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Some say a campaign flyer in the race for Rutherford County mayor goes too far. The mailer uses fake Arabic writing, and it all goes back to the fight over the Murfreesboro mosque.
The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has been open for more than a year, but one candidate is now making the way it was approved in the first place a key issue in the election.
Jimmy Evans said he stands by the political mailer.
"The number one premise with it [is] we have a problem with the inadequate notice," Evans said.
The mailer is blaming County Mayor Ernest Burgess for the approval of the new mosque and cemetery, even though he's not on the planning commission or board of zoning appeals.
The advertisement goes on to blame Burgess for the issues related to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, including failing to provide adequate notice before the mosque plans were approved, not standing up to the U.S. Department of Justice when it came to the mosque and the county spending more than $340,000 to defend itself in the lawsuit over the construction.
"If you put us side-by-side, the differences are night and day. It's not mud-slinging or anything like that. If you read the mailer, it's informational, and details are there," Evans said.
Evans, the former leader of the Rutherford County Republican Party, claims in the flyer things would have been different if he was mayor.
He says this is not dirty politics.
"We didn't want to put something out there to the public that was confusing or edited in a certain way. We wanted to make sure we gave them a concise ability to read it," Evans said. "Everything in it is 100 percent true."
Voter Kay Buff said it will not sway her vote at all.
"I just think it's slanderous," Buff said. "I would vote for Mayor Burgess over the person who is printing things like this."
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro member Saleh Sbenaty said the flyer is laughable and the Arabic printed on it is fake.
"Trying to read this from left to right and make sense of this gibberish," Sbenaty said.
Sbenaty said he believes Evans is bringing religion into politics.
"Mr. Evans is using our community suffering and our community struggle to try and score a political point," he said.
Burgess told Channel 4 News this is all political, and the mosque situation is ancient news. He said he has and will continue to run a clean campaign.
His campaign manager, Gregory Gleaves, released the following statement:
"This is a desperate attack from a campaign on life support. It's hard to attack Mayor Burgess on merits, with Rutherford County having the second highest job growth in the country. Instead, Jimmy Evans is in the gutter with over-the-top and untrue attacks. An issue much more relevant to the campaign is that Jimmy Evans's used car lot business had an F rating from the Better Business Bureau. If he can't manage a used car lot, how can we expect him to manage the county? We will continue to focus on issues that matter to Rutherford Countians."
The mailer already has gotten the attention of the Council on American/Islamic Relations (CAIR). The group is asking the Tennessee GOP to repudiate the anti-mosque mailer which uses fake Arabic.
"It is unconscionable for any candidate to stoop to such a low level of campaigning by appealing to bigotry and promoting religious divisions. We hope to see such blatant prejudice repudiated by GOP officials in Tennessee," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
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If you've started to build an investment portfolio or have amassed substantial assets, you face a variety of financial challenges. How do you reduce the risks of investing, while still achieving your personal goals, such as a steady income in retirement, a larger "nest egg" for your children or leaving a legacy to charity?
In the past, an affluent investor might work with a banker, an investment manager, a CPA, a life insurance agent, an estate attorney or professionals from other disciplines. But today, many investors prefer to work with a primary advisor who can serve as the "quarterback" who provides direction to the team. That's because most successful individuals lack the time or expertise to deal with the intricacies of financial management. They would rather be golfing, boating, traveling or spending time with their children or grandchildren.
So, one of the best ways for affluent investors to get 2014 off to a good start is to take a look at their advisors. Are they working together as a coordinated team? If not, what steps can be taken to bring them closer together, since the recommendations made by a life insurance agent, for instance, can have a significant impact on an individual's estate plan.
It's also a good idea for investors to review their personal and financial goals on an annual basis, and to reflect on the events of the past year. How well has the investment portfolio performed? Should there be any rebalancing of asset classes? Have there been significant personal changes, such as a death, divorce or the birth of children or grandchildren?
That type of information is a great help to an investor's financial, accounting and legal advisors, since they may need to revise legal documents, tax strategies or portfolio allocations. Investors should also talk with their financial advisors about the outlook for the coming year and whether or not to make any changes to their strategies. The issues to discuss might include:
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• Should an investment policy statement be revised? For instance, how would raising or lowering the desired overall return on the portfolio affect the current allocation of assets? Are there specific types of asset classes that should be ruled out because of unacceptably high risk? Are there certain industries or specific companies that should be ruled out because of their undesirable social, environmental or workforce practices?
• How does the gradual approach to retirement affect the composition of the portfolio? An investor in her 40s, for instance, has a longer time to grow her portfolio than an investor who's just turned 60 and wants to retire in five or six years.
• If you are close to retirement, what kind of annual or monthly income will you need to achieve your desired lifestyle? How will you make the financial transition from accumulating assets to maximizing retirement income, assuming that is your goal?
• If you have already retired, how quickly are you drawing down your assets? Should you continue to hold a significant amount of equities so that your portfolio could keep growing and prolong your income stream into your 80s or 90s? After all, Americans are living longer today than ever before.
• How large an estate do you want to bequeath to your heirs or a favorite charity? Should you consider strategies to maximize your estate to benefit others, or would you really prefer to spend freely during your senior years?
As you can probably tell, there is no right or wrong answer to any of these questions — they vary from individual to individual and family to family. But these are the right questions for affluent investors to discuss with their advisors in order to prepare a game plan for life..
Andrew Menachem, CIMA, is a Wealth Advisor at the Menachem Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley in Aventura and teaches at the University of Miami. Views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily Morgan Stanley, and are not a solicitation to buy or sell any security. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be suitable for all investors.


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NHL Playoff Game Night: 4-18-14 Canadiens at LightningSubmitted by pete on April 18, 2014 - 21:16
Montreal defense throws the net over the Lightning.
Montreal Leads the Series 2-0
Anders Lindback allowed 3 goals on 23 shots for the loss before giving way to Kristers Gudlevskis, who allowed 1 on 4 shots the rest of the way. If Cooper had a wild hair to put Gudlevskis in for Game Three, the wraparound goal Gudlevskis allowed might've quieted that thought down. As for Lindback, the third goal went through him on a greasy little bounce back to Gallagher off the blocked shot and he whiffed on the poke check on Bourque's goal, but on balance he played reasonably well and kept the Lightning around for most of the game. Goaltending isn't the reason the Lightning are losing this series so far.
First Period
Second Period
2:34 MTL Desharnais (1), (Subban, Pacioretty)(PP)
10:35 MTL Bourque (1), (Vanek, Subban)
Third Period
11:46 MTL Gallagher (1), (unassisted)
14:39 MTL Bourque (2), (Eller)
18:01 TB Purcell (1), (Hedman, Filppula)(PP)
The first 10 minutes of the game took on the dimension of a lot of the regular season games between Tampa Bay and Montreal with the Lightning dominating possession and the Canadiens getting a few counter attacks in. That's where the Lightning need to get this series to get back into it. If possession is even or tilted in favor of Montreal, Price is probably too good to overcome. Unfortunately, in the second half of the First Period, a 4-minute minor on Stamkos started to take the starch out of the Lightning's offensive flow and when Desharnais scored the PP goal early in the Second Period after a ticky tack call on Panik, the offensive flow completely dissipated altogether. There's just too much inconsistency moving up the ice as a unit. Passing is off. Guys aren't consistently supporting their linemates. It wasn't as lopsided as the score indicates (shots were 27-26), but the Lightning need to get better within their structure to defeat Montreal's. It's a process, and they were certainly more together and composed than in Game One, and this series is nowhere near over. I reiterate the lesson of the 2003 series against Washington, when a young, talented Lightning team really looked terrible against a veteran Caps team in Game One and Game Two. Once they figured it out in Game Three, they swept the rest of that series. I have a feeling the Lightning may be capable of a similar breakout, but getting that first win is going to be the toughest. Hopefully the Lightning realize that and also realize the worst thing they can do at this moment is panic. Just win one game. That's all they need to worry about right now.
