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Gaby Stanton, fired from her job as a university professor in provincial Shizuoka, has a gig selling fantasy funerals to the dying Japanese rich. Her job puts her in the path of Alexander Thorn, a middle-aged American who has just arrived in Japan determined to decipher the mystery surrounding the death of his son, an exchange student. The perspective of the novel shifts back and forth between these two characters as Gaby and Alexander stumble on a yakuza ring, unearth medical secrets, and sprout romantic feelings for each other. The two gradually develop a Hepburn-Tracy-style combative relationship. Still, Backer's sympathies clearly lie with Gaby, a thirtysomething woman with health problems who relishes her automatic outsider status in Japan. If everything she does is strange to her host culture, then her illness doesn't matter. But the introduction of Alexander is a wise move, allowing Backer to show us Japan through the perpetually startled eyes of a newcomer.
While the writing sometimes falls short of grace, Backer has an infallible sense of the kind of detail that brings Japan alive. She has no qualms about taking a page to explain how, say, Japanese banking works, and her confidence in her material makes the novel fly. The book is given surprising depth by the two main characters. Both are discontented with their lot, and neither is at all traditionally appealing. (Of Alexander, Backer writes, "He had the face of a man who could win the election, but not this year.") By giving us such warty characters in such an oddball setting, Backer has fashioned a novel with some real staying power. --Claire Dederer
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It seems the customers have already taken a shine to the town's newest boutique — All Blinged Out Montesano — which specializes in upscale western wear for women.
The store opened Aug. 26 in Montesano Square, but is already getting too big for its britches.
Now housed in just 500-square-feet, the store will move a few doors down to a 750-square-foot space that used to house a dry cleaners. Owner Aissa Rognlin expects to be in the new digs by Nov. 1.
"I've already outgrown this space," said Rognlin. "We're doing so well. The new store will allow us to spread out and have our dressing room."
All blinged out sells designer jeans and clothing from makers such as Rock Revival, Miss Me and L.A. Idol, but there is also a slew of accessories such as costume jewelry, sunglasses, hats, boots and shoes, scarves, blouses and jackets. They sell sizes from 0 to 3x plus sizes.
Designer jeans run from $58 to $148, depending on the brand and the bling.
"The reason I'm carrying plus sizes is that there are a lot of beautiful plus-size women," said Rognlin. "I want to cater to everybody. … and my prices are about $20 less than similar brands in Olympia, plus you don't have to pay for gas."
The store also sells some men's clothes from the Rock Revival line.
On top of that, All Blinged Out is offering a 10 percent discount to students with a Montesano High ASB card.
The store is in its second incarnation, having been located in Elma before its former owner moved to Montana and sold the business to Rognlin, who moved it to Montesano.
"The location couldn't be better," said Rognlin. "I'm getting tons of people from out of town who stop here to get gas or food here and then just get out of their cars and wander over."
Rognlin is assisted in the store by longtime friend Kelli Norris.
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"You should take all of that and present it to the P5. Oh wait...holmoe and mendenhall already did that. lol."
It's pretty obvious that "the P5" don't matter when it comes to such things. You utah "fans" act as if nothing can occur without the explicit approval of "the P5" when in fact "the P5" don't make a bit of difference when it comes to any of the things I listed.
Evidence? Well my post is all the evidence needed. BYU did all of those things outside of "the P5" while utah was incapable of doing any of them while being inside "the P5".
- 11:09 a.m. June 21, 2014
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Just because some other cities are worse it doesn't make slc good.
You made the claim of "slc>Provo" but the truth is 4 times as many students refute that claim as do countless lists and publications that all laud Provo as THE BEST place to live in the entire country. That is right "THE BEST". slc doesn't make any of the lists.
Tell me this if it really is "slc>Provo" then how come literally no one but some "frantic and emotional" utah "fans" actually agree with that? How come the students choosing between the two places and every single poll or publication that rates such things, all national and unbiased, rates Provo so far above slc that there is no comparison whatsoever?
I know it is part of the utah "fan" narrative to try and pretend that Provo is this awful backwater filled with bigots and bumpkins but the actual facts simply prove otherwise.
These are facts:
Provo>slc as proclaimed by every single publication that rates such things.
Provo>slc as decided by 4 times as many students that choose which place to attend school in.
- 11:19 a.m. June 21, 2014
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Oh and 2fer when was the last time Pullman/Moscow was rated as THE BEST place to live in the entire country by anyone let alone just about everyone that studies and makes such rankings?
- 11:20 a.m. June 21, 2014
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It would be good for BYU to be a football member only.
Like Utah, they would benefit from an intact schedule each season. Only to have to arrange 3-4 OOC games.
And also like Utah, BYU will find it tough to compete each week with quality opponents. There is a big difference between Oklahoma State and Idaho State.
