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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
Billy Burnette, Jr.
Mr. William Herbert ?Billy? Burnette, Jr., age 73 of Talking Rock, Ga., passed on Saturday evening, Dec. 19, 2009 at his residence.
Born August 4, 1936 to his late parents, Genevieve Elizabeth Thomas and William Herbert Burnette, Sr., in Talking Rock, he was a member of Liberty Baptist Church, a graduate of Gilmer High School, class of 1955, a Life Member and Alumni of the Future Farmers of America, member of the Georgia Cattlemen?s Association and Young Farmers Association. He attended Young Harris and North Georgia colleges, he was a veteran who served his country honorably in the US Army and was a farmer.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Betty Hicks Burnette of the home; daughters and son-in-law, Teri and Jeff Gibson, Talking Rock, and Paula Burnette Holder, Ellijay; son and daughter-in-law, Brett and Stephanie Burnette, Talking Rock; grandchildren and in-law, Candace and Brian Poole, Talking Rock, Holli Holder, Ellijay, and Baylee, Beth and Bree Burnette, Talking Rock; sisters, Jeanette Burnette Coleman, Smyrna, and Anne Burnette Ellis and Helen Burnette Mashburn, Kennesaw; and brother and sister-in-law, Tommy and Linda Burnette, Talking Rock. He was preceded in death by his sister, Bennie Miller.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21 from Logan Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Russell Hood and Larry Stover officiating. Music and vocals were performed by the Rev. Irene Wofford, Ronnie and Linda Hyde, Whitney Burnette and Isaac Hensley. Military graveside services followed in the funeral home pavilion with military rites performed by the North Georgia Honor Guard. Interment was in Keeter Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Liberty Baptist Youth Group, c/o Jerry Moss, 271 Orchard Rd., Ellijay, Ga. 30540 or Gilmer County FFA, 408 Bobcat Trail, Ellijay, Ga. 30540 in memory of Mr. Burnette.
James Goble
Mr. James Howell Goble, age 73 of Fairmount, Ga., departed this life Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 at Gordon Hospital.
James was born June 27, 1936 in Pickens County, a son of the late Bill and Jane Young Goble. He was also preceded in death by his son, Robin Edward Goble; daughter, Sharon Joy Goble; and sister, Ollie Perry.
Survivors include his loving wife of 53 1/2 years, Sue Goble of the residence; sons and daughter-in-law, Richard Goble, Fairmount, and Reggie and Jessica Goble, Calhoun; sister, Jewel Watson, Calhoun; grandchildren, Angela Matthews, Jonathan and Tony Osborne, Blake Goble, Avery Fain and Rylan Goble; great-grandchildren, Cecilia and Holly Matthews and Aubrie Osborne; and sisters- and brothers-in-law, Annie Mae ?Ellis? Owens, William Jean Brookshire, Dimple and Arvil Townsend, Nancy and Colbert Cox, Patsy and Ray Patterson, Glynese and Roy Pierce, Harold Perry, John and Ann Hancock, Jacky and Ailene Hancock, David Hancock, Clarence Hancock, Gary and Nancy Hancock and Steve Hancock. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to celebrate the life of Mr. Goble was held Monday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. from Fairmount Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home.
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Ted David Williams, age 55 of Jasper, Ga., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 in Chattanooga. Tn. hospital.
Private services will be held later. Arrangements were by South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Hone & Crematory in Rossville, Ga.
Frances Winters
Mrs. Frances Winters, age 83 of the Jerusalem Community, passed at her residence Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald and Betty Winters and Tom and Darlene Winters, all of Talking Rock; daughters and son-in-law, Doris Fowler, Talking Rock, and Carol and David King, Jerusalem Community; brother, Earl Smith. Canton; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Bertha Cantrell, Dalton, Dorothy Bowen, Waleska, and Catherine and Rembert Cochran, Jasper. Eight grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Winters was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph A. Winters.
The funeral service was held Saturday, Jan. 2 at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Revs. Wallace Cochran and Ronnie Ray officiating. Interment followed in Cherokee Memorial Park in Cherokee County. Pallbearers were: Joseph and Jeffery Winters, Mike King, Anthony Flower, Anthony House and Michael Smith.
Shirley Herndon
Mrs. Shirley Pendley Herndon, age 70 of Marble Hill, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2009 at her residence.
Survivors include her son, Buster Herndon, Marble Hill; daughters and son-in-law, Becky Mosher, Nelson, Lynn Dean, Marble Hill, and Sheila and Roger Davis, Jasper; brother and sister-in-law, Terry and Brenda Pendley, Dawsonville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Naomi and Jimmy Baldwin, Ball Ground, Colleen and George Slaton, Dawsonville, and Marie Higgins and Winell Ingram, both of Marble Hill; and sister-in-law, Mildred Pendley, Canton. Ten grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Herndon was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford and Cleo Pendley; and brother, Wilburn Pendley.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3 from Marble Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Huey Holloway officiating. Interment followed in Long Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Chris Collins, Chris Baldwin, Josh Herndon, John Davis, Russell Cohen and Paul Ridings. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Haney
Mr. Thomas Anthony ?Tom? Haney, age 51 of Jasper, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta following a period of declining health.
Born May 5, 1958 in Atlanta, he was the son of the late Thomas George and Mildred Buffington Haney. Mr. Haney worked as a network analyst for the Cherokee Board of Education and as a radio announcer with Radio Station WLJA in Jasper.
Survivors include his wife, Nance Karr, Jasper; daughter, Amberly Haney, Jasper; sister, Sandra Foster, Atlanta; and mother-in-law, Catherine Cooper West Palm Beach, Fl. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Von J. Hinton officiating. At his request, Mr. Haney was cremated following the funeral service.


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DALLAS, PA – The York College softball squad split a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday afternoon at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA. The Spartans won game one 4-3 before falling to the Cougars 14-5 in the nightcap.
In the opener, the Spartans started the scoring in the fourth on a Sara Thacker home run to left center. The home run was the first of Thacker's collegiate career.
Senior Brittany Therres added to the lead with a solo home run of her own to lead off the sixth as the York lead grew to 2-0. The Spartans picked up a huge pair of runs in the seventh as Hannah Hugel led off the frame with a triple. Senior Brittany Schlorff knocked in Hugel with a triple of her own as the lead grew to 3-0. After the next two Spartans were retired, Therres plated Schlorff with an RBI single.
The Spartans needed all four of those runs because in the bottom of the seventh, the Cougars struck for three runs. Therres retired the first two batters of the inning and was on pitch away from a complete game shutout but a big Spartan error opened the door for Kat LaBrie to jack a three run homer after the error and a walk. The Cougars got a two-out single after the home run but Therres got a ground out to third to end the game.