Mike Kostka had 1 shot, 1 hit, and 2 blocked shots in 13:13. His lack of speed and strength and decision making with the puck were a bit of an issue again tonight. At this stage, if I'm Cooper, I'm going to try to spark something by throwing Mark Barberio in against his hometown team for Game Three in lieu of Kostka, but we'll see how he plays it.
Cedric Paquette was -1 with 12 penalty minutes, 2 shots, and 2 hits in 10:18. He certainly wasn't at fault for the minus in the first Bourque goal where Salo was turned the wrong way, and he had a pretty glorious chance on Price in tight off a nice setup by Purcell. I like what Paquette brings, and on paper he's a playoff-style performer. But, needing a spark, again, if I'm Cooper I'm going in with Pyatt in Game Three.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
AHL Game Night: 4-18-14 Crunch at AmericansSubmitted by pete on April 18, 2014 - 20:53
It's officially a losing season for Syracuse.
Cedrick Desjardins allowed 5 goals on 24 shots for the loss.
First Period
RCH Schaller, (9) (Gillies, Irwin), 7:44
RCH Adam, (29) , 11:04
RCH Irwin, (7) (Varone, Ruhwedel), 12:42 (PP)
Second Period
RCH Deslauriers, (19) (Sundher, Porter), 2:49
Third Period
SYR Marchessault, (22) (Connolly), 3:33
RCH Varone, (18) (Larsson, Hutchings), 15:27
Syracuse falls to 2 games under .500 with 1 game left to play. It's disappointing the team didn't finish stronger to set up what you hope is a rebound year next season.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
KHL Playoff Game Day: 4-18-14Submitted by pete on April 18, 2014 - 18:05
KHL Gagarin Cup Finals
(1)Magnitogorsk 0 vs. (3)Praha 3
Praha Leads the Series 1-0
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Loss, 14/16, 2.01 GAA, .875 sv%
Regular season totals: 51 GP, 30-12-8, 9 SO, 1.88 GAA, .940 sv%
Playoff totals: 15 GP, 12-3-0, 2 SO, 1.68 GAA, .942 sv%
Petri Vehanen's 21 save shutout staked Praha to a 3-0 Game One win in the KHL Gagarin Cup Finals. Ex-Kings draft pick Justin Azevedo and ex-Devils draft pick Petr Vrana each had goals in the victory for Lev. Game Two is Sunday.
NHL Playoff Game Night: 4-16-14 Canadiens at LightningSubmitted by pete on April 16, 2014 - 22:27
Young Lightning shy away from the moment.
Montreal Leads the Series 1-0
Anders Lindback allowed 5 goals on 44 shots for the OT Loss. Obviously the Lightning got outshot by a mile and only lost by a goal, so it's hard to complain too much about Lindback's play, but there were a couple of goals (Plekanec and Eller's goals) Lindback might want back. On the Plekanec goal, Lindback failed to get square to the shooter and was moving and on the Eller goal he got a piece but allowed it to get behind him and in. He's not the reason they lost tonight, and in fact he helped keep them in the game longer than they had any business being in the game. But, it's also fair to say he can play better, too.
First Period
10:09 TB Kucherov (1), (Brown, Paquette)
10:28 MTL Plekanec (1), (Emelin, Gallagher)
Second Period
13:24 TB Stamkos (1), (Kostka)
16:39 MTL Gionta (1), (Eller, Weaver)(SH)
Third Period
5:10 MTL Eller (1), (Gionta)
7:11 TB Killorn (1), (Johnson)
11:30 MTL Vanek (1), (Desharnais, Emelin)
13:27 TB Stamkos (2), (Killorn)
18:08 MTL Weise (1), (Brière, Gorges)
Steven Stamkos was the game's second star.
I'm kind of struggling about how to approach this one. Montreal came into this game very well prepared and with a plan to put pressure on the Lightning and on Lindback. For the most part, though, the Lightning did a decent early job of matching that intensity and they eventually manufactured the early goal by Kucherov all alone in the slot for the finish, and things were looking very rosy... for about 19 seconds. 19 seconds later Radko Gudas got undressed around the corner on the rush and Lindback allowed a semi-soft goal on the resulting shot from the left wing circle and the game was instantly tied, and the team's confidence immediately dissolved. They played the next 20 minutes of hockey scared and looking every bit a team that was terrified of the magnitude of playoff hockey. They struggled to get out of their end. They mishandled pucks. Their passing betrayed them. They gave a rash of turnovers to Montreal.
With all that happening, Lindback managed to keep the game at 1-1 until midway through the Second Period when the Lightning started to make a bit of a push, eventually culminating in a great individual effort by Stamkos to get a 2-1 lead and the Lightning going on the PP at 16:06 of the period on a horribly undisciplined penalty by blockhead PK Subban. You had the feeling that the Lightning were about to really swing the game in their favor at that moment when Victor Hedman made a pinch that a blind man would've seen was ill advised resulting in the Gionta shorthanded breakaway goal, and the Lightning played pretty much the entire rest of the game on their heels. Their Third Period was as bad a period as I've seen them play all year and only an abnormally mortal Carey Price allowed the Lightning to stay in the game as long as they did. Also, I will say, credit to Alex Killorn who had a goal and an assist in the period and was one of the few Lightning forwards who played well (at least on the offensive end of the rink). In the end, though, Montreal simply had too much zone time and too many chances for the Lightning to overcome. They had a handful of dangerous chances in Overtime to steal the game, but that's all it would've been: a theft. They didn't deserve Game One, and in the end they didn't win Game One.
Now, if you want a silver lining: the Lightning can't possibly play worse than they did in Game One, so they only have one direction to go, which is up. They have some ongoing injury issues with Ondrej Palat leaving the game after knee-to-knee contact with Subban, an obviously hobbled Filppula, and Bishop still out of the lineup. But, with that put aside, it seems unlikely the Lightning will play another game the rest of these playoffs with that sort of fractured structure, poor passing, and timid approach because of the magnitude of the moment. I expect them to push back in this series, and if anyone is looking for a point of reference for a young Lightning team that struggled with the moment in their first few home playoff games before figuring it out, pop in the tape of Game One and Game Two against Washington back in 2003. This kind of tepid start can certainly be overcome.
Mike Kostka had a helper, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 23:46. He struggled a bit with the extra gear of the playoffs, to be honest, and made a couple of big mistakes on the Eller goal by failing to keep a puck in at the opposing blueline and then failing to pick up the trailer on the resulting odd-man rush. I'm interested to see if Cooper sticks with Kostka or gives Barberio a shot in Game Two.
