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Vice President Joe Biden is facing the ladies of "The View" this week.
The talk show announced Monday that Biden will be its featured guest on Thursday's show.
Executive producers Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie say it's part of the program's ongoing "Red, White and View" series of political discussions. They often get heated, even with the show's most conservative host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, outnumbered.
Biden last appeared on ABC's "The View" in 2007 while promoting his book about his life in politics.
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has tapped Lehman Professor Sandra Levey (Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences) to serve as a consultant on a campaign to address safe listening practices with the aim of reducing noise-induced hearing loss in the city.
Prof. Levey and her research partner, Dr. Brian Fligor of Harvard Medical School, were selected because of their recent study and article, titled "Portable Music Player Users: Cultural Differences and Potential Dangers," published in Noise & Hearing, a Bimonthly Inter-disciplinary International Journal.
In the article, Prof. Levey and her team report that individuals listening to rap, hip-hop, or rhythm and blues—or other type of music—on an iPod or other such device, are listening too loudly.
In an experiment, researchers examined the volume level of portable listening devices (PLD)—such as Smartphones or other MP3 players—used by individuals on a college campus and on a busy street corner in New York's Union Square. A total of 196 individuals from a variety of ethnic backgrounds participated. The final analysis showed that young iPod users and African-Americans listening to rap or hip hop listened the loudest and were more likely to exceed recommended listening times.
The research team believes the reasons behind the ethnic disparity can be found in the culture and the surrounding environment. For example, PLD use is more prevalent in urban environments than in rural ones. Urban dwellers tend to use their PLDs as isolation booths, a way to create distance from fellow passengers on trains or to break away from the noise of the city.
In its own way, the music itself demands to be played loud. In the article, Prof. Levey and her coauthors cite a book by Tricia Rose, a professor of Africana Studies and History at New York University. In "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America," Rose discusses how the technology in music production of the 1970s and 1980s allowed rap artists to amplify the bass, which emits a low-frequency sound. As a consequence, rap music must be played at a higher volume to be fully appreciated.
Still, despite findings that African-Americans listen longer and louder, this group reports lower incidences of hearing loss than white participants. Researchers believe this may have something to do with the presence of melanin, which some believe plays a role in the structure of the ear canal. "This was really an important experiment," says Prof. Levey. "In the end, I'm interested in the affect that hearing loss has on language, especially for young children whose learning may be affected by a hearing loss. The understanding that loud and long listening to music is necessary in my quest to lower or even to eliminate noise-induced hearing loss."
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One Direction Fan Fiction 'After' Gets Book Deal
'After' is perhaps one of the most popular One Direction fan fiction stories on the Internet right now and soon, the online version will be published as a three novel series. The first novel will hit ebooks and stores in November, while the second and third books will be released in January and March of 2015.
Publishers Weekly reports that publisher Simon & Schusters' Gallery Books acquired the rights from Wattpad, an online community for young aspiring writers.
Anna Todd, a 25-year-old fan of One Direction from Texas, began writing 'After' over a year ago and has amassed 800 million reads on Wattpad. The deal is reportedly worth six figures. A film based on the books is being planned as well.
Wattpad describes the story's plot as follows: "Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Harry, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans."
Harry in the story, of course, is an alternate version of Harry Styles.
For the mass release of the 'After' story, Simon & Schusters revealed that the online stories will be edited down. The entire, unabridged versions will continue to be available on Wattpad.
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Despite what you may think, "Holy Rollers" isn't about grandmas heading to Pentecostal church bingo, nor does it have anything to do with a virginal roller derby team. It's actually the true story of young Hassidic Jews who smuggled Ecstasy from Amsterdam to Brooklyn in the late 1990s.
Jesse Eisenberg stars as Sam Gold, a good Jewish boy studying to be a rabbi and awaiting approval for his arranged marriage. But when he's rejected by the family of his would-be bride for what he thinks are financial shortcomings, he allows himself to be sucked over to the dark side by his neighbor, Yosef ("The Hangover" star Justin Bartha), who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel. Told to "mind your business and act Jewish," Sam finds his religion to be the perfect cover for an unsuspected drug runner in the middle of a major crisis of faith.
Director Kevin Asch has created a story that feels like a lighter amalgam of "Kids" and "The Believer." Or maybe it's "A Serious Man" and "Blow." That is to say, there's a great deal of familiarity to screenwriter Antonio Macia's story and Asch's delivery, but enriched by compelling performances, "Holy Rollers" is nonetheless engrossing.
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Although the film raises questions of religion and imperviousness, more than anything, it's a study in escalated adolescence and some of the best work several of these actors have done despite a lackluster script.
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President George W. Bush walks on the White House lawn. With just two months left in his term, thoughts turn to how history will judge the Bush presidency.
Kevin Libin, National Post · Nov. 21, 2008 | Last Updated: Nov. 22, 2008 5:00 PM ET
As President George W. Bush strode toward the mound of Nationals Park earlier this year to throw the inaugural pitch at the newly built Washington, D.C. stadium, the crowd erupted into ... something. Cheers, noisemakers, claps, boos and hoots, clashed with 39,383 other sounds in such a cacophony, it was impossible to discern any main sentiment. Through it all, the president smiled, half-jogged from the dugout, waving and shaking hands of players and coaches before throwing out one heck of a pitch.
This may be the sound of a dying American presidency: this mass of competing noises; a cloudburst of praise and pillory as history considers its verdict of the man who ruled Washington for a time.
As America's 43rd president leaves office in two months, that racket is destined to fade and George Bush's legacy will begin the long process of settling to its rightful spot in the presidential pantheon. As of last Thursday, Mr. Bush can no longer issue any "economically significant" rule changes. He can do virtually nothing now to change history's judgment of his eight years in office, whatever it may be.