Therres improved to 10-9 with the win as she won her fourth straight. She allowed three unearned runs on eight hits with two walks and a strikeout in seven innings of work. Caitlin Cromley took the loss as she allowed four runs on nine hits in seven innings of action. She struck out five and did not walk a batter as he falls to 11-7 overall.
Therres paced the offense, as she was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Schlorff and Thacker each went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the win.
LaBrie had a huge game for the Cougars, as she was 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored. Kristi Seiler added two hits to the eight-hit Misericordia attack.
In the nightcap, the Cougars used a seven-run third inning to turn a 4-4 game into an 11-4 margin. After the Spartans scored in the top of the fifth, the Cougars finished off the game with a three-spot in the bottom of the fifth to end the game.
LaBrie completed the day with another perfect performance at the plate, as she was again 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored. Cromley added three hits, three RBI and three runs scored while Shawn Beil contributed two hits three RBI and a run scored in the 14-hit Cougar attack.
Cory Urkuski was the lone Spartan with multiple hits in game two as she was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Thacker hit her second home run of the day, as she was 1-for-2 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored.
Jess Armillay earned the win in relief for the Cougars as she tossed four innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and one strikeout. She improves to 5-5 for the year.
Urkuski suffered the loss as she allowed five runs, four earned, on three hits and a walk in 1.2 innings of work. She falls to 0-4 for the campaign.
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- The forward has already scored 33 goals for Real this season
Cristiano Ronaldo is at the peak of his powers on the pitch and off it: The Portuguese star has opened a museum dedicated to his glittering football career in his hometown of Funchal .
The Real Madrid striker is widely expected to be awarded the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or -- an accolade given to the year's best footballer -- in January and if Ronaldo is handed the golden ball it will take pride of place in the CR7 Museum.
"Of course it's a special day, it's the opening of my museum and I am proud," the Portugal captain told reporters.
"I have room for more trophies. I don't really want to mention specific ones. All I want is to win more awards and, if the Ballon d'Or comes, there is extra room here."
The 28-year-old is on a three-man shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or alongside Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who has picked up the award in each of the last four years, and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery.
Ronaldo, who has scored 33 goals so far this season, made his debut for Sporting Lisbon in 2002 and has gone on to become a fearsome goalscorer.
He moved to Manchester United in 2003 where he won three English Premier League titles, the FA Cup and the European Champions League in 2008, the same year he won the Ballon d'Or for the first time.
Ronaldo swapped Manchester for Madrid for a then world record fee in 2009. Since joining Real, Ronaldo has been prolific in front of goal, averaging over a goal a game for the nine-time European champions.
He is also the captain of his national team and will lead out Portugal at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where it will face Germany, Ghana and the U.S in the group stages.


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West Ham have confirmed the signing of Manchester City left-back Wayne Bridge on loan until the end of the season.
The 30-year-old has dropped down the pecking order at Eastlands since the arrival of Aleksandar Kolarov and Jerome Boateng in the summer.
"It will be great to play a part in helping keep West Ham in the Premier League. It would be a big achievement," Bridge told www.whufc.com.
Bridge watched on from the stands at Upton Park on Tuesday night when manager Avram Grant was forced to switch Matthew Upson to left-back as the Hammers beat Birmingham 2-1 in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final.
It has been a problem position in a difficult season for the Irons, which has seen them struggle in the Barclays Premier League, despite their cup success.
They sit bottom of the table following a 5-0 drubbing by Newcastle last time out. Despite that, Bridge had no doubt about making the move south.
"I know a few of the players from England and I know the physio," Bridge told www.whufc.com.
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Sirius XM's (SIRI) long-anticipated iPhone app is now available for download. It's fine, if you want to pay for more music and programming on your phone. Just don't count on using the app to keep up with Howard Stern: It doesn't include his channels.
Why not? We assume it's a mobile rights issue -- it doesn't seem like something Sirius would leave off otherwise. We're checking with the company and will update if we hear back.
Meanwhile, after a quick test, the rest of the app works pretty well: You can listen to 120 channels of streaming music, talk, and sports on an iPhone over 3G and wi-fi and on an iPod touch. The sound quality -- at least in our test over wi-fi -- is good. (Though like all iPhone apps, you can't use it in the background. So if you want to check any other app, the sound will stop.)
Unlike other iPhone radio apps, which mostly repurpose terrestrial and Internet radio streams, Sirius XM's is not a free service. If you're a Sirius XM subscriber, you must sign up for the $3/month extra online streaming package. Or if you don't have a satellite radio, you can sign up for the $13/month standalone streaming package.
Will this app take off? It might be popular with some existing Sirius fans, especially those who already pay extra for the online streaming kit. But we have a hard time seeing the app driving significant new subscribership to Sirius, as there's simply too many other ways to listen to music on the iPhone already. (Which don't cost $13/month.)


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On September 29, new MSNBC host Alec Baldwin wrote a letter to the East Hampton Star complaining about the paparazzi. He specifically cited the fact that they were locals, and then called them "vermin." There were also random references to "gypsy cabs" as well as Baldwin's apparent bête noir, one Jason Gutterman. The letter ran over 500 words:
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To the list of things that seem to have changed the character of our area recently, such as land for sale at $3 million an acre and gypsy cabs bringing massive hordes of unwashed revelers to Indian Wells to clog the shoreline and leave behind overflowing mounds of beer cans, I would add the aptly named Jason Gutterman. At least that's the name he gave me when I asked his name today on the streets of Amagansett.
Gutterman has been staked out in front of Mary's Marvelous most weekends, beginning this summer, and has marauded up and down the village's Main Street in search of photos of my wife and/or our newborn child. I am told he works somewhere in the vicinity. On more than one occasion, Gutterman has brought his son along with him, "on the job." A young boy stands, oddly, to one side while Gutterman secrets himself behind a tree or parked car, clicking away, hoping to catch someone in mid-bite or otherwise behaving in a way that pretty much everyone else going in or out of Mary's behaves.
When Gutterman is finished, he puts his equipment into a bag, and strolls right into Mary's, gets in line with his son, and assumes the demeanor of any other neighbor seeking good coffee and a muffin.
Fifteen or 20 minutes of separating himself from every other person in the vicinity by seeking to casually invade the privacy of people out in public and attempting to live their lives in peace; by insisting that he has a job to do and that public figures are never, ever entitled to normal consideration, even in small-town East Hampton; by lying in wait, like kidnappers and home invaders do, then abruptly popping up to find the desired moment to take advantage of. Then walking into a place of business, standing 10 feet away from his "target," acting as if nothing happened.
I have never seen this before.
There's another guy out here. Stands in East Hampton Village, out in front of Ralph Lauren. Tall, middle-aged, slovenly, he has the unmistakable air of a grown man who still spends serious time on a couch watching "South Park" while his mother makes grilled-cheese sandwiches and Campbell's tomato soup. I asked him once not to photograph my wife. He replied, "You people brought this out here. I'm just trying to make a buck off of it." I never got his name, but I suppose Sewerman will do for the time being.
