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Wabash College celebrated 180 years of classes Tuesday with a reception, display of historical items, and brief remarks from President Gregory Hess.
Wabash College, under the direction of President Elihu Baldwin and Professor Caleb Mills, began classes in Forrest Hall 180 years ago. The small building housed a couple of classrooms, a few student rooms, and the College janitor's family.
It was indeed a humble beginning. I invite you to probe more deeply into the College's history by spending time looking at the exhibits developed by Beth Swift and Linda Petrie — two people here at Wabash who are committed to preserving our great heritage.
"It is appropriate that today — less than a week after Thanksgiving — that we give thanks for the vision and perseverance of our founders, trustees, and professors," President Hess said. "We honor them with today's celebration marking 180 years of guts, brains, spirit, and strength — the virtues necessary for Wabash to flourish over all of these years."
Administration members, staff, faculty, and students gathered in the Lilly Library for a brief ceremony. Historical items were on display and refreshments were served. Specifically, President Hess' signature snack - Rice Krispie Treats - made their Wabash debut.


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Addictions are no laughing matter
I am writing in response to the editorial, "My lifelong struggle with addictions," by Barbara Olson (7/14/13). Her editorial comically depicts her lifelong experiences with "addictions." She describes, in a blithe manner, her various addictions, including addictions to gluing materials in kindergarten, to cheerleading, and to shopping on the QVC channel. Even her addiction to smoking, which is indeed a significant addiction to a damaging substance, is depicted as a joke.
Addictions in the United States are a life-threatening, significant and challenging illness. To make light of addictions ignores the fact that addiction is a serious, chronic and progressive disease, not a choice or a moral failing. To understand this, consider the following facts:
Addiction is a major public health problem in the United States: A national epidemiological study found that over 10 percent of adults in the US meet criteria for an alcohol use disorder, a drug use disorder, or both. Ninety percent of those who become addicted begin using before the age of 18.
Addiction has a significant genetic component: Studies of twins indicate that genes account for approximately 50 percent of the risk for addiction. Studies of adopted children showed that those whose biological parents were addicts were twice as likely to become addicts as those whose biological parents weren't addicts.
Addiction is a disease. Drugs (alcohol, marijuana, opiates) cause anatomical, functional and cognitive changes in the brain. The functional changes in the addict's brain mean that he/she requires more and more of a given drug to get the same effect, and that the brain becomes dependent on the drug; physical withdrawal is a symptom of the disease.
Addiction is a progressive disease; progressive diseases get worse if they aren't treated. Addiction is also a chronic disease; some of the brain changes are permanent, and the predisposition for addiction remains throughout a lifetime in most people.
The co-morbidity between drug/alcohol use and mental illness is high. Approximately six out of ten addicts have at least one other mental disorder. Recovery is much more likely if both the drug/alcohol use and the mental illness are treated.
Addiction kills people. Drug and alcohol-related deaths have doubled since the early 1980's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Approximately 135,000 deaths a year in the US are directly attributed to drugs/alcohol.
Improvement in addiction treatment will come about only when addiction is recognized as a disease and as a major health problem which causes untold anguish to the addicts and to those who love them.
Eugenie W. Flaherty, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist
Chestnut Hill
Grateful for the flouride article
Fluoride Free Philadelphia is very grateful for your wonderful article by Pam Rogow, "Special interest money protects it; Mt. Airy biochemist: facts on fluoride hard to swallow" (June 27). The truth about fluoridation is not easy to come by. Fluoride is a poison, it has always been and always will be. Fluoride is more toxic than lead and less toxic than arsenic. One would not choose to drink either of those, no matter how diluted!
We have been desensitized since we have grown up brushing our teeth with fluoride very day. The usual response is, "Isn't that good for teeth?" Edward L. Bernays, the nephew of Sigmund Freud, was hired at the dawn of fluoridation in the 1950s to introduce it to the public; his work as a propagandist is successful six decades later!
There are several ways to have healthy teeth, mainly nutritional and avoiding sugar, as well as hygiene. Weston A. Price, ADA researcher of the 1940s traveled the world studying cultures' dental health. He discovered tribes with perfect teeth, no dentists in sight or fluoride, for that matter.
In his book, "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," Dr. Price describes that the adaptation of the modern western diet by many cultures showed a dramatic decrease in dental health. We do not need fluoride. But if one favors fluoride. one is able to purchase it for topical use. Fluoride should never be swallowed; just read your toothpaste label. The CDC, ADA, and others quietly agree the only benefit is topical.
Fluoride is a neurotoxin. With any common sense, why would one give this to a developing human being? We have skyrocketing cases of autism, ADD, ADHD, etc. Does fluoride contribute to neurologic disease? We are expecting a new study which will confirm this.
Please join with Fluoride Free Philadelphia to end fluoridation here. We are working at City Hall, where change can take place through legislation in City Council. Call, write, email Cindy Bass, Mayor Nutter and Health Commissioner Donald Schwarz, and tell them about your concerns. Visit Fluoride Free Philadelphia on Facebook. And do not drink fluoridated water.
Beverly DeCer, RN
Center City
Great treatment at therapy center
I wonder if the Northwest Community is aware of the excellent treatment available at the Chestnut Hill Physical Therapy Center. The staff is very professional, competent and respectful.
Special kudos are in order for my therapist Steve Azar who is very knowledgeable, compassionate and friendly with a great sense of humor. A few years ago he treated me for severe neck pain and after a few weeks of exercises with Steve I was able to back my car down the street without colliding with anyone.
More recently he treated me for sciatic pain in my back and leg, and again after a few weeks I experienced great improvement with much less pain.
He also helped my wife Joy with muscle strengthening after a severe illness. We consider him a good friend.
The PT facility is also conveniently located at the top of the hill in the "State Store Plaza" so you can treat yourself to a bottle of wine after your treatment.
Jim Wuenschel
Looking past Hill's borders
I read in this week's Local that one member of the Chestnut Hill Community Association board stated that grants from the Chestnut Hill Community Fund ought to go only to organizations in and serving Chestnut Hill.
Perhaps he needs to be less parochial in his vision. He may want to find out how many people living elsewhere than Chestnut Hill donate to the fund drive. And conversely, he may want to find out how many Chestnut Hillers benefit from the activities offered by groups not based in Chestnut Hill.
Maybe it is time for that member to remember that those living outside the boundaries of Chestnut Hill subscribe to and read the Local and that it is in everyone's interest to be more neighborly.
Barbara A. Bloom
Chestnut Hill
Great care provided at Cat Clinic
I'm writing to rave about the wonderful care and service we have received at the Chestnut Hill Cat Clinic and the Chestnut Hill Pharmacy.
When we moved to the area two years ago, the reputation of the Chestnut Hill Cat Clinic led us to bring our beloved and ailing Squiggy there. The staff at the clinic provided personalized, superior care and taught us everything we needed to know about caring for a diabetic cat. We were also lucky to first encounter the wonderful service at the Chestnut Hill Pharmacy right when we needed it. They were helpful and friendly; they remembered us after the first visit and didn't bat an eye at the lengths we were willing to go to care for our cat.
Squiggy passed away on June 30. His death reminded us that these two Chestnut Hill institutions made the last two years of our lives as his caregivers as pleasant as possible.
Hillary Mohaupt and Jennifer Moses, Chestnut Hill
Wissahickon Park: Really a paradise?
After reading "Pilgrims in the Park: in the Currents section of the Sunday, June 23 Inquirer, I was astounded by the content of the article by Beth Kephart. She described the Wissahickon Valley as a paradise with flocks of birds, bikers and the Wissahickon Creek.
