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Governing the City: Challenges and Options for New York
A Political Life: The Education of John V. Lindsay
New York, October 27.
Snobbery seems insufficiently understood as a factor in democratic politics, which, more often than not, is just the wriggling of the man who feels snubbed in unequal contest with the man who can snub. The subject is indeed so neglected that it arises only once in a recent study of the governance of New York: when Irving Kristol, co-editor first of Encounter and now of The Public Interest, complains about the hauteur of "the Upper East Side and Suburban Elite (the media men, WASP bankers and foundation officials, affluent Jewish financiers and professionals, advertising agencies, etc.)."*
But we need only take note of Irving Kristol being afflicted by the imagined snubs of McGeorge Bundy, and think of Rhody McCoy, unafflicted by the real snubs of Irving Kristol, to recognize snobbery as the sovereign element in our politics. The snobbery of the city explains almost everything: it is part of the reason why Mr. Lindsay has failed as a Mayor and much of the reason why he succeeds as a candidate, why, having been repudiated, he will now be re-elected.
James Q. Wilson nicely describes Mr. Lindsay as the archetype of the "audience-oriented" Mayor, the actor in public confrontations. There has been one pattern common to these exhibitions: Mr. Lindsay loses when he represents a lower social order against a higher one and he wins when he comes forward for a higher against a lower. The debate over the Civilian Review Board was won by the police, a superior class once it is cast against the Negroes and the young. The teachers beat the Mayor on school decentralization and thus preserved an order where, if teachers sometimes need to defer to the parents of the rich, the parents of the poor must always defer to teachers. But the Mayor beat the sanitation workers, on style at least, because he made the issue one of whether the city would bow its head to garbage collectors, having, in this case, arrayed snobbery on his side.
So now we come upon him before the National Council of Jewish Women in Kew Gardens, in the borough of Queens. The chairlady's introduction has the peculiarly spare ostentation of royal gazettes, being all titles and no descriptions: "It is with pride I present our Chief Executive, John Vliet Lindsay, the Mayor of the City." We have wandered into a monarchical occasion; even the flatness of his words suggests those speeches from the throne which permit no flight of language that might distract our attention from the monarch's complexion. He is awful and we fear him; he is also vulnerable and we feel compelled to protect him; he is at once Prince Rupert and Saint Sebastian. Someone in the audience asks him why he has neglected Queens. We share the chairlady's undisguised embarrassment; and he is even more affronted for himself…
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Well this is hardly surprising news. Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, has rage quit his position as a contributor to Reuters and Fortune after harsh criticism of his idiotic claim that the Obama administration had cooked the jobs numbers last week to help them politically.
Jack Welch has left our building, metaphorically that is.
Welch said he will no longer contribute to Fortune following critical coverage of the former CEO of General Electric, saying he would get better "traction" elsewhere. On Friday, Welch suggested that the Obama administration, calling them "these Chicago guys," had manipulated the monthly jobs report in order to make the economy look better than it actually is just weeks before the election. Welch has been battered by criticism since making the suggestion on Twitter…
CNNMoney, which shares content with Fortune.com, ran a story on Friday covering Welch's tweet. The piece said that even conservative economists thought Welch was wrong to question the jobs numbers. On Tuesday, Fortune.com ran a story detailing Welch's record as a job destroyer. GE lost nearly 100,000 jobs during the 20 years in which Welch ran the company. "I never put myself out there as an employment agency," Welch told Fortune.
Guess where he's going? The Wall Street Journal, now owned by Rupert Murdoch. It's only a matter of time before he becomes a major Fox News contributor.


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The Bless Relationships API
InfoGrid supports types on both nodes and edges, aka MeshObjects and Relationships. They are called EntityTypes and RelationshipsTypes, respectively.
Assume we have two related MeshObjects, each blessed with a (hypothetical) type Person. Like this:
MeshObject obj1 = ...; MeshObject obj2 = ...; obj1.bless( PERSON ); obj2.bless( PERSON ); obj1.relate( obj2 );
Now if we want to express that the second Person is the daughter of the first Person, we cannot do this:
obj1.blessRelationship( PERSON_PARENT_PERSON, obj2 );
because we don't know, from this API, whether obj1 or obj2 is the daughter or the parent.
Instead, in InfoGrid, we have to explicitly specify the direction, and we do this by specifying the "end" of the relationship type instead of the relationship type for the bless operation, like this:
obj1.blessRelationship( PERSON_PARENT_PERSON.getSource(), obj2 );
Hopefully, the documentation of the parent relationship type in the model indicates the semantics of the source and the destination of each relationship type. These "ends" are called RoleTypes, by the way.
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Ti Piace Hitchcock? (FR - DVD R2)
Argento does Hitchock for TV, and Gabe Powers does his best to stay interested
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When he first came on the scene with his blockbuster animal title themed giallo thrillers, Dario Argento was quickly referred to as the Italian Hitchcock by the world press. Though Argento thrives in the whodunit genre, his films have always been much more flamboyant than the super-controlled work of the master of suspense. Hitchcock also had a much better grasp of drama and character, something Argento only really managed in his fifth film, Profondo Rosso. Argento spent quite a bit of his interview time over the years trying to dissuade the comparison, but with the release of his latest made-for-Italian-TV feature he seems to have cemented the association for the ages.
