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Renowned sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews serves as one of the Redskins' game-day physicians. That relationship could now be in danger, grave or otherwise.
Andrews admits to USA Today that he never cleared quarterback Robert Griffin III to re-enter a Week 15 game against the Ravens, after Griffin suffered a knee injury that looked much worse than it ended up being. Griffin skipped one play, re-entered the game, and then exited for good several snaps later.
"He didn't even let us look at him," Andrews tells Robert Klemko of USA Today. "He came off the field, walked through the sidelines, circled back through the players, and took off back to the field. It wasn't our opinion.
"We didn't even get to touch him or talk to him. Scared the hell out of me."
Andrews' comments may scare the hell out of coach Mike Shanahan, who specifically said the day after the game that Andrews had cleared Griffin to return.
"He's on the sidelines with Dr. Andrews," Shanahan said at the time, via Klemko. "He had a chance to look at him and he said he could go back in. [I said] 'Hey, Dr. Andrews, can Robert go back in?'
'Yeah, he can go back in.'
'Robert, go back in.'
"That was it."
But that wasn't it. And now, as the Redskins prepare to host the Seahawks on Sunday afternoon, Shanahan and Andrews may be having an awkward conversation at some point this morning. Especially since Andrews is still concerned about Griffin's status.
"I'm the one that shut him down that day, finally," Andrews said. "I've been a nervous wreck letting him come back as quick as he has. He's doing a lot better this week, but he's still recovering and I'm holding my breath because of it.
"He passed all the tests and all the functional things we do, but it's been a trying moment for me, to be honest with you."
This back-and-forth highlights the tension between doctors and the teams that pay those doctors to provide care and evaluation to players. And it suggests that Andrews, who doesn't need his relationship with the Redskins in order to remain the go-to orthropedic specialist for NFL players, has opted to jeopardize that role with the team in order to keep his conscience clear.
Other team-hired doctors don't have that luxury. Routinely, those doctors tell coaches what the coaches want to hear about player availability, knowing that if the coaches aren't told what they want to hear they'll find another doctor who will.That's why the NFL and NFLPA should work toward the use of a truly independent staff of game-day physicians, who can work with only one concern in mind — the health and well-being of their patients.


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My favorite part was when the girl danced in the garden. She was a beautiful dancer. This story was good. I loved it because I like to dance too. I liked the illustrations because they made everything look so real.
I think you should read it because it is a good book. It is also a very sad book because the father goes to heaven.

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A guest post by blogger Megan Jensen
Since coming to Woods Hole, I've been surprised again and again at how busy this small town can be. You really never know what opportunities might turn up each week.
Last night I was lucky enough to attend a ceremony held by the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary awarding singer/songwriter Graham Nash of Crosby Stills Nash and Young with the Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Award.
Mr. Nash, who is well known for his work with CSNY as well as The Hollies is a true renaissance man. He is also photographer, artist and strong advocate of the environment. After a brief explanation of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Nash was asked to give his thoughts on current environmental issues we are facing today.
Nash stressed how important it is that we leave a better world for our children, and that we work together to do all that we can. He quoted Willie Nelson, who recalled that things were better when, "you looked around and if there's anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that's a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won't have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed."
After this hopeful discussion Nash was given his award and preceded to play a few favorite tunes. In the spirit of marine conservation he played "Wind on the Water," for the first time ever on acoustic guitar, which he wrote after an encounter with a blue whale while on a sailing trip. The ceremony ended with Nash playing "Teach Your Children" and the audience couldn't help but to sing along.
Having grown up listening to CSNY, it was amazing to meet Graham Nash, right here in Woods Hole!
(CSN is currently on a 70-plus date world tour, and they just released their first live performance in over two decades titled, CSN 2012).


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Creating Business Value for Tablet computers
I recently wrote on my blog about the broadband malfunctioning in my ASUS Vivo tablet. Asus repaired to tablet and sent it back. In the three weeks while the Asus was away, I didn't miss it. Granted I have an Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface, but I had considered the Asus Vivo Tab to be my favorite device of the three. The fact that I didn't miss it started me thinking about what the value of the tablet computer really is.
Everyone is talking about how a tablets app store has this application or doesn't have that application, but in the end the apps just make the tablet easier to use and ultimately do the same thing a website does. Evidenced by the fact the tablet device needs a persistent Internet connection to be useful the way a PC does. What does anyone actually do with a tablet and why do we really need them? And how do we know it's not just a fad?
While in London, I visited an electronics store to look at the different models Europe has compared to the US, and a lady was looking at an iPad. She said out loud "I really want one of these." I thought it was curious. Why does someone want one of these? Does she want it for a specific app or does she want it for the convenience? I find myself using my tablets as a mobile access device, keeping me connected to work as I always have it with me. A person with a tablet is more connected socially and corporately. How do we take advantage of this?
It's quite clear that tablets are not just a fad, and devices that incorporate touch are friendlier and will be around to stay as the personal access device of choice for most people. What we need to do is come up with creative ways to use the tablet to assist people in accomplishing their daily tasks in a manner that's easier to do than with the traditional PC.
