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On a Friday night, start your hunt for one of Chicago's hottest venues by strolling down North Milwaukee Avenue, past the Mexican restaurants feeding the diverse Logan Square neighborhood, and soon you'll spot the crowd spilling outside a two-story brick building, milling beneath an awning adorned with a six-pointed red star and a fist clutching barley. "It's a two-hour wait," the hostess will likely say. Most patrons stay. As minutes tick past, they patiently wait for a table or a seat at the 360-degree bar, where artists, musicians and off-duty office workers create a merry din beneath the tin ceiling, everyone united by cold glasses of Revolution beer.
In a city stuffed with Michelin-starred restaurants, turns out one of Chicago's hardest tables to secure is at a reservations-free brewpub. Since Revolution Brewing's February 2010 unveiling, weekend waits for a seat to sip the citrusy Anti-Hero IPA and chocolaty Eugene Porter and chomp bacon-fat popcorn have routinely stretched into the hours—and show no signs of abating. "When we opened, the hole in the Chicago beer market was gaping," says Josh Deth, Revolution's founder. "Imagine the pressure of a dam with too many holes to plug."
More than a decade earlier, Deth tried to be the Chicago beer scene's Hans Brinker, the Dutch boy who plugged a dike with his finger. But after commissioning his clenched-fist logo, the former Goose Island brewer was beset by funding issues and unable to secure a lease. He iced his idea until a stint as executive director of the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce led to this epiphany: "I thought, I should really look into opening a brewery in this neighborhood," recalls Deth, who revived his Revolution concept. This go round, the timing was right. "The city is a dry sponge for craft beer," Deth says.
When it comes to locally produced beer, Chicago has long lagged behind other cities, but now, the Midwestern metropolis is playing accelerated catch-up. In recent years, more than a half dozen Chicago breweries have fired up brew kettles. If you crave aromatic, sessionable pale ales, try Half Acre's Daisy Cutter. For textbook German beers, Metropolitan Brewing offers Krankshaft Kölsch and the Dynamo Copper Lager. Belgian ales and highly hopped IPAs are dispensed at Haymarket Brewery & Pub. To pair with the city's plentiful Mexican and Latin American cuisine, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria fashions beers such as the ancho chile-spiked 5 Vulture "Oaxacan-style" dark ale.
"Chicago isn't intimidated by Portland, San Francisco or the other great brewing cities," says Laura Blasingame, 46, co-owner of the Map Room, which is home to 26 taps and a hand-pumped cask ale. "We were dormant, but now we're waking up."
Trial by Fire
To understand why Chicago's craft brewing surge was delayed, one must return to 1871. That October, the Great Chicago Fire incinerated around four square miles of homes, businesses and breweries. To slake the parched, ravaged city's thirst, Milwaukee breweries such as Schlitz began shipping beer barrels to town via train. Wisconsin brews gained a citywide toehold, and Chicago's breweries never fully recovered. Despite a smattering of local beermakers ("Every neighborhood had its own brewery," Deth says), what wasn't destroyed by the fire was eventually finished off by Prohibition, consolidation and the rise of national beer brands. In 1978, Peter Hand Brewing, the city's last, closed.
During the late 1980s, the beer drought began lifting with the opening of brewpubs, such as local stalwart Goose Island. It was joined by the likes of Sieben's River North Brewery, Tap & Growler, Chicago Brewing and Golden Prairie. Alas, only Goose Island lasted. Quality beer notwithstanding, "most of our first wave of craft breweries crashed and burned, then we entered a neo-Prohibitionist era," says Michael Roper, 57, the founder and co-owner of Michael & Louise's Hopleaf Bar, which pours 45 Belgian-leaning draughts.
Shortly after Richard M. Daley was elected mayor in 1989, he installed Winston Mardis as director of the Liquor Control Commission. As years disappeared, brewers and bar owners began to fear the bureaucrat's name. During Mardis' reign, many of Chicago's taverns were shuttered, and brewing licenses were doled out as freely as a miser parts with a penny. "We were terrified of him," Roper says. "He could shut down places arbitrarily and made it difficult for people to open bars, breweries or brewpubs."
There were several success stories, such as Piece Brewery & Pizzeria, which navigated red tape to open in 2001; the TV-filled pub serves cracker-crisp pizzas alongside brewer Jonathan Cutler's medal-winning IPAs and German wheat ales—good luck grabbing a seat during a Bulls or Blackhawks game. (Piece is recognized as a restaurant, along with other brewpubs such as the patio-equipped Moonshine, which makes Second City dry Irish stout and Piston Broke pale ale.) Yet every triumph was matched by a setback, such as the Chicago Beer Society's Real Ale Festival. Founded in 1996, the cask-ale fest attracted thousands of attendees until 2003, when Mardis "crushed it. He wouldn't give us a permit," Roper says. Because Mardis demanded that the fest's location in a former steel factory be licensed as a year-round tavern—a cost-prohibitive undertaking—the 2003 festival was the final edition, and it left for San Diego. "Every time he did something like that, he thought it was a triumph against alcohol," Roper says.
During this dark era, Chicago's microbrewing flame was kept flickering by Goose Island, a fast-growing local brewery with a national reputation for quality, as well as nearby suburban breweries Two Brothers, Flossmoor Station and Munster, Indiana's Three Floyds Brewing. In the city, the beer scene was nurtured by bars like Sheffield's, Hopleaf and the Map Room. Sheffield's, located blocks from Wrigley Field, was an early booster of American craft breweries, such as Bell's and Anchor. Roper's dimly lit Hopleaf, decorated with 1920s beer posters, focuses on Belgian brews alongside mussels, frites and house-smoked meats. At the Map Room, where the beer selection spans the globe and customers' postcards adorn walls alongside international flags, the focus has always been on education. When Laura Blasingame and her husband, Mark, opened the Map Room in 1992, "there weren't many craft beer aficionados outside the Chicago Beer Society," she says. "We educated ourselves, our bar staff and our customers."
To that end, the couple instituted a monthly "beer school" session and, over time, slowly grew their draught list. "Each time we expanded our tap lines, from three to nine to 13 and, finally, to 26, Mark would say, 'Are you sure we can handle this?'" Laura recalls. Chicago drinkers answered with a resounding "yes." It was just a matter of time before those draught lines dispensed local beer.
A New Brew Day Dawning
By 2006, Chicago's brewing culture was ready to blossom. A new liquor commissioner had been appointed in June 2004, and entrepreneurs such as Gabriel Magliaro were gearing up to enter the underserved market. That October, Magliaro and friends founded Half Acre Beer. Looking to launch without drowning in debt, idea man Magliaro contracted a Wisconsin brewery to create his inaugural lager. It was unveiled in September 2007, and "out of the gate people wanted to like us," says Magliaro, 33. "Chicagoans love Chicagoans."
Having built brand awareness with the lager and the malty, liberally hopped Over Ale bitter, Magliaro moved to his plan's second phase: "We wanted to build a brewery in the middle of the city and be part of the neighborhood," he says of Half Acre's location in Northcenter, which opened in February 2009. Stroll down North Lincoln Avenue, and you'll smell air perfumed with sweet malt. Follow the bouquet inside Half Acre's tasting room, and you can fill a growler, grab a canned four-pack of aromatic Daisy Cutter Pale Ale or take a 1 p.m. Saturday tour—come early, because the 60 tickets sell out quick.
While Magliaro put the brand before the bricks and mortar, Pete Crowley trod a different path to open Haymarket Pub & Brewery in December 2010. For 13 years, Crowley brewed for the Rock Bottom brewpub chain, the last 10 of which were spent at Chicago's branch. Though he'd won seven Great American Beer Festival medals during his Rock Bottom stint, "I've wanted to open a brewery since I started brewing," says Crowley, 40.
Analyzing the market, Crowley realized that there was plenty of room in Chicago for local beer. "We were bringing in beer from across America and Europe," he says. "I thought, 'Why aren't we making more beer?' " Attracting backers during a recession may seem counterintuitive, but the freefalling economy was a blessing. "Investors that were afraid of banks and the stock market were willing to invest in something tangible," Crowley says.
He turned a spacious, tile-floored former steakhouse into Haymarket, naming it after the nearby square infamous for its 19th-century workers riot. Since pouring his first hoppy IPAs and Belgian-inspired ales at the sunny, room-spanning bar, Crowley has greeted a constant crowd ranging from couples to businessmen and guys in flip-flops. "Everyone identifies with something that's fresh and local," he says of the universal appeal.
In short order, a native-beer shortage has become an abundance. Fans of German lagers can support Metropolitan Brewing, which began distributing in early 2009. Like session brews? This May, Finch's Beer Co. launched with two low-alcohol canned creations, the light-bodied Golden Wing Blonde Ale and the gently citric Cutthroat Pale Ale. That month also welcomed 5 Rabbit Cerveceria. Relying on recipes created by Randy Mosher and Argus Brewing (a Chicago contract brewery run by father-son duo Robert and Patrick Jensen, who also sell the floral Pegasus IPA), 5 Rabbit puts a Latin spin on classic styles. For instance, the 5 Lizard witbier is spiced with lime peel and passion fruit. "We wanted to be a Latin microbrewery in a city with a big Hispanic population. Chicago was the perfect fit," says cofounder Isaac Showaki, 27. "It was more affordable to start a business. Everything that we needed to do, Chicago had to offer."
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Several compelling factors have fostered an environment conducive to craft beer in Chicago. The city is home to educational groups such as the Chicago Beer Society, which was founded in 1977; Ray Daniels' Cicerone Certification Program (which produces beer professionals akin to wine sommeliers); and the Siebel Institute of Technology, one of America's foremost brewing academies—a farm league for future brewers. "All these pieces create a community that is friendly, creative and drives growth and development of craft beer," says Chicago's Joe Postma, 29, who writes about homebrewing for the website Serious Eats.
To serve a growing educated audience, area saloons have also elevated their offerings. Rocker haunt Rocking Horse features an epic jukebox (The Clash, Tom Waits, Pavement), tater tots and 16 taps of mainly Midwestern microbrews, many discounted to $3 on Thursday night. Despite the name, the trio of low-key, neighborhood-y Small Bars dish up outsize draught lists where Three Floyds, Half Acre and Metropolitan typically have a home. Complementing Golden Tee and its Cajun menu of po' boys and jambalaya, Local Option serves 25 rotating regional and international beers and hosts release events from breweries like Denmark's cultish Evil Twin. At Quenchers Saloon, you'll find vintage beer steins, comfy couches and a chalkboard listing around 300 beers. Clark Street Ale House treats customers to endless free pretzel sticks and 25 draught lines, including a house pale ale crafted by Two Brothers. At biker hangout Twisted Spoke, you can pair cask-poured Templeton rye whiskey with flaming chicken wings, more than 150 bottled beers and 20 draughts; Tuesday night means selections such as Bell's Special Double Cream Stout are discounted to $2.50.
Another important factor is the rise of Chicago's restaurant scene, where craft beer and quality food go hand in hand. The pork-heavy Publican regularly hosts pairing dinners featuring breweries such as Michigan's Founders and California's Lagunitas, pours Berliner weisse mimosas for brunch, and every waiter and bartender is a certified beer server—helpful to navigate the list of 100-plus bottles, including a house-blended lambic. British-inspired Owen & Engine pours 20 draught beers and a quartet of cask ales, and it employs a Cicerone to match brews to its fish and chips and homemade bangers and mash. At the Fountainhead, hearty pub fare like mac and cheese awash in a smoky rauchbier–white cheddar sauce is complemented by 26 largely regional draughts also Cicerone-selected. Longman & Eagle's eclectic menu of pastrami-cured sweetbreads and wild boar sloppy Joes are balanced by a deep list of stouts, IPAs and strong Belgian ales. If you're more in the mood for hamburgers topped by Three Floyds Alpha King Pale Ale–battered fried shallot rings, Kuma's Corner will hit the spot. Sassy tattooed bartenders serve pretzel-bun burgers with a side of ear-splitting heavy metal and, to drink, Metropolitan's Dynamo Lager.
To appeal to restaurants, New Chicago Brewing plans to launch next March with a focus on "big, food-friendly beers that aren't too hoppy," says Jesse Edwin Evans, 33, who's founding the brewery with his brother, Samuel, in an eco-focused food-manufacturing facility called the Plant. "We're trying to reinvent Chicago beer and create a beer that the city can be proud of." They're not alone: Last year, Chicago Beer Co. joined the marketplace with Windy City Wheat, and fellow startup Pipeworks Brewing, which will focus on potent dark beers, is in the planning stages. At first blush, these breweries' arrival may seem like a gold rush, a chance to become the go-to local brand in the wake of a seismic wave: In March, Anheuser-Busch InBev bought Goose Island, putting the local stalwart under control of an international conglomerate. Some Chicagoans may bristle at the change, but so far, the beer's quality remains uncompromised. "The brewers are still zesting
oranges in oak barrels for [the saison] Sofie, not using an extract from St. Louis," Haymarket's Crowley says. The Map Room's Laura Blasingame echoes that sentiment. "The sale doesn't diminish the skill of the craft brewers," she says. "I'm going to continue to rotate in Goose Island."
Instead of a backlash, the bigger crisis is finding space for every Chicago beer. Just look at Hopleaf. Though the bar has 45 draught lines, finding room for new beers is becoming tricky, Roper says. "We want to support everybody that's local." To accommodate, the bar will add 104 seats and 20 draught lines in October. But compared to past problems, this is a good one to have. "We're a metropolitan area of 8 million people who have been under-beered for too long," Roper says. "We're just getting started." Adds Revolution's Deth, "We can have 20 more breweries in Chicago before we reach saturation. Each neighborhood deserves a brewpub."
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday said the U.S. Department of Justice may pursue most of its lawsuit accusing Novartis AG NOVN.VX of civil fraud for allegedly using kickbacks to boost sales of drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon allowed the government to continue its False Claims Act case against the Swiss drugmaker over claims submitted to Medicare and some state Medicaid programs for Myfortic, used by patients with kidney transplants, and Exjade, for patients who get blood transfusions.
She also dismissed a part of the case covering claims submitted to state Medicaid programs other than New York's prior to March 23, 2010, when the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was enacted.
Novartis, which has offices in East Hanover, New Jersey, had objected to what it called the government's "potentially limitless" theory that any claims submitted by pharmacists who got kickbacks were tainted.
It said the government, to pursue its case, instead must show a kickback scheme actually caused pharmacists to sell Myfortic or Exjade.
Julie Masow, a Novartis spokeswoman, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan declined to comment.
The government accused Novartis of providing discounts and rebates from 2005 to 2013 to induce at least 20 pharmacies to switch thousands of patients to Myfortic, an immunosuppressant.
It also said that from 2007 to 2012, Novartis offered patient referrals and rebates to BioScrip Inc BIOS.O so that pharmacy would recommend refills of Exjade, which is meant to reduce iron levels in patients.
The government alleged that these activities caused Medicare and Medicaid to pay tens of millions of dollars of improper reimbursements, and violated a federal anti-kickback law. Eleven U.S. states are co-plaintiffs. BioScrip settled for $11.7 million in January.
McMahon had on May 29 allowed the case to proceed, but said she wanted to further review the legal issues.
In her decision on Thursday, she said Congress "gave absolutely no indication" that it intended to limit the reach of the False Claims Act where kickbacks were concerned.
"Where a party falsely certifies compliance with the (anti-kickback law) in connection with a claim, the claim is 'false' as a matter of law, and so is not eligible for reimbursement," she wrote.
McMahon gave the government 21 days to again plead claims she dismissed.
The lawsuit stemmed from a whistleblower case by David Kester, a former Novartis respiratory account manager from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is also pursuing separate claims against Novartis and other companies regarding other drugs.
The case is U.S. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-08196.


