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Published June 27, 2012
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In our increasingly cashless society, many of us don't think twice when we pull out plastic to pay at the checkout. But we do have a choice within the plastic world: credit or debit?
"A credit card offers a line of credit to a consumer, while a debit card is tied to a checking account and deducts money from your account when you make a purchase," says credit expert Janna Herron of BankRate.com.
Essentially, paying with a credit card means borrowing money that you must pay back later. Paying with a debit card means paying with money you already have.
Pros of debit cards
According to Herron, a debit card is your best bet if you need to stick to a budget. "If you don't opt for overdraft protection, you won't spend more than you have and you don't need to worry about rolling over balances and accruing interest," she says.
Kevin Gallegos of Freedom Financial Network points out that paying with cash or a debit card can sometimes merit a discount. For instance, if you've saved up money for a new appliance or car, you might be able to get a better deal if paying with cash or by debit card.
Cons of debit cards
"Using your debit card, no matter how responsible you are, won't do a thing for your credit," Herron states. It does not show up on your credit report and can't be used to calculate your credit score.
Moreover, Herron says, "Your protections against loss and theft of your debit card aren't nearly as good as a credit card's." If you don't report your debit card missing for more than two days, your liability is $500. After 60 days, it's unlimited liability, under federal law.
According to Howard Dvorkin, founder of Consolidated Credit Counseling, "Many banks require consumers to keep a minimum balance in their checking account; otherwise they start charging penalty fees." Such fees become difficult for consumers struggling to keep their checking account afloat.
For those who don't elect for overdraft protection, don't overdraw or you will face hefty overdraft fees as well.
Pros of credit cards
When using a credit card, you have the opportunity to build good credit history. Herron says, "Good credit will help you qualify for other loans, such as a car loan or mortgage, down the road."
Many credit cards also offer rewards programs where you earn points to redeem later for airline miles, hotel stays or even cash.
Under federal law, the maximum liability for card loss or theft is $50 for consumers, but most offer zero liability.
"Many credit cards provide shopping protections, like return and purchase protection or extended warranties, along with other perks, such as car rental insurance and roadside assistance," says Herron.
Additionally, you can stop payment for unsatisfactory goods under the Fair Credit Billing Act. It's worth using a credit card when paying travel expenses, purchasing online or making significant purchases, like electronics.
Cons of credit cards
If you're not disciplined in paying your credit card balance off entirely each month, whatever is left earns interest. The longer you revolve a balance, the larger the debt becomes. If you stop making payments, you'll be charged fees, your interest rate will jump and you'll dent your credit. Continue this cycle, warns Herron, and you fall down the rabbit hole of delinquency and unpaid debt.
From annual fees just to keep the card in your wallet to penalty fees if you make a late payment or go over your limit, both Herron and Dvorkin warn consumers that credit cards come with a host of expenses. Rewards programs can also coincide with spending thresholds, expiration dates and other conditions, potentially making them less lucrative than you first thought.


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Samantha Ronson is a popular A-list party DJ/rock singer, which seems to run in the family. Her step-father is musician Mick Jones of the rock band Foreigner and her mom is Ann Dexter-Jones. Her twin sister is fashion designer Charlotte Ronson and her older brother is legendary NYC DJ and producer Mark Ronson . Samantha and Mark are both very good friends with DJ AM and Samantha is close friends with Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan.
She was formerly signed to hip hop label Roc-A-Fella Records and she released three songs: "Pull My Hair Out", "Fool", and "Built This Way" which was featured in the movie Mean Girls.
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Sexwitch, the new collaboration between Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan, TOY and producer Dan Carey, release their debut on September 25. Having previously shared "Helelyos" and "Ha Howa Ha Howa" the group are now streaming the entire record. It's all all obscure covers from around the world (including Skip Spence's "War in Peace"), all given to a proggy/krauty/tribal/ethereal vibe, as you might expect from Bat for Lashes and TOY. You can check it out in full (via The Guardian) below...
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photo: Sexwitch at Green Man Fest 2015 (more by Riachel Jaurez-Carr)
Sexwitch, aka Bat For Lashes' Natasha Kahn, producer Dan Carey and UK band TOY, recently released "Helelyos" off their upcoming self-titled debut album and now they're sharing "Ha Howa Ha Howa." The songs are all obscure covers from around the world, and this one is based on a Moroccan song sung by Cheikha Hanna Ouakki. Natasha tells Pitchfork, "the girl that originally sang that was really young, 15, 16. She traveled around these mountain villages and became this vagabond singer. She's the one that sounded so street, so contemporary. I loved her spirit, I felt her freedom in the way she was singing it."
