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The Office of the Air Force Surgeon General (AF/SG) develops and implements medical programs and policies that provide for the health care of active duty and retired military personnel and their family members. AF/SG optimizes Air Force readiness potential to support national security strategies and defines and disseminates health care policy in support of the 43,000 personnel of the Air Force Medical Service and 74 medical treatment facilities. In addition, AF/SG ensures a quality, cost-effective, prevention-based health care continuum for 2.4 million beneficiaries worldwide.
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The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. Using a database that contains descriptions of health-related organizations, NHIC staff refer people to the most appropriate resource. Spanish language information specialists are available.
Review Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. HHS works closely with state and local governments, and many HHS-funded services are provided at the local level by state or county agencies, or through private sector grantees. The department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities. In addition to the services they deliver, the HHS programs provide for equitable treatment of beneficiaries nationwide, and they enable the collection of national health and other data.
Review Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
AARP is the nation's leading organization for people age 50 and older. It serves their needs and interests through information and education, advocacy, and community services provided by a network of local chapters and experienced volunteers throughout the country. The organization also offers members a wide range of special benefits and services, including Modern Maturity Magazine and the monthly Bulletin.
Review Date: Friday, October 24, 2014
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), originally the American Academy of General Practice, was founded in 1947 and has chapters in all States. Its purpose is to represent the interests of family physicians, provide opportunities for continuing education, and maintain high standards of family practice care. AAFP requires continuing education from its members and promotes the development of family practice medical education. A public education program is conducted to inform the public about family practice. Other activities include medical student services, annual meetings, and reduced insurance rates.
Review Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), founded in 1968, is a medical specialty organization of over 22,000 members, 53 chapters, and 26 sections that focus on critical issues, such as injury prevention, trauma care, pediatric emergency medicine, EMS, toxicology, cruise ship medicine, and disaster medicine. The organization monitors and advocates on emergency medicine issues, conducts continuing medical education, produces public education materials on a wide variety of health and safety topics, recommended clinical standards for emergency medicine and EMS, and funds research fellowships in emergency medicine.
Review Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010
The American Council on Exercise®(ACE) is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity. ACE helps to protect all segments of society against ineffective fitness products, programs and trends through its ongoing public education, outreach and research. ACE further protects the public by setting certification and continuing education standards for fitness professionals.
Review Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2011
The American Medical Association (AMA), founded in 1847, is the professional organization for physicians in the United States. The AMA disseminates information on issues important to physicians, patients, and the nation's health. The AMA is active in legislative issues and in setting standards for medical practice and education. Other activities include counseling on practice management problems, policy studies in a variety of areas, a medical library for physicians, publications, and meetings and conferences. The AMA library has a collection of over 60,000 volumes and 2,500 journals, and has direct computer access to the National Library of Medicine's database.
Review Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
The American Running Association (ARA), in conjunction with its sister organization, the American Medical Athletic Association, provides information for runners and supports educational campaigns to decrease the incidence of childhood obesity and educate the public on safe training and competition. ARA provides its members with a bi-monthly e-newsletter, weekly sports medicine newsletter, access to over 1,000 online fitness-related articles, personalized advice from sports medicine professionals, and more. Its motivational campaign, "National Run A Mile Days," is celebrated each May.
Review Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Inspired by Mother Teresa, the Caring Institute was founded in 1985 to honor and promote the values of caring, integrity, and public service. The Caring Institute (CI) believes that the solution to most problems is the caring of one human being for another. CI celebrates those special individuals who, in transcending self, devote their lives in service to the disadvantaged, the poor, the disabled, and the dying. The Institute honors individuals not only to support their work, but also to hold them up as role models to be emulated by others. CI sponsors a number of programs to inspire, encourage, recognize, and reward acts of caring. Programs include the National Caring Awards, which honors the ten most caring men and women and five most caring young people in America as selected by prestigious panel of judges each year. The Awards are presented at ceremony held in Washington, DC, on the Friday before Thanksgiving. A scholarship program is available to help caring kids. A poster a photography contest focuses on the Art of Caring, encouraging participants to seek out examples of caring which change their communities and our world. The DreamMaker program provides respite to terminally ill children and their families, enabling them to visit Disney World, in cooperation with Give Kids The World.
Review Date: Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The Center for the Advancement of Health is an independent nonprofit organization funded by foundations to promote greater recognition of how psychological, social, behavioral, economic and environmental factors influence health and illness. The Center advocates the highest quality research and communicates it to the health care community and the public. The fundamental aim of the Center is to translate into policy and practice the growing body of evidence that can lead to improving and maintaining the health of individuals and the public.
Review Date: Monday, February 09, 2009
Helpguide is a project of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and WISE & Healthy Aging. Helpguide's mission is to empower you and your loved ones to understand, prevent, and resolve health challenges. Helpguide's purpose is the advancement of education regarding mental and physical wellness.
Review Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
The Hope Heart Institute conducts research and education programs that aim to improve the physical, emotional and spiritual quality of life for all at risk of, or afflicted with, heart and blood vessel disease. The Hope's research and education programs have two main goals: research leading to better treatments - with significantly improved outcomes - for people living with heart and blood vessel disease; and education programs that encourage people to make heart-healthy lifestyle choices leading to longer, healthier lives.
The National Association for Health and Fitness was founded in 1977 by staff of the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals in the United States and its territories through the promotion of physical fitness, sports and healthy lifestyles by fostering and supporting Governor's and State Councils on physical fintess and sports in every state and U.S Territory.
Review Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The National Therapeutic Recreation Society, a branch of the National Recreation and Park Association, is a membership organization with the belief that leisure and recreation should be available to all people, especially those with disabilities or limiting conditions. Services are delivered through a continuum of care--therapy, leisure education and recreation participation--in order to enable and empower people to develop and maintain health, well-being, and appropriate leisure lifestyles.
Review Date: Monday, August 25, 2008
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) was established in 1999 with the mission to improve the quality of life in communities through the increase of safe walking and bicycling as a viable means of transportation and physical activity. PBIC is part of the larger Bicycle and Pedestrian Program of the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Human and Natural Environment. Through comprehensive Web sites, PBIC offers information and training to diverse audiences about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility as it relates to pedestrians and bicyclists.
Review Date: Monday, July 26, 2010
Shape Up America! is a non-profit national initiative to raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating and increased physical activity for weight management and disease prevention. Founded by former U.S. Surgeon C. Everett Koop in 1994, Shape Up America! relies on a broad coalition of industry, medical, health, nutrition and physical fitness experts to develop and communicate information to the public and to health care professionals. It has three broad objectives: promote a new understanding by Americans of the health importance of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and increasing physical activity; provide science-based information on the assessment and treatment of obesity; and increase cooperation among national and community organizations committed to advancing healthy weight and increased physical activity as major public health priorities. The Shape Up America! website--www.shapeup.org--is designed to communicate with the public, health care professionals, educators and the media.
Review Date: Friday, June 27, 2008
Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. About 2,000 full-time salaried physicians and researchers and 7,600 nurses at Cleveland Clinic represent more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties. In addition to its main campus, Cleveland Clinic operates nine regional hospitals in Northeast Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Florida, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas and Cleveland Clinic Canada. In 2008, there were more than 4.2 million visits throughout the Cleveland Clinic health system and 165,000 hospital admissions. Patients came for treatment from every state and from more than 80 countries.
Review Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a, nonprofit, weight-loss support and wellness education organization. Established in 1948 to champion weight-loss support and success, TOPS promotes successful, affordable weight management with a philosophy that combines healthy eating, regular exercise, wellness information, awards and recognition, and support from others at weekly chapter meetings. TOPS is comprised of men, women, and children age 7 and older, with about 170,000 members in nearly 10,000 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Visitors are welcome to attend their first TOPS meeting free of charge.
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Who among you onliners has not Google Mapped your own address? The satellite bird's-eye shots are thrilling enough, especially when you see how your neighbor's yard looks like hay while yours is a plot of emerald. But city folk can make street-level swoops up and down stoops and even jaywalk without being mowed down by taxi or bike. You may guess in what season the image was grabbed by checking trees and clothes, though NYU "boys" in my East Village nabe wear fetching shorts at all times, even in the snow. The other day I typed in my … [Read more...]
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Wireless carriers have us right where they want us. When there are only four significant national providers in the US, there's only so much competition for our business. So when they all band together (even if only in mindset) and decide on a "new rule," customers are forced to play along.
