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ST. PAUL, Minn.—"Only the children's voices soothe me," an anguished Sister Aloysius sings at the conclusion of "Doubt," the new opera based on John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
She has just confessed that she is tormented by uncertainty about the actions she has taken to drive out a priest whom she suspects of sexually abusing a child in the school where she is principal. And Shanley makes things just ambiguous enough that the audience, too, is left unsure of the truth.
But of this there is no doubt: The opera, with a libretto by Shanley and music by Douglas J. Cuomo, makes for a gripping 2 1/2 hours of theater. The work had its world premiere Saturday night in a production by Minnesota Opera, which commissioned it, and the enthusiastic audience at the Ordway Center responded with a standing ovation for the cast and creative team.
The loudest applause deservedly went to Christine Brewer, the distinguished American soprano who may have found the role of a lifetime as Sister Aloysius, an old-style disciplinarian whose devout faith does not inhibit her from resorting to devious tactics to defend her values.
On first hearing, it's hard to say how much of the project's success is due to the strength of Shanley's play and how much to Cuomo's musical setting.
The composer, who has written one previous opera called "Arjuna's Dilemma" and is perhaps best known for the theme music to TV's "Sex and the City," is clearly talented. He has an ear for subtle dissonance, and his inventive orchestrations are enhanced by judicious use of saxophone, piano and celeste. Shanley has rewritten a lot of the text to make it more singable and has opened up the play by adding choruses for children and for the churchgoers at St. Nicholas parish in the Bronx of 1964.
Like the play—and the movie adaptation that starred Meryl Streep—the operatic "Doubt" takes its time gathering steam. A series of light-hearted scenes in Act 1 seem to be mainly depicting a culture clash between the rigid Sister Aloysius and the more progressive Father Flynn. Cuomo's music for these early scenes is written in short, matter-of-fact phrases of sung dialogue, and he relies on rumblings in the orchestra to evoke the sense that something is not quite right.
But as Sister Aloysius becomes increasingly suspicious of the priest's relationship with the school's only black pupil, the music gains in lyric and dramatic power, culminating in their first confrontation at the end of Act 1. This arc continues throughout Act 2, where scene after scene reaches an emotional peak. The encounter in which Father Flynn wins over the young Sister James to his side takes on the feel of a seduction scene, their voices rising in overlapping harmony as they affirm that the "message of the Savior" is the "love of people." And Sister Aloysius's interview with Donald's mother—sung with rich, passionate tone by mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves—is riveting in its intensity.
It's in these later scenes that Cuomo gives Brewer a chance to exploit her plush upper register to its fullest. And her soaring vocal line as she moves toward victory and then gives voice to doubt imbue her character with a kind of tragic grandeur that words alone could not achieve.
The other soloists are first-rate as well. As Father Flynn, Matthew Worth complements his flexible baritone with a dashing, ingratiating presence that may or may not conceal a dark secret. Mezzo Adriana Zabala makes a sweet-voiced, earnest Sister James.
The production, directed by Kevin Newbury, is fast-paced and effective if perhaps overly elaborate. The many scenes melt seamlessly into one another thanks to Robert Brill's movable sets and Japhy Weideman's evocative lighting. Conductor Christopher Franklin leads the orchestra in a persuasive account of the score.
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The US Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of adopting a resolution stating that America will support Israel should the latter decide it is necessary to attack Iran's nuclear program.
Senate Resolution 65 reaffirms America's unwavering support for Israel's security and continued existence, and calls upon the White House to provide military, diplomatic and economic backing should Israel feel compelled to strike Iran as an act of preemptive self-defense. Seventy out of 100 senators voted in favor of the motion.
Israel had grown concerned that should it become necessary to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, the Obama Administration would not lend its support, either morally, logistically or materially. Obama's appointment of John Kerry and Chuch Hagel as secretaries of state and defense, respectively, had only deepened that concern, as both men are on record as opposing military action against Iran under any circumstances.
Israel's new defense minister on Tuesday delivered an Independence Day speech in which he said Israel hoped the international community would succeed in halting Iran's nuclear drive, but that Israel must be prepared to act alone.
"The world must lead the battle against Iran, but Israel must take into account the possibility that it may be forced to defend itself, by itself," said Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
Ya'alon noted that Iran firing a missile at Israel is not the only danger in allowing the Islamic Republic to go nuclear.
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A Martin teenager has been indicted for murder in Bennett County.
The Rapid City Journal reports that 17-year-old Matthew Libby is being charged as an adult in the Nov. 8 murder of Albert Apple Sr.
The Bennett County States Attorney's Office says Libby was indicted this week for first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery.
Authorities say an autopsy showed that Apple was killed by severe blunt force trauma to his head.
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By: GARENTINA KRAJA
A Serb returnee was found shot dead inside his house in a central Kosovo town Tuesday, police and Serb officials said.
The 68 year-old Serb, identified as Dragan Popovic, was discovered by police after the officers received a report of a body found in a house in the town of Klina, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of Kosovo's capital, Pristina, Kosovo's police said in a statement.
Police and Serbian sources told the Associated Press that Popovic was shot in the neck and discovered dead by his neighbor early Tuesday in his house.
He was last seen late Monday returning to his home from a shop. Nothing was touched in the house, the Serb officials said.
An investigating team from the main police headquarters, consisting of local and U.N. police officers, were dispatched to the scene to conduct an investigation. Police have no suspects and have not yet established a motive for the apparent killing.
Several Serbs have returned to Klina recently, after fleeing the aftermath of the province's 1998-1999 war fearing attacks by ethnic Albanian extremists seeking to revenge for thousands of dead following Serb forces crackdown in Kosovo.
Though Kosovo's leadership has invited Serbs to come back to their original homes in the province, some ethnic Albanians remain hostile to their return.
Separately, vandals damaged sixteen graveside monuments in the Serb village of Staro Gracko, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the province's capital, Pristina, police said.
A Serb government-run center in Kosovo, quoting local Serb representatives, said a group got into the cemetery early Tuesday and vandalized the monuments, leaving behind broken crosses, benches and pots for flowers and candles.
Kosovo has been run by a United Nations mission since 1999, when a NATO air war halted Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.
U.N.-brokered talks are under way to determine whether Kosovo will become an independent state, as the ethnic Albanians demand, or remain attached to Serbia, as the province's minority Serbs insist.