The president himself has shrugged off the question: "History. We don't know. We'll all be dead," he once told Bob Woodward.
Never wanting to be a war president, he regrets coming off as belligerent, telling London's The Times that a refusal to submit to multilateralism and a punchy speaking style ("bring 'em on") "indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace."
He appears to repent little else, suggesting time will be kinder to his legacy than contemporaries. "When history marches on," he told the BBC, "there will be a little more objective look about the totality of this administration."
He could scarcely allow himself to believe otherwise. "The argument that 'history will vindicate me' is all he has left," says Alexander Moens, author of The Foreign Policy Of George W. Bush.
Dozens of books deriding or parodying the Bush presidency, and newspaper archives stuffed with years of columns and editorials from a generally hostile press, comprise the fossil record through which tomorrow's historians will reimagine Mr. Bush's reign.
History may take a cooler view than the political partisans and emotional pundits who graded the president for the last eight years, but measures with a cruder yardstick, favouring highlights over subtleties. There is the "force of narrative" in presidential legacies that is not easily challenged, says Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, a revisionist take on Roosevelt's economics.
"People like a story, you have the bad man and the good man," she says. "It's almost structural. It's got to be a little bit of a parable."
Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal" Depression elixir retains its charm, she points out, despite evidence it was economically destructive; the onset of war salvaged the U.S. economy, not FDR.
Ronald Reagan is lionized for his first term's bellicose "Evil Empire" posturing, not the conciliatory and endless negotiations with the Soviets of his second term.
John Kennedy's martyrdom lends his story an irresistible aura. "Kennedy's got a great legacy. But what did he ever do? He got killed before he did anything," suggests David Bercuson, a University of Calgary historian. After Kennedy dragged his heels on civil rights, it was Lyndon Johnson who finally advanced the cause. But "all poor old Johnson gets credit for is the Vietnam War," which Kennedy set in motion, Prof. Bercuson argues.
While the passage of time can soften a story's edges, rarely are presidential reputations radically rehabilitated. There are exceptions: Harry Truman, who left office in 1953 in disgrace is now ranked among the top American presidents of all time, his unpopular Soviet containment strategy and civil rights moves admired in hindsight. Warren G. Harding, venerated upon his death in office, is today considered one of America's worst presidents.
The future may nod to some of Mr. Bush's achievements, but the loser label will be difficult to shake, says Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia politics professor and author of The Sixth Year Itch: The Rise and Fall of the George W. Bush Presidency.
Consider Richard Nixon: "History has taken greater note of détente and opening China and even some of the ways he ended the Vietnam War, but nothing is ever going to shift history away from the White House tapes and the plumbers and the abrogation of constitutional rights and all the pieces of Watergate," he says. "Some things cannot be changed."
Like the current president, Nixon left office a figure of malevolence and mockery.
Mr. Bush has the added bad luck of being followed by probably the most vaunted presidential elect ever.
His legacy hardly stands a chance.
Not that researchers would necessarily be eager to salvage the reputation of the conservative Bush. While history may have once been written by the victors; it is more commonly written now by registered Democrats at American colleges, says Prof. Sabato; since 1948, America's authoritative ranking for presidents has been written by the liberal Schlesinger family.
Mr. Bush's legacy in the academy is not off to a propitious start: Princeton University's Sean Wilentz, one of the country's leading historians, speculated a couple years ago that Mr. Bush could be the "worst president in all of American history." In an unscientific poll earlier this year of 109 historians by the History News Network, 98.2% rated the Bush presidency a failure; 61% called it the worst ever.
Their case is well known: The 2003 invasion of Iraq, seen now as unnecessary, the bloody and costly occupation in three subsequent years perceived as a tragic waste; wartime transgressions such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay made especially intolerable by the original sin. The circus that was the response to Hurricane Katrina fed the storyline of an inept and distant White House. The current economic calamity fits too, and so it sticks to Mr. Bush, even if he bears as much, or arguably less, responsibility as others.
"He will wear this recession, rightly or wrongly, the same way [Herbert] Hoover wore the Depression and the great crash," says Prof. Bercuson.
Of course, these are not the only products of Mr. Bush's eight years in office, but they are the most visible.
Typically overlooked are achievements not fitting the caricature of the incompetent. Mr. Bush reshaped the American judiciary, restoring a constitutional orthodoxy. His 'No Child Left Behind' program was the first initiative to effectively shrink the educational gap between minority students and whites. His administration tackled the AIDS epidemic with more energy than any other government, raising spending from $200 million to $6 billion worldwide, providing antiviral drugs for 2 million African patients and care for 3 million imperilled children (Bob Geldof, the nagging conscious of African suffering, said Bush "has done more than any other president" for the region). The president's Medicare policy gives 10 million low-income seniors free or nearly free prescriptions. He dodged a morale-sinking recession after the worst-ever attacks on America's soil and psyche on September 11, 2001 and lowered taxes and unemployment to astonishing levels. And Mr. Bush's zealous globalization of the "War on Terror" almost surely prevented more attacks like 9/11, including a transatlantic airline-bombing plot targetting Canada.
"There is evidence: things were stopped, plots were disrupted and [dangerous] people were killed that indicate that other attacks were in the making," says Prof. Moens.
The president's decision to stay the course in Iraq, despite near-unanimous calls to the contrary, was a landmark moment of presidential leadership, he believes. "His ability to actually stay convinced that Iraq had to be won, when nobody else in the world agreed with him, that, I think is an aspect of his strong leadership that people will respect more over time."