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In most theaters, the sight of someone pulling out a cellphone and texting during a performance is very much frowned upon. In the world of Christopher Durang, the guy texting is actually onstage interrupting a play he's watching.
That's typical of the things flipped around in the playwright's utterly refreshing farce "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," which happily has made the leap from off-Broadway to open Thursday at the Golden Theatre.
It's a sweet, witty play with a huge pop culture appetite. Durang flings all kinds of references into his word processor: Angelina Jolie, Snow White, Maggie Smith, global warming, Norma Desmond, William Penn, "Peter Pan," the HBO show "Entourage," Lindsay Lohan, ancient Greek drama, voodoo and, as the title suggests, a big dollop of Anton Chekhov.
It centers on three middle-aged siblings named after Chekhov characters who are uneasily negotiating with age. Two of them - Vanya, a perfectly laconic David Hyde Pierce, and Sonia, a sweetly sensitive Kristine Nielsen - have been sitting around their Pennsylvania home and bickering for years ever since their parents died.
The sibling who escaped, Masha, has become an insufferable movie star and has returned to sell the house, leaving her sister and brother with the prospect of being homeless and penniless. Sigourney Weaver, a longtime collaborator with Durang, plays Masha with flamboyant overacting. She's clearly having a ball; the whole cast is.
Rounding up the cast is Masha's boy-toy Spike (a splendidly buoyant Billy Magnussen), a housekeeper convinced she can see the future (a very game Shalita Grant) and an ethereal neighbor (the fairy-ish Genevieve Angelson).
Director Nicholas Martin thankfully doesn't rush things, allowing the actors the freedom to extend a scene just a little further with merely a look. The company also seems to have added their own little physical jokes to Durang's script, such as some recurring hair-mussing and flirtatious touching.
It helps if you know something about Chekhov - when Sonya wails "I am a wild turkey," it's more fun if you know that's a riff on his "Seagull" - but Durang's genius is the ability to write highbrow and low at the same time.
Masha's arrival unsettles the stifling life of Vanya and Sonia. Vanya shakes off his complacency by dusting off a play he's written and gets everyone to perform it - Spike cloddishly interrupts the show with his cellphone - and Sonia snaps out of her ennui by putting herself out there at a fancy party.
Durang has given Pierce a simply lovely rant about how great growing up in the 1950s was - "We licked postage stamps, and we sent letters!" - and Nielsen has a touching phone call - we only hear her side - from a potential suitor that becomes a touching aria about hope and fear and love.
It's all a bit silly, a tad daffy and very, very sweet. Thankfully, for a show that both lampoons and honors Chekhov's themes, it doesn't end with the sadness that usually dominates that revered playwright's work. In fact, you can hear the Beatles sing "Here Comes the Sun."


