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The following news release about the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) was issued today by the LSST Corporation, the non-profit organization formed in 2003 to design, construct, and operate the LSST, a huge telescope designed to image the entire visible southern sky. At the heart of the camera are 3 gigapixels of advanced sensors packaged into a set of 25 "towers" with tightly integrated electronics and cooling components. Brookhaven researchers are part of a large team responsible for designing and assembling these key building blocks. Once in operation, the LSST will provide a rich set of data to researchers at Brookhaven and other institutions to study dark matter and dark energy, two key ingredients of the universe about which very little is presently known. For more information about Brookhaven's role in the project, contact Karen McNulty Walsh at (631) 344-8350 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Gets Top Ranking, "A Treasure Trove of Discovery"
August 13, 2010
The LSST will peer at distant galaxies to probe the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
In a report released this morning, "New Worlds and New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics," a prestigious committee convened by the National Research Council for the National Academy of Sciences ranked the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) as its top priority for the next large ground‐based astronomical facility. The so‐called "Astro2010" report states "The committee recommends that LSST be submitted immediately for NSF's Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) consideration with a view to achieving first light before the end of the decade. ...The top rank accorded to LSST is a result of (1) its compelling science case and capacity to address so many of the science goals of this survey and (2) its readiness for submission to the MREFC process as informed by its technical maturity, the survey's assessment of risk, and appraised construction and operations costs. Having made considerable progress in terms of its readiness since the 2001 survey, the committee judged that LSST was the most ready‐to‐go."
"We are absolutely delighted to hear this strong endorsement from our colleagues in the scientific community for a project that we have been advocating for many years", said LSST Director and University of California, Davis, Professor J. Anthony Tyson. "LSST will transform the way we study the Universe. By mapping the visible sky deeply and rapidly, the LSST will let everyone experience a novel view of our Universe and enable exploration of exciting new questions in a variety of areas of astronomy and fundamental physics."
Scheduled to begin full survey operations 6 years after the start of construction, the 8.4‐meter LSST telescope will be equipped with the world's largest digital camera (3.2 billion pixels). This system will survey the entire visible sky to very faint limits in multiple colors every week. The survey will last for 10 years and will produce 2000 images of every part of the sky over 20,000 square degrees. It will be constructed on Cerro Pachón, a mountain in northern Chile. LSST will produce 30 Terabytes of data per night, yielding a total database of 100 Petabytes. This massive data set will be used to construct for the first time a color "movie" of the sky that will enable unique and powerful studies of objects that move or change in brightness. Examples range from potentially hazardous near‐Earth asteroids to exploding massive stars in the distant Universe. The total ten‐year data set can also be used to probe the mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, two of the most pressing challenges to our current understanding of the fundamental forces and basic building blocks of Nature.
A unique feature of the project is that the database and resulting catalogs will be made available to the US and Chilean communities at large with no proprietary restrictions. A sophisticated data management system will provide easy access, enabling simple queries and exploration of the images by individual users, including professionals, amateurs, educators, and the public. The public will actively share the adventure of discovery of our dynamic Universe as described by Google CEO Eric Schmidt: "LSST will produce a New Sky. Unique probes of our universe will result from this innovation, enabling discovery of unimagined phenomena. LSST will collect and organize the information in an expansive new view of our Universe, making it available to curious minds of all ages."
Thirty four universities and national labs have joined together in a public‐private partnership to build LSST. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science have contributed funds for design and development of the LSST.
Significant private support has come from Charles Simonyi, who said he was motivated by the broad impact of the project. "The broad science and educational opportunities enabled by LSST have been reaffirmed by this top ranking by the National Academy of Sciences. With LSST we'll be able to gather thousands of times more data than possible until now, producing a 'movie' of our Universe and a database suitable for answering a wide range of pressing questions: What is dark energy? How did the Milky Way form? Are there potentially hazardous asteroids that may impact the Earth? And what sort of new phenomena have yet to be discovered? Let's get on with construction."
Another major donor, Bill Gates, said "LSST is just as imaginative in its technology and approach as it is with its science mission. The 8.4 meter LSST telescope and the three gigapixel camera are thus a shared resource for all humanity - the ultimate network peripheral device to explore the Universe."
The LSST website contains more information including current images, graphics, and animation.
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Masturbation is a competitive sport. It is necessary to distinguish amateur masturbation from professional masturbation. The former is the most famous and widely-practiced kind of sport on the planet; competitions in it are not contested. The latter is a complex sport which requires power, focus and self-control.
Male and female masturbation are treated as two separate disciplines, and each requires different skill sets to perfect it. Kevin Stagg is the current male world champion of masturbation and holds all-time world records in Speed Masturbation (2.5 seconds), Distance Masturbation (51ft 8in) and Weight Release (29.3 oz).
The 2016 Olympics will introduce masturbation as a "demonstration sport."
Masturbation as a sport was built upon the ground of similar competitions, which were practiced across several countries in ancient civilisations. Most prominent among these was the Pissing Contest, in which men took it in turns to urinate as high as possible on the side of a wall, a competition in which many leaders were selected. For these competitions a large custom-made wall was needed. Walls used for such competitions included the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and the side of the Pyramids of Giza. The Chinese had built the Great Wall, which was relatively short, but very long – due to the large population of China, this is the only way that a wall could accommodate all of the men. As time went by the need for height vastly outweighed how high a wall could be conceivably built, especially since the greatest competitors could piss over any wall. There was an attempt to build the Tower of Babel as the ultimate pissing target, but it was destroyed during construction. Then man discovered masturbation.
Male professional masturbation
Men compete in a wide variety of disciplines:
- Speed Masturbation (a.k.a. Fast Release)
- Distance Masturbation
- Weight-Release
- Shooting (various disciplines)
- Triathlon
On the field of participation, women, or images of them, are strictly forbidden. In recent years, international masturbation has seen a rise in the number of homosexual competitors, who gain a large advantage merely by the presence of the other competitors. The Fall 2011 meeting of the International Masturbation Committee (also known as the Circle Jerk) voted to ban gays from competition, but the result was overturned as the gays played their usual "discrimination" card. Debates continue to this day and there seems to be no solution, so the gays run rampant as usual.
Speed Masturbation
Upon the call to start, the competitor takes up his penis (the most key element in any masturbator) and, at the signal, begins to masturbate. The winner is the one who ejaculates first. All competitors start at the same time, and a false start is punished by disqualification.
Distance Masturbation
The participant has three attempts; however, only one is used usually, as very little ejaculating power remains after the first. In this discipline a great deal of self-control is needed to time the ejaculation exactly right to launch it far enough. In the early days of distance masturbation, there was no time limit. That changed after the 1912 World Tour's Vienna stop, when one participant (Wilberforce Fapperson, patriarch of the legendary Fapperson dynasty) delayed the entire contest by taking over 18 hours for his shot. The time was then limited to 1 hour.
The participant has only one attempt to masturbate directly onto ultra-precise scales, and the winner is the one who deposits the greatest mass of semen. As with many other sports, the problem of doping is rife in weight-release masturbation. Using certain forbidden medicines, participants could make their semen extremely dense, giving a much greater mass for a relatively smaller volume. Ben Johnson, following his life ban from athletics, attempted to forge a career in weight-release, but failed tests once again.
Shooting has three varieties: target shoot, clay-pigeon shoot and "Running Wife".
The target shoot is self-explanatory, except if you're from Mexico, as their representatives can attest.[1]
In the clay-pigeon shoot, participants try to hit a small flying plate from a standing start. This particular event was almost banned by US authorities for the 1991 Masturbation Cup at Intercourse, PA because of accusations of bestiality.
The "Running Wife" is the event given the most attention among shooting events. It is unique among masturbation events in that women can be present. Until recently, live women were used as "Running Wife" targets; however, due to women's rights activists, the live women have been replaced with images as of 2000. Extra points are given for shots which hit the breasts, mouth, vagina or anus. Condoleezza Rice, before her political career, became known for being the premier "Running Wife" target, and the star attraction at the Masturbation Cup's shooting events.
The Masturbation Triathlon
The Masturbation Triathlon is made up of speed, distance, and weight-release events. Participants have only one attempt at each and the winner is the person who performs the best points total. This is known to be the most difficult event to perform in because of the extreme requirement of willpower and stamina. Dick Jerkmann, the former 12-time Masturbation Triathlon World Champion, perhaps put it best when he said "It's all about the strength of the mind, body and penis, united to make up the perfect display of monkey-spanking".
Fatalities are often recorded at Triathlon events because of some competitors' inexperience, the fatigue damaging the nervous system as well as the arm muscles. Sportsmen are often found collapsed a couple of minutes into the event (usually during the distance release) due to over-exhaustion, internal bleeding, or even (ironically) a stroke.
Female professional masturbation
The female masturbation competitions take the form of an artistic performance with a full musical orchestra, usually involving Spanish guitars, French horns and All-American dildos. There are many different variations, with competitions involving the fingers only, as well as various dildos and vibrators, matched based on their size.
