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Hospital Leaders, U.S. News Editors Hold Summit on Best Hospitals Rankings
Discussion focused on ways U.S. News could refine its Best Hospitals methodology.
"These rankings are not static." The affirmation by U.S. News & World Report editor and chief content officer Brian Kelly underscored the point of a summit on hospital rankings that U.S. News and Mount Sinai Medical Center co-hosted at Mount Sinai on September 27. The summit convened medical thought leaders from around the country for a four-hour discussion about the methodology behind the U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings. At the summit, hospital presidents and clinical leaders shared ideas, suggestions, and critiques of the U.S. News rankings. There seemed to be a consensus that the U.S. News methodology is as sound as any in existence. Multiple panelists and participants referred to its "face validity"; several called it the "gold standard."
"No methodology is perfect," said Kenneth Davis, president and CEO of Mount Sinai Medical Center, who delivered the summit's opening and concluding remarks. "This [U.S. News] methodology is certainly superior." And he saluted U.S. News for being "open to feedback."
The program began with a conversation between Kelly and U.S. News health rankings editor Avery Comarow, who has overseen Best Hospitals since its debut in 1990. Comarow noted that the last such gathering of hospital leaders, in 2006, led U.S. News to conclude that it should publish a separate ranking of Best Children's Hospitals, which was initiated the following year and has appeared annually since. Comarow added that U.S. News receives a steady stream of suggestions from hospital leaders. "You might be surprised at how many of [the suggestions] get incorporated in some form or another."
The event's first panel addressed the question of the usefulness of hospital rankings to consumers. Panelists remarked on the limited quality of relevant data in the public domain. Data on patient safety, for example, are highly susceptible to coding practices that vary considerably from one hospital to the next, said Bradly Narr, who chairs the surgical and procedural committee at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Patient safety indicators account for 5 percent of each hospital's score in the U.S. News methodology. They carry more weight in other hospital scorecards.
Panelists grappled with what they described as hospitals' obligation to be transparent about their performance. Some spoke of data "dashboards" that their hospitals make available online to the public, but these data presentations are voluntary and rarely comparable from one hospital to the next.
They also discussed whether patient satisfaction should be factored into the rankings. The federal government collects survey data on that measure, as the Hospital Consumers Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) database, and displays it on Hospital Compare. Patient satisfaction ratings from the HCAHPS surveys are displayed for most hospitals on usnews.com as well but are not factored into the rankings. Evidence is lacking that a hospital's clinical abilities are reflected by surveys showing a high percentage of satisfied patients. Still, said panelist Timothy Gardner, medical director of the Center for Heart and Vascular Health at Christiana Care in Newark, Del., U.S. News should attempt to examine how well hospitals have served in the eyes of their patients.
Integrating clinical research into the rankings was put forward by several panel members. Panelists suggested that U.S. News could use NIH-funded clinical trials as a measure of how innovative a hospital is in translating cutting-edge research into therapies.
The second panel focused on the role of reputation in the U.S. News rankings. In most specialties, each hospital's reputation accounts for 32.5 percent of the hospital's score. U.S. News determines reputation through a national survey of board-certified specialists.
Somewhat surprisingly, given that the use of reputation has long been a focus of critics of the methodology, panelists and attendees generally agreed that reputation is a reasonable approach to assessing a hospital's ability to master the process of delivering topnotch care. "I think it's a pretty good proxy," said Steven Corwin, CEO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Most chief medical officers concur, according to a survey conducted prior to the event by U.S. News; 86 percent of survey respondents felt that reputation deserves a role in the rankings. The majority, however, would like it to get less weight—60 percent named a figure ranging from 10 to 25 percent of the score.
Panelists noted unanticipated consequences. "The reputation score is very, very important ... from a fundraising perspective," said Sharon O'Keefe, president of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Other panelists observed that some hospitals try to boost their reputation scores using advertising and other means unrelated to the quality of patient care.
They also suggested that the rankings may be interpreted by the public as an indicator of how well a hospital treats ordinary patients, while U.S. News tries to make it clear to surveyed physicians, and to the public in describing the project, that they are meant to show how well hospitals perform for complex care. The public may assume—perhaps incorrectly—that "if you're good at the hard things, you're going to be good at everything else you do," O'Keefe said.
Summit participants also questioned whether a national survey of all board-certified physicians represented the most qualified pool of people from which to survey. Davis suggested oversampling doctors who've earned certain distinctions, such as membership in the invitation-only Institute of Medicine; O'Keefe proposed that chief medical officers, chief safety officers, and other hospital staff might be more qualified than a pure cross-section of specialists would be to judge the efforts of their peer institutions.
The third panel, subtitled "Separating Spin from Substance," gave panelists an opportunity to critique what Corwin called "distortions," or the temptation on the part of hospitals to take actions that may give them a boost in the rankings but might not deliver a corresponding boost to patient care.
Several panelists criticized the rankings because they are rankings. Brent James, chief quality officer of Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, described what he called "false precision" in the rank-ordering of hospitals. Philip Ozuah, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., said that while the U.S. News methodology does well at identifying the best of the best, "as you go farther down the list, it becomes less precise. People look at this as though it has the precision of a rectal temperature. My board [of trustees] certainly does." ("And sometimes," he said, "it feels that way." His expression suggested he was not entirely joking.)
One issue, panelists said, is that many hospitals' scores cluster tightly, making any small advantage or disadvantage important. In that context, Ozuah said, dichotomous variables can have an outsize impact. Vinita Bahl, director of clinical information and decision support services at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor, argued that it doesn't take much to dramatically change a hospital's position in the rankings.
Several panelists expressed misgivings about U.S. News's use of one particular dichotomous variable: Nurse Magnet accreditation. O'Keefe and Bahl each said their respective institutions had determined that their rankings would improve in several specialties if the hospital became recognized as a Nurse Magnet. The University of Chicago's decision to pursue Nurse Magnet accreditation was influenced by the effect it would have on the hospital's rankings, O'Keefe said. The University of Michigan, on the other hand, has not applied for accreditation. "We get penalized for that," Bahl said.
A recurring theme of the day was that data-supported rankings and other forms of public reporting can spur hospitals to focus on tracking the metrics on which they're being measured—sometimes for worse, often for better. Meri Armour, president and CEO of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., said that when U.S. News introduced Best Children's Hospitals, she knew that Le Bonheur, a modest-size children's hospital in a poor, flyover city, wouldn't be ranked. The hospital nevertheless benefited from participating in the annual clinical survey that U.S. News asks children's hospitals to complete. "It was a way of measuring ourselves against the leaders," she said. "It gave us benchmarks." The improvements brought about by that yearly effort ultimately pushed Le Bonheur into the rankings. It's ranked in five specialties this year.
