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Sunday, September 6
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A bevy of golf products, services, destinations, events, news and more. Endorsement is not implied.
• The Folds of Honor Foundation announced it has awarded more than 360 scholarships to the children and spouses of military members killed or severely disabled in the line of duty, bringing to 550 the total number of scholarships awarded in two years since the creation of the Foundation. The scholarships can be used to attend two-year, four-year, post-college or vocational schools.
• Alder Foods has teamed up with Nestlé and the Deutsche Bank Championship to raise money for the Fisher House Foundation and Fisher House Boston. Alder Foods and Nestlé recently launched the "Every Penny Counts" promotion at U.S. military commissaries worldwide. Through September 30, Nestlé will donate one cent from every Coffee-mate liquid creamer and Nesquik chilled ready-to-drink flavored milk sold at U.S. military commissaries to the Fisher House Foundation, which builds comfort homes for the families of wounded veterans to stay at while their relatives are undergoing treatment.
• The new St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, an official sponsor of the Riviera Nayarit Classic set to take place in Punta Mita, Mexico, September 28 through October 4, 2009, will welcome golf enthusiasts to the Resort with special Canadian Professional Golf Tour "Pro-Am VIP" packages.
• National University announced the opening of the National University Golf Academy, which will offer innovative golf programs that combine academics with golf instruction at the high school, associate's and bachelor's levels.
• Guests staying at the Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas or The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach can enjoy world-class golf together as a family with Kaanapali Golf Resort's Juniors Play Free – Bring the Ohana program. The program offers one junior golfer, age seven to 17, a free round or ride when accompanied by a paying adult on the Kaanapali Kai Course. The offer is valid through Sept. 30, 2009. In addition, guests staying at either property are entitled to preferred green fees: $150 to play the Kaanapali Kai Course and $190 to play the Royal Kaanapali Course (non-guest green fees are $195 and $235, respectively).
• Vista Valley Country Club will be the only San Diego venue for Tee it Up for the Troops' (TIUFTT) National Day of Golf, scheduled for September 14, 2009 to raise money for wounded soldiers and their families.
• The Sports Club/LA has opened The Golf Academy by The Sports Club/LA, recognized as the most comprehensive indoor golf training facility in the world. The 6,000 square foot facility offers state-of-the-art golf training and teaching technology, along with top PGA and TPI certified golf teaching professionals and advanced golf specific fitness programs.
• GOLF CHANNEL concluded its exclusive coverage of The Solheim Cup by garnering its highest rating ever (.93) for the final day of the LPGA's biennial team event, tripling the Sunday rating from 2007 (.27) and far outpacing the Sunday rating in 2005 (.62), the last time the event was played on U.S. soil.
• Southwest Section PGA announced that it has partnered with SolarMotion Laboratories, Inc. The Scottsdale-based company will be a Technology Sponsor of the SWSPGA. SolarMotion manufactures a state-of-the-art solar powered golf cart roof that is compatible and interchangeable with E-Z-GO, a leading supplier of golf, turf and utility vehicles throughout the world, Club Car, Inc. and Yamaha.
• Big Break Disney Golf contestant Andrew Giuliani won the 94th Met Open Championship to join the likes of golf legends Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen, as well as current PGA TOUR player Johnson Wagner, as a winner of the event.
• ClubCorp announced that it is hosting the third annual ClubCorp Charity Classic in partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The event is the world's largest multi-site charity golf and dining event, with participating clubs teeing up across the country from California to New York.
• PGA Professional Brad Brewer of Shingle Creek Golf Club has signed with Zondervan to publish Mentored by the King, Arnold Palmer: Success Skills for Golf, Business and Life. Publication is slated for Fall 2010.
• Thursday, Sept. 10, Arnold Palmer will celebrate his 80th birthday, and GOLF CHANNEL will honor the occasion and say thank you to the man who brought a passion to the sport – as well as a channel devoted to the game – to mainstream America. Throughout the week, GOLF CHANNEL will air special programming on-air and online to pay tribute to the man simply known as "The King."
• The history of a golf club Pete and Alice Dye refer to as their "firstborn" is captured in detail in a new book entitled Crooked Stick Golf Club: A story of the original masterpiece from America's first couple of golf by Chris Withwein.
• LongHorn Steakhouse announced "Tee Off & Tunes with Darius Rucker" – a national sweepstakes giving guests a chance to win backstage access to a private Darius Rucker concert and VIP tickets to this year's THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
• GolfGym has teamed up with A Girls On-Course Survival Guide to Golf™ author Christina Ricci to offer an exclusive FREE "Shape up Your Game" promotion for women with the purchase of a GolfGym PowerSwing Trainer.
• Atlanta Kitchen, Inc. is the Official Countertop of the Golf Club of Georgia.
• MGM MIRAGE will build a luxury hotel at the Egyptian development of New Giza, alongside a spectacular new golf course designed by Thomson Perrett & Lobb.
• After sixteen months of transforming a former, twelve-acre fruit orchard into a playable golf course, Tony Ciabattoni and his Colombian wife Sandra Gonzalez have opened the first public golf facility in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia. In fact, it is the only public golf course in the state of Santander, the sixth most populous state in Colombia, of which Bucaramanga is the capital.
• Mayakoba Resort will unveil a state-of-the-art Jim McLean Golf Academy later this fall. The Mayakoba location will be the first and only Jim McLean Golf Academy in Mexico.
• The new "I'm Tired of Bogeys" bracelet is a fun golf accessory with a serious purpose because it raises money for charity. Half the sale ($5) of each bracelet goes to nonprofit Caddy For A Cure.
• Graphite Design has introduced a new YSQ 45 gram Ultralight shaft.
• Designed specifically for golfers, QUIET PLEASE Bamboo Socks feature mid-foot ribbing that enhances blood circulation and supports the arch, keeping the feet invigorated.
−The Armchair Golfer
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Division III Advantage
April 10, 2014
At Lewis & Clark, more than 20 percent of the student body participate in one of 19 NCAA Division III sports. They don't compete for sports scholarships, or cut short their educations to go pro. Instead, our students thrive in an environment in which they can pursue athletics while fulfilling their academic potential.
During our celebration of Division III Week, Pioneers Glenna Andrews and Drew LeDonne, cochairs of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, share their thoughts on what it means to be a Division III athlete at Lewis & Clark. Andrews and LeDonne recently represented the college at the 2014 NCAA National Convention.
Drew LeDonne '14
Major: Economics
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What are the advantages of choosing to be a Division III athlete?
Division III provides the opportunity for students not only to practice and compete at high levels, but also to develop and pursue other interests. Many students choose Division III so that they can be multisport athletes, get involved in other aspects of campus life apart from sports, and pursue high academic achievement.
What makes being an athlete at Lewis & Clark special?
The college does a great job of hiring athletic department staff members whose primary objective is to develop us as people and future leaders in whatever endeavors we choose to pursue. The coaches and administrators here support student-athletes comprehensively, not in just one or two aspects of our lives.
Glenna Andrews '15
Major: Biology
Hometown: Middleton, Wisconsin
What are the advantages of choosing to be a Division III athlete?
I chose to be a DIII athlete because it provides so many wonderful opportunities. In addition to being a student and athlete, I'm also able to be involved on campus and get professional work experience. It allows me to be well rounded and to explore many different areas.
What makes being an athlete at Lewis & Clark special?
The athletics department here really emphasizes involvement outside the classroom and beyond the playing field. We are encouraged to be a part of various clubs on campus, and offered amazing opportunities to take leadership roles and participate in community service through the student-athlete mentorship program and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Being a student-athlete at L&C is so much more than just competing, and that's why I love it.

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MALMO, Sweden – Team Finland is trying to achieve what few of its country's world junior squads have in recent memory.
Finland hasn't won a medal at the under-20 championship since earning a bronze in Vancouver in 2006.
