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Expecting moms always look forward to receiving ultrasounds, when they know they'll go home with images of their unborn fetus. Women proudly post these pics on their refrigerators and Facebook walls. An ultrasound image is proof that there's a living being miraculously growing inside that belly!
A Japanese healthy clinic is taking this idea a step further and using MRI data and new 3-D printing technology to create models of the unborn fetus. A 3-D printer takes in all the MRI data builds the 3-D model with resin, resulting in a creamy colored fetus floating in a clear cube. Of course, this token comes at a high price. Customers are paying $1,200 for the souvenirs, and this doesn't even include the cost of the MRI, according to Mashable.com.
Too much? The company plans to offer a model of the fetus face at half the price.
The 3-D technology is certainly impressive and amazing but if I were pregnant I'd probably stick with the typically free paper ultrasound printouts and digital images that you can easily stick inside your child's baby book.

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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and wax the cat. Oooh, shiny whiskers! LET'S GO!
FRANKLIN & BASH – 9:00PM (TNT) After clobbering viewers on the head with endless promos for this show during the NBA playoffs, TNT's sassy new legal drama finally arrives. Your stars are Breckin Meyer (from "Inside Schwartz"! Remember that? No?) and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (his friends should call him The Goose). They're a couple of young hotshot lawyers who… wait for it… DON'T EXACTLY PLAY BY THE RULES. We're talking about giving guff to judges, hitting on prosecutors, and rockin' sneakers in the courtroom YO. To the extreme! Okay, so this is a concept that David Kelley has been running into the ground for three decades now, but TNT knows its audience, and its audience likes extremely predictable, unchallenging fare to help pass the time in the dreadful summer heat. I expect this show to satisfy all those needs. ANTICIPATION: BASHY!
STANLEY CUP FINALS, GAME 1 – 8:00PM (NBC) It's the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks squaring off in the Finals. Game 1 and Game 2 of the series will air on NBC, but then games 3 and 4 shifts over to Versus later in the week. If the Series goes past that, it goes back on NBC. I know that's terribly confusing, but if you watch these games in HD (preferably while drinking Molson), you may find it's well worth your time to toggle between network TV and cable's dirty attic. ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PARIS – 10:00PM (Oxygen) You'd have thought Paris Hilton would have had her own "follow me around while I do things" reality show already, but no. Tonight is the premiere of the rapidly aging heiress' new Oxygen show, in which she shops and, like, says "that's hot" and stuff. In the premiere, Paris moves in with her sister after an armed intruder breaks into her house. And I guess that's… tragic? I guess. Trying to be a nice person here. ANTICIPATION: PARISIAN!
SAND MASTERS – 10:00PM (Travel Channel) This new show follows a bunch of sand sculptors (don't you dare call them sand castle builders) as they erect massive sandy masterpieces for various functions. Oh no! Who brought that stompy 3-year-old? He'll ruin the sand Versailles! ANTICIPATION: SANDY!
HAUNTED COLLECTOR – 9:00PM (SyFy- an NBC/Universal Network) Paranormal investigator John Zaffis and his team (guys like this always have a team) look into various supposedly haunted objects. They should check out my kid's Teddy Ruxpin. Sometimes, it starts talking without me turning it on. Creepy as hell. ANTICIPATION: SCARY!
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This week, we're introducing a new feature here at Cracker
Barrel in honor of the recent release of the Boy Scout Handbook. We call it Learn
from the Handbook.
Yes, technically the handbook is meant for boys. But it's
hard to resist cracking it open and taking a look for yourself. Those adults
who do will find a treasure chest of information that's useful not just in
Scouting but in life, as well.
So each week we'll bring you fascinating tips and tricks to
help you live better both in and out of the world of Scouting.
This week's edition, "Pace yourself," teaches you a quick
way to approximate distances. This might not be the best method for buying
plywood at Home Depot, but if you're creating an impromptu baseball diamond at
camp, this skill will prove valuable as you measure the 60 feet from home plate
to first base.
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ground. To do this, you can use a tape measure to mark the course. If you don't
have one of those handy, find a football field and walk from the goal line to one
foot past the 33-yard hash mark.
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of the 100-foot line, counting steps along the way. Now divide the total number
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Securing U.S. China High Tech Trade
Implementing the "U.S.-China High Technology Trade Key Sectors Cooperation Action Plan"
The Department of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) reached agreement on implementing the "U.S.-China High Technology Trade Key Sectors Cooperation Action Plan" at the 22nd annual U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) on November 21, 2011 in Chengdu, China. The implementing language focuses on the actions both sides will take to facilitate civilian high technology trade including export control process improvements such as shortening the review time of End User and End Use certifications issued by MOFCOM, and expansion and cooperation efforts such as promoting the Validated End-User program and engaging in joint outreach. This understanding will be implemented and coordinated by the U.S.-China High Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group (HTWG) which was established in 2006 as a working group under the JCCT. The HTWG is co-chaired by the Bureau of Industry and Security and MOFCOM.
U.S.-China High Technology Working Group
The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), in partnership with the National Association of Manufacturers, held the third annual U.S.-China High Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group (HTWG) Public-Private Sector Dialogue on September 26, 2011 in Washington, DC. The HTWG was established to facilitate high-technology exports to civilian end-users in China, in accordance with U.S. export control requirements.
The principal goals of this public-private sector dialogue were for the United States and China to provide an update on their export control policies and practices, to offer an opportunity for U.S. and Chinese companies to interact directly on these issues, and to learn from individual U.S. and Chinese exporters about the ways in which the two governments can support high technology trade for civilian end-uses.
At the public private sector dialogue, participants focused on how to effectively use the export control system to conduct high tech trade in commercial products to civil end-users for civil end-uses. U.S. and Chinese industry participants provided real-world examples of success in high tech trade, including how comprehensive compliance programs contribute to this success. This all-day event provided ample opportunity for two-way dialogue.
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tour manager Paul Gongaware warned Michael Jackson's 1993 tour doctor, "Don't be a Dr. Nick" -- a reference to Elvis Presley's last physician -- according to a deposition for the upcoming wrongful death trial.
"Dr. Nick was the doctor whose overprescription of drugs to Elvis had led to Elvis' death," according to a court filing by lawyers for the Jackson family.
Presley collapsed in the bathroom of his Memphis, Tennessee, mansion -- Graceland -- on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. While his death was ruled the result of an irregular heartbeat, the autopsy report was sealed amid accusations that abuse of prescription drugs caused the problem.
"Dr. Nick" -- Dr. George Nichopoulos -- said later he was treating Presley for insomnia. He was charged with over-prescribing drugs to Presley, but he was acquitted. He later lost his medical license in another case.