But even the president has himself said he believes his legacy will hinge almost exclusively on the war on terror "and how Iraq fits into that." Certainly there are signs of immense progress for both: the war in Iraq appears effectively over and Al-Qaeda moribund. Significant though those achievements may be, they will likely not undo the already firmly set narrative of Mr. Bush as failure.
"The evaluation [of the Iraqi invasion] is so negative and so critical right now, it's hard to see it turning around," Prof. Sabato says. Nor can a war as ambiguous as one on terror ever provide a clear, gratifying ending. "It's very unlikely there will be a decisive point [of conclusion]; we don't even know what we're looking for," says Prof. Moens, a political science professor at Simon Fraser University. "It's hard to know whether you've won it."
The Roosevelt/Truman administration had the triumphant climax of V-Day to quiet human rights questions around internment camps, A-bombs, and refused refugees.
No pageant for Bush may be able to counterweight his lesser sins of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. Should Iraq become one day a stable ally in the Mideast's nursery of tyrants, Americans can credit Mr. Bush, while continuing to question the price paid, Mr. Moens says, Should a more progressive Middle East emerge, it might trace its genesis to Operation Iraqi Freedom. But decades of gradual changes and a thousand more future inputs to the process are guaranteed to obscure that seminal role, Prof. Bercuson says: Really, he points out, who thinks of Gen. Douglas MacArthur anymore when considering the prosperity and democratic stability of Asia's tigers?
That Mr. Bush's not unimportant feats should be buried by his failures, while predecessors get their blemishes erased, might seem unfair. But presidential legacies, like presidential reigns, are more subject to politics and perceptions, than fairness.
Ms. Shlaes points out that FDR shrewdly created lasting constituencies—farmers, unions, artists and intellectuals—by exploiting domestic "interest group politics," groups that long kept his memory warm.
African orphans and Iraqis and Afghanis freed from tyranny have remarkably few champions in the places where history is written. Higher literacy for Black and Hispanic children is no match for the vocal unions that opposed school accountability reforms. History cannot appreciate terrorist attacks that never happened. And who outside the State Department noticed or cared that America's reputation in Asia soared to new highs under Bush?
Like Nixon, this president's many enemies will work to ensure their boos echo louder and longer than any scattered applause. Assessing his own legacy, George W. Bush has implied on a few occasions he shall be remembered as a leader who turned the course of history toward greater freedom.
"The work we're doing takes patience," he said in an interview early this year. "But most importantly, it takes faith in the universality of freedom that exists in every heart. As so, yes, I'm not only happy to defend decisions, I'm confident they will lead to a better tomorrow."
It's lucky for Mr. Bush that he is able to find some solace in that. For, fairly or not, his legacy likely won't.
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August 2, 2011
Nominations are invited for the annual Power of Work Awards sponsored by Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania to recognize employers' efforts in support of workforce development.
Nomination deadline is September 30. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony and luncheon at the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh on November 10.
The Power of Work Awards competition is open to employers of all types and sizes – businesses, public entities and nonprofit organizations – in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
"Anyone can submit a nomination and any employer can win," said Annette Hostoffer, director of development for Goodwill. "Employers are encouraged to nominate themselves and nominations also may be submitted by employees, other businesses or organizations, referral agencies, just about anyone."
An independent panel of human service and human resources professionals, civic leaders, and members of the academic community will evaluate the nominees' efforts in support of workforce development and in creating enhanced opportunities for people who face various barriers to employment. Since the program's inception in 1997, Goodwill has presented Power of Work Awards to more than 40 different employers.
Nomination forms are available on Goodwill's Web site, http://www.goodwillswpa.org, or by contacting Ms. Hostoffer at 412-632-1941 or annette.hostoffer@goodwill swpa.org.


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All 14 albums by The Beatles will be released in remastered stereo on vinyl Tuesday, November 13, following their previous release on CD (remember Beatles Day 9/9/09?) and digitally.
The 12 original UK albums, plus Magical Mystery Tour and B-sides collection Past Masters Volumes One & Two, will be released on vinyl and will include such goodies as a reproduction of the White Album poster. Additionally, a limited-edition box set includes every album and a hardbound book by radio producer Kevin Howlett, with a chapter on each album's creation and remastering, as well as photographs from across the band's career.
These vinyl releases mark the first time that The Beatles' first four albums will be available in stereo on vinyl in North America. Watch for the mono vinyl releases coming in 2013. Each record is available for $22.98, except for Past Masters, The White Album and the box set. Links to preorder each of the releases are below:
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Amanda Bynes has been under a lot of public scrutiny lately, but is she actually dangerous to the public?
Los Angeles Judge Elden Fox doesn't think so.
While the district attorney argued Wednesday that Bynes should be ordered to put up $50,000 bail as a condition of remaining free pending her Oct. 29 trial, the judge chose not to impose the requested bail, stating "Technically, Ms. Bynes is not in violation of order not to drive without a valid driver's license." (The actress's last hit-and-run charge occurred on Aug. 4 when her license was still valid.)
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Bynes was supposed to have a court hearing on Friday, but her attorney Richard Hutton advanced it to Wednesday in an attempt to avoid a media circus.
And while the DA said bail was needed "for the risk of public safety," Fox cited the fact that both incidents occurred prior to Bynes' license being suspended. He noted that he would not be as amenable if the "She's the Man" star received another incident prior to her Oct. 29 trial date. (He indicated he would think about imposing a higher bail amount if that happened.)
Although last week Judge Marsha Revel suggested that Bynes appear in court at Wednesday's hearing, the 26-year-old actress was not in attendance.
