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The role of narrative in medicine rose up this fall, when both Rudy Giuliani and Joe Torre spoke out against the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations against routine prostate cancer screening for healthy men. Giuliani and Torre, both high-profile prostate cancer survivors, claimed the prostate-specific antigen (PSA test) "saved their lives," and that moving away from routine screening would imperil the lives of millions of men. The physicians working to educate the public about the science behind the new recommendations struggled to control the discussion in the face of these emotional, fear-based appeals... Read More


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My installer is suppose to copy few files which works fine normally. If one of these files is running (in use), then Wise Installer is automatically asking to reboot. So far so good. From this point on, on every upgrade (install) Wise keeps on asking to reboot even if I don't have any files in use. How do I stop this prompt?
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Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new cause of congenital myopathy: a mutation in a previously uncharacterized gene, according to research published this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
About 50% of congenital myopathy cases currently do not have a known genetic basis, presenting a clear barrier to understanding disease and developing therapy, says James Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., the paper's co-senior author and assistant professor of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Finding a new myopathy gene opens the possibility of providing a genetic explanation for disease in these individuals where no genetic cause is currently known.
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'Dancing with the Stars' Season 10 Official Cast List
by Tracy Phillips | March 1, 2010 at 9:55 PM | Dancing With The Stars, Reality, TV News
Host Tom Bergeron and former 'DWTS' finalist Melissa Rycroft announced the celebrity cast for the new season of 'Dancing with the Stars' on Monday night, and as usual, they pulled a few 'Gotchas!'
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As reported earlier today, 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' star Kate Gosselin is among the 11 celebrities competing on the show this season. The token NFL star and Olympian are represented, of course, but there are also a few 'DWTS' firsts: a Pussycat Doll, an astronaut…and a 'Bachelor.'
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An approach toward quantification of organic compounds in complex environmental samples using high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Nguyen TB, S Nizkorodov, A Laskin, and J Laskin. 2013. "An approach toward quantification of organic compounds in complex environmental samples using high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry." Analytical Methods 5(1):72-80. doi:10.1039/c2ay25682g
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Quantitative analysis of individual compounds in complex mixtures using high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS) is complicated by differences in the ionization efficiencies of analyte molecules in the mixture, resulting in signal suppression during ionization. However, the ability to obtain concentration estimates of compounds in an environmental sample is important for data interpretation and comparison. We introduce an approach for estimating mass concentrations of analytes observed in a multicomponent mixture by HR-ESI-MS, without prior separation. The approach relies on a calibration of the instrument using appropriate standards added to the mixture of studied analytes. An illustration of how the proposed calibration can be applied in practice is provided for aqueous extracts of isoprene photooxidation organic aerosol, with multifunctional organic acids standards. We show that the observed ion sensitivities in ESI-MS are positively correlated with the "adjusted mass," defined as a product of the molecular mass and the H/C ratio in the molecule (adjusted mass = H/C x molecular mass). The correlation of the observed ESI sensitivity with adjusted mass is justified by considering trends of the physical and chemical properties of organic compounds that affect ionization in the positive ion mode, i.e., gas-phase basicity, polarizability, and molecular size.


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3.0mm hoops anyone?
So I was shopping at drumfactorydirect.com and saw that they also sell a 3.00mm hoop (about 1/3rd thicker than regular 2.3mm hoops). I'm fixing up a 10x14 Ludwig marching snare (8-lug with P-85 strainer, looks like 3-ply with re-rings) and was wondering if anyone here has tried these thicker hoops. Other than weight, does it make a huge difference? Would it be like using diecast hoops? Or is there something different about them?
I'd like to keep the drum as resonant as possible, but since I'll be wearing it and mobile, I'd like it to be a bit robust, but not sure if the extra weight and thickness would be worth the price of admission.
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I looked at them but didn't try them. I am happy with 2.3mm hoops that I added to both of my Ludwig kits.
3.0mm hoops are supposed to be close to die cast in sound and feel for much less cost.
A flanged hoop will never be as dead as a cast hoop. Thats just the nature of hoop construction.
A flanged hoop will ring more.
Going from 1.6mm to 2.3mm hoops made a difference in my Club Date and my Keystone kits. It mellowed out the drums a bit. A very minor change from the 1.6mm.
I used the Slungerland Stick Saver replica 2.3mm flanged hoops on my Club Date SE kit. Just for something a little different.
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I have used 1.6mm (batter hoop pulled over head collar) as well as 2.3mm & wooden hoops with out any issues. I don't see a need for 3.0mm hoops on a marching snare unless you tune your snare to those (in my opinion) crazy high formica tabletop tunings I don't think there is any advantage / disadvantage with 3.0mm hoops. If you're going for higher tensions I would go die-cast or s-hoop.
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My 2 shekels..The fact that it is such a deep snare drum may warrant the hoops. Bigger drum, bigger hoops sounds right, right? And like Bob said, they should retain their openness more than a die cast. Nothing wrong with a stiff hoop either, in case you want to crank er up.
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By: KOB.com staff
In the wake of a deadly elementary school shooting last December in Connecticut, a New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill allowing schools to designate one of their workers to bring a loaded, concealed handgun on campus if the individual is licensed to carry the weapon.
A number of states, including Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, Wyoming and Kansas are also looking into allowing concealed, licensed gun carriers on school campuses.
Click here to read the proposed New Mexico bill from Republican Sue Wilson Beffort of Sandia Park.
Click here to find out what New Mexico's existing concealed carry law currently allows.


