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On Friday, Eric Holder's Department of Justice gave the memory-hole treatment to wildly inflated statistics released last October about the number of cases and the amount of money involved in DOJ's mortgage fraud enforcement efforts.
Bloomberg News reporters who had discovered that the original numbers were suspect had been getting stonewalled for months in their efforts to get answers to their queries, and finally got them through the document-dump route. The differences are stark.
Here were the headlined numbers on October 9, 2012:
Here were the post-revision numbers released on August 9, 2013:
Thus, the number of defendants fell by 80% from what DOJ claimed less than a month before the presidential election. The number of victims fell by 76%. The amount of losses involved dropped by over 90%.
Other than those small matters, everything was in order. (/sarc)
Bloomberg's coverage of the changes by Phil Mattingly and Tom Schoenberg reminded readers how the original numbers were intensely hyped (bolds are mine throughout this post):
... The corrected statistics come in response to a Bloomberg News story reporting that some cases cited occurred before the initiative began in October 2011, including one filed by prosecutors more than two years before Obama took office.
The results of the nationwide initiative, which included undercover operations and a law enforcement surge in California, took place were initially presented at a Justice Department press conference that included Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan.
... Holder said at the time that the results indicated a "historic, government-wide commitment to eradicating mortgage fraud and related offenses across the country."
... The "Distressed Homeowner Initiative" was a coordinated effort by federal law enforcement agencies, inspector general offices, the Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It came after the FBI began to recognize a sharp increase in frauds aimed at struggling homeowners in the years following the 2008 housing crisis, bureau Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins said at last year's press conference.
Separately, Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil, who was among the reporters stonewalled for months, ripped into Holder in a Sunday evening opinion piece (HT Hot Air):
Eric Holder Owes the American People an Apology
The Justice Department made a long-overdue disclosure late Friday: Last year when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder boasted about the successes that a high-profile task force racked up pursuing mortgage fraud, the numbers he trumpeted were grossly overstated.
... The government restated the statistics because it got caught red-handed by a couple of nosy reporters. Last October, two days after Holder first publicized the numbers, Phil Mattingly and Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News broke the story that some of the cases included in the Justice Department's tally occurred before the initiative began in October 2011. At least one was filed more than two years before President Barack Obama took office.
After their initial story, I asked a Justice Department spokeswoman, Adora Andy, several times over the course of a month for a list of the people charged and their case details so I could look them up myself. She promised repeatedly to provide one, until she finally stopped responding to my requests.
... My column about the Justice Department's refusal to come clean ran a few days later last fall. And it seems obvious now why I wasn't given the list. The government would have been handing me the proof that the numbers it was touting were wrong.
... What a charade. No wonder the government found it so difficult to bring a meaningful number of accounting-fraud cases against bank executives after the financial crisis. Its own books were cooked.
This was the second time, mind you, that Holder's Justice Department had pulled a stunt like this. In December 2010, Holder held a press conference to tout a supposed sweep by the president's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force called "Operation Broken Trust." (The mortgage-fraud program was part of the same task force.) As with the mortgage-fraud initiative, Broken Trust wasn't actually a sweep. All the Justice Department did was lump together a bunch of small-fry, penny-ante fraud cases that had nothing to do with one another.
Don't sit by the computer or TV waiting to see that apology, Jonathan. Being an establishment press-coddled attorney general means never having to say you're sorry.
It's obvious, but it still must be said: If a Republican or conservative presidential administration were ever to inflate the results of an important law enforcement initiative by factors of four to ten, the news would not be confined to the business pages and a few center-right blogs.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.

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I'm not sure of the age of this piece. It measures 3-1/4 inches long and almost 2-1/2 inches wide. The front has a portrait miniature painting of Mary and Jesus. The back is I think St. Joseph and there are numerous relics. Sadly I cannot make out the names on the little paper "tags". Sorry for the bad photos, kept getting a glare.


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… some of the songs are absolutely great.
Puts me back in the Red Garter, Gerdie's Folk City, or the other clubs in the 60's Village.
Just listened to "Dear Boss", a Clancy Brothers' classic — I remember taking dates — those gals who preceded Our Girl and Our Girl to their concerts — I went to lots of those — … …
… … any way, back to "Dear Boss", I don't think I've ever heard a funnier "dumb" song. It was funny to me then; it's still funny today.
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The American healthcare system is not very healthy, according to a wide-ranging new assessment of the system that covers 42 measures of healthcare delivery, the United States scored just 64 out of 100. "Costs are up sharply, access to care deteriorated, health system efficiency remains low, disparities persisted, and health outcomes fail to keep pace with benchmarks," concluded the 2011 National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance. The report was issued by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit healthcare policy foundation.
There are some bright spots on the report. For one, the number of Americans who are controlling their high blood pressure rose from 31 percent in 2008 to 50 percent in 2009. Additionally hospitals have improved their ability to care for patients with heart attacks, pneumonia, and other common conditions.
The Commonwealth Fund report also determined that the typical U.S. infant mortality rate is 35 percent higher than the top-performing states. Other wealthy countries still have infant mortality rates that are significantly lower than the best-performing states in the United States. If the U.S. did as well as the top-performing country in that category — France — 91,000 fewer babies would die prematurely each year, Cathy Schoen, senior vice president at Commonwealth Fund said. "These statistics are real," she said. "They are real human lives." Other "areas of concern" include childhood obesity, preventive care and infant mortality.
Another issue is cost, an oft-cited statistic that the U.S. spends more per person on healthcare than any other country. According to the Commonwealth Fund report, the nation in general spends twice as much as comparable countries, but doesn't have better care to show for it. "We are headed toward spending $1 of every $5 of national income on healthcare," the report's authors said. "We should expect a better return on this investment." The high cost of healthcare takes a toll on personal finances, the report said. By 2010, 40 percent of working-age adults had medical debt or difficulties paying medical bills, an increase of 34 percent when compared with 2005.
It is important to note that the majority of the report's data is from 2007 – 2009, prior to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The healthcare reform law is likely to lead to improved scores on some of the categories, particularly access and affordability. For example, 25 percent of residents in 15 states lacked health insurance. The ACA will require that all Americans have health insurance in 2014. It also will reduce eligibility requirements for Medicaid so more low-income people will be eligible, and provide government subsidies to others who can't buy insurance on their own.
The report's authors remain optimistic that the health reform law will address many of the problems highlighted in the report. "This scorecard illustrates that focused efforts to change the healthcare system for the better are working and are worth the investment," said Maureen Bisognano, president and CEO of the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement. "If we target areas where we fall short and learn from high-performing innovators with the United States, we should see significant progress in the future," said Dr. David Blumenthal, commission chair and professor of medicine and healthcare policy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Writing in the Huffington Post, a Social Epidemiologist at Columbia University, thinks that the price Americans pay for their healthcare is too high. "It's well known that Americans pay more for less when it comes to healthcare than just about any other country in the world. In 2009, we spent nearly $8,000 per person to provide medical care to just over 80 percent of our population — that compares, for example, to just under $3,500 spent per person in the U.K. to provide care for the entire population. To add injury to insult: our counterparts across the pond get an extra year of life for their $3,500 than we do for our $8,000.
"Why do we pay more for less when it comes to our health? Every policy wonk has his theory. Common ones include the high cost of American medical education (which is too expensive), or that permissive tort laws in the U.S. enable lawyers to profit from the health system (which is true). But while each of these theories, and others, explain small quirks in our health system that certainly contribute to it's gargantuan price tag, they don't address the fundamental issue with our health system. And that's that our market-driven system introduces perverse financial incentives for medical providers that don't align with the health or wellbeing of Americans. This leads to wasted money and lost lives.
"In our healthcare system, the fundamental billing unit is the "procedure" — doctors charge per action, diagnostic or curative, taken on the part of a patient. While, on the surface, rewarding doctors for each step they take to make a patient better may seem fair, it has disastrous consequences for the structure of our health system. Chief among them is our top-heavy specialty physician structure," El-Sayed concluded.
Tags: 2011 National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, Abdulrahman El-Sayed, childhood obesity, Columbia University, Commonwealth Fund, Harvard Medical School, Healthcare scorecard, heart attacks, high blood pressure, Infant mortality, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pneumonia, Preventable deaths, Preventive care


