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When producer/director R.J. Cutler, whose 2009 documentary The September Issue won a Sundance Film Festival award, went house hunting in the Hollywood Hills, he couldn't have guessed it would lead to new friendships and a spectacular outdoor living space. Two of the friends are his real estate agent, Kate Blackwood, of Deasy/Penner & Partners, and her husband chef Alberto Lazzarino. Kate located the property for R.J. and worked on the initial stages of the historic house's rebirth (a classic 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival), then R.J. brought in designer Lory Johansson of Just Joh and Ergo Design Works for the next phase.
Lory first renovated the indoor kitchen, then R.J. became enamored with a friend's outdoor pizza oven and decided he needed a way to cook and entertain outdoors. The two-level design Lory came up with turned a parking area along the street into a dining pavilion and bar. A mudroom not original to the site was removed and the spot was transformed into an L-shaped outdoor kitchen. Now, just a few steps from the house, R.J. has everything he needs — a Viking grill, side burner and rotisserie, two undercounter fridges, and an Earthstone pizza oven.
Says chef Lazzarino, "We all became great friends and as soon as we could, we began having wonderful parties there. The outdoor kitchen happened later, with the pizza oven, and it gave the space a fantastic energy. The bouquet of colors and the aroma from the pizza in that beautiful garden — well, it's a seduction for a really special party!" Below is a recipe from the chef for one of his specialty pizzas.
DOUGH (Makes four 12-inch pies)
- 4 c. unbleached flour (I like Caputo mill)
- 1 tsp dry yeast
- 1/3 c. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 + 1/3 c. water (at room temperature)
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- freshly grated black pepper
TOPPINGS (For one pie)
- 1 c. of grated mozzarella
- 1 medium Maui onion (they are sweet and delicious)
- 1 link of sausage
- 4-5 banana Russian fingerling potatoes (but any other kind will do the job)
- spring of fresh rosemary
- extra virgin olive oil
-With your hands or with a kitchen-aid machine, mix the dry ingredients together. To the side, let the yeast dissolve into the warm water then add the olive oil.
-Combine ingredients and mix for about 10 minutes.
-Let the dough rest (10-15 minutes) covered with a kitchen towel or just plastic film (it's important that the dough doesn't get dry).
-Start the kitchen-aid machine again at low speed and mix again the dough again for another 10 minutes.
-Let it rest, and repeat the process one more time.
-Cut the dough into four pieces and shape into balls with your hands over a lightly floured surface.
-Refrigerate for at least one hour, then let the dough rise a bit at room temperature before using.
-Slice the onion (and please stop crying, it doesn't help at all!) and in a pan cook it slowly with a bit of olive oil until it turns golden brown. Let it cool off.
-Blanch the potatoes in water, peel 'em, and slice 'em.
-Let's do it: First, of all make sure that the oven has reached a temperature of 650-700 degrees F.
-Shape the pie (about 12 inches across), add your previously cooked onions and potatoes.
-Remove the casing from the sausage meat and crumble it all over. Add the mozzarella, a sprinkling of rosemary leaves and a light drizzle of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.
-Bake for about 3-4 minutes keeping an eye on it, making sure that nothing goes wrong (do NOT burn your food! You have worked way to hard for it!)


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HLA-DQ2-gliadin Tetramer for Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
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The investigators will evaluate the use of an HLA-DQ2-gliadin tetramer for staining of gluten specific T cells in the diagnostics of uncertain celiac disease. Some patients have started on a gluten free diet without a diagnosis of celiac disease. Subsequent later investigation in special care is difficult as the patients often are reluctant to prolonged gluten challenge. The investigators use the HLA-DQ2-gliadin tetramers for detection of gluten specific T cells after a short gluten challenge. By this method the investigators search to discriminate between true celiac disease and clinical gluten intolerance without celiac disease, in a population of HLA-DQ2+ persons already on a gluten free diet without a formal diagnosis of celiac disease.
Celiac Disease
Dietary Supplement: Gluten challenge.
Phase 2
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
- HLA-DQ2-tetramer response after gluten challenge [ Time Frame: 6 days. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]FACS analysis of peripheral blood after gluten challenge.
- Mucosal responses to 3 day gluten challenge. [ Time Frame: 4 days. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Biopsy the fourth day of gluten challenge.
|Study Start Date:
|September 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Gluten challenge.
Diagnosis of celiac disease. Before and after a gluten challenge small bowel biopsies will be taken, and blood samples will be drawn for tetramer staining of gluten specific T cells.
Dietary Supplement: Gluten challenge.
The study population consists of 50 HLA-DQ2+ patients on a gluten free diet, both celiacs and uncertain celiacs. The patients will undergo a oral gluten challenge with four slices of bread daily for three days. Before challenge blood samples will be drawn for tetramer staining of gluten-specific T-cells. The analysis is done at the Institute of Immunology at Rikshospitalet, using FACS analysis. Small intestinal biopsies will be examined for morhological changes and inflammatory gene expression. These procedures with blood samples and biopsies will be repeated after gluten challenge. Registration for clinical symptoms and personality traits will be done by standardised and validated forms. A dietist will perform an interview of the patients.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HLA-DQ2+ celiacs and HLA-DQ2+ persons who have been on a gluten free diet for at least 4 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria:Pregnancy
- Other severe disease
- Refusal to participate
- HLA-DQ2 negativity
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01100099
|Department of Medicine, Endoscopy Unit, Rikshospitalet
|Oslo, Norway, 0027
|Responsible Party:
|Oslo University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01100099 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|2007068, 2007068 2009021
|Study First Received:
|April 6, 2010
|Last Updated:
|September 18, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Norway: Ministry of Health and Care Services
Keywords provided by Oslo University Hospital:
Celiac disease.
Food intolerance.
Gluten intolerance without celiac disease.