Presley's death came days before he was to begin a new tour organized by the concert promoter Concerts West.
Judge: No cameras in Jackson death trial
Jackson died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50. The coroner ruled his death was caused by a fatal combination of sedatives and the surgical anesthetic propofol.
His personal physician -- Dr. Conrad Murray -- told investigators he gave Jackson nightly infusions of propofol to treat his insomnia. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, sentenced to four years in prison and stripped of his medical license.
Jackson's death came two weeks before his "This Is It" comeback concerts, organized by AEG Live, were to have debuted in London. AEG got into the concert promotion business when it purchased Concerts West, a young company that had taken the name of Elvis' last promoter.
Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, claiming the concert promoter is liable for the singer's death because it hired, retained or supervised Dr. Murray.
Elvis' name could loom in the wrongful death trial which is starting this month in a Los Angeles courtroom, especially if his daughter takes the stand. Lisa Marie Presley, who was married to Jackson from May 1994 until January 1996, is on the witness list.
AEG Live to put Jackson on trial in his own death
"I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did," Jackson told his wife during their short marriage, according to a blog Presley published a day after Jackson's death.
The Jackson lawyers used the Elvis and "Dr. Nick" reference to argue that "AEG knew Jackson had suffered chronic substance abuse and drug dependency problems for many years." Gongaware, now AEG Live's co-CEO, managed Jackson's "Dangerous" and "HIStory" tour between 1993 and 1997.
"Shortly after he joined the 'Dangerous' tour in 1993, Dr. Finkelstein was asked to treat Jackson for pain," the Jackson filing said, referring to Dr. Stuart Finkelstein, a doctor on the 1993 tour. "Having observed signs of opiate addiction in Jackson, Dr. Finkelstein nonetheless administered Demerol by injection, and administered morphine intravenously in Jackson's Bangkok hotel room for 24 hours."
After that, Finkelstein told Gongaware "he thought Jackson had an opiate dependency problem," the filing said.
"For three and a half months, the 'Dangerous' tour continued," it said. "Another doctor attended Jackson regularly, on one occasion breaking into Dr. Finkelstein's bag to get opiates to administer to Jackson. Gongaware was there the whole time, in charge of tour logistics, aware of the various physicians present, and he discussed with Dr. Finkelstein Jackson's opiate problem."
When Gongaware warned Dr. Finkelstein, who the brief described as his "close friend," not to become Jackson's "Dr. Nick," he was "warning me, you know, don't get all infatuated where you start administering meds to a rock star and have the rock star overdose and die on you," Dr. Finkelstein testified.
Sharon Osbourne added to trial
"Though those tours were hugely successful, Jackson's tour doctors, one of whom Gongaware had hired, were administering pain killers to Jackson, and Gongaware thus was familiar with Jackson's substance abuse problems," the Jackson brief said.
AEG lawyer Marvin Putman told CNN, however, there "were no indicators or warning signs of a problem" with Dr. Murray.
Murray was not Gongaware's first choice to be Jackson's tour doctor in 2009, according to the filing. He first called Finkelstein, who advertises himself now as an addiction specialist, the document said.
While Murray has said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights to avoid testifying as his criminal appeal is pending, Dr. Finkelstein is expected to take the stand.
AEG's lawyers will use Jackson's drug use history in their defense, arguing that it showed Jackson was responsible for his own death.
"Mr. Jackson is a person who was known to doctor shop," AEG's attorney Marvin Putnam said. "He was known to be someone who would tell one doctor one thing and another doctor something else."
Jackson's 2005 child molestation trial, which ended in his acquittal, is relevant because it "resulted in an incredible increase in his drug intake," Putnam said.
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Dry-cured duck saucisson sec, ready-to-eat, shelf-stable and handmade naturally without nitrates, nitrites or preservatives. With its meaty texture and delightful flavor, this cured sausage is a must for any charcuterie board and makes for a delicious snack on its own.
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Saucisson sec matches beautifully with other cured or smoked meats on a charcuterie board, and is wonderful with a selection of cheeses.
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Once upon a time I used to offer free TMC email accounts to members. I stopped creating new accounts a year or three back, but I've left in place the ones that already existed.
My server's now getting a little long in the tooth, and the amount of disk space free for use is getting a little tight in some areas.
If you have a TMC email account, use it, and use IMAP rather than POP, please can you check your Inbox and Inbox.Sent folders for older emails with large attachments and delete or download these please?
If you have a TMC email account but no longer wish to keep it, please can you let me know?
This has come up because I've just had to spend a morning on housekeeping as our /var filesystem became 100% full. This is where the mail is kept, amongst other things.
The correct solution is to implement quotas, something I've avoided in the past. That would be a major hassle for me, so help with housekeeping would be greatly appreciated.
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The City Council introduced a resolution this week to call on Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature to restore funding for the cleanup initiative at numerous contaminated city properties.
Many of these sites are found in low-income communities throughout the city, and Councilman Donovan Richards, chairman of the council's Committee on Environmental Protection, has led the charge in lobbying state politicians.
"Community-supported Brownfields reclamation is a sound investment towards public health, public safety, and economic development," Richards said. "All New Yorkers – including poor communities of color and upstate inner city areas that have been hard hit by the recession – deserve to live and work in a safe and healthy environment."
BOA funding would also provide residents living in proximity to such sites direct access to Tangible Property Brownfield Tax Credits, an incentive built to revitalize neglected neighborhoods.
Eddie Bautista, executive director of the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance, said funding the bill would restore broken neighborhoods that were used as a dumping ground for dangerous chemicals.
"We must stand together and not allow Albany to turn the clock back 15 years on our neighborhoods, to the bad old days when communities were left out and left behind," Bautista said.


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Ahoy! As as kid I remember I always wanted those electric orange cheese puffs, you know the ones that were horrible and looked radioactive? Well as an adult I have come to realize that things that are florescent colors are probably not that great for you, okay they are horrible for you. No don't fret there is an alternative to those nasty finger staining "cheese" puffs because Pirates Brand has come out with a variety of yummy snacks that are all-natural and low calorie.
Pirates Brand sent me a bunch of their Booty and some Tings to try and I was pumped when I saw the Barbeque however to my disappointment I read the ingredients and saw that honey was listed, boo! They also sent me some of the Aged White Cheddar Pirate's Booty, which I can tell you was a favorite of mine when I was a vegetarian but of course they are not vegan so I gave them to my parents who loved them. As for the other two flavors that were vegan: Pirate's Booty Veggie and Original Tings I loved them both. Now with the veggie booty how can you NOT love it? It's green which is fun and is crafted from puffed rice, corn and a medley of veggies including spinach, kale, carrots and parsley. Lastly there are the Tings which are crunchy, salty and the perfect snack to munch on.
