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Once again my Enzed based chum and campanological co-worker Mr Fothergill Farley selects a goodly portion of the tunes on the show – in between new stuff that has been sent my way ….. please note the not so deliberate error of calling the Home Time Secret the Home Town Heroes – which is due to the fact that the band had told me they had settled on a new name after I had recorded the show….
1 Lake Radio – Heaven's Gate – Planet Earth About To be Recycled – thanks to Rob from Borland for bringing this fine band to my attention. You can access this album on Bandcamp . The band is actually a bit more crytographic than I can cope with on my keyboard in that the a in Lake is replaced by a blocked out triangle symbol which plays havoc with radio show recording software as well. Anyway ambient electronica and other bits with found sounds of the highest order.
2 Sun Ra – The Perfect Man – The Singles – Farleys first fumble – a jaunty little number from Sonny which is good for the soul and jazz in your bones
3 Serena Maneesh – Opium Priest – 12″ Split with Fucked Up – the serendipity of searching for new music comes into play here in that Fucked Up were playing Islington Mill a couple of weeks ago and I was researching them and I came across this split and then started digging a bit deeper. They are from Oslo and if you read the Wikipedia article you can see the influences that are fairly evident from this song.
4 Stereolab – Varoom! – Lo Fi EP – another fumble. I have to confess to being a tad ambivalent about this band but this sounds quite good.
5 Day for Airstrikes – Get In My Car – Adam Wes Ian John Danny Rita Sue and Bob Too – suddenly the DFA lads are shipping out material at an unprecedented rate of knots – I mean two releases in the space of 12 months – heaven forfend. The music was a soundtrack to the grimy comedy from way back when which was played once at Sounds from the Other City on May 1st. There's a rather nice vid-chip of them here courtesy of MCR Skenwipe….not sure about Mr Breen's hoody though. A more relaxed and ambient DFA than we are used to but rather groovy post-rock I feel.
6 Super Furry Animals – (Drawing) Rings Around the World – Rings Around The World – another Farley fumble and 2001 saw the welsh psyche experimentalists at their most accessible I feel.
7 The Smitten Ones – Crooked Cards – Crooked Cards/Siren – the debut release from Twister Records. A nice blend of twangy guitars, ethereal synths and a baritone vox which is compelling listening. I like this so much I am going to play it next week as well.
8 Ted Benson – Mystery Man – United Colours of Benson – another Fumble ….. released in 1998 on 7″ vinyl. Psychedelic hillbillies from that London who morphed into a heavy metal outfit. Quirky I feel is the best description
9 Home Town Secret – Diamond Eyes – Demo Track – as mentioned above I thought they were called the Home Town Heroes but they are called the Home Town Secret. They were called Shortlisted but then they lost a drummer and changed their name. More on next weeks show.
10 The Apples in Stereo – Rocket Pad – Science Faire – another band from the Elephant Six Collective which Farley is so fond of. This is consistent with the slightly psyche theme to the show.
11 Clayton Road -Mercury – Single – I got this from one of the promo companies that send me stuff – the rather gnomic biog says "Created by Michael Purvis and previously signed to a label in America, Clayton Road now release their first single since severing ties with the label. Having worked with various band members and producers over the last few years and performed at a number of major venues in his area including the Carling Academy, it is likely you will be hearing a lot more from Clayton Road in the near future!"
12 The Green Pajamas – Just Another Perfect Day – If You Knew What I Dreamed…..- one of the last of the 22 albums released by the bands between 1994 and 2007. The liner notes say "an album culled from Kelly's 30+ years of song-writing. Recorded in the summer of 2007, these are all new live band arrangements of sixteen songs, many never before released on record. The band draws from Kelly's early solo releases Baroquen Hearts, Coffee in Nepal, Ash Wednesday Rain and beyond, as well as The Green Pajamas Book of Hours, Indian Winter and November albums plus two brand new songs, Claire's Knee and Raise Ravens. Recorded and mixed fast, these stripped down sessions (1 rock band + percussionist) have an exciting and spontaneous energy, the songs themselves being the focus, as opposed to elaborate production of other Pajamas albums. Kelly calls this album an official bootleg."
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Fenugreek is a native to India and southern Europe. For centuries it has grown wild in India, the Mediterranean and North Africa. where it is mainly cultivated. A limited crop grows in France. It was used by the ancient Egyptians to combat fever and grown in classical times as cattle fodder. Commercially, it is used in the preparation of mango chutneys and as a base for imitation maple syrup. In India it is used medicinally, and as a yellow dyestuff. It is also an oriental cattle fodder and is planted as a soil renovator. In the West, fenugreek's therapeutic use is now largely confined to the treatment of animals, though historically. it has been used in human medicine. The name derives from the Latin 'Greek hay" illustrating its classical use as fodder.
Spice Description
Fenugreek is the small stony seeds from the pod of a bean-like plant. The seeds are hard, yellowish brown and angular. Some are oblong, some rhombic, other virtually cubic, with a side of about 3mm (1/8"). A deep furrow all but splits them in two. They are available whole and dried , or as a dull yellow powder, ground from the roasted seeds.
Bouquet: Warm and penetrating, becoming more pronounced when the seeds are roasted. Ground, they give off a 'spicy' smell, pungent, like an inferior curry powder which would probably contain too much fenugreek.
Flavour: Powerful, aromatic and bittersweet, like burnt sugar. There is a bitter aftertaste, similar to celery or lovage.
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Dried seeds should be lightly roasted before using (don't overdo it though, or they will become bitter). After roasting, they are easily ground. A small amount will complement many other spices, but too much can be overpowering. If the seeds are required as part of a curry paste they can be soaked overnight to swell and soften, and be easily mixed with the other ingredients.
Culinary Uses
The major use of fenugreek is in curry powders, figuring in many mixtures, especially vindaloo and the hot curries of Sri Lanka. It is an ingredient of Panch phoron, the Indian five-spice mixture. In home-made powders, the amount used can be controlled, but in cheap bought powders it often overpowers. When fish is curried, particularly strong-tasting fish such as tuna and mackerel, fenugreek is frequently included in the spice mixture. Many chutneys and pickles incorporate it and it gives a tangy aroma to vegetables. The leaves, both fresh and dried, are used in meat curries, dhal and vegetable dishes and chutneys. The seeds are an ingredient of the Middle Eastern confection halva. Flour mixed with ground fenugreek makes a spicy bread. In India the roasted ground seeds are infused for a coffee substitute or adulterant. A tea can be made by infusing teaspoon of seed with two cups of water for five minutes.
Attributed Medicinal Properties
Fenugreek is a digestive aid. As an emollient it is used in poultices for boils, cysts and other complaints. Reducing the sugar level of the blood, it is used in diabetes in conjunction with insulin. It also lowers blood pressure. Fenugreek relieves congestion, reduces inflammation and fights infection. Fenugreek contains natural expectorant properties ideal for treating sinus and lung congestion, and loosens & removes excess mucus and phlegm. Fenugreek is also an excellent source of selenium, an anti-radiant which helps the body utilize oxygen. Fenugreek is a natural source of iron, silicon, sodium and thiamine. Fenugreek contains mucilagins which are known for soothing and relaxing inflamed tissues. Fenugreek stimulates the production of mucosal fluids helping remove allergens and toxins from the respiratory tract. Acting as an expectorant, Fenugreek alleviates coughing, stimulates perspiration to reduce fevers, and is beneficial for treating allergies, bronchitis and congestion. In the East, beverages are made from the seed to ease stomach trouble. The chemical make-up is curiously similar to cod liver oil, for which a decoction of the seed is sometimes used as a substitute. Many other properties are ascribed to it in India and the East and not surprisingly include aphrodisiac.
Fenugreek seeds contain alkaloids, including trigonelline, gentianine and carpaine compounds. The seeds also contain fiber, 4-hydroxyisoleucine and fenugreekine, a component that may have hypoglycemic activity. The mechanism is thought to delay gastric emptying, slow carbohydrate absorption and inhibit glucose transport.
Fenugreek may also increase the number of insulin receptors in red blood cells and improve glucose utilization in peripheral tissues, thus demonstrating potential anti-diabetes effects both in the pancreas and other sites. The amino acid 4- hydroxyisoleucine, contained in the seeds, may also directly stimulate insulin secretion.