The album comes out September 25. Listen to the new song below...
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Bat For Lashes, TOY & Dan Carey are Sexwitch, releasing debut album in September (listen to "Helelyos")
by Bill Pearis
Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan, producer Dan Carey and UK band TOY have formed a collaborative group called Sexwitch who will release their debut album on September 29. Khan and Carey had collaborated previously in 2013, covering an obscure Iranian folk song "The Bride." They got the itch to find more obscurities from around the world and after deciding on six tracks (including Skip Spence's "War in Peace"), Khan enlisted TOY as the backing band. (Dan Carey produced both TOY albums and Bat for Lashes' 2012 album The Haunted Man.) The first track to be released from the album is another Iranian song, "Helelyos," which on their cover has a distinct Can rhythm-heavy flavor to it. You can stream it below.
Sexwitch will play Saturday (8/29) at London's XOYO.
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more artist 2014 year-end lists: Iceage, Bo Ningen, TOY, Blind Shake, The Vaselines, Weaves, Gold-Bears, AJ Davila, Megafortress ++ White Reaper's "Top 10 tour bathrooms"
Well 2014 is pretty much dunzo, with only a few hours left in the year. Before we ring in 2015, here are a few more Top 10 of 2014 lists to peruse, including ones from The Vaselines, Iceage, Bo Ningen, AJ Davila, The Blind Shake, Megafortress, and Gold-Bears. Some of them have commentary some do not. A couple special ones worth reading appear near the end: Toronto's Weaves give us their favorite "Canada Rocks" moments (with some insightful thoughts on all of them); and Louisville, KY's White Reaper offer up "Top 10 Tour Bathrooms."
Check out the lists below...
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Weekend at Bowery Electric in 2013 (more by Sarah Gainer)
As mentioned in today's What's Going On post, UK shoegazers TOY are hitting Baby's All Right tonight (5/5) for their first of two NYC shows on their current tour and a "special guest" band was promised. It was just revealed on Twitter that the special guest band is shoegazey NYC post-punks Weekend, who just played Glasslands last night (5/4). Also on the bill is The Vandelles, and Baby's are "essentially" giving away margaritas for Cinco De Mayo. Advance tickets for tonight's show are still available.
On Tuesday (5/6), TOY are at Mercury Lounge with Heaven, and tickets for that one are still available too. They also recently made a video for "As We Turn" (dir. Julian Hand) from 2013's Join the Dots. You can watch that, with the updated list of tour dates, below...
Continue reading "TOY are here, have a new video; Weekend opening tonight's Baby's All Right show (updated dates)"
by Bill Pearis
TOY @ Glasslands in January (more by P Squared)
UK motorik shoegazers TOY were in NYC earlier this year for a couple shows -- I thought they were great, went to both. The band will be back in the States later this spring for Austin Psych Fest and will tour around that. Those dates will include two more NYC shows: Baby's All Right on May 5 and Mercury Lounge on May 6. Tickets for Baby's are on sale now; tickets for Mercury Lounge are currently on AmEx presale and go on sale to the general public starting Friday (3/21) at noon.
For those in Los Angeles, their show out there is with The Horrors which is a pretty perfect double bill. All tour dates are listed, along with the video for current single "It's Been So Long" below.
Continue reading "TOY touring around Austin Psych Fest, including two shows in NYC (dates)"
Austin Psych Fest expands lineup (Panda Bear, War On Drugs, BJM, Graveyard, Mikal Cronin, Bombino, Peaking Lights, more)
Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)
Austin Psych Fest returns for its 6th year from May 2-4 at the Carson Creek Ranch, and since we last spoke, the festival's lineup has been expanded to now include The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Panda Bear, The War On Drugs, Graveyard, Mikal Cronin, Bombino, Peaking Lights, Pink Mountaintops, The Fresh and Onlys, Sleepy Sun, The Octopus Project, Bardo Pond, Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band, Morgan Delt, Cosmonauts, Pure X, Guardian Alien, Mark McGuire, Greg Ashley and more.
They join previously announced bands like Loop, Black Angels, The Zombies, of Montreal, The Horrors, Black Lips, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Liars and more. Unfortunately, Primal Scream, who had to cancel their US tour, are no longer playing. APF Tickets are still available.