Toward the end of the summit, Comarow stated that U.S. News is intent on broadening the mission of Best Hospitals to evaluate hospitals in certain areas of routine care such as common heart and orthopedic procedures as well as labor and delivery. Doing so, he said, will require that U.S. News develop a whole new methodology to complement—though not replace—the existing methodology. He asked the hospital leaders take an active role in advising U.S. News on data sets to use and how to responsibly use them.
In response to Comarow's comments, several panelists said they applauded U.S. News's intent to expand. Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said that an important aspect of evaluating hospitals on how well they do procedures is determining whether they do too many of them. Bahl suggested that U.S. News establish expert panels similar to those it has used to generate measures and improvements for the Best Children's Hospitals methodology.
In closing, Mount Sinai's Davis restated several recommendations for U.S. News, including factoring in the average socioeconomic status of each hospital's patients and refining the way statistical weight is assigned to several advanced technologies that can count toward a hospital's rankings. Davis argued that patients in similar health but from different socioeconomic backgrounds will experience different outcomes even when they receive equivalent care. Factoring in socioeconomic factors, he said, would improve upon U.S. News's existing risk-adjustment methods, which current account for, among other factors, how sick each patient was upon admission to the hospital.


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— By BRIAN SMITH
City officials here honored three groups and individuals during Tuesday night's regular meeting.
Weatherford and county fire departments were thanked by Rev. Mike Wiley of Adell Community Fellowship for their quick responses and professionalism during a fire at the church last month. Wiley said the fire went to six alarms and several departments were involved before it was finally put under control.
"I told the fire marshal on the scene that everyone worked like it was a well-oiled machine," Wiley said. "We appreciate all the work done on our building as do all the residents of incorporated and unincorporated areas."
Wiley, who said he spent 10 years with the county as a purchasing agent, said that the church and its congregation are "keeping on" despite the adversity.
"Even through difficult times, our God sees us through," Wiley said.
City Manager Jerry Blaisdell gave the Award for Excellence and the Lifetime Achievement Award to retiring WPD Detective Lannie Fulton for his 29 years of work in the department. Blaidesll said Fulton was hired at the age of 20 and has been with the city ever since.
"I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of outstanding people here in the city and he is definitely one of them," Blaisdell said. "I have a deep abiding respect for who he is."
Police Chief Mike Manning said Fulton is a quiet man who doesn't say much but "we listen to him when he does."
Mayor Dennis Hooks read a proclamation declaring Tuesday as Grandmaster Bob Nuttall Day in the city. Nuttall has been a self-defense expert for more than 40 years, calling him a "great gentleman and an asset to our community."
In other news, the council reappointed Municipal Court Judge Ben Sasin for another two year term. At the Dec. 11 meeting, the city approved a $2,000 pay increase and a commendable evaluation. Reappointment was intended for the judge but not stated at the time.
Sasin's term now extends through Dec. 31, 2014.

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Towers Watson Leases Full Floor At 222 Main
- Thursday, 14 November 2013 08:53
The Salt Lake City office of CBRE today announced that global professional services company Towers Watson has finalized a lease for 16,637 square feet at 222 Main. Scott Wilmarth, senior vice president, represented Towers Watson in the transaction.
Hotel Monaco Sold to Inland American REIT
- Monday, 04 November 2013 11:02
Inland American Lodging Group, Inc. ("Inland American"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., today announced the acquisition of three luxury boutique hotels from Kimpton's Hotel Monaco collection for a purchase price of $189 million.
Broadway Place Senior Apartments Sold for $12.8M
- Tuesday, 22 October 2013 10:18
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation's largest real estate investment services firm, arranged the sale of Broadway Place, a 73-unit senior living apartment property in Salt Lake City.
Hamilton Partner's Future 24-Story Office Tower Begins Pre-Leasing
- Wednesday, 02 October 2013 09:47
Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce has announced the availability, via pre-lease, of office space in 111 Main Office Tower, a 24-story office tower expected to be completed in 2016. The building has been designed by architectural firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by Hamilton Partners.
Sorenson Biotech Building Earns LEED Gold Certification
- Thursday, 26 September 2013 07:35
The University of Utah's James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
HFF Arranges $53.9 Million Acquisition Financing for a Four-Property Office Portfolio in Salt Lake City
- Wednesday, 11 September 2013 09:40
HFF announced today that it has arranged a $53.9 million financing for a four-property, Class A office portfolio totaling 440,708 square feet in Salt Lake City, Utah.
David Eccles School of Business Completes Phase Two of Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building
- Tuesday, 03 September 2013 10:25
The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced the completion of phase two of the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building, bringing the full array of the building's innovative, state-of-the-art facilities into active use.
USU Breaks Ground on $42-million Business Building
- Thursday, 29 August 2013 07:47
Salt Lake City High-Rise Sold, Major Rennovations Planned
- Monday, 12 August 2013 08:40
San Francisco based Maier Siebel Baber (MSB) has purchased one of Salt lake City's tallest buildings, 136 East South Temple, now known as the South Temple Tower.


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2003 Grand Prix GT, bought new on 4-18-03......just turned over 35,000 miles.
She's still looking like new, because of good care and it's always garaged when home.
Think I'll have some new tires put on later this year, and check the factory brake pads for wear.
Of course, no-one removes the lugs except me, and except for the factory wheel balance, the subsequent balances have all been done at home.
I have My own Cormach wheel spin-balancer, and it corrects right down to fractions of grams, rather than the traditional 1/4 oz for most balancing machines.
I bought a 1982 Cutlass Supreme, 21 years before the Pontiac, and I sold it shortly after buying the Grand Prix...kind of miss that Cutlass.
Here's an old image of that Olds, just before I sold it, and that was when I lived in New York State....she was a looker!
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John F. Bonfatti writes about environmental issues for The News. Today he fills us in on a slow-moving project out west that will delay the cleanup of nuclear waste at West Valley.
It's called Yucca Mountain but it's more of a ridge, stretching for nearly five miles in the barren desert, not far from where the government conducted numerous nuclear bomb tests.
The potential of nuclear energy was demonstrated here. The answer to its chief pitfall -- what to do with the deadly waste it generates -- will also be located here, if the federal government has its way.
The government has already spent $9 billion to burrow the tunnels that are being used to try to test whether the proposed long-range nuclear waste repository will safely protect waste that will remain highly radioactive for thousands of years.
It was originally supposed to open 10 years ago, but has still not been given final approval.
The earliest date it could possibly open now is 2020 -- and that's probably optimistic, given the deep opposition to it in the state in which its located, Nevada.
As part of a deal it made with the utilities to build a repository, the government agreed to pay the generators of the waste between $300 million and $500 million a year if it wasn't open by 1998. That account remains open as long as there's no repository.
A few weeks ago, the government announced the cost of building and operating Yucca Mountain for 100 years would be $90 billion -- $19 billion more than an estimate made last year.
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Reviews by Strand:
North Dakota
3.73/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I had James Page on tap at a hotel in St. Paul, MN. That's the only place I've ever seen it (I'm in ND) or even heard about it. But I tell you what, it's an excellent beer. It's a darker lager, with a bit of a sweet taste. I like dark beers, and I really like James Page Amber Lager. If you get a chance to try it out, do it.
