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Editorial: Congress needs to get to work on fixing budget mess
With President Obama's bid for congressional support for a military strike against Syria on hold for the time being, members of the House and Senate can devote their attention to what was previously supposed to have been their priority for September: avoiding a potential political and economic train wreck over the federal government's finances.
Specifically, Congress needs to fund the government after the current spending law expires on Sept. 30, and it needs to raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit, which will be reached sometime in the second half of October, and which must be increased to avoid the possibility of a U.S. default.
Alas, these two pieces of what should be routine business have become entangled in the politics of Obamacare, which is to say the decreasingly comprehensible politics of the House Republican caucus.
A sizable minority of GOP members insists on "defunding" the health care law before the major parts of it begin to take effect in January. According to a recent Congressional Research Service analysis, this is an operationally futile goal. It would be bad policy even if it were possible.
What's more, it's bad politics for the GOP to risk a government shutdown in pursuit of this chimera — a fact Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, recognizes but which has, so far, failed to sway his back-benchers.
This is why Democrats are content, for now, to sit back and cheer on the Republicans' internal feud. Also, that's easier than countering the Republicans' anti-Obamacare crusade with realistic budget alternatives.
How this latest impasse plays out is anyone's guess, though there are plausible scenarios under which Mr. Boehner can give the ultras in his caucus a chance to vote one more time against Obamacare, while engineering Democratic acquiescence in a short-term continuation of the current $988 billion annual spending rate. Such a result would avoid a partial government shutdown — for a few months.
The debt ceiling, too, probably can be finessed, as it has been in the past. Exactly how is admittedly difficult to predict given Mr. Obama's insistence that raising it is not negotiable and Mr. Boehner's seemingly incompatible insistence that he won't increase Washington's borrowing capacity except in return for progress on deficit reduction. But a default would not be in either side's political interest.
The only outcome no one expects is a "grand bargain," or even a small one, that addresses the country's accumulating fundamental problems. These include a budget sequester that indiscriminately weakens defense and key domestic programs, a long-term mismatch between planned entitlement-driven spending and expected tax revenue and the dysfunctional legislative process itself.
Washington may yet limp through another round of budgetary chaos — but only at the cost of postponing the people's truly urgent business to an even more distant date in the uncertain future.
Editorial from the Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com.


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Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other form of cancer. About 1.6 million people worldwide are diagnosed with the disease each year, with fewer than 20% still alive five years later.
Now a trio of genome-sequencing studies published this week1–3 is laying the groundwork for more effective personalized treatment of lung cancers, in which patients are matched with therapies that best suit the particular genetic characteristics of their tumours.
Two of the latest studies profiled the genomes of tissue samples from 178 patients with lung squamous cell carcinomas1 and 183 with lung adenocarcinomas2, the largest genomic studies so far performed for these diseases. A third study carried out more in-depth analyses of 17 lung tumours to compare the genomes of smokers and patients who had never smoked3.
"For the first time, instead of looking through a keyhole we are getting a penthouse panoramic view," says Ramaswamy Govindan, an oncologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, and an author of two of the studies1, 3. In the past, he says, researchers studying personalized therapies for lung cancer have mainly focused on a handful of genes, but this week's studies reveal complex changes across the whole genome.
Govindan says that this first wave of what he calls "cataloguing studies" will help to transform how clinical trials in cancer are performed, with focus shifting to smaller trials in which a greater percentage of patients are expected to benefit from the therapy. Rather than lumping together many patients with diverse mutations, cancer patients will be segregated according to their mutations and treated accordingly. "When you look for more-effective therapies, you don't need larger trials," he says.
The potential pay-off is clear: targeted therapies designed to address specific mutations can have fewer side effects and be more effective than conventional treatments that simply kill rapidly dividing cells. Several targeted drugs have already been approved for treating adenocarcinoma, which makes up more than 40% of all lung cancers, but none has so far been approved for lung squamous cell carcinoma, another common type, which is currently treated with non-targeted therapies. Among the wide array of mutations that emerged from the study on squamous cell carcinoma are many that could be targeted with drugs that are already on the market or in development for other diseases, says Matthew Meyerson, a genomics researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, who worked on two of the studies1, 2.
Mutation patterns
The studies reveal new categories of mutations and also show a striking difference between lung cancer in smokers and non-smokers, with smokers' tumours exhibiting several times the number of mutations as well as different kinds of mutations.
Non-smokers were likely to have mutations in genes such as EGFR and ALK, which can already be specifically targeted with existing drugs. Smokers were particularly likely to have damage in genes involved in DNA repair as well as other characteristic mutations. "These genomes are battle-scarred by carcinogen exposure," says Govindan.
In addition, the patterns of mutations found in lung squamous cell carcinoma more closely resemble those seen in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck than those in other lung cancers. That finding adds further weight to the idea that classifying tumours by their molecular profiles, rather than their sites of origin, will be more effective in picking the right drugs to treat them. Perhaps, for instance, a drug approved for treating breast cancer could be tried in a lung cancer if both carry similar mutations.
And mutations implicated in other cancers did show up in the lung cancers. Overall, these studies reveal lung cancer as an extremely varied disease, says Roy Herbst, chief of medical oncology at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut. "What amazes me is the heterogeneity," he says. He foresees the rise of an era of "focused sequencing" over the next year or so, in which clinicians could profile 400 or 500 genes to help guide the course of therapy. Profiling all the genes or all of a patient's genome would provide more data than oncologists could use. But to do this well, he says, mutations need to be linked with more information, such as when and where metastases occurred and how effective the drugs were. Meyerson agrees. "The data that are really going to be informative is when you combine genomic data with outcomes of targeted therapies," he says.
But lung cancer will still be tough to beat, he warns. For example, tumours usually become resistant to targeted therapies, and picking the best drug to try next would probably require a second genomic analysis.
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- Nature
- doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11413

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Bryant's Handling of his Injuries, Lakers' Offseason Moves Provide New Perspectives on "Great Debate"By this point, most people who are not ardent Miami Heat fans or slavish worshipers of the "stat gurus" understand that Kobe Bryant has won the "great debate" versus LeBron James; James is a better athletic specimen than Bryant at this stage of their careers and James has been a more productive player than Bryant during the past two regular seasons but Bryant is much more focused on doing whatever it takes to lead his team to the championship. Bryant also has a better understanding of how to not only maximize his individual talents but also how to inspire, motivate and assist his teammates to perform at their peak levels at the most critical moments. Although numbers rarely tell the whole story, Bryant's statistics during the past three playoff seasons are comparable to the numbers Michael Jordan posted during the Bulls' second threepeat, a similarity that I pointed out shortly after the Lakers won this year's championship.
Last week, Kobe Bryant had arthroscopic surgery on the right knee that hobbled him toward the end of the regular season and throughout the playoffs, a postseason culminated by the Lakers' second consecutive championship and Bryant's second consecutive NBA Finals MVP. Bryant had similar procedures performed on that knee in 2003 and 2006.
Amazingly, the knee was not the most difficult injury that Bryant overcame during the Lakers' championship drive; Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register explains the full extent of the damage that Kobe Bryant sustained by playing most of last season (and all of the playoffs) after sustaining an avulsion fracture to the index finger of his shooting hand:
For Bryant, the sacrifice for success could well be visible for the rest of his career in the form of something that is not another championship ring to go around his finger.
He might never play again without wearing support for his damaged right index finger.
The middle knuckle on that critical finger on Bryant's shooting hand is so debilitated by arthritis after the past season of misuse and overuse that there may be no real way to fix it. Bryant will consult with specialists in July to figure out his options, but arthritis is not a problem that can just be cleaned up with arthroscopic surgery or wished away with a little rest.
Bryant suffered an avulsion fracture in two places near the tip of the finger on Dec. 11 as he tried to field a low Jordan Farmar pass. Bryant kept playing despite a projection of needing at least six weeks to heal--and he played pretty well. He was the Western Conference Player of the Month for December.