Cedric Paquette had a helper, 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 4 hits, and he was 27% on draws in 11:28. He played a very gritty playoff game and hit everything that moved. But, in the end, he wears the goat horns for abandoning Weise in front of the Lightning net on the game-winning goal in Overtime. It wasn't an athleticism issue, in this case, it was a decision making issue at a time of the year when poor decision making gets magnified ten-fold. Like Kostka, I'll be interested to see if Cooper sticks with Paquette or if he goes to the press box and brings in Pyatt or another forward. I feel bad for the young man because he played a pretty good game, otherwise.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
Erne, Vermin Score First Goals, But Crunch Fall in ShootoutSubmitted by jghoughtaling on April 16, 2014 - 22:12
There were a few firsts in the last Syracuse Crunch home game of the season.
Adam Erne registered his first professional goal and Joel Vermin recorded his first goal in North America, but the Crunch ultimately fell in a shootout to the Adirondack Phantoms, 5-4, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Wednesday.
"That was the positive from tonight, those guys scoring a goal and getting their first professional goals," said Crunch coach Rob Zettler. "Joel, I thought it was a great shot -- on and off the stick real quick. And for Adam, it was the same thing. That was the positive tonight."


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MOLINE -- For the drivers, it's an experience they want to repeat.
They were driving at the i wireless Center's parking lot at 1201 River Drive on Sunday, moving their cars and a rare truck through a course made with pylons.
It is called solo autocross. Sunday's event was held by the Great River Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). Mike Whitney, who was overseeing Sunday's event, also was participating.
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"He is, by far, our quickest competitor out here," said fellow driver Adam Moore, of Davenport.
Mr. Whitney said the solo events display a driver's ability.
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Mr. Moore, a fellow SCCA driver, was driving his 2000 Chevrolet S10 pickup around the course. He said there were more than 40 entrants for Sunday's event.
Guys like Chad Bremer, of Illinois City, came by because they enjoy the challenge of SCCA events. He was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier.
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"Actually, I started out being young and dumb in the street racing and stumbled across this accidentally. This is my fifth year."
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Don Holzer, of Epworth, Iowa, was driving a 1989 Pontiac Trans Am. His son got him interested in the solo events. Mr. Holzer used to drive a small stock car back in the 1970s.
"I kind of miss that door handle to door handle stuff," he said. "But this is almost as much fun.
"Basically, what this is is a drag race on a road course."
Last year, Mr. Holzer said it was a little bit of a challenge driving past pylons in his previous car.
"I was driving a 4-door Saturn grocery getter," he said with a laugh. "This one (Trans Am) I can steer with the back wheels.
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Drawing on theories about the social construction of knowledge and the sociology of the body, this dissertation analyzes the social construction of buprenorphine, a medication being used to treat addiction to opioids, to better understand the processes of medicalization. Buprenorphine was central the passage of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000, a law which overturned an almost one hundred year prohibition preventing physicians from prescribing narcotics for the treatment of addiction in an office-based setting. Buprenorphine is seen by many as central to moving addiction treatment into the medical mainstream. Using documents from government regulators, industry, and addiction researchers, I show that there are many different "buprenorphines," each being strategically constructed and deployed to serve different political and economic interests. I also use qualitative interviews with individuals taking buprenorphine to examine the ways in which their embodied experiences of the medication shape and are shaped by different discourses about buprenorphine, addiction, and addiction treatment. I show how buprenorphine and medical theories of addiction act as a new system of constraint, while allowing new possibilities for agency and action. I conclude with a discussion of how the discourses about and embodied experiences of those taking buprenorphine challenge but also reflect the larger sociopolitical context in which they are contained. This research builds upon and challenges existing theories about the medicalization of social problems.
This study examines the impacts that broad economic and political forces have had on neighborhoods in postindustrial cities. As urban economies have shifted from being production-based to consumption-based, industries that were peripheral to city growth, such as forms of entertainment (i.e. nightlife, shopping, cultural activities), are today central. As a result, city governments have taken great steps towards encouraging private investment in and economic development that is based on these sectors. The very physical and cultural makeup of the contemporary city has been reconfigured as city centers and downtowns have become sites for large-scale entertainment projects. Another significant development has been the construction of nightlife scenes in gentrifying neighborhoods. Through the case of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a formerly disinvested slum that has become one of New York City's premiere areas for nighttime entertainment in bars as well as a desired neighborhood for real estate actors and wealthy residents, this study analyzes the effects that "neighborhood nightscapes" have on the social relations, residents, and cultures in contemporary cities. While the development of nightlife and the intertwined processes of gentrification are often lauded as benefits for the improvement of neighborhoods and the growth of cities, an in-depth, critical analysis reveals a number of issues that they cause. New bars that have opened on the Lower East Side since the 1990s have formed dense concentrations throughout the neighborhood that emphasize the consumption of their nightlife experiences as well as material products. This has transformed the Lower East Side into a destination for a wide array of nighttime activities for new residents and visitors from both within and outside of the city. While neither a formal public-private partnership nor a state-led effort, its many bars opened as a result of a liquor licensing policy based on economic development and in conjunction with the city's consumption-based growth initiatives and the neighborhood's gentrification. New forms of social control have been implemented by the local state and police to handle disorderly conditions generated by nightlife scenes and protect urban nightlife's image as a place for safe consumption. For Lower East Side residents, however, the development of the nightscape has had significant negative impacts--damaging their quality of life, fraying their civic bonds with local government and communal bonds with business owners, and resulting in social and cultural displacement. As an example of a common urban development, the neighborhood nightscape of the Lower East Side serves as an analytical lens for understanding the local impacts of broad economic and political changes occurring in postindustrial cities.
This work is a comparative analysis of ethnoracial domination and urban marginality in the United States and France that aims at studying two social spaces of relegation, the black ghetto in the U.S. and the working-class suburbs in France. The ethnographic study of bodybuilding and Thai boxing in the black American ghetto and the French working-class suburb has allowed me to account for the incorporation of the social through a bodily practice and its translation into social strategies. Because they have adopted a new cosmogony, the young men of working-class suburb and the black ghetto build a carnal solidarity in practice and reproduce the social honor of the group challenged by various social mechanisms of stigmatization and marginalization in a the context of job insecurity and unemployment. At the same time, these bodily practices prevent practitioners from getting involved in a deviant career because they occupy and fix the agents, and because they internalize a set of "values" that give a meaning and a direction to their everyday life.
When much of the physical landscape of New Orleans was destroyed with Hurricane Katrina, expedited change and a need to redefine the city's future rushed in. The "new" New Orleans would be decisively different: it would be change-oriented, optimistic, and a leader in progressive reform movements. Discourse around post-Katrina New Orleans was focused on making New Orleans "better than before" and becoming a national leader for cutting-edge urban renewal. On-the-ground change mirrored this discourse, as the city's institutional landscape was dismantled and reconfigured along lines of privatization and newness as the trend of "accumulation by dispossession" (Harvey, 2005) blanketed the city. To create this new city, a narrative of an ideal new resident was necessary to embody this change and represent the city's future. I refer to this ideal in this dissertation as the "Renewers" who are young, idealistic, recent college graduates working in justice-oriented professions to be a part of the movement for urban renewal that has swept New Orleans. These Renewers further and justify the narrative of reform, as they represent the ideal future of the developing city. At the same time, their narrative completely excludes the narrative of many New Orleanians who are being left behind by renewal. These residents, whom I refer to as the "Disposables" of post-Katrina New Orleans, live and function everyday amongst the ghosts of neoliberal reform as they struggle to not be defined by what seems to be a planned dispossession of their lives. Through years of ethnographic research in public schools in New Orleans with a non-profit organization, I show the effects of urban renewal and reform on those excluded from the narrative. This has fundamentally altered the sense of place and local identity of New Orleans, as the city relies on Disposable's cultural contributions and Renewer's economic and social status.