A prime example of this is tethering. Of course tethering is the act of sharing a device's internet connection with one or more other devices. Back when carriers provided unlimited data, charging extra for tethering made more sense. Back then, it served the purpose of preventing "unlimited" users from trying to replace home DSL connections and racking up gigabytes upon gigabytes of monthly data.
But when carriers shifted to capped data plans, charging for tethering lost all rational justification. You get a set amount of data already — why are you forced to pay extra to share that data with another device? It's a policy that treats customers with hostility.
Hackers prevail
Fortunately, there are ways for iPhone users to get around this. Well, at least there are if your device is jailbroken. Apple would never allow a tethering app into the App Store (at least not intentionally, devs frequently sneak the feature into other apps).
The first thing you'll need to do is to jailbreak your iPhone. Right now, we're at a point in time when every iPhone can be jailbroken. If you haven't already jailbroken your handset, you can refer to the corresponding tutorial:
After you've jailbroken your iPhone, you'll want to get a quality tethering app from Cydia. Fortunately, there are a couple of great options.
Avoid MyWi (for now)
The most popular iPhone tethering app is called MyWi — but I actually don't recommend it. This isn't due to its feature set, which is second to none. It's because the developers of MyWi haven't taken any measures to hide tethering from carriers.
During the last year, AT&T and Verizon started cracking down on accounts that showed unauthorized tethering. MyWi was almost always the app that customers who received the notices were using, and the devs haven't updated it with a stealth mode. It's a great app, but if it leads to your being forced into a paid tethering plan, there's no point.
The best iPhone tethering apps
Two apps that have implemented precautions are both on our list of best Cydia apps: TetherMe and PdaNet. TetherMe costs $4.99 in Cydia (a bargain compared to the $20 MyWi), and PdaNet is pricier at $14.99.
The two apps take different approaches to tethering. TetherMe goes the simple route: it enables iOS's native tethering (without a plan) and edits APNs to hide it from carriers. It's simple, it's easy to use, and it's one of the cheapest tethering apps out there.
Pdanet, meanwhile, offers a more advanced feature set, and it appears to take a stricter approach to hiding your tethering from your carrier. It lets you choose between "level 1" hiding, which should suffice for most users, or the more powerful "level 2," which gives you mobile versions of sites on your tethered device. PdaNet functions as a standalone app, and doesn't involve the native iOS tethering interface.
The carriers' customer-hostile policy towards tethering is annoying, but it's comforting to know that the development community has risen to the occasion. There are other ways that wireless providers could potentially detect your tethering (packet sniffing?), but we haven't heard any reports of that. Chances are, these two apps will let you enjoy free tethering without any hassle.


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The breast tissue removed during a biopsy is sent to a pathologist. A pathologist is a physician who looks at the tissue under a microscope and determines whether or not the tissue contains cancer.
The pathologist prepares a report of the findings, including the diagnosis, and sends it to the ordering physician (either your surgeon or your oncologist).
When needed, the pathologist does more tests on the tissue sample. These results may be written in separate reports. So, you may get more than one report for the same biopsy.
Along with other test results or X-rays, the pathology report(s) informs your diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
Ideally, a medical team that includes your oncologist, radiologist, surgeon and pathologist will plan your treatment.
Your pathology report contains the information that describes your diagnosis.
Try not to focus on any one item in the report since it's the sum of all the information that's most important to your prognosis and treatment.
Your physician (either your surgeon or your oncologist) will go over the main findings of the report with you and answer any questions you may have.
Find questions to ask your health care provider concerning your pathology results.
Learn about the contents of a pathology report.
It's a good idea to ask for a copy of your pathology report for your personal medical records.
It can be hard to take in all the findings at once and having a copy of the report you can refer to later is helpful.
An accurate diagnosis leads to the best treatment possible. So, the skill of your pathologist is important as you want to make sure your tissue sample is handled properly and diagnosed correctly.
One way to do this is to ask your provider about the experience of the pathologist and the pathology laboratory.
Below are some questions you may want to ask before your biopsy.
If you feel the pathologist and/or the pathology lab do not seem experienced, you may want to get a second opinion.
It's standard for hospitals in the U.S. to preserve and store all biopsy samples as formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue.
When a sample arrives at the pathology lab, it's treated with a substance called formalin, which keeps it from breaking down over time.
The treated sample is embedded in a block of paraffin (wax).
If you wish to have your biopsy tissue re-examined for a second opinion, or if a new test becomes available that could affect your treatment, the preserved tissue can be obtained from the hospital where the biopsy was done.
Learn more about preserving breast cancer tissue for pathology.
Second opinions can be useful in getting the most accurate diagnosis possible.
They are especially useful in getting an accurate diagnosis for rare types of cancers (such as metaplastic breast cancer) that are hard to diagnose.
Don't be afraid to get a second opinion before your biopsy or even after, when you have the results.
Most health plans will allow you to get a second opinion, as long as the second health care provider is a member of your health plan.
Learn more about getting a second opinion.
Breast cancer stage is determined by:
Stage is not always listed in pathology reports because it's derived from the results of the biopsy of the tumor tissue, any biopsies of the lymph nodes and other tests. These biopsies and some pathology tests may not be done at the same time.
Thus, you may have more than one report that gives information on staging.
Your medical team combines all the pathology information with any scans (to check for spread to other parts of the body) and determines the breast cancer stage.
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Verizon and VIA Motors Unveil Eco-Friendly, Extended-Range Electric Cargo Vans
Jan 15, 2013, 08:30 ET
DETROIT, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To address the need for more eco-friendly fleet vehicles, Verizon has collaborated with electric-vehicle developer and manufacturer VIA Motors to produce an extended-range electric cargo van. VIA developed and built the van, based on Verizon's direction and fleet concepts, and expects it to achieve 100 miles per gallon with near zero emissions. Verizon will now test and deploy two of the vans in New Jersey and New York.
Bob Lutz -- the legendary auto industry executive and father of the Chevy Volt, General Motors' electric car -- unveiled Verizon's new vehicle on Monday (Jan. 14) at the North American International Auto Show. "By demonstrating that going green can also be good business, large fleets like Verizon's can have a significant influence on the direction of the auto industry and help accelerate the adoption of clean vehicles like VIA's electric work vans," said Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors and a VIA board member.
Ken Jack, vice president of fleet for Verizon, said: "We believe the challenges businesses face in operating sustainable fleets require an ecosystem of innovation. Our collaboration focused on developing a more environmentally friendly cargo van, as cargo vans are widely used by large U.S. fleets and account for more than 30 percent of Verizon's fleet. Electrifying these work vehicles could have a significant impact on a nationwide reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions."
Because the average total miles per day traveled by Verizon's fleet is low, the company expects the new vans to operate entirely under electric power most days; doing so would annually reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 2.4 metric tons and reduce the use of petroleum fuel by about 750 gallons.
The dashboard of the new van is equipped with a removable tablet, which aims to prevent distracted driving by providing voice prompts and easy-to-read route information. Verizon will also provide technological capabilities, through its acquisition of Hughes Telematics, including fuel and route optimization, vehicle maintenance and diagnostics, emergency assistance, and voice and data services.
"The collaboration with Verizon has quickly resulted in new innovations in its fleet, and we look forward to demonstrating the robust durability and economy of VIA's technology in the field," said Alan Perriton, president of VIA Motors. "Verizon's dedication to green fleet solutions is setting an example for companies that seek to reduce the environmental footprint and operational costs of their fleets."
Overall, VIA anticipates the Verizon electrified work vehicles should improve fleet fuel economy by up to 300 percent while cutting emissions in half or more. The vehicles have up to 40 miles of all-electric range, using technologically advanced lithium ion batteries, with the added capability to drive additional miles by using VIA's onboard electric generator, or "range extender." The vehicle can be charged overnight from a typical 110-volt household outlet for as little as $1 a day in some states.
In addition, VIA's exportable power system option can provide 15 kilowatts of continuous 110-volt or 220-volt power for emergency or job-site application, a much cleaner alternative to conventional stationary-power generation.
"We anticipate that the 15 kilowatts of clean mobile power generation provided by the vans will be of great value in emergencies like Hurricane Sandy, and in everyday use, to reduce stationary emissions and provide greater service capabilities," Verizon's Jack said.