Now for those of you who didn't know Pirates Brand has a bunch of new flavors (since I last checked there site like a year ago) which I am really excited about. As for vegan treats they have:
- Pirate's Booty- Veggie
- Potato Flyers- Original
- Potato Flyers- Homestyle Barbeque (I wish they had sent these I heart BBQ)
- Original Tings
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Few regions in the world offer the soil characteristics, climate and unique growing conditions so essential to the production of premium wines like those found in this area. Owned by the Zonin family, proprietors of the largest Italian wine company, producing wine since 1821, Barboursville Vineyards concentrates on quality. Luca Paschina, Gen. Mgr. and winemaker is a graduate from Umberto I Institute of Oenology in Alba, Italy. Tastings everyday in the newly enlarged tasting room. Enjoy a visit to a historic site (Barboursville Ruins) and a modern winery. Picnic area available.
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One of the better guiding principles towards better use of colour is "The law of contrast should prevail" by A. Voronsky and nature herself is full of contrasts and gradations; because it is in motion and change with fleeting lights and darks.
When we attempt to capture natures effects, the contrasts are of a relative character, subtle, rich and not absolute colour opposites. So by this, it is meant that more thought should be given to richer and subtle use of contrasts. Shadows too have colour and are a relative contrasts. Colour that vibrates and sings does not imply direct opposites, but often rich charming harmony can be achieved using two adjacent or neighbouring colours contrasted against an opposite colour on the colour wheel.
We should go much further than the colour wheel with its tendency towards colour only and flat tones, which explain little about colour.
The colour wheel's guide is a good start but its limitations are that it is one sided, that is, only contrasting colour. Just like a slice or cross section of colour. Colour should be thought about as all sidedly, like a ball, with its many facets and features: That is, it should include contrasts of brights and darks, tint and tone, light and shade, cold and hot, colour and gray, bright and drab, colour too can be mixed slightly with its opposite, and gradated. Going from pure colour into another tint, tone or gray. And adjacent neighbouring hues rather than direct opposites which work superbly when interwoven. As an example instead of red contrasted against green - its two adjacent neighbours on the colour wheel.
As an example, let us use red and green. Contrast would work better for the larger, coooler, drab, colour green; and smaller areas for the warmer richer red. The green area could be more thick impasto, and the red a thin glaze. But within the green there should be contrasts including lights and shadows. Colour could also be glazed over the two colours with the underlying colours still partly visible. As well, within the red, pinks and orange could be added as contrast. And for that matter, yellows and orange added into the green.
Green and red can work well together or displeasing as it depends on many things. Grayed colours contrasted against dull grays too can be beautiful. The impressionists spoke of black as the queen of colour but other artists thought gray is the king of colour when used masterfully. One preference is gray gradated into colour.
But to emphasize these contrasts are SUBTLY introduced. Of course there are no absolutes formulars but always require experimentation.


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now living in Kirkcaldy fife I have been doing amateur aerial photography
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Pawlenty to use line veto power to balance budget
Instead, Pawlenty announced he'll balance the budget on his own if a deal can't be reached. Democrats call Pawlenty's actions a "go it alone strategy."
For the past week, Pawlenty has criticized Democrats for sending him budget bills with no plan to pay for them. But now, he says he'll sign those bills and retool them to his liking.
"I want to be clear," Pawlenty said. "There is going to be no special session. There's going to be no government shutdown. This will be over on Monday midnight."
Pawlenty says he'll trim down the budget bills using his line-item veto authority. He took his first action last night, eliminating a health care program for low-income Minnesotans the second year of the budget. In fiscal year 2011, Pawlenty cut full funding for General Assistance Medical Care -- $381 million in all.
Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, said he's unhappy with Pawlenty's line-item veto. He said it will devastate hospitals that treat low income patients.
"GAMC was basically invented to save hospitals who treat these people, and have to treat them if they come into the emergency room," Huntley said. "And so it's weighted towards those hospitals who have these kinds of patients."
Pawlenty also line-item vetoed several projects from the Economic Development budget bill. Most notably, $1.25 million for the Minnesota TV and Film Board's "Snowbate" program, used to provide incentives to attract movies and commercial production.
The line-item vetoes are the first of what could be many cuts over the next year. Pawlenty said he plans on moving forward with his plan to cut government spending on his own if a budget deal isn't reached.
When the two-year budget begins on July 1, Pawlenty said he will then use his emergency authority to cut spending to balance the budget. That process is known as unallotment.
"It seems a little bullying."
"We're going to take action to make sure this session ends on time with a balanced budget," Pawlenty said. "I will do that. If the DFL Legislature is not willing to do that in conjunction with us, I will use executive powers to do it without them."
The governor said he believes a budget agreement with DFL lawmakers is possible before Monday's deadline. If that doesn't happen, he'll cut the two-year budget to $31 billion. That's about $3 billion less than the budget bills lawmakers sent to him.
Pawlenty and Democrats are mostly at odds over how to raise $1 billion in revenue. Pawlenty has proposed borrowing against future tobacco payments. DFLers want income tax hikes on the wealthiest Minnesotans, and an increase in the alcohol tax. Pawlenty said he won't support any tax increases put forward by DFLers.
Pawlenty said higher education, health and welfare programs and aid to local governments are possible targets for unallotment. He also said he will likely delay school payments.
The move clearly angered House DFLers.
"Frankly, it seems more like a threat to me," DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher said. "It seems a little bullying."
Kelliher dubbed Pawlenty "Governor go it alone" after he made his announcement. Kelliher said Pawlenty would cut 10 times more than any other governor has done through the unallotment process. She also insisted that the governor provide greater detail on which state programs could be cut.
"There will be no public hearings. There will be no public input," said Kelliher. "There will just be a governor alone, with unelected people whispering in this ear of what to cut and what not to cut. Minnesotans expect better."
At this point, DFL lawmakers have only a few options. They can negotiate with the governor and reach a budget deal. If they don't reach a deal, they can let him unallot, or they can try to override his veto of a $1 billion tax bill.
Republican House Minority Leader Marty Seifert said that won't happen. He said Democrats should come back to the bargaining table.
"The door is open and the phone is on if the Democrats are interested in working on a balanced budget," Seifert said.
Interest groups are holding out hope for a budget deal. Hospitals and local governments have been the most concerned and vocal over the governor's initial budget plan.
Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden said it would be devastating to cities if Pawlenty cuts aid to local governments.