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Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268
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- Part of a Book (38)
- Article (11)
- English (49) (remove)
- 08, 303
- Urban droughts and floods in Maiduguri: twin hazards of a variable climate (1996)
- Maiduguri, an important city in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa, experiences both drought and floods. Although droughts are more popular, floods are a seasonal occurrence in parts of the city in the average rainy season. Both hazards exert a heavy toll on their victims. Present response to the hazard problems is characterised by a fire-fighting approach which does little about future occurrence. Much of the perception and response is spiritual and stops short of needed structural and organisational programmes for effective mitigation of hazards. Future occurrences of drought and flood may have more adverse effects as land use in the city becomes more complex and agricultural and water supply system comes to depend heavily on surfacial sources. Future effects will also depend on the socio-economic conditions of the people at risk and the capacity of those who help them. Governments and people need to work together to reduce drought and flood hazards.
- 14, 467
- Twenty years later: migration, inter-ethnic relations and land rights in new settlements in Burkina Faso and Nigeria (2000)
- The paper presents two case studies from Nigeria and Burkina Faso, that differ in many respects, but show also some significant similarities. In both cases, previously existing claims on land were not recognised by the national authorities who implemented development projects. But as a contrast, in the Nigerian case people had to move out of the territories that were now claimed by the state, whereas in the Burkina case people were brought into an area that was declared state property. As a result in both cases, this had specific implications for the inter-ethnic relations in the respective regions. In Nigeria, Kanuri farmers moved to new fertile areas that incidentally emerged parallel to the development efforts of the state.
- 14, 127
- The role of agriculture in the Nigerian economy since independence (2000)
- The Nigerian agricultural sector deserves to be studied not less for the contribution of such knowledge to our understanding of the past, and present, but more for the usefulness of such knowledge in shaping the sector. The role that agriculture plays in Nigeria's national economy since her independence may be determined by considering first, the changing structure of the national economy. As the national economy changes, also the role of agriculture. The observed structure at successive periods thus reveals the contribution that agriculture makes to the national economy. A total picture could also be presented through an examination of the contribution of agriculture to the gross domestic product GDP, over the years. It is also possible to add to the above presentation, the annual production of each agricultural crop over the period, or the productivity of the individual farmer as the years pass by. No doubt, the role of agriculture shall not remain static, for as deliberate efforts are made to develop the economy, the agricultural sector is also affected, although several endogenous factors also influence development within the sector. An emperical approach to the understanding of what is happening within the sector is to be prefered and such is documented in small scale studies conducted already by such scolars as FRICKE (1965), TIFFEN (1976) and MALCHAU (1999a+b).
- 02, 227
- The Mune in pre-colonial Borno (1993)
- The account of Borno's war with Mandara thus recounted above, at least from the point of view of the Mandara Chronicler, and all the other accounts I have given above clearly portray to us the essence of the Mune in that oppression and/or a war of caprice is not enjoined. And the war against Mandara was clearly a war of caprice, as Mandara had clearly recanted on its recalcitrance, when threatened. The essence of the Chronicle itself, however, is that we are here seeing, from accounts of an eye-witness, the portrayal of a polity whose language principles and practice of diplomacy, in war and in peace, are not less developed than any we have seen in the states of Euro-Germanic experience, of comparable times. The basis of this well ordered art is essentially the Mune, even though in its universalist form we may wish to assign it to the Book and the Sunna of Islam. Why not then, should we not regard the Mune as the constitution of the pre-colonial Borno State? Munen - ba (not in the Mune), for the Sayfawa ruler is certainly more binding than most modern constitutions had been binding on leaders of present-day African States!
- 04, 099
- The monologue of the dove : reflections on life and death in an oral tradition of the Kwami People in northern Nigeria (1994)
- The tale portrays the unhappy life of a dove. Constantly surrounded by enemies, hunted by human beings and animals, disappointed by friends and separated from her family, the dove despairs of her life. She ponders over her unjust fate in this world and in a monologue she begins to consider, whether it would not be better to end her own life. This tragic theme forms the climax of several episodes, in which the tension between life and death is described. The elaborate development of dramatic acts demonstrates the intertwining of guilt and innocence in human existence.
- 14, 125
- The historical and recent evolution in the Sudanic and Sub-Sudanic Savannah of NE-Nigeria: geographical, linguistic and anthropological aspects (2000)
- The search for persistent elements in nature and culture, which comprises language as a constitutive part, is a prerequisite for the definition of any change which is the aim of our common project. When analysing the process of transformation by a number of disciplines we expect to discover significant features of this alteration and the forces dominating it. The current highly complex present linguistic situation in the western and south-western fringe of the Chad Basin will be reconstructed from the historical migrations undertaken by the various linguistic groups from Lake Chad (mainly Chadic languages) to their present settlements. The six authors, the linguists Dr. Dimitr Ibriszimov, Dr. Doris Löhr, Christopher Mtaku, the ethno-musicologist Dr. Raimund Vogels, and the historian Ibrahim Maina Waziri integrated the results of their studies into one paper towards a systemic approach by tracing back the common roots of the languages, the customs and the music of those peoples and give an outline of their tradition concerning their movements. A basic dual model of migration will be put forward.
