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Earlier today, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann (pictured left and center, respectively) "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity;" and to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity."
Steinman, who passed away on Friday after an extended bout with pancreatic cancer, becomes the first person to ever be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine posthumously.
It bears mentioning that Steinman — who, like Beutler & Hoffman, was recognized for his contributions to the field of immunology — was actually diagnosed with pancreatic cancer years ago, but extended his life by using a dendritic-cell based immunotherapy (you know, that thing he was considered Nobel-worthy for in the first place) of his own design.
The announcement was first issued early this morning by the Nobel Foundation, which was, at the time, unaware of Steinman's recent passing. Since 1974, the statutes of the Nobel Foundation have indicated that "work produced by a person since deceased shall not be considered for an award. If, however, a prizewinner dies before he has received the prize, then the prize may be presented."
The thing is, the Nobel Assembly decided to honor Steinman with a Nobel Prize after he passed away; they just weren't aware of it at the time. This put the Assembly in a situation that they have since described as "unprecedented in the history of the Nobel Prize." Discussions over whether or not to award the prize to Steinman posthumously were held just a few hours ago.
Fortunately, the Assembly had the good sense to stick with this morning's announcement, and have since issued a statement confirming that their initial decision will remain unchanged.
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In his announcement, Stringer said, "We are thrilled to have someone of Joel�s high caliber and experience join our team in a very important role. His winning mentality will help take the Columbia label to even greater heights."
Commenting on his appointment, Klaiman says, "I am very excited about joining Columbia; I have always admired their artists. I am really anxious to get started in collaborating with the Columbia team in breaking new music. I want to thank Rob Stringer and Doug Morris for this incredible opportunity!"
Klaiman began his career in 1990 as a manager at Frank DiLeo Management. He served as Senior Director of National Alternative Promotion for Elektra Entertainment Group before joining the Epic Records Group in 1996 as VP of Alternative Music. In 1998, he was named VP of Promotion for Sony 550 Music, becoming VP of Promotion for Epic Records Group in 1999. He was named SVP of Promotion for the company in 2001, helping to plot the strategic radio development of artists such as Celine Dion, Shakira, Korn, Oasis, Fiona Apple, Incubus, Sade and Jamiroquai, among others. In 2006, he was appointed EVP of Promotion for Epic Records.
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Junior Professionals in Delegation (JPD) Traineeship Programme
The traineeship
The European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission (EC) offer highly qualified junior professionals from the EU Members States a paid traineeship starting in March 2016, which allows them to gain an in-depth understanding of the EU Delegations' role in the implementation of EU external policies. The call for expression of interest is open every 18 months by the EEAS and EC.
In order to apply, you should:
- be a national of an EU Member State;
- hold at least a university degree equivalent to a Master's degree in a domain relevant to the activities of the Delegations;
- have an excellent command of English and / or French;
- knowledge of other languages is an asset;
- show great interest and motivation to work in a Delegation and have a professional experience, extra-curriculum activities such as volunteering or publications, is an important asset.
The pre-selection of candidates is managed by the EU Member States. The final selection is made by EEAS and the EC.
Traineeship period
Selected candidates will be offered a single paid traineeship agreement of a fixed-term of nine months, which can be renewed for another nine-month period.
For more details on the application and selection process, check the traineeship webpage.
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"I'm going to have to carry cigarettes with me at all times for me to quit smoking."
I hear this comment almost every time I start a new clinic. The smoker truly believes that if he does not have cigarettes with him, he will not succeed in quitting. His reasoning for carrying cigarettes is that he has to show himself that he is stronger than the cigarettes, or that if he is faced with some traumatic stress he will need a cigarette to survive through the situation. Both of these beliefs carry serious implications, which almost guarantee failure at permanent cessation from cigarettes.
The first hypothesis -- that the smoker must show he is stronger than the cigarette -- assumes that the smoker believes he is stronger than his cigarettes. This is the gravest mistake the smoker can make. He is not stronger than his addiction. The day he admits this fact will be the day he has a fighting chance at quitting, the day he forgets it will be the day he again is caught in the grip of addiction.
If he were stronger, he would have been smoking one or two cigarettes a day whenever he wanted. But by the time he enrolled in our clinic he was probably smoking twenty to thirty times that amount. If he were stronger than cigarettes, he would never have showed his face in a smoking clinic. He would have just stopped.
But at the time he joined, he recognized he was not in control. He was probably out of control for many years. And as with any other addictive drug, he would never be in control again. Once he forgets that cigarettes controlled him, he will probably smoke his first cigarette. That will be a tragic day when he relapses into his past addiction and he may never be able to muster the strength necessary to break free from cigarettes again.
The second idea, that cigarettes are essential to overcome life's traumas, will almost certainly result in smoking within days of trying to stop. No matter how thorough the smoker is at planning a tranquil period when stress is at a minimum, stress will occur. With cigarettes present, one is sure to be taken. Even if he overcomes that one situation, the idea that cigarettes are capable of making life bearable is a false and dangerous belief.
The smoker feels he needs cigarettes to function properly in our world. Then he takes it one step further, he begins to believe that he will not only be less effective at functioning, he will be totally incapable of surviving. He is giving up the substance that makes life possible.
With this belief present, he has about as good a chance of giving up smoking as he has of giving up breathing or eating. If cigarettes are essential to maintain life, quitting is a futile effort.
But this is just not true. Everything a smoker can do with cigarettes he can do without them, but he will not learn this or believe it until he successfully quits and starts dealing with life without smoking.
Don't ever forget how cigarettes once controlled your behaviors and beliefs. When you quit smoking you admitted cigarettes controlled you. You were literally afraid that one puff could put you back. That was not an irrational fear. One puff today will lead to the same tragic results as it would have the day you quit.
Cigarettes were stronger than you before, and, if given the chance, will be stronger than you again. If you want to show you are now in control, do it by admitting you can function without having cigarettes as a worthless and dangerous crutch. To permanently stay free from cigarettes, all that needs to be done is to NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
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News Update: January 27, 2011
NEWS UPDATE: January 27, 2011
This past Sunday in San Francisco, Brian Henson sat down to be interviewed by awesome person and Muppet fan Neil Patrick Harris. The contents of this interview are still mostly unknown but The Jim Henson Company did showcase a great picture of Brian and NPH from the event (see right). If any of our great readers were at this event, email Ryan Dosier at firstname.lastname@example.com'd love to talk to you about writing something about the event!
