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WNCC men fall in overtime to Otero 99-93January 20, 2013
The Western Nebraska Community College men's basketball team lost another heartbreaker Saturday afternoon, falling to Otero Junior College 100-93 in overtime at Cougar Palace.
It was the teams' fourth overtime loss in the last eight games. Trey Moore, who finished with nine points and eight assists, said the team competed hard to tie the game at 82-82 to force overtime, but they just need to learn to finish.
"We played hard but it is our fourth overtime loss and I was pretty sure that we would have won one sometime," Moore said. "It was big of us to come back, but we have to finish the game. "
The way the Cougars came back to force overtime was thrilling. The Cougars didn't take their first lead of the contest until the 13:14 mark of the second half on a Charles Ward bucket. The Cougars were then down by as much as five points on different occasions with a minute to play when things started to turn their way.
Ward was the catalyst of the comeback as he hit a 3-pointer off an inbounds play to slice the lead to 80-78. Moments later, Ward stole the ball and dunked home the tying bucket. Otero came back and went ahead 82-80 with 21.3 seconds to play on two free throws by Yoshio Allen. WNCC answered as Tahir Little found a small gap underneath the bucket with 9.4 seconds to play to tie the game at 82-82.
Otero had a chance to win it at the end of regulation but the Cougars came through with two blocks to force the extra period.
Moore said the way the team came back, never giving up after the Rattlers opened the game with five straight 3-pointers, shows a lot of heart with this team.
"Those blocks were a big momentum changer because they still had time so we couldn't celebrate after Ty made that shot. We got back and got the stop and send it into overtime," Moore said. "We just need to get over that hump and come together as a team and make some shots in overtime."
The Cougars were led in scoring by Ward with 37 points. Ward was 10 of 11 from the field, including four 3-pointers. WNCC also saw Quante Cooley finish with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Cody Johnson has 12 points.
The Cougars did out-rebound the Rattlers 40-39 and also dished out 26 assists. Little led the team in assists with nine followed by Moore with eight.
The sub-region heart-breaking loss drops the team to 1-3 in the south sub-region, but they still are not out of a top finish for the regional tournament as they have plenty of sub-region games left.
"We still can win sub-regions with three losses, so we have to take it one game at a time," Moore said. "We have to just get over that hump, dig deep and just keep going. We battled the whole game out there today, but we just have to finish games."
Still, it is vital that that Cougars learn to close out a game. Look at it this way, if the Cougars would have won the four overtime games, their 7-10 record would be 11-6. On top of everything, the road doesn't get any easier as they host Eastern Wyoming on Tuesday in another sub-region contest.
"We will get rested up with our Sunday break and then come back Monday, practice hard and prepare for them," Moore said. "We don't want another loss at home."
Tuesday's home contest begins at 7:30 p.m. and after that, the Cougars won't be home again until Feb. 8-9 against Lamar Community College and Northeastern Junior College.


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Professor, Department of Pathology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Genetic differences play an important role in normal human development and disease. These differences can also play a role in the progression of disease and in individual responses to therapy. The research mission of our laboratory is to use of modern genomics to help understand the roles of human genetic variation in these processes. We have developed functional variant assays to understand the phenotypic effects of genetic variants.
Genetic variation in human populations. We have characterized genetic variation in a number of human populations (Hispanics and Latinos, Jewish HapMap Project) to understand the origins and migrations of these populations. Currently, we are exploring the role of natural selection in the formation of some of these populations. We are carrying the work forward to understand disease susceptibilities within these groups. A key feature of this work is translating new findings into clinical practice to promote personalized medicine
Human developmental disorders. We study the genetic basis of rare genetic disorders, notably disorders found in isolated populations and disorders of sex development, to indentify not only the mutational basis, but also the molecular mechanisms. Recently, we identified mutations in genes in the MAP kinase pathway in abnormal testicular development and now are investigating the roles of members of this pathway in normal testicular development.
Cancer genetics and genomics. We have explored the roles of low and high-penetrance variants in risk of human cancers and have developed models for predicting risk. Through genome wide association studies, we have identified common variants that increase risk of adverse outcomes (erectile dysfunction, urinary dysfunction, proctitis) for men treated with radiation therapy for prostate cancer. We have also developed a molecular signature based on acquired somatic copy number alterations that is highly predictive of risk of metastasis and may account for this increased risk among African-American men. A similar model is being developed for breast cancer.
Rose AE, Poliseno L, Wang J, Clark M, Pearlman A, Wang G, Vega Y Saenz de Miera EC, Medicherla R, Christos PJ, Shapiro R, Pavlick A, Darvishian F, Zavadil J, Polsky D, Hernando E, Ostrer H, Osman I. Integrative genomics identifies molecular alterations that challenge the linear model of melanoma progression. Cancer Res. 71:2561-71, 2011.
Moorjani P, Patterson N, Hirschhorn JN, Keinan A, Hao L, Atzmon G, Burns E, Ostrer H, Price AL, Reich D. The history of African gene flow into southern Europeans, Levantines, and Jews. PLoS Genet. 7(4):e1001373, 2011.
Warr N, Bogani D, Siggers P, Brixey R, Tateossian H, Dopplapudi A, Wells S, Cheeseman M, Xia Y, Ostrer H, Greenfield A. Minor abnormalities of testis development in mice lacking the gene encoding the MAPK signalling component, MAP3K1. PLoS One. 6(5):e19572, 2011.
Velez C, Palamara PF, Guevara-Aguirre J, Hao L, Karafet T, Guevara-Aguirre M, Pearlman A, Oddoux C, Hammer M, Burns E, Pe'er I, Atzmon G, Ostrer H. The impact of Converso Jews on the genomes of modern Latin Americans. Hum Genet. 131:251-63, 2012
Loke J, Ostrer H. Rapidly screening variants of uncertain significance in the MAP3K1 gene for phenotypic effects. Clin Genet. 81:272-7, 2012
Campbell CL, Palamara PF, Dubrovsky M, Botigué LR, Fellous M, Atzmon G, Oddoux C, Pearlman A, Hao L, Henn BM, Burns E, Bustamante CD, Comas D, Friedman E, Pe'er I, Ostrer H. North African Jewish and non-Jewish populations form distinctive, orthogonal clusters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109:13865-70, 2012
Kerns SL, Stock R, Stone N, Buckstein M, Shao Y, Campbell C, Rath L, DeRuysscher D, Lammering G, Hixson R, Cesaretti J, Terk M, Ostrer H, Rosenstein BS. A 2-stage genome-wide association study to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with development of erectile dysfunction following radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85(1):e21-8, 2013.
Guevara-Aguirre J, Guevara-Aguirre M, Hwa V, Prócel P, Saavedra J, Ostrer H, Fang P, Rosenfeld RG, Kerns S, Rosenbloom AL. Intrauterine and postnatal growth failure with normal GH/IGF1 axis and insulin-resistant diabetes in a consanguineous kinship. Eur J Endocrinol. 166:521-9, 2012.