- 08, 095
- The example of the Nigerian savanna (1996)
- In Nigeria terrace agriculture can mainly be found in the so called "Middle Belt Economy" as FORDE (1946)1 coined this type which lies between the grain economy of males in the north and tuber cultivation of females in the south. The people - lacking a hierarchically social and territorial organisation - are called acephalous or segmentary societies. From the geographical point of view the Middle Belt is seen as a zone of transition. Because of the variability of the climate (sometimes it is too wet for grains, sometimes too dry for tubers) a strategy of mixed cropping enables the farmers to overcome these hazards. Their strategy can be seen in the frame of the game theory. A low population density and a lack of sufficient accessibility limited the innovation of cash crops at that time. The papers on the Tangale-Waja Region will reveal manifold facets of the culture and agriculture. In a first step we learn by the research of J. Heinrich that the natural environment is - from the genetic point of view - a prerequisite for the establishing of terraces, but it is still today an important provision to the modern farmers in their resettlement areas.
- 14, 083
- The dynamics of fish trade in North-East Nigeria: a case study of Doron Baga (2000)
- This paper, which is based on field research in Doron Baga and Maiduguri, attempts to describe and analyse the main determinants of the fish trade in North-east Nigeria with Doron Baga as the main focus. Fish is a significant source of income and a principal trade commodity, bringing together the remote fishing community of North-east Nigeria with the major urban centres of the Southern part of the country. In order to get an insight into the workings of the fish trade, indepth interviews were conducted with fatoma (or dealers), traders and transporters in Doron Baga and Maiduguri. In addition, the authors utilised documentary sources to supplement the data collected from the field. For instance, a number of postgraduate dissertations, archival accounts as well as journal articles and books were consulted. After giving a brief introduction of the development of the long distance trade in fish, the paper discusses the role of the fatoma, means of transportation, value and volume of the trade. The study focuses on the period 1997-1999, during which substantial part of the data used were collected.
- 08, 137
- The Dughwede in NE-Nigeria : montagnards interacting with the seasons (1996)
- We can conclude that the Dughwede calendar lasts for two seasonal years, marked by the bull festival as a culminating and turning point. All ritual and agricultural activities are interlinked and need to be seen comprehensively together with the social and cosmological order to understand the underlying cultural pattern. The year is dramatized throughout the seasons to keep the communication between the natural and spiritual forces, both creatively reflected in the individual person. The traditional world was kept in balance as a functional equilibrium over a period of time not known to us, but is now moving towards a process of transformation initiated by structural historical change. The first step towards change is the change of moral values which affects possibly first individuals and then groups. This encourages them to give up the traditional way of interacting with their environment. This process can be described as secularisation and leads to another quality of relationship between man and his natural environment. The same process can also be described as socio-economic change.
- 14, 299
- The concept of Pulaaku mirrored in fulfulde proverbs of the Gombe dialect (2000)
- The paper gives a brief history of the Fulçe people who are found all over West and Central Africa. Since no study of a people is complete without mentioning their language, the paper also gives a very brief account of Fulfulde, the language of the Fulçe people. However, the central focus of the paper is the concept of pulaaku, that unique attribute of the Fulçe that serves as an unwritten code of conduct for all 'true' Fulçe. Pulaaku is Fulçe's guiding principle in their dealings with their fellow Fulçe as well as with all other people. Rather than talk about pulaaku in isolation, however, the paper tries to mirror it through Fulfulde proverbs. Coded or loaded messages called wise-sayings or proverbs are widely used in all languages. Fulfulde is particularly rich in this, which is why the paper explores this reservoir of knowledge in trying to portray the rich culture of the Fulçe people. The corpus of proverbs from which the selected proverbs come, was compiled in and around Gombe with the help of Mallam Bappayo Bappa Yerima Djibril. Since the Fulçe are easily the most dispersed people in Africa, no single study can do real justice to all of them. This is why this study narrows its scope to cover just the Fulçe of Gombe area of the northeastern of Nigeria.


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Welcome to the website for British conductor James Lowe.
James Lowe's work as a conductor has ranged over four continents including collaboration with orchestras in the UK and Europe, Japan and the USA. From the 2015/16 season he will be Chief Conductor of the Prussian Chamber Orchestra Passionately committed to the belief that classical music is for everyone, he balances his conducting schedule with his work to engage new audiences and a long-standing commitment to youth music.
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"Where I quite like to be"I've been trying to work out exactly what it is I find so magnetic about Finland. For a start, it's cold: My freezer is cold, humming away at -18c to keep my pizzas crispy. In one Helsinki winter I've stumbled out of Urkki's [1] into -26c. That really hardens your ice cubes, I can tell you. It's also dark. Helsinki in midwinter gets less than six hours of sunlight a day. Up in Rovaniemi and points north they get little or none during the winter months. The language is pretty much impenetrable: It glories in fifteen cases, a vocabulary based not on anything Indo-European but on Uralic, from the depths of the Ural Read more >
London Symphony Orchestra: Gergiev Master Class
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It is no secret that Chris Christie is a likely contender for president in 2016. However, should he really be using money from Hurricane Sandy relief to further that ambition? Isn't that an inappropriate use of relief money?
It turns out the Christie administration turned away a qualified low-bidder seeking to produce the series of TV commercials promoting tourism at the Shore, titled "Stronger Than the Storm." Instead, Christie's appointed cronies chose to spend $2 million more for a campaign produced by MWW, a public relations firm based in East Rutherford that's known for its abundant political connections in both parties.
Why? The governor's office dances and shuffles around this point, and the woman in charge of this selection process, Michele Brown, wouldn't comment. But know this: MWW proposed a series of ads featuring the governor and his family, a move that would be illegal in New York state and should be here. The firm with the lower bid, the Sigma Group, did not.