Another cameo has been confirmed for The Muppets in the form of Modern Family's "Manny Delgado," Rico Rodriguez. The young actor tweeted last Saturday saying, "My childhood is coming alive right now. I'm filming with the muppets for their new movie! It's pretty epic!" I don't know if you've seen Modern Family or the work of Rico Rodriguez... but he's absolutely perfect for a Muppet movie. This is quite a bit of cameos... so check out The Muppet Mindset tomorrow for our attempt to name all of the cameos appearing in the film (that we know of).
Speaking of The Muppets, Examiner.com has posted an incredible video of the filming that went down at The El Capitan Theater last week. The video includes such great moments as Chris Cooper yelling at the Muppets, the Muppets goofing around, Fozzie slapping Kermit around, and much, much more. It really is incredible and you should definitely check it out.
Extremely sad news this week as we report the loss of Sesame Street show writer, song writer, and composer Tony Geiss (1924-2011). Geiss worked on Sesame Street for years and his credits are almost innumerable as you can see on his Muppet Wiki page. Geiss was the conceptual mind behind the Honkers and Abby Cadabby. He wrote the first Sesame Street movie Follow That Bird and some favorite Sesame songs including "Elmo's Song," "I'm Proud to Be a Cow," "That's What Friends are For," and, my personal favorite, "Sing After Me." Thankfully, Geiss's legacy will live on forever with his wonderful songs, writing, and memories.
After that... how about a cheer up? Check out this magnificent video of Kevin Clash and Elmo making a pregnant woman's day at the Sundance Film Festival during a Q&A after a screening of Being Elmo.
And, to conclude, today we're celebrating the 500th post here on The Muppet Mindset! Yes, after 500 posts we're still here--and even more amazingly, you're still here. We're so, so thankful to all of you for being so supportive of us through all 500 of these posts. The support and love you show us is nothing short of incredible! So, to celebrate, watch as I present a gorgeous piece of artwork heinously edited by yours truly!
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Happy 500 posts to the Mindset!!ReplyDelete
And can I just say - that video with Elmo is too cute, I never used to be much of an Elmo fan, but he really is growing on me right now.
One thing you did fail to mention in your update is the very vitally important and interesting and 'to-the-second-stop-the-presses' news that Emily Blunt is not appearing with the Swedish Chef...according to: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/01/26/emily-blunt-dishes-on-her-day-with-fozzie-bear-and-the-muppets/ReplyDelete
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Why McCain turned on Hagel
Well into last week, Sen. John McCain was telling confidantes that he would vote for cloture on the nomination of his one-time pal and fellow Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary.
Then Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) came to McCain's Senate office late Wednesday afternoon and turned around the Arizona Republican — a switch that proved decisive the next day when Hagel came one short of the 60 votes needed for cloture on the Senate floor. Now, Hagel's confirmation roll call is delayed until at least after a weeklong Presidents Day recess.
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( Also on POLITICO: Hagel reassures Graham on Israel)
For old McCain allies, it was an all-too familiar scenario: Their champion pulled back into the fray by his friend Graham, a likable but impulsive figure caught up in his own political battles with the right in South Carolina. By reversing himself, McCain effectively sacrificed his own credibility to buy Graham more time to continue his campaign against Hagel — an issue that plays to Graham's advantage as he prepares to run for reelection in 2014.
"This is just a bone thrown to Lindsey Graham, who keeps painting himself into corners and then pleading with friends to crawl in there with him in a vain attempt to save a little face," one Republican insider told POLITICO. And making it more poignant and personal in this case: The Graham friendship dominated at the expense of McCain's earlier one with Hagel.
( Also on POLITICO: McCain: Hagel confirmation imminent)
Taking full advantage of his win, Graham continued to push all the hot political buttons Sunday.
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, he said that Hagel has shown an "antagonism toward Israel" that is "beyond belief." "I am glad we have more time to look," Graham said. "We're doing our job to scrutinize one of the most unqualified, radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time."
McCain, while not backing down, was more restrained.
"He is my friend," McCain (R-Ariz.) said of Hagel on NBC News's "Meet the Press." "He will be confirmed. … I don't believe he is qualified, but I don't believe that we should hold up his nomination any further because I think it is a reasonable amount of time to have questions answered."
As to Wednesday's meeting between McCain and Graham, both camps were tight-lipped. Neither confirmed nor denied POLITICO's reporting. "I'm just going to leave it there," said a Graham spokesman. In response to questions first submitted Friday, McCain's office came back with a statement Sunday that it also would not comment on his discussions with Graham.
"There was broad agreement in the conference that a brief delay was warranted to address any issues still outstanding," a McCain spokesman said. "This wasn't just about one member or one line of inquiry."
Nonetheless , the turnaround on the cloture vote underscores the tangle of emotions raised by the Hagel nomination for McCain — who can seem one minute aggressive and the next tortured, pulled three ways at once.
At 76, he has reached the point where his career literally spans generations in his party. Forever linked to the Vietnam War, he tangles now with a new tea party breed like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is Ivy League, bright and articulate but born years after McCain's plane went down in 1967 and seemingly clueless about what Hagel went through a year later in the infantry on the ground.
Indeed, the Hagel fight resurrects a checklist of post-Vietnam McCain battles: the John Tower nomination in 1989, the bitter South Carolina presidential primary in 2000 and the Iraq War debate — many of which also predate his colleagues today.


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With charges in the death of Michael Jackson looming over his head, Dr. Conrad Murray sought out peace in an unlikely location -- Jackson's final resting place.
Murray showed up at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Wednesday afternoon to visit the tomb of the man he may or may not have accidentally killed.
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Canada Drum Clinics with Tommy Clufetos (engl)
Chances are if you've been to a concert where Tommy Clufetos was drumming, you've taken note of his over the top, non-stop, pile driving playing style. Whether it be with rock legends such as Shock Rock Icon Alice Cooper, The MotorCity Madman Ted Nugent, or on his current gig with monster rock giant Rob Zombie, you've witnessed the drums being pummeled and beaten into oblivion by one of rock & roll's newest powerhouses.
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Tommy came up playing drums in his Dad's rock & roll band. At age 11, he was gaining invaluable experience playing four sets a night, five nights a week. While frequently backing up artists from the 50's, 60's, & 70's such as Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, plus too many more to list.
