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My clinical interest is in the evaluation and treatment of patients with complex and treatment refractory depression, manic depressive illness, and anxiety. My research interest revolves around the problem of identifying the phenotypic boundaries of bipolar disorder(s). Specifically, I have identified panic disorder and rapid switching as phenomenological features of bipolar illness that may lead to biologically meaningful subtypes. I am also interested in the psychophysiology of anxiety as it relates to mood disorders. Most of my time and energy for teaching is devoted to running the first year psychiatry course.
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- MacKinnon DF, Squire LR, "Autobiographical Memory and Amnesia," Psychobiology 1989; 17:247-256.
- MacKinnon DF, McMahon FJ, Simpson SG, McInnis MG, DePaulo JR, "Panic Disorder with Familial Bipolar Disorder," Biological Psychiatry 1997; 42:90-95.
- MacKinnon DF, Jamison KR, DePaulo JR, "Genetics of Manic Depressive Illness," Annual Review of Neuroscience 1997; 20:355-73.
- MacKinnon DF, Affective Disorders, Encyclopedia of Stress, Fink, G, Academic Press (2000).
- MacKinnon, DF, The Patient Thinking of Suicide, Common Psychiatric and Neurologic Problems in Primary Care, Hurko O and Slavney PR, eds., Johns Hopkins University Press (2001).
- MacKinnon DF and DePaulo JR, Disorders of Mood, Diseases of the Nervous System: Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutic Principles, 3rd edition, Ashbury AK, McKhann G, McDonald WI, Goadsby PJ, McArthur JC, eds., Cambridge University Press (2002).
- MacKinnon DF and Hoehn-Saric R, Is There a Common Etiology for Depression and Anxiety? Handbook of Anxiety and Depression, Kasper S, den Boer JA, Sitsen JMA, eds., Marcel Dekker, NY (2003).
- MacKinnon DF, Zandi PP, Cooper J, Potash JB, Simpson SG, Gershon E, Nurnberger J, Reich T, DePaulo JR. Comorbid bipolar disorder and panic disorder in families with a high prevalence of bipolar disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159:30-5.
- MacKinnon DF, Zandi PP, Gershon E, Nurnberger JI Jr., Reich T, DePaulo JR. Rapid switching of mood in families with multiple cases of bipolar disorder, Arch Gen Psychiatry 2003; 60:921-928.
- MacKinnon, DF and Pies, R. Affective instability as rapid cycling: theoretical and clinical implications for borderline personality and bipolar spectrum disorders. Bipolar.Disord. 2006; 8:1-14
- MacKinnon, DF and Zamoiski, R. Panic comorbidity with bipolar disorder: what is the manic-panic connection? Bipolar.Disord 2006; 8:648-64
- MacKinnon, D. F., Craighead, B, and Hoehn-Saric, R. Carbon Dioxide Provocation of Anxiety and Respiratory Response in Bipolar Disorder. J Affect Disord 2007; 99:45-9
- Nwulia EA, Zandi PP, McInnis MG, DePaulo JR, MacKinnon DF. Rapid Switching of Mood in Families With Familial Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disord 2008 10:597-606.
- MacKinnon DF. Bipolar Diosrder as Maladaptive Arousal: A Behavioral Model and Evidence. Annals of the NY Academy of Science 2008 1129:185-9.
- MacKinnon DF, Craighead B, Lorenz L. Carbon dioxide induces erratic respiratory responses in bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2009 112:193-200.
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- National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics. Genetics and Major Psychiatric Disorders: A Program for Genetic Counselors, CD-ROM, 2002.
- Development of a problem and function-based preclinical psychiatry course. Poster presentation for annual meeting of the Association for Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP), June 2009.
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- American Psychiatric Association, 1996
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- Association for Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, 2007
- Maryland Psychiatric Society, 1991
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Yale University baseball team was held to six hits by a quartet on Virginia's pitching staff, but a pair of Bulldogs left their mark in a 14-3 loss to the 11th-ranked Cavaliers in the first of two meetings this week at Davenport Field Tuesday night.
Sophomore second baseman David Toups and senior DH Josh Scharff both belted home runs, Yale's first round-trippers of the season, but overall, the Bulldogs (1-8) had a difficult time breaking through against the Cavaliers (18-2).
Freshman starter Trey Oest worked six innings, allowing one run on just three hits, one of which was the home run by Toups. Nathan Kirby and Cameron Tekker both worked a hitless inning of relief.
It wasn't until Nathaniel Abel entered the game in the ninth inning that Yale's bats were able to break through. Junior shortstop Cale Hanson led off the inning with a single and Toups followed with a single to center to put two runners on with no outs. Jacob Hunter grounded into a double play, allowing Hanson to move to third base. Scharff then belted a two-run homer to right-center field to give Yale its last two runs of the game.
While Virginia's pitching staff was keeping Yale's hitters off the base paths, the Cavaliers' bats were coming up with clutch hits early to pull ahead by an 8-0 lead after three innings.
The Cavaliers jumped on the board with a pair of runs without the benefit of a hit in the first inning when Jared King scored on a balk and Joe McCarthy scored on a wild pitch. Brandon Downes followed with an RBI double to give Virginia a 3-0 lead.
King's RBI single in the second inning gave Virginia a 4-0 lead. Branden Cogswell and King both drove in a pair of runs in the third inning to give the Cavaliers an 8-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth inning, Yale broke through thanks to Toups, who belted a line drive into the right field bleachers to put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard.
Yale had two base runners over the next four innings until the bats came alive in the ninth. Meanwhile, Virginia scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning and four more in the eighth.
King went 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead the Cavaliers. Mike Papi went 3-for-5 with two runs scored.
Toups went 2-for-4 with the home run to lead Yale. Scharff went 1-for-4 with his two-run home run, while Hanson, Joe Lubanski, and Tom O'Neill each collected a hit.
The two teams will close out their two-game series Wednesday at Davenport Field at 5 p.m.


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Good morning, everyone. It's great to be back with this Coalition for Homeless Veterans. I appreciate that warm welcome—like coming home.
We've all been running hard run for four years now, and we have made a difference. We know it, in our heads and our hearts. We know we can do this, and in a couple of years, we're all going to be able to say we did something magnificent and worthwhile: We took every homeless Veteran off of the streets of this country—this rich and powerful country, which enjoys so much because men and women like them willingly go into harm's way for all the rest of us.
Many of you were working on this long before I joined the race four years ago. We have made significant progress. On a single night in January 2012, there were an estimated 62,619 Veterans living on the streets, and that was a 17 percent decline from 2009. Good on us.
I currently chair the USICH, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. This council, led by Barbara Poppe, synchronizes 19 federal agencies in the fight to end homelessness. This year's ICH Vice-Chair is Secretary Shaun Donovan. I chair the ICH this year; he will chair it in 2014. Between us and with Barbara Poppe's help, we have crafted a two-year agenda to assure much needed continuity going into that all important year of 2015.
We're asking all 19 of our federal partners on the council to fill in the gaps necessary to offer comprehensive support to Veterans looking to exit homelessness, and we are pushing our member agencies towards a data driven, performance measured standard to assure that the federal government is doing all it can to help end Veteran homelessness in 2015.