What has gone wrong with our society that this vermin has spawned in East Hampton? These are not New Yorkers that have slithered out here. They are home grown. They are locals. And they obviously have no idea about how to live in a community like ours. I hope that our local government will address this issue, which has nothing to do with freedom of the press and everything to do with criminal harassment, abuse, and authorizing the intimidation and stalking of one group in our society while protecting the basic rights of all others. That's remarkably like a bill of attainder. And that's unconstitutional.


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New Mexico Star Highlights July 4th JamsSOCORRO, N.M. June 29, 2011 – One of New Mexico's most popular musicians is returning to Socorro for the annual July 4 bash at Tech.
|Tobias Rene is a featured performer at the July 4 extravaganza at New Mexico Tech.
Doug Figgs, Rob Lopez, Kyle Martin and Tori Murillo, all with Socorro connections, front an entertainment package that includes strolling magicians and jugglers, patriotic band marches and martial arts demonstrations.
The guitar-picking singers and backup musicians combine seasoned talent with stage presence, a mix that's hard to beat.
"Getting' to do the 4th – that's like Carnegie Hall for Socorro," said Lopez, lead guitarist with The Rob Lopez Experiment. The group is known for playing "fire-breathing rock and roll."
"We've got a terrific lineup for this year's celebration, guaranteed to light the fuse of any fan of rock, country, Spanish and western music," said Ronna Kalish, director of New Mexico Tech's Performing Arts Series and event coordinator.
Best of all, the music and entertainment is free to all. As a bonus, non-profit groups will be selling food, drinks and trinkets, and Chartwells will be grilling up burgers, chicken and brat platters. The first 50 NMT graduate students and their immediate families, and 100 undergraduates (students only) will get free meals, courtesy of campus student clubs.
"Kids look forward to the jumping balloons and never seem to tire of the water slide, both great ways to burn off energy and then cool off on what is always one of the warmest days of the year," said Kalish: "Unless it rains."
No matter how many times it's said, it bears repeating: "Please, please, leave your personal fireworks at home," Kalish said. "The annual 4th of July fireworks show is the only one allowed on campus, and we want to make sure we have a safe holiday this year and always."
The City of Socorro, plus many local businesses, supplies the bucks, just as New Mexico Tech's pyrotechnics experts have provided the bangs, for the traditional nighttime display since the event started over a half-century ago.
Festivities officially open at 11 a.m. on a traditional note with a repertoire of patriotic music, from Sousa marches to the national anthem, by the Socorro Community Band, led by musician-physician Eileen Comstock.
At noon, Bokay Maiga will lead his students in demonstrating Twai Kwan Do techniques, followed by an exhibition by members of the New Mexico Tech Martial Arts Club.
Santa Fe-based Clan Tynker, a family of siblings, will showcase a wide variety of talents in a whimsical old world, vaudeville-style of entertainment at 1 p.m. Clan Tynker brings a combination of stage magic, comedy, juggling, unicycle riding and stilt walking.
|Clan Tynker is a Santa Fe-based vaudeville troupe that has performed in Socorro several times.
"This fun and lively show will delight audiences of all ages, and has been particularly popular with families," Kalish said.
Country musician and former Socorroan Kyle Martin takes the stage at 1:45 p.m., with original songs from a new CD, "Child of the Wild West," as well as covers of hit favorites, including the melodic "Lights of Albuquerque," which pays homage to a city he now calls home.
"Kyle has played in concerts near and far, and has a solid fan base in Socorro," Kalish said. "He is a great musician, and we're glad to have him back for the 4th."
Another homegrown band Tori and the Murillo Brothers, which starts at 3 p.m. with a mix of country, Spanish cumbias and 70's rock.
Tori, 24, represents the third generation of the Murillo family continuing the musical tradition established by her late grandfather, George Murillo Sr., a popular piano player in Socorro for many years. She has been singing since the age of two, joined her family onstage at 15, plays piano and gives both voice and piano lessons.
On lead guitar and providing both lead and backup vocals is Patrick Murillo, 48, who has been playing in public since the age of 13 with several local bands including Los Alegres, Six-Pack Series, the Flex 5, Night Shift and Nite Fall.
|Tori Murillo fronts the band Tori and the Murillo Brothers, which will perform at 3 p.m. Monday at Tech.
Tony Telles has played bass guitar for over 30 of his 59 years, dating back to his teen dance band years in Tularosa. He moved to Socorro after a four-year stint in the Navy, and since then has performed with a variety of local musicians on bass guitar and lead and backup vocals
Drummer Gavin Torres, 23, is the newest member of the group. He is a Socorro native and New Mexico Tech graduate. He began his music career in seventh grade, moving up to a complete drum set a year later, and in high school performed with the marching, concert and jazz bands.
Every band has its leader, and for this family-based ensemble, that role belongs to Richard, 52, whose repertoire includes rhythm and bass guitar, trumpet and lead and backup vocals. Murillo first played trumpet in the seventh grade with the Socorro public school music program, and continued throughout high school. He picked up bass guitar in the early 1980s and has some keyboard and drum experience.
His trumpet skills earned him a place with a group called "Constant Funk" during his Army years, 1977-1981, later joining a variety of local bands including the Bandits and Emerald Blue. Murillo and Patrick played together with Los Alegres, Six-Pack Series, the Flex 5, Night Shift and Nite Fall.
Continuing with the local lineup is Doug Figgs, who not only is a great vocalist and guitar player, but also a man who has lived the cowboy life with his wife, Cathy, in Lemitar where he has shoed, trained, reared and sold horses since 1987.
Doug Figgs and Cowboy Way hit the stage at 4:30 p.m., and hear his musical interpretations of Western and country classics that have made Figgs a favorite with regional audiences.
"My dad always played music, as did all of my brothers and sisters when I was growing up," Figgs said. "I liked music by Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins, along with some of the country rock and southern rock bands like the Marshall Tucker Band, Pure Prairie League, Allman Brothers, Poco and the Eagles."
|Rob Lopez has been playing rock 'n' roll in Socorro for more than 20 years. His latest band, the Rob Lopez Experiment, will close the show Monday.
Fans can expect to hear "Folsom Prison Blues, "Fire on the Mountain," and several Mike Blakely selections, and even one made popular by James Taylor.
The King of New Mexico Music and the Tobias Rene Band pull out all the stops with a highly energetic stage show beginning at 6 p.m.
Rene has headlined shows in Las Vegas, Houston, San Antonio, New York City and Louisiana. He is making inroads as a crossover Spanish singer after signing with an independent Nashville label.
He found early popularity in his home state; and now, at 33, his career is on full throttle mode as he works hard to maintain his standing as one of New Mexico's hottest tickets on the market, and to conquer new ones.
