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- Editor-in-Chief: David Scott
- Published Date: Jul 30, 2012
WIREs Computational Statistics is a major new scientific publication that supports the information needs of researchers in this field and helps to shape its future development.
Mathematische Nachrichten journal
- Editor-in-Chief: Reinhard Mennicken (Managing Editor), B. Andrews, R. Denk, K. Hulek, F. Klopp
- Published Date: Oct 19, 2012
Mathematische Nachrichten - Mathematical News publishes original papers on new results and methods that hold prospect for substantial progress in mathematics and its applications.
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- Published Date: Dec 11, 2012
The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is a high quality international scholarly journal which is concerned with the evaluation and development of clinical practice across medicine, nursing and the allied health professions.
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- Published Date: Dec 11, 2012
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In late June, Syria Survey reported that the rebels' Gulf financiers were regularly traveling to northern Syria for battlefield visits with their clients. This week, Kuwait's Ajmi clan, among the most prolific of the Gulf financiers, announced that clan member Saud Faiz al-Huwila al-Ajmi was killed in Idlib province during the mid July fighting near the village of Basanqul. The recent clashes at Basanqul were notable for the destruction of a bridge that spanned the Aleppo-Latakia highway.
Rebel groups involved in the fighting at Basanqul included the Daoud Brigade, Ahrar al-Sham and Deraa al-Thawra. It is unknown which group Saud was with at the time of his death, but only Ahrar al-Sham, a known Ajmi beneficiary, reported his death on their social media account.
Hajaj al-Ajmi, who told Kuwaiti media that Saud did his work in secret and avoided media attention, is now using the memory of Saud to raise more funds for the Syrian rebels.
|A Hajaj al-Ajmi fundraising poster using
Saud Faiz al-Huwilal al-Ajmi's memory
|Saud Faiz al-Huwila

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During the Civil War, the regiment (like a number of other regiments of the old army) was re-established in the White Army. In 1919 he was interned by the Poles in the army of General Bredov. In 1920 he returned to Russia and was included in the 2nd Kornilov Regiment as the 4th separate battalion.


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Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board struck a significant and potentially historic blow against the current student-athlete model. Not so unexpectedly, the guardian — and long-time beneficiary — of that system does not agree with the decision.
In a statement, the NCAA acknowledged it is "disappointed" the Chicago regional office of the NLRB ruled that Northwestern football players are employees and are therefore afforded the right to unionize. As it did in contending the initial petition, the NCAA "strongly disagreed" with the contention that student-athletes are employees.
The decision gives Northwestern football players the right to vote to unionize. While not official, Northwestern is expected to appeal today's ruling.
Most legal observers expect this test case to end up being argued in front of the United States Supreme Court at some point in the future. Such a scenario, however, is a handful of years down the road.
Below is the complete statement from NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy:
While not a party to the proceeding, the NCAA is disappointed that the NLRB Region 13 determined the Northwestern football team may vote to be considered university employees. We strongly disagree with the notion that student-athletes are employees.
We frequently hear from student-athletes, across all sports, that they participate to enhance their overall college experience and for the love of their sport, not to be paid.
Over the last three years, our member colleges and universities have worked to re-evaluate the current rules. While improvements need to be made, we do not need to completely throw away a system that has helped literally millions of students over the past decade alone attend college. We want student athletes – 99 percent of whom will never make it to the professional leagues – focused on what matters most – finding success in the classroom, on the field and in life.


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So what's the latest? Am I a world famous food writer with book publishers knocking down my door wanting me to write the next great food story so they can turn it into a movie? Well, not exactly, but I'm not complaining. So many of you have been so supportive in following me along the way that I've felt a bit guilty lately realizing that I've left out a few of good things that have happened for me on the writing side.
Back in December I received an email from someone who contacted me via this blog. Her name was Emily and she was an editor for New York publisher, Barnes & Noble. She sent me the sweetest little note that's title read, "Interested in Writing"? Hm. Is this spam, I was thinking to myself? But I opened it and decided to give a few moments of attention to the remaining contents...
Hi Jennifer, I just came across your website and thought you might be perfect for a project I am working on. I'm an editor for a division of Barnes & Noble publishing and we're doing a series of lifestyle guides for adults. These guides aren't books, but what we are calling charts... We are going to be doing a series of ethnic food charts and I am looking for a writer who would be interested in writing the first guide in this series, either French or Italian cooking. The guide would cover the following subject areas:
* History (basic)* Ingredients* Tools * Methods/Preparations?* Recipes
Is this something you might be interested in? If you are interested I can give you more details. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks so much! Emily
My jaw literally dropped and at the same time my heart jumped. Was this a joke? Come on. An editor at Barnes & Noble found me through the myriad of food blogs out there and was now approaching me to begin their new series in international cuisine? Was I interested in writing? YEAH!
I did respond to Emily the next day and after a few email exchanges and a phone call we had made a deal. I turned in a proposal for the basics of French Cooking in early January and got to work on the piece. I thought it would be simple for me to put the chart together as I had just finished a French culinary program, but I was mistaken. The hardest part for me was just sifting through the abundance of information that is out there on French cuisine and narrowing it down to cover all of the basics within an 8 1/2 x 11 in. six-page, fold-out laminated guide. It's been a great learning experience being involved in writing an outlined project as opposed to an article in terms of the process and the back and forth between writer and editor. We're still finalizing some details, actually, but I was recently given the green light to move forward with the next cuisine in line, Italian. I'm so eager to get the French chart printed, though. The part I'm looking most forward to is that a line on the bottom of the back page will read "Writer: Jennifer Fields".
While I was in school I was approached by a local food writer who, at the time, I was taking a Pilates Reformer classes with. Her name was Susan Hauser and she's a very well known food and travel writer who writes for national publications, but resides in Portland. She's one of those who has the dream career many of us are looking for. Each and every time I speak with her she's jetting off to Hawaii to do a story on hoola lessons, or Florida to write about the cuisine in Miami. How does she do that? Ok, I'll get there, I'll get there. Anyway, Susan, who is the President of the Portland Culinary Alliance, was excited to learn that I was attending culinary school and asked me to join the board of the organization as the group's student liaison to help bring awareness of the program to culinary schools and to get students more involved. A month or two of being part of the board, I also took on a new role as the new Newsletter Editor. Yay, now I can call myself an editor!
A little over a month ago a friend told me I just had to get myself on Twitter. Have you heard of Twitter? Twitter is a social networking site that allows people to "follow" other people and stay in touch via mini updates on what they're doing. When I first joined and logged on it looked to me like it was a slew of instant message conversations happening all on one page. And I thought it was the dumbest thing on the earth. But I've hung in there and now I've learned Twitter today is what blogs were just a few years ago; the new it thing in online networking. If you play Twitter right it can work for you. I'm now connected with foodies, food bloggers, and chefs from all around the world. An editor from Marthat Stewart Everyday Food magazine even started following me! Most recently, well-known Australian celebrity chef Benjamin Christie and I got connected on Twitter. After a couple of converstations back and forth regarding his need for some food bloggers to contribute to his site, he asked me to come on board as a guest blogger! I'm very excited at the opportunity. And a really cool thing is I get to have a picture and a bio on his site, and on the same page as Michael Ruhlman! OMG!
So needless to say I feel like I'm getting there. I'm in the right circles and I'm getting my name out there. It's funny, though, I seem to be having the toughest time in my hometown getting editors in Portland to jump at food article ideas I've been pitching. I now know what people mean when they say don't quit your day job, or marry rich if you want to be a food writer. It really does take time to break into the scene and get published, and of the above activities I have going on, only one is paid, and still not enough to cover my mortgage!
All around everything is going well and I know the big break (or the one that will pay the mortgage) is just around the corner; I can feel it.
Thanks for your continued support. Now back to fun and exciting musings on exploring the culinary world!