A Finnish team hasn't claimed gold at the tournament since 1998.
"I think about this tournament," said head coach Karri Kivi, whose team faces Canada in one semifinal on Saturday. "We had a call to go to the best four. We did it."
But does that mean his players are confident about their playoff-round matchup?
"I hope so," Kivi said. "We have to go over the limit if we want to go on tomorrow."
That's something Finland didn't do a year ago.
The Finns were fourth in Group A in Ufa, Russia during the preliminary round, their only win coming against Latvia.
They were then forced to play in the relegation round and finished the tournament in seventh place.
"It's a good bounce back for this year," said goaltender Juuse Saros, who has a 1.67 goals-against average and a .938 save percentage in the tournament. "There were a couple guys from that tournament.
"We have learned from that."
One of those returnees is Teuvo Teravainen, a 2012 first-round pick of the Chicago Blackhawks, who hopes to make the jump to North American next season.
The 19-year-old leads the Finns in scoring with nine assists, tops in the tournament.
"It means a lot," Teravainen said. "Last year we have a really good team. Our tournament was a big disappointment.
"This year, maybe not so good team, but guys on the team have good chemistry."
While last year couldn't have gone any worse – Saros said jokingly he heard that the problem was that the team slept too much – there is cautious optimism in Malmo.
Saros told Sunaya Sapurji of Yahoo! Sports at the world junior exhibition tournament in August that, "You don't have to be God to beat them," referring to the Canadians.
"I still feel so," said Saros on Friday. "I think we have a good team.
"Of course, Canada is very good, but I think we have a good chance to win."
Special teams will likely be a big factor in the outcome of Saturday's game.
Canada's power play proficiency is 29.2 per cent, while Finland's penalty killing is tops in the tournament, allowing just one goal on 21 chances against.
Finland and Canada are the second-least penalized teams in the tournament. Both have 56 penalty minutes through five games.
"I see a hardworking team. I see a team that's very structured," said Canadian head coach Brent Sutter about the Finns, after conveying the importance of discipline from his own team.
"I see a team that's going to play North American hockey."
The Finns feel like they're ready to take on Canada.
"I have the information we need," said Kivi, having watched the Canadians in the summer, played against them in the pre-tournament and watched them during the event.
Kivi also noted defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen, a Buffalo Sabres prospect, is regaining his health and confidence after struggling earlier in the tournament.
"He's just had some bad luck. Two weeks away (from a concussion in December), then a fever and that stuff (at the tournament)," Kivi said.
"The way he practice for example, the games and in the locker room, he's excellent. He's really, really grown."
The Finns are in a spot they haven't been accustomed to.
This is only the second time in the last eight years they've reached the semifinal. They lost the bronze-medal game to Canada in 2012 in Calgary.
It's a big challenge ahead, Kivi said, one the players are eagerly awaiting. "We knew before the tournament we could win every team that we're playing against," Teravainen said. "Now we have Canada and they're a really good team.
"We don't need to think too much if we lose or if we win. We'll go, play our game and see what happens."


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Pinstripes Inc., a company based in the Chicago area that operates restaurants combined with bowling alleys and bocce courts, has completed negotiations to open at The Shops at Georgetown Park, its first D.C. location.
It the latest tenant to be added to the mall as Vornado Realty Trust repositions the property at 3222 M St. NW.
Pinstripes said Friday it has signed a lease for 34,000 square feet on the first and second floors, overlooking the C&O Canal, and will open in November. The company expects to start interior and exterior work on the space in July.
"The Shops at Georgetown Park is a first-class development well-suited for our sophisticated entertainment venue," Pinstripes CEO Dale Schwartz said in a statement. "We look forward to introducing 'strikingly good food and fun' to the Georgetown and surrounding communities."
The Georgetown Park location will be the fifth for Pinstripes, followed by a sixth scheduled to open in Kansas in May 2014.
The concept is a blend of entertainment and Italian and American cuisine. The Georgetown version will include 14 bowling lanes, six bocce courts, a bistro and wine cellar, outdoor patios and event space that can hold as many as 600 people.
Pinstripes is one of several new merchants coming to Georgetown Park. Vornado and its local Vornado/Charles E. Smith division have been working for more than a year to reposition the center from an indoor-oriented mall to a mix of larger-format stores with individual entrances.
"We are delighted to welcome Pinstripes," Vornado/Charles E. Smith President Mitchell Schear said in a statement. "We could not have asked for a better entertainment partner to complement our redevelopment vision and the great vibrancy of the Georgetown neighborhood."
Pinstripes announced last fall it had reached a tentative deal to open at Georgetown Park, pending regulatory and community approvals. Despite some initial concern about neighborhood impact, the company was able to win over Georgetown's Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Commissioner Bill Starrels said he believes the company will be a good addition to the neighborhood.
"We enthusiastically welcome Pinstripes to the Georgetown neighborhood," Starrels said in a statement. "We are very pleased about Georgetown being the first expansion location for Pinstripes on the East Coast, and we look forward to the opening in the very near future."Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.


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Today's annuity marketplace now hosts a crowd of products that can be used to reach almost any client's financial goals.
Unfortunately, the diversity of this group has generated a problem of its own: even the most astute financial professional may have difficulty navigating the maze of features that can attach to an annuity. Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Riders (GLWBs) and Lifetime Income Benefit Riders (LIBRs) are two of the more easily confused rider options in a market where understanding the nuances can make or break a client's financial plan. Understanding the basics is necessary, but it is the fine print that will prove critical in ensuring that each of your clients purchases the perfect annuity product.
GLWBs vs. LIBRs
While each type of annuity income rider essentially guarantees that the client will receive a certain amount of income throughout retirement—regardless of market performance—there are important differences that set these two product features apart.
GLWBs guarantee that the client will be able to withdraw a certain percentage of the value of the client's benefit base, which has been growing by a guaranteed amount over the course of the deferral period (the guarantee is commonly somewhere between 4% and 8%). Clients looking for larger payouts later in life should be advised that the longer the base account is allowed to grow, the larger the withdrawals will be in the future. Further, it is important that the client understand that he must stay within the limits of the guaranteed withdrawals; some contracts provide for termination of the feature if the client takes an excess withdrawal.
A LIBR, while similar, is a rider pursuant to which the annuity carrier agrees to pay income over the client's lifetime in the form of an annuity. The income stream that results once the client annuitizes the contract is also drawn from a benefit base, but the carrier uses the client's life expectancy to determine the value of the guaranteed income payments. Clients seeking out steady, level annuity payouts that are guaranteed regardless of how long they live are often attracted to this type of feature.
One common ground between these types of riders lies in the fact that the benefit base itself is not available for cash withdrawals. This "account" has no real current cash value to the client—meaning that, unlike the accumulation value of the account, the client cannot access this value through surrendering the contract prior to the end of the deferral period.
The Fine Print
Once the type of rider is chosen, a new inquiry must begin so that the client understands the various options associated with the rider itself. The cost factor—the fee for the rider—is one important consideration. The fee for a GLWB or LIBR can be based on the annuity contract's income value or accumulation value (investment portion of the contract), though it will be deducted from the accumulation value over the life of the contract.
If the fee is based on the income value, it can remain higher throughout the period that the client is actually receiving income—or taking withdrawals—from the contract.
Further, some carriers begin deducting the fee—often on a monthly basis—on the day the annuity contract is issued, while others wait until the end of the first year when interest is credited to the client's account value.
Some carriers charge fees as low as 0.50%, but fees upward of 0.95% to 1.25% are not uncommon in today's market. Many also provide an option for clients to cancel these riders, though some impose a waiting period (which can be as long as five years) before the client can cancel and may provide that the rider may not be reinstated after it is cancelled.
Of course, in evaluating the cost structure of these riders, the growth factor—or "roll-up"—feature of the rider is equally important. Typically, a roll-up rate between 4% and 8% can be expected, and a higher guaranteed growth rate can, of course, make higher eventual fees more manageable.
