling asleep, low mood and a sense of inefficacy. These symptoms may look a lot like depression, but new research suggests that burnout is subtly different in the body and brain.
Although burnout is not recognized as a distinct psychiatric disorder, it seems to cause a unique profile of changes to neurological functioning, according to work by psychologist Agneta Sandström of Umeå University in Sweden. Sandström compared women with burnout, known formally as exhaustion syndrome, to women with major depression, and she found subtle but significant differences between the two groups. For instance, both groups of women had sleep difficulties, but women with depression reported waking too early, whereas women with chronic burnout had difficulties falling asleep.
Sandström also asked healthy women and those with exhaustion syndrome and major depression to complete a working-memory test. Both depressed and burned-out women found it hard to focus and remember simple details, compared with control women. But women with exhaustion syndrome had even lower brain activity, measured by functional MRI, during these memory tests than depressed women did.
Over time, Sandström says, small daily stressors can accumulate to create chronic burnout. By coping better with these seemingly insignificant pressures, people may be able to reduce their risk of developing exhaustion syndrome. "It's okay to get stressed, but you also have to find time during the day to rest," Sandström says. Just as your muscles can get tired, so can your brain. "We need to think about how much the brain can cope with during a normal workday," she says.


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Valentine's Day wine recommendations
Wine Him Over
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Hot date? Check.
Awesome gift? Check.
Romantic dinner? Check.
The perfect bottle of wine to go with it? Uhh...
Face it, your Valentine's Day setup isn't complete until you stick a cork in it. Unfortunately, finding the right wine to celebrate your relationship can be a challenge. So we turned to Patrick Okubo, master sommelier at Young's Market Company of Hawaii, for recommendations based on relationship status rather than food.
Here's to your perfect pairing.
1// Perfect Strangers (0-6 months)
You're still getting to know each other and don't want to spend a lot of money.
Recommendation: Elio Perrone, Bigaro
Flavor profile: Strawberry soda pop
Price: $13.99
"Even wine pros with serious palates can't deny that the Elio Perrone, Bigaro is delicious. Sweet, pink and bubbly, it pairs great with strawberries and whipped cream. Take it out on a picnic for a romantic meal that isn't too presumptuous. Plus, it has a screw cap, so you don't have to pack your own corkscrew."
2// Over the Honeymoon (6 months-1 year)
You're in relationship bliss and looking to pull out all the stops.
Recommendation: Domaine Serene, Evenstad Reserve, Pinot Noir
Flavor profile: Rich strawberry, white chocolate, hint of cinnamon and vanilla spice
Price: $54.99
"It's time to take out a serious wine that's going to impress you. The Domaine Serene, Evenstad Reserve, Pinot Noir will leave a lasting impression and make the occasion memorable. It's soft and smooth with very little tannins and bite. Pair it with braised beef or poultry."
3// The Drone Age (1-5 years)
You're in a relationship rut and ready to spice things up.
Recommendation: Montepeloso, A Quo
Flavor profile: Blackberry, bing cherry and chocolate spice with robust tannins
Price: $21.99
"If you want something new and adventurous, the Montepeloso, A Quo is a unique blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Marselan and Alicante Bouschet. Share it while planning your next trip to Tuscany to visit this winery together."
4// On Bended Knee (5+ years)
You want to take things to the next level, which (hint, hint) involves a ring.
Recommendation: Domaine Carneros, Brut Rose
Flavor profile: Orange blossom and strawberry with a crisp, refreshing tingle
Price: $33.99
"You need a wine that isn't ultra-expensive, so you can pop a bottle for every anniversary. Domaine Carneros, Brut Rose is perfect, valued so you can drink this year after year. Pair it with raw oysters and salmon, which I know you're going to cook up at home. By the way, it's only a short plane ride to California away and does a great tour if you ever want to really relive the memory."
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal", declared the signatories of the American Declaration of Independence, but the slave-owning Thomas Jefferson did not seem to think they need stay that way. Indeed, if there's one characteristic shared by almost every human society, it is inequality: the existence of a social hierarchy.
Humans aren't alone in that. But in an ant society, at least you know where you stand: you're either a queen, a worker, or a male, fit for nothing but reproducing. Humans, in contrast, have complex, many-tiered and overlapping hierarchical structures: only we seem to have developed the exquisitely nuanced caste of the local government officer. And though some might dream of utopias in which no one has any more power or importance than another, these social hierarchies always rear their head eventually.