It's a tough act to follow, but as the closing performance, set to begin at 8:30 p.m., the Rob Lopez Experiment is up to the task. Lopez, a seasoned Socorro musician, knows his way around the riffs and licks of hard rock music, and enjoys a reputation as a crowd-pleasing performer.
He's played guitar since the age of 11, and for 24 years practiced at home. "Once I played for people, it got so much better," Lopez said. "We play classic hard rock and roll, and enjoy every gig."
The band includes Timmy Silva, who was a cohort of Lopez's among the field crews at New Mexico Tech, where Silva still works. Lopez calls Silva "the plumber drummer."
Rounding out the Experiment is Pete Goering, a blacksmith who plays fretless bass. Ten years ago, Lopez and Goering played live on 96.3 FM, "The Buzzard," with Slammin' Sam Cornette, the disk jockey drummer.
Lopez was the heavy equipment operator at New Mexico Tech for 20 years until he was sidelined with a back injury. "So I traded hard rock, the 'M' Mountain and heavy metal bulldozers for hard rock and roll with guitars instead of hydraulics," he said. "I do miss my Tonka toys, though."
Not all the lights and smoke will be aerial – Donnie Tripp has been doing a concert light show for Lopez and crew for over a year, and has a spectacular display planned for the 4th.
"It's a great honor to play for the 4th, especially for my home town," Lopez said, adding that he has even been practicing the National Anthem. Among his former bands are Wrecking Crew and the Scallywags.
After dusk – about 9:30 p.m. – the show takes to the skies, by way of the ears, with a series of bright lights and booms, heralding the start of the fireworks display.
"This year's celebration is jam-packed with high-energy entertainment at every turn," Kalish said. "We're hoping for a great turnout for this spectacular lineup."
By Valerie Kimble/New Mexico Tech


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WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying former employees of the Feed Materials Production Center in Fernald, Ohio, about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to workers who became ill as a result of working in the nuclear weapons industry. Survivors of qualified workers also may be entitled to benefits.
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Earlier on Friday, there was reportedly a 35 percent chance of Ben Roethlisberger starting at quarterback for the Steelers against the Ravens on Sunday.
Those chances are down to zero. The Steelers have ruled Roethlisberger out of the AFC North clash as a result of the rib and shoulder injuries that have kept him out of each of the last two games as well. It looked like things were trending in the other direction earlier this week when Roethlisberger was able to practice and said that the decision would come down to his arm strength, but things obviously never panned out on that front.
Charlie Batch, who threw three interceptions in last week's loss to the Browns, will start for the second straight week. Brian Hoyer will be the backup with Byron Leftwich also ruled out on Friday. The Steelers also ruled out linebacker LaMarr Woodley and right tackle Mike Adams.
The Steelers did get left guard Willie Colon back at practice for the first time this week on Friday. He's questionable, as is wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery. Wide receiver Antonio Brown and safety Troy Polamalu are both probable, with Polamalu ticketed for a "significant role" in his return from a long absence caused by a calf injury.


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Several Hudson Valley towns were named among the best places to buy a house in New York, according to a study completed by New York Upstate.
The website released a list of the 40 best places to buy a home in New York, with three Hudson Valley municipalities making the cut based on information from the U.S. Census, FBI, Zillow and other data sources.
Scarsdale ranked 29th, with a population of 17,621 and a median home value of nearly $1.25 million. In Orange County, Mountain Lodge Park and its population of just 1,639 residents ranked at 24th, while Pelham and its 5,567 residents came in at number 23.
The top three were Clarence Center in Erie County, West End in Otsego County and Harris Hill in Erie County.
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Helping Seniors Declutter and In Home Assisted Living
Spring time is finally here and we can start to unravel ourselves from our winter cocoon. This winter has been pretty hard on many parts of the country and a warmer season is a welcome change. With the season of rain showers and May flowers, comes the season of organizing and spring cleaning.
Spring cleaning is a wonderful way to help seniors declutter. Not only is an organized home invigorating and refreshing, it is also safer for an elderly loved one. Sometimes we save things thinking we may get to them later. Over time, the piles get higher and become unsightly. Not only is too much clutter unappealing, it could also later cause a tripping hazard and become dangerous.
There are many ways to help seniors declutter. When it comes to large amounts to weed through, it is best to tackle it in small spurts. If there are overloaded closets, take a portion of an afternoon for each closet. If an entire room is full of random, unneeded items, perhaps a time frame of about two hours will be enough for one afternoon. This will prevent burnout and keep your loved one motivated to declutter.
While going through any excessive items in your loved one's home, you may find that while they are not using some items, they might be in great condition and can be sold. Garage sale season is approaching and some local consignment shops might be interested in some items. If there are things that look valuable, you might want to have them appraised to be sure your loved one gets what they are worth. There are also online swap sites that offer an easy way to sell some unused items. If this all seem like too much of a hassle, useable items can be donated to Goodwill and the Salvation Army. Some donations are also tax deductible!
Some elderly loved ones have a difficult time with letting go of items they have accumulated. While not all things are valuable, they might have grown attached to them and this will make decluttering tricky. When it comes to purging, try to help them to limit the number of identical items they have. If they have seven flower vases, have them choose one or two to keep. If their bedroom closet is full of unworn or worn out shoes, help them to realize that newer shoes would be greatly appreciated by someone in need and the well-loved shoes in the home are okay to retire. When there is resistance to purging, put the items aside in a box and return to them later after a little time has passed. Sometimes it just takes time to realize the stuff that was out of sight was never really missed and can be given away.
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Russ will be relaxing by the Festival Gardens bar, chatting to special guests and listening to some fantastic local live music before Father John Misty kicks off another fantastic night of music at Festival Gardens. He'll also be giving away great tickets to Festival Garden shows and some of our highly desirable ABC prize packs (720 cap, pen, bracelet and more, anyone?).
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"I built my car to drive. Even though I take it to a lot of car shows, I drive it. When I put it together, that was the whole idea–to drive it"–Larry Mayes
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Owned by: Larry and Sue Mayes, Mooresville, Indiana
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- Engine: Originally fitted with a 225 Slant Six, the Mayes' '67 now sports a '71 340 built to replicate a 400-hp one previously built here in Mopar Muscle. Goodies include a .040-inch overbore; Comp Cams' solid-lifter camshaft and adjustable rockers; "J" heads with bronze valve guides, hardened valve seats and 2.02-inch intake/1.60-inch exhaust valves; a March Performance billet pulley setup; and a dual exhaust system with tti headers, Doug's electronic cutouts, an X-pipe, and Flowmaster 40-series mufflers. Engine tune by Kevin and Brad Wedan at Wedan Speed & Performance, Columbus, Indiana.
