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MACRA Challenges and Predictions
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
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Boeing Co.'s Wichita production plant holds a proud place not just in Boeing lore but in American history. A week after Pearl Harbor, mechanics began building the production line for the B-29 Superfortress bomber, even as workers constructed the assembly hangar overhead.
The heroic effort set the tone for a sprawling Wichita operation that for years has built the cockpits, nose and fuselage sections for some of Boeing's best-selling airplanes.
So why is Boeing selling it?
Because the Chicago-based aerospace giant believes modern economics dictate a new strategic model, one that may point to how business will be conducted in a global marketplace in the coming decades.
On Tuesday, Boeing announced that it will unload its plants in Wichita, Tulsa and McAlester, Okla., for $1.2 billion as part of a wrenching effort to restructure itself into a new kind of competitor. Onex Corp., a Canadian holding company, will buy the plants and vows to make them grow more quickly by taking on work from military programs, smaller aircraftmakers and even Boeing's European archrival, Airbus SAS.
Wichita will continue to supply parts to Boeing, but Onex believes it can cut costs by filling up its plants with fresh business from other planemakers.
"It's counterintuitive," said Seth Mersky, managing director of Onex. "You might have thought Boeing's biggest concern would have been don't do business with Airbus. But in fact, it's quite the contrary. They want this factory full, because a full plant will lower the cost for everybody."
Changing ways
Boeing's move is part of a vast restructuring that will forever change the way it makes airplanes. Using its newest plane, the 787 Dreamliner, as a template, Boeing is moving away from its legacy as a wrench-turning manufacturer. The new Boeing will be a master planner, marketer and snap-together assembler of high-tech jetliners.
A sprawling team of suppliers will do the rest, from detailed design to heavy manufacturing. Working in production plants from Japan to China to Italy and France, they will assemble huge airline sections, stuff them with everything from electronics to seats, then airlift them to Seattle. There, the massive parts must fit to tolerances within thousandths of an inch.
"The globalization, sooner or later, asked for this sort of change," said Vincenzo Caiazzo, chief operating officer of the U.S. operation of Alenia Aeronautica, Boeing's Italian partner on the 787 and also a supplier to Airbus.
"The new way has to be about partners. Just one company cannot have the responsibility for developing an aircraft."
Boeing doesn't have much choice. Over the last five years, Airbus has soared past Boeing to take the lead in the $50 billion-a-year commercial airliner market. Created 35 years ago, in part as a giant European jobs program, Airbus has made a dramatic ascent that has transferred billions of dollars in wealth to Europe and eliminated tens of thousands of U.S. jobs.
Boeing is attempting to fight back with the 787, originally known as the 7E7 and the first plane to be made chiefly of carbon-reinforced plastic.
Enlisting the hearts, minds and pocketbooks of a global consortium of industrial partners, Boeing hopes to cut costs and improve design, and in the process become the world's biggest aircraftmaker again.
This isn't just the typical relationship between manufacturer and subcontractor. Boeing will hold the partners to strict, fixed-price contracts intended to slash costs and boost productivity. It wants to draw on their expertise while passing off big chunks of the project's risk.
The partnerships won't work if Boeing can't give up its command-and-control style. Boeing is trying to do that, even though it has not reached a final contract with several of its major partners, months after the first deadline passed. A deal is coming soon, all parties say, but the delay reflects the partners' ongoing concerns about the enormous financial risk of a development project estimated to cost $10 billion.
There is a longer-term risk too. Engineers working on the 787 program fear that the mass outsourcing of design work is causing a brain drain. Others fear the export of know-how might create a powerful new competitor one day.
Shake it up
Shaking up Boeing is exactly what Harry Stonecipher, the company's combative chief executive, has in mind.
Stonecipher has been frustrated by a lack of urgency about the need for massive change almost from the day he joined Boeing in 1997, after selling defense contractor McDonnell Douglas Corp. to Boeing.
Boeing was a mess, brought on by an overly exuberant effort to thwart Airbus. Boeing's rickety production lines shut down when they could not keep up with the flow of orders.
Stonecipher soon found that the halt in production merely hinted at deeper troubles. The chief flaw: Nobody at Boeing seemed to know what it cost the company to design and build an airplane. It was no wonder Boeing's planes cost so much more than comparable Airbus models.
"We needed to run Boeing like a business rather than just an airplane factory," Stonecipher said. "I used to make the statement, `Nobody here knows what anything costs, and they don't seem to care.'"
Early in his career, Stonecipher had learned to cut costs as head of General Electric Co.'s jet-engine business under legendary GE Chief Executive Jack Welch. At Boeing, he turned to commercial airplane chief Alan Mulally to streamline production. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks sent the airline industry into a tailspin, Stonecipher urged Mulally to hunker down and slash 39,000 jobs, permanently cutting Boeing's commercial airplane workforce almost in half.
But Boeing needs more than cost cutting to beat Airbus. Looking across the Atlantic, Stonecipher eyed a competitor built on a model of sharing work, know-how and risk among its European co-owners. Airbus also benefited from government subsidies that Boeing contends have totaled $15 billion over the years.
The unique arrangement has helped Airbus introduce a full line of airplanes, many of them in the last decade. By 2003, after years of winning sales competitions with cutthroat pricing and creative dealmaking, Airbus finally wrested the claim of top aircraftmaker from Boeing.
And Airbus isn't letting up. Last month it rolled out the first A380, a double-decked, superjumbo aimed squarely at Boeing's flagship, the 747. Airbus plans to match Boeing's 787 too. Late last year, Airbus executives, who had publicly scoffed that there was no market for Boeing's plane, reversed field and announced plans to launch a rival in the market for midsize, high-efficiency aircraft.
In contrast to Airbus' permanent industrial alliance, Stonecipher set out to cobble together a flexible consortium with a more bottom-line purpose. The business from Boeing will boost the partners' productivity. This should help them shave costs, pass some savings to Boeing and enable everyone to make money.
Wichita illustrates the point.
"If Wichita belongs to Boeing, what do they build?" Stonecipher asked. "Boeing pieces. But if Wichita belongs to someone else, what can they build? Boeing pieces, Airbus pieces, Lockheed pieces. Everybody's pieces."
With more output spread across the same fixed costs, Onex can afford to lower prices yet still make money. It also plans to invest $1 billion in the operation to boost efficiency and likely will cut labor costs.
"What we want is someone who will give us a guaranteed reduction in unit costs," said Stonecipher. "If we showed you some of these contracts, we have cost reduction that goes down year by year by year."
Learning to let go
One symbol of change at Boeing is the company's new, refreshingly concise way of describing to partners the work that must be done.
In the past, Boeing's work orders ran to thousands of pages and required suppliers to "build to print." In other words, build exactly as specified. No variations, no exceptions.
On the 787, work orders come in dozens of pages. They describe only what the given part or system should do, not how to build it.
The partners each have major sections to construct: The Wichita plant has the nose. A joint venture of Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and Vought Aircraft Industries in Dallas has the tail section. Three Japanese industrial giants--Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries--will build the wing and center section of the plane. A host of smaller suppliers provides everything from air-conditioning systems to landing gear.
The partners will stuff their sections with electronics, navigation and climate systems, and will add seats and other creature comforts. Many of the parts will come from China, France, Australia, England and other places. The partners will pack their stuffed sections into two modified 747 airplanes and airlift them to Everett, Wash., a Seattle suburb.
In Everett, a skeleton crew of Boeing mechanics will bolt the sections together in three days, lightning speed by aerospace standards. Boeing's fastest final-assembly process, the 737 line, takes 11 days.
For the partners, the new system gives them more power to decide how to do their work. That, in turn, allows them to squeeze profits from the process as they see fit.
"Now you are an actor in the development, not just taking orders," said Alenia's Caiazzo. "If you give an order, it is different than if you find a solution together."
There is a downside for partners to all this sharing: In exchange for the independence, they have to shoulder more risk. But most partners say they prefer the trade-off.
