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Telecommunication has matured to a broadly applied tool in diagnostic pathology.
Technology and Systems
Contemporary with the development of fast electronic communication lines (Integrated digital network services (ISDN), broad band connections, and fibre optics, as well as the digital imaging technology (digital camera), telecommunication in tissue - based diagnosis (telepathology) has matured. Open access (internet) and server - based communication have induced the development of specific medical information platforms, such as iPATH, UICC-TPCC (telepathology consultation centre of the Union International against Cancer), or the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) teleconsultation system. They have been closed, and are subject to be replaced by specific open access forums (Medical Electronic Expert Communication System (MECES) with embedded virtual slide (VS) technology). MECES uses php language, data base driven mySqL architecture, X/L-AMPP infrastructure, and browser friendly W3C conform standards.
The server - based medical communication systems (AFIP, iPATH, UICC-TPCC) have been reported to be a useful and easy to handle tool for expert consultation. Correct sampling and evaluation of transmitted still images by experts reported revealed no or only minor differences to the original images and good practice of the involved experts. β tests with the new generation medical expert consultation systems (MECES) revealed superior results in terms of performance, still image viewing, and system handling, especially as this is closely related to the use of so - called social forums (facebook, youtube, etc.).
Benefits and Expectations
In addition to the acknowledged advantages of the former established systems (assistance of pathologists working in developing countries, diagnosis confirmation, international information exchange, etc.), the new generation offers additional benefits such as acoustic information transfer, assistance in image screening, VS technology, and teaching in diagnostic sampling, judgement, and verification.
Keywords:Telepathology; telemedicine; virtual slide; open access forum; MECES
Obviously, medical diagnoses and treatment depend upon human senses, especially visual and acoustic information. Visual information is the most frequently used "objective" diagnostic source whereas acoustic information is mainly characterized by the patient's senses and their linguistic terms [1,2]. These diagnostic information sources can be distinguished in four main components that include environmental data (home care, accidents, etc.), distinct patient's data (history, physical examination, behaviour, complaints), functional data (related to organ function, i.e., electrocardiogram, blood pressure, etc.), and structural data (computed tomography (CT), microscopic images etc.). A multifunctional telemedicine system should serve for all these different components, if possible [3-10].
Environmental data require wireless access, especially in emergency cases such as car accidents with immediate therapeutic interventions (for example advice to/exclusion of neurosurgery in a severe car accident).
Distinct patient's data might ask for live multimedia transfer (gerontology, care units for elderly), functional data might request the transmission of short term videos (acute heart infarction, etc.), and structural data the transmission of high resolution images [5,6,10-15].
In contrast to previous systems recently available forums should serve for all different demands. In addition, they might be adjusted to a panel of distinct aims. These include performance of primary diagnosis at potentially multiple places separated from tissue examination, processing and image acquisition from glass slides (frozen section service), confirmation, refinement of primary diagnoses (secondary diagnoses and diagnostic quality assurance by expert consultation), teaching and education of students and young colleagues (e-learning, education, and training), and on-line (live) teleconferencing [15-17].
Although some of the "older" systems (iPATH) claim to be applicable for all these different purposes they are most frequently used for expert consultation, and rarely for other aims such as education [14,18-21].
In this article we want to describe and analyze the development of electronic information transfer, and the properties of recently released applicable tools such as the open access forum MECES, which are constructed in a manner similar to so-called social forums (facebook, youtube, etc.).
History and Mile Stones of Telemedicine/Telepathology
Telemedicine is an electronic information transfer of images ands sounds. It requires, in general, low physical energy and fast connection lines (and embedded systems such as servers). Its roots range back for more than one hundred years, as demonstrated in Figure 1 and 2. The first trials in sending and receiving acoustic signals (speech) have been undertaken by Charles Grafton Page in 1837, who has been able to transfer "galvanic music"; those of transferring visual data (images) nearly at the same time by Alexander Bain, who constructed a black - white telegraph. A detailed description of the amazing history can be found in Beauchamp, and in Huurdeman [1,2]. Thus, the principle roots of telemedicine range back for more than 150 years. However, technical matured systems are commercially available only since the development of fast connection lines and digital cameras in the 1990s, as demonstrated in Figure 3 and 4.
Figure 1. Historical roots of virtual microscopy related to acoustic electronic communication.
Figure 2. Historical roots of virtual microscopy related to visual electronic communication.
Figure 3. History of telemedicine related to the technological development.
Figure 4. History of telemedicine related to the communication technology.
The history of telepathology and telemedicine specific applications is depicted in Figure 5 and 6. Of major significance are the establishment of fast telephone lines starting with ISDN, the mass production of digital cameras, and the standardization of the open access network (internet) [4-6,8,10,11,14,19,22-26]. Based upon these three components several telemedicine systems have been constructed at the end of last century [7,8]. The best known and most frequently used are the AFIP system in Bethesda, USA, the iPATH, developed by Brauchli and Oberholzer at the Institute of Pathology, University of Basels, Switzerland, and the UICC-TPCC developed by Dietel, Hufnagl, and Schrader at the Institute of Pathology, Charite, Berlin [3,12,15,20,21,27-29]. These systems have been constructed to primarily serve for expert consultation; they can, in addition, be used for teaching and education too [24,30]. They differ in certain details such as responsibility of the expert in relation to the client, selection of experts by the client, internal flexibility, although all of them follow the same principle: to use the internet for (mainly) visual communication with clearly separated duties of the client and of the expert [7,8,13,23,28].
Figure 5. Survey of organization of a virtual pathology institution (VPI).
Figure 6. Data of the former VPI Salomon Islands.
The iPATH, the most flexible system has been most frequently used, and more than 8,000 consultations have been reported [3,7,13,18].
In this regards, it is of specific interest that the iPATH has been chosen for implementation of a Virtual Pathology Institute (VPI). This unique pathology institute was internally organized similar to a conventional institute of pathology, i.e., there were colleagues on duty who served for the diagnostics in a distinct period (week), others remained in the "background" for additional assistance, if needed, or to replace the colleague on duty if he/she was unforeseen absent (sick).
This construct could maintain all diagnostic pathology services for the Salomon Islands (see Figure 5 and 6 for several years. Trained technicians handled the surgical specimens, provided the glass slides, and acquired the images which were submitted via the iPATH system to the colleague on duty. These colleagues were working in different European countries (Switzerland, Germany, Italy). The diagnoses were electronically transferred to the surgeon working in Honaria, Salomon Island. The glass slides were sent to colleagues working in Australia for confirmation/refinement of the diagnosis, which usually took two months all in all; the diagnoses of the VPI were released within 24 hours in general [7,13,31].
At present, the mentioned three telemedicine systems, namely AFIP, iPATH, and UICC-TPCC have been closed, or are no longer in a continuous maintenance: Unfortunately, the AFIP has been closed due to financial reasons, its teleconsultation platform is no longer available, and has partly been replaced by Telepathology Consultants http://telepathology.com webcite. The UICC-TPCC has been completely closed due to financial reasons too, whereas the iPATH server due to internal reasons has been transferred to a new server hosted by Basis Data, a private company. In addition, it has been (partly) replaced by the new system Campus Medicus http://campusmedicus.net webcite.
Features of new solutions
The innovative features of the former iPATH telemedicine system include a) open software, b) flexible internal organisation in terms of group formation, expert selection, inclusion of search functions and data banks. Some new features have been added in its follower Basis Data which include access to libraries, discussion of case - independent issues such as conference announcing or chat, and videoconferencing.
A new development of a telemedicine/telepathology system should meet several additional features [7,9,15,16], Based upon the practical experiences explored with the iPATH, UICC-TPCC, and the AFIP system, the items are displayed in its basic scheme Figure 7. The technical and content related details which would be of significant practical value if implemented in a forum derived medical expert consultation and education system (MECES) are listed in Figure 8 and 9:
Figure 7. Basic structure of MECES (Medical Electronic Communication Expert System).
Figure 8. Basic software of MECES.
Figure 9. Principle components of MECES.