Take expenses for an example, as a corporate employee you have to keep track of my expenses when you travel. Scanning receipts and entering them into some tracking system. While this is something that takes about an hour or so to accomplish on a PC, doing it on a tablet the same way, it could take longer. We can provide value by using an app that makes the process simplified.
An example of this would be to use the camera to take a picture of the receipt, use the GPS coordinates of the device to possibly identify where the expense was created and automatically update the expense system or at least batch upload them when you have and Internet connection. The app that comes with the Neat Receipts Scanner can already do OCR on the receipt to determine if it was paid with a credit card, determine the name of the shop and the amount paid. The Neat Receipts app itself is great if you have multiple receipts, but is cumbersome to use if you just have one receipt to enter at a time. Imagine if you use that technology to get the data from the receipt just by taking a picture of it with your tablet or phone. How much time would that save?
When I write my blog entries, I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to get my ideas down and then edit it down. It's very handy and saves me time when I'm writing, which is a part of my business responsibility for Sogeti Labs. How did people do that before? Say you were a Doctor or Lawyer, you would dictate into a recorder and have someone to type it up later. Convenient for the doctor or lawyer but it is time-consuming for the person who has to type it. Now imagine a doctor with the tablet who's talking to you as he does your regular checkup. He can speak to the tablet and automatically record the text to your patient file or write a prescription and send that directly to the pharmacy close to your house. You've eliminated the requirement for paper that someone has to enter or for the Doctor to write down the prescription. The Prescription is digitally signed so we know it's not a forgery, and you don't have to call the pharmacy and place the order and wait for it to be filled.
Are there other ideas along the same lines that we could use to save people time during the course of their normal business day? As industry leaders, have to realize that people need to be productive and the solutions we provide need to create real value and time savings to the people owning and using them.
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Summary of Board Actions-Spring & Summer 2003
Summary of Executive Board Actions
The following is an account of official actions taken and some of the topics discussed by the AAPT Executive Board during its spring and summer meetings in 2003. A more complete description can be found in the minutes from these meetings.
Editorial Appointments
The Executive Board reappointed Jan Tobochnik as Editor of the American Journal of Physics. Tobochnik's second three-year term as Editor will begin in Jan. 2004. The Board also authorized the following three-year appointments: Kris Davidson (University of Minnesota) and James McGuire (Tulane University) to the Resource Letters Editorial Board; and Beverly (Trina) Cannon (Highland Park High School) and John Hubisz (North Carolina State University) to the Examinations Editorial Board.
Audit Report for 2002
Upon recommendation from the AAPT Audit Committee, the Executive Board accepted and approved the report of the External Auditors for 2002. The auditors found that the financial statements of the AAPT present fairly the financial position of the association and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows during the year and conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
Commission on Graduate Education
In response to a resolution from the AAPT Committee on Graduate Education, the Board authorized the creation of a commission to study the current status of graduate physics education in the United States. An allocation of $10,000 from the Klopsteg Fund will be made available to the commission. The commission will be a cooperative effort of the AAPT and the APS Committee on Education.
Nominating Committee in 2004
The Executive Board and the Section Representatives have completed appointments to the Nominating Committee operating in 2004. The committee will select candidates for the 2004 AAPT elections and will appoint two members to each AAPT Area Committee. Board members elected in the Fall 2004 and new committee members will begin their terms of office at the close of the 2005 Winter Meeting. Members of the 2004 Nominating Committee are John Mallinckrodt, Chair (California State Polytechnic University), John Fitzgibbons (Syracuse University), Alan Gibson (Oakland University), William McNairy (Duke University), and Sherry Savrda (Seminole Community College). Task Force on Services to Four-Year Colleges and Universities Upon authorization from the Executive Board, AAPT President Charles Holbrow appointed a task force to explore ways to make the AAPT more useful and attractive to faculty teaching in colleges and universities. Members of the task force are: Ken Krane, Chair (Oregon State University); Daniel Kleppner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Thomas Glasmacher (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory); Elizabeth H. Simmons (Boston University); Stephen FitzGerald (Oberlin College); Peter J. Collings (Swarthmore College); and Jan Tobochnik (Kalamazoo College). The task force will report its findings and recommendations to the Board in October 2003.
Subscription Rates in 2004
In 2004, AAPT members subscribing to The Physics Teacher (TPT) will realize an increase of $2 while non-AAPT members will realize an increase of $9. AAPT members will realize a $3 increase in their subscriptions of the American Journal of Physics (AJP) but subscriptions to non-AAPT members will increase by $25. This significant increase in non-AAPT subscriptions to AJP will cover the costs of putting the back issues of the AJP online in 2004 and 2005. AAPT members who subscribe to both TPT and AJP will not experience an increase in subscriptions.
World Year of Physics in 2005
In April, Chuck Stone (North Carolina A&T State University) was appointed chair of an AAPT committee to identify activities appropriate to the World Year of Physics in 2005 (WYP) that the AAPT could organize and conduct. During this year, organizations will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's papers on quantum theory, relativity, and Brownian motion, first published in 1905. The APS is coordinating the outreach and public information activities in the United States. Other members serving on the AAPT-WYP committee are Matt Briggs (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jessica Clark (APS), Julie Conlon (Purdue University), Ted Hodapp (NSF/DUE), Michelle Larson (Montana Space Grant Consortium), David Maiullo (Rutgers University), and Steve Shropshire (Idaho State University).