Plant Description and Cultivation
An erect hairy annual of the bean family, reaching 30-60 cm (1-2 ft.). The long slender stems bear tripartite, toothed, grey-green obovate leaves, 20-25 mm (3/4-1 in) long. The root is a mass of fingery structures. The sissile axillary flowers are white or pale yellow. The thin, sword-shaped pods are 10-15 cm (4-6 in), with a curved beak-like tip, each carrying 10-20 seeds. The plant radiates a spicy odour which persists on the hands after touching. Wild and cultivated varieties exist. Mild Mediterranean climates are most suitable. Plants mature in about four months. The whole plant is uprooted and allowed to dry. The seeds are threshed out and further dried.
Other Names
Bird's Foot, Foenugreek, Goat's Horn
French: fenugrec Sénegré, trigonelle
German: Bockshornklee, Griechisches Heu
Italian: fieno greco
Spanish: alholva, fenogreco
Indian: mayti, methe, methi
Tamil: venthium
Malay: alba
Sinhalese; uluhaal
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Two website pieces on "Catholic must-reads" caught my attention yesterday: they are not entirely unconnected, I think. The first was the suggestion by "a reluctant sinner" (I couldn't find the author's name on his blog) that there should be a guild of Catholic bloggers.
The first question that occurs to me is this: what would be such a blog's general complexion? There have been, from "liberal" quarters (note the inverted commas) dark grumblings about the "Catholic blogosphere" as being irredeemably reactionary (incidentally, there's a word that could do with a bit of reclaiming: what's wrong with reacting against undesirable developments?).
The other piece (on the website Thoughts from an Oasis in French Catholicism) is a protest by its writer, Jane Mossendew, against such reactionaries calling themselves by the liberal insult "Taliban Catholic" (an illiberal term invented by the normally moderate and genuinely liberal commentator John L Allen of the National Catholic Distorter – sorry, Reporter).
This is how Miss or Mrs Mossendew (how I wish I were called "Mossendew" rather than "Oddie") puts it: "Now stop it you lot! A joke's a joke among friends, but you are using the phrase more than the people who coined it as a tasteless, even spiteful insult to orthodox Catholics. If we're not careful 'Taliban Catholic' risks entry in a future Oxford Dictionary as follows: 'American journalistic phrase coined circa 2010, descriptive of orthodox Catholics (defunct). One who supported the papacy of Benedict XVI. Accepted by traditional Catholics as an estimate of their rigid, repressive and inhumane position'."
John Allen, to be fair, isn't himself entirely happy about having invented the term. This is how he explains himself. At a university meeting in Dallas, he spoke of the existence of two polarities in Catholic opinion: "On the one extreme lies what my friend and colleague George Weigel correctly terms 'Catholicism Lite,' meaning a watered-down, sold-out form of secularised religiosity, Catholic in name only. On the other is what I call 'Taliban Catholicism', meaning a distorted, angry form of the faith that knows only how to excoriate, condemn, and smash the TV sets of the modern world.'
"Some in the audience chuckled, but others weren't so amused. One younger faculty member rose during the Q&A period to offer a thoughtful, and heartfelt, challenge:
" 'To say things with clarity is not to be the Catholic Taliban,' she said, adding that she found the phrase 'profoundly offensive.'
" 'There are no suicide bombers in the Catholic church,' she said, 'but we have had an epidemic of Catholicism Lite for the last 30 years.' Younger Catholics, she insisted, should not be dismissed as fanatics simply because they seek 'fidelity and clarity'."
Quite right, in my opinion. But how come the term became so quickly accepted as an apt and permissible jibe by anti-orthodox Catholics? I suspect that, ironically, it's a kind of back-handed tribute; the Taliban, after all, is turning out to be pretty effective: all the military might of the American-led operation in Afghanistan hasn't smashed it yet. The Taliban has kept up with modern tactics and armaments, just as it's the orthodox counter-revolution in the Church, rather than its enemies, who have most effectively seized the opportunities of the blogosphere.
Which brings me back to the two pieces I began by discussing.
I was right about the probable complexion of the proposed new guild of Catholic bloggers: Thoughts from an Oasis in French Catholicism, which has now declared itself in support of the guild, describes itself as "An Oasis in French, English and Welsh Catholicism.… dedicated to the support of His Holiness Benedict XVI through prayer-based apostolic action. Traditional Roman Catholic and loyally obedient to his authority as Successor of Peter"; and according to "reluctant sinner" himself (or herself), the proposed guild now has the support of Fr Tim Finigan: enough said.
Now: back to this apparently strange phenomenon, of some Catholic counter revolutionaries adopting the insult "Taliban Catholic" as a badge of honour. The trouble is that that would be taken as implying that we actually agree with the Taliban on some very nasty ideas, like forbidding the education of girls and the employment (and general liberation) of women. There are far too many aggressive secularist slurs against the Catholic Church for its supposed suppression of women for the joke to be even remotely funny: too many idiotic suggestions within the Church, too, that this is precisely what's implied by an all-male priesthood.
If a liberal insult is to be adopted, I wouldn't mind being called a "reactionary" because of its widespread use against people who, in Jane Mossendew's formulation, are "loyally obedient to [Pope Benedict's] authority as Successor of Peter" (it's necessary to add that last pro-papal qualification, since not all those who would describe themselves as "traditional Roman Catholics" actually believe in being "loyally obedient to his authority". And the trouble with that, I suppose, is that they're more reactionary than I am: I just react against so-called liberals (and particularly against their illiberality); but some reactionaries react against papal authority as well. It's all very confusing. What about distinguishing between single and double reactionaries? Alternatively, let's call the whole thing off.
Meanwhile, the guild appears to be gathering support. It certainly has mine: there are great possibilities here. It's already come up, I suggest, against one possible snag: that as so far conceived it seems, on the face of, it to go against the very nature of the blogosphere.
It all seems to be being conceived as a distinctly earth-bound and national rather than, like the blogosphere, operating supra-nationally in cyberspace: "The proposed Guild for Catholic Bloggers," says "reluctant sinner", "would need active members and a few officers – chair, secretary and treasurer – so would have to be limited to those bloggers from this country (UK), or those able to travel to Britain … The Guild might also wish to find a president, and a chaplain to celebrate its annual Mass".
All that "chair, secretary and treasurer" stuff (not "chair", please) seems a bit bureaucratic, maybe. Maybe not. I really don't want to be unhelpful, I write tentatively: but couldn't something be thought up so that the whole thing would operate essentially in cyberspace? Masses could be said internationally, in different countries: there could even be online meetings of a sort. As for officers, they could – if still thought necessary – be suggested and voted for online.
Don't ask me how, I'm no nerd: but there must be Catholic nerds out there who could make sensible suggestions about how, technically, it might all be organised. I end uncertainly: this needs more thought, from as many people as possible. Thus, inconclusively, ends this post; not with a bang but with queries to which I have no answers.
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Mountain Biking around Pokhara Valley account gives more detail on roads and bikeable destinations in that area. A few recommended itineraries are given below, though you'll need patience, local advice and good map-reading skills to get the most out of them – hiring a guide is recommended. If you're planning on biking from Kathmandu to Pokhara, the Prithvi Highway can't be recommended, because of the volume of trucks and microbuses and other vehicles. It would be better to put your bike on the roof of a bus – or plan an ambitious, multi-day (minimum five days) route via Trisuli Bazaar, Dhading, Gorkha and the Marsyangdi valley.
Phewa Tal loops:
A shortish day's circumnavigation of Phewa Tal is easily possible, heading out along the north shore and returning via Danda Kot and the World Peace Stupa – the last part takes you downhill along single tracks through the forest, coming out just west of Damside. This loop will take most people around five hours. A more adventurous, slightly longer option heads out across the face of the hillside underneath Sarangkot – but you'll need a guide to find the mix of 4WD trails and single-track; the longer alternative would be to follow the Sarangkot ridge. To make a really full day-trip, you can extend the loop south of the Peace Stupa down the Seti Nadi.