Amanda Bynes now smartly, safely takes a cab
Sadly, though, driving drama is nothing new for the embattled star.
On June 5, she was officially charged with driving under the influence due to an arrest in April in which she allegedly ran into a police cruiser with her BMW. She also refused to submit to a chemical test at the time of her arrest; the following day, her attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf.
On Sept. 5, the former Nickelodeon star was charged with two counts of misdemeanor hit and run for accidents that occurred April 1 and Aug. 4. Bynes has an arraignment on those charges on Sept. 27 in Van Nuys, Calif. The charges carry a maximum sentence of six months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine for each count. The sentence can run consecutively, i.e. one year and/or a $2,000 fine.
While a recent report claimed Bynes' parents recently moved from Texas to L.A. to "take care" of their daughter, a source tells E! News this is not the case. Bynes' mom and dad have lived in California for "a long time" and serve as her money managers.
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After tragedy strikes the family of young Naomi Miller, her friend Rebecca Bachman does all she can to help. But things get complicated when Rebecca's brother, Micah, returns from a combat tour in Afghanistan. For one thing, he chose to serve in the military even though he served as a medic and never picked up a gun. For another, he is under the Meidung--the shunning-- because of that and none of the Amish are permitted to speak to him or eat with him. And finally, he is not only Rebecca's brother, he is Naomi's husband! But how can Naomi pick up where their marriage left off after he turned away from her and his people to enlist in the army? How can Naomi and Micah even begin the process of healing their relationship when he will not repent of what he has done and the Amish will not forgive him for what he has done? Naomi despairs of ever again having a happy married life with her husband. But God has a way of working on the hearts of His people--especially at Christmas time. When an unexpected turn of events sets things right, miracles happen to the Amish community, to the Miller family, and to Naomi and Micah, miracles that transform everyone. Here is warm and tender story of faithfulness, love, and reconciliation at the most wonderful time of the year.
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Supporting an innovative and competitive Europe
Challenges today and over the next decade require that ESA's underpinning value and commitment be focused towards innovation and industry's competitiveness in world markets. European industry relies on commercial and civil sector revenues more than any of its competitors, making the issue of innovation and competitiveness critical to maintain a sustainable European industry.
To this end, the programme proposals will consolidate European industrial capabilities in space by sustaining investments in technology, in particular technology for satellite telecommunications, which represent the biggest commercial space market worldwide, and turning guaranteed access to space into a factor of competitiveness and fostering the creation and development of new applications and services.


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The decision of the grand jury in the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown has sparked a clear outrage throughout America.
Brown, who was unarmed at the time, was shot during the day Aug. 9 on the streets of Ferguson, Mo. Three autopsies later confirmed he had nine wounds caused by seven or eight bullets. Twelve shots were fired.
The results of the grand jury: the shooter, police officer Darren Wilson, will not face criminal charges.
This is a slap in the face not only to Brown and his family, but to all of America.
We as a nation need to wake up and realize the underlying issue that sparked the controversy from the moment Brown was shot: race.
From the moment Wilson targeted Brown, one can see that there is something deeply wrong about the entire situation.
As an American, I take pride in the fact that our police officers take on a duty to protect us as civilians and to keep our communities safe. But upholding this expectation does not permit an excessive and aggressive use of force.
In the case of Brown, who did not have a weapon at the time of the altercation, was it truly permissible for Wilson as an officer to shoot him multiple times in broad daylight? The decision to shoot Brown was not based on nothing more than Wilson assuming Brown was a threat.
Wilson pretty much took the law beyond what is expected and superseded the power that was given to him as an officer.
Wilson told jurors that Brown was walking down a street with a friend when Wilson told them to move to the sidewalk. Brown responded with an expletive.
Wilson said he noticed Brown had a handful of cigars and had heard a radio report minutes earlier that a nearby convenience store had been robbed. He thought in the moment the two were connected, he testified.
Wilson maneuvered his vehicle in front of Brown and his friend but Brown slammed Wilson's door shut when Wilson attempted to get out.
After a physical struggle, Brown started to flee the scene and Wilson eventually fired at an unarmed Brown. Brown's body was found 153 feet from Wilson's vehicle.
Aside from what Brown was doing before the confrontation and shooting, we must look at the actual time Brown was shot and see if that was justified.
We must question whether there was an immediate threat that justified Wilson shooting Brown multiple times.
Shortly after releasing the decision of the grand jury, CNN released photos taken of Wilson after the shooting of Brown. His face had a bruise on his cheek, but the rest of the supposed injuries he faced weren't visible from the photos that were taken.
So I ask everyone this: Where is our common sense?
There doesn't need to be periods of waiting time in order for evidence to be released to know that the situation is so obviously unjust.
The power and the duty to protect civilians does not give an officer the right to profile a person and to use excessive force.
In the case of Brown, not indicting Wilson only means there is a deep issue rooted within our justice system.
The entire situation points to a clear and obvious racial bias within our justice system, which leaves those who are colored or even a minority neglected by a system that claims to be fair to all.
This issue will only allow people who have the mindset of Wilson to plague our nation and further flame the social injustices that so many minorities of all skin types face on a daily basis.
So let's take a step back from all the mainstream news and realize that what is happening is a cry of injustice that so many have died fighting against.
This is not about a shooting, but rather a systematic corruption that have allowed so many like Wilson to get away with murder.
Crimes committed by white police officers against blacks have once again shown that there needs to be a change within our justice system.
This change must start with those who are given the power to protect us as civilians.
So amidst all of this he-said she-said dialogue, let's all realize a key part to this whole issue, which is the situation in itself is completely one-sided. At the end of the day, we will only be able to hear the voice of the one who was doing the shooting, not the one who was shot.