Later she describes Friends of the Wissahickon as one of the most respected organizations in the park system. As an advocate for the white-tailed deer in Fairmount Park including the Wissahickon Valley, I see this article as an idyllic piece where there is no peace for the deer. FOW "manages" by initiating and supporting 17 years of an annual killing of the deer in the Wissahickon Valley and other sites in Fairmount Park.
A total of 2,571 deer have been killed since 1999. I founded PAD, Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer, in 2010 to ensure that deer and other indigenous animals in our midst are treated with respect in Fairmount Park. PAD has spread the word of ways to live peacefully with the deer and have offered neighbors help with gardens that are deer-resistant, ways to combat Lyme Disease and how to use the Streiter-lite system to reduce auto collisions.
It is important in journalism to be honest and factual when describing an environment. The Wissahickon Valley has become a killing field for deer and is therefore under siege by guns in neighborhoods where families live close by. Our quality of life is diminished by this siege.
Mary Ann Baron
Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer Chestnut Hill


text: Monday, August 29, 2011 Issue Brief Examines Community Role in Transforming Health Care No single solution can boost health care quality, says a new issue brief that examines collaborative efforts at the community level aimed at bridging the "quality chasm" between the existing health care system and one delivering the highest quality. Each community is different, and each coalition is approaching quality improvement in ways best suited to local needs. The brief, published by Alliance for Health Reform, analyzes how local coalitions are advancing the use of health information technology (HIT), reporting quality measures, and overcoming challenges going forward. Referring to the 6 priorities established in the National Quality Strategy, the brief says, "Though this guidance is aimed at a national audience, many of the priorities outlined in the national strategy involve engagement at the local level." Two priorities particularly emphasize the local nature of health care delivery: (1) effective communication and coordination of care, and (2) working with communities to promote wide use of best practices to enable healthy living. The authors also look at Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q), a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project that touches nearly 37 million people across 15 states, involves more than 31,000 primary care providers, and includes 92,000 hospital beds. All AF4Q communities have publicly released reports comparing the quality of local providers' care. In addition, the report discusses the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program, which funds 17 demonstration communities around the country to develop innovations that improve the quality of health care delivery while slowing the growth of health care spending.


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MILTON, MASS. – Sophomore Alex Hulme (Hopkinton, Mass.) blocked Curry's punt late in the first quarter that classmate Brad Kelly (Portsmouth, R.I.) recovered for a touchdown to help propel the Salve Regina football team to a 43-10 New England Football Conference victory over host Curry, Friday night.
With the win, the Seahawks improved to 5-1 on the season and remain perfect in the conference at 4-0 while Curry falls to 2-4 and 2-2 in the NEFC.
"It was a hard fought first half, a lot of back and forth. We came out in the second half with a special teams, offensive and defensive explosion." said head coach Kevin Gilmartin. "That's what we have been able to do this year, we keep coming at you and we can start to wear teams down defensively which allows our offense to take over and put points on the board."
The Seahawks came out of the gate strong, scoring on its very first offensive possession. After forcing Curry to attempt a punt on its first drive of the game, Kelly and freshman Joshua Morales (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) combined for an 11-yard tackle for loss to set up a short field for the Seahawks. Salve Regina took full advantage of the good field position and needed just 30 yards on five plays to take an early 7-0 lead after junior Steven Wilken (Ringwood, N.J.) kept the ball himself for a three-yard touchdown run.
After the Hulme-Kelly connection on the blocked punt late in the first, the Seahawks led the Colonels 14-0 after the first quarter and the defenses took over in the second. The only points in the second quarter came off a 39-yard field goal by senior Zach Kumin (Needham, Mass.) with 25 seconds left in the half. Salve Regina led 14-3 going into halftime.
Wilken and the Seahawks opened the second half with a five-play 55-yard drive that ended with Wilken connecting with Hulme in the end zone with a 11-yard pass to put SRU up, 20-3. The Colonels answered with their only touchdown drive of the game two possessions later to cut into the Salve Regina lead, 20-10.
Salve Regina began its next drive on its own 34 yard line and promptly took the ball down the field. Senior Richie Edwards (Trumbull, Conn.) picked up a first down for the Seahawks on a quick two-yard run before Wilken threw three straight completions, a 29-yard pass to junior Matthew Traynor (Secaucus, N.J.), a nine yard pass to junior Dan Buonocore (Mahwah, N.J.) and a final 18-yard touchdown pass to Traynor with 1:27 left in the third to give Salve Regina a 27-10 lead.
The Colonels went three-and-out to close out the third quarter and turn the ball over on downs on its own 39 yard line for the Seahawks to take over to open the fourth. The Seahawks had the ball on the Curry 32 yard line as freshman Sam Pascale (Chesire, Conn.) ran in his second touchdown of the season, a 32 yard run to give the visiting Seahawks a 34-10 lead with 12:12 left in the game.
After sophomore Hayden Stanton (Wallingford, Conn.) caused a big 15-yard loss to back the Colonels up to their own 10 yard line, junior Rory McEntee (Wakefield, R.I.) sacked the Curry quarterback in the end zone for a defensive safety for Salve Regina.
The Seahawks elected to take the free kick after the safety and drove right back down the field. Junior Khari Halliburton (Manchester, N.H.) took the handoff on second and 10 and ran it 32 yards into the end zone for the final score of the game. The Seahawks led 43-10.
The Seahawk defense forced a three-and-out on Curry's final drive of the game to give the ball back to Salve Regina and the Seahawks ran out the clock to seal the victory.
Wilken threw for 215 yards and two touchdowns while running one in. Edwards led all players with 108 yards on 17 carries, his fourth-straight 100+ yard rushing game of the season. Hulme caught four passes for 66 yards and one score while Traynor had 47 yards on just two catches and a touchdown.
Junior Jiyon Ruffin (Morristown, N.J.) led all players with 10 tackles (7 solo, 3 assisted) while Stanton had eight tackles, including 2.0 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss for 34 yards.
Salve Regina held the Colonels to just 35 rushing yards, the second lowest total for the Seahawks this season.
Hulme's two blocked punts in the first quarter gives the Seahawks nine blocked kicks on the season to break a program record for a single season.
Salve Regina returns to the field when the Seahawks travel to FCS opponent, Central Connecticut for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, Oct. 26.


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This Great Gray owl has been hanging out in my backyard for the past month!
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Dan Scott has posted a request for comments on his blog today concerning a Super-alpha MARC package for PHP that he's been working up. He's asking readers for their opinions of if they'd use it or not.
Okay, I've been working on this project (let's call it PEAR_MARC, although it's not an official PEAR project yet) in my spare moments over the past month or two. It's a new PHP package for working with MARC records. The package tries to follow the PEAR project standards (coding, documentation, error handlers, etc) in the hopes that, when I put a proposal forward, it will be accepted as a true PEAR package. For now, I'm most interested in getting feedback from coders for libraries on the usability of the API that I've designed -- is it easy enough to use and does it offer the functionality that you require for your day-to-day work?
He talks about the development of the package (from the php-marc package) and some of the differences between the two. Among them are:
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Nepalese Man Declared 'World's Shortest Person'
On Sunday, an official from Guinness World Records named a 72-year-old Nepalese man the shortest man alive and the shortest person ever to be recorded by the publication. He was presented with two certificates to commemorate these achievements.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi measured in at an official height of 21.5 inches, about the same height as a toddler. (The previous record holder is 23.5 inches tall.) Before Dangi, the shortest person Guinness had recorded in its 57-year history was a man who was 22.5 inches tall. He passed away in 1997.