Teacher Preparation
Seven planning initiatives adopted by the Executive Board provide a context for many of the Board's discussions and actions. The first five were adopted in 2001 and two more were adopted in 2002. One of these seven initiatives, "Assessing Members' Needs," was retired in April. However, the AAPT staff and Executive Board will continue to periodically review the services of the association to its members. In response to a request from PhysTEC leaders, John Layman and Warren Hein, the Board added "Teacher Preparation" as an AAPT initiative, again bringing the total number of planning priorities to seven. The other six initiatives previously adopted by the Executive Board are: (1) Physics for All; (2) Dissemination of Physics Education Research; (3) Physics Content in AAPT Meetings; (4) Physics Standards; (5) Assistance to Crossover Teachers; and (6) Relationships with Professional Societies of Other Disciplines.
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Bulls to adhere to NBA rules about resting players, tanking
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls will start playing Robin Lopez and Justin Holiday again after receiving a reminder from the league about player rest and tanking.
Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson said the league communicated with the team after the All-Star break about those two players and their diminishing roles.
Holiday was back in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Lopez was sitting out his seventh straight game, though coach Fred Hoiberg said both players will start Friday at Detroit.
"Our young guys will still obviously get an opportunity to play," Hoiberg said. "We've got a rotation in mind and how we're going to use it."
Paxson said in a statement to several outlets that "after healthy dialogue, the league determined that their situations fall into the 'player rest' policy. We respect the communication and cooperative dialogue with the league and will adhere to their recommendations."
NBA owners passed rules in September designed to prevent healthy players from sitting out games, and teams from losing on purpose to improve their draft position. The league decreased the odds of the team with the worst record winning the lottery, and the NBA's Board of Governors gave Commissioner Adam Silver authority to fine teams that violate the new guidelines about resting players.
Teams can't sit healthy players for high-profile, nationally televised games. The rules also say unless there are unusual circumstances, teams should not rest multiple healthy players for the same game — or rest healthy players for road games.
"It's a little bit of a crazy situation," Lopez said. "I'm always excited to get out there and play with the guys on the floor."
Chicago had the eighth-worst record in the NBA at 21-42 entering Wednesday's game. There were five teams tied with 20 wins right behind the Bulls, who are trying to see how some of their younger players perform with bigger roles.
"We're still playing our young guys," Holiday said. "That's still what we're doing. That hasn't changed."
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ANAHEIM – A hotel developer is expected to bring back a controversial tax-incentive plan for two Disneyland-area hotels, while another nearby developer is walking away from a somewhat similar subsidy.
The City Council will likely reconsider a plan for a pair of Anaheim GardenWalk hotels after a judge voided its previous approval of a tax subsidy of up to $158 million.
An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled in December that the council violated the open-meetings law by approving the plan when it was advertised only as a "discussion" item in January 2012.
At the same time, another nearby hotel, which got a smaller tax deal, plans to give up its subsidy and scale back the development.
Under a 2008 city program, developers of a hotel can apply to keep some of the bed-tax money paid by its guests, only after a high-end hotel is built. Tourists pay a 15 percent room tax that generates the biggest chunk of Anaheim's budget.
The GardenWalk developer got approval for up to $158 million, virtually all of the project's bed taxes for 15 years, in a deal that deeply divided residents: Some called the deal a "giveaway"; others said it was necessary to lure high-spending tourists.
Now, developer Bill O'Connell and city administrators are discussing a plan that could come back within a month, said City Manager Bob Wingenroth in a meeting with the Register's editorial board last month.
It's unclear if any deal would be different than the original.
The council makeup has changed since last year's decision; two new council members were sworn in the day after the December court decision. Still, the current council majority appears to support a GardenWalk plan.
"I ran on an agenda (of) economic development, and we need to keep moving the city forward," said Councilman Jordan Brandman, who took office in December.
"I think that the issue will come back, and I look forward to considering it."
Mayor Tom Tait remains against a subsidy.
Councilwoman Lucille Kring, who also took office in December, said she opposes the full $158 million subsidy but might support a smaller amount.
Also, she suggested the developer could build a lower-end hotel and do without any city help.
"It was very divisive," said Kring, who has served previous terms on the council. "I don't want to see the city go through that again."
Some council members say the tax support is needed to bring a four- or five-star hotel into the tourist area, which mostly has family-style lodging. The only four-star hotels are on Disney property. Some convention-goers leave Anaheim to stay at more upscale hotels near the beach, taking with them the hotel taxes, officials said.
But one Disney-area hotel developer said he was unable to get financing to construct a four-star hotel, even with the city's financial help.
Instead, Larry Lake of Lake Development Group is turning away from a tax subsidy worth about $24 million and instead plans to build a lower-end family-friendly hotel at Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue.
Lake said he tried for five or six years to launch the fancier hotel, spending millions of dollars on plans before giving up.
"Anaheim is perceived as a market that has a multiple of three-star hotels, and we wanted to put in a four-star hotel," Lake said at a January Planning Commission meeting.
"The capital markets didn't want to come into a marketplace that only had one four-star hotel."