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...into a feature length film. Screenwriters have been hired (two ex-"Seinfeld" writers, no less) and some suit is busy calculating how to translate 100 million YouTube views into box office dollars. Because getting forwarded this by your elderly aunt who just discovered the interwebs is totally the same as going out and buying a ticket and sitting in a theater.
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Brain trauma seems to increase risk of ischemic stroke
In the wake of a traumatic brain injury, a victim may have more to worry about than lingering headaches, dizziness or inability to concentrate: A new study finds that the risk of ischemic stroke -- in which blood flow to the brain is blocked or reduced -- rises in the years that follow.
That finding, published this week in the journal Neurology, may help explain the incidence of stroke in patients under 65 and in patients without some of stroke's known risk factors, such as hypertension, Type 2 diabetes or atrial fibrillation.
Researchers from the University of Michigan scoured the discharge records of all California trauma patients seen in an emergency room and either admitted or discharged between 2005 and 2009. Of the more than 1.37 million patients they tracked, 37% had suffered traumatic brain injury. A portion of the trauma patients without trauma -- those with broken bones below the neck for instance -- served as the comparison group.
Then researchers looked for subsequent hospital visits by the same patients for symptoms of ischemic stroke, tracking patients for an average of 28 months from the time of their traumatic brain injury. About 87% of the 795,000 strokes that occur each year in the United States are ischemic events; the remainder are hemorrhagic, involving bleeding into the brain.
The difference would not appear earth-shaking: Among the group with traumatic brain injury, whose average age was about 49, 1.1% returned to a hospital during the study period with ischemic stroke. In the slightly older comparison group -- average age 50 -- the rate of stroke during the subsequent study period was 0.9%.
Translated into the subtle statistics of risk, however, that difference was not at all negligible: Suffering a traumatic brain injury raised the stroke risk of those victims 31% over that of the comparison group. And that makes a recent history of traumatic brain injury a predictor of stroke risk roughly as powerful as hypertension, the best-known risk factor for stroke.
And traumatic brain injury is common, too: Every year, Americans suffer 1.7 million traumatic brain injuries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The researchers suggested that concussions may cause abnormal clotting in the brain, or damage to the brain's blood vessels -- not just the carotid artery but any of the smaller ones that supply oxygen to the brain's deepest recesses. That, in turn, may disrupt blood flow to a traumatic brain injury victim's brain long after the dizziness or cognitive symptoms have subsided.
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Two articles from the Reuters newswire yesterday struck me as highlighting the difference in perceptions between religious groups who hold power, and those that don't. First, Pope Benedict XVI, in a message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, took time to place special emphasis on the "hostility and prejudice" towards Christians in Europe.
"… he reserved his strongest words for Europe, where the Church says it is under assault by some national governments and European institutions over issues such as gay marriage, abortion and the use of Christian religious symbols in public places. […] The Pope put what the Vatican has termed "aggressive secularism", such as gay marriage and restrictions on religious symbols such as crucifixes, nativity scenes and other traditions, on the same level as religious fanaticism. […] "It should be clear that religious fundamentalism and secularism are alike in that both represent extreme forms of a rejection of legitimate pluralism and the principle of secularity."
That Benedict would put gay marriage on the same plane as terrorism says a lot about how much a post-Christian Europe, specifically a post-Catholic Europe, scares him. Confusing a slip from utter social dominance with persecution and prejudice. Meanwhile, in Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church, in alliance with the government, is using laws against "extremism" to target religious minorities.
When armed Russian security officers forced their way into Alexander Kalistratov's home, he hardly imagined they were after his books. The local leader of a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Siberia now faces up to two years in prison if found guilty this week of inciting religious hatred for distributing literature about his beliefs. […] In the case against Kalistratov, activists say local authorities are really aiming at cracking down on groups that are frowned upon by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Nor are Jehovah's Witnesses the only group to feel the sting of this deepening collusion between church and state, Pagan groups in Russia, including the Mari Traditional Faith, are increasingly finding themselves accused of extremism for even mild criticisms of Christianity.
In response to an appeal by the local state prosecutor, Yoshkar-Ola Municipal Court found Vitaly Tanakov guilty of religious and ethnic hatred in 2006, sentencing him to 120 hours' forced labour. In 2009, Mari El Supreme Court ruled that his leaflet – "A Priest Speaks" – contained religious and other extremism. It is now banned throughout Russia.
Peoples influenced by the Bible and Koran "have lost harmony between the individual and the people," argues Tanakov, in what is actually one of only a few references to other faiths in his leaflet. "Morality has gone to seed, there is no pity, charity, mutual aid; everyone and everything are infected by falsehood." By contrast, he boasts, the Mari traditional faith will be "in demand by the whole world for many millennia."
One can only wonder what Benedict thinks of his Orthodox counterparts in Russia, does he envy them their power? Does he wish he could "suggest" raids on "secularists" and religious minorities that displease him? Does he long for a time when heads of state hung on his words and depended on the Church for social control? It seems obvious to those who are religious minorities that his attack on secularism is really an attack on the freedoms of non-Christians to live without the shadow of the Catholic Church hanging over every aspect of their lives. Why else would he care about crosses in the public square, or if gay couple were allowed to marry? "Christianophobia" is about control, the kind of control the Russian Orthodox Church seems to be enjoying once again in post-Soviet Russia.


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2018-01-11 10:17:10
Which encoder is better for True VBR?
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2018-01-11 11:04:35
Those are both interfaces for Apples encoder, difference is not about quality.
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2018-01-11 12:46:36
It means they provide the same output. So, which one do you recommend for converting my flacs to AAC. I'm using foobar for converting my music.