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Celiac Disease
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Malabsorption Syndromes
Metabolic Diseases
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Southwest Florida Christian 2
Site: Palmetto Ridge
Record: PR 2-0-1
Key players: PR - Edelin Dumombrun, Omar Zavala, Felipe Salas, Gabe Baez
Goals/Assists: PR – Dumombrun (two goals), Salas (one assist), Baez (one assist)
Coach's comments: Palmetto Ridge's Bryan Kelly - "We let one slip away tonight. We had a one-to-zero lead and then a two-to-one lead and couldn't keep the advantage. Southwest Florida Christian scored the game-tying goal with about five minutes left in the game. Hopefully, we will learn from this. If we had played a little smarter we could have avoided the two goals that were scored on us. SW Florida Christian came to play and we only did in stretches."
Next: Palmetto Ridge at Riverdale, Tuesday, November 19 , 7 p.m.
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Naples 1
Site: Naples
Key players: GG - Jason Ventura, Cesar Rivera, Michael Ventura, Luis Fuenties; N -Eric Mireles and Ben Tweedie
Goals/Assists: GG - J. Ventura (one goal), Rivera (one goal), M. Ventura (one goal), Fuentes (one assist); N- Tweedie (one goal)
Next game: Naples at Cypress Lake, Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m.
Site: Lely
Records: L – 2-2
Key players: L - Brandon Rodriguez Daniel Barrera, Justin Gallegos, Richie Louis, Osvaldo Zepeda, Wil Cerisiers
Goals/Assists: L - Louis (one goal), Zepeda (one goal), Cerisiers (two assists)
Next: Lely at Immokalee, Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m.
Palmetto Ridge 2
SW Florida Christian Academy 0
Site: PR 5-0
Key Players: Olivia Ramirez, Taylor Griffin, Grace Arnold and Laura Mastandrea
Goals/Assists: Taylor Griffin (two goals), Olivia Ramirez (one assist)
Coach's comment: Palmetto Ridge's Cinda Deering - "SW Florida Christian Academy played very well tonight."
Next: Community School at Palmetto Ridge, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 5 p.m.
Estero 8
Lely 0
Site: Estero
Records: E – 2-0
Key players: E – Claudia Lopez, Taylor Hatch, Taylor Desanto, Daley Cline, Bonita Vasquez
Goals/Assists: E - Lopez (three goal, three assists), Hatch (two goals), Desanto (one goal), Cline (one goal), Vasquez (one goal)
Coach's comment: Estero's Greg Bueno - "District wins are our focus right now. We played very aggressive and with poise tonight but want to keep getting better and stronger with each game."
Next: Golden Gate at Estero, Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m.
South Fort Myers 1
Cape Coral 0
Site: South Fort Myers
Records: SFM 2-3
Key players: SFM - Shelby Gavin, Casey Winn, Brittney Gavin, Tori Ulmer
Goals/Assists: SFM – Casey Winn (one goal)
Coach's comments: South's Bill MacNeil: "It was great to get a district win at home. Credit to Cape's defense as we had a difficult time finding a way through. I was pleased with the way we improved and how we varied our attacks as the game went on. Casey Winn's goal directly from her corner proved to be the winner."
Next: South Fort Myers at Fort Myers, Thursday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.
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The huge volume of data produced by novel sequencing technologies presents significant challenges around data transmission, storage, bioinformatics analysis, visualization, and archiving. Widespread adoption of Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) will be hindered if bioinformatics software cannot scale to meet these challenges.
The BioHDF project is investigating the use of a mature technology for the storage and retrieval of very large scientific datasets – Hierarchical Data Format. Supported by The HDF Group, HDF5 provides a binary file format, a collection of APIs supporting data access (C-based, with bindings to Fortran and other languages), as well as comprehensive test cases to ensure the stability of this software. HDF has been in use for over 20 years in fields that have faced similar data challenges to those now being experienced in biology, such as aircraft flight test data (Boeing), Earth observation data (NASA, NOAA), and CAD/CAM data (EU).
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I've been a WFR for 3 years with a strong interest in wilderness emergency medicine. Figured I should post up my certifications.You've got step one down good, pressure and time to clot. I don't like superglue near joints or other areas especially when I'm unsure about the cleanliness of the wound ( no reflection on you BJ). I'd check it in a few hours to see if the bleeding has stopped or slowed. Earlier if it was not clean, got to get in there and flush with copious of amounts of 100:1 Iodine solution.If you've got a clean wound, full Range of Motion and circulation, sensation and capillary refill then maybe some steri-strips gauze and tape for a few days. Prophylactic Neosporin (or antiboitic ointment) around the wound but NEVER on it. Probably move you down to band aids in a few days. Assuming of course no infection or other complications.Liberal use of spirits is recommended to dull the pain.No book used. How'd I do?
Except for the range of motion at this point you are spot on. I actually have my thumb immobilized with the vinyl tape to give it a chance to heal. As always, the hygiene issue should go without saying. If you don't have enough sense to keep the wound clean than you deserve the Darwin Award.I must be doing it wrong......BJ
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...as my "walk it off have a beer and STFU" treatment.
Beer is in no way compatible with UL hiking. Vodka, Rum, or Everclear are the only choices. If you choose Everclear you are following the MYOG/Multi-Use philosophy. You can use it as an antiseptic (there, I tied it into the OP), cut it 50/50 for a straight vodka like drink or use it full strength for fuel in your UL Alky stove. I did get vodka to burn once on a really warm day (96^f). BJ
Isaac,I think your original question was about a book. I admit I haven't read this whole thread, but I scanned it and didn't see an answer to your question. This is the book I use and it meet your description of roughly "6x6 inches and about a 100 pages." I highly recommend it for those with some 1st aid training and some common sense.http://www.amazon.com/Comprehensive-Wilderness-Medicine-Adventure-Medical/dp/0965976807-Mark
Hey Alex, I find it difficult to stomach those condescending tortillas myself.
Thank you Mark. That looks the real deal. I, along with others, suspected Adventure Medical Kits. Good call. The rest of this is feeling like Chaffe.BJ
Edited by lilorphanbilly on 03/09/2010 20:43:11 MST.