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Actually, rehabs can charge the insurance for drug testing and use an outside agency and pocket the difference. For example, there are a lot of fraud cases going on, in which treatment centers/sober living houses were drug testing people daily and then billing insurance for it. http://treatmentmagazine.com/newswires/428-horizon-blue-cross-nj-alleges-huge-drug-testing-fraud-.html
I should have explained myself better. I'm well aware that drug tests are a must. Some rehabs are making a fortune off labs. The ethical ones are having reasonably priced ones done in the $60.00 range. Others are profiting from labs and source's link is a good example. They are billing $1200.00 for these labs! Outrageous!http://pathologyblawg.com/pathology-news/pathology-law/healthcare-fraud-pathology/horizon-bcbs-sues-avee-laboratories-others-urine-drug-testing-fraud/
Quote from: FreeAtLast on December 15, 2013, 15:13I am well aware of the racket...however in this case the company does the billing not narconon so narconon does not profit. My point was that yes narconon does many sketch things but this is not one of them.Well, they owe the money for something Could be insurance claim related. Claims billed by NN instead of directly by the lab? All the Narconons are being looked into for insurance fraud.
I am well aware of the racket...however in this case the company does the billing not narconon so narconon does not profit. My point was that yes narconon does many sketch things but this is not one of them.
This article explains some of how the game works: Kickbacks and Other Abuses "Rampant" in Drug Testing Industry-American News ReportKickbacks, which employees wouldn't necessarily know about, go to the owners or directors for using the lab. Providers can bill for the purchase of the kits and administering the test, then they can send it off to the lab for "confirmation" of results, and now the lab gets to bill too. Lots of insurance money to go around, at least until the insurance companies catch on. In the meantime, it costs us all in higher rates to make up for it. And then there was the "double dipping" that Narconon of Georgia was doing, at least in one case, billing the client AND the insurance.I'm not saying this is what Narconon was or is doing, because I don't know, but it's food for thought. (Hopefully, not to give Narconon any ideas. )
2. Physicians, substance abuse centers and other health care providers (collectively "Health Care Providers"), when appropriately authorized, may perform Point of Care Testing ("POCT") on urine samples at their offices and facilities to identify the presence of drugs and other substances in their patients' systems. Health Care Providers perform POCT when it is medically necessary based on a patients' history and the results of prior testing.3. Clinical laboratories perform confirmatory tests on urine samples at the request of Health Care Providers. A Health Care Provider may order confirmation of negative POCT results by a clinical laboratory only when the Health Care Provider has documented clinical reasons to believe the initial POCT is inaccurate or inconclusive.4. To generate unnecessary POCT and confirmatory tests, Defendant Avee Laboratories ("Avee") published false and deceptive marketing materials and offered unlawful inducements that encouraged Health Care Providers to perform medically unnecessary POCT and to refer their patients to Avee for unnecessary confirmatory testing. Among other things, Defendant Avee falsely advised Health Care Providers that they could generate supplemental income by rendering and submitting claims to insurers like Horizon for performing POCT only when the provider also ordered confirmatory testing of the POCT results from a clinical laboratory, like Avee.5. As a result of this scheme, Health Care Providers, including Leading Edge Recovery Center and Laurie Deerfield, rendered unnecessary POCT. Despite repeated negative results and the absense of any clinical reason to believe that the negative results were inaccurate, Health Care Providers requested Avee to perform unnecessary confirmatory tests ont he same urine samples. Health Care Providers often used order forms known as Custom Test Panels provided by Avee to request confirmatory testing. These Custom Test Panels, may of which were not signed by the ordering provider, allowed Health Care Providers simply to check a box directing Avee to provide numerous tests without regard to medical need or reason.6. To get paid for unnecessary tests, Health Care Providers submitted false claims to Horizon for medically unnecessary confirmatory tests. As a result of this scheme, since 2009, Horizon faced an explosion in claims for unnecessary POCT (Point of Care Testing) and confirmatory tests. In all, Horizon paid Health Care Providers approximately Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) for unnecessary POCT and paid Avee in excess of Twenty-Four Million Dollars ($24,000,000.00) for unnecessary confirmatory tests.
10. Defendant Avee Laboratories ("Avee") is a Florida corporation which operated a clinical laboratory to which Health Care Providers referred specimens for laboratory testing and services. Avee was formed in 2008 and maintained its principal place of business at 14440 Myerlake Circle, Clearwater, Florida.
18. Defendants John Does 1-10 are other Health Care Providers, rehabilitation centers and individuals who accepted unlawful inducements from Defendants Avee, Alere and Alere Toxicology and participated in, and/or encouraged others to commit the fraudulent and wrongful acts set forth in this Complaint.19. Defendants ABC Corporations 1-10 are other Health Care Providers, corporations and entities, including rehabilitation centers, which accepted unlawful inducements from Defendants Avee, Alere and Alere Toxicology and participated in, and/or encouraged others to commit the fraudulent and wrongful acts set forth in this Complaint.
In November 1997, the CLIA waiver provisions were revised by Congress to make it clear that tests approved by the FDA for home use automatically qualify for CLIA waiver. Professional use versions of home use tests are not automatically waived. However, such professional versions do qualify for expedited waiver review since only the differences between the home use and professional use versions need to be examined to determine whether the professional version qualifies for waiver.To summarize, under the current process, waiver may be granted to: 1) any test listed in the regulation, 2) any test system for which the manufacturer or producer applies for waiver if that test meets the statutory criteria and the manufacturer provides scientifically valid data verifying that the waiver criteria have been met, and 3) test systems cleared by the FDA for home use.
Health insurer Cigna recently filed a lawsuit against Sky Toxicology Lab Management and urine drug toxicology (UDT) laboratories Sky Toxicology, Frontier Toxicology and Hill Country Toxicology that, among other things, accuses them of engaging in fraud and a lucrative patient-referral kickback scheme.All three labs are located in San Antonio Texas. Sky Tox and Frontier Tox are about a block apart from one another, and Hill Country Tox is about a 10 minute drive away. According to the "About Us" pages on the websites, the three UDT labs share the same executive team: W. Wade White, MD-CEO and Medical Director; Lance Hupfeld-Chief Sales Officer; Bradley West-Chief Operating Officer.Sky Toxicology Lab Management is a limited partnership organized in Florida in 2013, according to the Form D on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its principal place of business has the same address as Sky Toxicology, and it lists Dr. White, Mr. Hupfeld, Mr. West and a fourth individual named Nick Boatman as its executive officers.
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the judgment against Millennium Health (MH) in a lawsuit in which Ameritox accused it of violating the Stark Law and federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) by providing free point-of-care urine drug testing (POCT) cups to physicians.As the Eleventh Circuit said in its 45 page decision, this case was "extraordinarily complex", and so I will only provide very broad strokes as to what has transpired over the four years since the case was filed.