- 3:13 p.m. June 21, 2014
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@ Duckhunter
The student argument is extremely poor, to say the least. More kids go to school in Provo/Orem because there are two schools. Utah has 32,000 and BYU has 34,000. Obviously not a significant difference.
Which publications? A quick Google search found that Time, Business Week, and US News didn't include Provo on their best places to live lists. Interesting side note though, Liveability (the top result) did rank Provo number 17.....behind Salt Lake City which was number 8. Have fun in Tulsa.
Also, for what it's worth. I don't think Provo is a backwater place. It is just boring. Painfully boring.
- 10:15 p.m. June 21, 2014
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Two For Flinching:
There are some additional flaws in Duckhunter's stretched logic. I know...big surprise there.
(1) UVU's student population = 31,556 undergraduates. But the Y's full-time student population = 27,978 undergraduates and 2,065 graduates (total: 30,043). So would Duckhunter be suggesting that UVU is a better school than the Y? Afterall, it DOES have a 5% larger student body.
(2) As you'd already pointed out, he's trying to stack 2 universities in WACistan to a single university in SLC. However, as far as student populations go, SLC has more than just the UofU's 24,840 undergrad and 7,548 grad (total: 32,388) students. SLCC brings another 30,112, and Westminster an additional 2,887. And of course Utah's 32.4K > the Y's 30K or UVU's 31.6K
(3) Ducky's original (errant) argument that WACistan drawing twice as many students as SLC is proof that Provo > SLC. But if population justifies superiority...SLC is 64.9% more populous than Provo, SL County is 99.3% more populous than Utah County, and SLC metro is 116.5% more populous than Provo/Orem metro.
Edge: Salt Lake City
- 9:47 a.m. June 22, 2014
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Duckhunter, who cares what a publication says about the best places to live.
If someone likes where they are currently living, that's the best place to live for them.
- 10:23 p.m. June 22, 2014
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Anyone else around here find it interesting that BYU is constantly called a, and
I quote, "mid-major" by fans of a certain school that by THEIR record
since getting into the PAC-12, they have solidly entrenched themselves as a, and
I quote, "mid-major".
Does the word "ironic" mean anything to them?
Go Cougars!
- 8:19 a.m. June 23, 2014
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4-5, 3-6, 2-7, with back-to-back losing, bowl less seasons tells you all you need to know about that mid-major up north.
Of course they blame their record on SOS, but that refutes their previous claims that the Utes could compete with anybody.
If you read between the lines, they're already dusting off another shelf in their hall of fame closet for another SOS trophy.
- 8:38 a.m. June 23, 2014
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I never said the size of the student body makes one school better, but the truth is every single student that attends BYU or UVU could have gone to the university of utah if they had wanted to, they would have been accepted. But we both know many of the students at the university of utah were denied entrance into BYU and had to settle for the university of utah instead. Not only that many of the students at UVU were also denied entry to BYU and could have then gone to utah but instead prefered to stay in Provo/Orem and attend UVU rather than go to slc and attend utah.
In otherwords they prefered to live in Provo/orem and not SLC by more than double the numbers than cthose that chose to go to slc and utah.
As for SLCC, well my son in law currently attends SLCC in the Occupational Therapy program but lives in Utah county. Neither he nor my daughter wanted anything to do with living in the sl valley and instead he choose to commute to his classes.
- 10:05 a.m. June 23, 2014
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Actually the student argument is right on, you're just struggling to grasp it so let me help you.
There are exactly zero students at BYU that were denied admittance to utah and went to BYU as their fallback. There are a lot of students at utah that were denied admittance to BYU and instead went to utah as their fallback.
Now there are students at utah that neither applied for BYU or wanted to attend BYU, and there are probably even some students at utah that applied to, and were accepted by, both schools that decided to go to utah over BYU. But there aren't any at BYU that were denied entrance to utah and admitted to BYU so that means that far more wanted to attend BYU than utah. That is just simple logic.
- 10:40 a.m. June 23, 2014
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As far as Provo being o the lists of "best places", well you must have a very poor google function. Just one search of "Provo Best' brought up over 30 pages of lists Provo has made over the last few years of "best" places.
Just this year they are #2 on the Outside Online poll, #1 for Forbes, #2 for Business Insider (to be fair SLC is #5 in that one but still lower than Provo) and going back over the last few years #10 in Kiplingers, #7 for MSN/Money, TOP 10 for CNN/Money, "BEST" for Triathletes, and the lists go on and on with many of them being #1 over the last 2 decades.
Really it isn't even a debate as to which place independent publications rate better bewteen Provo and SLC.
Now you may prefer slc and good for you, but that is not the prevailing opinion of the publications and organizations that make a business of rating such things nor is it the prevailing opionion of the majority of the students that wish to attend college in the state of Utah. Just the way it is.