Differentiating among the various types of lifetime income riders on the market is complicated enough on its own, but these riders have unique features that can prove essential to choosing the right product for your client, making it critical that producers take the time to read the fine print.
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Mookie critical in new autobiography
NEW YORK -- Referring to himself as a "hood ornament" for the organization, 1986 World Series hero Mookie Wilson criticized the Mets' treatment of him in a new autobiography.
Wilson said he is upset in particular that the Mets never explained why they dismissed him as first-base coach after the 2011 season.
"I feel that I deserve to hear just some words to justify the actions of an organization that I have honored and promoted every day of my nearly 30-year existence in it," Wilson wrote in "Mookie: Life, Baseball and the '86 Mets," according to an excerpt printed in the New York Post.
Upon release of the excerpts from Wilson's book, the Mets released the following statement:
"We are pleased that Mookie accepted our offer to rejoin the organization in 2012, and continue with us in Spring Training and during the season as a roving instructor and club ambassador."
Wilson still serves as a salaried ambassador for the organization, but is troubled by what he perceives as an underrepresentation of 1986 Mets players in prominent roles. One member of that team, Tim Teufel, is New York's current third-base coach, while another, Wally Backman, is the manager at Triple-A Las Vegas. In addition, Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Bob Ojeda all work for the partially team-owned television network SNY.


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Dental Health Affects Much More than your Teeth
|What Can Dental Health Affect Besides Your Smile?
People who suffer from an inflammatory condition such as diabetes, heart disease, or respiratory infections often do not realize that their dental health may be playing a part in their illness. As we have studied the effects of improper oral care, strong correlations are being been drawn between gum (periodontal) disease and these conditions. In fact, having a healthy mouth seems to play a strong role in the overall health of your entire body. There is even some evidence that poor dental health can be a factor for seemingly unrelated health conditions such as kidney disease or even Alzheimer's!
We all know that brushing, flossing, and regular dental check-ups are essential to maintaining healthy teeth and gums; but did you know that researchers now tie dental health to a variety of other health issues? It's true: conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and respiratory infections can all be linked to gum (periodontal) disease. Gum disease seems to have a strong negative affect on inflammatory conditions, and may even be a factor for kidney disease or Alzheimer's. So what does modern science know about the correlations between the health of your mouth and the health of the rest of your body?
Of the many illnesses linked to gum disease, diabetes is the most strongly associated with periodontal health. The relationship between diabetes and gum disease goes two ways: periodontal disease can increase the risk of developing diabetes, and diabetics are highly prone to contract gum disease. Gum disease leads to an inflammatory response, which can in turn affect insulin sensitivity and lead to uncontrolled blood sugar levels. Conversely, the blood sugar fluctuations that are a result of diabetes can cause gum inflammation and disease.
While researchers are sure there is a link between heart disease and gum disease, there are still several theories to explain why this link exists. Some say that oral bacteria can enter the bloodstream and attach to plaques that line coronary arteries, leading to clots. Another theory is that the inflammation that is a result of gum disease can increase plaque buildup, leading to clogged arteries. People with gum disease are nearly twice as likely to incur coronary artery disease as those with healthy gums.
People with periodontal disease are more vulnerable to respiratory infections such as pneumonia, because germs and bacteria in the mouth can be inhaled directly into the lungs. Inhaled oral bacteria have also been linked to the frequency of infection in patients who have pulmonary disease, because they are less able to eliminate these harmful bacteria from their lungs. Researchers are now conducting studies to better understand the link between oral and respiratory health.
In addition to being the leading cause of adult tooth loss and a factor for several specific conditions, gum disease can also affect your general health. The best way to prevent gum disease is to maintain a healthy oral hygiene routine that includes brushing, flossing, and the use of an antiseptic mouthwash. Gum disease often presents no noticeable symptoms, so it is also important to visit your dentist for a twice-yearly check-up to ensure that your gums are as healthy as they can be. Looking to get your dental check-up? Contact us to make an appointment today!
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Networked 3D Virtual Human Anatomy.
The goal is to build a virtual human cadaver based on the Visible Human dataset. An online virtual cadaver would be available to a wide range of students who can explore the virtual cadaver with a variety of tools. High-end applications will have a haptic interface.
Contact: Victor M. Spitzer, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4200 East Ninth Avenue
Denver, CO 80262
Phone: 303-274-0501; Fax: 303-315-4729
Rural Health Science Education.
This project will develop a plan to evaluate the use of computer and interactive compressed video technologies to support rural health science education. It will enable delivery of interactive educational programming, such as grand rounds and continuing medical education, clinical information systems, library services, and consultation. Beneficiaries will be students, residents, and health care professionals.
Contact: Dr. Leo Bairnsfather, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University Medical Center
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
Phone: 318-675-6536; Fax: 318-675-7757
Biomedical Tele-immersion.
By combining teleconferencing, telepresence, and virtual reality, tele-immersion enables teachers and students to interact with three-dimensional models. Tele-immersion combines several virtual reality systems with advanced network capabilities for learning especially in surgical education. NGI guarantees data privacy and security, and will allow tele-immersive environments derived from models of patient data.
Contact: Jonathan C. Silverstein, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Biomedical and Health Information Services
1919 W. Taylor
Chicago, IL 60612-7249
Phone 312-996-5112; Fax: 312-996-8342
National Emergency Medicine Information Extranet.
The National Emergency Information Infrastructure Consortium (EIIC) will create a plan for implementation of a secure National Emergency Medicine Information Extranet to improve emergency care across the nation. The primary application to be developed will enable interlinked standards-based emergency encounter registries, then feedback to providers 'just in time' multimedia educational and treatment protocol services. The project will create an open architecture to enable other layered applications in the future.
Contact: Edward Barthell, M.D.
Infinity Healthcare, Inc.
1251 Glen Oaks Lane
Mequon, WI 53092
Phone: 414-290-6700; Fax: 414-290-6781
Personal Internetworked Notary and Guardian. The Personal Internetworked Notary and Guardian (PING) project is designed to address the control of a personal record that can be integrated with more traditional sources of clinical information for patient use in the home, at work, and at school. In particular, PING is focused on: 1)reconstitution of the patient longitudinal records from both provider-based information systems and portable, personal record systems, on the Internet; 2) providing simple and secure authentication mechanisms; and 3) evaluation of the impact of PING upon the process of healthcare.
Contact: Isaac S. Kohane, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Children's Hospital Informatics Program
300 Longwood Ave., Enders 150
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-355-7821; Fax: 617-730-0456
Implementation to Serve Visible Human Datasets. This project plans to implement an NGI production system to interactively serve Visible Human datasets and anatomical data evaluation software. The image and knowledge data objects will be accessed by NGI-enabled World Wide Web users and evaluators. The system will provide to the user multi-resolution, anatomically labeled images within these Visible Human datasets as requested.
Contact: Brian D. Athey, Ph.D.
The University of Michigan Medical School
4771 Medical Science Building II
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
1335 Catherine St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0616
Phone: 734-763-6150; Fax: 734-763-1166
G-CPR and the NGI.
The Louisiana State University Medical Center proposes to implement a system of longitudinal electronic health records over the NGI that will integrate its ten public hospitals. This project is based on the G- CPR, or Government Computer Based Patient Record, a collaborative effort between the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, and the LSU Medical Center. The objective of this project is to enable secure access and sharing of clinical information.
Contact: Richard Ferrans, M.D.
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Department of Public Health
1600 Canal Street, Suite 800
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-588-3507; Fax: 504-588-3938
Secure Radiologic Collaboration on the Next Generation Internet.
The goal is to plan the implementation and deployment of a suite of collaborative medical applications to provide a secure, real- time, interactive environment for viewing, analyzing, and comparing radiological images in a clinical environment. This will provide clinicians and technologists the ability to share, in real-time, diagnostic imagery and medical data.