"It means their taxes will increase and their services will decrease," Wolden said. "Services like police, fire, parks and streets. It's all in jeopardy."
If Pawlenty uses his unallotment authority, it would be the second time in seven months that he's cut spending. In December, he drained the state budget reserve and cut spending to fix a $426 million shortfall. He also cut $281 million in 2003.


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Make your own wax cups for your kids to use on your sticks
Take old candles that are partially used or unwanted and break them up into little pieces. Put the pieces into a muffin pan and melt them in the oven at 125 degrees for about 20 minutes or until the wax is completely melted. Put the muffin tin in the garage to cool down. Pop the wax out of the muffin pan and store in a plastic container.
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So You Want to Live in... Blue Hill, Maine
Out of the way but not out of the loop, this Maine village has a mind of its own.
Don't let Blue Hill's sole, flashing traffic light fool you. While this compact seaside village hugging the western shore of Maine's Blue Hill Bay exudes a perfect small-town image, its residents are anything but provincial.
A diverse group of people "from away" have escaped to Blue Hill for generations, says Dr. John Roberts, president of the historical society. "It began in the 1900s with famous New York and Philadelphia musicians," he explains. The area has since become a magnet for artists and writers attracted to both the peninsula's scenic beauty and the company of other creative souls.
They've joined quite a few residents who trace their lineage back to the earliest settlers in 1762 and who―like all Mainers―are proud of their past. If distant ancestors once built wooden boats in the yards that flourished nearby, or fished the surrounding waters for lobster, some modern-day descendants still practice the same demanding professions. "In keeping with the town's self-sufficient, stoic history, no whiners are allowed in Blue Hill," John says. Adds 88-year-old Elvira Bass, historical society curator, "From the guy who plows your driveway to the country club set, we all respect one another, as well as each other's privacy and property."
Town hall meetings heat up with development-related conflicts, but everyone agrees on the sheer beauty of Blue Hill's setting. Prime waterfront property overlooks rocky outcroppings and glassy green coves. A sprinkling of luxury homes, clapboard cottages, farmhouses, and mobile homes can be found throughout the area, often interspersed. "It's a strange mix," says real estate agent Melone Madix-Jackson, "but it works."
While lobstering survives, the town's economy increasingly relies on seasonal tourism. "But there are no tacky T-shirt shops," says Sue Walsh, who moved here with her Coast Guardsman husband. Visitors can, however, find locally made pottery and hand-loomed blankets, plus sculptures and paintings by area artists.
Telecommuters have high-speed Internet access only in town. Otherwise, folks settle for snail-paced dial-up―a reminder that Blue Hill prefers to remain the village with one flashing traffic light.
Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce; 207/374-3242 or bluehillpeninsula.org
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As a math and computer-science person, I use the phrase "more optimal" quite often, such as "This algorithm gives more optimal results." However, I was recently corrected, and told that "more optimal" is incorrect grammar, since "optimal" means "best," and something can't be "more best."
I searched online, but this doesn't appear to come up very often. In this pointless flame war, someone suggests that the correct phrase is "more optimized" or "better optimized," while this page suggests using "more nearly optimal."
However, aside from the fact that "more optimized" wouldn't actually mean the same thing to a computer programmer, Google NGram suggests that neither of these alternative phrases are widely used:
So, am I using the phrase correctly, or am I (from the first link) "showing my ignorance of the basics of English grammar?"


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The "Citizen Kane" of board game adaptations! Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, and Brooklyn Decker star in this film about the U.S. Navy's proud stand against a fleet of alien invaders. Read our coverage and watch the trailer
The Dictator (on Wed.)
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Admiral General Aladeen, leader of the fictional Wadiya, who is stranded in New York City, but remains committed to keeping his nation free of democracy. Watch the trailer
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Based on the best-selling baby book, this comedy follows five couples as they steel themselves for the miracle of childbirth. Stars Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker and a million more. Read our coverage and watch the trailer
Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal star in this period romcom about the invention of the vibrator. Watch the trailer
A French thriller following Paris' Child Protection Unit and the photographer assigned to cover them, winner of the Jury Prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Watch the trailer
The Samaritan
Samuel L. Jackson stars as an ex-con whose efforts to start over are thwarted when his dead partner's son, played by Luke Kirby ("Take This Waltz"), shows up with a plan to take down a notorious crime boss, played by Tom Wilkinson. Watch the trailer
American Animal
An art-house comedy about sick young man who decides one day that he is no longer ill, but his descent into madness is hastened by the news that his roommate and best friend has gotten a job and will be leaving for work in the morning. Watch the trailer
Crooked Arrows
This must be the golden age of lacrosse films 'cuz this is the second one in six months, starring Brandon Routh as a man who returns to the reservation of his youth, where his father tasks him with taking over the lacrosse team. Watch the trailer
Elena (on Wed.)
A Russian film, which won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 2011, about a woman who devises a plan to "inherit" her wealthy dead boyfriend's money, rather than letting his estranged wife get her hands on it. Watch the trailer
Lovely Molly
When a newlywed moves back into her childhood home, she finds herself haunted by memories of a terrifying youth. Watch the trailer
Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob's Pillow
Interviews with Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Suzanne Farrell, Mark Morris, Judith Jamison and Bill Irwin are featured in this look at the world of dance. Watch the trailer
Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts and Toby Jones star in Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's directorial debut, about a beautiful but unstable woman struggling to raise a son alone while also having an affair with a married man. Watch the trailer
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Spring is officially here! (Well depending on where you are). I love this time a year when you clean out your closets and your makeup kit to make room for new stuff. Primers are a must have in your kit. There's no way around it. Here are 3 of my favorites you should try.
1. Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion Tube – Original : A sheer nude eye shadow primer that glides onto the skin. This primer disappears instantly and is the ultimate eye prep for smoother, more vibrant shadow and all-day wear with absolutely no creasing. This squeeze tube is limited to sephora only. {Retail $20}
2. Benefit-Stay Don't Stray: This dual-action primer works 360 degrees around the eyes to make concealers and eye shadows stay put. Concealers and eye shadows stay vibrant and true, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it! Its lightweight, blendable and brightens eye area to minimize the appearance of fine lines, and comes in a universally flattering nude shade.
Hydrates with sodium hyaluronate to lock in moisture, fights signs of aging with vitamins C & E, and does not contain parabens.