Sarangkot and beyond:
The hilltop viewpoint of Sarangkot makes a great focus for an intermediate-level day-trip or overnight, and one that can be easily done without a guide. From the Bindyabasini temple in the bazaar, follow the paved road 8km westwards to Sarangkot town and lodges, where there's a junction: the hilltop viewpoint is another 3km along to the right, while the left-hand fork leads towards Naudaada. The first 10km of the Naudaada road contours pleasantly along the south side of the ridge through forest, terraced farmland and villages; at Naudaada you can head back to Pokhara on the busy Baglung Highway. A shorter, but more demanding alternative is to break off the Naudaada road at the saddle of Deurali, then descend steeply on off-road tracks via Kaskiot to Pame, a couple of kilometres west of Pokhara along the lakeshore.
Begnas and Rupa Tal:
A fine road, paved only in its earliest sections, follows a ridge between two beautiful lakes, Rupa Tal and Begnas Tal, and then westwards to Besisahar. A network of trails developing in this region can offer one or several days' riding – enquire at Pokhara bike shops. A fairly tough, long day's route, involving some carrying, is known as the Begnas Loop: it takes you east of Pokhara (from the Bhadrakali Mandir), along the ridge road past Tiger Mountain Resort to Kalikasthan and Tiwaridanda; from here it's downhill, heading south on a rough road to Kotbari and Sundari Danda, then back on the partially paved road between Begnas and Rupa Tal. Heading east of Begnas Tal, it's a 40km three-day rough-road trip through Bhorletar and Sundaari Bazaar on the way to the paved road at Besisahar; from there you could head on up the new road up the Marsyangdi valley (the eastern side of the Annapurna Circuit) or return to Pokhara (with a side trip to Bandipur).
The Annapurna Circuit:
Only the most committed mountain bikers take on the full, trekking-style Annapurna Circuit, carrying their bikes across the high pass of the Thorung La. Some tour companies offer the option of plane, bus and mule transport to the top, followed by an incredible downhill, but it's expensive. If the complete circuit is beyond most people's reach, it's increasingly possible to follow either of its arms upwards, then turn around and descend the same way. The eastern side is the more popular. Attractive roads lead to Besisahar, from where you can now cycle up the Marsyangdi Valley all the way to Manang – though you may find yourself carrying your bike for up to a quarter of the ascent. The trip from Pokhara to Manang usually takes 7–10 days. The western side of the circuit is less varied, at first, though new roads being built will soon offer the possibility of a cut-through from Birethanti to Tatopani, via Ghorepani. Currently, however, it's 90km from Pokhara to Beni, and then a fairly relentless climb along the mostly unpaved 80km road up the Kali Gandaki from Beni to Jomosom. Above Jomosom, dusty, Tibetan-style and relatively flat roads beckon on towards Muktinath (and, with a special permit, Upper Mustang).
No special bike permits are needed for the Annapurna Circuit, but if you are entering the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACAP) you will need a TIMS card and park entry ticket, just as trekkers do.
The Seti Nadi:
Unpaved roads head downstream along the churning Seti Nadi, with dramatic overlooks of the canyon and views of the mountains. The road on the south side of the canyon goes on for many easy, downhill miles, and leads to some more remote trails further to the southeast. One good loop from Pokhara follows a trail south from the main road to Chhorepatan, stopping just short of Kristi Nachana Chaur, then turns east to Nirmal Pokhari; from here, you descend to the Seti, crossing at Dobila, below the huge Fulbari Resort – from where it's a relatively gentle ride up the Seti towards Lakeside.
To the Terai: Chitwan, Lumbini and the Mahendra Highway. The easiest route to the Terai is along the Prithvi Highway to Mugling and then south from there to Narayangadh, which is only a short hop from Chitwan National Park. It does get heavy traffic, but is mostly downhill and you can pedal it in a day.
A more adventurous and strenuous route follows the winding, scenic Siddhartha Highway southwards to Butwal, via Tansen. This ride requires some long stints in the saddle and several overnight stops. It's a fast downhill ride from Tansen to Butwal, and from there it's a flat and easy couple of hours to the Buddha's birthplace, Lumbini. An even more adventurous option would be to head west of Pokhara to Baglung, and from there follow the incredible, switchbacking Tamghas Highway south – either looping round southeastwards via Ridi Bazaar to Tansen (it's 80km from Tamghas to Tansen via Ridi), or continuing south and west from Tamghas via Sandhikarka, on 90km of rough roads, joining the Mahendra Highway at Gorusinge, 48km west of Butwal (and some 10km north of the Buddhist archeological site of Kapilvastu). West of Butwal, the Mahendra Highway leads through a beautiful dun valley towards the relatively undeveloped far west, the traffic lightening as you go.


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Man killed in Sheboygan apartment fire identified
Fire officials in Sheboygan have identified a man who died in an early-morning apartment fire on the city's south side.
The fire was reported at 1:43 a.m. at an apartment building on the corner of Ashland Avenue and South 18th Street.
Fire officials told WISN 12 News there were heavy smoke and flames shooting out of one apartment window when they arrived.
"Even by our standards, it was pretty impressive," Fire Chief Jeff Hermann said of the flames. "I think what we saw was a flashover, when the entire room and contents explodes into flames."
Assistant Fire Chief Vernon Koch said that Randi Hein, 51, was found dead after the fire was extinguished.
Koch said one other building resident was checked on scene for smoke inhalation, but refused to be taken to a hospital.
Hermann said firefighters responded quickly, as a city fire station is located on the same block as the apartment building. However heavy flames and smoke made resident rescues a challenge.
"We had numerous rescues going on out of second floor windows and down ladders," he said. "Our crews tried to get in through a hallway, but the hallway was impassable with heat and black smoke down to within a couple inches of the floor."
Hermann said there were 22 residents in the building, which has heavy smoke damage.
Mary Goldbeck said she saw people running from their homes with just the clothes on their backs.
"I woke up to sirens. I heard a female voice yelling, 'Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," Goldbeck said.
Some residents were allowed into the building Tuesday morning to gather essential belongings, and the Red Cross is assisting those displaced by the fire.
Doriana Avdolli and her parents made it out safely.
My mom just told us, 'Get out.' No shoes, no nothing, just walked out as fast as I could," Avdolli said.
The Department of Justice and the state fire marshal are assisting in the fire investigation.


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Roasted butternut squash with arugula
Liz Barbour, the Creative Feast
Servings 6
1 medium butternut squash, peeled*
olive oil
4 cups baby arugula
4 cloves garlic, slivered
Kosher salt
Freshly ground pepper
Optional: Shredded parmesan cheese or crumbled goat cheese or feta
*Pre-peeled butternut squash is easier to use. Buy two pieces for this recipe.
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line two baking pans with tin foil.
2. Cut the squash into ½-inch cubes. Toss with 2 tsp olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place onto the prepared baking pans in a single layer and place in the oven. Cook for 10 minutes, until just fork tender.
3. Heat the saute pan with 2 Tbs olive oil and garlic slivers. Cook over medium heat until the garlic is softened and lightly browned.
4. Add the cooked squash to the saute pan. Add the arugula and saute, tossing gently until the arugula is wilted. Season with salt and pepper to taste if needed. Serve immediately with cheese, if using.


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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team returns to action on Saturday afternoon at Rider. The Blue Devils (5-3) have not played since an 82-68 victory over Vermont on Dec. 8. The Broncs (3-5) are the only Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent that CCSU will face this season. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Alumni Gymnasium on the Rider campus.
Today • The Blue Devils (5-3) travel to Rider (3-5) for a non-conference women's basketball game. The Blue Devils and Broncs met last season in New Britain with CCSU pulling out a dramatic 62-61 victory in overtime.
Up Next • The Blue Devils will host Hofstra on Dec. 30 to close out non-conference play. Northeast Conference action begins on Jan. 4 with Robert Morris visiting Detrick Gym and on Jan. 6 Saint Francis U will travel to New Britain.
Series History • The Broncs hold a 5-2 advantage in the all-time series, but the Blue Devils won last season's meeting. CCSU also won the last meeting prior to last season, a 75-66 victory in 1991-92. The Blue Devils have a current two-game winning streak with Rider's five wins coming in the first five meetings of the series.
vs. the MAAC • The Blue Devils are 1-0 this season against members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a victory over Siena on Dec. 3 at Detrick Gym. Head Coach Beryl Piper is 5-0 against teams from the MAAC in her career. She has victories over St. Peter's, Rider and three against Siena, including this season.