He wound up also the NBA Finals MVP, and he got there by refashioning his shooting stroke to put more pressure on the ball with his thumb and middle finger--trying to use the splinted index finger only as a guide. With the help of Lakers assistant coach Chuck Person, Bryant retooled his entire follow-through.
He kept playing because he was told the bone fragments could heal while he played, although he could only play if he endured brutal treatments to minimize swelling in the finger. The pressure applied to the finger by Lakers trainer/wizard Gary Vitti was akin to squeezing a tube of toothpaste with maximum force.
Ultimately, Bryant was right about the breaks healing. But even if he never would surrender, the finger did. By January, the middle knuckle on the finger was hurting much more than the top knuckle that had been fractured. The finger was so beaten down from everything, in addition to cumulative years of basketball use, that Bryant was a disaster in a brief stretch trying to shoot without a splint once the fractures were healed.
The finger ceased being a mainstream story by spring, but serious basketball people marvel at what Bryant did with (or without) that finger this season. It's called shooting "touch" for a reason. It's not the sort of thing that most people can overcome.
And now that Bryant played out the season with the splint and heavy tape job compensating for the lack of strength in the finger, perhaps he can never live without it.
Cartilage damage in a finger joint simply isn't easily fixed because there is so little cartilage with which to work. For Bryant's purposes of shooting and handling a basketball, fusing the joint is hardly a viable option.
Bryant has always been open to cutting-edge technology and treatment--whether medically with physical therapist Judy Seto or training-wise with Tim Grover or strategically with personal advance scout Mike Procopio--and will again be in this case.
The way that Bryant dealt with these injuries--first playing through pain to lead the Lakers to the championship, then having surgery early enough that he will be fully recovered before next season starts--provides a very revealing contrast with the actions of two players who were members of the Cleveland Cavaliers last season: during Shaquille O'Neal's prime (when he was a Laker teammate of Bryant's), he delayed toe surgery because--in his words--he got hurt on "company time" so he was entitled to get well on "company time" (and not ruin his summer vacation by having surgery and then going through the necessary rehab and conditioning). O'Neal's cavalier attitude (pardon the pun) and lack of professionalism while he was a Laker had as much to do with the much hyped O'Neal-Bryant feud as anything else. The toe incident is one of the reasons that Lakers' owner Jerry Buss ultimately decided to not offer O'Neal a contract for maximum dollars and maximum years; after the Lakers traded O'Neal to Miami, O'Neal won just one ring despite playing alongside first Dwyane Wade and then two-time MVPs Steve Nash and LeBron James.
James' injury resume is not as checkered as O'Neal's but it hardly matches up with Bryant's. Early in the 2007-08 season, James missed five games due to a sprained index finger on his left (i.e., non-shooting) hand; Bryant not only played through last season's avulsion fracture (though his consecutive games streak was snapped at 235 due to an ankle injury) but he also did not miss any playing time after suffering a similar injury to his right pinkie finger during the 2007-08 season.
During the 2010 playoffs, much was made of an injury to James' right elbow, particularly after James called attention to the elbow by shooting a late-game free throw left handed as the Cavs defeated Chicago to claim a 4-1 first round series victory. After the Celtics eliminated the Cavs in the next round, I wrote, "My firm belief--until proven otherwise--is that James has exactly what the MRI revealed: a bruise. James is hurt but he is not injured to the extent that he cannot function (in contrast to Kobe Bryant, who has a broken finger on his shooting hand and a troublesome right knee that kept swelling up after every game toward the end of the regular season)." Whatever was wrong with James' elbow, there is no reason to believe that it was nearly as badly injured as Bryant's knee or finger and I doubt that it was even as serious as the sprained ankle that "only" qualified as Bryant's third most troublesome injury down the stretch.
During the playoffs, some Cleveland media members--the very same people who are trashing James left and right now that he abandoned the city--insisted to me that James was so seriously injured that he might be dealing with nerve damage in his elbow. I always found that notion absurd on many levels: (1) I do not believe that media members who struggle to understand basic basketball strategy are competent enough to accurately diagnose injuries; (2) I do not believe that a player who easily lobs half court shots at the basket during warmups has a debilitating injury; (3) except for the drama surrounding the late game free throw versus Chicago (and a few times that James theatrically rubbed the elbow to draw attention to it even though he professes to be a "no excuse" player), James was not visibly hindered in any way--his range of motion was normal and he appeared to possess full strength. I expressed skepticism about the extent of the elbow injury from the start, so no one can say that my opinion on this matter has been colored by the way that James handled his departure from Cleveland--but it is very hypocritical for certain Cleveland media personalities to cover up for James when they thought that he would be a Cav for life and only now criticize him; I have consistently both praised James when he played well and criticized him on the--rare but increasingly frequent--occasions that he either played poorly and/or demonstrated poor judgment.
The same L.A. Times article that reported about Bryant's knee surgery also contained this interesting tidbit: the Lakers expect to be able to re-sign free agent guard Shannon Brown, who earlier opted out of a contract that would have paid him $2.15 million next season.
It has almost become reflexive for most media members to preface any mention of the Lakers with the phrase "deep and talented." I disagree with the idea that the Lakers are the league's deepest and most talented team; the 2008 Lakers had good depth but were not very talented compared to the other elite teams, while in the subsequent seasons the Lakers became more talented--Andrew Bynum developed into a quality starting center and Ron Artest signed as a free agent--but they became less deep as their bench became depleted due to roster moves, injuries and regressions in performance (most notably by Sasha Vujacic). After the 2009 NBA Finals, I compared the Lakers to each of the championship teams since 1991 and concluded, "The 2009 Lakers do not look that imposing when compared to most of the aforementioned teams. Bryant, a former MVP who surely would be on any future 50 Greatest Players List, was option 2 (or perhaps 1B) for the three Lakers' championship teams earlier in the decade. Second option Pau Gasol has earned one All-NBA Third Team selection in his entire career and has never received a single MVP vote. He would have been the third option on the vast majority of championship teams since 1991, including all six Chicago championship teams, as well as the 2000-2002 Lakers, 2006 Heat, 2007 Spurs and 2008 Celtics."
Shannon Brown ranked 13th in playoff minutes for the Cavs team that advanced to the 2007 NBA Finals. His shooting percentages have improved since he joined the Lakers--much like Trevor Ariza's did, probably from a combination of getting more open shots because of playing with Bryant and because of benefiting from Bryant's detailed advice about how to become a better shooter--but Brown's per minute production in several key categories (including scoring, rebounding, steals and blocked shots) has not increased appreciably as a Laker; that is why it is so significant that Brown ranked seventh on the Lakers in mpg during both the 2009 playoffs and the 2010 playoffs. There is a widely accepted mythology that the 2007 Cavs were a weak team that made it to the Finals either because they were lucky or (according to the "stat gurus") because James should be considered to be borderline superhuman; the reality is that the 2007 Cavs were a much deeper team than most people think and that they were strong defensively and on the boards. James certainly played brilliantly that season but the 2007 Cavs had so much depth that the seventh man for the past two Lakers' championship teams could not even crack their rotation.
Brown opted out of his contract because he thought that there would be a market for his services but he has discovered that the truth is what I have been saying all along: he logged so many minutes for the Lakers the past two years mainly because, contrary to popular belief, the Lakers simply lacked quality depth. Sixth man Lamar Odom was a quasi-starter during most of that time period because Bynum was either out of the lineup or else limited by injuries, so Brown was the Lakers' de facto best bench player--but the total lack of interest around the league now for his services shows that NBA executives realize that he is nothing more than a solid NBA player. If the Lakers were truly as deep as so many journalists suggested then wouldn't teams be salivating over the opportunity to acquire the Lakers' de facto sixth man?
Meanwhile, Jordan Farmar left the Lakers to sign a free agent deal with the New Jersey Nets. Farmar has deluded himself to believe that he is good enough to start in the NBA even though he could not beat out Derek Fisher--the least productive starting point guard among the league's top contenders--despite being given every opportunity to do so. Farmar will be a backup in New Jersey, too, and--much like Trevor Ariza--if he is given a bigger role than he had with the Lakers then his efficiency will probably decline even if his per game statistics improve.