The ads prominently (and unnecessarily) feature Governor Christie and his family in what seems more like a vanity exercise than tourism promotion. It would take little effort to imagine the ads said "Paid For By Christie For Governor" at the end.
Michele Brown is also problematic. She and Governor Christie have a er uh close personal relationship. Having her in charge of the process reeks of politics.
Brown, for the record, worked in Christie's inner circle at the U.S. Attorney's Office and is now head of the Economic Development Authority. In 2007, while working for Christie, she borrowed $47,000 from him for personal reasons.
Are we supposed to believe this was a detached and unbiased review? That a Christie loyalist happened to pick the ad campaign that featured the governor and his family, and is set to broadcast in other states where he will need votes to win a presidential primary?
Christie was already under fire for using taxpayer funded town halls as campaign props. Now he is dipping into hurricane relief money for TV spots, not that it would make it any less appropriate if it weren't the case. However, when raising massive amounts of money does he need to dip into Sandy aid?
If this is any indication what kind of president Christie would be, the picture is not flattering.


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The bottom-line question about Memphis Grizzlies rookies Jarell Martin and Andrew Harrison is the same as after every other NBA Draft: What does the team really have in these guys?
The Memphis Grizzlies needed more shooting and may have found at least some of it in two off-Broadway draft day trades. But with the 25th overall pick in the first round Thursday night, June 25, the Grizzlies went a different direction and chose 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward Jarell Martin from LSU.
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Why aren't Tennessee Republicans happier?
With the GOP so dominate in the Tennessee General Assembly and losses so rare – on the Hill or in elections – the party's lawmakers should be jubilant with this year's session. But it's never enough.
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The latest reversal and new trial involved jurors in the 2012 first-degree murder trial of Eric Williams being passed a shotgun to examine after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent testified about how double-barrel shotguns operate.
Dr. Neil Bomar has joined Support Solutions as its first staff psychiatrist, a role in which he will help individuals with intellectual disabilities and those with a history of long-term mental illness who are currently supported by the organization. Bomar's addition makes Support Solutions one of the only industry providers in the Mid-South to provide this level of support.
Tennessee football fans might want to look past the defensive lineup for the Orange & White Spring Game. It will bear little resemblance to the unit that will start the 2015 season opener against Bowling Green on Sept. 5 at Nashville's LP Field.
Joshua Dobbs enters his junior season as Tennessee's undisputed No. 1 quarterback and team leader, the player most responsible for the Vols' relevance again in SEC football.
For the fifth time since August a state appellate court has reversed a conviction in Shelby County Criminal Court and ordered a new trial for the defendant.
The latest reversal came Thursday, March 26, from the Tennessee Supreme Court in the case of Frederick Herron, who was convicted by a jury in 2012 of raping a child. Criminal Court Judge Carolyn Wade Blackett sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
You don't need to search the Allan Jones Aquatic Center for a reminder of Tennessee's glory years in men's swimming under legendary coach Ray Bussard.
Hanging from the rafters are 10 SEC championship banners and the 1978 NCAA championship banner. Bussard coached eight SEC championship teams – the first in 1969 and seven consecutive from 1972-78 – and the NCAA title team.
State Rep. Sherry Jones is continuing her push for legalization of medical marijuana in Tennessee after taking it further than ever in the legislative process last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A burst of hiring in February underscored the resilience and confidence of U.S. businesses, which are adding workers at the fastest pace in 17 years. Yet the strong job gains did little to raise wages last month.
Jacob Waters isn't old enough to drive a car yet. But, by his own account, he has driven a tractor a few times.
KNOXVILLE – Butch Jones has done it again.
Tennessee's football coach has created a national buzz with his 2015 recruiting class.
UT finished with the No. 4 class in the nation as rated by 247Sports and ended up ranked No. 5 by Rivals when the Feb. 4 national signing day was over.
Memphis City Council members are likely to have some questions Tuesday, Jan. 20, about the still tentative settlement of the last part of the court fight for control of Beale Street.
The tentative terms of the settlement between the city of Memphis and the Beale Street Development Corp. leaked last week and include a share of revenues from the operation of the entertainment district for the BSDC that would otherwise go to the city, which owns the property between Second and Fourth streets.
In Nashville real estate circles, it is difficult to say goodbye to 2014. We loved that 2014 and she was wonderful.
Missing her already, we hope she returns in 2015. But for the current trend to continue, Nashville is going to need some inventory.
About 45 percent of Americans make New Year's resolutions – or so says the Journal of Clinical Psychology. And one of the best ways to ensure they stick? Make them public.
So, we asked a few Nashvillians in various fields – some of whom we spoke with earlier in the year – to share their resolutions, goals or intentions for both their personal lives or businesses as well as hopes they have for the city.
KNOXVILLE – Christmas break has come and gone for the University of Tennessee's football team. Now it's back to business.
The Vols return to campus for practice Saturday and, after a Sunday practice, fly to Jacksonville for the Jan. 2 game against Iowa in the TaxSlayer Bowl, formerly the Gator Bowl.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Cargill aims to sell more corn and soybeans. MasterCard covets another site for Americans to swipe credit cards. Marriott sees beachfront property that needs hotels.
And outside Orlando, Florida, Danny Howell just knows there would be demand for his classic Chevrolet parts.
KNOXVILLE – Derek Barnett is spending most of the Christmas holidays away from his Nashville home, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A burst of U.S. hiring in November – the most in nearly three years – added 321,000 jobs and provided the latest evidence that the United States is outperforming other economies throughout the developed world.
KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones doesn't have to remind his team about the disappointing fade last November.
UT went 0-3 to start what has historically been its best month of football. First, the Vols lost to Missouri and Auburn. Then a 14-10 loss to Vanderbilt in Neyland Stadium knocked the Vols out of bowl eligibility.
The odds of an income tax becoming a reality in Tennessee – one of the nation's lowest-taxed states – are slim to none.
And, yet there is an amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot that would change Tennessee's constitution by giving the Legislature authority to prohibit passage of an income tax or payroll tax in the state.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The killer of country comic David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, has been granted parole after 40 years in prison.
John A. Brown was originally sentenced to 198 years. The board had denied several previous parole requests.
The man convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal 2003 double murder of a husband and wife in Bartlett will get a new trial, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled last week.
The court decision Thursday, Sept. 25, in the case of Henry Lee Jones is the latest reversal of a conviction in Shelby County Criminal Court by the highest court in the state.
KNOXVILLE – It doesn't get much easier for the University of Tennessee's football team.
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The Tennessee Supreme Court reversed Thursday, Sept. 25, the first-degree double-murder conviction of Henry Lee Jones for the 2003 murders of Clarence and Lillian James in Bartlett.
Butch Jones was sitting in the office of Knoxville's South-Doyle High School athletic director and football coach Clark Duncan during a visit to see recruit Jocquez Bruce last winter.
Cindy Branch, Meritan's associate vice president for health services, has been selected to represent Tennessee as one of the nation's top 50 home care and hospice nurses by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the Home Healthcare Nurses Association. Branch, a registered nurse, has oversight of Meritan's nursing programs, including home health, private duty nursing and medical residential homes. She will be recognized at NACH's annual meeting in October.
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One person not reveling in the Vols' 38-7 season opening victory over Utah State on Sunday night was UT coach Butch Jones.
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But it's not always apparent to those taking the oath what they have gotten themselves into.
Just when you thought it was safe to believe in the wisdom of the system, they pull this.
Back in 2008, when the Great Recession made its way into Middle Tennessee and the area began to feel the pain that other regions had endured for several years, the financial world collapsed.
Coaches such as Alabama's Nick Saban get paid millions to lead and win championships, so it's only natural that Saban would say something like this:
"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist."
Democrats have retained their seven-vote majority on the new single-district Shelby County Commission that takes office Sept. 1.
That and the re-election victory of Democratic incumbent Cheyenne Johnson in the race for Shelby County Assessor of Property were the only bright spots for a divided local Democratic Party that lost every other countywide partisan elected position to Republicans in the Aug. 7 county general election, just as they lost every countywide position to Republicans four years earlier.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen held off Thursday, Aug. 7, the most serious electoral challenge he's faced since winning the Congressional seat in 2006, in the form of attorney Ricky E. Wilkins.
Alex Yates has joined the Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors Capital Markets team as vice president, assisting and executing investment sales, debt/equity placement and development advisory projects. Yates' efforts will be heavily concentrated in multifamily and retail, but he will focus on other product types as well.
The Memphis Bar Association poll of attorneys on the judicial races on the Aug. 7 ballot shows 16 percent to as high as 38 percent of the attorneys participating have no opinion in many of the judicial races.
Public school superintendents in Tennessee are not elected in a popular vote anymore. They are appointed by school boards – the only hiring decision school boards make.
So when the Shelby County Schools board voted 6-0 Monday, June 23, to extend the three-year contract of superintendent Dorsey Hopson through June 2018, it was a mandate by the board for the student achievement gains Hopson and the board have set as goals.
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One educator's reform is another educator's wrong move.
Dorsey Hopson doesn't use the word "reform" as often as he uses the term "game changer."
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Shelby County Schools board members are scheduled to vote on a contract extension for schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson at a special board meeting June 23.
Notice of the meeting comes about a week after school board chairman Kevin Woods authorized the school system's attorney, Valerie Speakman, to begin contract negotiations with Hopson and his representative on the extension.
The Shelby County Schools board will discuss Tuesday, May 27, an extension of Dorsey Hopson's three-year contract to be superintendent of the school system.
And a vote could come at the board's June 17 work session, if not sooner. Under state law, the body has up to 45 days before the August school board elections to extend the contract or leave the matter for consideration by the next school board.
The closest race in the May Shelby County primary elections turned into a tale of the tape Wednesday, May 21, as the Shelby County Election Commission certified the results of that and all of the other races on the ballot.
Former Shelby County Commissioner Deidre Malone will challenge incumbent Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell in the August county general election after winning the Tuesday, May 6, Democratic mayoral primary.
NEW YORK (AP) – A hot market for initial public offerings may soon face a cooler reception from investors.
IPOs are having their best start to a year since 2000. Eighty-nine companies have raised $19 billion through sales of new stock so far in 2014. But demand for more offerings depends largely on the health of the broader market, and after last week's sell-off, the clamor from buyers may quiet down.
After enduring early struggles in his commercial real estate career, Scott Pahlow has reached the top of his industry.
Pahlow, an executive vice president with Newmark Grubb Memphis, was named Commercial Broker of the Year Thursday night at the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council's 13th annual Pinnacle Awards gala.
Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.
The Memphis Tigers were bound to pay a price for getting run off their home court in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference by UConn. And on Selection Sunday, they found out the price was landing in another 8-9 game in the NCAA Tournament.
WASHINGTON (AP) – For years, many Americans followed a simple career path: Land an entry-level job. Accept a modest wage. Gain skills. Leave eventually for a better-paying job.
