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About UNC Hospitals and the Department of Neurology
The UNC Hospitals and Health Care System includes a 768-bed academic medical facility that is the main teaching hospital for the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. It serves as a referral center for the people of North Carolina, and as a primary care facility for the local community. Located in the Division of Health Affairs complex on the main campus of the University, the UNC Hospitals complex includes North Carolina Memorial Hospital, the North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital, the North Carolina Women's and Children's Hospital, and the North Carolina Cancer Hospital. Resident training in neurology is carried out in these facilities. The Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health are located in the same complex. UNC Hospitals admits each year over 38,000 inpatients, accommodates over 650,000 outpatient visits, delivers 2500 babies, and provides 37,000 ER visits, 18,000 operations, 1.9 million lab procedures, and 290 organ and bone marrow transplants. Patients come from all 100 North Carolina counties, most states, and about 40 foreign countries. The UNC Hospitals and Health Care System is staffed by 1086 attending physicians and 745 resident physicians.
The North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital serves as the inpatient and outpatient facility for Neurology, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, and Psychiatry. This facility is one of the few modern dedicated neuroscience hospitals in the country. The Department of Neurology adult neurology ward is located on the 6th floor of the Neurosciences Hospital (6NSH). This is a 34-bed unit comprised of private and semi-private rooms, all with in-room computer terminals for order entry and electronic medical records. The majority of beds are designated for use by Neurology, and the others are shared with ENT and Neurosurgery. 6NSH serves as the home of the UNC Health Care Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. The UNC Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, with rooms hardwired for video EEG monitoring and a EEG telemetry monitoring core, is also located on 6NSH. A physical therapy treatment room, thre physician work areas, and a conference room are located on the unit. One of the physician rooms (the "fishbowl") is outfitted with six workstations and a large image viewing monitor, and daily neurology teaching rounds and Chairman's Rounds are held in this room.
The Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (NSICU) provides care for critically ill patients with injury or disease of the central and peripheral nervous system. This care is provided by a multidisciplinary team including physicians with specialized training in neurocritical care, nurse practitioners, critical care nurses with neuroscience training, pharmacists with specialized ICU training, in collaboration with an extensive team of specialists from various disciplines. Patients cared for in the NSICU have a diverse range of neurological diseases including brain tumors, brain aneurysms, strokes, hemorrhages in the brain, head and spinal cord injury, severe nervous system infections as well as many other life-threatening neurological conditions requiring management in an intensive care unit. The NSICU holds 16 beds and functions as a closed unit with all aspects of care provided by the neurosciences critical care team in collaboration with other disciplines such as respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech/language pathology, nutrition, and social work.
The Department of Neurology maintains separate adult and pediatric inpatient services, inpatient and ER consultation services, an acute stroke service, pediatric and adult general neurology clinics, and specialty clinics in adult and pediatric epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, myasthenia gravis, therapeutic chemodenervation (botulinum toxin), pain, movement disorders, dementia, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and sleep disorders. The large patient volume in electrophysiology, epilepsy, sleep disorders and pain management promotes a high degree of hands-on experience in these areas. The ancillary facilities of UNC Hospitals are truly outstanding. Extensive neuroimaging, clinical neurophysiology, and neuro-ophthalmology resources are available and easily accessible.
The UNC Neurology Clinic is a freestanding outpatient unit within the Neuroscience Hospital, comprised of 18 exam rooms, 2 consultation rooms, and a treatment room. The treatment room is used for outpatient procedures including lumbar puncture, administration of intravenous infusions, and muscle and nerve biopsies. The outpatient facility also includes 2 physician work rooms, a conference/teaching room, a remote EEG reading area, and an outpatient teaching room.
Neurology residents have primary responsibility for the care of patients on the adult or pediatric inpatient services and outpatient clinics, under the direct supervision of attending neurologists. PM&R, neurosurgery and psychiatry interns are assigned to the adult inpatient service on a monthly basis. Pediatric residents rotate on the pediatric neurology service. The total number of patients seen in the neurology clinics exceeds 15,000 per year. Approximately 1000 patients are admitted to the inpatient neurology service per year, and approximately 1,200 patients on other inpatient services are seen in consultation by the Neurology residents annually.
The single-site organization of the residency program within a large university-based medical center allows for an exceptionally enriched training environment with an optimal ratio of outpatient to inpatient care. This single-site arrangement also allows a low on-call requirement. Since UNC Hospitals is a major academic secondary- and tertiary-referral center, a great number of subspecialty opportunities are available for our residents. A large number of senior clinicians and a well-organized mentorship program also ensure outstanding clinical training. Ready access to faculty conducting basic and clinical research within the department, along with exceptional degree of integration with basic science and other clinical departments, provide outstanding research opportunities for the early stages of an academic career.
Clinical Laboratory Facilities
The University of North Carolina Hospitals is a large and active university hospital, with a full complement of general and specialty laboratories. Results are available online, and hard copies of test results are sent to the ordering physician. Of particular importance to Neurology is a very active Peripheral Vascular Laboratory performing state-of-the-art evaluations. The Department of Neurology has medical directorship of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, which includes: Autonomic Function; Electroencephalography; ambulatory EEG monitoring; evoked potential studies; intraoperative monitoring; and complete electromyography and nerve conduction facilities and quantitative sensory testing. The laboratory performs 2,000 EEGs, 1,200 EMGs and nerve conduction studies, and 250 sensory evoked potential studies per year. As part of the UNC Epilepsy Center, a centralized area on the 6th floor of the Neurosciences Hospital houses video EEG telemetry equipment for inpatient monitoring. This includes equipment for monitoring up to 6 patients, as well as review stations. Approximately 300 Video/EEG telemetry diagnostic and pre-surgical evaluations, ranging from 1-21 days in length are performed annually. The 16-bed Sleep Disorders Laboratory, also under the direction of the Department of Neurology faculty, provides for the comprehensive evaluation of sleep related problems. Muscle and nerve biopsies are performed weekly, amounting to approximately 100 per year, with comprehensive histological, histochemical, and electron microscopical analysis of these specimens.