Last August, VA started airing public service announcements on television encouraging Veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, and their family members and friends to call our National Homeless Veterans Call Center at 1-877-4AID-VET. These ads were distributed to more than 1,200 television stations across the country and have been aired over 22,000 times. If you haven't seen them on your local station, let us know. Between us, we need to encourage your regional affiliates to air them. It's for the sake of our Veterans—help us get the word out.
Some good news: VA's Homeless Veterans Call Center has helped us to connect. Launched in the summer of 2010, total calls went up 123 percent from 2011 to 2012. In the first four months of fiscal year 2013, calls are up 93 percent.
We also now have a homeless registry, thanks to Vince Kane and his team in Philadelphia. It provides us a dynamic database with which to both measure outcomes and account for investments. As of September 2012, there were approximately 500,000 unique entries in this national data warehouse. With this data, we're able to see who was helped, in what ways, and whether it was effective and then devise better solutions to our two-fold challenge: rescuing Veterans who are already homeless while simultaneously preventing those at risk of homelessness from slipping into that downward spiral that ends on the streets.
A parallel effort—beginning last fall, we have started screening all Veterans seeking healthcare in our medical system to identify Veterans who are homeless today and those who at risk of homelessness. Of the over one million Veterans screened to date, we have identified nearly 14,000 of them who are homeless or facing housing instability and an additional 16,906 Veterans who are at risk of homelessness. This allows us to validate our registry for the homeless and expand it for those at risk, who we never see well enough but must if prevention will be effective.
Our outreach continues to Veterans who are involved with our justice system, both through Veterans Courts and those being released from prisons each year, a population known to be at risk for homelessness. We now also have 178 VA employees providing Veterans in the justice system timely access to VA mental health and substance abuse services prior to incarceration to avoid unnecessary criminalization of those with mental health concerns or treatable substance abuse issues. They need treatment, not incarceration. We helped over 27,000 Veterans in the justice system last year alone.
When it comes to housing, we've had good success with "housing first," a common sense approach to get homeless Veterans housed first, then meet their clinical and other needs. Over 400 Veterans have exited homelessness and are now living in permanent supportive housing under this model.
In Utah, the report is that chronic homelessness among Veterans has been reduced to an effective zero; they have a working system in place with enough resources to house every chronically homeless Veteran in the state, and they credit "housing first" with this success.
Many local communities have rapidly re-housed homeless Veterans through our SSVF program—Supportive Services for Veteran Families—and the HUD-VASH initiative.
In fiscal year 2012, our Supportive Services for Veteran Families grants served over 35,000 Veterans and their family members, including nearly 9,000 children—not only Veterans, but members of their immediate family as well. It also allows us to prevent at-risk Veterans from becoming homeless and rapidly re-house those just evicted, by providing eligible Veterans families the case management services and assistance they need to obtain VA and other benefits—like childcare, legal, financial planning, transportation, among others. Nearly 90 percent of those discharged from SSVF have found permanent housing. We will continue to resource this highly successful grant program and anticipate distributing another $300 million to our community partners this fiscal year.
My thanks, once again, to Secretary Donovan—the HUD-VASH voucher program that we administer jointly with HUD has been a game changer. HUD-VASH vouchers are critical to ending Veterans homelessness in 2015. With the continued leadership of President Obama, the support of Congress, and our partnership with HUD, we will continue to leverage HUD-VASH to help the men and women who earned these benefits the opportunity to live productive, meaningful lives. There are currently over 46,000 vouchers in use by Veterans. This next fiscal year, VA has requested $278 million for case management, a $33.5 million increase from FY13.
Our grant and per diem program has funded more than 600 projects and over 15,000 beds nationwide. We estimate a capacity to serve approximately 40,000 Veterans this year and in 2014. Thanks to all of you for helping us better tune them to the needs of homeless Veterans.
So, where do we go from here? VA is doing what we can to focus the right resources in the right way to make sure we will meet our 2015 goal. We will continue to push for early detection of housing instability to help provide Veterans with prevention assistance. We will continue to work with federal partners and community organizations to ensure that Veterans who do not qualify for VA benefits can receive access to non-VA care and benefits to end or prevent homelessness. We'll continue to grow our Supportive Services for Veteran Families grant program and work with HUD to improve data collection for the Point In Time count. We conducted another PIT count this past January 2013, and when those numbers are tallied, I am confident it will show another decline in the count. But whatever that number ends up being, it won't be good enough. So long as a single Veteran lives on our streets, we have work to do, and I challenge you to bring them all in to where the rest of us live. I have said from the beginning, the climb will get steeper the closer we get to the summit. All the easy cases will have been housed. In the end, we will have the toughest, most difficult cases to solve—some prior failures, some behavioral problems, even some serious mental health issues.
I understand that. I don't think we signed up for just the easy cases, did we? The President didn't qualify his statement when he said, "Until we reach a day when not a single Veteran sleeps on our nation's streets, our work remains unfinished." except for the difficult cases? So we are not going to rest until we rescue every homeless Veteran who lives on the streets of America today. We've given ourselves two more years to do this, and in the words of the U.S. Cavalry, we're burning daylight. There is work to be done; let's get on with it.
Over the last three years, we've made the investments, built the infrastructure, and implemented the programs that ensure Veterans get the quality care and support that they need to exit homelessness. Between 2009 and 2014, funding increased for:
Did you hear me? Two-hundred and seventy percent. This year we have budgeted $1.35 billion for Veterans homelessness, an increase of 33 percent over the 2012 level. Our 2014 budget request is nearly $1.4 billion. This is not about resources. We have successfully presented your compelling arguments for better funding of our homeless Veterans requirements through the budget process.
The President has led this effort, and the Congress has supported his initiatives. This is about us—our willingness to roll our sleeves up, get our knuckles in the dirt, and drive down the number of street dwelling homeless Veterans.
In central Texas, they have a saying: "You can't wring your hands and roll you sleeves up at the same time." You can do one or the other, and at VA and in this coalition, we have rolled our sleeves up. We have made progress, but it simply isn't good enough for those Veterans who need and await our help.
Over the next two years, we must raise partnering to a new level--greater intensity and synergy—to find, engage, and rescue every homeless Veteran from the streets of America. Not simply find and engage—the key word is rescue. We get no points for good intentions or good effort.
In our engagement, we must gain the essential data on the toughest cases in the inventory. If they are prior failures from other programs, why and what are we going to do differently this time? If they are behavioral issues or have severe mental health issues, how do we get them help safely? If we aren't able to break down these obstacles, we may never get them off the streets—this may be our last best chance to fix this longstanding blight on our country. We must earn their trust—their belief that we care, that we are not going to go away, that this is not about today's numbers.
We should let the severely challenged of our homeless Veterans know that we are going to ask them the same question every time we see them: "John, is today the day you leave the streets?' "Mary, are ready to come in?" Persistence counts. Persistence counts, and we are going to win this contest.
The more times we ask that question of each chronically homeless Veteran, the better our chances are of getting them off the street and getting that "yes." As hockey hall of famer Wayne Gretsky used to say, "I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take." Well, let's keep asking that question and expect that one of these times, we'll notch a goal.