- Transmission: A Hurst-shifted 833 from Dana & Cindy at D&L Transmission, Greenfield, Indiana, replaced the column-shifted 904 Torqueflite.
- Rearend: The same '71 Demon 340 whose engine wound up in the Dart's engine bay also gave up its 8-3/4, Sure Grip-equipped rear for this Dart. Larry swapped its 3.23 gear set for a set of 3.73s.
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- Suspension: Restored original '67 Dart GT: Longitudinal torsion bars, anti-sway bar and tubular shocks up front, with leaf springs and tubular shocks in back.
- Brakes: SSBC discs in front and 1971-vintage 10-inch drums in back, power-assisted.
- Wheels and Tires: 14 x 6-inch Cragar S/S 5-spokes on Firestone 225/70-14 redline radials look period-correct at each corner.
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- Body: Original '67 Dart convertible unibody (with a '69 GTS/Swinger 340 hood) only needed some small patch panels on the floors, quarters and quarter-panel extensions. OEM trim was either refurbished or replaced with refinished parts-car pieces. Original top frame wears a new top installed by Kevin Kent at Kent's Auto Upholstery, Beech Grove, Indiana.
- Paint: Base/clear Pearl White, sprayed on by Tony Spears and sister Rocky at Spears Auto Body, Fairland, Indiana
- Interior: Originally a buckets-without-console car, his time, the Dart got a custom blue ultra-leather upholstery job by Jim Matthews at Indy Auto Trim, New Palestine, Indiana, on its seats, door and side panels. Cut-pile carpets are by Auto Carpets Originals.


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This volume brings together ten papers first delivered in 1994 at an interdisciplinary conference on Magic and Divination in the Ancient World held at the University of California at Berkeley. It represents, along with a few other recent titles,1 a still burgeoning interest in the field of magic studies. The essays in this book, like the conference from which they derive, cover broad geographical and chronological ranges (from ancient Mesopotamia to late antique Greece). Since the book's essays are so diverse, I shall provide a brief synopsis for each contribution.
Opening the volume is Joann Scurlock's "Soul Emplacements in Ancient Mesopotamian Funerary Rituals." Here Scurlock examines the use of portrait statues and chairs designed to provide the deceased with a temporary abode for their ghosts during funerals. By culling evidence from literary and ritual texts, grave inscriptions, archaeological sites, and a host of other comparative data derived from funereal practices in modern China and Japan, Scurlock suggests that ancient Mesopotamians, like many other peoples, paid special ritual attention to the liminal period that marked the time between the death of a person and his/her entrance into the underworld. Scurlock also points out that such rituals were accompanied by the lighting of a lamp, a ritual act intended to light the path of the deceased while en route to the underworld; another practice found in other world cultures (e.g., Classical Greece and Rumania).
In "A Severed Head Laughed: Stories of Divinatory Interpretation," the longest piece in this collection, Ann Kessler Guinan investigates the historical context, development, and exegesis of the so-called "Prodigies of the Fall of Akkad" by examining their relationship to other Mesopotamian omen collections (especially Shummu alu) and the esoteric scholarly activity of Nabu-zuqup-kenu (ca. 708 bce). Her conclusion that the Prodigies represent an expanded use of omen collections like Shummu alu (itself undergoing expansion up to this time) provides a springboard for a discussion of typological and methodological difficulties that beset the study of divination, and its connection (or lack thereof) to "magic" and science. In an excursus, Guinan offers insights into the process of divinatory thinking by appealing to modern studies on the cognitive aspects of genre, in which "generic expectations are triggered and they operate in the mind to organize the observation into a signifying structure that makes attribution of divinatory meaning possible" (p. 22). Drawing upon the work of Roland Barthe, Guinan further argues that fait-divers, or coincidental and "odd little anecdotes that are used as fillers in newspapers" (e.g., "woman slips and drowns in her wash bucket," p. 22), share much in common with the cognitive organizational principles and structures that underlie Mesopotamian divination. As she posits, both encapsulate two-step processes that embody "conjunction of coincidence" and paradox that "are framed and defined by cultural categories" (pp. 23, 24). Guinan goes on to compare the process of divinatory thinking and textual development with omens that are created as a result of post-traumatic stress. Concluding her contribution are appendices containing an interlinear comparison between the Prodigies of the Fall of Akkad and a portion of Shummu alu, as well as a transliteration of the Prodigies' recensions.
In "Inquiring for the State in the Ancient Near East: Delineating Political Location," Joel Sweek addresses the issue of the role and degree of individual agency in Mesopotamian divination. His primary interest is in the amount of creativity exercised by the diviner when delivering his or her oracles. Based on references to diviners and their arts in Mesopotamian and biblical texts, Sweek concludes that
diviners played a quasi-ministerial role in political events in the ancient Near East; that they were not 'passive' functionaries in a word of total, despotic monarchies; but that they were strong, competitive players in the intertwined activities of cult and state (p. 56).
Thus, when considering the divinatory process in the ancient Near East, we must allow for "… a significant amount of freedom, or ambivalence, in the face of the stereotypical notion of divination" (p. 43).
In his essay "Hittite Oracles," Richard Beal offers a detailed survey of the types, origins, and significance of divinatory practices in Hatti. Types of divination discussed include extispicy, sheep behavior (or "bed") oracles, bird oracles, HURRI-bird oracles (performed differently from other types of augury), snake oracles, and symbol oracles, among which only the latter three, according to Beal, appear to be Anatolian innovations.2 The others came to Hatti from Mesopotamia via the Hurrians. With only a few exceptions, most of the evidence for divination in Hatti dates to the latter part of its existence. Dream oracles, however, though practiced in Hatti,3 are not discussed. In an effort to provide a preliminary typology of Hittite omens, Beal points out the presence of patterns of circumstance that appear to demand specific types of divination (e.g., military campaigns appear to have required symbol oracles, often checked by extispicy or augury [see pp. 80–81]).
John Gee's focus in "Oracle by Image: Coffin Text 103 in Context," is the use of a drawn or sculpted image to inspire oracular dreams or visions. In particular, Coffin Text 103 is designed to raise one's own soul (Egyptian b3) from the underworld, in order to have it appear to someone among the living in the form of an "effectual glorified spirit" (p. 85). As such, the text represents a variation on execration texts, which serve to send someone else's soul (Egyptian b3) to the underworld (p. 84). Though usually considered unique, Gee suggests that one may find a parallel in a 3rd century ce Roman ritual designed "to cause the person to whom the dream is sent to stop sleeping" until a glorified spirit appears to him (p. 87); a reference that also shares similar accompanying rituals.4 The primary difference between the Middle Kingdom and Roman texts is in the soul that they intend to send; the former aiming to send one's own soul, the latter someone else's soul (p. 88).