Contact: Douglas L. Long, Ph.D.
Senior Principal Scientist
Odyssey Research Associates, Inc.
Cornell Business & Technology Park
33 Thornwood Dr., Suite 500
Ithaca, NY 14850-1250
Tel: 607-257-1975; Fax: 607-257-1972
Open Architecture Multispecialty Data and Telemedicine Integration on the Next Generation Internet.
The purpose of this project is to plan the implementation of a multispecialty telemedicine testbed using NGI. The plan will identify existing and new multispecialty applications in patient care, continuing medical education, and patient education to be integrated into this platform. The planning activity is to be conducted by a team of scientists and clinicians from all pertinent parts of the proposing organization.
Contact: Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D.
Corporate Director
Partners Telemedicine
1 Longfellow Place, Suite 216
P.O. Box 8941
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-4447; Fax: 617-726-7530
Patient-centric Healthcare Management over NGI.
This project will demonstrate a patient-centric approach for healthcare management over the NGI. The demonstration will build upon the Electronic House Call system developed by Georgia Tech and the Medical College of Georgia to allow patients to videoconference with their healthcare providers and to monitor medical measurements over a secure network. A simple graphical user interface enables patients to control the system themselves. The system combines videoconferencing, vital signs measurements, patient education resources, and medical records, and enables patients to participate in their own healthcare.
Contact: Mr. John W. Peifer
Senior Research Scientist
Biomedical Interactive Technology Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
250 14th St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0200
Phone: 404-894-7028; Fax: 404-894-7025
Adopting the NGI as a Tool for Healthcare and Information Access.
This project will assemble a team of medical informatics users and networking advisors to analyze biomedical and healthcare information processes and select those which best demonstrate the application of NGI technologies and tool sets, while simultaneously providing demonstrable benefit to healthcare practitioners and end users. Many information processes in healthcare clinical services, biomedical education, and research will be assessed. Once applications have been identified, the assessment team will select viable candidates, then formulate an implementation strategy for one application area.
Contact: Brent K. Stewart, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Grant and Contract Services
3935 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-616-1314; Fax: 206-543-3495
The Empathy Network: Improved Healthcare Delivery for Survivors of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI).
The objective of the Empathy Network is to employ virtual reality technology, high performance computing centers, and NGI capabilities to dramatically improve the healthcare delivered to MTBI patients. VR technology will allow clinicians to construct a virtual world that simulates the cognitive and perceptual deficits experienced by an MTBI patient. VR and NGI technologies will then enable a patient's other healthcare providers, family, friends and co-workers to experience the MTBI patient's problems in coping with everyday life. This will engender empathic insight, support, and understanding that are crucial elements of an MTBI patient's recovery and adaptation.
Contact: David L. Zeltzer
Sarnoff Corporation
201 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609-734-2975; Fax: 609-734-2662
Remote, Real-time Simulation for Teaching Human Anatomy and Surgery.
This project plans to demonstrate remote, real-time teaching of human anatomy and surgery, using the NGI. A simulator architecture will be developed to deliver real-time simulation and visualization technologies to a diverse audience. The client component is a desktop PC or workstation. The simulation server receives sensor and control input from the client and transmits response streams. The NGI network-based architecture will allow for a heterogeneous mix of client configurations ranging from simple mouse and color displays to multiple high- resolution stereographic displays and haptic devices.
Contact: Parvati Dev, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
1215 Welch Road, Modular A
Stanford, CA 94305-5401
Phone: 650-723-8087; Fax: 650-498-4082
Interactive Medical Data on Demand: A High-Performance Image-Based Warehouse Across Heterogeneous Environments.
The goal of this project is to determine the requirements of a system for intuitive, real-time access to patient-specific data records based on multimodal images and multimedia. They will evaluate and select system architectures, software, and network configurations to provide access over different network bandwidths and platforms. This design will include scalability of the system and extensibility to other healthcare applications.
Contact: Donald L. Stredney
Ohio State University Research Foundation
Health Sciences Offices, B-030 Graves Hall
333 West Tenth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-9248; Fax: 614-292-7168
NGI-Aware, Scalable, Secure, and Adaptive Technology for Rural Telemedicine.
The goal of this project is to develop a plan to demonstrate telemedicine applications that will utilize NGI infrastructure. Telemedicine scenarios include: 1) nomadic clinics; 2) public health station; and 3) a consulting health station in rural clinics and hospitals. These systems will be configured with a set of videoconferencing, diagnostic, and patient monitoring equipment.
Contact: Y. V. Ramana Reddy, Ph.D.
West Virginia University Research Corporation
886 Chestnut Ridge Road
Morgantown, WV 26506
Tel: 304-293-7226; Fax: 304-293-7541
Medical Nomadic Computing Applications for Patient Transport.
The goal of this project is to transmit multimedia diagnostic information in real time from ambulances to receiving physicians using NGI technologies, thus enabling diagnostic and treatment opportunities during transport.
Contact: David M. Gagliano
BDM International, Inc.
1500 BDM Way
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703-848-6134; Fax: 703-848-6741
Distributed Revolutionary Medical Education Environment.
The objective of this project is to develop a plan to implement and evaluate a distributed, medical education environment on a network testbed that simulates the characteristics of the NGI. These applications will be delivered across the spectrum of medical instruction, from undergraduate to postgraduate to continuing education.
Contact: Lael C. Gatewood, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Office of Research and Technology
1100 Washington Avenue So., Suite 201
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-625-4909; Fax: 612-625-7166
Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning/Care Delivery Application.
The goal of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate NGI capabilities for radiation oncology treatment planning and care delivery. The application will provide diagnostic support, treatment planning, and remote verification of proper operation of treatment equipment from the Comprehensive Cancer Center to a remote JHU treatment facility. The proposed project will have a strong evaluation component focused on quality of service, security, privacy, and data integrity.
Contact: Joseph S. Lombardo
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
Phone: 240-228-6287; Fax: 240-228-6834
Applications Layer Security Solution for Stationary/Nomadic Environments.
This project will evaluate extant security techniques within the context of an open security architecture. The solution is based on security shared among collaborating parties, nomadic computing, and the privacy of medical information. The architecture includes user authentication, remote access to medical databases, nomadic computing, and confidentiality of data.
Contact: Brenda Garman
Motorola Space and Technology Group
1190 Winterson Road
Airport Square #14, Suite 350
Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: 410-859-4761; Fax: 410-859-0787
Human Embryology Digital Library.
The goal of this study is to develop a research and education network for medical image acquisition and analysis. A high performance optical network testbed will link government labs and universities with traditional medical research facilities. The focus of the project is on the analysis and delivery of digital histopathology image data. The proposal includes the definition of a set of demonstration projects that use a collaborative consultation system for research, surgical planning, and basic research.
Contact: George S. Michaels, Ph.D.
George Mason University
Office of Sponsored Programs
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-1998; Fax: 703-993-1993
Integration of Security Mechanisms for Internet Applications.
The goal of this project is to develop a plan to integrate the PCASSO (Patient Centered Access Secure Systems Online) with biomedical applications. It will be demonstrated through a testbed involving medical treatment facilities in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey and the Frederick (Md.) Biomedical Supercomputer Center in an information technology infrastructure. The NGI infrastructure for this region is being developed under the HUBS (Hospitals, Universities, Business Schools and Communities) Initiative.
Contact: Raymond E. Cline, Jr.
Security Applications International Corp.
1710 Goodridge Drive, M/S 2-3-1
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703-749-8648; Fax: 703-821-1134
Telemammography Using the NGI.
The goal of this project is to plan and implement a testbed to demonstrate the feasibility of a national breast imaging archive and network infrastructure to support telemammography using NGI technologies. The proposed infrastructure would: support traditional breast screening; provide the opportunity to maintain and apply standard image processing and computer-aided diagnosis software; permit access to breast imaging experts for primary and secondary interpretations; and provide an opportunity to study and understand epidemiologic issues in breast cancer.