Research Facilities
UNC offers a rich environment for neurology residents interested in basic or clinical research. The Department of Neurology laboratories occupy the sixth floor of the UNC Neuroscience Center, a multi-departmental facility that provides an exceptional environment for neuroscience research. Collaborations between the participating departments are encouraged and common. One example is the formation of the Neurogenetics Unit by the Departments of Genetics and Neurology. The Department's laboratories include facilities for molecular biology, cell culture, transgenic mice, image analysis, neurophysiology, neuroendocrinology, neurochemistry, neurotoxicology, neurobehavior, neuropathology and electron microscopy. Advanced core facilities are located within the Neuroscience Center and throughout the UNC campus. An NIH-funded Clinical Research Center is available for faculty and resident clinical studies. Advanced 3T-fMRI and PET imaging facilities are also available. The UNC School of Public Heath, one of the major public health schools in the United States, provides outstanding collaborative possibilities for residents interested in disease prevention and health care policy. The UNC School of Medicine also maintains a highly successful program in mentorship and assistance for senior residents and junior faculty applying for NIH Career Development Awards and other mentored funding. The relatively high number of elective months in the UNC Neurology Residency Programs, along with a highly supportive and interactive research environment, provides a very high success rate for residents pursuing fellowship and other post-residency academic paths.
Library Facilities
Residents have full access to all library facilities at the University. In addition, they have full on-line access to computerized databases in these libraries and have access to a number of on-line medical data search programs.
The Health Science Library is the primary library for the UNC Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and UNC Hospitals. The library serves the State's health professionals through the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Library and Information Services Network. The library collections contain over 290,000 volumes, including recent and historical materials, 4,000 current serial titles, and over 8,900 audiovisual and microcomputer software programs. The library maintains subscriptions to all major electronic journals, and access to these e-journals is available on all computers on the campus network and remotely via user login.
The Department of Neurology maintains a reference library contiguous with the departmental office space. Copy machines are available for use by the residents. There are also satellite reference collections of texts on the ward, in the Neurology clinic, and in the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory.
UNC Neuroscience Center
The UNC Neuroscience Center is a multidisciplinary effort involving members of the Department of Neurology and other departments at the Medical School. It supports a number of training programs in various aspects of basic neuroscience, including the UNC Neurobiology Curriculum, a graduate program that emphasizes basic research and a well-balanced representation of all the disciplines of neurobiology. Neurology residents are encouraged to participate in all Neuroscience Center activities, which include graduate courses, a weekly neurobiology seminar series, an annual research day, an annual day-long symposium, an endowed distinguished lectureship, and frequent faculty and student research presentations.
Technology Services
E-mail and other network services are supported by the Neurology Department in the UNC-CH Neurosciences Hospital and Physicians Office Building. A departmental computer network makes electronic mail communications readily available within our neurological group and with colleagues around the world and networks all of the offices in the Neurology Department. Neurology faculty, staff, and residents not only have access from their offices, but also from their homes via a virtual private network (VPN) connection provided by the UNC School of Medicine Office of Information Systems. This VPN enables access to email, departmental shared storage, WebCIS (UNC patient data system), the School of Medicine intranet, UNC Health Care Systems intranet, online journals, and other user-restricted sites from home.
About Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Internet links to information about the town of Chapel Hill:
Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce - Community Profile
The Daily Tar Heel (UNC student newspaper)


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2013Patty Klossowsky looks out at Dry Run Creek from her late mother's home, which could be seized by eminent domain, in Waverly. / Mary Chind/The Register
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WAVERLY, IA. — Ramona Strottman was one step away from fleeing the neighborhood that has been her lifelong home.
Floodwaters five years ago surged into Strottmans basement and rose to the top step on the flight of stairs.
If it had gotten on the first floor, I wouldnt have stayed, she said. I couldnt handle that all the river water in my insulation.
Strottman, semiretired at 67, still cuts and styles hair three days a week in her home salon here in this northwest neighborhood just down the hill from Wartburg College.
She was born on Fourth Street. She spent much of her childhood on Second Avenue, frolicking in the (sometimes misnamed) Dry Run Creek that gave the area its name. Since 1973, shes lived and worked on Second Street, across from St. Paul School, which her granddaughter attends.
The 2008 flood washed away what Strottman considered a nuisance rental property on the plot next door, where she now plants sunflowers.
The city and property owners continue the uneasy struggle to move homes out of the path of floodwaters, while respecting neighbors wishes.
Waverly has embarked on a $7.1 million flood mitigation project, but Strottman considers it grandiose. Since the street runs through the creek, flood gates ugly gates, according to Strottman and other residents have been installed to stop traffic during high water.
Harold and Patty Klossowsky live close to the creek. As part of the project, Pattys late mothers home, which borders the channel, faces possible seizure by eminent domain.
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Editorial 12/6/12
In the off chance someone hadn't noticed, the political landscape in North Carolina changed considerably on Nov. 6. Not only did North Carolina voters give Republicans victories in the governor and most of the council of state races, county commissions turned red across the state, including in Lee County.
Although there are two recounts taking place in the western part of the state, it appears that there were 304 Republican county commissioners elected to the Democrats' 270. Six commissioners are unaffiliated. Thus, depending upon the recount, Republicans will hold the majority in either 53 or 54 of the 100 counties. Two commissioner boards have no partisan majority. This is this the first time on record that Republicans have held the majority of seats on county commissions in North Carolina.