VA has established CRRCs, Community Resource and Referral Centers, in the midst of the homeless footprints in some of our largest cities—17 of them, with an additional 13 funded this fiscal year—where homeless Veterans can shower, launder their clothing, get access to healthcare, check on benefits and other services, and get something hot to eat or drink. These are our opportunities to ask that question, take that shot on goal. One day, when we least expect it, as they used to say on Candid Camera, we'll get that "yes."
In closing, thank you, once again, for your commitment and your hard work. In this final push, we need all hands pulling on the rope. I am honored to be in this fight with you.
God bless our Veterans, especially those in greatest need of our prayers and our help. And may God continue to bless this great country of ours.


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Seven people have been killed by New York City subway trains this year, a rate that puts the city on pace for more than 90 fatalities in 2013.
In 2012, 54 people were killed, a five-year high.
The recent surge of deaths — including three on January 19 — has garnered the attention of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who wants an in-depth investigation into subway-related casualties by the Office of the MTA Inspector General.
In a press release, Stringer called for an analysis of safety programs used in transit systems around the world, including platform barriers.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has considered installing such barriers, but said their installation would be "expensive and extremely challenging."
Barriers would not be a perfect solution in any case, John Samuelson, head of the Transport Workers Union, told CBS, because they could prevent workers on the tracks from climbing to safety on the platform if "something catastrophic happened."
After an attempted suicide by train in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, Stringer renewed his call for an investigation, saying, "This is a troubling and dangerous trend with serious implications for the millions of commuters who ride the subway each day."
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"Middle-aged surgeons 'are safest'", BBC News has reported, while The Independent said: "If the surgeons [sic] young or old, put the operation on hold."
Patients are not advised to delay any operation based on this study.
These headlines refer to a French study of patients who had all or part of their thyroid gland surgically removed. More than 3,500 operations, performed by 28 different surgeons, were analysed to look at differences in two major and permanent complications that can arise from this surgery (hypoparathyroidism and laryngeal nerve palsy).
Complications occurred in around 2–3% of operations. Overall, researchers found complication rates for hypoparathyroidism (poor function of the neighbouring parathyroid gland) were lowest in surgeons aged 35–50 years old compared with their younger and older colleagues. However, age was not related to complication rates of laryngeal nerve palsy (dysfunction of the nerves supplying the larynx).
The study looked at just one surgical procedure performed by only 28 surgeons in France. It did not provide any information on the many thousands of other surgical procedures carried out daily, or the performance of surgeons in the UK. The effect of age may vary in different settings and further research is needed to establish the facts.
The advice given by The Independent is not justified based on this study. Given that the study compared just 28 surgeons performing thyroidectomies in France, to imply that the results affect all surgeons performing all operations in the UK is unwise and potentially irresponsible.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by a collaboration of investigators led by researchers at the University of Lyon, France, and was funded by the French Ministry of Health. The study was published in the peer-reviewed British Medical Journal.
The media coverage of this research was mixed. The BBC made the important point that "experts stress the studies [sic] findings are not conclusive and more investigations are needed". However, The Independent's apparent instruction that "if the surgeons [sic] too old, put the operation on hold" is not justified by this research and may be irresponsible. This study only looked at a single surgical technique, thyroidectomy. Delaying a thyroidectomy, or any other operation, is not justified or advisable based on this study.
What kind of research was this?
This cross-sectional analysis aimed to determine the association between surgeons' experience and patient complications after having surgery to remove all or part of the thyroid gland (thyroidectomy).
Researchers looked at thyroidectomy because they believed the procedure is usually carried out in the same way by all surgeons and has not changed over the past decade. This meant that any differences in complications were less likely to be due to different surgical techniques being used.
What did the research involve?
Researchers looked at 28 different surgeons who performed 3,574 thyroidectomy operations between April 2008 and December 2009 in five teaching hospitals in France.
Two major and permanent complications were looked at: recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and hypoparathyroidism. Laryngeal nerve palsy (dysfunction of the nerve supply to the larynx) can cause changes in a person's voice. Hypoparathyroidism is a hormone disorder caused when the parathyroid glands (which lie in close proximity to the thyroid gland) don't produce enough parathyroid hormone, which affects how calcium is used and removed by the body. Complications were assessed 24 hours after surgery and again after 6 months to establish if they were short term or more permanent.
The researchers compared thyroid procedures with and without complications to establish a list of factors that were significantly associated with higher complication rates. Factors considered were grouped into patient- and surgeon-related variables. Patient variables included:
- age
- sex
- body mass index (BMI)
- weight of thyroid specimen removed
- complexity of the surgical case
Surgeon variables included length of experience and number of surgical procedures performed by the surgeon on the same day. Length of surgeon experience was divided into four groups for analysis:
- less than 2 years
- 2-4 years
- 5-19 years
- greater than or equal to 20 years
The average length of surgeon experience was 10 years, so the researchers compared all other groups against the 5-19 year group in the analysis.
Since patients with a high risk of complications might be cared for by more experienced surgeons, the study analysis was adjusted to take into account the complexity of each surgical case.
What were the basic results?
Laryngeal nerve palsy occurred in 2.08% of operations, whereas hypoparathyroidism occurred in 2.69% of procedures.
After adjustments were made to account for variations in complexity of the surgical case, surgeon experience of 20 years or more was the only factor significantly associated with a higher rate of complication.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy was three times more likely to occur when surgeons had 20 or more years' experience than when surgeons had 5-19 years' experience (odds ratio [OR] 3.06, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.07 to 8.80). The occurrence of hypoparathyroidism when the surgeon had 20 or more years' experience was more than seven times greater than in the 5-19 year group (OR 7.56, 95% CI 1.79 to 31.99).
The researchers estimated that most of the difference between the complication rates was due to differences in patient factors (56% for laryngeal nerve palsy and 59% for hypoparathyroidism).
Approximately a tenth (10.3%) of the variation between the complication rates for laryngeal nerve palsy was due to the surgeon, whereas a third (31.5%) of the variation for hypoparathyroidism was attributable to the surgeon. Surgeon-attributable factors included length of surgeon experience and number of surgical procedures performed by the surgeon on the same day.
Overall, there was no association between laryngeal nerve palsy and a surgeon's length of experience or age. However, age and length of surgeon experience were significantly associated with the occurrence of hypoparathyroidism. This showed that surgeons between 35 and 50 years old (with 5-20 years of practice since graduation) had better outcomes than their younger and older colleagues.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers concluded that "patients were at increased risk of permanent complications after a thyroidectomy when operated on by inexperienced surgeons or those who have spent the longest time in practice since graduation".
They went on to say that "optimum individual performance in thyroid surgery cannot be passively achieved or maintained by accumulating experience. Factors contributing to poor performance in very experienced surgeons should be explored further".
This research suggests that rates of hypoparathyroidism complications after thyroidectomy surgery are lowest when surgeons are aged 35–50 years old compared with younger and older colleagues. However, the surgeons' age was not related to the complication of laryngeal nerve palsy.
This study raises the question of whether complication rates after thyroid surgery may be related to surgeon experience or age. However, significant limitations mean that these research findings may not be applicable to all surgeons or surgical procedures.
There are many issues to consider when interpreting the results. The study looked at just one surgical procedure – thyroidectomy. This study does not provide information on the many thousands of other surgical procedures carried out or those performed by surgeons from different surgical fields. The effect of age or experience in these situations may be different.