That's the case at Hamilton Sundstrand. Boeing has commissioned the United Technologies Corp. unit to provide the 787 with a power plant that can produce enough electricity to light a small town. It also will devise the plane's cooling and air-compression systems.
Hamilton saw Boeing stagger at the start, seemingly unwilling to relinquish control of key decisions, but likes how the partnership is working now.
Tim Morris, the president of Hamilton's Rockford-based aerospace power-systems division, recalled how Boeing engineers at the first meeting unilaterally changed a design, just as they had in the old days. Hamilton engineers balked at the needless expense of Boeing's solution. Recriminations flew. The meeting collapsed and it took several days to get things back on track.
Today, the relationship runs more smoothly, said Bob Guirl, who is in charge of Hamilton's 787 work. Boeing has given all its major partners a vote on matters that affect them. Engineers from Japan, Italy and elsewhere are stationed in Seattle and participate in top-level decision-making. Others routinely hook up via teleconference from around the world. A robust, computerized design system enables engineers around the globe to meet and propose changes on the spot.
"In my Dad's time, you'd all be standing around the same drafting table," Guirl said. "Now, there's one drawing, a single model, but it is being made by a group of companies around the world."
The deeper relationship pays off. As the supplier of both the air-conditioning and refrigeration systems on the 787, Hamilton figured out trade-offs between them that cut the size of each by nearly 20 percent. That means less weight, fewer parts and lower costs. In the electrical system, Hamilton substituted a smaller, solid-state circuit-breaker box for a bulky mechanical one. That will free up space under the passenger deck, creating room for revenue-producing cargo.
The changes, which benefit Hamilton and Boeing, would not have happened if Hamilton merely were building "to print," as in the old days.
"They have to agree to give some of it up," said Guirl. "And they have to be comfortable with that."
For Vought Aircraft Industries in Dallas, being a risk-sharing partner carries its own set of burdens. Vought formed a joint venture with Alenia to build the plane's aft section and both will have to pony up hundreds of millions of dollars for the tools needed to build their sections. And since the use of carbon-fiber composite in the 787 is so novel, the original plan called for the partners to pay to invent the tooling.
Early in the process "we started running the numbers, and it was a really bad business deal," said Vern Broomall, chief technology officer at Vought. The hurdle was so high, Vought assumed that Boeing would have to dial back on the composites and other complex aspects of the plane's design.
But after Boeing eventually agreed to share the cost of devising a radically new set of manufacturing technologies, the math made more sense.
"We found it a very difficult case to make, because it had never been done before," said Tom Risley, Vought's chief executive. "But we've gotten to an acceptable answer. I have seen a real change in the way Boeing is working with suppliers."
A culture clash
Boeing's biggest challenge has been working across cultural barriers. This came to light last summer when Boeing flew a team of design engineers to Nagoya, Japan, to focus on a seemingly mundane task: working together to eliminate parts from inside the 787's wing. The idea was to mix groups of wing specialists from Seattle and Japan, so they could come up with a solution neither would develop on its own.
But as a moderator tried to jump-start creativity, he struggled against the tide. Engineers from Boeing sat on one side of the U-shaped table. Japanese engineers sat on the other. The space between them looked as forbidding as an empty dance floor.
Ideas bubbled from the Americans. Middle-aged men in polo shirts, they scribbled thoughts on Post-It notes, then bustled to press them onto the front wall. The notions sprouted like leaves on a canary-hued tree.
The Japanese barely spoke. A pair of jumpsuit-clad Mitsubishi engineers sat with eyes closed, either concentrating deeply or sleeping lightly.
The more the Americans prattled on, the less the Japanese had to say. If this was brainstorming, the Japanese didn't get it.
"This is new culture for us," said Masnori Yamaguchi, a Mitsubishi engineer, wrestling a bit with his second language. "At this time, I'm always shocking. It's very culture shock."
Boeing's Mark Jenks, a former space-station designer in charge of developing the 787's wing, explained that the American style is to dive into problems and attack them almost helter-skelter. That creates wasted effort, but it also leads to innovative solutions.
The Japanese, on the other hand, are more deliberate. They prefer to plan carefully and create a targeted series of tests to arrive at a high-quality solution.
A blended approach may work best. For instance, Boeing quickly designed a slick architecture for the 787's wing box, while the Japanese developed a way to minimize defects. Working together, Jenks said, "leads to both innovative solutions and ones that are practical in a manufacturing environment."
With its overseas partners, Boeing also is counting on a far more measurable payoff: government support for the partners' work.
The Japanese companies, which are building an unprecedented 35 percent of the 787's airframe, are expected to receive up to $1.6 billion in Japanese government financial support. Investing in foreign countries also helps sales efforts there. It's no surprise that Japan has ordered 80 787s. Indeed, Boeing's robust use of Japanese suppliers over the decades has made the country basically off limits to Airbus.
While the partnerships generally are working well, Boeing has not reached a final contract with all the partners. Instead, it is working under less-binding memoranda of understanding.
What degree of risk
Pricing and risk-sharing have been the main sticking points. The Japanese partners threatened to walk out last spring unless they received a 25 percent boost in payments from Boeing--and did get an increase, though not in that range.
Later in the year, the talks focused on a potentially more serious issue, the amount of risk that each partner must bear as the program proceeds.
One example: Boeing for the first time is asking partners to bear the cost of meeting Federal Aviation Administration safety certification on the parts of the airplane they build. Failure to win quick FAA approval could lead to costly redesign and manufacturing changes for a partner.
The Japanese also need to buy the major equipment to build the airplane--machinery that rolls out ribbons of uncured composite fabric, the forms that give the fabric shape, and the huge ovens called autoclaves that cook and harden it.
Takashi Fujimoto, head of airplane engineering for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is pushing to do testing early, to minimize costs and keep on schedule.
"If we find the problem early, we can have many countermeasures," Fujimoto said. "If some problem happens late, we cannot buy the time." Costs rise, too, he added.
With contract talks dragging past their initial deadline last year, other elements of Boeing's plan have been put in limbo. In Japan, the government-backed International Aircraft Development Fund will not move ahead with loans until the contract is complete.
"The cash flow is very severe without government support," said Norisha Matsuo, president of Fuji's aerospace company. If it doesn't come through, Fuji likely would renegotiate its deal with Boeing, he said.
At one point last summer, Fuji balked at buying the capital equipment needed to test the parts it is building for the 787's wing section. It shipped the work back to Seattle.
Problems deepened from there. Fuji engineers from Japan who needed to come to Seattle to do the testing work could not obtain visas, due to restrictive new U.S. immigration policies.
Deadline nearing
Mike Bair, the wiry and intense engineer who heads up the 787 program, has worked hard to keep the engineering teams overseas and in the U.S. working together, even without a contract. They have moved forward, keeping tabs on their costs, investments and contributions as work shifted among them, planning to tally it all up later on.
Bair said the ongoing talks are not affecting the partners' work: "The practical impact is essentially none."
But outsiders say Boeing must meet its new March 31 deadline or risk seeing the program lose momentum.
"The first quarter of 2005 is key," said Richard Aboulafia, analyst at the Teal Group, an aerospace consultancy.
Inside the partnership, the focus is on another impending deadline: The date in May by which Boeing is set to finish principal design of the airplane. That will mark the point when Boeing lets the partners take over detailed design of the parts and systems that they will build.
This will be the ultimate test of Boeing's drive to become a systems integrator, not a plane builder. And it makes Bair a bit nervous.
"There's a real danger that we're going to micromanage it," Bair said. "Once we get them to the point that we do have a plan that will work, then the real challenge here is backing off, letting everybody do their jobs without us doing it for them."
No turning back
Inside and outside Boeing, concern is rising that the company could lose its capacity to build an airplane. It might also create a new competitor that one day could take away its market share, as Airbus did. Boeing executives dismiss this notion, saying industry economics argue against it.