Councilwomen Kris Murray and Gail Eastman said Lake's decision is tied to the difficulty of getting financing, even with city help. There is indeed a need for luxury hotels, they said.
Tait, however, said the city should stay away from such tax deals.
"I think that's common sense. If there's not a market for a four-star (hotel), maybe a four-star shouldn't be built," Tait said.
"I don't think any subsidy makes sense."


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Jan 26 2004
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"On one hand you are told you can't work these hours. But you must deliver the client's requirements."
This quote from a junior lawyer at a City of London law firm could easily been mistaken for one from a junior investment banker. Especially now.
A conversation is firmly underway in the City of London (and on Wall Street) around the working hours of junior bankers. This conversation is taking place against a backdrop of increased dealmaking and capital markets activity and was amplified last summer by the death of 21-year-old Bank of America Merrill Lynch intern Moritz Erhardt in London (a subsequent inquest found that the epileptic seizure from which he died may or may not have been caused by fatigue).
The world's largest investment banks are falling over each other to detail initiatives for easing the burden on their analysts and associates. But they aren't the only institutions working around the clock at deal time. Nor are they the only institutions striving to strike a balance between the high performance expectations inherent with sought after professions, and the pitfalls of working those at the bottom of the food chain into the ground.
As with their banking counterparts, juniors in the legal industry have to put in the shifts as a deal deadline approaches; often working late into the evenings - maybe with the odd all-nighter thrown in - and during weekends.
But the issue of overworked staff is not a new one for law firms. The differences, and lessons, might lie in how they approach and tackle it.
In the wake of Erhardt's death, BAML recommended its juniors take at least four weekend days off every month. Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, encourages its younger bankers to take Saturdays off and JP Morgan also gives staff a "protected weekend" once a month. In Europe, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Barclays have all issued similar guidelines.
People in the legal industry, however, are less convinced by such a prescriptive approach. Kevin Hogarth global head of HR at magic-circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, said: "I don't really think that mechanistic policies that say you don't work between these hours works.
"It is very difficult to be prescriptive and much better to leave to the judgement of people and to think openly and honestly about the issues."
Hogan Lovells launched an on-site counselling service in January, according to Susan Bright, a regional managing partner at the firm. Hogan Lovells already offers an on-site physiotherapist and GP service.
Law firms are at an advantage in staying on top of how hard their employees are working because of the regular practice of charging clients by the hour.
Martin Blackburn, London director of HR at Baker & McKenzie, said: "Like most businesses in the City we obviously work in an hours culture, but it is one of monitored hours it's relatively easy to monitor relative workload and excessive hours."
This allows firms to quantitatively assess who is working and for how long. Freshfields' Hogarth added: "The quality of data we have is probably better than in any bank."
Staff at a number of firms, including magic circle firm Allen & Overy, mentioned "deal-days" to Financial News, where partners ask junior lawyers to take a few days off on top of their annual leave if they feel the juniors have burnt themselves out.
Something similar is in place at Baker & McKenzie, which employs a scheme by which partners are encouraged to use their discretion and persuade lawyers to take time off in lieu following an intense period of work.
Firms say such initiatives are beneficial to the employee, the law firm, and the client, as the quality of work suffers if staff are not given appropriate time off.
"There is less of a culture of 'presenteeism' than their used to be," said Hogarth at Freshfields.
While different industries may be able to learn from each other's attempts to look after juniors, challenges remain.
A common complaint among junior lawyers contacted by Financial News was of work piling up in the afternoons and evenings as it was handed down by bosses, leading to extremely long working days.
The Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society said it is aware of "high levels of stress being put on some of our membership in City firms and in particular the long hours they are sometimes required to work". Support service LawCare, meanwhile, said 41% of callers to its helpline are either trainees or in the first five years of the profession.
But, as with banking, lawyers are aware that ambitious young employees will always work hard - perhaps harder than their bosses might like - in an effort to stand out. "We recognise that there is only so much we can do in a client-focused demanding organisation", admits Freshfields' Hogarth.
The junior lawyer whose quote tops this article said: "There is a tension in professional services to deliver client expectations in what is cut throat world.
"The feeling is I am never going to be the person that drops the ball."


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Across four albums – their latest, Autumn Of The Seraphs, is reviewed here to the tune of 9/10 – San Diego outfit Pinback have established themselves as masters of indie-pop songwriting.
Their melodies embed themselves deep, lyrics swimming around the head for weeks. Their songs' addictive qualities linger in the system for a long while, and ahead of their headline London show on July 14, a DiS co-promotion (with The Local, link) at The Scala, we asked for a ten-point guide to penning the perfect indie-pop song.
Responses (and they might not be 100 per cent serious!) come from Pinback frontman Rob Crow, pictured with bandmate Armistead Burwell Smith IV (aka Zach Smith) – Rob has also worked with Chino Moreno in Team Sleep, and contributed vocals to Drive Like Jehu's seminal Yank Crime.
Pinback (l-r): Rob Crow, Zach Smith
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1. Haircut
No one is gonna take you serious unless you have that 'indie' look, so I suggest not washing your hair for a bit and then putting some weird jelly-type product in it and then scruffing it up a bit. IMPORTANT: make sure that yours eyes are obscured just enough so that you look 'mysterious'. Eyeliner is welcome, just don't put on so much as to look Goth/Black Metal.