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Released in 1994, this mix is the follow-up to the incredibly popular Mindscratch tape from DJ Trance (Jason Blakemore).
Released in 1994, this mix is the follow-up to the incredibly popular Mindscratch tape from DJ Trance (Jason Blakemore).
This mix from 1993 is the second collaboration between DJ's R.A.W. and Mellinfunk. If you missed the first one, check it out here.
We're bringing it back with a bang!
This mix features Steve Loria – recorded live on February 15th, 1992 by The Milky Way Acid House Family – at a rave called Live At The Reign Of Ahknaten [sic].
DJ's for this event were Mr. Kool-Aid, John Williams, Justin King, Steve Loria, Beej, Aldo Bender, Markem X, and Gary Blitz.
Source: Ronski G.
The Epic Oldskool Journey mix series is my attempt to archive a period of music that I find particularly innovative, but also one that holds much sentimental value. The first two Journeys focused more on specific time periods – Part 1 being dominated by acid house, bleep and rave; Part 2 much more focused on UK breakbeat aka 'ardcore. I also tried to limit both of those to more esoteric songs from my collection, although some floorfillers were included. Part 3, quite possibly the last of these, I dub the "anthem" episode, as it definintely has its share of crowd pleasers. I still included a good number of rarities from the vaults, but there is much more in the way of heavy hitters in this one. I hope you enjoy! –– Mojo
Mojo – An Epic Oldskool Journey III
Source: DJ Mojo
Dimensional Holophonic Sound – The House of God
World – Zultan
Brersoul – Truly Fantastic
Digital Excitation – Dream Party
Bizarre Inc – I'm Gonna Get You
Jambo – Drum Attack
Bizarre Inc – Raise Me
Dj Edge – Fl It
Fierce Ruling Diva – Rubb It In
Shut Up and Dance – The Green Man
Sykosis 451 – Hurricane
Trigger – Stratosphere
Eon – Spice
Eternal – Eternal
Messiah – There Is No Law
Raw Trax – Return Of the Redi
Altern 8 – Infiltrate
Southside Reverb – Use Your Tool
Human Resource – Dominator (Beltram Remix)
Pandemic – Slammin'
2 Bad Mice – Bombscare
Schedule 3 – Break You Down
DJ Phantasy and DJ Gemini – Never Try the Hippodrome
the Prodigy – Your Love
Rhythm Quest – Closer To All Your Dreams
Elevation – Can You Feel It
X-Men – Return of a Simple Song
Power-Pill – Pac-Man
LSDJ-e – Let the Rhythm Take You
1st Prodgect – Right Before
Carl COx – I Want You (Forever)
Aurora – Spectral Bass
Boyzland and Wagga T – Rock Da House
KZ1 – I know I can Make it
System X – Wind It Up
SL2 – DJ's Take Control
Kicks Lke a Mule – The Bouncer
Psychotropic – Hypnosis (SL2 Remix)
Direckt – I Got Ya (Feeling)
Nu-Matic – Body Fusion
e.kude – Common Sensi
Nino – The Gun
Urban Shakedown – Some Justice
Phuture Assassins – Future Sound (2 Bad Mice Remix)
Acen – The Life and Crimes of a Rufffneck
the Prodigy – Out of Space
DMS – Vengeance
Manix – Let Your Mind Be Free
4 Hero – Journey From the Light
N-Joi – Drumstruck
The Moog – Rush Hour
Technosaurus – You Gave Me Nothing
Dj SS & EQ – Volume 1
Blame – Music Takes You (2 Bad Mice Remix)
DJ Edge – File 57
I.C.P. – Free and Equal (Leftfield Remix)
The Coma Kid – 1000 Feet
Jam and Spoon – Stella
Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea
Bizarre Tracks – Sensory Delight
Two early live recordings of Josh McClintock on "Riders of the Plastic Groove". These sessions took place during the years Josh recorded the first two mixes in the Acid Junky series. Be sure to check out the interviews with Josh at the end of the mixes.
Josh McClintock – Live on KUCI 88.9 FM (10-22-1993)
Josh McClintock – Live on KUCI 88.9 FM (3-18-1994)
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Tracking The Four: Cuse Get Juiced and Leaves One Unbeaten Team StandingPosted by EJacoby on January 24th, 2012
Evan Jacoby is an RTC contributor & correspondent. You can find him @evanjacoby on Twitter. TT4 will cover four selected teams of interest – Syracuse, Indiana, Murray State, and UNLV – by tracking their ups, downs, and exciting developments throughout the course of the season.
Welcome back to TT4, where the lowest ranked team of the four in this week's RTC Top 25 also happens to be the only undefeated squad left in the country. Will Murray State lose a game before the Big Dance? They continue to win in impressive fashion and are now getting a key cog back in the lineup for the stretch run. Meanwhile, our two major-conference teams are coming off poor weeks and UNLV keeps quietly handling their business. All four TT4 teams remained ranked in the Top 20 and have important games this week. Let's look at what's new:
Murray State Racers
- Trending UP Because… – They are the only undefeated team left in the country! After being down at halftime, the Racers climbed back to defeat Morehead State on Wednesday, 66-60, in a huge road win that was their toughest remaining test. Please raise your hand and leave a comment below if you had Murray State as the last team to lose this season. Not only is MSU unbeaten but they are getting their third-leading scorer Ivan Aska back any day now, as the senior forward has been cleared to play by doctors. All things are looking up for the Racers (20-0, 8-0 OVC), and all of their remaining games have suddenly become must-watch, or at least must-follow action as they try to make history.
- This Week's Key Cog – Isaiah Canaan. The star guard was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week after going for 20 points in the win at Morehead State and 21 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals in a road win over SIU Edwardsville on Saturday night.
- Play of the Week – The Racers were down by one against Morehead State until Canaan hit this deep three-pointer with 3:58 left to give Murray State a lead they would not relinquish.
- Talking Point – The head coach of SIU-E, Lennox Forrester, was thoroughly impressed by the Racers on Saturday, and thinks they may have a special season ahead: "They carry a swagger about them. They're at least a Sweet Sixteen team and maybe Elite Eight. They could be a so-called Butler."
- Coaching Tree of Life – The last time Murray State was ranked before this season (1998), Mark Gottfried was the head coach. The last Racers' rookie head coach to win 20 games was Mick Cronin in 2003-04, and the in-jeopardy MSU single-season wins record of 31 came under Billy Kennedy's watch in 2009-10. Gottfried, Cronin, and Kennedy are all major coaches at NC State, Cincinnati, and Texas A&M, respectively, today; perhaps coach Steve Prohm is next in line for a big-time job. Then again, Prohm could also be deserving of a major raise and extension there in Murray.
- Stats Central – They've earned praise for proficient three-point shooting, but an underrated aspect of Murray State's offensive game is their attacking prowess. The Racers have a season-long free throw rate (which measures FTA/FGA) of 45.1%, which ranks 19th nationally. But they're even more outstanding in conference play, with a rate of 52.8% that ranks third in the country amongst all teams in their conference games.
- What's Next? – The Racers have just one game on tap for this week, at home against Eastern Illinois on Saturday (8:00 PM ET). EIU is 2-4 in OVC conference play and coming off three straight losses.
UNLV Runnin' Rebels
- Trending EVEN Because… – They took care of business this week by thrashing TCU at home before then opening up a big second-half lead and defeating New Mexico at home as well on Saturday. The Runnin' Rebels continue to look the part of a consistent, elite team and they've even slid into the Top 10 of this week's RTC Top 25. UNLV (18-3, 2-1 MWC) has only lost on the road to three teams that are either ranked (SDSU) or receiving votes (Wisconsin, Wichita State) this week. They are ranked sixth in the RPI and should get a very strong look at a top three NCAA Tournament seed if they continue to play this well.