Ameritox claimed many physicians were in fact receiving a financial benefit from the free POCT cups.Ameritox stated that instead of testing specimens one at a time while the patient was still in the office (POC testing), which reimbursed about $20 at the time, the physicians would instead batch test specimens from multiple patients all at once at the end of the day on in-office chemical analyzers before they shipped the urine to ML.They would then bill payors for the chemical analysis, which at the time reimbursed $180 a pop. Ameritox claims some physicians tested hundreds of specimens a month in this fashion.
When Nicole Cronin's parents sent their daughter from suburban New Jersey off to a Florida rehab to treat her opiate addiction, they hoped it would help free her from the relapses they'd watched her cycle through at home.Instead, she ended up dead at 20 years old. Her body was found in a cheap motel a few miles from the $800-a-month halfway house her parents were footing the bill for, according to a lawsuit filed by her family.Nicole died in Delray Beach, the "recovery capital of America." The oceanfront vacation spot is home to thousands seeking sobriety — as well as scam artists who prey on addicts and their insurance plans.
Citing "an exponential increase in fraudulent and abusive" substance abuse treatment practices — and in particular drug screening — Cigna Inc. won't be offering Florida health plans on the federal Health Insurance Marketplace when it opens for business Nov. 1.In explaining the decision, Cigna spokesman Joseph Mondy singled out stories in The Palm Beach Post detailing how fraudulent drug screening has reaped millions for South Florida labs, especially those affiliated with sober homes and treatment centers. In one case revealed by The Post, pee-in-a-cup lab work cost more than $300,000 for a single client....The billing that is believed to have attracted the attention of the FBI, however, is a simple urine test to check for the presence of drugs. It's a staple of rehab and a fast way to track relapse.However, some treatment centers, sober homes and their affiliated labs have charged hundreds of dollars for the test.Then, the same urine sample would be shipped off to another lab for more extensive testing, which could cost $3,500 or more.An addict tested three times a week with the more sophisticated urinalysis is a cash machine: $36,000 every month, $432,000 a year. A sober home with six residents on the same testing regimen could bring in $2.5 million.
No good deedIf Cigna is hard-hit, said Delray Beach attorney Jeffrey Lynne, it's largely because Cigna offered a Florida plan on the exchange with the best benefits for substance abuse treatment."I guess no good deed goes unpunished," said Lynne, who represents treatment centers and has worked with lawmakers to rein in abuses.Lynne said he believes the fraudulent charges gave Cigna an excuse to do something it wanted to do anyway: Exit behavioral health coverage and protect its bottom line as a pending $54 billion merger with Anthem is finalized."It's easy to villainize the industry," Lynne said.But Lynne conceded that the largely unregulated South Florida treatment industry has led to a wide range of abuses.In one scam, for instance, brokers would go out of state to find addicts in need of assistance and arrange to bring them to Florida, sources told The Post. Claiming they were "residents," they purchased a Florida policy on the exchange.
Millennium Health LLC agreed to pay $256 million to resolve claims that it misrepresented the need for procedures and offered gifts to doctors in exchange for referrals.The biggest U.S. lab-testing company now plans to file for bankruptcy protection by Nov. 10, enabling it to turn over control of the business to its lenders, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Thanks for keeping us abreast of all this, mefree. Maybe FL will finally do something to plug all the loopholes that have allowed these scams to grow.
The Oklahoma attorney general's office is investigating a group of laboratories involved in the state's booming urine testing industry, The Oklahoman has learned.While the investigation has yet to be officially confirmed, documents obtained through an open records request show the agency's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is looking into some urine testing laboratories doing millions of dollars in business with Oklahoma health care providers.Will Gattenby, attorney general spokesman, said the agency can't share much information because of "the sensitive nature of the investigation."
Federal investigators are seeking information about government-billing practices at Alere Inc., adding to a litany of woes at the diagnostic-testing company as it seeks to complete a deal to sell itself.The Justice Department's criminal-fraud section sent Alere a subpoena recently seeking patient-billing records, according to people familiar with the matter. It asked for information about Alere's efforts to collect copayments from patients, as well as forms submitted on their behalf to government programs such as Medicare, the people said.
Mediation efforts between Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Alere (ALR) have broken down, Alere said in a Sept. 26 SEC filing. With the failure of the talks, Alere will likely proceed with a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery where it it trying to force Abbott to complete its $5.6 billion purchase of Alere. The Waltham, Mass.-based provider of point-of-care testing sued Abbott last month, claiming that the Abbott Park, Ill.-based medical device and diagnostics company has delayed in obtaining antitrust approval for the deal in an effort to kill the transaction, which has an April 30 drop-dead date. Neither company immediately returned a request for comment.Abbott agreed to pay $56.00 a share for Alere on Feb. 1, a 49% premium, but the deal soon ran into trouble. On March 15, Alere stock fell by 8% when it announced that it had received a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena about the company's sales practices in Africa, Asia and Latin America, which may have raised issues under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. And on April 20, Abbott CEO Miles White was equivocal about his commitment to the Alere deal in an earnings call where he noted that Alere was delayed in filing its annual report with the SEC. (Alere finally filed its annual report on Aug. 8.)


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Lenovo S10 Netbook: Fabulous Hardware, Yuck Software
The Overdue Birth of NetbooksHardware vendors have been missing the netbook boat ever since I can remember-- there has been demand for a small, portable, inexpensive, fast-booting computer ever since the World Wide Web became popular. You oldtimers might recall when that happened, way back in the last millennium around 1995 or so, when AOL disks rained down upon us from the heavens. For all I know, grizzled old Unix geekbeards nurtured a pent-up longing for netbooks as well. Netbooks, if they had existed, would have been perfect for the geekbeard Internet: plain text over slow dialup connections doesn't need much computing power or high-tech displays. Monochrome LCD displays have been with us since the early 80s, and color in the late 80s, so I wonder if, in a truly innovative and competitive computing marketplace, we could have had netbooks and other portable computing devices way back when.
And The Bandwagon Lumbers Into GearBut, as the saying goes, it's no use crying over spilled milk. Just lick it up and move on. The OLPC paved the way; it was intended to be an educational tool for children, but adults everywhere were enchanted and wanted one for themselves. This even made an impression on the inert titans of tech, who ponderously diverted from their doomed path of Jabba's Law, which is "Bigger! More Lard! More Crapware! *Belch*", and were sufficiently alarmed to waddle into action. In typical robber-baron fashion, both Intel and Microsoft crashed the OLPC party and tried to co-opt it. So Microsoft is trying to shoehorn Windows XP onto the OLPC, and Intel is trying to steal OLPC's customers for their Classmate PC.