2. Start a band with likewise enthusiasts
I suggest Hot Topic, or the food court. Just pick out the most attractive kids with makeup that are trying to be noticed acting like they aren't trying to be noticed. Maybe pick up a Crass sticker while you are there (you don't need to know who they are).
3. Band name
This is easy. Just copy these names: "Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, and Chuck Palahniuk". Now paste them into Google and pick the name of one of their books (they are authors) at random. If you are feeling like doing a little more research (NOT RECOMMENDED), there is this weird reclusive author (all you need to know) named J.D. Salinger and you can use one of his character's names. I'm sure you can find these on Wikipedia. IMPORTANT: avoid reading these guys! It could accidentally start a downward spiral into sincerity (it usually doesn't, but still...).
4. Stickers
The second you've chosen a name, before you even have your parents buy you instruments, make copious amounts of stickers and put them up on every club bathroom, street sign, and record store window (make sure they are next to impossible to peel off of glass conveniently).
5. What is everyone else doing?
Look, making up your own distinct voice is JUST TO HARD and no one will understand you anyway. There will never be a Bob Graettinger Edition of Guitar Hero. Nobody likes a snob, so just turn on the radio and find a song you like and then just write a more boring version of it. REMEMBER: when singing, actually caring or having a sense of humour will get you nowhere, but ACTING like you do will be just transparent enough to let people know you are just as vapid as they are. Choose a character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and pretend you are them. Or maybe some one from a Wes Anderson movie (and you can rip off one of the songs in there while your at it).
6. Spam
Endless announcements on MySpace, Facebook, and especially other band's chatrooms, websites and fan pages. These are the things that get you noticed. Be sure to hand out flyers at inappropriate events.
7. Send band photos to major label record companies.
This is what REALLY gets you signed, and nothing says 'indie' like being on a major label. Be sure to stress how much you sound like Modest Mouse (Epic Records) meets Radiohead (previously EMI) with a Death Cab For Cutie (Atlantic) vibe (or words to that effect). This apparently does some Jedi mind-trick on them and it doesn't seem like they care, so they might not check.
8. Record Producer
The quality of the song is negligible compared to sound of the recording. Even if you record it yourself, the record label can hire a hit-maker to recreate a perfect radio-friendly single.
9. Video
C'mon, you just can't take a song seriously if it doesn't have a video! Remember to stare out of as many windows as possible and keep that "Why are we standing in a field / abandoned building / empty theatre?" look off of your face.
10. Publicists
These are the people who get your song on a Hummer commercial and THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS.
See Pinback live on July 14 at London's Scala – their only UK show on this tour - supported by Phosphorescent (full band) and Prego. More information and tickets HERE.
Find Pinback on MySpace here.
Video: Phosphorescent, 'A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise'
Video: Prego, 'Cause and Resolve'


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Judge orders brain-dead pregnant woman off life support
A judge ruled the brain-dead pregnant woman who has been kept alive at a hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, will be taken off life support. VPC
Judge ruled Marlise Munoz is 'deceased' and therefore law cited by hospital does not apply.
A judge has ruled that a brain-dead pregnant woman in Texas must be taken off life support by 5 p.m. Monday.
Marlise Munoz, 33, who is believed to be about 22 weeks pregnant, "is deceased" and therefore not subject to a state law that prohibits withdrawal of treatment from a pregnant person, Judge R.H. Wallace ruled on Friday afternoon.
Munoz's family cried at the decision, according to a tweet by Jobin Panicker, a reporter WFAA in Dallas.
The ruling came after those family members of the Fort Worth woman asked for the move, in spite of objections from John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. The case has raised sensitive life and death issues complicated by revelations last week that Munoz's fetus is abnormal.
Husband Erick Munoz found his wife unconscious on Nov. 26, possibly due to a blood clot. He has said that she told him if she ever was in her present condition, she did not want to be kept alive.
The hospital maintained it was bound by state law that forbids withdrawal of treatment from a pregnant woman. But Wallace ruled the law did not apply in this case because Marlise Munoz "is deceased," Panicker tweeted.
The fetus is "distinctly abnormal," lawyers for Erick Munoz said in a statement Wednesday.
John Peter Smith Hospital had argued that it had to protect the life of the unborn child.
Hospital officials have said they were bound by a state law prohibiting withdrawal of treatment from a pregnant patient. Several experts interviewed by The Associated Press have said the hospital is misapplying the law.
The case has raised questions about end-of-life care and whether a pregnant woman who is considered legally and medically dead should be kept on life support for the sake of a fetus. It also has gripped attention on both sides of the abortion debate, with anti-abortion groups arguing Munoz's fetus deserves a chance to be born.
The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office, which is representing the hospital in the lawsuit, said the hospital was expected to issue a statement later Friday in response to the ruling.
Not much is known about fetal survival when mothers suffer brain death during pregnancy. German doctors who searched for such cases found 30 of them in nearly 30 years, according to an article published in the journal BMC Medicine in 2010.
Those mothers were further along in pregnancy - 22 weeks on average - when brain death occurred than in the Texas case. Birth results were available for 19 cases. In 12, a viable child was born. Follow-up results were available for six, all of whom developed normally.