It's long-wearing to keep makeup looking fresh, locks on ALL concealers & eye shadows and prevents creasing of eye makeup. { Retail $26)
3. Too Faced Shadow Insurance: This is your full-coverage insurance policy against all fading, creasing, melting, blurring, oil slicked, and hard-to-blend eye shadow accidents. Our silicone based eye shadow primer transforms any eyeshadow into a perfectly blendable, color-drenched, intensified version of itself, then locks it down perfectly until you take it off. This soothing formula evens out the skintone on your lids and smoothes lines while securing a barrier between the oils of your skin and your makeup, so no shadow catastrophes will ever happen again.
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Andy Murray's win shows tennis is not elitist - LTA chief Roger Draper
Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Even on British tennis's most glorious of days the Lawn Tennis Association couldn't escape vilification.
For seven years or the best part of it anyway, LTA chief executive Roger Draper has been the lightning rod for the annual disgust which accompanies the host nation's failure at Wimbledon.
So with the wait for a British champion now over Draper and the embattled LTA might have thought they would get a break.
Not a chance. Instead Andy Murray's victory has narrowed the focus on the lack of depth beyond Britain's newest sporting hero.
So it seemed only fair to put a few of the issues to Draper himself, who stands down from his post in September.
He told me he hoped Murray's victory would show once and for all that tennis has shaken off its elitist image.
"If you look at where Andy's come from, he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth," he said.
"Sure he went to Spain as a teenager learning on the clay but his first experience was playing on the local courts in Dunblane, hitting with the adults and learning the game there. You couldn't say Dunblane had fantastic tennis facilities, not in those days anyway.
"It's a similar story with a lot of our players coming through. Look at Kyle Edmund. He comes from Hull, not exactly a tennis hotbed.
"What Andy and these guys are showing is that tennis is becoming a more widely played sport and that people from all backgrounds can have a go."
So is the LTA ready for the expected upsurge in interest that is sure to accompany Murray's triumph over Novak Djokovic on Sunday?
"The general state of readiness is good," added Draper. "I couldn't guarantee hand on heart that every court in every town and every coach at every club will be world class but we think we have most of the areas covered.
"We haven't just woken up to discover we have a Wimbledon champion. We have been planning for this for a long time. It's part of a long-term vision to grow the numbers of people playing the sport and to try and bring through more world class talent.
"Our juniors are getting better all the time, Laura Robson has just become number 27 in the world, the first British woman in the top 30 for years and I am optimistic that we will see more men coming through at the top.
"On the participation side, we now have 21,000 courts available across the country and we are doing a much better job now than when I came into the job of directing people who want to play the sport towards available facilities and coaching."
Does he think the constant criticism of the LTA is unfair?
"People have a pretty bad perception of the state of British tennis," he said. "But the reality is very different.
"I accept we have taken a bit of a hammering from Sport England on the numbers of people aged 16 and over playing the sport and we are working hard to remedy that.
"But I believe the sport is in a better state now than when I came into the job seven years ago."


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Mod 4: Make Your TS9 or SD-1 More Transparent
Tools and Parts for This Mod
• 1k Ω 1/4-watt resistor (one for a TS9, two for an SD-1)
• A1k Ω audio potentiometer
• .22 μF capacitor
• 2.2 μF electrolytic capacitor
• 1" piece of jumper wire
• Two 3" pieces of wire
• Pot knob for the new pot
Have you ever noticed how, when you turn your TS9's or SD-1's tone knob up, it sounds like the pedal is boosting frequencies? That's because it is. Both pedals have an active tone control. Some players like that, but others prefer a passive tone control. This mod shows you how to install a passive tone control to make your Tube Screamer or Super Overdrive sound much more transparent.
Fig. 6: Schematic for the TS9 and SD-1 transparency mod.
The steps for installing a passive tone control are pretty much the same for a Tube Screamer and a Super Overdrive (see Fig. 6 for a reference schematic), so we'll cover both together here and note any divergences within the appropriate step.
Photo 13 (left): Remove the indicated wires and components in your TS9. Photo 14 (right): Remove the indicated wires and components in your SD-1.
1. For a TS9: Remove wires 6,
7, and 8, as well as components
R11 and C9 (see Photo 13).
For an SD-1: Remove wires 5, 8, and 11, as well as components C5 and R8 (see Photo 14).
2. Remove the old 20k Ω tone pot.
3. TS9: Attach a 3" wire from
lug 2 of your new A1k Ω pot
to the hole where wire 7 used
to connect to the circuit board.
SD-1: Remove R7 and replace it with a 1k Ω resistor. Then solder one end of a 3" wire to lug 2 of your new A1k Ω pot, and solder the other end where wire 5 used to connect to the circuit board.
Photo 15 (left): Connect a 3" wire from the new tone pot to hole 7 on your TS9's circuit board. Photo 16 (right): Solder one leg of the .22 µF cap to lug 1 of the tone pot, then attach a 3" wire to the other leg.
4. TS9: Remove C5.
SD-1: Remove C4.
5. Stick one leg of your new .22 μF capacitor through lug 1 of your new pot and solder it in place. Attach another 3" wire to the open leg of the cap (see Photo 16). Note: When making a connection like this, I suggest stripping a little extra off of the wire and wrapping it around the cap's leg before soldering it. It's also a good idea to put electrical tape or heat-shrink wrap around bare spots such as this one.
6. TS9: Solder the other end of
the 3" wire into the negative hole
where C5 used to be (the negative
hole is the one that's not next
to the plus sign). See Photo 17.
SD-1: Solder the other end of the 3" wire to the sleeve lug of the output jack. See Photo 18
Photo 17 (left): Solder the other end of the 3" wire to the negative hole vacated by C5 in your TS9. Photo 18 (right): Solder the other end of the 3" wire to the sleeve lug of you SD-1's output jack.
7. TS9: Attach the 1" piece of
wire from where wire 6 used
to be to the hole where wire 8
used to be.
SD-1: Attach the 1" piece of wire from where wire 8 used to be to the hole where wire 11 used to be. See Photo 19.
Photo 19: (left): Jumper holes 8 and 11 on your SD-1 circuit board. Photo 20 (right): Install the 1k Ω resistor and 2.2 µF cap in your Tube Screamer.
8. TS9: Solder your new 1k Ω resistor where C9 used to be and place your 2.2 μf electrolytic capacitor where R11 used to be (see Photo 20).
Photo 21: Install the 1k Ω resistor and 2.2 µF cap in your Super Overdrive.
Note: Make sure the negative side of your electrolytic capacitor is closest to your Tube Screamer's IC chip, and that the positive side is closest to the 1k Ω resistor you just installed. The negative side is usually signified by a stripe on the cap, and the positive side is almost always the long leg.SD-1: Solder your 1k Ω resistor where C5 used to be and your 2.2 μF electrolytic capacitor where R8 used to be. Note: Make sure the capacitor's negative side (the short leg or the short leg near the stripe on the cap) is in the hole closest to the edge of the circuit board, and the positive side (the long leg) is closest to the newly placed 1k Ω resistor.