Eee PC Astounds the WorldMeanwhile, back at the real innovation ranch, ASUS was quietly going about its business inventing the Eee PC (easy to learn, easy to work, easy to play). The first Eee PC hit the shelves in fall 2007 and was an instant hit. Configuration varied by country, and depending where you were on the planet at any particular moment you could find it in white or black, with varying sizes of solid-state drives, with Linux or Windows XP, with a modest CPU, small RAM, and built-in wired and wireless network interfaces. Their initial target retail price in the US was $199, but it ended up costing from around $245 to $399 depending on configuration, and ASUS sold skillions.
The Eee PC is very Linux-hackable, so there are many specialized netbook Linux distributions that run well on it, and it supports stock distros as well. The gang at ZaReason, my personal favorite Linux OEM vendor, think highly of the Eee PC and sell boatloads of them.
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UNC Kenan-Flagler Professor Barry Roberts created Symposium in 1983 as a way to bring students closer to the business community. Since its inception, the event has grown dramatically and is one of the largest student-run events in the country and an annual highlight of UNC Kenan-Flagler.
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Librarian Day in the Life, Day 5 (Round 4)Posted: January 31, 2010 | Author: Jason A. Clark | Filed under: libraries | Tags: libraries, librarydayinthelife | Leave a comment
The fifth day in the life of the Head of Digital Access and Web Services at Montana State University Libraries. Based on tweets in chronological order.
- 8:35am. AM check of email & twitter. My annual review is today at 2:30pm. Should be a good conversation with the deans. #libday4
- 9:15am. Filling out monthly summary leave reports. Have a block of time before annual review. Need to stay in office & close door. #libday4
- 10:58am. Email faculty re: feedback on tenure document revisions due noon on Mon. Reading draft of 3-5 year strategic plan for lib. #libday4
- 11:09am. Quick visit w/team member re: moving architectural drawings app into production. Performing code audit and moving it up. #libday4
- 1pm. Heading to lunch. Answered a quick Infotoday #cil2010 email re: javascript workshop. http://bit.ly/bLQEf5 #libday4
- 2:17pm. Excited by opps for DAWS team in strategic plan. Digitization, archiving, web services… Heading to annual review. #libday4
- 3:30pm. Good review. Now meeting w/range science faculty re: U of Idaho participation in MSU range science DB. http://bit.ly/9nneBb #libday4
- 4:50pm. Joy 2 meet faculty that geeks out over pictures of grass you digitized. Collab w/U of Idaho looks promising. Weekend. End #libday4.
Ahh, the fifth and final installment… LibraryWeekintheLife… It was a Friday which is usually an open day for me. Time to think about week, start on some projects, prepare for next week. It also a day where some admin duties get finished. The morning was mostly about taking advantage of some free time to talk to team members, audit some code before making it live, and preparing for my annual review. The review was a good conversation about where my work is heading and how the team can help the library in the next year. Nice surprise at the end of the day as a range science professor was giddy to see some of the Hormay collection digital objects. It always helps to see someone genuinely excited about your work. There are times when you wonder who's going to find this stuff valuable. More people do than you know… It also looks like there may be some funding for the range science project. Great to see as we did the initial metadata, DB and app design, and conversion pro bono. The theory was: if we show them something of value, we would be able to look for funding with next iteration. Worked out this time.
Librarian Day in the Life, Day 4 (Round 4)Posted: January 29, 2010 | Author: Jason A. Clark | Filed under: libraries | Tags: libraries, librarydayinthelife | Leave a comment
- 8:35am. AM check of "the twitter" & email. Corresponding with film grad student over plans to do promo for Digital team. Start #libday4.
- 9:45am. Thinking re: how to present Herbarium project to Bio Faculty. Working w/team on collaborative indexing/keyword project. #libday4
- 12:35pm. Big win @ meeting w/faculty re: Herbarium. All metadata & scanning will be done by motivated faculty member. Lunchtime. #libday4
- 3pm. Drop ins & drop bys. Conversation w/team & colleagues re: new digital media service. How to launch, get buy-in, make it easy. #libday4
- 3:10pm. Filling out student time cards and reporting team leave for admin. Living the dream. #libday4
- 3:21pm. Hour or so in front of me. Time to work on topic recommending search engine (proof of concept). Work includes data entry. #libday4
- 4:17pm. Making Libguides API play nice with our database lists. I hate you unencoded &, but you are now fixed with urlencode(). #libday4
- 4:33pm. @springshare @LibGuidesFAQ Whom do I talk to about structured data coming out of your API? <LI> in caps is not valid HTML. #libday4
- 4:40pm. Broke search app. Checking error logs. Good place to stop for now. PM email check and then home to fam. Fix later. #libday4
- 4:46pm. tail -50 error_log command gives: "syntax error, unexpected ' on line 253 of view.php" Note for later. #libday4
- 8:57pm. Back in the saddle. Email colleague in Arts & Architecture re: people we met yesterday interested in go2collegeMT.org. #libday4
- 9:05pm. Tracking down parse error in "search for databases by topic" app. #libday4
- 10:05pm. Reducing noise to signal ratio in Google reader. Best signals get bookmarked at delicious/diginit/ #libday4
- 10:35pm. Final PM email check. Thread re: Bio faculty's flickr photostream @ http://bit.ly/aQeMVB ; metadata for plant repositories. #libday4
- 10:55pm. Falling asleep at the wheel. Will have to fix search tomorrow. End #libday4.
Pretty average day. Had some nice chunks of time, but I chose to do the face to face thing a little more. It can take more time, but the "Drop Bys" can be an effective means of getting a person's true feelings on a subject. No mediation by email or other tech, just one on one conversation. You can see some of my admin duties above as it's the end of the month. Necessary stuff, but not my favorite. Big news for the day was the meeting with a Plant Sciences faculty about digitization of Montana herbarium samples. He's already using flickr and has access to a high res camera. To top it off, he's motivated to do metadata. Huge. Subject specialist with integral knowledge of objects doing first batch of metadata. We have plans to go after grant, but will build prototype using flickr API. Tasks for the day included: programming, data entry, networking, negotiating org politics, debugging, "metadataing", admin documentation, prototyping, and sleeping. More tomorrow as I have my annual review with my deans… Bring it.
Librarian Day in the Life, Day 3 (round 4)Posted: January 28, 2010 | Author: Jason A. Clark | Filed under: libraries | Tags: libraries, librarydayinthelife | Leave a comment
- 7:30am. Has decided that Earl Grey Tea doesn't cut it. Going for coffee. Start #libday4.