Kerns SL, Stone NN, Stock RG, Rath L, Ostrer H, Rosenstein BS. A 2-stage genome-wide association study to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with development of urinary symptoms after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. J Urol. 190:102-8, 2013.
Rinella ES, Shao Y, Yackowski L, Pramanik S, Oratz R, Schnabel F, Guha S, LeDuc C, Campbell CL, Klugman SD, Terry MB, Senie RT, Andrulis IL, Daly M, John EM, Roses D, Chung WK, Ostrer H. Genetic variants associated with breast cancer risk for Ashkenazi Jewish women with strong family histories but no identifiable BRCA1/2 mutation. Hum Genet. 132:523-36, 2013.
Ostrer H. Genes: US patent rulings will fuel invention. Nature 499:29, 2013.
Cespedes MS, Kerns SL, Holzman RS, McLaren PJ, Ostrer H, Aberg JA. Genetic predictors of cervical dysplasia in African American HIV-infected women: ACTG DACS 268. HIV Clin Trials. 14:292-302, 2013.
Kerns SL, de Ruysscher D, Andreassen CN, Azria D, Barnett GC, Chang-Claude J, Davidson S, Deasy JO, Dunning AM, Ostrer H, Rosenstein BS, West CM, Bentzen SM. STROGAR - STrengthening the Reporting Of Genetic Association studies in Radiogenomics. Radiother Oncol. 110:182-8, 2014.
Isakov O, Rinella ES, Olchovsky D, Shimon I, Ostrer H, Shomron N, Friedman E. Missense mutation in the MEN1 gene discovered through whole exome sequencing co-segregates with familial hyperparathyroidism. Genet Res (Camb). 2013
Aug;95(4):114-20. doi: 10.1017/S0016672313000141. PubMed PMID: 24074368.
Vacic V, Ozelius LJ, Clark LN, Bar-Shira A, Gana-Weisz M, Gurevich T, Gusev A, Kedmi M, Kenny EE, Liu X, Mejia-Santana H, Mirelman A, Raymond D, Saunders-Pullman R, Desnick RJ, Atzmon G, Burns ER, Ostrer H, Hakonarson H, Bergman A, Barzilai N, Darvasi A, Peter I, Guha S, Lencz T, Giladi N, Marder K, Pe'er I, Bressman SB, Orr-Urtreger A. Genome-wide mapping of IBD segments in an Ashkenazi PD cohort identifies associated haplotypes. Hum Mol Genet. 23:4693-702, 2014.
Loke J, Pearlman A, Radi O, Zuffardi O, Giussani U, Pallotta R, Camerino G, Ostrer H. Mutations in MAP3K1 tilt the balance from SOX9/FGF9 to WNT/β-catenin signaling. Hum Mol Genet. 23:1073-83, 2014.
Ostrer H. Disorders of sex development (DSDs): an update. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 99:1503-9, 2014.
Kerns SL, Ostrer H, Rosenstein BS. Radiogenomics: using genetics to identify cancer patients at risk for development of adverse effects following radiotherapy. Cancer Discov. 4:155-65, 2014.
Hiraki S, Rinella ES, Schnabel F, Oratz R, Ostrer H. Cancer risk assessment using genetic panel testing: considerations for clinical application. J Genet Couns. 23:604-17, 2014.
Rosenstein BS, West CM, Bentzen SM, Alsner J, Andreassen CN, Azria D, Barnett GC, Baumann M, Burnet N, Chang-Claude J, Chuang EY, Coles CE, Dekker A, De Ruyck K, De Ruysscher D, Drumea K, Dunning AM, Easton D, Eeles R, Fachal L, Gutiérrez-Enríquez S, Haustermans K, Henríquez-Hernández LA, Imai T, Jones GD, Kerns SL, Liao Z, Onel K, Ostrer H, Parliament M, Pharoah PD, Rebbeck TR, Talbot CJ, Thierens H, Vega A, Witte JS, Wong P, Zenhausern F; Radiogenomics Consortium. Radiogenomics: radiobiology enters the era of big data and team science. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 89:709-13, 2014
Kerns SL, Guevara-Aguirre J, Andrew S, Geng J, Guevara C, Guevara-Aguirre M, Guo M, Oddoux C, Shen Y, Zurita A, Rosenfeld RG, Ostrer H, Hwa V, Dauber A. A novel variant in CDKN1C is associated with intrauterine growth restriction, short stature, and early-adulthood onset diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Jul 24:jc20141949. [Epub ahead of print]
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BBC News interviews Dr. Harry Ostrer and The New York Times cites Dr. Gil Atzmon's research in two articles about a new study on Jewish genetic history.
The Wall Street Journal interviews Dr. Harry Ostrer about an historic and unanimous Supreme Court ruling that determined human genes cannot be patented.

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Everyone wants to know which lucky startup will be the Instagram for video, hoping to see if Facebook will spend another billion dollars to buy it–even if it's unlikely there is in fact an Instagram for video. Either way, Socialcam apparently just got a big angel funding round as it battles Viddy and others to be the next meal for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Honestly, though, I can't tell you from personal experience what Socialcam's prospects are for exit stardom, because I refuse to use it. Why? It's a bully. At least the Facebook version of the app is: In order to see videos on Facebook posted by friends using Socialcam, I have to agree to install the app. And here's what that installation allows Socialcam to do:
"This app may post on your behalf, including videos you watched, videos you shared and more."
"And more"? Seriously?
Given constant changes both apps and Facebook itself make in privacy and account settings, you'd think most people by now would be a little more cautious about installing stuff that gives a company carte blanche to scrawl all over your Facebook page. But apparently not.
Look, I know Socialcam isn't alone in this kind of coercion. The Washington Post Social Reader app does the same thing, so does Rdio, so do hundreds of others for all I know. Which is why I don't use those services either.
And yes, I know I can tweak my app settings so my video views can be seen on my Timeline only by "close friends," or even "only me." Supposedly. Forgive my cynicism, but how soon before Socialcam or Facebook makes some change in settings that suddenly reveals what I've been watching? (I'm sure they'll apologize, though.)
Some people also might argue that, well, don't watch anything you'd be embarrassed to reveal to the world, or at least your friends. Problem is, I don't necessarily know in advance from looking at the thumbnail that something is NSFW. Even at that, some of the videos I've seen friends post definitely don't look safe for work. I really wonder if they know that what they viewed was exposed to all their Facebook friends.
Ultimately, I don't want to think about it in the first place. I just want to check out the damn video, period, without someone, least of all hundreds of "friends," looking over my shoulder–unless I so choose to let them.
But mostly, I don't like being railroaded. You want me to watch and share this video? Then stay out of my business and let me do it. Otherwise, I can assure you that, even if you're the next Instagram, I won't be one of the users helping you run off with the next crazy bag of money.