Giulio is a listless college student with an affinity for (wait for it...) Hitchcock and a nice view of a naked girl through his rear window. One night, he witnesses what might be a murder, and when the cops don't immediately solve the case, Giulio decides to take matters into his own bony, frail hands. Much to the chagrin of his actual girlfriend, whose not a fan of his peeping, he insists on pursuing his leads, which amount basically to the fact that the daughter of the deceased had rented Strangers on a Train a few days before the murder. Like any good film geek Giulio has more than a little trouble separating fiction from reality.
I'd like to ask Argento why he felt the need to make this film. Seriously, I love the guy, but Ti Piace Hitchcock? basically adds nothing new to an already floundering career. The film parades all the director's weaknesses while stifling his strengths. The dialogue and character motivation is as stilted as ever, but the audience is never allowed to ignore it in favour of thrilling, colourful visuals. I understand that we're working with a television budget, but would it've killed Argento to try something new?
The film's near saving grace is the 'spot the reference' game that viewers more attuned to the cinema of old Hitch can play. The murder plot is first lifted from Strangers on a Train, then switched to that of Dial M for Murder. There is an attempted murder in a bathtub, complete with the slow tearing down of a shower curtain (for that matter there are several showers on display in general), and a key murder weapon is a Norman Bates style butcher knife. Also taken from Psycho is the presence of mothers, one as an overbearing bother, another as a victim of murder. The most obvious parallels, however, can be drawn to Rear Window, including the voyeuristic nature of the protagonist, the fact that he witnesses events through his rear window, and the fact that he breaks his leg and is feebly confined to his apartment.
The Rear Window comparisons delve a little deeper as well. Giulio's girlfriend is a near-perfect specimen, physically and emotionally (though she's no Grace Kelly, hubba, hubba), and his ignorance of her love is the real mystery of the film's first half. When she finally realizes his suspicions are at least somewhat accurate, she willingly puts herself in danger to gather evidence while he looks on helplessly from his apartment window, unable to run to her aid due to his broken leg. Jimmy Stewart's L. B. Jefferies is all about ignoring his suitress until the moment he's faced with his ultimate impotence. It's an interesting characterization, but not nearly as interesting the fourth or fifth time around.
Argento, not content with referencing only Hitchcock manages to reference himself as well. Brian DePalma infamously did this for years, a fact that has kept him from receiving full praise from a bevy of film critics the world over. This is either a symptom of Argento being lazy or being playful, and it's very hard to tell which. I, personally, was happy to see a triple cut to a running faucet, as well as the murder by car of the film's red herring (both lifted from Profondo Rosso). The problem is that I'm not sure if I was just proud of myself for noticing, or if I was truly delighted by the spectacle.
And here, again, we arrive at the reason this particular film fails, familiarity. If you've seen three Argento gialli, you've seen this movie. If you've seen three DePalma Hitchcock semi-remakes ( Body Double, Dressed to Kill, Obsession, Raising Cain) you've seen this movie. Ti Piace Hitchcock isn't nearly Argento's worst film (that'd be his version of Phantom of the Opera), but it is another in the steadily increasing line of average, no chances taken—no choices made films that have alarmingly infiltrated the Maestro's cannon over the years.
This French DVD release is, as of this writing, the only English language version available on the non-bootleg market. It is presented in the film's original 1.78:1 aspect ratio, but is unfortunately not anamorphically enhanced. The good news for English speaking viewers with 16x9 sets is that the zoom function masks a fair amount of the forced French subtitles, though I suppose it's a bummer to deal with forced subtitles in any case.
The image is overly dark, and detail is lost in the backgrounds especially. Low-level noise rears its head occasionally, as do other forms of digital blocking. Bright colours, such as reds, have a tendency to bleed, and flesh tones are unnaturally cross-coloured at times. The daylight scenes are far more serviceable than night scenes, but still suffer from some edge enhancement. Overall, this is a merely passable transfer that perhaps reveals a little too much of the film's television origins.
Echo...Echo...Echo... If you chose to watch the film in English because you understand neither French nor Italian, you are in for a treat. Apparently the English audio was mastered in a cavernous pit with large, metal-coated walls. Everything, especially dialogue, reverbs and doubles. At some points it sounds like two actors are speaking at once. Perhaps the audio engineers misunderstood the idea of stereo-surround and decided they needed to utilize every channel to its full potential, despite the fact that the film is dialogue based. The only time the over-done effect works is during the outdoor storm chase sequence, where the echoing channels sound natural. If you can speak Italian or French, stick with the Italian track, which though undistinguished, is at the very least cantered.
Zero extras adorn the disc.
Like so much of Argento's recent work, this one is for fans only. Had I not been an avid fan already, I may have hated the film, which doesn't speak well for my scoring system. There are a few moments here and there, and the reference game is a fun one to play (maybe with some friends and hard liquor), but for the most part there just isn't much to get excited about.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Dustin Member Join Date: March 2006 Location: United States Posts: 553
A cavernous pit with large, metal-coated walls? Hahahaha.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Yeah, that's pretty much what it sounds like
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Disc Details
Release Date: 15th February 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Italian
Subtitles: French (Forced)
Extras: None
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Elisabetta Rocchetti, Cristina Brondo, Ivan Morales, Elena Maria, Lorenzo Federici, Elio Germano
Genre: Thriller
Length: 885 minutes
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|Procedure: Short Cycle Antiretroviral Therapy
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HIV infected adolescents who require therapy face a lifetime of antiretroviral treatment. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is associated with short- and long-term complications, and concerns are mounting about the cumulative effect of these complications as adolescents enter the third and fourth decade of life. A management strategy that can suppress the virus and decrease overall drug exposure is needed. In addition, the scheduling requirements for antiretroviral therapies interfere with the socialization and independence that an adolescent must accomplish to gain skills for a successful adult life. Not surprisingly, nonadherence to prescribed medications is common in teens. This multicenter, prospective, proof of concept trial will evaluate Short Cycle Therapy (SCT) in adolescents with sustained viral suppression of at least 6 months. While maintenance of viral load suppression can be viewed as either a safety or efficacy endpoint, the trial is constructed as an assessment of safety.