A little known fact is that most female masturbation videos on sites like Pornhub are actually audition videos for each woman's respective national masturbation team. This is what most people use to tide them over between Masturbation Cups.
Solo Artistic Masturbation
Participants are given 15 minutes to masturbate by hands or dildo, depending on the specific discipline. Points are awarded for precision and beauty of moves, artistic merit, pubic hair decoration, and quality of orgasms, with squirting considered an easy way to get high points. Faking an orgasm results in an instant disqualification, but that doesn't stop people trying. [2]
Team Artistic Masturbation
See above, but this time it is performed by eight sportswomen. Extra points are awarded for synchronicity of moves, in particular orgasms. One of the best-remembered Masturbation Cup performances occurred in 1999, where the German team, led by Anna Shlick performed a perfect routine with a spectacular anal fisting finale. Nowadays Shlick performs analysis of masturbation performances on German television.
Military usage
Like the discus throw, equestrianism, and the triathlon, competitive masturbation became a sport partly because of its applicability to war and survival. In any army, masturbation is a key part of basic training. The common soldier is often occupied by amateur masturbation; it aids physical and psychological alertness and boosts morale in any company. (This, incidentally, is why common soldiers are called "privates".)
However, there are elite formations of warrior-masturbators, who are trained in such a way that they can fire off sperm in any conditions and strike enemies with the greatest of accuracy. During the harsh years of World War II formations of warrior-masturbators achieved their greatest glories. In particular, in 1944, masturbating snipers stopped German tanks during the recapturing of France by clogging their vision slits and weapons with semen.
Scandals of professional masturbation
The sport of masturbation is not without its fair share of scandals. For example, during the 1984 Masturbation World Tour's stop in Russia, a competitor's assistant showed hot favorite Chic Morris a nude picture of Madeline Albright. Even the strength of Morris's mind and body was unable to overcome the repulsive image, and he became impotent from that point on, ending his masturbation career.
Doping scandals are almost an everyday occurrence among professional masturbators. For example, Bruce Willis was revealed to have used creams to aid his Masturbation Cup victories in the late 1980s. Similarly, David Beckham was recently exposed as having taken unlawful amounts of nuts and celery, while former MLB star, Wade Boggs was caught after the competition for using Viagra in an attempt to get more "funk" from his "junk".
NBC currently broadcasts a popular show called "Do It Yourself", in which celebrities team up with professional masturbators, including Russian legend Vladimir Jackinov, in order to win $25,000 for their chosen charity. Attempts have been made to create a version for Britain, but English sensibilities have prevented the show from finding a broadcaster.
- ↑ It is thought of as "rather strange" that a country so experienced with guns and shooting cannot hit a target to save their lives. Must be Stormtroopers.
- ↑ As it turns out, your wife is considering entering the Masturbation Cup, and is actually practicing her orgasm faking when you have sex with her. Tough break, dude.

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Shopping for toddler holiday dresses can be a lot of fun, especially when it comes to Halloween costumes. Halloween dresses and costumes are very cute on infants however there are some safety factors that need to be considered when buying these clothes. Finding holiday costumes that are comfortable as well is a must if we want to keep our infants in the holiday spirit.
When it comes to comfort, you will need to find something suitable and that depends on whether your infant is a walker, or a crawler, or none of the above. If the toddler has recently become mobile, you will need to find something that allows for much wider ranges of motion, otherwise the little one might trip and fall, or just become really grumpy overall.
Finding the right toddler holiday dress will also depend on the age of your child. Never buy anything too big or bulky that will end up restricting movement or something that's much too heavy for the poor child. Refrain from buying clothing that is tight around the legs and thighs as well as neck and upper arms.
Shoes are another important factor when it comes to mobility. Some shoes can be really cute but dangerous at the same time. Overly large or long shoes will increase the risks of a toddler falling down and hurting herself. Shoes with strings or bits of loose material should also be avoided at all costs.
For children who are a bit older, you will be able to get them more fanciful holiday dresses, but bear in mind that the more fanciful a costume is, the more trouble it is going to be when your child needs to make a rushed trip to the toilet. Select velcro strapped openings as opposed to button-fly toddler holiday dresses.
Certain children's outfits are prone to catching fire so it's best you read the label of each costume before you buy it. During Halloween, lanterns and candles are a part of the festive season and the last thing you would want is for your toddler's "Superman" cape to catch on fire. If possible, source for flame-retarding fabrics as a safety precaution.
For infants, pay attention to potential choking hazards when looking for holiday dresses. Avoid dangling bits of decoration on a costume that can be easily detached and placed in an infant's mouth.
With these few safety measures in mind, you can now go out and shop for the cutest baby outfit or toddler holiday dress and enjoy your Halloween holidays with peace of mind knowing that your child is safe.


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Imagine, in an instant, your spouse of nearly 25 years doesn't know you anymore. All the moments you shared together—gone. On Dec. 17, 2008, it happened to me. My husband, Scott, after slipping and falling at his office building at approximately 7 a.m., woke up with profound retrograde amnesia. In that simple accident, he lost all 46 years of his memory, including world history, the kids, his family, and me. Our marriage, our family, our life, deleted.
I was the director of marketing for my husband's business, a private-jet management company; the mother of a son, Grant, 19, and a daughter, Taylor, 16. We lived in Gilbert, Ariz. Scott was a 46-year-old former NFL player, professional pilot, and owner of his company Legendary Jets. And suddenly, he was a stranger, a man who looked at me blankly from his hospital bed, no flicker of recognition.
With that, I became a caretaker, a medical researcher on his condition, the president of the family business, and the head of the household, all at once. I barely had time to think about whether this was forever. When we left the hospital, the doctors thought his memory would return within a few weeks, at most. So in those early days, I just tried to get through each day.
While Scott spent most of the day nursing an intense headache, I spent time putting out fires that were erupting in the business without the leader at the helm. I was fielding sales calls, trying to find passwords and other information to help the bookkeeper, going through mounds of papers. I was keeping things quiet from his competitors so business was not lost to them with news of Scott's brain injury, which I was told would quickly resolve, and life would return to business as usual.
When Scott had breaks in the pain, we would watch TV. Just one commercial would bring up a never-ending list of questions for Scott. He would ask things like: Why are people dressed in coats and it looks cold, when we are in light clothing and there is no snow? Why do people sound and dress different then we do? How big is Arizona? How big is The United States? The world? Many times these questions would lead us to family pictures that would give some background into the world we live in and the things we had experienced together. I would show Scott on the globe that we grew up in Illinois, outside of Chicago. I would explain that there are different climates and that in Arizona, at least in Phoenix, we stayed warm and it did not snow at Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, well, that took hours of explaining about tradition and religion. Again pictures provided some insight, but I was never too sure what he comprehended. I soon realized that Scott could only absorb so much at a time, and sometimes it would upset him to tears to realize how much he did not know. I stopped saying "do you remember when?" It was just too hard to see in his eyes the pain of not knowing things he could intellectually know that he once knew.
The kids and I gave up rather quickly on trying to jog his memory; he would become so overwhelmed with sadness if the "trigger" didn't work. So they just tried to tell him stories to fill in the gaps. It was like a puzzle, and each piece held knowledge, historic facts, or personal memory; sometimes when doing a giant puzzle, you have to take breaks putting it together see the important areas you need to solve next. After about a month without a single memory returning, I also stopped asking each morning, "Anything come back?" Scott's heavy, saddened face and downturned head while shaking "no" was too heart-wrenching to watch. I didn't want him to think that he let me down by not remembering. His pain was palpable.
About a month and a half after the accident, my friends urged me to join them for dinner, and they tried to cheer me up, cajoling me. "If he doesn't remember anything, you could really reinvent who you are," one said. I thought about all of the bad times I could erase from my past, the chubby times and the bad perms. As the wine flowed, my friends had even more creative suggestions: "You have an amazing opportunity here. After 24 years of marriage you can reprogram HIM," one said. "Tell him you go to the spa every Friday and you never clean the house and he always cooks." And then, one of my friends said something decidedly unfunny: "Oh my God, what if he doesn't fall in love with you again?"
I heard nothing else for the rest of the evening. This terrifying notion had crossed my mind before, but hearing someone else say it was paralyzing. When I got to my car that night, I sat, overwhelmed with emotion, and cried. What if he doesn't want me anymore? What if he wants to live alone and experience the world without me? This is the kind of thing that happens in movies, not in my life.
I thought about the first time we met at a barbecue at his friend's house in the suburbs of Chicago. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it was actually on Scott's 19th birthday. I was set up on a blind date and so was he, but not with each other. He and I met again on campus at Northern Illinois University. Towering over me at 6 foot 4, he was an attractive pillar of strength, yet he won my heart with his gentlemanly nature and kindness, which he allowed only me to see. To the world he was this quiet, tough, driven alpha male; to me, he was everything I dreamed of in a man.