- 8:25am. AM email check. Thread re: ALA talk on cloud computing. Building search index for article DBs w/keywords fm Yahoo BOSS API. #libday4
- 9:42am. Figuring out how MySQL automagically does relevance ranking. http://bit.ly/16tf6R #libday4
- 9:52am. Checking MySQL error logs. #libday4
- 10am. MSU herbarium digital project discussion. #libday4
- 11am. Preso to school counselors re: go2collegeMT.org. #libday4
- 12:41pm Back fm lunch. 11am pres to MT school counselors on new tech in education went well. Open afternoon. Time for programming. #libday4
- 2:15pm Still working on optimizing search index for articles. Making progress with mysteries of MySQL relevancy ranking. #libday4
- 4:15pm. Search interface is on dev. Team testing queries. PM email check. This portion of day over. Time for Fam time. More later. #libday4
- 9:15pm. Back again. Trying to make openURL queries to Serial Solutions API work from one of our citation DBs http://bit.ly/9nneBb . #libday4
- 10:15pm. Trolling through my feeds via Google Reader. Saving/tagging interesting stuff to Delicious. #libday4
- 11:30pm. Google Waved reminder re: starting to record DOI in citation database records. It makes openURL much easier. End #libday4 day 3.
Quite a bit on the technical side today. Largely due to my having a 4 hour block in the afternoon. But, here's the thing: if I want to build/work to customize library apps, I need these blocks of time. Picking away at these projects for a half hour here or there doesn't work. Just before lunch, I had the opportunity to speak (with Terry Beaubois) to a group of school liaisions for the k-12 set. It was a Q & A session about new technologies that could be used in the classroom. uStream, iTunes for k-12, mobile devices were pieces of the discussion. It hardly gets any play above, but the MSU Herbarium project could be a winner. Rene Tanner has been working with the Bio department and pointing to our digitization services. Rene and I have an eye on some grant possibilities for the project and some early prototyping using Flickr as a data store. Great day overall. Some of the meetings tomorrow have been canceled. I should have some big chunks of time tomorrow as well. Looking forward to it.
Librarian Day in the Life, Day 2 (round 4)Posted: January 27, 2010 | Author: Jason A. Clark | Filed under: libraries | Tags: libraries, librarydayinthelife | Leave a comment
The second day in the life of the Head of Digital Access and Web Services at Montana State University Libraries. Based on tweets in chronological order.
11am Mtng w/instruction librarian to talk design & dev of mediaHub: http://bit.ly/cT8XQK . 11:30am weekly mtng w/Associate Dean. #libday4
12:37pm. Back fm lunch. Building interface for mentor/liaison app. Prepping for later mtng with colleague re: Openurl pres in Feb. #libday4
1:40pm. Google Waved initial questions for RangeLands West digital project. Looked at sample data for gotchas with data import. #libday4
2:35pm. Back from openURL presentation prep. Checking code demos: http://bit.ly/UKYEF . Need demos for general API mashup topic. #libday4
2:41pm. Coffee break with team member. #libday4
3:45pm. Back fm Library Faculty Advisory committee. Elected new chair & set up mtngs to facilitate discussion btwn Deans & Faculty #libday4
4:04pm. PM email check. Checked Google docs for shared presentation. Making sure files on dev server for work later after FAM time. #lib4day
4:35pm Going home to the fam. Colleague stopped by to ask about best format for data import. Loaded ? .csv in spreadsheet? #libday4
9:02pm. Baby sleeps. Working on Google maps mashup for ed grant. Maps colleges + events in MT. http://bit.ly/b0ENcr #libday4
10:15pm. Final email check. Finished with grant work. Time to relax. End #libday4.
This was a day with most of my meetings for the week. I've been trying to work my schedule this way as it frees up those precious blocks of time later in the week. Blocks of time where I can actually get some programming projects started. I'm still trying to find the work/life balance and you can see my working from home after Piper is in bed. This is very routine. If anything, I was surprised at how much I was able to work between meetings. That doesn't always happen.
Librarian Day in the Life, Day 1 (round 4)Posted: January 26, 2010 | Author: Jason A. Clark | Filed under: libraries | Tags: libraries, librarydayinthelife | Leave a comment
I decided this morning to participate in the "Librarian Day in the Life" project organized by Bobbi Newman. I like the idea of making my job more visible. I'm also hoping to learn about my typical week by capturing it in writing. I'll primarily be tweeting the events at the hashtag #libday4 from my twitter account at twitter.com/jaclark. At the end of each day, I'll present a digest of my tweets as a blog post with commentary if necessary. Here's day 1:
This day is a unique in that Monday is my "work off-site" day. As faculty, we have some freedom in how/when we get things done. As long as we are producing results, we have some latitude. It's nice to work in a place that inherently trusts you. Monday is typically a research day, but this one turned into a social networking, coding, and documentation kind of day. Tuesday is my "day of meetings" as I like to get the face to face done early in the week and set up my projects. Expect some reporting on comings and goings tomorrow.


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America's top court convened on Tuesday to take up the delicate and divisive issue of gay marriage, with the nine Supreme Court justices set to consider the legality of a California ballot initiative that limits marriage to opposite-sex couples.
As sign-carrying demonstrators from both sides gathered peacefully in front of the Supreme Court building on a brisk morning in Washington, the first of two days of oral arguments on the issue got under way inside.
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On Wednesday, the court will consider the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which limits the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples. Rulings in both cases are expected by the end of June.
In what were scheduled to be about three hours of deliberations with lawyers over the two days, the justices will have their say on what gay activists see as a civil rights issue reminiscent of famous Supreme Court cases of the past, including Loving v. Virginia, a 1967 case in which the court invalidated bans on interracial marriage.
The cases come before the high court at a time when more states have legalized gay marriage. Last year three more - Maryland, Maine and Washington - did so, bringing the total to nine plus the District of Columbia.
"Never before in our history has a major civil rights issue landed on the doorstep of the Supreme Court with this wave of public support," said Theodore Boutrous, a lawyer for opponents of the California initiative, which is known as Proposition 8.
Strong opposition to gay marriage still exists, however, both among Republicans in Congress and in many states. A total of 30 states, including California, have constitutional amendments that ban gay marriage. Nine states, including California, recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships among same-sex couples. Outside the courthouse, about 1,000 protesters waved signs, danced to music and traded arguments. The crowd was largely pro-gay marriage, though a large group of opponents was expected to arrive later in the morning.
Washington resident Matthew Brawn-Dexter said he and his husband, a federal employee, want the same benefits as heterosexual couples. "Civil rights are civil rights," said Brawn-Dexter, 28. "Separate but equal is not equality."
A few feet away, Arthur Boisse, 70, said he drove overnight from Rhode Island to protest against gay marriage.
"Marriage should be between a man and a woman," he said. "That's what it says in the Bible. If the homosexual lifestyle becomes predominant, it's a step backwards."
Among others who planned to demonstrate outside was Chief Justice John Roberts' cousin Jean Podrasky, a lesbian from California who would like to marry her partner.
Some experts said that, with the issue unsettled in the states, a majority of the justices might be disinclined to make sweeping pronouncements as the democratic process plays out.