Eligible participants who have been on standard HAART therapy consisting of a Protease Inhibitor will switch to SCT therapy(4 days on treatment, 3 days off treatment each week) at entry. Participants will be seen in the clinic every other Monday during the first month, then monthly up to 24-weeks and then once every two months until the end of the 48-week study period. Plasma HIV RNA levels and CD4 cell counts will be performed at every visit. Medication adherence by self-report will be conducted every 2 weeks until week 24 and every 4-weeks thereafter until week 48. Fasting serum triglycerides and cholesterol will be measured at baseline, at week 24 and at the end of the study.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|31 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Short-Cycle Therapy in Adolescents Following Continuous Therapy With Established Viral Suppression: The Impact on Viral Load Suppression
|Study Start Date :
|July 2003
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2007
Experimental: Short-cycle therapy (SCT)
At entry, subjects will switch from continuous HAART to SCT. All subjects will then be followed to assess viral load breakthrough over 48 weeks on SCT.
Procedure: Short Cycle Antiretroviral Therapy
- Assess VL Suppression for Subjects on SCT over a 24 Week and 48 Week Period [ Time Frame: 48 Weeks ]
To assess viral load suppression (≤ 400 copies/ml) for subjects on SCT over a 24 week and a 48 week period.
The primary endpoint is defined as the time of confirmed VL > 400 copies/ml at any time after study entry up to and including the 48th week of follow-up.
- Assess CD4+ T-cell count over time for subjects on SCT from baseline to week 48 [ Time Frame: 48 Weeks ]To assess CD4+ T-cell count over time for subjects on SCT from baseline to week 48. These values will be compared at (1) the period of time from study entry to viral load rebound (> 400 copies/ml), (2) the period of time from study entry to subject dropout, or (3) the period of time from study entry to administrative end of study at 48 weeks, depending on each subject's disposition.
- Compare differences in various values from study entry to Weeks 24 and 48 [ Time Frame: 48 Weeks ]To compare differences in fasting cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL, and VLDL levels from study entry to weeks 24 and 48
- Assess the adherence level over time [ Time Frame: Week 48 ]To assess the adherence level over time using the PACTG Pediatric Adherence Questionnaire Module I, every two weeks up to week 24 and every four weeks until week 48
- Assess genotypic resistance as necessary [ Time Frame: 48 Weeks ]To assess subject-specific plasma genotypic resistance for subjects with viral load >1000 copies/ml at time of viral load rebound.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 24 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Twelve to 24 years of age, regardless of the mode of transmission.
- Subjects must have been on a stable HAART regimen containing at least one PI and two NRTIs and no NNRTI for at least 3 months and be willing to continue the PI-containing regimen throughout the study period.
- Acceptable viral load defined as at least three plasma HIV-1 RNA levels ≤ 400 copies/ml within 12 months of study entry and no plasma HIV-1 RNA levels > 400 copies/ml within 6 months of entry date employing any clinically available viral load assay.
- Pre entry plasma HIV-1 RNA level <200 copies/ml by ultra-sensitive assay (Roche 1.5) within 30 days of study entry, performed in an assigned PACTG core virology laboratory.
- CD4+ T cell count >350 cells/microL within 30 days of study entry.
- Ability of subject and parent or legal guardian (when appropriate) to give written informed assent/consent and permission respectively.
Subjects currently enrolled in ATN 015 Version 2.0 are eligible as follows:
- Subjects randomized to standard continuous therapy (control arm). These subjects are eligible to be enrolled in ATN 015 Version 3.0 as new subjects if they meet the entry criteria for ATN Version 3.0. If eligible, they will be followed for the full 48 weeks.
- Subjects randomized to short cycle therapy (experimental arm). These subjects are eligible to rollover to ATN 015 Version 3.0 and continue on SCT if they have not met a study endpoint. These subjects may not have a viral load value that meets a study endpoint (viz. a confirmed viral load of >400 copies/ml) and will continue on the intensive monitoring until they have completed 24 weeks when they will enter the less intensive 24 week phase of the study.
- Female subjects must be non-pregnant and willing to remain on effective contraception for the duration of the study. (Examples of acceptable forms of birth control include but are not limited to any form of hormonal contraception along with a barrier method, double barrier method, tubal ligation, or abstinence if it is the choice of the subject.)
Exclusion Criteria:
- On a HAART regimen containing an NNRTI or a HAART regimen with Abacavir (including Trizivir®).
- On any prohibited medication at the time of screening. Subjects with underlying reactive airway disease who are on either inhaled or brief, intermittent systemic steroids can be considered but their status must be reviewed with the protocol chair or vice chair through the standard ATN protocol query process.
- Active HIV-related opportunistic infection or any malignancy at the time of screening. (Female subjects who have been treated adequately for cervical dysplasia or CIN are eligible for study unless they are on systemic immunosuppressive therapy).