As I got to know him better, he revealed all nonnegotiable values I looked for in a mate: honesty, wisdom, security, love, humor, courage, and respect in his words and actions. We spent hours as young lovers talking about our shared morals and values, and how we wanted to live like our parents had raised us—family first. Together, we enjoyed the simple life of the college campus, walks at the lagoon feeding (and running from) the geese, bowling at the student center, and sharing cold leftover pizza for breakfast. My freshman year as a gymnast, I remember struggling to get though strenuous workouts, and then Scott would come by the gym after football practice. I knew that coy smile he gave me meant he wanted to walk me back to my dorm to study together, and my tired body would fill with anticipatory excitement.
Thinking about the longevity of our love, it was hard to believe that I would need to win back his love.
As the weeks wore on, I spent every day by his side, while working from home. Scott often expressed his frustration with his loss of emotional connection to the past. He wanted to know what he was feeling in those moments of his life that we captured in photos or on video. He was also trying to understand his role in our family. I did notice that he watched me while I moved around the house, relentlessly questioning doctors and making sure Scott was as comfortable as could be. He was affectionate toward me. But I wondered: Would I forever be just a friendly face to him, or could we once again be something more?
The thought of it tortured me. I spent hours on the phone with my mom and best friend, Karen, venting and discussing solutions to various problems that were arising. Taylor, our daughter, played a vital role in keeping me strong. We hugged each other, often sobbing, while sharing our sadness, frustration, and grief. My unspoken inner sorrows were then given to God, praying for answers, healing, and peace.
It occurred to me that I could tweak my personality to be flawless—but that would take more energy than I had, and I figured Scott had loved me once before for whom I am. Maybe it could happen again.
As the weeks at home turned into months, he and I continued each day to spend time together, eating meals and watching movies and TV shows he once liked. I told him of how silly movie lines played a role in our family, quoting Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. We had some laughs trying "new" foods that he could not remember, like Twinkies and candy bars. We laughed and cried together as he tried to remember who he was. Nothing was returning. We seemed to be only discovering more that he had forgotten.
Over the months, Scott never regained his memory. As he needed to know his world more, I thought it was vital for our relationship for me to share who I am, my emotions about things that had occurred in our past, and my thoughts about how we could get through this difficult time together. I shared details of our previous loving relationship; I showed him piles of family photos that I had saved, sorted, and stored. I wanted to fill in the lost memories and at the same time to exhibit the depth and substance of our loving life together, as well as the amazing selfless father he was to our children.
While I was creating some reality to our years together, I think I was etching in him the depth of my love for him, and he was realizing what "love" was. I don't believe that I was reprogramming his love for me back into his heart. I believe, now reflecting on why he fell in love with me, that the fact that I kept loving and supporting him as I had always done helped, along with pure instinct. His heart began to remember what his brain had lost.
In July of 2009, Scott got a single-photon-emission computerized tomography scan, or a SPECT scan, which revealed a profound lack of blood flow to the right temple and frontal lobes of the brain where it is believed that long-term memory is stored. Doctors told us that there is little hope that his memory will return. This was a huge turning point for Scott to accept that he needed to live for the future, as he might never recapture the past.
We continue to search for answers. There are still some rough days when Scott struggles with self-identity issues and the profound loss of memories. He tells me every day that he loves me more and more, and is so happy that I stood by him. While he has changed in many ways, as we all do over the years, I am grateful that the man I fell in love with 30 years ago is still by my side. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.


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27/06/2013 - After falling sharply in 2010, health spending remained flat across OECD countries in 2011 as the economic crisis continued to have an impact, particularly in those European countries hardest hit by the crisis, according to OECD Health Data 2013.
While health spending grew on average by close to 5% year-on-year from 2000 to 2009, this has since been followed by a sluggish growth of around 0.5% in 2010 and 2011. Current expenditure on health (i.e., excluding capital expenditure) grew by 0.7% in both years. Preliminary figures for some countries suggest a continuation of this trend in 2012.
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Source: OECD Health Data 2013
The drop has been primarily driven by a collapse in the growth of government health spending since 2009 – recording close to zero growth in both years on average. Private health spending also slowed down in many countries in 2010 and 2011 as household incomes remained flat or decreased, although the reduction was more limited.
In Greece, overall health spending dropped by 11% both in 2010 and 2011 after a yearly growth rate of more than 5% on average between 2000 and 2009. These reductions were mainly driven by deep cuts in government spending. Ireland, Iceland and Spain also experienced two consecutive years of negative growth in health spending. Some countries, such as Estonia and the Czech Republic, saw severe falls in spending in 2010 followed by a modest rebound in 2011. Other countries, including Portugal and Italy, may have delayed cuts in 2010, but then reduced public health spending in 2011. In Portugal, public spending dropped by 8% in 2011 after remaining stable between 2009 and 2010. Only two OECD countries – Israel and Japan – have seen an acceleration in health spending since 2009 compared with the period before.
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Growth rates for Australia, Denmark, Japan, Mexico and Slovak Republic refer to 2009-10.
Growth rates for 2009-11 are not available for Luxembourg and Turkey.
Growth rates for Chile calculated using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rather than the GDP deflator.
Source: OECD Health Data 2013
Away from Europe, health spending growth also slowed in 2010 and 2011, notably in Canada (3.0 % in 2010 and 0.8% in 2011 in real terms) and the United States (2.5 % in 2010 and 1.8% in 2011, also in real terms). In the United States, the share of health spending to GDP has remained at 17.7 percent between 2009 and 2011, after years of steady increases. It is not clear yet whether the recent slowdown reflects mainly cyclical factors and may therefore not have lasting effect when economy growth picks up, or whether it reflects more structural changes such as a slower diffusion of new technologies and pharmaceuticals, and changes in provider payments resulting in greater efficiency.
Reductions in public spending on health in many OECD countries have typically been made across the board. Pharmaceutical spending has been a prime target, with spending falling slightly in 2010 followed by deeper cuts in 2011. Many countries have increased cost-sharing for pharmaceuticals, reduced prices and coverage, and promoted the use of generics. In 2011, Portugal, Greece and Spain reduced spending on prescription pharmaceuticals by 20%, 13% and 8% respectively. In Spain, the share of generic drugs (in the total volume of consumption) more than doubled between 2006 and 2011.
In many countries, governments have also decided to cut their spending on prevention and public health, although these typically represent only a small share of their overall health budgets. More than three-quarters of OECD countries reporting expenditure on prevention and public health for 2011 showed a real-term cut in spending.
Many governments have also tried to contain the growth in hospital spending - one of the biggest ticket items in most countries – by cutting wages, reducing hospital staff and beds, and increasing co-payments for patients.
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Source: OECD Health Data 2013
As a result of the minimal growth in health spending across OECD countries in 2010 and 2011, the percentage of GDP devoted to health declined slightly in most countries. Health spending accounted for 9.3% of GDP on average across OECD countries in 2011, compared with 9.5% in 2010. Excluding capital spending, current expenditure on health as a share of GDP dropped from 9.1% on average in 2010 to 9.0% in 2011.
These are some of the short- and long-term trends shown in OECD Health Data 2013, the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across the 34 OECD countries. Covering the period 1960 to 2012, this interactive database can be used for comparative analyses on health status, risk factors to health, health care resources and utilisation, and health expenditure and financing.
OECD Health Data 2013 is available in OECD.Stat, the statistics portal for all OECD databases. More information about the database is available at www.oecd.org/health/healthdata.
For further information about the content, please contact Gaétan Lafortune (tel. 33 1 45 24 92 67) or Roberto Astolfi (tel. 33 1 45 24 15 96) in the OECD Health Division.
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Those two words sum up my relationship with my Baked cookbooks. It's complicated.
These books are like the almost perfect boyfriend from high school. Handsome, smart, useful, interesting, even exciting. But they can let you down when you least expect it. And they are not reliable. When they are good, they are very very good. And when they are bad, well, sometimes there are tears.
Last weekend, I made the Grasshopper Cake from the first book for a friend's birthday. I love the Baked chocolate cake recipe. It bakes up nice and tall and perfectly flat. No domed top of slice off. And it is moist with terrific chocolate flavor. Adding a mint ganache and a mint buttercream frosting to that perfect cake seemed like a no-brainer. Their buttercream recipe is not traditional and it did not turn out well for me at all. I could not get the butter to incorporate no matter how long and how hard I whipped. I was left with a frosting that tasted good but looked terrible. There were flat pea sized pieces of butter throughout. I only used about 1/3 of it – I just couldn't pile it on – and I covered the cake with flat Dutch mints. It ended up looking good and my husband and my friend Lauren, both of whom have eaten plenty of my cakes, said it was one of my best. But throwing out about the equivalent of three sticks of butter made me mad.
Because I'm a girl and I had to come back for more, I decided to make Nutella scones from the new book. How could you go wrong, right? Wrong. In spite of the authors' warnings of not mixing the dough too much (a common warning with scones), I had to manhandle it and add much more cream than recommended to get anything even resembling a dough. What came out of the oven did not look like the scones of my past. They kind of toppled over on the themselves. And they just didn't taste good. At first I thought it was because they weren't sweet enough but no, they just weren't good. My kids were so excited – a chocolate scone! – but they didn't like them either. Rats. And my brother Michael, the one who asks me to make the Nutella Pound Cake any time I offer dessert, he didn't take a single one home with him. That, my friends, is a failure.