Dangi's mountain village of Rhimkholi is so remote that no one knew of his existence until now. He doesn't travel or even work outside the home. He says he would now like to travel across Nepal and meet the prime minister.
The small man has a normal, adult-sized head and regularly shaves, but the rest of his body is small. His five brothers are all average height. Dangi can walk and climb small stairs and doctors found no immediate health problems when they examined him.
The world's shortest woman, a 24.7 inch tall teenager in India was also named recently.


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Unusual Stolen Vehicle Recovery in Sioux Falls
Police say a vehicle that was reported stolen in Sioux Falls was located around mid-day Sunday in a different part of the city, and someone had apparently tried to set it on fire.
Officer Sam Clemens says a person clearing snow from an apartment parking lot in the 2200 block of West 8th Street found the vehicle around 11:00 a.m. Sunday.
Clemens says someone had stuffed a rag into the gas tank and tried to set it on fire, but was unsuccessful., so the vehicle was not damaged. He says the rag appeared to have been put into the vehicle's gas tank "some time ago."
The 2003 Honda Pilot had been reported stolen on February 12th from the 3800 block of South Western Avenue.


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Welcome to Heroes Children Fund
Hello and Welcome to the Official Heroes Children Fund website.
Heroes Children Fund was started in December 2010 and officially registered on 11th April, 2011. Our founding team thought more needed to be done to support the children of our fallen heroes. We feel that they should be acknowledged and supported for the loss of their parent whilst keeping us, the general public, safe and able to live in a free society.
We aim to provide the children with gifts, days out/activities and holidays. Heroes Children Fund aim to hold a number of fundraising events throughout each calender year to put a smile back on these children's faces.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you at our events during the year.
Kind Regards,
Lewis Scott
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Jim Kerr '92• February 23, 2010 Share:
Jim is the Vice President of Business Development & Marketing for My Health Care Manager, Inc. He was recently honored in 2009 with an "Indy's Best and Brightest Award" that recognizes emerging business leaders in the Indianapolis area. Prior to My Health Care Manager, Jim served as a Senior Associate and Market Sales Leader for Mercer and previously was the Vice President of Business Development for CareGuide, Inc. (formerly The Haelan Group). During his time at CareGuide, the company won multiple awards, and Jim helped them gain national press coverage. Jim is active in the Indianapolis community, serving as a board member and President of the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men, and as a past Vice-Chair of the Indianapolis Zoological Society's corporate campaign. He is active in his local church community, most recently as Chairman of his parish's pastoral council. He also frequently works with Wabash Career Services acting as a mentor to students and recent graduates and has led WABASH Day events for the past several years. Jim and his wife, Kristi, have been married for 15 years and are the proud parents of two daughters, Courtney (13) and Kaylee (12). He is a member of the Scarlet Flag Club.


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Dutch destroy Romania
Holland assumed control of World Cup qualification Group D with a thumping 4-1 win over Romania in their top-of-the-table clash in Bucharest.
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Holland assumed control of World Cup qualification Group D with a thumping 4-1 win over Romania in their top-of-the-table clash in Bucharest.
Romania had not conceded a goal in their opening three wins, which had them level at the top of the group with the Dutch, but their perfect record was in ruins within the opening 45 minutes.
Jeremain Lens, Bruno Martins Indi and Rafael van der Vaart were all on target before the break to ensure the visitors were on course despite a fine individual effort from Ciprian Marica in reply for the hosts.
Robin van Persie, who was preferred to start ahead of Klaas Jan Huntelaar, completed the rout four minutes from the end.
Holland had arrived in the Romanian capital wary of their opponents after their impressive win in Turkey last week ensured they kept pace with the Dutch at the top of the standings.
But any fears they held were quickly allayed as they raced into a 2-0 lead before the half-hour.
Lens grabbed a stunning opener after 10 minutes when he headed in from 20 yards.
Romania goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu had seemingly cleared the danger with a punch that cleared the area, but Lens powerfully headed the ball straight back and over a home defender stationed on the line.
Holland's advantage was doubled on 28 minutes when Van der Vaart's superb free-kick was turned in by Martins Indi at the back post.
Martins Indi's task was made easier as the home defence failed to follow his run that was superbly picked out by Van der Vaart's delivery that fizzed across the top of the six-yard box.
Romania were in need of some inspiration to claw back the early damage and in Marica they found it on 40 minutes.
The striker was surrounded as he began his run just outside the area but after fending off the attention of Johnny Heitinga he wriggled into space before sliding a perfectly-placed shot past Maarten Stekelenburg.
The lifeline lasted just seven minutes, however, as the hosts gave away an injury-time penalty.
Gabriel Tamas brought down Luciano Narsingh in the area and Van der Vaart tucked away the ensuing spot-kick despite Tatarusanu guessing the right way.
Romania never recovered from conceding the goal so late in the half and could have been four down soon after the re-start but Tatarusanu tipped away Van Persie's header.
Holland cruised through the majority of the second period with a pair of unnecessary cautions for Lens and De Jong causing any reason for discomfort.
They mattered little, however, as Van Persie put the seal on a win that could prove vital.
The Manchester United striker, who started from the bench in last week's win over Andorra, had the simple task to force the ball in after Narsingh beat the offside trap on the right and fired a low cross into his path.


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Psychological issues may play a role in
erection problems (erectile dysfunction). These issues may include depression, anxiety disorder, or another mental disorder.
Men with these types of problems may benefit from therapy.
Psychological treatment is most likely to be
helpful for men who:
The type of
therapy and how long it lasts depends on what type of problem you have. Both group or individual therapy may be used. It's often helpful to involve your partner in the therapy.
Evidence shows that group therapy helps with erection
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CitationsMelnik T, et al. (2007). Psychosocial interventions for erectile dysfunction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3).
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Frankie Grasso, a grad student in literature at a "solidly second tier" university in Boston, and his mother, Maddalena, an Italian immigrant living in Delaware, talk every night on the phone. They review the day's progress in their favorite soap operas and then each says, "I love you," over and over, neither wanting to be the first to hang up.
This quirky ritual, with which Christopher Castellani opens "All This Talk of Love,'' captures the essence of his rich and entertaining new novel: Life's twists and turns, coincidences and misunderstandings, reunions and partings are often the stuff of soap opera. But, unlike in a soap opera, love in real life — such as that shared by Maddalena and Frankie — is intense and complicated.
"All This Talk of Love'' is the third in Castellani's series of novels about the Grasso family. The first, "A Kiss From Maddalena'' (winner of the 2004 Massachusetts Book Award), recounts the ill-fated romance between Maddalena Piccinelli and Vito Leone in wartime Italy. The second, "The Saint of Lost Things,'' follows Maddalena and her husband, Antonio, as they settle in America in the 1950s. "All This Talk of Love'' finds Maddalena and Antonio in their 70s, with grown children and grandchildren, haunted by ghosts and the specter of loss — a son who died at 15 — Maddelena's increasing forgetfulness, and, above all, their native village, Santa Cecilia, to which they haven't returned in 50 years.
The Grassos' daughter, Prima, has a plan to make everyone, especially Maddalena, happy — the whole family will visit Santa Cecilia together: Prima, her husband, and their kids, Antonio and Maddalena, and even Frankie, who's distanced himself from the family, doing God knows what up in Boston. (Sleeping with his thesis adviser, for one thing.)