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2018-01-12 11:35:30
I have used QAAC, never tested qtaacenc IIRC (did not have any problems). You can use makeportable.zip to extract required dll's from iTunes/QuickTime installer package and copy them to QAAC folder, iTunes/QuickTime installation is not mandatory.
Qtaacenc is not updated since 2011, can't think any reason to use it over QAAC. Output is depending only from iTunes/QuickTime encoder version.
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2018-01-14 06:27:14
Thanks for the info. I'm gonna stick with QAAC.
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2018-01-14 06:36:14
I asked this long time/years ago but I can't find the post, ask
(the creator of QAAC) and he will explain in details what's different.
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2018-01-15 07:41:09
Yeah, QAAC is pretty much the standard for converting FLAC to AAC (Apple AAC) in Foobar2000. It's what I use and I also use TVBR to because from what I have read around these forums it seems with TVBR and CVBR there is no clear difference in sound quality but TVBR generally produces smaller files which makes it more efficient.
what Pusherman said is what I use. basically you can get the makeportable.zip file from this link...
(it's okay for me to link to this, correct?)
or to give you the basic step-by-step process...
1)Install Foobar2000
2)Install Foobar2000 'encoder pack' (i.e.
3)Copy iTunes installer file to your Foobar2000 'encoders' folder.
4)Copy the makeportable.cmd file (which is inside of the makeportable.zip file you downloaded) to your Foobar2000 'encoders' folder.
5)Run the 'makeportable.cmd' file.
6)You should now see a 'QTfiles' folder inside of your Foobar2000's 'encoders' folder. this is the important folder you need.
7)You can delete the makeportable.cmd and the iTunes installer file from your Foobar2000's 'encoders' folder if you want.
8)Your finished and you never need to install any of that iTunes junk on your computer to make your own Apple AAC files
NOTE: to make things easier in the future I would just backup the 'QTFiles' folder (like compress it with 7-zip etc) to a USB thumb drive etc so if you ever need to reinstall Foobar2000 in the future you can simply restore that 'QTfiles' folder back to the Foobar2000 'encoders' folder and your ready to go (well outside of the general Foobar2000 and Foobar 2000 Encoder Pack installation). basically will save you a bit of time in the future if you do this and you don't really have to worry about updating to the newest version of the Apple AAC encoder anyways since they have not had sound quality adjustments in many years now.
NOTE: if I recall correctly, you might see a 'QTfiles64' folder or something else to (in addition to the 'QTfiles' folder) but you can delete this as it's for 64bit encoding but the standard 32bit (i.e. 'QTfiles' folder) is simpler to use as Foobar2000 uses the 32bit encoder by default through it's usual interface and does not require any fancy custom settings like the 64bit encoder seems to. I suggest sticking with the 32bit encoder because of it's ease of use.
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2018-01-15 08:40:08
Duude, he didn't ask for instructions, "I'm gonna stick with QAAC." means he already has figured it out. You're setting a standard that we should help no matter what instead people should try to work their own issues on their own first. Not a complain, just a critique, you do whatever you want
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2018-01-15 10:21:54
You made a good point. I guess I could have waited before posting those instructions.
but I figure at the very least... those instructions are for anyone who stumbles into this topic as it gives them a basic step-by-step process to get the basic core function up and running for making their own Apple AAC files with Foobar2000. those instructions can be potentially beneficial for random people who stumble into this topic.
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2018-01-16 14:34:06
Thanks for the help guys! I have learned a lot from your suggestions and that makeportable thing is amazing.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Mal Moore's career was adrift.
A quarter century of winning games and titles as an Alabama player and assistant to Bear Bryant had ended, and Moore was passed over to succeed the famed coach.
He was thinking about getting out of the profession altogether before Notre Dame's Gerry Faust called one Sunday morning to gauge his interest in a job.
``At the time, I kind of felt like a man without a country,'' Moore said. ``I was in a strange position that I'd never been in before.''
He flew to South Bend that day for an interview, then served as running backs coach from 1983-85. From one elite program to another and, ultimately, back to his alma mater to stay.
Moore's stopover in northern Indiana is now a footnote in a 50-year career defined by the eras of Bryant, Gene Stallings and now Nick Saban. He has been around for nine national titles at Alabama and is hoping to crack double digits Monday night when the Tide faces No. 1 Notre Dame.
But back in the 1980s, Moore's career moves were the height of intrigue and drama in the college football world.
He was either a player or assistant for Bryant during all but one season of a historic 25-year run. Bryant, who died a couple of months after stepping down following the 1982 season, won 323 games, six national titles and 13 Southeastern Conference championships during his tenure in Tuscaloosa.
When he left, Moore and fellow assistant Ken Donahue interviewed for a job that went to Ray Perkins, then coaching the NFL's New York Giants. And Notre Dame made an attention-getting hire.
``It was considered quite a coup, an amazing coup,'' said Lou Somogyi, senior editor of 247Sports' Notre Dame site and Blue and Gold Illustrated. ``All of a sudden, here's Mal Moore, who's been part of so many national titles with Bear, and he's looking for work.
``Out of the blue, Gerry Faust called him. That was a pretty extraordinary set of circumstances.''
It was also quite an adjustment for a Southern Baptist heading to a Catholic university.
Moore lived for several months in the Morris Inn on campus, where he could step out the door, glance left and see the golden dome. Wife Charlotte, who died in 2010, and daughter Heather moved to South Bend after their home was built.
``It was a good three years,'' said Moore, who had become Alabama's first offensive coordinator in 1975. ``We weren't a great team during that time. We went to two bowl games, but it was quite an experience. Especially for Charlotte. Charlotte was Catholic growing up. She loved her time there and on the campus.''