Oh, but I went back for more. Rather than break up with my books, I decided to make a cookie that sounded like a home run. And it is, kind of. There is almost too much chocolate for the dough (I never thought I would say that), and not quite enough pretzels for them to make sense being there. If I'm going to have something salty in my cookie, I want to really notice it, not be like, "Huh? What is a pretzel piece doing in my cookie?". But I will be back for more. I just can't quit you Baked.
One Year Ago: Lasagne with Eggplant and Chard
Two Years Ago: Sicilian Eggplant Spread with Crostini
Cowboy Cookies
Baked Explorations
Makes about 24 large cookies
1¾ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
2 cups rolled oats
14 tbsp. (1¾ sticks) unsalted butter, cool but not cold, cut into 1-inch cubes
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. instant espresso powder
2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks (about 12 ounces)
¾ cup thin salty pretzels (about 1½ ounces) broken into tiny pieces but not crushed into dust
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the oats and stir to combine.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars together until smooth and creamy. Add the egg and egg yolk, beating until the mixture looks light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, add the vanilla, and beat for 5 seconds. Dissolve the espresso powder in ¼ cup hot water and add it to the bowl, mixing until combined.
Add half the dry ingredients and mix for 15 seconds. Add the remaining dry ingredients and beat until just incorporated. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and fold in the chocolate chunks and ½ cup of the pretzel pieces. Cover the bowl tightly and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Use a small ice cream scoop with a release mechanism to scoop dough in 2 tablespoon-size balls (or use a tablespoon measure) and place the dough balls onto the prepared sheets about 1 inch apart. Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup pretzel pieces over the dough balls. Use the palm of your hand to press the dough down lightly; don't small the cookie – you just want to slightly flatten the ball and push the pretzel pieces into the dough.
Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through the baking time, until the edges of the cookies are golden brown or just starting to darken.
Set the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes to cool. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the rack to cool completely. They can be store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.


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If you're using network-attached storage, video surveillance equipment, or remote router management software, beware of dodgy firmware—it's become ground zero for hacker exploits, as recent debacles with Asus and Linksys routers emphatically illustrate. The message is clear: In 2014, vulnerable routers, NAS boxes, and other connected devices are leaving our home networks wide open to attack.
Worst-case scenario? Strangers from anywhere in the world can access your files, slip malware into your network, or use your own security cameras to spy on you—all without ever laying a finger on your hardware.
Some older Linksys E-Series routers and Wireless-N routers and access points are vulnerable to a malware infection—dubbed TheMoon—that leaves a self-replicating worm behind. On Tuesday, Ars Technica reported a story of people finding disturbing letters on USB storage devices attached to their Asus routers, left there by apparently non-malevolent but unquestionably uninvited guests. The letters serve as dire warnings of how insecure their networks are. PCWorld Norway raised a red flag about this weakness nearly two weeks earlier.
Using the Shodan search engine, Clas Mehus—an editor at our sister site—discovered a shocking number of routers, NAS boxes, security cameras, and other network devices left wide open due to buggy firmware and/or poorly designed user interfaces. I've replicated Mehus's findings and can report that these vulnerabilities aren't limited to Asus and Linksys hardware.
If you're running an Asus router with a USB storage drive attached, download and install the latest firmware from Asus's website (do not simply use the router's web interface to check for a new version, as it might not download the most recent version).
As for Linksys, company spokesperson Karen Sohl told us Linksys is aware of the issue. "Customers who have not enabled the Remote Management Access feature [on these devices] are not susceptible to this specific malware," Sohl wrote in an email. "Customers who have enabled the Remote Management Access feature can prevent further vulnerability to their network by disabling the Remote Management Access feature and rebooting their router to remove the installed malware. Linksys will be working on the affected products with a firmware fix that is planned to be posted on our website in the coming weeks."
Asus and Linksys are hardly alone when it comes to security vulnerabilities. Netgear's ReadyNAS product line suffered something similar just a few months ago. Weak industry password-setup practices have made it a virtual certainty that there will always be IP devices unintentionally exposed to the Internet.
How it happens
You might not realize you have an Internet address that's as well-defined as your street address. To see your own public IP address, surf to whatismyip.com. Your address will be displayed in big bold letters and will look something like this: 188.8.131.52. In most cases, this public address leads straight to your router, which as its name implies, routes all data traffic between your networked computers, tablets, smartphones, webcams, and to and from the outside world.
If someone gains control of your router, you're in for a rough time. They can open and redirect any sort of traffic anywhere they want. The havoc they wreak can also ruin a whole lot of other people's days with what's relayed through your equipment.
Securing your router with a complex password to prevent anyone from logging on is only a good first step. You must also secure its configuration firmware and the services that run on it. A router directs different types of traffic in and out of thousands of numbered ports.
Picture the router as an apartment building, and its ports the doors to individual apartments. Port 80 is used for HTTP traffic (that's how you access the web). Port 21 is used for sending and receiving files using FTP (file-transfer protocol). Port 443 is used for HTTPS (encrypted web traffic, such as banking or shopping transactions), and port 3369 is used for Remote Desktop.
If a port is open, and they normally all are, the router simply shuffles data back and forth to whatever IP device that the port is directed to. So every device you own that communicates with the Web needs to be password-protected to prevent others from being able to access it via these ports.
The default dilemma
Most routers and many NAS devices come with well-documented default login IDs and passwords ("admin" and "password," for instance). These devices typically have installation wizards that prompt the user to change them before the device is connected to the Internet. But for one reason or another, that step is sometimes skipped and the password is never changed. Other times, the password is updated, but at some point down the line, the user performs a hard reset. This common troubleshooting step often restores the old, weak password without the user's knowledge.
Enabling UPnP on older firmware—a step that most router manufacturers recommend, because doing so simplifies configuration—can expose connectivity to FTP and SMB servers running on the router, enabling any Internet snoop to access every file on an attached storage device. An anonymous group recently posted a list of several hundred IP addresses assigned to vulnerable Asus routers.
You can't afford to wait for the industry to wake up. Take action now to lock down your router, your NAS device, your IP cameras, and every other device on your network that's exposed to the Internet. Unless you want people stealing your bandwidth; your private photos, documents, and movies; and watching whatever your cameras are focused on.
Want to know which of your ports are open? Browse to www.whatismyip.com. On the main page you'll see your IP address, and to the left an option for port scanners. Select that and run the port tests. Unfortunately, some Internet gateways—such as the Motorola NVG510 that AT&T provided me—won't let you do this locally. You'll have to note your public IP address and try it from the coffee shop or from a friend's house.
Your action plan
One thing you can check immediately is whether your FTP service on your router or NAS box is enabled, and whether it allows anonymous access. Anonymous access doesn't require a password, so unless you're sharing files with the world, you don't want it enabled. FTP can be found in your router's HTML configuration pages, which may be accessed from your browser at 192.168.1.1, or 192.168.1.254, for instance. You can find the default address for your router in its user manual.
This Wikipedia entry lists all available ports, but the critical ones are those that allow remote access to your files or remote control of your network devices. These include HTTP, FTP, and RDP.
Checking to see if you're password-protected is easy enough. Simply open a browser and then type in your public IP address preceded by the proper header: FTP://, HTTP://, and so on. If you connect, you should be asked for a password. If you're immediately taken to the router, NAS, or IP camera's homepage, you aren't protected—anyone else with a connection to the Internet can access those resources just as easily as you just did.
For maximum security, you can put your router or router/modem into pin-hole mode, where every port is blocked by default and you open only those services you need. It takes a bit of work, but it's very secure.
The good news is that it's relatively easy to protect yourself: Simply password-protect any device that connects to the outside world, even if it's a refrigerator. If you're using older hardware, check periodically to ensure the device hasn't been reset and its default password reinstated. Make a habit of checking manufacturers' websites to ensure you always have the most up-to-date firmware (don't rely on the device's user interface to check for firmware updates—those tools don't always work the way they should).


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The Conservatives have taken some Canadian environmental charities to task for accepting money from wealthy foreign donors to finance their campaigns against oil and gas projects.
But tax returns filed to the Canada Revenue Agency show most of the foreign money that fills the coffers of domestic charities does not go to the environmental groups now in Tory crosshairs.
An analysis by The Canadian Press of charities' annual tax returns found only one of the top 10 foreign-funded charities could be considered a conservation group.
That group is Ducks Unlimited Canada. Tax returns show it has reported receiving more than $33-million over the years from foreign sources, making it the fifth-largest recipient of money from outside the country.
Ducks Unlimited Canada says it receives foreign funding from its sister organization in the United States, U.S. federal and state governments, corporations, private foundations and individual contributors.
CARE Canada reported the largest amount of foreign funding. It has accepted nearly $99-million over the years from foreign donors. Most of it came from United Nations agencies, foreign governments and the charity's international members.
Second was World Vision Canada, which has reported $89-million in foreign income. It says the vast majority of that money comes from gift-in-kind donations from UN organizations and international corporations with branches in Canada.