In a lesser novel, or a soap opera, the plump Italian matriarch would cry into her lace handkerchief with gratitude while stirring a pot on the stove. But Maddalena, who happens to be a slender dancer and an indifferent cook, hates Prima's idea. Why would Maddalena want to see her village, her childhood friends, or her surviving siblings? "She won't see them old and sick," she thinks, "not after working so hard, every day, to keep them young and beautiful and full of life in her mind." In her imperfect but scorching English, Maddalena tells Prima: "Call the airplane company and tell them I died."
Interwoven between two main story lines — will Maddalena relent? Will Frankie get his act together? — are many more. As Antonio considers retirement, the future of the family's restaurant is uncertain; Prima worries about her reckless, college-age sons, and the mystery surrounding the death of Antonio and Maddalena's first son unwinds, layer by surprising layer, throughout the novel.
Castellani, artistic director of Grub Street writing center in Boston, juggles multiple stories and characters with remarkable deftness, never striking a false or forced note. His evocations of the love between parents and their adult children, the bittersweetness of age, and the ambivalence of immigrants toward their old and new homes is nuanced and original.
"All This Talk of Love'' will, no doubt, invite comparisons with Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections.'' Both novels are family tales told in shifting, close third-person perspective, centering around a contentious family reunion. Some will see "All This Talk of Love'' as less ambitious than Franzen's work. But perhaps Castellani's novel just announces its ambitions more quietly than Franzen's did. The suspenseful plot of "All This Talk of Love,'' its delicious readability take nothing away from its emotional depth and power.Suzanne Koven, who has an MFA in nonfiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars, is a primary care internist at Massachusetts General Hospital and writes the monthly "In Practice" column for the Globe. She can be reached at inpracticemd


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NEGF theory of quantum photovoltaic devices
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Many high-efficiency photovoltaics concepts require an advanced control and manipulation of the optoelectronic properties of the active device structure, leading to a prominent role of low dimensional absorbers such as quantum wells, wires and dots in the implementation of these concepts. However, the quantum effects governing the optoelectronic characteristics of the nanostructures not only provide the desired design degrees of freedom, but also request new models for the description of the photovoltaic operation, since conventional macroscopic theories of generation, transport and recombination do not allow for a consistent consideration of such effects and the related device behaviour.
One of the common features of quantum photovoltaic devices is the dominant contribution from the strongly localized states of the low dimensional absorbers to generation and recombination, while transport is mediated mainly via extended states. This means that one either has to find the ideal degree of localization which provides the best compromise between efficient transport and strong absorption, as indicated e.g. in the case of quantum well or
quantum dot superlattices used in multi-junction solar cells, where miniband transport is required, or to optimize the processes that couple maximally localized absorbing states with maximally extended current carrying states, which corresponds to the situation encountered in quantum well solar cells.
The conventional approach to the problem described above is to combine a microscopic model for the physical processes involving confined states with a macroscopic, semiclassical theory for charge transport via the use of detailed balance rates determined within the microscopic theory. The resulting hybrid approach often provides effective fitting models able to quantitatively reproduce experimental device characteristics. However, at the same time, the large number of required ad-hoc assumptions tends to obscure the underlying mechanisms of quantum photovoltaic device operation, especially concerning the crucial processes of carrier escape and capture which couple localized and extended states.
To go beyond the existing approaches in capturing the essential physics of quantum photovoltaic devices, a microscopic theory based on the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism (NEGF) for the electronic, optical and vibrational degrees of freedom was developed and applied to the simulation of quantum well solar cells. The theory is capable of describing both optical and transport properties including quantum effects such as confinement and
tunneling in an open non-equilibrium system under consideration of elastic and inelastic scattering effects leading to incoherence and relaxation.
In this presentation, originally give at the 2010 Manchester CECAM workshop, after an introduction to the theoretical framework of the NEGF for quantum photovoltaics, the approach is illustrated on the example of generation, escape and capture of charge carriers in quantum well solar cells.
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A Facebook post advertising Romex wire for sale helped lead to felony and other charges against a pair of suspected shoplifters, police said.
The couple — Eric D. Letcher Jr., 36, of Summit Township and Samantha Jo Ray, 31, of Farrell, Mercer County — are accused of stealing nearly $4,000 worth of the electrical wire from the Lowe's store at Moraine Pointe Plaza.
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A loss prevention employee for Lowes on Jan. 4 apparently provided a key clue to investigators, who already had store surveillance photos of the suspects but no names.
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MAKE pal I-Wei Huang has fallen big-time for mini-humanoid robots. We can only hope he won't give up his steam obsession in the process. For ROBOTS-DREAMS, I-Wei has written an in-depth review of the A-621 GENEX Suit kit, a Polycarbonate skin/"body armor" for the Kondo KHR-2HV. Ever the kit basher, I-Wei added LED eyes to his bot by busting into a two-bulb LED keychain flashlight he had.
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There were moments during his career at Oklahoma where it looked like Jones would be a first-round pick for a team looking for a franchise quarterback, but they were matched with too many moments when Jones looked overmatched by defenses that didn't let him throw with his feet set. That's how you wind up going in the fourth round and Jones will have to show that his arm strength is enough to overcome his shortcomings to wind up as a starter as a pro.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
BurdaStyle Alexander Blouse
Melissa first brought the BurdaStyle Alexander Blouse to my attention. I don't go to BurdaStyle very often and I rely on other people to filter the content for me. Of course, now that Burda proper no longer exists as a website, assuming they ever actually transfer the archives over to BurdaStyle I suppose I'll visit more frequently. It is SO annoying that Burda did that. Ugh.
One of the great things about BurdaStyle is that the patterns come in a large range of sizes--34 to 44 for this one. The other great thing is that anyone in the world can instantly get the pattern for about the same price. Burda is now selling magazine patterns there; they are more expensive (they all appear to be $5.40) and come in the more limited magazine range of sizes. This price per pattern seems quite high, as I pay about $6.67 per issue--only slightly more than a single pattern with no personal expenditure for ink and paper.
As suggested by Melissa, I added a wedge of tissue to the sleeve where the front and back join to ensure that both were on straight of grain. I also added 5/8 inch in width to the front opening edge (or so I thought). The pattern is designed so that the front (and back, if you use the button back--I didn't, just put in a seam) edges abut each other and button with a loop and shank button. The pattern doesn't call for an underlap, but I would certainly have added one if I hadn't extended the front edge. My additional width allows the front edges to overlap so no skin shows through the front button openings, which would not be office appropriate.
When I pinned the facing on, the front facing was mysteriously about an inch and a half too short. The cursing coming from the sewing room drew interest from my boyfriend, who had brought his computer over and was working in the other room. He came in to see what was going on and I explained that something had gone wrong with my project. He glanced over at my wall of fabric and said, very deadpan, "Oh no, and you are almost out of material." Ha ha, very funny.
I walked the pattern pieces and they matched perfectly. I was stumped. It wasn't until I was going to sleep that night that I had my A Ha moment. I had placed the front/back piece on the fabric upside down (with the writing face down) and added my 5/8 inch additional "front" button space to the back, and in sewing had treated the front as the back and vice versa. The front and back are quite similar but not identical; the front has a lower neckline and thus a shorter facing length.
To remedy, I matched the lower facing edge to the lower front edge--leaving the excess overhanging at the neck--and hand-stitched and eased the facing into place, then machine stitched and trimmed away the excess at the neck. At that point, I also shaved off about half an inch from each vertical upper edge so the neckline would open up in a pleasing way. It worked pretty well. The back neck is a little low, but I don't think it's an obvious mistake.