Contact: Mitchell Schnall
University of Pennsylvania
Research Services
133 S. 36th Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3246
Phone: 215-662-7238; Fax: 215-662-3013
Teletrauma and the NGI.
The goal of this project is to plan the implementation of an integrated system of trauma care for Southern Louisiana using an NGI telemedicine network. This network will provide instant access to the Trauma Team at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans which will provide online assistance. Distance education training for emergency personnel, network management, and quality of service issues are all elements of the project.
Contact: Richard Ferrans, M.D.
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Department of Public Health
1600 Canal Street, Suite 800
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-588-3507; Fax: 504-588-3938
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The new, monthly, Head of the Class Comedy Showcase debuts this Tuesday at Silk City. The show will be hosted by Oliver Yu and Mike Alloy and will feature stand-up from: Mikey Garcia, Bobby Lorello, Omar Scruggs, Jim Ginty, and Chris Cotton.
This Tuesday Helium Comedy Club will host an MTVU stand-up comedy showcase featuring comedy from area college students including: Seth Simons, Tyler Wolf, Chris Whitehair, Tim Ryan, Siraj Iqbal, Noah Goldstein, Jackie Koehn and Alex Grubard.
Alex Pearlman and Corey Cohen will host Always Remember, a night of comedy headlined by Dave Hill this Tuesday at Connie's Ric Rac. Also performing on the show are: Ryan Shaner, TJ Hurley, and the Necrosexual.
Second Stories Presents: Temporary Madness this Tuesday at The Dive. The show will feature storytelling from: Alejandro Morales, Nicole Yates, Alanna Kennedy-Gorman, Larry Napolitano, and Vickie Fernandez
This Wednesday, Helium Comedy Club will host a stand-up showcase to audition local comedians to host at the club. Performing on the show are: Alex Grubard, Kevin Hurley, Joey Dougherty, Omar Scruggs, and Dave Temple.
The Sideshow returns to The Arts Parlor this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with their Musical Revue – a show featuring local improvisers and comedians performing songs around the theme of love.
Also this Thursday, Figment Theater's roaming, bi-monthly Vagabond Sessions will make a stop at the Adrienne Theater's Second Stage for a show featuring: Wisdom Teeth, 'Til Death Do Us Part, the A.D. Showcase with Max Sittenfield and Maggy Keegan, and The Table.
This Friday Chris McDevitt, Benny Michaels, and Alex Magakis will perform at Boyd's Cardinal Hollow Winery (1830 West Point Pike, Landsdale PA) for The Laughing Barrell.
A second Sideshow on Saturday night will feature the first round of this year's Troika tournament. The event features randomly drawn teams of three that each have a month to come up with a team name and style of play. Round One will feature teams comprised of: Chris Calletta, Erin Pitts, and Jessica Ross; Alex Gross, Dan Corkerey, and Joe Spampinato; and Alli Soowal, JP Boudwin, and Kevin Pettit.
McGilliCOMEDY At McGillicuddys debuts this Saturday at JD McGillicuddy's in Manayunk. The show will be headlined by Sidney Gantt, featuring Dan Scully and Keane Cobb and hosted by Sylis P.
Comedy-Gasm! A Night of Multiple Climaxes is this Saturday upstairs at The Irish Pol. The show will feature performances by: Rachel Fogletto, Walter, Brandon Gorin, Elise Thompson-Hohl, L.U.M.P., and Alejandro Morales.
Also this Saturday comedian Ron White headlines The Keswick Theater. Tickets are available online.
If you have any Philly comedy news worth mentioning – send it our way with an email to firstname.lastname@example.com


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A transnational cooperation project to promote DIY solutions for renewable energy production in rural communities.
Projects & Practice
A transnational cooperation project to promote DIY solutions for renewable energy production in rural communities.
A Maltese young farmer took over his father's sheep farm in order to preserve local traditions, whilst incorporating new and innovative ideas in the production and marketing process.
A family business, trading high quality instant coffee, used EAFRD support to expand its business by installing a new more efficient production line.
Producers in Scotland saw the opportunity to link together their activities to encourage greater visitor numbers to rural destinations by creating a network of artisan chocolatiers.
The Think Local development programme focuses on developing collaboration in short supply chain, by bringing together existing initiatives on farmers' markets, farm retail, food tourism, regional food and drink networks and in developing added value for rural producers.
The Danish Managing Authority commissioned an online tool used for evaluating applications for LEADER support, taking a baseline and measuring interventions, in addition to scoring against priorities.
Scotland's RDP has adopted simplified administration systems that include a 'two-tier' application process for RDP grants. This was introduced to provide proportionate 'fast-track' procedures for projects requiring smaller amounts of RDP funding.
LINC stands for Leader Inspired Network Community, an initiative of Local Action Groups and Network Support Units.
A project to enhance the facilities on a geological site, enable new visitor-based activities and attract more visitors who will spend more time in the area.
Expanding a viticulture business to meet market demand by investing in modern and efficient equipment.


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Original post by Carine in the Gatherings section :
Carine is in charge of the 25th and I want to thank her here !carinem wrote:Dear everyone,
We (the french fans of Leonard Cohen) are organizing a meetsup just before the concert at the Olympia the 24th, 25th and 26th of November.
Because it will be hard after (11:30 PM) for those who are working or taking the train or plane the next day ...
So you are all welcomed to have a drink together, take pictures and discuss of our great artist just before getting in the hall.
The meeting is between 6:00 and 6:30 PM at the entrance of the Olympia, then we'll go somewhere to have a drink. (see update!)
I'll be the one in charge of the 25th meeting. Hope to see you all !!!
Albert is in charge of the 24th (thanks to him !)
Judy is in charge of the 26th (thanks to her !)
Important update by Patrice.
The gathering place is a sandwitch bar near the Olympia Hall. When you turn back at the entrance of Olympia, you walk on your right, you cross a street, and just after the Café de L'Olympia, you have the sandwitch bar, located 2 rue de Sèze (although the phone directory indicates 4 rue de Sèze).
Don't forget to wear the badge !
Time : 6 PM (since 5:30 PM for 24th only).
All material including badges, maps and further informations are in English and French language here:
Don't forget to click : you will get the global view !
And all the needed material to download !
You are all welcome !!!!
To French readers, the topic is at :
http://www.leonardcohensite.com/forum/i ... opic=613.0
PS : plz, dear Jarkko, can you make this post sticky ?
***Sure!! Have great time in Paris / Jarkko***


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The following letter from John McCarthy, IHRSA's executive director,is your invitation to attend the upcoming trade show.
Each March IHRSA hosts an industry event, our annual convention and trade show, known this year as "IHRSA 2000." Each year, we try harder to make the show more inclusive of, and valuable for, the entire industry. How do we justify proclaiming our event an industry one, and more importantly, why is this our mission?
1. The whole industry is invited. Every facility we have on record, member or not, is not only welcome at our show: We invite them to come--and not just to the trade show. Our two new conferences this year, for the fitness business and the spa business, are open to anyone.
2. We facilitate our 350 exhibiting suppliers, inviting anyone they do business with, by providing them with as many customized free passes to the trade show as they want. Their participation has helped the show grow from 3,000 attendees 10 years ago to 10,000 last year. Size alone, however, does not make an event into an industry event in the fullest sense. The value to attendees and the importance to the future of the industry must be there.
3. The value to attendees this year will be enhanced by the presence of more outside-the-industry speakers (over 50) than ever, including General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), who will keynote the opening day.
4. More NEW speakers than ever (over 60) will further increase the value each attendee receives from returning to this year's show. 5 The future of the industry will be envisioned at the industry summit on technology, where 300 leaders will hear a keynote address by Chuck Martin, author of the The Net Future: The Seven Dynamics That Will Change Everything.