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Greetings from Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai!!
You may be aware about the Innovation Hub facility at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai. It is basically aimed at supplementing school education for seeking new ways to bring innovative thinking and approach among the students.The activities for the students are organized at Innovation Hub on every Saturday (Integrated science) and Sunday (Robotics) for four hours between 11.00 AM to 4.00 PM. We have designed a curriculum for these students for 3 months duration (approx. 40 - 44 hours)
An inquiry based, Hands-on science learning approach
Real life problem identification & solution finding, carrying out investigative types of projects under the guidance of experts and mentors.
Activities on thinking out-of-the-box, Idea generation and to understand the power of collaboration.
Design challenges, Kabad se Jugad (Toys from trash), Tod Fod Jod (Dismantle and assemble simple household gadgets) and many other exciting activities.
The components of Robotics curriculum are:
Kits used by students: Lego Mindstorm EV3 kits
The basics of assembly of robots
The basic concepts of programming
Use of sensors
Real life problem identification & finding solution using robotics.
We are now opening registrations for January to March 2020 batch. This batch is scheduled to start on January 11, 2020 and will continue for three months till March 29, 2020. The students may register either for Saturday (Integrated Science) or Sunday (Robotics) for these three months.
Time: 11.00 AM to 4.00 PM: Lunch break – 1.00 PM to 2.00 PM
Registration Process:
Enrol for Innovation Hub by obtaining & filling up the registration form. The requirements are – two passport size photographs, photocopy of school Id card/calender and registration fee Rs. 1000/- for Integrated Science Programme and Rs. 3000/- for Robotics programme for 3 months. Money can be paid in the form of DD/ pay order or cash. For more details please download the registration form and NSC membership form from our website
The enrolment can be done up to January 5, 2020 from Morning 11.00 AM to 4.00 PM by paying the requisite fee
at the Centre. Registrations will be strictly on first come first served basis. There are only 30 seats for Integrated Science and 20 seats for Robotics .
For any further information and details you may contact us on 2493 2667 ext. 216, 217, 218, 219 or write to us on firstname.lastname@example.com
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African American Optimism On Economy
[The Economy]
More than one in four (28%) African Americans now believe that they have achieved the American dream, up from 19% in January 2009, according to the 2010 MetLife Study of the American Dream.
This compares with 34% of all Americans who report they have achieved the dream, which is flat from 2009. Equally important, nearly nine in ten (86%) African Americans who report that they have not yet achieved the dream believe it remains within reach, compared with 70% of Americans overall. These results are reported nearly two years after the start of the economic downturn, a new study shows.
"Like their peers, most African Americans think that a full economic recovery is still three or more years away," notes Beth Hirschhorn, senior vice president, Global Brand and Marketing Services, MetLife. "Despite this, they believe in the promise of the American dream. And they are more likely than in years past to view the dream as well within their reach."
According to the Study, all Americans are taking significant steps to improve their financial situation, including taking on more responsibility at work, saving more and spending less and making plans to further cut spending. For example, 74% of all Americans and 75% of African Americans say they have spent less in the last year. In addition, for African Americans, more than four in ten (41%) report spending "a lot less" this year than last, compared with 34% of the population at large.
A significant number of Americans are helping their family members financially – even though they may also be struggling themselves. This is particularly true among African Americans, with 59% saying they have given money to a family member in the past year so they can pay their bills. This compares with 47% of Americans overall. In addition, 42% of African Americans have had a family member give them money in the past year, compared with only 35% of Americans overall.
While family members are helping each other make ends meet, African Americans still report a strong sense of self-reliance and confidence in their ability to manage risk. African Americans are less likely than their peers to be frustrated by the erosion of government and employer-sponsored safety nets. Nearly half of African Americans (48%) are "confident that [they] can rely on [themselves] to provide for [their] family even if [they] get less from the government," compared with 40% of Americans overall. And, 55% of African Americans are confident that they can achieve financial security on their own, despite cutbacks in employer-sponsored health benefits and pension plans. Among the general population, the percentage falls to 44%.
Still, African Americans acknowledge that they have a way to go before they have an adequate personal safety net (defined as a "cash cushion," with retirement savings as well as auto, health, home and life insurance). Fewer than one in three African Americans (26%) believe that they have already amassed an adequate personal safety net, compared with 31% of all Americans.
In addition to taking steps to improve their personal finances, African Americans also are taking better care of themselves. Half of African Americans (50%) say that they are eating better, 44% are exercising more and 28% are going to the doctor more regularly. Among the overall population, the percentages drop to 44% (eating better), 42% (exercising more) and 18% (visiting doctor regularly). On a related note, while nearly half of all Americans (45%) believe that healthcare reform will make the American dream more difficult to reach, only 15% of African Americans agree.
From April 14 - 21, 2010, Strategy First Partners in conjunction with Penn Schoen Berland conducted 2,201 online surveys in the United States among the general population as part of The 2010 MetLife Study of the American Dream.
Roughly half (52%) of the Study participants were Caucasian, 18% African American, 9% Hispanic and 19% Asian Americans (i.e., 199 Chinese Americans, 178 South Asian Indians and 42 from other Asian ethnicities).
Note that findings for the general population as a whole are weighted based on age, gender, race, income, education, and region to reflect the latest U.S. Census demographics.
To download The 2010 MetLife Study of the American Dream, visit www.metlife.com/dream
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Four Collectives Reppin' the L.A. Music Scene
Four Sounds – Four Rounds – One Winner
SMOG | Dim Mak | Friends of Friends | Jeffree's
Red Bull Music Academy Culture Clash will return to Los Angeles on December 5, 2012 and will feature four internationally known and well-respected L.A.-based music collectives: Dim Mak and SMOG, both of whom competed in 2010, as well as, Friends of Friends and Jeffree's, who are new additions to the competition. The four collectives, each representing a different sound from the L.A. music scene, will battle to be named winner by the crowd.
True to a traditional Jamaican sound clash, each collective will bring in their own sound system and set-up shop on one of four individual stages at Exchange LA. The evening will kickoff a round called "Introducing the Crew," which will allow each stage to warm-up their sound, and the crowd, with a 10-minute set. The next round, titled "I Can Do What You Can Do Better" provides a competitive twist in which each collective will stray from their norm and play an interpretation of another collective's signature sound. The third round, "Let Us Entertain You," will allow each collective to bring surprise special guests on stage. The final round, called "Leave It All On The Table," also known as "the banger round," is when each collective pulls out their biggest and baddest tunes in an attempt to win over the crowd, once and for all. By show of applause, cheers, hoots and hollers, which will be measured by a decibel meter, the crowd will vote for their favorite collective after each round.
With the four collectives performing under one roof, the Red Bull Music Academy Culture Clash promises to deliver not only a night you'll never forget but also the very best in cross-genre exploration. The event is open to music fans who are 21+ and tickets are available for $15 at www.RedBullMusicAcademy.com/CultureClashLA.
A full recording of the night will be streamed on Red Bull Music Academy Radio approximately one week after the event on RBMA Radio: www.rbmaradio.com.
About the Collectives
SMOG: SMOG: Widely known for bringing dubstep to Los Angeles, SMOG Records has become one of the most recognized bass music brands in North America. Lead by 12th Planet, it is a home for artists such as Flinch, SPL, Antiserum, Noah D, Pawn, Kelly Dean, DLX, and more. www.smogla.com
Dim Mak: A label started in 1996 by international DJ Steve Aoki, Dim Mak is well known for working with indie and electronic dance artists such as Bloc Party, MSTRKFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Cartal, Atari Teenage Riot, Etienne de Crecy, Fischerspooner, Mustard Pimp and more. www.dimmak.com
Friends of Friends: Creating releases that are inspiring and engaging for both artists and fans alike, FoF is a rising LA-based label, started in 2009, with a variety of sounds from the likes of Daedelus, Ernest Gonzales, Shlomo and RBMA alumni Salva. www.fofmusic.net
Jeffree's: Showcasing innovative sounds from some of the world's best up-and-coming producers, Jeffree's—an offshoot of Diplo's Mad Decent label—releases a new single for free every other Thursday on their website. www.thejeffrees.com
About Red Bull Music Academy
The Red Bull Music Academy is a world-traveling symposium of music and knowledge: a platform for those who make a difference in today's cultural landscape, from music to digital art.
Two groups of 30 selected music makers from around the world—producers, vocalists, DJs, instrumentalists and all-round musical mavericks—come together in a different city each year. For two weeks, participants will hear lectures by musical luminaries, work together in custom-built studios, and perform in the city's best clubs and music halls. The next edition of the Academy—which will mark its 15 years anniversary—is set to take place in New York City from April 28 – May 31, 2013.
In addition to its yearly flagship event, the Red Bull Music Academy curates and hosts hundreds of signature concerts, workshops, unique club nights, jam sessions, pop-up studios, and exclusive broadcasts around the globe. For in-depth interviews, live recordings and more exclusive content with today's essential music makers and yesterday's pioneers, visit www.redbullmusicacademy.com and tune in to www.rbmaradio.com.
Tickets & Event Info: www.RedBullMusicAcademy.com/CultureClashLA
Twitter: @RedBullLAX | @RBMA | #CultureClash
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Red Bull Music Academy Culture Clash Media Contacts:
Shazila Mohammed, 323.662.3865, [email protected]
Lindsay Robinson, 310.463.8434, [email protected]


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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Federal agriculture officials have declared Storey County a primary natural disaster area due to drought, making farmers and ranchers in four Nevada counties eligible for emergency loans to bolster their operations.
Farm Service Agency chief Clint Koble in Reno said Thursday the declaration gives eligible agricultural businesses in Storey, Lyon and Washoe counties and Carson City eight months to apply for low-interest federal loans.
Koble says farm and ranch operators can use the money can to cover the costs of nearly any actual loss due to drought.
That could include replenishing depleted herds of livestock or digging deeper wells.
Agency officials consider the extent of losses, loan security and repayment ability.