Serving type: on-tap
03-11-2009 18:18:52 | More by Strand
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3/5 rDev -9.6%
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3.58/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A small off white to light tan head settles into a nice lacing above a clear amber copper colored beer.
A lightly roasted caramel malt aroma with hints of toffee.
Sweet lightly roasted caramel malt taste with a tad bit of hops coming through.
A light slight dry aftertaste with hints of sweet caramel malts hanging around on this light to medium light bodied beer.
A decent light tasting amber.
Serving type: bottle
11-13-2012 22:02:02 | More by LXIXME
3.75/5 rDev +13%
06-20-2012 14:03:43 | More by dmilewsk
2.75/5 rDev -17.2%
06-15-2012 02:36:52 | More by NodakEric
3.25/5 rDev -2.1%
04-09-2012 06:14:01 | More by fuzzcherry
3.65/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: Poured into 16oz. pint glass. Golden straw color, lot of light pass through, about 1 finger off white head that sticks around. decent lacing.
S: Decent lager with a touch of malt. Not to sound technical, but it "smells like beer."
T: Crisp malt and light hops, a touch of Pilsner to it. Even a touch of sourness in the finish, which i enjoy.
M: A bit of tartness, good carbonation and fairly solid brew. A bit thin, but this is to be expected from the style.
O: I enjoy this brew as a laid back session beer. Low ABV, solid flavor, doesn't really get old. This is a go to for a classic American beer. Drink it while listening to a little Dylan on a warm summer night, and you might just appreciate it.
Serving type: bottle
03-17-2011 02:38:46 | More by doucmehu
3.65/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A - Poured out a clear, reddish amber color with a very bubbly appearance. It had a small, short-lived head of white foam that left no lace.
S - Aroma is malty sweet with some grassy hops. Not a lot going on here.
T - It tasted very good. Bready, biscuity malt with nice caramel undertones. There was just a touch of grassy bitter hops to mellow out the sweet.
M - It was crisp, sharp and snappy. A light bodied lager with a dry finish.
D - As far as Vienna Lagers go, this one is pretty tasty. Appearance and aroma were not impressive but this is a good sessionable lager at a good price.
Serving type: bottle
04-27-2010 00:45:54 | More by zeff80
2.5/5 rDev -24.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into a tall glass.
Appearance: Clear amber with thin off-white head; no lacing.
Smell: Sweet caramel and bready malts. That's it.
Taste: Where is the taste? Light bready malts with the slightest touch of noble hops.
Feel: Moderately high carbonation, very thin, watery body.
Drinkability: I have a hard time believing this is a Vienna. Nothing offensive here, but certainly nothing worth returning to either.
Serving type: bottle
02-19-2010 22:30:12 | More by bsp77
3.63/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle poured into pilsener glass. A little more than an inch of head goes up to the rim of the glass, daring to go over the edge. Color is a clear copper/amber. Tons of carbonation bubbles cling to the inside wall of the glass. Speckles of lacing here and there.
Smell has a dry grain husk base with a hint of hops. Taste is cracker crisp with a mild malty sweetness. Very grain forward.
Mouthfeel is light and crisp. Finishes clean. This would be easy to session and an ideal alternative to a standard American lager.
Serving type: bottle
01-07-2010 05:27:36 | More by bort11
3.45/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear, golden/amber color. 1/6 inch head of a white color. Decent retention and poor lacing. Smells of yeast, pale malt, and slight hops. Fits the style of a Vienna Lager. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp with an average carbonation level. Tastes of yeast, pale hops, sweet malt, and slight citrus. Overall, nothing special, but a rather decent vienna.
Serving type: bottle
12-31-2009 20:27:02 | More by Tone
3.28/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
pours a clear amber color with some lacing..it has a bready malty smell with some spice..the taste is thin with some hop/spice and malt a little grassy taste but not memorable. the mouth feel is thin and light .this is not one ill buy but one to try i guess
Serving type: bottle
11-14-2009 20:36:43 | More by gatornation
3.48/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured into a chilled pint glass.
It's a clear, medium amber with a frothy head that has decent retention and lacing.
Expected more on the nose from a lager.
Smell and taste are mild, mild, mild....sweet malts, a touch grainy, with minimal hops.
Lighter body and not overly bitting, underwhelming but passable.
A boring brew for me but I know alot of people that would enjoy the hell out of this style.
Serving type: bottle
08-05-2009 03:44:12 | More by ThickestHead
3.43/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
Poured into a pint glass.
A-Pristine dark amber beer. Light tan head, medium off the pour, retains OK.
S-Toasty malts, hints of nuttiness with a spicy dark bread aroma.
T-Toasty malt with cracker flavors, followed by an easy spiciness, perhaps somewhat herbal. Hop bitterness helps provide a smooth balance. Sweet malt, toffee with a hint of butterscotchiness, all emerging near the end.
M-High carbonation, detracting from the flavor, but also making this beer quite refreshing on the palate. Medium-light body.
D-A pleasant, easy-drinking brew. A lighter body than one may expect, considering the rather hearty aroma. Very sessionable.
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07-17-2009 18:26:45 | More by CHSLBrew
3.98/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to stonequarrywest for the bottle.
A: Pours a nice rich mahogany/amber color that produces a tiny 1/2 finger head that dissipates quickly.
S: The nose is a light bready malt-backbone flavor that has hints of artificial cherry and a few other fruits.
T: The flavor profile is malty, sweet, and slightly dark-fruity. Very refreshing (especially in 94 degree, 100% humidity days in FL). A metallic note lingers thru the finish.
MF/D: Nice carbonation, med-light in body for a Vienna, and exceptionally drinkable for its style.
Serving type: bottle
06-28-2009 00:47:17 | More by scottyshades
3.68/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a clear amber color with a large white head that had decent retention. Moderate amount of lacing is left on the glass. Mild hop aroma but it is evident with earthy and spice hints. I detect a hint of diactyl. Nice malt base is the strong point in the flavor. The hops I was expecting from the aroma kind of fall away in the taste. Just hints of noble hops in the finish. Again I detect a little diactyl. Light body and moderately carbonated. Nice texture to this lighter bodied beer. Probably the best James Page beer and is very sessionable. One of the better Vienna Lagers I have sampled.
Serving type: bottle
12-27-2008 19:59:41 | More by morimech
3.33/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Appearance: Amber red hue thin white head and some carbonation.
Nose Caramelized burnt malt smell wheat and a hint of yeast
Taste: Flat hints of bread wheat yeast and malty with hints of citrus and esters.
Overall not to bad but not great. The mouth feel is kinda mouth coating but slightly powdery.
Serving type: bottle
12-12-2008 20:25:49 | More by colts9016
3.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I poured a 12 ounce bottle into a pint glass.