CONTRIBUTING: Associated Press


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Smith County Man Arrested for 2012 Murder
Natalio Gurrusquieta, 72, was taken into custody Monday afternoon by Smith County Detectives, and agents from U.S. Homeland Security.
Gurrusquieta is s charged with the June 3, 2012, shooting death of Jose Alfredo Sanchez. The homicide occurred at a residence on County Rd. 37 in northern Smith County.
Two other individuals suffered gunshot wounds during the incident including the suspect.
Gurrusquieta was arrested Monday in the 600 block of Queen Street in Tyler and jailed on a $1 million bond.


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Fairmont Chengdu Residences opens as city's first branded residential offering
Chengdu, China, 2014-03-26 — /Travel PR News/ — Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of Fairmont Chengdu Residences, the luxury hotel brand's first residential project in China. Building on Fairmont's growing presence in Asia Pacific, the residences are part of a mixed-use development that will also include Fairmont Chengdu, a new luxury hotel scheduled to open in 2015.
Located in the capital of Sichuan province, Fairmont Chengdu Residences is the first branded residential offering in Chengdu, combining privately owned, luxury apartments with the 5-star services of a leading luxury hotel brand. Fairmont has over a century's experience welcoming guests, with a portfolio of iconic properties around the globe that includes Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, London's The Savoy, The Plaza in New York City and Quebec City's Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.
Fairmont Chengdu Residences adds to the brand's exclusive and growing collection of private residences, which are operating or in development in locations around the world including Vancouver, Istanbul, Makkah and Fujairah. Fairmont offers proven experience in integrating a luxury residential component with its leading hotels, and real estate options are an increasingly integral part of the brand's robust development plans.
The Fairmont Chengdu Residences development is located in two 36-story towers and features 382 luxury residences adjacent to the soon-to-open 347-room Fairmont hotel, which will also include 52 serviced apartments. Owners enjoy a choice of three elegant residence designs including 2-bedroom suites offering over 89 square meters (950 square feet) of living space and luxurious 3-bedroom suites with over 129 square meters (1,390 square feet). Residence services include a dedicated owner services team, a 24-hour concierge, doormen and security as well as an exclusive Resident's Lounge, private gym and a children's club. The public and residential areas are all exquisitely designed with elegance, attention to detail and comfort in mind.
Chengdu is an important and growing business hub and leisure destination in Southwest China. Fairmont Chengdu Residences is situated within the Palm Springs International Center in the city's Tianfu New Town, a master-planned city center which is home to a financial services district that includes many Fortune 500 companies. The Palm Springs International Centre's office tower and retail mall, which features international luxury brands, is connected to the Fairmont Chengdu Residences and Fairmont Chengdu with easy access to the International Convention and Exhibition Centre and Art Exhibition Center via underground subway.
Fairmont's residential owners in Chengdu enjoy a number of other exclusive benefits including preferred access to the services and amenities at the soon-to-open luxurious Fairmont hotel. This includes dining outlets such as Fairmont Chengdu's 42nd floor restaurant with its panoramic city views, in-room dining, business center, fitness facilities, Willow Stream Spa and exclusive membership in the invitation-only tier of Fairmont President's Club, the brand's guest recognition and loyalty program. Other owner privileges include VIP status at over 105 properties in the FRHI Hotels & Resorts collection, which includes the Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissôtel brands.
The Fairmont Chengdu Residences project has been developed by Chengdu Palm Springs Unielite Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., which has overseen extensive real estate developments across China including residential and retail centers, office buildings as well as leisure facilities and golf courses. The company has been recognized with numerous design and construction awards for their work.
Fairmont Residences are elegant, sophisticated homes that serve as a primary dwelling or a getaway retreat. Residences are whole-ownership, private homes, that may be an apartment, townhouse or villa and are typically part of a mixed-use hotel and residential development where residential owners can access the services and amenities of an adjacent luxury Fairmont hotel while living in their own private residential enclave. Residents receive a level of service consistent with Fairmont's hospitality expertise. For more information or details on purchasing, please visit fairmontresidences.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fairmont currently operates a number of properties in China, specifically Fairmont Beijing, Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, Kunshan's Fairmont Yangcheng Lake, and Fairmont Nanjing. The country continues to be a key growth market for the brand, with a number of new developments scheduled to open in the coming years, including projects in Changsha (2017) and Hangzhou (2018), which will also include Fairmont Residences.
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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts connects guests to the very best of its destinations worldwide, reflecting each locale's energy, culture and history. Passionate travelers choose the luxury hotel brand for its ability to deliver memorable travel experiences, personalized and thoughtful service, and hotels that are one-of-a-kind. Serving as genuine gateways to their destinations, Fairmont hotels offer locally-inspired cuisine and spirited bars and lounges, distinctive design and décor, and a steadfast responsibility to environmental and social priorities. With more than 65 hotels globally, and many more in development, landmark hotels in the Fairmont collection include The Plaza in New York, London's The Savoy, Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai and Quebec City's Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. Fairmont is owned by FRHI Hotels & Resorts, a leading global hotel company with over 105 hotels under the Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissôtel brands. The company also manages Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel branded luxury private residence clubs, whole-ownership residences and serviced residences properties. For more information or reservations, please visit fairmont.com.