Only the two major complications of thyroid surgery were examined, and only one was found to be related to surgical experience or age (hypoparathyroidism). This suggests that not all complications will be related to surgeon experience and the association may be different in each.
The two complications examined occurred relatively infrequently, at a rate of around only 2 out of every 100 procedures for each. While the research looked at a large number of operations, this covered only a small number of complications. Analysis of such a small number of complications increases the probability that the observed associations were due to chance and decreases the accuracy of estimates. For example, though younger or older surgeons were calculated to have a seven-times higher risk of performing an operation complicated by hypoparathyroidism, the confidence interval surrounding the 7.56 odds ratio ranged from 1.79 to 31.99. This illustrates the inaccuracy of calculating results on such small numbers of complications .
The study was relatively small and assessed the performance of just 28 surgeons. Larger studies including more surgeons, which looked at other surgical specialities and different complications, would be needed to firmly establish whether surgeon age is related to complication rates.
The study did not include many middle-aged surgeons of intermediate experience. As a result, the findings may not be applicable to the more general population of surgeons whose age profile will include a large number in this group.
Surgical outcomes, including complication rates, are complex and are likely to depend on more than just the experience of the surgeon. Other factors, such as patient care after the operation, might also affect complication rates.
The study's authors acknowledge that future studies should be conducted, with larger numbers of surgeons in different settings and examining other surgical specialities, to explore the potential link between experience and performance.
The advice given by The Independent's headline, that "if the surgeons [sic] too old, put the operation on hold", is not justified based on this study. The study compared just 28 surgeons performing thyroidectomies in France. To imply that the results apply to all surgeons performing all operations in the UK is unwise and potentially irresponsible.
- Duclos A, Peix J-L, Colin C, et al. Influence of experience on performance of individual surgeons in thyroid surgery: prospective cross sectional multicentre study. BMJ 2011 Doi: 10.1136/bmj.d8041
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Quinoa Spaghetti with Asparagus (Gluten Free Pasta)
Since I gave birth to Aria 13 months ago, I've been determined to shed the weight I had gained during pregnancy. It took 9 months to gain the weight, so I knew it was going to take quite some time, perhaps even longer to lose it all. Part of my strategy has been to eat vegetarian 2 to 3 times a week. As you can imagine, this has made my husband Lulu (who is a vegetarian) very, very happy. "Halfway there," he says.
One of my favorite dishes to make on veggie days is gluten-free quinoa pasta. The pasta is awesome. It has a different texture, but I really enjoy it. For this dish, I sauteed tomato-flavored quinoa spaghetti in garlicky baby asparagus spears and added sunflower seeds as the main source of protein. I'll be eating this dish even after I reach my target weight, but I'll be sure to throw in some meatballs or chicken breast (and of course, I'll share the recipe). Sorry, Lulu!
Yields: 6 servings1 pound tomato-flavored quinoa spaghetti
1½ pounds small asparagus spears, blanched and cut into 3" pieces
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
6 ounces crème fraîche (click on the link for the recipe)
1½ tablespoons coarse salt
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 lemon, zested and juiced
¼ cup sunflower seeds, roasted and salted
2 tablespoons sweet basil leaves, chopped
¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
For the quinoa spaghetti: Bring about 5 quarts of water to a boil. Add the spaghetti, bring back to a boil, then immediately lower the heat to a gentle boil. That way the pasta will be cooked all the way through evenly. Cook the pasta for about 9-10 minutes total. Salt the water half-way through the cooking process and keep stirring every now and then to prevent the pasta from sticking to the bottom of the pot. When the pasta is cooked, drain it through a colander, reserving some of the pasta water.
Assembly time: In a large pan, heat the olive oil. Add the minced garlic and cook until slightly golden. Add the asparagus and toss well for 3 minutes. Add the basil and cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Drizzle with lemon and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a platter. In the same pan, add more oil if necessary and add the shallot. Cook until slightly golden, then add the quinoa pasta and lemon zest. Lower the heat and cook for about 5 minutes, tossing continuously. Add about 1 to 1½ cup pasta water. Cook until the liquid evaporates. Return the asparagus to the pan. Toss well. Season with salt and pepper. Finish with sunflower seeds and chopped parsley.
Serve warm.
Bon appétit!
And if you're a pasta lover, check out other pasta dishes.
Quinoa pasta is available in regular stores such as Safeway or Nob Hill.Published By: on December 2, 2012.


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2 no. medium squid, clean and cut into rings
½ cup oatmeal (instant type)
1 prig curry leaf
3 tbsp butter or magerine
1 tsp of sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tbsp all-purpose flour, for coating
Oil for deep-fry
¼ cup all purpose flour
¼ cup rice flour
¼ cup corn flour
Iced water
Pinch of salt
Pinch of white pepper
- In a wok or pan, toast oatmeal until brown lightly and set aside. This step can be prepared in advance.
- To prepare batter, put all ingredients for batter in a mixing bowl and mix until just blended. Keep in the fridge until needed.
- Pat dry squid rings with paper towel, coat each piece lightly with all-purpose flour. To do this, put squid rings and a tablespoon of all-purpose flour in a plastic bag and shake well.
- Dip a squid ring into batter then drop into hot oil one by one. Deep-fry until golden brown, strain excess oil and set aside.
- Remove all oil in the wok. Add in butter, curry leaves and sugar. Cook until sugar is melted then add in fried squid rings into the wok and stir to coat with butter. Add salt to taste.
- Lastly add in oatmeal, mix well then transfer to serving plate. Best serve warm.
Cook's Notes:
- Add some chopped bird-eye chillies in step 5 above for extra kick if desired.
- Squid can be substituted with sea mantis using exactly same recipe.
- If cooking with prawn, omit the batter part just deep-fry prawn with some corn flour.


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"Chris" Ashton Kutcher teaches Bible at 2013 Teen Choice Awards?
Chris Kutcher (aka, Ashton Kutcher) gave a speech at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards this past weekend that has gone viral. First, he somewhat jokingly called himself a fraud because his name really isn't Ashton, but Chris. He then went on to share with the teen audience what he called "some really amazing things I learned when I was Chris."
It caught my attention because of the wide range of news outlets praising its content. Everyone from Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, to MTV and The Huffington Post are praising the speech.
While watching the video and reviewing the text of his speech, it struck me that much of what he was saying were Biblical principles. Many people have said he was quoting Steve Jobs as a way to promote the release of his new movie. Maybe so, but whether he knew it or not, his ideas are right out of Holy Scripture.


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Feb. 2, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Maggie Westfal, who finished fourth in the Ivy League in points (24), goals (8) and assists (8), has been named to the SoccerBuzz Northeast Region first team. Megan Ashforth, who started all 17 games and helped anchor Yale's defense, was a third team selection.
Westfal, a senior, was also a first team All-Ivy selection and was named first team All-New England. She started all 17 games and recorded her first career hat trick against Sacred Heart.
Ashforth, a junior, made an immediate impact this year after transferring from the University of Virginia. She also earned second team All-Ivy honors.
The Bulldogs finished the season with an 8-7-2 overall record, their seventh straight winning season.
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Legend SS Bobby Dalbec hitting the MLB workout circuit
Bobby Dalbec thinks he would look good in a Chicago Cubs or St. Louis Cardinals uniform.