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Rodgers defends selection policy
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insisted it was disrespectful to suggest his selection policy was wrong as the Reds went down 1-0 to Anzhi Makhachkala in the Europa League in Moscow.
Liverpool, who left the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez at home, lost to Lacina Traore's goal seconds before half-time in Group A.
But Rodgers felt the team, which contained nine Englishmen, a debutant in Conor Coady and had an average age of just under 24, had performed well, saying: "Not at all. I think that is a little disrespectful to the players who are here. They have been magnificent and I thought they did really well and we just got punished for a mistake."
He went on: "That led to us losing the game but I don't think it was anything to do with Suarez, Gerrard, Joe Allen, Martin Skrtel or Daniel Agger not being here.
"It was just one of those things. We will take it as a team, we are disappointed but there are so many positives from tonight."
Traore's goal came when he turned Sebastian Coates and lobbed goalkeeper Brad Jones.
Rodgers said the players knew what went wrong and he felt the team he picked had justified his selection.
"We are disappointed with the result. I thought the players put everything into the game," he added. "Tactically our concentration was very good. We controlled the game for 44 minutes and 50 seconds of the first half
"We made a bad mistake and got punished and that is the level.
"It was more of the same second half. We had chances and there is real disappointment in the changing room and I felt for the players. We were up against a good side with top players and we held our own."


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Planes Collide on Tarmac: JFK Jets Collide Sparking Delay (VIDEO)
Two planes have collided on the tarmac at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport early on Saturday morning.
The two planes involved in the incident belonged to JetBlue and Air India, and it is reported that the jets clipped each other as they were taxiing on the tarmac at the airport.
According to reports no injuries have been reported, and a JetBlue spokesperson confirmed that the passengers from the plane involved in the accident were taken off and later boarded a different plane before they departed to West Palm Beach, Florida.
Overall the incident caused the JetBlue flight to be delayed nearly three hours.
Meanwhile Air India did not immediately release any public statement regarding the incident.
The collision took place at about 6 a.m. local time, and caused the JetBlue plane to sustain damage to its tow bar. After the incident the plane remained stationary on the tarmac and awaited crewmen to arrive to carry out repair work to the tow bar.
"At that time another airline's aircraft taxied into the area and made contact with JetBlue's plane. The JetBlue aircraft sustained damage to its rudder and taxied back to the gate," the airline said in a statement.
It is reported that the Air India flight 102 had just landed on the tarmac around 6:19 a.m. local time and was taxing toward the gate when the left wingtip hit the rudder of JetBlue flight 145, which was carrying about 150 passengers.
A transportation source said, "At the end of the day, this is a minor situation. There were no injuries and, not too long after that, passengers that were on the plane went on a new flight and were taken out."
Here is a video news report into the collision between the JetBlue and Air India planes at JFK airport:


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Bond fund manager: Beware TreasuriesNovember 1, 2012: 10:16 AM ET
Treasuries are often considered the safest investment in the world, but they could ultimately be one of the more dangerous places to put a large chunk of your portfolio.
Bond fund manager Bill Gurtin is worried about what he calls Fed-induced complacency that is causing investors around the world to pile into Treasuries. These moves have driven up prices in U.S. government bonds and sent yields near all-time lows.
"We've been in a 30-year uninterrupted bull market in bonds," said Gurtin, the CEO of Gurtin Fixed Income, which manages $6.5 billion. "Returns like that are unsustainable."
Yields on 10-year Treasuries have dropped to under 2% from 16% in 1981. There's a limit to how much higher prices can move and how much lower yields will fall, Gurtin said to an audience at the Stocktoberfest investing conference in San Diego last week hosted by social investing site StockTwits.
"We're all complacent about what the Fed is doing," said Gurtin. "People have jumped aboard QE3 feeling like it's a pretty smooth trip, but there's no port ... for this huge boat to land on."
Related: Bubble trouble in junk bonds
Gurtin stopped short of calling the U.S. government bond market a bubble. But he said Treasuries are trading at levels that are not based on fundamentals. Excessive bond buying by the Federal Reserve and China are fueling ultra low interest rates, and they ultimately will turn the other way.
For that reason, there's a danger lurking in nearly everyone's portfolio, because bond prices can drop precipitously when the Fed curtails its buying of bonds, said Gurtin. "People don't understand what they own."
Still, Gurtin admitted that he doesn't know exactly when interest rates will turn higher. "I only know that we're closer than we've ever been," he said.
A better bet for investors: municipal bonds. Gurtin calls it a "highly misunderstood industry," yet one that's broadly safe.
Investors have been spooked by a small number of bankruptcies that have caused cities to default on their bonds. But Gurtin said Meredith Whitney's 2011 prediction of an imminent crisis in munis is a bit alarmist. He still thinks investors can get much more for their money in munis, adding that state-backed municipal bonds are nearly as safe as Treasuries but offer significantly more yield. Unlike cities, states are nearly immune from the possibility of defaulting.