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Here's an updated version of a classic comfort-food casserole.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 1 pound dandelion greens, Swiss chard, or mustard greens (about 1 1/4 bunches), tough bottom stems removed
- 8 ounces skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, divided
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup low-salt chicken broth
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs made from crustless French bread
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Cook greens in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain; rinse under cold water. Squeeze dry; chop greens finely. DO AHEAD: Greens can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy medium skillet over high heat. Add chicken; sauté until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to bowl.
- Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter to same skillet and melt over low heat. Add flour and whisk 1 minute (do not brown). Pour in cream. Increase heat and bring to boil, whisking until sauce is thick and smooth, about 2 minutes. Whisk in broth, then stir in greens and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Add eggs to mixture with greens. Stir gently, partially breaking yolks and whites. Spread mixture in prepared dish. Push chicken pieces down into mixture. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over. Drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake gratin until top is golden brown and eggs are cooked, about 18 minutes.


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Dennis Shasha is a professor of Computer Science at New York University. His latest puzzle book Puzzles for Programmers and Pros outlined some general approaches to programmatic puzzle solving. This column challenges you to find the solutions to the puzzles that lie at the core of some cool tough applications. He solicits your help in identifying such cool apps.
If you've been reading Dr. Dobb's for many years, you may remember Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner. In that column, Professor Shasha posed puzzles that required computer solutions. Dennis is returning to Dr. Dobb's, but with a new twist on puzzles. The idea is to take inspiration from the challenging apps that readers have faced and to turn those into puzzles.
If you have written an application that required extensive use of heuristics (because no algorithm would solve it) or that is otherwise algorithmically interesting, please send mail to Dennis at [email protected]. Put "Tough Apps" in the subject line. If he likes it, he will contact you. Then he will try to understand what you've done and create a puzzle explaining the algorithmic core. You will write a little blurb about yourself and the problem if you want.
In many sports, a factor of two from the world record is still respectable. If you can swim 400 meters in less than twice the time of Michael Phelps, climb El Cap half as fast as Lynn Hill, or windsurf at half the speed of Antoine Albeau, you are doing well.
Similarly, many problems that have no fast ("polynomial time") algorithm have fast approximation algorithms that give results within a factor of two of the optimal conceivable solution. Heuristics will often help improve beyond the factor of two, but starting with a half-as-good-as-optimal approach gives a foundation from which you can build.
Many such problems are scheduling algorithms. While the traveling salesman project gets the most press, the mother of practical scheduling algorithms is the shop scheduling problem. The problem also enjoys the virtue of being relevant to parallel and distributed computing.
Shop scheduling goes like this: You have M machines and J jobs. Any job can be done on any machine, but some jobs take more time than others. How can you get all jobs done in as little time as possible?
Remarkably, the following simple algorithm is within a factor of two of the optimal. Put jobs in a list in some order (any order will do). When a machine is idle, assign the next job in the list to that machine. How can such an apparently naive algorithm give any guarantee at all? Let's see.
Suppose the last job to complete begins at time t. Let L be the time to do that last job. Therefore the total time to complete all the jobs is t + L using this algorithm. Note that before t, all machines are used, because the naive algorithm uses every idle machine as it becomes available. Therefore the optimal schedule cannot use less than t time units. Further, the optimal schedule cannot complete before time L, because at least one job takes L time. So, if t >= L, then t + L <= 2t <= 2 * time of the optimal schedule. Similarly, if L >= t, then t + L <= 2L <= 2 * time of the optimal schedule. So, the naive algorithm yields a schedule that is no more than twice as long as the optimal possible schedule. What's cool is that you can prove this without even trying to find the optimal schedule.
This analysis immediately suggests a heuristic: Put the most time-consuming job remaining on the next available device. That will tend to avoid having the longest task scheduled near the end. It does not however guarantee an optimum.
The Puzzle
1. Can you show an example in which this algorithm does not attain an optimal schedule (though it is within a factor of two)?
This factor-of-two idea works in a variety of contexts. Suppose you are sending machine parts from Trenton to Scranton on identical flatbed trucks. The width of each machine part extends the entire width of a truck. Further, no part can be stacked on top of another and the part must lie completely on the flatbed.
2. Can you guarantee to use no more than about twice the minimum conceivable number of trucks?
As long as we're in the transportation business, let's return to the traveling salesman problem. That problem goes like this. A salesman wants to travel to a set of towns by road, starting say from town A. The question is which route to take to minimize the total time spent in traveling. It's ok for the salesman to go through a town twice provided he visits every town at least once.
For the factor-of-two method to work, we need two assumptions. First, symmetry: it should take the same time to go from town x to y as to from y to x for any towns x and y. Second, triangle inequality: the time it takes to go from town x to town y through town z is greater than or equal to the time of the shortest path from x to z.That is, it shouldn't be faster, though it can be just as fast, to take a detour. As a consequence of these assumptions, a shortest route through the towns never needs to loop. So the shortest route is a special case of a tree, which is a graph structure without loops.
Finally, there is a very efficient algorithm to find a smallest cost tree that connects all the towns. The minimum spanning tree algorithm, in the version developed by Joseph Kruskal in the 1950s, works like this: Consider the towns to be nodes and roads to be edges. Form the edges of the minimum spanning tree TreeEdges as follows starting from the empty set:
Until you have a tree that connects all nodes, if the time to traverse the edge between x and y is among the smallest for any edge not already in TreeEdges and TreeEdges does not yet contain a path between x and y, add the edge between x and y to TreeEdges else discard the edge between x and y.
As an example, Figure 1 shows a simple graph and Figure 2 shows a minimum spanning tree.
3. How can you use the minimum spanning tree to find a route that is no more than twice the optimal route in cost? How would you improve this?