>>The rest of this is feeling like Chaffe.<<Yeah, sheesh. Apparently we can make anything into a controversy here at BPL. G
Gordon,That's why we love it. Please tell me you are standing under a waterfall...... I was stationed in Ft Lewis. It kind of looks like you are walking a dog?BJ
I wonder if a first-aid wiki would be in order?BJ
> Finally drove myself to Emergency. Soon as I got there, blood gushed out> like a fountain -- the counter, the floor -- all red with my blood. They stitched> me up in minutes -- didn't even have to wait. I was happy -- until the bill> arrived -- $1,000!!Been there, done that. (Honest.)The nurse said 'Er yuk' - very professional.The intern (slightly new) tried to sew up the artery without a tourniquet - total failure. "But we don't do tourniquets these days - risk of gangrene." Meanwhile I'm bleeding everywhere. I (*I*) had to put the tourniquet on my arm so she could sew it up. I hope she learnt something.Anyhow ... the bill was $0. That's because we have a decent public health insurance/care system in Australia, unlike America. That's right: ER in Australia is FREE. Ambulance is FREE.Cheers
Roger,It isn't free. Someone is paying the people in the ER, the utilities, buying the equipment, etc.:)
+1 on that, Nick. Often forgotten these days.....there is no "free".
Roger, two fingers on the appropriate pressure point would have stopped the blood also- the intern should have at least known that.Nick- maybe not free in the truest sense- but available to everyone at a fair price (no more have and have not's), fair and equitable for all.
> two fingers on the appropriate pressure point would have stopped the bloodTrue, very true. A tourniquet with my handkerchief on my upper arm was dead easy though, and a lot safer ...> also- the intern should have at least known that.TRUE - but she didn't.> not free in the truest sense- but available to everyone at a fair price> (no more have and have not's), fair and equitable for all.YES! And the cost is not as great as the Republicans would have you believe.Yes, it comes out of our taxes. Frankly, I think spending my taxes on health care is better than subsidising the oil companies and spending giga-dollars on overseas wars.When it is 'free' like this, the medical staff in the hospitals focus on looking after me rather than wondering what they can charge me for.
If this thread turns political, you might have to move it to Chaff.--B.G.--
> That's right: ER in Australia is FREE. Ambulance is FREE.Actually Roger, I think you'll find that Ambulance will slug you pretty well if you're not a member. Of course family membership runs around $114 (US$100ish) for a year.Of course the ER isn't free. It costs taxpayers 1.5% of their wage. Of course this 1.5% pays not just for the ER, but the whole of the public health care system. It's not perfect but it's pretty bloody good. (Disclaimer, it pays my wage too)
Roger, it may have been free, but it sounds like you had to do half the work yourself ;)
Yes, and was the torniquet yours? If so, homemade? Cuben, silk or specialized rubber? : )
"I (*I*) had to put the tourniquet on my arm so she could sew it up."That's the social part of socialized medicine. Everyone has to get involved in the treatment, including the patient. ;D
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Stratford Cullitons erupted for five goals in the third period, including three in a span of less than two minutes, en route to a 6-1 victory over Brampton Bombers Friday night at the Allman Arena.
The win was Cullitons fourth in a row, and their fifth in the last six Midwestern Conference games. The victory in front of over 1,300 spectators was also Stratford's fourth straight on home ice, and they've allowed only seven goals against in those four games.
The win improved Cullitons' record to 11-8-1, moving them into a sixth-place tie with Listowel Cyclones. Cyclones (12-10-1) lost 3-2 to the visiting Elmira Sugar Kings Friday. Cullitons are now just three points behind third-place Elmira (13-8-2), and eight behind the first-place Caledonia (15-6-3) and have two games in hand on the Corvairs.
Bombers (6-15-2), meanwhile, are going in the opposite direction. Friday's loss was their 10th straight. They have collected just two points in that stretch–both from overtime losses.
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In Friday's game, Cullitons held a slim 1-0 lead after 40 minutes. However, goals by Jared Culliton, Trevor Sauder and rookie Dylan Wettlaufer–in a span of 1:58 early in the third–put the home team firmly in control. A shorthanded breakaway goal by Jake Ryan and another by Culliton made it 6-0 with just over five minutes to play.
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If Music Is the Architect . . .
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Published: May 22, 2004
After Charles Garnier designed the Paris Opera in the 1870's, he called acoustics a ''bizarre science.''
''Nowhere did I find a positive rule to guide me,'' he wrote. ''I must explain that I have adopted no principle, that my plan has been based on no theory, and that I leave success or failure to chance alone.'' He compared the acoustician to an acrobat ''who closes his eyes and clings to the ropes of an ascending balloon.''
The science of acoustics has taken flight since then, but not without many a deflated reputation and misguided journey along the way. Over the last 50 years, more computing power has been applied to acoustic data than ever before, but most big halls have turned out to be dry and pale frames for music.
After all, Avery Fisher Hall had been planned as the apotheosis of the new science of acoustics: Leo L. Beranek, its first acoustic designer, was an electrical engineer who studied signal processing and noise dampening. He had surveyed more than 50 concert halls throughout the world. Nonetheless, Fisher Hall, then named Philharmonic Hall, opened in 1962 to widespread unease. Fourteen years later, the inside was destroyed and replaced. But the problems didn't end, and so, after decades of tinkering, Lincoln Center announced this week that sometime after 2009, the hall would be gutted again.
Some of those problems, of course, are particular to Fisher Hall. Against Mr. Beranek's advice, for example, the hall's original volume and shape were altered to allow more seating. The acoustics in the latest version are also not as bad as their reputation: for instance, the hall's renowned glare became far more mellow once its resident orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, shed the brash nerviness it had cultivated in the 1980's.