While still in high school, Tommy toured with the 60's singing group Little Anthony & the Imperials, and right out of school he began playing with Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels-a gig that lasted for two years, touring the US extensively.
During a recording for a movie soundtrack being made in town, Tommy played with Ted Nugent. The Nuge was so impressed, Tommy got the call the next day to go on the road for Ted's next tour. 2001's "Full Bluntal Nugity Tour" followed, and along the way the band filmed Ted's first live concert DVD (Full Bluntal Nugity) featuring Tommy on drums.
Next, he went back in the studio to record Nugent's next record, "Craveman". And then back on the road in 2002 to support the record on the Craveman tour. In 2003, Tommy toured with Ted on the "Shock & Awe Tour " with ZZ Top. While with Nugent, the band toured and shared the stage with acts such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, Kiss, and Aerosmith.
In 2004, Nugent decided to take a well deserved break from the road. But, no break for Tommy. This time the phone rang and he was asked to join Alice Cooper on his "The Eyes of Alice Cooper Tour", which took the band all over Europe, Canada, and the US. He then immediately went into the studio to record Cooper's next record "Dirty Diamonds", Alice's highest charting record in 10 years.
In 2005, Rob Zombie decided to go back on the road to promote his second movie "The Devil's Rejects". Tommy was asked to join his new band featuring John5 (Marilyn Manson) and Blasko (Rob Zombie,Ozzy Osbourne). They just finished this years Ozzfest tour, with plans to go back on the road in the fall in support of Zombie's upcoming record.
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If you or someone you know is shopping for shoes that can look great in both business casual and straight-up casual looks, check out the new Ledge Hill Wingtips from Rockport. We recently tested these fresh offerings from Rockport and the comfort level is really high. The Rockport Ledge Hill Wingtip men's dress shoe takes the classic, dressy wingtip and makes it work for everyday casual occasions, with handsomely good looks and a wide array of colors and materials. The Ledge Hill Collection is the perfect embodiment of casual attitude that looks as good dressed up as it does dressed down. Full-grain leather is soft and supple with beautiful details that punctuate this lightweight shoe, which combines coziness with chic style.
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The Swedish National Agency of Education, the central administrative authority for the public school system, publicly organised preschooling, school-age childcare and for adult education, provides an overview of all parts of the Swedish education system.
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The Swedish Council for Higher Education is a government agency whose responsibilities span across the education sector. One of their main focus areas is higher education.
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EURES (EURopean Employment Services) är ett samarbetsnätverk som ska främja fri rörlighet för arbetstagare inom Europeiska ekonomiska samarbetsområdet (EES). Även Schweiz deltar. I nätverket ingår bland annat offentliga arbetsförmedlingar, fackliga organisationer och arbetsgivarorganisationer. Europeiska kommissionen ansvarar för samordningen av nätverket.
The National Agency for Edcuation (Skolverket) is the central administrative authority for the public school system, publicly organised preschooling, school-age childcare and for adult education.
Universityadmissions.se is the official website for applying to higher education in Sweden and is managed by the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR). Information about fees can be found here and it is also possible to pay application fees through the website.
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The Two-faced Whirlpool Galaxy
These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
The image at left, taken in visible light, highlights the attributes of a typical spiral galaxy, including graceful, curving arms, pink star-forming regions, and brilliant blue strands of star clusters. In the image at right, most of the starlight has been removed, revealing the Whirlpool's skeletal dust structure, as seen in near-infrared light. This new image is the sharpest view of the dense dust in M51. The narrow lanes of dust revealed by Hubble reflect the galaxy's moniker, the Whirlpool Galaxy, as if they were swirling toward the galaxy's core. These images will be presented on Jan. 13, 2011, at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, Wash.
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If you work in the industry for as number of years, you're bound to gather a number of unique artifacts from your time spent. People have been delighted in recent weeks with Tom Brevoort's "The Marvel Age of Comics" Tumblr showcasing the editor's collection of original art and assorted oddities, and now The Hero Initiative is partnering with a Florida gallery to show off one-of-a-kind printer's proofs for covers collected by renowned editor Julius Schwartz during his 42-year tenure at DC Comics.
Titled "Proof of Heroes," the exhibit at Bear & Bird Boutique + Gallery will feature nearly 300 comic book cover printer's proofs from 1964 to 1974. These printer's proofs were sent to Schwartz for final approval before going to press, and features artwork from such comics legends as Nick Cardy, Neal Adams, Mike Kaluta and Carmine Infantino. The exhibit is set to run from Jan. 20 to March 3 at Bear & Bird's Lauderhill, Florida, location, just above the comic store Tate's. On Jan. 21, DC icons Paul Levitz, George Perez and Alex Saviuk will be on hand from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for a signing, followed by a reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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ELK CREEK –– The Junior Dragster Summer Nationals, presented by Bales Tool Co., headlined what turned out to be a fantastic weekend of racing at Elk Creek Dragway.
Jason Halsey of Independence drove his dragster to a final round 7.96 e.t. at 68 mph to win the title over fellow Independence drive Corey Pack, who posted a 9.26 e.t. at 63 mph.
Saturday's Junior Dragster competition began with the Super Pro class, in which Elliston's J.T. Shrader took the win with a 7.94 e.t. at 75 mph. Ben Denton of Bristol was the runner-up with a 7.93 e.t. at 73 mph.
The Top Eliminator class was next in line, and Pack came back to improve his previous day's standing by one spot, claiming the win with a 9.43 e.t. at 64 mph. Joseph Denton of Bristol was the runner-up after recording a 9.02 e.t. at 66 mph.
In the Second Chance race, it was Dylan Kiser of Knoxville earning the win with a 7.92 e.t. at 74 mph. Brittany White was the runner-up with a 7.98 e.t. at 74 mph.
The grand champion of the Junior Dragster Summer Nationals was Kiser, running a 7.90 e.t. at 75 mph. Runner-up Ben Denton redlighted en route to a 7.89 e.t. at 71 mph.
Moving on to the bigger machines, the Footbrake class came down to a Pontiac vs. Chevy final, with Tim Douglas taking the win in his Firebird with a final round 8.87 e.t. at 82 mph. The runner-up was Robbie Copenhaver in his Chevelle.
In the most talked-about Super Pro program in a long time, dragsters, full-bodied cars, altereds, roadsters and even pickups toed the line for a purse that paid out $5,000 to the winner and another $1,000 to the runner-up.