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- Has actually made some of my cavities disappear according to my dentist when I went in to get some filled!
- Strengthen my jaw so much that I no longer have any horrible symptoms of TMJ.
- Clears my sinuses.
- No more bad breath.
- No more tonsil stones.
- Strengthens my enamel and gums. My receding gum lines have stopped!
Tooth brushing is relatively new. Did you know that it's only been around for less than 100 years?! Crazy, right? If you do a historical search for oil pulling, you'll find that traditionally it was a Native American and Ayurveda (South Asia/India) holistic practice.
Most dentists I've encountered and hear about do not like this practice as it generally can take money away from them. You do the practice of oil pulling, it heals your teeth and gums and you don't see the dentist except for your bi-annual check ups. Yeah, not a good combo for dentists. But for you, it can be a major money and headache saver.
You can research all the mechanical actions and medical jargon of how and why but I like to just boil it down.
- Pick an oil. My favorite is coconut oil. Choices: Coconut, Sesame, Olive.
- Choose the amount. 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon is perfect. I prefer around 1/2 tablespoon.
- Optional: Add 1-2 drops of essential oil. (Buy pure EOs at link in the right column of this page.)
- Clove essential oil - heals wounds, relieves toothaches, banishes bad breath, pain reliever, boosts immune system, reduces gum disease, anti-inflammatory, etc.
- Cinnamon essential oil - anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-microbial, astringent, anti-clotting, decreases inflammation, etc.
- Orange essential oil - anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant, anti-septic, kills bacteria, fights infection, etc.
- Lemon essential oil - astringent, detoxifying, antiseptic, disinfectant, anti-fungal, banishes bad breath, thirst quencher, kills bacteria, etc.
- Lime essential oil - immune booster, fights colds/flu/sinusitis/sore throat, kills bacteria, promotes oral health, etc.
- Peppermint essential oil - anti-microbial, freshens breath, promotes healthy sinuses, allergy reducer, etc.
- Basil essential oil - anti-bacterial, fights infection, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, anti-fungal, fights colds/flu, etc.
- Black Pepper essential oil - anti-bacterial, anti-viral, etc.
- Cilantro/Coriander essential oil - anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, etc.
- Thyme essential oil - anti-septic, anti-bacterial, expectorant, kills infection, treats respiratory conditions, cures bad breath, promotes teeth from decay, etc.
- Oregano essential oil - relieves colds/flu/sinuses, kills parasites, eases infections, heals cold sores, etc.
- Do this while you take a shower, check your email, play a video game, prep for the day, read a book or study. It will fly by when you're preoccupied.


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UPDATE: Merkin @ CWS:
Jake Peavy's next rehab start will take place Wednesday at home for Triple-A Charlotte, with the Knights taking on Durham. Peavy threw 3 2/3 innings and 71 pitches for Double-A Birmingham on Friday in Montgomery, Ala., but remains a ways away from a big league start for the White Sox.
"Three more starts possibly before Jake can even think about being back with his pitch total being where it's at," said White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper of Peavy, who will go somewhere around 80 pitches on Wednesday. "He has come along nicely.
Three more starts before Peavy leaves solitary confinement as Dunn says!


