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2011 has been an amazing year for Seattle's The Head and the Heart. Since the release of their self-titled debut (which to date has scanned more than 70,000 copies in the US) the band has been touring non-stop, playing shows with Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Iron and Wine, Dr. Dog, and The Decemberists. They are currently on their first headlining tour with more than half of the shows SOLD OUT far in advance, including a 2-night stand at New York's, Bowery Ballroom. The band has also performed to jam-packed crowds at Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party and, most recently, the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
And this week The Head and the Heart's "Lost in My Mind" is the #1 single in the country at Triple A radio. This comes 24 weeks after entering the chart and makes The Head and the Heart the first artist to reach #1 at the format with a debut single since Florence + The Machine's "Dog Days Are Over" this past January.
Continuing to tour across the US through October, followed by dates in the UK and Europe in November and Australia at the end of the year, The Head and the Heart will remain incredibly busy for the foreseeable future. On October 28th the band will play on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman. And, in addition, the legendary TV music program Austin City Limits has announced that The Head and the Heart will be part of its 37th season on PBS. This season marks the first ACL television season filmed entirely in the show's new venue ACL Live at The Moody Theater. The performance will air in early 2012.
The Head and the Heart on the road
Sep 24 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA
Sep 25 Ukie Club, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 26 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 27 Bowery Ballroom, The, New York City, NY
Sep 28 Bowery Ballroom, The, New York City, NY
Sep 30 Royale (MA), Boston, MA
Oct 01 Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
Oct 02 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
Oct 03 Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Oct 04 Metro, Chicago, IL
Oct 06 Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Oct 07 Majestic Theater (WI), Madison, WI
Oct 08 Cedar Cultural Centre, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 09 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
Oct 10 Gothic Theater (CO), Denver , CO
Oct 13 The Music Box – Los Angeles, CA
Oct 14 The House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Oct 15 The Independent – San Francisco, CA
Oct 16 Treasure Island Music Festival – San Francisco, CA
Oct 18 Wow Hall – Eugene, OR
Oct 19 Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
Oct 20 The Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
Oct 22 Key Arena – Seattle, WA


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VANCOUVER — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is positioning his affluent upbringing as a selling point after partisan shots this week that his early home life means he just can't connect with most Canadians.
"I was lucky in my life," he told reporters Friday after a speech to a Vancouver business crowd. "But I believe from the way I was raised that it is important to do what one can to serve one's community and give back."
New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair aimed squarely at Trudeau's personal life Sunday while rallying party faithful in Ottawa ahead of the next election.
"The problem is, Justin Trudeau will never know what middle-class means," he told the NDP's federal council on Sunday.
He said Trudeau "just doesn't understand" the challenges Canadian families are facing. "Never has. Never will."
The rebuff from Trudeau came after he made a campaign-style speech at a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon, during which he outlined his broad proposals for creating sustained economic growth.
He told the well-heeled crowd that if he becomes prime minister, he'll contrast the current Conservative government tack by "strengthening the middle class."
It's a message the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau has been cultivating for some time. The Liberals, under the guidance of their leader, have been seeking to win wide favour by appealing to mid-income voters.
Talk of consensus building, and synthesizing the talents of all Canadians, is a strategy he began employing even before he won party leadership.
His young life was criticized then, too.
At a leadership debate in February 2013, then-candidate Martha Hall Findlay raised Trudeau's privileged background as a potential obstacle for him to empathize with Canadians. Hall Findlay later apologized, saying the jab overstepped her bounds and that she did not intend to question his character.
On Friday, Trudeau again swept aside Mulcair's attack. He said he plans to ignore the comments and carry forward meeting people from all walks of life.
"I've heard people are struggling and I've talked a lot about the kinds of solutions we need," he said. "I'm going to continue to work hard on that."
Trudeau began his speech to the sold-out crowd of nearly 800 businesspeople by paying respects to former finance minister Jim Flaherty, who died on Thursday.
He said Flaherty was an "extraordinary man."
"(He) was a great public servant, someone who was committed to his community and to his province, to his country. Who listened and engaged with people who differed in ideas from him, and who really represented, for me, what was great about public service."
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I agree, and further on that line of reasoning, the company that actually designs and packages the VIA Nano, Centaur Technology (A VIA subsidiary), is located in the US.
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Soybeans and wheat made an awesome economic combination for growers in the Southeast this past growing season, creating plenty of optimism for profits from this year's beans and optimism for planting more of the crop in 2013.
Even the earliest appearance on record of Asian Soybean Rust did little to slow down what is shaping up to be one of the best soybean crops on record in some parts of the Upper Southeast.
Rust was detected along a southern tier of North Carolina counties on Sept.12, but Mother Nature, a well-coordinated system of sentinel plots, and timely actions by growers stopped rust in its tracks.
Though the disease was documented on Sept. 12, in North Carolina, the earliest on record by three days, it appears there was little damage to the state's 1.65 million acre soybean crop.
Duplin County, N.C., Extension Agent Curtis Fountain says once the disease was detected in counties less than 100 miles from his area, growers quickly reacted and applied fungicides when needed.
Fountain says, "Remember the disease triangle/pyramid (host, pathogen, and favorable environment). All 3 are needed for disease development and spread. In other words, host + pathogen + favorable environment = disease. Obviously time is required as well.
North Carolina State University Plant Pathologist Steve Koenning and Soybean Specialist Jim Dunphy issued timely updates on movement of the disease and provided virtually day-to-day observations on when and what to spray to best manage ASR.
Koenning says soybeans that have just reached full bloom (stage R2) typically have 65 days until they're safe from rust or frost (stage R7), if they are full-season soybean, or closer to 55 days if they are double-crop soybeans.
If soybean plants have small pods in the top, (stage R3), they have 55 and 47 days, respectively, to R7. With full sized pods in the top of the plants (stage R4), they have 45 and 38 days, respectively, until R7.
From stage R5 (small seeds in the top of the plant) they typically have 35 and 30 days, respectively. From stage R6 (full sized seeds in the top of the plants), they typically have 20 and 17 days, respectively.
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With ASR making a record early arrival, growers needed some help from Mother Nature to manage the potentially yield destructive diseases. They got it!
Fountain says the average daily air temperature for the previous four years for the time period when soybeans would have been at risk in Kenansville, N.C., is 66 degrees F and the first frost date is from Oct. 21-31.
During that time frame, when soybeans were at risk, conditions were ideal for soybeans to finish their productive stages, but not good for rust development.
Like most areas of North Carolina and Virginia, the North Carolina Extension ag agent says most growers in Duplin County didn't see a risk from ASR, and, therefore, didn't spray soybeans for that disease alone.