- 10:46 a.m. June 23, 2014
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Duckhunter, I'm not quite sure what the point of your argument with Naval
Vet and Two For Flinching is, but let me assure you that students are not going
to BYU because Provo is a good place to live. Most of the online poll you
reference have to do with very specific life satisfaction metrics (place to
start a business, outdoor opportunities, median income, etc), most of which have
little or no direct impact on students.
Provo is a nice place to live (as is SLC), but that is a separate argument from the one you are winning. That more students want to go to BYU than Utah is an undeniable fact. However, the reasons for it more likely have to do with the LDS culture, the unique mission of BYU, athletic and academic superiority, etc. (not because it's a groovy place to live). Because more students want to attend BYU enrollment standards are higher resulting in a higher academic profile for undergraduates.
Do athletes care about the graduate profile of their institution? Not usually, but it doesn't hurt. Utah has some outstanding graduate programs and they represent the state well.
- 11:45 a.m. June 23, 2014
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"...the truth is every single student that attends BYU or UVU could have gone to the university of utah if they had wanted to, they would have been accepted."
Actually, "the truth is" that isn't the truth. For starters, not every UVU student could have obtained admission to the U. UVU has an open admissions policy. Moreover, while there are some U students who applied to, yet not granted admission to the Y, neither of us really knows what the percentage of U students are who fell into that category. When I was at the U, I'd met several students who transferred to the U from the Y because they hated it...just like I did. And I'd also met many students with full ride academic scholarships to both universities, but opted to attend the U over the Y anyway. However, I never met a fellow student who claimed his first choice was the Y.
- 12:44 p.m. June 23, 2014
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Duckhunter (cont.):
On the other hand, every one of the UVCC students I'd met while attending the Y, while living in off campus housing (Glenwood Apts) -- EVERY ONE (and there were many) -- decided to attend the Orem campus because they applied to, and did not obtain admission to, the Y, but wanted to live in the Y's culture. Additionally, every one of their ultimate goals was to eventually transfer to the Y.
Make no mistake...it's UVU -- not the U (or USU for that matter) that scoops up the lion's share of all of the Y's rejects. It's the arrogance of the typical coug that prevents them from seeing that not everyone wants to go to the Y. I wouldn't doubt that everyone were being completely honest with themselves, the bulk of Utah's and USU's student body chose the U and the USU as their 1st choice of in-state institutions.
- 12:53 p.m. June 23, 2014
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Duckhunter (cont.):
The Y's student body is overwhelmingly LDS. Over 98% of them. And nearly 70% of the Y's student body population hails from outside of Utah. But that doesn't matter since the Y doesn't penalize students for being "out of state" like the U and USU do. Out-of-state tuition can be a prohibitive disincentive to attend a particular school. When I was at the Y, a lot of fellow students opted to attend because of the LDS culture, but that doesn't mean every LDS person wants to be part of the Y's LDS culture. The Y is an "extreme" LDS culture; one that is far too conservative for some other LDS folks.
Additionally, the Y's applicant pool is larger than the U's because the Y's pool is "LDS members", whereas the U's is largely "Utah residents". The LDS church has over 15 million members. The state of Utah has under 3 million residents.
And finally, folks like you who are obsessed with high school transcripts and ACT scores just don't get it. Nobody cares what those were after graduating from college.
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Naval Vet, I agree that Utah is far more competitive (admissions-wise) than UVU,
but to even hint it is on par with BYU seems "frantic and emotional"
(there's your shout-out). Of course you have never met a Ute who admitted
BYU was their first choice... I likewise have never met a Cougar who was
dead-set on going to Utah. No one will readily admit to that (even to
themselves). But the facts don't lie.
Acceptance rate: BYU 55% of 12,557, Utah 83% of 9,545
GPA and ACT of incoming students: BYU 3.81 and 28.2, Utah 3.59 and 24. (I agree these don't matter later on, but they absolutely matter in making a choice for where to attend college).
And of course the statistic that actually matters in this conversation...
% of accepted students that enroll: BYU 78%(top 3 in the country), Utah 39%
So "the truth" is that far more students want to go to BYU than Utah and a reasonable assumption (based in statistical fact) is that BYU was the first choice for most that apply to both BYU and the U. Looking forward to your spin.
- 1:32 p.m. June 23, 2014
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follow-up to Naval Vet. You make a fair point about BYU's applicant pool being larger than Utah's but that doesn't change the accepted to enrolled percentage. It does explain why more people apply to BYU and why many of the applicants are out-of-staters. It does not even remotely suggest that those who grew up in Utah more readily chose Utah over BYU. While I would not be surprised if that were true for applicants from Salt Lake valley there is no actual evidence to back that claim, while there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
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@ Duckhunter
I'm not sure you know what you're trying to argue. Acceptance rates between the two schools has nothing to with which city is preferable to live in. As Navel pointed out, BYU has a pool if 15 million people, Utah has a pool of a few million. It's not a mystery to why BYU has higher enrollment standards and all that. However, it has everything to do with the culture of the school, not because Provo is a great place to live.