Figure 8 displays the basic software of such a system, exemplarily demonstrated for the MECES system. It is constructed as an open customized phpBB forum that can be accessed by W3C conform browsers such as Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrom etc. The server is virtualized by VMWARE. The X/L-AMPP infrastructure permits an OS independent operation under WINDOWS or LINUX.
Figure 9 displays the principle components of such a (MECES) system: The basics of a forum (submit and reply) are associated to the medical partners (client and expert). Both of them are permitted to attach (image) files and write comments in a structured manner (i.e. patient's data, preliminary/final diagnosis, etc.). In addition, specific links are added that permit the use of external information sources and of quality evaluation of the submitted/included issues. These include a) an automated access to the National Institute of Health (NIH) library (pubMed). Herein the search term is automatically taken from the diagnosis field. This feature ensures the access to the latest scientific publications of the task under discussion.
b) Specific attention has been given to the included still image viewer: It is provided with an interactive navigation and magnification module allowing a microscope - like viewing of the attached still images. Commercially available VS images can be included and viewed too using the viewers of the specific companies, such as Leica http://www.leica-microsystem.com webcite or 3DHistech http://www.3dhistech.com webcite.
In preparation are a) an annotation module of still images, b) an image quality evaluation system for potential automated quantitative measurements, c) automated access to the Electronic Automated Measurement User System (EAMUS™), d) automated access to virtual slide atlases (in preparation is a VS atlas of lung and other diseases), and e) a link and transfer of images to a client specific diagnosis assistant data bank [16,32-34].
The multimedia approaches include the implementation of a separate acoustic information transfer (Skype) as well as teleconferencing.
All images and clinical data can be standardized using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), i.e., by the DICOM - 3 (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) standard [35-37]. A Picture Archiving and Communication Standard (PACS) is still under development as this standard has not definitively set up for application in surgical pathology (gross and microscope images) [38-41].
The basic use of the MECES system has been taken from the experiences in working with the iPATH or UICC-TPCC: All users have to register, and their access to the system has to be confirmed by an administrator. Clients and experts are automatically informed about new messages by email notification (or other communication pathways such as SMS, if wanted). The internal organization can easily be adjusted to the requirements of a VPI as described above.
Experiences and Perspectives
The experiences of the described forum are in its β-phase. The potential users are already quite familiar with the social forums such as facebook or youtube, and seem to enjoy the MECES system as its performance is closely related to the mentioned social forums. The handling of enclosed images is superior to that reported from the already existing medical expert consultation systems.
The open access and source strategy as well as the chosen phpBB software, the database driven mySql architecture, and the X/L-AMPP infrastructure allow browser independent world wide access, in contrast to those programs that use HTML or other languages (Campus medicus) for example [3,13,19]. The perspectives of such a modular and open communication system in medicine are, to our opinion, two fold:
a) There is no doubt that the scientific and medical gap between developing and developed countries is increasing. The latest tissue based diagnostic procedures, namely the so called predictive diagnosis are expensive and require highly specialized pathology institutes [42-45]. The described forum derived systems such as MECES can assist to bridge the gap. They can be used to optimize information transfer between institutions working in developing and developed countries, to include external experts for diagnostic and therapeutic issues, and to steer the mandatory communication and potential molecular biology tissue preparation. In addition, after, or even contemporary with the analysis of still images, glass slides could be sent for VS analysis to a VS image acquisition centre that handles the necessary logistics, and provides the forum with the underlying VS.
b) The algorithms of expert consultation are, in general, close to those of education and teaching [8,23,40]. Therefore, it is reasonable to use medical expert consultation forums for education too. Education in tissue based diagnosis includes two different aims, namely the recognition of tissue alterations (sampling), and the association of the recognized changes with the underlying disease (diagnosis) [7,34]. Both items are different investigations, are, however, usually not taught separately. A tool of an open access medical forum with included VS permits a clearly separated teaching and education of these two different and recharging diagnostic procedures. The selected still images can be compared with the VS (sampling), and the final diagnostic statement with the diagnosis derived from the selected region of interest (ROI) [7,34]. Especially, routine diagnostic work using VS requires a correct (and usually quite slow) sampling process prior to the evaluation of diagnosis [5,6,22]. Additional tools such a multiple choice questionnaires, for example those developed in the digital lung pathology teaching atlas could be included using distinct links [7].
The time of the released, formerly successful and trend setting medical expert consultation systems such as the AFIP, iPATH, UICC-TPCC seems to be exhausted. Funded by non profit organisations, none of the systems could survive due to financial (AFIP, UICC-TPCC) or internal reasons (iPATH) for more than 10 years. Their replacements or remains seem not take into account the fast development of open access forums designed for flexible individual interactive information exchange. These so - called social forums have developed and are still developing specific expressions in terms of information spread, collection, and its - often unexpected - use. All these features reflect to information exchange in specialized (medical) disciplines too. They can be used to implement comparable forums with specifically designed aims, such as the developed MECES. The perspectives of such systems are promising, especially as they are a useful worldwide accessible tool to communicate in a flexible, save, and familiar manner between different medical disciplines.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
All authors contributed to the development, testis, writing of, and read and approved the final manuscript.
The financial support of the Verein zur Förderung des medizinisch - technologischen Fortschritts e.V. is gratefully acknowledged.
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Tim Korte, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration, said cities, counties and other governments can still capture the money that was appropriated by the Legislature, provided that they cure any deficiencies in audits by June 2015.
Korte said governments can obtain the money as soon as the November cycle for bond issues if they comply with Martinez's executive order of two months ago. It restricts state capital outlay money to governments that have up-to-date audits.
State Sen. Howie Morales, D-Silver City, said the administration's contention that all local governments were behind on audits was incorrect.
Morales said he made sure that governments in his district had up-to-date audits before submitting any capital construction projects on their behalf. He said he was concerned that construction jobs and community work was being stalled unnecessarily.
Martinez's order established completed audits as a basic but critical financial standard.
"Millions of dollars are spent each year on capital projects in communities throughout our state," Martinez said. "It's important for the entities spending this money to show on a regular basis that they meet financial management standards."
Korte said the Republican governor's administration had worked with Democratic State Auditor Hector Balderas in a nonpolitical effort to determine which governments were behind on audits and therefore not entitled to funding.
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-Belen, on Wednesday sent his caucus an email listing the projects that, at least for the short term, will not be funded.
Sanchez said in the email that the state Board of Finance decided not to authorize money for 122 projects. His message said specific reasons for the projects not moving forward had not been shared by the administration, but Korte said all of them involved audits that were late or had not been filed at all.
Sanchez listed all the projects that were suspended. Those governments affected range from the state's biggest city to some of its smaller villages.
For instance, the city of Albuquerque was denied $738,000 and the village of Cloudcroft $225,000. The city of Carlsbad stands to lose $575,000, the town of Mesilla $452,000 and the city of Sunland Park $410,000.
The city of Alamogordo lost $243,000 for one project, while Otero County was denied $587,850 for two projects. The Timberon Water and Sanitation District also will not receive $115,360 for two of its projects.
County governments, school districts and a charter school in the Albuquerque area also could see their projects fizzle if they do not complete their audits in the next two years.
In all, more than $215 million in capital projects were included in the bill approved last winter by the Legislature and signed by Martinez.
Martinez in May said she had become concerned because of many of the projects were for entities lagging behind on audits, prompting her executive order to tighten the system.
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Hutson Mason - The Wrong Mentality, Buddy
Good morning, Dawg Fans!
Our crew had a great night in Nashville last night. If you ever get the chance, check out Blackstone Brewery - great micro-brews and great food!
Now, against my happy-go-lucky attitude, I felt like I needed to address an interview I read this morning with Hutson Mason with Seth Emerson from Macon.com.
Many of you know, I'm a quarterback guy. That's the position I coached, and it's the position I am most familiar with. The thing I love most about being a QB-guy is that I understand the process it takes to go out and be successful. I understand the mental attitude you need to have in order to be a leader of men. You have to be the guy who suffers. You have to be the guy that everyone looks to for blame. You have to be the one, that when the game is on the line, you either will come out on top as a hero or you go down as the one who lost it.