Actually, he's sure he would put on any Major League uniform, but the recently graduated senior worked out for the Cubs on Monday and will do so for the Cardinals on Tuesday.
The Titans shortstop-pitcher probably will be a corner infielder on the next level – he's signed to play in college at Arizona – most likely at third base.
He said he was thrilled to work out at fabled Wrigley Field. The "history" of the venue, Dalbec said, was something he's aware of and the 6-foot-4, 225-pounder hit about a dozen balls into the bleachers. No, he didn't reach Waveland Avenue, but indicated Cubs scouts liked what they saw.


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September 29, 2012
Wabash came back from a two-touchdown deficit to knock off previously unbeaten Carnegie Mellon Saturday, 54-28. Senior quarterback Chase Belton had a record-setting day with four passing and three rushing touchdowns. The seven touchdowns by Belton are the most by any player in a single game in Wabash College football history.
"Chase ran the ball great and did a great job finding the open guy and putting the ball on him," Coach Erik Raeburn said.
Belton turned in one of the best games of his career. He ran for 198 yards while throwing for 183. Belton accounted for five touchdowns in last year's homecoming game against Kenyon.
"Our offensive line came out really hard," Belton said. "I loved how they played. When Wabash is clicking on all cylinders, it is a pretty tough team."
The Little Giant offense clicked on all cylinders, and then a few extra. It totaled 566 yards in total offense and put up the most points it has scored all season.
After averaging slightly less than 100 yards per game, the Little Giant ground attack busted out for 383. Running backs Tyler Holmes, CP Porter, and Vann Hunt had 98, 58, and 43 yards rushing respectively.
"Obviously the blocking was great by everybody," Raeburn said. "The running backs ran really hard. They broke tackles and made guys miss which are things we haven't been doing. It was important we stayed committed to the run because they have excellent pass defense."
The zone running game worked all day. Belton either handed the ball to his back or decided to run it himself. He and the running backs consistently found gaping holes and green grass straight ahead. The 383 yards are the most rushing yards for Wabash since 2003 and are the fourth most in school history.
Carnegie Mellon scored a touchdown its first two series. Sam Thompson returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown to give the Tartans a quick 21-7 lead.
"I was pretty disappointed with the punt coverage, especially after we gave up a big return last week," Raeburn said. "Our guys aren't staying disciplined and they're running by their man. We have to get that cleaned up."
Belton and company responded again when the quarterback hit junior Sean Hildebrand for a touchdown on quick screen pass, 21-14. Hildebrand followed the downfield blocks as he knifed his way into the end zone. Hildebrand led the team in receiving with five catches for 49 yards and two touchdowns
The defense then came to life. Linebacker AJ Akinribade sacked Tartan quarterback Rob Kalkstein on a second and long during the team's first possession of the quarter. Akinribade snuffed out a screen pass on the very next play and forced the Tartans to punt.
"They adjusted to what our defense planned for them early," Akinribade said. "It caught us off guard but we were able to adjust to their chess move. That's all it was: a chess game. We made adjustments with the defensive linemen stunting different gaps and changed what reads the linebackers made. It allowed us to get to the ball better."
After Akinribade and the defense forced the punt, Belton marched the ball into the red zone again. A key play on the drive occurred from the Tartan 32 yard line. Facing third and 14, Belton found junior Andrew Gibson on a post route over the middle. Gibson jumped up for the ball and corralled it on the way down. The 26-yard completion set up a Belton touchdown run to tie the score at 21 and bring the Homecoming crowd of more than 5,000 back into the game.
The Little Giants got the ball back at their own 20 with 1:53 to go in the half after the defense forced another punt. Belton and his receivers shined in the two-minute drill.
Belton was 4-4 on the drive for 34 yards. He scrambled for another 48 yards. The drive was capped by a touchdown throw to Hildebrand.
Carnegie Mellon got the ball back with 37 seconds and moved the ball into field goal range. The 38-yard field goal attempt was blocked by freshman linebacker Tyler McCullen to keep the score 28-21 at the half. The blocked kick gave the home team a lot of momentum heading into the locker room while the visitors silently walked off the field.
The Little Giants maintained momentum starting the third quarter forcing a Tartan fumble. And then Wabash picked up a 31-yard Ian MacDougal field goal, but the Tartans countered with a Kalkstein to Patrick Banks 38-yard score, 31-28.
Wabash steamrolled the rest of the way. Andrew Gibson caught a three-yard pass for a score then two minutes later Houston Hodges, playing both sides of the ball Saturday, notched a 30-yard TD – the first of his Wabash career, 44-28. That quick turnaround was made possible by a gutsy but unsuccessful fourth down run attempt.
MacDougal hit from 24 yards before Belton added his third rushing touchdown and the final, 54-28.
"I haven't scored since high school so I didn't know what to do at first," Houston Hodges said. "The change of pace from defense to offense is the biggest thing. Defense is slowed down to make sure you get it right to where the offense is constantly running plays."
Houston Hodges had two catches for 79 yards and a touchdown. He also had five tackles.
Justin Woods and A.J. Akinribade led the Little Giants defensively with 14 and 13 tackles, respectively. McCullen and Akinribade eached chipped in with a sack for Wabash, while junior captain Nate Scola added 11 tackles, a tackle for loss, and a blocked punt.
Just back from missing most of the Allegheny game, Cody Buresh returned with 10 tackles and a tackle for loss.


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I love how the festive season gives us license to let loose and be creative in all sorts of areas. Some people bejewel their homes with fairy lights; most tackle the interior in some way to evoke Christmas for family and guests. We are also lucky to have the option to embrace traditional colours and themes, or be inspired by our Pacific home. Our native red and green Christmas tree, the pohutukawa, blooms thoughtfully at just the right time of year, a perfect replacement for English holly with its red berries.
Our family visited the UK many years ago. An enduring, magical memory was seeing a woman from a rural Welsh estate with a basket on the back of her bike filled with fresh branches of holly to decorate the house. Last year, I did the Aotearoa version, plucking sprigs of pohutukawa from my parent's harbourside garden, to be used as soft arrangements au naturel beside low candles on the table.
Aromatherapy For me, the scent of pine is a must at Christmas. Without it I don't get that little buzz of childlike excitement come December. Intriguingly, the properties of pine essential oil include helping to energise, relieve mental stress and elevate mood. Sounds like something we all need at this time of year.
I've been eyeing a wilding pine that sprouted from fresh mulch several years ago in the garden at work. While the tree was smaller, we could throw tinsel at it as an honorary Christmas tree.
This year, I got a little nervous as it was getting up there, at 4m high, and decided it had to go, despite a certain fondness and respect for its efforts. I kept the apex which looks like a triffid in our house as it touches the ceiling.
I brought small pine branches home for my neighbour, knowing she has a large artificial tree. A former florist, she combined the scented foliage with white Christmas lilies and red poinsettia. This will add a natural pine scent to her house. Another tip she suggested is to add a few drops of cinnamon essential oil to wooden ornaments on the tree for extra Christmassy scent.