Wisconsincoug did an excellent job punching hole in your online polls argument. I will just add that you can find anything you want while searching on Google. Of course "Provo Best" will yield results that mention Provo as the best place to live. You could probably do the same with any city. I went with a generic, and unbiased, "Best place to live", and Provo was nowhere to be seen. Also, it should be mentioned that search results are often partially based on browser history, so we may have different results, even if we google the exact same thing.
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If we're going to continue to talk "college enrollment" on this
thread, at least one clarification should be made. If Utah has a pool of 3
million applicants because that is how many Utah residents there are (does no
one from AZ or ID apply to the U?), than BYU's pool should not be 15
million, because 1) not all those LDS members are active, 2) more than half of
those live outside the U.S., 3) most members of the church are not potential
college applicants, 4) BYU does attract several (like 17) non-members to their
campus, and 5) with higher admission standards many choose not to apply to BYU
(knowing they will not get in).
I think a fairer comparison would be the actual number of applicants to each school. Utah is in the 9-10k range and BYU is in the 12-13k range. I think it's pretty incredible that both schools have so many applicants, the state of Utah will probably need to create/support another university within the next decade or so.
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The winged helmet wins out. After weeks of voting, BTN.com readers selected Michigan's iconic lid as the champion of the 2013 Big Ten Helmet Bracket. The Wolverines obliterated tourney darling and Leaders Division champ Indiana, 78%-22%, to record their second BTN.com aesthetic competition in as many summers. Last year, Michigan took our uniform bracket.


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My interpretation of Princess Merida's Wedding Dress
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Through the first two rounds, Manny Rosado was on target for the top prize in his weight class at the WIAA Division 1 state individual wrestling tournament in Madison last week.
But after reaching the semifinals in the 132-pound weight class, the Port Washington senior ran into three tough foes and ended up settling for a sixth-place medal.
Rosado, who rode a midseason surge to a 40-13 record, scored a first-period pin and decision in his first two matches Feb. 25 at the Kohl Center.
In Friday's semifinals, he battled Mukwonago's Nathan Smith (31-4) before losing, 5-3. Smith went on to place second.
On Saturday, Rosado was handed an 8-2 defeat by Menomonie's Hayden Schlough (35-7) in the
consolation semifinals and lost, 9-5, to Cedarburg's Josh Hickey (41-4) in the fifth-place match.
"Manny had a good tournament. We were real excited after winning the first two matches and getting to the semifinals, but all these guys are tough," Port coach Angelo LaRosa said.
"Manny wrestled hard. It could have gone the other way, but he just made some mistakes that cost him."
In Hickey, Rosado faced a familiar foe who defeated him in the North Shore Conference tournament Feb. 5. Rosado took a 4-2 lead into the third period before Hickey rallied to prevail.
Rosado made his second state appearance after qualifying at 106 pounds as a freshman. He finished his Port career with 118 wins, good for a place among the top 10 in team history.
He also followed in the footsteps of his brother Noah Rosado, who won a Division 1 state title at 113 pounds in 2014.
Strong sectional performances earned the Grafton/Cedarburg gymnastics team and two members of the Port Washington squad trips to this week's WIAA state meet.
Led by senior Maddie Gleed, Grafton/Cedarburg finished second out of eight teams in a Division 1 sectional at Manitowoc Lincoln last Saturday.
Manitowoc won the team title with 139.925 points, followed by Grafton/Cedarburg (136.75) and West Bend West (136.125) in the top three.
The first two teams qualified for state competition Friday and Saturday at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School.
Gleed was one of three Cedarburg/Grafton gymnasts who also advanced with top-five finishes in individual events. The senior qualified in the all-around, vault and balance beam.
Sophomore Natalie Zimbelman advanced in uneven bars and vault, as did freshman Paige Arnold in floor exercise and vault.
"I'm extremely proud of the girls, especially the younger ones," said Cedarburg/Grafton coach Renae Weaver, whose team reached state for the second straight year.
"Other than our two seniors in the lineup, this was the first sectionals for all of them. They kept their composure and fought for state."
Gleed, who will be participating in her third straight state meet, placed third in the all-around with 34.675 points, was second in uneven bars (8.575) and tied with Arnold for fifth in vault (8.8).
Arnold was third in floor exercise (9.175).
Zimbelman was second in vault (9.0) and third in uneven bars (8.475).
Gleed has been her team's top all-around performer throughout the season after qualifying for state last year in the all-around and all four individual events. Arnold has shown steady improvement, and Zimbelman has come on strong late in the season.
"Natalie was the silent but deadly competitor this year," Weaver said.
"She worked so hard at practice to really get her momentum going during meets. She wasn't a big name and didn't win every single meet, but her steady work ethic and determination helped her grow into a beautiful and strong gymnast."