The quarterback position is so tough because you have to put everyone else first. No matter the accolades you receiver - and there will be many if you are successful - you have to give credit to the guys who allowed you to get there. You basically have to be the total "TEAM" guy.
Now, this interview from this morning, titled - Hutson Mason on his future: 'I've just gotta do what's best for me,' REALLY pissed me off this morning. Now, I got to see Hutson play a few times at Lassiter and he is a good kid and a hell of a QB. Hell, if he had went to where he wanted for basketball, I would have ended up coaching him his last 2 years - however, I cannot imagine why he would say some of the stuff he said to the media, knowing his teammates - the guys he sweats and bleeds with every day - would read this. Here are a few questions from the interview:
"Q: It's such, like you said in the spring a 'sticky situation,' he's a sophomore you're a sophomore, so it's not like 'I'll get my time.' So how would you like to see it handled eventually?
Mason: (Sighs.) Man, dude I don't know. It's kept me up a lot of nights, I mean a lot. It's rough. I would probably have a lot of peace with it if I knew that 'Hey Aaron's a junior or senior and hey my time will come.' But not getting redshirted and just knowing that me and him are the same year, and knowing that the pros don't look as good next year (for Murray), that my time's ticking. It's just something that I've really been praying about real hard, trying to figure out God's will for my life.
And its here, or if it's somewhere else. I hope it's here. I want to play here, and prove to myself that and to people that I can play in the SEC. This is the best conference, and I see on game day how live and how much energy there is. And I can't imagine taking a step down for that. But I want to play real bad. Like I told everybody I didn't come here to ride the pine. I don't know. I've always said I'll evaluate myself after every season, and that's what I'll do at the end of this year. I probably won't be able to tell you till the end of the season.
Q: In closing, it just seems that you're not angry with the situation, you're just looking at it from a cold-blooded, kind of business standpoint.
Mason: Yeah, from a mature person's standpoint I don't think there's anything I can be mad at right now. I'd probably be a little frustrated if I wasn't getting my shot and Murray wasn't playing well. But by no means is that it: Murray's been playing very well and he's been winning games for us. Even when we lost, he's played good enough where we should've won. So from that perspective, like the old saying goes there's some things that life throws at you that you just can't handle. And it's just one of those weird situations where I've just gotta figure out what's best for me and how important it is for me to play."
Hutson, buddy, this is not a cold-blooded business decision nor is it a decision from a mature person's standpoint. You don't talk to the press about these kinds of issues. You talk to your coaches, your family, and your teammates - not the press. Not me, not Seth, not anyone. All this does is take away from the focus of "TEAM" and puts the spotlight on you. You're one hell of a QB, and if you're good enough to play, you'll play. I just know the kid didn't mean to say what he said, but, if I was his coach, I'd say, "Son, you have a team full of guys who depend on you for stability. You can't hold this team or position hostage just because you haven't got the playing time you want. Now, I know you just want to play, but this is not how you go about it..."
I feel for the kid, I really do. I'm also sure I'm taking this out of context - or at least I hope I am. However, if this really is his mentality, maybe he is where he needs to be, because he is not ready to suffer and be a leader of men.


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The failure last week of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a new $500 billion farm bill leaves the agriculture industry in limbo, where it has been since last year. In 2012, lawmakers chose to extend the previous five-year bill until Sept. 30 of this year, rather than agree on a new, permanent law. Many experts believe an extension will be the result of this session of Congress, as well.
This creates a bad situation for farmers, many of whom are unsure as to what business decisions to make for the next planting season. And that, in the long run, could affect consumers.
But that would not be the worst-case scenario for consumers. The worst case would be if Congress allows the bill to expire without an extension, in which case, the 1949 farm bill, adjusted for today's economy, would kick in to fill the void. And that, according to an article in USA Today, would curb planting and increase subsidy payment to farmers by tens of billions of dollars. Commodity prices would nearly double and consumers would find higher prices at the supermarket.
It is long past time for the members of Congress to find an appropriate compromise.
It seemed that H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, had a chance until negotiations broke down in the House over $2 billion in proposed cuts to the food stamps program. That sparked opposition from Democrats and a split among Republicans. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, or more commonly, as food stamps, is part of the farm bill.
Opponents argued the cuts would bump too many of the working poor off the food stamps program, on which 48 million Americans depend.
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany voted for the bill, calling the opposition "unfounded objections."
We disagree. The $2 billion in cuts to nutrition programs would be too high a price.
Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain has suggested the food stamps program be severed from the farm bill to stand on its own, Neil Melancon of the Louisiana Farm Bureau in Baton Rouge told The Daily Advertiser on Wednesday.
Strain has the right idea. The inclusion of the food stamps program is a holdover from the time when the federal government paid farmers for excess produce and cheese, and distributed it to the poor. It has since evolved beyond its connection to the farm bill.
Removing it would avoid stalemates such as the one currently stalling progress on the bill - but not in time to help with the 2013 farm bill.
Although the proposed cuts to the food stamps program was the final straw that killed the bill in the House, it is not the only contentious issue associated with it.
Another is crop insurance.
The recent trend in thinking has been to replace the traditional subsidy payments to farmers with insurance against crop failure, Melancon said.
Some experts have said crop insurance would change the face of the farm bill; some have said it would be the end of it.
Crop insurance was included in some form in both the Senate and House bills, Melancon said. The impact of that change would be felt more by farmers in the South - including Louisiana - than in the Midwest, he said, because of the kind of coverage offered.
When Midwestern farmers lose crops, they tend to lose the entire crop to a natural disaster or drought. In the South, there is more insect pressure and farmers tend to lose part of their crops more often, which could cut into yearly profits with no compensation from the government.
So why should farming businesses receive government subsidies, when most others do not?
Because it is such an up-and-down business, profit-wise that there are fewer family farms than ever and even large-scale farms can be driven out of business by crop failures. Without domestic farms, the United States could become too dependent on foreign food, as it is on foreign oil, with the potential for far more disastrous results.
We urge members of Congress to re-introduce the bill and to find a compromise that does not present a hardship to the poor.
The farming industry needs stability and the American people need a strong farming industry.


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Local 4 sits down with Gov. Rick Snyder 1 day after he delivers State of the State
Governor says he wants citizens' help to fix crumbling roads
Fresh off the State of the State address, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is on the road today pitching his road funding plan.
The governor made a stop at Local 4 Thursday for a sit down interview to discuss specifics.
Fixing our crumbling roads was the centerpiece of Wednesday night's address.
READ: State of the State outline
The funding mechanism will be a gas tax and fee increase in registering your car. It will be user based. The more you drive, the more you'll pay for gas and the more expensive your vehicle is the more you will pay to register.
The average is about $120.
This will be no easy sell in the legislature.
No one wants to vote for a tax increase with elections coming up in 2014.
The governor says that's why he's taking his appeal directly to the public.
"This is where I need help from the citizens to talk to their legislators and say, 'Hey we all know we have crummy roads, we know we all need to do this.' There is broad support from everybody and when it comes to elections they let them know they want someone to do the common sense thing rather than the political thing," Snyder said.
The governor had a lot to talk about last night but Detroit wasn't directly mentioned.
His reasoning? He told Local 4 Mayor Dave Bing's State of the City address is the time for that discussion. He anticipates getting a final report from the State Treasury on Detroit's finances before the new Emergency Manager Law goes into effect on March 27.
"I'll make a careful review and make decisions. I think people know I make decisions and I want to make a thoughtful one based on a good report. I really appreciate the work the city has been doing over the last couple of week to try and improve the situation; I just wish it had been done months ago," he said.


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A woman fired from a KFC in Tupelo for being homeless has found a new job and an outpouring of support.
Eunice Jasica was tentatively hired Tuesday by On Time Transportation to shuttle Medicaid and Medicare patients to and from doctors' appointments. She still must complete the final stages of her application process but should be on the job by early April, said the company's office manager, Yolanda Baskin.