A Track Record of Sustainable Business Practices
Over the past five years, Verizon has been implementing a myriad of solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of its fleet, including vehicle technologies like all-electric, hybrids and alternative fueled vehicles, and processes such as improved routing, reduced idling, and improved tire-efficiency and pressure-monitoring processes. In addition, Verizon has a robust sustainability strategy that includes an e-waste recycling program, smart buildings and an aggressive commitment to various ENERGY STAR programs. The strategy supports Verizon's goal of cutting by 50 percent its carbon intensity – the company's main sustainability metric that measures the amount of energy needed to transport a terabyte of data over its networks – by 2020.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE,Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 96 million retail customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 184,500. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
About VIA Motors
VIA Motors is a privately held electric vehicle development and manufacturing company. VIA employs a streamlined second stage manufacturing process to integrate its proprietary V-DRIVE™ electric power train into new OEM vehicles, then sells directly to fleets under the VTRUX™ brand name. VIA VTRUX deliver up to 40-mile battery range and unlimited extended range, averaging up to 100 mpg in typical daily driving. For more information visit: VIAmotors.com. To see a video with Bob Lutz introducing VIA's VTRUX go to http://viamotors.com/erev
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Mud Jam Coverage - Part 2Posted in Events on February 24, 2014
Yesterday we gave you a little taste of the madness that is St Lucie Mud Jam. Today we have part 2, and this time it gets a little wilder. When you toss thousands of hot bikini wearing southern girls in some of the nastiest mud in south Florida, you're guaranteed to get a few killer pictures. Scroll through the shots below and leave some comments on your favorite rigs. If you're on a smartphone, click on the gallery link below and turn your phone sideways to flip through the pics like they're in your own album. Tomorrow we have some crazy night action in store and we all know the party gets better when the sun goes down. See you guys at the next one!
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Scavenger Hunts Drive your curiosity with themed scavenger hunts. A completely customized experience, groups of all sizes can travel throughout the museum searching for clues within The Field Museum's permanent collections. Designed to be a wonderful teambuilding activity, they are both interactive and easy to facilitate.
Private Exhibition Viewings (Evenings) The Field Museum hosts many temporary exhibitions. Event clients have the option to offer their guests a unique, private viewing of these exhibitions during their event based on availability and at an additional fee.
Group Tickets to temporary exhibitions (Daytime) The Field Museum offers discounts on temporary exhibition tickets to groups of 15 or more guests. Usually timed on the half-hour, this options allows your guests to view the exhibition during daytime hours and take a break from the grind of meeting sessions!
Customized Docent Presentations Take a journey with a Field Museum Educational expert. Customized Tours are available by trained staff to educate guests on the museum's architecture, permanent collections, history, and more. Learn unique facts and walk away with a full museum experience.
Field Museum Scientist Presentations The Field Museum has over 200 scientists working on projects in 94 countries around the world. We will work with you to customize a presentation based on the Museum's collections and your interests.
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Midwest Outdoor Experience
Friday, October 4, 2013, 6 pm to 10 pm
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Join MetroParks for the regions largest outdoor recreation festival. Activities include camping, live music, youth adventure zone, exhibitor village, demos, IMBA Bike Village, competitions, Ultimate Air Dogs, slacklining, tree climbing, food trucks and much more.
Visit www.outdoorx.org for more information and a complete schedule.
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Join dynamic business owners just like yourself and expand your networking circle. The bigger your circle the bigger your opportunities are for referrals.
Our group is about learning how we can help and support you, learn about the services and products you provide and create a business group that we like, know and trust to refer our clients, business associates, and friends.
It's kind of like a mastermind group, your own personal marketing team with a platform designed to open the door to unlimited opportunities and referrals.
Our platform is designed to help you fast track your "like, know and trust."
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Bruno Mars to Embark on Moonshine Jungle World Tour
Fresh from his stellar performance at the 2013 Grammy Awards, Bruno Mars is taking his act on the road. The singer-songwriter will embark on his Moonshine Jungle World Tour this summer.
Although dates and venues have yet to be announced, he will hit major North American cities like Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Denver, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Nashville, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and many others. British singer Ellie Goulding will be Mars' opening act for the trek.
Meanwhile, Mars made a 16-year-old fan's dream come true recently. Emily Torres posted a video on YouTube asking Ellen DeGeneres to help her get Mars to be her date for her school's prom.
While Mars couldn't attend the Michigan teen's prom, he did surpriseTorres, who was sitting in the front row of Ellen's show on Tuesday (Feb. 12), by bringing the prom to her. He took the shocked teen by the hand and led her onstage, where Ellen's crew put a snap-on dress and tux on Torres and Mars, respectively. Then, the couple slow danced to 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.
"I tried to keep myself composed because I didn't want to be crazy and forget everything that happened," Torres told the Times Herald about her experience. "But when I got in the car and went back to the hotel, I got to the hotel and I was bawling my eyes out. I still can't believe it."
Watch Bruno Mars Take a Fan to the Prom on 'Ellen'


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Learners will read or listen to a story about two sisters, Marisol and Sofia, as they explore the Sun's role in the water cycle. Additionally, numerous extension resources are included in the accompanying educator guide, such as suggestions for... (View More) no-cost language arts activities, links to further science activities, a book walk cue chart to guide classroom discussion before, during, and after the story, a graphic organizer, and alignments to the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
After researching information about the Sun, learners will discuss and share their expertise on related topics such as sunspots, the Earth's magnetosphere, and aurorae. This activity is a follow-on to the lesson titled "Understanding the Sun" in the... (View More) Space Weather Action Center Educator's Instructional Guide, which follows the 5E learning cycle. (View Less)
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This is an activity about the magnetic fields of the Sun and Earth, and the interplanetary magnetic field, or IMF. Learners will engage in a question and answer dialogue, make connections using bar magnet examples and overhead transparencies, and... (View More) ultimately write an assessment of concepts learned. This is Activity 1 in Session 3 of the Exploring Magnetism in the Solar Wind teachers guide. (View Less)
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International Studies
International Studies prepares graduates to cross into other cultures and navigate global networks of an ever-changing and interdependent world.
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The International Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary array of courses to prepare students for the challenges of the twenty-first century's fast changing, globalized world. The program offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Studies, an International Studies Minor, and 4 different Areas Studies Certificates that promote knowledge of the countries and cultures of the world as well as the forces of globalization knitting them together. The program also sponsors educational and cultural events to promote international understanding in the campus community. Shippensburg University produces graduates who can interact with people of different cultures and navigate global networks connecting the world's economies, governments, and societies.
BA in International Studies (39 credits) promotes understanding of global issues and the various countries and cultures of the world. Students who major in international studies gain awareness of intercultural differences and important trends in international affairs. Majors also learn how global linkages in the world's economy, politics, media, culture, and natural environment can bring benefits, but also increase international tensions. The major is interdisciplinary. Over 120 courses that fulfill program requirements are offered in many departments, including:
- Economics
- English
- Criminal justice
- Geography
- Global languages
- History/Philosophy
- Management/Marketing
- Political science
- Psychology
- Sociology/Anthropology
Study abroad or an internship and foreign language learning are required to prepare graduates to understand foreign cultures, function effectively in other countries, and find international jobs.
International Studies Minor (21 credits) and Areas Studies Certificates (12 credits each) allow students pursuing other majors, including those in business, communications, education, and science, to deepen their international knowledge. Minors choose from an interdisciplinary array of courses. Letters of completion are offered in:
- African and Middle Eastern Studies
- Asian Studies
- European Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
A certificate allows a student to demonstrate specialized knowledge of a world region. Like the major and minor, the letters of completion include an interdisciplinary array of courses offered by many departments.
Each fall semester the program co-sponsors International Education Week with speakers, films, and activities promoting international understanding and providing information on study abroad opportunities. Every spring semester the program sponsors a series of campus-wide events, featuring speakers and an annual film festival, related to a particular global theme. Past themes include globalization, global environment, and human rights. Each year's theme also serves as the topic of the International Studies Seminar (INT300). As part of their regular course work, seminar students attend and discuss the talks and films. Previous fall and spring-semester speakers have come from other universities, the US and foreign governments, international organizations, and the news media.
Admission and Degree Requirements
Majors must complete 6 credits by taking the following two required courses:
- INT200 Introduction to International Studies
- INT300 International Studies Seminar
Majors must elect concentrations in 1) Global Perspectives and 2) Area Studies as well as an associated foreign language. Majors also are required to study abroad or engage in an off-campus internship that develops intercultural competency and/or international understanding.
- Global Perspectives courses (12 credits) explore globalization's impact on the world. Students must elect one Global Perspectives concentration: a) Comparative and Global Cultures, b) Global Political Relations or c) Global Business and Economics.