Abstract VOICE AND ADVOCACY IN THE URBAN GHETTO By Jean Phelps Advisor: Professor William Kornblum This study was conducted to ascertain whether poor and powerless urban dwellers could develop the skills to speak out on their own behalf when dealing with institutions of power. The research explored the conditions and processes, which facilitate or hamper the development of self-advocacy skills. The subjects of this study were observed, over an extended period of time, struggling under the domination of institutions that use methods of control to keep the poor in inferior positions in society. This study has showed that poor individuals can develop the voice to speak out on their own behalf, effecting positive outcomes in situations that heretofore were beyond their power and scope to change. It also indicates that the urban poor may not necessarily step out on their own against a system that has oppressed and exploited them. They may require encouragement from people who are in positions of influence. The study concludes that newly learned and acquired self advocacy skills can lead to self-empowerment, if performed regularly.
This research explores the self-reported experiences of people with migraines in the workplace by examining individuals' own accounts. Specifically, I analyze: the employment experiences, perceptions, and workplace challenges of people with migraine headaches. Using a qualitative approach, this study examines various aspects of migraines from the individual employee's perspective in order to explore different topics as they relate to the workplace. In particular, the study concentrates on factors surrounding employee disclosure of migraines at the workplace. Migraine is a serious neurological disorder. However, migraines are often not viewed as the legitimate neurological condition that they are. Migraines, while typically not a visible condition, are an intermittently disabling illness. Since migraines are, for the most part, a hidden condition (not visible to others), in order for an employee to receive workplace support, it requires that other individuals know about and understand the employee's condition. If the employee chooses not to tell those at work about his/her migraines, the employee might not receive support. The choice to disclose a hidden illness at work may be complex and influenced by many factors. There is limited scholarly research in the area of sociology that pertains to migraines in the workplace. The social construction of illness is a major perspective in medical sociology. This study presents a unique examination of individuals with a hidden disability, migraine headaches, in the workplace. This exploratory study investigates the impact of migraines on the individual's work experiences, the consequences of migraines on their work (such as attendance, productivity, work performance), how work affects migraines, the processes involved in disclosure, the factors that contributed to their decision whether or not to disclose, their experiences with workplace accommodations, challenges faced at work, perceptions of stigma, and examines how a condition such as migraines affects one's perceived self-identity in the workplace, and other related topics. I explored the different accounts that study participants offered to make sense of their workplace encounters in various situations and how they assigned meanings to their interactions in the workplace. Using a social construction frame to interpret and analyze their accounts, I examined the lived experiences of migraines in the workplace. I conducted qualitative interviews with 40 individuals who get migraines, from various ages, educational backgrounds, employment settings, and working in different occupations, in a range of titles, from across the United States. This study presents several findings. The majority of individuals in this study cited stressful work environments, or other factors in the work environment, as contributing to migraines. Overwhelmingly, the theme that I heard most often, regardless of occupation, and regardless of the specific topic being discussed, was the lack of understanding in the workplace regarding what migraines really are and how migraines are different from a `regular headache'. A related theme was that of people at work not taking migraines seriously. These attitudes most likely originate from lack of knowledge. I provide examples that illustrated dramatic stories of long term career impact, individuals who made life-changing decisions, and others who had other long-term opportunities that were affected by migraines. Migraines impacted not only people's careers, but also interfered with goals and plans. I examine interview data to analyze how the participants managed the issue of disclosing their disability in the workplace. I examined the underlying factors behind the decision whether or not to disclose. I found that there were a range of factors that went into the decision to disclose, to whom to disclose, and even how much to disclose. I examined the factors that each individual took into consideration to make the `disclosure decision.' Some participants took many factors into consideration, including a complex weighing of risks vs. benefits, whereas for others it was more of a natural decision. The majority of people who chose not to disclose, did so for reasons relating to stigma. A condition like migraines can be very challenging to an individual's identity. My selection of migraine as the condition for this research was a strategic choice aimed at providing an answer as to how disclosure of a hidden disability is handled at the workplace. This research places this topic within the range of different theoretical approaches to the study of hidden disability and medical sociology. By studying people's own accounts of their experiences in the workplace, this analysis reveals the subjective experience of illness. The issues of disclosure, stigma, embodiment and identity, disability, health/illness, discrimination, accommodations, and the individuals' perceptions, insights, and experiences, all fall within the realm of medical sociology and sociology of disability. The sociological study of migraines in the workplace has implications for these fields. For the field of disability studies, it can provide insight into the perspectives of persons with a hidden condition such as migraine. For the study of medical sociology, it focuses on the perceptions of people with a hidden illness on their everyday situations, which helps ground our conclusions empirically. This work serves to raise awareness of migraine as a legitimate neurological disorder. My study demonstrates the burden that migraine placed on peoples' careers, employment status, and ability to work. For many, work life was a struggle to maintain the worker identity they wanted to project. Aside from its contribution within the field, my study offers valuable information to family members, employers, policy makers, and practitioners who want insights relating to work. This exploratory empirical analysis contributes to the literature in medical sociology, disability studies, and occupational sociology, by including the first- person accounts and narratives of individuals with migraines. I explore understanding of the experience of migraines in the workplace within the wider scope of the lived experience of an invisible, episodic disability. This study offers a useful report through which the personal accounts and lived experiences of people with migraines at the workplace can be examined.
Drawing on theories of gender, race, inequality, and delinquency, this dissertation explores progressive masculinity and social exclusion among young men leaving jail. This project examines how young men, rather than matching stereotypes of hyper-masculine at-risk individuals, endorse a masculinity that is not necessarily misogynistic or violent, and does not correlate with expected risky sex behaviors, drug use, violence, and recidivism. Additionally, this project examines how social structures and policies (economy, gender, race, education, criminal justice) prevent these young men from achieving pro-social goals or experiencing the potential benefits of progressive views of masculinity. For this dissertation, I analyze data from the Returning Educated African-American and Latino Men to Enriched Neighborhoods (REAL MEN) study conducted between 2003-2007, which enrolled 552 adolescents in a New York City jail and followed 397 of them one year after their release. I use logistic regression to examine the association of sex partner experience with sex risk, drug use, violence, recidivism, and to examine the extent of social exclusion for these young men based on school, employment, criminal justice, housing, and health care characteristics. Focus groups I conducted in 2008 with 38 young men at an alternatives-to-incarceration program in New York City serve as a second data source for this dissertation. I explore and analyze participants' perceptions of masculinity based on these data. The findings indicate that young men leaving jail have more complex views about manhood than societal stereotypes suggest, and do not always endorse patriarchal, misogynistic, or violent attitudes about masculinity and relationships. Additionally, when these young men have long-term sex partners in their communities, which many report, they seem to be protected against negative outcomes related to sex risk, drug use, and violence in the short term. Finally, incarceration and housing instability are the most important structural predictors of negative outcomes for young men leaving jail, making progressive approaches to manhood less important. This dissertation fills a gap in the literature on progressive masculinity and social exclusion for young men involved in the criminal justice system. This dissertation also informs interventions designed to improve outcomes for young men with criminal justice histories.