- Current treatment for known or suspected active serious bacterial infection.
- Pregnancy.
- Any laboratory abnormalities Grade 3 or greater as defined in Appendix III at the time of screening.
- Subjects receiving pharmacological treatment for elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
If a candidate fails the eligibility criteria (inclusion or exclusion), she or he may be screened again for eligibility after a period of 30 days.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00068809
|United States, California
|Children's Hopsital of Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
|University of California at San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States, 92102
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|United States, Florida
|Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316
|University of Miami
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33101
|United States, Illinois
|Stoger Hospital of Cook County
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|United States, New York
|Mt. Sinai Hospital
|New York City, New York, United States, 01129
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Puerto Rico
|University of Puerto Rico
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00927
|Study Chair:
|Bret J Rudy, MD
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00068809 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
ATN 015 v 3.0
|First Posted:
|September 11, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 1, 2017
|Last Verified:
|February 2016
Keywords provided by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
Treatment experienced
Treatment interruption
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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Patent Reform Bill Released: More Of The Same
from the chances-of-passing-look-hazy dept
It still tries to switch the US to a "first to file" system, rather than "first to invent" -- which just encourages more patents being filed faster, rather than better patents being filed. It has the same (controversial) damages setup as last year, which would be useful in limiting damages from infringement, but which many special interests hate. It does allow for third parties to get involved during the patent review process (good) and also establishes a process for post-grant review (good), but greatly limits how that post-grant review will work (bad). Tragically, it still includes the "pilot program" to let patent lawsuits be handed to "interested judges" to build "judicial expertise in patent litigation." We already know this is a bad idea, because we've already seen what happens when all patent cases at the appeals court level go to a single court, based on the same idea: that the single court would have more judicial expertise. In practice, that's meant that the court and its key rulings have been dominated by former patent attorneys, who tend to like more patents. Why replicate that disaster at the lower courts as well?
Among the new stuff, as mentioned, it limits the plans for post-grant review (bad) and raises the bar to get a willful (treble damages) infringement award (very, very good), such that just having seen the patent no longer counts as willful infringement. Of course, it also would require lower patent filing fees for smaller companies -- again encouraging greater patent filing at a time when it's pretty clear we need fewer patents, not more.
All in all, still a really mixed bag of good and bad, with the likelihood of it actually going anywhere being pretty minimal. Wake us when Congress realizes that we need real patent reform.


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With adjacent stands, Engel & Völkers Aviation and Engel & Völkers Yachting were amongst the exhibitors at the "Cannes Collection". The luxury trade show took place for the first time from 2 to 5 June 2016 and drew thousands of visitors to Cannes on the French Riviera. At the event it was all about sailing, flying, driving, watches and jewellery – as well as real estate.
The "Cannes Collection" was held at the marina Le Vieux Port in Cannes, where renowned luxury brands exhibited their products and services alongside the docks and boat moorings. Just opposite Engel & Völkers' trade show appearance, the team from Engel & Völkers Yachting presented a 32-metre yacht, which could be viewed on request. Anissa Mediouni, CEO of Engel & Völkers Yachting, reported as follows: "There was a great deal of interest in our yacht amongst visitors, and we conducted many viewings on board." Bart Boury, CEO of Engel & Völkers Aviation, and his team also had good news to report from the show: "Our participation really paid off for us. We got talking to many potential new clients."
The range of services offered by Engel & Völkers Yachting includes brokerage of yachts, charters, the overseeing of new yacht constructions and refits and independent consultancy. Engel & Völkers Aviation, on the other hand, is specialised in the brokerage of aircraft for sale and tailored charter flights worldwide.


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This is a story.
A Karate student purchased an extremely rare Karate book that was naturally very expensive. He was certain that this special book would teach him the secrets of Karate.
One day, he got into a fight and was easily defeated. He could not believe it because he had read every word of the book and memorized every technique. He went to his instructor and described what had happened. His instructor tactfully said that the techniques of Karate cannot be learned from books, but only by diligent practice.
"But you don't understand," complained the student, "the book was a first edition and signed by the author!"
Do you see? The issue is not the cost or rarity of the book. It could be printed with golden ink on silk pages and it still would make no difference. The book of Karate is written in sweat -- your own sweat.
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For financial institutions, particularly in the areas of retail banking and payments, there are enormous opportunities to be gained from enhancing their digital offerings to customers. The challenge for banks, however, is to implement these offerings at speed so they can maintain a competitive edge in the market, but without putting security at risk.
In this report, we look at how banks, that have rapidly evolved their technology and service offerings, can re-organize to get their counter-fraud strategies up to the same pace.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - With four players scoring in double figures, North Carolina defeated visiting East Tennessee State, 84-63, on Monday (Nov. 27) in women's basketball at Carmichael Auditorium to improve to 3-2 on the season. With the loss, ETSU fell to 0-4.
Senior forward LaQuanda Barksdale led UNC with 19 points and 16 rebounds, her second double-double in this season*s five games. Senior guard Juana Brown scored 17 points and sophomore guard Coretta Brown added 15, along with seven rebounds and six assists. Sophomore forward Jennifer Thomas came off the bench to score 15 points and grab five rebounds in 13 minutes of play. Freshman center Candace Sutton had eight points, seven rebounds and a career-best five blocks.
Junior guard Erin Thurman led the Lady Bucs with 16 points, including four three-pointers. Three players'sophomore forwards Misty Copas and Samantha Copeland, and freshman forward Lauren Trantham*had six rebounds each.