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Fall 2012 Exhibition Preview
POSTED ON: August 7, 2012
The Fall 2012 season kicks-off with an exciting array of exhibitions in art, architecture and science that are free and open to the public at The Cooper Union's Foundation and 41 Cooper Square Buildings. Individual shows highlight the work of local and legendary Fluxus founder George Maciunas and the eminent Italian architect, designer and painter Massimo Scolari. A photo exhibition meanwhile draws from the scientific mindset of future engineers. Below you'll will find a preview of diverse exhibition offerings coming this academic year.
Ruptures: Forms of Public Address explores politically vital issues surrounding the struggle for democracy and public space. Situated within the context of the upcoming US elections and the one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, the exhibition explores the urgency, promise, and fragility of public and fearless speech within the aftermath of the 2010-11 demonstrations that have erupted across the world in city streets, university campuses, and urban centers.
Curated by School of Art Deans Saskia Bos and Steven Lam, the exhibition features a diverse group of artists including Cooper Union Professors Doug Ashford and Sharon Hayes, along with Ida Applebroog, Mircea Cantor, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and others.
Image: Ida Applebroog, Detail of Chaos is Useful, 2012; photo: Emily Poole
September 4 to
The Critical Moment: Architecture in the Expanded Field presents innovative and visionary work produced by the students in the Advanced Design Studio of the Master of Architecture II program from The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture to address a myriad of critical issues, ranging from urban theory to the present condition of globalization and the continual emergence of new scientific developments and technologies.
Image: Prosthetic Aesthetics: Modular Prototypes for the Sensorial Body
September 12 to
Massimo Scolari: The Representation of Architecture is a comprehensive retrospective of the work of visionary architect and artist Massimo Scolari, this exhibition marks the first United States display of Scolari's work since 1986. The show, which originated at the Yale School of Architecture in Spring 2012, was curated and designed by Scolari himself and features over 160 original drawings, paintings, watercolors, and other works completed between 1967 and 2012.
Scolari was a former Visiting Professor at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union in 1977 and 1978.
October 2 to
Types We Can Make is a selection of contemporary Swiss typeface design curated by ECAL/University of Art & Design Lausanne (Switzerland), in association with The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, and the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
Type@Cooper presents diverse range of works achieved by recent graduates of the Type@Cooper, the postgraduate certificate program in typeface design at The Cooper Union.
Both exhibitions:
|How do we look? Photographs by Engineering Students is an exhibition of works by talented engineering students who were challenged to draw from their scientific mindsets and express themselves artistically.
Featuring the distortion of time and space, students of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering produced artistic portfolios that illustrate both their creativity and technical training and, ultimately, how they view themselves and the world.
December 2 to
Anything can substitute art: George Maciunas in SoHo, focuses on historic conceptual works, drawings, photographs and documents from a variety of Fluxus artists, including founder and self-appointed "chairman," George Maciunas (1931-1978, graduated from The Cooper Union in 1952).
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Rogers hasn't kept it a secret that they plan to start carrying the Bold 9790 before the holiday season. Their pricing has recently leaked online.
These prices seem a bit lower than what we've recently seen from Telus. The device is being targeted to business users & young professionals, so don't be surprised if most of Rogers' advertisement for this device explain mostly it's business-minded key features.3-year contract: $99.99 (with a $45/monthly voice and data plan)
2-year contract: $349.99
1-year contract: $399.99
No-contract: $449.99


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CHICAGO (AP) — A homeless Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years has been ordered by a judge to get mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Shermain Miles, 51, appeared in a Cook County court on Monday, accused of attacking a city alderman. She pleaded guilty to trespassing and public drinking in separate cases.
Judge Peggy Chiampas sentenced Miles to time served after she agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation and get follow-up treatment, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. Miles has been held at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, 65 miles west of Champaign, since December for violating parole.
"All of us are reaching out to you and offering you, maybe for the first time in your life, a hand, OK?" Chiampas told Miles. "But you've got to reach out and grab all of our hands as well."
Miles, who has dozens of convictions for felonies and misdemeanors, thanked the judge for her help.
Miles has been arrested 65 times for disorderly conduct and has used at least 83 different aliases. She's well known among merchants and residents in several North Side neighborhoods, including one florist who called police about her 25 times last summer.


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Here's something you need to know. Or, at the very least, may want to know.
"I Need to Know" singer Marc Anthony will be serving as a celebrity mentor during "The X Factor's" upcoming season, a source confirms to E! News.
Jennifer Lopez's ex will be part of judge Simon Cowell's team and will offer up advice and guidance to the four contestants that comprise the group.
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Justin Bieber headed to The X Factor
"Marc and Simon have known each other for a long time, and Marc's a huge worldwide-selling artist, so when "The X Factor" decided to film in Miami, it was perfect," the source tells us. "Marc really likes the idea of spotting new and young talent and he has strong opinions, so being a guest mentor with Simon and his category is perfect."
Fox, however, has no comment on this latest development.
The news of Anthony's involvement comes just days after it was reported that Justin Bieber would also be serving as a celebrity mentor on the show.
--Reporting by Melanie Bromley


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2012 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship
Hosted by Hartwick College (Click here for Directions)
Oneonta, N.Y. - Lambros Arena
First Round - Friday, Mar. 2
Skidmore (19-8) vs. MIT (25-1) --- 5:30 p.m.
Live Stats Webcast
Farmingdale State (21-5) vs. Hartwick (23-3) --- 7:30 p.m.
Live Stats Webcast
Second Round - Saturday, Mar. 3
Friday's Winners --- 7 p.m.
Live Stats Webcast
Ticket Information:
Tickets for this weekend's games will be $6 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Children under 2 will be granted free admission. Hartwick College students will also receive free admission with a valid College ID. Tickets will be available for Friday's games when doors open at Binder Gymnasium open at 4:30 p.m. For Saturday's game, tickets will go on sale at 6 p.m.
Skdimore's Team Site * MIT's Team Site * Farmingdale State's Team Site * Hartwick's Team Site


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The first trailer for "Red," starring Bruce Willis as an ex-CIA agent on the run, has dropped, leaving us ready for the other 90-odd minutes.
Based on the DC comic book of the same title, the film's official synopsis reads:
"Red" is the story of Frank Moses (Willis), a former black-ops CIA agent, who is now living a quiet life. That is, until the day a hi-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his identity compromised and the life of the woman he cares for, Sarah (Parker), endangered, Frank reassembles his old team (Freeman, Malkovich and Mirren) in a last ditch effort to survive.