But Fisher has also faced the problem of any hall that is less than great; it cannot compare to Carnegie Hall or to Symphony Hall in Boston or to the major halls of Vienna or Amsterdam, where every great orchestra has played and the luckiest listeners have sat: halls where sound can seem to have both substance and space, surrounding and, at times, caressing the listener. As Mr. Beranek himself wrote, ''The old halls that are still standing are among the best that were built.'' That is why they are still standing.
The missteps in Fisher Hall, however, may also reflect a deeper confusion about the nature of concert halls and the role acoustics plays within them. This is an artistic issue, not a scientific one. For a great hall not only determines how music is heard, but also helps determine what music is written. Halls don't just present culture, they shape it.
As Michael Forsyth shows in his 1985 history of concert halls, ''Buildings for Music: The Architect, the Musician and the Listener from the 17th Century to the Present Day'' (M.I.T. Press), each style of music is associated with a style of space. Gregorian chant, with its measured pace and contrapuntal simplicity, seems inseparable from reverberant cathedrals and stone walls. The same spaces would muddle the harmonic transformations and abrupt motives of a Beethoven piano sonata. The gestural elegance of music for the Baroque court would be immediately lost in an outdoor amphitheater. Some of the gracious, expansive charm of Handel's organ concertos may derive from his awareness that they were being performed in the Rotunda of the Ranelagh Garden in London, where the listening public would promenade.
So, too, with the concert hall. It is no accident that its main repertory remains music that was specifically written to be played in such halls -- symphonies, concertos, overtures -- or that the music written during the 19th century, when concert halls moved to the center of musical life, remained the music at the center of concert hall life. The building is inseparable from its origins and from the music it inspired. Other musics visit the concert hall; they are not at home in it.
The building defines the nature of the listening public as well. When a concert hall's acoustics fail to welcome listeners into a world of felt sound, when they strip away resonance and emphasize distance and detail, they seem to alter the communal function of the concert hall. They make music seem as if it were something existing ''out there,'' something to be respectfully and carefully heard rather than something intimately and urgently shared.
But that is what tended to happen to concert hall sound during much of the 20th century, and that, too, reflected a changing aesthetic. The music of Modernism demanded a kind of sonic ruthlessness, a crispness and unforgiving clarity. Often, it took a polemical stance toward the mainstream audience as well. How could this not affect the sonic character of halls?
This development also coincided with the beginnings of acoustics as a science. The first acoustical specialist ever to work on a concert hall was Wallace Clement Sabine, a physicist at Harvard University, who discovered important laws governing sonic reverberation and applied them to the design of Symphony Hall in Boston. That hall, which opened in 1900, now bears a plaque calling itself ''the first auditorium in the world to be built in known conformity with acoustical laws.''


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There are bad books, good books and great books. Bad books I don't want to finish. Good books I read right through and finish. Great books I never finish or it takes a long time to do so. Why? Because I become inspired by an idea I must put the book down and go off on my own ideas that have flooded my brain or do more research.
Such is MacroWikinomics by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams.
Not, "such was" but "is" because I still have not been able to finish the book. Within the pages of the book is nothing short of world changing should the ideas be implemented. It tackles the big issues of today: health care, academics, transportation, and government as a whole (and more) and applies the principles of wikinomics to large scale, world-wide problems.
Here are a couple of examples that inspired me.
"Rethinking the University" Being very interested in education, I had to read this section first. I had taken my son to piano lessons and stayed in the car for a good read. But instead of reading, I only made it past the first few pages when I had to put it down. An idea of how to revamp the whole university system flooded my mind. My iPad came out and I started typing. I read a little more, and then continued typing in a fast-paced frenzy.
By the time my son had finished and come to the car I had outlined the structure around a new higher educational model. I eventually finished that chapter and, not to my surprise, it fit right along with my model. It was so exciting to me that it consumed my thoughts for the next few days as I refined it. So, all is great on paper, but will it really work? I really think it would. But it will take much more than my efforts alone – but that is outside of the scope of the post.
"Inside the Future of Music" A love of mine, music, was the topic of another chapter. My first understanding of what MacroWikinomic could do for music was when I saw this video. What an incredible task! (And the music was beautiful to boot!) This was just the tip of the iceberg.
Don & Anthony gave some wonderful examples of how the principles of MacroWikinomics is up-heaving the music industry. And this is one aspect I loved about the book. They not only showed how change MIGHT happen, but how it IS happening. They then talk about what it might take for there to be a bigger change which effects more of the mainstream, in whatever topic they discussed. Their ideas are nothing short of radical, yet they are not so far out there that the reader can't visualize how it might be.
Reading the chapter on music made me want to start something on my own. (That darn sleep that gets in the way!)
I believe this paragraph sums up the book. It, in one form or another, is repeated in each section and shows us why we are not moving along as quickly as we could.
"The problem is that media incumbents are moving too slowly. They're getting mired in the thick underbrush of thorny contractual agreements and outdated and costly infrastructures. What's worse is that the economic foundation of the industry is based on a business model suited for the era of analog publishing, not for a world of user-driven digital creation and distribution. These institutions are powerful and deeply ingrained in the industry's social and economic contract. It's hard for senior executives to imagine a world where their companies could lose control of the very resources that they have monopolized for so long" (p. 240).
After reading the book the only question is, what are YOU going to do about it? It would be difficult to read this book and not be inspired with ideas of what to do and how to do it. To do so would require that we move out of the "mire" that holds us in our outdated place. Using the principles of MacroWikinomics, we just might be able to do it.


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Trends in Utilization of Transarterial Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of a Survey by the Italian Society of Interventional Radiology
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I have been handed a dodgy dossier which details the Conservative leadership's fraught decision making process as they attempted to come up with a new policy on the European Union. It is based on minutes of top secret meetings held in recent months and for historians offers a rare glimpse of the inner workings of the Tory high command.
Real the full dossier after the jump.
The Czech constitutional court has given the go ahead for the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and all that remains is for Czech President Vaclav Klaus to put his signature to it. [Update: Klaus has now signed.]