Koenning adds that North Carolina State Extension doesn't recommend spraying soybeans with a fungicide to control ASR if soybeans are not yet blooming, if they are blooming, but rust has not been confirmed within 100 miles, or if full sized seeds are present in the top of the plant (stage R6).
Such pre-bloom applications have seldom improved yields, and repeated applications will likely be needed to provide season-long protection against rust.
The higher labeled rates tend to provide more days of prevention, and may thus require fewer applications.
The triazole fungicides, alone or in combination with a strobilurin fungicide, will probably provide better prevention of rust than a strobilurin alone, he adds.
Other parts of the Southeast have had more of a battle with Asian Soybean Rust.
By the end of October virtually every county in Alabama and Mississippi had documented cases of rust. In Louisiana and South Carolina about half the counties were infected with the disease.
Little rust was reported in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia and appeared to be no threat prior to the first frost in these states.
In South Carolina, Extension Corn and Soybean Specialist David Gunter says this year's soybean crop went through some stress early in the season from drought, but late season rains helped growers produce what appears to be one of the best soybean crops on record.
"We had some issues with kudzu bugs, but not as severe as we thought they might be.
"Overall, if we can finish this crop out, it will almost certainly be the best soybean crop I've seen since I've been working with the crop," Gunter says.
High expectations for 2013 crop
Optimism for this year's crop may only be topped by high expectations for the 2013 soybean crop.
This year, growers in the Carolinas and Virginia will likely harvest about 2.5 million acres of beans. North Carolina will harvest more than half that total, or about 1.5 million acres. Virginia will likely harvest about 560,000 acres and South Carolina about 375,000 acres.
One reason for optimism is the increase in wheat acreage expected in the region for the 2012-2013 crop.
Last spring and summer, growers in the Upper Southeast harvested about 1.4 million acres of wheat. This year expectations are for an estimated jump of 10-20 percent in wheat acreage, or a bump as high as a quarter million more acres.
The increase in wheat acreage is typically an indicator of soybean acreage, because a high percentage of beans in the tri-state area is planted behind winter wheat.
In several cases in 2012, double-crop beans, because of better summer and fall weather, will likely out-yield earlier planted conventional beans.
Over the past few years, better varieties and better technology have significantly reduced the yield drag between conventional and double crop beans.
Nationwide, projections seem to bear out optimism for increased wheat-soybean acreage in 2013.
University of Illinois Agriculture Economist Gary Schnitkey says, "Operator and farmland returns in 2013 are projected at $314 for soybeans, $152 for wheat, and $204 for double-crop soybeans.
"Wheat-double-crop-soybeans together have a combined return of $356 per acre ($356 = $152 return for wheat + $204 return for double-crop soybeans)."
In the Midwest, corn is still king, bringing in an estimated $467 per acre, but in the Southeast dryland corn will be hard-pressed to compete with the income generated by wheat and soybean double-crop.


text: Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution - Implications for Safety: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1999-2002 (ICPSR 30741) Version Date: Mar 28, 2014 View help for published Cite this Study | Share this study Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn × Citation Rhodes, Karin V., Cerulli, Catherine, Kothari, Catherine L., Dichter, Melissa E., Marcus, Steve, and Wiley, James. Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution - Implications for Safety: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1999-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-03-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30741.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Karin V. Rhodes, University of Pennsylvania. Department of Emergency Medicine, and School of Social Policy and Practice; Catherine Cerulli, University of Rochester. Department of Psychiatry; Catherine L. Kothari, Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies; Melissa E. Dichter, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, and Philadelphia VA Medical Center; Steve Marcus, University of Pennsylvania. School of Social Policy and Practice; James Wiley, University of California-San Francisco. Institute for Health Policy https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30741.v1 Version V1 Analyze Online Slide tabs to view more At A Glance Data & Documentation Variables Publications Export Metadata Staff Project Description Summary View help for Summary This longitudinal mixed-methods study examined to what extent female intimate partner violence (IPV) victim participation in prosecution was associated with their future safety. The study followed a cohort of female IPV victims with cases the police presented to the prosecutor, in the year 2000, in a single Midwestern United States county (Kalamazoo County, Michigan) for a four-year period (1999-2002) across multiple systems (police, prosecutor, criminal court, civil court, hospital Emergency Departments) to assess the victim's experience with participation in IPV prosecution and her associated future help seeking, health and safety. Since this study utilized retrospective administrative data, subsequent IPV was defined as a future documented IPV-related police incident or an Emergency Department visit for IPV or injury. The data abstraction and analysis of the administrative data was informed by focus groups with survivors, advocates, and medical and criminal justice service providers, along with in-depth qualitative analysis of a stratified random sample of individual IPV cases. The final analytic dataset created by the research team integrated two types of data: (1) in-depth data about the index assault case and characteristics of the couple involved, and (2) longitudinal data about prior and subsequent IPV events spanning multiple systems: police, prosecutor, emergency department, and family court protection orders. Citation View help for Citation Rhodes, Karin V., Cerulli, Catherine, Kothari, Catherine L., Dichter, Melissa E., Marcus, Steve, and Wiley, James. Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution - Implications for Safety: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1999-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-03-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30741.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Funding View help for Funding United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2006-WG-BX-0007) Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms domestic violence intimate partner violence prosecution victim safety victim services victimization violence against women Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage United States Kalamazoo Michigan Restrictions View help for Restrictions Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s) Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Scope of Project Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s) 1999-01-01 -- 2002-12-31 Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection 2006-10-06 -- 2008-06-18 Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes The study employed three distinct phases: (1) qualitative data collection, (2) abstraction, merging and analysis of administrative records, and (3) respondent verification meetings. Only administrative records data from phase 2 are available as part of this data collection. Methodology Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine victims' health and safety following entrance into the criminal justice system as measured by help seeking patterns across several systems; police, courts and Emergency Departments. The study's main question was whether a victim's participation in prosecution increases her safety, defined as a decrease in subsequent documented IPV events. Using administrative data, the study examined the complex relationship between victim participation in the prosecution process for an index event and future help seeking documented through IPV-related police incidents and future emergency department visits for IPV or injury. Study Design View help for Study Design This mixed-method longitudinal study followed a cohort of female IPV victims (N=993) with cases adjudicated in criminal court in the year 2000 in a single Midwestern United States county (Kalamazoo County, Michigan) for a four-year period (1999-2002) across multiple systems (police, prosecutor, criminal court, civil court, hospital emergency department). The research team conducted in-depth qualitative analysis of a stratified random sample of index cases to inform the creation of data abstraction forms. Specifically, the data abstraction forms developed and utilized by the research team include a Criminal Court Records Abstraction Form, Police/Prosecutor Long