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Law Library Guidebook—Copiers/ Library Facilities
Copy machines are located in the center of the reading room adjacent to the Reference and Circulation Desks. Both public use copy machines make legal (8 1/2 x 14) and letter (8 1/2 x 11) size copies, and can enlarge or reduce a copy. Additionally users with a prepaid Vendacard may make multiple copies up to the limit of funds encoded on their Vendacard.
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Report any malfunction of the photocopiers to the library staff. Members of the library staff will add paper, and clear some paper jams, however all technical malfunctions of the copiers are handled by an ISMG certified technician. Library users who lose money operating the photocopiers should call ISMG at 718-527-5923 for a refund, library staff, who are court employees, are prohibited by the rules of the NYS Office of Court Administration from any currency transactions or the handling of U.S. coinage or currency with library users.
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Annual to subshrub
Leaves generally basal and cauline, alternate, generally simple; stipules 0
Inflorescence: generally raceme
Flower bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, generally white or yellow, often clawed; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed
Fruit: generally capsule ("silique") with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent
Seeds 1many per chamber
Genera in family: 300+ genera, 3000+ species: worldwide, especially cool regions; some cultivated for food (especially Brassica, Raphanus ) and ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Capparaceae [Rodman et al. 1993 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 80:686699; Rollins 1993 Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ Press]
Family description, key to genera by Robert A. Price.
BITTER-CRESS, TOOTHWORTAnnual, biennial, perennial herb, from taproots, fibrous roots, or tuber-like rhizomes; hairs 0 or simple
Leaves entire or palmately or pinnately lobed to compound; rhizome leaves often present, separate from others
Inflorescence bracted or not
Flower: sepals equal at base; petals white to pink or rose
Fruit linear, generally flat; valves generally opening elastically, sometimes by coiling from base; septum margins intruding on valves
Seeds many, 1 row per chamber, wingless (± margined in C. oligosperma); embryonic root at edges of both cotyledons
Species in genus: ± 170 species: most temp parts of world
Etymology: (Greek: for a cress with medicinal uses)
C. pachystigma (S. Watson) RollinsPerennial, glabrous; rhizome ± 3 mm wide
Stems from ends of elongate rhizomes, erect, 1530 cm, simple, often stoutish
Leaves: rhizome leaves simple, rarely with 12 small leaflets, 45 cm, widely ovate to ± round, thick, fleshy, margin entire or wavy, base cordate; cauline leaves near inflorescence, 23, petioled
Inflorescence short
Flower: petals 411 mm, pink to purple, rarely white
Fruit ± erect, 3060 mm, 24 mm wide, narrowed to tip; pedicels ascending to erect, lower 1020 mm; style 35 mm, ± thick
Ecology: Rocky outcrops, slopes
Elevation: < 2900 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Sacramento Valley
Synonyms: Dentaria p. S. Watson
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The Natrona County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Caribou County Sheriff's Office, Soda Springs, Idaho, is conducting an investigation of a missing person, Phillip Lee Gibson, and is seeking information from the public.
Gibson is described as a white male, 23 years old, five foot eight inches tall, weighing approximately 145 pounds, with blue colored eyes and blonde colored hair.
Gibson's last known location was the Casper, Wyoming area.
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Psychiatrist Apologizes for Controversial 'Flawed' Study Suggesting Gay People Could Go Straight
A controversial decade-old study that seemed to suggest some gay people can become straight has been used by countless opponents of gay rights, who say it proves homosexuality is a chosen lifestyle.
But now the author of that study says it was flawed, and he's apologized to the gay community for the heartache it's caused them.
Back in 2001, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer interviewed 200 gay individuals who'd undergone so-called "reparative therapy" in an effort to become heterosexual. When some said it had worked, Spitzer reported those findings at an American Psychiatric Association meeting.
His presentation caused a stir not just because of the study itself, but because Spitzer had been a leading proponent in having homosexuality removed from the APA's list of mental disorders some 30 years prior.
Now, though, he says that since the alleged gay-to-straight transformations relied solely on self-reported assessments by his study subjects, "there was no way to determine if [their] accounts of change were valid."
In a letter to the editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Spitzer wrote, "I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy … I also apologize to any gay person who wasted time and energy undergoing some form of reparative therapy because they believed that I had proven that [it] works with some 'highly motivated' individuals."


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I am triggering the Kurzweil using an external MIDI controller and the [Octav-/+] and/or [Xpose-/+] soft-buttons are having no effect.
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This issue revolves around the use of the Local Keyboard Channel parameter (LocalKbdCh), found on the MIDI Receive page (Master Receive for PC3LE models).
The [Octav-/+] and/or [Xpose-/+] soft-buttons are MIDI-note transpose functions governing notes the Kurzweil ITSELF generates. As such, when the Kurzweil is used as a slave (receiving MIDI input), the MIDI note numbers triggered are determined by the source (i.e. your external controller) not the [Octav-/+] and/or [Xpose-/+] soft-button values.
However via the LocalKbdCh feature, the incoming data gets rerouted through the Kurzweil MIDI engine as if you were playing the Kurzweil directly, at which point the MIDI note numbers get transposed according to the values set by the [Octav-/+] and/or [Xpose-/+] soft-buttons.