"It requires the wealth of nations anymore, over several decades, to establish yourself to the point where you can be competitive. Besides, the world only needs two providers," said Walt Gillette, the chief engineer on the 787 program.
Most economists accept the economic argument. But that hardly means Boeing's position is secure. The Japanese might try to oust Boeing to become one of those two players. And China, which is building the rudder for the 787 in the western industrial city of Chengdu, has launched a long-term program to develop a civil aerospace industry, for a mix of business and nationalistic reasons.
Previous contracts from Boeing and other plane builders have given the Japanese aerospace industry the know-how to build other parts of a commercial jet. Until now, the key missing piece was the wings themselves. With their 787 partnership, the Japanese are learning how to do that too.
"Our company objective, not near term, but long term, is to develop a commercial airplane accepted in the market," said Shoji Aoki, vice president of marketing at Kawasaki's aerospace unit. "But not alone. With partners."
Boeing has a manual that describes how to invent new airplanes. The manual, which runs thousands of pages, is locked away at the commercial airplane business' headquarters outside Seattle.
In the past, Boeing had plenty of engineers who knew how to design airplanes without reading the manual. But with Boeing ceding so much know-how to partners and laying off so many of its own engineers, that won't always be the case.
The rash of job cuts has boosted the average age of a Boeing engineer to 47 years old, up 9 percent in three years. And Boeing could find it difficult to restock with new talent quickly should it have a need.
"You can't just bring in a kid, because there is so much of this work I would refer to as tribal knowledge," said avionics engineer Dave Patzwald, a 31-year Boeing veteran who recently became secretary of the engineers union.
Even engineers who have jobs in the 787 program say Boeing's partnering strategy is testing their nerves.
"We're betting the commercial airplane company that this will be a success," Patzwald said. "If it's not, that will be the end of the commercial airplane group."
Boeing believes it is creating a new capability that's as valuable as the capacity to design a wing flap or strut--that of maestro of design and construction. There's no going back, and no desire to do so.
Such capabilities, Bair said, are as valuable today as drafting tables, parts shops and fabrication plants were in years past.
"We are generating the unique capability to manage this extended partner base," Bair said. "All this angst we're going through with our partners? When we're done, we will end up with the capability unique to our company, one that we would not have had."
And one that creates enough value, Boeing hopes, to keep it in the battle with Airbus for years to come.

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In the auto industry, this is the kind of deal that makes a ton of sense.
General Motors, just three years out of bankruptcy, is taking a big step to bolster its captive finance operations overseas. The world's largest automaker bought the international operations of Ally Financial for $4.2 Billion.
What does GM get in exchange? It will acquire Ally's operations in Europe, Latin America and a 40 percent stake in a Chinese auto finance company. (Read More: GM to Buy Ally's Europe, Latin America Operations.)
In short, GM s acquiring another piece of the GMAC international portfolio it owned before the company started selling it off six years ago.


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 14 Jan 2011
Are we too obsessed with Facebook?
So asks Mashable in this posting. Check out the infographic that, among other things, shows:
Studies we have conducted at the Museum showed that around 70% of visitors had Facebook accounts and, of these, 45% used them at least once a day.
Again, seems a trend well worth keeping on top of...
Thnx Heather and Cathie.
As Cathie says we do have a Facebook page here. The Museum also has other Facebook accounts - Mr Blobby the Blobfish and Gagali the Gecko fan pages are used to communicate and discuss issues with a wide range of audiences. Winny our Muttaburrasaurus puppet also has a profile so please feel free to be her friend. Two other programs - Lizard Island Research Station and The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes also have fan pages.
We hope you'll 'like' them all!


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Iron Chef Bloggers in Asheville, NC and Cherry Sauce Recipe
"Let the battle begin!"
It definitely felt like a war during our first full day on the East Coast en route to the Asheville, NC blogger bash. I won't divulge into the details about our horrendous experience with !&*%#! Delta Airlines, but what I will say is THANK GOODNESS for the amazing Asheville hospitality and passionate food folks that saved me from sending a three page letter to Delta. I became this (pinching my fingers together) close to going postal on Delta's terrible infrastructure. Luckily, it was the warmth of Sheridan and Dodie that kept me from un-leashing my inner bitch. Oops, did I say "bitch?" Naw, me?
As soon as we hurled ourselves off that plane, we were catapulted into an itinerary that only a neurotic, artisan inspired, food loving, farmer hugging, fresh hogging, local & sustainable believing fool would love. Whoo hoo! Yup, that's us! Every single bit of our blood was DNA analyzed by the Asheville organizers and they somehow managed to perfectly immerse us with all things that inspire us – growing, cooking and eating food from a community where nearly everything is grown, raised, or made locally and with great care, respect and excellence.
Asheville, NC is an inspiring example of how passionate and conscientious citizens can come together to support one another to grow, eat and live better. Visit The Applalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and you'll understand the depth of devotion to local food and dedication to supporting one another in the Asheville community.
Before I really start this post, I must give a gigantic heads-up (props, shout out, or what ever slang makes sense) to Dodie Stevens for her heroine of a planning project. She managed to squeeze every waking Asheville hour that we were there with an introduction and education of Asheville's local food community. There was not one single hour without food and inspiring story from a farmer, artisan or local Chef and there was not one hour that we didn't throw out our surrender flags of "I…can't….eat….drink…any…more." Although everything was so incredibly good we somehow found a way to make room each time we were shown a new goodie. Regardless of the gut expanding consequences, the trip was a phenomenal back to back itinerary that we don't regret one bit and hope beautiful Dodie doesn't change it for next year's group! Here's a fun proof picture of Jaden's twitter to show just how much we ate.
So, after checking into the hotel, Dodie planned an Iron Chef style competition at the AB-Tech Culinary Arts Center. Each blogger was paired with a local Asheville Chef and was given a CSA mystery box of local produce to cook with. The kitchen at the Culinary Arts Center was amazing and each team was assigned a station and given two hours to prepare two courses.
Now, I don't know about you, but I find that to be hugely intimidating!
Being thrown into a cooking competition with a professional Chef you've never met or worked with, being given a "what the hell is in that CSA" mystery box of ingredients and two flipping hours to cook two delicious courses, all in front of an audience of local PR folks and television station! Holy Moly, that's a crazy, nerve racking situation to be thrown in, especially when this was supposed to be a "foodie vacation".
That's why I had Todd be in the competition while I took the photographs.
Hey, SOMEONE needed to document this event for the blog.
Again, this was another remarkable planning project by Dodie and her team. They had a total of 6 teams (blogger with Chef) and when they made the announcement of "go!" this Culinary School turned into an awe inspiring cooking scene that rivals what I see on the Food Network. Every single blogger exhibited knowledge of food and kitchen skills that would make food blog critics cringe.
Jaden, Helen, Todd, Tami and Alison's poise, calm and professionalism made me proud to be a food blogger. I was beaming with pride and wish I had my "Got Food Blog?" t-shirt on. The pairing up of Chefs with bloggers was pretty well thought out too. Each team worked with great rhythm and flow throughout the whole competition, along with the extra exhibitionism of a few particular teams that proved to be comical, inebriated entertainers as well.
Now let the real battle begin!
Here's a visual story from the Iron Chef Blogger Competition:
The Teams:
Team Wonder Women- Blogger Alison of The Humble Gourmand w/ Chef Annie Pettry of Savoy Restaurant
These talented and classy ladies had the cleanest, most well organized and laid out mis en place! They worked together so quietly, smoothly, naturally, like they were sisters. I think they had some hidden super powers.
Team Redneck- Blogger Todd of White On Rice Couple w/ Chef Tres Hundertmark of The Lobster Trap & Oyster House Brewing Company
When you have two White guys pulling out the homemade moonshine and drinking it while the wood that Chef Tres cut from his backyard cherry tree was smoking on the grill, and they plate the final dish with the slab of trout nailed to the wood plank, I call that a reunion party of two distant redneck cousins. BTW- did you know Tres is one of the fastest oyster shuckers in the world? Applause! *burp!*
Team Scholars- Blogger Brain of The Food Geek w/ Chef Michael Gentry "The Sustainable Gourmet" & Everyone Cooks!