I have been on an inside finish kick lately. For the peplum, I finished the lower edges with a rolled hem. My trick for using the rolled hem foot is to zigzag the edges first to give the foot something to grab onto. I finished each lower peplum edge separately, then sewed them together with a serger French seam. First, sew wrong sides together with the serger, as shown at left. Press the serged seam to one side, then fold over and press the seam flat, right sides together. Then take the second pass with the sewing machine, enclosing your serged seam. Your lower hem will look better at the seams if you do it after making the French seam, but a rolled hem foot is too fussy to accept the bulk of a French seam so I accept a little ugliness there.
Rather than do a Hong Kong Finish underlining with a wider underlining than fashion fabric to roll over the seam allowance throughout the garment, I underlined with batiste, cutting the underlining to the same size as the fashion fabric. I stitched fashion fabric and underlining right sides together for all vertical seams except center front, as that was to be faced. I had intended to hem the sleeve after finishing it with underlining, but my lovely crisp cotton lawn (purchased from Kashi) sticks out a bit rather than flowing at the sleeve edge and I didn't want to make it any stiffer. At the waist seam, I trimmed away the seam allowance of the bodice with the serger and then rolled the upper peplum seam allowance over it for a flat fell finish.
I normally save the list of changes for the pattern review, but since I changed this significantly I'll list them here:
-Add wedge of tissue in taping front and back pattern pieces together to preserve grain
-Add 5/8" to center front opening for over/underlap at buttons
-Shave 1/2" off the upper vertical edge of center front so the neckline falls open a bit (to see what happens when you don't, see this photo from my Vogue 8196 blouse)
-Four front buttons
-Center back seam rather than buttons
-Change back released pleats to darts (I just can't get into a puffy back)
-Underline, French seams
Would change if made again:
-Lengthen bodice a smidge
-Reduce pleat width of bodice back as there is weirdness above the darts (keep in mind that I had the front as the back but on measurement the drafted front is not significantly wider than the drafted back despite the whole bust situation)
Despite the challenges posed by this project, I totally love the final result. It has a lot of interesting design and it's flattering and fun to wear (it needs the belt, in my opinion). This is part of my "endless combinations." You can see it goes with my green skirt and it was my segue into making a red skirt (or skirts, as it turned out, when the first one didn't work out so well).
All photos are here and the pattern review is here.
48 comments:
- cidell said...
This is *really* cute and I love it with the firmer fabric.
- June 8, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- tcarole said...
I love this smaller, floral print on you. It's very flattering.
- June 8, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- redhotpepper said...
Super cute! I also was alerted to this pattern by Melissa and I have some Liberty fabric that I'm going to make it up in.
- June 8, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- KID, MD said...
Adorable! The print is perfect and so versatile! It has a wonderful vintage-y feel. Love it!!
- June 8, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Trudy Callan said...
It's absolutely adorable on you.
- June 8, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Capitol Sew and Sew said...
Love those flirty sleeves! And your significant other's comment got a chortle out of me!! Seems to me that I have heard similarly constructive comments from my spouse and son!
- June 8, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Uta said...
Very cute blouse; I can't believe all the work you put into the finishes! And I love the colors of the outfit, absolutely perfect on you.
- June 8, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Cennetta said...
Super cut blouse.
- June 8, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Joy said...
So cute! That's a great fabric.
- June 8, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Angela said...
Cute top! Love the print and it matches so perfect with your skirt!
- June 8, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Little Hunting Creek said...
So pretty! This looks great on you
- June 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Lindsay T said...
That is just perfection on you. Love the tiny print. I have some Liberty-like fabric at home I need to get going on.
- June 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- MushyWear said...
This style of blouse looks perfect on you...and all those great details without being too fussy. I really like the print you chose too. It compliments the skirt nicely.
- June 8, 2010 at 2:11 PM
I love everything about this outfit! Thanks for all the helpful hints--I have been wanting to make this blouse. Looks good--inside and out!
- June 8, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Nancy K said...
It's lovely; a great style for you.
Clearly your bf does not understand the concept of a fabric 'collection'.
- June 8, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- spottedroo said...
That's SO cute. I love it with the red belt and green skirt. Great piece!
- June 8, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Nancy K said...
Forgot to mention that you can get to the Burda archives in English,
here http://www.burdamode.com:8080/en/Magazines/Archives/1270777-1463237.html
- June 8, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Lori said...
Very cute blouse.
- June 8, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Adelaide B said...
Holy crap, are you cute in that top! Perfect cut and fabric for you.
- June 8, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- Kate said...
I agree with everyone else - so cute on you and great work!
- June 8, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- melissa said...
yay yay yay! I love everything about this blouse, and it coordinates SO well with the green skirt and red belt! I'm so glad mine inspired you. :)
- June 8, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Faye Lewis said...
Love that print with that color skirt. Very cute!
- June 8, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- gwensews said...
Totally cute blouse! I love the sleeves. I don't know how I missed your last post, but that red blouse is fabulous!
- June 8, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- ELMO said...
Ditto, very cute, perfect for summer, and it looks devine on you! It's a good silhouette for you.
- June 8, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Lisette M said...
Such a cute blouse, such a happy print!
- June 8, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- Kyle said...
That is a really really nice fit! :)
- June 8, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- BeccaA said...
What a cute, flattering blouse! And what a tiny waist you have.
- June 8, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- beangirl said...
That is an ADORABLE blouse! (And what is it with menfolk and their complete and utter lack of understanding about how much fabric a person should reasonably own, and yet they seem to have limitless interest in, you know, car magazines or World of Warcraft or whatever. I mean seriously, you've seen one Astin Martin or Dark Ninja Warrior Elf, you've seen 'em all.)
I feel a blog post coming on.
LOVE that cute blouse and yes, that's one tee-iny waist.
- June 8, 2010 at 11:33 PM
- Sherril said...
A-dor-able! Makes me want to run out and get the lap band so I could be as cute as you in this top. I won't though.
- June 9, 2010 at 2:06 AM
Nice! And: "you´re almost out of material"--good one!
- June 9, 2010 at 3:28 AM
- Vicki said...
You are nice and bright! I think it suits you. The new top is a great match for the skirt.
- June 9, 2010 at 3:52 AM
- DawnRose said...
I have never commented on here before, but I always read. I must tell you, that blouse's cut and print and color is very flattering on you! Good job, you nailed it!
- June 9, 2010 at 6:36 AM
- Becky said...
Very cute, very flattering! And I agree about the belt-- I really like the way it looks with one. I may have to consider adding this one to my mental queue...
- June 9, 2010 at 7:59 AM
- Eugenia said...
Such a gorgeous, pretty blouse. I adore that wondeful fabric - just right for this style. You look so fabulously summery and cute in this outfit.
- June 9, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- Karin van D. said...
Very cute. I can picture you having some luxurious afternoon tea in this pretty blouse :-) The belt is a great touch indeed!
- June 9, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- RiAnge Creations. Ltd. said...
I don't "twee" but your outfit just might change my mind. Great work. I love the colour combination and your helpful tips.
- June 9, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- Mikhaela said...
Oh I LOVE it--perfect fabric and the shape is adorable too.
- June 9, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- sewabeginner said...
THis blouse is so cute on you. Very flattering. Beautiful job!
- June 10, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- stitchbliss said...
You look terrific in this outfit. I like the different shape of the blouse, interesting but not out there, and the print is gorgeous. I agree, the belt makes it smart, rather than pretty.
- June 10, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- Tasia said...
Love the little print, the style of the blouse is quite unique, and the belt ties it all together! You look fantastic, great job.
- June 11, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Karen said...
This top looks great on you! I am so impressed that you can change/alter the pattern to fit yourself so well. Great with the green skirt!
- June 13, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- senaSews said...
Really cute blouse! Well done!