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Bruce Willis (who desperately needs to wash the taste of "Cop Out" from America's mouth) joining forces with the likes of Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker promises to be a formidable screen team.
Throw into the mix the under-appreciated Karl Urban ("Star Trek" "The Bourne Identity"), the great Brian Cox, the super creepy James Remar, Richard Dreyfuss, Julian McMahon and the incomparable Ernest Borgnine and you've got a cast that is stacked for days.
Anyway, the trailer looks hella fun -- even if director Robert Schwentke's track record doesn't inspire confidence -- and the rest of the movie will be here Oct. 15.


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NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Bureau of Investigations is looking into the practices of high-frequency stock trading firms, adding to the scrutiny that is being placed on the practice.
NEW YORK (AP) � The Federal Bureau of Investigations is looking into the practices of high-frequency stock trading firms, adding to the scrutiny that is being placed on the practice.
Brokerage firms use high-frequency trading to get a jump on their competitors. Powerful computers analyze market information and then execute buy and sell orders for stocks within a fraction of a second.
One way that high-frequency traders have gained an edge is by receiving market-moving information, such as corporate earnings releases, before other traders and investors. They then exploit that advantage by placing buy or sell orders before other investors.
Until recently, the firms have been able to access crucial financial information by subscribing directly to companies that publish corporate reports, rather than accessing it through financial news wires such as ThomsonReuters, Dow Jones and Bloomberg.
That particular practice has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months, though. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says high-frequency trading gives firms an unfair advantage and erodes public confidence in the stock market.
Business Wire, a company that distributes corporate earnings and other news releases, in February said it would stop providing its service directly to high-frequency trading firms. Even though the direct distribution of its electronic feeds to a "handful" of trading firms was not illegal, the company said it was concerned about its reputation.
The move was followed last month by Marketwired, a company which provides a similar service.
The FBI has been investigating high-frequency trading for about a year, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that investigators were examining the practice of placing a group of trades and then canceling them to create the false appearance of market activity.


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We're pretty avid New York Giants football fans at our house. Don't hold that against us. You know, you can understand it if you follow football at all. We're eager after a long basketball season and a baseball season to see the first games, even when they're exhibition games. Now, when my children were growing up, there was a particular game on one season that we really wanted to see, because it was against a top NFL team.
There was one problem! That particular exhibition game wasn't aired live in the New York area. It was a home game. However, it was shown twice on tape late that night and then again the next morning. Now, we knew the score; we had heard the score of the game; we knew the outcome. My son was watching it and he said, "Well, Dad, it's sure exciting to watch a game when you already know the outcome." Well actually we did know the ending. We just didn't know how they got to that ending. It was fun to watch how they did it, but there wasn't much suspense.
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Call it a stealth campaign: Gabriel E. Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, has been virtually unseen since he announced his candidacy for US Senate.
No celebratory campaign announcement. No daily public schedule. No interviews or public appearances.
Eleven days after Gomez emerged as a candidate and 67 days before the primary, the Republicans' fresh face remains largely a mystery.
His arms-length campaign is concerning to some who regard the political unknown as a promising newcomer with an impressive biography. The campaign has said he will not appear publicly until after next week's deadline to qualify for the ballot, though he has hired a firm to help gather the 10,000 voter signatures necessary to clear that hurdle.
The first time many voters saw him since his online announcement, was in a Web video, released Thursday. In the video, his wife and children join him in seeking voters' support at the Hingham Shipyard and Gomez chats with patrons at Mul's Diner, a regular candidate campaign stop in South Boston.
Campaign adviser Leonardo Alcivar would not say how often Gomez is meeting with voters or where or even whether his visits are scheduled in advance. Gomez is spending 24 hours a day assembling a campaign and preparing for a run, Alcivar said.
"That means building a team, focusing like a laser, gathering signatures, meeting with voters, talking with activists and elected officials, and putting together a fund-raising plan that will ensure we have the necessary resources to compete," said Alcivar.
Gomez, the only candidate for US Senate who has yet to do an interview, is also probably the least known to voters. His prior political experience includes a single unsuccessful run for selectman in the town of Cohasset, where he lives.
Michael J. Sullivan is a former US attorney and former district attorney; since he entered the race last week, he has been gathering signatures and reintroducing himself to voters in television interviews.
State Representative Daniel B. Winslow of Norfolk has worked as a judge and as a lawyer for both Governor Mitt Romney's administration and Scott Brown's first campaign for US Senate. Winslow said in an interview that he has been meeting with town committee members, voters, and even high school students across the state. He recently was asked to speak at a meeting of the Republican Town Committee in Hingham, near Cohasset.
Eric Haskell, chairman of the Hingham Republican Town Committee, who has decided to support Winslow, said any of the candidates would be welcome to introduce themselves to his group. He has not heard from Gomez's campaign.
"I have to say, I don't really know anything about Gabriel Gomez and what he stands for, except what I've seen in the media," said Haskell. "Frankly, it has surprised me because in a short time frame, low-turnout election like this, it's important not to waste any time. It's important to be aggressive about getting your name and your message out there."
The Democrats competing for the primary nomination are already sitting congressmen with broad name recognition. US Representatives Edward J. Markey of Malden and Stephen F. Lynch of South Boston. Markey and Lynch regularly put out a daily schedules of events and campaigned this past week in Western Massachusetts.
Political observers said that first-timers like Gomez have much to do to prepare for the rigorous scrutiny of a run for higher office. Typically, candidates spend time preparing not just their speeches but their very stances with the help of communications and policy specialists who help them sort out nuances they might not have considered, veteran Democratic strategist Tad Devine said. He has groomed private-sector candidates including John Edwards and John Corzine for their first forays into politics in Senate races in North Carolina and New Jersey.
"It's very different even from what he's done with his life, whether in high finance or military," Devine said of Gomez, who is not a client. "Even knowing your own position on issues. Maybe you haven't thought a lot about the ramifications of the meaning of parental consent as it pertains to the issue of abortion of a young girl victim of incest. It gets very complicated very quickly."
Gomez, a private equity investor and former Navy SEAL who is a son of Colombian immigrants, launched his candidacy in a video announcement that emphasized his eclectic biography.
Each candidate has until Feb. 27 to collect 10,000 certified signatures from voters to qualify for the April 30 primary.
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The mood at the national convention of Modern Orthodox rabbis was somber on the day that Yeshiva University Chancellor Norman Lamm announced his retirement.