UMass Lowell • The Blue Devils scheduled game with UMass Lowell was postponed because the River Hawks were unable to travel to New Britain as a result of the winter weather. A rescheduled date and time have yet to be determined.
NEC Player of the Week • Senior Jessica Babe was named Choice Hotels/Northeast Conference Player of the Week on Monday afternoon. Babe sparked the Blue Devils to a double-digit margin of victory in a pair of non-conference games last week with a career-high 24 points on Sunday at Vermont and 16 points against Siena on Dec. 3. Babe finished the week averaging 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game. She shot 50.0% (11-22) from the field, 85.7% (6-7) from three and 75.0% (12-16) from the free throw line over the two games.
Last Game • The Blue Devils went on the road and defeated Vermont 82-68 on Sunday. Senior Jessica Babe led the offense with 24 points. She was joined in double-digits by senior Lauren Arbogast (14 points) and sophomore TeJahne Malone (10 points). Malone also grabbed a career-high nine rebounds to narrowly miss a double-double.


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Granted, it's only March, but this might be the most hardcore music controller released in Japan this year. That is, if it's released.
You are looking at a dedicated controller that's designed for playing Sega rhythm game Project Diva and...that's it. Dubbed the "Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Dreamy Theater 2nd Dedicated Controller", it will be available for pre-order from Japanese peripheral maker Hori. It's priced at ¥29,939 (US$362).
The controller reproduces the experience of playing arcade game Project Diva at home on the PS3. But only if enough pre-orders are placed will the controller go into production. With the game's rabid fan base, that is entirely possible. Pre-orders start on March 22, so mark your calendars. Or not.


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Storm Season Unleashed: Claudette Hits, but Bill Could Pack a Bigger Punch
After quiet start to hurricane season, three named storms came over the weekend.
Aug. 17, 2009 -- It is as if someone flicked the "on" switch this weekend. For 10 weeks, we had a hurricane season with no hurricanes.
But the last 30 hours brought three named storms, including Bill, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season.
The remnants of what was Tropical Storm Claudette is already wreaking havoc, and Bill is marching toward the U.S. East coast and could become a major hurricane by the end of the week. Current forecasts show Bill will turn north and may not make landfall.
Overnight in the Florida Panhandle, Claudette came ashore with winds of 50 miles an hour and more than 6 inches of rain forecast. The storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression but is still heading north over Alabama and Georgia, bringing heavy rains and high winds, but no major flooding or damage is expected.
Claudette was a classic "popup storm," simply appearing out of nowhere. Eighteen hours after popping up in the Gulf of Mexico, Claudette made landfall early Monday morning.
"I think Claudette is a warning shot," Accu-Weather's Joe Bastardi told ABC News. "The Gulf is more primed than usual for intensification this year."
Many Florida residents were caught by surprise.
"I'm just looking out for my boat, doing what I have to do to save it," sailor Paul Freudel told ABC News Sunday as he made preparations.
In Pensacola, on the Panhandle, the National Park Service closed low-lying roads.
"We may see some heavy rains as a result, but we don't expect any high winds or coastal flooding," John Dosh, manager of Emergency Management told The Associated Press. "This event is a good example of how quickly a tropical storm can develop. We won't always have a lot of warning. This is why citizens need to be prepared throughout hurricane season."
Ana, which had been the first named storm of the season, is already falling apart. Overnight Ana was downgraded to a tropical depression after encountering dry air, which is sapping her strength.
But just behind is Bill, the first hurricane to form this season in the Atlantic Ocean.
Bill is already a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of up to 75 mph, and the warm waters over the open Atlantic are fueling the storm even more. Bill is currently expected to grow into a major hurricane by the end of the week. A low-pressure trough is forming that could divert Bill's path out into the open waters and keep him from making landfall.
Hurricane Season Hits
Accu-Weather's Mark Mancuso said on "Good Morning America" that Bill is "heading to the west of Bermuda … any deviation in the path here could bring it closer to the east coast and closer to Bermuda with time. We'll have to wait later on into the week here. … It just depends how strong Bill gets."
Mancuso said even if Bill doesn't make landfall, "There will be a lot of wave action. There will be high tides, we could have dangerous swimming conditions at the very least along the East Coast."
This sudden explosion of activity has rocked the complacency out of at least some along the hurricane coast who had concluded that maybe they wouldn't need hurricane supplies this season.
Until now, this rainy season has been marked by sudden weather changes and intense rain showers, but no hurricanes.
Officially hurricane season begins June 1. The last time the first named storm came this late in the season was 1992. Hurricane Andrew made landfall as a ferocious Category 5, which is why experts warn that just because the storms are starting later doesn't mean the season is going to spare us.
"Typically, the latter part of the summer season … that's when we see most of our hurricane activity," Mancuso said. "Bill certainly has room to strengthen … what we have learned from Andrew is that it only takes one storm. Never let your guard down."
"The power of these storms, very dangerous, can cause lots of destruction," he said.
This morning Claudette has moved inland bringing heavy rains to Alabama and further north. As long as it doesn't do damage the rains are welcome. Many areas in the south are well below their seasonal averages and are in desperate need of a good soaking. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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After a scan of the runners taken during the 2013 draft this past weekend, here are my early top ten rookie running backs for re-draft leagues. Keep in mind; a number of rookies had a fantasy impact last year – Doug Martin, Alfred Morris, Trent Richardson, Vick Ballard and David Wilson. Martin, Morris and Richardson finished among the top ten fantasy running backs in 2012.
1. Le'Veon Bell, PIT – With Mendenhall moving on to Arizona the Steelers have a void at the RB position. Bell is projected to be an every-down back and rumors of Jonathan Dwyer being shopped in a potential trade have begun to surface.
2. Eddie Lacy, GB – Lacy was a shoe-in to be top on the list until the Packers selected Johnathan Franklin later in the draft. Lacy's likely use around the goaline gives him the early leg up over the smaller Franklin.
3. Montee Ball, DEN – The Broncos have a crowded backfield at the moment but with one pick slip handed to Willis McGahee, Ball's fantasy value will shoot up the charts. He has the potential to be the focus of the Broncos running game.
4. Giovani Bernard, CIN – Bernard is a much better receiver than the LawFirm but is a bit on the smallish side (5-foot-9) to be a workhorse. He's got a chance to fill the role Bernard Scott has yet to fulfill.
5. Johnathan Franklin, GB – Franklin is a perfect compliment to Lacy and could become a fantasy force if Lacy's injury concerns become a reality in 2013. He'll likely compete with DuJuan Harris for carries.
6. Zac Stacy, STL – Stacy lands in St. Louis in a prime situation. Gone is Steven Jackson and left behind are second-year players Daryl Richardson and Isaiah Pead with Stacy the more likely to receive goaline carries.
7. Stepfan Taylor, ARI – Mendenahll will get his chance this year to be the workhorse in Arizona but he is on a one-year contract and prone to injury. Coaches are typically reluctant to put rookie running backs on the field due to their lack of prowess in pass-blocking but Taylor does have above-average ability in that department. At the very least, he should fill a complementary role to Mendy in 2013.
8. Knile Davis, KC – Davis is known as injury-prone and a fumbler but does have immense talent. He'll have to shake the former if he wants a steady role as Jamaal Charles' backup and with Shaun Draughn currently holding down the job, the opportunity is there.
9. Andre Ellington, ARI – Bruce Arians is definitely trying to revamp his running back group. Ellington will likely spend most of time on special teams this season but he's someone to keep an eye on if the Mendenhall experiment fails.
10. Joseph Randle, DAL – DeMarco Murray is the unquestioned started in Big-D but behind him is a vacancy. Jerry Jones already projects him to be the backup behind Murray making him very fantasy relevant given Murray's injury history.


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STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford earned the top spot in a new list of the 10 Best Places To Live in Connecticut.
Movoto Real Estate ranked the Connecticut cities using a criteria that included quality of life, total crime, tax rates, unemployment, commute time and weather for municipalities in Connecticut with a population of more than 10,000. Movoto is an online real estate brokerage based in San Mateo, Calif.