Bill Lewis of Hillsville walked away with the big check, running his small block Chevy-powered dragster to an impressive 4.77 e.t. at 132 mph. Equally impressive was the final round run of class runner-up Robert Houston of Spruce Pine, N.C., recording a 4.61 e.t. at 136 mph in his big block Chevrolet-powered dragster.
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Triclosan may spoil wastewater treatment
Common antimicrobial could thwart microbes that clean up sewage sludge
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Triclosan, after being flushed down the drain, may muck up sewage treatment. In wastewater treatment plants, the omnipresent antimicrobial can sabotage some sludge-processing microbes and promote drug resistance in others.
The antimicrobial, a common ingredient in personal care products such as hand soaps and toothpaste, accumulates in municipal treatment plants across the country. In lab experiments, researchers have now found that concentrations of triclosan present in wastewater can destabilize the microbial communities that help treat sewage solids, which can then be used as fertilizer.
Triclosan may also encourage the growth of microbes that are immune to drugs, increasing the chances that drug-resistant microbes will spread in the environment via fertilizers, the researchers found. The results appear June 10 in Environmental Science & Technology.
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DT: There are two questions there: What's wrong with the current way of programming? And then, why Elixir?
DT: What's wrong with current programming is something that almost everyone recognizes and most people hope will go away: Moore's Law still applies and for that to have happened, we find that the architectures of our machines have changed dramatically. So, we're looking at multicore, hyperthreading, off-loading processing on to GPUs, and so on. My laptop has a billion transistors in it, which is incredible. And no one can keep a billion transistors busy if they're doing sequential coding. You have to partition the work and do multiple pieces at the same time. And our tools for doing that at the moment are remarkably primitive. They're based on evolving old models. It's like we're saying we got here with object orientation and now we have to make it work concurrently just slap a few more primitives in and hope. The reality is that doesn't work that well. Clearly, it works, but it takes a lot of effort and it's error-prone.
AB: Quite true.
DT: There have been some solutions. In the '70s, Tony Hoare came to my college and gave a talk about communicating sequential processes. That was so clearly the way to write concurrent code and yet it was ignored until the mid '80s, when the phone companies who knew about that and about Prolog thought they could marry the two and they created possibly the world's ugliest language, Erlang.
AB: [Laughter]
DT: But…one of the things about Erlang is that its syntax is an incredibly bitter pill, but once you swallow it, you get these incredible health benefits. The ways of writing code in Erlang are revolutionary; the problem is that they're all wrapped up in some pretty ugly clothing. But I think there's no longer any debate, the future has to be functional, immutable data, and it has to be concurrent. It's the only way to grow. And very few of our current languages let us do that.
AB: Yes.
DT: So, I've been looking for a long time for a language that can do all that. I liked Erlang, but I was afraid that the Erlang folks had positioned it as a niche language. Then, the Elixir language came along. It took the Erlang virtual machine, BEAM, and put a sensible face on it. It gives you all the power of Erlang plus a powerful macro system. It gives you these things called protocols, which allow you to have shared behavior. And the syntax is a lot more powerful. And so for all those reasons, I thought Elixir is important. In addition, José Valim, who wrote the language, is very smart and has clear ideas of where he wants the language to go.
AB: So, a strong leader of the language.
DT: Strong, but he's not a jerk. He's solid in himself.
AB: It seems like many successful languages have someone like that: a dictator who's not an autocrat.
DT: I think so.
AB: Perl, Python, Ruby all have one.
DT: Yes. And I like showing people how to do this kind of programming, but I didn't have the tool to do that with. But now with Elixir, I have that.
AB: The book is frequently updated. Is that because of your writing or because the language is changing?
DT: The language is changing dramatically. It's intentional. Partly, José is experimenting. Partly, he was advocating for a new data type in the Erlang virtual machine: maps. The book I'm writing on Elixir is content-complete, but I try to release updates shortly after José updates the language.
Today, a lot of people focus on knowledge: conferences, books, etc. But what you really have to gain is experience, and katas help you do that.
AB: You are the person who invented code katas, small self-contained programming exercises that refine a pattern of behaviors.
DT: Yes.
AB: "Uncle Bob" Martin is probably the one making them most well-known at the moment.
DT: Yes. The initial idea behind the kata was to discuss something I do all the time. I like coding and I like to experiment with code, so typically I'll take some algorithm and try coding it in different ways: different languages, different techniques, or anything that will give me different insights. And as programmers, we rely on tacit knowledge. Alfred North Whitehead said, "Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them." And katas are ways of forcing your brain to internalize patterns of experience, to associate stimuli and response.
AB: Somewhat like muscle memory.
DT: I don't like the term "muscle memory" because it implies it's not taking place inside your head.
AB: Good point.
DT: The reality is that every programmer has tacit knowledge, but he has it by coincidence: He's learned it on the job. What I want to do is to help people have exercises in which they can, by themselves, build their tacit knowledge.
AB: Yes.
DT: In martial arts, the idea behind a kata is a set of movement that simulate an artificial fight, but it's never a fight that you will have in reality. In theory, once you get past the movements stage of a kata, you're building tacit knowledge. All martial artists say that in a fight, they're not thinking about the moves, they're not thinking about blocking or attacking. They're thinking about the pattern. And what's doing the actual fighting is the muscle memory, if you like, from the kata.
AB: I see.
DT: Again, I'm slightly saddened to see that people have taken the word and turned it into a competitive thing.
AB: That seems like the antithesis of your original goal.
DT: Indeed it is. Today, a lot of people focus on knowledge: conferences, books, etc. But what you really have to gain is experience, and katas help you do that.
AB: So, what makes a good kata?
DT: It really depends on who you are. The katas on my site are self-contained and good for beginners. Once you have experience, you need something meatier. My current choice is to write a markdown translator. And I do that because markdown is an abomination of a syntax. It's very difficult to formalize it, so you're constantly making heuristic decisions, and the problem is big enough to exercise many different areas of programming. I've now done markdown in JavaScript, Ruby, and many, many times in Elixir. Ultimately, a good kata depends on what you want to get out of it. If you're an experienced developer, then you need something that permits you to push yourself.
AB: Would it make sense to do katas, say, on a design pattern? Learn to implement the flyweight pattern, for example, in numerous different situations?
DT: If the intent was not to implement the pattern, but instead to investigate what the pattern meant, then that's a very good kata.