Republicans have steadily gained ground in local elections for decades. In 1976, Republicans held only 46 of 484 county commission seats. That's when Democrats controlled 89 of the state's 100 county commissions. By 2010, Democrat commissioners numbered 295 and there were 277 Republicans. Democrats then had control of 50 boards and Republicans controlled 49.
The increase in Republican commissioner seats brought about by the election in November is a significant change that will have an impact upon how the state and county governments will address critical issues, especially those involving economics. Democrats and Republicans sought offices on platforms that differed a great deal about how they would address government spending, taxation and the role of government in job growth and economic development.
Generally, Republicans campaigns stressed fiscal conservatism — less government spending and lower taxes. This was certainly true in Lee County. The three commissioner candidates running as Republicans clearly spelled out their conservative intentions in a "covenant" that was a pledge to county residents. Although only one of these Republicans, Kirk Smith, was elected this year, it was enough to give the party a majority on the Lee County Board of Commissioners.
In the first meeting of the new Lee County board, we witnessed a preview of what is likely to occur at least over the next few years. In a marathon session, most votes were 4-3 in favor of the Republicans. This is a reversal of what the county has seen the last few terms, when votes favored the Democrats. The Republicans rolled out motions and resolutions that appear to set the agenda and direction of the board for this term. We can safely predict that similar meetings will occur across the state.
(In neighboring Harnett County, the new Republican majority wasted no time in making it clear that they had different plans for the future. In their very first meeting, the county manager was promptly fired.)
Political parties recognize that a county commission post is often a stepping stone to serving as an elected or appointed official in the state or federal government. The party growing in numbers at the county commission level is obviously grooming candidates for higher political offices. This is happening in Lee County and obviously across the state.
We look forward to seeing how these changes in the political landscape work out for the state and Lee County, while remembering what Benjamin Franklin meant when he said, "In free governments, the rulers are servants and the people their superiors. For the former to return among the latter, does not degrade, but rather promotes them."


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The town of Jewett in Leon County Monday night layed off two workers, including a police officer, because of budget problems.
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Welcome to Marvin African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The Lord is doing great things at Marvin! To our visiting friends, We count it not robbery that you have taken a moment to visit our website, share with us and explore what we have to offer. I hope that you will find the information here helpful in getting familiar with the Marvin family. We look forward to having you worship with us soon so that we can welcome you "Marvin style".
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Green's Opinion has really taken a back seat since I joined Tasktop three years ago as VP of Engineering. Writing just didn't make the top of the pile when dealing with all of the responsibilities of the role. Well, it's time I dusted off the old writing hat! As of May 9th I've taken on a new role at Tasktop, VP of Architecture. Green's Opinion has found a new home, and to kick it off I've written an article Testing for the API Economy. Enjoy!
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This is my simple and healthy version of sweet and sour pork and will be unlike anything you would have tasted in a Chinese restaurant. I hope it's one you will love to cook time and time again. Instead of the crunchy batter, the crunchy roasted soya beans give texture and flavour. Roasted soya beans can be found in supermarkets and health food shops, but if you can't find them, crush some dry-roasted peanuts instead.
Put all the ingredients for the pork coating into a grinder and whiz until coarsely ground. Transfer to a bowl. Put all the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce into a blender and whiz to a paste.
Using a meat mallet or rolling pin, bash the pork steaks until halved in thickness.
Sprinkle the pork coating onto a board and press the pork steaks into the spice mix, pressing down so that the mix sticks to the meat, and coats well on both sides.
Heat a wok or pan over a high heat and add the groundnut oil. Add the pork steaks and cook for 2 minutes until browned, then turn over and cook the other side for 2 minutes, or until fully cooked. Remove the steaks from the wok and put to one side in a warm place.
Pour the sweet and sour sauce into the wok and cook for 1–2 minutes until the sauce has reduced and thickened naturally. Season further if required with lite soy sauce, rice wine or sherry and pepper.
Serve the sauce poured over the chops, with Beijing Rice and Choi Sum Salad.
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I did some of my growing up on the island of Maui, Hawai'i, but somehow only came to pick up the ukulele seriously when I was 23 and living in Los Angeles. I'm back in Hawai'i for a little while, and am taking every opportunity I can to sit on the beach and strum my uke while my brother the professional chef sears some mahi mahi for dinner. It's raining here, and is supposed to for upwards of a week, but this little instrument brings sunshine and aloha spirit wherever it goes. In looking for new songs to play (ps if you have ideas, leave them in the comments and I'll IOU a Youtube video when I learn it!), I realized that EVERYONE AND THEIR DAD is now playing the ukulele, and Youtube is basically used at this point exclusively for cat videos and people playing ukulele versions of Regina Spektor songs. So I thought this week, in the spirit of these islands I love, I would do a sampling of the best the uke has had to offer in what seems to be a full-blown Ukulele Revolution.
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In response to Larry Schwartz, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's secretary, who defended New York's new gun laws in his recent letter ("State gun law was long overdue," Jan. 20), I don't understand how this bill will stop crime and make people safer. It's not like criminals are going to register semiautomatic weapons or sell illegal magazines to buy seven-round ones.
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• Begin straight across on the outside (grey section) and in through the pair of eyelets just below the middle.
• Cross the ends diagonally upwards on the inside and feed out through the next vacant set of eyelets up the shoe.
• Cross the ends diagonally downwards on the outside and feed in through the next vacant set of eyelets down the shoe.
• Continue running diagonally up on the inside and diagonally down on the outside with progressively taller crossovers until lacing is completed.
• Begin straight across on the inside (grey section) and out through the middle pair of eyelets.
• Continue running diagonally down on the outside and diagonally up on the inside with progressively taller crossovers until lacing is completed.