"(Connecticut) has some of the most desirable real estate in the country, some of the best classrooms for your kiddos, low crime rates, and even more still, particularly in a select few places," Movoto representatives said.
The City of Stamford earned first place out of more than 40 municipalities.
"(Stamford) placed highly in our ranking for a low student-teacher ratio of just 12 to 1, a median household income 89 percent higher than the rest of the state, and a median home price of $574,900 - 89 percent higher than the Connecticut average, giving it an overall high score for quality of life," Movoto representatives said. "With just 1,934 crimes per 100,000 people, Stamford came in as one of the safest communities in our ranking-great news for residents and commuters alike, and there are plenty of each. After all, Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 Companies, nine Fortune 1000 Companies, and 13 Courant Companies, making it the largest financial district in the New York Metro outside of New York City."
The following is the listing of the Top 10 Best Places To Live in Connecticut, courtesy of Movoto:
1. City of Stamford 2. Town of Bethel 3. City of Danbury 4. City of Middletown 5. Town of Ridgefield 6. Town of West Hartford 7. Town of Darien 7. Town Groton 9. Town of Westport 10. Town of Newtown
Click here to read the complete list and article on The 10 Best Places To Live In Connecticut from Movoto Real Estate.
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Is bigger really better? As demand for merger partners ticks definitively upward, growth-oriented advisory businesses are giving each other the once-over on a scale not seen in years. But the trend has some industry observers worried that many small enterprises—the so-called lifestyle practices—may be headed into the abyss.
As Deena Katz, associate professor at Texas Tech and chair of Evensky & Katz in Coral Gables, Fla., frames it: "Many of these are little boutique firms built around the personality of the owner. They haven't hired well, if at all. A lot have older clients that they're not replacing. That's like buying an oil well that's drying up. And most don't even look at their practice in terms of profitability. The bottom line is they have an overblown estimation of what their practice is worth and they have no idea how to manage for what's coming."
A provocative report released in April from industry prognosticator Mark Hurley suggests that about 150 large independent RIA firms will ultimately dominate the lucrative wealth management space while thousands of low-revenue producing "books of business" fall through the cracks. The report, "Brave New World of Wealth Management," was two years in the making. (To download a free copy, visit www.fiduciarynetwork.com.) In the white paper, Hurley counts roughly 19,000 small firms whose value will dissipate, if not disappear.
"The easy money has been made," says Hurley, who heads Dallas-based Fiduciary Network, which invests in wealth management firms. "It used to be a land grab, a pie eating contest—no longer. Everybody I know in the industry, and I know hundreds of guys, all know someone who is an idiot who's been successful. Due to the long bull market, there was an environment where even idiot advisors could become millionaires. Going forward, you're going to have to be a much better business person. Strategy matters."
Not everyone agrees with Hurley's dire forecast but most do acknowledge the marketplace conditions that are reshaping the industry: aging clients that in many cases are not being replaced; aging advisors headed toward retirement; a far more competitive landscape; the well documented talent shortage; and the failure of many advisors to plan for their own succession.
Harman "Jet" Wales, managing director of Moss Adams Capital in Seattle, believes advisors are beginning to wake up to the fact that a smaller number of large advisory firms will one day lead the wealth management sector. Additionally, he thinks clients will come to expect a full breadth of resources and services that only a big firm can deliver.
"It's a realization that is taking hold right now. There's a range of new technology solutions, new investment solutions and with social media, client expectations are changing faster. A small firm with $200 million to $300 million in assets under management can have a nice business and serve clients pretty well, but you are going to find it's the bigger firms growing into the billions of dollars that will shift client expectations and create a client experience that becomes the new norm," adds Wales. "If you're a smaller firm relying on your own resources, you're anticipating this. You're looking for a partner."
Interest Piqued
At a recent Financial Planning Association conference, presenter Greg Friedman, founder and CEO of Private Ocean in San Rafael, Calif., posed a series of questions to the 150 or so advisors in attendance.
"I asked, 'How many people in the room are open to a merger?' A bunch of hands went up," recounts Friedman, whose firm, the product of a 2009 merger, manages $750 million in assets. "'How many are actively pursuing a merger?' A bunch of hands went up. 'How many have been approached by somebody for an acquisition?' A bunch more hands went up. Finally, I asked: 'How many people in the room are not at all open to a merger?' Not a single hand went up."
The anecdote demonstrates the deep level of interest in merger talks at the moment. Hurley calls it an "explosion of demand for acquisitions" that he expects to have a three to five year run.
Gabriel Garcia, director of relationship management for Jersey City, N.J.-based Pershing Advisor Solutions, agrees that conversations around mergers, acquisitions and inorganic growth have intensified recently—in part due to the projected exodus of 12,000 to 15,000 retirement-bound advisors over each of the next 10 years. "There's renewed interest and more dialogue," he adds. "We anticipate an impending wave of activity."
Philip Palaveev, CEO of The Ensemble Practice in Seattle, says he has observed a "silent current" of mergers under way. "Every other call I get has something to do with mergers or the desire to have partners to achieve growth," he adds. "We all have scars from the financial crisis. It reminded us all that our businesses are just a small boat in a big ocean. There's a desire to have a bigger boat. It's more secure. Mergers are a great way of growing bigger."
Palaveev, however, does not believe, as the Hurley report predicts, that small practices will necessarily fade or fail.
"I think Mark has some very legitimate concerns but we're not helpless in this situation," he says. "We're not some sort of Greek tragedy heroes that are the recipients of fate. I think there are businesses out there that have heard Mark and they are acting on it. They are recruiting and retaining young people who will be their successors, they are more competitive and they are putting a variety of structures in place to make sure the founders can transfer ownership to the next generation."
"If someone takes success for granted and no steps whatsoever to ensure the continuity of the business, yes, 10 years down the road they may find themselves sitting on top of a book of business that is worth nothing. But we can take action," Palaveev adds. "We don't have to be the recipients of fate."
And when talking about the "value" of a firm, he says it is important to first consider "value to whom" and "value under what circumstances."
"Surveys tell us that the income of financial advisors is higher than it's ever been. As long as the income of a business is high, the value of a business is high, assuming that income is sustainable. If you have an asset generating high income, even if it is finite in its life, it is still a valuable asset," notes Palaveev. "If you have a business that's going to pay you $1 million a year for the next 10 years, and then it is going to die, is that a bad business? I think not."
Valuing Assets
For the past six years, valuation expert David Grau Sr. has watched one figure hold steady: 8–12% of advisory firms, no matter the size, will sell to an acquirer.
Even more interesting, the remainder of those practices below $1 million in value will wind down through attrition. "It's unfortunate for them and for their clients and it's bad for the industry," says Grau, who heads FP Transitions in Portland, Ore. It's a quite different story for those valued at above $1 million. Most advisors who don't sell are working on internal succession plans with a move to protect and perpetuate their most valuable asset: their business.
"The amount of internal succession planning has accelerated through the roof," he says. "We're seeing a solid 20% increase every year in the number of advisors who actually value their practices." The firm will do 1,300 valuations this year, measuring 100 data points across three indexes: cash flow quality, transition risk and marketplace demand.
"Until you put a number on that practice and what you spent a lifetime building, you can't set up a continuity plan. This is your largest, most valuable asset. Take care of it," cautions Grau. "Not only figure out what's it worth but why it's worth that."
Do you want to put a number on your practice? Want to grow your business? Wondering how to make a merger work? Consider this advice from the experts:
Be realistic. There is an inherent quality in all of us to put a value on our creations that is greater than it should be. "It's that pride of creation. My children are always the best looking. We have a bias, not a flaw necessarily," says Palaveev. "It's only a flaw if unreasonable expectations of the future are based on that bias."
Network. Go to conferences, "shake some hands," "drink some drinks" and reach out to other advisory firms and financial professionals in your region, adds Palaveev. "Start a conversation: How is your business doing and where do you see it going? How do you find new clients? You don't have to walk around with a T-shirt that says 'Looking for mergers.' You network. You wave the flag."
Hire smart. A more valuable practice—one that can be sold to an outside buyer—depends on people, according to consultant Angie Herbers, founder of Angie Herbers Inc. in Manhattan, Kan. "We know for a fact that with any service business, the most valuable asset is the people working in them. That plays right into your ability to sell your firm, to be acquired, or to be transferred internally. Nearly all of my [advisory] firms are looking to acquire or merge right now. I compare acquiring to the hiring process. You have to be an employer of choice. You need to prepare yourself to be bigger."