Moore then went on to coaching stops in the NFL before returning to his alma mater as Stallings' offensive coordinator in 1990, helping the Tide to a national title two years later. He's been athletic director since 1999, hiring Saban from the Miami Dolphins in his best career move. The football and athletic administration building is named after him.
Moore was on the opposite sideline for the first four of six meetings between Notre Dame and Alabama. The Fighting Irish won by one point in 1973, two in 1975 and three in 1976.
Notre Dame's 7-0 win in 1980 broke the pattern of one-point increase in scoring margin.
``Bear Bryant said after the (1976) game: ``I don't think I'm going to be around for the four-pointer,'' Somogyi recalled.
He noted that ``Notre Dame fans were groaning'' after Alabama missed a field goal in `80 that would have created that four-point margin.
Moore and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbuck had several discussions about trying to set up regular-season meetings, perhaps at some neutral site like New York or Orlando.
``We just never could quite pull it off,'' Moore said. After the BCS matchup was set: ``I called him and said, `Jack, you and I couldn't put a game together but now we let the players do it.'''
After ups and downs for both programs, they're once again vying for national supremacy. And Moore, of course, will have a prime view.
His stop at Notre Dame showed him the similarities both programs share. Notre Dame had Knute Rockne and Ara Parseghian, Alabama Wallace Wade and Saban. Both have had five different coaches claim national titles.
Traditions galore.
``A powerful university. Great history, great tradition,'' said Moore, who has talked to several of his former Notre Dame players leading up to the matchup. ``That is what's so similar between the two programs, is the great success that both have enjoyed through the years.
``There's a lot of people that have had success at both universities. The alumni at both expect greatness. This is what here at Alabama I hope never changes. Once it doesn't matter then you are in trouble.''


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Damon Albarn has announced that he will release his first official solo album in April.
After years of releases with Blur and a number of collaborations and spin-offs, he is finally to release a studio album under his own name.
He said the album, Everyday Robots, will come out on April 28 with a message posted on his Twitter feed.
He has already given fans a teaser of his work with a short black and white clip which he posted on YouTube featuring him seated at a piano.
Albarn has been involved in a number of side projects beyond Blur - whose last studio album came out in 2003 - including his The Good, The Bad And The Queen album, his Mali Music collaboration and Gorillaz.
He has also released soundtracks to the stage productions he has scored, Monkey: Journey To The West and Dr Dee.


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Special stuff right here. On Jones Beach is the debut release of Glacial, the power trio made up of Lee Ranaldo, David Watson, and Tony Buck. A singular 48 minute journey into worlds unknown, occupying a headspace you didn't know existed. The first movement is a spectacular brooding drone, minimal feedback & electronics that slowly caffeinates itself into a gritty dirtbag of swirling ambience that's ominous and climactic. It seamlessly brings in some percussion and before you know it, you're in a full on psych jam with a heavy groove and a bagpipes solo. But then you figure out the climax of the drone was only epic on its own terms, not in relation to the whole thing. On Jones Beach gets so crazy, post-punk atonal guitar shredding, screeching feedback, bagpipe drone noodling, electronic nastiness, and a drum beat bleeding perfection to tie it all together, grounding it in some fake-reality where this whack shit makes sense and it's 100% acceptable to have a noise/drone record that rocks this fucking hard. Seriously though, these goddamn bagpipes are the most unexpected thing and get me maybe a bit too excited. I love those fucking reeds and they just give this record an extra dose of awesome. I can't believe it took so long for the three of these guys to put out a record because this is such stunning work, it's like they've been rolling together for decades and have already amassed a masterful discography. Big ups to Three Lobed for giving this the swanky vinyl treatment and making sure the one heavenly piece didn't get butchered when split for two sides. Plus, you get an uncut digital version with the LP, as well as three shorter live tracks that make this thing a fucking steal.
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Violent crime declining in Orlando, police chief says
Orlando's mayor said the proof is in the numbers -- that violent crime is on the decline in the city beautiful.
"Violent crime is continuing on a downward trend," said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.
In fact, for the city of Orlando, violent crimes decreased by 43 percent compared to six years ago.
The Orlando Police Department's 2012 crime report said that in 2012 there were 20 slayings, compared to 30 in 2011. Of the 20, five were domestic violence related. In 2011, there were nine domestic violence slayings.
"One domestic homicide is one too many," said Orlando Police Chief Paul Rooney. "At least they're down 44 percent."
Forcible rapes are down by 11 percent, and robberies are down by 7 percent.
Motor vehicle thefts went up in 2012 by almost 2 percent.
During a sting at the Florida Classic, an economic crimes unit seized $600,000 worth of counterfeit goods and $4,500 worth of assets.
Human trafficking is still a concern. A 17-year-olf girl was rescued from an Orlando hotel 2012.
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Nowadays we're spoilt for choice when it comes to make-up brushes.. You don't need to be a make-up artist to be able to be able to acquire a decent set of brushes. And while I'm on the subject, I have to mention a fave (and not extortionate) brush collection in my kit – Samantha Chapman (of pixiwoo's) Real Techniques, now available at some of the larger Boots.
So… when was the last time you properly cleaned your brushes? Does the bristles resemble the hair of a wet dog, perhaps? As you could imagine, dirty brushes will harbour bacteria, and why would you like to spread those nasties across your face again and again? Here are a few tips on how to care for your brushes.
Try to deep clean your brushes once a week, but quick clean it at least every 2-3 days. Eyeliner brushes should be cleaned after every single use.