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When I first saw the commercial for the Papa John's Double Cheeseburger Pizza ($12), I wasn't sure what to think. The first thing you see is John Schnatter himself (he loves being in his commercials) flipping a magical burger patty on a grill, turning it into a pizza that he proudly serves up on the counter to a very, very excited crowd of patrons. And as a good consumer and devoted serious eater, my insatiable curiosity about this pizza-burger mashup got the best of me. I set out to give it a test drive. More


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False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments
News about False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 15, 2015
Gun possession indictment against John Hooper is vacated, latest case to be dismissed in ongoing investigation into gun arrests by several police officers in Brooklyn's 67th precinct; Hooper files federal civil rights lawsuit against officers Gregory Jean-Baptiste and Edward Babington and New York City. MORE
Jul. 7, 2015
New York State Justice Daniel P Conviser overturns criminal conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, former Goldman Sachs programmers who was convicted of stealing confidential computer code from company's high speed trading business; prosecutors say they may purse appeal; it is second time that Aleynikov has had conviction related to case overturned, and previous instance occurred at federal level. MORE
Jun. 24, 2015
New York City reaches $6.25 million settlement with Jonathan Fleming, who spent 24 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned; deal is latest in effort by comptroller's office to resolve wrongful-conviction cases before lawsuits are filed. MORE
Jun. 19, 2015
Joyce Ann Brown, who was wrongly jailed for 1980 robbery and murder by woman with same name, dies at age 68; former Dallas receptionist in racially charged case spent almost decade in prison, and became prisoners' rights advocate. MORE
Jun. 9, 2015
Shabaka Shakur, who was given two life sentences in 1989 for murders of two men, is released after 27 years of maintaining he did not commit crime; Shakur's conviction was based on evidence amassed by retired Brooklyn detective Louis Scarcella, whose credibility has since been questioned. MORE
Jun. 5, 2015
New York State Supreme Court Justice Desmond A Green rules Shabaka Shakur, who was convicted of 1988 double murder, should be granted new trial due to ineffective counsel and questions about retired Detective Louis Scarcella, who worked on case; orders Shakur be released from prison, where he has spent 27 years. MORE
Jun. 4, 2015
Brooklyn Dist Atty Kenneth P Thompson declines to retry or appeal case of Shabaka Shakur, man who was granted new trial for double murder for which he has already served 27 years in prison; move means that Shakur could soon be released; Shakur's case was investigated by disgraced detective Louis Scarcella. MORE
Jun. 3, 2015
Jim Dwyer About New York column describes proposal put forward by coalition of New York State Bar Association, District Attorneys Association of New York and Innocence Project that aims to reduce number of wrongful convictions in state; proposal includes changes in police procedures so that eyewitness testimony and confessions would be treated with same care and precaution used for physical evidence. MORE
Jun. 3, 2015
Justice Desmond A Green of New York State Supreme Court orders new trial for Shabaka Shakur, who is serving consecutive sentences for 1988 double murder; Shakur was one of first people to accuse former New York City Police detective Louis Scarcella of misconduct, repeatedly saying that confession presented by Scarcella was fabricated. MORE
May. 19, 2015
Massachusetts Supreme Court justices rule that defendants whose convictions were based on evidence tainted by chemist Annie Dookhan during her nine years at Boston drug lab, can seek new trials without facing added charges or more severe sentences in cases of plea bargains. MORE
May. 13, 2015
Prosecutors and police in China hardly ever lose cases, in one of highest conviction rates in world; lawyers and defendants say many convictions rely on confessions that are obtained through coercion. MORE
May. 12, 2015
Brooklyn Dist Atty Kenneth P Thompson will appeal Justice ShawnDya L Simpson's decision to overturn 1991 conviction of Rosean S Hargrave due to flawed detective work by now-retired homicide detective Louis Scarcella; Hargave, who had been sentenced at age 17 to 30 years to life for murder of off-duty correction officer, was released from prison in April after serving 20 years and granted new trial. MORE
May. 4, 2015
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column welcomes charges brought in Baltimore against six police officers involved in death of Freddie Gray, saying they come amid crisis of public faith in American justice system; argues proceedings could serve to restore trust that has been eroded by unequal treatment and perceived miscarriage of justice in numerous cases of police brutality and false arrests. MORE
Apr. 27, 2015
Editorial scores the Federal Bureau of Investigation following review that showed its forensic hair-sample analysts have testified wrongly in favor of prosecution in overwhelming number of cases since 1985; argues that issue is only latest example of how innocent people can go to prison when courts rely on questionable forensic evidence. MORE
Apr. 21, 2015
Op-Ed article by Eric S Lander, director of Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, calls for far more rigorous standards for forensic science, following revelations that high number of criminal convictions are based on scientifically questionable analysis of evidence; cites Justice Dept review showing flawed testimony from Federal Bureau of Investigation in 257 of 268 cases between 1985 and 1999, with 33 defendants in those cases receiving death penalty. MORE
Apr. 15, 2015
New York State Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya L Simpson overturns 1991 conviction of Rosean S Hargrave who, at 17 years old, was sentenced to 30 years to life for murder of off-duty correction officer; says prosecution's case was based on flawed detective work by former police detective Louis Scarcella, whose investigative methods have come under scrutiny; six convictions that were based on evidence given by Scarcella have been overturned since Brooklyn district attorney's office began its review of his old cases in 2013. MORE
Apr. 13, 2015
Editorial examines data concerning wrongful convictions in capital cases, observing that some 152 people have been exonerated while on death row since 1973; holds that while it is impossible to know how many people have been wrongfully executed in past, high rate of DNA exoneration presents yet another compelling reason to repeal death penalty. . MORE
Apr. 11, 2015
Mentally impaired man Richard Lapointe is freed from Connecticut prison after nearly 26 years following State Supreme Court ruling that he was wrongfully convicted of 1987 rape and murder. MORE
Apr. 4, 2015
Anthony Ray Hinton is freed from Alabama prison after spending almost three decades on death row after experts undermine state's case; he had been convicted of killing two men in 1985; state authorities had relied on analyses of handgun and bullets to put him on death row. MORE
Apr. 1, 2015
Istanbul court acquits 236 military officers after prosecutor says evidence used to convicted them in 2012, as participants in treasonous Sledgehammer plot, was forged. MORE
Mar. 28, 2015
The Saturday Profile of crisis manager and legal advocate Eric Volz, who lives in Los Angeles; following his own wrongful murder conviction a decade ago in Nicaragua, Volz has made it his life work to advise Americans involved in criminal prosecutions abroad, including high-profile cases like that of Seattle exchange student Amanda Knox and Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae. MORE
Mar. 21, 2015
Juan Rivera of Illinois, who spent 20 years in prison for 1992 murder he did not commit, is awarded record-breaking $20 million settlement for a wrongful conviction. MORE
Mar. 14, 2015
Doubt is cast over felony charges against Bronx man Frank J Egan, accused of injuring several pilots by shining laser beam at airplanes, after his housemate Elehecer Balaguer confesses to crimes in court. MORE
Mar. 4, 2015
Jim Dwyer About New York column recalls righteous outrage over high crime rates that pervaded city in 1990 and sometimes led to serious errors; holds false confessions of men convicted that year in case of Central Park jogger should be kept in mind in matter of Johnny Hincapie, who hopes to overturn his conviction for being part of mugging and murder of tourist Brian Watkins. MORE
Feb. 18, 2015