The Local Keyboard Channel parameter is also used for properly routing incoming data to Songs and Setups. Further it can even be employed to turn incoming controller messages into different controller messages (aka Controller Remapping). For complete details, check out the MIDI Mode chapter in your unit's Musician's Guide.
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Yanyan Guo Receives 2008 Langmuir Award For Research, June 13, 2008
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SOCORRO, N.M., June 13, 2008 – Yanyan Guo, a second-year doctoral student in the chemistry department, was awarded the Langmuir Award for Excellence in Research at commencement May 17, 2008. The award is for an outstanding scientific research paper published in a professional journal.
"I was very excited upon receiving the award," she said. "I wish to thank my advisor, Dr. Zhang for his help."
Guo is developing new nano-particle technology, which could lead to the next generation of photodynamic therapy. Photodynamic therapy uses light to target and damage malignant cells or tissue.
Her research led to an article titled "Nanoparticle-Based Photosynthesizers under CW Infrared Excitation" that was published in the December 2007 issue of Chemistry of Materials. She co-authored the paper with Manoj Kumar, a doctoral student in chemistry at New Mexico Tech, and Dr. Peng Zhang, assistant professor of chemistry at New Mexico Tech.
Photodynamic therapy has been used in recent years as a technique for cancer and antibacterial treatment. The process works by concentrating the production of singlet oxygen molecules, a species of oxygen that is very reactive, which can affect or kill targeted cells, such as cancers or tumors.
Her work brings forth new promise in utilizing photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. Guo said she is excited to work in developing new technologies to help fight cancer.
Her advisor, Dr. Zhang, said the results of Guo's research could lead to new advances in cancer-fighting methods.
"A lot of projects in science, you can't always predict what would happen. You explore it. It's not like building a house with the pre-determined plan. You can hope, but not predict exactly what will happen," said Dr. Zhang. "This one turned out to be working well."
Guo earned a master's in chemistry from Xiamen University, in Xiamen, China. She is continuing her research, applying photodynamic therapy to treating bacteria.
Chemistry of Materials is one of the most popular and widely read journals in materials science and has an impact factor of 5.1. The paper also received a large number of citations.
"The impact factor is measured by the average number of citations for a publication in a journal," says Dr. Zhang. The greater the impact number, the more influential the journal is in the field.
She said she received much assistance from Tech faculty members. She thanked Dr. Snezna Rogelj, professor of biology, Dr. Scott Shors associate professor of biology, Troylyn Zimmerly, biology lab coordinator, Jing Qiu recent masters of biology graduate, and Hong Tang, post-doctoral researcher in biology.


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PSquared, POLITICO and POLITICO Pro's Policy + Politics Conference and Awards Dinner, is Tuesday, Dec. 6. PSquared will highlight the ups, downs, debates and decisions that shaped politics and policymaking in 2011 and honor POLITICO Policymakers of the Year in the Energy, Health Care and Technology fields.
We're pleased to announce our Policymakers of the Year:
Energy Policymaker of the Year: Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator
Health Care Policymaker of the Year: Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee
Technology Policymakers of the Year: Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
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The conference will kick off with three panel discussions looking at the key issues in policymaking this year and will be followed by the Policymaker of the Year Awards Dinner.
You'll notice that Ayn Rand acolyte Paul Ryan is to be feted as the "health care policymaker of the year." This is the man who proposed to make the elderly parasites, moochers and looters shop around for bargains in bypass surgeries to save money.
Here's how Paul Krugman described it:
A Congressional Budget Office analysis found that to get coverage equivalent to what they have now, older Americans would have to pay vastly more out of pocket under the Paul Ryan plan than they would if Medicare as we know it was preserved. Based on the budget office estimates, the typical senior would end up paying around $6,000 more out of pocket in the plan's first year of operation.
By the way, defenders of the G.O.P. plan often assert that it resembles other, less unpopular programs. For a while they claimed, falsely, that Vouchercare would be just like the coverage federal employees get. More recently, I've been seeing claims that Vouchercare would be just like the system created for Americans under 65 by last year's health care reform — a fairly remarkable defense from a party that has denounced that reform as evil incarnate.
So let me make two points. First, Obamacare was very much a second-best plan, conditioned by perceived political realities. Most of the health reformers I know would have greatly preferred simply expanding Medicare to cover all Americans. Second, the Affordable Care Act is all about making health care, well, affordable, offering subsidies whose size is determined by the need to limit the share of their income that families spend on medical costs. Vouchercare, by contrast, would simply hand out vouchers of a fixed size, regardless of the actual cost of insurance. And these vouchers would be grossly inadequate.
The editors of Politico and most of the wealthy Villagers probably think this won't affect them because well … they're not among the parasites, looters and moochers, are they? But perhaps they should think this through. Unless they are in the upper .1%, the real Richie Riches, they might not have enough money to pay for the expensive health care they may need when they get old either. Why, they might have to shop around for a cheap quack too.
Paul Ryan's real approach to health care is to privatize it all and let "the market" sort it out. There's nothing complicated about it or novel about it or creative about it. To honor him for his work on healthcare policy is akin to honoring Governor Scott Walker as Public Employee of the year.


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