The Lakers did not stand pat as Farmar departed and Brown found out that his services are not highly in demand; the Lakers signed point guard Steve Blake, small forward Matt Barnes and center Theo Ratliff. If Brown ultimately re-signs with the Lakers his minutes will almost certainly drop next season because Blake and Barnes will figure prominently in the rotation (both Blake and Barnes can play shooting guard in certain matchup situations).
Assuming that the Lakers stay reasonably healthy and that their main rotation players perform at expected levels this season they actually will not only have a talented starting lineup led by All-NBA players Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol but some legitimate depth for the first time in a while.
Labels: Cleveland Cavaliers, Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers, LeBron James
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About this artwork
Ike Taiga was a revolutionary known for revitalizing Japanese painting traditions in the eighteenth century. He infused the Chinese-inspired ink painting (nanga) that was gaining favor among intellectuals in Kyoto with a purely Japanese aesthetic and humor. Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun is a snapshot of contemporary life in Japan presented from Taiga's unique perspective. The print depicts pilgrims making offerings to the Jizo nun, a holy woman believed to be able to communicate with the bodhisattva Jizo, who had the power to save souls in the afterlife.
Group Pilgrimage contains an inscription relating the story of the Jizo nun. Taiga was a master calligrapher, poet, and seal carver and was well versed in all forms of writing, from ancient seal script to cursive kana. Here he rendered the inscription in a cursive, informal style very much in keeping with the spontaneity of the painting itself. Taiga was also renowned for his use of finger painting and other odd techniques. Although opinions vary as to whether or not this work is a finger painting, it is clear that Taiga did not use a traditional brush. It seems likely that this could be a "paper twist painting," in which the artist worked with scraps of twisted paper charged with ink.
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- Arts of Asia
- Ike Taiga
- Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun
- Japan
- Made 1750–1770
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- 54.9 × 123.2 cm (21 5/8 × 48 1/2 in.)
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- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment; Margaret Gentles Fund; Restricted Gift of Roger L. Weston, George and Roberta Mann, Harlow and Susan Higinbotham, Charles C. Haffner III, James M. and Carol D. Trapp
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday announced his latest partnership with Coca-Cola: The soft drink giant will pay for 50,000 blue recycling carts for Chicago homes and in return gets to put images of Coke products on the lids of the familiar bins.
Emanuel tied the $2.59 million grant to Earth Day, saying the company was helping Chicago become "a greener, more sustainable city," even though the mayor previously had credited himself for saving enough money to pay for citywide recycling by switching to grid-based garbage pick-up.
Unmentioned at the mayor's news conference was the fact that photos of bottles of Coke and cartons of Coke-owned Minute Maid orange juice will be part of the diagrams on the Coke-purchased blue carts that explain to residents what they can and cannot recycle. Many other city recycling bins feature images of generic, unlabeled bottles.
Under the terms of the deal, Coke's philanthropic arm, the Coca-Cola Foundation, will pay for 25,000 household blue carts this year as part of Emanuel's push to finally extend recycling to every house and small apartment building in Chicago by the end of the year. The company will pay for another 25,000 carts over the next five years to replace those that get damaged around the city.
In exchange, Coca-Cola, which has been fighting government efforts around the country to place restrictions on its sugary beverages, gets to be linked to a large-scale environmentally friendly program in a big city.
"We see this as an incredible way to be able to give back to Chicago, give back to the United States, and to be able to keep our pledge, which is to be sure that every bottle, plastic bottle, can in which our products are packaged and sold will find its way back into a recycling bin," said Sonya Soutus, a Coca-Cola marketing executive who joined Emanuel in front of stacks of blue carts at a news conference at a park in the Roseland neighborhood.
Coca-Cola's contribution replaces city revenue that would have paid for the carts, according to city spokesman Bill McCaffrey. The Emanuel administration did not need the Coke money in order to complete the household recycling rollout, he said. No plans have been finalized about what the city will do with the money it saves thanks to the corporate contribution, McCaffrey said.
Emanuel's appearances alongside Coca-Cola executives have become a common sight in recent months. The public initiatives began last October, when the mayor was joined by top Coke executive Steve Cahillane and other soft drink executives to announce Chicago would compete this year against San Antonio for a $5 million national beverage lobbying group grant rewarding city workers for being healthy.
At the time, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was fighting to limit the size of sodas sold in some businesses there, and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino had ordered city departments to phase out the sale and advertising of sugary drinks to fight obesity and rising health care costs.
Emanuel, however, said he believed in "personal responsibility," and struck a deal with the soft drink manufacturers to include calorie information alongside their products on vending machines in city buildings. The move was criticized as a half measure by some advocates for healthy eating.
In November, Cahillane came to a Near West Side park to announce Coke would contribute $3 million to fund Chicago Park District nutrition classes to fight obesity and diabetes as well as exercise classes run by armed forces veterans.
Asked then whether he could do more for children's health by limiting their access to sugary drinks, Emanuel said Coca-Cola's contributions were complementing his efforts to improve kids' lives. Emanuel's predecessor, Richard M. Daley sits on Coke's board of directors.
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Sports Poster Warehouse's Picks For This Upcoming NHL Season
With NHL training camps all over North America opening today, the staff at Sports Poster Warehouse all came into work today quite excited. There was an extra jump in all of our steps this morning. Why you may ask? Welll….as per tradition, we here at Sportsposterwarehouse.com all make our picks for this upcoming NHL season. And so, here are our picks for the President's Cup winner, post-season cinderella story, Stanley Cup runner up and Stanley Cup champion…
President's Cup Winner-Detroit Red Wings STANLEY CUP 2008 Commemorative Panoramic Print–A great panorama shot of Joe Louis Arena during last year's Stanley Cup finals.
Post-Season Cinderella Story–Vincent Lecavalier SUPERSTAR Poster–Of course we picked the face of Tampa Bay's franchise, Vinny Lecavalier to represent his team on this blog.
Stanley Cup Runner-Up/Eastern Conference Champion-Daniel Briere SUPERSTAR Poster–Danny Briere should be able to lead the Flyers deep into this year's playoffs.
Stanley Cup Champion-Detroit Red Wings CELEBRATION 2008 Poster –The staff at Sports Poster Warehouse believes that the Wings can AND WILL REPEAT!
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Determined to fulfill its campaign promises to increase the bumbling police presence on sitcom city streets next year, ABC has purchased yet another cop comedy to go with the three others it already has in development—this one starring Hannibal Buress, whose deadpan demeanor and focus on both details and petty grievances would indeed make him well suited for law enforcement. The show is co-written by Buress and Rob Sheridan and it's reportedly inspired by his stand-up, which suggests that Buress' "cop in a small town" character will mostly be charged with investigating the absurdity of certain phrases and behaviors, in addition to cracking the case on the inanity of hip-hop lyrics. Then maybe we'll all feel safe letting our fake kids play in our TV neighborhoods again.
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Wintry Weather at Head of the Schuylkill
By ODU Athletics
Oct. 29, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team managed to get a pair of races in despite the wintry conditions at this year's Head of the Schuylkill. The Open Four placed third, while the Frosh/Novice Eight took fourth. The varsity eight events in the afternoon were canceled.
The Open Four boat placed third out of 38 and was the top collegiate boat to finish. The Vesper Boat Club won the event in a time of 15:05.47, followed by Undine Barge Club of Philadelphia in second with a time of 15:21.65, and the Lady Monarchs in third clocking in at 15:40.22. Old Dominion held a nearly 11 second advantage over fourth place Villanova.
In the Frosh/Novice Eight race, the Lady Monarchs were fourth out of the 28 boat field. Pennsylvania finished in first place with a time of 14:49.23, while Drexel placed second finishing with a time of 15:00.73, and Bucknell in third with a time of 15:02.52. The Lady Monarchs rowed to a fourth place time of 15:08.26, finishing over eight seconds ahead of fifth place Trinity.
The Old Dominion women's rowing team travels to the Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga, Tennessee next.