Two passionate fella's who have honed their craft so well, a Food Geek to the max and an obsessed, sustainable cooking instructor. Everything zucchini dice and chile charring on the flame was like watching two scientists in the lab.
Team Frenchie Invasion– Blogger Helen of Tartelette w/ Chef Michel Baudouin of Bouchon
Two french chefs at the same station, discussing their menu strategy in French so that no one can understand what they're saying was sneaky. Not Fair! And, these two Frenchies had some fabulous classic french cooking and pastry skills. Not fair! Shit de merde!
Team Artiste– Blogger Tami of Running with Tweezers w/ Chef Anthony Cerrato of Fiore's Toscana
Pair up a professional food stylist (Tami) with a Chef specializing in Italian cuisine and you have an artistic duo of old world charm and modern creations at it's best. Even Tami's perfectly thin sliced fennel bulb was like a painting.
Team Hottie- Blogger Jaden of Steamy Kitchen w/ Chef Adam Hayes of Red Stag Grill
She's pretty in pink from a blog named Steamy, He steamed up the kitchen with his charm and they're both HOT! Someone, call the fire department to subdue all the sexy flames from the hottie duo.
The Honorable Judges
Left to Right: Head Judge Sheila Tillman ( Associate Dean of Hospitality), Andrew Pratt (Chef/Instructor), Brownwin McCormic (Chairperson), Frederick Snyder (Chef/Instructor) and Kevin Schwartz, Sommelier & Assistant Director of Food & Beverage , Grove Park Inn & Resort.
Team Wonder Women have total concentration and focus, while Team Hottie gets a little playful. Jaden of Team Hottie tells dirty jokes to Helen of Team Frenchie Invasion. What a smart distraction move by Team Hottie. Get Team Frenchie laughing and maybe they'll burn their tart!
Peter Marks handing out Fresh Trout from Sun Burst Trout farm. The CSA Mystery Veggie Boxes were supplied by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.
The two moon-shine brothers of Team Redneck were having too good of a time. When you plate your food on a slab of wood and have to secure it with a metal nail, that's what I call classic redneck cooking. Btw- the red dippy thing is the cherry sauce.
Team presentation of their final dishes. Beautiful! Choosing a winner will be tough.
The judges appeared to be in a positive mood. That's a good thing. Don't piss off a judge when he/she is about to rate your cooking.
Judges comments "….Tres and Todd really nailed it with their Trout on Cherry wood dish! "
(Actually, it was the comical Chef Michael from Team Frenchie who said that
And the winners were…….Team Wonder Women!!! Allison & Annie wowed the judges with their simple and fresh style of cooking. Their final dishes of Seared Trout fillet, Chorizo and red quinoa risotto, yellow squash and basil—Yukon gold potatoes Fennel bulb and fronds won over the judges!! Congratulations ladies!
The final results were very, very close. The judges said that it was a very tough decision and everyone's dishes were fabulous!
Read our other Asheville stories
- Asheville, NC- local, homegrown and handmade
- Iron Chef Food Blogger Competition
- Wood Burning Oven Bakers – Steve Bardwell of Wake Robin Farms and Dave Bauer of Farm & Sparrow
- Follow us on Twitter
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Cherry Sauce Recipe
- 1/2 lb fresh cherries , washed & pitted
- 2 cups water
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 5 black peppercorns
Combine all ingredients (cherries, water, sugar, and peppercorns) in saucepan.
- Simmer for about 30 minutes or until sauce thickens. Skim occasionally.
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It started last Saturday with a vicious attack in Miami. 31-year-old Rudy Eugene was shot to death by police officers as he bit and tore chunks of flesh from the face of Ronald Poppo, a local homeless man. Police claim that Eugene was ordered to stop chewing on Poppo's face, yet this did nothing to deter him, nor did the first bullet fired into his body. In the end, it took multiple rounds to end Eugene's rampage.
Then, on Tuesday, 21-year-old Maryland resident Alexander Kinyua admitted to killing his roommate, 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, and eating his brain and heart. That same day a man in New Jersey cut out his own intestines and threw them at police who attempted to respond to the scene.
Meanwhile in Canada, police are searching for Luka Rocco Magnotta, a stripper/escort/porn star who they believe murdered a man, dismembered the body, had sex with the remains, then mailed them to various parts of Ottawa.
As if this sudden outbreak of Fulci-esque horror wasn't enough, Gawker reports that mysterious rashes have been discovered in Florida high schools. HazMat teams were called in to search for a source for the baffling rash, yet so far they've found no definite cause.
Despite what the above may lead your pop-culture-addled brain to believe, hell is not full and the dead are not walking the earth. Or so claims the US Center for Disease Control. "CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," wrote CDC spokesman David Daigle in an email to the Huffington Post.
Despite Daigle's reassuring words, it should be noted that the CDC is nothing if not prepared for disaster, and the bureau offers a helpful primer on what to do in case George Romero's nightmares opt to invade our reality. Admittedly, it was originally created as a tongue-in-cheek, general purpose disaster preparedness guide, but that was well before people started chewing off other people's faces and using their own digestive tracts as weaponry.
We're not going to suggest that anyone panic over this — odds are pretty solid that the recent past has just been bizarrely horrific, instead of the advent of a new world ruled by flesh-craving, shambling corpses — but as always, we advise caution when dealing with anyone who looks suspicious. If your wife suddenly starts making guttural moaning noises and develops cravings for bloody red meat, she may very well be a shambling abomination unto nature.
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There are many green ideas just starting to surface to help reduce plastics and waste. Some will take decades to produce, but the mass production date for this paper water bottle is 2015, which isn't that far away!
The fine folks over at Design Buzz clued us in to this new water bottle held together by a single stitch. It's made from paper without harsh chemicals and has zero effects on the earth when thrown away. They were recently showcased at the Comieco Expopack Design Competition and will likely be distributed across Milan by 2015.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY-nur) says he doesn't know when the government shutdown will end and says it's up to President Barack Obama to start negotiations.
The Ohio Republican said Sunday that he will not allow his GOP-led House to vote on a bill reopening the government without serious talks about spending. He also says he will not go forward with a bill increasing the government's borrowing authority without a similar conversation.
The government partially shut down last week amid Washington gridlock and faces a make-or-break deadline later this month about the nation's borrowing power. Republicans have refused to budge without concessions on Democrats' health care law. Democrats have resisted GOP efforts to dismantle that health care law.
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How to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer Today
They're each fighting a family history of breast cancer—and winning.
Sara Daly Roter, 30
What I'm Doing: the most radical option—surgery
"Because I'm a carrier for one of the BRCA breast cancer genes and have a strong family history, I knew I had a very high probability of getting the disease. After investigating a lot of options, I came to believe that, sooner or later, breast cancer was going to disrupt my life. I had a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy—meaning both breasts were removed—followed by reconstruction. The peace of mind is worth it."
Ali Hochreiter, 29
What I'm Doing: Getting early screenings
"I had a breast MRI and a mammogram last year. Most women don't get mammograms until 40, but my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at only 37 and died at 50. That makes me high-risk, so I started with screenings about 10 years before the age my mom was diagnosed."
Lorraine Gibson, 27
What I'm Doing: Walking three to four days a week
"My sisters and I watched our mom lose her battle with breast cancer when she was 45. I was in high school— and the memory still hurts. I sought support through the organization Bright Pink (bebrightpink.org), and started feeling ready to be proactive—now I exercise regularly to help reduce my risk."
Colleen Keefe, 29
What I'm Doing: Checking my breasts regularly
"My mother passed away from breast cancer in 1992. That made me very afraid for my own health, and I recently got tested for the BRCA genes. My results were negative, but I know that my family history still puts me at a higher risk than the average woman. I'm no longer afraid, but I do pay close attention to my breasts to keep an eye out for changes."