Is this, in fact, a law of nature? A paper in the Journal of Theoretical Biology by economist Tamas David-Barrett of Birkbeck College in London and anthropologist Robin Dunbar of Oxford University seems to say so. It shows that the existence of a social hierarchy in a community can be adaptive, in the sense that it helps the community to function more efficiently. That's because the hierarchy can make it easier for any individual to get hold of useful, reliable information – where to find food, say, or how to get a plumber – without having to ask everyone.
One can say that the social hierarchy of ants is rather flat – every worker ant is like any other in social rank, amount of knowledge and so forth – while that of humans is generally both steep (with a strong differentiation of individuals) and many-layered. We're not unique in having several embedded layers of structure – other primates, elephants and orcas do too. Like us, they split up into subgroups – but like us, these aren't simply little communities isolated from one another, but are interwoven networks in which individuals form and maintain social links.
It's within this network that the hierarchy is expressed. That needs little explanation: we're all familiar with, and probably guilty of, the impulse to derive status from proximity to power – or these days, to celebrity. "I went to school with Bill Gates", or "My cousin married a baron", or "I once played in a band that supported U2." Considered as an aspect of biological or cultural evolution, however, the network should serve a rather more well defined and valuable function if it is to develop and survive. After all, elephants, so far as we know, don't have a celebrity culture.
'Big man'
David-Barrett and Dunbar propose that these hierarchical social networks facilitate the dispersal of useful information in communities that need to coordinate their behaviour – all looking for food in the same place, say – but which are too big for everyone to consult everyone else. They have devised a mathematical description of that task in which a community of agents is interconnected by social links between individuals, each of whom consults its own personal network in one-to-one interactions to make a decision. It doesn't matter what exactly the decision is; in the model it's represented simply as a choice of which direction to face. The question is how long it takes the whole community to coordinate their individual choices this way.
If everyone in the network is equivalent – there is no social hierarchy – then there's an optimal size both of the whole community and of one's personal network that allows group coordination to be reached most quickly.
If, however, there is one agent in the network who is at the top of the social hierarchy, who the two researchers call the "Big Man", then the status of other agents depends on how closely connected they are to him.
How does this affect the group's ability to coordinate its members' choices? This depends on what the Big Man knows, since his choice is afforded more weight than others'. The Big Man's closest contacts are also proportionately more influential, and so on down the social hierarchy. That helps the group to reach the right collective decision if the Big Man knows best. But if he's wrong – if he's deluded about where the food is, say – then coordination can be very slow. The more likely the Big Man is to be correct, the steeper the optimal social hierarchy.
This situation isn't just restricted to cases where a Big Man is 'right' or 'wrong' – it could apply to coordination on some arbitrary issue, the existence of God say. The more the Big Man is regarded as authoritative, the more steeply hierarchical the society is. Conversely, the more scepticism there is about the Big Man's opinion, the more egalitarian the society. Is this sounding familiar yet?
David-Barrett and Dunbar discover a particularly intriguing implication for our information age. One of the important factors in their model is the cost of communication: how hard it is to exchange information. It's often suggested that by lowering the cost of communication, electronic networking will make it easier for everyone to access information and so will flatten the social hierarchy. The researchers find that, if there is an initial inequality in how information is distributed, lowering communication costs counter-intuitively sustains this steep hierarchy and promotes inequality. There's less incentive to spread information around: you can just keep on looking until you find it.
If we want to avoid this effect of cheaper communication, they say, then we'll need ways of compensating for it – for example, by greater social investment in education to disseminate knowledge. The web won't do it for us.
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For most college students, spring break means a mini-vacation away from the rigors of academic life. But two groups of Penn State Lehigh Valley students will spend their week involved in either community service here in the United States, or expanding their knowledge of environmental issues abroad.
The first group of nine students will travel to the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica to explore environmental conservation and ecology issues in a rain forest environment from March 2-9. This international service experience came about from a partnership between two courses at the Lehigh Valley campus; a civic engagement course taught by Mary Hutchinson, assistant professor of ESL education and adviser to the civic and community engagement minor, and a biology course taught by Karen Kackley-Dutt, instructor in biology. The group also plans to blog about their experience.
"This is a great opportunity for students to see firsthand the effects of issues they study in the classroom," said Hutchinson. "We will be participating in research and service projects and will visit coffee, banana, and chocolate plantations to learn about these crops and their impact on food production and sustainability."