The fest has also announced that there will be kickoff parties the Thursday (2/1) before at Mohawk and Red 7 with sets from The Warlocks, Night Beats, Indian Jewelry, Elephant Stone, Golden Animals, Holy Wave and more TBA.
Updated lineup and flyer below...
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TOY made their NYC debut at Glasslands with Feathers and Young Boys (pics), play Mercury Lounge tonight
photos by PSquared Photography; words by Bill Pearis
TOY @ Glasslands, 1/9/2014
All you could see was hair. Like true shoegazers, UK band TOY stayed hunched over their instruments for most of last night's Glasslands set (2/9) with frontman Tom Dougall coming up for air occasionally for vocal duty. Mostly though they vibrated on the same harmonic frequency, hammering at their instruments on a motorik groove.
This was TOY's first New York show, though they'd tried to come twice previously only to be felled by visa issues. It was worth the wait. They were genuinely terrific from opening salvo "Left Myself Behind" through to the uber-krauty title track of their new album Join the Dots which closed the night. If you have any kind of proclivity for this sort of thing (anywhere from Swervedriver to The Horrors) they are definitely worth seeing.
NYC gets another chance tonight (1/10) at Mercury Lounge, it's a late show (doors 10:30) with likeminded locals Spires on first. Tickets are still available, but apparently not many left. The band will then play a handful of other North American shows, and then will be back over in May for Austin Psych Fest. All dates are listed below.
Before TOY were Austin's Feathers who are stopping in NYC for a couple shows before jetting to Europe for a few dates opening for Depeche Mode. The band, sporting a new line-up backing creative head Anastasia Dimou, looked the part and have some catchy songs in the black-clad synthy vein but the band was a little green and it showed -- but the harmonies were on.
The night started with local band Young Boys. On record they're in the gloomy, martial-beat school of post-punk; live their Cramps/Birthday Party side comes out. Shambolic to say the least, but platinum blond frontman is a rabble-rouser and natural frontman.
Pics of Feathers and Young Boys' Glasslands sets, plus more of TOY, below..
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Austin Psych Fest 2014 lineup & tix (Primal Scream, Loop, The Zombies, Black Angels, Black Lips, Destruction Unit & more)
Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)
The 6th annual Austin Psych Fest happens from May 2-4 at the Carson Creek Ranch (where it took place last year), and this year's lineup includes Primal Scream, Loop, The Black Angels, The Zombies, of Montreal, The Horrors, Black Lips, Temples, Avey Tare's Slasher Flick, Liars, Mono, Destruction Unit, Oneohtrix Point Never, Moon Duo, TOY, Earthless, Shannon and the Clams, La Femme, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Quilt, Gap Dream, Circuit Des Yeux, and more. Tickets (including a camping pass option) are on sale now.
Let's hope that means a Loop (who just played ATP End of an Era) and Primal Scream will have other North American shows while here. French band La Femme mentioned they'd be doing a two-month North American tour in 2014 and this is the first actual date we've seen.
Full Austin Psych Fest 2014 lineup below...
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by Bill Pearis
UK band TOY will release their second album, Join the Dots, in North America on December 10. Balancing hypnotic motorik grooves, post-punky guitarwork and paisley-powered melodies, the new LP bests their debut (which was one of my favorites of last year). You can stream the krauty title track below.
After announcing and then canceling NYC shows twice this year, TOY seem to have sorted out their visa issues and will be here in January for two shows: January 9 at Glasslands and January 10 at Mercury Lounge. Tickets to Mercury Lounge and Glasslands are both on sale now.
That's the start of a short tour for TOY (who did play SXSW this year) that hits both coasts and a few dates in Canada. All tour dates, plus the stream and video for "Join the Dots," below...
Continue reading "TOY ready second album 'Join the Dots' & announce 2014 tour (dates & stream)"
Young Galaxy released a new video and single with remixes by Factory Floor, TOY and more; US tour starts next week
by Bill Pearis
Montreal's Young Galaxy have released a new single off their third album, Ultramarine. "Privileged Poor" comes out next week (11/5) and the 12" and digital comes with remixes by Factory Floor, TOY and Dan Lissvik (who produced their album). There's also a video for the song, featuring three septuagenarian former superheroes that's pretty entertaining. The remixes and video are all streamable in this post..