In "Necromancy in Ancient Egypt," Robert K. Ritner challenges the tendency of Egyptologists to see necromancy in Egypt as a late and non-indigenous practice by showing how later references to necromancy in Demotic texts represent "the culmination of native beliefs and acts regarding the empowered dead" (p. 90). Ritner demonstrates that Egypt enjoyed a long history of invocation and consultation of the deceased, especially kings and princes, beginning already in the Old Kingdom. According to Ritner, "by the time of Ramses III, the consultation of deceased royalty for popular instruction was a commonplace affair" (p. 93). Such oracles were sponsored "by the state for public benefit" … since "… other deceased kings became the focus of public oracles" as well (p. 94). Moreover, animal corpses also were invoked for oracular purposes. Ritner ends his study with a comparison between Egyptian necromancy and Israelite necromancy as related in the biblical story of the "Necromancer of Endor" (1 Samuel 28). As he concludes:
Thus paralleled in context, methodology, practitioner, result and underlying theology, the biblical and Egyptian practices are distinguished chiefly by legality, variety and frequency. For if Saul's consultation was illicit and unique, comparable Egyptian practices were legal, normative, multiform and omnipresent. If Egyptologists have chosen not to recognize a discreet category of necromancy in Egypt, it may well be because the range of associated actions is simply too broad to warrant a restrictive designation. Permeating funerary cult, literature, judicial practice and theology, 'necromancy' in ancient Egypt is perhaps too pervasive a phenomenon to deserve marginalization by a term still tinged with ill repute." (p. 95).
Jonathan Seidel continues the discussion of 1 Samuel 28 in "Necromantic Praxis in the Midrash on the Seance at En Dor," by turning his attention to its representation in later rabbinic literature. In particular, Seidel attempts to unpack the story's "stagecraft" and later exegesis of it in order to ascertain the "social and psychological dynamics of necromantic praxis" (p. 97). After examining the translations of the technical term for necromancer in a number of textual witnesses, the protocol and procedure for raising the dead, and the possible use of divinatory assistants, Seidel concludes that while the midrashic representation of the seance at En Dor can tell us little about
its resonance with the facticity and historical practice of summoning the dead … the threefold demarcation of roles, including the person who requests the ghost, the medium, and the speaking ghost itself, corresponds with significant ethnographic descriptions of necromancy and is part of a larger global custom of mantic communication (p. 106).
In "Under Homer's Spell: Bilingualism, Oracular Magic, and the Michigan excavation at Dimê," Gregg Schwendner investigates the "interpenetration of Greek and Egyptian culture" and the "transference of oracular prophecy from temples to books" (p. 108), by focusing on the site of Soknopaious Nesos in the Egyptian Fayyum region—a site that has yielded a great deal of papyri with archeologically secure contexts.
The excavated texts at Dimê have not only the general provenance typical of Greek papyri from Egypt, but a specific findspot, that tells us in what house each text was found, and what other texts were found with it. This means we know not only who paid their taxes and how much they paid, but more interestingly who read Homer and who read traditional Egyptian literature (p. 108).
Of specific interest to Schwendner is how to explain Greek magical texts that rely on the authority of Greek traditions, such as Homer, despite the probability that "all of the major magical texts that make up the Greek magical papyri come from an Egyptian tradition" (pp. 110–111). To explain, Schwendner argues that from the 2nd–3rd centuries ce the Eastern Mediterranean experienced a gradual preference for book magic (and other types as well) over for site magic, and that the Egyptian priesthood was bilingual, as well as familiar with, and inclusive of, Greek literary traditions.
Peter T. Struck's contribution, "The Poet as Conjurer: Magic and Literary Theory in Late Antiquity," focuses on Proclus' (412–485 ce) response to Plato's assertion that poets lead one away from the truth and knowledge, since they can only "represent" actual reality, and thus, provide only a shadow of the eternal form upon which their poetry is based. Struck argues that one cannot fully appreciate Proclus' views, and his subsequent impact on literary theory, without understanding how he conceived of the "symbol" (Greek sumbolon), its literary use by Pythagoreans, theurgists, and allegorical critics, and the metaphysics of Plotinus' emanationaist ideas in which Proclus' conception is framed. According Struck, Proclus was the first to articulate into a single category the Pythagorean (anti-mimetic and catechismal), theurgist (magical), and allegorical (literary) conceptions of the symbol. Proclus was also innovative in that he asserts
a direct ontological connection from the signifying object to the meaning it indicates, one that is situated inside the emanationist theory of cosmic sympathy, and that circumvents the rhetoric of resemblance … The poet becomes for Proclus and his successors anything but a mere copyist. He has the power to conjure up the direct presence of the highest meanings and truths. Proclus makes the poet "creative" in an elemental sense of the term. The poet does not reproduce the world in the poem but invokes it and calls it into existence (p. 131).
The concluding essay, "Persons of Power and Their Communities," by Anitra Bingham Kolenkow, attempts to offer a corrective to the oft-cited view that the magicians of late antiquity constituted a liminal, if not isolated group, by surveying the numerous and diverse communities of individuals who have claimed to possess divine powers or who have claimed to be divine. After discussing the common locations associated with magicians (e.g., temples and street corners) and their public and/or communal aspects, Kolenkow looks at how magicians "participate in recreating myth for themselves so that the larger society may be helped or may fear the powers of the gods and their representatives" (p. 141).
There is much in this volume that will benefit the interested comparativist. The article on Hittite divination, for example, would be useful to anyone working on Greek divinatory materials, and Peter Struck's analysis of Proclus' understanding of the symbol also raises interesting theoretical questions that might usefully be considered when examining "magic" in other cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. With only a couple exceptions (notably the pieces by Guinan and Struck), the articles are descriptive in approach, attempting to survey, rather than analyze. Having said this, I add that the book might have benefited from a more formal introduction to the topic, one that provides readers with the theoretical, historical, and methodological background requisite for placing the volume's essays more readily in the sociology of knowledge on the subject. Nevertheless, each of the articles in this volume offers useful insights into "magic" and divination in the ancient Mediterranean world.
[1] See, e.g., Ramón Teja, ed., Profecía, magia y adivinación en las religiones antiguas (Codex Aqvilarensis, 17; Palencia: Aguilar de Campoo, 2001); Paul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer, eds., Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002); Scott B. Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler, eds., Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003).
[2] It is unclear to me why Beal suggests that bird oracles are "an indigenous Hittite science" (p. 65), especially since bird omens are attested also in Mesopotamia.
[3] See, Annelies Kammenhuber, Orakelpraxis, Träume, und Vorzeichenschau bei den Hethitern (Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1976).


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At Mashable, T.L. Stanley has an interesting look at how advertising — especially with the rise of mobile broadband — has drastically changed in the past decade:
Because consumers are always on the go, agencies have had to learn how to cater to a smartphone- and tablet-wielding populace. Increasingly, the target may be sporting smartwatches or other tech-enabled wearables, providing even more challenges for companies and their agencies.