AB: What appeals to me about katas is their small self-contained size. Today, most any program involves multiple languages and platforms, and has a lot of code dedicated to the UI. It's hard anymore to write short, simple programs.
DT: That's an excellent point.
AB: That makes katas fun.
DT: That's exactly right.
Andrew Binstock is the editor in chief of Dr. Dobb's.


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text: It was the Spaniard's fourth win in six races this season and he has not finished outside the top two so far [Reuters]Jorge Lorenzo cruised to a comfortable win over defending world champion Casey Stoner in the British MotoGP on Sunday. The Yamaha star, a winner here in 2010 when he went on to claim the title, extended his lead at the top of the championship standings on the strength of this his 42nd career success. Stoner, who is retiring at the end of the 2012 season, narrowly managed to fend off his Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa for second. Aside from Lorenzo, who now leads the championship by 25 points, the feat of the race belonged to British rider Cal Crutchlow, who crashed heavily in Saturday practice and competed nursing a broken and dislocated left ankle.Despite his injuries the gutsy Yamaha rider finished an admirable sixth, having left his hospital bed and starting at the back of the grid after missing qualifying. A drained Crutchlow, an absentee last year after crashing in qualifying, told BBC: "In all honesty it's been an emotionally draining and tough weekend. "It was a long day yesterday, they told me at the hospital I wasn't going to be allowed to ride, but the medical staff here did a great job. "Now I need to make sure I'm fit for the next race."Perfect conditions In dry conditions American Ben Spies, alongside surprise pole sitter Alvaro Bautista on the front row, shot into an early lead. The Yamaha man was closely tracked by Stoner, with Bautista lying third and Nicky Hayden on a Ducati in fourth. This quartet were clear of a chasing pack headed by Lorenzo, who turned up at Silverstone having rejected an offer to fill Stoner's place at Honda next season, instead signing a new two year contract with Yamaha. Stoner, who won by 15sec in the wet here last year, pounced on a mistake by Spies to hit the front on lap five as Lorenzo moved up to fourth. Lorenzo, perhaps spurred on by having his first taste of a British delicacy - a marmite sandwich - before the race, was up to second by lap seven of 20. Stoner was being hard pressed by the Spaniard who in turn had acres of daylight between him and Bautista. At the midway point to this sixth leg of the championship the front pair were treating the Silverstone crowd to a nail-biting battle, with Lorenzo eventually snatching the lead on lap 11. Having dealt with his Australian rival Lorenzo surged clear and raced in isolation over the closing laps to register an ultimately effortless victory. Lorenzo though said his win had been harder than it may have appeared. "I enjoyed it but there was also a lot of tension. I didn't want to make mistakes to pass and had to wait a little bit to overtake. "It was wonderful fighting with Casey....we're having a fantastic season, we can't ask for more." Stoner reflected: "We weren't good in qualifying, the bike didn't feel right before the race, it was just horrible. "I struggled during the whole race. I wanted to get in front of Ben (Spies) as soon as possible but knew if they got past it would be difficult to keep up." SOURCE: AFP Sport Formula One


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Jan Garbarek
The legendary European saxophonist has been at the forefront of the ECM label's output since 1970. Neil McKim asks him about his latest live album
ECM is celebrating its 40th birthday. How have you found working with the label and its founder Manfred Eicher?
I admire the achievement of Manfred Eicher. He's been a great contributor to music in general over the last 40 years. He's a fantastic producer with a remarkable memory and knowledge about music. ECM is unique because Manfred is unique – he is involved in every production and every aspect of it. His choices are crucial to the image of the company and what it does.
The live album Dresden has taken a while to be released. Why is that?
I took time to release this album because it wasn't meant as an album at all! When we have a concert programme we have played well for a while we usually have it documented by our technicians, by recording a version. We decided it was time to do that in the fall of 2007. I didn't think about it for a while [after]. Then I mentioned this to Eicher and he was interested: he said this could be an album if mixed properly. We had four or five concerts and could have made a medley but I decided to stay with one and just present the whole concert, everything that was played, every breath, every note. This is it – take it or leave it.
The track 'Nu Bein' has a distinctly
African influence. Where does the
name come from?
It's based on a Nubian/African rhythm. The name is an attempt to be clever and funny. I had seen somewhere 'New Being', in slang for Nubian – spelt that way – and I just called it
'Nu Bein'.
You use a Norwegian folk instrument, the seljefløyte. What is that?
The seljefløyte is just an overtone flute really. Fathers used to make them for their children in the springtime when new straight [willow tree] branches were full of sap and easy to manipulate. Luckily you cannot play any wrong notes on this flute, as it's a harmonic series, which makes it easy in a way. But you have to find a way to utilise it. Because the proper seljefløyte will dry up in 24 hours – you have to keep it in water, which is rather inconvenient when you are touring – the one I use is made of PVC.
Your first ECM disc was Afric Pepperbird and you've got a bird-themed track on this disc. Bird-inspired tracks regularly occur in your work…
I seem to have a recurring theme when I make my pieces over the years – I call it bird playing or bird song. I've called it [the track] 'Fugl', which means bird. I seem to always come back to that type of tune, with arpeggios and floating melody on top – bird playing on the saxophone. I don't know why but there always seems to be one piece that ends up like that.
There's a tune on the album called 'The Reluctant Saxophonist'.
Who is that?
Well who might that be, I mean I don't know (he laughs). Sometimes I feel reluctant and sometimes other saxophone players would feel that way too. Could be me sometimes?
What was it that got you listening to jazz in the first place?
Well that's easy. I wasn't actively interested in music in any form. It was just there. When I was 14 I happened to hear on the radio something which caught my attention and interest and I found out that it was John Coltrane. I didn't know that was jazz at the time but I found out that Coltrane was playing a tenor saxophone and I wanted to do the same thing.
Interview by Neil McKim
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HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission says hunters bagged about 2 percent more deer this season than last.
In Unit 3D, which includes Monroe and Pike counties, and parts of Northampton, Wayne, Lackawanna and Carbon, kill totals were considerably less.
The game commission on Monday estimates 343,110 deer were harvested during the 2012-2013 hunting seasons. That's up from 336,200 during the 2011-12 hunting seasons.
The increase was driven by a 5-percent increase in antlered deer killed. For the most recent season, hunters took 133,860 bucks, up from 127,540 last season. The harvest of antlerless deer also increased slightly, from 208,660 in 2011-2012 to 209,250.