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I'm done. This SL guy is a ******.
Just...my brain. It hurts.
So a large research university is better than a smaller school? As far as Duke, UChicago, and Dart, It will probably take a complete mind change to go. I think you are from Canada, but being from Florida, I know I can't handle the depressing weather. I'm seriously contemplating UF or UM, but I'm not sure, in general really.
I'm thinking about going for med school, but I worried about research experience. Like, is that through the school, or is that something I would have to go and search for myself?
Hey, what did you major? I say this because I see your doing residency and I also kinda want to be in the medical field.
Thank you so much for the message! Any advice you have to offer would be greatly appreciated! I have some tough decisions ahead of me.
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Thanks for the response Trace. I need to aim for PR's, I feel unmotivated these days and I am not seeing much improvement
hey Trace nice to see you back. I have a question, what do you think about workouts focus on full body and superset those with iso exercises? or should i just stick to compounds?
Sorry been laying in bed sleeping all day, sick. Honestly, in the many months a ran UD2, I really found the sugar types to be not much of a difference. I tried them all but I prefer gummy type candies for pwo during carb up just due to their taste. I really doubt that you will notice a difference to be honest. I would say that as I was getting lower in bf% I think those smaller things would make a difference. I was probably as low as 5%, at which point I think you would need to start doing the little things.
Oh well. He gave plenty of ammo in that thread IMO to warrant a ban/infraction. We'll see if they do anything with any of it.
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San Diego County's pension system is one of four across the state planning for officials to attend a May conference in Hawaii.
Some other agencies are skipping the Waikiki conference over appearances, although the conference's website does offer a "2013 Attendance Justification Tool Kit" with "7 Tips for Building Your Case for Attending the Annual Conference."
Four of the state's 24 largest independent municipal retirement systems intend to send up to five board members each, a survey by California Watch found. The others attending are the counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles and the city of Los Angeles.
Combined, the agencies are $17.5 billion short of the funds needed to pay long-term pension obligations, according to figures provided by the plans.
William Raggio, interim general manager of the independent Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, declined to send representatives to the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems.
"I don't plan on approving anyone to attend this conference given its location," Raggio said in an email to his staff. "Hawaii is just not the right message to send at this time."
Conference organizers expect about 1,000 trustees, money managers and consultants from across the nation to attend the conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort from May 19 to 23.
The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association estimates it will spend $7,950 to send three trustees: board Chairman
Calls to Myers, Murphy and Hancock were referred to Brian White, the plan's chief executive.
Through a spokesman, White issued a statement that said, "California state law requires board members to fulfill an education requirement. SDCERA assists board members in fulfilling this requirement to educate and continuously improve the knowledge and understanding of complex topics and trends involving the governance of a public pension fund. Educational seminars typically cover critical topics such as legal requirements, investing, and trustee ethics."
He noted that the location was selected by conference officials, not SDCERA.
New training requirements went into effect in January. Under a law amended by the state Legislature last year, boards overseeing pension systems in 20 California counties must ensure board members receive 24 hours of education every two years.
Some pension plans encourage their trustees to attend seminars in state.
"We want to save money," said Greg Frank, a management analyst for the San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association. "We give the trustees classes to attend that are local, in places like Berkeley. It's real easy to keep it in California and keep costs down."
The bill's author, Assemblyman
While the Hawaii conference would fulfill the requirements, so do programs set up through accredited academic institutions in California. Educational conferences scheduled over the next two years include those in Napa, Indian Wells, Sacramento and Monterey.
"I didn't think that running up travel expenses and hotel rooms was a requirement of getting educated," Wieckowski said. "We're asking the public to show fiscal restraint. The cities and counties and the state are providing less services, and people are paying more taxes. So you would think these decision-makers would reflect that."
An agenda for the conference shows most sessions end by early afternoon, leaving time for surfing, golfing, tanning or relaxing at one of the five swimming pools.
The conference website's tips to justify attendance suggest that trustees emphasize how the conference could help them "build a networking list" and identify ways to help "save your fund money."
The website contains a sample letter to help win approval for the travel, with statements such as, "Education is an ongoing obligation for all plan fiduciaries, and one I take very seriously" and "As a trustee for our pension fund, a great deal of responsibility rests on my shoulders."
Asked why pension officials need a tool kit to rationalize their trip to Honolulu, Hank Kim, executive director and counsel for the trade association organizing the national conference, said, "In hindsight, maybe 'justification' wasn't the best choice of words."
Critics of government spending – and some pension officials – say travel to exotic destinations by those overseeing pension funds is unseemly, especially as taxpayers watch public services diminish to offset growing pension costs.
"There's no such thing as a free trip to Waikiki," said Joe Nation, a professor of the practice of public policy at Stanford University, who specializes in public employee pensions. "Everybody loses; taxpayers will have to pay more, or beneficiaries will have to pay more, or a combination of the two."
Nation, a former Assembly Democrat from Marin, added that the pension managers "would have higher returns and their beneficiaries would be better off if they were to forgo this trip or travel close to home."
The conference in Hawaii was planned and booked in 2006, before the recent recession, Kim said. Still, organizers expect a strong turnout as trustees and money managers seek to gain an edge in a recovering economy.
"Being able to have discussions and network with pension officials from all over the country is one of the things that our members find most valuable," said Kim, whose organization represents nearly 560 public pension plans nationwide.
Richard Cabral, a Contra Costa County board member who is going, said he doesn't think current and future retirees view his travel as a boondoggle.
"The real big value is interacting with other trustees. It helps to get different points of view," said Cabral, who also serves as president of the
Contra Costa County pension trustee John Gioia, who is not attending, questioned his agency's plan to send four board members and an alternate.
"Pension trustees should exercise self-discipline and consider public perception in deciding which conferences to attend," said Gioia, also a county supervisor.
Sessions are to include "Avoiding a Front Page Scandal at Your Pension Fund: Learning by Example," and "How Do We Transform the Way People Think, Talk, and Act about Pensions?"
California Watch is part of the independent, nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley and a media partner of U-T San Diego.
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We knew it would be interesting to invite leaders from the top medical schools to discuss the impact of the rankings and how their schools respond to the rankings. And U.S. News graciously embraced that idea.
New York (PRWEB) November 07, 2011
Mount Sinai School of Medicine and U.S. News & World Report collaborated on October 27 to present an exclusive summit with prominent medical education experts to discuss how U.S. News ranks medical schools and the efficacy of its methodology. The event, which coincided with the 20th anniversary of U.S. News' "Best Medical Schools" annual rankings, marked the first time U.S. News editors have discussed their ranking system in a public forum with leaders of institutions being ranked.
Entitled "The Impact and Future of Medical School Rankings," the summit was hosted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Manhattan campus and featured lively debate between U.S. News editors and the deans of several prominent medical schools. A transcript of the event is available. Video will be on http://www.usnews.com.
Medical school and academic participants included: Robert Alpern, MD, Dean, Yale University School of Medicine; Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, Dean, Duke University School of Medicine; Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Jules L. Dienstag, MD, Dean for Medical Education, Harvard Medical School; Robert N. Golden, MD, Dean, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health; Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Joseph P. Grande, MD, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Mayo Medical School; Allen M. Spiegel, MD, Dean, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and R. Michael Tanner, PhD, Chief Academic Officer and VP, Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities.
Dr. Charney welcomed guests and explained how the extraordinary summit came about. "We knew it would be interesting to invite leaders from the top medical schools to discuss the impact of the rankings and how their schools respond to the rankings. And U.S. News graciously embraced that idea. I think it took a little courage to hear what the deans have to say.
Added Dr. Charney, "The rankings impact those of us who run medical schools. We know there is a correlation between the rankings and where students choose to go."
The summit featured three panel discussions, moderated by U.S. News Editor Brian Kelly, designed to look at reputation scores, data analysis, and how the rankings affect end users. Kelly joined with Robert Morse, the U.S News Director of Data Research, to explain some of the ranking process.
"We're not just in the rankings business," said Kelly. "We are in the data business. Enumerating something one to 10 has its perils, and in some cases there's an arbitrariness to it. [E]verybody wants to know who's first and who's second, even if the differentiation may be quite small. But the underlying data is also critical and is also something that people make a great deal of use of."
"We are in the business of trying to help people gather information to make decisions. And we feel that if we do our job right, if we get the numbers right, if we are credible, accurate, transparent, we will have done our part of the job," said Kelly.
The U.S. News medical school rankings, released annually in the U.S. News & World Report "Best Graduate Schools" issue, are based on statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students. Information is obtained through surveys of program directors, academics, and professionals. Criteria used in the rankings include peer assessment surveys, research activity, grade point averages, MCAT scores, and NIH funding.
Morse explained that the methodology and size of the rankings have evolved over the years, beginning with rankings of just the top 10 or top 15 schools and eventually increasing to 50. Now U.S. News publishes rankings for all the schools that provide data.
Thirty-five percent of a medical school's ranking is based on reputation scores, which are determined by surveying medical school deans and faculty nationwide. Dr. Robert Alpern of Yale noted that the reputation scores are not dynamic and are often based on outdated recollections.
"The problem is [the reputational scores] don't move," Dr. Alpern said. "And they're really based on reputations that may be 20 or 30 years old. So it's frustrating as a dean when you make all these improvements in your school and…it has no effect on the reputation score, which ends up being the largest percentage of the ranking."
Dr. Nancy C. Andrews of Duke observed that medical schools often try to influence their reputational scores by delivering highly polished reports and other materials to her and to others who vote in the rankings.
"[Duke] doesn't send out the glossy brochures that many schools do, but I get them from many places. They daily fill up my mail box. I think, 'Boy, it must have cost a lot to produce these,' and then I put them in recycling. So I'm not sure that those truly enhance reputation."
Commenting on the relatively low rate of return of the surveys U.S. News sends out every year to assess reputation – about half of all medical school deans complete the survey while only around 19 percent of intern residency directors do – Dr. Robert N. Golden of University of Wisconsin-Madison cited the survey's length as a factor.
"…[We] know from medical student surveys if you start asking more than five questions the response rate will plummet dramatically. And [U.S. News] has 15 pages or more listing every medical school in the country. Even the most esteemed deans are not aware of what's going on in many medical schools across the country," he said.
Dr. Golden also questioned whether medical school deans and faculty should be allowed to rank their own schools. "When the NIH reviews grants, if a grant comes up from your institution you have to leave the room. If reputational score is going to be given any credence, we've got to get rid of any kind of bias and conflict of interest," he said.
Dr. David Muller, Dean of Medical Education at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, who was in the audience, pointed out that medical schools provide data to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in an annual graduate questionnaire that may be useful to U.S. News. Robert Morse said that past requests by U.S. News to work with AAMC had been rebuffed, but simply knowing what data AAMC requests from medical schools would be a benefit.
"We're aware that the AAMC conducts these student surveys, and the AAMC collects other accreditation data. We have never actually seen a blank [AAMC] survey. …[I]f we have the [AAMC] questions, we could at least try to gather [the same data] because it wouldn't involve any more work by the medical schools," Morse said.
Another theme explored at the summit was the hard data and metrics U.S. News employs in its rankings, whether those data are accurate, reliable, and good indicators of medical education quality, and what new data could possibly be used to make the rankings more effective.
The conversation ranged wide and numerous suggestions for new data points were made, including: demographic measurements of student and faculty diversity; financial aid availability; the rate at which students pass board exams; and national residency match results. One participant suggested cross-referencing the popular U.S. News college rankings in order to determine the quality of the incoming student body at medical schools.
Dr. Charney from Mount Sinai thought that figuring diversity into the rankings could benefit minority student admissions. "[Y]our rankings drive behavior and disincentivize the acceptance of students who may come from a tough background, and are inspirational in what they've achieved, but still don't have great academic metrics. [I]ncluding diversity would be a great value, incentivizing all of us to go out and recruit a diverse population of students who may not have the very best metrics," Dr. Charney said.
Dr. Lee Goldman from Columbia stressed the importance of protecting the integrity of the rankings while also establishing uniform standards for measurement of diversity. "[W]e can't have things that are too gameable. If you look at the diversity statistics published by many medical schools the definitions they used for minorities are all over the map. [Y]ou'd have to have much more precise definitions."
Dr. Goldman also noted that while MCAT scores are taken into consideration by U.S. News, the most telling indicator of a medical school's ranking was, rather, its NIH portfolio.
"[I]t's interesting that for the research-intensive schools, by far the strongest correlation of ranking is with the size of the NIH research portfolio. If you look at [U.S. News] rankings of law schools, they rank almost precisely by their LSAT scores. Business schools rank almost as precisely by their GMAT scores. If you look at medical schools, they don't correlate much at all with the MCAT scores. The real correlation is with the size of the NIH research portfolio," he said.
Dr. Charney noted that there was the value of measuring NIH grants. However, it is not an ideal measure of the student experience. Most of the scientists that have substantive NIH funding are not teaching our medical students. They're doing research in the lab or the clinic. They're not full-time educators. So I think it should be part of the survey, but we need other measures to capture the quality of the student experience.."
Almost all the panelists agreed that measuring NIH funding per faculty penalized institutions with large clinical as opposed to research faculty. On the other hand, it was also agreed that faculty-student ratio was a poor indicator of medical school quality in part because it penalized institutions that emphasize research and lacked large clinical faculties.
"Most medical schools have more than one faculty per student," said Dr. Goldman. "And there's no evidence that three faculty per student is better than two faculty per student or that gradations above one make any difference whatsoever. So I would argue that's a meaningless and irrelevant measure for medical schools."
In response to a question about how to measure the student experience at medical schools, Brian Kelly of U.S. News entertained the idea of using social media. "[T]here's a new world out there of communication and we are gingerly adopting it in other parts of what we do. But it's not easy to get at," he said.
Several of the participants questioned whether the rankings were best situated to help its key audience – students deciding where to go to medical school. Some noted that the rankings were less effective in differentiating among the top medical schools, and that in many cases students should disregard the small differences in scores among those more prominent schools. Dr. Golden of UW-Madison suggested a new method for listing the rankings:
"I do think it's silly to look at the difference between the number five [school] and the number seven. But students sometimes do. [D]o away with the rankings and replace them with categorical quartiles or quintiles and let's acknowledge that there is really no difference between the number nine and number six schools, but there is a big difference between number nine and number 49," Dr. Golden said.
Dr. Jules L. Dienstag from Harvard urged prospective medical students to look elsewhere for guidance. "[T]he rankings are very nongranular and don't help a student try to identify the best place for him or her….I think probably the best place a student can go is to their pre-medical advisors at their college."
Among the panel participants, a consensus was that U.S. News should explore ways to reach out to students and quantify their experiences. Dr. Andrews of Duke said, "[S]omething to consider is having focus groups of medical students and of undergraduates who are thinking about medical school….I think we're really just guessing in terms of what your customers want from the rankings."
Dr. Dienstag of Harvard attempted to sum up the difficult task U.S. News faces each time it performs rankings.
"You're trying to compare the incomparable – to measure the immeasurable – and you're doing a pretty good job. Obviously you've been successful," said Dienstag. "But each of our schools does things in a very, very different way. And when you try to measure us by the same criteria, it doesn't capture the richness and the differences. And these differences are valuable."
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 16th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Of the top 20 hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
For more information, visit http://www.mountsinai.org/.
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On Saturday, more than 600 new students unpacked their bags in various residence halls, apartments and theme houses across the University of Mount Union's campus and begin familiarizing themselves with their new home.
Members of Sophomore Service, First Year Experience, Alumni Council and Greek life were on hand to assist the Class of 2015 and their parents with the move-in and provide refreshments.
After meeting roommates and unloading cars, students had the opportunity to meet with the residence life staff members in their buildings and socialize with other new students before the weekend of events began.
The Class of 2015 is a diverse group as it represents 13 countries, 20 states and 53 counties in Ohio. This year's class has representation from Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Of the students from Ohio, 219 high schools and 53 of Ohio's 88 counties are represented.
In addition to the United States, there are students representing Bolivia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Vietnam.
The freshman class also participated in Matriculation Convocation, an annual event where the faculty and freshman students usher in the academic year.
Throughout the weekend, new students were led through a variety of activities, informational meetings and recreational events organized by the members of the preview and orientation staff that will better familiarize them to campus in preparation for the beginning of the 2011-2012 academic year.
A variety of extracurricular student activities have also been planned to kick off the year.