- Wet your brushes, pour a little mild shampoo into your palm, gently swivel the brush around to soak up the shampoo. Set this brush apart, and do this with all your brushes.
- When all your brushes have been shampooed, start rinsing them under lukewarm running water, swiveling it in your palm again to get rid of the soap. Make sure that ALL the soap has been rinsed out properly! Do not tug at the bristles.
- Gently squeeze the brushes with a paper towel to get rid of excess moisture, and shape the bristles with your fingers. Try to taper the bristles so that they dry in their original shape, you don't want them to be splayed when they dry, as this will eventually ruin the shape.
- I like to dry my brushes overnight in an airing cupboard, but you could place them on a towel on a table. I find it best to leave the bristles 'overhanging' the table, so that they could retain their shapes.
- Do not dry your brushes upright – all the water would stay in the ferrule (the part of a paint brush that holds the hairs onto the handle) and this could loosen the glue holding the brush together.
- You could also look at THIS VIDEO for other tips on how to dry your brushes.
(as a side note – if your brushes are extremely clogged, especially foundation brushes, use anti-bacterial dishwashing soap in the same way, then follow up with a shampoo cleanse. This is not recommended for everyday use, as this could damage your brushes with continued use, but it is pretty effective. If this doesn't clean it properly, it's time to buy new brushes. And get into a routine ASAP!)
Quick Clean (Spot Cleaning)
- Use a conditioning brush cleanser. I love Beauty So Clean, I find the spray quite handy when I'm on set, and it does its job pretty well.
- Spray one or two spritzes on either side of the brush, and wipe the brush on a kitchen towel. Remember to be gentle with your brushes!!
- The cleaned brushes will dry within seconds, so you're good to go.
You will soon find that with your brushes being cleaner, apart the hygienic benefits, your make-up will also apply better. I hope that this has inspired a few of you to look after your brushes!
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Diet and Fitness
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Hey, I have a new diet and fitness blog, and I'd love it if you stopped by:
Hey, I have a new diet and fitness blog, and I'd love it if you stopped by:
Hi, everyone. I know, I know. You haven't heard much from me. It's because I've been working on porting this blog over to a shiny new WordPress blog. So come on over!
I also snagged a TinyUrl for it: http://tinyurl.com/hunsford.
Thank you, PC Inspector Smart Recovery. I accidentally deleted all of my holiday photos, plus a bunch of others. This free program got them back for me.
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I felt like having a new template. Not sure I like this one, but here it is.
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Hug Seth every day. Yep, that's a good one.
I'm already dieting, so there's no need to make a resolution to lose weight. I'm notorious for not keeping my resolutions anyhow.
Happy new year, everyone!
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I've officially dropped 50 pounds. In the last four months, I've gone from a BMI of 41 to a BMI of 33. I've lost over 20% of my original body weight.
In related news, I've determined that I was using my scale on an uneven surface, which resulted in a reading that was roughly four pounds light. I've adjusted my plan accordingly. Instead of having 96 pounds to lose as of last August, it was really 100 pounds (blush). I'm now half way to my goal.
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40.5, to be exact. My reward is a DVD of the 1980 BBC version of "Pride and Prejudice."
I'm only 7.5 pounds away from the halfway point. That nearly blows my mind.
I have no idea what to pick for my next ten pounds. Oh, I know! Short knitting needles. All my knitting needles are long, for knitting afghans, but all I ever knit is scarves. So I'm going to get myself a short, scarf-sized pair. They're only ten pounds away.
I have to remember to take a new photo. I take them every twenty pounds.
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I've read before that you can't replace all-purpose flour in a recipe with whole-wheat flour. You can maybe use half all-purpose flour and half whole wheat, but you can't just use all whole wheat in place of all-purpose flour.
And I thought to myself, "Oh, come now. How bad could it be?"
The words "unmitigated culinary disaster" spring to mind.
Never question the experts. This is supposed to be banana bread. Looks like meatloaf, no?
I also tried cupcake-sized miniature loaf pans.
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Okay, so I'm fixing dinner the other night, and I'm whisking some lumps out of the gravy. It's just prepackaged gravy mix from a plastic container ('cuz Martha Stewart I ain't). There was one lump that just one break down, and after a moment, I realize it doesn't look like a lump. Is that a...? I fish it out, and yes, it's a fly!
I flick the fly in the trash. Obviously, I'm not whisking anymore because I'm going to rinse the whole thing down the sink. As the swirling mixture begins to slow, tiny little baby flies being to float to the surface.
After telling Bob the story -- yes, while he was eating the new gravy -- you will not believe what he asked me: "So did you throw it away or is this it?" Yes, Bob, I am feeding my family fly-and-egg-infested gravy.
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So as of my weigh-in this morning, I've lost a total of 32 pounds. I could have the mp3 I promised myself if only I could get it to download from Amazon.
Not even sure what I want for my next ten pounds. Oh, I know. A couple of years ago I preordered a bunch of Austen movies as weight-loss rewards, but I never lost the weight. Never even came close. They've been sitting in a box ever since. So my next reward will be one of those movies.
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Judges Cite Nonsense Poem in Guantanomo Case
There is also a chapter in Alice in Wonderland in which the Knave of Hearts is on trial for having stolen the tarts, and a nonsense poem (a parody of a then-contemporary poem) is introduced into evidence against the Knave. It is purported that the Knave wrote it; the Knave denies writing it, says it isn't in his handwriting, and notes that no name is signed as the author. The King takes this as incontrovertible proof of the Knave's deceit and, therefore, his guilt.
We are the new Victorians: we see evidence where there is none, and declare the end of theoretical science, as if we had somehow reached the end of discovery.
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