O'Donnell, Garant advance for Port
During his time on the Grafton High School football team, Luke Benzschawel caught more than a few passes from quarterback Jarred Kettenhoven.
But Benzschawel never thought his skills as a tight end and Kettenhoven's aerial accuracy would pay off on the basketball court — until last week.
Pipe dream became reality at Whitefish Bay on Feb. 25 when Grafton converted an improbable buzzer-beating play to pull out a 66-64 victory in a North Shore Conference game that ended the regular season.
With the score tied at 64-64, Bay missed a potential winning shot, and Benzschawel grabbed the rebound. Grafton called timeout with 1.6 seconds left to set up a last-ditch shot.
Success seemed highly unlikely because the Hawks had to go the length of the court.
No problem.
With Bay backing off the end line, Kettenhoven launched a 70-foot pass that Benzschawel caught in the middle of the Hawks' lane. Foregoing a dribble, the 6-foot-7 senior spun back to his right free of defenders and released a shot that dropped through the hoop as time expired.
The Grafton sideline erupted in celebration.
"Jarred's had some experience throwing the ball in football, so we were confident we could get off a shot," Benzschawel said.
"I told the guys that if I got the ball, I could score. You never know if it's going to work out, but it did."
The shot quickly became a viral sensation when a video of the play appeared online, with the posting suggesting Benzschawel channeled the spirit of Christian Laettner, the former Duke star who beat Kentucky with a legendary winning shot in 1992.


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Any loss of consciousness is considered a strong warning sign of concussion. Other serious symptoms of concussion include:
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Any loss of consciousness is considered a strong warning sign of concussion. Other serious symptoms of concussion include:
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Mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, can be defined as a short-lived loss of brain function due to head trauma that resolves spontaneously. With concussion, function may be interrupted while there is no structural damage to the brain.
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Binge Drinking—A Predictor for or a Consequence of Unemployment?
Version of Record online: 15 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01822.x
Copyright © 2012 by the Research Society on Alcoholism
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Volume 36, Issue 11, pages 1983–1990, November 2012
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How to Cite
Backhans, M. C., Lundin, A. and Hemmingsson, T. (2012), Binge Drinking—A Predictor for or a Consequence of Unemployment?. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36: 1983–1990. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01822.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 29 OCT 2012
- Version of Record online: 15 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 24 FEB 2012
- Manuscript Received: 3 OCT 2011
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- Binge Drinking;
- Unemployment;
- Cohort Study;
- General Population
Research on the association between alcohol use and unemployment has been conducted in various settings and subgroups. While most studies confirm that problem use is related to subsequent unemployment, results are inconclusive regarding the reverse association. Few studies have analyzed binge drinking as either a predictor or an outcome.
This study investigates 13,031 residents in Stockholm county, who participated in a 2002 survey with a follow-up in 2007, aged 20 to 59, and currently employed or on leave at T1. Associations between frequency of binge drinking and total unemployment duration in 2003 to 2006 were assessed using logistic regression, taking previous binge drinking and previous unemployment experience into account.
After full adjustment, high frequency of binge drinking (1 per week or more) had a nonsignificant association with any subsequent unemployment for men and women and a significant association with long-term unemployment (>6 months) for women (OR 1.87). For men, both short-term unemployment and long-term unemployment were unrelated to later binge drinking after adjustment for previous binge drinking. Associations were stronger for women, but not significant in the full model.
Frequent binge drinking among women was associated with long-term unemployment. There was little support for the social causation hypothesis.


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Our reviews of Ann Arbor Film Festival DVD Collection, Volume 2: Unexplored Territories (published January 14th, 2010) and Ann Arbor Film Festival DVD Collection, Volume 3 (published March 9th, 2011) are also available.
The Charge
"Time Pieces represents an extension of the Ann Arbor Film Festival's efforts to champion talented, artistically driven filmmakers."
The Case
Since 1963, "visionary filmmakers" have been featured in the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest such event in North America. For most of those years, you had to drive, fly, walk, crawl, or bicycle to Ann Arbor to experience the festival. Now, however, you can travel to Ann Arbor vicariously through the magic of Ann Arbor Film Festival DVD Collection: Volume 1—Time Pieces. Ten filmmakers from three countries have contributed to this first short film collection from the festival.
The films are:
• "A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (In Less Than 60 Seconds)" (Chel White; 2 minutes): A Terry Gilliamesque montage accompanies an amusing monologue about the suffering of writers.
• "Doxology" (Michael Langan, 7 minutes): Among the strange sights are carrots being bitten by an invisible mouth, a freezing man accepting a tropical drink from a warmer man in the snow, and many hands helping a man comb, brush his teeth, floss, and shave. Hymns are involved.
• "The Drift" (Kelly Sears; 9 minutes): In space, a "song that sounded like emptiness" empties astronauts' interest. Back on Earth, it becomes a hit. Animated from photos.