We all want a cure for breast cancer—that's a given. But wouldn't it be even more exciting if we knew how to never get the disease in the first place? New findings about the importance of "breast environment" are inching us closer to that goal, says Debbie Saslow, Ph.D., director of the breast and gynecologic cancer division at the American Cancer Society. Experts have found that whether a cancer-prone breast cell turns malignant can depend on the cells around it—and the overall health of your body. "Think of the breast cell as if it were a child," says Susan Love, M.D., founder of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. "Where she lives can have a huge impact on whether she grows up to rob a bank, or run it." This breakthrough concept—of understanding what makes the environment around your breast cells (and other cells) toxic or healthy—is called epigenetics. It's complicated, but it's good news: Unlike hereditary BRCA breast cancer gene mutations, epigenetic changes can be reversed. "Through epigenetics, we're going to know a heck of a lot more about how to prevent breast cancer; it's exciting," says expert Randy Jirtle, Ph.D. Here's what experts know now, and what you can do to lower your risk.
1. Exercise—it could cut your risk by 23 percent
For years studies have hinted at the breast-health benefits of being active, but the idea that exercise lowers your risk of breast cancer is now hard to dispute. And based on current research, it appears to be the number-one thing you can do to lower your odds of the disease. One study funded by the National Cancer Institute found last year that women who averaged, over their lifetime, a little more than three hours a week of vigorous activity had a 23 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer before menopause than women who weren't as active. Other studies have found that more moderate activity has a protective effect too. What's so magical about exercise? "First, it lowers estrogen levels," says Dallas oncologist Yvonne Coyle, M.D., and estrogen is a well-known driver of cancerous changes in the breast. Working out also helps you maintain a healthy weight—and doctors know that decreases your risk too. But there may be other reasons exercise helps: Dr. Coyle's research suggests that it shields breast cells from both genetic and epigenetic changes. "Whatever the mechanism, being active is a sure way to lower risk, and it's available to everybody," she says. The American Cancer Society now advises women to get at least 30 minutes of exercise five days a week.
2. Watch what you drink
The research is clearer than ever: "Alcohol is a double-edged sword; it's been linked to a lower risk of heart disease but an increased risk of breast cancer," says Harvard preventive medicine specialist JoAnn E. Manson, M.D. One study found that each daily glass raises a woman's risk by up to 12 percent. Experts suggest sipping no more than a drink a day—perhaps less if you're at a higher risk of breast cancer because of family history or other risk factors.
3. Know your own breasts
Something of an earthquake shook the breast cancer world a few years ago, when a large, long-term study found that teaching women how to do a monthly breast self-exam (BSE) did not lower the risk of dying from breast cancer—instead, routine BSE led to unnecessary anxiety and follow-up tests like biopsies. Doctors and public health experts defended the practice to Glamour at the time: How could a monthly lump search not save lives? Still, similar reports kept coming, and the validity of the original study was upheld again and again. Now most experts agree that while every woman should get to know her own breasts, feel comfortable touching them and bring any changes to a doctor's attention, she doesn't have to go on a formal cancer hunt every month. "Most women do find their own cancer lumps, just not by doing self-exams," explains Dr. Love. "It's usually accidental, like when they roll over in bed or a lover finds it. Doing the formal song and dance is no better than the poking around we all do, and it could lead to unneeded tests."
4. Make smart reproductive health choices
"Too much estrogen probably plays a greater role in the development of breast cancer than anything else," says Dr. Coyle. Three well-documented risk factors—starting your period before age 12, reaching menopause after 55 and having your first child after 30—all steep breast cells in estrogen for a longer-than-average amount of time. Luckily, there are some ways to lower your risk with reproductive health choices that cut down on estrogen exposure. Breast-feeding, for example, lowers breast cancer risk, even among women who give birth later in life. And pregnancy timing counts. "As a breast doctor, I say, if you have a choice, have your first baby in your twenties," says Dr. Love.
As for estrogen in the Pill, most doctors agree that hormonal contraceptives slightly increase breast cancer risk. But Pill users, especially those under 40, shouldn't panic: "The risk of breast cancer in your twenties or thirties is so low that even if it doubled, it would be slight," says Dr. Love. "I'm more worried about someone older taking the Pill, when her baseline risk is greater." New York City ob-gyn Adelaide Nardone, M.D., agrees: "I give the lowest dose of oral contraceptives in general, and steer older women toward the nonhormonal IUD." Women with a family history of breast cancer should talk to their ob-gyns, but doctors Glamour interviewed say that for most young women, the Pill's benefits outweigh the small rise in breast cancer risk.
5. Get more vitamin D
No particular diet has been proven to lower breast cancer risk, but a growing number of studies point to a nutrient that seems especially beneficial: vitamin D. One such study found that women who got the most calcium and D had a 35 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those who got the least. Unfortunately, nearly 75 percent of us may have insufficient levels of the vitamin. You can get some from fortified dairy products and fish, but many experts now think taking 1,000 IU of the vitamin daily may be best for women.
Have two minutes? Help find a cure
One maddening problem facing cancer researchers: It often takes years—even decades—to recruit enough subjects for a thorough study. To help solve that, Susan Love, M.D., has partnered with the Avon Foundation for Women to create the Love/Avon Army of Women. The aim: to recruit a million study volunteers. (Reese Witherspoon is number 278,027.) Think of it like being in the Army Reserve: Sign up, and you may get a "call to action" e-mail. For some studies you may need to fill out a health diary; others may require checkups at a local hospital. The group is already speeding the progress toward a cure: "One study had been recruiting since 2002 and still needed 2,000 women," says Dr. Love. "We got them in two months!" Sign up at armyofwomen.org.
Could breast cancer disappear on its own?
There's an intriguing bit of research that has the breast cancer world buzzing: Results from a Norwegian study of 200,000 women suggest that in about 20 percent of cases, small cancerous changes and tumors in women's breasts may vanish—without treatment. How? There are several theories, but "it's possible that our immune system takes care of them," says Dr. Coyle. The finding could mean that some women go through unnecessary treatment for breast cancers that were never going to hurt them in the first place, says Lisa Schwartz, M.D., a professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute in Hanover, New Hampshire. But doctors may also eventually be able to identify early which types of tumors will fizzle and which will ignite—information that might spare women pointless trauma and eventually help scientists develop a cure.


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ἒχεις αὐτὴ ἐνεγκεῖν τό σαυτης τεκνον το μικρον εἰς την οἰκιαν ἡμων;
- because αὐτὴ is nominative here, it must either mean "self" or "very". I do not, however, see anything in the sentence which this is predicates or is attributive towards...
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When two teams from the same conference meet with a Final Four berth at stake, fans think it's great from a rivalry and bragging rights perspective. Conference administrators hear cash registers ringing as NCAA shares are earned.
When two teams from the same conference meet with a Final Four berth at stake, fans think it's great from a rivalry and bragging rights perspective. Conference administrators hear cash registers ringing as NCAA shares are earned.
But coaches? Not a chance.
Saturday's Marquette-Syracuse game will be the ninth time since the field expanded to 64 teams that two schools from the same conference played in the regional final.
The first of those nine times was in 1987. Georgetown, a No. 1 seed just four years from winning a national championship, met Providence, an up-and-coming program under up-and-coming coach Rick Pitino, in the South Regional final.
Georgetown coach John Thompson was asked Friday about playing a team from the same conference with such a big prize at stake.
Three times, he colorfully said that it was a pain in the posterior.
"They know you and you know them. There's no surprise. No coach wants to get somebody from within your league," said Thompson, who is working as a radio analyst. "When they watch tape it's not Georgetown-Villanova or Georgetown-Syracuse, it's Georgetown and you. You're in the film as you're watching it.