Letter from former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens comments on Feb 16 editorial discussing 2011 Supreme Court ruling on liability of prosecutors. MORE
Feb. 16, 2015
Editorial observes that request by exonerated men Earl Truvia and Gregory Bright to sue office of New Orleans Dist Atty Harry Connick could, if granted, correct 2011 Supreme Court ruling excusing prosecutors from liability in such cases; urges Supreme Court to give Truvia and Bright chance to prove their case and help ensure that human rights are respected in court. MORE
Feb. 13, 2015
New York's Dutchess County agrees to pay $7.5 million to Dewey Bozella, man wrongfully convicted in 1977 of murdering elderly woman in Poughkeepsie. MORE
Feb. 4, 2015
Antonio Yarbough, who spent 22 years in prison for murder of his mother, sister and a friend in 1992, sues New York City after conviction is vacated based on DNA evidence; co-defendant Sharrif Wilson, who was also cleared, died in January; suit does not ask for specific amount and settlement offer has not been made. MORE
Jan. 30, 2015
New York State Supreme Court Judge Neil Jon Firetog vacates 1987 felony burglary conviction of Michael Waithe after hearing determines that no burglary even occurred and that Waithe was falsely accused by neighbor who simply did not like him. MORE
Jan. 29, 2015
South Carolina Judicial Court Judge John C Hayes III vacates misdemeanor trespassing charges filed against nine black students following 1961 civil rights sit-in; men, known as Friendship Nine, return to Rock Hill courtroom 54 years after being sentenced to a chain gang for 30 days, to hear their convictions vacated. MORE
Jan. 24, 2015
Joseph Sledge is released from North Carolina prison after serving nearly 40 years for two 1976 murders he did not commit. MORE
Jan. 22, 2015
Chinese Communist Party orders end to arrest and conviction goals for police and prosecutors, in effort to reduce levels of wrongful convictions; pressure to meet quotas has led to 99.9 percent conviction rate in criminal trials and widespread abuse of justice. MORE
Jan. 16, 2015
Gun-possession charges filed against Brooklyn resident Jeffrey Herring are dismissed following investigations revealing suspicious practices among police officers at 67th Precinct in East Flatbush; Herring's claims that officers planted gun on him are mirrored by several similar cases. MORE
Jan. 14, 2015
Editorial welcomes announcement by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer that city will remit total of $17 million to Robert Hill, Alvena Jennette and Darryl Austin, who were wrongly convicted of murders due to corrupt tactics of homicide detective Louis Scarcella; concedes that payout is less than men may have gotten through civil lawsuit, but that at least it is immediate and certain; calls on every state to set up some sort of monetary compensation for those who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned. MORE
Jan. 13, 2015
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth P Thompson says his office will stand by 21 murder case convictions examined by conviction review unit; 18 cases involved retired Detective Louis Scarcella, who was accused of wrongdoing; Thompson has asked judges to vacate convictions in 10 cases, including four that involved Scarcella. MORE
Jan. 13, 2015
Former boxing champion Dewey Bozella, exonerated in 1977 murder for which he was wrongfully imprisoned, reaches tentative settlement with New York's Dutchess County; under tentative settlement, county will pay undisclosed sum but will not admit to any wrongdoing. MORE
Jan. 12, 2015
New York City comptroller Scott M Stringer settles claims based on wrongful murder convictions of Robert Hill, Alvena Jennette and Darryl Austin, and agrees to pay them $17 million; their convictions were vacated in May 2014; payout is part of strategy to resolve potential lawsuits before they reach court. MORE
Jan. 10, 2015
Self-taught jailhouse lawyer Derrick Hamilton sees more than two decades of legal work pay off as New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn vacates his 1991 conviction for a murder in Bedford-Stuyvesant; Hamilton had noticed that his was among a number of convictions obtained using disturbingly similar evidence from disgraced former Brooklyn detective Louis Scarcella. MORE
Dec. 20, 2014
Kenneth F Ireland, who spent 21 years in prison for rape and murder he did not commit, attends his first hearing as member of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles; Ireland, nominated in October by Gov Dannel P Malloy, is serving provisionally, along with four other nominees, until state legislators vote on the appointments in 2015. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
Justice Dineen Riviezzo of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn grants prosecutors' request to adjourn gun case against Jeffrey Herring until January, while New York Police Dept examines series of questionable gun arrests made by group of Brooklyn police officers. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
Brooklyn prosecutors will re-evaluate case involving 2013 arrest of Jeffrey Herring in East Flatbush on weapons charge based on tip from informer; decision follows probe noting such similar details in other gun arrests in 67th Precinct that pattern of police misconduct is suggested; defense has filed court papers suggesting some officers, possibly motivated by department quotas, have invented informers and made false arrests. MORE
Nov. 25, 2014
New York City and New York State agree to pay a total of $6.7 million to settle lawsuits with widow of Israel Vasquez, Bronx man who served more than 12 years in prison for a 1995 murder before his conviction was overturned in 2007. MORE
Nov. 20, 2014
Ricky Jackson, Ohio man who spent nearly four decades in prison after being convicted of 1975 murder, is expected to be freed after witness confessed that he lied as a boy when he told jurors he had seen the deadly attack. MORE
Nov. 14, 2014
Danny Colon and Anthony Ortiz agree to $9 million settlement with New York City after spending 16 years in jail before their convictions in 1989 double murder were overturned; agreement is latest in string of settlements over wrongful convictions based on flawed prosecutions that has cast spotlight on prosecutors' tactics during extraordinarily violent period in city. MORE
Nov. 13, 2014
Case of Freddie Cox, man who has been released from prison after serving a 28-year sentence for murder, illustrates how parole boards are changing long-held emphasis on admission of guilt; Cox is among four other men convicted in Brooklyn courts who have won their freedom despite claiming to be innocent; shift comes as New York and other states confront a growing number of wrongful-conviction claims. MORE
Oct. 16, 2014
Murder and kidnapping charges are vacated for David McCallum and William Stuckey, capping decades-long campaign to clear their names; men were convicted in 1986 for incident that ocurred in Ozone Park, Queens; Stuckey has since died, but McCallum persisted in campaign; judge ruled that convictions were tainted by false testimony. MORE
Oct. 1, 2014
Kenneth Creighton was jailed for five years pending trial in a 2006 fatal shooting in the Bronx, but charges were dropped in 2012; is suing New York City, asking that the name of an informant be revealed, but city lawyers are resisting. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
Former New York police detective Louis Scarcella testifies in court for first time since roughly 70 of his cases came under deep scrutiny; takes stand at hearing of Rosean S Hargrave, convicted murderer who like many others has claimed that Scarcella framed him; Scarcella emphasizes that he was only part of a team in investigations, and repeatedly says during questioning that he cannot recall details of past cases. MORE
Sep. 18, 2014
Jim Dwyer About New York column; convictions are overturned by New York State appeals court for Everton Wagstaffe and Reginald Connor, who had been convicted of 1992 kidnapping and death of Jennifer Negron; Wagstaffe refused to leave prison on probation, maintaining his innocence for 23 years; panel finds that Brooklyn prosecutors were responsible for 'burying' documents that might have shown that detectives and prime witness had lied in case. MORE
Sep. 17, 2014
Former Brooklyn prosecutor Edward Boyar takes stand to defend his handling of 1991 case, investigated by former detective Louis Scarcella, in which teenagers Rosean S Hargrave and John Dwayne Bunn were convicted of killing police officer Rolando Neischer; Scarcetta's convictions have since been matter of prolonged contention. MORE
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Another Exoneration in Brooklyn Brings Total Since Last Year to 14
On Tuesday, Joel Fowler, who was found guilty of murder in 2009, became the latest person to have a conviction overturned since Kenneth P. Thompson became the borough's district attorney in 2014.