Notes Abstraction Form, and Emergency Department Abstraction Form. These forms were then piloted and iteratively revised and administrative records were reviewed at the offices of the prosecutor, 12 police departments, 2 criminal courts, 1 civil court, and 8 Emergency Departments. Once the data abstraction forms were finalized, the Project Director conducted trainings with the research staff for the first 150 record reviews until 100 percent inter-coder reliability was achieved. Other data sources utilized by the research team include police incident data, protection order data, prosecuting attorney data, the United States Census 2000, and death certificate data. Sample View help for Sample The study sample consists of 993 female victims of male-perpetrated IPV as identified through police charging requests to the prosecutor's office in the year 2000 in the study site. Inclusion criteria were: female victim; male defendant; intimate partner relationship (defined as current or former spouse, current or former dating partner, or having a child in common) between victim and defendant; and charging request for assault (including simple assault, aggravated assault, felonious assault, assault with intent to commit murder, homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, stalking or aggravated stalking). Access to, and permission to use, the prosecutor administrative records were granted by the local Prosecuting Attorney's office and facilitated by the Michigan Department of Community Health. The sample cohort was identified through two methods: (1) delivered as an intact dataset, and (2) manual search and abstraction from prosecutor administrative records. The intact dataset containing 964 of the final 993 sample had been compiled previously as part of a larger CDC-funded study, MEDCIIN (Michigan Department of Community Health, 2003, 2000), and contained charging requests that had charge codes tagging them as domestic assault. This database was further supplemented by 29 higher order cases that had not been previously identified but met this study's criteria. These cases included the following charges: homicide, criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and assault with intent to commit murder. Because these higher-order cases were not flagged as IPV-related, the supplemented cases were identified through a manual search of the administrative records system of the Prosecuting Attorney's office. All cases for each of the higher order charge codes were reviewed and those that met study criteria were added to the study sample. Time Method View help for Time Method Longitudinal: Cohort / Event-based Universe View help for Universe Female intimate partner violence (IPV) victims with cases for which the police presented the case to the prosecutor in the year 2000 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan followed through the administrative records they generated in criminal justice agencies, emergency departments, and court systems. Unit(s) of Observation View help for Unit(s) of Observation individual Data Source View help for Data Source Police/Prosecutor Long Notes Abstraction Form: This form was used to capture data elements from the police and prosecutor narrative reports, which provided information on victim and defendant demographics, relationship, history of violence, incident characteristics and criminal justice interactions with the victim. For each index incident, police reports and prosecutor case notes were reviewed. Incidents were not abstracted until the full set of reports had been compiled. Prior to abstraction, all reports for an incident were organized chronologically and were read in their entirety before marking on the abstraction form. Then each report was reread line by line, abstracting pertinent information as it occurred onto the abstraction form. In general, if there were conflicting details, the source most directly involved with a particular detail was considered the most accurate (for instance, if a police report noted that the defendant had fled the scene and the prosecutor notes indicated he was present, the police report was considered the primary source for this detail). When necessary, clarifications were obtained through consultation with the study project coordinator and study investigator team. Criminal Court Records Abstraction Form: The criminal court abstraction form collected information about criminal justice actions, specifically case disposition and the criminal sanctions imposed. Only cases that had been accepted for prosecution had criminal court records. For these cases, the research team accessed court administrative records to obtain copies of the criminal court dockets. For some higher-order cases, adjudication occurs in Circuit court, and there are two dockets, one District court docket and one Circuit court docket. For these cases, both venues' dockets were reviewed, and the data were combined onto a single abstraction sheet for that case incident. Emergency Department Abstraction Form: The Emergency Department (ED) Abstraction Form was used to identify all emergency department visits occurring during the study period. Hospital ED data was collected on the study sample of 993 female victims from all eight emergency departments (EDs) in the County area. The research team abstracted information on all ED visits during the 1999 to 2002 study period to identify visits that were related to IPV or injury. To determine if a visit was IPV or injury related, the research team reviewed several types of records for each visit: intake and discharge forms, physician dictations, paramedic and nursing notes, injury body map forms, photographs, social work notes, and violent injury report forms. A visit was coded as IPV or injury-related if the Reason-for-Visit code(s) or the Discharge-Diagnosis code(s) indicated assault or injury or if anywhere in the records there was a notation that the patient was experiencing abuse by her intimate partner, even if that visit was not specifically for an injury. Prosecuting Attorney Dataset: This secondary dataset was provided by the prosecutor's office, from which the research team obtained variables related to a subset of the police incidents that led to intimate partner assault charging requests. This subset of cases comprised the IPV-prosecutor incident database. Originally, these IPV-prosecuted incidents were part of four intact datasets provided by the Prosecutor's office, one for each study year, 1999 through 2002. Each year's dataset contained all the charging requests with domestic assault charge codes for that year. All prosecutor incident charging requests that were linked to the study couple (where the study victim was the victim in the charging request and the study defendant was the defendant in the charging request) were identified and exported into a single IPV-prosecution dataset. Within this dataset, the charging requests that formed the study index events were marked so that they could be included or excluded from analysis as needed. The remaining, non-index prosecution incidents comprised the longitudinal IPV-prosecution variables. Police Incident datasets: Police data were obtained for the study sample from the 12 police jurisdictions in the County. Using the names, date of birth and addresses of the victim and defendants in our study sample dataset (N=993), data were extracted directly from electronic datasets, when available, or manually retrieved using structured data abstraction forms. Regardless of data source, research staff and police clerks identified police reports for all incidents from 1999-2002 where (1) both the victim and defendant (the study couple) are listed as parties, or (2) property, drug, check welfare, disturbance, trouble with subject incidents included where the study victim is listed as a victim, and there is no identified defendant/perpetrator. The research team included qualifying police incidents regardless of whether the victim was listed in the role of the victim or in the role of the defendant for the incident. United States Census 2000: The socioeconomic status (SES) variable was identified by using the defendant's address and United States Census on poverty rates. The poverty rate for the defendant's residential block group was used as a proxy for SES. Defendant address, rather than victim address, was used because the defendant address data were more reliable, and there was less missing information. Protection Order Dataset: Data on protection orders (PO) were abstracted directly from the family court administrative records database. Only PO petitions that involved both members of the study couple (the victim and the defendant) were included in this abstraction. The research team accessed all family court records associated with each name (victim and defendant). Records appearing with the administrative code associated with protection order petitions and initiated between 1999 and 2002 were retrieved and reviewed to determine if the other party was the sample partner. Cases were included as a PO event if both parties were involved, regardless who was the petitioner and who was the respondent. Data abstracted and entered into the PO database included: role of victim (respondent or petitioner), petition date, whether