For Presidents Sarkozy and Merkel this is a great victory. Despite much notional public opposition to Lisbon, or what began as the European constitution, they have strong-armed it into existence and their notion of a stronger EU becomes a reality.
In the lead up to this moment it looked as though the consequences in Britain might be explosive. But so far it's not working out that way. David Cameron is under pressure, but not very much beyond various newspaper articles saying he is under pressure. Since leading Tory blog Conservative Home revealed on Sunday that the Tory leader is to ditch his pledge to hold a referendum, the reaction has been very muted.
Cameron will seek to explain himself by the end of the week, and will claim that as the treaty will be enshrined in European law by the time he might enter No. 10 there's no point holding a referendum.
A handful of Euroskeptic Tory MPs have made ostensibly outraged statements, but I've yet to hear from one with much fire in his or her belly. With a general election so close the Euroskeptic flame in the Tory party seems to have gone out.
There is some talk of the Tories attempting to repatriate various powers if they gain power, but it is hard to see it amounting to much. No, one can sense the Tory tribe – or rather its representatives at Westminster – giving up and opting to play the game in Brussels instead.
Viewed alongside what is happening in banking this week it is telling. It is the EU and not the U.K. government that is forcing through what has been termed the break-up of U.K. banking, although the reality is that RBS is being hammered and the Gordon Brown-created Lloyds gets off the hook.
But consider the two developments side by side. There is a Tory retreat on Lisbon, and the acceptance by the party leadership of what they clearly consider to be new realities, just as an activist, more powerful EU comes to the fore.
This would appear to be the new settlement. A stronger European Union; an EU commission increasingly prepared to assert itself on matters such as banking competition and regulation; a role for national government in horse-trading, as the U.K. did on behalf of Lloyds; and the complete marginalising of those who are concerned about the implications.
The defeat of British Euroskepticism reminds me quite a bit of what happened to Ulster Unionism around the turn of the century. One minute it seemed to be winning the arguments. It was strong, then the wind changed and it wasn't – in any way that we had previously understood it – there any more. Its former adherents couldn't quite see the point of carrying on as they had previously done and within months had "adjusted to reality". Quickly, they were prepared to adopt positions they would have previously though unthinkable.
This week it became apparent that something similar is happening to Euroskepticism.
It's a historic night. It's 10pm, the country waits with bated breath to find out who will win the election and become the first proper president of Europe.
The polls have closed (in fact they never opened) and the first results of a BBC exit survey are about to come in. David Dimbleby is in the studio and ready to go live. Peter Snow has come out of retirement one last time. Emily Maitlis is broadcasting live from the British Embassy in Paris to provide some continental flavor and interview various people on what they make of this (there's no other word for it) historic night.
David Dimbleby: "Welcome, to this most historic of broadcasts. Across Europe the excitement is building. Who will be our first European president? Will it be Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister. He's up against the Dutch premier in glasses, campaigning under the name Harry Potter to improve his name recognition and another candidate we can find no record of whatsoever. And here (camera pans back to giant map of Europe) are the first results from our exit poll.
[Long theatrical pause.]
David Dimbleby: And Tony Blair seems to have got the backing of Gordon Brown and just one man from Ireland. He's also weak in the big constituencies he needs to win, France and Germany. Frankly, he's struggling to get the swing he needs. In contrast 'Man we've never heard of' is in a very strong position. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, it's not looking very good for your man Blair is it?"
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On Friday Oct. 2, the Irish vote again on the Lisbon treaty (their having had the temerity to say no the first time). The next day the Tory tribe gathers in Manchester in full view of the media.
If the Irish vote "no," which looks highly unlikely according to the latest polling, then the Tories are off the hook. It would mean that Lisbon as currently formulated falls.
But if the Irish vote "yes" to Lisbon, there is potential for a real Tory punch-up. Jubilant leaders of the pro-treaty forces in Europe will say: that's it, Lisbon's a done deal, move on.
All the Tory leadership has said about such a scenario is that it "will not let matters rest there."(Incidentally, that formula does remind me of that irritating 1990s catch-phrase from the unfunny "comic" duo Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer: "You wouldn't let it lie.") Will Conservative eurosceptics let it lie in Manchester if the Irish have said yes? I doubt it.
Iain Martin is Deputy Editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe. He writes on politics.


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I am so excited to share this flavor of macarons with you; Fleur de Sel Caramel Apple Macarons. Every year in mid September to early October we pick apples and dip them in caramel to hand out to the special people in our lives; this year Sydney and I wanted to create the luscious flavor in a macaron. The fist step was to write down the essence of a caramel apples, the first taste to the last on our palates. That first crisp apple sensation, followed by the sweet gooey caramel, and finally the fleur de sel lingers on your taste buds. Now we had our challenge, to fabricate the exquisite experience, after two attempts we finally accomplished our goal. The dehydrated apple powder seemed to change the structure of the macaron, so we discovered the macaron pieds needed to rest for an extra half our.
Sydney and I had challenged ourselves with a new shell and filling flavor, the experience was exhilarating; it was also an "aha" moment for me. I realized that in the past twenty years our relationship in the culinary arts and life has gradually changed, from Sydney being an observer, to a pupil, a sous chef, and finally to my equal.
Fleur de Sel Caramel Apple Macarons:
Prepare your mise en place.
Place the almonds, powdered sugar, dehydrated apple powder, and food colorants in a food processor and give them a good pulse until the nuts are finely ground.
Sift the tant pour tant in two batches (almond flour, dehydrated apple powder, and icing sugar) and set aside.
The Italian meringue
Prepare your mise en place.
In a small pot over low heat, combine water, sugar, and vanilla skins. Swirl the pot over the burner to dissolve the sugar completely. (Do not stir)
Increase the heat and boil to a softball stage (235 to 240 degrees F/ 113 to 116 degrees C). Use a candy thermometer for accuracy. Wash down the inside wall of the pot with a wet pastry brush, if necessary.