- Area Studies (12 credits) and Foreign Language (9 credits) requirements promote intercultural and linguistic competency. Students must elect one Area Studies concentration and related foreign language in a) African and Middle Eastern Studies, b) Asian Studies, c) European Studies or d) Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Students minoring in International Studies must complete 6 credits by taking the following two required courses:
- INT200 Introduction to International Studies
- INT300 International Studies Seminar
Minors must complete 6 credits by taking two of the following four core courses:
- GEO101 World Geography (General Education Category D)
- PLS141 Introduction to International Politics (General Education Category D)
- ANT220 Anthropology for International Studies
- MGT370 International Business
Minors select 9 credits of electives from a list of approved International Studies courses.
Students obtaining Area Studies Certificates must complete the following required introductory course:
- INT200 Introduction to International Studies
Area studies students select 9 credits of electives from a list of approved courses in African and Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, or Latin American Studies.
All international studies students are encouraged to exceed the program's foreign language requirement by pursuing a foreign language letter of completion (12 credits), minor (18 credits) or second major (36 credits). Foreign language learning is a key to interacting successfully in multilingual and multicultural settings. Language students gain concrete linguistic skills and deeper insight into the ways of thinking of other cultures. As a result, they have a greater capacity to interact effectively in diverse cultural settings. Foreign language speakers are more successful in intercultural negotiations and forming cross-cultural personal and professional relationships.
Careers in International Studies
International studies prepares graduates for a variety of careers in the United States and abroad. Graduates typically find employment in business, the federal government, international agencies, and social service, educational and media organizations. Businesses need employees who can operate in a multinational environment because exports, imports and tourism contribute substantially to the US and Pennsylvania economies. Federal agencies, such as the FBI and State Department, and non-profit organizations, such as the Red Cross and UNICEF, require employees with the intercultural and linguistic competency needed to interact with foreign governments and peoples. Since the world's economic, political, and cultural spheres are increasingly interconnected, the demand for graduates with international and intercultural training is expected to grow in the future.
Get Involved
International studies majors are required to study abroad or engage in an off-campus internship to assure that they develop the intercultural personal skills and foreign language expertise needed to succeed in an international environment. Courses taken while studying abroad should be chosen to satisfy academic requirements. In the past, our students have studied in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. More than five thousand study abroad programs are available in most countries around the globe. The world is open to students who want to broaden their horizons.
International studies majors also have the option of completing an internship in the US or overseas. The university's proximity to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City provides many opportunities for internships with the US government, multinational businesses, and international agencies. Students earn 3 to 6 credits of college credit while gaining real-world experience. Although students pursuing the minor and letters of completion are not required to study abroad or pursue internships, they are encouraged to do so because employers value college graduates with international learning experiences.
Students also have the opportunity to get involved in other campus activities through several student clubs and organizations such as, International Studies Club, Sigma Iota Rho (national honor society in international studies), Foreign Film Club, and the International Student Organization.
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Lilly Scholarship Students on Campus This Weekendby Howard Hewitt • April 14, 2011 Share:
One of the most important weekends of the year for approximately 30 high school seniors starts today with the arrival of Lilly Scholarship candidates.
High school seniors from Indiana and across the nation will be on campus hoping to earn full tuition and room/board support. The scholarships are equal to a 'full ride" or $170,000 over four years.
To be eligible for a Lilly award, applicants must meet the minimum standards of:
- - a GPA of 3.5 (4.0 scale)
- - Rank in the top 20 percent of their senior class
- - an SAT score of at least 1720 (reading, math, writing), or an ACT composite of at least 25
Each student's individual accomplishments, abilities, academic and extracurricular activities, and leadership abilities are all taken into consideration.
"Especially impressive are young men who have shown particular initiative, worked independently or innovatively, or made a vital contribution to their school or community," the requirements state.
The students arrive Thursday for a formal dinner. Art Howe '82 will give a keynote address at dinner Thursday night.
The students are interviewed Friday. The three interview panels will each have one administrator, two faculty, one alumnus and one trustee. The interview period lasts 30 minutes.
On Saturday, the applicants participate in a seminar discussion with other members of their interview group. Students are given a short text to read then participate in a one hour group discussion.
It's a short wait for the students, The Admissions Office will mail notification to winners next week.
Last year Spencer Peters, Brookston, Francisco Huerta, Chicago, and Adam Barnes, Bradford, Pa., were named Lilly Scholars.
In photo: This year's keynote speaker Art Howe speaks with a previous Lilly Finalist.


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Why expect good faith on immigration now?
Something is not right in Washington. Suddenly a lot of powerful people on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are grabbing hold of the "third rail."
That's the term Rahm Emanuel — former U.S. representative, White House chief of staff and now mayor of Chicago — used to describe the immigration issue when he was the top lieutenant for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
President George W. Bush started this conversation in September 2001, when he suggested fixing the country's arcane immigration laws.
Emanuel worked hard to keep the issue off Congress' agenda because he didn't want to aggravate the split in the Democratic Party between Latinos who want to legalize illegal immigrants and union members who don't. He also didn't want to put conservative Blue Dog Democrats in the tough spot of having to support what they considered an "amnesty."
Meanwhile, Republicans were happy to stay away from the subject because they didn't want to inflame the divide in their party between businesses that want workers and nativists who worry about changing demographics. GOP leaders also didn't want free-market conservatives to have to oppose legalization just to please the restrictionists.
And so it went for 10 of the last 12 years, with immigration reform placed so far on the back burner that it fell off the stove. Congress took up the issue in 2006 and 2007, but Democratic leader Harry Reid ran that debate into the ground. He brilliantly scuttled reform bills to please organized labor, then pinned the blame on Republicans, which wasn't hard to do given how clumsily the GOP handles the immigration issue.
Now President Obama and bipartisan coalitions of lawmakers in both the House and Senate appear to be in a terrible hurry to pass an immigration reform bill.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., one of the loudest voices in Washington on this issue, told CNN's Soledad O'Brien that he expects legislation to pass by Labor Day.
So after avoiding the issue for more than a decade, lawmakers want to piece together a deal in just a few months.
Immigration reform groups are mobilizing to rally support for what seems to be a promising plan in the Senate. Like any good compromise, it was immediately attacked by the far right for going too far and by the far left for not going far enough.
Proposed by a bipartisan group of eight senators, the plan would fix the current system by doing four things: creating a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants; making legal immigration more efficient with an emphasis on retaining high-skilled immigrants; tightening restrictions and penalties on employers to prevent the hiring of illegal immigrants; and launching a temporary guest worker program.
In the House, another bipartisan group of lawmakers — which includes Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. — is working on a similar piece of legislation.
In a speech Tuesday in Las Vegas, Obama praised the Senate plan. Yet he reportedly wants the pathway to citizenship to be quicker and easier.
Republicans won't go for this quick path because it would result in more people earning citizenship, and they have no interest in registering voters for the other side.
Still, it's a whole new game. Right? Again, something's fishy.
The accepted narrative is that both parties have suddenly decided to tend to this issue as a way of courting Latino voters, who support comprehensive immigration reform.
Nonsense. Democrats have nothing to lose and Republicans little to gain.
Obama doesn't owe Latinos a thing. In his first term, his administration deported more than 1.5 million people — most of them Latino — and Latino voters still helped re-elect him with 71 percent of their votes. We're a cheap date.
Say, this might not be a new game after all. This could be the old game, in which both parties go through the motions and nothing gets done. But they get credit for trying.
Here's the play: Ask for the moon and stars. The other side will object. The deal crumbles. Well, we tried. See you in 10 years. This way you avoid angering the part of your constituency that doesn't want immigration reform. And you can go back to your constituents that do want reform and blame the other side for failing.
Why am I so skeptical? Experience. Neither party has operated in good faith on this issue for more than a decade. Why start now?


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Two state lawmakers and three insurance industry representatives voiced their support Thursday for Citizens Property Insurance's controversial plan to loan out $350 million to the private sector.
The group—which included Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, and former House speaker Tom Feeney—said Citizens should act "with all due haste" to approve the so-called surplus loan program.
"Citizens, as John pointed out, is a ticking time bomb," said Feeney, who now leads the business group Associated Industries of Florida and was House speaker when Citizens was created in 2002. Feeney, a major player during the creation of the state-run insurer, now calls it "the worst run casualty and risk market that I am aware of anywhere in the free world."