"For example, these would be things like pharmaceuticals, clothing, school supplies and books and medical supplies," spokeswoman Tiffany Baggetta said in an email.
"Then we have a very small portion that is from individual citizens who just happen to live outside of Canada. For example, sometimes we have people who sponsor a child through World Vision Canada, then they move to another country but want to continue sponsoring that child through World Vision Canada."
Third was Hamilton's McMaster University, which, like many post-secondary institutions, has charitable status. McMaster has reported $43-million in foreign income.
University spokesman Gord Arbeau says last year foreign students paid McMaster $25-million in tuition fees, while the school also received $13-million for research funding and $4-million from sales of medical isotopes from its nuclear reactor.
All that money counts as foreign funding for CRA's purposes.
The charity that reported the fourth-most foreign funding was the Canadian UNICEF Committee, with $37-million. But a UNICEF Canada spokeswoman says the organization doesn't actually receive much foreign funding.
"While it appears we received a significant amount of cash from foreign donors – we don't," Melanie Sharpe said in an email.
"That figure is almost entirely the value of donated health supplies that we send to our child survival programs in developing countries. Less than 0.5 per cent represents cash donations Canadians have made to one of UNICEF's global fundraising campaigns.
"... According to accounting regulations all cash or in-kind donations have to be registered as revenue whether from a foreign or domestic source."
The CRA database shows only 1,998 of the 85,000 or so registered charities now active in Canada have reported any foreign income. Most are aid organizations, religious groups or schools. All of their foreign funding over the years amounts to a combined total of $811,467,808.
"It's certainly not as if this was something new," said Marcel Lauziere of Imagine Canada, an advocacy group for Canadian charities. "And even if it were new, and it certainly is not, hard to understand why that would be a bad thing. I mean, unless Canada wants to isolate itself from the rest of the world, it would make no sense.
"You know, if 80 per cent of funding of charities came from foreign sources, you'd say, 'Okay, that's a bit bizarre. What does that mean?' That's not the case at all. The lion's share, by far, of the funding that charities get are provided by Canadians."
Canadian charities do not have to disclose on their tax returns which foreign groups gave them money. But the recent federal budget promised to impose new penalties on charities that fail to provide full disclosure of funding and activities.
"There have also been calls for greater public transparency related to the political activities of charities, including the extent to which they may be funded by foreign sources," the budget document says.
Sanctions for charities that don't play by the rules could include fines or a suspension of a charity's ability to issue tax receipts.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives have been critical of charities that receive foreign funding, particularly environmental groups.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver has accused "environmental and other radical groups" of trying to use money from "foreign special-interest groups" to hijack hearings on a pipeline that would bring Alberta oil-sands bitumen to a port on the British Columbia coast.
Environment Minister Peter Kent even raised the spectre of criminal activity in a recent interview broadcast on CBC Radio's The House. Asked by host Evan Solomon if the government is trying to silence environmental groups by taking away their charitable status, Mr. Kent raised concerns about money laundering.
"Some groups with charitable status have been going well beyond the CRA guidelines for what is acceptable practice as a charitable agency," he said. "And there has also been concern that some Canadian charitable agencies have been used to launder offshore foreign funds."
The Environment Minister was not available to speak to The Canadian Press.
One group that has been singled out for receiving American grants is Tides Canada, which runs both a grant-making foundation and a charity that backs environmental and social-justice projects. It has reported $7.8-million in foreign income over the years, according to CRA tax returns. That makes Tides the 16th-largest recipient of foreign money.
However, U.S. tax records show a different amount.
Annual filings to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from tax-exempt and non-profit organizations show the Tides Canada Foundation has received more than $63-million from wealthy American foundations. That would put it third on the list of Canadian charities that received funding from outside the country.
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the Tides Canada Foundation almost $33-million, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation gave it nearly $14-million, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation gave it $11 million, and other groups gave it smaller amounts.
Ross McMillan of Tides Canada said wording on the CRA tax form changed in 2009 to include a line for revenue received from all sources outside Canada. Prior to this charities only reported foreign funding under "other gifts."
Since pre-2009 CRA tax forms did not distinguish foreign funding from other income, a search of the agency's database does not turn up a higher number for the Tides Canada Foundation.


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Unfortunately, I'm old, and it's time to scale down. When we move, there will be no space to put all the Elvis stuff I have now in what I call my Jungle Tree Fuzzy Room. (Or the junk room as my wife calls it. She has a point — over the years a lot of other stuff has ended up in there, too.)
Every once in a while, I will post pictures of some of my mementos. I don't have anything you would call a big collectible, but I know somebody out there will want every one of these goodies. There will be cheap prices to make them go quickly.
Unfortunately, this offer must be limited to readers in the USA only. Postal rates to other countries are just prohibitive. Sorry
So, here are the first offerings from the Fuzzy Room:
Author's note: All items have been sold.
Early Elvis T-Shirts:
Author's note: This item has sold.
I have owned these for 30 years, and they go way back beyond that. The first two say M on the label, but they look like they would work best for a woman or an adolescent child. Wear them yourself or maybe you could start a little early Elvis indoctrination with a grandchild. It's never too young or too old to be an Elvis fan.
This one has the word ELVIS in a lighted marque design on a dark blue background. Sorry about the wrinkles, but these shirts have been folded up in storage for a while.
Super colorful shirt with Elvis' image and his name in gold block letters. This is my favorite of the three.
This shirt has no size label, but it's a bit smaller than the other two, so let's call it size S. Bright blue background with white flock lettering. It was probably a homemade iron-on.
You can have all three T-shirts for $15, which includes postage. At the end of this post, we'll look at payment options.
Elvis License Plate:
Author's Note: This items has been sold.
I bought this in Las Vegas about 15 years ago, and it has been part of the wall art in the Fuzzy Room ever since. The price to you is only $6, and that includes the postage. An excellent deal.
Elvis '56 — book by Al Wertheimer:
Author's note: This book has sold.
Author's note #2: I see I never posted a picture of the book, so here it is.
This book was a huge seller back in 1979 when Al Wertheimer published it. Perhaps you do not know the story of how he took over 3,000 photos of Elvis in 1956. If not, click here to read the article I wrote about him in 2006 for Elvis the Magazine.
Anyway, all those photos sat unused in Al's files for over twenty years. When Elvis died, Al discovered he had a treasure trove of material and published Elvis '56 – In the Beginning.
Books autographed by the author are always special, but the copy I am offering has been inscribed and signed by Al Wertheimer twice. I bought the book from a vendor at Elvis Week a few years before I got the chance to interview Al and write about him. Inside the front cover, Al had written a short thank you note to Irving Paul and signed and dated it November 22, 1979.
Then, after I got to know Al, I sent him the book and asked him to inscribe a message to me. This is what he wrote:
To Phil Arnold:
Who is Irving Paul? I don't remember. I'm glad though that my book wound up in your hands. It's been out of print for some time and will become rarer as the years go by. Thanks for your interest in the "Wertheimer Collection" of Elvis photos I took in 1956. Glad to have such a good writer as a fan.
Be well,
Al Wertheimer 11/11/07
Perhaps you are wondering why I would let go of something as special as this. The reason is because Al sent me another copy of Elvis '56 with an entirely different inscription. It's long, so I won't repeat it all. But he did call me, "a very talented writer and Elvis Blogster who did such a fine job of telling my story in Elvis the Magazine." He also said, "Let's stay in touch," and we did. If you look at the right column of this page under Blog Categories, Al Wertheimer is represented 15 times.
So, I am asking $15 for the double-inscribed and signed copy of Elvis '56, and a good bit of that will go for the shipping and postage because this is a heavy book.
Elvis Teddy Bear Wearing Gold Lame Suit and Holding Guitar:
Author's Note: This item has been sold.
There is one of these on eBay right now going for $24.94 plus $9.30 shipping. I'm letting it go for $12 total. Here is the picture from eBay showing the back that says, The King of Rock and Roll.
And the one I'm selling also has the replica of the 29 cent Elvis stamp shown above.
Elvis 25th Anniversary Documentary:
Author's Note: This item has been sold.
If you still have a working VHS tape player, you will find this different and enjoyable. Back in 2002, the 25th anniversary Elvis Week was a huge celebration. As the back cover says,
This Elvis documentary takes a look at the Elvis Fans, Elvis Music, Elvis Friends, and Elvis Events that took place during this incredible Tribute Week.
More than 50,000 fans showed up on the 25th Anniversary, and Greg Summit from Westlake Entertainment was there to follow the fans around Memphis to catch the excitement on film. Mr. Summit filmed the fans, the Tribute Artists, the friends of Elvis, and the events throughout the week.
It gives those who were unable to be there, a chance to see the excitement of the 25th Anniversary Tribute Week. For those who were there, it will certainly bring back the wonderful memories.
I was there, and I'm glad I have another copy of this video to relive that big party.
The price is just $6, and that includes shipping costs.
Elvis Necktie:
Author's Note: This item has been sold.