There are various ways they could do that in June - when a ruling is expected - as the Proposition 8 case presents multiple options for the justices.
For instance, they could proclaim that gay marriage bans are constitutionally unsound. They could uphold Proposition 8 as a law with a legitimate purpose approved by a majority of voters in California. They could also plot a middle path by striking down the law without making broad pronouncements about whether gay marriage bans in other states should be struck down.
Another way the court could rule later this year might be viewed as an anticlimax of sorts: The justices could simply decide that they cannot rule on the merits because of the procedural complexities that brought the case to the high court.
The state of California declined to support Proposition 8 when the plaintiffs filed suit in 2009 in a federal District Court in San Francisco, meaning there was no party defending the law until its proponents entered the case. The federal judge struck the law down, a ruling that was upheld by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A Supreme Court decision concluding that the law's backers do not have legal standing to defend the law would wipe out the Appeals Court decision, but leave the District Court decision that struck down Proposition 8 on the books.
The way the justices rule could depend in large part on the likely swing voter, Justice Anthony Kennedy. Although a conservative appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Kennedy has in the past authored two opinions that expanded gay rights.
Lawyers representing two same-sex couples in California who want to marry are hoping the justices will go big and are making the most sweeping arguments.
The counsel for Kris Perry and Sandy Stier and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo will argue that under the U.S. Constitution's equal protection guarantee, there is a fundamental right for people to marry someone of the same sex. Perry, who has raised four children with her partner Stier, was hopeful and optimistic.
"We have been waiting for a long time to get married," she said last week. "We are very excited to have the end in sight."


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Establishing a new venture is never plain sailing. But Justin Garrido and Julia Sevilla had not bargained for a typhoon nor the website technicalities they faced when setting up Social Project PH, a crowdfunding platform for start-ups and charities in the Philippines.
It was just three months after Mr Garrido moved to Manila to establish the social enterprise, which won the annual entrepreneurship challenge at Melbourne University in 2012, that Typhoon Pablo hit.
Killing 1,000 people, destroying 200,000 homes and decimating 800 classrooms in Compostela Valley, Mindanao, the typhoon ravaged through the Filipino region in December 2012. In spite of the impending launch of his start-up, Mr Garrido quickly volunteered to help, arriving in Compostela Valley the following month.
"I was blown away by the extent of the damage but I was impressed with the positive attitude of the people as they rebuilt their communities," he says. "I saw children attending schools in tents who had lost their parents, friends, etc and yet they were still smiling. It just shows how hopeful one can be despite circumstances. That's something we can all learn from."
Many of the disaster-relief projects being implemented in this rescue operation would make ideal candidates for Social Project PH, which aims to raise funds and offer marketing and brand-management services to projects in the Philippines that alleviate poverty.
However, the launch of the website, which Mr Garrido, an MBA student from Melbourne Business School, had hoped would be in December 2012 in the Philippines, was delayed while he adapted the business model to be US-based, to eradicate any concerns about money-laundering.
Delays were also caused by lengthy Christmas festivities and there were language difficulties.
"Generally speaking, although English is the main business language, [the local] language is sometimes a factor if you're working in a rural community. Also, the bureaucracy and additional paperwork in dealing with some government agencies has been an adjustment," explains Mr Garrido, who is originally from the US.
Mr Garrido will remain in the Philippines as he believes in the importance of vetting the projects personally. "You need to be sure money will be used properly and the projects run properly. You get a real sense of the projects if you go in person to meet people," he says.
This physical, interactive element is also something he clearly enjoys. "I'm trying to do as much as possible to get the word out – I love it. I'm not making any money right now but I'm passionate about it. I get to meet amazing organisations and visit communities throughout the Philippines; I see a lot of potential," he says.
For the launch, Mr Garrido and Ms Sevilla are lining up a variety of projects to showcase. These include a financial literacy training programme, a nutrition programme for young mothers, a design laboratory that trains its co-operative partners to develop higher-value products using local materials and a project offering solar energy to off-grid rural communities.
"It is a pretty exciting selection for the launch," says Mr Garrido. "They are coming up with creative but cost-effective ideas."
Fundraising on the website for each project will be for a set period of 30-60 days only, to create a sense of excitement and urgency. But there will be a strong element of flexibility so that if targeted amounts are not raised within the set timeframe, whatever is raised can still be used.
Social Project PH will receive 5 per cent of the money raised. Following the fundraising, it will then be the responsibility of project managers to send updates to their donors and nurture the relationship, by sending photos of their progress, for example.
"Being a donor isn't just about donating money," says Mr Garrido. "You become a partner supporting the project."
Each donor will get a profile page, for example, that shows the projects they are part of and contains a category label: "eco warrior", for example, if they tend to support environmental projects. There will also be the opportunity to link profiles to Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Over the next few months, the website launch will be the priority for the start-up duo. Mr Garrido is also continuing his voluntary work as he has found it to be an ideal form of research as well as a means of developing contacts for business relationships once Social Project PH is up and running.
In February, for instance, he is returning to Compostela Valley with a cameraman to film a documentary about the children and their classrooms for a fundraising project run by The Philippine Business for Social Progress. This consortium, of the 200 largest companies in the Philippines, pledges to give 1 per cent of their net income annually to PBSP for development projects in the country.
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Got this from Home Depot August 2011.
Im hoping it will take to outdoor life as its sold more as an indoor plant but looking at palm sites they seem to say that Areca is a great ornamental palm good for screen which is what I want it for.
Im gettig confused between this and some of the other palms, but this appears to be the only Areca palm, but at least its doing really well.
These are taking things to the next level as the stems are now thickening up quite nicely.
The thing with these palms is that I dont really remember where i put them and they look a bit like Cat Palms. Im sure i'll figure out out eventually. There 3 in total I think, but the one buy the front utility pole is the most memorable. Seems to be holding its own, not dead at least.
Not sure where im going to put it yet and its still in its pot.
Went to wall mart and they had a clearance on palms so I got 2 more Areac Palms. Not sure were they are going to go yet.


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In our role as cultural presenters, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center offers a variety of events that are open to the public and the Boston University community. Many of the videos on this page are recordings on these lectures and talks. Also featured are interviews with some of our notable collectees.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Mike Rezendes of The Boston Globe speaks on his life, career, and the events that informed the movie Spotlight, two days after the film's Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay wins at the 2016 Academy Awards. Running time: 1:22:12
Award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker discusses her new book and literary debut, "Dear Mr. You" with screenwriter and producer Eli Attie. Running Time: 1:01:21
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Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH)
Members of a PEPH Working Group organized a June 2008 workshop to engage a diverse set of communities with different perspectives and areas of expertise in the field of environmental public health. The committee identified certain groups from the responses to the RFI. The full list of participants and their area of expertise is included at the end of this summary. The organizing committee invited individuals with familiarity of NIEHS and its mission as well as individuals with little to no familiarity, but who were leaders in a field that could benefit the new PEPH program. The idea was to stimulate new ways of thinking and consider novel approaches to long-standing issues and questions. The organizing committee provided all participants with the RFI Executive Summary and a proposed model for PEPH so that they could ground some of their feedback and comments on the report and model.