Although Baskin had heard about Jasica's firing and called the situation "just awful," she said it had nothing to do with hiring her at On Time Transportation. ...


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I wish to congratulate you for a most thoughtful and moderate editorial in April 14's Free Press.
You go to some length to point out gun owners think only their rights need be protected while other people's rights are negotiable. I would bring to your attention that this country already has more that 30,000 gun laws that greatly restrict gun possession/ownership/use in one way or another. Would you tolerate this kind of legalistic confinement to your First Amendment rights? Of course not. This is especially true when we recall how ineffective all this anti-gun legislation has been, and will be, in controlling criminal activity. Yet, here we are calling for more gun laws.
You mention the rights of Detroiters to be free from fear of gun crime. However, you avoid mentioning that the vast majority of gun crime takes place in our major urban areas. New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Atlanta, etc. These are the places where much of the structural poverty, family disintegration, drug abuse, educational failure and violent crime occur. Many residents of these areas talk about the need to "get guns off our streets." I suggest we also talk about getting kids off our streets and back home where they belong.
Finally, you make no attempt to put gun violence into proper context. Violent crime, including gun crime, is continuing to decline. This decline has been under way for many years now. Despite recent events, one of the safest places one can be to avoid harm from guns is our schools - especially elementary schools.
You do mention the value of studying what makes people kill. I agree. However, we already know the full outlines of the answers here. Even if we knew all about why people kill, we would still have to grapple with how to identify such people and, in a free society, what legal methods would be available to stop them.
I am reminded that even if a person knows that another is about to commit a violent crime, the police will tell you they can do little until the law is actually broken. This is why restraining orders against violent spouses often don't work and much physical harm takes place while police wait.
This brings me to my last point. I am upset that politicians, the news media and others are shamelessly exploiting the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., for their own purposes. As well, I am painfully aware that it may be true we have to inform parents that there is not a great deal more we can do as we look to achieve the proper balance between the rights of one group or another. The current wave of emotionally based legislation will not succeed in any way to reduce gun crime in schools or elsewhere. As we await effective methods for identifying and controlling murderers we must not give away rights of the law-abiding, which have been obtained by constitutional mandate and maintained by enormous sacrifice over the decades.
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Christopher E. Kinne, 43, of Lancaster, was shot in a wooded area in the 300 block of Stablers Church Road in northern Baltimore County, Baltimore County police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said.
It happened during an argument with the alleged shooter and a property owner.
Kinne was trespassing on the property, owned by an acquaintance of the shooter, police said. The shooter and the property owner confronted Kinne about whether Kinne had the right to be on the property.
Kinne was shot at some point during the argument, police said.
All three men were hunting in the area.
Kinne was armed with a shotgun, although it was not loaded at the time that he was shot, police said.
The alleged shooter, Richard Heymann, 42, of Abingdon, Md., was charged with first- and second-degree assault, Armacost said Wednesday. He posted $75,000 bond and was released.
Kinne was transported to WellSpan York Hospital's trauma center with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, police said.


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Monday, Mar. 23, 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 19, 2009 – From Asian-American studies to chemistry, college students learn it all. Santa Clara University, though, goes one step further in teaching their students everything their professors and their parents may not have taught them – life skills for the real world.
Should the class of 2009 put their money in a 401K? What if you have a little extra money leftover after paying the bills? Should it go to a savings account or to pay off student loans? The "Personal Investing & Budgeting" session will arm seniors with vital information about managing and saving money and surviving the recession.
Remember when you landed your first job? You may have thought, "I'm hired. Now what?" That's the title of new workshop for students getting ready to hit the real world. It's geared to helping them make the transition from student to young professional and to teach them how to deal with practical aspects of starting a new job, such as choosing a healthcare plan, learning professional protocols, and e-mail etiquette.
"A Day on the Golf Course" is taking a new direction this spring. Organizers will stress the advantages of playing the game from a networking perspective and for potentially making business deals on the green. They're calling it "Your Future is on the Green."
"Life After SCU" begins April 7 and runs through May 26. Members of the media are welcome to attend any of the events. Interviews are available with the workshop instructors, students, and organizers from Santa Clara University's Alumni Association.
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Letter to the editor: Our seventh- and eighth-grade football teams made a trip to Morgan for an Muskingum Valley League game recently.
During one of our games, we had an unfortunate injury to one of our players that delayed the game for about 40 minutes. For precautionary reasons and because of the nature of the potential injury, the squad was called. Thankfully, after medical examination later that evening at the hospital, our young football player walked out of the hospital with no symptoms.
The purpose of this letter is to publicly thank Coach Jeff Bragg and his junior high football coaching staff, players and the Morgan fans for their sincere concern and demonstration of sportsmanship that they displayed during this incident.
In addition, I want to thank the officiating crew members whose names I do not know. Upon our player being loaded into the ambulance, one of the officials called both teams together to pray. Coaches, players and officials gathered to pray for the player's health and for all of the players participating in the game.
This series of events left a profound image in the hearts and minds of the Tri-Valley junior high football players, coaches and fans who were in attendance. It also gave me a much-needed reminder of the reason I began coaching 14 years ago.
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Should Wash. public schools send 'fat letters' to parents?
SEATTLE -- Across the country families and lawmakers are debating the risks and benefits of measuring children's Body Mass Index in a school setting and reporting the results to parents.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 percent of children and teens in the country are obese. The American Academy of Pediatrics released a report last week stating that measuring children's BMI in school and reporting their weight status to parents is a necessary step to fighting America's obesity epidemic.
Washington does not have a statewide policy or recommendation on measuring body composition in schools, but 21 other states do. In Massachusetts and Arkansas, a confidential letter referred to by many families as a "fat letter" is sent to parents of children with high BMIs recommending the family consult with its doctor.
In Arkansas, where schools have been required to perform BMI screenings since 2003, studies have found the percentage of parents who signed their children up for sports or exercise classes or improved their family's nutrition increased significantly in response to BMI reports.
But, not everyone has supported the practice. Legislators in Massachusetts and Arkansas have tried to ban public health departments from collecting height and weight data in public schools, though each attempt has failed.
Seattle Public Schools started an opt-in only program for measuring students BMI five years ago. It is one of five fitness assessments that students start in third grade and complete yearly on a voluntary basis. The information is collected for district surveillance and is reported to parents.
"We have a responsibility to educate our children about body composition, to help them create awareness for themselves," said Lori Dunn, physical education program manager at Seattle Public Schools. "We're not here to say, 'You have a fat child.' We're creating awareness for healthy standards."
Dunn said the district has established protocols to ensure health and fitness data is measured privately and kept confidential.
In the Puyallup School District, some teachers collect BMI information as a part of PE classes. The information is used to assess instruction across the district, but it can be made available to parents upon request.
"Some teachers use BMI to set up a baseline for students," the district's Director of Health and Fitness Rick Wells said. "Students can look at their progress over the semester."
Still, Wells said he would never send BMI scores to parents as a weight assessment.
"I teach kids on how to be fit and leave the medical analysis to the family doctor," Wells said. "A PE teacher is not an MD, and BMI is not a diagnostic tool."
Some parents agree, saying BMI should be measured at the doctor's office, not in school. Seattle mother Katie Karasinski said she would never want her daughter to step on a scale at school.
"Little girls grow up and are surrounded by media messages of what they should look like," Karasinski said. "I don't think they need one more place to be body shamed."
But, Dr. Mollie Grow, a pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital, said schools should provide parents with information on their child's weight status and the resources necessary to address weight problems.
"People are likely aware if their child is very, very overweight, but in that in-between zone parents are more likely to underestimate their child's BMI," Grow said. "And, the in-between zone is the best time to change that trajectory."
BMI screenings in school will help children who aren't regularly seen by a doctor, Grow said.
"The goal is that every child is seen and screened by a health care provider at least once each year, but the reality is that not all kids come in for their yearly checkup," she said. "Unfortunately, it's often the high-risk kids that miss appointments."
Grow said a student's BMI is related to their academic performance, so schools should be tracking it.