A: It poured a clear amber body with a moderate one finger off-white white head that receded fast.
S: It had a smooth and refreshing odor of lightly toasted malts with hints of nuts, smoke and apples.
T: It had a sweet and smoky front with hints of nuts and apples and pears. It hid the alcohol well.
M: It was light bodied with plenty of carbonation and a clean finish.
D: It is a good session beer with a low ABV, light body and balanced and non-obtrusive flavors.
Serving type: bottle
11-12-2008 15:53:30 | More by dnichols
3.05/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
I've had this in cans, bottles, and on tap. Nice orange color, light off white head. Always seems a fuzz low on the carbonation. It has a slight sweetness where the maltiness should be. Could use more hop bitterness to balance the malt and whatever that sweetness is. I like ambers to be more hoppy in flavor also. Drinkable, you can knock back quite a few, a little filling from that sweetness.
Overall just an average Amber.
Serving type: can
06-26-2008 15:31:31 | More by Chugmonkey
3/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
a: pours a nice copper orage color with about a qaurter inch of head that dissapears fast leaving a slight hint of lacing around the edge of the glass
s: caramely malts, biscuity with nice piny floral hops
t: biscuity caramely flavor nice piny hop bitterness
m: medium to light bodied beer with a little carbonation
overall, i dont know if ill buy this again but its not too bad
Serving type: on-tap
03-24-2008 20:43:29 | More by happygnome
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And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
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3 comments :
- flipsockgrrl said...
Thanks for this - it stirred some good memories. I'm putting my Enz playlist on high rotation for the rest of the day :-)
- January 05, 2013 3:29 PM
- swac said...
I was prompted by watching a live DVD from a recent reunion tour, where they looked like they were actually enjoying themselves and not just doing it for the money (although I'm sure the money was splendid as well).
As opposed to the Police, who could barely contain their mutual contempt for each other.
- January 07, 2013 2:27 PM
- flipsockgrrl said...
Yes, that "we're here for the fun of it" vibe was evident in Split Enz's early years too :-)
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James Randi spoke briefly, thanked everyone for coming and remarked drolly on how amazing it was that he could pull together such a community just by being a guy with a reputation for saying things like "I doubt that." Randi gave us some good news about bad news for Uri Geller, who's the target of …
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Jan 18 2007
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Jan 18 2007
TAM 5 liveblogging: Well, here I am!
Been here a few hours, in fact, but much of the afternoon was spent getting my bearings (including figuring out the wifi situation here — it isn't free, and in fact the $10/day service is the least rapacious) and registering. But a quick recap of the afternoon so far. Landing in Vegas to balmy 52 …
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I'm tired and groggy, but I'm on my way out the door to Vegas. Only trouble is, I made the mistake of getting online last night and looking up reviews of the Riviera. Apparently it's a seriously run-down shithole staffed by Neanderthals. Great. Well, now that I have low expectations maybe things won't be so …
Jan 17 2007
[Cartman voice] Kickass! [/Cartman voice]
Bright and early Thursday morning I am flying out of the ice-caked ruins of Austin for the not-all-that-less-cold-but-at-least-not-icy glitter of Lost Wages, Nevada. The occasion? James Randi's The Amazing Meeting 5, damn it! The great skeptic's conference hits its fifth year, with appearances by such luminaries as Michael Shermer, Penn & Teller, Richard Wiseman, Phil …
Jan 16 2007
From the Dept. of Making Your Life Easy
Why not watch the TV show right here? Look for future episodes as they become available. Atheist Experience #482, 1/7/07: Prediction. Russell explains how "prophets" and "psychics" fool people.
Jan 15 2007
DaveScot really is as foolish and dishonest as people say he is!
I've noticed Bill Dembski's sycophant-in-chief DaveScot has dropped by the AE blog to troll in our comments, as he has done in several others run by pro-evolution scientists. He has a reputation for wild distortions and pure risibility in his arguments (Ed Brayton's Dispatches from the Culture Wars is a fine compendium of DaveScottish follies, …
Jan 15 2007
Atheist Experience video now on web
I've been informed that recent episodes of the TV show are now online via Google Video, with more on the way. You can search for them there, or use the links here. (Episodes 475, 479, and 482 now available; scroll down to the table and select "video".) Hat tip to Don Baker for this.
Jan 13 2007
You think fundamentalism is bad in the US, try Nigeria!
Nigeria seems to be the country taking pole position for Most Egregious Offenses in the Name of Religion these days. Exhibit A: "Reverend King," self-styled leader of the Christian Praying Asembly, is one of these scumbags who founds a cult just so he can get loads of trim. King, real name Emeka Ezeugo, subjected female …
Jan 08 2007
A few nuggets from yesterday's show
The Atheist Experience is back after a few weeks of involuntary hiatus! Yesterday we had an unusually contentious show with a lot of people calling in to argue vigorously. Near the end, Matt declared someone to be "The best caller EVER!!!" thanks to his uncanny ability to answer his own questions, as in these two …
Jan 05 2007
The fundies' continued obsession with fudge-packin' and rug-munchin'!
Fundamentalist Christians' obsession with homosexuality baffles me. That anyone at all would care what two consenting adults do in the bedroom points, I humbly submit, to an unhealthy psychology. I can't say I have much reason to give gay people and their private lives a moment's thought, and my best friend in the world is …


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The university is proud to say that the logo was developed, from start to finish, as a collaborative, visual representation of the past, present and future of Lesley University. The intertwining "L" shapes speak to the interdisciplinary nature of the institution, while the imagery of interlocking links serve as representations of how four distinct schools fit together as one cohesive university. The font is Sentinel, a typeface that harkens back to the Enlightenment, evoking a sense of heritage worthy of Lesley's rich 105-year history.
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When Motionless In White first came to my attention, they had already built a pretty sturdy reputation as a powerful-sounding band who obviously took pride in their horror influences – for example, last Halloween they did a dead-on cover of Rob Zombie's Dragula – while at the same time not strictly limiting themselves to the established sound and image of horror punk, gothic metal, shock-rock or whatever. It seems like the media has generally tried to pigeonhole them as metalcore, since they tend to alternate harsh and clean vocal styles, and employ classic hardcore breakdowns and catchy chorus melodies... but there's a lot more going on with these dudes than just pop-core appeal.
While the folks who saw them perform live were already hot for a full-length release, it was the band's first EP When Love Met Destruction that caught the rest of the world's attention, landing them prominent placement on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball (for their video of Ghost in the Mirror) and got them touring with high-profile acts like Bleeding Through and In This Moment. Tomorrow our wishes are coming true with the release of the band's first full-length studio album Creatures – a gothic metal epic pumped up with industrial intensity, dark ambient atmospheres, rock-opera melodies and horror-punk attitude. That's obviously a pretty potent brew, so we've got a lot to cover here... turn the page and let's get into it!