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In May 2005, the YouTube founders launched YouTube.com and today YouTube is celebrating its sixth birthday with an announcement that it's uploading 48 hours of video every minute. That's huge!
YouTube's global daily views have gone up up 37 percent in the past six months and now records 3 billion views per day, which is more than 50 percent from a year ago.
The company announced in its blog:
We're amazed that over this last weekend, you drove YouTube past the 3 billion views a day mark, a 50% increase over last year. That's the equivalent of nearly half the world's population watching a YouTube video each day, or every U.S. resident watching at least nine videos a day.
With live event streaming and faster uploads, no doubt YouTube has achieved this success rate. YouTube now targets 72 hours a minute, or 4 billion views a day and I'm sure this will be achieved in no time.
YouTube's first video was uploaded on April 23, 2005. The site was initially opened to beta testers in May 2005 and in October 2006 it was acquired by Google for $1.65bn
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As some of you may have noticed my blog was hacked ↓ this morning by my husband. He sent out a tweet which led me to the post. Sweet as that was, he also surprised me by asking for the day off, without my knowledge and had this waiting for me in the dining room. An Alessi Pino funnel, Etco paper bowl and roses! Later he made all of us breakfast, even the potatoes, which were delicious, made without my help! Lucky me. It's a good thing too because it had not hit me until just now that I'm no longer 26. Dang.
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happy birthday!! hope you had an amazing day!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!! Wishing you all the best (seems you are already off to a good start).ReplyDelete
Lucky you, I think I will show my husband this post...blink, blink.ReplyDelete
By the way, I am of to make that almond milk, looks sooo delisious.
Happy birthday!!
Congratulations with your 27th birthday! And what amazing gestures by your husband. Lucky you!ReplyDelete
sounds like a wonderful day! happy happy birthday!ReplyDelete
That is seriously SO sweet that he did that...what a surprise! And happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
That's a good man there. Hope you had a lovely morning!ReplyDelete
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Aw that's so cute. Hold on to him tight. Happy belated birthday! Lovely presents btw.ReplyDelete
We are exactly 2 days apart in age...I didn't realize that. Looks like you had a wonderful day! Xo, MalloryReplyDelete
wow! you are so blessed.. he is amazing! im so glad u had a happy day!ReplyDelete
happy birthday lovely!! what a sweet and romantic gift... well done, jeremiah!ReplyDelete
So glad to hear you had a great day! High-five to the Mr. ;)ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday! Sounds fabulously!ReplyDelete
That is one super thoughtful and creative husband! I'm glad you both/all had such a wonderful celebration!ReplyDelete
That is so so sweet! Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Hold tight to your man...
Adorable! happy birthday!ReplyDelete
So sweet and thoughtful! What a guy.ReplyDelete
Happy, happy (belated) birthday!
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011
Seriously? there are guys out there like him? wow wow amazing. what a sweet guy!ReplyDelete
Happy (belated) birthday! And I think your husband hijacking your blog is just about the sweetest thing ever. Also, just found my way over here after your guest post on pennyweight, and I love it. Hooray!ReplyDelete
Oh my, can this be any sweeter? Happy Birthday, Jennifer!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011
Awe how sweet is that!ReplyDelete
Happy belated!
happy b-day lady! (belated) and seriously how awesome is your husband!!??!ReplyDelete
so sweet!
Hello you, happy birthday! Your husband is a super-hero-knows-how-to-surprise-you I think. 27? Perfect age. Enjoying your blog a lot!ReplyDelete
Oh so cute. I love the the streamers on the light. Happy BelatedReplyDelete
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Three new agricultural resource centers funded in the recently passed Pennsylvania state budget will be unveiled to the public during Ag Progress Days on Aug. 13-15 at Rock Springs.
The centers, a collaborative effort between Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, will address the hot button issues of food safety, animal care and plant health.
Teams from all three centers will be available to speak with agricultural producers, food processors, consumers and others from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 15, in the Department of Agriculture Building, on West 11th Street at the Ag Progress Days site.
Supported initially by $300,000 in seed money appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in the 2013-14 state budget, the centers are part of an effort to forge innovative partnerships that can leverage resources and expertise across organizations to meet critical challenges facing the commonwealth, according to Barbara Christ, interim dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences.
"These centers will promote collaboration on high-priority issues for Pennsylvania agriculture," said Christ. "They will enhance and sustain the economic growth of affected industries and help meet consumer expectations for safe and high-quality food produced with as small an environmental footprint as possible."
The centers will be housed at Penn State and will involve personnel from both organizations in developing the best research-based solutions to scientific, educational and regulatory challenges. Guided by advisory boards, the centers will be a resource for industry, organizations, agencies, legislators, the public and the media, she noted.
Following are examples of issues that the centers will address:
-- Food Safety Resource Center: Production and regulatory changes brought about by the federal Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 have been called the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years. New Food and Drug Administration rules will affect producers, processors, retailers, restaurants, farmers' markets and consumers.
For the first time, food safety regulations will include animal feed and product traceability, which will have significant impacts for Pennsylvania dairy and livestock producers. To reduce on-farm food-safety risks and access produce markets, growers of fruits, vegetables and other crops will need training on Good Agricultural Practices, known as GAPs. This center will assess research and training needs to help ensure compliance with the new regulations.
-- Animal Care Resource Center: Activist groups and consumers have become more vocal about their expectations for animal care in agriculture and have worked to pass regulations dictating animal production practices. The College of Agricultural Sciences has extensive expertise in animal behavior, health and production practices, as well as facility design and construction methods that enhance animal well-being.
This center will focus on science-based best practices, certification standards, facility needs and assessments, regulatory compliance, management and employee training, animal transportation, economic impacts, public education and other issues.
-- Plant Health Resource Center: The greatest challenge for Pennsylvania's plant industries is non-native invasive species that threaten crops and native plants. The identification and management of plant pests -- such as insects, diseases and invasive weeds -- are critical to ensuring the health and productivity of food crops, forests and landscapes.
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FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced the PlayStation® Protection Plan, an extended service offer for the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems. Under the new program, PS3 and PSP owners in the United States can purchase an extended service plan of one or two years that begins after the original one-year manufacturer's limited warranty expires. PSP owners can also choose the Accidental Damage Plan, which adds coverage for cracked-screen damage in the event of an unexpected drop. The PlayStation Protection Plan offers peace of mind to consumers interested in enhanced coverage for a great value, along with the added security of knowing all services will be performed with the direct backing and support of SCEA as the original manufacturer.
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The PlayStation Protection Plan is available to PS3 or PSP owners (both the PSP-3000 and PSPgo systems) who are still within their one-year limited manufacturer's warranty, as well as new purchasers. The PSP Accidental Damage Plan must be purchased within the first 30 days of owning a PSP system, and the plan is effective beginning on the purchase date. Starting this month, consumers can purchase the PlayStation Protection Plan by calling 1-866-716-7669. For additional details and to review the Terms and Conditions, please visit http://us.playstation.com/support/protection-plan/index.htm.


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At Jabberwocky
Friday, April 11
Clothes appeared to be on the outs at Jabberwocky last Friday night: Awash in a sea of tight pants, midriff-bearing tops, and arched backs, I found my attention constantly diverted from the act I had come to see by "Whuzzup?" greetings and the mating rituals of the predominantly Greek crowd.
Although I had some faint hopes that Fountainhead, the band in question, would surpass my preconceived generic expectations (solely because the group apparently took their name from Ayn Rand's influential novel of individualism), by the end of the evening my socks remained firmly on.
Fountainhead is a four-man instrumental outfit with the expected lineup– two guitars, a bass, and drums. Aside from the fact that the group has not one but two instruments (bass and a guitar) manufactured by the esteemed Rickenbacker company, I did not see anything really impressive in their stage show– "four attractive young men, in no way visually offensive" was the way my friend summed them up.
A cry of "One, two, buckle my shoe," led the group into their first song, but pretty soon I had figured out that the group's MO is jam-based tunes, not ancient nursery rhymes.
The band seemed to be finding the groove on their first tune, led more by some pretty damn good lead guitar work than by bass or drums. Their second song was a lot better, a strong three chord guitar/bass deluge with lead work over it– although it did seem to be about 15 minutes long, time enough for my friend and me to run the entire course of a long conversation with space at either end.
Once again, the lead guitarist proved himself an admirable instrumentalist– though his lines were by no means smoking, he had a nice sense of timing and an easy way with his fingers. Fountainhead segued into an instrumental version of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" for their big triumphant ending before bringing their (second song) odyssey to an end.
A short foray into Heart's "Barracuda" verse was quickly stopped, and the group began their third real song, a slower more melodic outing than earlier numbers. Led primarily by a heavy bass line, the lead guitar was decidedly airy and relaxed for the first two minutes of the tune, before the band shifted into double-time and things got more crunchy. After about 10 minutes of playing, the group was done- the longest set coming from the shortest set list I have ever seen.
Though Fountainhead's name created expectations on my part that remained unfulfilled (they were by no means individualistic), they performed admirably, within the limitations of their chosen genre. If you are a Greek, like Greeks, want to be a Greek, or would like to date a Greek, or (and sometimes this is mutually exclusive) just have a penchant for jam bands, check out Fountainhead at Jabberwocky or Coupe De Ville's, where they play with the frequency that Coran Capshaw buys restaurants.


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Mayo: Head trauma, memory issues linked to Alzheimer's
Head trauma combined with memory impairment may be related to the buildup of Alzheimer's-associated plaques in the brain, a new Mayo Clinic study suggests.
Researchers found that among people with a history of concussions, only those who also suffered memory and thinking problems had a buildup of Alzheimer's associated plaque in the brain.
"This means if you have a head trauma, it doesn't mean you're definitely going to develop Alzheimer's disease," said Mayo Clinic researcher Michelle Mielke. "It starts to give us a window of opportunity into the mechanism by which head trauma may be associated with Alzheimer's disease."
While concussions are bad for the brain, "this study shows that having a head trauma doesn't mean you're necessarily going to develop Alzheimer's disease," she added.
For individuals with some memory impairment, head trauma was associated with a five-fold increase in the odds of having significant brain changes, Mielke said.
The study was published Thursday in the online issue of the journal Neurology.