- June 14, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- AllisonC said...
I really love the sleeves on this design, I really must get a printer one of these days. The blouse really suits you.
- June 14, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Katharine in Brussels said...
I just love this blouse on you, and it reads very much your style. Perfect colour choice. Bravo.
- June 17, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Hiya - cute blouse and like the new hair do! :o)
- June 23, 2010 at 10:21 PM
Hi there from Italy. I have been reading your blog for a long time and really enjoy it! You may be interested to know that Burda Magazine is still available for preview on the Italian version of the website
is where you can see July 2010, for example. Keep up the great work and let me know if you're ever in my neighbourhood!
- June 26, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- just chic said...
I found your suggestions extremely useful in creating this blouse and I adopted most of them :) Thank you
Here is my blouse: http://just-chic.blogspot.com/2010/09/deux-piece-fall-outfit.html
- September 7, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Lady Mockingbird said...
of all the finished alexander blouses on burda yours is my favorite! I love the styling and fabric choices!
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Libya's interior minister said Wednesday that the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed when armed Islamist militants overran the U.S. consulate in Libya's second largest city, in a day of rage that also struck the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, where demonstrators hauled down the American flag, tore it to pieces and burned it.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed Stevens' death and said that three other Americans had died, including another diplomat, Sean Smith. The names of the other dead were withheld, pending notification of relatives, Clinton said.
"Our hearts go out to all their families and colleagues," Clinton said in a statement.
At the Pentagon, Defense officials said a Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team of about 50 Marines was on it's way to Benghazi, though there was no estimate on when they would arrive.
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The official said there was no U.S. Marine security detail at the consulate because consulates don't get U.S. Marine security.
"That's usually reserved for embassies," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
Another Defense official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. embassy in Tripoli has a security team of 18 Marines.
Speaking at the State Department, Clinton said that U.S. and Libyan security personnel battled the attackers together, and that the Obama administration now is working with the Libyan government to identify and track down the assailants.
The United States "will not rest until those responsible for these attacks are found and brought to justice," she said.
The administration, she said, will continue supporting the Libyan government as it struggles to surmount serious insecurity in the aftermath of the civil war that overthrew Gadhafi.
"This was an attack by a small and savage group, not the people or government of Libya," she said.
She praised Stevens as a dedicated diplomat who she first appointed as U.S. envoy to the opposition groups that fought Gadhafi and then as the U.S. ambassador to the new government.
Stevens, she said, "risked his life to stop a tyrant and then risked his life" working to rebuild Libya.
Clinton later joined Obama at the White House as the president condemned the "shocking and outrageous attack" and praised Stevens and other dead U.S. officials as "extraordinary Americans."
Speaking in the Rose Garden, Obama said that the Libyan government was working with the United States to boost security for U.S. diplomatic personnel in the country and track down the assailants, and that security was being increased at U.S. missions around the world.
Obama criticized the film that prompted the protest, but he said that nothing justified the consulate assault.
"Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others," he said. "But there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence. None. The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts."
Like Clinton, Obama said that the attack would not undermine U.S. support for the Libyan government.
"Libyan security personnel fought back against the attackers alongside Americans. Libyans helped some of our diplomats find safety, and they carried Ambassador Stevens' body to the hospital, where we tragically learned he had died," he said.
Libyan authorities said Stevens, 52, died of smoke inhalation, but the details of the attack were hazy.
Stevens' death marked the loss of one the State Department's best Libyan experts and threatened to mar relations between the United States and Libya's nascent government.
Stevens had focused most of his diplomatic career on the Middle East, spending time in Cairo, Riyadh and Jersusalem. He first arrived in Libya in 2007 and returned in the spring of 2011 in the early days of the uprising against then Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
At that time, he met with officials who would become key members of the National Transitional Council and eventually Libya's first democratically elected government, which was seated last month. He assumed the role of ambassador in May of this year.
An Arabic speaker, Stevens told McClatchy during a spring 2011 interview that he particularly loved Libya, even as he served as a diplomat there during Gadhafi's time. Other diplomats remembered him as deeply engaged in all the Middle East, however.
"He knew our issues really well," said Abi Khair, a diplomat at the Jordanian embassy in Washington who had met Stevens in the days after Gadhafi's fall when Khair served with the United Nations. "He was passionate about them."
Stevens' cables on Libya, which were among the trove released by WikiLeaks, offered colorful insights on Gadhafi and al Qaida's push to expand in Libya.
In an August 2008 cable he wrote to prepare then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a visit with Gadhafi he described the Libyan leader as "a self-styled intellectual and philosopher, he has been eagerly anticipating for several years the opportunity to share with you his views on global affairs." During the fall of his regime, Libyans recovered a photo album Gadhafi had made containing photos of Rice.
When asked by McClatchy about the blunt nature of his cables, Stevens simply smiled and shrugged.
By the time Stevens returned to Libya he was perhaps the most celebrated ambassador in the Middle East, well known and respected among Libya's 6 million people. Throughout Twitter and Facebook, popular Libyan sites, first created during the uprisings, mourned his loss and said that his death was no way to defend Islam.
"I'm shocked," one Arab diplomat who knew Stevens said, asking that he not be identified by name because he was not authorized to discuss the issue. "Immediately after the collapse of the (Gadhafi) regime, there were U.S. flags everywhere and thank yous to Obama. But in one incident, things have turned worse than before."
The protests at the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the Libyan revolution, were spurred by a movie clip that mocked the Prophet Mohammed, drawing the ire of Islamists in both Egypt and Libya.
In her statement late Tuesday, Clinton said she had asked Libya's government to provide additional protection to Americans in Libya and said she would ask other governments to beef up their security precautions.
The storming of U.S. diplomatic compounds in Benghazi and Cairo, where no one was injured, took place on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks but appeared to be sparked by outrage over the release of a movie trailer that conservative Muslims in both countries said denigrated Islam and its holiest figure, Mohammed. Clinton acknowledged that as the likely cause in her statement.
"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others," she said. "But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
Backers of the movie, who included Terry Jones, the Florida pastor whose burning of Qurans last year led to days of rioting in Afghanistan, were unapologetic about the role their film may have had in triggering the violence.
"The fact that angry protesters climbed the wall at the U.S. embassy in Cairo today, ripped down the American flag and tore it apart further indicates the lack of respect that Islam has for any other religion, any other flag, any freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of religion," Jones said in a statement released before the death in Benghazi was confirmed. "It further illustrates that they have no tolerance for anything outside of Mohammad."
Even without the provocation provided by the film, the violence fit a pattern of growing fundamentalist ferment that has touched many of the countries where governments have fallen in the past 18 months.
That trend has been especially pronounced in Libya, where in recent weeks conservative Islamists have leveled mosques and cemeteries associated with the moderate Sufi strain of Islam, and car bombs have become increasingly frequent in Tripoli, the capital, and Benghazi. In what can only be considered ironic, the United States, which had backed the NATO bombing campaign that helped rebels defeat the government of Moammar Gadhafi last year, has warned its citizens to defer all but essential travel to Libya because of the country's deteriorating security situation.
The protest in Cairo also came at an ironic moment: The U.S. Embassy has been urging companies to invest in Egypt, saying it is now stable.
Egyptian police did little to discourage thousands of protesters who descended on the U.S. Embassy and they stood by as the protesters first sprayed paint on the 12-foot wall that surrounds the compound, then stormed over the wall, where hundreds converged on the flagpole, pulling down the standard, shredding it and burning the remnants.
As the flag was torn and then set on fire, a man climbed a ladder alongside the flagpole and replaced the flag with one that read, "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger."