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Craft beer dinner at Anthony's in Commack
Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza in Commack will be staging a four-course craft beer dinner featuring brews from Fire Island Beer Company at 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25.
The beer-driven family-style meal, $30 a person (inclusive of tax and gratuity), begins with Sea Salt Ale paired with both a fresh mozzarella and tomato salad and classic Italian salad. Next comes Lighthouse Ale paired with eggplant...Read more »
Closed in Commack: Main Catch
Main Catch, a seafood restaurant on Jericho Turnpike in Commack, has closed. The place opened in 2012 in the former digs of Southside Fish & Clam Restaurant and operated under the same ownership as the long-standing Southside Fish & Clam in Lindenhurst.
Main Catch received a one-star review from Newsday's Peter M. Gianotti, who liked its sushi bar offerings and recommended some of...Read more »
Closed in Merrick: Surf 'n Turf Mediterranean Grill
Surf 'n Turf Mediterranean Grill has closed. The restaurant — whose menu was a combination of Turkish, Greek and American cuisines — was sold more than a year ago by owner Al Avci (who currently is the owner of Prime Catch in Rockville Centre). Surf 'n Turf continued under new owners, but now the windows are papered over, the website kaput....Read more »
Tim's Shipwreck Diner in Northport gets surprise makeover
Tim's Shipwreck Diner in Northport, featured in a pivotal scene in the 1997 film "In and Out," is getting another star turn. While owner Tim Hess was away in Montauk, Food Network engineered a makeover for an upcoming series called "American Diner Revival." Work began on Thursday, Aug. 14.
When Hess returned on Monday, he was flabbergasted. "There was a fire truck out in front," he said, adding...Read more »
Tony Colombos in Rockville Centre: First bites
Tony Colombos, full of good feeling and Italian-American favorites, is the newest entry in Long Island's most-competitive cuisine.
The restaurant, on the former site of Cielo, keeps the red sauce flowing and makes some tasty additions to the familiar repertoire. You'll like it.
Try the rice balls, filled with beef ragu and sweet peas, set on tomato sauce. Sample the fennel salad, updated...Read more »
Sesame noodles at Din Din in Syosset
I was overcome with a yen for cold sesame noodles and, in the dim recesses of my brain, I recalled having a good experience at one of the incarnations of the Chinese restaurant that sits at 6600 Jericho Tpke. in Syosset. Was it way back when it was Empire Szechuan Gourmet? Or was it at one of ESG's successors: Tao, Dao or Ao? Since May the restaurant has been rechristened Din Din, and that's where...Read more »
Joe's Garage and Grill setting up winery food stand
Every Saturday and Sunday through the fall, Joe's Garage and Grill of Riverhead (recently named one of Newsday's top 10 gastropubs and top 100 restaurants) will have a food stand set up outside the tasting room of Macari Vineyards in Cutchogue. Weather permitting, of course. (Macari Vineyards was recently named the state's "winery of the year" at the 2014 New York Wine & Food Classic).
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Open in Hewlett: Istanbul Grill & Bar
Istanbul Grill & Bar is serving hummus, falafel and shish kebab in the Hewlett space that formerly hosted Mermaid.
According to owner Aydener Aykanat, the place has a liquor license and also offers local delivery. In charge of the kitchen is chef Yasar Ilik, who formerly cooked at Chicken Kebab in Roslyn Heights.
Here's some items from the menu: Babaganoush, or eggplant salad ($6.75),...Read more »
Texas Taco in Sayville: Soggy saga
Texas Taco opened earlier this summer in Sayville, serving a Tex-Cal-Mex assortment of tortilla-based dishes: tacos, nachos, fajitas, burritos, quesadillas, wraps and taco salads.
On a recent visit, I ordered the Fire Island tacos ($9.95) from the "specialty trio taco" menu and was presented with a very pretty troika of soft-corn tortillas, each cradling cabbage slaw, salsa, shrimp and chipotle...Read more »
Top 10 BBQ joint loses pitmaster
Will Breakstone, the competition champ pitmaster known as Willie B, has parted ways with South Shore BBQ Company in Patchogue, which opened back in March. The restaurant made Newsday's Top 100 list in the category of barbecue restaurants.
Current pitmaster Brian Chichester said he came on board in May and that he worked with Breakstone. Previously, Chichester was smoking ribs and brisket at...Read more »


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Gemini Planet Imager (GPI): Cleared for Shipment to Gemini South!
In a milestone statement distributed moments ago by the GPI Pre-delivery Acceptance Review Committee, Chair Stephen Goodsell announced that GPI is now clear for shipment from the University of California Santa Cruz to Gemini South in Chile.The Committee's final report is slated for release on July 26th, but a statement sumarizing the results of the review is available now - GPI Review Committee: Final Day Statement 41 KB
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Gemini Instrument Feasibility Studies: FUNDING AVAILABLE
Gemini Observatory is pleased to announce the release of the Gemini Instrument Feasibility Studies Request for Proposals (RfP).
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Smallest Known Galaxy with a Supermassive Black Hole
Figure 1. Stellar Kinematic Maps of M60-UCD1 showing clear rotation and a dispersion peak. Panels a and b show the measured radial velocities (bulk motions towards & away from us) and velocity dispersions (random motions) of the stars in M60-UCD1 with typical errors of 6 km/s. Black contours show isophotes in the K band stellar continuum.
Bias Images (N and S)
Example bias images are available for the following instrument/detector combinations:
Gemini North ODB offline Sep 11-17
UPDATE Sep 17 @ 4:00pm - the Gemini North Observing Database is back online. Please file a Help Desk ticket if you encounter any problems.
UPDATE Sep 17 @ 8:30am - the new hardware has been installed and we are working with the vendor to resolve network issues. We are hopeful that the GN ODB will be back online later today.
UPDATE Sep 16 @ 8:15am - work is ongoing, and we are still offline. Will post an update when we have more details.
Mask-making Software
The current version of the GMOS Mask Making software (GMMPS) is v0.4.1, released in 2014-08-27 for Linux and Mac OS X. This is an interim version to provide support for the new Hamamatsu detectors in GMOS-S. It is not yet fully backwards compatible (see below).
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Gemini Frontier Field: First Data Now Available
Figure 1. Part of MACS J0416-2403 seen by GSAOI. The average angular resolution is about 80 milliarcseconds, the full field-of-view of the data released is nearly twice as large as shown here.
GMMPS for Hamamatsu CCDs available
The latest version of the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software (GMMPS 0.4.1) is now available. Please see the GMMPS web page for more information and download links.
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A large Canadian pharmaceutical company is gearing up for the construction of a planned $40 million manufacturing facility in Blaine.
Viva Pharmaceuticals, of Richmond, B.C., recently submitted a development application for the first phase of a planned manufacturing facility on eight acres on Odell Road.
The first phase calls for three buildings with 34,000 square feet of production space, 10,000 square feet of storage space and 9,000 square feet of office space.
Once approved, construction on the project could begin in as little as two months.
Blaine community development director Michael Jones said the facility could bring as many as 300 highly skilled jobs to the area; however only about 50 jobs would be created during the first phase. Those could include technical jobs, general warehousing, laboratory and manufacturing positions.