Head of the Schuylkill Results
Women's Open Four W/Cox - Final Results
1. Vesper Boat Club - 15:05.47
2. Undine Barge Club of Philadelphia - 15:21.65
3. Old Dominion - 15:40.22
4. Villanova - 15:51.38
5. West Virginia - 15:51.76
Women's College Frosh/Novice Eights Results
1. Pennsylvania - 14:49.23
2. Drexel - 15:00.73
3. Bucknell - 15:02.52
4. Old Dominion - 15:08.26
5. Trinity - 15:16.58


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In a tragic time such this, it's easy to forget who the real victims are. Specifically, actor Alec Baldwin, shown here on Wednesday near the Manhattan accident scene where Cory Lidle's small plane crashed into a high-rise building. Baldwin is giving a New York City police officer the Glengarry Glen Ross treatment for not letting him pass the barricade to get, well, wherever Alec Baldwin goes these days.
We enjoyed both Gawker and Defamer's takes on this.
And to Alarming News, for this amusing yet wise postscript: "At least Sean Penn had a life raft."
Alec Baldwin Is An Insufferable Prick, Even When A Plane's Crashed [Citizen Journal]
Uh-Oh [Alarming News]


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"Ruin" and "Cherokee" (and now including a Nicolas Jaar remix) are available as downloads / embeddable streams from www.catpowermusic.com/ … for further info on the new album, check-out Cat Power's official web-site, as well as the label's site and YouTube channel at www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?s=cat+power and www.youtube.com/user/matadorrecs … and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material, videos and on-line promotions.
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The link between universities and the industry has been of concern both locally as well as globally for a long time, for the obvious reason that it is perceived to enhance organizational performance. The gap between universities and the industry has been widening in developing countries leading to lost opportunities for joint research, product development and job creation. Marketing and entrepreneurship could play a pivotal role in reversing the weakened linkages by building mutual relationship and strengthening bonds between universities and industry. This study sought to examine the role of marketing and entrepreneurship as important tools for enhancing the university industry linkages. The study sought to determine the aspects of marketing and entrepreneurship that have the highest influence on enhancing the university industry linkages. It considered the nexus of entrepreneurship and marketing exemplified by the attributes of innovativeness, creativity, risk taking; proactive orientation and value creation as crucial for creating, nurturing and developing sustained linkages between universities and industry. The study targeted 150 small and medium sized enterprises in Nairobi City County, out of which 143 responded, giving a response rate of 95 %. Data was collected using structured questionnaire administered to managers of small and medium sized enterprises engaged in manufacturing, retail, banking and hospitals. Survey data collected from small and medium enterprises will be analyzed through descriptive statistics including mean scores and standard deviation. We will test our hypothesis through regression analysis. The study found that marketing practices especially those focused on the product, promotion and distribution were key in enhancing University industry linkage. With regards to entrepreneurial orientation, risk taking, and creativity indicators were found to be more important than innovation in enhancing university-industry linkages.


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METRO VANCOUVER - Two suspects are in custody after a 26-year old Maple Ridge drug trafficker was gunned down Monday evening in front of shocked shoppers outside the Haney Place Mall.
RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen said Claude DeGuire was shot at close range just before 8 p.m. in the mall parking lot.
He was air lifted to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Two men who are also known to police, age 26 and 27, were arrested a short distance away from the mall and remain in custody. They have not yet been charged.
Police continue to search for a third unidentified suspect believed to have been involved in the targeted hit, Thiessen said.
Thiessen said investigators don't think DeGuire's slaying is linked to other recent gang murders on the Lower Mainland. Less than a week ago, gangster Craig Widdifield was gunned down outside a gym at the Morgan Crossing shopping complex in south Surrey.
"What I can tell the community and the public at large is that this was a targeted shooting which took place at very close range between the victim and the suspect ," Thiessen said.
"This is yet another example of the risk that one takes when they are involved in the drug trade. We have seen it before. We see it again now. You ultimately pay with your life."
He said it is too early in the investigation to know if the murder is linked to a specific gang or organized crime. The investigation is being led by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
Ridge Meadows RCMP Insp. Dave Fleugel stressed that the region does not normally experience brazen public violence.
"It is shocking and unacceptable that this incident unfolded in a very public place, not only in our close knit community but in our town centre," said Fleugel, the acting detachment commander.
He said people in the area who witnessed the shooting fully cooperated with police, which led to the quick arrests.
"This speaks volumes to how people feel about our community. It gives us confidence to know that public safety is truly a shared responsibility and that there is confidence in our systems to get to the bottom of these violent, unacceptable and terrible crimes," he said.
McGuire's slaying was the first in Maple Ridge this year, Fleugel said.
"Traditionally we do not see high numbers of violent of crimes, so when they happen , it gets our full attention," he said.
DeGuire has one criminal conviction, according to the online court data base. He was sentenced to 156 days time served after pleading guilty to assisting in an escape.
DeGuire cut through three chain link fences around the Surrey Pre-trial Centre on Jan. 30, 2009 after agreeing to help an inmate, identified in a ruling as PJB, escape.
Jail staff found DeGuire "dressed in black and hiding up against a building."
"Mr. Deguire was searched and found in his possession were bolt cutters and a paper containing a written point form escape plan. Found in the immediate area was a bag containing tools," a ruling in PJB's case said.
Jail phone records later showed that DeGuire and PJB discussed the escape throughout January and that DeGuire was to be paid $1,000.
DeGuire's murder took place just a block away from the local RCMP detachment and outside a busy 24-hour Thrifty's grocery store.
By Tuesday morning, shoppers were resigned to the fact their community is the latest in Metro Vancouver to experience a targeted murder.
"I heard about it on the news," said long-time Maple Ridge resident Ken Steele. "It seems to be the norm around here now."
He agreed it is more upsetting "seeing how close to home it is."
And he said gang violence should be an issue in the B.C.election.
Several people interviewed outside the mall didn't want their names published despite saying they weren't worried about the public nature of the attack.
But the violence does worry 18 year old Dino Niavis, who said he walks through the parking lot frequently, including in the evening.
"It's just scary. This is such a quiet town," he said.
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Corvettes represent much more than transportation to their owners. It's not about getting from Point A to Point B as much as it is about the fun in getting there. Because of the excitement and the memories of driving their cars, many Corvette enthusiasts hang on to their Vettes for decades, restoring or refurbishing them along the way. Some owners, like Ron Emmons, take a different route.
Ron and his girlfriend (now Mrs. Emmons) purchased a '64 Corvette back in 1991. "She loaned me some of the money to buy the car," he says, "later realizing any engagement prospects were gone, as I was now broke. I'm sure glad she loved the car. We used it for our wedding getaway!"
The Vette was in good condition, and being a non-matching-numbers car, it was perfect for a daily driver. The Emmonses also discovered that it was a very early-production example. "It was manufactured on the third day of 1964 production," Ron says. "It's Number 232 [from September 6, 1963]; therefore, it has some '63 parts like rockers, gauges, glovebox, gas cap, etc."
Along with trips to the office and the grocery store, the couple took the car on excursions to Key West and the Smoky Mountains, with diving gear and camping equipment strapped on the back. Through the years, they maintained the '64 with thoughts of one day doing a total restoration. "When the frame broke in half while driving on I-75," Ron says, "we knew it was time to start the restoration process."
Ron had debated selling the Vette, but ultimately chose not to. "With 16 years of memories, and both of us loving midyears," he says, "it was the perfect opportunity to build a resto-rod."
Ron located the late Craig Anderson, owner of Southeast Frame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to replace the frame. "Craig was an accomplished machinist," Ron says, "and had a background in racing." The result was a one-off box frame loaded with custom tricks. Anderson modified the front shock towers with adjustable jack bolts and fabricated adjustable shock mounts for the rear. He then TIG-welded and powdercoated the frame itself.