Under the new "surplus loan" program, Citizens would take capital from its record $6.2 billion reserves and lend it — under favorable terms — to private insurers who agree to take over policies and keep them for 10 years.
The program could help reduce the size of Citizens by 300,000 policies, which could reduce the amount of assessment Floridians have to pay after a once-in-a-century type hurricane. Gov. Rick Scott has championed the effort to shrink Citizens and reduce its risk, sparking controversial and unpopular coverage changes for policyholders. Business-friendly groups support the $350 million program.
Other lawmakers and consumer advocates have blasted Citizens for rushing the program through in order to avoid a thorough vetting in the Legislature and the public. Last month, the board unveiled and approved the plan over the course of two days, with little public input. The plan is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks.
Nelson defended the program and its rollout, saying he and others began considering the program shortly after the last legislative session ended in March. Nelson called the program an "window of opportunity" to help Citizens "head in the right direction."
When asked why such a worthy program was being advanced outside of the traditional legislative review process, the chair of the subcommittee on Insurance & Banking did not directly answer the question.
"Do we want to wait another hurricane season?" he said. "I think this is an opportunity that we just don't want to miss."
Said Sean Shaw, founder of the Policyholders of Florida: "The insurance industry is clearly afraid of having this corporate welfare go through the full legislative process. This type of grandstanding and bullying should make everyone take two steps back and question exactly why these companies want to quickly dictate, rather than legislate, this major policy shift."
Insurance Consumer Advocate Robin Westcott, who warned last month that the program was being advanced "in a hurry," this week sent a lengthy list of questions to board chairman Carlos Lacasa about the program.
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said last month that Citizens needed to consider "slowing this thing down" in order to better explain it to the public and make sure it was a good deal.
Rep. Frank Artiles, R-Miami, has asked for several documents in order to probe what he calls an illegal "inside deal," and said it was "reckless to rush the SPN program through" without a thorough vetting.
Citizens president Barry Gilway said the program has been reviewed by outside counsel, and that the company would address a litany of concerns before the program is approved in a few weeks.
Next week, Citizens board will meet to put the final touches to the program.


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What is tinnitus?Tinnitus is the sound of ringing in the ears. It may also be described as roaring, buzzing, hissing, or clicking inside the head. The sounds may come and go. Or they may be ongoing. The sound may happen in one or both ears, and vary in pitch.
What causes tinnitus?
Tinnitus may result from a variety of causes, including:
- Damage to the nerve endings in the inner ear
- Stiffening of bones in the middle ear
- Advancing age
- Exposure to loud noises
- Allergy
- High or low blood pressure
- Tumor
- Diabetes
- Thyroid problems
- Head or neck injury
- Reaction to certain medicines
- Wax buildup
- Jaw misalignment
- Certain medicines
What are the symptoms of tinnitus?
People with tinnitus will often complain of hearing these sounds in their head:
- Ringing
- Roaring
- Buzzing
- Hissing
- Clicking
They may complain that it interferes with their sleep.
How is tinnitus diagnosed?The diagnosis of tinnitus includes a complete history and physical exam. Your healthcare provider may request an audiological evaluation. Depending on the suspected cause of the tinnitus, other tests may be needed.
How is tinnitus treated?
Your healthcare provider will figure out the best treatment based on:
- How old you are
- Your overall health and medical history
- How sick you are
- How well you can handle specific medicines, procedures, or therapies
- How long the condition is expected to last
- Your opinion or preference
Currently, there is no known cure for tinnitus. However, experts suggest trying one of the following to find relief:
- Hearing aids. These may benefit some people with tinnitus who have hearing loss. Using a hearing aid may make some sounds louder.
- Cochlear implants. This option is for those who have tinnitus along with severe hearing loss.
- Maskers. These provide help for some people by making tinnitus less noticeable. This small electronic device creates sound that may make the ringing or roaring seem softer.
- Medicines. Some medicines may ease tinnitus by addressing a problem related to the condition. Medicines may also improve mood or sleep.
- Tinnitus retraining therapy. This therapy uses a combination of counseling and maskers. Otolaryngologists and audiologists can help a person learn how to deal with the tinnitus.
- Counseling. A person with tinnitus may benefit from meeting with a counselor or support group.
- Relaxation. This may provide relief for some people as stress may make tinnitus worse.
Living with tinnitusTinnitus can affect your quality of life. Your healthcare provider may be able to determine the underlying cause, which can then be treated. Work with your healthcare provider to determine strategies for reducing tinnitus.
Key points about tinnitus
- Tinnitus is the sound of ringing, roaring, buzzing, hissing, or clicking that happens inside the head.
- There are many causes of tinnitus and each may be addressed differently.
- Treatment varies from use of hearing aids, maskers, and medicine to counseling and relaxation techniques.
Next stepsTips to help you get the most from a visit to your healthcare provider:
- Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen.
- Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.
- Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you.
- At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis, and any new medicines, treatments, or tests. Also write down any new instructions your provider gives you.
- Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed, and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are.
- Ask if your condition can be treated in other ways.
- Know why a test or procedure is recommended and what the results could mean.
- Know what to expect if you do not take the medicine or have the test or procedure.
- If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.
- Know how you can contact your provider if you have questions.
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Movies: 'Skyfall,' 'Smashed' & 'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D'
Following are Susan Granger's reviews of the latest movies in area theaters:
James Bond celebrates his 50th cinematic birthday in great style, as Daniel Craig confidently embarks on his third exotic action-adventure, delivering a compelling performance as Ian Fleming's iconic secret agent.
In the spectacular prologue, Bond (Craig) chases a thief across the rooftops of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar on a motorcycle and pursues him onto the top of a speeding train, almost being killed in the process by fellow field agent Eve (Naomie Harris). What's been stolen is a device containing the real names of every British Secret Service agent embedded within terrorist organizations around the world. One-by-one, they're being assassinated and the new London headquarters of MI6 explodes in a cyber-terrorist attack. This breach infuriates Intelligence and Security Chairman Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), who wants to retire M (Judi Dench). "We're both played out," mutters Bond.
Not so fast, M counters. With headquarters moved underground to Churchill's old war bunker, MI6 is quite different these days. Particularly unnerving is the geeky, new weapons-and-technology guru known as Q (Ben Wishaw), who arms 007 with only a Walther PPK and a tiny tracking device. No more exploding pens and other outlandish devices. Bond's shadowy quest then takes him to Shanghai and Macau, where he's enticed by sexy Severine (Berenice Marlohe), who leads him to flamboyantly ruthless Silva (Javier Bardem), one of the strangest, most deviously shrewd and dangerous of all Bond villains. For the climactic encounter, Bond revs up the Aston Martin DB5 from "Goldfinger" and takes off for Skyfall, his old Scottish manor house, presided over by its grizzled caretaker Kincade (Albert Finney).
Scripted by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan, directed by Sam Mendes ("American Beauty") and photographed by Roger Deakins, there's a droll, deft balancing of the traditional, franchise espionage with a timely, contemporary socio-political twist. And Adele is sensational singing her new Bond song with Thomas Newman's orchestral score taking cues from vintage classics, including Monty Norman's traditional Bond theme.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Skyfall" soars with a thrilling, terrific 10, one of the best Bonds ever.
Alcohol abuse is a huge problem in America today, and young people -- ages 18 to 29 -- have the highest rates of past year alcohol abuse and dependence. So it shouldn't come as such a surprise that a hard-working Los Angeles elementary school teacher starts her day chugging a beer and takes a hefty swig from a flask before she goes into the classroom. But it does.
Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie (Aaron Paul from TV's "Breaking Bad") are a young married couple who share a love of music and booze. But Kate drinks far too much; sometimes she even wets the bed. Since their nightly ritual involves drinking and driving, it seems inevitable that Kate occasionally awakens in the gutter. One day, while suffering from a severe hangover, she vomits in her classroom. Her first-graders think that she's pregnant, a story that she confirms when confronted by the principal, Patricia Barnes (Megan Mullally), who subsequently embarrasses Kate with a surprise baby shower. But the vice principal, Dave Davies (Nick Offerman from TV's "Parks and Recreation"), is onto Kate's real problem and suggests that she accompany him to an AA meeting, where she takes an immediate liking to Jenny (Octavia Spencer from "The Help"), who becomes her empathetic sponsor.
None of this sits well with husband Charlie, who realizes he's lost his hard-partying partner. And a drive to Arrowhead to visit Kate's bitter, estranged mother, Rochelle (Mary Kay Place), doesn't help Kate's road to sobriety, particularly as Rochelle immediately mixes the requisite Bloody Marys.