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Prisoners' News
A. Transfers
- Dr. Nader Babaei transferred handcuffed and shackled to hospital with internal bleeding.
- Massoud Bastani and Keyvan Samimi were transferred to solitary confinement at Rajaei Shahr Prison.
- Iran's oldest political prisoner, Abbas Amir-Entezam, discharged from hospital and allowed to go home.
- On day 17 of hunger strike, political prisoner Rasoul Herdani has been moved to Evin clinic in poor health.
B- Arrests/Incarcerations
- Critic and blogger Ahmad Nourmohammadi Abadchi was arrested in Ahvaz and transferred to Isfahan Intel detention
- Five days after release, political prisoner Hadi Amini re-arrested.
- Journalist Zhila Baniyaghoub arrived at Evin Prison to begin serving her one-year sentence.
- Ebrahim Fakhri arrested in Maku for attending a session of poetry in Turkish language.
- Hashem Hosseinpanahi, Kurdish activist, arrested.
- Babak Mohsennezhad, photographer, arrested when taking pictures in Maku.
- Professor at online Baha'i University, Keyvan Rahimian, summoned to serve his 5-year sentence.
- Mohammad-Hasan Yousef-Pourseifi, human rights activist, reported to Evin to start serving his 5.5 year sentence.
- Vahdat Dana, Baha'i from Shiraz, freed after serving his sentence.
- Akbar Amini released on bail.
- Iman Rashidi, Fariba Ashtari, Farhanaz Misaghian, Shabnam Motahed, and Nategh Naeemi, Baha'i from Yazd, freed on 50 million Toman bail each.
- Fariborz Baghi, Baha'i from Yazd, freed on 80 million Toman bail.
- Sina Aghdaszadeh and Shayan Tafazoli,Baha'i from Mashhad, freed on 100 million Toman bail each.
- Hossein Yazdi, reformist politician arrested last week released.
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- Muzaffar Dadi, 24, who had been incarcerated in Bandar Abbas Prison, died after being violently beaten by guards.
- Wife of political activist and former prisoner Mohammad Esmail-Zadeh beaten by security forces commander, her teeth and jaw broken.
- Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki suffering from internal bleeding in his kidneys after beatings and hunger strike
News of injustice in Iran
- Human Rights activist and Zanjan Payame Noor University student Davoud Khodakarami has been sentenced to 4 months suspended for 4 years.
- Journalist and political activist Mohammadsafar Lafoti has been sentenced to 5 years suspended sentence and a 5 year ban from political or journalism activities
- New charges have been pressed against senior reformist Behzad Nabavi, imprisoned in IRGC's ward 2A.
- 3 executions in Rajaei Shahr prison.
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- First phase of the national internet has been installed in 28 of Iran's 31 provinces.
- Tehran Times Managing Director, Reza Moghaddasi, and Isaac Chipampe, Managing Director of Zambia's Daily Mail, signed a cooperation agreement with the goal of improving socio-cultural relations between Iran and Zambia.
Iran Economics
- Isfahan Petrochemical Complex shut down due to oil shortages.
- Iran suspends $2.6B gas project with Chinese consortium.
- 5 million day laborers deprived of benefits of the labor law.
- Workers protesting the bankruptcy verdict of Avangaan manufacturer of transmission towers: 100 workers laid off.
- $ 1 = 2,200 Toman on Wednesday, 2,250 on Thursday
- Russia has taken over the market for Iranian oil in Turkey.
Iran abroad
- Iran and North Korea sign technological cooperation agreement, deepening ties.
- Bahrain demands apologies from Iran further to translation of Morsi speech during NAM.
- Alleged spy ring for Iran revealed by visual records in Turkey.
- Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace.
- Canada lists Iran as "state sponsor of terrorism" for support of Assad regime in Syria. Canada has closed its embassy in Iran, effective immediately, and declared personae non gratae all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada.
- Ahmadinejad appoints Reza Nazar-Ahari, former ambassador to Finland, as Iran's new ambassador to Japan.
Politics in Iran
- Revolutionary Guards killed a member of the PDKI, Esmail Kargar, in Shno.
- Khamenei's rep in IRGC: Regime's legitimacy does NOT lie in people's vote – while admitting that thousands of protesters and dissidents had been arrested after the 2009 election.
- 7 Ayatollahs in Qom call execution of political opponents legally indefensible.
- IRGC wants to establish seminary schools.
- Security forcibly closes 15 businesses in Qazvin for not strictly observing the rules and values of Islam.
- Iran's next presidential election set for June 14 2013.
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Steven Soderbergh's black-ops thriller will finally arrive next January, about year before the director insists he's retiring.
Relativity Media has picked up "Haywire," starring MMA star Gina Carano in the title role, and plans to release the film Jan. 20, 2012. Carano is surrounded by an experienced and talented cast that includes Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas and Michael Angarano.
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In Haywire, an electrifying tale of espionage and betrayal, a female covert ops specialist (MMA star Gina Carano), who works in the deadly world of international operatives, strikes back after discovering she's been double-crossed by someone close to her in the agency.
In January 2013, Soderbergh will turn 50, the age at which he has announced he'll call it quits, a plan he told Deadline he was sticking to, despite the industry's failure to use the forewarning to plan some sort of fete.
"I figured by giving them two years lead time, they would line up those lifetime achievement awards, but there have been no calls or anything," Soderbergh told Deadline, adding that he's still hoping for, "The Oprah thing. A year-long daily celebration of my fabulousness would be nice. Or maybe just a smallish parade."
Soderbergh then went on to hedge his retirement plan, but says he's bored with the grammar of film and feels like he's in a rut. The guy helped changed American cinema some 20-odd years ago, and has been among the most progressive and daring filmmakers of his age, we find it hard to believe he can't find new challenges in the medium.
But worst case scenario, he sticks to his guns and we still have "Haywire," "Contagion," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "Magic Mike" and Liberace" to look forward to. So that's something.