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The rigorous study, which involved the use of parent questionnaires, audiotapes of well-child visits during which the weight-management counseling was delivered, and examination of electronic health records, found that parents tend to overreport and doctors under report the counseling delivered on weight, nutrition and physical activity.
The study on the "Accuracy of parental report and electronic health record documentation as measures of diet and physical activity counseling," is published online today in the journal Academic Pediatrics.
"It's important to find ways to accurately understand what occurs during medical care," said Ulfat Shaikh, director of Healthcare Quality Integration at the UC Davis Schools of Health and the study's lead author. "Reviews of medical records and patient surveys are commonly used as proxies for actually being inside an examination room and observing the visit. But before we use these methods to figure out what happens during a patient visit, we first need to make sure that what we measure reflects what actually happened."
Nearly one-third of the estimated 75 million children in the United States between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight or obese — 17 percent are obese and 15 percent are overweight. Overweight and obesity are risk factors for the development of multiple health conditions in children and adults, such as diabetes and heart disease.
Modifying children's food intake and increasing their levels of physical activity are cornerstones of weight management and obesity prevention, and a key source of advice on weight management and weight loss is physician counseling on nutrition and physical activity.
In fact, doctors are required to provide such counseling to address this serious health concern. Counseling for nutrition and physical activity for children and adolescents is a quality measure in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, a widely used set of performance measures in the managed care industry, developed and maintained by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The counseling also is a criterion for "meaningful use" of electronic health records under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
To assess how frequently physicians provided weight-management counseling, Shaikh and her colleagues at UC Davis enrolled 198 diverse children between 2 and 12 years of age who were seen for well-child visits in the general pediatrics outpatient clinic at UC Davis Children's Hospital. The children averaged 5 ½ years of age, roughly divided evenly between boys and girls.
The children's parents were informed that the study would assess their perspectives about the well-child visit. The 38 treating physicians in the clinic were informed that parent education would be assessed for these patients, but the topics that would be evaluated were not specified.
With parents' and physicians' full knowledge, audiotape recorders were placed in the examination rooms in inconspicuous locations. The researchers audiotaped each complete visit for study participants. After the well-child visits a research assistant entered the examination room and provided parents with a questionnaire to complete before they departed the clinic.
The researchers then compared the parental reports of counseling on the questionnaires, the audiotaped records, and what information was included in the electronic health record by the physician after the conclusion of the well-child visit. The study found significant differences between what the parents reported, what was recorded on the audiotapes, and what appeared in the electronic health record.
Parents, in general, tended to remember and report discussing a wide variety of topics with greater frequency than was recorded in the audiotapes, indicating a high level of "false positive" reports.
For example, 90 percent of parents reported receiving counseling on weight management on the questionnaires; the audiotaped assessments indicated that the topics were discussed 87 percent of the time; the medical record documented these discussions at only 39 percent. Parents indicated that their pediatricians discussed consumption of fruits and vegetables 80 percent of the time; the audiotaped assessments recorded these discussions at 77 percent; but the medical record documentation indicated these discussions took place only 44 percent of the time.
Documentation of counseling in medical records is important because it serves as a memory aid to physicians when they talk to families at future visits, said Shaikh, who also is an associate professor of pediatrics. Knowing what lifestyle goals were set during the last visit helps physicians follow-up on these goals and provide support to patients and their families to help them make lifestyle changes and maintain a healthy weight. Detailed documentation in the health record also helps to improve communication between clinicians and patients, thereby improving clinical care.
Documentation in medical records of counseling on weight, nutrition and physical activity also is now used by insurers as a measurement of whether counseling has been provided and is tied to physician payment.
The study suggests that for health-care professionals, electronic health record documentation may significantly underestimate the counseling that patients receive. The study also suggests that what goes into electronic medical records may vary depending upon nuances in electronic health record tools and templates used by physicians.
"Parental report via the use of a questionnaire administered immediately following the patient visit is a more valid method of assessing physician counseling on weight, nutrition and physical activity in pediatric primary care, compared to medical record documentation," Shaikh said.
Additional study authors include Jasmine Nettiksimmons, Robert Bell, Daniel Tancredi and Patrick Romano, all of UC Davis.
The study was funded by a grant from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and the Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Shaikh also is supported by a career development award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The UC Davis School of Medicine is among the nation's leading medical schools, recognized for its research and primary-care programs. The school offers fully accredited master's degree programs in public health and in informatics, and its combined M.D.-Ph.D. program is training the next generation of physician-scientists to conduct high-impact research and translate discoveries into better clinical care. Along with being a recognized leader in medical research, the school is committed to serving underserved communities and advancing rural health. For more information, visit UC Davis School of Medicine at www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medschool/.


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Emailed manager for permission. Obtained with stipulation before 10.00am or after 5.30pm. Flight times kept to 10/15 mins duration.
Land owner permission obtained.
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Co-ordinates: 56.62621, -3.881092 • what3words: ///inflating.beaten.curls
Land owner permission requirements unknown.
Co-ordinates: 57.63656, -4.677479 • what3words: ///comment.slings.sapping
Lowgill Viaduct was built in 1859 by Joseph Locke. It has been disused for years and is now classed as listed. Parking around here is limited so could be tricky. There is a small layby under one of the arches so this is a possibility if you are lucky. I flew on a windy day so couldn't get much altitude with the quad. Also both the M6 and the West Coast mainline are close by but shouldn't be a concern if flying responsibly.
Co-ordinates: 54.36229, -2.591888 • what3words: ///agreement.couple.proves
From the small car park just off the A68 walk down to the viewpoint at the old Drygrange Bridge. From their go through the gate on the old minor road on your left which leads up the hill to the Trimontium Roman site. My TOAL spot was at the edge of the minor road (closed to traffic and is now a public footpath) at the Trimontium information board.
Co-ordinates: 55.60292, -2.681093 • what3words: ///script.adapt.intelligible
Co-ordinates: 52.98973, -1.297588 • what3words: ///tape.visits.focus
Quite an easy walk up to Llyn Llydaw on the Miners Track (even for me with a lung missing lol). Park at the Pen-y-pass car park at the top of the Llanberis Pass (A4086). The views of Snowdon are spectacular. From Llyn Llydaw you can stride out and continue the ascent of the mountain if you have the energy (and water!).
Co-ordinates: 53.07069, -4.040177 • what3words: ///chucked.shells.overtime
This is a stunning area of Scotland. Although there is a campsite at the location there are plenty of public paths, open land and rocky outcrops to take off and land from. Most of the Highlands seem to be covered in restricted airspace but this location is well outside this. There are a few small public car parks dotted about the area all within easy walking distance to the coast and beaches.
Co-ordinates: 58.16756, -5.310323 • what3words: ///taxed.juices.jumpy
There is a small carpark at the lough, or you can park at The Barn pub in Saul village and walk the quiet roads and lanes to get there. Slieve Patrick, nearby, is also drone friendly. There are plenty of open fields, quiet lanes and few houses in the locality.
Land owner permission not required.
Co-ordinates: 54.33767, -5.643775 • what3words: ///deferring.friday.language
Hill with good views over Birkenhead, Wallasey etc, and two interesting buildings: the Bidston Windmill, and Bidston Observatory.
Hazards: The area is popular with walkers, so avoid busy times.
Parking: I parked on Boundary Road near the entrance to the nature reserve / urban farm car park: postcode CH43 7PD, although you can park in the car park itself during its opening hours.
Co-ordinates: 53.39625, -3.073307 • what3words: ///strict.period.scare
The Carrington Estate covers a wide area between Sale, Carrington and Partington in Trafford. It is privately owned, and crossed by some public footpaths as well as a series of "permissive paths", which the owner allows the public to use for leisure except for certainy prohibited activities (quad biking etc).
Photography opportunities include agricultural land plus former and current industrial sites.
Accessibility: several of the paths are rutted and muddy, especially in winter, and sometimes overgrown in the winter. Walking boots or a mountain bike are advisable. Some paths are only accessible through narrow barriers which may not be suitable for wheelchairs.
Hazards: several overhead power lines especially towards the north west. Other footpath users.
Parking: On the west side of the area, I have parked at Heath Farm Lane https://w3w.co/importing.describes.cheeses, the track heading east is barred to vehicles ok on foot or bicycle, and gives access to many of the paths in the area. On the east edge, I have parked near Firsway Health Centre (https://w3w.co/dreams.term.yard), there is a path heading north-west into the estate about 100m west along Firs Way road.
Take-off spots: The pin indicates an area of hardstanding (https://w3w.co/schooling.jump.awaiting) accessible via paths from Heath Farm Lane. Very secluded but significant magnetic interference from metal in the concrete surfacing. Other take-off spots that I have used include the following, but there are several places adjacent to fields which are suitable so long as you avoid disturbance to other path users:
Co-ordinates: 53.41705, -2.403817 • what3words: ///assemble.deploying.chariots
The track I followed is a County Council ROW. People less lazy than me can refer to the definitive 1:10000 map for paths closer to the solar arrays. https://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/row/maps/1607.pdf
The farm is one of the largest in the UK with a 48 megawatt capacity which can supply nearly 15,000 homes.
Co-ordinates: 50.87587, -1.083961 • what3words: ///maddening.pronouns.below
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The Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston is temporarily closed due to ongoing public health and safety concerns.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is one of the world's great art museums with masterpieces from around the world and across the ages, including more Monets than any museum outside of Paris, an unrivaled Japanese art collection, treasures from Egypt and the ancient world, and American art from colonial to modern times. At every turn, travel to a time and a place that will inform, enlighten, and inspire. Special exhibitions. Dining, shopping. In-house caterer. Open daily. Sat-Tue 10 am-4:45 pm. Wed-Fri 10 am-9:45 pm. Accessible by the MBTA Green Line.
Now open is the spectacular Art of the Americas Wing. Paintings, sculpture, furniture, works on paper, textiles, and decorative arts tell the story of the art of the Americas from the prehistoric times to the present day. More than 5000 glorious examples of art produced in North, Central, and South America are displayed—some for the first time.