A second group of students will travel to Tennessee from March 5-12, where they will join students from other area colleges in a long-term service project at the Snowbird Cherokee Community. Students will lend a hand in a number of the community's spaces including the senior citizen center, child development center, the Nantahala National Forest, and a private residence.
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With the announced SAT changes, many college bound students, parents, and counselors are understandably more angst-ridden than usual about the test and how to effectively prep for it. This, unfortunately, means that some less-than-scrupulous test prep companies will seek to take advantage of that concern to turn a quick profit. These companies are rushing to market with "the first prep guide for the 2016 SAT" that is "guaranteed to boost your score." Hopefully we'll be able to dispel some of the myth, rumor, and panic surrounding the new tests with a few reminders. So here is your quick guide to preparing for the new SAT:
ACT vs SAT: Changing the Game to Be Even More Complicated
The New SAT Part II: Reading is Fun and Mental
This is the second part of a series on the new version of the SAT. College Board will roll out more changes over the next 18 months as we await confirmation on the final form of the exam. It's worth noting that these changes will affect test takers in 2016, but anyone planning to take the exam before that will be under the old system (search our blog for informative posts about that exam. We have some good stuff. Did you miss the first installment? Check it out here)
Today's post was brought to you by one of our lead teachers, John Mahone.
With the old SAT, the Reading part of the test consisted of Reading Comprehension, passages on various subjects with questions about theme, vocabulary, and other verbal concepts, and Sentence Completion, which required students to fill in the blank or blanks of sentences with the correct vocabulary words or words. On the current SAT, the Writing section of the test consists of one essay written from a specific prompt, and Improving Sentences, which ask students to read sentences and paragraphs, find the error, or identify the ways in which the sentences can be improved. The new exam will shift things around, as there will be a Reading Section, Writing and Language, Math, and an optional essay.
Let's take a look at what's new on "The Reading Test."
The New SAT Part 1: An Overview
This is the first part of a series on the new SAT that will be doled out over the next 18 months as we await more information on the final form of the exam. It's worth noting that these changes will affect test takers in 2016, but anyone planning to take the exam before that will be under the old system (search our blog for informative posts about that exam. We have some goods stuff.)
Today's post was brought to you by one of our lead teachers, John Mahone. Without further ado, here's some of what's coming and what we've concluded.
Following up on last month's event, during which the College Board, amongst horse-drawn carriages and blaring bugles, expanded on the details for the coming changes to the SAT, which will be rolled out in 2016. On April 16th, College Board quietly dropped 208 pages of unanswered questions and teasers on the internet and the world. The first quarter of the tome lays out The College Board's reasoning for changing the test (somehow without mentioning the words "market share") and strategy on how to do so (somehow without saying "we copied the ACT.") But let's get to the useful stuff.
College Board Delivering Opportunity: Winners and Losers
Today the College Board, with all due fanfare and a corresponding webcast watched by thousands, announced upcoming changes to the SAT, which will go into effect with the October 2015 PSAT and then the Spring 2016 SAT. During this hour long speech, not only did College Board president, David Coleman, announce changes to the SAT but he set the tone once again for the direction he is planning on taking the global multi-million dollar non-profit organization.
Since you can read in articles and newspapers across the internet the specifics of the announced changes to the SAT (a bunch of links are at the bottom), I thought instead to give you the benefit of my perspective on the impact of the changes by pointing out the winners and losers of the day (as I see it based on the information currently at hand which is admittedly incomplete).
First, let's look at today's winners:
January SAT: Veronica's Tale
Today's post is brought to you by one of our SAT teachers who recently took the SAT. We periodically send our teachers into the actual test to make sure we have the most current info on the test, the proctoring, and the experience so we can share that with those we're helping to prepare for it. While all of our teachers have taken the SAT in high school and have done many practice tests either at home or proctored in our office, the experience of going to a testing center always reminds us of what students actually go through. - Editor
- No matter how many hours-long written or oral exams you've taken in college, there is something uniquely tough about the length of the SAT. I think it has to do with the fact that you're switching subjects and have such measly breaks.
- Students didn't eat enough. I was the only one who ate anything at all during the breaks (thanks for the granola bars, mom!) and, more alarmingly, the only one who brought and drank water. Lots of kids did use the toilets, which you pretty much had to run to because they were so far from the classroom we tested in. Based on my experience, I'd advise peeing before the test and rehydrating during it, not the other way around.
- I was impressed by the alertness of the students. Nobody even seemed sleepy. I fear for when this tireless generation enters the job market. It is surprisingly easy to mis-bubble. I actually caught myself doing it three times (!) — two of them only because I was checking my work. Check your work, everyone!