"Kids of higher BMIs tend to have more absenteeism and lower graduation rates," she said. "They also have higher rates of depression, anxiety and bullying."
The Washington Education Association and Seattle & King County Public Health both have staff members reviewing this practice and neither has determined a position on BMI measurements in schools at this time.


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Rating: 4 / 5
The Montrail Hardrock is the logical successor to the Vitesse II, which will likely be discontinued soon.I think the Hardrock has advantages over the Vitesse:- better underfoot protection;- more ankle padding- better heel cup to lock the heel in placeBut some key design features of the Vitesse were ditched:- the Hardrock has a narrower toebox, I have a wide forefoot and appreciate the extra space.- I do think the Hardrock has more absorbent materials in it (a victim of its increase in "comfort/padding") so it dries a tad slower.
Rating: 5 / 5
Just got a pair of Montrail Hardrocks and so far so good. Didn't have much time to break these in before a three day trip last weekend, but had no problems. No blisters or hot spots. These shoes are very light, yet offer a ton of support and comfort. I love the heel . . . a lot of padding. The lugs are great and seemed to really grip on all surfaces I encountered. Also available in a wide size. All and all I think this is a great shoe.
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I'm on my 9th pair of Hardrocks - used for trail running as well as hiking and packing and snowshoing. I've tried many other trail shoes and always had some fitting and/or blister issues until I found these. They fit me well, can be loosened when your feet swell a bit, give great underfoot protection as well as support and last well. I usually retire them after about 400 miles, but they still look good. I've used them for the entire Leadville Trail 100 run (only changing into another pair of Hardrocks after the second river crossings at 100k), Desert RATS stage race and many other long hauls.
I will agree that the hardrocks are amazing. Their durability and comfort are simply amazing. I have gone through two pair and am now on working in my first pair of Continental Divides which are pretty sweet so far. I agree with Ryan though, if they could take some of the features of the Vitesse and transfer them to the hardrocks they would be prett hard to beat.
In search of the perfect lightweight hiking shoe/boot - I have tried trail running shoes and lightweight boots. And I just can't find anything that can beat the Hardrock.This shoe has excellent cushioning not only through the heel but also through the forefoot as well. The under foot protection is very good and the torsional stability is great. I have had a hard time moving beyond the mentality that "I have to have something up over my ankles" when I hike. However, I have quick stepped the same training runs over rough trail in lightweight boots from Asolo, Lowa, and the Montrail Hardrocks. Never turned an ankle in rough terrain yet with the hardrocks - (can't say the same as for the others).While I keep experimenting with other shoes. It's just hard to beat the Hardrocks. The padding around the ankle is nice - but really holds moisture more than I expected. Yet, nothing else on the market seems to match it's comfort level on the trail.
I just picked up a pair of hardrocks for a 12 day trip into the Absoroka mountains of Wyoming. The trip was short notice so I had zero miles on these shoes prior to heading out. The shoes held up well with few signs of wear. Compared to shoes of others on the trip, these shoes dried well. We experienced heavy rains and flash flooding almost every day as well as the normal wet dewy grass in meadows. On days that the rain held off, I could have my shoes mostly dry by the end of a long hiking day. I found them to be comfortable and supportive. One note - it seems Montrails run a little small. I had to go up 1/2 - 1 full size from my normal street shoe.
The review above is from my lightweight brother at NOLS, and I agree heartily. I work as an instructor for the school too, just like Ryan.The MONTRAIL HARDROCK was a recommended shoe on the NOLS equiptment list for the 07 Light & Fast courses. REverybody that had em (about half of my students) loved 'em.For some reason, they fit my feet PERFECTLY! I can wear a thinny-thin running sock (and I mean REALLY thin) and that's all I need! Perfect! No blisters.I do recomend a GEL style footbed to replace the lame foam that comes with the shoe. I prefer the SPENCO IronMan GEL series.
I wore these this summer over the very rocky GR20 (Corsica) and the GR5 Alpine (Geneva towards Nice).The pair I used on the GR20 (120 miles) are well worn and cut up; they would probably do the route again now I have patched certain areas with Freesole (something I did in advance for the pair I wore in the Alps).Another pair in the Alps split along the sides of what appears to be the 'insert' into the sole. Glued-up they were fine afterwards; yet this undermined my confidence - on Corsica for example I would have had real trouble getting glue easily.In summary; very good shoes, excellent support and grip for a variety of surfaces. The sole looks flimsy yet actually appears to wear pretty well. Some questions about construction - but perhaps I got a duff pair.
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Snap/Crackle/Pop if actual music came from my rice krispies
I thoroughly enjoyed making this. I'd like to hear this music coming from my cereal in the morning.
01. Islands - "The Arm" (Arm's Way)
02. Architecture in Helsinki - "The Owls Go" (Fingers Crossed)
03. Chairlift - "Bruises" (Does You Inspire You)
04. Feist - "Secret Heart" (Let It Die)
05. Broken Social Scene - "Fire Eye'd Boy" (Broken Social Scene)
06. Flight of the Conchords - "Foux Du Fafa" (Flight of the Conchords)
07. Flobots - "Handlebars" (Platypus)
08. Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods" (Entertainment!)
09. MGMT - "Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters" (Oracular Spectacular)
10. Ratatat - "Tropicana" (Classics)
11. Regina Spektor - "Consequence of Sounds" (Songs)
Up in the middle of the night with baby
01. Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch - "Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby" (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
02. Claudia Gomez - "Soltarlo" (Tierradentro)
03. Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet - "A Kazahk Melody" (Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet)
04. Ana Laan - "Marigold" (Orégano)
05. Nightnoise - "Fionnghuala (Mouth Music)" (Shadow Of Time)
06. Bobby McFerrin - "Baby" (Medicine Music)
07. Sufjan Stevens - "The Dress Looks Nice on You" (Seven Swans)
08. Lamya - "Pink Moon" (Learning From Falling)
09. Emiliana Torrini - "Sunny Road" (Fisherman's Woman)
10. Tori Amos - "Ribbons Undone" (The Beekeeper)
11. The Weepies - "Gotta Have You" (Say I Am You)
12. Alexi Murdoch - "All My Days" (Time Without Consequence)
13. The Toids - "Magnolia" (Unblocked Ears)
14. The Beatles - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (1962-1966 (Disc 2))
15. The Brothers Cazimero - "Going Home" (Follow Me)
16. Jack Johnson - "If I Could" (In Between Dreams)
17. Paul Simon - "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" (Graceland)
18. Linford Detweiler - "Pirate Girls" (Grey Ghost Stories)
19. Katie Melua - "Halfway Up The Hindu Kush" (Piece By Piece)
20. Peter Sarstedt - "Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)" (The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack))