The teams traded leads through most of the first half before Barksdale*s three with 2:42 remaining before halftime put UNC up 34-32. Carolina never trailed after that, although ETSU closed the gap to two, 40-38, less than two minutes into the second half. After that, the Tar Heels went on a 16-0 run to jump back out to a comfortable lead that they wouldn*t give up.
"Their size was definitely a factor, and their athletic ability*that wears you down," ETSU coach Karen Kemp said. "We don't have a whole lot of experience on our bench. Team like this, down the stretch they have experience on the floor and that makes a difference."
UNC shot a season-low 41.6 percent (32-77) from the floor, including 27.8 (5-18) from three-point range. The Tar Heels won the rebounding battle, 58-44.
Next up for UNC is a meeting with the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish on Sunday, Dec. 3., at the Honda Elite 4 Holiday Classic in Orlando, Fla. The game is at 1:30 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2.
East Tennessee State returns to action on Wednesday, Nov. 29, with a 6 p.m. game at Radford.


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Very cool WW2 beer storyhttp://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x1599386169/Dave-Bakke-Auburn-soldiers-WWII-experience-became-Bastogne-legend?photo=0
Well, that gives new meaning to the reason why they call the 101st guys "The Belching Buzzards."
My family served in the Pacific. My Uncle Larry was killed in action when the USS Juneau CL52 was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. My dad was a plank owner and served aboard USS Douglas A. Munro DE422. Dad passed away last March. My mom passed away two months later. They were together 62 years; apart for 52 days. We will be laying them to rest, together, in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (The Punchbowl) on December 5th.


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The righteous may feel some effects of divine judgment if they associate with the wicked. But even in such suffering, Matthew Henry shows us there is a difference in how a Christian responds to hardship. He writes, "Though they [the ...Read More
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How often are we like Sarah — unable to believe that God is able to do all those things He has promised? We do well to remember, as John Calvin says, that when we doubt like Sarah did, "we also attempt ...Read More
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Global trends such as digitization, mobility and "everything as a service" are transforming the value chain of industrial clients, creating a demand for solutions that enable digital and intelligent processes and services—an emerging business environment that Accenture calls Digital Industry 4.0.
To address this growing demand for digital solutions, Accenture has acquired the industrial and embedded software business of evopro group, a leading software development and engineering group with locations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. The acquisition strengthens Accenture's engineering and software development skills and supports Accenture's digital initiatives.
This is Accenture's third acquisition that will enhance its range of capabilities to help manufacturing clients organize, develop and manage the processes needed for the entire lifecycle of new products and services. In 2013, Accenture acquired PRION Group and PCO Innovation, two system integration companies specializing in the delivery of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services.


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Science Scoops: Scientists Turn Down the Heat
by Stephen James O'Meara
Are you someone who likes to blame the oil and gas industries for global warming? Well, sit down, because you may not like this new, albeit controversial, news.
According to a report in New Scientist magazine, "oil and gas will run out too fast for doomsday global warming scenarios to materialize."
In other words, all of Earth's oil and gas reserves will be burned before there is enough carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to cause the most horrific scenarios envisioned by global warming proponents—namely scorching temperatures and melting polar caps.
In fact, geologists Kjell Aleklett, Anders Sivertsson, and Colin Campbell (Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden) predict that Earth's oil supplies could be fully consumed as early as 2010; and our gas supplies, they say, will evaporate shortly after that.
But Nebojsa Nakicenovic, an energy economist at the University of Vienna in Austria, believes that the Swedish geologists are being too conservative in their estimates of Earth's gas and oil supplies. Not only that, he warns, but "there's a huge amount of coal underground that could be exploited."
Burning coal would be worse for the environment than burning oil or gas. Coal produces more CO2 for each unit of energy, as well as releases large amounts of particulates into the atmosphere. If we do ultimately replace oil and gas with coal, Aleklett admits that the global warming doomsday scenarios would come true. Switching from oil to coal, he says, would be disastrous.
- controversial: Producing or being marked by a dispute.
- doomsday: Inevitable destruction or ruin.
- global warming: An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere.
- particulate: A separate particle.
- scenario: A model of an expected sequence of events.
- What kind of a resource is coal?
- Resources such as coal, oil, and gas cannot be replaced. What are some resources that can be used to create energy and can be replaced?
- Why do you think that people use resources that cannot be replaced in addition to resources that can be replaced?


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Several members of the Lansing City Council are predicting that next week's meeting could be a long one because of one of the first items on the agenda —�approval of the city's annual budget for 2014.
Several members of the Lansing City Council are predicting that next week's meeting could be a long one because of one of the first items on the agenda — approval of the city's annual budget for 2014.
Council members said this week that's because they felt the process for reviewing the spending document for the coming year did not give them ample time to discuss potential cost savings or priority expenditures.
The council did have two different work sessions on the document — one June 27 focused on the overall picture and a more recent meeting July 11 outlined the expenditures that staff was recommending.
"We didn't get anything accomplished in that work session. I mean, we talked about stuff, but nobody made a decision," said Councilman Gregg Buehler. "So the budget is going to come to us just like it came to us prior to that work session," without changes.
What Councilman Tony McNeill said bothered him was the fact that council had reviewed and approved earlier a list of priorities for the coming year.