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Hi, Im doing a program in swing were I allow the user to select a choice using the combo box and then press a continue button to proceed with the chosen choice.
My problem is; i can manage to do a combo box but how do i link each choice with the appropriate page.
I will try to explain it better with a quick walk through: start>user interacts with combo box>user clicks on their choice in the combo box>user selcts continue and is takent to the selected choice.
Im trying to make the continue button link to the correct page that they have chosen in the combo box.
Any help would be really appreciated. Maybe a link to a tutorial about my problem or a example program.


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Salve, it's me, Katy Lee, and today I'm practicing my Latin on you. My kids think it's only fair if they have to learn it, then so should I. But I have to say even if they didn't, I wouldn't be a good teacher for them if I didn't learn right along beside them. How would I inspire them when they struggled? How could I help them if I, myself didn't understand? The truth is I couldn't.
Home educating my children was not something I entered into lightly. I knew it would be a commitment that would stake claim to the nume unus place in my life. Their education isn't something to let slide like the laundry. They are depending on me for their preparation into the world. They are counting on me for the knowledge needed to make good decisions in regards to their lives.
So…Quo vadis? Where am I going with this? What would happen if I provided them with untruths? Facts made up because I was too lazy to do the research.
I might be able to get away with it for a little while, but honestly, my daughter would take so much delight in proving me wrong that in the end I would be the one with ovum on my face. (That's an egg, BTW) And I know she's not the only one. This world is full of people itching to catch someone in an untruth.
As writers we cannot be caught flubbing it. (Sorry, I couldn't find the Latin word for flubbing) The fact is we need to do the research. We need to take our commitment in teaching the reader seriously. Because isn't that what a writer is? A magister, or magistra in my feminine case?
Writers are teachers. Whether your main character in your story is a medical examiner or a horse trainer, whether your story carries a moral or aims only to entertain you still have research to do for your reader to get a full understanding. For your reader to learn something. And I can guarantee there will be at least one reader out there itching to catch you in a flub.
Now, I'm not saying you have to be an expert on something before you can write about it. But you have to be willing to invest the time needed to become the go-to person on a particular subject. That means shadowing a professional or interviewing experienced people in your field of interest. Get it from the horse's mouth. (equus for all you Latin lovers.) The internet is great, and you can get a wealth of knowledge from it, but firsthand experience will be best if you can find it. No one can catch you in a flub if it's the truth.
The Unlocked Secret: Vincit omnia veritas. Truth conquers all. When your work is backed by truth, you are golden. And not only that, but you, yourself, will be smarter for it because if you can teach it, you know you've learned it.
Question: What are your favorite ways to get your facts straight? Who have you had the pleasure of interviewing, and what did you learn?
Voila tout! That's all!


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Hold Up! Skinny Jeans May Be Bad For Your Health [VIDEO]
Cooper and I were discussing this, this morning about Skinny Jeans may be posing a new Health Risk. OH the horror! I am not hating, I just could never wear them. Normal jeans are skinny jeans on me. :(


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With combat operations beginning to wind down, more than 1 million veterans will be returning to their communities, looking to reclaim their lives and livelihoods. A new campaign wants to help returning veterans and their families. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
In an effort to show support to veterans returning to civilian life, a new campaign, called "Got Your 6," was launched Thursday by heavy hitters across the entertainment industry, including actors, newscasters, broadcast and cable news networks, studios and talent agencies.
"On behalf of the entire entertainment industry, we are proud to be engaging with our veterans through the Got Your 6 Campaign," Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, said in a statement. "Together, we are uniting to bring awareness to this incredibly important issue of bringing our country's trained leaders home to be a valued part of our communities across the nation."
(Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)
The campaign focuses on six pillars -- jobs, education, health, housing, family and leadership.
"Got your six" is a military expression meaning "I've got your back."
The campaign debuted with a public service announcement that features, among others, Alec Baldwin, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks, Sarah Jessica Parker and Bradley Cooper.
"Over the next five years, more than 1 million service members will return to civilian life," said Chris Marvin, director of civilian-military partnerships for ServiceNation, a unit of the non-profit organization coordinating Got Your 6. "As we welcome this generation of veterans home, it is crucial that we view them and their families as leaders and civic assets, said Martin, a former Army Blackhawk helicopter pilot wounded in Afghanistan.
Hollywood, the major television networks and non-profit organizations are joining forces for the campaign, "Got Your Six." Managing Director Chris Marvin joins NewsNation to discuss.
For more information, visit the campaign's website here.


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Natural languages
If you're interested in learning, reinforcing or teaching a natural language, please sign up here, indicating your fluency level.
Thatha is a native speaker of Modern Greek with some fluency in Classical Greek (also a linguist by training). If enough people care, I'd love teaching a class, but not 'till 2010H2.
I went ahead and move the discussion here: German
here's a link to the Spanish workshop:
Spanish_learning_at_8:30 <---- this is the signup page
French is a thing that happens here.
Mandarin Corner started around November 2008, but its current scheduling of 5pm Fridays doesn't seem to bring high levels of attendance. Rescheduling might help, or perhaps we have collectively lost interest...?
Diacritic Marks / Foreign Characters[edit]
Seeing as we are a diverse group not only in choice of natural language(s) to study but also in computer OS needed to study them, it seems reasonable to note the best ways to create the symbols needed by those languages.
Mac OS X -
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8164.html
- http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/diacritics.html
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Well, it's either that or another example of egregious misspelling in the nation's capital.
There's something poetic about the word "Redsikins." Like it's some old, foregone, 'low-the-Mason-Dixon-Line slang. In our imagination, it would have originated during the time of Joseph McCarthy or was uttered when someone couldn't find Sanford & Son on TV and was asked what they were doing. Terrible name for a football team, but an improvement over the whole imperialism-and-racism thing they're working with currently. Still wouldn't explain the Hogettes though.
Spelling Fail: Redskins Cheerleaders Sport Jackets With Team Name Spelled 'Redsikins' [Sportress of Blogitude]
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Speaking of Washington, I'm headed to Redsikin country for the day tomorrow to do...something. It should be good though.


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Romancing The Chocolate: New Orleans Chef Competition Winner: Macadamia Nut Pineapple Up-Side Down Cake, New Orleans Restaurant Links: From Denny: Louisiana is fond of food competitions and New Orleans attracts the top chefs who are willing to compete for charity events and industry competition too. This tasty recipe competed in a New Orleans Wine and Food Experience competition, developed by Pastry Chef Erin Swanson, Restaurant R'evolution, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the 2014 desserts category silver medal winner. All those lucky tasters were found returning for seconds of this delicious simple cake!...
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Rams Roll with Win Over Mount Saint Mary
Farmingdale State - 2, Mount Saint Mary - 0
Newburgh, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team improved to 5-8 overall with a 2-0 victory over Skyline Conference opponent Mount Saint Mary College (0-9-2, 0-3-2 Skyline). The Rams now stand at 3-2 in the conference after Saturday's win.
After a scoreless first half, Farmingdale State freshman defender Dennis Sfoglia (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) netted a pass from sophomore midfielder Brian Anderson (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) 8:14 after halftime. The Rams added to their lead two minutes later, as sophomore midfielder Mateusz Aniolowski (Copiague, N.Y./Copiague) scored from the top left of the box.
Farmingdale State held the Knights to only four second half shots, two of which were on goal, en route to a 2-0 road victory.
Junior goalkeeper Ricky Meschkow (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage) had two saves in his second consecutive shutout, while Matthew Darling (Staatsburg, N.Y./Franklin D. Roosevelt) had 11 saves for Mount Saint Mary.
The Rams next will host Yeshiva University on Tuesday, October 5th at 4:00 p.m.