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Fixed Income Investments - Arbitrage-free Valuation Approach
Under a traditional approach to valuing a bond, it is typical to view the security as a single package of cash flows, discounting the entire issue with one discount rate. Under the arbitrage-free valuation approach, the issue is viewed, instead, as various zero-coupon bonds that should be valued individually and added together to determine value. The reason this is the correct way to value a bond is that it does not allow a risk-free profit to be generated by "stripping" the security and selling the parts at a higher price than purchasing the security in the market.
As an example, a five-year bond that pays semi-annual interest would have 11 separate cash flows, and be valued using the appropriate yield on the curve that matches its maturity. So the markets implement this approach by determining the theoretical rate the U.S. Treasury would have to pay on a zero-coupon treasury for each maturity. The investor then determines the value of all the different payments using the theoretical rate and adds them together. This zero-coupon rate is the treasury spot rate. The value of the bond based on the spot rates is the arbitrage-free value.
Determining Whether a Bond is Under or Over Valued
What you need to be able to do is value a bond like we have done before using the more traditional method of applying one discount rate to the security. The twist here, however, is that instead of using one rate, you will use whatever rate the spot curve has that coordinates with the proper maturity. You will then add the values up as you did previously to get the value of the bond. You will then be given a market price to compare to the value that you derived from your work. If the market price is above your figure, then the bond is undervalued and you should buy the issue. If the market price is below your price, then the bond is overvalued and you should sell the issue.
How Does a Dealer Generate Arbitrage Profits?
A dealer has the ability to strip a security or to take apart the cash flows that make up the bond. These Treasury strips can be sold to investors. So if the market price of a Treasury security is less than the value using the arbitrage-free valuation, a dealer will buy the security, strip the bond and then sell the Treasury strips at a higher amount than the purchase price for the whole bond.
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If you were on the East Coast and got up very early this morning, you may have gotten a celestial treat.
As the Capital Weather Gang explained, this eclipse was a hybrid event, appearing as a total eclipse or annular eclipse in some places on Earth. The Weather Gang explains:
"Solar and lunar eclipses – like gathering at Thanksgiving – belong to families. And these eclipse families are called "saros," a series of eclipses related over time, occurring over a span of several hundred years. This Nov. 3 solar eclipse is the 23rd eclipse of Saros 143, a series which started on March 7, 1617 and which ends April 23, 2897 – for 72 eclipses in a span of 1,280 years."
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Professor Mark Lemley is listed among the top 50 Intellectual Property lawyers under 45 by IP Law & Business.
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In the publish-or-perish world of legal scholarship, Mark Lemley should be good through the next century. This IP professor at Stanford Law School has written eight books (including the two-volume treatise IP and Antitrust) and nearly 90 scholarly articles. He is a fierce advocate for patent reform and has also made his mark by arguing that buying a competitor's brand as a keyword for an Internet search does not involve using that brand as a trademark. As counsel at San Francisco's Keker & Van Nest, he has taken on matters for biotech giant Genentech, Inc., as well as Google, Intel, and other high tech clients, arguing two U.S. Supreme Court cases and three Federal Circuit cases in the last two years alone.


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School of Art + Design Receives NASAD Accreditation
June 04, 2015
The School of Art + Design obtains accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. >>
The School of Art + Design's industrial and digital design programs will represent NJIT at the Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire April 11, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Newark Museum. >>
The exhibition features inventive work created by the digital, industrial and interior design students from The School of Art + Design. >>
School of Art + Design Holds Annual GameFest
November 24, 2014
GameFest, an annual November event in NJIT's School of Art + Design, provides an opportunity for students to exhibit and test a series of analog games created with technology-enabled design processes. Organized by Taro Narahara, assistant professor of digital design, students explore the relationship between traditional and digital games, and the use of digital fabrication in the development of physical games through the alteration of game structures. >>
Jamin Warren Speaks at College of Architecture and Design
November 20, 2014
Founder of Kill Screen and former cultural reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Jamin Warren, spoke to an interdisciplinary audience at the College of Architecture and Design as part of the college lecture series. >>
More than Forty NJIT Art + Design Students Have Work Selected for Exhibit at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver
August 19, 2014
Samples of student work produced in NJIT's School of Art + Design were exhibited for the third consecutive year at the curated Student Work Exhibit at SIGGRAPH, the Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. >>
A large crowd was hosted in Elly's Loft at the College of Architecture and Design for an event sponsored by NJIT SIGGRAPH (the local student chapter of ACM's Special Interest Group in Graphics and Interactive Techniques) on April 21, 2014. Six recent graduates met with students to talk about career options for those studying Digital Design at the School of Art + Design. >>
Crowds of children, parents, teachers, artisans and others visited the Newark Museum on Saturday, April 5 for the first Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire, billed as a "celebration of creativity and ingenuity in the New Jersey community" at the state's largest museum. >>
NJIT Named as One of the Top 25 Undergraduate Schools To Study Video Game Design for 2014 by the Princeton Review
March 12, 2014
NJIT has been named as one of the top 25 schools on The Princeton Review's recently published list saluting the best undergraduate schools to study video game design for 2014. >>
Digital Design Student Wins Graphic Design Competition
December 05, 2013
Third year digital design student Sharon Feng, of Piscataway, won the annual cover design competition for the Virtual Academic Library Environment (VALE) conference program. This marks the fourth consecutive year that a digital design student from NJIT's School of Art + Design has won the competition which is open to all New Jersey college students studying graphic design or a related discipline. >>
Recent Digital Design Graduates Present at SIGGRAPH 2013
July 30, 2013
AJ Polanco Jr., Woodbridge, and Danielle Esmaya, Union, recently presented "Social Reform Through Mobile Gaming (Seed.Genesis)" in the mobile apps session of SIGGRAPH 2013, the world's premier annual conference on computer graphics and interactive media, held this year in Anaheim, California. >>
The College of Architecture and Design concluded yesterday's 2013 NJIT morning commencement ceremony at the Prudential Center with an afternoon balloon launch and luncheon back on campus for grads, friends and relatives. >>