Spend face time. With most deals, principals spend 80% of their time on the economics and 20% on the people part. Friedman says the equation should be flipped. "The deal structure is the easy part. The bigger issue is how do I get along with these people, their philosophy, their values? It's important to really get to know each other. Grab beers, go to the movie, walk in the park," he advises. In retrospect, Friedman says he would have from the beginning gotten mutual consent on things like roles and responsibilities—and documented it in detail. "Flesh it out. Dig in," he says. "Even if it's not binding, it's helpful."
Compare cultures. Firm owners should meet frequently, visit one another's work spaces, learn about one another's philosophy of advising, and fully understand what the client experience is like, according to Wales. "Part of the business that drives the greatest value is the client relationship and the ability to grow more. You need to understand what the effect would be on your clients going forward," he adds. "You want a complementary culture and set of conditions. That takes a relatively long courtship."
Do the math. Consider the economics that drive value in a business, yours and your prospective partner's: cost structure, income mix and growth trajectories, as examples. Following that, says Garcia, take a look at the client base: the average age, tenure of clients, composition and retention rates. Next, consider the business opportunity. Is there a management team that's managing day to day and professionally? Is this an organization that supports career paths? Is this a firm with a brand and solid reputation in the marketplace? "You've got to look at cash flow divided by risk minus growth," he adds. "What you need to think about are all the things that drive those components."


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Mission Control Center
The crew of Columbia completed the second of five planned spacewalks this morning with the successful installation of a new port solar array and a new Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Spacewalkers Jim Newman and Mike Massimino spent seven hours 16 minutes installing the new equipment. Massimino, on his first spacewalk and Newman, making his fifth spacewalk, began their work at 12:40 a.m. CST. Newman and Massimino first removed the old port solar array and stowed it in Columbia's payload bay for a return to Earth. They then installed a third-generation solar array and its associated electrical components, the Diode Box Assembly. When the solar array installation was complete, the spacewalkers moved on to the removal and replacement of the RWA. Nancy Currie once again used the shuttle's robotic arm to maneuver the spacewalkers to and from the worksite at the port array of the telescope and the RWA in Bay 6.
Initial validation tests performed by the Space Telescope Operations Control Center in Greenbelt, Md. indicate that the new solar array and reaction wheel assembly are working flawlessly. The new RWA is one of four pointing devices on the telescope that uses its spin to control Hubble's position, providing a steady view of the universe for the telescope's sensitive cameras.
Toward the end of their spacewalk, Newman and Massimino also installed a thermal blanket on Bay 6, door stop extensions on Bay 5, and foot restraints in preparation for tomorrow's spacewalk by John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan.
The spacewalkers also tested two bolts on the telescope's aft shroud doors. Those doors protect the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS.) The two spacewalkers determined that the bottom of the two bolts required replacement and an aft shroud latch replacement kit was used to ensure that both bolts keep the door tightly closed.
During the spacewalk, Columbia Commander Scott Altman and Pilot Duane Carey used television and still-photo cameras to document the work, while monitoring systems onboard Columbia. Grunsfeld and Linnehan, who will be outside Columbia tomorrow for the third spacewalk of the mission, assisted Newman and Massimino from the aft flight deck.
The crew is scheduled to awaken at 7:52 p.m. CST. The next STS-109 mission status report will be issued Tuesday evening after crew wakeup, or as events warrant.
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Contributing, Advancing, Succeeding
For many Jews, Maine has been a place to work. As 19th- and early 20th-century Jews entered Maine's society they searched for ways to fit in and contribute.
Many first worked as peddlers: buying, selling and transporting goods throughout the state. They provided a valuable service to those living in the small towns and rural areas of Maine. Life as a peddler wasn't easy: constant travel placed great strains on these recent immigrants.
Within two to five years most Jewish peddlers either left Maine or advanced into less demanding occupations. By opening stores in towns and cities, Jews began to plant long-lasting roots throughout Maine. Those who settled down and formed enduring communities looked to their children to fulfill what they saw as the American dream. Education and Professional jobs became central to the success stories of many Jews.
Not all Jews, however, followed this path. Some embraced a different vision of success, one which took advantage of Maine's rural opportunities.
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Have to say they are red and hot.Pixelshots presenting you with the most sexiest and hottest flowers from the flower kingdom..Red being the colour of love, a culture of love using roses as a medium to say and express the feelings to someone.A language using flowers to express feelings, evolved from ancient times.And still followed, for it is proved to be acceptable to generations coming over and over again..
Saying more precise, a language with roses to express the emotions sprung up gradually from times, and it developed in a manner that each color of roses conveys something particular, and also people started making meanings in the number of roses in the bouquet presented.. And now the language of roses is one that accepted worldwide..
Am sure that all the youngsters know a bouquet of red roses are meant to say their love to someone special..Hmm how many red roses you got at last valentines..?.
Red Rose Flower from Kerala- Roses found in South India
Sexy red hot ... What you thinking of.. am saying about this red rose.. Sexy red rose..
A rose flower photograph from the home gardens..Not a commonly seen rose plant in kerala..These are special budded rose plants bought from the garden suppliers, and need much care to keep them away from the rose pests and diseases...Hmm i remember spraying pesticides on ma garden roses long before.. Had to do that occasionally.. till they got perished after some time..I really hate those bugs who ate my rose plants!
Fully Bloomed Red Rose Flower with a Rose Bud
Hmm Bowed head... soo humble huh!! i will say pretty and humble red rose.. Looks like she is nearing to shed those rose petals and going to the next stage of seeding.. The rose flower extracts are used widely in perfumes..their are some edibles made of rose petals and the hips of rose are said to be very rich in vitamin C. A flower with not just looks.. The roses are special.
Kerala's own Roses, Rose Flowers photographed from Kerala/ India
A close photograph of the red rose..A shot from the side..or is she shy to look straight into the cam lens..The varieties of roses are much and differ in colors sizes and the plants differ from perennial ones to shrub like ones.. England and America are having rose as their national flowers..
The symbolic meanings associated with roses made them much popular and favorite along with the nice fragrance..Apart from red, their are much varieties of yellow,white,pink,orange,black,violet etc of colors in roses.. am still waiting to see a black rose..
you can go to the previous flower gallery if you wanna see some roses closeup pictures and the symbolic meanings associated with the colors and numbers of roses in the bouquets presented..
Photographs taken using sonyericsson cell phones by Arun.....
when will you come back?? I will be here with something new for you ma friend.......Till then take care..


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By Kevin Bohn, CNN Senior Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, are in Alaska Tuesday on the second stop of a week-long, seven state tour across the nation trying to build public support for enhanced background checks for gun purchases.
The stops are specifically aimed at states where Senators voted no in April, such as Sen. Joe Heck (R-Nevada) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), or those who voted yes, including Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), for the Manchin-Toomey background check provision that would have brought enhanced background checks to guns bought at shows or over the internet.
The couple is calling it the "Rights and Responsibilities" tour, which is sponsored by the group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, which they formed in January to help reduce gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school shooting in December.
On Monday, during their first stop in Las Vegas, Giffords and Kelly, who pride themselves as gun owners and proponents of the Second Amendment, went to a gun range and shot – the first time the former congresswoman had done so since she was gravely wounded in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona in January of 2011. Giffords and Kelly also met with local leaders at the Latin Chamber of Commerce.
"Days before we celebrate our Declaration of Independence and the values that make our nation great, I am taking this week to pay tribute to the Second Amendment — both the rights it bestows and the responsibilities it requires. Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage," Giffords wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in USA Today.
"We can't stop every person who is determined to do harm, but common-sense measures can prevent tragedies. Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons," she also said in the column.
"I know there will always be some in Congress who remain in the grip of special interests," Giffords wrote.
While she discussed how a majority of Americans still supports the idea of expanding background checks, the strength of the gun lobby is evident in the defeat of the measure in April and the chances of it being brought back up for a second vote are not clear as the National Rifle Association continues to fight the proposal.