At my age, I won't be wearing a tie like this anymore, but it was fun to wear to Elvis gatherings over the years. It's got Elvis singing into a mic, two pink Cadillacs, drums, sax, guitar and records. Just $5.
There are two ways you can purchase any of these items – PayPal or personal check. I don't yet have a PayPal button that you are probably used to.
This button is available if you have a business PayPal account, but I have a personal one like you probably do, too. I will be upgrading soon, because it will aid in sales of my book BIG E and the SANTA MAN when the next annual campaign starts next October.
In the meantime, here's how to use PayPal.
1) Open up your account page on PayPal.com and click on Pay or Send Money.
2) Click on Pay for goods.
3) A box pops up where you enter my email address: email@example.com. Click Next.
Enter the price of the item. And the item description where it says Add a note. Then scroll down and click Continue.
You will go to the order summary page you are familiar with, and if everything is right, click Send Payment Now. It's actually pretty easy.
PayPal sends me a notice of the sale, and I mark it sold on the blog. Then I mail it to you.
Or you can send me an email that you want to purchase an item by check. I'll confirm and hold it for you until I get your check.
So, please go back and look over the items and see if there's anything you would like to have.
I really appreciate your support,
Phil Arnold
© 2018 Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister All Rights Reserved www.ElvisBlog.net


text: Linkin Park has just announced a new tour date at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico on September 14, 2012. Presale for LPU members will start Thursday June 21st at 10:00 AM local time. The general sale will begin Friday June 29nd at 10:00 AM local time at www.superboletos.com. This show will follow the MTV World Stage performance in Monterrey, Mexico two days prior and will be the second show in Mexico. Is this the mark of the beginning of the LIVING THINGS World Tour? Join the LP Underground today at LPUnderground.com for access to pre-sale tickets, opportunities for meet & greets with Linkin Park, and more. 6/23/12 Chiba, Japan Makuhari Messe Event Hall 6/27/12 Los Angeles, CA Jimmy Kimmel Live! 6/29/12Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia 8/11/12 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live 8/12/12 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena 8/14/12 Boston, MA Comcast Center 8/15/12 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 8/17/12 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 8/19/12 Atlanta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 8/21/12 Detroit, MI The Palace 8/22/12 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 8/24/12 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank 8/25/12 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center 8/27/12 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Center 8/28/12 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Pavilion 8/30/12 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheater 9/1/12 Calgary, AB, Canada X-FEST 9/2/12 Edmonton, AB, Canada Sonic Boom Festival 9/4/12 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rogers Arena 9/5/12 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome 9/7/12 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheater 9/8/12 Los Angeles, CA Home Depot Center 9/10/12 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheater 9/12/12 Monterrey, Mexico MTV World Stage 9/14/12 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Ciudad de México Source: LP Twitter


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EVERETT — The City Council on Wednesday steered the former Kimberly-Clark mill site toward water-dependent industrial development in a zoning decision that banks on creating blue-collar jobs.
The 6-1 vote was cheered loudly in the packed meeting room by the audience, many of whom had testified in favor of preserving Everett's long history of maritime industry.
The council was weighing two visions for the city's central waterfront, an area of 90 acres dominated by what's left of the former Kimberly-Clark mill.
"We'll look back at this decision as a really proud moment for our community," Mayor Ray Stephanson said afterward.
The vote involved the city's land-use regulations and part of its comprehensive plan. It strived to balance the desire to create new job opportunities and more waterfront access for the public, while respecting the security needs of Naval Station Everett next door. Figuring out the best way to clean up more than a century's worth of pollution, including petroleum products that have soaked into the ground, is an ongoing project.
The changes will take effect 15 days after the mayor's signature, which is expected this week. At that point, a development moratorium in place for nearly a year will be lifted.
The option approved by the council requires water-dependent industrial uses within 200 feet of the harbor, while allowing office space and other uses that don't require water access farther from shore.
It followed a unanimous recommendation that Everett's planning commission made in October.
The lone vote against the council majority came from Councilwoman Brenda Stonecipher, who said she believed zoning the area for office parks and light industry promised to create more jobs with higher wages. Her conclusion was based on information presented in a city consultant's economic analysis.
While heavy industry may look appealing now, Stonecipher said, it may not be the smartest bet for the city over the long term.
"We don't know what's possible in five years, what's possible in 10 years," she said.
The rules that passed limit building heights to 50 feet, with exceptions for manufacturing equipment. They encourage giving the public access to the waterfront unless it conflicts with business operations, particularly for safety reasons.
The council added water-bottling facilities to a list of prohibited industries at the site. Other unwelcome activities under the new rules are fish processing, composting, petroleum refineries, coal export terminals and adult-oriented entertainment.
Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark Corp. closed its Everett mill in April, eliminating 700 jobs.
Demolition of mill buildings has been under way since summer.
"We are on schedule for demolition to be substantially complete by the end of March and on track with (the state Department of) Ecology to remediate the upland portion of our property during the coming months," Kimberly-Clark senior counsel Howard Sharfstein said during the public comment portion of the hearing.
Kimberly-Clark has reported talking to several prospective buyers about the mill property. The company hasn't shared specifics because of non-disclosure agreements, but the Port of Everett is on record as being among the interested parties.
Businesses are mainly attracted to the site's deep-water access, Sharfstein said.
A senior vice president from Kidder Mathews, the commercial real estate firm that's marketing the property, drove home the value of the deep-water harbor, which offers a 25-foot draft. An enormous amount of space — some 3.8 million square feet — sits unused in tech parks in the Everett, Bothell, and Woodinville areas, David Speers said.
Twenty people testified during Wednesday's hearing, most in favor of encouraging businesses that would provide blue-collar job opportunities to replace the ones that disappeared along with Everett's paper and pulp industry.
The Boeing Co. and other aerospace manufacturers need a healthy port and water access to thrive here, said Jason Redrup, a representative for the International Association of Machinists and board member with the Snohomish County Labor Council.
Ken Hudson from the longshoreman and warehouse union ILWU Local 32 said, "We need to have a working waterfront."
Port operations are squeezed into a small area and would benefit from more land, Hudson said.
Maritime uses wouldn't interfere with the site's biggest neighbor, the U.S. Navy.
"Deep port operations are fully compatible with U.S. Navy operations," said retired Navy Capt. Dan Squires, former commander of Naval Station Everett. "Security is paramount."
Other people who spoke during the hearing cautioned elected leaders to be wary of the port taking over the land, given its spotty record of economic development.
Annie Lyman of Everett, a regular at City Council meetings, said to her a sale to the port looked like a forgone conclusion.
"I think you're paving the way for that to happen," Lyman said.
If the port were to buy the mill property, all of that land would fall off the tax rolls. Kimberly-Clark's property-tax bill has hovered around $790,000 in recent years.
Under port ownership, taxpayers also would be on the hook for costly environmental cleanup.
Speers, of Kidder Mathews, earlier assured council members he has been in contact with other potential buyers: "We're not just talking to the Port of Everett."
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Demolition continues
The complex that once housed Kimberly-Clark's bustling Everett paper mill is falling to the wrecking ball.
Next up: the red-brick 1930s digester building, one of a few large structures remaining.
It's slated to come down as early as Saturday afternoon, according to Everett and Kimberly-Clark Corp.
The demolition timetable depends on weather, Everett city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said. Snow could delay the plans.
Crews intend to knock over what is left of the building using heavy equipment, rather than implode it, Reardon said. Their preparations included containing asbestos and other hazardous construction debris.
Demolition began in August, roughly four months after the mill closed. Cambria Contracting, Inc., of Lockport, N.Y., has been performing the work.
Kimberly-Clark expects demolition to finish up in the spring.
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At least Jets fans now have a number to help get them through the rest of the season.
Two percent is the figure offered by Rex Ryan on the team's playoff chances, though that seems a bit optimistic. The team is such a mess that even the thought of putting Tim Tebow in to run its abysmal offense isn't enough to excite New York fans.
Not that Tebow is going to get a chance. Not with Ryan lined up squarely behind center with Mark Sanchez, who on Sunday somehow managed to throw one less touchdown pass than Seattle receiver Golden Tate.
If 2 percent is the chance of making the playoffs, the chances of Tebow getting meaningful playing time seems even less after Ryan rose to the defense of Sanchez after a beatdown by a Seahawks team that the Jets had two full weeks to prepare for.
"Well, that's what I believe. I believe it to be true," Ryan said Sunday. "Why do I believe it? Because I believe it. I don't care about anybody else. I believe it. In my heart I believe it. I don't know how many years it's been I've been coaching football, and I put my trust in him."
Say what you will about Ryan and his 3-6 team — and right now a lot of Jets fans are saying some very nasty things — he's right about the quarterback situation. Throwing Tebow into an offensive scheme not designed for him may perk some interest for a few games, but it's not a path to long-term success.
Tebow was never a good fit for the Jets, no matter how Ryan and the team's brain trust tried to spin it when they took him off of Denver's hands. Unfortunately, it's becoming pretty clear he's not a good fit anywhere around the NFL, where running quarterbacks with ungainly throwing motions are not a prized commodity.