NJIT Hosts Annual Global Game Jam 2013 Last Weekend in January
January 15, 2013
Jamming, but not on musical instruments, will be the order of the day later this month as dozens of NJIT design and information technology students and a few from surrounding colleges pull all-nighters—some even all weekenders –at NJIT's Third Annual Global Game Jam (GGJ). >>
NJIT Representatives Participate in SIGGRAPH 2012
August 24, 2012
SIGGRAPH, "the world's premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques" was held in Los Angeles, California from August 4 through August 9, and included a contingent of representatives from NJIT's School of Art + Design. >>
Founder and CEO of Butterkiss to Speak at Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series
April 03, 2012
Brad Chun, founder and CEO of Butterkiss Company, a consulting firm specializing in the development of early-stage start-up companies, will present on Wednesday, April 4 as part of the School of Art + Design's Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series. >>
Five members of the faculty at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design (COAD) will share their ideas at "Think Pieces" on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in the COAD Gallery. >>
NJIT Hosts Global Game Jam 2012
January 31, 2012
NJIT was the 13th/14th largest site in the US, the largest in New Jersey, and the 43rd/46th largest in the world out of 246 sites that participated in Global Game Jam 2012, with 69 registered participants developing nine games. >>
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design To Be Local Site This Weekend for Global Game Jam 2012
January 24, 2012
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design will be a local site this weekend for Global Game Jam 2012, during which more than 150 sites around the world will compete to create a game from scratch in 48 hours. >>
Andrzej Zarzycki, an assistant professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, recently presented two papers addressing the role of new media, gaming, and mobile on-demand culture. >>
Digital Design Students Participate in Volunteer Program at SIGGRAPH National Conference
August 23, 2011
In a repeat performance from last year, Daniel Palma of Paterson and Benjamin Gross, an honors student from Lambertville, were accepted to participate in the Student Volunteer Program for SIGGRAPH 2011 held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from August 6 through August 11. >>
COAD Assistant Professor Presents at SIGGRAPH Conference
August 15, 2011
College of Architecture and Design Assistant Professor Andrzej Zarzycki made two presentations during the "Capture and Construction" session at the 2011 ACM/SIGGRAPH conference on August 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia. >>
Art + Design Student and Faculty Member Selected as Finalists at International Digital Graffiti Competition
May 27, 2011
Stephanie Thompson, of Belford, a third-year digital design student, and Polina Zaitseva, of Hackensack, an adjunct faculty member in NJIT's School of Art + Design, have each had work selected for display and competition at the 2011 Digital Graffiti Festival in Alys Beach, Florida. >>
Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series Continues with Talk by NYC-Based Game Designer
April 15, 2011
The Digital Design program at NJIT's School of Art + Design continues its Industry Speak Seminar Series on April 18 with Andrew Grapsas, game designer at Arkadium, Inc. of New York City, where he is working on games suitable for social networking sites. >>
Fernando Music, principal from The Rooster Design Group in New York City, will be speaking on April 4 at 11:30 a.m. as part of the ongoing Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series hosted by NJIT's School of Art + Design. >>


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On course for a revolution
Posted: December 17, 2012|
David Clensy talks to the two Bristol University academics who are creating a revolutionary new course aimed at encouraging more higher education opportunities for Bristol residents, especially those with no formal qualifications
IT was the play – and later the film – that changed the way we all think about university life. Educating Rita – Willy Russell's tale of a working class woman whose horizons are broadened by experiencing academia caught and distilled a moment of social shift that emerged in post-war Britain.
By deftly highlighting the clash between an emerging working class keen to have their chance at furthering their education, with the established middle class world of the red brick institutions, Russell not only reflected the world around him, but like the greatest artists, helped to shape the world to come.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, a university education became more accessible than ever to an increasingly broad range of society.
But two academics at Bristol University believe there are still plenty of people, especially those from backgrounds of more gruelling social deprivation, for whom university isn't even a distant dream.
"Universities have done a lot over the years when it comes to broadening their intake, in terms of taking students from a range of school and college backgrounds," says Tom Sperlinger, senior teaching fellow in Bristol University's English department.
"But then there are those with no formal qualifications at all – historically universities have not done enough to engage with those who are no longer in the education system. Many of these people simply believe that higher education simply isn't something they will ever have access to."
Which is why Tom, together with Richard Pettigrew, a reader in philosophy, is currently working to formulate a new kind of course at the university.
The arts and humanities foundation course will specifically target locals – people already living in the city, possibly from the more troubled end of the social scale, who perhaps feel that academia is not for them.
"Preference will be given to locals, partly because we want to improve the university's performance in that field, but also because we want the course to be accessible to people who perhaps are not financially able to give up their previous life immediately.
"There is generally a shift towards students not going away from their home city for their university education – simply because the introduction of tuition fees has made the process more expensive.
"But the people we expect to come on to the foundation course, will be studying for a couple of days a week for the first year, so they will be able to continue working part time.
"We also hope tuition fees for the foundation year will be considerably less than the £9,000 annual degree course fee – more like £3,500. Additionally, we hope to be able to set up some sort of bursary for living expenses, probably also around £3,000."
Richard adds: "As there are no minimum qualifications required to join the course, we hope we will be able to attract people who through life circumstances found themselves leaving the education system early, and who thought they would never have the opportunity to get back into education.
"The foundation year will give them a broad background in the academic study of arts and humanities, as well as educating them on basic academic practices –from essay writing to using the university library.
"But after the foundation year, we will guarantee them all a place on one of the university's humanities degree courses. We hope that over the course of the year, by listening to lectures from experts from each of the different arts and humanities departments, they will have been able to decide the field of study that most interests them.