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Jeremy Irons was victimised by "older men" who attempted to grope him when he was young, but he stood his ground and told them to "get lost".
The Lolita star made the revelation in a candid interview with Britain's The Times newspaper, after he was asked about previous comments he had made concerning women who deal with sexual harassment.
In 2011, Irons reportedly told Radio Times, "If a man puts his hand on a woman's bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it".
Irons now insists he was misquoted and he was actually trying to suggest women shouldn't put up with such behaviour, and he goes on to reveal he has fallen victim to similar abuse in the past.
He says, "I don't think I said 'bottom' but of course I was misquoted - f**king Radio Times. Basically I said that any self-respecting woman would tell you to f**k off (if she objected).
"I think we're very robust as human beings. I had people when I was young trying to feel me up. Older men. I just told them to get lost".
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Tough but well-written story about the aftermath of the Newtown shooting by Eli Saslow in the Washington Post:
They had promised to try everything, so Mark Barden went down into the basement to begin another project in memory of Daniel. The families of Sandy Hook Elementary were collaborating on a Mother's Day card, which would be produced by a marketing firm and mailed to hundreds of politicians across the country. "A difference-maker," the organizers had called it. Maybe if Mark could find the most arresting photo of his 7-year-old son, people would be compelled to act.
It hardly mattered that what Mark and his wife, Jackie, really wanted was to ignore Mother's Day altogether, to stay in their pajamas with their two surviving children, turn off their phones and reward themselves for making it through another day with a glass of Irish whiskey neat.
"Our purpose now is to force people to remember," Mark said, so down he went into his office to sift through 1,700 photos of the family they had been.
The Bardens had already tried to change America's gun laws by studying the Second Amendment and meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. They had spoken at tea party rallies, posed for People magazine and grieved on TV with Katie Couric. They had taken advice from a public relations firm, learning to say "magazine limits" and not "magazine bans," to say "gun responsibility" and never "gun control." When none of that worked, they had walked the halls of Congress with a bag of 200 glossy pictures and beseeched lawmakers to look at their son: his auburn hair curling at the ears, his front teeth sacrificed to a soccer collision, his arms wrapped around Ninja Cat, the stuffed animal that had traveled with him everywhere, including into the hearse and underground.
Almost six months now, and so little had gotten through. So maybe a Mother's Day card. Maybe that.
Mark turned on his computer and began looking for the right picture. "Something lighthearted," he said. "Something sweet." He had been sitting in the same chair Dec. 14, when he received an automated call about a Code Red Alert, and much of the basement had been preserved in that moment. Nobody had touched the foosball table, because Daniel had been the last to play. His books and toy trains sat in their familiar piles, gathering dust. The basement had always been Daniel's space, and some days Mark believed he could still smell him here, just in from playing outside, all grassy and muddy.
Now it was Daniel's face staring back at him on the computer screen, alit in an orange glow as he blew out seven candles on a birthday cake in September.
[Photo Credit: Linda Davidson/The Washington Post]


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What may be the latest selling point in your new NYC apartment? Bike storage. Here is recent article in the NY Times real estate section about buildings making room for the bicycle.
In N.Y. Apartment Buildings, Bicycles Muscle In By: Elizabeth A. Harris August, 26th 2011
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Madness and Mayhem.
Josh Beagle and the Glam Boys have done it again. They constructed or should I say destructed a new video. The Madness and Mayhem video is a tour video that highlights the Foundation's emmensly successful summer tours, the 29 Days of Madness and Mayhem California tour and the Dude! Where's my board? European tour. There will be lots of killer footy from both tours plus some bangers they've gathered since then. Featuring Ethan Fowler, Jon West, Justin Strubing, Daniel Shimizu, Corey Duffel, Mike Rusczyk, Tony Silva, Leo Romero, Gareth Stehr, plus extra bonus footy from F friends. The Foundation 'Madness and Mayhem' video will be in stores by November 15th. This video is full of great skating and everyday shinanigans that happen on tour. The great feel good video of the year!


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The "New Asthetic" is a term coined by James Bridle, and collected on Tumblr, further shaped by Matt Jones' comments on "sensor-vernacular" and the "robot-readable world." It is an investigation in the ways that imagry for and from machines has become a popular visual culture of its own, even shaping behaviors (as Tom Armitage asks, "How long before, rather than waving, or shaking hands, we greet each other with a calibration pose"?) If that is still confusing, perhaps Bruce Sterling might better explain the "New Aesthetic."
In "An Essay on the New Aesthetic," Sterling begins discussing the SXSW panel on the New Aesthetic, which included Bridle and Rhizome editor Joanne McNeil, in addition to Ben Terrett, Aaron Straup Cope, and Russell Davies. From there he explains, in almost a manifesto of sorts, just where these influences came from and where it is going:
Look at those images objectively. Scarcely one of the real things in there would have made any sense to anyone in 1982, or even in 1992. People of those times would not have known what they were seeing with those New Aesthetic images. It's the news, and it's the truth.
Next, the New Aesthetic is culturally agnostic. Most anybody with a net connection ought to be able to see the New Aesthetic transpiring in real time. It is British in origin (more specifically, it's part and parcel of a region of London seething with creative atelier "tech houses"). However, it exists wherever there is satellite surveillance, locative mapping, smartphone photos, wifi coverage and Photoshop.
The New Aesthetic is comprehensible. It's easier to perceive than, for instance, the "surrealism" of a fur-covered teacup. Your Mom could get it. It's funny. It's pop. It's transgressive and ...


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Market Update: Spectra Buys Canadian Pipeline for $1.49 Billion
Three days after the Canadian government approved two mega deals in the energy sector, another consolidation has been announced.
Three days after the Canadian government approved two mega deals in the energy sector, another consolidation has been announced.
Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE:SE) said today it will pay $1.49 billion for the Express-Platte Pipeline System, owned jointly by Borealis Infrastructure, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMP). The 1,717-mile pipeline is one of three corridors that move Western Canadian crude oil to Midwest refineries and markets. Beginning in Hardisty, Alberta and terminating in Wood River, Illinois, it has a capacity of 280,000 barrels a day.
The purchase comprises $1.25 billion in cash and $240 million in debt, and is expected to add 3.5 cents per share to Spectra's full-year earnings, the Houston-based company stated.
"The Express-Platte Pipeline System acquisition is an immediately accretive investment in a fee-based business that expands Spectra Energy's footprint into a rapidly growing area," Spectra President and CEO Greg Ebel said in a prepared statement.
"This system is strategically located to supply crude oil to U.S. refining markets. It also represents an incremental growth platform for Spectra Energy that enables further investment in related crude and refined product assets. Given Spectra Energy's leading position in the natural gas midstream sector, investing in crude oil midstream assets is a logical extension of our business model."
Pending regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013.
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The day I moved to Brooklyn was the day my iPhone screen first shattered. I struggled to get my keys out of my purse while a group of students were waiting at the door for a friend to buzz them in. Unlocking the door in a confused jetlagged state, I held it open for each of them while juggling several bags with the other hand. After the last student entered the building, I stopped the door with my foot while attempting to redistribute the weight of my belongings. My iPhone slid out of my back pocket and on to the concrete.
The resulting spiderweb of a crack had no impact on the iPhone's haptic sensitivity. It looked ruined but worked just as well. Eventually, I got used to reading without much eye strain. There were even some benefits. Everyone knew which phone was mine at dinner parties with iPhones strewn on various counters and end tables. I never worried about dropping it again as the screen wasn't going to get any worse. And I didn't worry much about it getting stolen, either.
My broken iPhone also resulted in random conversations with strangers. In queues for restaurant bathrooms, on public transportation and park benches, I was asked again and again what happened, and why didn't I just take care of it? ...