Meanwhile, prepare your meringue.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the other half of eggs whites and egg white powder on medium low speed until foamy. Add the apple aroma, increase the speed to medium, and beat until soft peaks and add vanilla seeds, and begin to slowly add super fine sugar to the egg whites. Whisk egg whites to medium firm.
With the mixer running, pour the hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over the fluffed egg whites. Beat until the egg whites are stiff, shiny, and glossy. Do not over beat your meringue or it will be too dry and break.
Take the bowl with your tant pour tant (almond mixture) and add the reserved half of egg whites.
Add a third of the meringue to the tant pour tant, give it a quick fold to break some of the air, keep folding till the almond mixture is mixed into the meringue, and then fold another third of the meringue into the batter, continue to vigorously fold till there are no white streaks. Now add the last third of meringue to the batter fold till thick, shiny and ribbons fall from the spatula. Fold the batter carefully until you obtain a batter that falls back on itself and resembles shiny cake batter.
Fill a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip with the batter and pipe small rounds (1.5 inches in diameter) onto silicone mats lined baking sheets or parchment paper lined baking sheets.
Let the piped batter rest for 12 to 15 minutes, and then rap the sheets on a tabletop to help them set properly.
Let the macarons sit out for about 1 1/2 hours to make sure the shells develop a skin.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F/ 149 degrees C.
Right before placing the macarons in the oven reduce the heat to 280 degrees F/ 138 degrees C.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on their size.
Bake the macarons for 5 minutes, then quickly open the oven door, turn the pan, and close the oven. Bake them for another 5 minutes and open and close the oven again. Continue to bake the macarons until the tops are rounded and firm and a craggy ridge, the foot, has formed around the base, about 5 minutes (check the macarons after a couple of minutes, as the baking time will vary by the oven).
Remove the silicone mat or parchment paper with the macarons still attached to a cooling rack; so they do not become soggy. Once the macarons are freely loosen from the silpat/parchment paper transfer to another cooling rack for a good 2 hours.
Fleur de Sel Caramel Mousse:
- 400 grams/ 2-cups granulated sugar
- 155 grams water/2/3-cup water
- 330 grams/ 1 1/2-cups cream
- Fleur de sel salt
- 1-vanilla bean pod
- 1-teaspooon vanilla
- 8 grams/ 4 sheet geletin
- Cold ice water
- 29 grams/2-Tablespoons unsalted butter cold
- 20 grams/1 1/2-Tablespoons dark rum
- 20 gram 1 1/2-Tablespoons Calvados
- Candy thermometer
- 170 crème frâiche, cold
- 226 heavy cream, cold
- Cold bowl
- Cold whisk
Fleur de Sel Caramel:
In a small glass bowl pour ice water, leaving the ice out, and add the gelatin sheet. Allow the sheets to soften while you prepare the caramel.
Prepare your mise en place.
Pour water and sugar into a 2-quart heavy-bottom saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Insert a candy thermometer, and continue to boil until syrup is thick and straw-colored, registering 145 degrees C/ 290 degrees F on a candy thermometer, about 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium; continue to cook until the sugar is deep amber, begins to smoke, and registers 350 degrees on a candy thermometer, about 5 minutes longer.
A candy thermometer is essential, in fact I use a back up thermometer for complete accuracy.
Thermaworks has a great thermometer.
Remove the sugar syrup from the heat or turn the heat off, if using a gas stove. Pour about one quarter of the hot cream into the sugar syrup; let bubbling subside. Add remaining cream; let bubbling subside again. Pour a little at a time or your stove will be wearing caramel and be VERY careful, the mixture is HOT. Whisk gently until smooth; and cook over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until the mixture reaches 120 degrees C/ 248 degreesF.
Turn the heat off or remove from heat and stir the gelatin into the hot caramel.
Transfer the caramel into a heatproof measuring jug and let the mixture cool for 3 t0 4 minutes; whisk in butter, vanilla, calvados and dark rum. Do not be alarmed if the caramel, with each addition of the vanilla extract, Calvados, and the rum, bubbles rapidly. It is also wonderful for a vanilla, rum, Calvados steamed facial!
Allow the caramel to cool completely in the measuring jug.
Fleur de sel Caramel Mousse:
Place the the bowl to your standing mixer or the bowl for your hand mixer in the freezer with the whisk attachment while the caramel is cooling.
With your VERY cold bowl pour the cold heavy cream and cold crème frâche whisk on medium speed until the whipped crème cream has formed medium peaks. Reduce the speed to medium-low and pour the caramel into the whipped crème cream. Increase the speed back to medium and whip until firm peaks form. Watch this closely; within a second you can go from beautiful caramel mousse to caramel curdle. YUCK!
Place the mousse in a piping bag fitted with an open star tip and pipe the caramel mousse onto a macaron shell,
sprinkle with a small amount of fleur de sel, and place a second macaron shell on top.
So far everyone who has had the opportunity to taste the fleur de sel caramel apple macarons have been in palate heaven, one person was so thrilled with the taste she declared her taste buds were having a party! We have also had numerous requests for Halloween parties!