- The room I tested in was freezing at first, but slowly shifted to 78-and-humid in the course of the test. I always advise students to wear layers to the test, so that they can adjust for any unexpected indoor weather, and I've never been more glad that I followed my own advice. By the end of the exam I was in a tee shirt, regretting my woolen long underwear.
- The general impression I had was that the students' nervousness was a serious handicap to them. They all seemed jumpy and unhappy, and I can't imagine producing a calm, logical essay if you felt the way they looked. Timed practice tests and going over old exams should make the test less intimidating, and being prepared to take the test more than once also helps reduce the pressure.
it helps to use the test booklet as scrap paper.
ACT vs SAT – A Tale of Two Essays
One of the questions we get asked a lot as teachers and tutors is "What's the deal with the essay, anyway?" Interestingly, this question is asked by both SAT students and ACT students. Let me break it down for ya, fellas…
First the ACT and SAT prompts are very different. The ACT presents topics that students can easily relate to and have some familiarity with. The ACT topics are often about school or education. The SAT, on the other hand, presents prompts that are a bit more esoteric, obscure and arcane (see what I did there? ). Here are samples of each:
October 2013 SAT: Heretics Derisively Satirize Erudition
Another great word cloud with another great list of SAT words:
SAT Subject Tests: Which Tests To Take And When
Since most colleges don't require SAT Subject Tests (click here for our post on which colleges require the tests), most students will not need to take them. However, if you're one of the lucky few students applying to one of the 160 colleges in the United States that require or recommend the tests, you'll need to take them.
Which SAT Subject Tests Should You Take?
For most students, the answer to which Subject Tests to take is "the ones that you'll do the best on." Most colleges that require or recommend Subject Tests do not require or recommend a specific test. Instead, they require a particular number of tests (either 2 or 3) and leave the rest of the
decision-making to the student.
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Music entertainers Chief Keef, Chris Brown and Ke$ha are going to have to make space for another mega celebrity sparking attention as reports claim former NBA star Dennis Rodman is the latest to check into rehab.
Following a recently criticized trip to North Korea, Rodman has now found himself seeking professional help.
Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has checked into an alcohol-rehabilitation center after facing backlash for his visit to North Korea. "He has been in rehab most of this week, and I am very proud of him," said Darren Prince, his agent. "His drinking escalated to a level that none of us had seen before. When he came back, I discussed with him on a personal level how concerned I was. We sat down and decided for him to go to rehab. It is a 28 or 30 day facility." He entered a center in the East Coast on Wednesday, a source close to Rodman told CNN. (CNN)
Recently, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons came to Rodman's defense over being a supporter of North Korea.
Dennis Rodman recently caused a media storm when he told CNN's Jake Tapper that the American missionary Kenneth Bae was rightly detained by the North Korean government. Speaking to HuffPost Live, Simmons said that "when they ask [Rodman] about politics, it's over his head." Simmons added that the U.S. government's explanation for detained Americans, like Bae, were often smoke-screens for covert activity. Simmons: "Lots of times Americans are kidnapped or held in other countries and we have examples of this — and they say, 'oh the priest is in prison, and we should get him out,' and then we find out he's a CIA agent. We can't always think that just because it comes out of the mouths of our politicians that it's true … Y'know, our government is for sale. If you think about the way our country works, every elected official is up for legal bribery." (Huff Post)
Buzz behind 26-year-old pop star Ke$ha checking into rehab surfaced online in early January.
The Tik Tok singer said in a statement provided by her spokesman Friday that she'll be unavailable for the next 30 days while she seeks treatment for an undisclosed eating disorder. "I'm a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself, but I've found it hard to practice," she said. The 26-year-old vegetarian pop star said she wants to "learn to love myself again, exactly as I am." No other details were provided. (USA Today)
Not alone in her battle, fellow singer Chris Brown received a three-month rehab sentence back in mid-November following a court appearance.
A judge ordered Chris Brown on Wednesday to spend three months in rehab after reading a report that said a facility discharged the R&B singer because he threw a rock through his mother's car window. Superior Court Judge James Brandlin also added additional rules for Brown in the coming months, requiring him to perform at least 24 hours of community labor a week and to submit to drug testing as he deals with anger management issues. Brown and his attorney agreed to the terms, which were suggested by probation officials who are overseeing Brown's sentence for his 2009 beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna. (USA Today)
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