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Manson engaged to his new angel - report
Rocker MARILYN MANSON is engaged again following a whirlwind romance with actress SERAPHIM WARD.
The 43 year old proposed to the 27 year old on Thursday night (12Apr12), according to a friend of Ward's. They have been dating for just a few weeks.
The source tells Life & Style magazine, "Marilyn proposed with a family ring. I think it was his grandmother's. It's Celtic, and Seraphim says it has a magical bonding to the receiver. They share an interest in the occult and have bonded fast."
The actress' publicist has subsequently confirmed the news.
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Looking back on my childhood, I can't remember a Halloween that I didn't carry around a UNICEF box to collect donations along with my pillow case for candy. Now my kids do the same.
Maybe you and your family have the same tradition seeing as Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has been around for 61 years and has raised more than $164 million. Did you know it all started in 1950 when a family from Pennsylvania began collecting donations for children left vulnerable by WW II? And, did you know that in 2001 the program delivered messages to the children impacted by 9/11 or that in 2005 the money went to help those affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina? And did you know that the 4-star United States Fund for UNICEF isn't the only charity successfully using Halloween to fundraise? The4-star Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network has a Trick-or-Treat for Food Allergy fundraising program for kids who can't collect candy because of their food allergies.
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I started Indian Land School in 1957 and finished in 1969. I was sad to hear of Mr. W.P. Leaphart passing.
A lot of newcomers I'm sure don't know, but this man was the best of the best in what he did and guided a lot of students as he was a great teacher.
His knowledge was vast. He was a soft-spoken man who could point you to the correct way to do tasks. He was always helpful to the community as he ran the cannery in summer and taught adult classes in welding, small engines, etc.
Sam Slack's letter, "Libertarianism will add to our nation's problems," was some leap of faith to ask readers to take in going from a textbook discussion of libertarianism to accusing two Republican candidates of actually endorsing, without any supporting facts, such proposals as these.
We are all entitled to our own opinions, but when we state such opinions in public, we should ensure that readers know our background and motivation. I am the president of the Republican Club in Sun City.
Seems the S.C. Legislature has been watching those "CSI" re-runs and has come up with an act that directs law enforcement agencies to store evidence relating to a number of different crimes. Another home run for the convicted criminal. It not only offers the chance for a new trial, but a complete review of the evidence relating to the crime, which is being stored under the most ideal of conditions.
I would like to thank Richard Band and the staff of our local library for another successful summer reading program. It started with the Literacy Fair, which was great fun for everyone. There were free balloons, games and tickets to spend on hot dogs, dri-nks, cotton candy and more.
The front yard of the library was filled with lots of booths with information and free books to encourage reading. There were lots of goodies kids love.
"Ms. Brenda" Parker and her puppeteers presented fun stories inside the library.
It has been said that the first casualty of war is the truth. After reading an article in The Lancaster News entitled, "Mulvaney challenges Spratt on budget, taxes," it seems truth is also a victim of Mr. Mulvaney's attempt to unseat Mr. Spratt.
Mr. Mulvaney claims that the House of Representatives will fail to pass a budget for the first time since 1974. That is simply not true.
The last time the House failed to pass a budget was in 2006, when the Republicans were in the majority.
I want to personally apologize for the cancellation of the BloodStock blood drive on July 22 at the Van Wyck Community Center. Due to technical difficulties, the blood drive was cancelled.
The donors who had left phone numbers were contacted immediately to inform them of the situation. If you were not called, I apologize. Many people were contacted and were attempted to be contacted and I apologize if you fell through the cracks and were not contacted.
Our military can win anywhere in the world, when allowed. Yet, President Barack Obama repeatedly speaks to reducing our forces? Our troops are brave and strong, but how many rotations does he expect them to make? Will the sacrifice of laying down their lives ever end. He has said that it is his opinion the military should pay for their medical, be reduced in size and take pay cuts. "Troops understand the risk of injury when they volunteer to serve," Obama said. How stupid is that? Get a leg blown off and pay for it to? No thanks.
Who is the Republican running against U.S. Rep. John Spratt this fall?
I can't determine if the candidate is the new state senator from Lancaster County or someone from the national GOP.
It seems like every quote from his campaign is not from the candidate, but from some hack in Washington.
This begs the question, "Who needs a puppet from the Republican National Committee representing South Carolina's 5th District?"
The GOP has made a number of salacious, misleading and downright false statements about Congressman Spratt.
We attended a Lancaster outdoor Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party on July 3. On April 15 we attended a Tea Party at the same location. About 300 people attended the April event and about 500 attended the July party.
Liberal moderate Republican Lindsey Graham recently said, "The TEA parties will die out."
Well, I know where he stands and it is not with the people who voted him into office. The conservative people can forget getting any support from him.
On April 17, Donna White, of Lancaster, led the Walk for Ryan.
It was a fundraiser honoring the memory of her son, Ryan, who struggled with Kleine-Levin Syndrome and tragically died of unrelated health complications.
Donna's event raised $3,500 for the Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation's research fund.
Although the Foundation acknowledged and thanked Donna for her work and the money she raised, we neglected to thank the community of Lancaster for supporting Donna in her efforts to help find a cause and a cure of KLS.
Seems the push is on for alcohol sales on Sunday.
A resident of Belair, which is in the suburbs of Indian Land, found no place to eat on Sunday. Musta been a recent arrival, apparently the straight-up-the-road drive to Pineville or Ballentine alluded her.
Then there is the employee of a bistro, who thinks a little wine with a Sunday luncheon will bring in loads of income for her establishment.
I want to reply to Arlene C. Harris, whose letter to the editor, "Grandmother mad about comments," in the July 16 edition of The Lancaster News, referred to my online comments about her daughter.
You said that I made "stupid" comments. That means I got your attention.
I don't know your daughter, but I was in a store when she approached me and started telling about a benefit to support her child, Jaylen Jackson, who was killed when she apparently got caught in the crossfire of a gunfight. I asked what happened and she told me.
I am writing in response to the article, "Should Sunday sales of alcohol be OK'd?," in the July 21 edition of The Lancaster News.
What we need to remember is that Sunday is the Lord's Day or what is generally referred to as the Sabbath Day.
Well, since Sunday is the Lord's Day, then maybe we need to ask him if Sunday alcohol sales are acceptable to him. God, what is your answer to this question? "My answer is remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy," that is the Lord's answer for sure. He is never wrong.