hearing requested or ex parte order, order date, length of order, termination date, termination status (whether natural termination or by motion), violation date(s) and violation filing method (police report or only victim show-cause motion). Some study couples were involved in multiple petitions. All petitions meeting eligibility criteria were included. Death Certificate Dataset: Data on date of death for victim and defendant were abstracted directly from the Kalamazoo County Clerk's electronic public death certificate database. Each study victim and each study defendant were searched using their name and date of birth. Only those deaths that occurred during the study period (1999-2002) were searched and recorded in the Death Certificate dataset. Data Type(s) View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data Mode of Data Collection View help for Mode of Data Collection record abstracts mixed mode Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables The study contains 717 variables including demographic information, case factors, victim characteristics, defendant characteristics, couple characteristics, event characteristics, incident characteristics, adjudication characteristics, and victim participation. Demographic questions include age, race/ethnicity, children, and employment. Case factors information include relationship of victim to defendant, who called police, arrest outcome, and case outcome. Victim characteristics include whether victim was pregnant at time of incident, victim use of alcohol and drugs at time of incident. Defendant characteristics include block socioeconomic status, defendant use of alcohol and drugs at time of incident, and prior domestic violence conviction. Couple characteristics include marital status at time of incident, cohabitation at time of incident, whether couple had children together, and prior intimate partner violence between couple. Event characteristics include charge class (misdemeanor or felony), and violence severity. Incident characteristics include type of violence by either victim or defendant, injuries by either victim or defendant, weapons used by either victim or defendant, and whether others were present during time of incident. Adjudication characteristics include whether prosecutor authorized charges, classification of charges (misdemeanor or felony), date of final disposition, criminal sanctions, and jail time. Victim participation variables include whether victim called police, communication with prosecutor, type of contact, and whether victim expressed prosecution wishes. Response Rates View help for Response Rates Not applicable Presence of Common Scales View help for Presence of Common Scales None Version(s) Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date 2014-03-28 Version History View help for Version History 2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was: Rhodes, Karin V., Catherine Cerulli, Catherine L. Kothari, Melissa E. Dichter, Steve Marcus, and James Wiley. Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution - Implications for Safety: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1999-2002. ICPSR30741-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-03-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30741.v1 2014-03-28 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:Standardized missing values.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. Analysis Information Weight View help for Weight none Notes The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution. One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more. The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


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A great crowd gathered in Cable O' Learys, in Ballinskelligs, to hear that two Irish Americans, Ann Smith and Michele Maggi Miller, would be flown home to County Kerry to mark the season of events taking place for The Gathering. The cousins, both New Yorkers, won the competition to be flown back.
There was not a dry eye in the house when the winners' story was read out. The winners are Ann Smith and Michele Maggi Miller from New York whose grandmothers left Ballinskelligs in the early 1900s with the hope of returning one day.
Mary and Helen both married Kerrymen and raised their families in New York. Mary's ashes and Helen's Celtic Cross were sent back to Ballinskelligs so that they both could be buried with their parents in The Glen cemetery, in South Kerry.
Ann and Michele Maggi say winning the competition fulfils a lifelong dream to visit the birthplace of their grandmothers.
The winners submitted a statement which was read out to the audience on the night. They wrote:
"Our grandmothers were Helen (born in 1906) and Mary(born in 1904) Casey, from Libes Ballinskelligs.
"Mary left Ireland in 1925 and Helen two years later for America hoping for a better life. Unfortunately, they were never able to return and never to see their family again.
"They both married Kerrymen and raised their families in New York. Life was not easy. While struggling to make ends meet in New York they also spent years sending home money to their family.
"In 1929 their family was evicted from their farm. All their belongings were removed from the house and put out on the yard. Creditors then allowed them to remain in the house as caretakers of the land.
"Tragedy struck again when Mary and Helen's dad (our great-grandfather) suffered serious injury from being gored by a bull. It was at this time that our grandmother's, Mary and Helen, began sending money home on a monthly basis to repay the debt and recover the land. After a number of years paying off the debt, Helen's husband became gravely ill and could not continue payments. Although Mary did continue with her payments the creditors would not accept payment without both. This happened in the early 1940's and their brother Mike was still living on the farm. Over time Mike Casey was able to have some of his own animals on the farm and was eventually able to stake his claim as the legal and only owner of the property due to a clause in the Irish law granting rights to him as a squatter after a certain period of time.
"At the time of his death in 1981 he willed the land to our grandmothers, Mary and Helen. Their lifelong dream was to return to Ireland but unfortunately that never happened. Helen died on January 21, 1993 and Mary on February 13, 2004, three months shy of her 100th birthday. Because neither of us have been able to travel to Ireland, Mary's ashes and Helen's Celtic Cross were sent back with extended family so that they both could be buried with their parents in The Glen cemetery in South Kerry.
"If given the opportunity to return to Ballinskelligs, we would be fulfilling our own lifelong dream, that of our parents and especially that of our grandmothers. We want to acknowledge these incredible women, see where they were born and lived and pass on this legacy to our children and to future Casey generations."
The Gathering of the Clan's events will take place in Kerry form March 23rd to April 1st. For more information visit www.gatheringoftheclansireland.com.


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Harry Potter and the Anabaptist VisionJuly 19th, 2011 – by Laura Lehman Amstutz
[Note: This post contains spoilers of the final Harry Potter book and film.]
The release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 on Friday, July 15, marked the end of an era. These seven books and eight movies have held children, teens and adults spellbound for the past thirteen years as author J.K. Rowling and an army of actors, directors, producers and film crews cast their literary and cinematic magic.
As with most fantasy, Christians have not always known what to do with Potter's magical world. The popularity of this young adult series about a boy wizard raised unsubstantiated accusations that Rowling promoted witchcraft. Critics believed that the portrayal of magic functioned as a kind of gateway for children to get involved with "real magic" by packaging wicca in an attractive and appealing package. I am thankful that evangelical Christians seem to have stopped criticizing the series. This week, Christianity Today praised Rowling for her use of traditional literary devices and her portrayal of Harry as the ultimate hero and Christ-figure. Much has been made of Harry as the sacrificial Christ-figure and the role that love plays to protect and guide him. I love that aspect of the story – but I also believe that Anabaptists have even more to celebrate in Harry's story.
At his core, Harry is a non-violent hero. While the films depict Harry battling evil with shooting lights and primal screams, they ignore Harry's preference to disarm his enemies rather than harm them. Harry's signature spell is the expelliarmus, a disarming spell and in the final novel, it both exposes him and later saves him. In the first scene, the pursuing bad guys identify Harry among a group of look-a-likes, for his refusal to stun an enemy flying through the air on a broomstick. Harry instead disarms his pursuer, since the stunning spell would cause him to plummet to his death. In the novel's climax, Voldemort is defeated when his own killing spell rebounds off of Harry's disarming spell.