Next week also finds Young Galaxy in NYC as part of their tour, hitting NYC at Knitting Factory on November 6 with electronic pop musician Mister Lies and Brothertiger. Tickets for that show are still available.
Tour dates are listed, along with video and remix streams, below...
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TOY @ BVSXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
Dang it, Visa Issues strike again. UK band TOY were to have made their NYC debut this Thursday (10/10) at Glasslands but the venue just tweeted, "We are sorry to announce that due to delays w/ US immigration, Toy will no longer be able to play on 10/10. Refunds available via ticketfly." That's the second time they've had to cancel NYC shows this year.
TOY will, however, still be playing the The Corona Capital Fest happens October 12 & 13 at Mexico City's Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome.
Thursday's Glasslands show is now Spires (who were to have opened for TOY) and Young Boys.
by Bill Pearis
TOY @ BV SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
UK motorik shoegazers TOY were supposed to play NYC back in March while the band were coming over for SXSW. The Austin shows happened (like at one of our SXSW day shows) but NYC didn't -- a personal bummer to this writer, as their debut album was one of my favorites of 2012. Good news, TOY will be stopping in NYC on their way to the Corona Capital Fest in Mexico City, playing Glasslands on October 10. Tickets to that show go on sale Friday (7/26) at 10 AM.
The Corona Capital Fest happens October 12 & 13 at Mexico City's Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome. You can check out the line-up -- which includes Phoenix, Arctic Monkeys, QOTSA, Vampire Weekend, The xx and more -- below and tickets are on sale now.
TOY video and Corona Capital Fest flyer are below.
Continue reading "TOY playing one-off NYC show before Mexico City's Corona Capital Fest (line-up)"
BrooklynVegan SXSW Friday day party in pics (Polyphonic Spree, Thermals, Diamond Rings, Akron/Family + more)
photos by Sarah Frankie Linder
Polyphonic Spree/Thermals/Diamond Rings
The Main was packed for our Friday SXSWS day party (3/15). That includes the the actual stage, as all 23 members of The Polyphonic Spree on hand to headline. The Spree's joyous set ended with their cover of Nirvana's "Lithium" that had the whole place singing. Diamond Rings -- who now count Miracle Fortress/Think About Life's Graham Van Pelt as a touring memeber -- tore the place up too with one of the most fun sets on our stage this week. So did The Thermals, for that matter. The Main also saw sets from UK neo-postpunk act TOY, Swedish pop vets Shout Out Louds, Akron/Family, and Montreal's Half Moon Run. The Jr. stage was curated by our loud brethren at Invisible Oranges (and Heavy Dicks) and will have pics of that carnage soon. Meanwhile, dig into more of Friday's action from The Main below.
In addition to the music, Onkyo was there, sampling their new headphones which hit stores next month. mophie maker of invaluable iPhone chargers, were giving away discount cards good at their pop-up shop which was set up right across the street on Red River.We were also serving complimentary Jameson, and Zico coconut water, free vegan queso and chips from Food For Lovers, and free vegan breakfast tacos from Pink Avocado. We also had BrooklynVegan t-shirts for the first 50 people in the door, thanks to American Apparel. Also thanks to our other sponsors, M for Montreal, Korg, Vox, Blackstar, Creative Recreation, Signazon, ASCAP, MailChimp and Redigi.
Today (3/16) is the final free BV SXSW day party at The Main and The Jr. The fun starts at noon CDT and The Main stage is co-presented by our friends at Pianos and features Unknown Mortal Orchestra, A Place to Bury Strangers, Austra, Foxygen, Palma Violets, Autre Ne Veut and Empress of. The Jr stage has King Tuff, Dodrums, MS MR, The Orwells, Peace (UK), Feathers, White Lung, and TEEN. That is a pretty amazing line-up if we do say so ourselves.
And tonight is the offical BrooklynVegan/Invisible Oranges SXSW showcase with KEN Mode (who replace Pinkish Black), Homewrecker, Full of Hell, Mutilation Rights, John Baizley, and Pallbearer. If you're in Austin, come on down!
Continue reading "BrooklynVegan SXSW Friday day party in pics (Polyphonic Spree, Thermals, Diamond Rings, Akron/Family + more)"
by Bill Pearis, Fred Pessaro and Andrew Sacher
Savages @ CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
SXSW gets underway today (3/13) in earnest, with 83,207 bands* playing SXSW this year. Trying to figure out who to see can be an overwhelming feeling. (Actually, just standing on 6th St. on Friday night is an overwhelming feeling.) Hopefully this post will give you some inspiration if you're among the throngs of people. Or maybe just some new stuff to listen to if you're not there.