From the raven-filled cover art by Solomon Amstutz down to the horror movie-inspired lyrics and cinematic mood, Creatures is a gothic feast for the senses. When the band rolled out their superb first single London in Terror – with lyrics exploring the motivations of Jack the Ripper – I knew they were more than capable of blending a richly melodic vocal canvas with fast but simple flesh-ripping riffs, thrashy rhythms and smooth backing keyboards, plus a touch of Marilyn Manson-style creepiness. The album's title track was also recently premiered to their fans via an exclusive download, and in a lot of ways that one represents the opposite side of the record's thematic coin – with more emphasis on epic production and sweeping melody – but it doesn't hesitate to do a little sonic ass-kicking here and there.
The album itself doesn't mess around either – opening with a nightmarish explosion of drop-tuned riffs and overlapping screams in Immaculate Misconception, backed with simple but effective synth strings and firmly establishing the band's own brand of accessible cross-genre metal. Through it all, frontman Chris Motionless slips easily between hardcore yells, demonic screeches and heartfelt but hook-filled harmonies without missing a beat, and his energy is contagious. Bela Lugosi's immortal "Children of the Night" line from Dracula opens the heavy vampire ballad We Only Come Out at Night, a piece that seems to start on a nostalgic note before pulling out the rug with another blast of speed-riffage and old school synth arpeggios dancing behind layered vocal harmonies. Lyrically it's a totally straightforward love poem to classic cinematic bloodsuckers – no metaphors, no irony, just a warm cup o' hemoglobin served straight-up. The shifting rhythms and styles of Abigail, combined with the alternating vocal styles and gothic keys, calls to mind the grandiose feeling of symphonic black metal grafted to an iron frame of hardcore.
Those same epic arrangements infuse several of these tracks, including Dot Com Pt. II, which sports some sweet lead guitar harmonies and a wicked breakdown, but distinguishes itself with a chilling whisper-sung bridge that draws from the best gothic-rock traditions. Puppets (The First Snow) is another scary but superb mini-epic in full-on symphonic black metal mode, with only a few melodic interjections, one of which will raise an eyebrow or two when it lifts a lyric from The Smiths' How Soon Is Now? Strangely enough, it totally works, and if you like a good moshpit explosion, there's a sweet break for you at the end. Another effective use of this formula comes with the song's "sequel" Scissorhands (The Last Snow), which opens with epic keys before tearing ahead at a breakneck pace, as appropriately Danny Elfman-esque piano twinkles race to keep up with the super-fast riffs. A classic bridge comes after the halfway mark, this time conjuring a dark carnival feel with organ, piano and a waltz tempo. More of these fun-house ups and downs are put to good use in cuts like Undead Ahead, a cool and creepy atmospheric effort returning to classic monster turf with a sudden chilling tempo drop in the middle and some wicked guitar harmonics that stab through the mix like rusty knives.
While a departure in style from the rest of the record, City Lights is a fairly effective power ballad featuring minimal rhythms, gentle synth washes and cool guitar effects in the first half, then expanding the melody to a massive amped finish featuring goosebump-raising choirs. While Cobwebs manages to blend a touch of old-school cock rock with straight-ahead melodic pop-metal, it loses something in the fusion.... but one case where absolutely every element works is Count Choculitis, which not only has pretty much locked a win for my "Best Song Title of 2010" award, it's also one of the coolest horror-metal anthems I've heard in a while. Electro-industrial synth lines and reverb-soaked chants are driven by the album's strongest, most surgically precise rhythms, and the bass and kick combo is guaranteed to wake the dead. This one rocks like a marble mausoleum, and it'll be residing on my playlist for a long time.
If Creatures doesn't get you in the proper Halloween party mood, you might want to check your pulse to see if you're still living... not that there's anything wrong with that, of course; lots of our friends are undead, and they'd probably dig this record too (pun intended). But it doesn't have to end there... the band is currently co-headlining an October "Entertainment or Death" tour with goth-rockers Black Veil Brides and William Control, so be sure to check out their MySpace page for the complete list of venues.
But don't go away just yet... with Halloween rapidly approaching, we were also lucky to score an exclusive feature with Chris Motionless, where he'll reveal to FEAR fans his all-time favorite horror music videos. It's a sweet lineup, and it's coming next week... so don't miss it!


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Wittenberg University is a highly personal, active and engaged academic experience, where it's not about becoming a perfect student, but rather a fully realized person-full of confidence, free from contradiction and fully prepared to make an immediate impact in one's community and around the world. As a four-year liberal arts and sciences college founded in 1845, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located in Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg has developed students' individual gifts and talents in a supportive environment that provides an outstanding foundation for a successful career and meaningful life. With more than 900 courses that engage and inspire across more than 80 majors, minors and special programs, Wittenberg's award-winning professors push students' thinking beyond what is comfortable and into what is important.
Wittenberg's mission, goals and continuous commitment all serve the individual student on a personal path to understanding, achievement and purpose. Reflecting its Lutheran heritage, Wittenberg challenges students to become responsible global citizens, to discover their callings, and to lead personal, professional, and civic lives of creativity, service, compassion, and integrity. With more Ohio Professors of the Year than any other four-year institution in the state and a Fulbright-rich faculty, Wittenberg is defined by uncompromised teaching. From every new student's first class, they are exposed to gifted scholar-teachers in small class settings. The work is designed to be challenging, but faculty members remain close, and the great majority of students develop a relationship with a professor as a mentor, or even a friend.
There are also no teaching assistants at Wittenberg, which offers an 11:1 student-faculty ratio. The faculty culture attracts scholars and scientists who are highly committed to undergraduate teaching excellence. From collaborative research opportunities and service abroad, Wittenberg faculty and students understand that there is never just one point of view, one answer, one truth. They also know that the choices they make are best understood within a context that includes history, politics, culture, psychology, science, technology, economics and religion.
As a community of thinkers, leaders, athletes and, most importantly, doers, Wittenberg also offers one of the most energetic campuses in the country, complete with 23 varsity sports, a vibrant study abroad program, global service opportunities, and more than 120 student activities. Whatever the passion, whether it's comic books or sailing, cave exploration or physics, a group of like-minded students can be found at Wittenberg, which has an annual enrollment of 1,800 undergraduate students.
With the winningest record in NCAA Division III for football and basketball, Wittenberg's athletics program also ensures that although students will never be a number on campus, there is a strong chance they will wear one. Three quarters of students play intramural or club sports each year, and 35 percent play intercollegiate sports.
In addition, Wittenberg's motto, "Having Light We Pass It On To Others," daily inspires students. Whether it's traveling the globe for study, continuing on to graduate school or making an immediate impact in their communities after graduation, Wittenberg students leave their mark wherever they go. From the White House, ABC's Primetime and Dreamworks to the Peace Corps, two state Supreme Courts, the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges, the U.S. Olympic
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When applying to Wittenberg University, it's important to note the application deadline is rolling, and the early action deadline and the early decision deadline are December 1 and November 15, respectively. The application fee at Wittenberg University is $40. It is selective, with an acceptance rate of 91.2 percent and an early acceptance rate of 93.3 percent.