21. Arling & Cameron - "Born In June" (We Are A&C)
22. Linford Detweiler - "A Sort Of Reminder" (I Don't Think There's No Need To Bring Nothin')
Songs to show my music snob husband that I can find cool new music too
01. Kimya Dawson - "I Like Giants" (Remember That I Love You)
02. The Knife - "Heartbeats" (Veneer)
03. The Mountain Goats - "Palmcorder Yajna" (We Shall All Be Healed)
04. Gogol Bordello and Balkan Beat Box - "Gypsy Part of Town" (J.U.F.)
05. Beirut - "Elephant Gun" (Lon Gisland)
06. Of Montreal - "Chrissy Kiss the Corpse" (Satanic Panic in the Attic)
07. Tarkio - "Tristan and Iseult" (Omnibus)
08. Page France - "Chariot" (Hello, Dear Wind)
09. Miss Li - Late Night Heartbroken Blues (Late Night Heartbroken)
10. Blackalicious - "Blazing Arrow" (Blazing Arrow)
11. Devendra Banhart - "Long Haired Child" (Cripple Crow)
12. The Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
13. Sufjan Stevens - "Decatur, Or Round of Applause For Your Stepmother" (Illinois)
14. The Magnetic Fields - "I Don't Believe You" (69 Love Songs)
15. The Moldy Peaches - "Lazy Confessions" (The Moldy Peaches)
16. Stars - "This Charming Man" (Nightsongs)
17. Great Lake Swimmers - "Your Rocky Spine" (Ongiara)
18. RJD2 - "Ghostwriter" (Deadringer)
I Just Had My Pocket Vacuumed
01. Jens Lekman - "Pocketful Of Money" (Oh You're So Silent Jens)
02. Blackalicious - "Make You Feel That Way" (Blazing Arrow)
03. The Shins - "Girl On The Wing" (Oh, Inverted World)
04. Steve Spacek - "Dollar" (Space Shift)
05. Akron/Family - "Running, Returning" (Akron/Family)
06. Nightmares On Wax - "Soul Purpose" (Inna Space Outta Sound)
07. The National - "Available" (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
08. Jackson Conti - "Sao Paolo Nights" (Sujinho)
09. The Grouch - "Artsy" (Show You The World)
10. Why? - "These Few Presidents" (Alopecia)
11. Vetiver - "Without A Song" (Vetiver)
12. Alias & Ehren - "Back and Forth" (Lillian)
13. The Appleseed Cast - "Blind Man's Arrow (Low Level Owl: Volume I)
14. The Tallest Man On Earth - "I Won't Be Found" (Shallow Graves)
"Fancy": Man, I love that word. Always thought it would make a great band name, but only for gore-gr
Fancy...nighttime, champagne, pearls, pianos, and romance.
01. The Raincoats - "Family Treet" (Odyshape)
02. My Morning Jacket - "Lowdown" (At Dawn)
03. Quixotic- "Tell it like it is" (Mortal Mirror)
04. Castanets - "Bells Aloud " (First Light's Freeze)
05. Fleet Foxes- "Mykonos" (S/T)
06. Broadcast - "Before We Begin" (Haha Sound)
07. Air - "Venus" (Talkie Walkie)
08. Beach House - "Holy Dances" (Devotion)
09. Women and Children - "Oranges" (Paralyzed Dance Tonight)
10. Bat For Lashes- "What's A Girl To Do?" (Fur & Gold)
11. Penguin Cafe Orchestra- "Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter " (S/T)
12. Ella Fitzgerald - "Puttin' on the Ritz (1958) " (Ella Fitzgerald - The Irving Berlin Songbook, Vol.1 )
13. Fleetwood Mac- "Mystified " (Tango in the Night)
14.The Beatles- "Michelle " (Rubber Soul)
15. Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez- "Little Island" (Why is Bear Billowing?"
I never knew having an affair would be so much work.
01. Her Space Holiday - "Something To Do With My Hands" (The Young Machines)
02. Hellogoodbye - "Homewrecker" (Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!)
03. Coldplay - "Trouble" (Parachutes)
04. John Mayer - "I Don't Trust Myself" (Continuum)
05. Kings Of Leon - "Charmer" (Because Of The Times)
06. A Heartwell Ending - "All Along" (Trust Us, We Lie)
07. Fiona Apple - "Window" (Extraordinary Machine)
08. Maroon 5 - "Secret" (Songs About Jane)
09. Neon Blonde - "Chandeliers And Vines" (Chandeliers In The Savannah)
10. Placebo - "Blind" (Meds)
11. Lars Fredrickson & The Bastards - "My Life To Live" (Viking)
But I Want to Join the Ranks of Those Cool, Hipster Kids That Dance to Songs I Don't Know
01. Those Dancing Days - "Those Dancing Days" (Those Dancing Days EP)
02. Chairlift - "Bruises" (Does You Inspire You)
03. Crystal Castles - "Crimewave (Crystle Castles vs. HEALTH)" (Crystal Castles)
04. You Say Party! We Say Die - "Monster (RAC Remix)" (Remik's Cube)
05. Matt & Kim - "Yea Yeah" (Matt & Kim)
06. OCDJ - "Smoke My Cheese" (Hooray)
07. Daedelus - "Fairweather Friends" (Love to Make Music To)
08. Death Set - "Negative Thinking" (Worldwide)
09. Lykke Li - "Breaking It Up" (Youth Novels)
10. Girl Talk - "Here's The Thing" (Feed the Animals)
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It's the hipster music I give to a local top 40 DJ to play at nightclubs!
01. Justice - "DVNO" (Cross)
02. Los Campesinos - "You! Me! Dancing!" (Hold on Now, Youngster...)
03. Muscles - "Muscles, I Love You" (Guns, Babes, Lemonade)
04. The Grates - "Burn Bridges" (Teeth Lost, Hearts Won)
05. The Knife - "Heartbeats" (Deep Cuts)
06. Electric Six - "Danger! High Voltage!" (Fire)
07. Ghostland Observatory - "Sad, Sad City" (Paparazzi Lightning)
08. The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go" (We Started Nothing)
09. M.I.A - "Boyz" (Kala)
10. Vampire Weekend - "M79" (Vampire Weekend)
11. Chairlift - "Bruises" (Does You Inspire You?)
12. The Brighton Port Authority feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal -
"Toe Jam" (No Album)
13. Cansei De Ser Sexy - "Off The Hook" (CSS)
14. Crystal Castles - "Crimewave" (Crystal Castles)
15. Plants and Animals - "Feedback in the Field" (Parc Avenue)
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I kidnapped a cool, hipster kid that dances, and held him ransom for a mix tape. This is the one I got. Dance away.
01. The Wombats - "Kill the Director" (The Wombats)
02. Girl Talk - "Once Again" (Night Ripper)
03. The Broken West - "Perfect Games" (Now or Heaven)
04. Marching Band - "Make Up Artist" (Spark Large)
05. Pascal - "We Made Our Way, We Amtrakked" (I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura)
06. Jay Reatard - "Let It All Go" (Singles 06-07)
07. MGMT - "Time to Pretend" (Oracular Spectacular)
08. The Airborne Toxic Event - "Sometime Around Midnight" (The Airborne Toxic Event)
09. Santogold - "L.E.S. Artistes" (Santogold)
10. Cut Copy - "Nobody Lost, Nobody Found" (In Ghost Colours)
11. M.I.A. - "Jimmy" (Kala)
12. Frightened Rabbit - "I Feel Better" (The Midnight Organ Fight)
Songs to wrap around yourself like a security blanket
These songs are all warm and fuzzy
01. The Beatles - "Here Comes The Sun" (Abbey Road)
02. Alela Diane - "The Rifle" (The Pirate's Gospel)
03. Beirut - "Postcards From Italy" (Gulag Orkestar)
04. Death Cab For Cutie - "Passenger Seat" (Transatlanticism)
05. Bon Iver - "Flume" (For Emma, Forever Ago)
06. Iron & Wine - "Southern Anthem" (The Creek Drank The Cradle)
07. Jens Lekman - "Your Arms Around Me" (Night Falls Over Kortedala)
08. Bowerbirds - "Bur Oak" (Hymns For A Dark Horse)
09. The Lucksmiths - "Untidy Towns" (Happy Secret)
10. The Decemberists - "Red Right Ankle" (Her Majesty)
11. Peter and the Wolf - "Silent Movies" (Lightness)
12. Sufjan Stevens - "For The Widowers In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypisilan" (Michigan)
Songs that say "fuck you, I'll be a starving artist even if it means living in my friend's basement
I know how you feel, Lynne. Here are some songs for feeling pissed off, just plain awesome, and never giving up!