"While this sort of approach is relatively common in the fields of science and engineering, it is a new idea for arts subjects. But our data suggests that even in the current economic climate, students graduating with arts degrees have some good opportunities ahead of them.
"Contrary to the popular notion, our surveys suggest that employers are still keen on employing people with arts, humanities and English degrees."
Full details of the course will be launched early next year, followed by a series of taster courses, which will be run at Knowle West Media Centre and the Single Parent Action Network in Easton.
"The difficulty for us in the first instance is connecting with people who are not actively trying to connect with the university," Tom says. "It's of limited use to put details on our website, because the people we're aiming to find won't be scanning the university website. We need to go out and find them and introduce them to the idea."
There will be a June 3 deadline for applications for the foundation course, which will start next September, allowing participants the opportunity to start their degree course in September 2014.
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This cocktail from The Spotted Pig is more complex than it looks—this is a cocktail drinker's cocktail, not a syrupy Kir Royale. More
This cocktail from The Spotted Pig is more complex than it looks—this is a cocktail drinker's cocktail, not a syrupy Kir Royale. More
The natural choice of spirits for a light, vegetal cocktail is vodka. To brighten things up a skosh, I infused crisp Monopolowa vodka with thick swaths of orange zest, removed with a potato peeler (taking care to leave the bitter pith behind). More
This one's a cidery twist on white sangria, with a sparkling semidry cider and fruit infused with ice cider to add tons of rich fruit flavor. Feel free to substitute whatever local fruit is in season. More
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These gin-based Herbaltinis are like a California-fied Tom Collins, all gin and citrus with bright green herbal notes that carry through the cool, refreshing drink. Adapted from The Sunset Cookbook, this is the kind of cocktail I imagine mixing up if I had a gorgeous Southern California backyard filled with citrus trees and bushy patches of fresh herbs. But even when mixed up in the dead of winter from supermarket produce and herbs, this cocktail was fresh and light, a sort of winter pick-me-up thanks in equal parts to the citrusy summery flavors and the gin. More
Although this recipe for Ginger Soda makes a fine quaff, I'd like to urge you to think of it as a template for creating other non-alcoholic drinks for party guests. The basic idea is simple: you create a flavored syrup,... More
For a stress-free bash, I recommend making bottled cocktails in advance. This recipe makes a killer Negroni that will stun and delight millions of people! Okay, maybe just eight people. More
An Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail is a simple mixture of whiskey, sugar, bitters and a citrus peel. It is a sublimely simple and delicious preparation for a wide range of spirits besides just whiskey—rum, tequila, brandy—and a fine apple brandy is no exception. Showcasing the earthy flavor of fermented apples with just a bit of sugar and bitters is a perfect preparation to enjoy classic holiday flavors in a new way. More
A marriage of the Cosmopolitan and the Kir Royale, Champagne gets dressed up with cranberry juice and Triple Sec. Alcoholic, slightly sweet, and slightly tart, and you'll be thankful you took a few sips of this festive cocktail. More
On the Cocktails episode of Throwdown, Flay found himself pitted against Tobin Ellis, Vegas bartender extraordinaire. It was one of those challenges where Flay shouldn't have stood a chance but thanks to a consult with cocktail guru Dale Degroff, Flay was able to come up with a rum-based cocktail took the prize. With sweet chunks of pineapple, herbal notes from basil and mint, a spicy ginger syrup, and rich float of coconut cream, The Thowndown Cocktail won the judges over. I mixed up a pitcher of these Throwdown!-inspired cocktails at home—it only took one sip to figure out why Flay was the winner of this challenge. The mix was sweet and tropical, but with enough bright and sour notes to keep it from being cloying. More
Photo: Yana Volfson This drink from Yana Volfson at Peels, a liquid tribute to rocker Joey Ramone, uses all American ingredients, from the Laird's Applejack, made in New Jersey, to Kedem grape juice, made from New York Concord grapes.... More
Bonny McKenzie, who has worked at the Wine Cellar since its opening, is often called "Bunz." She took a classic martini, gave it a Chartreuse rinse and a flamed orange peel garnish, creating the Toasty Bunz. More


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The hotel Intercentro Apartamentos Torrox-Costa Situated in the tourist area of Torrox Costa, the hotel is superbly located, directly on the beach front, overlooking the promenade. Just a few steps away from the resort centre, with all kinds of shops, bars, cafes, restaurants and nightlife. (source: Otel)


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What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 B.C.? Would the experience resemble Olympic festivals as we celebrate them today? This remarkable book transports us back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilization. It invites us to enter this distant, alien, but still familiar culture and discover what the Greeks did and didn't do during five thrilling days in August 2,400 years ago. In the Olympic Stadium there were no stands, no shade-and no women allowed. Visitors sat on a grassy bank in the searing heat of midsummer to watch naked athletes compete in footraces, the pentathlon, horse and chariot races, and three combat sports-wrestling, boxing, and pankration, everyone's favorite competition, with virtually no rules and considerable blood and pain. This colorfully illustrated volume offers a complete tour of the Olympic site exactly as athletes and spectators found it. The book evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of the crowded encampment; introduces the various attendees (from champions and charlatans to aristocrats and prostitutes); and explains the numerous exotic religious rituals. Uniquely detailed and precise, this guide offers readers an unparalleled opportunity to travel in time, back to the excitement of ancient Olympia.
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Neil Faulkner is research fellow at the University of Bristol, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and codirector of several field projects. A freelance archaeologist and historian, his previous books include Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt against Rome and Rome: Empire of the Eagles. He lives in Herts, UK.