• "The Adventure" (Mike Brune; 22 minutes): As a couple drives along a verdant road, a mime stops the car for a performance. Soon they have a dead mime on their hands—or do they?
• "Li: The Patterns of Nature" (John Campbell; 9 minutes): Time-lapse photography is part of the toolkit to show the patterns in natural phenomena like waves, bacteria, ants, flowers, and gnarled roots.
• "Frog Jesus" (Ben Peters; 2 minutes): A boy crucifies a frog to give the amphibian world religion. More than enough said.
• "Number One" (Leighton Pierce; 11 minutes): A psychedelic kaleidoscope of nature and humanity shots, with occasional shots of fire or subway trains breaking it up. IMDb's description sounds like there's a plot in here; I couldn't find it, and I watched twice to make sure.
• "Office Suite" (Robert Todd; 14 minutes): A look at office towers starts in the empty night and goes into the busy light of day. There are some purposely blurry, grainy images, some with negative exposure. Toward the end, it becomes creepy and headache inducing.
• "Energie!" (Thorsten Fleisch; 5 minutes): Still photos come alive with flashes of light.
• "Portrait #2: Trojan" (Vanessa Renwick; 5 minutes): The gray industrial environs of a nuke plant turn blood red as the plant crumbles into deadly dust.
The Ann Arbor Film Festival would call these films "avant-garde." I believe that's French for "odd." I also believe you've already figured that out from some of the descriptions. I'd also go so far as to describe them as weirdly fascinating. Once you start, you've got to keep watching to find out what's coming next. Tastes will vary, but with the longest film clocking in at 22 minutes, about the length of a sitcom episode minus the commercials, even the ones you don't like will be relatively painless (except for "Office Suite"). "A Painful Glimpse into My Writing Process," "The Drift," "The Adventure," "Li: The Patterns of Nature," and "Energie!" caught my fancy. Your tastes might vary, but that's a decent batting average for a short film collection. The picture and sound quality are decent, with whatever grain or flaws appearing to come from the original source material.
Seven featurettes provide about 20 minutes' worth of background and perspective: "Doxology: Experiments" is outtakes; Ben Peters talks about shooting in the cold in the brief "Frog Jesus: Revelations"; director Thorsten Fleisch has a shocking revelation in "Notes From an (Energie!) Addict"; Leighton Pierce, director of "Number One," shows off "Convection (An Installation)," his gallery project; "Adventures in Auditioning" looks into the process of casting "The Adventure" and includes speeded-up film of mimes; and "Peter's Proletariat Pigs" puts the thank-you list into clever cartoon form. There's also a brief trailer for the festival. None of this is essential, but "Convection" will interest those of you who go to art installations, while "Proletariat Pigs" and "Notes From an (Energie!) Addict" are amusing. The animation on the menu is also clever.
Short indie films are an acquired taste. If you've acquired it, Time Pieces is a good way to satisfy it.
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NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- If Pakistan wants peace, it must act urgently to stop Islamic militants from infiltrating Indian territory to carry out terror attacks in the dispute over Kashmir, India's foreign minister said Wednesday.
Jaswant Singh stopped short of saying how long India could remain patient. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said after meeting with both sides that "war is not inevitable." But Pakistan's president said his country's defense forces were "ready to face any challenge."
Also Wednesday, shelling by both sides continued across the line dividing predominantly Muslim Kashmir between the two nuclear-armed rivals, killing 23 civilians, the nations said.
India has said it does not believe Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's claim to be clamping down on Muslim extremists who want Kashmir to either be part of Pakistan, which is Muslim, or to be independent. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir.
"It is vital that he recognizes the urgency of the situation," Singh said. "India has waited patiently for the fulfillment of those commitments. They are vital for peace and also vital to the global fight against terrorism."
Straw said Wednesday night that the international community could help Pakistan end cross-border terrorism in India through "precise assistance." He declined to elaborate.
After his meetings in New Delhi and Islamabad, Straw said, "The situation is dangerous, but war is not inevitable. It's also clear that neither side wishes to have a war."
But Pakistan's state TV quoted Musharraf as telling air force officers Wednesday, "India has created a dangerous situation in the region and the defense forces were ready to face any challenge if war was thrust upon us."
A war between India and Pakistan would be their fourth since they attained independence from Britain in 1947.
Straw said it was up to Musharraf to prove he is serious about stopping Muslim militants. The two met Tuesday in Islamabad.
"The testament of any statement is by actions and not by words," Straw said. "The international community looks to press Musharraf to assure that this undertaking is fulfilled on the ground."
Straw refused to detail his meetings except to say they covered "material worthy of further discussion."
Straw said he would phone British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Secretary of State Colin Powell, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and the EU minister for foreign relations, Chris Patten, during his overnight flight back to Britain.