Of course you could just hang out at all our day parties (our first starts at noon today!) and evening showcases, as we're really proud of our line-ups. But there are bands who we are pumped to see who aren't playing too. So here are 40 bands we're genuinely pumped to see in Austin this week. We made a Spotify playlist of all the bands (at least the ones on the service) you can stream below.
Check out our list below...
*not the actually number of showcasing bands. But it feels accurate.
BrooklynVegan free SXSW 2013 Friday day party lineup (Polyphonic Spree, Thermals, Akron/Family, Shout Out Louds, Diamond Rings, TOY, Half Moon Run & more)
As you know, BrooklynVegan is returning to Austin for SXSW this year and throwing four days of day parties at The Main & The Jr aka 603 Red River Street at the corner of 6th aka the old Emo's location. Those happen Wed (3/13), Thurs, Fri and Saturday (3/16). All shows are 100% FREE with RSVP.
We announced Saturday and Thursday, and now HERE IS FRIDAY...
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by Bill Pearis
Bad news from UK band TOY, who were to have played their first NYC shows next month:
Bad news - the company processing our visas in the US have been delayed, which means that the New York shows have had to be cancelled. We were so excited about playing and are very sad and sorry to announce this.I, for one, am bummed. TOY's show at Mercury Lounge (3/19) is now Austin's Feathers, UK group Swim Deep and NYC's Tempers.
SXSW are trying to sort out things with customs so that we can still play the shows in Austin. We can't wait to play in New York too, and will be rescheduling as soon as possible! We will announce further info as soon as we have it. xxx
by Bill Pearis
One of my favorite albums of last year was the debut album by UK band TOY. Featuring ex members of Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong (don't hold that against them) and fronted by Tom Dougall (brother of Rose Elinor Dougall), the band make motorik shoegaze that doesn't skimp on the hooks. (Yes, they are a little like The Horrors.) You can stream the album below and check out a few music videos ("Motoring" is especially good).
The band will be in North America for SXSW and will play two shows NYC on the way back: Mercury Lounge on March 19 with fellow UK band Swim Deep. Tickets go on sale Friday (2/15) at noon. TOY will then play Knitting Factory on March 20 and tickets to that show are on sale now.
Videos and streams are below.
SXSW announces third round of bands for 2013 Fest (Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, TOY, The Thermals +++ more)
Frightened Rabbit @ T5, Nov. 2010 (more by Lionel Bergeron)
SXSW has just announced another round of bands for the 2013 edition of the annual music festival that will happen March 12 - 17. This brings the total current number of acts to around 1300. Someome of the highlights include Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, The Thermals, Black Lips, Camera Obscura, Merchandise, Bleached, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Eagles of Death Metal, Parenthetical Girls, Indians, Night Beds, IO Echo, KEN Mode, Prince Paul, Pure Bathing Culture, Sepalcure, UK motorik post-punks TOY, Finnish instrumentalists K-X-P, Toronto's Moon King, UK indie rockers Splashh (not Brooklyn Splash with one "h") and loads more. Head to BV Austin for the whole Round 3 list.