Bellingham-based Credo Construction will be the project's general contractor.
While most hiring will be done locally, some of Viva Pharmaceutical's management and technical staff may come from existing facilities of Viva Pharmaceutical's in Canada, according to their web site.
Viva Pharmaceutical was established in 1994 with an emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceutical and natural health food products, according to their website.
The project's completion date was originally scheduled for late 2009 but economic conditions forced the company to postpone their plans.
The company is B.C.'s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer with annual revenues close to $10 million, according to information posted on the Richmond Chamber of Commerce's web site.
Blaine city manager Gary Tomsic said he thought the project would be a huge benefit to the city both in terms of job creation and helping maintain a quality business environment.
The company, although one of Canada's largest, is family-owned and operated, he said.
"They've been very involved in the community in Richmond, B.C. and they appear to be very generous in helping local hospitals and other amenities. They seem to be good, solid business people," he said.
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Happy Wednesday all! Tonight marks the MFT March Release, and as you've grown to love, our Wednesday morning Hop Around the Block! Next up is one of our March Guest Designers, Shannon (Mrs. Mac), and she will direct you from there!
This card features Nite Nite Ellie, (set concept suggested by Jen Del Muro) which is also a new charity set benefiting St. Judes Children Hospital. ($2 from each retail set will be donated for the first 6 months)
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23 September - 12 November 2006. Free admission. This exhibition celebrates 25 years of textiles by Georgina von Etzdorf, one the most influential British design labels at work in the international fashion industry.
It presents a fascinating behind-the-scenes insight into the company and their products, from their famous silk scarves to their sumptuous velvet dressing gowns, which are worn by clients all over the world, including rock stars and royalty. Drawn from the company's own comprehensive archive, the exhibits include original sketches, finished artwork, experimental prototypes, and much more. Visitors can see examples of the company's design philosophy applied to everything from their covetable scarves to limited edition furniture, jewellery and graphic design and packaging.
The exhibition follows the company's history from its foundation by three partners in a Wiltshire barn, through its development from hand-screen printing on silks to its innovative use of creative techniques with a range of materials from paper and metal to techno fabrics and fibres. Throughout, the Georgina von Etzdorf approach remains as it was in the beginning: sophisticated, innovative and artistic.
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This year, Frieze exhibitors bring their C game.
Earlier in the day we debated whether the Independent was anything other than a fair (it's not). Now we discuss the art in the fair. We had a lot more to say about the Independent than we did the Armory Show, so that's at least one good sign for its future.
Life is a shit hole to be laughed at. So goes the M.O. I imagine for Gavin Kenyon, who, in his latest show at Ramiken Crucible, departs from his painstakingly modeled, homicidal axes, to engage in process-based work. The result is a dynamic and visceral show that draws attention to Kenyon's caustic, dry wit and his ability to create a sense of bleak isolation.
2012 wasn't such a sea of shit after all. Every month or so, as the pandering museum shows and art fairs and summer group shows and art writer resignations and auction records had me losing hope, one of these came along. Thank God for that.
Openings in the LES begin tonight. Bring your umbrella.
Cute baby tigers have invaded the Lower East Side! Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard has brought the joy of two tigers—surrounded by designer adult diapers—into Ramiken Crucible.
Time for our Lower East Side installment in our "We Went to…" series. And you know what that means: a lot of griping. We moan pompously about aggrandizing titles. We trash found object sculpture. We fart on long-winded press releases. We deconstruct tedious professionalism. And of course, we liked a few shows. Read on to see what we have to say about Andy Coolquitt, Henry Taylor, Jeff Gibson, E.V.Day, and Kembra Pfahler.
Last year, I wrote that "despite the chaos, it's difficult to see the Dependent as anything but a success." This year, I'm willing to go a bit further: The Dependent Art Fair was, hands-down, the most interesting, highest-quality fair in town.
The New Yorker wasn't being hyperbolic when it claimed that "one may be forgiven for wanting to cheer"; Hendrickson annihilates the monotonous etiquette that's become standard procedure around here.
I tend to miss a lot of shows where the venue has limited hours or is not on the way to another gallery. This is too bad, because those shows are often the ones I want to see most. I bet this happens to other people, too, so I've put together my shortlist of the ones that get away.
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The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker & the Dentist
My father was a medical doctor, so you might imagine that I grew up wanting to be a doctor when I grew up, too. But you'd be wrong about that. For some strange reason, as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a dentist when I grew up. Why, you ask? I'll tell you.
Back in the early 1960′s (I'm old as a dinosaur, get over it!) our family lived close enough to walk to our dentist's office. In fact, living in a real, live neighborhood like most people those days, we could walk to just about anywhere we needed. We could walk to the bank, the grocery store, church or to the dentist office. Believe it or not, I still remember the name of our family dentist: Dr. Walter Hladun.
Although I don't have a very good memory, I'm pretty sure I remember his name because of the positive experience I always had when I was in his dental chair. Contrary to horror stories I'd heard about the "dentist office", Dr. Hladun never caused me any pain or discomfort in all of my visits. This was no small feat, either, because back in the days before fluoride treatments existed I can assure you that I grew up with a mouthful of cavities that Dr. Hladun skillfully fixed and repaired. To be honest, one of the other reasons I remember his name is because of the unique spelling and combination of the letters "h" and "l", which I don't think I've ever seen used one-after-another in a name since then.
So…I always wanted to be a dentist when I grew up. But there's more to this story.
Fast Forward to High School Graduation
I was a good student with great grades. Schoolwork came easily to me. The next natural step out of high school, in order to pursue my goal of being a dentist, was to attend the University of Detroit as the university was both local and had a well known and respected dental school. I applied and was accepted! The plan was in full swing and my adventure to become a dentist began.
All Good Things Come to An End – Some Quicker than Others
Freshman year was tough. The requisite biology & chemistry course work that were part of my first year classes were taking their toll. This was tough stuff! Just as Dorothy learned in The Wizard of Oz I learned at the University of Detroit: I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
I survived year one and moved quickly into my sophomore year. Long story short. Organic chemistry took me down. The class was tough, the lab was tougher, and I decided that the journey to be a dentist was going to end in Professor Yvonne Szutka's organic chemistry class. I'm old enough now to be honest about my college chemistry days. I was lazy. I didn't want it bad enough. I didn't work hard enough. I was well prepared and bright enough to be successful in that class, but I had other things on my mind and just didn't want it bad enough. There. I said it for all the world to read. So I dropped out of the University of Detroit. My lifelong dream to become a dentist was over.
Now What?
Once I decided that dentistry was not in my future, I switched schools and attended Wayne State University in downtown Detroit and entered their pre-law program. After a year or so I decided that being a lawyer wasn't for me. Are you seeing a pattern here? I know I am.
Although I'm not sure why, at this point in my "career quest" I decided I wanted to be a police officer. The chase began, and on November 27, 1978 I landed a police officer job in suburban Detroit. Twenty eight years later – on Halloween of 2006 – I retired. It was a great job for a young man and I couldn't believe they actually paid me to have fun! But police work is tough, and the older I got the more I hated it. An early retirement was a great choice, and I've never looked back once during the past five years. That chapter of my book of life closed and I moved on to the next.