Pakistan's army said Wednesday that Indian shelling killed 12 civilians on its side of the border and wounded 17 others.
Seven people, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed nearly 100 miles south of Muzaffarabad, said police Deputy Commissioner Poonch Liaqad Hussein.
Five other Pakistani civilians were killed near Sialkot along the disputed border, the army said.
The Indian army said cross-border firing killed 11 Indian civilians in Kashmir -- six in Dras, 95 miles north of Srinagar, and five in the Punch sector.
The rivals have massed 1 million troops along their border, and India has moved its warships closer to Pakistan. Pakistan on Tuesday completed three test-firings of nuclear-capable missiles that could reach India.
Russia and the EU on Wednesday said those tests "can not but aggravate the already worrying situation in South Asia."
U.S. officials in Washington are concerned that Pakistan's troubles with India could prompt it to pay less attention to tribal areas of western Pakistan, where members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network apparently are staying.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi phoned Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday, urging "the utmost diplomatic efforts" to defuse tension. He telephoned Musharraf a day earlier.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested the two leaders meet during an Asian summit in Kazakhstan next week. Vajpayee said he will not meet with Musharraf, although both said they would meet with Putin.
Vajpayee insists on first seeing a concrete reduction in violence by Muslim militants and the closure of camps run by militants in Pakistani Kashmir.
India accuses Pakistan of waging a "proxy war" for 12 years by funding, training and arming the militants and providing covering fire for them to cross the border.
Pakistan says it provides only "moral support" to militants engaged in a "freedom struggle" by native Kashmiris in Jammu-Kashmir.
At least 60,000 people have died since the insurgency began in 1989.
One militant said Wednesday that Musharraf is making his fight more difficult by severing ties and cutting off routes into Indian territory.
"We have been stabbed in the back and abandoned by Pakistan in the same way in which ... it had disassociated itself from the Taliban," Commander Mohammed Musa, spokesman for the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammed group, told The Associated Press from Pakistan.
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HOUMA -- Gulf Island Fabrication saw its profits increase fivefold this fall compared with the same period last year.
Profits were still down for the year, however.
Gulf Island, which builds oil platforms and other offshore structures, made $4.6 million on $70.6 million of revenue from October to December 2009. That's compared with about $876,000 of profits on revenues of $86.1 million during the same period last year.
The company made $20.8 million throughout 2009 on revenue of $311.5 million. That's a 28 percent drop from the 2008 results, which were $29 million in profits made on $420.5 million in revenue.
Earnings per share for the fall 2009 were 32 cents, compared with 6 cents in fall 2008. Over the year, stocks earned $1.44 per share in 2009 compared with $2.03 in 2008.
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The Oregon Ducks have added the Eastern Washington Eagles to their 2015 football schedule, EWU has announced.
Oregon will host Eastern Washington at Autzen Stadium in Eugene on September 5, 2015. The game will be the first ever meeting between the two schools.
Georgia was previously set to travel to Oregon on Sept. 5, 2015, but the two schools agreed to cancel their 2015-16 series back in September 2010.
Eastern Washington won the 2010 FCS National Championship with a 20-19 win over Delaware. In 2011, they finished the season 6-5 and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Oregon is 16-2-2 overall against teams from the Football Championship Subdivision. Their last match-up against an FCS team was in 2010 against Portland State. The Ducks rolled in that game 69-0.
The announcement of this game gives Oregon two non-conference opponents for the 2015 season. The Ducks travel to face the Michigan State Spartans on Sept. 12.
Oregon also needs one game to complete their 2013 and 2014 non-conference schedules. The 2013 season features games at Nevada (Sept. 7) and home vs. Tennessee (Sept. 14), while in 2014 Oregon hosts Wyoming (Sept. 6) and Michigan State (Sept. 13).
more high quality Pac-12 scheduling….no cupcakes!
Whats with these cupcakes? What Oregon you cant beat LSU?
I'm sure the EWU kids love the name calling. They are human beings people.
EWU is a great program (the red turf is awful) but do you really think they care what you think? or what I think? Did you feel the same when Idaho was considered a CREAM PUFF for playing at Auburn or Portland State for playing Washington. We called Idaho and Portland State cream puffs
I would rather schedule a game between Georgia then EWU! Why did they do that?
Georgia's new AD cancelled the agreement in 2010!!! UO was supposed to play them this year too. Good to see Tennessee kept thier part of the aggrement for next year. Everyone's schedules with the new playoff and PAC-12 championship game now are going to get softer now…except for a few TV matchups!
Some pac-12 fans say pac-12 teams only scheduled top quality opponents. Looks like Oregon did not get the memo
Nice move Ducks! Wasn't Linfield available?
What the !!!!!.
Why don't you guys look at the schedule of every SEC team? As far as I know every SEC team has at least one FCS team on their schedule. And that goes for Big12,bigten, most acc and pac12 schools .