The organizing committee structured the workshop around three key sessions. Each session focused on a specific question (see below) and had three components: an introductory panel, break-out discussions, and a report-back period. The introductory panel was composed of five to seven participants each sharing their views. After any clarifying questions, attendees split into four pre-assigned break-out groups. The break-out groups engaged in a discussion related to the designated question for that session. At the end of the break-out discussion, all workshop attendees reconvened to share the most significant concepts discussed in the break-out groups.
Session Questions
- In the environmental public health field, what issues and un-met needs are faced in the areas of building capacity, evaluation, communication, and research?
- What are the most important Tools needed?
- What creative new Strategies can be used?
- What Resources are needed (beyond money)?
- What Partnerships should be fostered?
- What is NIEHS's unique role in helping identify and foster solutions to the following:
- Building capacity
- Evaluation
- Communication
- Research
- How would you balance and prioritize the diversity of critical areas/needs in EPH?
A summary of the workshop can be downloaded here (505KB) .
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This is the previous version of our website. It is not being maintained. Go to current site
The Smart Classroom Initiative
An expansion of smart classrooms was completed in the summer of 2012. Funded by available lab fees, 66 of the college's classrooms that had no, or limited classroom technology, were renovated to the classroom technology standard. This was a significant college investment in classroom technologies to support teaching and learning.
- 66 classrooms were upgraded with new AV equipment:
- Projectors
- Control panels
- Document cameras
- CD/DVD players
- Audio
The location of classrooms can be found at the Smart Classrooms List page
Training and Support
Training videos on how to use the new equipment are available on the training page. In addition we will happily support faculty through one-on-one training or seminars. Simply contact the Help Desk and ask for Media Services support for a new smart classroom.


text: Friction force microscopy has been used to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin materials, in the process discovering a universal characteristic for these very different materials. Nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University discovered that friction across these thin sheets increases as the number of atomic layers decreases, all the way down to one layer of atoms. This friction increase was surprising as there previously was no theory to predict this behavior. The finding reveals a significant principle for these materials, which are widely used as solid lubricant films in critical engineering applications and are leading contenders for future nanoscale electronics. Interatomic forces cause attraction between the atomic sheet and the nanoscale tip of the atomic force microscope. Thin sheets deflect toward the tip, therefore increasing friction. When the tip starts to slide, the sheet deforms further as the deformed area is partially pulled along with the tip. The color scale of the atoms indicates how far the atoms have moved upward (red) or downward (blue) from their original positions. Thicker sheets cannot deflect as easily because they are much stiffer, so the increase in friction is less pronounced, consistent with study measurements. (Image: University of Pennsylvania and Science) Researchers found that friction progressively increased as the number of layers is reduced on all four materials, regardless of how different the materials may behave chemically, electronically or in bulk quantities. These measurements, supported by computer modeling, suggest that the trend arises from the fact that the thinner a material the more flexible it is, just as a single sheet of paper is much easier to bend than a thick piece of cardboard. Robert Carpick, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at Penn, and James Hone, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia, led the project collaboratively. The team tested the nanotribological, or nanoscale frictional properties, of graphene, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), hexagonal-BN (h-BN) and niobium diselenide (NbSe2) down to single atomic sheets. The team literally shaved off atomic-scale amounts of each material onto a silicon oxide substrate and compared their findings to the bulk counterparts. Each material exhibited the same basic frictional behavior despite having electronic properties that vary from metallic to semiconducting to insulating. "We call this mechanism, which leads to higher friction on thinner sheets the 'puckering effect,'" Carpick said. "Interatomic forces, like the van der Waals force, cause attraction between the atomic sheet and the nanoscale tip of the atomic force microscope which measures friction at the nanometer scale." Because the sheet is so thin — in some samples only an atom thick — it deflects toward the tip, making a puckered shape and increasing the area of interaction between the tip and the sheet, which increases friction. When the tip starts to slide, the sheet deforms further as the deformed area is partially pulled along with the tip, rippling the front edge of the contact area. Thicker sheets cannot deflect as easily because they are much stiffer, so the increase in friction is less pronounced. The researchers found that the increase in friction could be prevented if the atomic sheets were strongly bound to the substrate. If the materials were deposited onto the flat, high-energy surface of mica, a naturally occurring mineral, the effect goes away. Friction remains the same regardless of the number of layers because the sheets are strongly stuck down onto the mica, and no puckering can occur. "Nanotechnology examines how materials behave differently as they shrink to the nanometer scale," Hone said. "On a fundamental level, it is exciting to find yet another property that fundamentally changes as a material gets smaller." The results may also have practical implications for the design of nanomechanical devices that use graphene, which is one of the strongest materials known. It may also help researchers understand the macroscopic behavior of graphite, MoS2 and BN, which are used as common lubricants to reduce friction and wear in machines and devices. The study, published in the current edition of the journal Science, was conducted collaboratively by Carpick and Qunyang Li of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science; Hone, Changgu Lee and William Kalb of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia; Xin-Zhou Liu of Leiden University in the Netherlands; and Helmuth Berger of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Research was funded by the National Science Foundation through Penn's Laboratory for Research into the Structure of Matter, Columbia's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, the NSF's Directorate for Engineering, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research. For more information, visit: www.upenn.edu


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Congress creates Yosemite National Park
On this day in 1890, the United States Congress decrees that about 1,500 square miles of public land in the California Sierra Nevada will be preserved forever as Yosemite National Park.
Once the home to Indians whose battle cry Yo-che-ma-te ("some among them are killers") gave the park its name, Anglo-Americans began to settle in Yosemite Valley as early as the 1850s, eventually driving out the native inhabitants. Early settlers quickly recognized the unique beauty of the narrow Yosemite Valley with the sheer-faced Half Dome Mountain looming nearly a mile above the valley floor and three stunning waterfalls. At that time other awe-inspiring natural wonders like Niagara Falls were already becoming popular American tourist destinations, and a few early settlers tried to profit from the wonders of the Yosemite Valley by charging tourists hefty fees. But thanks to the popular paintings of Albert Bierstadt and the photographs of Carlton Watkins, Americans who would never see the magnificent valley in person began to call for its preservation from crass commercial development. In June 1864, President Abraham Lincoln agreed, signing a bill that ceded the small Yosemite Valley area, along with the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, to the state of California with the requirement that it be held as a national public trust "for all time."