The stock suspension was scrapped in favor of the underpinnings from a '96 Corvette. The transverse leaf springs were replaced with QA1 coilovers, and Vette Brakes & Products supplied a set of its Smart Struts and trailing arms. To quicken the Vette's response, a 12:1 ratio Appleton rack-and-pinion steering box was installed. Out back, a Dana 44 rear was bolted into the IRS with a set of 3.73 gears.
Ron worked with Max Carr, an accomplished machinist and metal fabricator, to construct a variety of special components during the course of the project. For example, when Ron wanted to install C6 Z06 front and rear brakes, he and Carr had to fabricate frame adaptors. The rear-brake mounting required a mock-up, followed by computer-aided design and then CNC fabrication from an aluminum block. The differential-support bracket and the lower shock mounts for the QA1 coilovers were also custom made by Carr.
In conjunction with the big Z06 brakes, Ron installed a Hydratech hydraulic brake-assist system with a Wilwood dual master cylinder. Smitten with the look of the stock Z06 wheels, he chose to mount 18x9.5-inch fronts all the way around. They were shod with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s-245/40ZR18 in the front and 275/40ZR18 in the rear. Ride-height considerations mean the tires tuck deep into the wheelwells, with more than adequate room for clearance.
Like any finely built custom, there's a considerable amount of detail work hidden beneath the body and out of view. Ron wanted a stainless-steel fuel tank with an internal pump and built-in baffles, for example. That required him to design and build an 1/8-inch plywood mockup for test fittings. It was placed low on the frame, and the tank bottom followed the rear-panel contours. Once satisfied, Ron noted the dimensions, and a stainless tank was fabricated.
The tired 327 was pulled and set aside in place of an '02 LS1. Rob Basler, of Skip's Automotive in Sarasota, put together a strong, high-revving engine with lots of reliability built in. He added a Lunati 382 stroker kit, ported and polished the heads, and then flow-tested them. A Weiand/Lingenfelter intake-painted red to match the exterior-was added with a ported stock throttle body. Aaron Quintez of Sarasota fitted up the Street and Performance 13/4-inch headers and custom-bent 21/2-inch exhausts exiting from the rear valance. On the dyno, the tricked-out LS1 produced 446 rear-wheel horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 438 lb-ft of torque at 4,900 rpm.
With the rolling chassis and drivetrain completed, Ron began the search for a competent shop to complete the body, marry it to the chassis, and perform the assembly work. He also had some decisions to make about exterior features. "As we continued with the restoration," he says, "we had to decide if we were going to incorporate the 'stinger' hood and side pipes that are so prevalent with modified midyears." He made the decision to pass on both after going to a Corvette show. "The final decision not to incorporate these items came when we were at a Vette show and two midyears were parked side by side. One had the stinger hood and side pipes, while the other did not. I thought without the hood and side pipes, you get a better view of the lines and sleekness that we love about the midyears."
Although Ron had hand-picked all the components for the Vette up to this point, he finally found a shop to which he could entrust the car's completion. Still, it was important to him to remain as involved as possible. "It took a year to find Mike Griffin of Sarasota," Ron says. "Mike is an exceptional street-rod builder with great attention to detail. It was a perfect setup to allow me to be involved but get the job done in a timely manner."
Griffin had to fabricate a dolly and a rotisserie in order to complete the work on the body. The old, damaged panels were replaced or repaired, and PPG Corvette Torch Red paint was applied. Next, Griffin fabricated hidden hood hinges and a removable rollbar. Once the body was mounted on the chassis, work began on installing new Painless wiring harnesses for the body, engine compartment, and interior. To deaden sound and keep the passenger compartment cooler, Griffin laid down an application of Lizard Skin, followed by a layer of Dynomat. NU Relic power windows were installed, as were the plumbing and vents for the Vintage Air A/C system.
Custom Auto Sound's AM/FM/CD player with 10-disc changer was selected to replace the factory radio. The radio head is configured the same as stock, and the changer installs behind the seats. Ron also chose not to cut up the door panels for speakers. Instead, they were subtly placed in the top of the dash and in the rear. The factory gauges were replaced with Auto Meter's Pro-Comp Ultra-lites, which use black alphanumerics and red needles on silver faces. A traditional, midyear-correct teak steering wheel sets off the completed dash.
With all the wiring and instrument panel work completed, an Al Knoch reproduction interior was installed to maintain the classic midyear appearance. Ron chose a set of Simpson safety belts to replace the factory units.
In total, it took about 1,000 hours over a four-year time span to complete the '64. Close inspection reveals that not a single detail was overlooked. The engine compartment, for example, is a feast for the eyes. The intake was cherried and painted exterior color. Drive accessories, such as the power-steering pump, A/C compressor, and alternator, were placed low and out of view. The Torch Red engine top and compartment are contrasted with smooth, satin-finished billet valve covers, a bright air inlet, and a polished-aluminum radiator shell.
Now that the '64 is done, will Ron drive it to work and take it on vacations as he did in the past? "It was my intention to have another daily driver," Ron says, "with the ability to play with my Cobra friends on the track. Until the newness wears off and my wife says it's OK, though, there is no track time planned." Fortunately for Ron, this is one midyear that's sure to get the blood pumping-regardless of the driving environment.


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Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues in the United States, have found out that inflammations of the heart muscle are caused by attacks of a specific type of immune cells. These immune cells attack the body's own tissue because during their maturation they did not have the chance to develop tolerance against a protein that is only found in the heart muscle.
An inflammation of the heart muscle, or myocarditis, frequently precedes a dangerous and often fatal heart enlargement. In many cases, the only promising treatment left is heart transplantation. For many years now, medical evidence has suggested that this dangerous inflammation is caused by autoimmune reactions, i.e., attacks by the body's own immune system.
However, it remained unclear whether it is antibodies or immune cells that damage the heart muscle tissue. It was also unknown which of the proteins in the cardiac muscle is the target of these fatal immune attacks. Jointly with colleagues from Harvard, the Dana Faber Cancer Institute and other U.S. research institutes, Professor Dr. Bruno Kyewski of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) set out to investigate these questions.
The investigators studied mice that are often spontaneously affected by fatal myocarditis. Studying these animals, they discovered that α-MyHC, a type of heart muscle protein called myosin, is the target of autoaggressive immune cells. This protein is highly specific of the heart muscle and is not found in muscles of the skeleton.
Why is it that immune cells suddenly start attacking a harmless own protein? "This is the result of a lack of tolerance training," says DKFZ's Professor Dr. Bruno Kyewski. T cells, a specific type of immune cells, are prepared for their job during their early development in a special organ called thymus gland. Here they are presented a multitude of the body's own molecules which they are expected to recognize as known and harmless on their later patrols through the body. "We have now discovered that there is no α-MyHC in the thymus tissue of these mice. T cells therefore have no opportunity during their 'education' to meet this protein and thus develop specific tolerance".
The scientists also provided proof of this hypothesis. They modified the mice's genetic material in such a way that their thymus gland became capable of producing α-MyHC. These animals were no longer affected by autoimmune myocarditis.
This hypothesis appears to be valid not only for mice, but also for humans. The investigators showed that human thymus tissue does not produce α-MyHC, either. Therefore, there are human T cells permanently circulating in the bloodstream which also have the potential of attacking the heart. "Normally, this causes no problems," said Bruno Kyewski. "But if the cardiac muscle gets damaged by a viral infection or an infarction and larger amounts of α-MyHC are released from the defective tissue, the fragile tolerance breaks down."
The results now published by the German-U.S. team are expected to contribute to developing more specific treatments against autoimmune myocarditis. So far, a common approach has been to attempt to suppress the production of antibodies in patients. "But now we know that we have to selectively block specific T cells to protect the heart in such cases," explained Kyewski.