These new devices are the key to a consumers' information, communication, social networks, payment methods and more. Ad execs are looking to utilize those gadgets with just the right pithy, useful or entertaining messages.


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Ka Leo and staff win awards in publishing competition
UH Mānoa student newspaper honoredUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The Hawaiʻi Publishers Association this week awarded first place honors to Ka Leo, the student newspaper of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa campus.
To win its award for the state's best college newspaper, Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi submitted three issues from the 2008 calendar year, when students Kumari Sherreitt (Spring) and Taylor Hall (Fall) edited the three-times-a-week paper for Mānoa's Board of Publications.
The newspaper, along with submissions from Windward Community College's monthly Ka ʻOhana (second place) and Hawaiʻi Pacific University's monthly Kalamalama (third place), was judged by media professionals in the continental United States, who said Ka Leo had "clean design with good visuals. Multiple entry points for readers. Good variety of content . . . Great editorial section with editorial cartoons, and letters to the editor that show the staff writes articles people care about."
This is the second year in a row that Ka Leo has taken first place in the competition, and the first year that Windward Community College's newspaper has entered the contest, which is coordinated by an association whose members include most of the state's newspapers and magazines.
The award followed an announcement by Fox News that former Ka Leo desk editors Meghan Lopez and Casey Chin had produced the nation's best broadcast news story in its annual "College Challenge," which awards $10,000 to the winners and another $10,000 to their University.
Casey Chin was associate news editor and Meghan Lopez sports editor for Ka Leo during Spring 2008. The UH Manoa Journalism seniors decided to focus on broadcast work last fall and this spring, when they began interviewing for their piece on native Hawaiian sovereignty for the Sixth Annual Fox News Channel "College Challenge."
The two used camera and microphone equipment from Mānoa's School of Communications and a video editing bay at Ka Leo's newsroom to produce the three-minute piece.
Fox News will fly the students to New York to receive the award, along with their project adviser, Jay Hartwell, who is also the faculty adviser to the editors of Ka Leo.
For more information, visit: http://hawaiipublishersassociation.com/


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Olly Moss is a British designer and illustrator who you can add to my 'obsessed with' list. He has an obvious abundance of creative chops but it is his cleverness that never ceases to amaze me (case in point, his sea-saw illustration I posted about a couple of months ago). Olly just opened a solo show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles called 'Paper Cuts'. The exhibit features over 350 laser-cut and hand-finished silhouettes of pop culture icons from the cast of Saved by the Bell or Seinfeld to animated Disney classics to Cliff Huxtable in one of his crazy sweaters. I love the juxtaposition of historical cameos with modern pop culture. A brilliant concept, six months of exquisitely detailed paper work and fantastic styling in vintage frames all add up to a spectacular show the is overflowing with Olly's talent and cleverness.
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The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) has awarded more than $1 million dollars in clinical research projects in 2011. Through NPF's individual investigators awards program, NPF is supporting work to advance three key areas of Parkinson's disease (PD): 1) an advanced biomarker study, 2) a clinical trial to treat memory impairment, and 3) a study of the effectiveness of a treatment for sleep apnea in PD.
"Each of these projects can have an immediate impact on the lives of Parkinson's disease patients, from a novel approach to developing a new biomarker to treatments for two important non-motor symptoms," said Joyce Oberdorf, NPF's President and CEO. "Both sleep issues and cognition are important, but often overlooked, contributors to the burden of the disease."
Under the direction of the Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board (CSAB), NPF supports leading-edge research conducted by the top neurological experts at its 43 Centers of Excellence worldwide. These research awards will support three novel clinical investigations at Centers of Excellence in the United States and Canada.
NPF funded the following two-year clinical research grants:
- MRI Biomarkers for Motor and Non-Motor Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease: Martin McKeown, MD and Silke Cresswell, MD, Pacific Parkinson's Research Center, University of British Columbia.
This study will examine Parkinson's disease patients to measure the shapes of deep structures in the brain; the goal is to develop a biomarker for Parkinson's. This new technique combines advances in computing power with established (and inexpensive) imaging techniques to provide greater insight. Drs. McKeown and Cresswell hope to develop a reliable method to assess overall disease severity and this sophisticated technique could be replicated at hospitals anywhere.
- Sleep Disordered Breathing and its Impact on Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease: Carlos Singer, MD, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami.
Poor sleep affects the quality of life for people with PD, but there is also evidence that it may also contribute to decreased cognition. This study will evaluate the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and test the effectiveness of a common SDB treatment in people with Parkinson's. Sleep disturbance in PD has been highlighted as not only having a measurable impact on quality of life, but also contributing to trauma and injury associated with reduced vigilance due to fatigue.
- Sleep and Learn with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Parkinson's Disease, M. Felice Ghilardi, MD, New York University Medical School.
Motor learning involves practicing a task followed by forming a habit—a short-cut in the brain to do a complex motion. This study will investigate this process and how it is affected by PD. Dr. Ghilardi will study motor learning in people with PD and then attempt to improve motor learning by stimulating neurons using TMS. TMS therapy has been shown to activate neurons in the brain and can be targeted to those associated with motor learning. If this technique works, it could be applied to reinforce important motor tasks associated with falls prevention, for example.
For more information on the research conducted at NPF's Centers of Excellence, please visit www.parkinson.org/research.
Source: National Parkinsons Foundation


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U.S. stock futures are negative after a rough day in Japan.
The Japanese Nikkei 225 fell 3.0% Friday as the Japanese yen strengthened against the U.S. dollar, despite a better-than-expected inflation reading there.
The June consumer price index revealed an annual inflation rate of 0.2%, up from -0.3% in May and ahead of the consensus estimate of 0.1% inflation.
The release suggests that "Abenomics," the experimental stimulus program designed to reflate the Japanese economy after more than a decade of persistent consumer price deflation, may finally be kicking in. However, stripping out food and energy, the economy remained in deflation. This measure of prices was still down 0.2% year over year, indicating that higher energy prices were the main driver of headline inflation in June.
Following the release, the dollar is 0.7% lower against a strengthening yen today, currently trading around ¥98.55.
Though futures in the U.S. are down, European markets are mixed in morning trading.
The French CAC 4o is up 0.4%, and the Spanish IBEX 35 is up 0.9%.
However, the German DAX is down 0.6%, the London FTSE is down 0.3%, and the Italian FTSE MIB 35 is 0.1% lower.
New fund flow data showed record inflows into high yield debt and junk bond funds this week. U.S. equity-oriented funds expanded assets under management by $4.3 billion.
And this morning, JPMorgan's chief U.S. equity strategist Tom Lee hiked his year-end price target for the S&P 500 to 1775 from 1715, making him the most bullish equity strategist on Wall Street. His forecast implies an additional 5% upside for the index for the rest of the year and is largely driven by an improving economic picture in Europe.