The Who @ Barclays Center, 11/14/2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)
today in NYC
* Alex Miller @ Pianos
* Big Terrific @ Cameo
* Grass Roots @ Barbes
* Melody Joy @ Party XPO
* Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell's
* NY Theremin Society @ Joe's Pub
* Lust for Youth @ Home Sweet Home
* Angelica Sanchez Trio @ The Stone
* Richard Buckner @ The Mercury Lounge
* James Blake, FaltyDL @ Bowery Ballroom
* Alex Clare @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* River City Extension @ The Mercury Lounge
* Mr. Dream, Alan Watts, Household @ Glasslands
* Amateur Blonde, Portraiture, Mancie @ Cake Shop
* Alessi, Davis, Laubrock and Rainey @ The Stone
* Deer Tick, Viking Moses, Ian O'Neill @ Brooklyn Bowl
* New Beard, The Motor Tom, The New Defense @ Pianos
* Rapstar, PC Worship, Normal Love, Lushes @ Big Snow
* Figure, Alex English DJ set, DJ Jess @ Webster Hall
* These Are Powers, Oneida, PC Worship @ Shea Stadium
* Pretendo, Snack Machine, Exploded View @ Death By Audio
* Heliotropes, Dead Stars, Lazyeyes, Quiet Loudly @ Muchmore's
* Ken Jacobs & Aki Onda: Nervous Magic Lantern @ Issue Project Room
* Stretch Armstrong, Q-Tip, Rich Medina, Clark Kent, Tony Touch @ Santos Party House
* Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Avan Lava, DJ Illyse Singer, DJ Good Goose @ Knitting Factory
* Sara Schaefer, Nikki Glaser, Pete Davidson, Emmy Blotnick, Stuckey & Murray, Judah Friedlander @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Wild Yaks, Love as Laughter, Jonathan Toubin DJ set, Frankie Rose DJ set, TEEN DJ set, Thanksgiving Brown DJ set @ Union Pool
* 12.12.12 - The Concert For Sandy Relief w/ Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, The Who, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl @ Madison Square Garden
Tonight is the ridiculously star-studded 12.12.12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden, featuring Paul McCartney, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Kanye West, Bon Jovi, Alicia Keys and many more. If you didn't get tickets it's being broadcast basically everywhere. More info on where to watch here.
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UK group Toy just released a video for their song "Make it Mine" which is from their fairly-new debut album. You can watch it below.
Twin Shadow released a new video for his live-at-KCRW version of "The Ones" and you can watch that below too.
What else?
Continue reading "What's going on Wednesday (12.12.12, Hanukkah night 5)"
Long-running UK music weekly NME has just published their Year-End issue and have named Tame Impala's Lonerism as album of the year, with Grimes, Frank Ocean, Crystal Castles and Alt-J rounding out the Top 5. Tame Impala offshoot Pond comes in at #7. Check out the entire Top 50 list below.
As mentioned before, Tame Impala just announced a 2013 tour, and will play Terminal 5 in NYC on February 19. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (11/30) at noon.
NME's Top 50 LPs of 2012 are listed below.
Continue reading "NME Top 50 Albums of 2012; Tame Impala 'Lonerism' gets #1"
The Fly is the "UK's most popular new music magazine," but if you haven't heard of it, its because it's a free monthly that doesn't really get international distribution. You can however read it online. The mag just released it's year-end issue and topping their Best Albums of 2012 is Sharon Van Etten's Tramp (which was just released in a Deluxe edition, a fine Xmas gift don't you know). Sharon narrowly beat out Grimes, whose Visions came in at #2. The whole list, in ascending order, is below and you can read what The Fly said about each album here.
By the way you can still get tickets for the December 15 show at Cameo that Sharon curated with She Keeps Bees and Speck Mountain and "Special Guest."
A list of the Fly's Top 50 Albums of 2012 is below.
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Jack White @ Radio City Music Hall, 9/30/2012 (more by Greg Cristman)
In addition to the Fleetwood Mac cover story (and Rumours cover CD that comes with it), the new issue of MOJO is the 2012 Year-End wrap-up with the best albums list which is topped by Jack White's Blunderbuss. Their list is definitely different than most, but also in line with the mag that puts the Beatles on the cover at least once a year. You can check out MOJO's Top 20 below.
Continue reading "Jack White tops MOJO's Best LPs of 2012 list"
Rough Trade Shop is always one of the first to list their top albums of the year, and their list is always a good one to look at. This year is no different. Check out their Top 10 list, below...