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YEREVAN. - Armenia strongly falls behind in using IT in economy, CEO of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan told journalists Wednesday.
In his words, the main reason is the structure of the countrys economy: it has small number of medium-sized enterprises competing with each other, and they are not strong enough to be able to order IT-solutions.
Our main resource is the state, which orders systems of electronic management: we have established a consortium of 15 companies, which mainly cover the needs of the given market. The next resource is the army, and we saw that the IT application was not at the proper level here, he said.
The main strategic problem lies in the structure of the Armenian economy, which should be changed. Its reasonable to use IT solutions if your work is in a competitive sphere, he said adding that oligarchs and monopolists are interested by IT solutions only from the standpoint of the companys security and workers control.
However, more serious solutions which will give competitive advantages arent demanded since the monopolists have nobody to compete with. Thus, according to Vardanyan, the issue of using IT can be solved only through changing the structure of the economy towards an innovative one.
Expert: Armenia falls behind in using IT due to monopolistic structure
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Not quite sure what he, in the article, meant.
Posted 26 May 2016 - 09:31 AM
It says that IT companies are not challenged for new ideas since monopolies use their IT resources only for securing their sites and spying on their employees instead of using new IT resources for competing against other companies.
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Clarion presents a completely new design concept for the car radio. The key words are "modern, uncluttered, and elegant". The new DUB278RMP CD tuner can be used intuitively, true to the Clarion HMI, with just a few operating elements, and in the 2-DIN slot, it is a true eye-catcher.
With the new CD tuner, you can bring living room flair into your car with a design that is more that of a home system than of a traditional car radio. With just four visible buttons and a covered panel, the device is designed for ergonomic use. The optical highlight of the front panel is the illumination where you can freely choose from 728 colours, making it possible to adjust the car radio to your mood.
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Concerns released Argonaut EP on 12 December 2019. The 4 track vinyl features artists including Main Sequence.
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Against my better judgement, I tried to install Gobuntu off a daily build CD because I wanted to get a look at it, and to see if I would have any hardware issues with it.
Unfortunately, as I should have known, there were some inconsistencies in the ISO (or perhaps a bad CD, or an incomplete download, who knows) that left me with a half-installed system. I RSOD'd three or four times during the installation process, and finally just hard rebooted with a "I'll take it like it is, thanks" attitude.
Then, remembering how I circumvented a kernel crc issue with the Arch installation CD, I put that in, and gave it my half-installed root partition as a boot parameter.
And lo and behold, it worked great. Arch did it's standard hardware detection, loaded all its modules, then passed control to the incomplete Gobuntu installation. It was exceedingly cool.
Aptitude was working, but I had to manually install nano off the Gobuntu CD (sorry, but you'll never convince me to use vi), and then I could edit my sources.list. I updated to the repositories here in Japan, installed a kernel and grub over my network connection, and rebooted into a patched-up Gobuntu system with root account access.
Which kind of worked, but I was getting strange error messages and things didn't seem to altogether function. I have a feeling I didn't install enough, or there were broken pieces here or there. I tried to fix it again with the Gobuntu installation CD, using the rescue option, but it didn't fly.
All in all it wasn't a complete success, although Arch did hold up its end of the bargain.
The lesson here is that the Arch installation CD, aside from the wonderful benefit of installing Arch for you, has the added bonus of working as a rescue CD if your system won't boot. I'm sure there are other distros that can do the same, but it's another reason Arch is a keeper for me.