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The student-faculty ratio at Wittenberg University is 11:1, and the school has 63.1 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Wittenberg University include: Social Sciences; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs; and Education. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 78.3 percent.
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Wittenberg University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,881, with a gender distribution of 45.2 percent male students and 54.8 percent female students. At this school, 83 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 9 percent of students live off campus. Wittenberg University is part of the NCAA III athletic conference.
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MARIETTA, Ga. —
The 15-year-old co-defendant of a man accused of fatally shooting a baby boy in his stroller was questioned in front of a judge Wednesday and identified De'Marquise Elkins, 18, as the shooter. The younger man maintained he had no involvement in the boy's death.
Dominique Lang, 15, was questioned in front of a judge without a jury present and recreated the scene that led up to the fatal shooting of 13-month old Antonio Santiago. Authorities have said Lang and Dominique Elkins targeted the boy's mother, Sherry West, in an attempted armed robbery in which West was also injured.
Lang told the court that he was behind Elkins when he approached a woman with a stroller and asked for her purse.
"He slapped her with the gun," Lang told the judge, adding that Elkins then threatened the boy in his stroller. "He came around the stroller and she came around the other way and he shot," Lang said. "I was in panic mode. I didn't move."
The Marietta Daily Journal reports West is also expected to testify in the trial, and that she has already identified Elkins as the shooter.
The Florida-Times Union reports the judge held a hearing without the jury present on a defense motion to bar jurors from hearing that Lang identified Elkins as the shooter to police. The judge ruled in favor of hearing Lang identify the suspect.
In court, public defender Kevin Gough played a video of Lang's interview the day of the March 21 shooting in which he quickly identified Elkins as the gunman. When asked why he pointed out Elkins so quickly, Lang said it was because he wanted to go home.
"I was scared they were going to get me for something I didn't do," he said. Lang has also been charged with murder in the case.
Brunswick police Det. Angela Smith also took the stand in front of the judge and jury, and Gough questioned her for hours about the department's investigation into the case.
Smith said West looked at a photo lineup for about 20 seconds before identifying Elkins as the shooter.
"She said 'I know that was him,"' Smith said. "I will never forget those bushy eyebrows." Smith added that she's rarely seen anyone identify a suspect so quickly.
Gough questioned the department's investigation into the shooting, along with the credibility of Santiago's mother. He accused West of providing shaky statements to police after the shooting and said she had previously been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, paranoia, post-traumatic stress disorder and had been prescribed Vicodin after a car accident.
Police didn't investigate whether West had taken any medication before the shooting, and Gough maintained the woman was never adequately considered as a suspect in her son's death.
Police also didn't search for a weapon when they arrived at the scene, Gough said.
"My thought was, 'I have an unresponsive child on the ground that I gave my attention to,"' Smith told him.
Lang's 15-year-old cousin also took the stand Wednesday and told defense attorney Jonathan Lockwood that he saw his cousin with Elkins at his grandmother's house the day of the shooting. However, attorneys questioned the teen's credibility when he told the jury he didn't go to school because he had nothing to wear and didn't clearly answer how he arrived at his grandmother's home.
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Tepper alumni play a pivotal role in recruiting MBA and MSCF students. Support the admissions office by not only sharing your experience with individuals in your network, but by referring the candidate to the admissions team. While candidate selection will consider the entirety of the application submitted, your insights about the potential of an individual with whom you know well are valuable. Your submission will become part of the candidate's application record and will be taken into consideration during the admission process. In addition, your referral will provide a candidate an application fee waiver.
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Alumni make a difference at a recruiting event, whether an MBA fair or Tepper information session in locations across the globe. Prospective students are very interested in the insights of recent graduates from our programs. Usually a 2-3 hour commitment per event, you can make a positive impact on a candidate's decision to apply to Tepper by sharing your MBA experience. If you are interested in attending an admissions event, please contact James Frick on the Tepper Admissions Team
Your experience and knowledge of Tepper are valuable to candidates during the application process. By volunteering to be an admissions alumni ambassador, candidates will have the opportunity to connect with you based on your geographic location, industry and background. Your name will become part of a searchable database that will be accessible for admitted candidates. There also may be instances where the admissions team will to share your contact with promising candidates to the Tepper School. Alumni who have been out of b-school for five years or less are ideal for this role.
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Local Living Thailand—Hilltribe Experience (ATHL)
When most of us think "Thailand," we think bustling Bangkok, fresh and spicy Lanna cuisine, and flamboyant Buddhist temples. This trip introduces you to a side of Thailand that few see, partnering you up with a local hilltribe for an all-access glimpse into (very) rural life. Explore the village and the jungle that surrounds it, study ancient farming techniques, try your hand at bamboo-weaving, and learn about daily life in the hills from your more-than-welcoming hosts. Bangkok, schmangkok – head for the hills and discover what everyone else has been missing.
Highlights: Connect with local Black Lahu and Shan communities, savour home-cooked Thai food, experience local culture hands-on, learn about local hilltribe customs from those who live and breathe them.
- Travel Style:
- Local Living
- Trip Type:
- Small Group
- Service Level:
- Basic
- Physical Grading:
- 3
Hidden China & Inner Mongolia (ACNC)
To truly understand China, you've got to get out and meet it on its own terms, which is exactly what this 12-day trip through the country's northern reaches delivers. Up here, you'll get to the big stuff (the Great Wall, Xi'an's Terracotta Army, Beijing) and lesser-known treasures that only the hardiest of travellers ever get to see: village life in Inner Mongolia, the amazing Yungang Buddhist Caves and the nearly 3,000-year-old city of Pingyao, to name just a few. North China: No tourists allowed!
Highlights: Envision ancient times at the Great Wall of China, live like a local in an Inner Mongolian ger, marvel at the Hanging Monastery of Datong, stare down the Terracotta Warriors, learn traditional Chinese painting in Pingyao
- Travel Style:
- Classic
- Trip Type:
- Small Group
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Highlights of Sumatra (AESH)
If the only thing you think of when you hear "Sumatra" is "coffee," then we need to have a chat. If you're looking to plunge right into a nature-filled adventure with orangutans aplenty, here's where you'll want to be for two weeks of city touring, hiking, and having a great time bonding with your fellow travellers. We're pretty sure you'll agree that everything is a highlight in Sumatra.
Highlights: Encounter orangutans up close and personal, hike down to a crater lake, trek in the jungle of national parks, chill out on Lake Samosir.
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Indonesia in Depth—Sumatra, Java, Bali (AEID)
Get ready to hit the ground running in this 28-day whirlwind tour of Indonesia's top sights. We mean that literally, too – you'll stay active as you hike and explore Berastagi, Sipirok, Tangkahan, Bukit Lawang and more. Recharge with street food crawls and coffee plantation tours, and take the time to get up close and personal with orangutans and elephants. Experiencing it all with a group of like-minded travellers is the best way to get the most out of this dynamic country.