Flowers in season There are plenty of other options blooming in our early summer gardens with which to make fresh, inexpensive floral statements around the house. Christmas lilies are blooming now, or you can buy stems to complement home-grown flowers and foliage. Tall, strongly-scented lilies suit being on hall tables or on the lounge mantelpiece, where their perfume will inhabit the space nicely.
For the dining table, it generally works best if the vases and stems are shorter to ensure your guests can chat to each other across the table. This also reduces the likelihood of knocking anything over while passing food platters around. Strong floral scents are best kept further away, too.
For simple elegance, a dining table might feature mildly-scented hydrangeas cut as low "snowballs', combined with white or cream roses and green foliage on a unifying table runner. Pohutukawa flowers are perfect on the table with their short stems, and the fragrance is subtle. For a Pacific theme add simple smooth stones or paua shells. Flax flowers are blooming now, and they can be used for dramatic height in a corner or hall.
White Phaleonopsis (moth orchid) are flowering now, as are begonias with their rich reds. Consider buying a potted flowering plant and disguise the plastic base by winding flax leaves or fabric around it, or use a glazed pot. Create an island cluster around your plant on a large coffee table with a few pine cones, a candle on a saucer or tile, stems of foliage and an assortment of Christmas treats.
Decorative ediblesEdibles can be used for cornucopian effect by grouping red and purple fruit together as a feast for the eyes. Cherries, grapes, plums and strawberries will look a treat on a platter with red candles and nuts in their shells. Decorative items such as artichoke buds and red chillies add a point of interest, as do contrasting coloured fruit such as limes. Stems of green herbs such as rosemary, sage and bay are fairly resistant to wilting and serve as a scented foliage addition in a flower arrangement. They would also be suitable for use in a display on the main dinner table.
Garden craft A useful plant in the garden at Christmas time is wisteria. This climbing vigorous plant requires regularly cutting back to ensure the long shoots don't cause trouble. Use these flexible shoots to create a wreath by winding them around in a circle and adding strands by weaving in and out until it bulks up. Use this woven piece as a base to insert hardy foliage such as shoots of pine or sprigs of pohutukawa. Tie a broad red ribbon to the top.
The wreath can be hung on the front door, or used as a central island in your table, with candles, flowers or fruit.


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NOAA's CHAMP is funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, which focuses mostly on three threats facing coral reefs today: climate change, effects of overfishing, and land-based sources of pollution. You can find more about the CRCP here. Below is brief introduction overfishing as it affects coral reefs, taken from that site. Please also see our collaborative work on Coral Reef Ecosystem Connectivity.
Fishing impacts in coral reef areas, when ecologically unsustainable, can lead to the depletion of key functional groups of reef species in many locations, with cascading impacts on coral reef habitats and associated species and ecosystems.
Coral reefs and associated habitats provide important commercial, recreational and subsistence fishery resources in the United States. Fishing plays a central social and cultural role in many island communities and can represent a critical source of protein. But coral reef fisheries, though often relatively small in scale, may have disproportionately large impacts on the ecosystem if conducted unsustainably. Rapid human population growth, demand for fishery resources, use of more efficient fishery technologies, and inadequate management and enforcement have led to the depletion of key reef species and habitat damage in many locations. Specific impacts of fishing on reefs generally include one or more of the following: 1) direct overexploitation of fish, invertebrates, and algae for food and the aquarium trade; 2) removal of a species or group of species impacting multiple trophic levels; 3) by-catch and mortality of non-target species; and 4) physical impacts to reef environments associated with fishing techniques, fishing gear, and anchoring of fishing vessels. Such threats are exacerbated when coupled with other coral reef stressors such as climate change and land-based source s of pollution.
Assessments such as the region-wide efforts in the US Pacific have demonstrated declines in reef fish abundance and correlations between reduced fish biomass and proximity to human population centers. In addition, socioeconomic studies have documented fishers' perceptions that fish are less abundant and coral reef health has declined. Work in US coral reef jurisdictions has shown; however, that appropriate management actions can reverse these trends. For instance, 'no-take' areas in the Florida Keys and marine preserves in Guam have resulted in increased numbers and size of economically and ecologically important reef fish. Management actions focused on key coral reef species, such as the Fish Replenishment Areas in West Hawai`i, have also demonstrated success in protecting reproductive stock and maintaining the fishery for important aquarium trade species.


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Chip Kelly's quest to improve the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive tackle position has him looking in surprising places. The Eagles' latest find: A 6-foot-8, 335-pound preseason All-American from little-known Stony Brook in New York.
The Eagles agreed to terms with Michael Bamiro on Tuesday. If you don't know Bamiro's story, don't feel bad. He was a promising potential mid-round NFL prospect who learned in late May he had used up all his college eligibility due to confusion about NFL rules.)
Bamiro was not eligible for the NFL's supplemental draft or he probably would have been selected there. Instead, he entertained other strong offers, according to Mike Garafolo of FoxSports.com. Twenty-two teams attended Bamiro's pro day, with the Miami Dolphins reportedly staying in the mix until the end. Garafolo writes that Bamiro didn't get much of a signing bonus, but a portion of his salaries were guaranteed for the next two years. That's a sign that Bamiro could make the team.
Bamiro is a long shot to develop into a star, but reportedly he has a lot of raw skills to work with. The team's No. 4 overall draft pick, Lane Johnson, didn't start playing offensive line until 2011, so Kelly isn't afraid to take a chance on a talented player.
UPDATE: The Eagles made the move official Wednesday morning, announcing Bamiro's signing and the release of center Kyle Quinn.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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There's no getting around it, these were some tough questions. Our end of the year exam had an average score of 15% and our big winner, Melissa Sheldon, won with 23%. Actually, Melissa tied two others with 3 out of 13 but also correctly guessed the two Pink Flamingo editors (drum roll please)…Drs. Kris Vespia and Ryan Martin. Nice job Melissa and thanks to everyone who played. We hope your real finals are easier than this one and that you all have a great summer.
For those of you wondering what the correct answers were, take a look below. The question is followed by the correct answer and the percentage of correct answers. For those of you wanting to know more about why some of these things happened, we have been sworn to secrecy, so you better go directly to the source.
1. Was on the college fencing team (Illene Noppe, 0%)
2. Played the part of Lucy in a 6th grade production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, 25%)
3. At age 16, fell and got tied up in the rope tow of a bunny hill while skiing in front of friends (Jennifer Zapf, 10%)
4. Took a group of 12-year-old campers to the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival (Lloyd Noppe, 25%)
5. Was Cattle Grand Champion Showman at a County Fair (Twila Marquardt, 10%)
6. Was late renewing a driver's license, so was forced to re-take the written test and failed it (but then drove home anyway…to study; Kate Burns, 0%)
7. Did Barrel Racing in rodeos from ages 10-13 (Jill White, 0%)
8. Was part of a sprint-medley relay team that holds a junior high school record that will never be broken – he/she then went on to become co-captain of the 9th grade track team (Dean Von Dras, 16%)
9. Attended a Boys State Camp where he encountered then college student and later famed NBA coach Phil Jackson (Dennis Lorenz, 5%)
10. Earned a prize for best cake in an eighth grade cooking class (Regan Gurung, 5%)
11. Traveled to Russia as a high school freshman and was serenaded by a teenage accordion player at a youth camp concert (Kris Vespia, 5%)
12. Once consumed three "Tremendous Twelves" at Perkins in one ten-hour period (Ryan Martin, 60%)
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Henry Townshend finds himself trapped in his own cursed apartment. Only by exploring mysterious portals leading to disturbing alternate worlds will Henry begin to uncover clues as to why he is trapped. Such is the premise of Silent Hill 4 The Room, a more action-focused entry into Konami's survival horror series. Features include a higher number of weapons and enemies than previous games in the series, changes to the environment in real time, shifts between the first- and third-person perspective, and various visual and control upgrades to the Silent Hill 3 engine. Levels include a forest, a prison and a hotel. Also available for the PlayStation 2.