Rowling depicts the effect that killing has on the perpetrators. In books six and seven, she suggests that killing another person is no less than splitting your soul in pieces. Deep, serious and painful remorse is the only way to put the soul back together again.
Sometimes I wonder if those of us who really believe that killing is wrong and against the way of Christ are able to tell stories this compelling. I am sometimes embarrassed by the Bible's blatant descriptions of what happens – not only to those who murder – but also to those who are angry.
" 'You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, "You shall not murder"; and "whoever murders shall be liable to judgement." But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgement; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, "You fool", you will be liable to the hell of fire." Matthew 5:21-22.
Rowling is not far off from Matthew here, for what is hell, if not a soul or spirit maimed by anger and hatred? Rowling contends that the more Voldemort murdered and killed, the less and less human he became. Is this not what our own scriptures tell us about how hatred and anger – killing and murder – damage us?
"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven…Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:44, 48
Is not the perfection of God a soul intact, unharmed by hatred, undamaged by murder? Harry knows this. Rowling knows this. We know this. When the world hands us a hero who acts as Christ, not just in his ability to love, not only in his willingness to sacrifice himself, but also in his conscious choice to disarm rather than kill, we need to celebrate it. In a world where war heroes are venerated in movies and novels, Anabaptists have something special to appreciate in Harry Potter, the boy who lived, not because he killed others, but because he chose a different path.Read the rest of this entry »


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Style # 216426
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Turn heads in this bebe dress, featuring eye-catching leopard jacquard print and lightweight stretch. Try yours with a pair of neutral heels and a structured tote.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 24" (61 cm)
- Dry clean
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Leopard Jacquard Dress is rated out of 5 by 8.
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Date published: 2014-05-27
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Date published: 2014-04-11
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Date published: 2014-03-10
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Date published: 2013-06-03
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Abbie - posted on 06/27/2013 ( 3 moms have responded )
My son is 8 months old. I've wondered for a little while if he got any milk from my right side whenever I start on my left. I hear a good suck swallow, suck swallow on the left, then don't hear it on the right. When I start on my right side, I hear the good suck swallow on both sides, so I know he's getting milk from each side. When I went to a lactation place the other day to weigh him before and after a feeding, they said that he only got one oz from me, and I started on the left side. So, I think my suspicions are right. I am working to build up my spoke at the moment. I'm thinking about just always starting on the right side. Is it really all that bad to start on the same side all the time? I know they say to rotate. Anyone else gone through something similar?


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Into the Blue (UK - DVD R2)
Scott Davis reviews this underwater thriller with Paul Walker & Jessica Alba
I'm sure most of you out there with a pulse will have seen the trailer for this film and said to yourself 'same old, same old' and gone into a bit of denial. In fact you may have been fidgeting fiercely in your seat until the sight of Paul Walker and Jessica Alba in nothing more than a pair of shorts and bikini swimming majestically in the blue ocean made you sit up instantly and become transfixed at what was happening for those few seconds on screen. If so then the marketers of the movie have got you hook, line and sinker, for the sight of Ms. Alba and Mr. Walker perfectly proportioned like action figures does nothing but mask the fact that Into the Blue is one of the worst films of the year.
The sexy pair star as Jared and Sam, a couple on the Bahamas who aside from their day to day routines around on the island, delve deep into the heart of the North Atlantic scouring its floor for hidden treasure, searching for that one elusive loot that could net them a tidy fortune. Later joined by visiting friend Bryce (Scott Caan) and his new girl Amanda (Ashley Scott,) the quartet find a plane nestling at the bottom of the ocean, loaded to the brim with drugs, which they later discover belong to a vicious drug lord who is intent on getting it back, by whatever mean necessary.
Into The Blue is the kind of generic film that seems to come off a conveyor belt in Hollywood these days with the age old saying 'if it ain't broke' printed in huge letters on the front. And it's stuffed full of the usual formula and preposterous plotting that so many Hollywood thrillers concur to these days, falling every cliché in the book, and if it does have a surprising element to it, it's that it looks like more an extended Gap advert than anything with any hint of intelligence or thrills.
Director Stockwell, who brought us surfing movie Blue Crush and Kirsten Dunst starrer Crazy/Beautiful, again shows hints of flair, but for the most part his direction falls flat. He seems more interested in making everything look stylish and cool than attempting to make the film appealing or getting some decent performances out of his leads, hoping that their prancing around looking gorgeous in the sun will see the film through. It doesn't. The lacklustre script from writer Matt Johnson, who also wrote the awful Torque, doesn't help matters. Throughout it's horribly predictable and dull, full of terrible dialogue and spineless characters, with no real incident occurring until the last twenty minutes, by which time it's far to late to make any impression.
Now for some of you this looked like a perfect no-brainer film, the sort of film you can sit in front of and let your mind wonder, especially when you have the lovely Ms. Alba and Mr. Walker in very little throughout. That maybe true for some of you, but let's face it; neither of them can act very well, both lacking charisma and charm, and with the film's very long running time, their sex appeal only gets them so far, and by the end they have become tiresome and annoying. The same goes for Scott Caan and Ashley Scott, who both look striking enough, but the less said about their acting abilities the better. And where would a thriller be without its over-the-top villain, here provided for us here by Josh Brolin, who unlike the rest of the cast, at least shows some acting ability. There are glimpses of a menacing villain here, but too often he is forced to revert to the clichéd pantomimic elements that most villains in these thrillers end up becoming.
The films one saving grace is that it's beautiful to look at. Directors of Photography Shane Hurlbut and Peter Zuccarini perfectly capture the sumptuous sights and sounds of the Bahamas, with its crystal clear oceans, filled with sharks and exotic fish, transporting us under the sea with the divers as if we were there foraging with them. Also, it's surrounding shores overflowing with green grass and tall palm trees blowing majestically in the wind, bringing the tropical paradise to life in an amazing way.
Presented in 2.35 anamorphic widescreen, the boys and girls over at MGM and Sony have pulled out all the stops to preserve one of Into the Blue's redeeming features: it's look. As I've already mentioned, the superb photography from the film's two DPs is fantastic, perfectly capturing the sights and sounds of the tropical paradise. And when the film moves underwater, it's just as brilliant. Everything from the swimming of fish and sharks, to the rainbow-like effect of coral reefs beneath the surface are gloriously transfer in mint condition on the DVD. Colours are strong and bold, with no disfiguration or grain, and the picture never suffers any hint of bleeding or alteration. There is the odd piece of edge enhancement during the underwater scenes, but these are minimal and hardly noticeable.