"It's hard enough to beat a team you know nothing about. It's a lot harder to beat a team that knows you really well."
Neither Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim nor Marquette coach Buzz Williams described what they were about to face in the same terms as Thompson, but it was easy to tell they weren't thrilled about the opponent.
"They know us, that's a fact, they know how to play against us, they're used to that, and we understand them, what they do," said Boeheim, who is trying to the Orange to the Final Four for the fourth time. "So I think that's all part of playing somebody that you know. They're going to understand what to do and hopefully we will understand what we need to do as well."
Williams, who is a win away from his first Final Four, didn't mince words.
"I don't want to play Syracuse again," he said. "You know them and you know their zone, I know all that. I don't want to play them. I would rather play somebody else. But it's part of having so many good teams in our league that go to the NCAA tournament."
Marquette won the only meeting this season 74-71 after trailing by as many as 11 points. It was their only meeting because of the unbalanced schedule that comes with a 15-team league.
In the past, some of the conference opponents playing for a Final Four berth had met three times before the tournament, and sometimes that had a lot to do with who moved on.
A look at the previous matchups of league foes. Syracuse and Marquette fans can draw their own conclusions what it will mean on Saturday:
VILLANOVA 78, PITTSBURGH 76, Big East, 2009
Scottie Reynolds made a half-court dash for a last-second basket that capped one of the best regional finals of the decade. There were 15 lead changes — six in the last 6 minutes, Villanova went to the Final Four for the first time since winning it all in 1985. The Wildcats, who won the only meeting between the two, 67-57, went 22 of 23 from the free throw line to beat the top-seeded Panthers.
OKLAHOMA 81, MISSOURI 75, Big 12, 2002
Hollis Price scored 18 points and Aaron McGhee hit a big 3-pointer with 2:14 left to give the Sooners their 12th straight win overall and ninth in a row over Missouri, three that season. The game was physical and tightly called — 53 fouls were whistled — and that helped the Sooners, who held Tigers' forward Clarence Gilbert to 1-of-16 shooting.
WISCONSIN 64, PURDUE 60, Big Ten, 2000
The Badgers beat the Boilermakers for the third time in four meetings and another physical, defensive win meant they moved on to their first Final Four appearance since 1941, when they won it all. The loss once again kept Purdue coach Gene Keady from reaching the Final Four. The matchup wasn't one many predicted, as Wisconsin was the region's eighth seed and Purdue was No. 6.
"We faced a team today that probably, if we had faced any other team in America, we might have been better off, except for Michigan State," Keady said that day. "They're a team that was very, very good on D. They knew our weaknesses and they went right after them."
CINCINNATI 88, MEMPHIS STATE 57, Great Midwest, 1992
Herb Jones had 23 points and 13 rebounds and Nick Van Exel scored 22 points as the Bearcats beat the Tigers for the fourth time that season, handing them their worst loss in 11 years. The Great Midwest was the newest conference in the NCAA and Cincinnati capped its season in style with a great defensive effort.
MICHIGAN 75, OHIO STATE 71, OT, Big Ten, 1992
The second of these matchups that season was a coming out party for Michigan's Fab Five. Chris Webber had 23 points and 11 rebounds and Jalen Rose scored 20 points to lead the five freshmen starters who went on to reach the Final Four again as sophomores.
The Buckeyes had beaten the Wolverines twice during the regular season and Ohio State had a chance at the sweep but a 10-footer from the baseline by Chris Jent, now an assistant at Ohio State, bounced off the rim as time expired in regulation.
"They have qualities you don't find in a lot of folks," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said then of his freshman class. "They're smart, determined and extremely unselfish. ... They know how to play, they know how to win. They won't accept anything else."
ARKANSAS 88, TEXAS 85, Southwest Conference, 1990
Lenzie Howell scored 21 points to lead the Razorbacks to a three-game sweep of the Longhorns and their first Final Four since 1978. The final score was a moral victory of sorts for Texas, which allowed Arkansas to score more than 100 points in the two regular season meetings. It was the Final Four debut for coach Nolan Richardson who would go on to lead the Razorbacks to the 1994 national title and the championship game the next year.
KANSAS 71, KANSAS STATE 58, Big 8, 1988
Danny Manning scored 20 points for the Jayhawks who went on to win it all as a No. 6 seed under coach Larry Brown. Kansas had lost two of three to Kansas State in the regular season but defense was the difference in the regional final as the Jayhawks held star guard Mitch Richmond to a season-low 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting.
PROVIDENCE 88, GEORGETOWN 73, Big East, 1987
The game that caused Thompson so much distress was the one that brought Friars guard Billy "The Kid" Donovan to the national spotlight and Providence's first Final Four since 1973. Donovan, one of three guards Pitino made take advantage of the new 3-point line, became familiar with leading a team to the Final Four himself almost two decades later when he coached Florida to consecutive national championships.
Providence, which finished fourth in the Big East, used a different strategy against the much taller Hoyas, going inside and using Donovan as a decoy. The Friars kept the conference connection going one more game as they lost to Syracuse in the national semifinals.
Georgetown had won two of the three regular season meetings.
"I think we saw Providence one time too many," Thompson said.


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"Winter was another major issue, with a need for children's winter clothing. 'How are we going to keep the children clean during winter if there is no hot water?'"
UNICEF emergency specialist Abdulkadir Musse reports on his experiences in Al Waer, Syria in. Thanks to the US Fund for UNICEF and their latest Global Citizenship Briefs, Musse's visit gives us a first hand look into the war-torn city. Not only does this brief give YOU further insight into the conflict, but also provides activities for teachers & students. Read it here on page 5.
"Think, Write, Discuss..."
What qualities do you think it takes to be an emergency worker?
Could you imagine doing this type of work yourself someday?


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It cannot be divorced from the wider context of the recent developments in 14-19 education and recent "headline grabbers", such as the Tomlinson Report and these "new-fangled" apprenticeships!
I want to develop three themes:
1. The wider post-16 agenda
· Is the debate on post-16 education a "dead" issue? The agenda is 14 -19, should this be the framework we should all now be working to?
· What is the impact of the new vocational thrust likely to be on "academic" subjects? There is evidence that some vocational post-16 provision is being moulded into the AS/A2 system. Given Tomlinson; isn't this shutting the barn door after you've just led out all the horses into another barn? (to corrupt a metaphor!)
· Are AS/A2's dead in the water?
2. History post -16
There has been an excellent debate on this in History Review ( see the September 2003 issue).
· Has AS/A2 advanced or damaged history teaching?
· Do the Tomlinson proposals address our concerns? The emphasis on a long dissertation may be welcomed.
· Should we be more vocal about the range of vocational opportunities History A level gives access to....
· Should we be looking at ways to "vocationalise" the post-16 History offer? (Heritage Studies, links with Leisure and Tourism courses?)
· Is the International Baccalaureate a better solution?
3. Teaching and Learning post-16
A number of us teach exclusively post-16. From the wonderful contributions to this forum I know there is a huge range of strategies used to enhance student learning in 11 -16 schools.
· To what extent are these techniques extended into post-16 work. Is this more evident in the 11 -18 schools?
If you teach in a post -16 establishment
· how much consideration do you give to how your History students learnt in 11 -16 schools? (be honest!). When was the last time you observed an History lesson in a 11 -16 school?
if you teach 11 -16
· Have you ever been invited to observe, or asked to teach, some post-16 lessons by "partner" colleges?
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"In a way, this campaign reinvented the old and inglorious coupon. It made people share a discount coupon on their social profiles, and actually be proud of it."
Most amateur runners in the Czech Republic turn to social media to brag about how well they're performing. Intersport found a clever way to turn this behavior into a promotion that rewarded people for their exertions and helped increase sales across their new running collection.
Using any running app, people were encouraged to turn their kilometres into cash by running in the shape of the Intersport logo. The further they ran, the bigger the discount in-store. For example, a 25km route gave people 25% off. People loved this challenge so much that one runner even ran 100km. Now that's a discount worth working for.