HuiJuan Lv, Evis Havari, Sheena Pinto, Raju V. Gottumukkala, Lizbeth Cornivelli, Khadir Raddassi, Takashi Matsui, Anthony Rosenzweig, Roderick T. Bronson, Ross Smith1, Anne L. Fletcher, Shannon J. Turley, Kai Wucherpfennig, Bruno Kyewski and Myra A. Lipes. Impaired thymic tolerance to α-myosin directs autoimmunity to the heart in mice and humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2011. DOI: 10.1172/JCI44583
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), employing over 2,500 staff members, is the largest biomedical research institute in Germany. More than 1,000 scientists are working to investigate the mechanisms of cancer development, identify cancer risk factors and develop new strategies for better cancer prevention, more precise diagnosis and effective treatment of cancer patients. In addition, the staff of the Cancer Information Service (KID) provides information about this widespread disease for patients, their families, and the general public. DKFZ is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (90%) and the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg (10%) and is a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers.


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Will fit into any Oakley Flak 2.0 XL frame.
Oakley sunglasses last the test of time and are very durable but accidents happen and sometimes you need replacement parts including Oakley Flak 2.0 XL Prizm Shallow Water Polarised lenses.
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IMPORTANT: You must select the correct symbol when ordering (minus or plus, – or +) as selecting the wrong sign will create the completely wrong prescription required to correct your vision.
Axis – Is a number between 0 and 180, it can also be written to point five (0.5) of a degree. This simply happens if the optometrist can't decide wether you prefer for example 79 or 80 so they simply write your axis as 79.5. In this case lets get your glasses as accurate as possible so please provide us with the 79.5.
The in instances when a prescription doesn't have a value for the Cyl section please leave the Axis blank (or some opticians write this as 0.00), the Axis is indicating what degree the Cyl figure sits at so if there is no Cyl there is no Axis required.
Infinity Symbol ∞ – this is another way of writing zero (no prescription) so simply select 0.00 into the corresponding section for either sphere or cyl.
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(Snow)birds flying home
I made some new human friends this winter. A casual conversation begun on the treadmill at the Tybee YMCA led to a series of meals, Scrabble games and assorted social activities in the company of a small flock of New Yorkers. These "snowbirds" were spending two months on Tybee Island to escape what turned out to be a remarkably mild northern winter.
Gradually, beginning in late February, my friends began their northward migrations. There were grandchildren to visit, houses to reopen and pets waiting for owners to return.
Now, with April just days away, my winter bird friends are also packing their bags for the annual journey to points north. With all the excitement generated by the arrival of the first Neotropical migrants, and the nesting dramas of bluebirds, wrens and chickadees, it is easy to overlook the departure of ducks, sparrows, phoebes, sapsuckers and yellow-rumped warblers.
These departures happen silently, almost invisibly. One morning, I saw a hermit thrush dart out from the bushes to grasp a bit of seed and then retreat into the bushes with a characteristic quick flick of its wings. A week later, I thought to myself, "Hermie hasn't been around. I wonder if he's already headed to the Boreal forest?"
This year some of our usual visitors - specifically ducks and American goldfinches - were in short supply. I saw a few goldfinches in mid-January but for the rest of the winter my yard might have been posted as a "no-goldfinch zone." I speculated that with warm temperatures and plenty of food, many had simply stayed on their breeding grounds, rather than coming south. A couple visiting from Massachusetts contributed data to my theory when they reported a flock of more than 40 finches frequenting their feeders all winter.
My dad enjoyed a short interlude of goldfinches in his midtown yard. However, when two weeks went by in mid-February with nary a finch, he began his mid-winter lament. "The show is over. They've gone off and left me with 20 pounds of seed."
Then, in mid-March, the occasional finch reappeared, now with a scattering of bright yellow feathers. I stopped to visit a friend on Talahi Island, where the first sounds I heard were the bubbly, wheezy trills of the goldfinch symphony. How long will it be before they take their energetic bird bash to north Georgia and beyond?
One group of fun-loving winter bird visitors found their way to the Low Country in larger than usual numbers. While we always have some marauding cedar waxwings, this year's bumper crop of berries brought in birds from far and wide. Everywhere I go, I hear the high-pitched chittering of these masked berry bandits. They wheel about in flocks of 10 to 50 to a hundred birds, descending on an unsuspecting holly tree to strip it bare in a matter of hours. After chowing down, they swarm to a convenient birdbath for a hurried communal "sip and dip." Even before baby bird season gets under way, area rehabilitators have been kept busy attempting to resuscitate waxwings that crash into windows after gorging on fermented berries.
Joining the waxwings in their berry feasts and bathing frenzy are large numbers of American robins. Most of these iconic red-breasts will also head north to serve as harbingers of spring, but a small number do remain in our area to nest.
Songbirds aren't the only ones headed north. At the beach, I scan the flocks of American oystercatchers for my special friends. When I no longer find the birds wearing yellow bands marked N4 and W4, I'll assume that they too have headed back to breeding territories in Massachusetts.
Knowing a good thing when they find it - and if all goes well - the oystercatchers, goldfinches, waxwings, yellow-rumped warblers and my New York friends will be back next year. "So long," I say. "It's been fun. Don't forget to write!" Good birding.
Bird enthusiast Diana Churchill can be reached via email at email@example.com.


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Explore New York State with our diverse ideas for day and weekend trips from NYC. See how the other half lived in the early 20th century on Long Island's Gold Coast, visithistoric homes or take in some world-class art at Dia:Beacon. If that all sounds too highbrow, shop for designer bargains or sample local beer.
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See how the Vanderbilts and Roosevelts lived
2 hours from NYC by car
Three National Historic Sites can be found in Hyde Park. First there's Vanderbilt Mansion (119 Vanderbilt Park Rd; 845-229-7770; nps.gov/vama; tours daily 9am–5pm; $8), the Gilded Age residence that hosted some of society's most famous A-listers, including former owner Frederick Vanderbilt and his wife, Louise, who insisted that her bedroom be designed in the style of Marie Antoinette's Versailles digs. Nearby is Springwood, the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt (4097 Albany Post Rd; 845-229-5320; nps.gov/hofr; tours daily 9am–5pm; $14). The 300-acre site is the birthplace and lifelong abode of the legendary four-term president, who created the world's first man-cave in 1938 when he built the Dutch Colonial–style Top Cottage to get some solitude at home. For more Roosevelt history, Val-Kill (54 Valkill Park Rd; 845-229-9422; nps.gov/elro; tours Mon, Thu–Sun 1, 3pm; $8), Eleanor's treasured cottage, is the only National Historic Site dedicated to a President's better half.
A "haunted" mansion and Hopper's house
45 minutes from NYC by car
A study in Gothic Revival architecture, Lyndhurst (635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY; 914-631-4481, lyndhurst.org; tours Fri–Sun 10am–3pm; $12)—a.k.a. the Jay Gould estate—was twice designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis, first in 1838 for former New York City mayor William Paulding Jr. The second time was in 1864, when new owner George Merritt asked Davis to double its size. But this castlelike home has got some pop-culture cred, too: It starred as Collinwood, home to Barnabas the vampire, in the 1970 film House of Dark Shadows. A 15-minute drive away across the Hudson, Edward Hopper House (82 North Broadway, Nyack, NY; 845-358-0774,edwardhopperhouse.org; Thu–Sun 1–5pm; $5), the artist's childhood home, includes a gallery of Hopper's original works and memorabilia. It also shows work from emerging artists and hosts events and workshops.
Long Island's literary landmark and Gold Coast Mansions
1 hour from NYC by car
Each year more than 16,500 people make the pilgrimage to a small Long Island farmhouse. Walt Whitman's Birthplace (246 Old Walt Whitman Rd, West Hills, NY; 631-427-5240, waltwhitman.org; Wed–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat, Sun 11am–5pm; $6)contains original 19th-century furnishings and some of Whitman's manuscripts. The area's Gold Coast—which runs from Great Neck to Huntington—is a far fancier affair. A handful of the opulent dwellings built during the first three decades of the 20th century in the former high-society hub still stand. Now a full-fledged cultural center and planetarium, the Vanderbilt Museum (180 Little Neck Rd, Centerport, NY; 631-854-5579, vanderbiltmuseum.org; Tue, Sat, Sun noon–4pm; $7) is the 24-room private home of William K. Vanderbilt II, formerly known as Eagle's Nest. And the magnificent estate that Charles Foster Kane called Xanadu in Citizen Kane can be your home (for the night, $395–$1,095): The 1919 Oheka Castle (135 West Gate Dr, Huntington, NY; 631-659-1400, oheka.com) is the country's second-largest private residence, constructed on a 443-acre plot atop the highest point of Cold Spring Harbor. Tours of the estate's public areas and gardens (designed by the Olmsted Brothers) are available by appointment ($25).