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Shifting ice in the Bering Sea is dramatically slowing a Russian tanker's mission to deliver fuel to the iced-in community of Nome.
A Coast Guard spokesman said Monday that an icebreaker and a fuel tanker are encountering "some really dynamic ice" that is slowing the mission and sometimes forcing both vessels to come to a complete stop.
But, "As long as we're making progress, we're going to Nome," said Anchorage Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.
A worst-case scenario would be that the ice becomes too much for any progress. But Mosley doubts that would be the case since the Coast Guard cutter Healy has the ability to make it all the way to Nome.
Jason Evans, chairman of Sitnasuak Native Corp., the company arranging for the fuel delivery by Russian tanker, had no qualms Monday.
"I think we are getting to Nome," he said, adding that he will be there for the arrival.
Nome is in need of diesel and unleaded gasoline after a fall fuel delivery by barge was delayed by a storm that swept Western Alaska. By the time the weather had improved, Nome was iced in and a barge delivery was impossible.
In late November, when a plan to fly fuel into Nome was being considered, a gallon of gas was selling for $5.98 but that plan was scuttled when estimates showed it could cause a spike in prices to $9.
If the tanker mission fails, the plan to fly in fuel will have to be revived, Evans said.
The Healy, an icebreaker designed to move through ice several feet thick, is leading the 370-foot Renda, a Russian tanker loaded with 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products.
The plan was for the two ships to deliver fuel to Nome on Monday but because of the icy conditions, that arrival date is off. Coast Guard officials are not saying when they expect the vessels to arrive but it could be later this week.
"The dynamics of things make it a pretty intense transit," Cmdr. Greg Tlapa, the executive officer of the Healy, told The Associated Press by satellite phone Monday afternoon as the icebreaker was about 111 miles south-southwest of Nome.
He described conditions outside the Healy's bridge much like the surface of the moon: nearly 100 percent snow coverage, occasional ridging and "lots of rubble all around."
The Healy is trying to keep the Renda 0.3 miles behind the Coast Guard cutter as it breaks through 3 feet of ice. But the ice conditions are changing constantly and when they reach heavier ice, the path is closing between the two ships.
In those cases, the Healy doubles back and cuts a release path by the Renda, then makes another pass, usually about half the distance from the relief cut.
"The relief cut relaxes the ice pressure around them and allows them to fall in astern of us, and we pick it up from there," Tlapa said.
"That's been the dance so far," he said, calling the scale of this mission unprecedented for the Coast Guard in the Arctic.
The ships are in constant communication, with the Healy relaying over VHF radio any speed or propulsion changes and what they are seeing ahead. An active duty Coast Guardsman on the Healy is fluent in Russian, Tlapa said. An Alaska marine pilot is on board the Renda and the vessel agent speaks English.
"It's slow and steady but we're making good progress," Tlapa said.
When the tanker and the icebreaker are working well, they move at about 5 mph. Lt. Bernard Auth, at the District 17 command center in Juneau, said Monday the ships were averaging less than half that, about 2 mph through ice.
The tanker left Russia in mid-December and picked up more than 1 million gallons of diesel fuel in South Korea. When a plan to pick up gasoline in Japan didn't work out, the ship received a waiver of federal law allowing the foreign vessel to dock in Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, where it picked up 300,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline.
Nome has enough fuel for now and is not in dire need. However, if the delivery is not made the community probably will run short of certain petroleum products and could be forced to wait for a thaw to refuel.
It appears the community has enough home heating fuel but Evans said without a delivery it is possible Nome could run out before the next barge delivery in June or early July.
Executive Officer of the Healy explains the expedition
Coast Guard cutter pushes loudly through Bering Sea ice.
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In just six years, capital expenditure on water infrastructure will rise to $131 billion, $115 billion on wastewater infrastructure and $22 billion on equipment sales to industrial users, according to a new report from Global Water Intelligence (GWI) magazine.
These increases will be driven by three global mega-trends ─ urbanization, scarcity, and environmental protection. Governments will increasingly expect water utilities to finance themselves.
This global forecast indicates that current financial pressures will force governments to withdraw sustained financial support to municipalities. As a consequence, a new group of high-performance, self-financing companies is already taking advantage of increased options for growth; opportunities arising due to the greater demand for advanced water and wastewater technologies, especially for desalination and water reuse, and, in particular, a new demand in the industrial water market where treating water from oil and gas production offers new sources of revenue for water technology companies.
The report's data show that these opportunities will keep the North American market buoyant while the Western European market matures. China, currently enjoying a massive spurt on stimulus-based expenditure, will briefly overtake the United States as the largest market in the world in terms of capital expenditure.
Based on its 2008 report, Global Water Markets 2011 (available for $3,500) is fully re-written and updated to include a greater focus on reuse and industrial water and the consequent recent surge in technological solutions.
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That fateful day when Rosa Parks was arrested was not where it all began. Ms. Parks long had stirrings that the system was unfair, as indeed it was. Her friendship with Virginia Durr prompted Virginia to obtain for her friend a scholarship to the Highland Folk School in Tennessee. There Rosa Parks experienced true equality and confirmation of her own self-worth.
When the moment came, she was prepared to resist quietly yet another insult to her as a person on this earth. The night of her arrest, Clifford and Virginia went with E. D. Nixon, president of the Montgomery NAACP, to bail Ms. Parks out of the Montgomery jail. Mr. Nixon was afraid that the police would refuse him as a colored person. The next day the news of Ms. Parks' refusal and arrest spread, and shortly the Bus Boycott began under the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the legal front, Fred Gray, a newly admitted attorney, was called to a conference with Ms. Parks and Clifford Durr. It was decided to file an action in the United States District Court challenging racial segregation on city buses, using the principles of constitutional law enunciated in Brown v. Board of Education that separate is not equal under the 14th Amendment in public education, or, as claimed in this new lawsuit, in public transportation. Clifford Durr drafted a petition to the Court, which Fred Gray filed. Virginia's brother-in-law, Hugo Black, was a sitting member of the United States Supreme Court. They did not want him to recuse himself because Clifford's name was on the petition, so Fred Gray filed and argued the case. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that segregation in public accommodations was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court approved the 11th Circuit decision without an opinion. The Bus Boycott was won. In all areas of public accommodations, black and white were legally equal. Then came the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Virginia used to tell this story many times. She and Clifford became friends of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson when Lyndon was a freshman Congressman. When Lyndon became president, Virginia pestered him for years to enact a voting rights bill. Virginia and Eleanor Roosevelt long had fought for an end to the poll tax, tests, and other impediments to voting. "When I have the votes, Virginia," Johnson always replied. He got the votes in 1965.
Clifford Judkins Durr (1899-1975)
Clifford Durr was born and raised in Montgomery and Virginia Foster Durr in Birmingham. Clifford attended local schools and the University of Alabama and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he received a law degree. Virginia attended Birmingham Schools and Wellesley College. They began married life in 1926 with the expectations that Virginia would be a housewife and social figure, and Clifford would be a successful corporate lawyer.
Clifford began a career in law in Birmingham with the predecessor of the Balch and Bingham law firm. Virginia busied herself with the usual "genteel lady" activities of the day, however she was appalled at the condition of many workers and their families, which she saw while doing church social work and soon became an activist for the cause of the underprivileged.
Clifford and Virginia moved to Virginia in 1933 when he was appointed legal counsel to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and later Chief Legal Counsel to the Defense Plant Corporation. Their home on Seminary Hill became a center of lively political discussion with distinguished guests. Four daughters, Ann, Lucy, Lulah and Tilla and a son who died at an early age were born to Clifford and Virginia. In 1941 Clifford was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission, where he headed the effort to save channels for public radio and television, and Virginia became active in the fight to eradicate the poll tax. She was a founding member of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Clifford challenged and embarrassed J. Edgar Hoover when he refused to fire an FCC employee with suspected communist connections (some of the alleged connections were war committees headed by Supreme Court Justices and the Vice President), and he was not reappointed to the FCC.
They returned to Montgomery in 1955, where Clifford began a law practice with Virginia as his secretary. E.D. Nixon called on Clifford and Virginia the night Rosa Parks was arrested because he feared the police would not let a black man bail her out. Virginia and Rosa were friends, and she and Clifford went with Nixon to post bond for Ms. Parks. Thus began their trials as Clifford agreed to help file suit to declare the segregated bus system unconstitutional. Even though the community would soon condemn, and in some cases, threaten them, Clifford and Virginia continued to help the bus boycott. Their home became a haven for visiting activists and newspaper reporters. Through continued hard times Clifford never relinquished his belief in the democratic system under the constitution, and Virginia never gave a moment's peace to those who would continue a system of segregation. Her shining moment finally came when President Lyndon Johnson signed the voting rights bill into law abolishing the poll tax. Clifford and Virginia left a legacy of courage and conviction that is worthy of all men and women to follow.
Virginia Foster Durr (1903 -1999)
Virginia Foster was the daughter of an Alabama Presbyterian minister. She was born on August 6, 1903, in Birmingham, AL. As a child she shocked her elders by rebelling against the treatment of her black friends. However, she accepted segregation and was forced to question her beliefs for the first time at Wellesly College. As a sophomore she was faced with a "rotating tables" policy that she didn't want to participate in. This policy required students to eat meals at tables with a random group of fellow students, including African Americans. After protesting this policy, Virginia was told she would either have to abide by the policy or leave school. She decided to stay.
She was forced to leave the college her junior year because of financial difficulties. After returning to Birmingham, AL, she met her future husband, attorney Clifford Durr. After their marriage, they moved to Washington, D.C. Durr was gradually converted to more liberal beliefs through her associations with her husband's New Deal colleagues. While her husband worked for President Roosevelt, Virginia joined the Woman's National Democratic Club. This contact with political activists ignited her own activist tendencies. She found the poll tax, which was particularly used on African Americans and women, very offensive. She worked very closely with liberal political leaders to gain the necessary support for legislation, which resulted in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the dismissal of the poll tax. The Durr's became involved in the anti-Communist hysteria surrounding the congressional hearings supported by Senator Joseph McCarthy and Senator James O. Eastland. Virginia was subpoenaed as a witness on supposed Communist influences in Eleanor Roosevelt's circle. Because of the stress, Clifford suffered a nervous collapse.
Virginia became a founding member of the Southern Conference on Human Welfare. Because of Virginia and Clifford's controversial positions on issues of race, many white people in Birmingham didn't like them. That didn't stop them. They continually tried to stop institutionalized racism. The Durr's provided legal advice to blacks and also supported the Freedom Riders and the Voting Rights Act. In December 1955, Virginia and Clifford Durr bailed Rosa Parks out of jail after she was arrested in Montgomery for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on one of the segregated buses. Shortly after, Virginia helped to organize the Montgomery bus boycott. She also wrote many essays on the civil rights struggle. Her first was on the trial of a Ku Klux Klan member in Alabama. In her later years, Virginia supported nuclear disarmament. Durr had a very active life. Her career work included: Civil rights activist, relief worker during the Great Depression, lobbyist, campaign worker for Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace, and participant in Eyes on the Prize, a PBS television series on the civil rights movement. After having an influential career and raising four daughters, Virginia Durr died on February 24, 1999, at the age of 95. An obituary in the London Times noted that "to the end of her long life [Durr remained] the soul of indiscretion, inveighing against those she regarded as sinners while canonizing those she considered soul mates."