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I've just finished playing through the final release of Konami's new survival-horror title and boy am I glad it's over. That's not a slam against the game, but rather a comment to my broken spirit, bloodshot eyes, and heightened anxiety levels. Like all good horror games, Silent Hill 4: The Room does a brilliant job of making you feel bad about a number of things; your actions in the game, your relationships with key characters, and your eagerness to batter hellspawn to death using gold clubs. More on those beatings in a while... Read More »
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Also known as: Silent Hill IV: The Room, Silent Hill 4: The Room
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 8, 2004
Publisher: Konami
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Learn more about why pursuing an education in Maryland may be the right choice for you.
Maryland is one of the smallest states in the U.S. Often called America in Miniature, this state has varied landscape, industry, and population which extends to educational opportunities as well. With well-respected universities such as Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, as well as a large directory of other schools from which to choose, students can find solid programs for any number of degrees.
Schools in Baltimore, Md. are especially ideal for students pursuing studies in the life sciences as both Johns Hopkins and University Hospital are teaching hospitals at the forefront of medical, pharmaceutical, and other biotechnologies research. Baltimore also takes full advantage of its major ocean ports as a shipping and seafood production center.
Those interested in working for the federal government or in high-tech industrial design should look to Annapolis, the largest employee base for the National Security Agency, to pursue their degrees.
Students pursuing an education in Maryland can explore cities rich in history and tradition, such as national cemeteries and museums. Major cities also feature art galleries, ship tours, and a wide range of night-life activities. Those who choose to stay after completing their studies can look forward to settling down in a state with the highest median household income in the United States. As the headquarters for six Fortune 500 companies, including Black and Decker, Lockheed Martin, and Marriott International, post-graduate job placement prospects are high.


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An attorney for alleged shooter Gai Scott said at court Monday that Scott acted in self defense. He's charged with shooting his uncle and rapper Raymond "Benzino" Scott during a funeral procession on Route 3 in Duxbury on Saturday. Gai Scott was arraigned Monday.
PLYMOUTH -- A Randolph man who allegedly shot and wounded his rapper and reality TV star uncle amid a weekend funeral procession on Route 3 will be back in a Plymouth court Wednesday, for a hearing to decide if he's too dangerous to be given bail.
Gai Scott, 36, is charged with assault with intent to murder in the Saturday shooting of Raymond "Benzino" Scott of Mansfield.
The alleged shooting occurred on Route 3 southbound, near exit 10 to Duxbury. Raymond Scott was taken to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.
Gai Scott pleaded innocent Monday at a brief initial arraignment in Plymouth District Court. He's being held without bail in the Plymouth County jail.
Handcuffed and clad in a black and blue athletic shirt, Scott showed no emotion as he stood in the courtroom dock, flanked by three court officers.
Plymouth District Court Judge Thomas Kirkman ordered Scott held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Wednesday.
After the arraignment, Scott's attorney Jon Ciraulo of Quincy said "When the dust settles, it will be abundantly clear that Mr. Scott is a licensed gun owner and was acting in self-defense."
Plymouth County prosecutor Amanda Fowle declined comment.
The shooting occurred a few minutes before noon, a mile north of the Duxbury exit. State Police were alerted by several 911 calls from motorists.
A weekend statement from Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said both men were in separate cars on the highway. Cruz said Gai Scott was in the procession headed to the funeral for Raymond Scott's mother at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Plymouth.
The DA declined to say whether Raymond Scott's vehicle was in the procession. He did say there had been "growing family tension" involving the two men.
The funeral was handled by Keohane Funeral Home of Quincy. Cruz said that "at some point when the cars were side by side," Gai Scott allegedly fired several shots as his vehicle pulled alongside the Dodge SUV that Raymond Scott was driving.
Raymond Scott got out of the SUV and into another vehicle driven by his aunt. That vehicle then took Scott to the Duxbury police station. From there he was taken by ambulance to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.
Scott was shot twice. On Sunday Scott said from his hospital room that he was "feeling much better." A hospital spokeswoman said Monday afternoon that he'd been discharged.


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Belstaff has the reputation for crafting some of the most sought after pieces of outerwear in the world. Belstaff UK has exemplified a rugged heritage British look for over 80 years. Founded by Harry Grosberg in Stoke on Trent, Belstaff's original mission was to create jackets that would cater for motorcyclists, aviators and the armed forces; areas that their high quality fabrics and world beating construction techniques were more than capable of living up to. Despite their focus on embracing everything to keep their wearers protected from the elements, it was Belstaff jackets that made the biggest impact on the fashion world, with silhouettes such as the now iconic Belstaff Trialmaster becoming a thing of legend amongst premium designer outerwear enthusiasts. It is no wonder that the sought after nature of a Belstaff jacket has developed in modern fashion culture- leading to the inspired label becoming notorious for high quality, effortlessly cool and eternally desirable styles. With designs from the 50's and 60's becoming key collectors pieces, the luxurious nature of the brand has only been amplified, and, along with their charitable efforts through the charity 'Belstaff Charity- Not On Our Watch', their notoriety as a conscious contributor to much more than the fashion driven wardrobe has been hugely boosted.
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Ebola outbreak in DRC: Risk within Europe remains low
With the Ebola virus disease outbreak being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, ECDC has updated the assessment on public health impacts for the EU/EEA.Get the overview
Syphilis notifications up by 70% since 2007
An in-depth ECDC study published today describes the factors behind this increase and outlines the evidence-based options for public health control of syphilis, including case finding and management and educational activities.See the options
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Those interested can now apply to become a fellow in one of the two paths: EPIET field epidemiology and EUPHEM public health microbiology. Deadline is 8 September 2019.Application details are here
Travel advice for Hajj 2019
The risk of communicable diseases for EU/EEA travellers is considered low, if preventive measures are applied.
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A very charming country style quilt with a lovely collection of fabric prints. Gorgeous red floral border fabric! Both the piecework and the appliqué work are well done. Notice the high quality of the hand quilting. Made in an Amish woman in her Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home.
A single sheet of soft cream white cotton muslin covers the back of the quilt. The quilting density is good, averaging about 100 linear inches of stitching per square foot. The stitching is very good with 7 to 8 stitches per inch. A high quality quilt.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. jobless claims fell last week and mid-Atlantic factory activity kept growing in October, but a just-ended government shutdown as well as computer issues affecting the claims report impeded the data's value as signposts for the economy.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 358,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday, slipping from a six-month high the prior week. But the figure was still elevated as California continued to deal with a backlog related to computer problems.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected first-time applications to fall to 335,000 last week.