We want to thank those who made Mt. Calvary Outreach Summer Enrichment Camp a success. They include: John P. Stevens Foundation, parents, group leaders, bus drivers, senior helpers, Mt. Calvary Outreach board members, The University of South Carolina at Lancaster, Kershaw Swimming Pool, Kershaw Community Health Education Center (KCHEC,) KARE, Youth Serve, Kershaw News Area, Kershaw area churches and individual donors.
When the 2011 Lancaster County Recreation summer swim team season rolls around and it's time to open the county pool, a new coach and pool manager will be in charge.
At the recent Lancaster County Sharks' swim team banquet, veteran coach Midenna Anderson announced her retirement from both jobs.
Filling the void will be a task.
Anderson has dedicated the last 15 years to being the Sharks' head coach. She also served as the pool manager.
It's a job she handles well, deftly balancing the task with a smile and needed discipline.
With only a few weeks of summer vacation left, the thoughts of parents and children alike are turning back toward school and all that entails.
For many, that means new clothes, backpacks and school supplies.
But for those parents who are are out of work or struggling to make ends meet, it just means one more thing to stress out about. If you can barely pay your rent, how will you afford school supplies for your children?
Lancaster County Council should initiate a program that would allow for nonviolent offenders to serve their time at home.
Those who serve their time through the program would have to wear electronic-monitoring devices that monitor where they are through GPS, or global positioning system, technology. The technology would allow authorities to easily keep tabs on those sentenced to home detention, as GPS technology would pinpoint where they are at all times.
Maybe you sat in the stands. Maybe you were a coach. Maybe your child or grandchild played on a team.
You got caught up in the action. You shouted instructions from the stands, cheered the players and questioned the umps' call.
You moaned the dropped ball, the swing that didn't connect and the failed stolen base attempt.
You felt the adrenalin rush of the home run, the clinched glove holding the ball and the slide that worked.
You dealt with the heat, rain and late games.
An Indian Land woman is hoping to get a referendum on the ballot in November 2012 that would let Lancaster County voters decide whether they want to OK the Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages at restaurants in the county.
We not only favor putting the referendum on the ballot, we also favor approving the referendum. We believe Lancaster County restaurants should be allowed to sell alcoholic drinks on Sunday if they want to.
Why not?
What's the point of restricting Sunday sales of alcohol at Lancaster County restaurants?
After about six hours of intense enemy fire on a Cambodian hillside, former U.S. Army Capt. John P. "Jack" Monahan knew his platoon could not hold its position. There was little food, water and ammunition left.
They would have to withdraw. They adjusted artillery barrages to cover their movement. The wounded Monahan led the survivors to safety several hundred yards down a hill while carrying a wounded soldier on his hip with one hand and firing an M-16 with the other.
They came to rest behind some huge tree stumps. That was May 19, 1970.
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Target audience: Nonprofits, cause organizations, foundations, NGOs, social enterprises, businesses, educators, journalists, general public.
By now you've likely heard of content curation, the process of collecting and cataloging the most useful or interesting things about a topic in order to share it for the common benefit. In part 1, Beth Kanter looked at 7 smart techniques for content curation. Today we'll explore some of the best tools for doing so.
Keep in mind, there are lots of different ways to curate. Jorn Barger started Robot Wisdom, one of the oldest blogs on the Web, back in 1995 as a compendium of pointers to the top blog posts and articles he spied; Amy Sample Ward continues that tradition for the nonprofit community today. Others use Twitter or Facebook as retweeting and sharing engines, pointing to the best items that flit across their radar screens.
More often, though, the new breed of content curation tools refers to sites and services specifically geared for finding the diamonds in the rough. (I won't be including aggregation services like Alltop, which provide a firehose of news updates about a topic such as nonprofits.)
Here, then, are Socialbrite's six top tools for content curation. They are free except where noted.
Scoop.it: Become an authority in your vertical
1Scoop.it (tagline: "share ideas that matter") ranks as one of the top content curation tools right now. The service, which has both free and premium versions, styles itself as a series of online magazines centered on niche topics. Pick a topic you feel knowledgeable or passionate about and start adding to your collection: articles, blog posts, Twitter lists, videos and so on. Socialbrite's Debra Askanse, for example, has Scoop.it pages on Facebook and Twitter best practices.
Gabriella Sannino put it well: "Scoop.it is like being your own newspaper editor." The quality of the curators on Scoop.it is high, though you'll need to root around a bit to find the subjects and authorities that interest you the most. Note: While you can embed it on your own site, it works better by viewing the topics on the main Scoop.it site.
Storify: Curate your next event
2Next time you're covering a nonprofit conference or putting on an event, consider firing up a Storify account and then pick and choose the best images, tweets, blog posts, videos, etc., that others publish and tie them up with a nice ribbon — your overall take on the proceedings, of course. Storify is becoming a favorite of bloggers, journalists and Tweeps who like its curated take on current events. You can pull from blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram and many other sources and then export it to your WordPress, Tumblr or Posterous blog or share it on Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus via social buttons. (Side note: I know the founder, Burt Herman, who's a nice guy, and I always root for former-journalists-turned-entrepreneurs.)
Pearltrees: Cultivate your interests
3My vow for the fall is to spend more time with Pearltrees, which recently did a reboot and looks to be one of the most advanced tools you can add to your curation toolkit. There's a bit of a learning curve, but here's how it works: Your browser app lets you "pearl" the page you're visiting. Connect your Twitter and Facebook accounts, then start organizing interests into topic folders ("pearltrees"). Any other curator expert in your topic area might ask to team up with you (and vice versa) to make your tree branches richer. You can share your pearls through Twitter, Facebook, email or embed them in your own site. You can also share pearls with colleagues or your own team. Curators, behold the potential of the pearl.
Pinterest: Share your favorite visuals
4Pinterest entreats you to "organize and share the things you love," but it's really all about compelling visuals. (And, by the way, here's a Pinterest board on curation tools.) This year Pinterest has become the third most popular social network in the world, trailing only Facebook and Twitter, by making it drop-dead simple to "pin" images that you think are cool. The more serious Pinterest curators create boards around topics, like nonprofit marketing strategist Noland Hoshino. You can, too. Continue reading


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OMAHA, Neb. — It's on: Michael Phelps will seek to qualify for the London Olympics in the 400-meter individual medley Monday morning, a grueling event that he just can't seem to quit.