August 5, 2015, Wednesday
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Illinois: Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 17 Years Is Killed
A Chicago man who was released nearly three years ago from prison, where he had spent 17 years for a murder he did not commit, was shot and killed, the police said Wednesday.
July 30, 2015, Thursday
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For me, even though I started in EQ, it was SWG. I got in when it first started and everyone was confused. Some people were taking their starter blasters and grinding, some people discovered quest consoles, others just started sampling the ground beneth them trying to figure out what they could craft, ignorant to the fact that the stats of the ore affected the quality of the product.
SWG was an expansive game with so much to explore, including worlds where it was very dangerous to go early on. It also was the only game I have ever played that treated crafting professions as equal to their combat counterparts. I remember my first mount that my creature handler friend got just for me, in exchange I gave him a house. You read that right, we traded based on our professions.
The other real bonus was the fact that because you chose your own skills, but there was a cap on them, a new player could catch up to a vertan fairly quickly. I had friends join who I could play with right away, and by helping them get a path started we could join forces and destroy, but also play without each other an not have to worry about out-leveling each other.
Ah the good times...
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I miss Old SWG the most, it wasnt my first MMO but it was the first MMO that really drew me in.
I miss the unknown information, the accual adventurering/exploring, and huge social aspect of the game.
If my dream MMO was build right now it would need alot of things.
- Levelless Progression System: SWG showed how well a levelless system could thrive, no level requirements, no areas you couldnt go to based off level restrictions, and everyone was on a equal field to compete with each other.
- Profession System that isnt locked in: SWG was the only game with over 30 Professions( Equivilent to Classes ) that you could freely mix and match in any combo you wished, alot of them not even being combat based but Entertainment or Crafting based.
- Indepth Crafting: Crafting has been dumbed down for ages now, in a world where we are looking for improvments on our game systems SWG has the most indepth Crafting system I've ever seen and no one has even gotten close since. Starting from having to buy Harvesters of varius sizes, then surveying the planets for the resources your looking for, then planting the Harvesters and paying the upkeep on them to run, checking the quality of the resources your gathering which have a huge effect on the quality of made items with that resource, to the varius combination of hilts, grips, barrels, scopes, blades, and other components all crafted by the player and all having different quality based on the resources used to craft them, and then combining them to try to get the best quality Weapon you can make with the resources you have, without having specific recipes your forced to build or a discovery system that still forces you to discover only specific recipes.
- Living Economy: Having a game wide economy that isnt restricted to faction or server, all items crafted or aquirable by players, Devs have to seed the Economy Originally and then as people begin using the system they would withdraw all their seeding and let it freely be ran by the players. This requires Items that will decay and be destroyed from use without the ability to constantly repair them, repairing should fix them but lower its max duribility each time till eventually it will break completly and need to be replaced. Crafters gained fame by word of mouth for their superior items if they knew the locations of really high quality resources that they could craft with, the quality resources would shift based on how much its being harvested crafters had to be diligent on surveying and finding good quality mats for the picky consumers.
- Player Towns/Housing: SWG is the only game that I feel did player towns and housing correctly, the planets were huge and open to player housing in almost all of the terrain, people would build houses out in the middle of no where if they wanted seclusion or they would build near each other and slowly start a community of their own. You could have houses, shops, guild halls, cantinas, medical facilitys, and even Rebel/Imperial bases. These places didnt show up on maps unless you have a shuttle port connected to it and you had to know where to look to find them, leading to explorering or having to hear from word of mouth where the towns were. Towns gained fame by the crafters that lived there, beautiful town layouts people would create, or the popularity of the cantina's in that town. There was even a Mayor Profession that allowed for town voting and better improvements and building placements based on your Mayor skill sets.
- Noncombat and combat profession equality: SWG was the only game that utilized combat and noncombat professions extremly well, crafters were needed for everything from building ships and houses, to making spices and med kits. Medics and Doctors were needed to clear serious injurys or status effects you may have picked up in the wild, to get buffs so that you could equip this or that that you wouldnt be able to otherwise before going out in dangerous hunting trips. Dancers and Musicians were needed to alleviate battle fatigue that you would gain while out hunting and would eventually render you near newborn fagility if it wasnt taken care of, so cantinas or even camps placed by players out in the wild became large gathering social areas to hang out and talk while listening/watching entertainers to rest your fatigue off, even Image Designers which could completly change the appearance of other characters purely for vanity sake were in huge demand.
- 1 Character per Server: In a system where you can change professions when you want to, and the economy is living and breathing, there should only be one character per server, this allows for you to gain fame or infamy whether you want to or not, and you cant run from it, cutting down on alot of the bad behavior people tend to show when they have online anonymity and also allowing for a true community to begin. When you can travel the galaxy and see people you've been hearing from other players, such as that famous bounty hunter youve heard about who you just spotted on Dantooine so you know he hunting someone down, you start to get a true feeling of the world being alive.
- Last but not least, Legally binding Terms that restrict players from creating wiki's, guides, videos, or any type of site where you can gain out of game information for use ingame. I honoestly feel these sites have killed a huge part of MMOs and that is the social community, Sandbox's were popular yes because of the ingame freedom but also hugely popular because everything was UNKNOWN, you had to discover things yourself or ask around and find people who knew what you were trying to find out, everyone didnt know everything and it created and real world, without that returned to games we'll never have that feel of a living breathing game world again.
Mess with the best, Die like the rest
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edited for accidently double posting.