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High Point, N.C. - The Conference Carolinas All-Conference baseball teams were determined by vote from each head coach of participating league institutions. Nominations are collected and then voted upon by ballot and tallied to determine Players of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Coach of the Year, All-Conference First Team, and All-Conference Second Team. Awards will be presented at the Conference Tournament Championships hosted by Barton College in Wilson, NC at this weekend's conference championship. This year's award winners are as follows:
Co-Player of the Year:
Bryan Fogle – Erskine College
Jeremy Nowak – Mount Olive
Pitcher of the Year:
William Buzhardt – Erskine College
Freshmen of the Year:
Daniel Oliver – St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Coach of the Year:
Carl Lancaster – Mount Olive College
Regular Season Champion:
Mount Olive College
All-Conference First Team:
John Bolden – Erskine – 1B
Chas Anthony – Erskine – 2B
Preston Lyon – Pfeiffer – SS
Jordan Buenting – Coker – 3B
Joe Maloney – Limestone – C
Mike Knox – Mount Olive – DH
Bryan Fogle – Erskine – OF
Jeremy Nowak – Mount Olive – OF
Bobby Leeper – Mount Olive – OF
Eric Shoemaker – Pfeiffer – OF
Atlee Pearson – Erskine – Relief Pitcher
William Buzhardt – Erskine – P
Carter Capps – Mount Olive – P
Kramer Sneed – Barton – P
Jackson Massey – Mount Olive – P
Jesse Lancaster – Mount Olive – Utility
All-Conference Second Team:
Will Davis – Pfeiffer – 1B
Josh Strickland – Pfeiffer – 2B
Chris Rawlings – Barton – SS
Blake May – Anderson – 3B
Spencer Sobol – Belmont Abbey – C
Zack Pou – Pfeiffer – DH
Myles Pearl – Pfeiffer – OF
Samson Williams – St. Andrews – OF
Trey Lynch – Coker – OF
Greg Huff – Erskine – OF
Luke Wilhelm – Pfeiffer – Relief Pitcher
Sean Lydon – Mount Olive – P
Curtis Hudson – Mount Olive – P
Matt Long – Coker – P
Jack Crawford – St. Andrews – P
Airlon Vinson– Mount Olive – Utility


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Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho
Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage.com
Tia Carrere In The Winner's Circle
The Recording Academy asked a number of 53rd GRAMMY Awards winners to share their thoughts on winning, performing and simply experiencing the excitement of the telecast.
I recently had a get-together at my house to celebrate our GRAMMY win, as well as celebrate Daniel Ho's birthday. It was the perfect opportunity for us to reflect on all the years we have been friends and making music. I even pulled out the old trophy that we won at our local Brown Bags To Stardom contest when we were teenagers. I am awe-struck that here we are, all these many years later, and I am holding two GRAMMY Awards! Not to mention the five that Daniel holds.
When we were growing up in Hawaii we dreamed of music. I never dreamed of an Oscar, I dreamed of a GRAMMY. Now, here we are, making music we love with people we love. Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, who co-wrote the original Hawaiian lyrics for my album Huana Ke Aloha, is a Ph.D within whom beats the heart of a poet. I went to Amy's house and we sifted through classical pieces that served as the basis for the songs. Amy is so kind and open-hearted that you almost forget how much smarter than you she is. When Daniel and I make our records it is a perfect representation of our lifelong friendship. Our goal is always intimacy and clarity — every note is exposed, every breath and every articulation. We invite you in and want you to feel like we're sitting right in front of you, playing for you. We want to be as close to the listener as possible. Just like you're sitting, visiting with a couple of old friends.
Tia Carrere won the Best Hawaiian Music Album GRAMMY for Huana Ke Aloha at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. The album was released on GRAMMY winner Daniel Ho's label Daniel Ho Creations. Ho also co-wrote every song on the album. Carrere picked up the same award at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2009 for 'Ikena.


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As the saying goes, "two is better than one." Though I'm not sure the adage was meant for weapon-wielding psychopaths.
Kit was the original alleged Bloody Face and for a moment, the opening scene on this week's American Horror Story had viewers believing he would live up to that accusation.
But do we really need another Bloody Face running rampant? Ryan Murphy decided no.
Kit was only serving as a disguise for the real murderer: Alma. With one thrust of the axe Alma managed to kill Grace in the same way Grace murdered her own family.
Can you say karma?
Before the homicide, Kit was enjoying a polygamist lifestyle with Grace, Alma and two children. Throw in Ann B. Davis as his maid and you could say he had the perfect life.


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Full-Court Press: Rice aftermath could haunt Rutgers
Philadelphia, PA – The Rutgers men's basketball program is in one of its darkest hours.
The school should be getting ready for a transition into the Big Ten, which was already going to be a difficult process.
Athletic director Tim Pernetti announced that head coach Mike Rice was fired on Wednesday after video of the Scarlet Knights' practices went viral. During practices, Rice clearly grabbed, insulted and hurled basketballs at his players, and he lashed out at players in tirades laced with homophobic and sexist slurs.
Former NBA star Eric Murdock pointed out Rice's inappropriate behavior to Pernetti over the summer and the coach was suspended for three games in December following the athletic department's investigation of the same videos many are watching today.
There is a fine line between what is acceptable and not from today's college basketball coaches. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is highly regarded by basketball experts for his contributions to the game. This season, when his Blue Devils made their trip to Charlottesville to take on Virginia, he spent an entire timeout trying to intimidate an official rather than going over strategy with his squad. California head coach Mike Montgomery was under scrutiny this season for giving his star shooting guard, Allen Crabbe, a mild push in the chest as motivation during a timeout.
Being a college basketball coach at the Division I level is a privilege. They are all very well paid compared to the common worker. Mistakes are going to be made by the men in charge, it's inevitable. Coach K showing aggression toward a paid official is an example as is Montgomery's shove of Crabbe. Although being in charge of a program is sure to yield the stress and pressure of winning, there is no excuse for behavior like Rice's.
Bobby Knight is considered one of the best coaches in the history of college basketball, but the example he set was terrible. Many coaches are state employees hired by academic institutions, but what are they teaching? Even the top coaches without blemishes on their resumes likely have been guilty of setting a poor example.
In the current era, when social media reign supreme, every coach is in a fish bowl. The Bobby Knights of the world are not going to have the same success they did two decades ago. Indiana dealt with Knight for years, but he also produced wins and championships.
Rice was hardly comparable to Knight. His hard-nosed and inappropriate approach to coaching didn't help lift Rutgers out of the Big East's lower echelon. He went 44-51 in three seasons. With his shadow haunting the program, its transition to the Big Ten will only be harder.
So with Rice failing to produce results and conduct himself in a responsible manner, he was still given a second chance by Pernetti. The AD explained himself on the school's website.
"Dismissal and corrective action were debated in December and I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong. Moving forward, I will work to regain the trust of the Rutgers community," he said.
Pernetti admitting to his mistake months after the fact may not be enough to save his job. It would have been easy to let go Rice when school officials got their hands on the tapes last year.
Rutgers wouldn't have owed him any money, and if he sued, it could have threatened to release the tapes as leverage. Instead, Rice was suspended for just three games.
He was physically pushing and kicking his players and just sent home for three games. Imagine what would have happened if one of the kids responded. A 19- year-old's entire career could have been put at risk if a physical altercation occurred.
Rice will be lucky to get another coaching job at any level and Pernetti is faced with a much bigger mess to clean up. It appears he never considered the outcome if the tapes became public, which is mind-boggling because practice tapes can be sought using the Freedom of Information Act.
Once the tapes were sent through the social media world, Rutgers jumped into the national spotlight. When Montgomery' incident was discussed, there was a great deal of debate whether the Golden Bears coach crossed the line. There is no question on this manner.