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text: Artists create images from 35mm film degraded by digestion Culture 07 June 12 by Olivia Solon Josh Lake and Luke Evans A pair of graphic design students from Kingston University have created a photography project centred around swallowing 35mm film and seeing how their digestive systems affected it."I turn myself inside out" by Luke Evans and Josh Lake saw the duo swallow individual frames of 35mm film, excrete them and then wash them. Then the damage made to the surface of the film by the students' digestive system was examined using an electron microscope. These images were then blown up into large-scale black and white prints.Evans told Wired.co.uk that they had the idea when discussing the brief for their first year major project, which was "outdoor". He explained: "Wanting to bring something on the inside to the outside, we chose to investigate how we could use our bodies to alter materials. As the project evolved, we decided to use a material that is synonymous with image making, it was a very logical process. There is a physicality to film that we wanted to explore: the soft emulsion layer, its thickness, the way it reacts to touch and temperature. At this point we were really excited because there was absolutely no way to envision how the results would look, and that no two would be the same: would the film's gelatin content be completely digested by enzymes? Would we ever get the film back?"The biggest challenge for the duo was the mental barrier of eating "something that you've been taught not to put in your mouth since you were a child". They were warned by medical experts that the biggest risk was colon perforation and obstruction, so they created a small capsule to loosely contain the rolled film frames. This would prevent the sharp edges from perforating the colon while allowing the acids and other digestive fluids to flush over the film.They then had to retrieve the film by doing their "business" in a bag, putting on gloves and sifting through. The capsules containing the film were brightly coloured so they were easy to spot.Evans said: "This project isn't 'photography' in the traditional sense, in some ways it's image making about photography. Film has a huge history and set of rules surrounding it, but who is to say that it must be approached in such a way?" The results will be on display at Hoxton Gallery, London on 12 and 13 June. Edited by Nate Lanxon Comments Great work from one of the most respected universities in the world. chimney Jun 7th 2012 this is seriously one of the most incredible 'thins' I've seen in a long time. View Josh Lakes site and work is out there and original, love love love it. Nick Jun 8th 2012 I make this kind of art every morning mike Jun 8th 2012 You could take anything and stick it in the electron microscope, and it will look really cool. I'm not convinced this is art. If they processed the film and turned it into photographs, THAT would be cool. Using a massive, expensive, state-of-the-art (hah) microscope is now science. Take a fingernail or even a pen tip or a piece of glass under the EM and you'll see new worlds. Natasha Jun 9th 2012 Cesare Pietroiusti tackled this subject of 'body paint' by eating money and it was much more sublime Amor Jun 19th 2012 Yep, "artists". Forgive us Da Vinci, Michelangelo for calling everyone artists nowadays. Roger Jul 12th 2012 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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Hudson pledges support for people with mental illnesses during Sarah Ann visit
Little did state Rep. Matt Hudson know he'd be shooting pool and reading a book when he visited the Sarah Ann Drop-In Center in North Naples on Monday, but to the program's clients, he's their hero.
The Naples Republican went to bat for people with mental health illnesses, among other groups, during the 2011 Legislative session to ensure state funding stayed intact for programs like Sarah Ann, run by the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Collier County.
The program is a day center with art classes, movies, lunch and other socializing for people with mental health illnesses.
As chairman of the Health Care Appropriation Subcommittee and key budget writer in the House, Hudson said he wasn't going to compromise in four areas: the state's Medically Needy program, services for persons with disabilities, mental health and substance abuse, and domestic violence.
Government has an obligation to help those disadvantaged, Hudson said, and he would rather put money in preventive programs to be pro-active to help people be on the right path in life.
"As we go into the new Legislative session, my priorities haven't changed," he told a roomful of Sarah Ann clients and supporters Monday. "I can tell you, you've got an advocate in me. I will continue to do what is right."
Hudson said the budget for 2012 appears to have stabilized, at least compared to the $1 billion that needed to come out of the 2011 budget. He characterized 2011 as probably the most difficult budget session that state lawmakers had seen in two decades.
His words about being proactive were welcomed by Collier County Sheriff's Lt. George Welch, who is the coordinator for the Crisis Intervention Team program with NAMI. The program trains law enforcement officers, hospital employees and others on ways to be effective with people with mental illnesses. At last count, 471 people have been trained, and not just law enforcement but correctional officers and others, Welch said.
"One way, shape or form, taxpayers pay for them (the mentally ill), whether it's in jail or in the community," Welch said, speaking about the advantages with early intervention.
Board president Nancy Schultz, whose husband was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1989, told him how NAMI was there to help her every step of the way after her husband was hospitalized.
"When someone has a mental illness, it doesn't just effect them, it effects everyone around them," she said. "I realized I wasn't alone."
"We just can't thank you enough," Schultz told Hudson about his support for NAMI. "Without those dollars, we wouldn't be half the organization."
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English addlen, from Old English edlēan ("reward, pay-back"), edlēanian ("to reward, recompense"); or of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse ǫðlask ("to gain possession of property"), from ōðal ("owndom, property").
addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled)
- (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby.
- (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
- Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. – Thomas Tusser.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English adel ("rotten"), from Old English adel, adela ("mire, pool, liquid excrement"), from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô ("cattle urine, liquid manure"). Akin to Scots adill, North Frisian ethel ("urine"), Saterland Frisian adel "dung", Middle Low German adele "mud, liquid manure" (Dutch aal "puddle"), Old Swedish adel "urine", Bavarian Adel ("liquid manure").
addle (comparative more addle, superlative most addle)
- Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
- (by extension) Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. John Dryden.
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addle (plural addles)
- (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
- (provincial) Lees; dregs.
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addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled)
- To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
- "Their eggs were addled." William Cowper.
- To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
addle (plural addles)
- A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
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63 Days of Kittens « Read Less
In July of 2013 I adopted two little kittens, Arwen and Minerva. Every day since I have watched them grow. Although you might think your pets are awesome, I must break the news to you that my kittens are, in fact, the best ever. Enjoy the next two months of pictures!
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Day 017: Homework
The behavior of our kittens is very predictable. For example: if there is a laptop, they want to be on it (as seen on Day 005). Although Arwen looks asleep, it's all a ruse to get on top of the keys!


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Guys be careful when trying the new nightly, I cannot revert back to stock, won't let me fastboot flash any firmware.. Now I'm stuck on Cyanogenmod
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I think you cant revert to lower android versions right now because of changed partitions oder something like that... im not sure whats the problem! restore with cwm should help but it's a temporal fix
Eh? I've just tried flashing SlimKat 4.2.2 to see if I can flash over with stock but when it boots I get encryption unsuccessful?