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The Central Connecticut men's track and field team competed in the second meet of its outdoor season on Saturday at the Monmouth Season Opener hosted by Monmouth University. Junior Matt Walker was the only Blue Devil to earn a gold medal on the day, finishing atop the 5,000m field with his time of 14:53.43.
The Blue Devils also collected two second-place finishes Saturday, one in the 110m hurdle event and another in the 3,000m run. Junior Jordan Watkins, who currently holds the CCSU indoor 60m hurdle record (8.22), sprinted a time of 15.10 seconds in the 110m hurdles and was followed by freshman Dan Baum in seventh (16.33).
Watkins also competed in the 400m hurdles on Saturday, coming in first in his heat (sixth overall) with his time of 57.37. He was joined by junior Ryan Budd in the race who crossed the line just before Watkins in 56.02 seconds.
In the 3,000m run, junior Patrick Hubbell crossed the finish line in 8:38.76 for second place, followed by sophomore Tyler Raymond in fourth (8:54.63).
In the 400m dash, freshman Tommy Pytel was the first Blue Devil to cross the line with his time of 51.36. Pytel finished first in his heat.
Junior Jamal Fruster also competed in the 400m dash, finishing sixth in his heat and registering a time of 51.39 seconds.
Freshman Elijah Amoah finished third in his section in his first collegiate 100m dash outing. Amoah clocked a time of 11.86 seconds in the event.
Central also performed well in the 800m run. Freshman Thomas Lupoli finished first in his heat, third overall, with his time of 1:57.90 and was followed by sophomore Malcolm Connor (1:58.40).
The highlight of the CCSU fielding events was a discus throwing performance by junior Michael Ficorilli. Ficorilli registered a toss of 38.74m, besting his previous career-best distance of 38.04m which he set at last weekend's CCSU Track Meet in New Britain, CT.
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By Chris Hauff (WCIV), ABC4 News
CHARLESTON, SC (Aug 12, 2012) – Heading back to school just got a whole lot easier for hundreds of Lowcountry children, thanks to the Shifa Women's Clinic and the Islamic Circle of North America.
Two hundred free book bags full of pencils, crayons, rulers, paper, notebooks, and anything else a child would need, were given away on King Street in Downtown Charleston Sunday afternoon.
The children even got to choose their own color book bag- red, blue or black.
This is the month of Ramadan for Muslims, where giving to charity is encouraged and followers of Islam fast from sunrise to sunset.
"We are blessed to be in this community and really happy that the people came over and supported us. That's our primary objective is to be a productive citizen and I'm so glad people are helping us to be that," said Rashna Kahn, Medical Director for the Shifa Women's Clinic.
The children were delighted to have the tools they need to start the school year off on the right foot and showed their thanks for the donations by thanking the organizers.
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NHL Game Night 1/3: Hurricanes at Lightning
Not as close as the score indicates.
Mike Smith allowed 3 goals on 28 shots in the loss.
First Period
05:05 TB Craig (1), (Hall, Pettinger)
06:41 TB Prospal (8), (Lecavalier)
14:46 CAR Williams (2), (Brind'Amour, Seidenberg)(PP)
15:57 CAR Larose (9), (Seidenberg, Pitkanen)
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06:21 CAR Pitkanen (4), (Williams, Whitney)
Third Period
The Lightning could only muster 19 shots in the game, and after a good first 10 minutes the team was completely dominated by Carolina.
Ty Wishart was -1 with 1 shot and 2 blocked shots in 7:53. He looked lost, tenatative, and slow. He's not ready for primetime.
Matt Smaby had 1 shot, 3 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 18:50. His mistakes were a bit more pronounced in this game.
Paul Szczechura had 1 shot in 10:47. He's sort of fallen off the face of the earth since his big game against Pittsburgh.
Vladimir Mihalik had 1 shot and 2 penalty minutes in 10:47, and 3 giveaways. Athletically he's capable of playing at the NHL level. Metally, he's not there yet.
Steven Stamkos was 50% on draws in 9:50. Non-factor.
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From Greg Bedard. I like these little nugget-based updates.This is fantastic:
New practice squad DT Alfred Malone was on the field. He may be auditioning for that 53rd spot on the roster. Malone sported a ridiculously long chin beard – it sticks straight out – so Ryan Pickett is going to be forced to step up his game in the facial hair department. Malone's chin beard puts Pickett's to shame.
I like Malone already. This is exactly the kind of reporting we need to increase. Outstanding.I still believe that Aaron Rodgers' fu manchu was the best facial hair on the Packers in the past several years. Excellent. And that comes from someone who does not generally like Rodgers fashion-sense, especially since he started to look like that UPS Whiteboard tool.
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Cognitive loss and hearing loss
Did you know…
- There is a clinically significant association between hearing loss and cognitive decline. Individuals with hearing loss demonstrate an accelerated rate of cognitive decline and an increased risk for cognitive impairment1.
- The potential mechanisms behind this relationship between hearing loss and cognitive loss, in particular the increased risk for incident dementia2, remain to be determined. Possible rationales for this association may include increased social isolation, changes to the brain, and/or a common process that is influencing both hearing and cognitive functioning in older individuals.
Below you will find some issues that may be common in your practice, some implications for assessment, and some suggestions for solutions you can implement to ensure that you are providing your patients with the best care possible.
Implications for Cognitive
|As individuals age, they may experience changes in their auditory processing and/or cognitive abilities.
People with hearing loss may be hesitant to seek help.
|Cognitive testing (e.g. the MMSE, the MoCA) often relies heavily on an individual's ability to hear and respond to questions and instructions given5.
|Behavioural symptoms (e.g. repetition, agitation) that are commonly attributed to the individual's cognitive loss, may be related to and/or exacerbated by hearing loss.
Joining up: Why people with hearing loss or deafness would benefit from an integrated response to long-term conditions, a report from Action on Hearing Loss and the Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre, 2013.
The importance of considering hearing needs in individuals with cognitive impairment, ASC CDRAKE webinar, presented by Kate Dupuis, Clinical Neuropsychologist, and Debbie Ostroff, Registered Audiologist (May 14, 2014). Read the transcript.
Exploring the connections between hearing loss and cognitive health, a brainXchange webinar presented by Dr. Kate Dupuis, hosted by brainXchange in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA).
1 Gurgel RK et al. "Relationship of hearing loss and dementia: A prospective, population-based study", Otology & Neurotology, 2014.
2 Lin FR et al. "Hearing loss and incident dementia", Archives of Neurology, 2011, 68(2), 214-220.
3 Schneider BA et al. "Effects of senescent changes in audition and cognition on spoken language comprehension", The Aging Auditory System, Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 2010, Vol. 34, 167-210.
4 Davis A et al. "Acceptability, benefit and costs of early screening for hearing disability: A study of potential screening tests and models", Health Technology Assessment Journal, 2007, 11(42):1-294.
5 Pichora-Fuller MK et al. "Helping older people with cognitive decline communicate: Hearing aids as part of a broader rehabilitation approach", Seminars in Hearing, 2013, 34(04): 308-330.
6 Lewis‐Cullinan C, Janken JK, "Effect of cerumen removal on the hearing ability of geriatric patients", Journal of advanced nursing, 1990, 15 (5), 594-600.
7 Moore A et al. "Cerumen, hearing, and cognition in the elderly", Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2002, 3 (3), 136-139.


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Coca-Cola 'move to the beat' by Mother
SectorAgencies, Food and Drink, Soft drinks, Media / Entertainment Brands and Sport brands
Coca-Cola has launched its "move to the beat" Olympics campaign, fronted by the music producer Mark Ronson.
Last year, Coke invited teenagers to attend a free festival-style gig featuring Ronson and Katy B. Footage from the event is being released in 30- and 60-second formats, as well as in two- and four-minute versions.
The commercial will première with a two-minute spot during the 2012 Brit Awards on 21 February. Additional footage from the event will be used to create a music video for the song featured in the commercial, Anywhere In The World, which was written by Ronson and Katy B, and will be released as a single in May.
The gig also appears in a series of webisodes and a documentary that follows Ronson on his journey around the world. A 30-minute edit of the documentary was broadcast on Channel 4 on 15 February and will be available on 4oD in the spring.
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Blended malt Scotch whisky is slightly different from a standard blended whisky. The reason is it includes no grain whisky, it is simply a blend of single malts. Grain whisky is cheap and very easy to produce, for it is distilled in column stills. However, it does not have the same depth and character as malt whisky. Thus blended malts are usually much more characterful than blended whiskies. There are some great Scotch blended malt whiskies. Take the great Compass Box Oak Cross which features whisky from Teaninich as well as a secret whisky from the village of Brora and one from somewhere in Carron.