The Psychic Paramount at Cameo, July 2012 (more by Caroline Harrison)
Grimes at Pitchfork Fest 2012 (more by Chase Turner)
today in NYC
* Brian Marsella @ The Stone
* Gojira @ Santos Party House
* Q-Tip (DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Aloe Blacc @ MetroTech Commons
* O.A.R., Rebelution @ Jones Beach
* Daily Show comedians @ 92YTribeca
* Big Black Delta, Silya @ Pianos
* Elle Varner @ Highline Ballroom
* Fake Blood @ Hudson Terrace Roof
* The Alternate Routes @ Joe's Pub
* Bethany & Rufus Roots Trio @ Barbes
* The B-52s, Love Funk @ Irving Plaza
* Golden Animals, Tiger Waves @ Pianos
* Royal Family All-Stars @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Stand, The Damn Choir @ Mercury Lounge
* Scott Kettner's Orgy in Rhythm @ Barbes
* The BoDeans, Sarah Borges @ City Winery
* Origin, Malignancy, Pyrrhon @ Saint Vitus
* Neg-Fi, Coso, NT, Sediment Club @ 929 XPO
* McGinty & White Sing Jimmy Webb @ Joe's Pub
* Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Coney Island
* Duk Duk Goose, Lil Kids, Happy Lives @ Cameo
* The Psychic Paramount, Cropduster @ Union Pool
* Ace Reporter, Lightouts, Overlord @ Union Hall
* Bloc Party, The Drums, Them Jeans @ Terminal 5
* Complexions Contemporary Ballet @ Prospect Park
* Lifeguard Nights, Razor Blazers @ Mercury Lounge
* Wild Nothing, Grimes, DIIV @ Pier 84 (River Rocks)
* Chain & The Gang, Habibi, Calvin Johnson @ 285 Kent Ave
* Ned Rothenberg/Ikue Mori/Catherine Jauniaux @ The Stone
* Lucinda Williams, Amy Cook @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Kelli Scarr, Alana Amram, Jim Campilongo @ Le Poisson Rouge
* The Building, Shy Hunters, Companion, Aaron Roche @ Glasslands
* Future Blondes, Little Debbie, Coxcombs @ Secret Project Robot
* !!!, Lenny Williams @ Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park Bandshell
* Wiccans, Warthog, Nuclear Spring, Altered Boys, Shoxx @ Acheron
* Direct Effect, This Routine Is Hell, Dead/Beat, Go Deep @ Cake Shop
* Braid, Owen, Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Aficionado @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Midnight Ghost Train, Reign of Zaius, Eidetic Seeing @ Public Assembly
* Planes Mistaken for Stars, The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, Those Mockingbirds @ Maxwell's
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Tickets to UK football's Blue/White Spring Game will be free, though construction will limit the capacity of Commonwealth Stadium, UK Athletics announced in a press release Wednesday.
Capacity for the event, scheduled for April 26 at 3:30 p.m., will be approximately 42,500, according to the release. The south lower and south upper level sidelines will not be available to fans due to renovations.
The Spring Game attendance last season totaled 50,831 in head coach Mark Stoops' first public team activity at Commonwealth Stadium. Last year, Commonwealth Stadium's capacity was 67,606, though the renovations will shrink that number.
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Our newest computer classroom is the recently renovated McCabe 306 space. Located on the top floor of McCabe Library, in the corner away from the main entrance, McCabe 306 offers 30 student and one instructor Macintosh computer. Of those 30, four are laptops attached to a collaboration table, with an independent large screen monitor ideal for small group work. There are also extra connectors to allow those bringing their own device to connect and share their ideas at the collaboration table. This room has dual projectors that present to screens as large as we could fit, with the flexibility to have the same source go to both screens, or independent sources to each screen. The collaboration table screen can also be driven from the instructor's workstation.
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I simply had enough with this league tonight after game four of the Conference finals. I get it David Stern. After so many Vitamin water LeBron James and Kobe Bryant commercials, you are drinking the Corporate kool aid. You have pimped your league to the point that refs tip toe around every single call. The last two minutes alone disgust me with the flagorant charge for the Cavaliers to win the game. Look at those last two plays.
James was tripping over his own feet trying to get past Peitrus. He was never in control and you could have called a charge just as your could a blocking foul. It was the last few seconds of a game and you force a shot, not foul shots to call the end of a game. After the 20 second time out, Van Gundy drew up a line play that dumped the ball down to Dwight Howard on the post. The rubber band, Side Show Bob, was blocking Howard as if he were an NFL offensive lineman. So let me get this straight. One foul was called, but the other was seen as a "non-foul"....Why?
These are the reasons why everyone thinks the NBA is rigged.
I hope for a Nuggets vs. Magic final simply to shove it to every NBA executive and marketing rigged sideshow.
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Breaking Down the 'Boys: One good trend in Cowboys' running game
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In 2009, the Cowboys were one of the premiere rushing teams in the NFL, averaging 4.8 YPC—good for third-highest in the league. On runs to the weak side, the 'Boys were even better, totaling 5.2 YPC. Jason Garrett apparently noticed, increasing the rate of weak side runs every year since that time.
Most formations have a strong and weak side, but some don't. 'Ace' formation, listed below, is a balanced formation. Teams might label the "strong" side as the wide side of the field, but the formation itself has no strength.
On the other hand, a formation like "Tight End Trips Right" (below) has a clear strength to the right side of the formation.