Among the chants yelled toward the embassy was, "Take a picture, Obama, we are all Osama," a reference to Osama bin Laden, who planned and financed the 9/11 attacks and whom U.S. commandoes killed on May 2, 2011.
"Say it, don't fear: Their ambassador must leave," was another.
Organizers of the embassy protest said they'd begun planning the event last week when a controversial Egyptian Christian activist who lives in the United States, Morris Sadek, released a trailer for a movie called "Muhammad," which repeatedly mocks the prophet and the religion. The 14-minute clip, which Sadek first posted on his Facebook page Sept 5, attacked basic tenets of Islam and suggested that the religion had spread only because the prophet told those he encountered to "pay extortion or die" if they didn't convert.
Christians make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt's population, and officials from Egypt's Coptic churches have condemned the film.
The film controversy came as Jones announced Tuesday that he planned to put the prophet on trial in what he called International Judge Muhammad Day.
In a video announcing the "trial," Jones, wearing a black shirt with the word "Infidel" printed on it in Arabic, said that he planned to charge the prophet "with being a false prophet, thus leading 1.6 billion people astray."
The embassy had tried to pre-empt the attack, issuing a statement hours earlier that condemned "the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others." Embassy officials also called Nader Bakkar, a spokesman for the conservative Islamist Nour party, in which they apologized for the film and Jones' call, but Bakkar said he was unwilling to call off the protest, and embassy employees were sent home early.
"The American people must know we do not accept any kind of insult of the prophet, peace be upon him," Bakkar said, adding that he nevertheless opposed pulling down the American flag.
In Benghazi, which had been the seat of the anti-Gadhafi rebel forces, armed Islamists apparently led the charge on the U.S. consulate. Witnesses said that they heard loud explosions nearby and that armed men had surrounded the area around the consulate, blocking the road and making it impossible for reporters to film the scene. The gunmen then set the building on fire.
One man, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, said the attackers were conservative Islamists, who generally do not shave. "I was stopped by a guy whose beard extended to his knees," the man said, in an exaggeration. "And he told me very proudly not to pass because we have burned the American consulate."
Looters carried off office furniture and appliances from the consulate compound and passers-by entered the compound to take photos with their cell phones.
The Reuters news agency quoted a spokesman for Libya's Supreme Security Committee, Abdel-Monem al Hurr, as saying that Libyan security forces at the scene had been overwhelmed by the attackers.
Islam forbids any depiction of Mohammed because he's seen as someone whose greatness can't be replicated. In documentaries about his life, he's often portrayed as a ray of light. That someone would mock the prophet is considered blasphemous.
Sharif Abdel Meniem, 29, who helped organize the Cairo protest, said he planned the demonstrations "because the Americans did not take a real stand against" Jones' call.
"The prophet does not have a hand in the 9/11 attacks," he said as chanters yelled, "The prophet's army has arrived."
That the protest fell on Sept. 11 wasn't lost on those participating.
"This anniversary provokes the United States," said Islam Mustafa, 23, a student. "But (Americans) are the ones provoking us."
McClatchy special correspondent Suliman Ali Zway contributed from Tripoli. Hannah Allam contributed from Washington.


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Transit Mode Shares for Sports Venues
December 20, 2011
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The New Starts Working Group led by Reconnecting America Board Member Jeff Boothe of Holland and Knight has put together a nifty chart showing the share of riders that take transit to sporting events in some major cities. While not all cities and transit agencies are represented, it's a nifty snapshot of how transit is an important part of a multi-modal strategy for getting people to the game. Not surprising to anyone who has been to a Timbers game and seen the madness, Jeld-Wen Field in the heart of downtown Portland boasts a 40% mode share. I'm sure the folks in Seattle will be looking for ways to better that next season.
USDOT Announces TIGER III Award Recipients
December 15, 2011
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced the recipients of the third round of TIGER grants. USDOT is awarding a total of $511 million to 46 innovative transportation projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico. The program was heavily oversubscribed, with only about 5% of the 848 applicants receiving awards. The total amount requested from all applicants was $14.29 billion. While road projects make up approximately half of the awards, a quarter of these ($64 million worth) are complete streets projects aimed at making the roads more accommodating to pedestrians, bicyclists, and other users. Transit projects constitude 29% of the awards, following by port (21%) and freight rail (10%) investments. Altogether, TIGER grants will fund ten different transportation modes. Communities large and small received awards. Thirty percent of the $511 million will go to projects in twenty rural communities.
TRB Session on Trams Will Bring the French Perspective
December 9, 2011
There's been a lot of discussion recently on the issue of streetcars, light rail, and dedicated guideways. Some focus heavily on the development side of building streetcars while many others have discussed the accessibility and service side, mentioning that a streetcar stuck in traffic is no better than any other transit mode. While this discussion lives on in the United States, Europe has been quietly resurecting tram lines dedicated to getting people around the regions they support. While many of the Eastern Block countries kept thier tramways, western nations such as France ripped many of them out after the war.
Feeding The News
December 5, 2011
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The sedan isn't dead.
Toyota just launched its all-new 2018 Camry. Honda has an all-new 2018 Accord in the queue, and Hyundai just released a significant refresh for its seventh generation Sonata.
"There's still a lot of market potential for sedans," said Mike O'Brien, vice president of product, corporate and digital planning for Hyundai Motor America. "It's just not quite as large as it was in 2012."
Sedans were king and held 16.1 percent of the industry share in 2012, selling 2.3 million units. In 2016, sedans dropped to No. 4 behind large pickups, compact SUVs and compact cars, holding just 10.8 percent of the industry share and selling 1.8 million units.
Hyundai is banking on the forecast that industry share for sedans will level off.
The good news is with fewer sedans being sold, those automakers selling cars of the four-door variety will need to make them pretty great.
And, after checking out two of the three aforementioned models debuting in 2018, I have to say competition is a good thing.
It compelled Hyundai to refresh the Sonata after just 3 years on the market. And we're talking about significant design changes. The basic profile of the Sonata stays the same, but the front – from the side mirrors forward – and the back – from rear wheel wells backward – are radically redesigned.
The folks at Hyundai were quick to acknowledge that they put out an attractive car for the seventh generation, but it just wasn't quite as remarkable as the game-changing 2011 model. "Conservative" was one of the words they used to describe it.
"The 2015 model is handsome; it's a good car," said Edward Lee, design manager for the Hyundai Design Center. "What we want to do is create something great."
In addition to LED lighting the front and rear fascia get more sculpted, and the grille becomes more prominent. It comes off being both elegant and aggressive – and it's certainly more attractive.
But I'm not quite sure they hit the same note as they did in 2011.
The interior gets a refresh with an updated center stack, steering wheel and behind-the-wheel gauge cluster. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are now standard, and wireless charging and a rear USB port are also available.
The 2018 Sonata has several other new features including a hidden trunk release button, intelligent LED headlights, lane keep assist with driver attention alert and standard blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert.
We thought it was interesting that Hyundai included blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert as standard but made automatic emergency braking (AEB) an option starting at the SEL trim. Toyota employed the opposite strategy with the new Camry, making AEB standard and blind spot monitoring optional.
The reasoning: As Hyundai pointed out during the press preview, 1 percent of your drive time is spent in reverse, but a quarter of all accidents happen in reverse.
So, the Sonata will help prevent those accidents, but it won't qualify for an IIHS Top Safety Pick + Award without optional features.
The 2018 Sonata has two engine options at launch: a 2.4-liter, 4-cylinder that delivers 185 horsepower and a 2.0-liter turbocharged, 4-cylinder that delivers 245 horsepower.