Written by Susan Burke and director James Pensoldt, it's a standard, heavy-weight drama about the self-destructive effects of alcohol abuse, reminiscent but never as good as "The Days of Wine and Roses." Carrying the picture, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World") delivers a matter-of-fact performance that never dips into melodrama, even when she warbles in a karaoke bar or tipsily rides her bicycle.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Smashed" is a straightforward 5, telling it like it is.
There's certainly nothing revelatory or even interesting about this ridiculously humorless horror fantasy that's based on the popular video game franchise except, perhaps, how British screenwriter/director Michael J. Bassett ("Solomon Kane") was able to attract a talented supporting cast that includes Carrie-Ann Moss, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan and Malcolm McDowell.
Arriving six years after the original, this grisly, gory installment finds Heather Mason (Aussie actress Adelaide Clemens) and her father Harry (Sean Bean) still on the run, always managing to keep one step ahead of malevolent forces that she doesn't understand. Perennially plagued since childhood by terrifying nightmares, on the eve of her 18th birthday, Heather discovers that she's not who she thinks she is, nor, perhaps, is her father. Her insatiable curiosity leads her to delve deeper into a demonic cult that threatens to trap her forever.
In case you managed to miss Christopher Gans' 2006 "Silent Hill," there's lots of exposition, much of which makes little sense. Suffice it to say that the creepy little girl has grown up and is determined to thwart the evil forces that inhabit the dreamscape-like town of Silent Hill from claiming her -- the way they did her adoptive mother, Rosa (Radha Mitchell). Problem is: Heather's father disappears and there's a message, "Come to Silent Hill," written in blood on the wall. So, spunky Heather and her hunky high school friend Vincent Carter (Kit Harington from TV's "Game of Thrones") must go back to the cursed coal mining town rescue him from the demonic doppelganger Alessa, whose blood sacrifice caused the town's original damnation.
"Never built on an ancient Indian burial ground," Vincent says. "I thought everyone knew that." Obviously, they don't.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D" barely scrapes up an incomprehensible 3. Mercifully, it's only 93 minutes long.


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Want to keep tabs on the latest gross domestic product data while waiting for lunch? A new mobile app from the Census Bureau puts live access to key economic indicators at your fingertips. It's the perfect tool for geeking out on the go.
The America's Economy app, available today for Android smartphones in the Google Play Store, combines real-time access to 16 closely watched economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the Census Bureau. Among the indicators available through the app are gross domestic product, consumer spending, disposable personal income, and the U.S. international trade balance.
This is the first mobile app to feature real-time statistics from the three primary U.S. economic statistical agencies. With the ability to review recent economic trends, browse upcoming data releases, and set alerts for key indicators, this app allows you to keep up with the U.S. economy anywhere you go.
America's Economy features three data series from the Bureau of Economic Analysis:
• Gross domestic product
• Personal income and outlays
• International trade in goods and services (joint release with Census)
Other featured indicators include:
• Advance monthly retail sales (Census)
• New residential construction (Census)
• New residential sales (Census)
• Construction spending (Census)
• Advance report durable goods (Census)
• Business inventories (Census)
• Manufacturers' goods (Census)
• Monthly wholesale (Census)
• Homeownership rate (Census)
• Quarterly Services Survey (Census)
• Quarterly financial report—retail trade (Census)
• Quarterly financial report—manufacturing (Census)
• Unemployment rate (BLS)
Looking for even more data? Check out the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Database) app, the mobile version of the bank's signature database. The FRED mobile app provides access to nearly 42,000 data economic series from 38 regional, national, and economic sources. It is available for Android and iPhone.


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Welcome to the World of Blox
Ever try giving a toddler an iPhone? Probably not if you value expensive hardware. Besides, iPhones and other gaming systems are much too complex for toddlers to handle. So the question is how are these kids supposed to benefit from advances in technology like everybody else?
That's where Blox comes in. We are propelling ordinary children's toys into the tech-savvy future by embedding technology (including a microprocessor, accelerometer, touch-panels, display screen, speaker, wireless Xbee, and infrared sensors) into fun and playable cubes. Think wooden blocks from your childhood, but with style and brains to boot!
The coolest part about Blox is their ability to communicate wirelessly with one another. Flick a ball from one screen to the next, have some Blox share secrets like a game of telephone, or even have them battle each other one-on-one or in groups. For the younger crowd, Blox can be used to learn colors and shapes, math and spelling, and how to read with the help of built-in speakers and displays.
This unique communication system makes Blox a great toy for our application developers. Project Blox is now a completely open-source electronic and software platform for developing distributed applications that run on cube-shaped embedded systems. Each Blox can independently interact with other Blox or outside users. This platform is useful for anyone who wants to explore or prototype a distributed system.
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Hollywood stars get paid tens of millions to appear in a feature film, so producers want a healthy return on their investment. But do these actors and actresses draw audiences themselves or is it a combination of factors in creating box office gold?
Every year since 1932, Quigley Publishing has surveyed theater owners and film buyers to get their take on which Hollywood names draw the most people to the theaters. Although no single star can be considered completely responsible for a film's box office success, theater owners, with their finger on the pulse of the entertainment market, have long been considered the most reliable barometer. Click ahead to see the top money-making stars of 2008!
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Posted 5 Jan 2009


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It's only interview will be published in Spanish ... Let some interviews will be published only in Spanish not to lose ... Enjoy!!!
1- Hail Jarro!!! First of all, we should say that Nocturnal Grave's compositions are supreme, good work! Put a good-metal record and begin with a brief Nocturnal Grave's bio. What was the reason for starting this new and ghoul project?
Jarro: I started the band about one year after I left Destruktor, in 2004. So far we have released 3 demo tapes, 1 pic 7"EP and have recorded an album that will be out ion 2007 on Nuclear War Now! Productions. The reason to start the band was that I wanted to play dark Satanic Black/Death/Thrash Metal and the result was Nocturnal Graves.
2- Tell us about why you left Destruktor. What was the reason? Are you still being comrades or you no longer have a relation with the band?
Jarro:I left Destruktor because myself and Glenn had a lot of different ideas on how the band should work at the time. There are no hard feelings from me leaving the band, we just had different ideas so yes we are still friends.
3- Recently, a new 7" called Necromancer has been released; tell us something about the details of the recording and the main differences between N.G 's new and old themes.
Jarro:The pic 7" was released late in 2006 by Deathstrike Records. The recordings for this 7" were completed as a 2 piece, just myself and R. handling everything to do with the recording. It was an interesting way to record and will probably be something we will do again in future. The 7" tracks were similar to the demo tracks I think, there's not much development in Nocturnal Graves... We already know how the band is to sound so there's no need to change that. I think the main difference now is that we are writing better songs, better arrangements etc. But the riffs are basically the same.
4- You also have a record label called "Apocalyptor records", make a comment to us about the latest releases and how was that you contact Torturer to release its record "Rise from the ashes", Have you always liked Torturer?, How long do you know them?
Jarro: The last release i did was the Denouncement Pyre "Under the Aegis of Damnation" 7"EP in 2006. A great 7" in my opinion but as for news from Apocalyptor, the only thing I can say is that the label is now closed and I am just selling out my remaining stock through the Nocturnal Graves website. I don't have any plans to release anything else because I am far to busy now with Nocturnal Graves and my regular day job... I contacted Torturer because I was into their first album. They told me they wanted a label to release their last album at the time so I offered them a deal for 500 lp's. I really like that record a lot but it wasnt a very good seller and I lost some money on it, but what the hell... it's a cool record so I don't mind!
5- Talking about Chilean bands, tell us what you know about old and new Chilean bands, is there any new band that had made a good impression?
Jarro: Yeah the last Chilean band I thought was really KILLER is Force of Darkness. Great stuff... Chainsaw is also good. Pentagram, Torturer, Death Yell, Atomic Aggressor, bands like this rule. Chile has/had a lot of great and bestial bands. If you have some old and new killers you can copy for me let me know and we can do some trades!
6- From your point of view, how do you see the South American scene? Do you consider the bands of this part of the world like exotic? Which current South American bands you think will leave an impression at the worldwide Underground?
Jarro: I think the old South American scene in particular was amazing... Bands like Sarcofago, MX, Expulser, Sepultura, Holocausto, Mutilator and of course the mighty Vulcano. These bands are legendary. Yes it's sounding exotic because these bands play with a bestial ferociousness that bands from most other countries don't capture. The old South American stuff sounds unique. I think that Force of Darkness will get a strong name in the underground. the stuff I heard from their latest album is really killer.