Mess with the best, Die like the rest
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RO is actually quite unique game. It's very obvious when you compared RO2 which had modern mmo mechanics to it's predecessor. Combat was incredibly fast (at higher lvls), class flexibility was enormous. You could do so much with your character thanks to stat system, cards, skill trees etc. Job changes gave another layer of diversification. there was a lot of variety not only among characters but enemies too. Guild wars were very fun too. Now when i think about it most new mmos are very limited compared to RO. Add to that a lot of charm when it comes to graphics, very good music and it was a nice mmo.
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Asherons Call was my first mmo and is what got me into computer gaming in general.
I think my ultimate mmo or what I would pay for now would just be a updated Asherons Call with todays graphics. Dereth felt like a living, breathing world. Sure it had static quests with some instancing but anyone could enter an instance so it wasnt your instance. i think the monthly updates had alot to do with it, and with those updates you would see monsters attack towns and whatnot. the game just felt alive to me.
Currently on my radar is Pathfinder Online. mainly because it feels like they are trying to make a living breathing world rather than just a bunch of dungeons surrounded by scenery.
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never liked rangnarok
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The Critical Hit Pretzel!
Ragnarok Online was by far one of my favorite Past MMos to play. It was quite simple and didn't have 'that' much to do in terms of quests (which didn't exist at all back in the day) and it was basically a 'grind' game of sorts, but for some reason it was so much more fun leveling on that game compared to World of Warcraft. It had such charm to it and really made leveling feel entertaining and an accomplishment. You felt like your character actually became stronger as you played and the thrill of getting those new skills made it all the better so you can take on harder and harder monsters.
It was just so well done in what it had that even today I'll end up picking it up and playing it from time to time. Even with its flaws (controls can be a bit stiff, designed back when MMos were pretty new so response time can be a little delayed and cause flinching and positioning lag) it is just so fun. If only Ragnarok Online 2 tried to stick to what RO1 did best and expanded upon it, it could of possibly been a big hit.
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Free form MMO's are always better, except that the "I want it now" crowd usually screams when they have to spend any amount of time learning how to play a game.
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My 1st MMO was underlight but it wasn't until UO that I was really drawn in. In fact in those days I didn't need drawing in, the games for like worlds not games. I still remember reading some book I a house then running outside and telling everyone about it like I was the only one to know about it. This was back in the time before internet or phone flatrates and after notching up 3 grand phone bills in 2 months then travelling with work I never got back into it. Swg and now tsw the only games to come remotely close, but for different reasons
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Interesting calling Ragnarok an Indie game.... Gravity is one of the oldest and well known mmo companies of all time. I wouldn't consider them Indie at all. Their games like RO predate more well known games like World of Warcraft. In the eastern hemisphere, Ragnarok online is extremely well known and considered to be one of the most successful MMOs ever. Theres plenty of offline spin-offs on many platforms inclulding their lastest one which is on the Playstation Vita. To consider this game "Indie" seems like a gross insult to a game which has been widely respected across the globe since the early part of the last decade.
Theres nothing wrong with Indie games but this game is from a professional company, not an indie one.
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Originally posted by Salio69
I think it's a failed assumption that an indie can't also be a "professional" company.
The amount of hate I see for Indie companies is astonishing when you consider they have REAL skin in the game (their own money, not some big publisher's money) and seem to be the ONLY ones willing to give players what they WANT instead of what a publisher THINKS they want.
If there was more support for indies and less for the big publishers that keep pushing out crap maybe the industry would actually change.
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UO was my first MMORPG, but not my first online game. I played a few MUDs prior to that and a couple of odd games here and there. Been gaming online since 1991 so I can say I have seen a lot come and go.
But by far my top three games were,
-SWG(pre-CU), [mod edit]
-UO, because it was DEEP, and ever changeing and really the first true sandbox MMO.
-StarQuest Online, it basicly is UO in space.
There have been a few games that I wish would comeback out or be redone...
-Multiplayer Battletech:3025, EA had a gem here and dropped the ball canceling this one. It was the last true Battletech sim out there.
-WWIIOnline, CRS had a great idea, but just dropped the ball on so many levels.
-Motor City Online, another EA game that they dropped because they didnt realise they had something good. It had the deepest engine construction model I have seen in a racing game ever. I loved it on so many levels because I am a gear head.
So much crap, so little quality.
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Originally posted by Dakirn
Theres no hate here for Indie companies. I support indie companies. What I dont like is people writing articiles and don't seem to know what they are talking about. I've pointed this article out to other vets(since the 90s) like myself on MSN and they started laughing at it.
RO is NOT an indie game. You can consider RO somewhat of a "base" for asian grinding games just as much you can consider "WoW" as a base for all of its clones(even though WoW is a clone of EQ).
Theres no such thing as an "indie game" being made by a professional company. The whole "indie" term comes from the company itself. Example Indie X Gaming Studios made Indie X game. I remember playing RO back in 2001 and reading up a lot on Gravity since I liked the game so much. Gravity is a PROFESSIONAL company not an indie company.
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Just a note folks, Cass never called Ragnarok an Indie Game. It was just a touchstone for her to explain what the Indie MMO maker should look towards if they hope to make a mark on the industry.
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That title is really distracting. ^ ^
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I cut my teeth on RO. It was my very first MMO. Perhaps its why i cant find what im looking for in other newer games. Im looking for that community that RO had. Hanging out in Pront with your guildies talking in TS.
Gathering outside a castle waiting for WOE to begin. Hunting down MVPs. Making HATS!!! And for those that remember...Hangin out in the devi room waiting for the evilwings to drop! Loved the clock tower.
Its these features that i believe lead to great communities that you just dont find in MMOs today. There are no more "devi rooms" or "camp check" sites where you can convien with fellow gamers and just hang out.
The closest thing iv come to was VG in terms of what i want. Im hoping AA or EQN can give me the game i want to spend years in.
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Nice article, good job :)
My first 'mmo' was a local MUD around the mid 90's, and I guess that's why I love content and crafting and lore more than combat and grinding.
MUD's (and MUSH'es) were by default not the typical rpg games, more like the K grinders of today, with client-side scripting, bots everywhere, etc. A few dudes in college got bored of it, and started an own version. A good GM from a pen'n'paper group wrote a persistent world, they're added great quests with exploration, logic, investigation, etc. (and changed it dynamically when some grinder dude made a script which played a quest through :) ). The MUD system - movement, combat, char. development - was the same, but the world and the quests almost made a TSW-like change from the average MUD's... I even start to learn lpc just to help them in testing and to goofing up an own quest :)
Too bad that after college (less time, relocating to work, etc) the group disbanded, the game was online for a few more years but without updates, and then the graphic mmo's take over making MUD's obsolete.