Designer bargains
1 hour from NYC by bus
Bargain addicts who've exhausted the inventory at Century 21 can catch the daily Hampton Luxury Liner ($45, hamptonluxuryliner.com) to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets (498 Red Apple Ct, Central Valley, NY; 845-928-4000,premiumoutlets.com; daily 10am–9pm). The bus trip takes about an hour, depending on your pickup point, and makes its return journey five hours later, so you'll need to think carefully about which of the 220 outlets you want to hit. Trendsetters should make a beeline for Prada, Balenciaga and the just-opened Reed Krakoff and Rag & Bone, where discounts are typically 25 to 65 percent off retail. Save even more by signing up on Woodbury's website to become a VIP Member, and get access to exclusive coupons and events.
Antiques hunting
2 hours from NYC by train
For browsing in an appealing small-town setting, head to Hudson, where more than 40 antique shops are packed into the eclectic storefronts on its main drag, Warren Street. Hit Hudson Supermarket (310 Warren St; 518-822-0028, hudsonsupermarket.com; Mon, Thu–Sun noon–5pm) for an intriguing mix of stock, including vintage grain sacks, Tibetan saddle rugs and 1960s glassware. Sculptor Nancy Shaver amasses items that appeal to her artist's eye (a hand-embroidered Indian bedspread, early-20th-century tools, ancient stuffed animals) at Henry (348 Warren St; 518-828-2354,henryinhudson.com; Fri–Sun noon–6pm). Mark McDonald (555 Warren St; 518-828-6320, markmcdonald.biz; Fri, Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm) specializes in midcentury modern, while Historical Materialism (601 Warren St; 518-671-6151,historicalmaterialism.com; by appointment only) covers interesting furniture across a broad time span.
Beauty and boutiques
45 minutes from NYC by train
From country-club casual to rock & roll chic, Rye has a bevy of well-priced boutiques for every fashion statement. Consignment shop Rhythm in Rye Too (85 Purchase St; 914-921-1117, rirtoo.com) offers upscale duds from names like Tory Burch and Carolina Herrera. Your jaw may drop when you don't have to blow a Benjamin on purple Christian Louboutin wedges ($90) and Tod's men's loafers ($89). The purses are equally promising, with bags from Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Gucci ($30–$1,600).
The minute you walk into Blush Beauty Bar (34 Purchase St; 914-921-2980,blushinrye.com), a cozy beauty-and-accessories emporium, you'll be greeted by the scent of hundreds of different soaps, candles, diffusers and lotions. The girly spot is a beauty junkie's paradise, complete with an intimate spa in the back where aesthetician Mercedes Calderon (who has worked in the biz for more than three decades) offers waxing and facial services. The boutique feels like the antithesis of Sephora, with a carefully selected roundup of products from under-the-radar brands like Paula Dorf and Bella Il Fiore. If we ever became a Real Housewife of Rye, the grandiose Angela's (24 Purchase St; 914-481-5894, angelasinrye.com) is where we'll beg our hubby to drop some dough. Discover both foreign labels and New York designers (Joy Cioci frocks and Kara Ross jewelry) on the racks.
For baseball fans
4 hours from NYC by car
A dream destination for devotees of America's favorite pastime, Cooperstown is best known for its famous hall of rawhide ephemera, old pine-tar-stained lumber and October memories. But there is more than Major League history to be found at this single-stoplight village (population 2,000) on the shores of Otsego Lake. Settled by 19th-century novelist James Fenimore Cooper, the area's wooded hills indeed look like something straight out of the Leatherstocking Tales. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (25 Main St; 888-425-5633, baseballhall.org; daily 9am–5pm; $19.50) draws approximately 300,000 visitors a year. The actual hall is exactly what it claims to be: a corridor full of plaques. So the museum is the real diamond here. A timeline—beginning with Abner Doubleday's first layout of the game in 1839—provides some context for the goods. You'll see everything from Babe Ruth's actual locker, to hate mail sent to Jackie Robinson in 1951, and the glove worn by Willie Mays when he made his 1954 World Series basket catch.
Though all this baseball may leave you wanting nothing more than a hot dog, treat yourself to an intimate dinner at Alex & Ika (149 Main St; 607-547-4070,alexandika.com), where chef Alex Webster and hostess Ika Fognell provide an international twist to your weekend of Americana, with creative dishes like tandoori roasted lamb spareribs ($14) and star-anise roasted duck ($24).
Where to stay: The four-poster beds, afternoon tea and smoldering fireplace at The Inn at Cooperstown (16 Chestnut St; 607-547-5756, innatcooperstown.com; $110–$485) form a cozy backdrop for the seemingly endless array of board games.
For an art-cation
80 minutes from NYC by train
You can easily spend a whole day exploring Dia:Beacon (3 Beekman Sts, Beacon, NY; 845-440-0100, diaart.org; Mon, Fri–Sun 11am–4pm; $12), the Dia Art Foundation's extensive, topflight art collection. In the hangarlike former Nabisco factory, you'll see large-scale works dating from the 1960s to the present by the likes of Louise Bourgeois and Richard Serra—namely his fantastical quartet of towering rolled-steel sculptures, Torqued Ellipses.
Stroll past galleries and antique shops on Beacon's quaint Main Street and grab a bite at The Hop (458 Main St; 845-440-8676, thehopbeacon.com), an unpretentious bistro that serves craft beer and artisanal small plates, such as pork rillettes ($11) and a vegan Reuben ($14).
Where to stay: The artist-run Mount Beacon B&B (829 Wolcott Ave; 845-831-0737,mtbeaconbedandbreakfast.com; $170–$220 per night) is set in a 1911 Colonial Revival home.
Gourmet Destinations
At Anthony Bourdain's alma mater, the Culinary Institute of America (1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, NY; 845-452-9600, ciachef.edu), students sharpen their skills in five on-campus restaurants, including the regionally focused American Bounty and the super-sweet Apple Pie Bakery Café. Sustainability-minded foodies should make a pilgrimage to chef Dan Barber's award-winning Blue Hill at Stone Barns (630 Bedford Rd, Pocantico Hills, NY; 914-366-9600, bluehillfarm.com; Wed–Sat 5–10pm, Sun 1–10pm).At the country sibling of Barber's NYC eatery, many of the ingredients on the menu are sourced from the surrounding 80-acre farm.
Taste the difference potatoes make at the sampling room of LiV Vodka (2182 Sound Ave, Baiting Hollow, NY; 631-630-9322, lispirits.com), Long Island's sole vodka distillery, where small batches are crafted exclusively from homegrown L.I. taters. Mere steps from the field that hosted Woodstock, the Catskill Distilling Company (2037 State Route 17B, Bethel, NY; 845-583-8569, catskilldistillingcompany.com) mixes traditional methods with state-of-the-art technology to concoct fun spirits like Wicked White whiskey and Most Righteous bourbon, which can be sampled, along with live music, in the tasting room. "One batch at a time" is the motto of John Curtin and Matthew Jager, owners of Albany Distilling Company (78 Montgomery St, Albany, NY; 518-621-7191, albanydistilling.com); the duo offer twice-a-week tours of their whiskey- and rum-making facilities.
Tour the country's oldest winery— at Brotherhood Winery (100 Brotherhood Plaza Dr, Washingtonville, NY; 845-496-3661, brotherhood-winery.com) you can amble through an enormous network of underground cellars to see where the vintners produce top-notch riesling, pinot noir, burgundy and other wines. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Winery at St. George (1715 E Main St, Mohegan Lake, NY; 914-455-4272, thewineryatstgeorge.com) is housed in a historic church and produces limited-edition, locally grown wines; it also offers a host of classes that will help you fine-tune your palate. Millbrook Vineyards & Winery (26 Wing Rd, Millbrook, NY; 800-662-9463, millbrookwine.com) cultivates Hudson Valley chardonnay, pinot noir and more on its 130-acre estate. Get a taste of six wines and Villa Pillo olive oil, plus a commemorative glass, with the Portfolio Sampler ($10).