6. Further future forecasting will be summarized by Yankelovich Partners, whose 20-plus years of societal trending will be tied in to our industry's best growth opportunities.
7. More than 35 presentations will help clubs develop one or more of the mega-opportunities for growth identified by IHRSA in the "One Hundred Million Member" campaign. This initiative, to double the number of club members world-wide by 2010, is IHRSA's super objective. It will not happen as it should without the entire industry coming together.
Greater than all the reasons above put together, there is the perennial one: networking. Forging new connections and strengthening existing ones--with peers, suppliers and partners--has perhaps never been more important than now, when our industry is undergoing profound changes and faces the greatest opportunities, and the most competition, in its short history. Don't miss this year's industry event--there may never be another event like IHRSA 2000.


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Police conducted two operations in Karachi in the wake of the shootings in which they arrested a dozen suspects and killed two suspected militants, said senior police official Shahid Hayat.
Several dozen polio immunisation workers and human rights activists protested against the killings in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday and demanded security for the field staff.
The United Nations suspended its polio vaccination drive in Pakistan on Wednesday after eight people involved in the effort were shot dead in the past two days, a UN official said.
The suspension was a grave blow to the drive to bring an end to the scourge of polio in Pakistan, one of only three countries where the crippling disease still survives.
On Wednesday, gunmen shot at a woman working on the campaign in northwest Pakistan, killing her and her driver, one of five attacks during the day on polio workers. A male polio immunisation worker was critically wounded in one of the shootings.
This week six other people have been killed who were working on the immunisation program, which has been jointly conducted with the Pakistani government.
No one has claimed responsibility, but some Islamic extremists charge that the program is a cover for espionage.
At the UN, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the killing as "cruel, senseless and inexcusable." He said the eight workers were among thousands across Pakistan "working selflessly to achieve the historic goal of polio eradication."
Sarah Crowe, spokeswoman for Unicef, said the vaccination program has been suspended everywhere in Pakistan until an investigation by the Pakistani government is completed.
"This is undoubtedly a tragic setback, but the campaign to eradicate polio will and must continue," she said.
Some provincial governments in Pakistan continued to immunise children, independent of the UN drive.
Prevention efforts have managed to reduce the number of cases in Pakistan by around 70 percent this year compared to 2011, but the recent violence threatens to reverse that progress.
Suspicion for the attacks has fallen on the Pakistani Taliban because of their virulent opposition to the polio campaign, but the group's spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, denied responsibility in a telephone call to The Associated Press.
Police say they have killed two militant suspects and arrested a dozen others in connection to the attacks but did not say whether they were Taliban.
Militants accuse health workers of acting as spies for the US and claim the vaccine makes children sterile. Taliban commanders in the troubled northwest tribal region have also said vaccinations can't go forward until the US stops drone strikes in the country.
Insurgent opposition to the campaign grew last year after it was revealed that a Pakistani doctor ran a fake vaccination program to help the CIA track down and kill al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, who was hiding in the town of Abbottabad in the country's northwest.
The number of attacks this week on polio workers is unprecedented. They came as the government started a three-day vaccination drive Monday targeting high risk areas of the country, part of an effort to immunise millions of children under the age of five.
The deadliest of Wednesday's attacks occurred in the northwestern town of Charsadda, where the female polio worker and her driver were gunned down, said senior government official Syed Zafar Ali Shah. Gunmen attacked two other polio immunisation teams in Charsadda and one in the town of Nowshera, but no one was hurt in those attacks, he said.
Earlier in the day, gunmen shot a polio worker in the head in the city of Peshawar, wounding him critically, said Janbaz Afridi, a senior health official in surrounding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
On Tuesday, gunmen killed five female polio workers, three of them teenagers, in a series of attacks in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, and in a village outside Peshawar.Two men who were working alongside the women were critically wounded in those attacks.
A male polio worker was also shot to death in Karachi on Monday.
The Pakistani government also condemned the attacks, saying they deprive Pakistan's most vulnerable populations, specifically children, of basic life-saving health interventions. The UN said it was increasing security for its polio workers, but did not provide any details.
Polio usually infects children living in unsanitary conditions, attacks the nerves and can kill or paralyse.
A total of 56 polio cases have been reported in Pakistan during 2012, down from 190 the previous year, according to the UN. Most of the new cases in Pakistan are in the northwest, where the presence of militants makes it difficult to reach children.
The new campaign aimed to give oral polio prevention drops to 34 million children under the age of five. Clerics and tribal elders were recruited to support polio vaccinations in an attempt to open up areas previously inaccessible to health workers.


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While serving in operations in Quang Tri Province in Vietnam on February 5, 1969, Noonan's company was directed to move from a position they had been holding southeast of the Vandergrift Combat Base in A Shau Valley to an alternate location.
As the Marines commenced a slow and difficult descent down the side of the hill, made extremely slippery by the heavy rains, the leading element came under heavy fire from a North Vietnamese Army unit occupying well-concealed positions in the rocky terrain.
Four men were wounded, and repeated attempts to recover them failed because of the intense hostile fire.
Noonan moved from his position of relative security and, maneuvering down the treacherous slope to a location near the injured men, took cover behind some rocks. Shouting words of encouragement to the wounded men to restore their confidence, he dashed across the hazardous terrain and commenced dragging the most seriously wounded man away from the fire-swept area.
Although wounded and knocked to the ground by an enemy round, Lance Corporal Noonan recovered rapidly and resumed dragging the man toward the marginal security of a rock. He was however, mortally wounded before he could reach his destination. His heroic actions inspired his fellow Marines, who initiated a spirited assault which forced the enemy soldiers to withdraw.


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News! Updates! Fun stuff! Yup, it's our monthly Miniclip roundup post!
As we're sure you know, we love games. So, we've decided to gamify this blog post. Hidden on this page is a cake. The first person to find the cake and announce its location in the comments section gets a prize of indeterminate value.
While you're looking for the cake, we recommend reading the post. Perhaps a clue to the cake's location is contained within. Perhaps the words themselves are full of awesome stuff that you need to know. Find out for yourself.
New Games
2014 has started with a literal bang on Miniclip – a common theme shared by two of our most popular games so far this year has been "cars" and "destruction". Total Wreckage has brought high-speed pile-ups and spectacular crashes to your screens, with its stylish total-wipeout traps adding an even bigger element of vehicular violence to the mix.
Our other new favorite is Crash & Burn, which takes place in an open city packed with stunt jumps, cash stashes, hidden secrets and lots of things to destroy. Go where you want, leap off buildings, plow through sports cars, drive up (and off) cliff-sides – it's totally up to you. Unlock new vehicles – the rocket-launching fire truck is a personal fave – and tons of upgrades to make yourself faster, tougher, and more destructive. Check out our video to see it in action, or, if you're already convinced, play it right now.
Another game you should definitely check out this month is the super-sneaky Bob The Robber 2. We'll let one of our YouTube commenters, CrimsonFury606, summarize this one for you as we're not sure we can do any better: "Robin Hood, Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil all in one. Bob the Robber (technically burglar) is one heck of an anti-hero. He truly does fight for the 99%." Bob The Robber – what a guy.
Mobile news
This month saw our first big mobile release of the year, with the awesome Hot Rod Racers hitting iOS, Android and WP8 devices. It's a free racing game that requires perfect gear-shifting timing to squeeze every last bit of speed out of your car as you try to get over that finish line before your opponent. You earn coins and crowns as you complete challenges,allowing you to upgrade your hot rod – or even get your hands on a new one if the style isn't to your liking. But it's not just about who's got the fastest car: your opponent will also try to ram you to slow you down. Solution: get him before he gets you. You can also play it on Miniclip.com.
Hot Rod Racers is out now, but we've also got something cool coming very soon to Rail Rush. We've got a whole new world (okay, now you're going to be singing that for the rest of the day), plus a new character, swinging through the jungle and onto your phone or tablet in the next few weeks.