01. The Thermals - "No Culture Icons" (More Parts Per Million)
02. Guided by Voices - "Watch Me Jumpstart" (Human Amusement at Hourly Rates)
03. Belle & Sebastian - "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (Push Barman to Open Old Wounds Disc 1)
04. Dressy Bessy - "Extra-Ordinary" (Pink Hearts Yellow Moons)
05. The Magnetic Fields - "Famous" (Get Lost)
06. of Montreal - "Art Snob Solutions" (Sunlandic Twins Bonus EP)
07. YACHT - "Drawing in The Dark" (I Believe in You. Your Magic is Real.)
08. Jesus & Mary Chain - "Never Understand" (Psychocandy)
09. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Haunted Graffiti" (The Doldrums)
10. Yoko Ono - "I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass WIndow" (Approximately Infinite Universe)
11. Architecture in Helsinki - "Tiny Pintings" (In Case We Die)
12. Broadcast - "Colour Me In" (Haha Sound)
13. Matthew Friedberger - "Theme From Never Going Home Again" (Winter Women)
14. Destroyer - "Painter in Your Pocket" (Destroyer's Rubies)
15. Adrian Orange & Her Band - "The Real Wild World" (Bitches is Lord)
16. Nina Simone - "Ain't Got No... I've Got Life" (Live at Harlem Festival NYC 1969)
17. Final Fantasy - "That's When the Audience Died" (Has a Good Home!)
18. Casiotone For the Painfully Alone - "Bobby Malone Moves Home" (Etiquette)
19. Antony & the Johnsons - "Just One Star" (Hope There's Someone EP)
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Because I sympathize: half yeah-this-might-suck and half you-can-do-it!
01. The Replacements - "Achin' To Be" (Don't Tell A Soul)
02. Belle & Sebastian - "Expectations" (Tigermilk)
03. Zero 7 - "The Pageant of the Bizarre" (The Garden)
04. Cat Stevens - "Wild World" (Tea for the Tillerman)
05. The Weepies - "Not Your Year" (Say I Am You)
06. Spoon - "Don't Let It Get You Down" (Kill the Moonlight)
07. Mirah - "Life You Love" (Songs From the Black Mountain Music Project)
08. M. Ward - "Story of an Artist" (The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered)
09. Matt Pond PA - "Lily Two" (Emblems)
10. The Boy Least Likely To - "I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon To Your Star" (The Best Party Ever!)
11. Morphine - "The Only One" (Good)
12. The Mountain Goats - "Wild Sage" (Get Lonely)
Nothing ever goes right. I'm not even going to try my hand at some clever phrase here. Can you pleas
01. Heatmiser - "Half Right" (Mic City Sons)
02. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead... - "Mistakes and Regrets" (Mistakes and Regrets)
03. The Arcade Fire - "No Cars Go" (Neon Bible)
04. Weezer - "Undone (The Sweater Song)" (Weezer)
05. Band of Horses - "Monsters" (Everything All the Time)
06. Bon Iver - "The Wolves (Act I and 2)" (For Emma, Forever Ago)
07. The National - "Mistaken for Strangers" (Boxer)
08. Elliott Smith - "A Passing Feeling" (From a Basement on a Hill)
09. Modest Mouse - "Parting of the Sensory" (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank)
10. The New Pornographers - "Adventures in Solitude" (Challengers)
11. The Notwist - "Your Signs" (Shrink)
12. Phoenix - "If I Ever Feel Better" (United)
13. Radiohead - "Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky is Falling In.)" (Hail to the Thief)
14. Ugly Casanova - "Pacifico" (Sharpen Your Teeth)


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NORTH KINGSTOWN – Dr. Mirella "Muriel" Emley Camarra, an outspoken public watchdog and advocate for the common man – instrumental in reviving the North Kingstown Taxpayers Organization in the mid-1990s – died Monday at her home on Narrow Lane.
She had a profound health issue – a hole in her heart – and, three years ago, frankly told a reporter she didn't expect to live long.
Nonetheless, Dr. Camarra, 84, declared she had no plans to slow down.
"She passed away exactly as she wanted to – whiz, bang, boom," observed her friend School Committee member Bill Mudge. "Rescue was there during the day; she refused to go to the hospital. She knew it was time."
Universally known as a strong woman, Muriel's was a steeliness born of profound tragedy.
Born Dec. 5, 1926 in New York City, her father, a minister, died when she was two years old. Her mother remarried and her new husband did not want to raise another man's children. Mirella and her sister, Eva, were sent to an orphanage.
"It was the most painful part of her life," says her daughter Daniela Camarra, "but it gave her strength. She was a rock for her sister."
Cecelia List, another daughter, adds the little girls were "abandoned while their mother and stepfather went to Sicily, leaving them behind. They couldn't have kids so they came back and got them and returned to Sicily."
The heartbreaking episode, she says, "was the experience that made my mother who she was."
She was, notes Daniela, a "cut to the chase" kind of mom. "She loved us with a passion.
She did everything with a passion bigger than life."
Life growing up in Sicily was fascinating with such prominent visitors as author Pearl S. Buck, playwright Clare Luce Booth and Pope John XXIII. During World War II, Mirella met Navy Lt. Commander Louis Camarra, on assignment in Italy; they married and returned to the U.S. where she became an extraordinary scholar.
Muriel, as she was known to all, graduated from Wellesley College, the prestigious Ivy League liberal arts school, with a bachelor's in history. She earned a master's degree in Latin American History and a master's in psychology from Assumption College; her PhD in philosophy was from the University of Palermo in Philosophy. She accomplished all this and received numerous awards while raising seven children.
She taught at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester State College, Assumption College and the Worcester Art Museum.
Yet, adversity challenged her constantly. She lost her eldest son at 12, the day before her birthday. She lost her brother, her parents and then, at age 48, she was diagnosed with breast cancer – news she bore stoically.
"I had no idea," says Daniela. "We were never brought and told. I found out when I grew up what it was. She had a radical mastectomy and it ravaged her body. The radiation was imperfect and caused a lot of damage. She was the most beautiful person I'd ever seen. The cancer episode changed her body but she never once complained."
Dr. Camarra was a woman of the world who spoke five languages and had studied Greek and Latin. Her husband Louis's work in international marketing enabled them to travel and explore. They lived in Palermo, Italy; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Zurich, Switzerland and in Back Bay, Boston. During the Nixon administration, they visited Cuba with Henry Kissinger. They were often passengers on the Andrea Doria.
The Camarras settled in North Kingstown 12 years ago to be near family matters when Louis's health began to decline.
On Tuesday, as news of her passing spread through town, admirers and even former adversaries remembered her many contributions.
Jim McGwin, president of the NKTO, said, "She was a force of nature. I would have loved to have worked with her in her 30s; you couldn't keep up with her in her 80s. [At the time of her death, Muriel was chairman of the board]. She had tremendous experience with school systems. The last bond issue was for $22 million. She spent a month-and-a-half poring through hundreds of documents, putting together a 17-page Plan B – what schools needed, how they could be configured.
"She brought a lot of wit; she could be very blunt but it was hard to get mad at her. Just last month she was at a forum, asking questions. She understood education and finances. At the end of the day, she was doing it because she believed in it, not for any self-promotion. It was the right thing to do."
Muriel Camarra cut her teeth on school finances as vice chair of administration and finance for 15 Massachusetts community colleges at a time when the state was bleeding red ink and losing jobs at a record rate. Dr. Camarra went over the books and required school presidents to justify their budgets. If they couldn't, she whittled. She was named Woman of the Year in Massachusetts in 1979.
When Muriel came to North Kingstown, she found a kindred spirit in Marguerite Neubert, former town council president and longtime taxpayer activist.
Carla Neubert Benoist, Marguerite's daughter, said, "Mom thought very highly of her. She was very educated, not afraid to stand up to people and my mother appreciated that. She provided her with some background material when she started the taxpayers' organization and she and Dad did some research for her."
School committeewoman and retired teacher Melvoid Benson recalls Muriel warmly. "I was often in her home. It was beautiful and you were always welcome. Muriel and her husband were an ideal couple."
Benson adds, "I admired her knowledge: I would put her up there with Marguerite and Violet Daniel. They were in a special class. Muriel was there to give advice and counsel. It's sad that much of it fell on deaf ears. Although she might have seemed antagonistic, she cared for people."
Fellow committeeman Bill Mudge says he'd been offering personal support to Muriel. "For the last several years I've taken her to doctors' appointments. Last Monday we spent about an hour together. She was in the hospital for a week four months ago; she knew she was on thin ice. She was in fragile condition but feisty, too. You run across people in life who can speak articulately and hold your attention. She could do a job on people and they didn't even know it; she made it a jovial thing.