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I remember beta testing way back in the early UT/CS days, i forget if it was when testing UT:TacOps or CS:DoD, a fellow tester invited me and a few others to help test a new type of game in it's early beta (back when betas were real betas and testing meant testing, not free play), that game was Dark Age of Camelot, 10-11 years later im still playing it :)
No mmorpg release since then even comes close to DAoC's pvp (RvR) and thats a very sad state of affairs for the genre. Warhammer tried and failed, GW2 tried to water down the concept for the "gimmeegimmeegimmee" generation, but it's just not the same.
However, I can get my DAoC fix from DAoC...what i MISS is SWG.....a semi-sandbox game set in a world of rich and established lore. Ok, it was buggy as hell and many classes were simply broken, but i'd take my broken Bio Engineer or Musician over any class in any modern mmo any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
The biggest miss is the lack of community mmo's have these days, im afraid my generation is long gone now and the current crop of gamers don't give a rats-arse about it so i doubt we'll ever see real close-knit communities in mmo's again.
Expresso gave me a Hearthstone beta key.....I'm so happy :)
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Originally posted by Zinzan
We switched from CS1.6 to Day of Defeat, it was a great mod. /hat raise to you, sir
In the f2p-related threads, when I refer to the new members of the expanding target audience as a cause, it's tough to describe them in a non-offensive manner. If you don't mind I'll steal this "the "gimmeegimmeegimmee" generation", it's a spot-on definition :)


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Steam will loosen blackheads so that these other tips work more effectively. There will be no scarring or damage from it, either.
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I am constantly fighting blackheads so these tips have been insightful. I have used masks with kaolin and I agree that they help draw out the impurities and blackheads from the skin. I only wish the effects lasted.
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A member of the American Academy of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Akst serves on national committees focused on Voice and also on Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology Education. He also is an active member of the American Laryngological Association and the American Broncho-Esophagological Association. Some of Dr. Aksts research interests mirror his educational mission, as an area of study includes the teaching of laryngology to residents. Other research interests include development of robotic laryngeal surgery, study of voice and swallowing outcomes following neuro-otologic skull base procedures, and the use of pulsed lasers for treatment of laryngeal disease.
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Selected PublicationsBest SR, Starmer HM, Agrawal Y, Ward BK, Hillel AT, Chien WW, Francis HW, Tamargo RJ, Akst LM. Risk Factors for Vagal Palsy following Cerebellopontine Angle Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar 23.
Starmer HM, Best SR, Agrawal Y, Chien WW, Hillel AT, Francis HW, Tamargo RJ, Akst LM. Prevalence, characteristics, and management of swallowing disorders following cerebellopontine angle surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar;146(3):419-25.
Olds K, Hillel AT, Cha E, Curry M, Akst LM, Taylor RH, Richmon JD. Robotic endolaryngeal flexible (Robo-ELF) scope: a preclinical feasibility study. Laryngoscope. 2011 Nov;121(11):2371-4.
Akst LM, Broadhurst MS, Burns JA, Zeitels SM. Microflap laryngosplasty for treating an anterior-commissure web with papillomatosis. Laryngoscope. 2007 Aug;117(8):1496-9.
Burns JA, Zeitels SM, Akst LM, Broadhurst MS, Hillman RE, Anderson R. 532 nm pulsed potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser treatment of laryngeal papillomatosis under general anesthesia. Laryngoscope. 2007 Aug;117(8):1500-4.
Lee WT, Milstein C, Hicks D, Akst LM, Esclamado RM. Results of ansa to recurrent laryngeal nerve reinnervation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Mar;136(3):450-4.
Zeitels SM, Burns JA, Akst LM, Hillman RE, Broadhurst MS, Anderson RR. Office-based and microlaryngeal applications of a fiber-based thulium laser. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2006 Dec;115(12):891-6.
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Yadkin County Arts Council's spring and summer event Arts On Main will return to downtown Yadkinville this May but with a face lift and a name change.
The monthly event will feature a variety of activities that cater to everyone from school age children to their parents. The committee also decided to change the event title from Arts On Main to Third Fridays in Yadkinville.
This year the arts council formed a committee to head up the monthly event. Jim Drum, a Yadkinville resident and former owner of Jim Drum Photography Unlimited, is acting as chairman of the committee and pulled together a group of community leaders and business representatives to try to make the event more well rounded.
Drum said that he wanted to make sure that the committee included younger members of the community that could provide feedback on what would draw their age group out to the event.
The committee is made up with representatives from the Town of Yadkinville, Yadkin County Chamber of Commerce, Surry Community College's Yadkin Center, Yadkinville Police Department, The Yadkin Ripple and the Yadkin County Arts Council.
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June 21 will be Family Night. This month will focus on family friendly activities. There will be a magic show, a picture booth, DJ on site, corn hole tournament, Dance Central tournaments, a watermelon seed-spitting contest, art activities and more.
Pirate Night will be the theme for July 19. Much like it sounds the event will encourage pirate costumes and even talking like a pirate. There will be a contest for the best pirate attire interpretation, a peg legged race, special photos, a treasure hunt with prizes, a Jimmy Buffet cover band, corn hole tournament and Dance Central tournament.
The final Third Friday event for the year will be Dogs Days of Summer on August 16. This will be a chance for the community to gather together with each other and their four legged friends.
Carmen Headen, president of the Yadkin County Humane Society, is heading up this particular event and plans to host a dog parade, costume pageant and more dog themed activities. There will also be a variety of vendors offering dog-related items for sale.
August will also host the end of the Third Friday corn hole and Dance Central tournaments and crown the reigning champs for both.
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Anglers 15 and under can fish on Saturdays in August at the designated Youth Fishing Pond at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.
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84% of businesses buying tablets are are getting iPads
ChangeWave recently surveyed 1,604 IT personnel with buying power in their company, and of those planning on getting tablets in the next quarter, 84% are siding with the iPad. To properly set the context, however, only 22% of the surveyed companies said that they were in the market to buy tablets for their employees. We already knew that businesses were big on iOS tablets, but that figure is actually up from 77% in November - clearly the new iPad is spiking interest in businesses as well as consumers. Even BlackBerry, the traditional leader in enterprise, only demanded 3% of corporate tablet demand. Samsung's took second place, albeit far behind apple with 8% demand.
Is anyone really surprised by results like this? Although it continues to highlight Apple's vice grip on the tablet market, there's still plenty of room for the tablet market itself to grow. An IT folks out there on the verge of rolling out iPads to the workforce? Have any of y'all already pulled the trigger?
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84% of businesses buying tablets are are getting iPads
There goes KidCanada being, well, a kid again. Stick to things Canadians know well......beer, Tim Hortons, spelling words like color with a U, and a nice national anthem.
Those clowns at RIM pose no threat to iPad which is now the Gold Standard for tablet devices. Didn't you just get calendar and email capabilities on a native app? Wow, just in time.
Although I am not a fan of Microsoft, there is one company that could make things interesting.
RIM? Not so much.
I'll just state the simple facts again as to why people buy iOS devices.