Sony and MGM have acquitted themselves brilliantly with the audio track too, presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital surround. All five channels are given an excellent workout, perfectly capturing the crashing waves of the North Atlantic, the sound of speedboats racing across the ocean, the birds flying over head and the reggae sound on the shore, as well as the calm nature underwater. It's a great transfer, and gives the technical side of the DVD a great stamp of quality. Pity the movie doesn't follow suit.
First up is the commentary from director John Stockwell. Now, I'm not the biggest fan of commentaries at the best of times, but I found this one quite enjoyable throughout. Stockwell gives a comprehensive commentary, and does give some nice anecdotes particularly praising the underwater camera team, as well as talking about how much he enjoyed working with the cast and crew. It would have been interesting to hear another person's perspective here, but Stockwell does just enough to keep your interest.
Ten deleted scenes follow closely, all of which last for around a minute in length, and hint more at the relationships between the four main characters, as well as Jared and Sam's dealings with Bates. But all are contain the same stale dialogue, and sadly add nothing new or interesting to the finished film.
Next up on the disc is the usual making-of featurette. This one is your usual mix of behind the scenes tomfoolery and stories, interviews with the cast and crew and b-roll footage. Like the director's commentary, this is pretty comprehensive and mildly enjoyable, even if it does become one of those features where everyone says how wonderful everyone was. But, I suppose you get that with most featurettes, and this one is worth a quick peek.
Screen tests are also included on the disc, focusing on Scott Caan and Tyson Beckford who plays a gangster-type in the movie. I've always found the acting process fascinating, and I do admire actors for the amount of work they put in and the strain it takes for them to just be considered, and these little audition snippets are well worth watching just to watch the art of acting, even if both men's abilities are limited.
While technically excellent, Into the Blue fails on the film front, providing us with yet another by the numbers Hollywood thriller, that tries to gloss over its shortcomings with beautiful scenery and perfect looking people. In the hands of another director and writer, this could have made for a passable night at the movies. Instead, it's a pain staking two hours or so, woefully acted and boring throughout. But hey, if nothing else, the cover art is very nice indeed.
Review by Scott Davis
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 27th February 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: Yes
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish
Extras: Director's commentary, Making-Of, Deleted Scenes, Screen Tests
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Stockwell
Cast: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin, James Frain, Tyson Beckford
Genre: Thriller
Length: 106 minutes
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ATV riders' protest in Utah's Recapture Canyon (3 letters)
Re: "Brazen disregard for Western lands," May 9 editorial.
Your editorial hit the nail on the head in concluding that the efforts to encourage citizens to illegally ride ATVs through the portion of Recapture Canyon that is closed to motorized use are "shameful." Our public lands are managed on behalf of all Americans. The Bureau of Land Management and its public servants have the challenging job of managing these lands for a wide range of uses and users. Sure, there is some disagreement on what those uses should be.
But as we look around the world today, we are reminded that what sets us apart as Americans is our commitment to the rule of law and peaceful disagreement.
Any stakeholder who believes that the BLM is not living up to its obligations can use official processes to ensure that all points of view are considered. Resorting to criminal activity, threats of violence against public servants and unlawful activities that damage irreplaceable public resources are reprehensible and should not continue.
Scott Miller, Denver
The writer is regional director for The Wilderness Society.
This letter was published in the May 18 edition.
Re: "ATV riders rally against BLM restrictions near prehistoric sites in Utah," May 11 news story.
It is troubling to read that the federal government stood idly by, "gathering evidence," while a group of ATV riders, escorted by gun-toting thugs, decided to willfully violate a BLM motorized restriction on federal land. That the riders were led by an elected official compounds the outrage. And their attempt to cloak themselves in the American flag was disgusting.
Just in case these people think they have special or privileged rights to BLM land, they should know that it belongs to all Americans, not just those who happen to live nearby. My preference is the preservation of ancient artifacts over ATV joy-riding, so why should my views not have at least as much weight as those of the law breakers? If these people are not arrested and prosecuted, a dangerous precedent will have been set. People with guns will have demonstrated that they can intimidate the forces of law and order and do as they please. Either America is a nation of laws or it is not.
Guy Wroble, Denver
This letter was published in the May 18 edition.
As a Colorado sportsman who seeks areas that are off-limits to motorized use, I was dismayed to learn about the recent protest in Recapture Canyon, Utah. It hits close to home for Colorado sportsmen as we've watched motorized mobs rip out gates and hold similar violent protests on federal lands near Pitkin in 2012 and Olathe in 2013. Many of the closures targeted by motorized mobs were implemented by land managers to provide the secure habitat that big game species like elk need. Most successful sportsmen understand this. We respect and support our federal land managers' efforts to provide quality, non-motorized habitat and hunting opportunities. While such efforts may not be perfect and may not please everyone, there are other, much more responsible ways to address this issue.
I would welcome a discussion with motorized users on these issues, but strongly condemn the counterproductive motorized protests.
Eric R. Stephenson, Littleton
This letter was published in the May 18 edition.
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|Dev: Ubisoft Montreal
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|Release: April 23, 2013
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|Blood, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language
The best part of Redemption is not watching the scenery, but watching the evolution of our first President as the power of the Apple changes him. I feel as if Ubisoft released the DLC for Assassin's Creed 3 just so they could tell the story of Redemption. Leading a new revolution to overthrow an oppressive government is a thrill – even if it plays a little shallow.
Overthrowing Washington doesn't end the story. We also get to witness how the alternate timeline affects Desmond in the main timeline. This is where I have another gripe. Redemption offers players different endings depending on how many Memory Glyphs they find. Ubisoft commits an unforgiveable act by not letting every player experience such an essential part of the story.
Ubisoft has handled the Assassin's Creed DLC in a less than ideal way. In order to play through the entire Tyranny story you have to spend $30. I can't recommend spending that much money on six hours of content; especially when most of that content consists of banal, time-filling missions. If you've already played the first two episodes, you might as well play the last one. But if you haven't started yet, don't bother. Despite being the best of the DLC packs, Redemption offers little to redeem The Tyranny of King Washington.
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Video of a 6-year-old girl's spectacular breakdancing routine has quickly gone viral, and it's not hard to see why.
The girl, named Terra, was competing in the Baby Battle division of the Chelles Battle Pro competition held over the weekend in a suburb of Paris. She is part of the London-based group Soul Mavericks.
As you can see in the clip below, Terra is battling a boy who appears to be several years older than her. Yet her unbelievable moves and extreme cuteness earn her the adoration of the crowd. Unsurprisingly, Terra won "Best Dancer" of the Baby Battle.
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Many cattle producers pride themselves on their ability to buy cattle. But Mike Boehlje and his family, who farm in Iowa, and their neighboring cattle producers discovered the hard way that they were lousy cattle buyers.