Highlights: Discover Javanese culture, encounter orangutans up close and personal, trek in the shadow of Mt Bromo, travel through beautiful rice terraces, chill out on Lake Samosir.
Southeast Asia in Depth (ATSE)
Get off the beaten path and head right into the wonders of Southeast Asia. On this best-of collection of Bangkok, Bali, Sumatra and more, we'll see some of the most famous tourist areas as well as little-known marvels. With days spent on boat trips and sunny beaches and evenings full of bonding with new friends as you enjoy the city nightlife, your schedule will be so full that the 41 days will fly by.
Highlights: Watch the sunrise from Mt Bromo, hike down to a beautiful crater lake, sample java from its namesake island, chill out on stunning beaches, encounter orangutans up close and personal in Sumatra.
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Hidden China & Inner Mongolia (ACNC)
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Indonesia in Depth—Sumatra, Java, Bali (AEID)
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John Hall, Contributor
I write about entrepreneurs, thought leadership and content marketing.
"Thought leadership" is becoming a buzzword not just in the entrepreneurial space, but across all industries. People want to partner with, buy from, and deal with people they believe are the best and the brightest — and the companies that are the most credible. On a daily basis, entrepreneurs and business leaders ask me what they can do to improve their thought leadership.
Leaders pilot companies and experts share their knowledge. What have you done lately to show that you are a leader? Don't think Forbes, Inc., and Fast Company will beg you to be a contributor, because they won't. You need to earn the right to be considered at that level. I was a contributor at about 30 smaller publications before I started contributing to Forbes. Bottom line: share your expertise with your industry and market to position yourself as a leader.
Who's doing it right?
Scott Gerber with the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) consistently releases content to a variety of sites. It's much easier for the YEC to position itself as a leading entrepreneurial organization when its leader is regularly getting relevant content published.
Does Google think you're a thought leader?
When you search your name or company name, which results rank highest? Are you easily found? Once potential partners or clients find you, what do they see? Do they find your LinkedIn account, contributions, awards, and other credibility points? If they don't find your social media accounts, use BrandYourself to boost the likelihood that your accounts will appear in search results. Don't think that a mountain of press releases from PRWeb is going to scream credibility.
Who's doing it right?
Google Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell's Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and you will see a flood of credibility points. Everything that displays, from a TED talk to Forbes articles, helps people determine that she's a good person to know.
What do your LinkedIn and other professional sites look like?
When somebody looks at your profile, is it full of awards, Top Ten lists, contributions, recommendations, endorsements, and other items that bolster your credibility claims? You may not get thousands of people viewing your profile each day, but important partners, clients, and networkers will look at you. It's a test to see if you are becoming a leader in your space. Look at the questions LinkedIn asks as you fill out your profile. If you have a bunch of blanks, chances are you need to work on some areas.
Who's doing it right?
Check out the LinkedIn profile of Krisstina Wise, CEO of The GoodLife Team. She pretty much has every category covered, from awards to endorsements to recommendations. Her profile is the full package.
What does your trophy case look like?
Are you ever jealous of those people whose websites boast dozens of awards they and their companies have won? Don't be. There are tons of awards out there, and if you truly are credible, you can win some, too. It just takes time to search and apply for these opportunities. Soon enough, you'll have something to add to your trophy case. Awards are a third-party endorsement of your expertise and credibility. Don't feel that only braggadocios apply for awards; if you're an expert in your industry, you deserve to be recognized.
Who's doing it right?
BGT Partners, an award-winning interactive agency, is not scared to show proof of its good work. The agency has an entire page on its site dedicated to awards, and it is impressive.
This is great article on current trends, thank you for sharing. It's so true, people want to know who you are, what your credibility is and what you can do for them. Positioning yourself as an expert is key. Getting a book published usually helps massively with this and getting great testimonials from your clients will boost your credibility too. With kindle publishing and lulu its not too hard to get a book out on a topic. Linked in tip – under your skills and expertise make sure you list things you want people to know you are good at. The more people that endorse these shows a visible picture and helps your credibility.


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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
I haven't written much about professional wrestling lately so I thought this week I would take some time and examine the state of TNA wrestling.
If you believe the IWC (Internet Wrestling Community) the organization is in trouble and could be on its last legs. Word has it that talent is not paid on time, among other things.
TNA has let some talent go recently, which is nothing new for a wrestling company to do. Tara, D-Lo Brown, Bruce Prichard, DOC (the former Luke Gallows), Christian York, Joey Ryan, Madison Rayne, Doug Williams and Taeler Hendrix, to name just a few. Plus they parted ways with Matt Morgan and Rob Van Dam, who recently showed back up in the WWE.
Ever since the promotion started over 10 years ago, their demise has been predicted by the IWC. Why wrestling fans would want a promotion to fail is beyond me. If you like wrestling you want to watch as much as you can. Plus, competition is good for the sport. If the WWE is the lone dog, the product suffers (as it has steadily since WCW and ECW were bought by Vince McMahon).
Dr. Tom Prichard, the brother of Bruce Prichard, recently blogged with his thoughts on TNA's problems and his own dealings with the promotion. He basically said that TNA should start at the very top and look at what the real issues are.
That means you, Dixie Carter. It starts at the top.
Now Carter has no background in wrestling like Vince McMahon does. McMahon grew up around the sport as his father was a promoter and the original owner of the then WWWF. Carter started working for TNA in marketing then convinced her parents to buy the promotion, and when they did, she became president.
Nothing wrong with that as long as you surround yourself with people who know wrestling.
At first she had the likes of Jeff Jarrett, Dutch Mantell and Jim Cornette. Jarrett was soon gone from any type of authority position. Mantell was let go from the booking department and has recently shown up in the WWE as Zeb Colter. Cornette has probably the greatest professional wrestling mind on the planet. Unfortunately Cornette isn't in the business right now.
TNA also had a chance to sign Paul Heyman but let that slip by. Another mistake. They brought in Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, and in many people's opinion, two more mistakes.
Right now TNA reminds me of WCW in its dying days. And that's sad, because I do believe that they have, from top to bottom, a stronger roster than the WWE has. They just need to learn how to use it correctly.
Prichard also noted that he was once contacted by TNA to help with the developmental system in OVW. But he said there was never any follow up and he never got a straight answer or a courtesy call explaining why a representative of the company called and initiated talks and promised an answer "by Monday." He said Monday has yet to come.
I believe this. I have had my own dealings with TNA and ran into this same problem.
I won't go into too much detail, but it happened a couple of years ago when they had a show in Corbin. I had interviewed Christopher Daniels and was looking forward to meeting him. But the person I was dealing with at TNA never got back to me on whether or not I would get credentials to the event, which they had given me before. Repeated emails were never answered. No phone calls returned. I did finally hear from them after the event apologizing for not answering me and offering to make it up to me, but I never responded to them.