"We did establish priorities, we spent two work sessions on that," he said. "What we didn't do was pay for a single priority in this year's budget."
According to Mayor Billy Blackwell, that's not entirely true.
"In there, we've got the (Kansas Department of Health and Environment) plan (for the Seven-Mile Creek watershed), that's priority one," he said, along with a performance incentive system for employees and the establishment of a reserve account for replacing city equipment.
And at this point, he said the city is approaching state-mandated publication and submission deadlines for its budget.
The city's proposed budget calls for an overall 1-mill increase in the property tax levy, which would go toward paying the city's share of costs to improve sewer and road infrastructure at the site of the new Lansing High School.
Even following the budget sessions in which the document was presented to them, Buehler said he still had concerns that the council did not have an adequate opportunity to give their own input on the budget.
Councilman Kerry Brungardt called the budget perhaps the single most important thing the council does each year, suggesting a new approach.
"I think we are at the point with the budget where we need to start even earlier and allow more work session time so we don't have these concerns," he said.
Blackwell agreed, saying he had already planned to have a work session next year devoted entirely to the process of studying the budget itself. In the meantime, he encouraged the council to let either he or city staff know what they would like to see.
And Blackwell said he was not opposed to having some debates over the 2014 budget at the regular meeting next week.
"I'm sure we'll have a good discussion in terms of what each of us think should be there in terms of those items and what shouldn't be and when I get to a place where I think we've got a decent consensus with a proposal, I'll call the role and if it doesn't pass, we'll back up and talk some more and get it adjusted where it will pass," he said. "But we're going to try to pass a budget here next Thursday night."


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As strong, chilling winds blew through Fletcher Community Park on Saturday, people pulled their hands out of their pockets and faced the cold to salute the flag.
FLETCHER – As strong, chilling winds blew through Fletcher Community Park on Saturday, people pulled their hands out of their pockets and faced the cold to salute the flag and honor veterans.
A crowd of nearly 100 people attended Fletcher's Veterans Day Salute on Saturday.
Veteran Dwight Sherrill said that ever since Fletcher started the event he has felt compelled to attend.
"When you think about all of the guys that you were with that didn't come back—we do this for them," said Sherrill, who was an Army sergeant.
The ceremony opened with a presentation of the colors by Cub Scout Pack 602 and the Pledge of Allegiance by the Boy Scouts.
Fletcher Town Councilman Bob Davy said it is an honor and privilege to live in this county.
"These people gave their all, and some of them gave more than that – they gave their life," Davy said. "Freedom is certainly not free."
Henderson County Commissioner Grady Hawkins was the event's keynote speaker.
Hawkins is a retired Air Force Colonel who served during Vietnam and had 770 flight hours during combat.
"Both our U.S. Constitution and the state constitution are founded on Judeo-Christian principles and… sometimes we get away from that in our secular world," Hawkins said. "So it was an opportunity to come out and remind folks of where we came from and that's the real source of our power."
In his address, Hawkins said that even though civilians may not have served in a military unit, they can still do their part to support the freedoms of the nation.
"You can contribute significantly to the preservation of freedom by exercising your right to vote," Hawkins said. "It is imperative that each citizen be more aware of current events because of the gradual erosion of our freedoms."
In closing, he asked the audience to join him in saluting the 11,500 veterans living in Henderson County and those buried in local cemeteries for their sacrifice and service.
Hawkins ended by sharing J.L. Sager's poem "Thank a Veteran for Your Freedom."
"It is a veteran who salutes the flag," Hawkins read. "Risks it all for the flag and who is buried beneath the flag."


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When I was growing up, my parents had a busy social life that involved having conversation and coffee several times a week with friends, while we kids played on our own. We were welcome to pop in to say hi, but it was understood they were having adult time. Fast-forward 30 years, when I am a mom to two small children myself, and I don't think I have ever had an uninterrupted conversation in their presence. Maybe it's our small living space and lack of a yard which makes it hard to find independence, or it could be my crunchy neighborhood's embrace of attachment parenting seeping into my own consciousness, but my kids view me as an always-available master of ceremonies.
So it is with intrigue that I've been following the recent fascination with hands-off French parenting, which seems like a throwback to my parents' generation. In The Wall Street Journal, Pamela Bruckman, author of Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting, writes about the emphasis on patience through a loving but firm hand, which translates into kids who play independently and behave themselves in restaurants. Janine di Giovanni, an Italian-American living in Paris, shares another take in the Telegraph: although she agrees that French children end up better behaved than their American counterparts, it's through cold and unfeeling mothering.
Does the French style of parenting hold appeal for you? Do you feel like American parents indulge their kids too much?
By the way, if find yourself way too involved in your kids' lives, you're not alone. Find out how we got that way, and how you can learn to stop hovering.


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Loyola press release - February 1, 2012
The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is again offering the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program this year to provide free tax preparation assistance for people with low to moderate incomes.
The sessions, designed by the Internal Revenue Service, continue through Thursday, April 12. The tax preparation sessions are Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., and Mondays and Thursdays from 5 – 7 p.m. The VITA office is located at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Broadway Activities Center, 501 Pine St., Room 202. No sessions will be held on Saturday, Feb. 18 or Monday, Feb. 20 due to the Mardi Gras holiday and Saturday, April 7 or Monday, April 9 due to the Easter holiday.