7- You have played bass for Zemial, tell us your experience like bass player in the Europe tour they made. Which one and why was the best date of all the tour?
Jarro: Yes I did 2 tours as bassist for Zemial. Both were great times, I met a lot of great people and made some good friends. The best gig I think we did would have been out of the first show in Greece (2003) and the gig in Helsinki Finland (2006) with commerades Archgoat. The crowd in Finland were 110% maniacal, really die hard attitude. We want to go to Finland in 2008 with Nocturnal Graves, it will be a killer.
8- You are in charge of saying the blasphemies in Nocturnal Graves and to saw with your Yamaha Gibson style guitar. However in Zemial you support them playing the bass and smashing the drums in Destruktor and Crucifire, in fact you are an entire musician. How have you learned to play all these instruments? Have you take any courses or classes? Which one makes you feel more comfortable if we talk about performance?
Jarro: I am self taught on guitar, bass and drums. My father is a drummer, so I took some early lessons from him but I always wanted to go my own way and rehearse with people making Metal music rather than taking lessons and practicing alone all the time. Drums is my main instrument, it's the one that I dedicate the most time to practicing but I also play guitar on average 2-3 hours per week.
9- If you are able to play all kind of instruments, why you decided to join in with other musicians (Sadistic Reaper and R. Destructor)? Did you always think about creating this band to play in live performances?
Jarro: Because I like to rehearse as a full band and play gigs etc. If I do this band on my own, we'll never play live shows again and things would most likely be a longer process in order to write and record albums. When we started the band the idea of playing live wasn't really considered, we wanted to make some music so we could do some demos and then see what happened. Now we have a strong line-up and we'll do some tours in 2007 and 2008.
10- How are Nocturnal Grave's gigs? How many bands have you shared the stage with? Which has been your best gig? Why?
Jarro: The gigs in the past were not too bad but not the most satisfying gigs I've played. The reason was that the line-up wasnt as strong as it is now and thus the atmosphere wasn't quite right. The best gig we played so far would have been one small show in Bendigo, the hometown of Destruktor. We played in a small pub and the place was packed with manaics who went wild. We are currently preparing to tour with Denial of God in Australia this July and these gigs will be something quite extreme.
11- Which would be the perfect gig for Nocturnal Graves? Detail us the place, bands and kind of audience that will assist to this perfect witches' Sabbath.
Jarro: Fire, blood, spikes, chains, inverted crosses, baphomet flags, candles, bullets, a crowd of possessed old school Black/Death Metal freaks and a killer line up is the ultuimate vision for a Nocturnal Graves gig. It will be great to to play with any bands like Denial of God, Watain, Necros Christos, Black Witchery, Archgoat, Destroyer 666, Kill, Pagan Rites, Nifelheim, Desaster, Sabbat, Church Bizarre, Grave Miasma, Adorior etc.
12- For the fact of managing a record label, you keep quite updated of last hordes that they have appeared ... tell us about your last acquisitions and findings.
Jarro: Hmm the last records I got for the label which I kept a copy for myself was in a package from Hell's Headbangers: Sabbat "Envenom" LP, Gravewurm LP, Chruch Bizarre LP, Profanatica DLP... Cool releases.
13. Tell us something about the preparation of you record. The rumours say that its tentative name would be "Satan's Cross", tell us some details of the new record. How many songs? New songs? New influences? Is it safe to release it by Apocalyptor?
Jarro: The album is already recorded and will be entitled "Satan's Cross" so it's no rumour. The album is 8 tracks of Bestial Blackened Death/Thrash Metal with clear influences from the old German and old South American scene (the period of '83-88 when the bands from both scene's had a raw sound and played with rough animalistic aggression and power!!!!). Nuclear War Now! Productions will release the album. It was never a plan to release it through Apocalyptor.
14- Talk to us about the lyrics of the band, Do you believe that they are good lyrics? Do you care to create a message out of the common or you are rather based on clichés that have been used by other bands?.
Jarro: My lyrics are based on various topics. Some are historically based, ancient tales of battle, Satanism, the Occult, aesthetic explorations of morbid feelings etc. I enjoy the lyrics, but to decide how good they are is somewhat of a subjective experience. What one man finds appealing another may find to be complete trash, so decide for yourself. Making up your own mind is an attribute of the strong, so exercise it!
15- Regarding the message of the band. Is it possible to create lyric with topics never used before? What do you think about texts of bands like DEATH SPELL OMEGA for example?, Are there any bands that impress you more for his lyrics than for his music?, What is the most interesting that you could have read in a metal record?.
Jarro: I find the lyrics of bands like Deathspell Omega, Watain, Funeral Mist etc to be interesting, aesthetically they are very well written but not necessarily 100% to my agreement. I don't share the anti-cosmic views of these bands, but I draw my own interpretation from them and it is fitting to degree's of my personality and feelings. I think it is possible to write lyrics about topics never used before in perhaps Metal music but that does not assume a prog rock band from the 70's for example haven't written about the same topic before. Originality isn't the key for me. It's more important that a band sounds/writes lyrics that is/are personal and with conviction. I love for example the old Slayer or Sodom lyrics ("Obsessed by Cruelty" LP) and I also enjoy the lyrics from the last Watain LP "Sworn to the Dark" very much, there is a lot of room for interpretation in them. In regards to some lyricist who's lyrics I find better than the music, I can't say that I have found one. If the music is terrible then my attention is immediately culled and I can't recall reading lyrics of a band I'm not interested in. It's entirely possible tho, as there are so many shit bands out there that I have chosen to ignore on a musical basis alone.
16- Now tell us about the present-day Australian scene. Being Australia such a big country, what differences can you notice between the bands that come from the East coast ( New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria ), against the ones that come from the West ...
Jarro: The Australian scene is small, very few bands I enjoy play live regularly, nor do they record often and move forward with a fighting spirit. Australian's are habitually lazy and it's hard to find serious and dedicated members. I can't notice a difference in where the bands originate from in this vast land because the bands that I like all sound different (whether they come from the same state or not). The common thread they have is that the majority of members from these bands are traditionally old fashioned metal fans and thus come from the same "school" of hard music.
17- What's your opinion of Stargazer? What opinion do you have related to the mystic influences from Oriental countries in his lyrics? Are these kinds of influences common in Australia?
Jarro: The guys in Stargazer are friends, they're really cool people but I'm not into their new stuff personally. I like their 1st demo and 7"EP, but for me their music is a bit too "technical". They have an interesting concept and I give them the thumbs up for forging their own path but musically it's not really to my liking. They are a very intense live-band though and good musicians so I can certainly appreciate what they do.
18- Do you think that some day Nocturnal Grave would be able to come to South America? If you go that way. Which South American bands would you like to play with?
Jarro: I will never say it's not possible. If we get a good offer to come to South America we would certainly do it. We would like to play with Atomic Aggressor and Force of Darkness, it would be killer!!!
19- Which were the inspirations that caused Nocturnal Graves's creation? Which sound is the one that inspire your notes? Who is the main composer in the band?
Jarro: The main musical inspirations came from bands like Sarcofago, Sodom, Kreator, Messiah, Mutilator, Sepultura, Morbid, Voivod, Bathory, Possessed, MX, Holocausto, Sadistik Exekution "The Magus" etc. I am the main composer in the band but each member has the right to contribute ideas of course.
20- Make a comment to us about the lyrics of your songs What lyric represents in better measure Nocturnal Grave's spirit?, Do the members of the band have an ideology of life?
Jarro: I like the lyrics to "Aggressive Exterminator" and "Satan's Cross" very much. Of course each member of Nocturnal Graves have a philosophy, how strongly each one adheres to the necessity of choosing a philosophy that works best for them varies as that is a personal decision.
21- Rank the best 10 demos and 10 Lp's in the history of Australia that you consider that they have left legacy. Which bands of your country have not had recognition outside of Australia? Is it important for you and your music to cross over your land's frontiers?