"We'd go out to the Dakotas and buy cattle. Of course, you don't go all the way out to the Dakotas without buying a potload of cattle," deadpanned the Purdue University extension agricultural economist to farmers attending the recent Top Crop Farmer seminar at Purdue. "It didn't matter what the markets were. The bank sponsored a busload of farmers to go out there, and we'd just be bidding against each other."
That's no longer the case. Boehlje's family and his neighbors hired a procurement buyer who could make unemotional purchases. Now the family also is using an outside source for custom farming.
"We had two combines and two tractors," Boehlje says. "We were humming, but we never got the job done. So we terminated two of our four employees, shifted the two other employees to our livestock operation, and went to custom farming."
Again, the family found success and the farming was completed on time. "Our yields went up and our costs went down," Boehlje says. "How did we get timeliness? We don't go with just one custom farmer. We have three. That's exactly what the corporate sector does. They're hesitant to go with a sole supplier. They want two or three or four. Competition does wonders for timeliness."
Boehlje suggests that farmers decide what not to do and hire someone to perform those tasks. The "not-to-do" tasks should be ones that growers cannot do well or inexpensively themselves.
"What might you stop doing?" Boehlje asks. Here are a few suggestions to get you started: purchasing/procurement; selling/marketing; crop scouting; trucking/transportation; storage; spraying; tillage; planting; harvesting; accounting; financial analysis; tax preparation; machinery operations.
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Osteoporosis is a disease that results in weakened bones and is often called the "silent disease" because it does not produce any symptoms until a fracture occurs.
Osteoporosis can affect anyone. Forty percent of women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime and, in men over 80 years of age, hip fractures are just as common as they are in women.
At St. Clair Hospital Osteoporosis Services, bone health is our main priority. We offer comprehensive, multidisciplinary care focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with osteoporosis. Our physicians balance the most-advanced bone density technology with a personal, caring approach to ensure that patients receive the highest quality care possible.
Osteoporosis Services offers bone density screening, bone density exams (DEXA), and physician consultations for patients with osteoporosis. Education and counseling are also available to help at-risk individuals prevent or slow the disease.
Osteoporosis Services is conveniently located at the St. Clair Hospital Outpatient Center at Village Square, 2000 Oxford Drive, Bethel Park. To schedule a DEXA exam, please call 412.942.8150; 412.942.7727 for all other calls.
How is Osteoporosis Diagnosed?
One of the simplest means for our physicians to diagnose osteoporosis is through a bone mineral density (BMD) exam using a quick, safe procedure called a Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, or DEXA, exam.
The DEXA Evaluation
The DEXA exam is easy, painless, takes only 15-20 minutes to complete, and does not involve any special preparations shots, needles, enemas or medication.
Other information about DEXA:
- DEXA uses a very weak form of x-ray to rapidly scan bones at various parts of the body, such as the spine and hip.
- A computer converts this information to numbers indicating bone density.
- Patients are not required to remove any clothes but should wear comfortable clothing, such as a tee-shirt and sweatpants. Metal objects such as zippers, snaps, jewelry, buttons or buckles should not be worn.
- For at-risk patients, most insurance carriers – including Medicare – cover the DEXA exam.
Our Staff
St. Clair Hospital Osteoporosis Services operates under the medical direction of specialists in the treatment of osteoporosis and rheumatology.
Our endocrinologists – physicians specializing in metabolic diseases – are also available to provide information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. Primary care physicians, orthopedic physicians and gynecologists are also valuable sources of information.
The DEXA exam is administered by bone density technicians who are certified by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry and are supervised by the physicians.
Major Risk Factors for Osteoporosis
- Women 65 years or older
- Women who went through menopause before age 45
- Caucasian or Asian, but African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans also have a significant risk
- Low body weight (under 127 pounds)
- Family history of osteoporosis or bone fractures
- Men who take some hormonal treatments for prostate cancer
- Women who take some medications for breast cancer
- Smoker
- Excessive alcohol use
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- Diet low in calcium
- Persons taking medications such as steroids, thyroid hormones, anti-seizure drugs, antacids that contain aluminum, heparin, and certain cancer-treatment medications
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th May 2011 21:32 UTC
"It's now Monday, the week after Sony told us to expect some functionality to return to the PlayStation Network. Sadly, that has not happened: you can't play your games online, make digital purchases, or download demos; the service remains completely dead. Sony is claiming that it's still unpacking the extent of the attacks, and the industry has begun to try to put a dollar amount on the damages being suffered by the Japanese company."
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$300,000 Ferrari FF Gets Backed Over By Delivery Truck In New York, Driver 'Didn't See Nothing' [PHOTOS]
Ferraris may be fast, but one wasn't quick enough to escape getting crushed.
A $300,000 Ferrari FF was double-parked on Columbus Avenue in New York City on Oct. 30 when a delivery truck accidentally backed onto the luxury sports car. The unnamed driver of the Baldor Foods Inc. truck said he "didn't see nothing" when he reversed, crushing the front of the Ferrari, NBC News reports.
The driver of the Ferrari was a paid driver, but the owner arrived shortly after the incident and was apparently "displeased," automotive website Jalopnik reports. Police on the scene had yet to determine who was at fault in the accident.
The truck was eventually pulled off the Ferrari FF, which had some severe scratches and scrapes on the hood. A fuller inspection will determine whether anything mechanical was damaged, the Independent reports.
This isn't the first incident involving a sports car and a truck. In March, a man driving a Corvette Z06 narrowly escaped being decapitated when he rammed into the back of a box truck on the 405 Freeway in California.
"The Corvette must have been overtaking a few other cars and then all of a sudden he saw the slowing truck and went up the back of it," retired Los Angeles firefighter Rick McClure told the Daily Mail. "I was first at the scene and it was unbelievable to see the guy in the Corvette talking. He had some minor injuries but was in good spirits considering what had happened."


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Degree Programs
Bachelor's Degree Majors
All bachelor's degree programs at Clarkson require completion of 120 credit hours and the learning expectations of the Clarkson Common Experience. In addition to traditional discipline-specific degrees, Clarkson offers majors that combine work from at least two different fields so that students can broaden their areas of expertise.
A description of each degree program and its requirements can be found below. The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) code designated by the New York State Education Department for classifying these academic programs can be found on the listing of majors by HEGIS code page . Clarkson offers the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in the following majors:
Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS)
In addition to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, Clarkson offers a Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program to provide flexibility and interdisciplinary study. The BPS enables a student to design and pursue an individual curriculum that meets personal career objectives. Programs may be designed in any discipline or by combining disciplines offered at Clarkson.
Double Major, Second Degree, and Dual Degree
Undergraduates may also enhance an academic major by combining it with a second major. This may lead to a single bachelor's degree with a double major, to two bachelor's degrees, or to a dual degree.