Even guys on the other side seem to agree. Consider this response from Seattle receiver Sidney Rice after Tate threw him a touchdown pass on a trick play in Seattle's 28-7 rout.
"His throwing motion was the worst," Rice said. "I thought we traded for Tebow for a second."
Why the Jets traded for Tebow is a decision that's always been suspect at best. The way general manager Mike Tannenbaum tells it, he and Ryan were sipping on Ben & Jerry's vanilla milkshakes in an airport when it became clear the Broncos — who had just signed Peyton Manning — had no desire to keep Tebow around any longer.
Maybe they should have been drinking something a bit stronger. Bringing Tebow to the Big Apple to back up Sanchez made no sense, other than to take some of the spotlight away from the team they share the same stadium with — a team that attracts attention by winning Super Bowls, not just promising them.
Ryan didn't promise one this year, even after the Jets signed Tebow and brought in a new offensive coordinator who was supposed to reduce the size of the playbook and make it easier for players to understand. Good thing, because season-ending injuries to cornerback Darrelle Revis and top receiver Santonio Holmes exposed the Jets as a team badly lacking in depth of talent.
Playing Tebow for more than a few plays here and there isn't going to change that. There are too many things wrong with the Jets, from a porous run defense to poor special teams play, that can't be solved by a quarterback change.
That doesn't mean Sanchez doesn't deserve his fair share of blame. He turns the ball over too much in the red zone, makes poor decisions at the line of scrimmage and has thrown almost as many interceptions as touchdowns. His passer rating is the lowest since his rookie season, and 30th out of 33 qualifying quarterbacks.
It's his fourth season in the league, yet he's playing like it's his first. Yes, he may lack quality receivers, but he clearly hasn't mastered the learning curve of a successful quarterback in the NFL.
Ryan sticks with him because he really has no choice. The reason John Elway got rid of Tebow in Denver is that the Heisman Trophy winner from Florida simply doesn't have the passing skills to be a successful NFL quarterback.
And, of course, no one tells Rex Ryan what to do.
"With me, I will never waver," Ryan said Monday. "I am not going to make a decision to save my job. I am in it to win games."
Ryan reportedly gave the team an impassioned speech after a game in which Sanchez completed only nine passes and threw an interception at the goal line. Undoubtedly, he called on them not to give up on a season that is all but over after an awful start.
Other than a Thanksgiving game against New England, the rest of the schedule is a soft one for the Jets, with games against the likes of Jacksonville, St. Louis and Arizona. Of the seven opponents left, only the Patriots have a winning record.
The temptation might be to do something dramatic to salvage the season. But surrendering to that temptation would be wrong.
Sure, it sounded like a great idea over milkshakes at the airport.
But Ryan seems to understand now what took Denver fans a whole season to figure out — that Tim Tebow is not a starting quarterback in the NFL.
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg


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I had mentioned that Windows Home Server hardware wasn't available yet in the Windows Weekly podcast this past week, but a listener alerted me to some WHS hardware I'd never heard of before. It's only available in the UK, I guess, and will appeal mostly to home installer types, but it looks interesting:
US-based home servers will be available from various companies (HP, etc.) by the end of the year.
Tranquil PC are pleased to announce that they are the world's first company to ship a designer appliance running the exciting Windows Home Server operatiing system. We are now accepting orders for shipment.
Introducing the T7-HSA, the ultimate home server appliance. The unit, running Windows Home Server, is a smart hub to connect, protect, share and your photos, videos, music and important files.
Also now available the T7 wall mount kit. This industrial grade kit allows the T7 system to be securely mounted to a wall, or side of desk etc.
The tiny T7-HSA, having a desk foot print of a mere 127cm2 is ideally suited for use in the home. With no fans whirring, it is near silent. Housed in a specially designed aluminium chassis, the whole chassis is the cooling system. With gorgeous looks, it will be happy anywhere in your home.
- Extremely Efficient system - ultra low power
- Near silent operation (no fans)
- Slim (57mm) and svelte
- Extreme reliability (no fans to fail)\
- Unique and safe SYSTEM imaging backup/recovery kit
Thanks Lee!


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It's been just about two months since the launch of the first alpha version of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal," and that release was followed by two more alpha iterations over the course of the summer.
Late last week, however, the free and open source Linux distribution made its debut in beta form on the way to its final release, which is expected in October.
So what's new in this first beta release? Quite a bit, actually. Here's a quick rundown of some of the highlights.
1. Full-Disk Encryption
One of the most exciting changes evident in this new release from a business perspective, in particular, is that Ubuntu 12.10 now natively supports both the logical volume manager (LVM) and full disk encryption. For enterprise and government users with set security requirements to meet, this could be a very big deal.
2. A Single, Consolidated Image
Whereas previous Ubuntu versions came in multiple images, the new Quantal Quetzal beta features a single, consolidated Ubuntu image instead. "There is no longer a traditional CD sized image, DVD, or alternate image, but rather a single 800MB Ubuntu image that can be used from USB or DVD," the project team explained in the official announcement. Ubuntu Server, however, is still a traditional CD-sized image in this release.
3. No More Unity 2D
It used to be that users lacking hardware acceleration had to use the 2D version of Unity, but now the standard 3D Unity runs by default. For those without hardware acceleration, the operating system will automatically use the Mesa 3D LLVMpipe driver to perform 3D calculations using the CPU. Unity, meanwhile, has been updated to version 6.4, which includes support for dash previews and coverflow view.
4. A Revamped Update Manager
What used to be called Update Manager has now been renamed Software Updater in this new beta version, and it checks for updates each time it is launched.
5. Updated Packages
Last but not least, other updates in Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 include Linux kernel 3.5.3, a new X.org stack, Python 3, LibreOffice 3.6.1, and GNOME 3.5.90 for most components. Web app integration is apparently still in the works.
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio have also now reached Beta 1 status, as has Ubuntu Server. Still to come is one more beta version later this month before the operating system's planned October 18 release.
Want to check out this new beta software? It's not intended for production purposes, of course, but you can find it as a free download on the Ubuntu site.


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Head Injuries and Your Brain
Although the brain is protected by tough bone (skull) and padding (membranes), it can still be injured. Head injuries that are severe enough to affect brain function are termed traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Damage can range from mild to severe as the brain can affect everything you do.
How Your Brain Can Get Injured
Traumatic brain injuries result from either a blow to the head that does not penetrate the skull (closed head injury) or from an object penetrating through the skull into brain tissues (open brain injury). However, there are variations of these general terms in the medical literature so people may not agree on all points (For example, is a depression of the bony skull toward the brain an open or closed brain injury?). Consult your doctor about the type of head injury.
Mild vs. Severe TBI's
A concussion is considered a milder form of a traumatic brain injury (closed brain injury) by most clinicians. In most people, recovery from a mild concussion is quick. However, if the person suffers a severe concussion, the person may be unconscious for a long time period. Some people develop comas or even die from this type of closed head injury.
What is a Concussion?
The slide illustrates how a blow to one side of the head throws your brain back toward the opposite side thus potentially causing damage to both sides of the brain. This leads to a concussion or closed brain injury that can cause mild or serious symptoms. A concussion is defined as a blow to the head that results in disturbance of cerebral function. Concussions are the most common type of traumatic brain injury and can, in more severe injuries, cause permanent brain damage. The majority of concussions cause minor or no obvious lasting damage if the brain is allowed time to heal.
How Do You Know It's a Concussion?
Signs of a concussion occur after the traumatic brain injury and may include one or more of the following:
- Loss of consciousness
- Not remembering the blow to the head
- Dizziness
- Blurry vision
- Headache
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Unclear thinking processes (confusion)
- Repeating phrases (for example asking, "What happened?" many times)
Healing After a Concussion
A person can recover from a concussion. Recovery depends on the amount of damage. If areas of the brain are injured but not destroyed, the recovery is like healing from an ankle sprain. You give it good rest and slowly use it until full healing has occurred. If you do not allow your ankle to heal and it gets sprained again, the ankle can suffer permanent damage. The same is true for your brain tissue. Consult your doctor about how long you should wait before doing activities that put you at risk for another concussion (boxing, football, judo, or similar activities).
Skull Fractures
Although the skull is like a helmet that protects the brain tissues, it can be cracked, dented, and penetrated with enough force. Sharp bone fragments of the skull can then press into the brain. This can result in brain tissue damage or brain tissue death and may also cause bleeding into the brain. If after a person sustains head trauma and has clear fluid or a bloody discharge from the ears or nose, a skull fracture should be suspected.
Bleeding in the Brain
Bleeding inside the brain is a medical emergency. The blood, under pressure, has no place to drain so it often pools and forms a hematoma. The hematoma can put pressure on the surrounding tissue and squeeze off the blood supply to parts of the brain. Signs of a hematoma include headaches, vomiting, and loss or decrease in normal balance.