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Did you know that Hallmark does flowers? I didn't until I had the opportunity to nominate my Mom for a bouquet for Mothers Day. I mean I'm not surprised, beautiful flowers fits so perfectly with the amazing cards and gifts Hallmark is known for.
Let me share the post nominating my Mom:
Here is my Mom and I celebrating my birthday in February. A couple days later she fell off the stairs and shattered her ankle. She is just now being able to start putting weight on it. This woman does everything she can for everyone she comes in contact with. She is amazing I would love to lift her spirits ❤
My Mom loved her bouquet from Hallmark Flowers! It sure surprised her and lifted her spirits which I am so glad about - she needed it. I am so happy with the service we received. I will definitely keep Hallmark Flowers in mind for future flower needs.
It comes neatly wrapped in a box - with a vase!
Isn't this a beautiful bouquet!?
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The collection also includes 11 beautiful, fresh potted plants. A Hallmark sentiment tag to match the occasion complements each bouquet and plant. The full lineup and more information is available at www.HallmarkFlowers.com.
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I don't expect users ("experimenters" in the case of DWex :) not to modify and improve the code. In fact, I have a long list of TODOs myself. To help speed up the process, here are some tips and heads-up.
1. To upload the sketches, use the 3V3 FTDI breakout board or the 3V3 FTDI cable (remember that the board is designed to work at 3V; it is 5V tolerant though).
2. Use a 6-pin male header between the FTDI cable/breakout and the DWex board, inserted as shown below.
3. Make sure that the "green" wire of the FTDI cable (also marked on the FTDI breakout) goes to the pin marked "Green" on the DWex board.
4. The CR2032 battery must be inserted in the holder when uploading the sketch. The DWex board is not powered from the FTDI cable/breakout (pin 4 of the FTDI header is not connected).
5. In Arduino IDE, select the board as "Lilypad with ATmega328", as shown in the screenshot below.
6. The available pins (not taken by LED matrix and button) are:
- D11, D12, D13 (MOSI, MISO, SCK respectively) accessible through the ICSP connector;
- D0, D1 (Rx, Tx respectively) accessible through the FTDI connector;
- D2, accessible and marked on the board as JP2;
- D10, not connected to any pad.
7. The second (un-soldered) holder would connect another CR2032 in parallel. Although at the beginning it seemed to boost the power supply, I realized after some research that it may not be a good idea after all. I am still debating on this and I am open to suggestions.
8. With the current code, to set the time, hold the button pressed for 3-4 seconds, until the LEDs light up in circle, one after the other. When the correct time is reached, release the button. The time will then be saved in the RTC. Obviously, this method does not confer the highest accuracy.
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Endeavour astronauts Linda Godwin and Dan Tani completed a four-hour, 12-minute space walk today to install insulation on mechanisms that rotate the International Space Station's main solar arrays.
The space walk went smoothly as Godwin and Tani installed insulation around the two barrel-shaped devices atop the station's five-story tall truss structure. The space walkers also attempted to secure one of four legs that brace the starboard station array, but they were unable to close the latch, which has been open since the array was installed a year ago. The other legs have always been latched securely and are sufficient.
On their way down from the top of the station, the two space walkers stopped at a stowage bin to retrieve a cover which had been removed from a station antenna during an earlier flight. The cover will be brought back to Earth and may be reused. Godwin and Tani also performed a "get-ahead" task, positioning two switches on the station's exterior to be installed on an upcoming shuttle mission, STS-110, that will deliver a central, 40-foot long truss section this spring. Godwin and Tani left Endeavour's airlock at 11:52 a.m. CST as the shuttle and station flew above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America. They ended the space walk at 4:04 p.m. CST.
Meanwhile, aboard the station, the Expedition Four crew -- Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz -- continued moving supplies to and from the Raffaello logistics module, now more than 70 percent unloaded. So far, at least 3,500 pounds of food and supplies have been moved from Raffaello to the station and another 1,000 pounds of gear and experiments have been moved to the station from Endeavour's cabin. The hatches between Endeavour and the station, closed late yesterday to prepare for today's space walk, were reopened just before 6 p.m. CST.
Today's space walk completes a record year with 18 space walks conducted: 12 originating from the shuttle and six from the station. That number eclipses the previous records for most space walks performed in a single year, a tie between the years 1973, when nine space walks were conducted from the Skylab space station, and 1997, when nine space walks were conducted from the shuttle and from the Russian Mir space station combined. The space walking record set this year is expected to be broken again next year -- in 2002, 22 space walks are planned from the shuttle and station.
The crews will begin a sleep period at 10:19 p.m. CST and Endeavour's crew will awaken at 6:19 a.m. CST Tuesday with the station crew awakening a half-hour later. The next STS-108 mission status report will be issued about 7 a.m. Tuesday today or as events warrant.
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It's a first for me to offer prizes for a competition, so I'm quite excited that the lovely folks at The Approach in the centre of our fair city have offered me a couple of tickets for their forthcoming 'Evening with..' night – featuring none other than the legendary pairing of Larry Lloyd and John Robertson. Two men who need no further introduction, I'm sure!
So, check your calendars, and if you're free on the evening of 20th March then read on – below is a picture of John Robertson celebrating after Forest had won the European Cup, all I want from you is a caption for the photo – please email this to me, along with the two names you would like to be added to the guestlist on the evening. I shall pick the one that tickles me the most.
Deadline for entry is this coming friday (7th March) at 10pm, after a stringent judging procedure I shall email the lucky winner confirmation and arrange for them to be included on the guestlist for the evening – so get your thinking caps on and make me chuckle, and should you miss out on the prize, then of course you can book tickets for what promises to be an excellent evening's entertainment – click here for the full sized flyer.
It will be a welcome chance to relive a few past glories given our ongoing struggle to haul our arses out of League One, and if the previous nights at The Approach I've attended with past Forest players are anything to go by, it will be a cracking evening. So without further ado, the picture is below – get your captions emailed over to me, and I'll announce the lucky winner on Friday evening!
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VANCOUVER, BC – A chilly night at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium saw Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (1W-1L-0D) fall to a defeat 3-2 to Victoria Highlanders FC (3W-0L-0D) on Friday.
The first chance for the 'Caps came on 18 minutes, when a corner kick ended up on the head of Derrick Bassi, whose header went just over the top of the crossbar.
On 33 minutes, another chance for the home side came as Adam Clement headed a ball towards Highlanders' goalkeeper Elliot Mitrou, but his attempt also went over the crossbar.
In first-half added time, the Highlanders had their first chance of the match when Brett Levis sent a hard shot in on Simon Thomas, but the tall 'keeper was there to punch the ball away.
Despite a slow first half, the 'Caps looked to earn a win in the second half, which proved to be action-packed from the start.
On 49 minutes, Victoria had a chance to take the lead when a shot by Matt Polster went just wide of the net. Just a minute later, however, the away side took a 1-0 lead when Jordie Hughes found the ball land fortunately at his feet and tapped it past Thomas.
The 'Caps responded quickly though. Two minutes later, on 52 minutes, Sasa Plavsic made a nice pass to spring striker Niall Cousens, who fired in past Mitrou to equalize.
But Victoria were not to be denied. Just a minute later, on 53 minutes, Tyler Hughes played a nice corner kick into the box, where Riley O'Neill finished with a header to give the Highlanders the lead once again as the match stood at 2-1 for the away side.
In the 76th minute, Levis looked to increase the lead as he broke in and tried several moves around the Whitecaps FC defenders, but his eventual shot ended up being stopped by a sprawling Thomas.
In the 81st minute, the Highlanders did increase their lead when Jordie Hughes scored his second of the match after receing a breakaway pass from Craig Gorman. Calmly and collectedly, he was able to slide the ball past Thomas to take a 3-1 lead for the visiting side.
Just five minutes later, on 86 minutes, a second goal by Cousens put the 'Caps within one after a corner kick resulted in a header goal by Cousens, cutting the deficit to 3-2.
In the end, the home team couldn't find an equalizer as they were downed by their provincial rivals.
Head of high performance Stuart Neely felt that Victoria deserved the win.
"At the end of the day, I think Victoria earned the result," commented Neely. "I think from the get-go tonight, our boys weren't mentally focused and they came out a big sluggish. There are positives to take from this. We finished off strong, but we just didn't get enough to break Victoria down."
Next up, Whitecaps FC U-23 travel to Oregon to face Portland Timbers U-23 on Thursday, May 23.
Scoring Summary:
50' - VIC - Jordie Hughes
52' - VAN - Niall Cousens (Plavsic)
53' - VIC - Riley O'Neill (Hughes)
81' - VIC - Jordie Hughes (Gorman)
87' - VAN - Niall Cousens (Hundal)
Shots: Vancouver 11 - Victoria 13
Saves: Vancouver 5 - Victoria 2
Fouls: Vancouver 10 - Victoria 4
Offsides: Vancouver 0 - Victoria 3
Corners: Vancouver 5 - Victoria 5
Disciplinary Summary:
32' - VIC - Riley O'Neill (Caution)
61' - VAN - Sasa Plavsic (Caution)
64' - VAN - Bobby Jhutty (Caution)
Whitecaps FC U-23:
1.Simon Thomas; 5.Derrick Bassi, 6.Adam Clement (2.Colton O'Neill 81'), 16.Michael Winter, 3.Ethan Sampson (4.James Farenhorst 85'); 20.Aminu Abdallah, 7.Harry Lakhan, 23.Cam Hundal, 10.Bhupinder Jhutty; 17.Niall Cousens, 12.Sasa Plavsic (21.Marco Vistinin 65')
Whitecaps FC U-23 Subs:
13.Sean Melvin, 4.James Farenhorst, 9.Gagandeep Dosanjh, 24.Peter Bow, 2.Colton O'Neill, 21.Marco Visintin
Victoria Highlanders FC
29.Elliot Mitrou; 4.Gavin Barrett, 13.Tyler Hughes, 5.Ryan Ashlee, 2.Kalem Scott; 10.Riley O'Neill, 14.Matt Polster, 22.Tarnvir Bhandal, 11.Craig Gorman; 16.Brett Levis 24.Gareth Langdon 90'), 17.Jordie Hughes
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New study shows liver cancer patients are less likely to die on wait list than candidates without cancer
(Philadelphia) — Patients with end-stage liver disease complicated by the most common type of liver cancer — hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) — are less likely to die or become too sick for a transplant while waiting for a new liver than those with other complications of end-stage liver disease, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The investigators say their findings should prompt a re-examination of the criteria used to prioritize liver transplant candidates. Only three percent of patients with this common form of cancer who had been on the wait list for six to nine months were removed within 90 days because of death or advanced illness, compared to 24 percent of non-HCC candidates who were considered to be at the same level of need for transplant. The results of the study are published in the April issue of Liver Transplantation.
"With the scarcity of available livers for transplantation, it is imperative that the prioritization criteria ensure that the candidates who are at the greatest risk of dying from the disease be the first ones to receive a life-saving organ," said lead author David Goldberg, MD, an instructor in the department of Gastroenterology. "Our study compared the morality risk for patients with HCC to those with similar scores, but without liver cancer. What we found is that ultimately, the process used to determine transplant priority is making it so that these HCC patients are receiving healthy livers first, when in actuality, they are less likely to die while waiting for a new organ. This is an issue of utmost importance, because nearly 2,000 patients die each year waiting for a new liver on the transplant waitlist, while 25 to 30 percent of transplants are performed in patients with HCC."
Currently, transplant candidates are placed on the waitlist in an order determined by the results of a scoring system which determines how urgently they will need a liver transplant within the next three months. Patients with a higher score are placed higher on the waitlist. Because candidates with HCC have an increased risk of dropping off of the wait list due to progression of their tumor, they are given additional points when initially wait-listed, and receive more points the longer they remain on the waitlist. As their scores climb, it becomes more likely that these patients will receive transplants before other patients who may, according to the new study, actually be at greater risk of dying.
The Penn research team analyzed data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) UNOS database, including candidates eighteen years of age and older who were on the wait list for liver transplantation between January 2005 and May 2009. Data for more than 10,000 patient cases was reviewed. Patients were categorized and compared according to their priority score. HCC and non-HCC patients were compared at three different stages of priority on the waitlist — those who had been on the waitlist for less than 90 days, patients who had been waiting for three to six months, and those who had been waiting for six to nine months. Across all three priority stages, a higher percentage of non-HCC patients were removed from the waitlist because they either died or became too ill to receive a transplant. Of the HCC candidates at the highest priority level — those who were determined to be sickest — only three percent were removed because of death or advanced illness, compared to 24 percent of non-HCC candidates with the same priority level.
The researchers determined that over time the risk of dying while on the waitlist or declining to the point where they are unable to accept a transplant was unchanged for HCC candidates — perhaps because of therapies that can be used to slow tumor growth such as chemo-embolization (where interventional radiologists treat the cancers with local chemotherapy) — but increased significantly for non-HCC candidates. "Our data clearly shows that HCC candidates have substantially lower chances of dying while waiting for a new organ than non-HCC candidates," said Goldberg. "While future research is planned to determine the best ways to prioritize HCC candidates and non-HCC candidates, our data strongly indicates that the current allotment of the additional points for HCC patients should be lowered."
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine is currently ranked #2 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $479.3 million awarded in the 2011 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital — the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2011, Penn Medicine provided $854 million to benefit our community.