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For the past seven years I've been designing and developing websites with a special interest in using WordPress as a content management system. I own, operate and sweep the floors at both Stoney Creek Web Design & 1955 Design. Guess what? I really love designing websites, so I think it's fair to say that being a website developer is what I am going to be when I grow up!
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It Sure is Hot Today
"It sure is hot today." That's what I thought on that hot August day in 1982 as I eased the rented moving van into the driveway of our now-sold home on the northeast side of Detroit. The day had arrived and the process of moving our young family to a new home in suburban Detroit was about to begin.
My wife and I were in our mid-twenties and proud parents of two young sons. Our oldest son was two years old and our little boy was only 3 months old and still in diapers. Moving is always a hassle, but moving with a family so young seemed particularly taxing, made even more so by the heat of the day.
And it was hot. As I recall, the thermometer topped out at just under 100 degrees that day. By the time the day had ended my wife and I, and a group of friends, had packed up everything and completed the move to our new home in the downtown Rochester, Michigan.
"This Old House" Awaited Us
Our "new" home was actually an old house, having been built nearly 100 years earlier. An elderly woman had owned the home for many years, and for the last ten years or so she was no longer able to take care of the place the way she once had. The house had fallen into a bad state of disrepair, and to be honest this was the only reason we could afford the house in the first place. The house was in bad shape. Really bad shape.
I didn't know it yet, but five years of house restoration lay ahead of us. By the time those five years passed my wife and I had gutted and replaced virtually every component and surface of the house, both inside and outside. Suffice it to say the home we had just purchased was not "move in ready". Regardless, we had just moved in!
As you might expect, a home of this age and in this state of disrepair was not outfitted with air conditioning, so the outside air temperature of 100 degrees had pretty much become the inside air temperature that day. Coupled with the hard work involved in moving all of our worldly possessions, you can well imagine that it had turned into an uncomfortable evening as we settled in to our new home.
I don't imagine anyone slept very well that night. I know I didn't. Strange house, unfamiliar neighborhood and a ridiculously hot night all added to my tossing and turning. I was also feeling a bit of regret about our old house, and was somewhat homesick on this first night in the "new" home.
What is Home?
As I lay there awake for most of the night I remember having a lot of thoughts about what the future had in store. But there was one thing I distinctly remember thinking that night. Even though the physical surroundings were new and strange, the one constant that remained was our family. We were all tucked in our new beds awaiting the adventures that tomorrow – and the years to come – would bring. Home, I realized, is wherever your family is. And my family was here with me. Life was good!
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What Kid Wouldn't Want a Creamsicle?
I remember when I was about eight years old I saw a magazine advertisement for a pedal car that I knew I just had to have. And it wasn't just any pedal car, either. It was a Good Humor three wheeled pedal car, and there was nothing on the face of the earth that this eight year old wanted more than that red, white & blue ice cream wagon.
Like any child who wants something, I pestered my folks for weeks and months on end about the pedal car. Both of them made it clear to me that this toy was just too expensive for our family to purchase and that I should set my sights on something a bit less costly for my next birthday gift. I'm certain that I was persistent in my pleas, but at some point I remember accepting the fact that I was never going to get the ice cream truck pedal car for my birthday.
It's not liked we lived in the poor house when I was a child. My father was a physician and my mom stayed at home to take care of my brother and I. This was pretty common in the late 1950s and early 1960s. All of the costs associated with raising a young family, making a house payment, and otherwise providing for our family didn't leave much money left over from my dad's paycheck each month. Clearly there was not enough money to buy me this rather expensive birthday gift.
My birthday finally arrived. I remember that we were celebrating my birthday on a Sunday so that my Aunt Dorothy & Uncle Mac, who lived a couple of hours away, could make the drive up to our house for my birthday party. My brother and I always looked forward to my aunt & uncle arriving as they were both fun to be around and we always had a good time when they visited. I heard our small dog Candy barking at the back gate and knew that it must be Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Mac arriving.
I raced out the side door and to our driveway gate to meet them. And what do you think I saw? Uncle Mac & Aunt Dorothy were standing on the driveway with a brand new Good Humor pedal car as their birthday gift to me! I can still remember how excited I was when I saw that pedal car.
I'm pretty sure I wore half the tread off the tires that very afternoon as I drove the Good Humor truck up and down the driveway. Years later, after thousands and thousands of trips up and down that same driveway, all the paint on the truck was worn off. You'd have never known that years early it was a brand new, shiny birthday gift that made the day for an eight year old growing up on the east side of Detroit.
To this day, 48 years later, I still don't know if that Good Humor pedal car was actually bought for me by my aunt and uncle or if my mom and dad just arranged it that way to be a surprise. I never asked and they never said. Whatever the answer, that gift meant so much to me that it's the first thing that came to mind when I decided to try and remember what one thing I really wanted when I was a kid.
Oh, one more thing. You probably guessed by now, but my favorite ice cream treat from the real Good Humor ice cream wagon was the tasty orange and vanilla Creamsicle!
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text: Experience in improving healthcare decision-making with health IT: integrating theory, research, and practice Slide presentation from the AHRQ 2009 conference. On September 14, 2009, Matthew Samore, MD made this presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (537 KB) (Plugin Software Help).Slide 1 Experience in improving healthcare decision-making with health IT: integrating theory, research, and practiceMatthew Samore, MDVA Salt Lake City Health Care SystemProfessor of Internal MedicineAdjunct Professor of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Utah Slide 2 AcknowledgmentsSalt Lake VA Informatics, Decision Enhancement, ,and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center Selected Investigators and CollaboratorsJonathan Nebeker, MDCharlene Weir, PhDFrank Drews, PhDMichael Rubin, MD, PhDKim Bateman, MDBrian Sauer, PhDLucy Savitz, PhDTom Greene, PhDR. Scott Evans, PhDRandall Rupper, MD, MPHPartners: University of Utah, VA Salt Lake City, Healthinsight, CaduRx, Intermountain HealthcareFunding:VA HSR&D REA 08-264AHRQ R01 HS15413AHRQ 1R18HS017308-01 Slide 3 Thesis of this talkTheory and models provide scientific underpinnings for generalization- Which supports comparative effectiveness researchFor health services research and epidemiology:- Use of models understoodFor clinical decision support:- Not so muchHealth information technology ≠ informatics- Sub-disciplines such as cognitive informatics crucial Slide 4 More succinctly expressed:"The difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference but in practice there is" Slide 5 Statement of the problem:"A disproportionate amount of literature on the benefits [of health information technology] that have been realized comes from a small set of early-adopter institutions that implemented internally developed health information technology systems.."Chaudhry et. al. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:742-752 Slide 6 Addressing generalizabilityIn what contexts will effects generalize?What accounts for variability in results?Why are impacts lower in magnitude or narrower in scope in larger trials compared to single institution studies?How to incorporate information about implementation, adoption, formative evaluation? Slide 7 Relevance to comparative effectiveness research (CER)CER priorities Directly focused on health information technologyCompare the effectiveness of alternative redesign strategies-using decision support capabilities, electronic health records, personal health recordsIndirectly tied to health information technologyCompare the effectiveness of various strategies To control MRSATo control healthcare associated infectionTo enhance patients' adherence to medication regimens Slide 8 Addressing CER challengesNeed to explicitly formulate causal question Determining identifiabilityDefining level of inferenceValidating methods to reduce bias Slide 9 Conceptual frameworks (THEORY)Natural & engineered systems- Co-evolutionCognitive processing- Information overload �" fit-to-workflowCyclical models of control- Feedback and feed-forward Slide 10 System co-evolutionFundamental theorem in informatics- C. Friedman J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:169-170Proposed modification:- Computers plus humans create a distinct socio-technical system -Characteristics are not equivalent to other industries Slide 11 RelevanceLevel of inference needed to assess causal effect of health information technology:- Socio-technical systemPotential benefits of simulation Slide 12 Cognitive processingMotivation, mental models, tasks, goals- Influenced by social contextLack of fit-to-workflow experienced as:- Information overload- Interruptions Slide 13 RelevanceCognitive informatics methods- Task analysis- Direct observation- Match implementation strategy to task complexity Slide 14 Second law of thermodynamics as applied to cognition:Humans seek states of reduced cognitive effort- WorkaroundsAs cognitive load increases, automatic processing systems kick-in Slide 15 For those who believe that there is a Simpson's quote for every situation "In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!Homer Simpson's response when his daughter builds a perpetual motion machine in which energy increases with time Slide 16 Contextual Control ModelFeed-back systems not sufficient Need to anticipate and predictPure feedback systems subject to loss of stabilityTime horizon is long in strategic control modesRelevance Link between decision support and surveillanceSurveillance contributes feedback and feed-forward capabilities Slide 17 Feedback & feed-forward decision support Slide 18 Illustrative experience with decision support for antimicrobial prescribingTwo different technologies studiedClinical task: Management of patient with acute respiratory infection in outpatient setting Whether or not to prescribe an antibioticChoosing the antibioticDiagnostic labelImpact of perceived or actual patient demand Slide 19 Application of theory to practiceimplementation of electronic health records in rural settingsSocio-technical system Hook was electronic prescribingStepwise approach to adoptionAccommodating variation Readiness to changeSocial context and clinic cultureEncouraging playAvoiding information overload Slide 20 Community intervention plus clinical decision support systemStandalone algorithms on handheld computersCommunity randomized trialSamore MH et. al. JAMA. 2005 Nov 9;294(18):2305-14.Effect on prescribing any antibiotic Slide 21 Clinical decision support system integrated with computerized clinic order entryEffect on macrolide prescriptionsAlgorithm usually triggered by ordering antibioticClinic randomized trial Slide 22 InterpretationDeciding whether to prescribe an antibiotic and choosing the drug involve different cognitive processesGiven that decision to prescribe an antibiotic is made Possible to embed correct choice in workflowFeed-forward decision support needed to impact the "is this a situation that warrants an antibiotic" decisionRelevant to drug-drug interaction alerting Slide 23 Recommendations and conclusionsModels fundamental to translation of research into practiceIncorporation of theory and models into comparative effectiveness researchRole of simulation Current as of December 2009 Internet Citation: Experience in improving healthcare decision-making with health IT: integrating theory, research, and practice : Slide presentation from the AHRQ 2009 conference.. 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Kimball scored first on a 45-yard pass from Zack Johnson to Damon Jackson. The Mustangs (4-1, 2-0 VOL) took over from there as they scored two touchdowns in the first half and two in the second for a 28-7 lead at halftime.
Oakdale scored twice in the third quarter before Kimball scored again, this time with Evan Owens making a 52-yard run to the end zone to cut Oakdale's lead to 42-14. Zach Orr made the kick for Kimball both times. The Mustangs scored twice more to make the final score 56-14.
"We definitely had our chances early on," Kimball coach Steve Anastasio said, adding that bold moves by the Mustangs, including converting on fourth-and-25 on one drive and on fourth-and-15 on another, kept Oakdale in control of the game.
Kimball's sophomores (0-4-1, 0-2 VOL) lost to Oakdale 41-21. Oakdale had a 21-7 lead at the half, with Kimball scoring on Rashaad Cooper's 65-yard run. Cooper scored again in the third quarter on a 30-yard pass from Jacob Taloa, and Taloa ran in the ball from the 7-yard line for a Jaguar touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Kimball's freshmen (0-5, 0-2 VOL) lost at home 47-14 to Oakdale on Thursday, Sept. 27. Marcus Vega scored for the Jaguars on a 5-yard run and again on a 95-yard kickoff return. Ronaldo Tijero threw a 2-point conversion to Kameron Palmquist.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Northern Arizona University is seeing a slight increase in its spring enrollment.
The student population is at 24,039, about 1.1 percent higher than the previous year. Most of those students are at the university's main campus in Flagstaff.
The colleges with the top enrollment include engineering, forestry and natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and education.
Undergraduate enrollment grew by 3.3 percent, but graduate enrollment this spring dipped.
The spring enrollment typically isn't as high as it is in the fall. NAU set a record last fall with 26,002 students enrolled.
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Google Inc. is expected to prevail in a key battleground for its wireless war with Apple Inc., as the smart phone market share of the Android Operating System (OS) rises to surpass that of the iPhone's iOS in 2012, iSuppli Corp. predicts. Android will be used in 75 million smart phones by 2012, up from 5 million in 2009. Meanwhile, iOS usage will amount to 62 million in 2012, up from 25 million in 2009. This will give Android a 19.4 percent of the global market for smart phone OSes in 2012, up from 2.7 percent in 2009. Apple's iOS for the iPhone will see its share rise to 15.9 percent in 2012, up from 13.8 percent in 2009. In 2014, Android's share of global smart phone OS usage will rise to 22.8 percent, while iOS will decline to 15.3 percent.
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After ABT and Senner Tuning wrapped their hands around the recently launched Audi A1 , German tuner, MTM , decided to have a go with it as well. And even if this first kit does nothing for the hatchback in terms of power, we are pretty confident that MTM will not leave it untouched.
So far MTM has only revealed a set of images for their package, but in these images you can easily see an exterior paint job similar to the one from the MTM Audi RS6 Clubsport , along with a series of subtle modifications. These modifications include a new set of 18" MTM bimoto rims with attractive 9-spoke race design in flawless finish, a new set of MTM-Spacers 20 mm per axle with wheel screws, upgraded brakes, and a lowered suspension.
The tuner has also promised that a series of modifications will be made under the hood ranging from an optimized reprogramming of the control electronics through to the complete conversion of the engine unit.
UPDATE 07/20/2011: It may be a year after this package has debuted, but MTM has finally upgraded the engine for the Audi A1, and it's a beaut! Every year, modified supercars head on over to the Nardo test track to see what they are capable of, but this year, MTM's Audi A1 decided to crash the party and show the 9FF Porsche 911 GT3, MKB McLaren SLR, G-Power BMW M3 , and SpeedArt Porsche Cayenne Turbo just how it's done. With the new engine upgrade in the MTM tuning package, the A1 now delivers a total of 500 HP and 442 lb-ft of torque. 500 HP! When equipped with a 6-speed manual gearbox and limited slip differential, the car will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of the aforementioned 201 mph.
UPDATE 12/27/11: MTM's 500-horsepower Audi A1 is a bonafide hatchback rocket, but how is it going to fare when you line it up against a pair of iconic sports cars in the form of the Porsche 911 and the BMW M3? Check out the video after the jump and find out why the MTM A1 is considered about as explosive as any tuning program we've seen in a while. In a word: wow.