VITA will also offer tax preparation again this year at the Community Center of St. Bernard Parish, located at 1111 LeBeau St., Arabi, La. This location services the communities of St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans East, the Lower Ninth Ward and the Bywater and Marigny areas. Sessions take place 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on the following Saturdays: Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 25, March 3, March 17, March 24 and March 31. For more information on sessions in Arabi, call 504-281-2512 or 504-861-5668.
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Rotterdam was the destination last weekend. I made a beeline for the city's only brewery, Stadsbrouwerij De Pelgrim. It is a brewpub and restaurant in picturesque Delfshaven, taking its name from the Pilgrim Fathers who left from the church next door to travel to America. I'm sure the thought of a brewery on the spot would thrill them no end. They do five beers, though the house witbier was off when I paid a visit. Their blond is in the Belgian abbey-style, quite similar to Leffe, though it is stronger and has a crisp bitterness that shows it is handmade rather than mass produced. Mayflower Tripel is again aping a Belgian original, and doing a very good job of it too: it is strong and cloudy and very satisfying. Much rougher round the edges than a Trappist tripel and better for it. The last of the regulars is Stoombier. It is a red ale, lighter than anything else on tap (5%) and I found it quite plain. There is a subtle hint of fruit somewhere in the flavour, but it's barely noticeable. Lastly, Pelgrim always has a seasonal beer (Seizoensbieren) available. Autumn is bock season, and the Pelgrim Bock is a classic: full of sweet treacle with a slight, but not overpowering, taste of burnt caramel.
Bock season extends beyond the microbrewery, and each of the big brewers produce one. Amstel's is pretty easy-going, lacking the bombastic caramel sweetness of its rivals, but gaining drinkability in exchange. Heineken's is quite burnt tasting, but with enough sugar for it to remain pleasant, similarly Grolsch's. Hertog Jan's bock is a rich red colour, rather than brown, and especially heavy and sticky.
Two other beers from the weekend of note: Wieckse witbier is the commonest witbier in Rotterdam. As someone who is used to Hoegaarden I found this a bit too rough and bitter for my taste. Finally, I tried Gordon's Halloween beer. This is an ale, light brown in colour with a subtle fruity taste that belies a whopping 8.8% alcohol. A wonderful little beer.
Rotterdam is a good destination for beer tourism: it is compact and easy to get around, offers quite a bit of variety (I didn't even get to any of the specialist 200-beer bars, of which there are several) and has a damnably pleasant brewpub. All this with none of the overcrowded chaos of Amsterdam.
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Boston bombing victims start rehab, meet with amputee vets
BOSTON -- Patients who lost limbs in the Boston Marathon bombings have started using walkers to move around Boston Medical Center, met with amputee veterans and begun to prepare for prosthetic legs.
The hospital treated 23 patients following the explosions, five of whom have undergone amputations involving multiple surgeries, said Jeffrey Kalish, Boston Medical's director of endovascular surgery at a press conference Monday. About half remain at the center, including one in critical condition, said Peter Burke, chief of trauma services.
Boston Medical was one of five trauma centers that handled the worst cases following the blasts, which killed three people and injured more than 175 as nails, pellets, wood and other debris exploded from two bombs. The physical and emotional recovery may take many more months though doctors said they are encouraged by the early progress.
"We have definitely seen every range of emotion this past week," Kalish said. "For us, we have seen amazing improvements, really great attitudes. We've had veterans come in with amputations that have walked through the halls and shown these patients their life isn't over."
A week after the attack, 48 people are still hospitalized, according to figures from six Boston hospitals that dealt with most of the seriously injured. At least 13 survivors lost a limb, including some who had multiple amputations, said the hospitals, which include Brigham & Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Tufts Medical Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Soldiers from the Semper Fi Fund, a veterans group for injured military personnel, came to Boston to meet with about a dozen patients and their families at four different hospitals. They told them about the importance of getting active as soon as possible and setting goals to aim for. The group said they plan to be back at the end of the week.
The Semper Fi Fund has raised $74 million over the last decade, and has now set up a Boston Marathon fund for those hurt in the blast. The group helps modify the environment of the injured to help them stay mobile and active, as well as providing support in getting prosthetics and services. They also have a team of athletes, including B.J. Ganem, 36, a Marine veteran who lost one of his legs in Iraq in 2004.
"It's a small club, not a lot of people know what it's like," said Ganem in an interview. He competes in adventure races and trains using the fitness program Crossfit, known for its emphasis on difficult bodyweight exercises.
The critically ill patient at Boston Medical is in the intensive care unit and on a ventilator, Burke said.
"Do I think he's going to survive? Yes. Do I worry about him? Yes," Burke said in an interview.
Boston Children's Hospital is caring for two patients, a 7- year-old in critical condition and an 11-year-old who recently left the intensive care unit and is now in fair condition. The hospital initially treated 10 patients.
Doctors have been treating internal bleeding, injuries sustained when falling or thrown to the ground from the bomb's shock wave and embedded debris.
The bombs that were packed with shrapnel had let loose a lethal array of projectiles that created multiple wounds. Some victims had 40 or more fragments of pellet- and nail-like objects embedded in their bodies, George Velhamos, chief of trauma surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, said at a briefing last week.
Patients with amputations have been put into rehabilitation as soon as possible, to help them use walkers, learn basic exercises, and do tasks around their hospital rooms, Kalish said. Two of the Boston Medical patients had more than one amputation.
The next phase will be temporary prostheses, which can be fitted two to three months after the injury followed by permanent ones about a year later, said Simona Manasian, a rehabilitation doctor at Boston Medical.