But in subsequent years, the state of California proved a less than vigilant caretaker of the Yosemite, inspiring the famous naturalist John Muir to publish several widely read articles exposing the destruction of the valley by large herds of sheep that Muir called "hoofed locusts." In 1890, Muir's efforts, as well as those of the newly founded Sierra Club, convinced Congress that Yosemite would be better protected as one part of a 1,500-square-mile national park. Though later reduced in size to 540 square miles, Yosemite National Park has ever since been one of the most popular nature preserves in the world. Today the park receives more than four million visitors annually.


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Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam (born 14 January 1951) is an Indian politician who is serving as the CM since December 6, 2016. He previously served in the same office in 2001-02 and 2014-15. He is a member of the AIADMK and was a staunch loyalist of its leader Jayalalithaa. His first two terms as chief minister came to be when he replaced Jayalalithaa in the role, after she was forced to resign by the courts. His third and current term began following Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's death.
Tamil Nadu chief minister O Paneerselvam on today night(7th Feb 2017) said he was forced to resign from the post, addressed on standing near where former chief minister J Jayalalithaa was buried.
Here are the quotes from him on press at the memorial of former chief minister Jayalalithaa on Marina Beach:
1. When Jayalalithaa was receiving treatment at Apollo, Amma said party's should be chairman E Madhusoodhanan should be made general secretary and I should be chief minister.
2. After I took oath as chief minister of tamil Nadu, Health Minister Vijayabhaskar came to me and told Divakaran needs Sasikala to be general secretary of ADMK party.
3. During jallikattu protests, as a chief minister, I approached PM Modi regarding the ordinance and amendment. But deputy speaker Thambidurai came there with 50 MPs for an appointment to meet the PM.
4. Meanwhile Revenue Minister RB Udhayakumar said VK Sasikala should be the chief minister.
5. Governor asks me to prove my support on the floor of the Assembly.
6. I was being insulted after having been made as chief minister of TN.
7. I had no idea that a meeting of the MLAs had taken place.
8. They threatened to take disciplinary action against me if I refused to toe their line.
9. If the party workers or the people of the state are with me, I will take my resignation back and I will continue be state welfare.
Public opinion on O Paneerselvam statement:
1. After OPS broke his silence and spoke the truth about the cunning Sasikala and her family the people of TN will salute OPS and support him.
2. Let us hope TN will be save from the hands of sasikala &co .I salute OPS and wish best of luck.
3. Fortunately, OPS came out to-day. Other wise Natarajan & Gang would have made him "President" of WOMENS WING of AIADMKA!!! Dr. Swamy does appear to know Natarajan's community. Signature on the resignation letter could have been obtained with a "Sharp object" around OPS's neck !! Thank God 11 Tamil's pride has NOT been destroyed totally.
4. Power hungry mafia leader Sasikala should not become CM under this circumstances. She should be banned from politis and forced to resign ill-got wealth obtained in last 26 years.
5. This will act as starting point of opposition to impending CM in AIADMK .Well done Ex CM to speak the truth at the appropriate time.
6. Looks.. he is waiting for people support... damn what going wrong with these person... who has the power to serve the people but still they have to take permissions from their stupid boss... may be he is not guilty people chosen him... but a person who not have the courage to take right decision for himself... how he could take for his people... have some courage n do something on the behalf if yr work yr confidence rather than serving ammaa.. chinaanaa on the name of people.
After 5 months and lot of trouble and issues OPS joined with EPS, ADMK also merged successfully but TTV dhinakaran supporters are against this. Here are the O Paneerselvam memes, also people look in the name of OPS Memes and Trolls


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Got this enourmous plant from the local independent garden store that I often go to and the first thing it did, as with many of my plants was die, well, it suffered heavily in the 2010 frost.
The Sea Grape is now pretty tall with several well established stems.
This is really starting to hold its own.
Seems to be established now and is probably near the size it was when I first brought it, only its firmer in the ground and will probably sprout a bit more in the summer 2013. Lots of nice new shoots/buds.
Still nothing like its original size. But its competing again. One problem is that much of the plant was damaged in the 2010 frost but the new growth is sprouting from damaged stem. This means that the new growth is at risk because the downstem structure is a bit rotten. what it needs to do is sprout a strong fresh stem that all new growth comes from. as ever, im half aware that replacing the whole plant might be easier. Its still smaller than when I brought it.
Still nothing like its original size. The largest stem is also actually fairly well rotten. Im hopeful that the rest will grow. Its being a bit crowded in ther too.
At least it didnt die in the winter. Its definatly only a fraction of the size it was when I brought it.
I had tried to take cuttings off of Sea Grape plants I saw at the coast but they didnt root so in the end I brought this for about $7.
The latin for Sea Grape is Coccoloba uvifera. Apparently it seeds in late summer.


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"Twenty years ago, bars were these weird appendages that chefs had no knowledge of," says Thad Vogler, owner of Bar Agricole. Vogler has spent his career changing that situation in the Bay Area, serving as a bar manager and consultant at a slew of restaurants, encouraging them to take the same ingredient-driven approach that they use for their food to improve their cocktails.
With Bar Agricole, Vogler has created a place where the drinks are as central to the restaurant's identity as the food. Diners seem to stop at the bar in this modern, LEED-certified tavern as a destination, not merely as a spot to wait before dinner. The James Beard Foundation counts itself among these enthusiastic sippers, and chose Bar Agricole as one of the five finalists for this year's inaugural Outstanding Bar Program award, alongside Chicago's Violet Hour and The Aviary, and New York's PDT and Pegu Club.
Bar Agricole concentrates on mixing classic drinks rather than originals. Vogler describes the cocktail menu at Bar Agricole as, "Simple, real traditional drinks, with good ingredients." When he asked Craig Lane, Bar Agricole's head bartender, to show off a few of his favorite drinks on the menu, it was the story behind each of the ingredients that seemed to get Lane most excited. Click through the slideshow to see what he made when forced to choose just five top drinks.
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On Sept. 10, Rise Against released 'Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000 – 2013,' a collection of tracks spanning their career that never made it on to one of their six studio albums released over the past 13 years.
In the exclusive clip above, the band share their memories of the creative process behind one of those "forgotten" tunes, ironically titled 'Elective Amnesia.' The song first appeared as a bonus track on the iTunes release of Rise Against's 2008 disc 'Appeal to Reason.'
In reflecting back on the song, frontman Tim McIlrath considers it "the gold medal of B-Sides," to which guitarist Zach Blair adds, "It's a B+ side. It graduated, not quite to the record, but it graduated."
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