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'Splendidly captures the excitement, the razzmatazz, the intensity, glamour and squalor of the Ancient Olympics. Packed with anecdotes and intriguing facts, the careful scholarship behind this wonderful little book is presented with gusto.' - Philip Matyszak, author of Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day -- Philip Matyszak "...the book has a true pagan tang and is completely fascinating."-Duncan Fallowell, Daily Express -- Duncan Fallowell Daily Express "...an entertaining and informative read."-Hertfordshire Life Hertfordshire Life "Forget London 2012. Want to know what it was like to attend the Olympics 2,400 years ago? Then pick up a copy of Neil Faulkner's A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics. Written in the style of a travel guide, the book tells you everything you would want to know-including how to get there, where to stay, and what to eat-about attending the Olympics in 388 B.C." -Jason Zasky, Failure Magazine -- Jason Zasky Failure Magazine "A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics should appeal to a broad set of readers."-N.S. Gill, About.com -- N.S. Gill About.com "[Faulkner writes] with great vim and panache." "Into and around his descriptions of the Olympic events Faulkner contrives to weave very skilfully indeed a rich texture of social, economic, political - in a word, cultural - history. Yale University Press have produced an attractively illustrated volume in a handy, pocketable format: just the thing to take with you to the beach volleyball in Horse Guards Parade this July, perhaps."-Paul Cartledge, BBC History Magazine -- Paul Cartledge BBC History Magazine "A neat idea, stylishly executed."-Independent i Independent i "Walk for days and miles along treacherous roads in the heat of the summer. Fight crowds of thousands for a place to camp. Search for water. And, by all means, try to steer clear of the fetid trash and waste that breed disease all around you. (Read: no trash cans and no toilets.). These are the conditions described in archaeologist Neil Faulkner's new book A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics, a manual for any would-be Games-goer in ancient Greece ... Ultimately the ancient Olympics were more of an epic frat party full of booze and sex than a prestigious sporting competition, and Faulkner paints that picture well."-Moira E. McLaughlin, The Washington Post -- Moira E. McLaughlin The Washington Post "Written in the style of a chatty tourist guide, it offers a beguiling glimpse into a largely alien world, vibrant but chaotic."-Good Book Guide Good Book Guide "A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics is a lively, thoroughly researched account of a spectacle perhaps best appreciated from a distance."-Bill Littefield, WBUR -- Bill Littefield WBUR's "It's Only a Game" "A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics (Yale University Press)[offers], a funny, fascinating way of learning about ancient Greece, its religious and social attitudes, the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat. It is jauntily written as a true guidebook, with hints on how to get the most out of your visit, so this is history written in an amusing and accessible form. "-Rob Hardy, The Columbus Dispatch -- Rob Hardy The Columbus Dispatch "The author takes us 2,400 years back to the heyday of the city-state of Olympia... A time-travel guide at its best, this book reconstructs the sights, sounds and smells of the events as it conveys the excitement of the games."-Svetlana Grobman, The Columbia Daily Journal -- Svetlana Grobman The Columbia Daily Journal


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Fall 2008 Fashion Week Trend: Half Sleeves
February 3rd, 2008
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Half Sleeves at Verrier, Yigal Azrouel, and BCBG.
Style tip? Half sleeves help to camouflage heavy arms–and can make your upper body look longer and leaner.
What do you think? Would you wear half sleeves? And if so, with what? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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1. Mimi | February 14th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I like this. This sounds crazy but it's true: sometimes short sleeves are too short, and long sleeves are just too long LOL
2. Trisha | February 18th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I love how these half sleeves make you look so elegant. It's the drama of long sleeves with the fun of short sleeves!
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The McNairy Central Bobcats were on the road Week Zero as they traveled to Cordova, Tenn. to face the Eagles of St. Benedict at Auburndale.
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The young Bobcat team played well at times and hung around for most of the game, but unfortunately did not have enough to top the Eagles and fell by three scores in the season-opener.
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Likes And Dislikes of the Kings' Latest Three-Gamer
Another losing streak for the Kings is upon us and with the upcoming schedule it's not going to get any easier for this team to rack up some wins.
Spurs tonight, Suns tomorrow and then a three-game road streak on the East Coast.
At this point, you can't assume the Kings will win any game the rest of the year and I don't mean that as a dig at them. They're not the worst team in the league. They're not the Nets and they're certainly not as bad as the Wolves. But they also can't seem to close out road games and the home schedule will get tougher and tougher as this team struggles to put winning streaks together.
There are some good and bad things that we've learned from this current three-game slide that has capped off the Kings 3-17 record over their last 20 games. First I'll start with the bad news because the bad news is always what you want to get out of the way. End on a high note, I always say.
Bad Things
- Tyreke Evans hip is a concern to me. Not because I think it's going to be a chronic problem for the rest of his career that will derail him from being the superstar we all see that he can become. I'm concerned that his style of play of being aggressive and attacking all the time is going to lead to more and more injuries. Luckily, he hasn't suffered any serious hiccups in his physical health that would cause him to miss 10 to 15 to 20 games at a time, like has befallen Kevin Martin over the past three years.
But watching Gerald Wallace the other night reminded me of how aggressive players can find themselves doing as much harm to themselves as good to the team. It starts with an ankle here, a back injury there, and maybe even a bad hip pointer. And perhaps, the addition of a consistent jumper and an inside presence to help him out will eliminate the amount of times he has to go crashing into another object. I'm probably just being paranoid but that's what happens when you see a young player getting nicked up from time to time.
– The Kings starting frontline has given 69 points to this team over the course of three games. That's all. And that's including a 23-point outburst from Spencer Hawes against the Nuggets. They've also grabbed 55 rebounds between the three of them, which isn't bad by any means but it's also a number that has been inconsistent in these three games. It was helped by Jason Thompson's 16-rebound explosion in the Bobcats game.