If I were Dixie Carter, I would try my best to lure Cornette back into wrestling and give him free reign to book the promotion. I mean free reign. The man has worked for WCW, WWE, Ring of Honor, and ran his own promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, which had some of the best and most compelling storylines in the sport at the time.
I don't want to see TNA fail. Carter recently addressed the TNA talent and told them everything was fine. I hope so. It's also being reported that, which the departure of Prichard, no one has been named head of creative, but it appears, for the time being at least, Bischoff will assume that role.
Here is your chance, Dixie. Give Cornette a call. I'm begging you.
If something isn't done soon, I'm afraid TNA will be no more. And that's something that I don't want to see.
Direct Kick: Is TNA in trouble, and if so, what (or who) can save them?
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
I haven't written much about professional wrestling lately so I thought this week I would take some time and examine the state of TNA wrestling.
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Bristol Palin -- daughter of Sarah Palin, of course -- is after her baby daddy, Levi Johnston. According to Johnston's lawyer, Levi made next to nothing in the way of income over the last few years and shouldn't have to pay $1,688.42 a month in child support. But Bristol says Levi is a big ole liar -- and that he made about $101,000 just last year.
Who's wrong, and who's lying? Clearly someone is. So Palin's lawyer issues subpoenas today to CNN, Playgirl, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Star Magazine, and National Enquirer, asking for hard figures on how much they paid Levi. Guess the truth will come out soon enough.
Here's the one piece of evidence the Palin team already has against Levi: he claimed in legal docs that he made no more than $10,000 a year prior to 2009. But Palin's lawyer now has a pay stub from 2008, showing that Levi raked in $18,594.50 from one employer alone -- a construction company in Alaska. *cue dramatic music*


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CALGARY -- Lindy Ruff says Tim Connolly will not play tonight or tomorrow in Edmonton but will be back Saturday against Boston. Here's what some of the players said after today's skate about Derek Roy's injury:
Ryan Miller: "It's easy to start playing the victim. Derek got hurt and we feel bad because he's a great friend of ours and was having a great season.. We just hopes he gets back to health and we have to take care of business on our end. Even if he missed a few weeks, we'd have to play the same kind of game we will now. It's just another element, another part of the test."
Thomas Vanek: "It's hard for all of us but especially for me as a friend and a linemate. I've played with him a long time now it seems like. It's tough. We feel bad for him. It seemed like a nothing play and now he's done. You feel for him. He was having a great year, a great competitor for us. We all know we have to be a little better here."
Rob Niedermayer, who will take Roy's place between Thomas Vanek and Tyler Ennis: "I have to be able to get these guys the puck. They're both creative players offensively. You lose a guy like Derek who has been so consistent, it's up to you be big and take the responsibility for everyone."
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The man wanted in a Brooklyn hit-and-run that took three lives was arrested in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, about 90 miles west of where the crash occurred.
The local ABC affiliate, WABC, showed video of Julio Acevedo in a blue hooded jacket and athletic pants surrounded by police officers as he was taken into custody. WABC reported that Acevedo had surrendered there because he thought it would be safer.


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THE SCREENING ROOM: American Idiot Tour Performs at New Year's Bash in Toronto (Video)
By Michael Gioia
The North American tour of Green Day's American Idiot is currently playing the Toronto Centre for the Arts in Ontario, Canada. While in Canada, the cast dropped by CityTV's "New Year's Bash" to perform a mashup of songs from the musical.
The touring cast includes Van Hughes as Johnny (Jesus of Suburbia), Joshua Kobak as St. Jimmy, Jake Epstein as Will, Scott J. Campbell as Tunny, original Broadway cast member Leslie McDonel as Heather, Gabrielle McClinton as Whatsername and Nicci Claspell as The Extraordinary Girl, with ensemble members Talia Aaron, Krystina Alabado, Gabriel Antonacci, Larkin Bogan, Jennifer Bowles, Matt DeAngelis, Dan Gleason, Kelvin Moon Loh, Tommy McDowell, Jillian Mueller, Jarran Muse, Vince Oddo and Okieriete Onaodowan.
The Idiots performed a medley of the Green Day hits "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Holiday" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)."
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Welcome to the area dedicated to parallel processing and acceleration by using OpenCL and graphics card.
This area intends to supply, in a summarized and clear way, a practical way to use the graphics card for math calculations. If you're interested about the architecture and implementation, check the OpenCL spec from Khronos Group.I suggest the reader NOT to skip any step because understanding later steps will often depend on having understood the previous ones. Besides, this page is not intended to give professional training about parallel processing. Instead, we're trying to offer a practical way of learning for the non-professional OpenCL developer.For your convenience, the topics have been grouped by difficulty level in a color scale:Level: easy;Level: intermediate;Level: difficult.Remember that the developer should be familiar with C# and .NET to read this tutorial.
The sample code for each section is available in the section.
I suggest you download OpenCLTemplate and use the OpenCL Editor to check if your code is correct:
Important note: Most of this tutorial is general-purpose information about OpenCL. OpenCLTemplate just makes it faster to try the code and see what happens. It doesn't matter if you are going to use the pure OpenCL API or some binding like OpenTK, Cloo (which I think is great) or OpenCL.NET. What is important is that there will be commands to load variables and execute kernels. You will always be able to use the OpenCL C99 code presented here.
You may click on the desired topic or use the menu to the left to access the topics.
1 - Installation and configurations;2 - Overview about OpenCL and parallel processing;3 - First OpenCL program;4 - ATI Stream OpenCL Technical Overview;5 - Capabilities and limitations;6 - Why parallel processing?7 - Reading and writing variables;8 - Command queues;9 - Kernel execution structure;10 - Basic aspects of OpenCL C99 language;11 - Intermediate aspects of the C99 OpenCL language;12 - Advanced aspects of the C99 OpenCL language;13 - OpenCL C99 Atomics;14 - OpenCL Image2D Variables;15 - Synchronization;16 - OpenCL/OpenGL Interop Framework;17 - OpenCL/OpenGL Interoperation;18 - OpenCL/OpenGL Interoperation with Textures;19 - Optimization Strategies20 - Case study: matrix multiplication;21 - Case study: image filtering;22 - Case study: Low poly collision detection;23 - Case study: geometric fitting of pipes.24 - Case study: color tracking;25 - Case study: High performance convolution using OpenCL __local memory;26 - Case study: Extraction of color Haar features;27 - Case study: heat transfer simulation using CLGL interop;28 - Case Study: Efficient manipulation of Kinect data using OpenCL/GL Interop.
AMD Diagonal Sparse Matrix Vector Multiplication Case Study - Nice Case Study from AMD, definitely worth seeing. Some optimizations are clearly hardware-specific though.
AMD Reductions Case Study - Another interesting case studies which show ways to compute vector sums/max/min operations efficiently. Concepts are appliable in general.