Craft breweries
Nestled in the foothills of the Adirondacks, the Saranac Lake Brewery (830 Varick St, Utica, NY; 315-732-0022, saranac.com) has been perfecting the art of regional beer-making since 1888. Get in on the secret with an aromatic tour of the brewery (Fri, Sat 1, 3pm ) and a tasting in the 1888 Tavern. Set in a Belgian-style farmhouse, Brewery Ommegang (656 County Hwy 33, Cooperstown, NY; 607-544-1800, ommegang.com)makes five award-winning Belgian ales ranging from the light and citrusy Witte to the unusually strong and chocolaty Three Philosophers. At Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (444 Saw Mill River Rd, Elmsford, NY; 914-741-2337,captainlawrencebrewing.com), get two free three-ounce pours of each of six tap offerings in the small tasting room.
Set off on a beer and wine crawl
Quench your thirst from the Hudson Valley to the Berkshire Mountains on the Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail (hudsonberkshireexperience.com), a unique conglomeration of award-winning beverage producers including Brookview Station Winery (1297 Brookview Station Rd, Castleton, NY; 518-732-7317,brookviewstationwinery.com), a near-century-old family farm that produces award-winning wines from its own fruit; Harvest Spirits (Golden Harvest Farm, 3074 US Rte 9, Valatie, NY; harvestspirits.com), producers of the Hudson Valley apple-distilled Core vodka; Chatham Brewing (30 Main St, suite 2, Chatham, NY; 518-697-0202,chathambrewing.com), which nanobrews innovative batches of beer weekly; andHudson-Chatham Winery (1900 Rte 66, Ghent, NY; 518-392-9463, hudson-chathamwinery.com), a renovated dairy farm turned winery that also offers an enormous selection of Hudson Valley cheeses.


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My name is Ryan Baker, and I'm the founder of Arch Aerial LLC, a group dedicated to developing easy to use aerial photography platforms for research applications. During the 2013 field season we had teams all over the world working at archaeological excavations, but this week our final project for the summer is wrapping up at the Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project in Murlo, Italy.
On all of our projects this field season, we use quad and hex-rotor helicopters designed by our team to conduct aerial imaging of archaeological sites of varying scale. Friday, July 26th, 2013 was a typical day of work in Murlo: here at Poggio Civitate we begin with the thirty-minute walk through the Tuscan countryside to the site on the top of the hill. After arriving at the trenches for the 2013 field season, we immediately take aerial orthorectified photographs of the entire excavation area. Capturing the necessary photos takes around five minutes, and once they are offloaded from the camera's memory card, our technicians begin 3D modeling the excavation area on site using 3D photogrammetry software. Producing the 3D model of the excavation area takes around 20 minutes, and the excavation director is able to use this model to assess the progress of excavation and direct site staff on how to proceed for the day. In addition to 3D modeling of the excavation area, we are also able to do 3D modeling of artifacts using land-based photography. Below you can see an example of this in the form of a 3D model of a roofing antefix.
Once the 3D model of the excavation area is complete, our team continues survey of the entirety of the hill. One of our main goals for this season at Poggio Civitate is to produce both 2D and 3D imaging of the whole of Poggio Civitate and the surrounding area. Survey flights occupy the rest of the morning, and then around lunch our team leaves the hill to begin processing data from the first half of the day. For the remainder of the afternoon, our Field Operators georeference locus photos, finalize 3D models from the excavation area, and compile 2D and 3D imaging for the comprehensive view of Poggio Civitate and its surroundings.
In addition to Poggio Civitate our teams have conducted aerial imaging at the San Giovenale Tom Survey run by the Swedish Institute in Rome, and the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project at the Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. The video below was not made with footage from July 26th 2013, but it depicts a typical day of survey at the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project and the 3D models we were able to produce while working there.
Arch Aerial at PfBAP – Dos Hombres on Vimeo.
Although this isn't all we do in terms of remote sensing, it gives a glimpse into the world of aerial survey and how it can be applied to the field of archaeology. Looking forward to sharing a year's worth of developments on the next Day of Archaeology!
Interested taking a closer look at our work from this field season? Check out www.archaerial.com for more videos and updates from the field.


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If you have read anything at all about preparing for a visit to the doctor, you know that you're supposed to bring a list of health concerns with you. What you may not know is that although doctors recognize a need for "the list," most of them cringe inwardly when you pull one out. In Patient Care magazine, Frederic W. Platt, M.D., writes that doctors resent patients who bring long, poorly organized lists that waste their time and (some feel) challenge their authority. French doctors even have a nickname for what's ailing the list-bearers: "la maladie du petite papier" (the sickness of the little paper).
Don't let this stop you from bringing your list, however. Just make sure it is brief, specific, and prioritized. Platt recommends bringing a copy for the doctor, too, so she will feel included. For each item, provide the following information:
- What are the symptoms?
- When did you first notice them?
- What times of day or night do they occur?
- How long do they last?
- Are they getting better, worse, or remaining constant?
- How do the symptoms affect your daily activities?
Once you understand the mind-set of doctors, you can choose behaviors that will put them at ease while you draw information out of them. The most important strategy is to keep your voice steady and calm. Doctors are afraid of emotion, so the less you show, the more comfortable they will feel. Barbara Korsch explains: "If you put drama in your voice, it will turn the doctor off. Be quantitative and objective instead of saying how you feel. This is unfortunate; doctors shouldn't be that way, but in my studies we've learned that they are." When you seem desperate or panicky, when your voice is trembling with anxiety, the doctor's first reaction will be to try to tone it down. "Your emotional reactions engage doctors less than describing what it is you're reacting to," says Korsch.
In addition to using a neutral tone of voice, the following words and deeds will keep you in the doctor's good graces.
- Use neutral words to describe feelings. Be concerned instead of scared. Be apprehensive instead of a nervous wreck. In everyday life we tend to exaggerate to get results, but with doctors you have to go to the opposite extreme. Even if you are in agony, try not to use those words. Instead say, "I have a lot of discomfort."
- Use specific words to describe symptoms. "I haven't slept a wink," doesn't tell a doctor much. Instead say, "I've been averaging only four hours of sleep a night, and I usually get seven. I've been waking up every hour or so, and it takes me at least 20 minutes to fall asleep again."
- Talk about the most important things first. Doctors are very time-sensitive and will (understandably) be annoyed if you wait until the end of your visit to bring up a problem that requires some time to address.
- Make your expectations clear. At the beginning of the visit, tell the doctor exactly why you are there and what you hope she can do for you.
- Acknowledge the doctor's situation. If the office is jam-packed and everyone seems stressed out, let the doctor know you're on his side: "It must be hard for you today, so I'll try to be concise."
- Be clean. Personal hygiene does matter. If you smell bad, the doctor will want to get away from you, just as anyone else would.
- Keep an open mind. "Patients have a tremendous amount of misunderstanding about medicine," says Barry Rosenbloom. "It's vague or distorted or based on what they've heard from a friend or read in a magazine." As a result, some people arrive at the doctor's office expecting a certain response, and when they don't get it, they go on the offensive. "They may not like what the doctor says, and that's OK," says Rosenbloom. "But if they're going to challenge the doctor at every turn, the doctor, like any other human being, is going to be put off by it. If people want a valuable experience with a physician, they have to be open-minded."


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Selfridge pays tribute to the seamen on board the Cumberland who continued to work their guns even as their comrades fell and their ship began to sink. He conveys the grisly chaos of nineteenth-century naval warfare: the noise of the guns, the smoke of the gunfire, the decks awash with blood and littered with the body parts of the fallen.
Of the 376 men known to be aboard the Cumberland on March 8, 121 were killed.
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