The Kings frontline has a ton of potential. Jason Thompson is much better than he's played over the past six weeks. In fact, I'd say he's much closer to the fantastic first couple of weeks that he enjoyed than what we've seen lately. Spencer Hawes has all the tools in the shed. He can be a really good, All-Star caliber center if he makes the commitment to be aggressive and tough. And Donté Greene might be the Kings best defensive player in three years and that's with the caveat that I believe Tyreke Evans can be an All-Defensive team regular in his career. However, at some point this frontline has to start producing, producing together, and finding some better positive consistency than what we've been shown.
– The late game and end of quarter execution with the Kings is extremely suspect and confusing. I don't mind what Kevin Martin did at the end of the Nuggets game. I don't think the refs got the call wrong but I think the idea Martin had was good. Now whether he broke from the designed play and just did his own thing or not is a whole other issue. You can't have a young, impressionable team getting the mentality that it's okay to go into Kobe mode. You can't just break off from the plan and go on a gut instinct. It undermines the coach and that's a bad thing for a young team to learn is okay. As for the actual play itself, it was a very good idea. He took Kenyon Martin one-on-one, tried to draw contact and get to the free throw line for his 12th and 13th attempts of the night. Most of the time, he gets the call. Whatever.
I also still can't figure out what Spencer Hawes was doing with the ball, down three and needing to make a full court pass with 0.7 left in the game. He didn't throw it anywhere near to a spot on the floor that would benefit the Kings. He threw it to the free throw line area, which would have been fine if the Kings were down two. This type of late-game decision-making is the issue I have with the Kings right now. And it's not just late-game. It's every end of the quarter possession the Kings seem to have when Beno Udrih doesn't have the ball in his hands. The Kings waste possessions far too often and get turnovers when they should at least be getting shots up.
It makes me remember the game against the Memphis Grizzlies from back in November when the Kings needed a quality possession and score to force overtime.
I feel like Tyreke Evans should be making plays at the end of games right now when he's available because he needs to learn that pedigree for closing out games. But when he's not an option, I'd love to see more plays like the video above in which the Kings are given a number of options out of the high (or very high) post. This is Kings basketball to me – good passing big man with cutters, scorers and shooters all over the floor.
– I love the Kevin Martin-Tyreke Evans backcourt with the way they're playing off of each other. However, it's been a terrible thing for the rest of the guys on the team. It seems like Evans is making it a point to show he can work with Martin (see: first half against the Bobcats at home). He's over-looking for him on every play. The rest of the guys on the court are being completely ignored and that's a bad thing. Kings need to stop force feeding Martin. I think after the past three games, his scoring touch is back. Now, the Kings need to concentrate on running a team instead of a backcourt.
Good Things
- I really like aggressive Spencer Hawes (or Rick Hawes as Jared Wade dubbed him). When he seems to have a purpose to his moves, he's hard to stop. He can mix in the jumper with his scoring in the post. It's much better than watching him just settle for the jumper. He also seems to be more active defensively and on the boards when his offense is clicking. I can get behind this version of Spencer Hawes. I can be optimistic about the Spencer Hawes we saw in the Nuggets game. I just wonder if we're going to see him tonight.
– Andres Nocioni seems to be out of any shooting slump. He's eight for his last 15 from the field and four for his last six behind the three-point line. Until he's traded, the Kings need his shooting threat off the court to keep the spacing on the floor and the offensive flowing.
– I loved what I saw from Omri Casspi towards the end of the Nuggets game. He took players inside and showed a nice half-hook from around four to six feet. He was also aggressive and didn't hesitate to take the big shots. Couple that with the flurry of playmaking we saw from him in the game against Charlotte and maybe he's getting out of his funk. He's the guy that needs to step up on the perimeter with Martin and Evans trying to find each other because when they make the extra pass, he's the perfect guy to make slow defensive rotations pay.
– Hopefully, Jason Thompson is out of his slump. Although he played poorly against the Nuggets, a team he's struggled against all season long (8.0 points per game in three games), we saw a very active JT against a very active Bobcats frontline. Even when his offense isn't there, he should be a rebounding force. 16 rebounds against the Bobcats is nothing to sneeze at. I almost don't mind the fact that he committed four fouls in the fourth quarter of that game because at least it showed how aggressive and positive he was trying to be. He ended up with eight points and six boards in the final period to help the Kings almost complete a comeback.
An active JT and an aggressive Spencer Hawes to go with the re-emergence of Omri Casspi and the burgeoning backcourt of Evans and Martin are all good things to help this Kings team snap out of these losing ways.


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LinuxTag 2009 Begins
LinuxTag once again features the best and brightest among open source. More than 10,000 visitors are expected at the Berlin conference starting June 24 and running through June 27. Many free projects are exhibiting. Prizes and a press conference started things off.
LinuxTag 2009, meeting in the conference space under Berlin's famous radio tower, will have numerous project booths and an increasing number of talks. The Fedora FUDCon conference will run concurrently, along with numerous project workshops. Beside companies that get revenue from Linux, many free open source projects will be present. This would make the 15th annual LinuxTag.
The open source trade show launched with a keynote by co-organizer and Linux Magazin editor Nils Magnus. Linux Magazin editor-in-chief Jan Kleinert also gave out the second annual Univention Graduates Prize to promising students of open source.
At the opening press conference, Messe Berlin director Jens Heithecker announced that this year's conference will have 300 talks and that France will have an especially large participation with companies such as Linagora and Talend. The French Linux distribution Mandriva cancelled its visit last minute. Matthias Ettrich of Nokia/Qt admitted that more than 200 of his team were there. Even Nokia is no longer working on software behind closed doors, but "in fact, in public." External developers have the same status as internal ones, according to Nokia.
Another Messe Berlin event running concurrently with LinuxTag 2009 is IT Profits, whose main themes are virtualization and online marketing, with 50 talks given in two tracks over two days.
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