She was an advocate for cost-effective education, really dogged in making sure we were implementing the right things."
Even as Louis was overtaken by dementia (he died a year-and-a-half ago), he and Muriel remained a team. She couldn't drive and he couldn't remember but together they delivered Meals on Wheels. They set out, Louis at the wheel and Muriel navigating.
Muriel Camarra is survived by four daughters and a son: JoAnn Ball of Camden, Maine; Cecelia List of Suffern, NY; Daniela Cammara of Davis, Calif.; Marianne Bump of Sterling, Mass.; and Richard Camarra of West Falmouth, Mass. She had 10 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. She was the mother of the late Peter Camarra and Pamela Camarra. She is also survived by a sister, Eva Doran of Narragansett and numerous siblings in Sicily.
A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church. There are no calling hours. In spring, there will be a celebration of her life where everyone will be invited to share their favorite recollections.
Martha Smith is a freelance writer for Southern Rhode Island Newspapers.
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AUBURN HILLS --ĀPistons center Greg Monroe's scoring has dipped the last few weeks.
Monroe is averaging 10.8 points in his last six games and has scored in double figures just twice in that span.
In the first 15 games of the season, Monroe averaged 17.0 points a game.
Monroe feels he's playing the same, but not in the same position he was to start the season.
"I'm not fighting anything," Monroe said. "I'm doing what I can when I can. I think of all the games, I might have had one bad game. That was on me. Other than that I'm just not in the position I'm normally in to be successful."
Pistons coach Lawrence Frank pointed out a couple reasons Monroe's scoring has dipped: Monroe missing shots he normally makes against Dallas and foul trouble against Golden State.
But Frank said overall he's not worried about Monroe.
"I'm not real concerned about his scoring," Frank said. "Offensively, as long as the ball moves. When the ball moves there's going to be some nights where it's his night. There are going to be other nights where it's Brandon (Knight's) night or Rodney (Stuckey's) night, Charlie (Villanueva's) night. Who cares? As long as we don't care who gets the credit and we share the ball then we'll get a chance to have good shots.
"It's not like we have one go-to guy. Greg touches the ball virtually every possession, but that doesn't mean he's going to shoot it every time."
Another lead slips away
For the seventh time this season, the Pistons lost after holding a double-digit lead.
Detroit led by as many as 17 against Chicago Friday, but fell 108-104.
"We did a lot of good things to go up 17. Then obviously not so many good things, they owned the paint tonight," Frank said.
"We have to do a better job of, whatever we were doing to get that lead, we have to continue to do it throughout the game," Monroe said.
Letting double digit leads slip away is an alarming trend for the Pistons and something Tayshaun Prince feels the team needs to get over mentally.
"As games keep happening like this, it's going to continue to get more mental," Prince said. "At the beginning I would say no. But as you continue to be in the same situations, it definitely starts to get mental. That's where you got to break that barrier."
Noah's big night
Chicago's Joakim Noah is always among the league leaders in rebounds, but Friday marked just the second 20 point-20 rebound game of his career and first in the regular season.
Noah finished with 30 points, 23 rebounds (10 offensive) and six assists.
Noah had 21 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game against Cleveland back in 2010.
Friday was Noah's seventh career 20-rebound game.
"It is crazy to have numbers like that, but I am happy we won," Noah said. "I knew I was missing a lot of tips in the beginning of the game. Some arenas they count as rebounds and some arenas they do not. I am happy they counted."
Pistons honor Ford coach
It's been a memorable week for former Utica Ford boys basketball coach Jim Barker.
On Monday, the court at Ford was renamed "Coach Barker Court" in his honor. On Friday, Barker was honored by the Detroit Pistons as a Come Together Game Changer.
"This sort of caps off the week of what I've gone through with the court dedication and to end up here in this situation, it's really special," Barker said prior to the Pistons-Bulls game Friday.
Barker coached for 32 years at Ford and was the team's first boys basketball coach. He complied a 601-233 record and is one of only seven boys basketball coaches to accumulate 600 wins.
Dave Pemberton covers the Pistons for The Oakland Press. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @drpemberton.


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You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. Seems like the Mets can't catch a break these days. When the Mets went out of their minds in '06 and put a whoopin' on everyone in the NL, out came the haters. When the Mets 'choked' as Met-haters like to call it in 2007, all was good in the rest of the NL East. Now that Johan Santana is in tow, representing the 'ace' the Mets needed, all of a sudden I'm hearing things like: "I hope Johan AND Pedro get injured", "The Mets still aren't that good", "The Mets still have questions", etc.
Well, I have a question: Why can't the fans of other teams just concede the fact that the Mets got what they needed in Johan, and now it's going to be a competitive season in the NL East? If Johan happened upon any other team in the league, I'd be disappointed, but not hateful of that team. I'd simply wonder why management didn't do what they needed to do to get him, and express hope that either Livan Hernandez or Kyle (I'm still not signed) Lohse could help the Mets get back to winning ball games. I'm not saying one has to renounce his allegiance to their team (though joining the Mets bandwagon at this point may still be permissible), but 'geez', the Mets need for an ace was obvious in 2006 and 2007. If they had one, you can bet they would have easily beaten the Cardinals in '06; and they sure wouldn't have given, yes given the division over to the Phillies on the last day of last season. But, I don't have to think about that because Johan is down in Port St. Lucie iat this moment as a member of, and working out with the Mets...and will be for the next 7 years.
Now that they've got an ace, LOOK OUT! The offense is more or less the same as it was last season (pretty potent), and everyone in the starting rotation is moving back a slot for Johan. Pedro is just as good if not better than any #2 in the league, John Maine and Oliver Perez as the Mets' third and fourth starter (remember both had 15 wins); and El Duque, the Mets' best starter last season regardless of how old we all speculate he is, is the fifth starter. What a luxury. The bullpen is going to be stronger and more defined not only because of Johan's presence in the rotation, but because Duaner Sanchez is healthy. The bench is deep; and everyone who was with the club in September is going to be playing this season with a huge chip on their shoulder. Note to the rest of the league: this season isn't about adding Johan Santana as much as it is about the Mets getting back to playing the kind of baseball they were playing two years ago when they were thrashing everyone in sight!
Just when you think all that is too much, Carlos Beltran goes out today and tells some reporter to "Tell Jimmy Rollins the Mets are the team to beat". Carlos Beltran??? On what side of the bed did he wake up this morning? Usually humble and reserved, Beltran must know something we don't: The Mets are hungry for revenge, they've have heard all the mess being talked about them this winter; and everything's in place to resume whipping the crap out of everyone in sight. If there weren't enough Met-haters before this, certainly there are a slew more now.....especially those living near Citizen's Bank Park.
It's going to be a great season. For all those who questioned the Mets' leadership in the clubhouse, I think we've found it....and his name is Carlos Beltran.
Let's go, Mets!!!


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The more I deal with this subject area, the more I understand that TTB pretty much takes what the COLA submitter says except for a few things that are 'red flag' rejections, such as the words 'unaged whiskey.' Otherwise they take the producer at its word and wait for someone to object. Which is why I've gotten into the habit of objecting. Unfortunately, TTB policy prevents them from giving me substantive feedback, but I'm convinced they do follow through on my inquiries.


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Bjoern Werner, the Colts first-rounder, is the only draft pick yet to sign with the team.
The Indianapolis Colts open their three-day rookie minicamp Friday with six of their seven draft picks under contract.
The only exception: linebacker Bjoern Werner, the 24th overall pick in the April draft. That's not a surprise. Last year, quarterback Andrew Luck, the No. 1 overall pick, remained unsigned until mid-July.
The team officially signed its other six selections Thursday: guard Hugh Thornton (third round), center Khaled Holmes (fourth), nose tackle Montori Hughes (fifth), safety John Boyett (sixth), running back Kerwynn Williams (seventh) and tight end Justice ...


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This is another Polar Bear along the North Slope in Alaska.
Alaskan Polar Bear
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says ... on Monday, Sep 10 at 12:08 PM
is very sad, and we are the next if we dont stop