Lamm, 85, attended the convention, walking with a cane and looking frail. On July 1, the day his retirement letter was made public, the revered elder statesman of Y.U. sat in the audience as rabbi after rabbi acknowledged his leadership.
"It's a dramatic and tough moment for him and for us," said Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, which hosted the conference. "Everyone who has gotten up to speak today has spoken about the impact he had on their lives."
The day was bittersweet for Lamm's former students and colleagues, coming amid rising furor over Y.U.'s handling of allegations of sexual abuse against students at the Yeshiva University High School for Boys in the 1970s, '80s and early '90s. In his letter announcing his retirement, Lamm apologized for failing to alert police of sex abuse allegations brought before him when he was president of the university.
While news of Lamm's apology dominated the media coverage of his retirement, Lamm's admirers preferred to focus on his decades as Y.U.'s guide and protector. Goldin said of the alleged sex abuse cover-up that he "would hate to see this as the defining feature of his legacy. Here is a man who has contributed tremendously to the Modern Orthodox community and the Jewish world at large…. That should be the overwhelming aspect of what we think about as he departs."
Lamm was a pulpit rabbi in New York City when he was selected to replace Rabbi Samuel Belkin as president of Yeshiva University in 1976. Like most Modern Orthodox rabbis of his generation, Lamm had received his ordination at Y.U.'s rabbinical school under the tutelage of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, known as the Rav, the key intellectual figure of Modern Orthodox Judaism.
Soloveitchik is to the Modern Orthodox movement something like what Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is to the Lubavitch, albeit without the messianic overtones: a charismatic, inspirational leader who defined the movement with his thought and his teaching. Soloveitchik embodied Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States.
Today, only Lamm, his student, is as closely identified with Y.U. as is Soloveitchik. But there is a difference in their respective legacies: While Soloveitchik's is the generation of rabbis he trained and the ideas he propagated, colleagues say that Lamm's legacy is the institution he saved.
"It really looked as if the university might not even survive," recalled Rabbi Saul Berman, a professor at Y.U. and at Columbia Law School, of the financial predicament at Y.U. when Lamm arrived as president.
The school had been growing swiftly since its founding. By 1976 it encompassed a handful of graduate and undergraduate programs, including Cardozo Law School and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Yet the recession of the 1970s and a general failure to cultivate wealthy donors had left Y.U. near bankruptcy. Berman, who began teaching at Y.U. in 1971 and was a member of the committee that hired Lamm, said that it was Lamm who raised the money to bail out the floundering institution.
"The first thing that he was able to do was rescue the university from imminent financial collapse," Berman said. "Rabbi Lamm was able to… marshal the lay leadership of the university to do what it needed to do in order to ensure the survival of the university."
Later, with the institution on a firmer financial footing, Lamm focused on increasing the academic standards of the undergraduate schools, Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women. Berman, who served as chairman of Judaic studies at Stern, said that Lamm pushed for Stern's curriculum to include the study of Talmud, opening a Talmud study hall at Stern in 1976, the first organized program for the study of Talmud by Jewish women.
Lamm also promoted the adaptation of the rabbinical program at Y.U. to expand it beyond the study of religious texts to incorporate more training in pastoral skills.
Beyond his administrative roles, Lamm was also a scholar, with a doctorate from Y.U. Unlike Soloveitchik, who wrote little for publication during his lifetime, Lamm was prolific.
"He was one of the first people to write about social and political issues from the perspective of Torah, and it opened the field," Berman said. "It enabled people to see that it was really possible for the ideals of Modern Orthodoxy to live in the real world and not just in academia."
Lamm also reached out to Jewish religious leaders from outside the Orthodox sphere. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, former president of the Union for Reform Judaism, remembers Lamm speaking to his class at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform seminary, in the 1970s. "It was an extraordinary session," Yoffie recalled.
"He articulated the views of what we then called Modern Orthodoxy, and he was emphatic about his own convictions; yet at the same time, he spoke with great respect."
Lamm was replaced as president of Y.U. in 2003 by Richard Joel, who had previously led the Jewish student outreach group Hillel. Lamm stayed on as chancellor of the university and the titular head of the rabbinical school. He continued to live in Y.U.-owned housing, a gracious duplex on the Upper West Side. The school moved him to another, slightly smaller apartment in 2011.
Lamm's total compensation from Y.U. in 2010, the most recent year for which records are publicly available, amounted to $485,000, including deferred compensation and other benefits.
In December 2012, Lamm told the Forward that staff credibly accused of improper sexual activity "not only at [Y.U.'s] high school and college, but also in [the] graduate school" were "quietly let go" and that the police were not alerted.
Roughly 20 former students of Yeshiva University High School for Boys have told the Forward that they were emotionally, physically or sexually abused while attending the school.
"If it was an open-and-shut case, I just let [the staff member] go quietly," Lamm said. "It was not our intention or position to destroy a person without further inquiry."
The Forward later reported that George Finkelstein, an administrator pushed out of Y.U. amid allegations of sexual improprieties with students, had gone on to teach students at a Jewish day school in Florida, and later to hold a prestigious post at a synagogue in Jerusalem. Finkelstein allegedly behaved inappropriately with young men in both Florida and Jerusalem, the Forward reported, leading one man to file a police report against him in Jerusalem.
In his letter announcing his retirement, Lamm apologized for failing to go to police with the sex abuse allegations.
"At the time that inappropriate actions by individuals at Yeshiva were brought to my attention, I acted in a way that I thought was correct, but which now seems ill conceived," Lamm wrote. "I understand better today than I did then that sometimes, when you think you are doing good, your actions do not measure up. You think you are helping, but you are not. You submit to momentary compassion in according individuals the benefit of the doubt by not fully recognizing what is before you, and in the process you lose the Promised Land."
Some praised Lamm's show of contrition. Goldin said that attendees at the RCA convention thought his retirement letter was brave. "People are very proud of him for his honesty, his courage, as well as his accomplishments over the past decades," Goldin said.
Others argued that Lamm's apology was beside the point. "It's not about Rabbi Lamm," said Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, spiritual leader of The National Synagogue, in Washington, and a graduate of Y.U.'s high school, college and rabbinical school.
"Rabbi Lamm served the institution for decades, and I'm so grateful for what he did. But he said stuff in his resignation letter that should invigorate his successors and his students to follow his lead, and should invigorate them to do a real investigation with transparency and accountability. I fear that's not what's going on."
The Forward reported in May that Y.U.'s board had not promised to make the results of an ongoing investigation into sex abuse at Y.U. public, and that the firm hired to conduct the investigation had not requested interviews with a number of victims named publicly in Forward stories.
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