The latest version of 8 Ball Pool on mobile also included a brand-new feature: a no-guideline mode on the highest tier. Yup, this means that for the really big bucks, you'll need all your 8 Ball skill to win – only the top players need apply.
We've got some more cool stuff coming to 8 Ball soon – there's a sparkly new Valentine's Cue in the shop right now – make sure you follow our Facebook page to get the latest info.
Beat The Boss
On the subject of 8 Ball Pool… have you seen our Beat The Boss events? Beat The Boss is YOUR chance to take on Miniclip CEO Big Rob on the 8 Ball Pool tables. So far, each week seems to follow a similar pattern: Big Rob loses most of the first five or six games, but then gets his act together for the home straight, rattling off three or four quick wins that take him back into the safe water of respectability. Beat The Boss is still a new event, and we're always looking to improve it – and we'd love to hear your suggestions in the comments section.
To find out more about Beat The Boss, check out our Frequently Asked Questions post.
8 Ball Pool – Trickshot Masterclass
We've recently published our new 8 Ball Pool Trickshot Masterclass, featuring 14 of the very best shots sent in by 8 Ball players over the last month. We think this collection has some of the finest shots we've seen to date – make sure you watch them all as we saved one of the best 'til last!
Don't forget, if you've got a shot you want to share with the world, send us a message on Facebook or email social at miniclip dot com. In the meantime, sit back and be amazed at this world-class display of 8 Ball Pool skill.
Tips & Tricks
We've recently published a load of new tips and tricks videos on our YouTube channel for some of our most popular games, including a full walkthrough for Bob the Robber 2 and a guide to all the tricks in Motocross Nitro. If there's a game that you're stuck on, let us know and we'll look at putting together a walkthrough vid for it!
Alternatively, if you've made your own walkthrough video of one of our games, share it with us! It might end up on Miniclip where thousands of others can benefit from your gaming skills. Just email us a link to social at miniclip dot com.
Team Miniclip
Our growing Lisbon team have just moved into a shiny new extended office, complete with an awesome chill-out area with fussball tables, sofas and game consoles. You also get a cool view of the Atlantic ocean out of the window (now, we just need the sun to start shining again). We also took the opportunity to upgrade our entrance hall with some Miniclip artwork – check it out!
In London, between battling tube strikes and weather that actually washed away the ground underneath the train tracks that one of our team uses to get home, we also held a real-life Pool Tournament. As we've learned in the past, being good at 8 Ball Pool bears no relation to your ability on a real pool table. No relation at all. Having said that, the eventual winner was none other than Big Rob himself, although the overall standard would probably cause some of our 8 Ball players to turn their nose up in horror. Anyway, here's the winning moment (right).
Meanwhile, our team in Neuchâtel – in between sending around photos showing just how sunny Switzerland is right now – recently enjoyed a chocolate making (and tasting) session. Possibly there was more interest in the tasting than the making.
We're Hiring
Want to be a part of Miniclip? We're always looking for new people to join our team, and we're currently hiring for a wide number of roles in London, Lisbon and Neuchâtel. Positions include Software Developers and Web Designers, but there's plenty more too – take a look at our Vacanciespage for more information.
And Finally
Did you find the cake?


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A total of 25 EoF titles will screen as part of the initiative, kicking off with the Israeli-Palestinian film Water [pictured].
The Eye on Films (EoF) initiative, aimed at encouraging the distribution of first features, is expanding its presence in Cannes this year with a dedicated screening space within the Cinéma du Monde pavilion.
"The idea is to show a selection of films from the label during Cannes," explains EoF coordinator Nawid Sarem.
A total of 25 EoF titles will screen as part of the initiative, kicking off with the Israeli-Palestinian film Water, looking at both the poetry and politics of the precious resource, on May 19.
Other titles to be showcased include Ghazi Albulwi's political comedy Only in New York about an American Arab boy who toys with the idea of participating in a Green Card marriage with an Israeli girl to make some money after his parents chuck him out.
Brazilian Petra Costa's award-winning documentary Elena, about a woman who travels from Brazil to New York in search of her older sister who lost contact with her family after she left for the city with dreams of becoming an actress, will also screen.
Launched the in 2011, EoF label is selected and curated by a network of festival professionals and distributors from around the world.
The EoF label is run out of the offices of Loic Magneron's Wide Management in Paris.
Coordinator Sarem attempts to find synergies between festivals and distributors to aid the distribution of the EoF titles as well as build buzz and coverage of the titles through the label.
Recent initiatives include the I Love Mondays diffusing via the Internet some of the older titles in the label for free. Sarem says these one monthly events now attract some 15,000 viewers each time.


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Following in the footsteps of AT&T, Verizon is planning to kill off its unlimited data plans, instead switching to a tiered system that will charge heavy users more to download via their phones. Sigh.
Verizon hopes that by adding in some family plans for data users that it'll soothe the burn for customers who may end up paying significantly more after the change. This will leave Sprint and T-Mobile as the only carriers offering up all-you-can-eat plans, with that number dropping to just Sprint if the proposed T-Mobile/AT&T merger goes through. It's seeming like a worse and worse idea as time goes on, isn't it?
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- 2 pounds pork belly, skin removed, fat trimmed to 1/2-inch (or substitute boneless pork shoulder)
- 1 quart chicken broth, or enough to cover pork
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 cup prepared barbecue sauce
- 3 tablespoons prepared horseradish
- 4 teaspoons coarse salt
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 1 package (11-ounce) puff pastry sheets (2 15x10-inch sheets)
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour, for flouring surface
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup bread and butter pickles, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- Preheat oven to 250F.
- Place pork belly in a baking dish and cover with chicken broth. Add bay leaf and thyme and cover with aluminum foil. Cook 6 hours, or until pork is meltingly soft. Remove from oven and refrigerate overnight, leaving pork in its cooking liquid.
- While pork is cooking, prepare sauce by stirring together barbecue sauce and horseradish. (Add more or less horseradish to suit your taste.) Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove pork from cooking liquid, reserving liquid for another use. Pull pork into large chunks and place in a food processor. Add salt and pepper and pulse 8 to 10 times, until a chunky paste is formed. This will be the filling for your pastry.
- Place half the flour on a work surface. Place 1 pastry sheet on floured surface. Roll to 1/8-inch thick, long side facing you. Using a piping bag or your fingers, place a 1/2-inch thick log of filling along the edge of pastry. Gently roll pastry over filling until it overlaps itself by 1/2-inch, creating a seam. Brush a small amount of heavy cream on overlapping surfaces to seal roll, then cut finished roll away from remaining pastry sheet. Transfer finished roll to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Repeat to create 2 more rolls from the first sheet of pastry.
- Repeat process with remaining pastry sheet and filling. (You may freeze the rolls at this point to use later.)
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Brush rolls with remaining heavy cream and bake 25 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Remove and let cool slightly. Slice each roll into 10 pieces and arrange on a serving platter. Drizzle with horseradish barbecue sauce and top with diced sweet pickle.
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If Dodger fans don't like the headline the current owners are making, how about the ones Mark Cuban would make?
The Dodgers are not for sale. Right now. But ugly, messy divorces have a way of forcing people to sell off assets (just ask John Moore, who had to sell off the Padres a few years ago to pay off divorce debts).
And if that were to happen….
"If a unique situation came up where I could contribute capital to buy out a majority shareholder and gain control, with existing shareholders or note holders staying in place, I would consider it."
Cuban has interest in baseball. He was one of the bidders for the Chicago Cubs and has hinted he would love to own his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates.
And Dodger fans want Cuban, with him saying he has gotten more emails than he can count asking him to swoop in and buy the team. If someone was needed to swoop in, Cuban could well be the kind of guy needed — he does cash deals with very little debt (unlike the McCourts who leveraged themselves to buy the Dodgers and Chavez Ravine).