Rice knew the practices were being taped and he still acted the way he did. The impact that he has made at Rutgers goes beyond the basketball court. Any high school recruit for any sport is going to be less likely to go to a school where the AD allowed such behavior.
The Scarlet Knights' entire athletic program could suffer from the disturbing methods of Rice. Pernetti will have a lot of questions to answer over the next few days.


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Applications for Spring 2003 are located in the Reception
area in the turnstile in Room 600 of The Law Offices.
Do you wish to develop your legal skills, gain practical
legal experience in a specialized area of law with a corporation,
firm or government agency, and make yourself more marketable
to prospective employers upon graduation? If so, consider
applying to the Legal Externship Program for Spring 2003
The Legal Externship Program is a 4-credit hour non-graded
program. The program is open predominantly to students in
their last two semesters of law school.
An extern can choose a private or public, civil or criminal
practice and is required to work 16 hours a week for a minimum
total of 224 hours at his/her designated placement. Externs
interested in civil law may select to work under the supervision
of general counsel in major corporations or under the supervision
of designated teaching lawyers in well-known firms or specific
government agencies. Externs may specialize in such diverse
legal areas as tax, commodities, securities, corporate,
health care, medical malpractice, general corporate law,
etc. Those interested in criminal law may choose to work
with the States Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office,
or the U.S. Attorney's Office. Many externships offer the
externs opportunities to obtain a 711 license and appear
in court.
Here are some samples of the many choices:
If you are interested in exposure to and possible
participation in federal trial and appellate practice while
assisting the U.S. Attorney's Office in handling its multitude
of important cases, please pick up an application from Professor
Gross in Room 617.
Completed applications must be received at the Office
of the U.S. Attorney by Tuesday, December 10, 2002.
To receive law school credit for this externship, should
you be selected by the U.S. Attorney's Office, you must
enroll in the law school's Summer Legal Externship Program.
The law school's externship applications are available in
Room 612 of the Law Offices and in the Career Services office.
Professor Gross will be happy to answer any questions you
may have about either the Externship Program or the externship
position with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Announcing a unique opportunity for a new lawyer with an
interest in gaining experience in Public Interest work:
The Advice Desk, a program run by Chicago-Kent College
of Law at the Daley Center, offers pro bono legal assistance
to defendants in civil actions who cannot afford an attorney.
Cases involve housing, contract, tort and other legal matters.
The Advice Desk is hiring a full-time attorney, with an
interest in public interest. Applicant needs to be licensed
in Illinois. Pay is $30,000.00 per year with excellent benefits.
Interested applicants send resume to:
Professor Pamela Kentra
Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 West Adams Street, Suite #600
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3691
The Law Offices will debut its monthly column with an article
in the Commentator regarding the clinic.
Chicago-Kent College of Law has established
a clinical program in family law. The family law clinic
will operate on a sliding scale fee basis, depending on
the financial circumstances of the parties. The clinic
will represent clients in matters limited to cases to
be brought before the Cook County Circuit Court. Client
referrals will be actively sought from the practicing
bar, labor unions, employee groups, and educational institutions.
In addition, the clinical program will provide
a teaching platform for Chicago-Kent students who are
interested in practicing in the area of family law. All
student work will be under the direct supervision of an
Attorney Ira C. Feldman has been named to
oversee the new program. Prior to his appointment, Feldman
was a partner at the law firm of Wildman, Harrold, Allen
and Dixon. From 1981 to 1991, he was a partner at Naumark,
Bonner and Feldman. Between 1975 and 1981, he headed Feldman
and Associates. Feldman completed his undergraduate at
American University and earned his law degree at the university's
Washington College of Law.
"Professor Feldman is a highly regarded and experienced
practitioner of family law. He will expand the services
of the Chicago-Kent Law Offices to include representation
in matters of legal separation, divorce, child support,
child custody, visitation, guardianships and other related
matters," said Professor Gary S. Laser director of clinical
Chicago-Kent Law Offices was established
in 1976. The program is a fee-generating teaching law
firm that provides clinical practice experiences under
the close supervision of teaching attorneys. The program
delivers outstanding legal services to its clients and
provides high-quality clinical education to more than
150 students each semester. Practice areas include employment
discrimination and civil rights, general practice, criminal
defense, health law, alternative dispute resolution, tax
law, and an advice desk program at the Daley Center.
Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school
of Illinois Institute of Technology, a private, Ph.D.-granting
institution with programs in engineering, science, psychology,
architecture, business, design and law. Last year, Chicago-Kent
educated more than 1,200 students from 45 states and more
than 100 colleges and universities.
First Defense Legal Aid (FDLA), the only program
of its kind in the country, fills the gap in Illinois' public
defender system by providing 24-hour free legal representation
to adults and children in police custody or under police
investigation. FDLA provides a unique "frontline"
criminal defense experience for students, enabling them
to see: how evidence is collected and created; the tactics
of the Chicago Police Department when trying to extract
a confession or question witnesses; the role that the Cook
County State's Attorney's Felony Review Team plays during
the beginning stages of a criminal investigation; and the
utter vulnerability of children and adults when under intensive
and sometimes abusive interrogation. In addition to this
stationhouse representation, FDLA also works toward the
permanent improvement of our criminal justice system by
educating the public, organizing community residents to
combat police misconduct, by engaging in legislative and
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by the Chicago Police, taking select criminal defense cases
to trial, and initiating 42 U.S.C. §1983 litigation
to improve the policies and procedures of the Chicago Police
as they relate to the treatment of persons in police custody.
Students participating in the FDLA class must
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Students representing FDLA clients at Chicago Police Stations
will gain unique insight into the criminal justice system
at its earliest stage and be able to:
1. View and Document Line-Ups, DNA testing,
and Halt Lie Detector Tests.
2. Assert a Client's 5th Amendment Right to Remain Silent
and 6th Amendment Right to Counsel.
3. Gather Information from the Police on the Progress of
the Investigation.
4. Document Police Brutality and other Misconduct.
5. Counsel Clients and Provide Information to their Families.
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and in Court.
Students will be trained to provide legal
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In addition to a weekly, one-hour class (Mondays from 5:00
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Three supervising attorneys will be available at all times
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The Lloyd Hotel's "Open Air" Bathroom
Hotels, with their many rooms and public spaces, are an endless source of inspiration to me, so, when I was in Amsterdam last week, I expected that I'd find something in my hotel that I could file away for future use. The Lloyd Hotel had me scrambling to take notes. My room, in particular, had an ingenious solution to a common space challenge: creating privacy without creating more rooms.
My first impression of my room was that, while it was a cool design, it wasn't very guest friendly. Yes, it was open and airy and inviting (I especially loved that, in contrast to the usual hotel room, the floors were left completely bare) but, when it came time to "heed nature's call," there wasn't any privacy. With the bathroom fixtures lined up against one wall, this room made sure that there'd be no secrets between friends.
Turns out that the oversized yellow closet that faced the "bathroom" was more than just a generous space to store my clothes and a cool way to bring in a spot of color to an otherwise neutal space. The closet doors served double-duty as room dividers. There were other rooms in the hotel that were varations on this same concept. Photo 8 shows a nautically inspired version without a separate shower stall (the floor includes a drain): in this case, the swinging divider's door-sized hole means that this divider can be left open (though I'd add a door if I was appropriating this idea for home use).
It's an unusual idea to pull out of your bag of tricks when renovoating. Try it in a garage to create a guest room when adding an extra room can be costly and space-chomping. Or use it to create a space for a small child to sleep in in a parent's bedroom; carve two bedrooms out of a large room shared by siblings; designate an office space for someone who works out of the house; give a living room an alternate life as a den and a craft room for a couple that need their own downtime spaces, or amicably divide a large room into two rooms for roommates who sometimes need their privacy.
• Life at The Lloyd Hotel
• Inspiration: Attic Bedrooms from the Lloyd Hotel
(Images 1-7: Abigail Stone; Image 8: Allard van der Hoek for The Lloyd Hotel)


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