With additional stops in North Dakota, Ohio, New Hampshire, Maine and North Carolina in the coming days Giffords summed up her goal in the op-ed: "we'll celebrate those who vote yes, and we'll notice those who ignored their constituents."


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The legal tussle over the costs of reforming the notoriously dangerous New Orleans jail is about to resume in a federal courtroom, where lawyers are expected to press the case that the sheriff doesn't need more money from the city to implement court-ordered improvements aimed at ending violence, poor security and inadequate health care.
A hearing set for Wednesday in U.S. District Judge Lance Africk's courtroom is a continuation of proceedings last month during which the city's lawyer in the case, Harry Rosenberg, questioned Sheriff Marlin Gusman for hours about jail expenses, including a roughly $1.7 million annual expense on outside legal fees for one firm — an arrangement Gusman said has been in effect since before he was elected in 2004.
Jail reforms, expected by some estimates to cost as much as $22 million a year, are required under an agreement — known as a consent decree — that Gusman reached late last year with inmates' lawyers and the U.S. Justice Department. Africk approved the pact in June, over the objections, based on costs, from Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration.
Gusman runs the jail, and the city provides funding. Landrieu has said the jail agreement, together with a separate court-backed reform plan for the Police Department, could result in the cash-strapped city having to cut services and lay off workers.
The administration has accused Gusman of mismanagement, bolstering its case with an inmate-made video that surfaced this year showing brazen drug use, gambling, beer drinking and the brandishing of a loaded handgun in a now-closed part of the jail complex. Inmates have testified about sexual assaults and beatings at the hands of guards or other inmates. Prisoner advocates have blamed two suicides in recent years on inadequate supervision of prisoners. Prison experts said treatment for mental or physical conditions was badly lacking and that violent inmates were often mixed in with vulnerable ones.
When a hearing on revenue and expenses in Gusman's office opened June 24, Rosenberg likened Gusman to the illusionist "behind the curtain" in "The Wizard of Oz," hiding details of his finances in what amounted to a veil of general expense and revenue categories.
Africk set a hearing for this Wednesday after making clear his irritation with the Sheriff's Office for failing — until just before the June 24 hearing began — to turn over projected revenue and expenditure figures for this year.
Gusman has defended his financial management of the jail, accusing Landrieu of a lack of leadership and his administration of ignoring requests for funding to cover rising medical costs and other expenses.
And, while Gusman has come under criticism for alleged slow production of financial documents, the city, too, has had to deal with allegations of foot-dragging in the case.
On Thursday, Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys representing inmates joined the Justice Department in a motion saying the city has failed to provide financial documents pertaining to studies of staffing and financial needs at the jail. The attorneys say those documents are needed in advance of an Aug. 5 hearing. At that hearing, Africk — after next week's hearings on the sheriff's finances — is expected to consider how to fund the jail reform agreement. The city argued in a filing late Friday that the documents have actually been produced in earlier proceedings and called on Africk to deny the motion.
Funding matters are only part of the complex effort to reform the jail, formally known as Orleans Parish Prison.
In May, SPLC and Justice Department lawyers said the current design of a $145 million jail under construction in New Orleans — a facility that Gusman has said will go a long way toward improving conditions for inmates — won't meet requirements of the reform agreement.
In papers filed at U.S. District Court, they said the facility lacks space to separately house mentally or physically ill inmates, suicidal inmates, youthful offenders or others who must be separated from the general prisoner population. There is no provision for an infirmary or clinic, and design flaws will make direct supervision of inmates difficult, hampering efforts to curb violence, the lawyers argue.
In a later filing, Gusman's lawyers disputed those allegations, saying the prison is well-designed and will securely and safely house all prisoners. They also have noted, however, that a master plan for the prison includes eventual construction of another building for inmates with medical and mental health needs.
In a letter to Africk dated July 11, Gusman attorney Blake Arcuri said the city and Sheriff's Office are working on issues raised about the new jail and expect to be able to advise Africk by Aug. 1.
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I've had numerous requests from folks asking for a round-up of where you can get Crème Brûlée in Disney World, and finally we've put this gallery together!
For those who haven't indulged before, classic Crème Brûlée is a dessert created from baked and cooled custard topped with (usually) blowtorched sugar forming a candied crust.
Disney pastry chefs have bent over backwards figuring out how to put their own personal touch on this decadent recipe… Let's take a look at some of the interesting ones!
Please note that Disney dessert menus change all the time, so some of these may no longer be available on your visit.
Be sure to let us know in the comments below about your favorite Crème Brûlée desserts in Disney restaurants!!
Check out Portobello's yummy version! The white chocolate shavings really made this dessert!
A classic at Tony's Town Square in the Magic Kingdom is this beloved Pistachio Crème Brûlée. And I fully agree with it's cult favorite status — it was delicious!
serves this dessert as a duo — two for one deal!! The true winner is the Key Lime — it's the perfect dose of tart and tangy with the [Read more…]


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SA Orthopaedic Journal
On-line version ISSN 2309-8309
Print version ISSN 1681-150X
SA orthop. j. vol.10 n.1 Centurion Jan. 2011
Blood transfusion in orthopaedic surgery
The article reviewing protocols for the use of homologous blood transfusion which appears later in this journal1 serves to raise awareness not only of the inconsistency of our practice but also to raise issues around developments that have occurred in haematology and immunology and that are presented at meetings or published in journals not frequently, if ever, attended or read by orthopaedic surgeons. In truth, the tunnel vision that has developed around each area of expertise, not only in orthopaedic surgery but in the broader sense of medicine as a whole, has not been beneficial to the spread of information. Information not central to one's own area of interest will by osmotic permeation eventually trickle through to clinical consciousness allowing the relevance of such information to finally surface, often years later. This phenomenon is well recognised by clinical administrators who advocate the cross-pollination of academic ideas by the presentation of interesting and new information at combined forums or 'Grand Rounds'. But, of course, life is too full and busy to attend meetings or read journals that ostensibly offer little to advance an interest in one's own specific area of interest.
The example of policies around the administration of blood is a case in point. The traditional wisdoms regarding the hazards of transfusion prevail. The risk of incompatibility, transmissible diseases, such as HIV, CMV, Hep C and other bacterial contaminants, minor problems like pyrexia and urticaria or other reactions, and the dangers of identification errors and religious preferences are well known.2
What is less well known are the 'newer' developments associated with the administration of homologous blood primarily because they have been published in journals of immunology, haematology and anaesthesiology to name a few. Since the '80s homologous blood transfusion has been implicated as a modulator of the host immune system in a number of clinical settings resulting in either immune activation, associated with a variety of transfusion reactions, or immunosuppression. The bulk of experimental and clinical data supports the theory that homologous transfusion causes significant down-regulation of immunologic functions in a number of settings.3 The effects may be beneficial as was first observed by improved renal allograft survival in patients receiving peri-transplant transfusions and reduced recurrence of active inflammatory bowel disease in transfused patients with Crohn's disease.. On the other hand deleterious immunomodulatory effects of transfusion may explain the association between transfusion and increased susceptibility to cancer recurrence and bacterial and viral infection.4-7 Severe postoperative infections, not as a consequence of contamination, have been shown to have an association with allogeneic RBC transfusions.8-10 Postoperative infections in orthopaedics have also been strongly associated with patients receiving transfusions. In studies on patients undergoing total hip replacement the data suggest that allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with an increased incidence of wound-healing disturbances and prolonged hospitalisation, and that avoidance of allogeneic blood transfusion may be relevant to limiting the duration of hospitalisation after elective orthopaedic surgery.11-13 Similar findings were recorded in a neonatal cohort with coagulase negative Staphylococcus septicaemia which was difficult to clinically eradicate despite in vitro antibiotic susceptibility.14
Work in the 2000s has demonstrated changes in lymphocyte subsets, lymphocyte activation, natural killer cell activity, antigen-presenting function, and phagocytic cell function in patients and animals that receive allogeneic blood.15 The involved lymphocytes are termed Regulatory T cells (Tregs), are suppressive CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ cells with a central role in immunosuppression and are induced by allogeneic transfusion.8 The induction is dependent on exposure to allogeneic plasma and not to transfused cells, implying a plasma fraction.