The workers benefited, and so did lower-wage retailers such as Wal-Mart: When its staffers left for better-paying jobs, they could spend more at its stores. And the U.S. economy gained, too, because more consumer spending fueled growth.
The ballot for the May Shelby County primary elections was completed Wednesday, March 5, as the Shelby County Election Commission disqualified a County Commission candidate whose attorney argued that she intended to but never did live in the district she hoped to represent.
Shelby County Election Commissioners could complete the ballot for the May Shelby County primary elections Wednesday, March 5, by deciding on challenges to the residency of three candidates in the Democratic primaries.
Shelby County Election Commissioners certified all but three names Thursday, Feb. 27, for the May county primary ballot and will meet March 5 to consider challenges to the residency of candidates Edith Ann Moore, M. Latroy Williams and E. Jefferson Jones.
One of the six Shelby County Commission incumbents seeking re-election this year was effectively elected to a new four-year term in a new district with the noon Thursday, Feb. 20, filing deadline for candidates in the May county primaries.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) – When Jenny Jones won Olympic bronze at the Sochi Games, her following on Twitter exploded. The audience for @jennyjonessnow has grown 10-fold, to 65,000 followers, in the three weeks since the British snowboarder tweeted: "Just found out I officially made the GB winter Olympic team. Whoop!"
Memphis philanthropist Honey Scheidt likes to describe the library as "the most democratic institution we have."
That feeling informs her longstanding service on the board of the Memphis Library Foundation, the organization created in 1994 to organize and raise funds for what's now known as the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library.
Retired Shelby County Circuit Court Judge D'Army Bailey has pulled a qualifying petition to run for Circuit Court Division 1 judge in the Aug. 7 elections.
Bailey retired in September 2009 as Division 8 judge.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve has sent its strongest vote of confidence in the U.S. economy since the Great Recession struck six years ago: It's decided the economy is finally strong enough to withstand a slight pullback in the Fed's stimulus.
Although John Carroll didn't grow up a part of Memphis, the city has become a part of him.
The Murfreesboro, Tenn., native moved here in 2004, and has become a force for good with his City Leadership consulting group and Choose901 initiative.
Connie Gonitzke has been appointed president and CEO of the National Foundation for Transplants. Gonitzke joined the Memphis-based organization in 2002 as a patient advocate. In 2006, she was named director of resource development, and in 2008, she became the senior vice president of development.
Gary Blume, a veteran agent with RE/MAX Real Estate Experts, has been appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam to a five-year term on the Tennessee Real Estate Commission. Blume is a past president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors and has served twice as president of the Tennessee Real Estate Educational Foundation.
While much of the public's attention remains focused on the newly consolidated public schools, many of the Mid-South's privately funded schools are quietly heralding their own milestones and new developments.
WASHINGTON (AP) – In a surprise, the Federal Reserve has decided against reducing its stimulus for the U.S. economy because its outlook for growth has dimmed in the past three months.
The Fed said it will continue to buy $85 billion a month in bonds while it awaits conclusive evidence that the economy is strengthening. The Fed's bond purchases are intended to keep long-term borrowing rates low to boost spending and economic growth.
Charles "Chuck" Woeppel has been named chief executive officer of UT Medical Group Inc. Woeppel, who has served as the organization's chief operating officer since 2012, will also continue in that role.
There are at least two schools of thought about the path the seven-member countywide school board should take without the 16 members it has had since October 2011.
David Pickler, one of the seven members who remain, urged the board last week to take a different path than the former 23-member board at least in the way it conducts its business.
Memphis City Council members talk trash – specifically, the proposed changes to decades of established policies for garbage collection in the city – during their Tuesday, Sept. 3, executive session.
Alabama's Nick Saban can walk anywhere he wants in the Southeastern Conference – college football's roughest neighborhood – and no one can lay a finger on him.
His teams have won the national championship in three of the last four years. Overall, SEC teams have won the title seven consecutive years and the league is a dream destination for head coaches – until it turns into a grinding, weekly nightmare.
2010: Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. announced Tobey Park would be the site for the city's first neighborhood skatepark. The $440,000 project was completed and opened in November 2011.
2008: Grays Creek residents and others in Cordova began organizing opposition to plans for a new Walmart Supercenter on the northwest corner of Houston Levee and Macon Roads. The project would later be voted down by the Shelby County Commission.
The city's bus system isn't out of the woods yet.
The Memphis Area Transit Authority's long drive through a wilderness of record ridership for the trolley system, years of operating funding cuts, withering criticism and millions of dollars in capital funding showed signs this week of continuing for some time.
Dr. Jara Best has received Volunteer Mid-South's Spirit of Giving award for Adult Volunteer of the Year for her work with The Exchange Club Family Center. Best, a pediatrician, is a member of the center's board and has served as a volunteer with the facility's domestic violence programs for children and women, as well as the First STEPS (Skills to Ensure Parenting Success) program.
The Judicial Nominating Commission had a busy last few days before it went into limbo last week.
The commission sent Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam two slates for each of the three appeals court vacancies to come a year and two months from now when three appellate court judges opt not to run for re-election and end their terms.
Environmental Court Judge Larry Potter said Monday, June 24, that he hopes the new owners of the historic Nineteenth Century Club building on Union Avenue will preserve the decaying structure.
John Paul "Jack" Jones, former publisher of The Daily News, is the recipient of the President's Philanthropy Award from Riverside Military Academy.