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Oh my mistake then... i thought you came from android 4.4.4 and some (including me) have problems with reverting back to lower android firmwares
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Roberts and Tilton will present a solo exhibition of Gusmano Cesaretti's celebrated photography, opening on Saturday (1.7). Curator Aaron Rose has focused both on Cesaretti's past and present work. The photographer's honest portrayal of East LA in the 70's will fill the main gallery in the form twenty-four vintage prints. His recent (2008) work in Colón, Panama focusing on the lives of impoverished children will be presented in the gallery's project room.
From his images of street artists featured in MoCA's milestone 'Art in the Streets' exhibit to the work featured in this upcoming exhibition, Cesaretti has shed light on the margins of society. In doing so he has expanded our understanding of the people and cultures often ignored by the mainstream.
Gusmano Cesaretti
Opening: Saturday January 7th 2012 (6-8 PM)
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Culver City, CA 90232


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Decision Summary HPA No. 91-261
- HPA Number
- 91-261
- Building Name
- Luzon Apartment Building
- Address(es)
- 2501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
- Date of Order
- 11-May-92
HPA Number: 91-261
Case Name: In re 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Location of Property: 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Square 14 lots 800 & 812
Date of Decision: May 11, 1992
Type of Case/Type of Permit Sought: Subdivision
Disposition: Granted
Date of Case Summary: May 31, 2007
Summary of Decision:
Chatham Lake Associates (the "Applicant") filed a request for subdivision to combine Lots 800 and 812 into one single lot. Lot 800, site of the Luzon Apartment Building, is a historical landmark listed on the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites. The adjacent lot, Lot 812, was not a designated landmark, and was then improved with the remains of two demolished structures. The Mayor's Agent granted the subdivision application, concluding that combining the two lots would put the non-landmark lot under the purview of the historic preservation standards applicable to development at the landmark site, which would therefore protect the landmark from "uncontrolled" development around it. The Mayor's Agent further supported the subdivision because the Applicant agreed to make substantial repairs to the landmark once the lots were combined, including reconstructing a tower that would "enhance and strengthen the visual presence of the Luzon as it faces onto the corner," according to testimony of the D.C. Preservation League that was noted by the Mayor's Agent. Concluding that the arguments were not yet ripe for review, the Mayor's Agent postponed answering the opposition's arguments about the proposed development project, including whether the proposed plan of constructing a new, larger structure would subsume the landmark and be inconsistent with the purposes of the Act, reiterating that that the issue to be determined at this stage is merely one of subdivision to assemble the lots, not approval of a demolition or alteration permit concerning the overall project.
Mayor's Agent – Procedural:
• The Applicant carries the burden of proof "[i]n all contested cases under the Districts' [sic] Administrative Procedures Act. . . ."
• During its deliberations, the Mayor's Agent is to give "great weight" to the concerns of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, who in this case opposed the subdivision. The Mayor's Agent stated that this standard means that their concerns should be discussed "with particularity" in the written opinion.
• An opponent to the application for subdivision argued that the notice of hearing was defective because the notice was dated before the Historic Preservation Review Board (the "HPRB") made its recommendation to the Mayor's Agent, in violation of 10 DCMR 2509.7. However, "the Mayor may for good cause waive any of the provisions of these rules, if not otherwise prohibited by law." Since no harm was shown as a result of this early notice, and the Mayor's Agent would need to review the application no matter how the HPRB decided, so the Mayor's Agent determined that the early notice was not defective.
Consistent with the Purposes of the Act:
Because the Luzon Apartment Building was then in use, the Applicants did not argue that their proposal was consistent with the purposes of the Act through encouraging the landmark's adaptation for current use; rather, they argued that the subdivision was consistent with the purposes of the Act because their project would retain, enhance, and restore the landmark. The Mayor's Agent agreed, noting that the concern at issue was "what will happen to the landmark if it is not assembled with the non-landmark lot." Because the developers stated that they will restore the Luzon's towers and make other restorations if the lots are combined, the Mayor's Agent determined that the assembly of lots would thus retain, enhance, and restore the landmark (thus meeting the statutory standard for the purposes of the Act for historic landmarks under D.C. Code § 5-1001(b)(2)).
Subsequent History:
See HPA No. 99-405, orders of September 1, 1999 and April 29, 2005 for related history concerning this property.


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The Catholic University for Independent Thinkers
Published Date: August 10, 2015
The National Alumni Board has announced its annual list of distinguished alumni. The 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, who will be honored during a reception and dinner on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, are Bishop Daniel Flores, Douglas Lattner and John McCaa.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize University of Dallas alumni who have demonstrated sustained, distinguished accomplishment and contribution to any field of human endeavor. The award is the highest honor the university can bestow on an alumna or alumnus.
Bishop Daniel Flores leads the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Texas), a border town where 85 percent of the population is Catholic — the highest concentration in the United States. In his four years as bishop, Flores has devoted himself to multifaceted causes such as religious liberty, vocations and cultural diversity within the church. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Dallas in 1983 and a master's of divinity in 1987.
Retired chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Douglas Lattner's legacy at the Manhattan-based consulting firm includes being named one of 2005's "25 Most Influential Consultants" by Consulting Magazine. Active Dallas Catholics, Lattner and his wife, Vicky, are major supporters of the Bishop's Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries and co-chaired the Bishop Farrell Invitational golf tournament in 2013. Lattner earned a master's of business administration from the university in 1975.
A familiar face to many in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, WFAA news anchor John McCaa has been reporting the evening news for 30 years. A former president of the Press Club of Dallas, McCaa is also an active volunteer in Irving, hosting the Irving Schools Foundation "Breakfast with the Stars" for 11 years. He graduated from the University of Dallas with a master's in politics in 2002.
For ticket and event sponsorship information, contact Director of Alumni & Donor Relations Leah Looten at 972-721-5133, email@example.com or visit alumni.udallas.edu/DistinguishedAlumniDinner. A significant portion of event proceeds will support scholarship opportunities for University of Dallas students.
While the majority of University of Dallas alumni reside in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, about a quarter live outside the United States. Approximately 30,000 alumni in more than 100 countries make up the university's vast network of support. For more information, visit alumni.udallas.edu.