The event will open the trials here, as well as the Games themselves in July. Phelps owns the race, or at least the national and world records for it, but he enters the trials seeded third, to his prime rival Ryan Lochte and the swimmer who said this weekend that he doubted the Baltimore swimmer would try to qualify in it, Tyler Clary.
Phelps himself kept silent on his plans for the medley, as he has for his entire line-up for the trials and his fourth and final Olympics, seemingly enjoying the guessing game he triggered. By early Sunday afternoon, though, he had shaved the monumental mustache he had grown in recent weeks, posting a before-and-after picture on his Twitter account, part of the hair removal ritual that swimmers undergo to prepare for racing.
He had to pull out of the race by Sunday evening, and didn't. There is still a chance he could scratch after the morning preliminaries, which begin at 11 a.m., and opt not to swim in the finals in the evening.
That Phelps wants to compete in swimming's most demanding race in his final Olympics signals that he wants to exit big, rather than safe. Phelps vowed he wouldn't swim the taxing race after Beijing, but he continued returning to it in both international and Grand Prix competitions.
He and Bob Bowman, his coach, have said he likely will swim in six or seven events, which probably would include some relays. At the trials, which run through July 2, he also signed up for the 200 IM, the 100 and 200 butterflies, the 100 and 200 freestyles and the 200 back, although he is expected to scratch some of those.
Hoff won't do 400 IM
The women's 400 IM, also scheduled for Monday, had a bit of intrigue of its own. Katie Hoff, who holds the American record in the event, let drop Saturday that she won't try to qualify for London in the event.
Hoff, who trained at North Baltimore Aquatic Club in the years leading up to the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, said she is turning her attention to fewer events these days. After tearing up the pool in the 2008 trials — she was the only woman to qualify in all 13 events — she acknowledged that her Beijing program was exhausting. Entering five individual events plus a relay, she won a silver and two bronze medals.
"I'm more focused," Hoff said of her current mindset. "I've zeroed my focus in on a couple events."
Hoff said she will swim in the 200 and 400 freestyles.
Hoff has coach-hopped a bit, and recently returned to Paul Yetter, her coach for much of her time at NBAC, who is now training swimmers at T2 Aquatics in Naples, Fla. In between, she worked with Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman, and Jon Urbancheck at the Fullerton, Calif., Aquatics Sports Team. Hoff's parents still live in the Baltimore area.
Now 23, Hoff says she's much more relaxed than her younger, more anxious self, shackled as she was with the "female Phelps" label and all the expectations that go along with that.
"I was so worried, what if I didn't make the team? What would people say?" she said, remembering the dread she felt approaching the 2008 trials. "Now, I'm going to go out there, whatever is going to happen is going to happen."
Phelps' impact felt
On the eve of the eight-day competition, swimming officials reveled in how their sport has grown in popularity, thanks in large part to Phelps and his riveting Beijing performance, which national team director Frank Busch called "the most impressive Olympics of anyone in history."
The trials themselves have become a major sporting event, drawing a record attendance of 160,000 in 2008, when they were also held in Omaha.
This year's attendance could be even greater, if only because the number of swimmers competing has grown, and surely they'll bring even more family and friends to watch them. More than 1,800 swimmers are entered in the trials, compared to about 1,250 four years ago.
"This is a special time for a special sport, and we're all lucky enough to be a part of it," Busch said.
While he and other USA Swimming officials credited current stars, and the rivalry between Phelps and Lochte, they also sought to highlight up-and-coming swimmers, including perhaps the brightest of them, the 17-year-old Missy Franklin.
The effervescent Franklin, who apparently finds much of life quite "awesome," said she handles the growing spotlight by staying focused on the people closest to her.
"I think the expectations are definitely higher, and that does make it a little bit more difficult," she said. "But the expectations from the people who really matter most to me — my coach, my family and friends — are all just for me to go out there and have fun. Those are the expectations I want to live up to, the people I love and care about."
Having just finished her junior year in high school, college coaches who are no doubt itching to recruit her are instead giving her space to focus on the trials and Olympics instead, she said.
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Two coaches who likely wouldn't mind having Franklin on their college teams will be heading the men's and women's Olympic squads: Greg Troy of Florida and Teri McKeever of California.
On Sunday, they talked about how carefully they wanted to shepherd the young talent's career, anticipating it could span multiple Olympics.
"If we do things right, Missy is going to be a figure like a Ryan or a Natalie [Coughlin] or a Michael," McKeever, who coaches Coughlin, said.
Troy, who is also Lochte's coach, agreed.
"She's got a tremendous future, a great, bright young star. We're very cognizant she is a young lady and she's got a long way to go," he said. "I think we put too much pressure on people too young to be something other than what they are. She has some of the same characteristics you see in Ryan, Michael and Natalie. She's a great racer."


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WILSON, N.C. – A major Winston-Salem, N.C.-based financial holding company will pay $24,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had sued Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T), thenation's 10th largest financial holding company, on behalf of a hearing-impaired employee who was denied a reasonable accommodation to which she was entitled under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
In its suit (EEOC v. Branch Banking & Trust, Civil Action No. 7:06-CV-00071, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina), the EEOC charged that Linda Hewett, who worked for the bank's Whiteville, N.C., branch as a senior teller, was denied a transfer to a vacant position for which she was qualified and as a result, was forced to resign in October 2003. Hewett had sought a transfer before she resigned because she was no longer able to perform her job due to her progressively severe hearing loss. The EEOC alleged that Hewett was denied reassignment to other vacant positions in which her hearing loss would not limit her ability to perform her job. The case was scheduled to go to trial the second week of February, but the parties reached agreement during a court-hosted settlement conference.
In addition to paying $24,000 in compensatory damages to Hewett, BB&T must take other actions set forth in the consent decree resolving the case, including providing anti-discrimination training to the staff of the banking network of its Southeast Region. Further, the company is enjoined from engaging in further disability discrimination and must report complaints of disability discrimination made at its banking network of the Southeast Region to the EEOC for monitoring.
"Workers with disabilities are productive members of the American workforce," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "Under federal law, employers are required to make reasonable accommodations to enable disabled workers to perform their jobs unless doing so would pose an undue hardship on the employer. If reassignment to an open position for which the disabled worker is qualified is the only available option to keep her employed, the employer must reassign her absent undue hardship."
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