Henry Chu of the Los Angeles Times reported in late March that "To grammarians' delight, officials in southwest England who had considered expunging apostrophes from street signs threw out the idea … and vowed to follow the rules of proper English." Ha! Good luck with that!
WASHINGTON (AP) – A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers want to continue extraordinary bond purchases to help boost the U.S. economy at least through the middle of the year, according to minutes from the Fed's last meeting released Wednesday.
When Shelby County's two public school systems went to a single superintendent in March, interim superintendent Dorsey Hopson emphasized that his first priority is a budget proposal later this month for the school system that merges formally with the July 1 start of the fiscal year.
Since Dorsey Hopson became general counsel for Memphis City Schools in 2008, he has experienced a whirlwind of change.
The Memphis City Council cut funding to the school system triggering a landmark court case, city and county school systems have been on a fast and rocky path to a merger, and the countywide board ballooned to 23 members. And then Hopson found himself in January serving as the interim superintendent of Memphis City Schools.
Memphis' oldest continuously practicing law firm is expanding its presence in Triad III.
Apperson Crump PLC added 2,037 square feet to its seventh floor space in a vacant adjacent area between Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC.
United Warehouse Transportation, along with parent company United Warehouse & Transit Logistics, is riding an impressive wave of success over the past 18 months.
Near the end of 2011, UWT acquired a small local transportation company and formed United Warehouse Transportation, with projected annual revenues of $895,000. By the end of 2012, that number had grown to $6 million, and company CEO Chris Williams expects it to top $10 million by the summer.
If U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays appoints a special master to oversee the merger of Shelby County's two public school systems, there are legal questions about how much authority the master would have and precisely what he or she would do to advance the merger's pace.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history.
The U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis serves as a reminder of the city's unique sports mix and how much that mix says about our civic aspirations.
It is a welcome reminder after the last month of incessant chatter about being a "small market" NBA franchise.
Somewhere, there's an entrepreneur scribbling an idea on little more than the back of a napkin. Someone else has all the pieces of a new company in place, and now they're ready to dial for dollars. Entrepreneurs are a talented bunch, but that talent doesn't always include a knack for management or finance – skill sets that plenty of experts in Memphis stand ready to help explain.
Once countywide school board members finished Tuesday, Jan. 29, posing for a picture with outgoing Memphis City Schools superintendent Kriner Cash, the board quickly got back to the emerging details of the coming schools merger.
Countywide school board chairman Billy Orgel noticed lots of parents of school children from the county outside of Memphis at the annual camp-out for optional school enrollment over the long weekend.
From the moment he became Memphis City Schools superintendent, Kriner Cash had competition.
"I've been fighting since I got here," he said in the early stages of what winds up as a five-year tenure that officially comes to an end July 31.
The University of Memphis School of Public Health will host Dr. John Dreyzehner, Tennessee Commissioner of Health, for "Public Health is Everybody's Business" Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the FedEx Institute of Technology fishbowl room 203, 365 Innovation Drive. Visit memphis.edu/sph for details.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world's most influential gateway to digital information and commerce.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The economic threat that's kept many Americans on edge for months is nearing reality – unless the White House and Republicans cut a budget deal by New Year's Day.
Countywide school board members already had a lot on their agenda Tuesday, Dec. 18, when they were surprised by an internal ethics investigation.
Near the beginning of this week's meeting, school board member Martavius Jones offered a resolution calling on board member David Pickler to resign over money put aside by school districts under the Tennessee School Boards Association to cover the liability of other post-employment benefits (OPEB).
The Ben F. Jones chapter of the National Bar Association has tapped new officers and board members for 2013. And the group's president-elect talks about the group's work in a way that heralds a continuing service to the Memphis community.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Everyone who pays income tax – and some who don't –will feel it.
So will doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national park rangers and companies that do research and development.
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Children's Services requested more than $8 million on Thursday to hire new staff and make other improvements to the agency that has been highly scrutinized over children's deaths.
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Athletic administrators, including athletic directors, Student Life directors, and coaches from 21 different schools across the country came to the second National Deaf Athletic Directors Conference with the goal of collaborating to make the athletic experience as beneficial as possible for today's student-athletes. Through workshop sessions and group discussions, participants explored ways to enhance their students' academic, social, and physical development and networked to strengthen the National Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Council (NDIAC). Invited guests and participants served as presenters and panelists on topics such as: maintaining a positive coaching culture, summer sports camps, and the changing media world.
The conference served as a valuable tool for athletic directors trying to best serve their students and programs in a difficult economic climate and a rapidly changing society. Billy Lange, athletic director at Kentucky School for the Deaf, stated "The discussions I had with the other athletic directors were beneficial to me because we were able to discuss some of the problems we are having and concerns we have. The other athletic directors gave me some great suggestions and ideas for doing my job more efficiently." David Hamilton, in his first year as athletic director of the California School for the Deaf-Riverside, echoed Lange's statement: "I wish I'd had this conference before I began my job. I have gained so much here!" Learning Center for the Deaf athletic director Peter Bailey also benefited from the conference, saying "I learned a lot of 'tips' and will use them right away."
MSSD Athletic Director Mark Burke served as chair of the conference with the support of his staff, and has seen firsthand how the biannual event benefits the athletic administrators and the schools they serve. "Since the first conference in 2007, we have become much more close knit and supportive of each other." Burke also says the conference also helps the new athletic directors. "Being an athletic director is a unique experience and the conference is an opportunity to learn from others who have years of experience in the field."