To complement and enrich bachelor's degree programs, Clarkson also enables students to assemble coursework in designated minor programs. Such minors provide students with another area of specialization outside their major. Minors require 15 or more credit hours of specified coursework. Completion of an approved minor is indicated on a student's transcript.
|Arts & Sciences
|American Studies
|Law Studies
|Quality-based Project Management
|Cognitive Neuroscience
|Electrical Engineering
|Computational Science
|Engineering Science
|Computer Science
|Software Engineering
|Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering
|International and Cross-Cultural
|Biomedical Engineering
|Literature and the Arts
|Biomedical Science and Technology
|Environmental Health and Science
|Environmental Policy
|Political Science
|Environmental Science
|Information Technology
|Science, Technology and Society
|Social Sciences
|Software Engineering
|War Studies
*Humanities and Social Sciences also offers disciplinary minors and student-designed minors not in the above list. See Minors in Humanities and Social Sciences or contact the chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at 315-268-6410.
Professional Concentrations
Undergraduate students may build an area of specialized expertise termed a professional concentration within — or closely related to — their degree program major. Such concentrations require at least 15 credit hours of coursework. Successful completion of a faculty-approved concentration is indicated on a student's transcript. Course requirements vary and interested students should consult with academic advisers.
The following professional concentrations have been designated.
|Architectural Engineering
|Biomolecular Engineering
|Construction Engineering Management
|Environmental Engineering
|Manufacturing Engineering
|Materials Engineering
|Structural Engineering
Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry, and Pre-Veterinary Programs
Students may earn a degree in any major program and also prepare for careers in health sciences. Students interested in preparing for professional schools in dentistry, medicine or veterinary science should contact the dean's office in the School of Arts & Sciences at 315-268-6544.
Pre-Physical Therapy Undergraduate Concentration Leading to the Graduate Physical Therapy Professional Curriculum
All students admitted to the undergraduate pre-physical therapy professional concentration have a space reserved for them in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, providing all prerequisite courses are completed at an appropriate level of performance. Students interested in preparing for entrance into Clarkson's Doctor of Physical Therapy degree program should contact the Department of Health Sciences at 315-268-3786. (see Programs in Physical Therapy .)
Graduate Degree Programs
For information regarding admission requirements, the application process, or financial assistance, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships, see the Graduate School . For information about specific programs, contact schools through the addresses shown on p. 1 of this catalog. The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) code designated by the New York State Education Department for classifying these academic programs can be found on the Majors page .
Clarkson University offers the following graduate degrees:
|Master of Business Administration
|Master of Science
|Master of Engineering
|Chemical Engineering
|Civil Engineering
|Doctor of Philosophy
|Electrical Engineering
|Mechanical Engineering
|Computer Science
|Master of Science
|Chemical Engineering
|Civil Engineering
|Doctor of Physical Therapy
|Electrical Engineering
|Engineering Science
|Mechanical Engineering
|Master of Science
|Doctor of Philosophy
|Computer Science
|Chemical Engineering
|Engineering and Global Operations Management
|Civil and Environmental Engineering
|Environmental Science and Engineering
|Electrical and Computer Engineering
|Information Technology
|Engineering Science
|Doctor of Philosophy
|Mechanical Engineering
|Environmental Science and Engineering
|Materials Science and Engineering
Clarkson is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680, 215-662-5606. The undergraduate programs in aeronautical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical, and software engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET). Students who have completed at least three years towards a bachelor's degree in engineering are eligible to take the Fundamentals of Engineering examination toward licensure as professional engineers. The School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The graduate physical therapy professional curriculum is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). In addition, the University is accredited by the United States Civil Service Commission, and its curricula are approved by the New York State Board of Regents. All Clarkson degree programs are approved by the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs for the training of veterans and other eligible persons.


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These three accessories share a motif inspired by the patterns of frost that form on the windowpane during the coldest of winter nights. Wear the neckwarmer tucked inside your coat, with two or three buttons fastened to keep the harsh wind off your neck, or wear it as a collar with only the top button fastened. The mittens have a bit of ribbing folded to the inside of the cuff to keep draughts out. The warm alpaca yarn combined with the stranded pattern makes a lovely thick fabric to chase the chill of winter.
Finished measurements:
Neckwarmer: 18¾" / 47.5 cm wide and 8½" / 21.5 cm high including edgings
Hat: 20" / 51 cm circumference
Mittens: 8" / 20.5 cm hand circumference
Yarn: elann.com Peruvian Pure Alpaca (109 yds / 100 m per 1¾ oz / 50 g ball; 100% Alpaca)
All three pieces:
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2 balls in #100 Natural
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1 ball in #100 Natural
Hat: 1 ball in #500 Black
1 ball in #100 Natural
Mittens: 2 balls in #500 Black
1 ball in #100 Natural
Needles & Notions: Size 4 US / 3.5 mm circular needle, 16" / 40 cm long
Size 4 US / 3.5 mm set of 5 double-pointed needles
Size 3 US / 3.25 mm circular needle, 16" / 40 cm long
Size 3 US / 3.25 mm set of 5 double-pointed needles
Five ¾" / 19 mm buttons, stitch markers, medium pompom maker (optional), sewing needle and thread, sewing machine (optional)
Gauge: 24 sts and 30 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in St st over charted colorwork patterns, using larger needles
Construction Notes: Three pieces worked in a stranded Fair Isle-style colorwork. The colorwork pattern is given in chart form only. Hat: Knit in the round with corrugated ribbing at the brim. Neckwarmer: Knit in the round on circular needles with a steek. The steek gets cut, then button bands are picked up and worked in corrugated ribbing. Mittens: A classic Nordic pointed shape with an extra layer of ribbing at the cuff to keep out the cold. Worked in the round on double pointed needles.
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BAD KLOSTERLAUSNITZ, Germany, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A German spa has apologized for advertising a "Kristallnacht" promotion on the 75th anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht of anti-Jewish terror.
The Kristall Sauna-Wellness Park in Bad Klosterlausnitz, Thuringia, is still offering its promotion, the magazine Der Spiegel reports. But it is now billed as a "long romantic evening."
On the night of Nov. 9, 1938, members of Nazi paramilitary groups and ordinary Germans attacked Jewish homes, businesses, synagogues and schools, using sledgehammers to break glass and destroy buildings. Thousands of Jews were arrested and 91 killed in what became known as Kristallnacht or the Night of the Broken Glass.
The spa's Kristallnacht advertisement generated an angry response online. It responded by changing the notice on its website and issuing an apology on Facebook for its "insensitive and extremely inappropriate" wording.
The spa said it frequently uses the word "kristall" in promotions, referring to the clear water it offers.


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