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The plaque hangs on the wall of the doctor's office, proof of its worth to Greg Brouse, 1981 grand-prize winner of the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete award.
"My kids can't believe I was either a scholar or an athlete," said Brouse, who is now an oncologist in Monroe, N.C. "I think that, quietly, they make fun of me, but at the same time, they'd like to do the same for themselves."
Brouse, who starred at Centennial, turned 50 this month. On Wednesday night, the Scholar Athlete awards banquet does the same. Since it began a half-century ago, the local chapter of the NFF has honored more than 3,300 student-athletes from football-playing schools in the area, which now number 94.
Until 2010, a grand-prize winner was named each year, 50 in all (there were co-honorees four times). None was more stunned than Brouse, a 5-foot-9 running back, when his name was called.
"I felt overwhelming surprise and a lot of gratitude at Martin's West that night," he said. "I mean, the award isn't for one game or even one season. It's for a body of work — on the field, in the classroom, in clubs and in church — over a four-year career. You're being rewarded as an exemplary young man.
"For me, it's the complete package of what a young athlete should aspire to be. And now, at age 50 and on the 50th anniversary of the banquet, it brings a tear to my eye."
Back then, however, he saw it differently. When the hoopla subsided, Brouse accepted the $4,000 scholarship prize but appeared to shrug off the honor. An aspiring physician, he attended Bucknell and began to drift. He studied some, partied more and slid through school without a clue as to what to do.
"Frankly, I underappreciated the significance of awards like this," he said. "I thought I was more important than I was — and I was more worried about being liked than respected."
Lost, Brouse turned to his high school baseball coach, Chuck Bragg, for direction.
"Chuck urged me to do some soul-searching and gave me the courage to walk into the University of Maryland Medical School, knock on the door and say, 'I've got a business degree and a 'B' average, and I want to go here,' " Brouse said.
Denied at first, he took science classes at UMBC, beefed up his resume and was accepted. Now married and the father of four, Brouse has treated and counseled cancer patients at a small community hospital near Charlotte for 14 years.
"I can't imagine ever doing anything else," he said, adding that the plaque on his wall helped put him on track. "As a physician, I hope I've brought honor to that award."
'All I can say is thank you'
Forty-six years ago, before he was a Rhodes Scholar, mayor of Baltimore or dean of the Howard University School of Law, Kurt Schmoke won acclaim as an all-state quarterback at City College — and the region's first black Scholar Athlete.
In 1967, the fourth year of the event, Schmoke bested 39 other candidates to take the trophy and $500 scholaraship at the Eastwind. One memory of that night remains strong.
"I got the biggest bear hug ever from my father [Murray, who died in 2007]. He was so proud," said Schmoke, 63.
Then he proceeded to give the shortest speech of his life.
"All of my poise is gone," Schmoke told the crowd of 1,100. "All I can say is thank you."
In retrospect, he said, the award "was both humbling and a good frame of reference for me. I focused in on it. It was a real affirmation of my having worked as hard as a student as I did as an athlete. And I was really impressed that so many adults cared so much about student-athletes that they would put on a major event like this."
Schmoke had no idea he would win.
"There was no early polling back then," he said.
Now vice president and general counsel for Howard, he continues to support the Scholar Athlete event.
"I bought an ad in this year's program for my wife's medical practice," he said.
Adding to future success
Nowadays, he stands before rooms filled with cadets and lectures on advanced calculus at the Air Force Academy. But in 1989, Tom Boushell shuddered when asked to give an acceptance speech at the Scholar Athlete banquet.
"It was a nerve-wracking time. I wasn't comfortable, talking in front of people," Boushell said.
Such is the price of celebrity. Boushell, a receiver for Perry Hall, took top honors at the ceremony as a senior and then addressed the crowd.
"I don't recall what I said, but I'm glad there's no video of it," he said. "I do know that [the award] was the culmination of a roller-coaster week. I'd just won a state wrestling championship and gotten a rejection letter from the University of North Carolina."
Instead, Boushell attended Air Force, where he starred in lacrosse and sought to become an astronaut. Passed up for pilot training, he earned a doctorate in industrial engineering, rose to lieutenant colonel and now ranks No. 2 in the math department at the Academy.
In addition to overseeing some 50 instructors, he tutors Air Force athletes and accompanies the football, basketball and baseball teams on road trips. Tongue-tied no more, he still has his commemorative Scholar Athlete plaque and bowl — validation of his hard work at Perry Hall, where he ranked 10th in a graduating class of more than 400.
"It would be great to have gone into space," Boushell, 41, said. "But I've got a wife and four daughters. My life is wonderful and I wouldn't change it."
'Take it to another level'
"It's always neat to be the first, but … has it been 50 years? C'mon," Jim Fava said.
On March 11, 1964, Fava — a halfback and linebacker at Severna Park — beat out 30 contenders for the first Scholar Athlete award at the Sheraton-Belvedere Hotel.
Art Donovan, the Baltimore Colts defensive tackle, handed Fava his plaque. Harry Stuhldreher, Notre Dame's All-American quarterback in the 1920s, spoke to the 400 guests. And all 31 entrants received a free trip to the New York World's Fair.
While the affair has since grown, its premise hasn't changed, said Fava, 66, of West Chester, Pa.
"That this thing has continued shows that the idea was right," he said. "High school is a very unsure time for kids, and that award gave me confidence to continue on the path I was on, which was one of diversity because life isn't just about athletics."
College proved it, he said.
"I thought I was a pretty good athlete in high school, but when I got to Maryland, I was put in my place pretty quickly," Fava said. "Those football players were twice my size, super athletes, and there was no way I was going to go out there and let them knock the hell out of me."
At College Park, Fava earned an undergraduate degree in zoology, a master's in fisheries biology and a doctorate in environmental science. He's now senior director for an international firm that helps companies understand the environmental impacts of their products.
His advice to this year's scholar athletes?
"Winning the award is great, but do something with it," Fava said. "Leverage it, in positive fashion, to change your life. Take it to another level."


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Man's family sues former lawyer alleging malpractice, wrongful death
Attorney: Man executed because of attorney misconduct
Attorney: Man executed because of attorney misconduct
Attorney: Man executed because of attorney misconduct
The family of a man killed after federal prosecutors asked him to cooperate in a criminal case is suing his lawyer, alleging malpractice and wrongful death.
The suit alleges the lawyer breached attorney-client privilege and statements he made to one of his other clients led to murder.
Isiah Cortez Callaway was shot multiple times in April 2011, when he was lured to the 1700 block of Crystal Avenue in east Baltimore. Court records show it was a murder-for-hire scheme and those involved wanted Callaway dead because they worried he might be a witness against them in a federal identity theft and mail fraud case.
Callaway's family claims the actions of his attorney, Larry Feldman, led to the 19-year-old's death.
"He was executed because of the misconduct of an attorney," attorney Steve Silverman said.
The Callaway family's multimillion-dollar wrongful death and legal malpractice lawsuit, represented by Silverman, claims Feldman committed legal malpractice and engaged in other misconduct by failing to represent the best interests of his client, thereby causing that client, who was a witness against another client of Feldman's, to be murdered.
"Mr. Callaway came to Mr. Feldman to try to get a lighter sentence in a minor case; what he ended up getting was a death sentence," Silverman said.
Callaway was a bit player in the scheme in which the homeless drug dealers and others were recruited to open fraudulent bank accounts in which stolen checks and money orders were deposited and the money withdrawn, usually by using ATMs. Federal prosecutors had contacted Feldman to try and get Callaway's cooperation.
The lawsuit alleges Feldman never mentioned that to Callaway. Instead, Feldman contacted the leader of the mail fraud scheme, Tavon Davis, and talked about ways the co-conspirators could avoid long prison sentences.
The suit claims Feldman suggested to his other client, Davis, who was running the mail fraud scheme, two ways to prevent such an outcome: Send Callaway to Costa Rica or use the Sicilian option. Five days later, Callaway was shot and killed as he sat in his car on Crystal Avenue. Court records show a hit man was paid $2,000 for the murder.
"The perpetrators of this crime were involved in identity theft scheme for which they probably would have faced no more than a few years in prison if they'd been convicted, but instead, because they went out and killed one of the witnesses, they are facing 35 years to life in federal prison," U.S. attorney Rod Rosenstein said.
Feldman was not criminally charged. The WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team went to Feldman's office twice to try to get him to comment about the lawsuit but he was not there.
"Everybody in the criminal justice system needs to be sensitive to the risk of retaliation against witnesses and whether you're a law enforcement agent, a prosecutor, a judge or defense lawyer, everybody in the system needs to understand retaliation can occur, even in a white-collar case," Rosenstein said.
The I-Team also contacted Feldman's attorney but did not get a comment from him.