- Availability of the best apps, period, often with improvements over same apps on other platforms.
- Lock-in from previous app purchases and other media. The general consumer does not want to repurchase 100 apps or more that he might have accumulated over the years with iOS.
- Hardware does not matter in the large of the equation. Apps apps apps, nothing more, nothing less.
The hardware improvements are always nice but apps and execution must always be in the forefront and Apple knows it.
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I didn't wait for my job to deploy anything to me. I got my own iPad 2. It totally rocks. The only thing I can't do with it is tether my iPhone to it for when the network goes down. That happens often enough for me to bring my Macbook pro with me to work to Tether my iPhone with, using Tether (USB, not the new version).


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Kent State Announces Winning Architecture Team for University's New, $40 Million Architecture BuildingPosted Apr. 2, 2013
After holding a competition that drew the interest of internationally recognized architects, the architecture team that will design the new $40 million building for Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been determined.
"I have the great pleasure to announce the winning team is WEISS/MANFREDI, lead designer, and Richard L. Bowen & Associates, architect of record, with 'The Design Loft' submission," said Kent State President Lester A. Lefton. "Given the distinguished reputation of our architecture programs, the college's building deserves a world-class design. The building will serve as a new icon as visitors approach the campus. In our selection of this team, we not only get professionals who will create a spectacular new home for our College of Architecture and Environmental Design but also partners who made us feel confident about a collaborative process that will consider the needs of this project's many stakeholders."
Douglas Steidl, dean of Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design, said that faculty, students, administration and staff of the college are so excited to see this project move forward.
"This selection provides the College of Architecture and Environmental Design with a striking idea about both the visual and functional aspects of our programs," Steidl said. "We are excited to move on to the next level of design with a concept that will attract the best faculty and outstanding students to all of our programs. This scheme will enhance the learning experience, facilitate collaboration and inspire those of us who are users as well as those who observe it from the community."
The new architecture building is part of the university's campus transformation, called "Foundations of Excellence: Building the Future," which involves the construction of new buildings, facility upgrades and establishment of dynamic, new spaces. The goal of this initiative is to create the most outstanding academic experience for students, faculty, staff, alumni and the greater community enriched by the university.
Currently, this signature program is housed in three separate structures. The new, 120,000-square-foot building will unite the college under one roof.
"This is a building that speaks to the commitment Kent State University is making to the future of the region," Steidl said.
The university launched the design competition in the summer of 2012 for the new architecture building that will be constructed along the south side of the Kent State University Esplanade extension near downtown Kent. Thirty-seven architecture firms applied for the design competition, the first the university has done. The field of candidates was narrowed down to eight firms in October 2012 and then to the four finalists in November. The four finalists presented their design concepts on Jan. 17, 2013. Following the presentations, the sustainability data provided by the finalists was analyzed, their cost estimates were reviewed by independent sources and the presentation materials were further evaluated by the selection committee.
"As an institution, we have been so pleased with the efforts of all of the finalists," said Michael Bruder, director of design and construction at Kent State's Office of the University Architect. "In addition to the WEISS/MANFREDI and Richard L. Bowen & Associates team, we would like to recognize the excellent work of the other three design teams: Bialosky & Partners with Architecture Research Office; The Collaborative Inc. with the Miller Hull Partnership, and Westlake Reed Leskosky. Each firm took a unique approach to the building and presented very dynamic designs."
Steidl shared his appreciation to those involved in the design competition and those who supported the process.
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"The college wishes to thank President Lefton and the Board of Trustees for their leadership and commitment to a design concept that will serve exceptionally well for the long term," Steidl continued. "Their steadfastness through this process and their foresight in knowing what this facility means to the future of our programs is most commendable."
Bruder also thanked members of the university community for sharing their thoughts and feedback on the proposed designs, which following the Jan. 17 presentation have been on display in the University Library.
"We would also like to thank the campus, alumni and community for all of their participation and input on the process," Bruder said. "We know this type of feedback will only improve the process and ultimately provide more information for a functional and beautiful facility. We are truly excited to commence the detailed work of refining the design and constructing the building."
Now that the architecture team has been selected, Bruder said that the next steps are refining the design idea and developing detailed drawings to ensure that the constructed building serves both the college and the university in the best possible way.
Construction of the new building is anticipated to begin in spring 2014 with the goal of occupancy in December 2015.
For more information about "The Design Loft" submission by WEISS/MANFREDI and Richard L. Bowen & Associates, visit www.weissmanfredi.com/project/kent-state-design-loft.
For more information about WEISS/MANFREDI of New York, visit www.weissmanfredi.com.
For more information about Richard L. Bowen & Associates of Cleveland, visit www.rlba.com.
For more information about Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design, visit www.kent.edu/caed.
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The architecture team of WEISS/MANFREDI, lead designer, and Richard L. Bowen & Associates, architect of record, has been selected to design Kent State University's new building for the College of Architecture and Environment Design. The team presented its "Design Loft" submission to the university community on Jan. 17. (Provided by WEISS/MANFREDI, lead designer, and Richard L. Bowen & Associates, architect of record)
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The architecture team of WEISS/MANFREDI, lead designer, and Richard L. Bowen & Associates, architect of record, has been selected to design Kent State University's new building for the College of Architecture and Environment Design. Shown here is an interior look at the building's library that the team presented as part of its "Design Loft" submission. (Provided by WEISS/MANFREDI, lead designer, and Richard L. Bowen & Associates, architect of record)
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Time is running out for the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. But it is not too late--and you can help make a difference.
With Congress taking a Thanksgiving holiday break and then returning for the remainder of this "lame duck" session, there is not much time remaining in which to get this very important legislation passed during the current 109th Congress.
Currently, four members of Congress are standing in the way: Senator Frist, Representative Hastert, Senator Coburn and Representative Barton. Please tell these leaders that you expect them to follow the rest of their colleagues, and the public, and support this Act.
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For additional information about how you can help with this and other breast cancer advocacy issues, visit www.StopBreastCancer.org. Senator Pat Leahy, Senator Jim Jeffords, and Congressman Bernie Sanders have consistently supported this piece of legislation (Breast Cancer Environmental Research Act) as well as many others over the years related to breast cancer issues. They vote these issues correctly, sign on in support, and/or sign on as co-sponsors of some of the related legislation. If you have a chance, please thank them.
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- Spiders in Fauna Europaea : dual use of the database (2012)
- The history and current work of the project Fauna Europaea is outlined. The different sources used for building up the database and the efforts to keep it updated are described. Available models of national checklists are discussed and the ideal checklist is described. The double use of the database as a matrix behind the official site of Fauna Europaea – as well as a directly visible document on the website of the European Society of Arachnology – are indicated and the differences in transparency, links to literature sources, and facilities such as distribution maps and calculations of numbers of scores per species or of species per country are discussed. The future of the project is briefly outlined. The need for a European identification tool for spiders is stressed.


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