Conference participants wrapped up by looking to the future. The most common suggestion from the athletic administrators was to make future conferences longer. Bailey said, "I would like to have everyone stay one more night after the final workshop, so we have more opportunities to share our thoughts on the responsibilities of the Athletic Director position and to discuss our individual athletic programs."
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It was a very special night for the School of the Arts Saturday night.
The school was honored with the 2013 Essie Calhoun Diversity in the Arts Award at Geva Theatre.
The award is given to a person or organization that promotes and encourages diversity in the arts.
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Mahadevan, Sudha and Giridhar, A and Singh, AK (1988) STUDIES ON SOME Ge-Se-Te GLASSES. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 103 (2amp;3). pp. 179-194.Full text not available from this repository.
The glass transition temperature (Tg), electrical conductivity ( sigma ) and density (d) have been measured for eight compositions of the Ge-Se-Te system. In(GeSe//2)//1//0//0// minus //2//xSe//xTe//x glasses, an increase of a sigma and density is seen with increasing Te content. The T//g of these glasses reduces with increasing Te content due to a continuous reduction of E//g and connectedness. In the variation of T//g and d with composition, a large change in slope is seem in the vicinity of the composition with the average coordination number LT AN BR m RT AN BR of 2. 4. This is consistent with the Phillips-Thorpe model which indicates mechanical critical behavior for composition with LT AN BR m RT AN BR equal to 2. 4. 54 Refs.
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Last night I was browsing through the Barnes and Nobles book store on my Nook. I came across some books that sounded interesting and were on sale, so I started reading the customer reviews to read some of the comments. As I was reading some reviews for one book in particular, I was very disappointed (as were many other readers) that reviewers had included the ending of the book!! After knowing what happens in the end, it is rather pointless to buy the book. So, I started to think about what NOT to include in a book review.
The Don'ts of a Book Review:
1. Recap- When I read a review, I don't want to read a revised version of the synopsis. If I'm reading a review, it's because I have already read the synopsis and am interested in the book. I don't want to basically re-read the synopsis in your words.
2. Spoilers- Obviously, I don't want to know the ending. I also don't want to know what happens in between the pages, such as specific answers to questions the author has included in the synopsis.
3. Rewrite- It is inappropriate to include what should have done differently with the characters, critique the author's decisions regarding characters and plots, and add a different ending.
4. Not Read the Book- When I went online at the B&N book store, I was surprised at how many reviews were posted by people who hadn't even read the book! Yet, these very same people were already rating the book. If a book hasn't been read, why would anyone think it is appropriate to rate the book?
5. Personal History- Books can bring up personal feelings, especially if the story truly resonated with the reader. However, the review should not include these personal issues.
There is an Exception to the Dont's Listed Above!!
One exception to the "Dont's" listed above, is a blogger writing a review on her site. Bloggers may include spoilers (but usually will let their readers know beforehand), and all the other "Dont's" listed. However, that very same blogger will post her review on other review sites (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, etc) with a condensed version of her original review posted on her blog.
There are many reasons why a blogger may choose to include one or all of the don'ts listed in a blog review. Readers can decide to read or not read that particular review. However, at a review site, the reader is limited to reading the reviews posted and won't be alerted, especially with spoilers included. That is the difference!
Next Friday: "The Do's of a Book Review!"
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- Some people read to critique. I read to appreciate. (jillianreadsbooks2.wordpress.com)
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The Congressional Budget Office just released a major new investigation into household income trends over the last three decades. Researchers found that while the total amount of benefits paid out by government social safety-net programs rose between 1979 and 2007, the share going to the poor actually shrank.
In other words, relatively affluent members of American society now consume a bigger share of government benefits. As the CBO put it, "government transfer payments are . . . moving away from households in the lower part of the income scale."
Why? The CBO continued: "That shift reflects the growth in spending for programs focused on the elderly population (such as Social Security and Medicare), in which benefits are not limited to low-income households."
This study should serve as inspiration for policymakers to junk the current political calculations plaguing entitlement reform. Instead, they should ensure that the social safety net is preserved for those who genuinely need it — and that Americans with the means to pay for their own care are left to do so.
In its review, the CBO found that households in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution in 1979 received just over half of all government transfer payments. By 2007, that share had dropped to 35 percent.
It's not hard to figure out why. Consider the case of Medicare. Today, 10 percent of program beneficiaries have annual incomes above $60,000. And fully 6 percent have incomes exceeding $80,000.
Of course, Medicare also serves a huge population that doesn't have the means to pay for its own care. About 48 percent of enrollees are below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
But that still leaves a substantial chunk of benefits flowing to people that could probably pay for some of them themselves. By tightening program enrollment standards, raising the eligibility age, adopting premium support, and introducing some level of means testing, policymakers could put our nation's entitlement programs on sounder financial footing and better focus their efforts on caring for the truly needy.
The imperative for such reform is all the more acute because of our entitlement programs' shaky finances — particularly those of Medicare. As is, the program is headed toward bankruptcy. It's projected to run out of money and fall into the red by 2024. And the Medicare Trustees estimate the program's long-term financial liabilities at a stunning $36 trillion.
With the economy contracting and public debts ballooning, policymakers need to find savings wherever they can. Making Medicare more efficient and targeted would substantially cut down on government costs without compromising patient health.
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Skip Hop has partnered with designer Jonathan Adler to introduce a line of
diaper bags and accessories. The partnership marks Adler's first collaboration
in the juvenile industry, and will incorporate the mod shapes, vibrant colors,
and iconic eye-popping patterns that are signature to Adler's work.
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