The reality is with a 12 game schedule that rewards undefeated teams, all the big time programs put a fcs game on their schedule (excepting Notre Dame, USC). If you see a school schedule 2 fcs games and a sunbelt team then belly ache at those guys.
In fairness to the ducks they have a 9 game conference schedule, plus at trip to Michigan State, so one fcs game seems reasonable, if I recall Georgia backed out of a trip to Eugene shortly after they lost at Boulder to U of Colorado.
Pa, not everyone plays a D1-AA opponent as their is no rule that says you have to. I am guessing when they clarify the strength of schedule component of the playoff, this is the type of game you will be penalized for playing so hopefully more schools will stop playing them and play better non conference schedules.
@ Robert, so which schools(besides notre dame and usc) are you refering to that dont play div1-aa teams?
I'm like most fans, love to see tough out of conference, back when there was an 11 game schedule, you didn't see a lot of the big schools playing div1aa teams, but now they all do. Partly, for a guaranteed home game, as well as a game they can get more of the backups playing time, to name a couple of reasons.
Lets play Texas
I hope EWU !@#$% up the Ducks like the Beavs
EWU actually went 12 and 3 and won their conference for the second time in a row. EWU is not an easy game. Oregon will have a hard time fending them off. Last year EWU beat Oregon State and plays University of Washington this year.


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I agree with Naildown. The drums need to be emphasized a little more. But more importantly to me, the flute needs to be more prominent. It is carrying a nice melody, but the strings overpower it way too much. Overall a good piece though!
Thanks. I agree with both of you. It's a bit hard to mix the "rock" drums with the orchestral percussions and it's too dry. And the flute is definitely too much "behind".
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The most scenic place in Wollongong would have to be the Belmore basin.
This area contains a boat harbour for fishing and sailing boats as well as Wollongong's north and south beaches.
It is also the start of a beachside walking and cycle track that runs for about 14kms.
This is me at the top of the mountain walk that leads to the Minnimurra waterfall in the Minnimurra rainforest.
It is a fairly steep and long walk so at this point I am happy to have made it and relieved to sit down for a rest and enjoy the view.
See my "off the beaten track page" for more Minnimurra info and pics.
About 1 km along Cliff road from the harbour you will find these remnants of an old fort and the park they now sit in know as Battery park.
The two cannons and the partially-excavated underground fortifications are the remnants of a fort built in 1890 to guard the approaches to the harbour.
An earlier battery was established in the 1870s on Flagstaff Hill. Also buried are some coke ovens.
Built in 1875 they were amongst the area's first industrial enterprises.
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- Cons:Has a steelworks and the pollution that goes with it.
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The Case Family Reunion will start at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the Family Life Center of Refuge Baptist Church on Oleta Road.
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Older pathologists believed that the ultimate fate of the kidney glomerulus in chronic nephritis is fibrinous degeneration with the formation of a permanent hyaline scar. The ratio of normal glomeruli to hyaline scars, therefore, was taken as a reliable index to the extent of the kidney degeneration. Doubt as to the validity of this assumption has recently been expressed by pathologists, who conceive the possibility of complete absorption of degenerated glomeruli without the formation of permanent scars.
Joelson, Beck and Moritz1 of the Laboratory of Surgical Research, Western Reserve University School of Medicine, for example, made histologic sections of dog kidneys at varying intervals after unilateral urethral obstruction. From these sections they inferred a probable reduction in the total number of glomeruli which was greater than that indicated by the percentage of hyaline glomerular remnants.
This inference is confirmed by Moritz and Hayman,2 who have applied to the
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We didn't go over the "fiscal cliff," but we did show the world just how close to totally dysfunctional our federal government is.
The deal that was made satisfied no one, but enough members of Congress viewed it as preferable to going over the cliff, and they held their noses and voted for it.
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives couldn't deal with each other; Vice President Joe Biden had to make the deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The simple truth is that our government no longer governs; rather, it panders. The legislators don't do what is best for their country. First and foremost, they seem to seek to satisfy the needs of their financial supporters. We have the best government that money can buy. Next, they seek to satisfy the wishes of those who elected them. The trouble with that is most of the electorate's wants far exceed its willingness to pay for all the goodies.
We want the best health care in the world (don't touch my Medicare), but we don't want to pay for it (no new taxes). We want clean air and water but don't like environmental protections that restrict our freedom. We want it all -- and our political class has been giving it to us. All we have been doing is writing IOUs.
Frank Flaumenhaft
Hilton Head Island


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This weekend a friend of mine lost her sister to a household accident: The 32-year-old Edmonds woman was cleaning her bathtub and her tub drain simultaneously and the combination of the two products created a lethal gas. Her family asked me to remind everyone to never mix cleaning products. Specifically: Do not mix bleach and ammonia. Do not mix bleach and acids. Do not use two drain cleaners together, or one right after the other.
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