Diagnosing Brain Injuries
A doctor begins to get evidence for diagnosing a traumatic brain injury first by getting a history and doing a physical exam that focuses on brain functions such as memory, concentration, and problem solving behavior. The doctor may also interview close family members or friends to determine if they have noticed any changes in the patient. A head CT (computed tomography) or, occasionally, an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the head is often done to definitively diagnose and obtain evidence of the extent of a traumatic brain injury.
Brain Injuries and Memory
Memory is often damaged when a traumatic brain injury occurs. Mild traumatic brain injuries may have little or no effect on memory. If there is an effect, the memories lost may be recent (for example, no recall of the traumatic event) and quickly return in hours or days. However, more severe traumatic brain injuries can cause loss of memories for long time periods (weeks, months, or longer). Sometimes some memories may never return.
Brain Injuries and Movement
A common effect of a traumatic brain injury is damage or loss of balance and feeling dizzy. Some individuals lose visual depth perception. Depending on the severity of the traumatic brain injury, the problems may last seconds, minutes, or lifelong. Rehabilitation techniques, similar to those used for stroke patients, can help individuals improve balance and regain many aspects of normal life.
Brain Injuries and Mood
Brain functions impact how a person behaves and feels. Consequently, a traumatic brain injury can cause behavioral and mood changes. Agitation, depression, insomnia, mood swings, and feeling like you are not your normal self are common occurrences (some investigators estimate 50%) after traumatic brain injuries. Although these problems may resolve quickly, some patients may have these problems for extended time periods. Such problems should be discussed with your doctor because there may be readily available treatments for these problems.
Long-Term Effects of Brain Injuries
Unfortunately, serious traumatic brain injuries can result in increased risk for other brain disorders. There is some evidence that traumatic brain injuries increase the person's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. In addition, repeated minor traumatic brain injuries that show little or no significant symptoms like those that may occur in football players or boxers may result in the same risks because lots of small damage may be cumulative over time.
Recovery from Severe Brain Injury
Recovery from severe traumatic brain injuries usually requires the injured person to have help from professionals. Physical, occupational, and/or speech therapists are helpful and allow the person to recover some or most of their normal life functions (for example, walking, fine motor control like using a pencil, or improved verbal communication). A psychiatrist or a psychologist can also help with mental and behavioral problems.
How Common Are Brain Injuries?
Traumatic brain injuries are common. About 1.4 million occur per year and about twice as many males have traumatic brain injuries. The highest risk groups are infants and children (ages 0 to 4), and ages 15 to 19 while adults aged 75 and older have the highest rates of hospitalization and death. About 75% of all traumatic brain injuries are mild concussions. The four major causes of traumatic brain injuries are falls (28%), vehicle crashes (20%), object striking the head (19%), and assaults (11%).
Children and Brain Injuries
Traumatic brain injuries often occur in infants and children (about 475,000 per year). Like adults, children can and some do get symptoms that present as learning, behavioral, and emotional problems. Some problems include hearing, speech, vision, and balance problems plus headaches and even seizures. Essentially, the problems seen in adults with traumatic brain injuries can be seen in children but sometimes the problems do not show up or are not noticed for months or years. The children often do not grow out of problems caused by traumatic brain injury. Many children may need professional help to address their problems.
Just a Bump on the Head?
Unfortunately, infants and especially toddlers learning how to walk (or run!) frequently fall and bump their heads. Most of these bumps don't cause traumatic brain injuries. However, if the child will not stop crying, is vomiting, can't move around normally (walk), and says their head and/or neck hurts or is difficult to wake up, the child needs to be evaluated emergently by a doctor.
Bike Safety
If your child rides a bicycle or engages in other sports (football, baseball, motorbike, ATV, and other) where a blow to the head may occur, the best thing you can do to protect them from traumatic brain injuries is to get them a well-fitted helmet and instruct them in the rules of the road.
Head Injuries from Sports
As mentioned previously, a well-fitted helmet currently offers some protection against traumatic brain injuries in many sports, from professional sports to kids playing games like little league baseball or girls softball. Professional sports managers are constantly changing rules of play and advancing equipment designs to reduce the chance of traumatic brain injuries. Following the rules and using up-to-date equipment may reduce the incidence of sports-related traumatic brain injuries seen in kids up to and including professional sports players.
Cars Safety
Car accidents are a leading cause of traumatic brain injuries in adults and children. Preventive measures can reduce both the incidence and severity of traumatic brain injuries in both children and adults. Before even starting any vehicle, every child and adult should be buckled in their seatbelt. Small children need to be in their age/weight appropriate car seat.
Preventing Head Injuries from Falls
Falls are the number one cause of traumatic brain injuries, especially in older adults. People do not have to fall from a height like falling off a ladder. Simply falling from a standing position and hitting your head can cause severe traumatic brain injuries in some people. Reducing the risk of falls, especially at home or at work, can help avoid traumatic brain injuries. Preventing falls involves installing good lighting on stairs and hallways and removing obstacles like toys, clothing, or tools on the floor or electrical cords that can trip people. Throw rugs need to be skid resistant or removed to avoid trips and slips that lead to falls. Reasonable precautions that are easy to do may prevent many falls that cause traumatic brain injuries.
Concussions & Brain Injuries: Symptoms, Tests, Treatment
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Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Green and Growing For Health and Well-Being
I've composed before posts about anxiety and the significance of lessening it. By adding indoor plants to your family unit, you can bring down the anxiety you may feel. Inquire about reviews have demonstrated that the capacity to see greenery in the indoor condition can decrease worry in minutes. A green plant in your sight line is a ton better to calm your anxiety level than mitigating it with caffeine, nourishment or liquor.
Amid photosynthesis, plants assimilate carbon dioxide and discharge oxygen which can enhance air quality. At the point when photosynthesis stops around evening time, most plants flip the script, engrossing oxygen and discharging carbon dioxide. However there are a couple plants that discharge oxygen around evening time which can help in keeping up air quality, enhancing nature of rest and lessening sleep deprivation. Plants that have this trademark incorporate orchids, succulents, for example, aloe vera, jade or Christmas desert plant plants, and bromeliads.
Indoor plants can help expand center and imagination by permitting your guided consideration regarding rest and reestablish. Consider that when you are out entryways in the recreation center, your faculties are animated and drawn in with the trees, leaves, or blooms. As these plants catch your consideration easily or through undirected consideration, your coordinated consideration which is utilized to concentrate on particular errands is casual and resting. Bringing plants and blooms inside copies the experience which permits guided thoughtfulness regarding recharge. Look into studies demonstrate that assignments performed while under the quieting impact of nature are performed better and with more prominent precision, yielding higher quality outcomes.
Not with standing the above, it has been noticed that plants in the rooms of patients have beneficially affected patient prosperity and wellbeing. Specialists at Kansas State University found that patients in rooms with plants had a snappier recuperation than those in rooms without them. In contrast with those in rooms sans plants, the patients with plants in their rooms were less exhausted and restless, asked for less agony solution, had bring down heart rates and circulatory strain, and were released from the healing facility sooner.
There are a great deal of advantages to adding green plants to your indoor furniture. Plants are anything but difficult to find, accessible in various assortments and a great incentive for the medical advantages they give. The greatest test might pick the best alternatives for your area and way of life along the plant mind range. As a Floridian, my main pick is the Peace Lily. The name says it all- - it is quieting and appealing when looking at the white bloom erupting from dark green foliage; you can't resist the urge to think alleviating considerations.
Take Away: Add something green and developing to your home's outfitting. The basic expansion of houseplants will advance great wellbeing and the prosperity way of life.


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Goodell, Henry H.
President, Massachusetts Agricultural College: 1883 and 1886-1905
Henry H. Goodell was born in Constantinople on May 20, 1839. He was sent to the United States at the age of 17 and graduated from Amherst College in 1862. Upon graduation, Goodell joined the 25th Connecticut Volunteers for one year.
When the Massachusetts Agricultural College opened in 1867, Goodell was appointed professor of modern languages and English literature. During the next twenty years he taught many other subjects as well, such as military tactics, the natural sciences, rhetoric, elocution, and history. He also was the first college librarian, advocating for expansion of its collection. In 1886 Goodell was chosen President of the College, serving until 1905.
Under Goodell, many changes occurred at the college. The first women were admitted in 1892. The faculty of the college was strengthened with the addition of assistant professors. New courses were added to the curriculum, and a regular program of graduate-level instruction began. Seniors were offered elective courses for the first time. The first doctoral degree was granted in entomology in 1902. The Experiment Station began operations in this period, and Goodell served as its director for several years. Goodell also ended the practice of compulsory student labor on the college farm. In 1905, at the end of his term, the college had an undergraduate enrollment of 218 and its largest entering class of freshmen.
Active in town affairs, Goodell served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1885 and 1886 and was involved in the Amherst town library. Goodell Hall, the one-time college library building, was named in his honor.
- Cary, H. (1962). The University of Massachusetts: A History of 100 Years. Amherst: University of Massachusetts.
- Stebbins, Calvin, Henry Hill Goodell: The Story of His Life With Letters and a Few Addresses (Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside, 1911)


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