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What is it?
The TNC connector or (Threaded Neill -Concelman) is a slightly smaller RF connector. Similar to the more common BNC, but with a threaded coupling instead of a bayonet coupling. TNC connectors have a 7-16-28 UNEF thread. Impedance is generally 50. However there are a few 75 Ω On the market. The TNC connector typically operates in the DC-11 GHz frequency range.
What does it do?
TNC connectors are used to connect RF coaxial cables to TNC sockets found on connecting pieces of equipment.
Due to the versatility of the TNC connector and its ability to be used with a wide variety of coaxial cables. The TNC connector can be utilised in many applications. With the threaded coupling mechanism and high resistance to vibration, the TNC connector is useful in tougher environments such as,
Antenna mounts
Military -Aviation control
Telecommunications -Wireless base stations
Industrial -machine to machine communications, security devices
Commercial Vehicle GPS and Bluetooth
TNC connectors come in various styles supporting a vast range of systems and designs.
Gender -Male (Plug) and Female (sockets
Body Orientation -Straight and right angle
Polarity -Standard and reverse
Impedance 50 Ω and 75 Ω
Termination -Crimp, clamp and solder termination
Mounting Type-Cable, panel and PCB
The range is also available as adapters and cable assemblies.


text: This Silver Universal Pop-Up Shade is designed to fit cameras, with a 2.0" LCD screen, both new and old. Like the DSLR Mini, the Universal shade attaches to your camera by a non-residue adhesive. The adhesive does not damage the camera when the shade is removed, nor does it leave behind any film. An optically clear plastic protects your camera's screen, and the simple pop-up design allows for easy opening to block the glare. The two-part design enables easy removal of the shade while keeping the clear plastic in place for protection. This shade is perfect for those with a Point-and-Shoot camera.


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Nobody can say that either candidate is unelectable because they have both been elected. State Senator Joseph Addabbo is a strong senator in the district, but unlike most districts in the state (and country for that matter), this is what scholars refer to as a marginal district – meaning it can go either for Democratic or Republicans.
Knowing something about these two candidates, I suspect much of the next five months will be heavy on issues and light on personal attacks. But this race may be more about Albany than about the two candidates, and this race could expose some of the fault lines in our political system.
Recently, National Public Radio's Linton Weeks wrote about how Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had a great deal in common: that they are both pragmatists, they both look awkward in jeans, etc. That may be true, but the surrogates (supporters) of both men are not pragmatists. The Romney and Obama camps do not want any part of talk about the two men having things in common. This is where races – when close – can get ugly.
We rarely see campaigns like this locally because most seats are safe in New York City. The 15th Senate District, however, is a marginal district. This means that even though Ulrich and Addabbo are level-headed public office holders, they both have parties stationed in Albany that want that seat in November.
Expect some help from Albany on both sides in this race, but I expect that both of these men are going to focus on the issues, and this column will be all over it.
Last January, Governor Andrew Cuomo talked about the need for a public campaign financing system at the state level, which New York State does not currently have. After this race in the 15th we might have a stronger opinion about this, since we can expect there to be a lot of money spent here.
NFL and Responsibility
Years ago, during an interview at a television network, two young guys with which I was interviewing asked me what my absolute dream job was. I said if having my druthers, I would be the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
I could have lied and said something more attractive to their business, but that was my dream gig. Other than measuring contractual obligations and trying to expand the league, what have the major commissioners of our professional sports done to usher in responsibility?
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), has been probably the most active commissioner of all of the major professional sports. It is now time for Goodell to introduce exit counseling in the NFL.
Psychotherapy – or just therapy – is not the first place macho athletes run to when they need help. When retired All-Pro football great Junior Seau took his own life last week, it was a tragedy.
It was not the fault of the game or the league. But image lower-income people coming into millions of dollar and achieving fame in a violent sport, and then having it all come to a sudden halt in retirement. It may be an easy transition for many, but the league should encourage some kind of an exit strategy for those that need it.
Former senator Bill Bradley, the former Knicks Hall of Fame basketball great, once said that pro athletes die twice. That first death, the end of their career, is a bigger fall today than it was when Bradley retired. The volume in an athlete's life gets turned down very low after they leave their sport.
The leagues make billions of dollars on this game, and it is time to introduce a smart policy that addresses this change. It may not have saved Seau, but there are many other former jocks that fall to drugs or alcoholism, become financially destitute, or worse. The NFL has a chance to step it up and offer players something their agents are not lobbying for: a helping hand.


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Very clean navigation bars with search area. Six color schemes are included. Creating your own can be done easily. The navigation is aligned on an eight-column 960px grid.
The font used for the text is called "Myriad Pro Semibold Condensed". Other sans-serif fonts may work just as well, such as uppercased Helvetica and Arial.
Keywords: Navigation, Menu, Bar, Search, Magnifier, Icon, Glossy, Shiny, Clean, Button, Website, Webdesign, Web 2.0, Internet, Colorful.
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President Barack Obama engaged in some post-debate self-analysis Wednesday morning, saying on a radio show that he thought he was "too polite" during last week's debate with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Speaking on the "Tom Joyner Morning Show," President Obama says "I was just too polite" and that voters should expect "a little more activity" next week in the second debate. Msnbc's Tamron Hall reports.
"I think it's fair to say I was just too polite," the president said when asked about his first debate performance during an interview on the Tom Joyner radio show. "The good news is, is that's just the first one."
Obama assured Joyner: "I think it's fair to say that we will see a little more activity at the next [debate]," without getting any more specific about what kind of activity he meant.
Recommended: First Thoughts: The pressure is on
Consistent with the expectations game his campaign played in the days leading up to the debate, Obama said that despite Romney's frequent "mistakes" on the trail, the president and his team understood that the campaign would never "end up being a cakewalk."
But he maintained that "we've got a lead," despite polls showing Romney gaining on Obama with a post-debate bounce. He likened his position in the race to a basketball team that just lost the third game in a best-of-seven series.
"You know, you have a seven game series, we're up two zero and we lose one," Obama said.
But Joyner didn't seem to buy that analogy.
Former House Speaker and Illinois Republican Congressman Dennis Hastert joins The Daily Rundown to talk about Mitt Romney's campaign.
"Yeah, but you had the open shot and you didn't take it," he interjected.
"Yeah, I understand, but you know, what happens though is that when people lose one game, you know, this is a long haul," Obama responded.
Obama also emphasized his hopes for Thursday's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Republican nominee Paul Ryan. While VP debates aren't usually as highly-anticipated as presidential ones, Biden has faced increased pressure to make up for Obama's less-than-stellar performance, while Ryan's appearance will be his first foray on a national debate stage.
"Biden I think will be terrific in the debate," Obama said, not trying to manage expectations as his campaign did with his first debate performance.
Towards the end of the interview, Obama sought to assure listeners that he was still confident, alluding to an internet meme that features him: "As some of these emails that go around with my picture on them say, I can't quote the entire thing, but 'I got this.'"