Persecution "Tortured Existence" Demo
Disembowelment "Deep Sensory Procession into Aural Fate" Demo
Corpse Molestation "Descension of a Darker Deity" Demo
Incubus "Sinful Dreams" Demo
Spectral Birth "The Turbulence" Demo
Spectral Birth "Raze" Demo
Hobbs Angel of Death "Virgin Metal Downunder" Demo
Abyssic Hate "Cleansing of an Ancient Race" Demo
Vomitor "Roar of War"
Destoyer 666 "Six Songs with the Devil" Demo
Hobbs Angel of Death "House of Death" LP
Sadistik Exekution "The Magus" MLP
Bestial Warlust "Vengeance War 'Til Death" LP
Vomitor "Bleeding the Priest" LP
Destroyer 666 "Violence is the Prince of this World" LP
Destroyer 666 "Unchain the Wolves" LP
Destroyer 666 "Cold Steel for an Iron Age" LP
Gospel of the Horns "Eve of the Conqueror" MLP
Abominator "Damnations Prophecy" LP
Rose Tattoo "Scarred for Life"
Rose Tattoo "S/titled"
Rose Tattoo "Assault and Battery"
There are more but that's a decent list of essential of Aussie releases.
22- Some say that metal is a lot of fantasy and not much reality.. How do you accomplish metal and its ideology in the real world?, We know that is not possible to live by means of profaning cemeteries and inverting crosses every day, What is metal for you and the band?
Jarro: I'm not even interested in profaning cemetaries and so forth so it's not something I feel like I am "missing out on" in life haha. But to answer your question, for me the music that I play and listen to goes hand in hand with my appreciation of philosophy, it reflects the way I am feeling at any one moment (hence why I don't limit myself to one style of music). Music is a soundtrack to life. When I am walking in a city full of people heading to work I don't feel part of the mass herd of humanity, in fact very alien from it. I suppose the music that I listen to reflects some of this. I'm not interested in popular human culture, I like things that have a uniqueness that a lot of others fail to find. But I also don't want to limit myself by referring to myself as a "metalhead". I listen to and worship metal music but I would be thinking this way even if I was heavily involved in another music scene. I'm drawn to anything that is unique and that common place thinkers find "frightening" or "hard to understand".
23- Which one of the records released by Apocalyptor leave you with bigger pride? Why?
Jarro: Watain "Rabid Death's Curse" Pic LP because the music, packaging and presentation of that release kills.
24- Regarding that Nocturnal Graves is a new band (2004) you have suffered many changes in your alignment. What are the reasons for these changes? What is the relation with the former members of the horde?
Jarro: The reason we have gone through several members is simply that we have tried to secure the right line-up of people that have the same ideals and vision for the band. We have the right line-up now and things are creeping along perfectly. The relations with former members are fine, we are still friends. We went separate ways due to musical differences, not personality differences.
25- How do you take part of Zemial in their live tour? How did you make contact? What is your opinion of their last work on studio? Do you consider a supporter of the Greek scene?
Jarro: I had been in touch with Zemial since 1994 and in 2003 they asked me to tour with them. It was a great opportunity to get to Europe so I took the offer and had a great time on both occassions (2003 and 2006). I think their last album is really good, very different in most parts from their old style but the point of that album was a tribute to the late Quorthon and the influence he had on Zemial from the beginning. So it's a very good effort to capture some of that old Bathory feeling (just listen to "Born of the Crimson Flame", a classic!!!). I really like the old Greek scene ('88-'92) specifically. They had their own sound and unique style of playing Black/Death Metal. Now it's not so exiting, too many bands now are influenced by Norwegian bands and lost their Hellenic sound. Of course good bands exist there, just check out Goatvomit!
26- What's your opinion of the recent death of several icons of Metal ( Quorton, Schuldiner, Pintado, Nôdtveit , Baloff, etc ) Do you think that it is necessary to "corrupt" new minds to perpetuate the true spirit of Metal?, How do you believe that metal will be within 20 years?, How did you live the moment you knew each one of these deceases?.
Jarro: Ok the only death in the metal scene that affected me in some way was the death of Quorthon. It was so unexpected and it wasnt as if the guy lived a lifestyle where death was hovering close above his head (like Pintado and Baloff). When I heard he died I spoke on the phone with Vorskaath of Zemial for several hours just reflecting on the memories we have connected with listening to Bathory's music. Then I picked up my guitar and wrote some music in the Bathory style! The suicide of Nodtveidt had no impact on me, he made some good records in his time but he killed himself and when someone kills themselves, the carefactor sinks to zero. There's no "tradgedy" in blowing your brains out, it's a choice.
27-Tell us a little about you. Do you have wife or children to transfer your moral values? Do you believe in family union and couple's love for example?, Tell us about your daily life, your age, something else on your lifestyle in Australia
Jarro: No wife, no children, no girlfriend. Doesn't mean I am not interested, just means I never met anyone thus far whom I could envision staying with and doing something like starting a family with. I have considered starting a family one day but I have no interest in starting a family with just "anyone", it has to be the right woman with the right ideals and philosophies already in place, with the brains to help raise children giving them the best possible chance at succeeding in life and growing into strong people. To deny the emotion of love is to deny your instincts. When you deny your instincts you become insane.
28- Hey Jarro, How is Australian woman? Do you believe that they have any characteristic that makes the difference compared to women of other countries? What do you think of women immersed in metal scene? Do you enjoy something of the metal heads of your country?
Jarro: Hmmm, this is such a broad question. It really depends upon which sub genre of society you wish me to expand on. On one hand we have glamour girls into disco and nightclubs like any other western society and on the other we also have street level women into metal and punk haha. Regarding Australian women into Metal I've only ever met a small handful that have any brains of their own and share an appreciation of metal music that I can. The ones I have met I still consider as good friends and our friendships are personality based anyway (I don't "like" someone because of what music they listen to). Same goes for "ejoying something of the metal heads of your country". If people are metal heads and have a brain and a personality that appeals to me then sure. If they are metal heads who are stupid losers with retarded ideas but worship godly bands then they can leave me alone and listen to their records without me assosciating with them haha.
29- Do you use to go to Night Clubs? Is it possible to find in Australia some sort of red neighborhood? How is your country like in that aspect? Very reserved? With moral laws imposed by the church? What are the places that any maniac should visit when visiting your country?
Jarro: I hate nightclubs. Melbourne has somewhat of a "red" area (St Kilda, about 10 minutes out of the city centre) but it's nothing on the red district in Amsterdam or Hamburg for example haha. Australian's are actually very reserved when it comes to topics of sex etc. I for one AM NOT reserved in that department and yeah, sometimes my free speaking on this subject intimidates people. But I can tell you this; the women of Australia go wild when they find someone so open about sex and the pleasures of the flesh. Bring them out of their shell and they have no problem letting their instincts take over.
30- Tell us something about the stuff you have for sale, some merchandising of the band ready to be released?
Jarro: Right now we have shirts, hoodies, girlie shirts, patches, tapes and pic EP's. Get in contact for a list or you can take a look on our website
31- Hey Jarro, What's your opinion about Mp3's? Do you believe that it could help in a way to your band and to metal in general? Which is the format you like it most? Tell us something about your personal collection
Jarro: I have no problem with MP3's, it's a way to hear new bands (like tape trading in some way I guess). But if there is a release that I heard some mp3's of that blows me away I go and buy the LP or whatever is available because I want to have the cover, the lyrics etc. I personally prefer to listen to my music on vinyl/casette and still buy LP's/tapes whenever possible. I rarely buy CD's but I don't have anything against them. I think it's funny when people say they "HATE" CD's, it's not as if a CD will ever beat them up or pose a threat to their lives haha.
32- What are the next plans with Nocturnal Grave? Do you have in mind to get involved with other bands? How do you do to manage your time, between band, label and daily life things?
Jarro: The next plans are to do some more recordings, and tour as much as possible in the next 12 months. I manage the time by spending a couple of hours per day taking care of things for the band (whether that is doing emails, interviews, packaging or working on new songs). Sometimes it grows tiresome to manage the emails and packing but it's something we choose to do with the band so...
33- At the moment of evaluating your label, How do you think is your work with it? Is it lack of something? How do you evaluate the print run of the records that you edit? Is the deal that you offer to the bands the same for all? What happens if a band you like, sells little and is not a very good dealing for your label? Would you hold them in Apocalyptor only for your pleasures?
Jarro: The label is closed. I have no time for it anymore.
34- Ok Jarro, thank you for answering the interrogatory, the confession has ended up, now it's time of making any discharge, explanation or promotion you want to do, the space is yours... DESTROY IT!!
Jarro: Thanks a lot for the interview, it really was one of the longest ones I have answered haha. Anyone interested in Nocturnal Graves, take contact and check it out. Enter our Chamber and BOW TO OUR CROSS!!!!
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