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This website provides scientific facts and concise information for those of us who are not scientists, researchers or medical professionals. You will learn answers toquestions like ..."Who is benefitting from stem cell research and therapies today?" and "What types of stem cells are working?" In addition, basic questions such as"What is a stem cell?""Why do we need stem cell research?" are answered.
The video patient profiles featured on this site emphasize ADULT stem cell advances with the goal of informing and the hope of inspiring you to take action. These real-life stories represent a small sampling of people and the many diseases and conditions now being helped by adult stem cells naturally found in the human body. Stem Cell Research Facts illustrates how current adult treatments and therapies directly impact the lives of patients and their families today - as opposed to debating themerits of other types of stem cell research.
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Senior plays important character for A&M
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M senior cornerback Dustin Harris, one of the nation's top punt returners, has rocked a blonde Mohawk the past couple of seasons.
"And I'm sticking with it," said a smiling Harris, who added the fashionable 'do is more than a passing fad. "I actually had someone dress up as me for Halloween — that was pretty awesome."
His blonde crop was hidden, however, when Harris stood out most in his college career last Saturday in the Aggies' 29-24 toppling of then-No. 1 Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The play before cornerback Deshazor Everett's victory-sealing interception, Harris made a game-saving tackle of Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron 2 yards shy of the end zone.
"He was scrambling and running all over the field," Harris said of McCarron's dash on a third-and-goal from the 5-yard line late in the fourth quarter. "It was making me mad, because he was running back and forth and I was trying to cover the receiver. I came out of my coverage because I knew he had already crossed the line of scrimmage, and my goal was to get him down."
Harris emphatically did, stopping McCarron cold and just shy of an Alabama lead and likely win.
"Huge," A&M defensive coordinator Mark Snyder said. "We had a couple of guys miss McCarron, and Dustin got him down and gave us another chance."
But in the hubbub of Everett's ensuing interception and the glory of the upset, Harris' colossal play got a little lost in the shuffle. Afterward on the team bus, A&M coach Kevin Sumlin began recounting the defense's crucial goal-line stand.
"Who made that hit at the 2-yard line?" Sumlin asked.
"I did," said the slender 6-footer Harris, modestly raising his hand.
"All 170 pounds of him," Sumlin recalled, grinning. "Who would have thought? But that just shows you how these (seniors) are playing."
Freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, a leading contender for the Heisman Trophy, is earning many of A&M's headlines late in a record-setting season. Sumlin has repeatedly talked of the importance of his seniors, however, in providing the backbone for a rise to No. 8 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, their highest since the Big 12 championship season of 1998.
Harris, primarily known as a dual-threat quarterback at Livingston High, has persevered in the Aggies' secondary and earned a starting gig at cornerback, when he could have wilted early when underclassmen were earning plenty of playing time at the position.
He's consistently been a solid punt returner, and last year led the NCAA with an 18.6-yard average. This season, he set a school record with 246 yards on eight returns in a spanking of South Carolina State. Some coaches claim catching a punt is the hardest thing to do in football, but Harris said it's all about trust.
"You have to trust in the punt return team and blocking their men," he said.
As for his freewheeling style — he was seen at a preseason practice strumming an air guitar to a country song blared during practice — best personified by the eye-catching Mohawk?
"It's a fun game," he said. "It's for kids. You might as well play that way and live to the fullest, because you only get one chance."
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Here we go! The holidays will be here before you know it, and that means family time. Not just any family time, mind you, but family time that will include your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law.
Here we go! The holidays will be here before you know it, and that means family time. Not just any family time, mind you, but family time that will include your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law.
Although some of you may enjoy spending time with your in-law, many of you don't. Either way, getting ready to spend the holidays with family can be stressful. How many of you wish, hope or even pray this time will be different with your in-law? You are probably thinking, why can't we, just this once, not have drama, not have the stress, or not experience the tension that just seems to "hang" in the air.
Holiday time with your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law doesn't have to get the best of you. Shifting the way you see your situation will make it easier for you to shift the emotional feelings that go along with it, and this can make the difference between dread and delight. That may seem a bit extreme, but when you can "lighten" how you perceive things, you'll actually be able to experience people in a different way. Use these tips to help:
• Be a team player: If your in-law is coming to your house, make sure you include her in the different things that are occurring throughout the day: any food/table preparation, have her bring something she likes to make, ask her questions, compliment her on something, try to make her feel comfortable and welcomed. Treat her as you would one of your friends who was attending your family gathering. If you are going to her house for the holiday, ask her if she'd like some help. And whether she does or doesn't want your help, stay around and talk with her, again, ask her questions, compliment her, let her know you're interested in her.
• Don't take things personally: Everyone is more stressed during the holidays, including your in-law. As long as you can feel good about how you act/behave with her — that you treat her with respect and kindness — no matter what — then you can be certain her actions are not about you!
• Find the humor: Decide to find humor in what your in-law says or does. When you do so you create an emotional distance that helps you take her actions less seriously. And by finding the humor you'll also have some great stories to tell your friends later, about what she did "this" time.
• Find some "down time" for yourself: Find some quiet time for yourself so you can re-energize and regain your strength. Even just a few minutes by yourself can be just what you need to get your energy back.
• Establish ground rules in advance: Before arriving at your in-law's house, you and your spouse should have already decided how long to stay. Then leave at the predetermined time. If your spouse wants to stay longer, take two cars. Let the family know when you arrive that you will need to leave at that certain time. If you live out of town and can't leave to go back to your home, you and your husband may need to decide to stay in a hotel for the holiday. Again, you can decide in advance when you want to go back to the hotel or to the place you are staying and then leave at the designated time. By staying at a hotel or with another family member you'll always have a "haven" to return to.
These tips that can help you make a stressful situation more manageable and you may even find you actually enjoy your time with the family, even your in-law. So do your planning, then sit back and enjoy!


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"A year ago, the projected cost for Phase 2 of the Dulles Rail Project was $3.8 billion. Today, we have confirmed a project cost of $2.7 billion as a result of the elimination of the underground station at Dulles Airport, value engineering savings and the counties' agreement to build the parking garages and the Route 28 Metrorail Station," said Jack Potter, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. "This has been accomplished due to the hard work done in negotiations initiated by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood with the MWAA Board of Directors, Loudoun County, Fairfax County, the commonwealth of Virginia and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
"With this release, the 90 day review period for Fairfax and Loudoun Counties begins. We look forward to the outcome of their deliberations as another important step toward moving forward on construction."
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will begin the procurement process for the design and construction of the 11.4 mile line, including the six stations, upon Fairfax and Loudoun Counties confirmation of their commitment to the project.
The 90 day period begins on March 7, 2012 and ends on June 4, 2012.