"Jobless claims are still dealing with a lot of computer glitches and other temporary factors. It's hard to extract anything meaningful from them," said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist with Sterne Agee & Leach in Chicago.
California's technical problems have been dragging on for a few weeks, but should be transitory. The effects of the recent squabbling in Washington were unclear.
The federal government shut down for the first half of October as Republicans refused to fund government operations without major concessions by the Democrats on President Barack Obama's signature healthcare act, passed three years ago.
That shutdown - along with the threat of default as the nation threatened to hit its borrowing limit - faded with an 11th-hour spending deal by Congress on Wednesday. The deal will fund the government through mid-January and raise the country's borrowing authority until February 7.
A Labor Department analyst said there had not been a perceptible increase in filings last week from non-federal workers furloughed because of the government shutdown.
During the week ended October 5, the first week of the shutdown, there were 70,068 claims from furloughed federal workers. Claims for federal workers are reported separately and with a one-week lag.
Though claims rose last week, the underlying trend remains consistent with a gradually healing labor market.
The four-week moving average for new claims, which irons out week-to-week volatility, rose 11,750 to 336,500.
A separate report showed business activity in the mid-Atlantic region expanded this month, but more slowly than in September.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its business activity index slipped to 19.8 in October from 22.3 in September. The October figure was still well above economists' expectations for a reading of 15.0.
The survey has now been positive for five straight months. Any reading above zero indicates expansion in the region's manufacturing. The survey covers factories in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware.
"This is kind of surprising given what's been happening in Washington," said Scott Brown, chief economist with Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida. "I want to see another month of this. The key economic story was that it was going to be stronger were it not for the government."
Nevertheless, survey respondents said their outlook remained bright. The six-month business conditions index rose to 60.8, the highest level since September 2003, from 58.2 last month.
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Hope College presented awards honoring teaching, service and scholarship to multiple faculty members during the college's annual recognition luncheon on Monday, Jan. 5.
Hope College presented awards honoring teaching, service and scholarship to multiple faculty members during the college's annual recognition luncheon on Monday, Jan. 5.
Named a "Towsley Research Scholar" was Dr. Ji Hoon Park, assistant professor of communication.
The "Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Awards" were presented to Andy Nakajima, assistant professor of Japanese; and Todd Swanson, assistant professor of mathematics.
The "Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Awards" were presented to Dr. Jeff Brown, assistant professor of engineering; and Dr. Debra Swanson, professor of sociology.
The "Provost's Awards for Service to the Academic Program" were presented to Nancy Cook, associate professor of education and director of student teaching; and John Yelding, associate professor of education.
The Towsley Research Scholars Program is funded through an endowment made possible through a grant from the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation of Midland. Through the program, newer Hope faculty members receive support for a project for four years. The foundation's awards to the college have also included grants for the construction of the Van Wylen Library and the SchaapScienceCenter, faculty development in the pre-medical sciences and support for an endowed chair in communication.
Ji Hoon Park will use the support for his project "Racial Representation on Reality TV: Genre and Audiences," through which he will explore the social implications of racial representations on reality television. Involving students as research assistants, he intends to produce scholarly articles and ultimately a book based on the study.
A member of the Hope faculty since 2006, Park has a longstanding interest in the intersection created by race/ethnicity and communication. He teaches courses including "Media Production I: Introduction to Digital Media Production," "Media Production II: Media Literacy," "Social Documentary: Theory and Practice," "Communication and Race," and "Media Theory," and is currently developing a course on "Reality TV: Theoretical Perspectives."
The Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented to faculty members who have been teaching at Hope for at least seven years and who have demonstrated recognizable excellence in specific activities or aspects of teaching. The award is named in memory of Dr. Janet Andersen, a professor of mathematics at Hope who died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005.
Andy Nakajima, a member of the Hope faculty since 1996, has played an active role in developing the college's Japanese program, which includes a composite major in Japanese studies and an academic minor in Japanese. He teaches courses ranging from the program's introductory language class, to a course on Japanese culture and history, to individualized classes for advanced students.
Todd Swanson joined the faculty in 1989. His teaching is primarily in three general-education courses: "Understanding Our Quantitative World," "Nature of Mathematics" and "Introductory Statistics." He is active in curriculum development, and has also co-authored three texts: "Understanding Our Quantitative World," "Projects for Precalculus" and "Precalculus: A Study of Functions and Their Applications."
The Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Awards recognize members of the Hope faculty who are superior teachers and have also contributed significantly in some other area of professional life. The award was established in memory of Dr. Ruth Yzenbaard Reed, a 1965 Hope graduate who was associate dean of MacombCommunity College. Reed died in August 1999 at age 55.
Jeff Brown is a co-advisor of the college's chapter of Engineers Without Borders, which during the 2005-06 school year initiated the college's ongoing service and research project focused on improving water quality and hygiene education in the village of Nkuv in Cameroon. The interdisciplinary effort, which Brown coordinates with Dr. Amanda Barton of the nursing faculty, involves four departments: communication, education, engineering and nursing. Teams of students, faculty and staff have traveled to Nkuv multiple times since the project began, in addition to conducting related research and preparation on campus. He has taught at Hope since 2005.
Debra Swanson is director of the college's Teaching Enhancement Workshop Committee, which plans and conducts workshops in teaching for members of the faculty. She has made several presentations on teaching during meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, which in March 2008 presented her with its "John F. Schnabel Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award." She teaches a First-Year Seminar in addition to a range of courses in her department. She joined the faculty in 1989.
The Provost's Award for Service to the Academic Program is presented to individuals who have provided special contributions to the academic program through student academic support, general education, assessment work, implementation of programs that support/enhance the curriculum, and any activity outside of formal teaching that contributes to the overall excellence of the academic program.
As director of the college's student teaching program, Nancy Cook is involved in student placements locally as well as through off-campus programs in other cities in the United States and abroad. Some 150 Hope students are involved in student teaching each year. Her teaching focus is in special education. Her professional involvement beyond campus has included serving as part of the team involved in revising the state's test for those seeking certification to teach students with learning disabilities. She has taught at Hope since 1987.
John Yelding's teaching specializations are secondary education, multiculturalism and rural education. He is director of the college's "Encounter with Cultures" course, which reaches more than 200 students each semester, and team teaches the First-Year Seminar for students participating in the Phelps Scholars Program, a residential program for students interested in exploring issues related to diversity. His involvement at Hope has included serving on the advisory boards of the Phelps Scholars Program as well as Hope College Upward Bound and Project TEACH. He has taught at Hope since 1994.


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Developed in 1996 as GALILEO's first digital conversion initiative and redesigned in 2009, the Georgia Government Publications (GGP) database serves as a digital repository of over 44,000 documents and publications released by agencies of Georgia's executive branch. The majority of the documents are scanned images; however, with the passing of an amendment to the law (O.C.G.A. 20-5-2) in 2000 requiring state agencies to submit publications in electronic format a greater percentage of searchable pdf files are included in the database and are noted as electronic text. Coverage encompasses audit reports, budget documents, monographs, newsletters, periodicals and serials from agencies including agriculture, arts, community affairs, courts, education, human resources, industry and trade, labor, legislature, natural resources and recreation. In addition to archiving Georgia state publications from 1994 to the present, the Georgia Government Publications database is currently adding pre-1994 serials on an ongoing basis.
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