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It was all I could do not to write a headline laced with profanity, such is the depth of my frustration. (My colleagues talked me down.)
Brijit has enjoyed a great run of mainstream media visibility over the past couple of months, by pretty much any standard. We were on the cover of the Life section of USA Today, the lead example in a piece titled "Services cater to our speeded-up lives." We got a nice mention on MSNBC in a story called "How to dig out from the information avalanche." And last week we appeared in the April issue of Wired, which identified Brijit as a prime example of "The Human Touch," one of "nine trends driving business in 2008." Great stuff for any company, especially a startup like ours. Just one problem: none of these actually linked to www.brijit.com!
Now, I don't want to seem ungrateful, but these particular masters of mainstream media are killing me. According to Comscore, MSNBC had 28 million unique visitors in January. USA Today's sites had more than 8 million, and Wired 2 million. These are big brands with big audiences, the kind of audiences that entrepreneurs like me would ordinarily salivate over. If some small fraction of these audiences finds its way to one of these articles, and some small fraction of that fraction clicks through to visit Brijit, and some small fraction of that fraction likes what they see, sticks around, and shares Brijit with their friends, well, that's a big deal for a site like ours. Which is why it's so enraging to be written about but NOT linked to.
When we launched late last year, it was a piece by Frank Ahrens in the The Washington Post that brought us to the world's attention. More than four months later, we continue to see a trickle of referrals from this story. Why? Because on first reference, there's a link to Brijit. Now, The Washington Post is about as mainstream as mainstream media gets, but they get it. This isn't complex neuroscience. This is common courtesy. Hell, this is the Golden Rule we're talking about: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
If you're a publisher, you want other publishers linking to you. If you're a reader, you want easy access to whatever it is you want to read, listen to, or watch. It's pretty simple. So what, exactly, is wrong with USA Today, MSNBC, Wired, and the host of other outlets that still haven't instituted link-friendly standards? Are they so desperate to keep people on their sites that they're willing to treat their readers with such disrespect? Do they think not linking is the key to consumer satisfaction? Really?
I know this is well-worn ground. It's pretty common knowledge at this point that the link is the coin of the realm online. The blog as a medium is built on a foundation that linking is good. So is Google. So is Yahoo!. And so is Brijit. And when Tom Rosenstiel, who supervised The State of the News Media 2008 report for the Project for Excellence in Journalism, goes on Bob Garfield's On the Media and declares that "your website should be a way-station, a place that can help me get to where I want to go. If it were a dead-end street, a cul-de-sac, it would be less useful to me," you'd think that everyone was on board.
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The Senate Banking Committee announced late Monday that it will hold a hearing next Tuesday to consider the nomination of Mary Jo White to be the next chairwoman of the SEC.
The committee will also consider the nomination of Richard Cordray to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
A vote on the nominees will be scheduled for a later date, the committee said.
Once the Senate Banking Committee has its hearing, the full Senate can confirm white (left) the next day, or a day later, so she could replace current SEC Chairwoman Elisse Walter by mid-March.
One comment from an SEC official at the SEC Speaks conference in Washington in late February put Mary Jo White's presence at the agency at "30 days" away.
On Friday, the SEC published its request for public comment on its rule to put brokers under a fiduciary mandate. White's arrival at the agency puts a big question mark on how the agency will move forward with a fiduciary rule.


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Newberry Vice President for Research and Academic Programs Daniel Greene today announced that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the library two grants to help college and university faculty to better utilize maps as visual evidence in their research and their teaching; and to increase their understanding of North American borderlands history. Both programs will be held at the Newberry in summer 2014.
"We are grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities for supporting these important programs, and for its continuing support of the Newberry," Greene said. "The NEH for decades has made it possible, in a wide variety of ways, to further knowledge about the humanities. We simply could not achieve our mission without it."
"Mapping Nature across the Americas" will gather 20 participants for five weeks to examine, in a Pan-American context, the ways in which humans mapped and conceived their place in nature through history. Run by the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, the institute will use the Newberry's rich collection of maps to consider how mapping has both captured and transformed human conceptions of nature over time.
Drawing on the Newberry's unique materials related to the continent's borders and borderlands, and administered by the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture, "Bridging National Borders in North America: An NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers," is a four-week seminar for 16 college and university faculty members that will focus on the social and political consequences of redrawing the continent's map and the enforcement of national territoriality.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1803 - 1882
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The 19th Century
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a famous writer, orator, and abolitionist. He studied at Harvard Divinity School but made his living as a school master and then as a popular lecturer. He founded the philosophy of transcendentalism.


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A resolution for 2012 – become more involved
"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."
— Carl Sagan
Since the Mayan calendar ends in December 2012, I'm glad that I have my own calendar — you know, the one I presented several weeks ago that features a three-month winter and a six-month-long summer. And despite what the Mayans said long ago, I believe 2012 will last all the way until 2013; 2013 will last until 2014, and so on. With that assumption, I thought it timely and appropriate to put forth one of my New Year's resolutions: Become more involved in issues of the day.
At my stage in life, perhaps for many of us, it is easier to become insular and detached from the daily issues and events that shape our society. My brand of escapism is quite literally "mountain echoes," as the title of this column implies. If you have read this section for any length of time, you're aware that I spend a lot of time out hiking and climbing in the back country.
Over the years I've developed a deep bond with nature that has bestowed a sense of inner peace and answered a lot of questions for me. But over time I've come to realize that my sojourns into the mountains are not helping address the important questions and issues of the day...issues that need attention. I've always voted and I've often written letters/emails to my elected officials. But to date, my efforts to communicate with them have been limited — a weak voice from afar. I'd like to change that.
In past years I was involved in some local issues with the Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission that underscored former U.S. House Speaker Tip ONeil's comment that "all politics is local." By joining forces we stopped an Anchorage developer from jamming multi-family housing units into a subdivision that he promised would have only single family homes. And as homeowners at Thunderbird Heights Subdivision, we stopped the planned development of a dirt bike race track directly across the highway and less than a mile from our homes.
I've written quite a few columns and letters to the Anchorage Daily News over the years, but I could have done more. It's much easier to take critical pot shots from a distance, citing problems, rather than getting down in the trenches to work for solutions.
On the bigger issues at the state and federal levels, I've mainly sat on the sidelines, thinking as many people do that it's hopeless to affect any change. When we look at the abysmally low voter turnout at elections in recent years, it is apparent many people feel this way.
While I am in no position to lecture about what makes a participatory democracy work, I still believe in its merits. I believe it is a system that has worked in the past and can work again, provided a lot more of us participate.
I'm reminded of the typical dance when I was in high school. The same people raised funds and organized the dance, decorated the gym and cleaned up afterward. It was always the same people.
But when I see the success of local fundraising efforts such as United Way and scores of vital community projects and services, I know that we can also make positive changes at the state and federal levels. We just need to become involved in some way, whether it's learning about the candidates and issues, turning out to vote, or researching specific legislation and contacting our representatives to determine where they stand on that legislation.
I won't use this space as a pulpit for furthering my political involvement. I think we sometimes need a break from the crush of hard news. From the beginning of this column about two years ago, it has always been my intention to provide that relief in the form of outdoor adventure, humor and commentary on everyday life.
Nothing can keep me out of the big back yard we all enjoy, Chugach State Park, and other backcountry areas. But as we turn the calendar on 2012, I have made a pledge to take a more active interest in the goings on in Eagle River, Anchorage, Juneau and Washington D.C. I know there are many people who have always been involved and that this resolution is nothing new. Yet I'm sure there are others like me who have been tentative—people who now feel it is time to step forward.
I tend to think the late Carl Sagan's 'stirring of a breeze' is a reawakening among Americans – a growing realization that it is time to take our country back. For too long, too many of our voices have been silent.
Frank E. Baker is a freelance writer who lives in Eagle River.