There are emotional scars that also must be addressed, said Tracey Dechert, a member of the trauma surgery and critical care team at Boston Medical.
When patients are released from the emergency room, "this may initially seem like they're being discharged and everything is going fine," Dechert said in a telephone interview last week. "But the emotional scars can last for quite a long time, if not forever."
Victims may undergo stress reactions including intrusive memories, nightmares, flashbacks or feelings of hyper-vigilance, said Michael Leslie, a psychiatrist in the Dissociative and Trauma Disorders Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb.
The long-term concern is the type of post-traumatic stress disorder seen in military veterans, Leslie said in a telephone interview last week. PTSD symptoms don't always start right at the time of trauma.
"An event like this disrupts a person's sense of safety in a fundamental way," Leslie said. "People need to take care of themselves in the aftermath of such an event." That includes "basic self-care," like making sure to get eight hours of sleep each night, eating three healthy meals a day, and "sticking with their regular routine as much as they can," Leslie said.
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All is well now that Yorvit Torrealba's son has been rescued from kidnappers in Venezuela and brought to the United States, but the hardest part of the boy's ordeal was trying defend Dad's .220 batting average to his captors.
Torrealba spoke to the media this weekend and gave more details about the recent scare back in his home country. He had to sneak back to Venezuela and sit quietly by while his wife handled the negotiations. The kidnappers wanted $500,000 for the return of his son and two of the boy's uncles, but as police stalled and pretended Yorvit could not get away from the Rockies, they lowered their demands and eventually released everyone without getting any money. Perhaps they realized they were dealing with a resolute and determined adversary....
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Torrealba said his son was treated well by the abductors, who joked with him and even made him mad when they criticized Torrealba's play with the Rockies.
"He was actually arguing with one of the guys because the guy said his dad ... he's hitting .220," Torrealba said. "Obviously now it's fine. I told my son, it probably was the truth. I was hitting .220."
Police have not arrested anyone and suspect the kidnapping may have been an "inside job," but maybe next time they'll pick a target with a higher OPS.
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I live in one of Northern California's quaint yet tattered coastal villages. I happen to love cold, wind and fog, which is why it works out so well for me. Northern California's beaches are very different than the beaches you see down in Southern California. People actually die in the surf here on a regular basis because of what we call "sleeper waves," big waves that come out of nowhere, snatch up random people, and play with them until they are worn out and can't make it back to shore. This is a place where even PETA would lobby in favor of saving the poor oppressed humans against the heartless cruelty of the ocean.
Ours is a sleepy little town, mostly. During the week it is especially so, as the residents get up, go to work, and stay inside their houses once they get back home. Dogs are walked, children are heard but not seen, smells of cooking and woodsmoke intermingle with fabric softener as you stroll down the streets. There is a mixture of neighborhoods here of course, from the high-priced homes around the golf course to the trailer park down by the water, but in general people go about their lives in relative peace and harmony. Read the rest of this entry »


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Calvin Johnson had an otherworldly season for the Detroit Lions, but one his counterparts on the receiving corps thinks he can be even greater ? with a little help.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) ? Calvin Johnson had an otherworldly season for the Detroit Lions. One of his fellow receivers thinks he can be even better with a little help.
Nate Burleson, who missed much of last season with a broken leg, said finding reliable second and third options for quarterback Matthew Stafford might mean an even better season for his All-Pro teammate.
"He needs guys that can take the pressure off him," Burleson said Tuesday. "That could help his season and definitely help his health."
Johnson had 122 catches for an NFL record 1,964 yards and five touchdowns last year but showed the effects of the workload late in the season. The team will look to 11-year veteran Burleson and Ryan Broyles, who missed six games last season, to help out Johnson.
Burleson, who's starting his third season in Detroit, had 27 catches for 240 yards and two touchdowns before being injured in a Week 7 loss at Chicago. The erratic behavior of Titus Young helped the Lions decide to bring Burleson back at the end of the year.
Broyles, a second-round pick in the 2012 draft, stepped in as a starter after Burleson was lost and finished with 22 catches for 300 yards and two scores. A knee injury kept him out of the final four games.
That trio bring most of the experience back. None of the other receivers on the Lions' current roster played in an NFL game last year and their number should soon shrink as the Lions continue to trim the roster to the league-mandated 53 before the season begins.
The receivers also will have to contend with an offense that favors tosses to running backs. Back Joique Bell had 52 catches in coordinator Scott Linehan's scheme last season and the number of throws to runners only should increase now that the Lions will feature free agent acquisition Reggie Bush, who's been a reliable receiver out of the backfield since his rookie season in New Orleans.
Still, Burleson knows there's plenty of opportunity for him and Broyles to reduce some of Johnson's stress, if not his workload.
"It could be really big for Calvin," he said. "My goal and Ryan's goal is to be the best support system we can for him. We want to make him as successful as we need him to be."
The Lions visit Buffalo on Thursday in the preseason finale and begin the regular season Sept. 8 against visiting Minnesota.
Notes: The Lions waived kicker Havard "Kickalicious" Rugland on Tuesday, along with cornerback DeQuan Menzie, receiver Terrence Austin and tight ends Cameron Morrah and Matt Veldman. Detroit must cut to the league-mandated 53-man roster by 6 p.m. Saturday. ... Johnson, safety Louis Delmas, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and end Ezekiel Ansah did not take part in drills Tuesday.


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