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Peter Reinhart's new Neopolitan Pizza Dough Recipe Problem
The Neopolitan Pizza dough recipe in Peter Reinhart's new books makes fabulous pizza but I'm having trouble shaping it using his tossing method without it's quickly getting so thin it tears. It's a very wet dough. Anyone else having this problem? Wonder if adding a bit more flour and making it a bit drier would help. Or using the stretch and fold technique on it. I can't believe the photo in his earlier book where he's tossing a foot in the air could be done with this dough.


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Accountability office needs accountability
If you care about ethics in government, honest elections, or the right to know what your government is doing, then the mess at the Office of Governmental Accountability should be cause for alarm. At best, they're wrestling with an octopus. At worst, the essential independence of our state watchdog agencies will be crippled. It's nearly laughable if it weren't such a shame.
The governor and the legislature created this superagency in 2011 in the name of efficiency. The nine agencies include the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Office of State Ethics, and the Freedom of Information Commission.
Gov. Dan Malloy chose David Guay to be the "executive administrator," of the superagency. Mr. Guay, who prefers to be the boss rather than merely the administrator, is refusing to meet with the directors of the nine agencies that comprise the Government Accountability Commission, which has the power to fire him. He maintains the commission doesn't have the power to evaluate his performance, and the governor's chief counsel appears to back him up on that.
But rather than fire him at this time, the commission prefers to "identify areas that need improvement and resolve them." He is commended in some areas for his work in the first year of this cobbled-together agency, but he is evaluated critically in key areas of management.
"It is of grave concern to the GAC that (Guay) is unwilling to meet to discuss the status of the consolidation or to collaborate on ways to make it a success as he enters his second year of employment," states a draft of his evaluation.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
In the merger of the watchdog agencies, staff cuts at the FOIC have led to piled up cases and delays in getting hearings or taking appeals to the state courts. The people's right to know is slowing to a crawl.
A year ago Mr. Guay, who makes $118,000 a year, tried to change the rules and proposed that he report directly to the governor, rather than to the Government Accountability Commission. "Giving the GAC the authority to evaluate and possibly terminate a governor's appointee appears to be inconsistent with the appointment of other gubernatorial appointees," he said at the time.
He also said to the commission that, "I'll report to whoever I need to report to. I don't fear an evaluation. In fact I welcome the evaluation. I think I will ace my evaluation, I will exceed their expectations."
But now he refuses to even listen to his evaluation and has twice declined to attend a commission meeting where his evaluation was on the agenda. In fact, according to the draft of his evaluation, he doesn't even like talking to the agency directors: "Regular communications by [Guay] with the division heads have not been established. It is unusual for him to visit any of the division offices or to meet with the division heads one-on-one. This failure on the part of [Guay] to engage in two-way communication regularly is a primary concern."
The ethics, elections and FOI agencies were created independent for a reason. If you are controlled by the chief executive of the state, how can you hold him or her accountable? Mr. Guay doesn't seem to grasp that his selfish efforts to try to report directly to the governor puts the OGA agencies under the governor's thumb, no matter who is governor. It's the proverbial fox in the henhouse.
Malloy's chief legal counsel Andrew McDonald told The Hartford Courant that Guay's interpretation of the law that created his job "seems to be a very plausible reading of the statute in its simplest terms. The statute ... constrains the commission's activities to two very discrete purposes" -- holding meetings to either recommend job candidates for administrator, or to fire that administrator.
If the GAC wants to "undertake activities that are not included in the statute," they might get "an opinion from the attorney general that allows them to," McDonald suggested.
However, the state attorney general's office has issued opinions backing what is generally called the "greater power/lesser power" rule -- the express grant of power includes implied powers that are necessary or essential to exercise the express power -- "a bit of common sense that has been recognized in virtually every legal code from time memorial," according to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals.
It is utter nonsense when Mr. Guay says the GAC must fire him, if it so desires, without any due process accorded to him. He must come to his senses and do the job he was hired to do. He must stop trying to undermine the independence of the agencies he is charged with serving. If he persists, let him return to the state Board of Accountancy where worked as director for 22 years.
James H. Smith, a retired newspaper editor, is the President of the nonprofit Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information.


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Sara Cooper, guest blogger
Composers & the Voice librettist, 2011-12
Session number two of Composers & the Voice! Lots of fun and good energy in the room!
We started out with two hours of improv with now-familiar face Terry Greiss. Terry led us in a number of very interesting exercises, my personal favorite of which was involved building ourselves into a machine. The way this was worked was this: One person would get an idea for a machine. He or she then stood and made a full-body gesture and a noise, acting as a distinct part of this machine. One by one, the rest of the class added on with their own gestures and noises until the machine had been built. Everyone had a different idea of what the machine was and what their part in it would be; the whole thing was fascinating.
We also began scenework in a similar game. This time, however, there was no repetitive gesture or noise; Terry asked us to find an action and play it as realistically as possible. In this way, we are beginning to recognize the active dramatization of character.
Terry got a little trippy this session. He asked us to put our hands a little apart, palms facing together, and try to understand the space in between. For many of us, that space became very physical. Terry then had us combine our individual spaces with other individual spaces until the whole class was holding one space. A few people ventured inside the space. Ronnie was surprised and amazed to find that she actually felt the space.
Mika raised a great discussion: How does improv relate to us as composers and librettists? Terry explained the importance of openness and vulnerability in art, and how understanding physicality can greatly enhance our ability to realize character.
After a short break, Steve had a little Q&A for us about the program in general—very helpful!
We then dove into our very first acting class with Kathleen Amshoff. Kathleen got to know us a little (have any of us acted? It turns out most of us have some performance experience, and Rachel has a degree in theater, and Daniel is actually a professional actor and singer!) and then we began doing some very intense exercises in partnering. Kathleen had us make eye contact with a partner for an uncomfortably long period of time, after which we closed our eyes and she asked us details about our partner's physical appearance.
With the same partner, we were then asked to make eye contact and, alternating, very calmly tell the other person how we felt (ie, "I feel hungry."). It was surprisingly difficult to come up with feelings to feel, or at least to say out loud.
Kathleen then had us line up across from a different partner and, again making eye contact, step forward or backwards as it felt right. Zach and Steve looked, in Kathleen's words, "like [they] were playing chess." Sidney and I felt like we were doing a tango. Ronnie and Rachel had a more emotional connection, feeling rejected when the other stepped back, and Daniel and Mika found themselves looking for patterns. All in all a fascinating experiment.
Excellent session! Only two weeks till the next!!