The 2.4-liter is available on the SE, SEL, Sport and Limited models, and the 2.0-liter is available on the Sport and Limited models.
I had the chance to drive vehicles with both engines during the press preview, and the 2.4-liter was plenty powerful for passing and aggressive maneuvers, whereas the 2.0-liter was just plain fun.
A part of the refresh includes a firmer rear suspension, which translates into stiffer ride and better handling. I enjoyed the Sonata's on-road manners, and Hyundai did a good job making the seats more comfortable and the cabin very quiet.
The trim lineup for the 2018 doesn't change much, and the pricing actually gets more competitive with some of the pricier trims costing less with more content. Even the base SE trim only costs $100 more than the 2017 model and adds more standard content. The pricing breakdown is as follows:
So, the engine above that I didn't mention is the1.6-liter turbocharged, which will be available in the ECO models. It wasn't available at the press preview, but it should show up in dealers later this summer. It will deliver 178 horsepower and will get an estimated 31 mpg in combined driving (as opposed to 28 and 26 mpg for the 2.4 and 2.0T engines, respectively).
Coming in early 2018, you will also see plug-in and hybrid versions of the refreshed Sonata. Stay tuned for more details there.
The bottom line is that the Sonata is a really nice vehicle. It's attractive, it drives well, and it's comfortable. But, I think that Toyota outmaneuvered Hyundai in the design department. I would consider the new Camry to be cutting edge -- a refreshing change from the boring humdrum design of yore. And the Sonata is simply a nice change.
Camry manages to come off being a bit sportier, and the Sonata is more sedate.
Don't get me wrong: If you like Hyundai, you'll love the refreshed Sonata – it is a great vehicle. I'm just not sure the change is enough to bring new people into the brand. Then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Editor's Note: Driving impressions in this "First Look" review are from an invitation-only automaker launch event that allowed special access to the vehicle and executives. Hyundai covered our accommodations, meals and transportation costs.


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In the late 1990s, an international consultant told me that a proposed electronic health information system in the Dominican Republic was "like Star Wars and will not work in this country."
Our objective was to improve service delivery by virtually connecting health providers to share medical records with one another as patients moved from health centers to hospitals. We learned that this was much more than an overnight task, requiring a sustained medium-term effort by the government to get the system fully up and running.
In recent years, I've seen similar efforts realized in the Russian Federation, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Botswana. In two Russian regions, Chuvash Republic and Voronezh Oblast, for example, electronic records are helping coordinate the flow of clinical and financial information across the health systems as facilities, departments within hospitals, and health insurance agencies have been "virtually" connected through broadband networks. The electronic records are supporting clinical decision-making, facilitating performance measurement and pay-for-performance initiatives, and ultimately the continuity of care as patients move across the health system. Inter- and intra-regional medical consultations and distance learning activities are also being supported by telemedicine networks that connect specialized hospitals with general facilities.
In Georgia, the Social Information Management System (SIMS) at the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs is providing consolidated automated information about all the registered beneficiaries (each with a unique identifier) of government-funded social programs. This has improved management of the Mandatory Health Insurance for the Poor (MIP) and other programs, such as pensions, means-tested targeted assistance, and internally displaced person allowance distribution, bringing transparency in the use of public funds.
In Azerbaijan, electronic case reporting forms, supported by geographic information systems, is helping track and fight, in real time, communicable disease outbreaks.
And in Botswana, the government has rolled out an electronic medical records system to all of the country's main hospitals, and the country continues to improve the coding and reporting of health conditions and internet connectivity.
These examples from countries clearly show that in reshaping the global health agenda, we need to support the spread and local adaptation of health information technology and overcome the thinking that implementing this information and communications technology is beyond the capacity of countries at different levels of development.
The Star Wars movie saga was entertaining science fiction, but transforming health service delivery in countries is not. Helping deploy the power of electronic health records is not only environmentally friendly (less paper-based medical records), but it has the potential to transform the decision-making capacity and the quality of services in the health system of a country.
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Your comments are valid. The numerous vertical programmes going on in a developing country makes it very difficult for the country to take control by completing a comprehensive national HMIS initiative. Many countries have problems putting appropriate HIS policies in place. There are many situational analyses and strategic plans etc. that too often really don't go far, and what does get implemented if sidelined by vertical programming needs.
I wonder if a consortia of donors together with the government can collaborate on implementing national and comprehensive HMIS? There may be "turf wars" over indicators etc., but at the end of the day all will utilize the HMIS and government will have more effective say and control.
There certainly is a better climate of donor collaboration and communication than in the past, but still only a lot of lip service to real HMIS developments beyond pilots and strategies.
There are very many local pockets of HMIS success that rarely translate into expansion, this results in no real net benefit to the country as a whole. Why is this so?
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The data were used to manage patients, providers, and the program itself as it grew to encompass 18 sites serving more than 90,000 patients. According to the article, the lessons learned have been applicable beyond HIV/AIDS to include primary care, chronic disease management, and community-based health screening and disease prevention programs. We need to implement more focus on information system in developing countries..


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Spring of year before Symposium
Submit funding request to Graduate Student Senate
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Choose date (for the 2008 symposium we used http://www.surveygizmo.com to conduct an online survey to choose the best date from several choices, this worked well) Reserve room -- usually BPB 130 (we also usually reserve the room the evening before so we can load talks, though not many people actually show up) Contact potential people to give the welcome address, such as the dean of CLAS or other important folks. Part of the reason for this is to show them how great EEB is.
Two months before Symposium
Organize menu and schedule with Catering Order the tables and chairs (in 2008 we ordered XX tables and XX chairs) Start new eebedia page for the symposium Issue call for presentations Enter event at http://events.uconn.edu/
In the week preceding the Symposium
Check the weather and make any necessary changes (in 2008 we had a snowstorm and decided to delay the start by 2 hours) Print out a few copies of the schedule to have around Decide who will moderate which sections
The day before the symposium
Load talks if desired (be sure to save them on the scratch disk and not the desktop, where they will be deleted when you restart)


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Curtain falls on his opera career, but driving a bus has its rewards
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Former South Dakota Lineman Tom Compton Praised for Pre-Season Play with Washington Redskins
Two games into the 2013 NFL pre-season, the Washington Redskins are turning heads with a 2-0 start.
One Washington player trying to impress is former South Dakota offensive lineman Tom Compton, who's in his second camp with the Redskins, after being cut just prior to the start of last season and spending most of the year on the Washington practice squad.
So far this pre-season, Compton has one start and has spent a considerable amount of time with Washington's second team offense.
In Monday's 24-13 win over the Steelers, Compton's play earned him high praise from ESPN.com's NFC East beat writer John Keim:
The offensive lineman who really stood out, at least with the second unit, was left tackle Tom Compton.
That's the best I've seen him play (granted, the sample size isn't huge, but I'll include practices as well).
I liked that he was facing rookie Jarvis Jones, who has a thing or two to learn but who is a talented first-round draft pick.
The sort of guy Compton needs to do well against. Compton showed excellent balance and technique. On one rush, he was aggressive with his punch but Jones got into him a little.
However, Compton was able to reset and anchor.
That happened on another occasion as well. Later, Jones beat him off the snap another time, but Compton recovered to shove him off his path.
His run-blocking was fine, too.
All in all, a solid night
Compton was a sixth round selection of the Redskins in the 2012 NFL Draft. He was the 193rd overall pick.
While at USD, the Rosemount, Minnesota native was a three-time Great West Conference selection and the GWC's Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2011.
After his senior season, he played at the 2012 East–West Shrine Game.