Cuban, for all his headline grabbing, is the kind of owner you want for your team. Remember the Dallas Mavericks before he purchased them? They were Clipperesque. A poorly run franchise that constantly lost, could not attract top talent and had some ugly green uniforms.
Cuban changed the culture of the Mavericks. He did the little things that players noticed — the locker room was redone and expanded, plus the team started flying charter jets. He spent on top talent — Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash (until he let Nash walk and eventually tried to replace him with Jason Kidd). The atmosphere in the arena changed as the game became real entertainment and the show around it became professional.
Now the Mavericks are winners, they have no titles so far but Cuban has pushed as hard as an owner can. He brings a lot of publicity to the team, sometimes people say too much. What he really brings is passion. The players love him and will even hang out with him. They respect him. Mavericks' fans love him.
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The Tennessee State University women's basketball team will officially kick-off the 2013-14 campaign this Friday when the Lady Tigers face the Wildcat's of Kansas State on the road. Game time is slated for a 5:45 p.m. tip in Bramlage Coliseum.
A relatively young squad, the Lady Tigers are coming off an, 84-60, exhibition win over Tennessee Temple last Friday night in the Gentry Center. Five players scored in double-digits led by Brianna Lawrence's 15 points. Chelsea Hudson and Jayda Johnson each tallied 14 while I'mani Davis and Rachel Allen posted 11. Allen also added 11 assists for a double-double.
The Lady Tigers, under second year head coach Larry Joe Inman, returned four letterwinners from last year's squad and added eight newcomers, including seven freshmen, to the roster.
TSU finished last season with an overall record of 13-15 and a 9-7 conference mark. In an Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll that was released in October, TSU was predicted to finish fifth in the East Division standings.
Tennessee State had its final tune up before the regular season last Friday with an exhibition contest against Tennessee Temple. Sophomore Brianna Lawrence led all scorers with 15 while redshirt junior Chelsea Hudson and freshman Jayda Johnson added 14. Freshman I'mani Davis scored 11 as junior Rachel Allen registered a double-double with 11 points and 11 assists.
Kansas State picked up two preseason exhibition wins over Washburn (85-64) and Alaska-Anchorage (73-65). K-State will play its first official game of the season against TSU on Friday.
In K-State's win over Alaska-Anchorage, Katya Leick posted a game-high 24 to go with 12 rebounds for a double-double. Leticia Romero just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds while Brianna Craig scored 11.
The Wildcats rallied in the second half to defeat Alaska-Anchorage, 73-65. The Wildcats did their fair share of damage in the paint and on second chance opportunities.
A member of the Big 12, K-State has nine letterwinners returning from last year's squad, including three starters. The Wildcats finished last season with a record of 19-18 (5-13) good for an eighth place finish in the conference.
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Tennessee State and Kansas State will meet for the third time in the series history with the Wildcats leading 2-0. In the last meeting between the two teams, K-State defeated TSU, 62-47, in the Gentry Center.
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Tennessee State stayed close with Kansas State in the first half, but the Wildcats pulled away in the second as the Lady Tigers fell 62-47 at the Gentry Center.
The Wildcats started strong, putting together a 13-2 run in the first eleven-and-a-half minutes. After Avery Jones put TSU on the scoreboard with a layup on the second possession of the game, the Lady Tigers went on a scoreless stretch of 11 minutes before Destiney Gaston ended the K-State run with a layup of her own.
TSU continued to battle and chip away at the Wildcat lead getting the margin under 10 on a Tanesha Stenson jumper to make it 21-13 with 7:12 left in the first half. The Stenson jumper started a 14-7 TSU run that ended the half with Kansas State holding a 28-25 advantage.
The Wildcats started the second half just like they did the first and turned a three point lead into a 14 point lead within seven minutes.
The Lady Tigers made just four shots in the second half while shooting 24 percent for the game.
Live audio and live stats will be available at kstatesports.com for the TSU vs. Kansas State game. Also, live video will be available to subscribers of K-StateHD.TV at kstatesports.com/allaccess.
Tennessee State will leave Manhattan and head for Georgia to face Kennesaw State on Monday, Nov. 11 in the KSU Convocation Center. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. est.


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USA: Although the US's overseas debt almost equates to its annual GDP, it is still regarded as a safe bet. However, its credit rating has been downgraded. Although Asia - primarily China and Japan - holds the majority of US debt, Europe has the second largest percentage. This means whatever happens in the eurozone will have a deep impact on the US banking system. Within Europe, the UK, Switzerland and France hold the largest amount of US debt, amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars.
UK: The UK has very large amounts of overseas debt, of which the biggest component is the banking industry. The high debt to GDP ratio is explained by the UK's active financial sector, where there is a great deal of capital movement. This level of overall external debt is generally not seen as a problem because the UK also holds high-value assets. Having said this, the UK economy remains in the doldrums and the country is highly exposed to Irish as well as Italian and Portuguese debt. The UK in turn owes hundreds of billions to Germany and Spain.
Germany: The biggest European economy owes France, Italy and the US most money. However, these economies also owe Germany billions in return. Regarding its relationship with the troubled eurozone countries, Germany is exposed to Greek, Irish and Portuguese, but mostly, Spanish debt. If any of these defaults, Germany will be hit. Its economy is slowing, mainly because of the problems plaguing its eurozone partners. And as Europe's industrial powerhouse, any problems in Germany mean more problems for the eurozone, but also for the wider international system.
Japan: The world's third-largest economy has the highest public debt level amongst developed economies. However, most of its debt is owed internally, so it is not seen as at risk of default. The global financial crisis, this year's earthquake and tsunami, a strong yen and Europe's debt crisis are clouding its current economic outlook. But the government has pledged to turn the country's annual budget deficit into a surplus by 2020.
France: Europe's second biggest economy owes the UK, the US and Germany the most money. However, like in Germany's case, these countries also owe France billions in return. France's problem is that it is greatly exposed to the eurozone's troubled debtors. Its banks hold large amounts of Greek, Italian and Spanish debt. This is causing market turbulence, especially against a backdrop of faltering French growth and low consumer spending.
Spain: Spain owes large amounts to Germany and France. However, its number one worry is bailed-out Portugal, which is indebted to it by billions of euros. As the country attempts to get its own debts under control, there are fears the country could be thrown back into recession after November's parliamentary elections. The bursting of a housing and construction boom in 2008 had plunged Spain's economy into a recession deeper than in many other European countries.
Portugal: Portugal, the third eurozone country to need a bail-out, is in deep recession. It is currently implementing a series of austerity measures as well as planning a series of privatisations to fix its shaky finances and reduce its debt burden. The country is highly indebted to Spain, and its banks are owed 7.5bn euros by Greece.
Italy: Italy has a large amount of debt, but it is a relatively wealthy country compared with Greece and Portugal. However, doubt about Italy's leadership and fears that its debt load could grow more quickly than the Italian economy's capacity to support it have left the markets jittery. France is most exposed to Italian debt.
Ireland: One of three eurozone countries to so far receive a bail-out, Ireland has introduced a series of tough austerity budgets. Its economy is now showing a modest recovery. After the boom years leading up to 2008, the country fell into recession as a result of the global credit squeeze, which ended the supply of cheap credit that had fuelled the unsustainable growth in its housing market. It shows a very high level of gross foreign debt to GDP because, although it is a small country, it has a large financial sector - including a big overseas presence. The UK is Ireland's biggest creditor.
Greece: Greece is heavily indebted to eurozone countries and is one of three eurozone countries to have received a bail-out. Although the Greek economy is small and direct damage of it defaulting on its debts might be absorbed by the eurozone, the big fear is "contagion" - or that a Greek default could trigger a financial catastrophe for other, much bigger economies, such as Italy.
Source: BBC, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank, UN Population Division