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In Whatever the Cost, David and Jason Benham are twin brothers who have written a book about the Christian principles they have used throughout their personal lives and their business. Their father was a leading part in how they were rooted in their Christian faith. He founded his own church and he strongly believed that the church is called to be the church and serve others and show them compassion like Christ would do. He also was a big pro-life supporter. The book goes through their journey of following their dreams of playing professional baseball and how they discovered their passion after baseball. They shared how they founded their own successful real estate business and the many different up and downs they experienced along the way. The book also covered how they lost their reality TV show deal with HGTV and the enormous controversial with the community of GLADD.
I would recommend this amazing book to anyone who enjoys reading books that can assist you in building your Christian faith. I liked how David and Benham was transparent in opening up about their mistakes, accomplishments, and the countless principles they have learned about the Word of God and how they applied it to their business. One of my favorite principles they shared was about when God put something, such as our dreams, in our hand, we have to be careful not to hold to tightly onto it. It's critical to remember that God has a way to keep and let happen what is in His will and we don't have to strive to hold onto it. I also liked how they included a nice appendix of all the different 62 principles all listed out where it is easier for readers to reread the principles and incorporate into their own lives. I really appreciated the faith they shared throughout this book and how God has changed their lives. This book has the potential to impact readers and I highly recommend it for business leaders and people wanting to grow spiritual.
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1 (7 ounce) package almond paste, grated
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 large egg, separated
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons flour
1 cup thinly sliced almonds
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat (see STORE to purchase). In a food processor, combine almond pate and sugar until the texture is that of fine crumbs. Add egg white and flour and mix until dough is a smooth, sticky paste. Roll into a 12-inch log (if dough is too sticky, refrigerate for 30 minutes, flour hands slightly and then roll into logs). Divide into 12 pieces and roll into balls. Roll balls into curved logs. Beat egg yolk with 2 tablespoons water. Dampen logs slightly with yolk and then roll in almonds until coated. Place crescents on cookie sheet and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack while still on parchment to cool. Gently loosen cookies and dip both ends in melted chocolate. Return to parchment to harden.


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Click below to find a complete list of the 63 in-depth Occupation Profiles:
These occupation profiles include specific information about the nature of the work; average earnings; underlying training and education; related occupations; and corresponding academic programs.
Fast Facts: As of 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated 6,548,760 employed in the Construction and Extraction occupational group earning the mean annual income of $42,350.
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What's Hot: The "Elevator Installers and Repairers" have climbed to the penthouse of the Best Paid list in the Construction and Extraction group averaging $67,750 per year. Next on the list are the "First-Line Supervisors/Mgrs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers" at $61,280 and the "Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas" with a $54,370 annual average.
What's Not: Those lending a helping hand in several categories, including "Helpers-Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons" ($24,330), "Helpers-Roofers" ($ 24,660) and "Helpers-Carpenters" ($26,390) could perhaps use some public relations assistance as they comprise the first five occupations on the Least Paid list.
Sources: In addition to specific citations noted, supplementary source materials include the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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Dr. Finley's area of expertise is Northwest Semitic languages, specifically Hebrew and Aramaic. He authored the Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary (Joel, Amos, Obadiah) (reprinted by Galaxie Software), the Everyman's Bible (Commentary on Joel, Obadiah, Micah) (Moody), and co-authored How Biblical Languages Work: A Student's Guide to Learning Hebrew and Greek (Kregel). He also contributed notes on the prophets mentioned above to The Life Recovery Bible. He authored chapters in three books, and his articles have appeared in Grace Theological Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Vetus Testamentum, Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, and Decision Magazine. He has addressed both regional and national meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society, and he has served as a translation consultant for portions of the Old Testament for the NIV Children's Version.


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WeatherCatPad (WeatherCat for the iPad) version 2.3 is now available for download from the Apple App Store
I have a solar powered wireless Davis Monitor 2 that is about 20 years old. I have replaced the solar array and battery last year and it has worked reliably until this years Arizona monsoon season.Now it is recording rain even when none has fallen, consistently. It also gives 2 day rain totals where it seems not to reset at midnight for example, it repeats the total of the first day and adds it to the second day whether it rains or not. For instance it will record .27 on day one then on day two it will double that to .54 even if no rain on day 2.I am running WC 1.02 Version 4 on a iBook G4I am thinking it must be a hardware fault and have found a new replacement rain bucket #7852 on Amazon. Should I first try replacing the reed switch or buy a new rain assembly for $100?
LOL! I?ve been thinking about it, but a new Davis solar powered wireless set-up is about $1200.
So, I have a Monitor 2 solar powered wireless station with rain collector and the basic sensors. What newer Davis model can you recommend that has similar features and can run on a Mac with Sierra?
It may be more precision than you feel desirable, but Davis makes a version of the Vantage Pro-2 with a fan aspirated temperature probe. I've heard some complaints about reliability. Other WeatherCatters might be able to comment on that.
Now i?ll need a monitor which I hope to find on EBay.
I decided to go with the Davis 6152 and the Mac data logger 6520 from rainmanweather.com.
Thanks for giving me the nudge I needed! If there is anything i?m missing, please let me know.
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Brad here. With the Microsoft Security Development Conference coming up on May 14th and 15th, in San Francisco, I want to take a minute to talk about my plans for the week.
On Tuesday, May 14th, at 3:00 p.m., I'll present the topic "Never Waste a Crisis: Take 2. " This presentation is based on the original one I gave at the RSA Conference in 2012, sharing some lessons on how to prepare for a crisis and what to do to ensure you leave your software security program in a stronger position once it's all over. This time, I'll talk about how we put these lessons to work with respect to another crisis: the inappropriate use of a code signing certificate which happened at Adobe in September 2012. In this second take on the topic of crises, I'll grade my own advice — and my own performance at following that advice — with lessons learned from the code signing incident.
Then on Wednesday, May 15th at 9:45 a.m., I'll present a keynote on: "Accepting Defeat: Changing the Battle Plan." I'll talk about how to acknowledge when the current approach to a problem isn't working, abandoning a long-standing strategy and looking for new approaches. I'll give two examples of how this worked for us at Adobe.
If you haven't registered yet for the Microsoft Security Development Conference, I encourage you to go ahead. You can use this discount code: ADB@SDC!@
I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone who plans to attend. See you there.
Brad Arkin
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Galaxy Watch and Strava
OK; so I'm initially a little disappointed. I've been following Samsung's Galaxy watch for some time, their next generation watch following on from the Gear 3.
I've been trying to find a Smart Watch for quite a while that has all the necessary sensors and features I'd like.
Yes the Apple Watch / WatchOS does that, but it doesn't look like a watch. Google's WearOS watches look great, but don't have all the sensors and I didn't want to plump for a pure activity tracker like a Garmin.
So.... I was super excited to see on the Galaxy Watch website that it looked like Strava was natively supported. https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-watch/
I buy the watch today and low and behold I can't find the Strava app' in the Galaxy Watch App store. Was I duped. Is there no native support on Galaxy Watch?!
Personally I think Samsung are a little stupid for insisting on running Tizen instead of Google's WearOS (which natively runs Strava), but I was seriously hoping this watch had native support. Finally. On Tizen.
Is this not so? Is the app' just delayed, or the Galaxy Watch App store delayed in deploying it?
What gives?
I would support all comments to support Tizen natively to be honest; you are potentially missing out on a large group of users running Samsung watches.