There has been argument made that for those patients who require a blood transfusion the disease process is likely to be more severe or advanced, hence the more likely it is for recurrence of tumours or infections to occur. However there is strong evidence to support a causal relationship as demonstrated by two studies conducted to control for the confounders. Boweret al16 concluded that after controlling for the factors associated with an increased likelihood for receiving a blood transfusion, the actual transfusion was predictive of a slower and more eventful postoperative recovery (including wound site infection) with associated costs to both the patient and health services. According to the findings of a study by Benson et al6 the use of syngeneic murine models allowed many confounding variables to be controlled, and they concluded that transfusion does indeed promote pancreas cancer progression. Whatever the cause of infections and wound healing problems in our post-transfusion patients will prove to be, it is clear that it happens, thus an increased awareness for the possibility must be borne in mind and appropriate precautions should be taken.
Based on all these findings it is abundantly clear that apart from the commonly accepted risk factors, the administration of blood products is far from safe. This is especially true when implantables are being used. Infection in orthopaedic surgery is arguably the worst non-fatal complication we encounter and suppression of the immune system at the time of wound contamination with either pathogenic organisms or commensals is highly undesirable. How many of us are aware of this risk with the administration of blood? Hence, to ensure our patients' safety, alternate strategies to transfusion management are warranted.
Firstly the most obvious solution is to avoid giving blood. Mostly this can be achieved but under certain circumstances there will be a continued need for blood replacement therapy The Cochrane database (Carless et al17 ) interrogating blood administration thresholds state that if blood is to be administered the existing evidence supports the use of restrictive transfusion triggers (Hb = 7g%.) in patients who are free of serious cardiac disease. While this view point is supported by Blajchman and Hébert1 and others, there is a school of thought that believes this level is a bit aggressive.
Perhaps not exploited to its full potential is the identification of patients undergoing elective surgery with low or marginal haemoglobin levels prior to surgery. The majority of these patients can be treated with iron and the surgery deferred until acceptable haemoglobin concentrations have been achieved. Studies by Andrews et al11 and Myers et al12 have shown that asymptomatic anaemia (<12.5 g/dl in men and <11.5 g/dl in women), which may escape attention until admission, is associated with increased intra- and postoperative morbidity and mortality, despite being easily correctible pre-operatively. The use of other modalities such as human recombinant erythropoietin administration,18 self pre-donation for transfusion, haemodilution, anaesthetic hypotension, intra-operative and postoperative blood recovery techniques19 and transexamic acid18 to minimise bleeding should all be re-visited as preferable alternatives to transfusion.
From the available information it would appear that the administration of allogeneic blood transfusion can potentially do more harm than most of us anticipate. This is particularly relevant in orthopaedic surgery when implants are employed and more specifically in arthroplasty where long-term failure by loosening is being increasingly linked with infection.
Every effort should be made to avoid transfusion.
Prof J Walters
Guest Editor
1. Blajchman MA, Hébert PC. Red blood cell transfusion strategies. Clin Biol 2001 Jun;8(3):207-10. [ Links ]
2. Salido J, Marín L, Gómez L, Zorrilla P, Martínez C. Preoperative haemoglobin levels and the need for transfusion after prosthetic hip and knee surgery. Analysis of predictive factors. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2002;84:216-20. [ Links ]
3. Blumberg N, Triulzi DJ, Heal JM. Transfusion-induced immunomodulation and its clinical consequences. Transfus Med Rev 1990 Oct;4(4 Suppl 1):24-35. [ Links ]
4. Triulzi DJ, Blumberg N, Heal JM. Association of transfusion with postoperative bacterial infection. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 1990;28(2):95-107. [ Links ]
5. Tartter PI. Immunologic effects of blood transfusion. Immunol Invest 1995 Jan-Feb;24(1-2):277-88. [ Links ]
6. Benson D, barnett cc. perioperative blood transfusions promote pancreas cancer progression. Jr J Surg Res 2010 Jun 16. [ Links ]
7. Inoue Y, Wada Y, Motohashi Y, Koizumi A. History of blood transfusion before 1990 is associated with increased risk for cancer mortality independently of liver disease: a prospective long-term follow-up study. Environ Health Prev Med 2009 Dec 17. [ Links ]
8. Baumgartner JM, Silliman CC, Moore EE, Banerjee A and. McCarter MD. Stored red blood cell transfusion induces regulatory T cells. J Am Coll Surg 2009 Jan;208(1):110-19. Epub 2008 Oct 10. [ Links ]
9. Möhnle P, Snyder-Ramos SA, Miao Y, Kulier A, Böttiger BW, Levin J, Mangano DT. Postoperative red blood cell transfusion and morbid outcome in uncomplicated cardiac surgery patients. Intensive Care Med 2010 Aug 19. [ Links ]
10. Leal-Noval S, Rincón-Ferrari M, García-Curiel A, Herruzo-Avilés A, Camacho-Laraña P, Garnacho-Montero J, Amaya-Villar R. Transfusion of blood components and postoperative infection in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Chest May 2001;119(5):1461-68. [ Links ]
11. Andrews EM, Lane DW, Bradley JG. Iron pre-load for major joint replacement. Transfus Med 1997;4:281-86. [ Links ]
12. Myers E, O'Grady P, Dolan AM. The influence of preclinical anaemia on outcome following total hip replacement. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2004 Dec;124(10):699-701. [ Links ]
13. Weber EW, Slappendel R, Prins MH, van der Schaaf DB, Durieux ME, Strümper D. Perioperative blood transfusions and delayed wound healing after hip replacement surgery: effects on duration of hospitalization. Anesth Analg 2005 May;100(5):1416-21. [ Links ]
14. Anderson-Berry A, Brinton B, Lyden E, Faix RG. Risk factors associated with development of persistent coagulase-negative Staphylococci bacteremia in the neonate and associated short-term and discharge morbidities. Neonatology. 2010 Jun 30;99(1):23-31. [ Links ]
15. Klein HG. Immunologic aspects of blood transfusion. Semin Oncol. 1994 Apr;21(2 Suppl 3):16-20. [ Links ]
16. Bower WF, Jin L, Underwood MJ, Lam YH, Lai PB. Peri-operative blood transfusion increases length of hospital stay and number of postoperative complications in non-cardiac surgical patients. Hong Kong Med J 2010 Apr;16(2):116-20. [ Links ]
17. Carless PA, Henry DA, Carson JL, Hebert PP, McClelland B, Ker K. Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Oct 6;10:CD002042. [ Links ]
18. Noordin S, Waters TS, Garbuz DS, Duncan CP, Masri BA. Tranexamic acid reduces allogenic transfusion in revision hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010 Jun 24. [ Links ]
19. Ashwort A, Klein AA. Cell salvage as part of a blood conservation strategy in anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth 2010 Oct;105(4):401-16. [ Links ]


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The next edition of the IPAW workshop will take place in Santa Barbara, California during the week of 18-22 June 2012. IPAW is a a bi-annual event highlighting the state of the art in provenance research.
As in previous editions, we are seeking to host other provenance-related events. Currently, we are hosting a tutorial on the provenance specifications from the W3C.
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Call for Papers
Accepted papers will appear in a volume of Lecture Notes for Computer Science:
Important Dates
- Abstracts Due: March 16, 2012
- Papers Due:
March 23, 2012March 28, 2012
- Note: The abstracts are for the papers to be submitted March 23rd. They are to help allocate reviewers.
- Reviews Due: April 16, 2012
- Notification of Acceptance: April 20, 2012
- Conference: June 19-21 2012
- Tue 19 Jun: tutorial: W3C Provenance Working Group specifications
- Wed 20 Jun: IPAW day 1
- Thu 21 Jun: IPAW day 2
- W3C Provenance Working Group F2F3 meeting: June 22-23 2012
We are excited that Dr. Philip E. Bourne (http://www.sdsc.edu/~bourne/) has agreed to keynote IPAW. He will be talking about provenance in practice in his lab.
Dr Bourne is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego, Associate Director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank. He is a Past President of the International Society for Computational Biology. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). He is the co-founder and inaugural and current Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal PLoS Computational Biology and a long standing member of the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Genome Canada panels responsible for reviewing proposals relating to computational biology. He is co-founder SciVee Inc. ( www.scivee.tv) and has been a leader in encouraging new models of publication.


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