When drawing up running plays, offensive coordinators typically run to the strong side of the formation, for obvious reasons. Sometimes, though, it's beneficial to run to the weak side. In addition to keeping a defense honest, there are often 1) weaker run defenders on that side and/or 2) less defenders in general. Defenses set their alignments based on a strength call, meaning it is often advantageous for an offense to run away from their own strength (in the same way it can be beneficial to pass the ball out of run-heavy personnel packages, for example).
In 2009, the Cowboys averaged 5.2 YPC when running to the weak side. Back then, though Garrett dialed up weak side runs on just 19.5 percent of the team's rushes that utilized an unbalanced formation. We saw more of the same from the Cowboys in 2010 and 2011, with the offense totaling 4.6 YPC on weak side runs (compared to 3.7 YPC on strong side runs). Over that time, Garrett's rate of weak side run calls increased dramatically to 35.8 percent.
In 2012, the overall efficiency of the 'Boys' running game has decreased. Averaging only 3.6 YPC, the Cowboys are again more effective when running to the weak side. They've totaled 4.0 YPC on both weak side runs and runs from balanced formations, compared to just 3.4 YPC when running to the strong side. Of the offense's 148 runs from unbalanced formations, 39.9 percent have been to the weak side, i.e. Garrett has continued his trend of more weak side runs, and rightfully so.
Having said that, many of the Cowboys' runs are up the gut behind interior linemen who simply aren't winning their one-one-one battles. While Garrett admittedly doesn't have many options with the personnel with which he's working, an increase in perimeter runs—weak side or not—would likely benefit the offense. The Cowboys averaged 7.2 YPC on over 100 counters since 2009, for example, yet we've seen only three in all of 2012. Overall, Dallas has totaled 4.2 YPC on runs outside of the tackles this season.


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Synchrotron rapid scanning x-ray fluorescence image of the calcium distribution in a fossil specimen of Confuciusornis sanctus, an ~120 million year old avian species, the oldest documented to display a fully derived beak. Calcium is high in the bones as shown by the bright white areas, but calcium is also high in the areas corresponding to residue of downy feathers in the neck region. This is interpreted to be due to the distribution of calcium being controlled by eumelanin chelates in the neck feathers, indicating that these soft tissues were originally darkly pigmented.
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Starting February 28, Q Channel 11 will be officially known as GMA News TV. The upcoming network had a trade launch last night in Makati City, with GMA-7's News and Public Affairs team gracing the special occasion.
GMA Network CEO and Chairman Felipe L. Gozon (inset) was also in attendance to lend his full support to the "newly dressed" station.
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GMA Network CEO and Chairman Felipe L. Gozon firmly believes that news programs and public affairs shows are solid enough to outlast any television fads that are coming out every now and then.
He cited the continuing success of GMA-7's evening news program over a rival network's primetime variety-game show.
"24 Oras is winning over Willing Willie," Atty. Gozon candidly said. "We feel that there are people who prefer to watch the news—'yong talagang pinaniniwalaan at may credibility."
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Thus, Q Channel 11—a television station owned by GMA Network, Inc.—will be known starting on February 28 as GMA News TV.
"We feel that we are very strong in news and public affairs. Nagkataong hindi kumikita 'tong QTV. So this is our effort to convert QTV into something that we think will be a winner and in order to create a new international channel. Tingin namin 'yong mga Filipinos abroad are hungry for more news from the Philippines," Atty. Gozon explained.
A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME. A grand trade launch was held last night, February 7, at the Events Hall of the A. Venue in Makati City to formally announce the unveiling of the network.
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A trade launch presents a network's upcoming programs and encourages advertisers and companies to place ads in the lineup of shows.
GMA News TV is bannered by the most respected names in the field of broadcast journalism: Jessica Soho, Mel Tiangco, Arnold Clavio, Vicky Morales, and Howie Severino.
Early morning viewers can catch the latest news in Dobol B Sa News TV, the live simulcast of Mike Enriquez's radio program over DZBB.
Kara David and Howie Severino topbill the morning newscast, News to Go.
Jessica Soho mentors young reporters about the intricacies of the job via Brigada—a news magazine program in the '90s that was hosted by the late broadcaster and columnist Louie Beltran.
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Cell cycle changes during the day-night cycle of harvesting. Example DNA content histograms of nuclear extracts taken from 1N cultures at different times are shown. The time point at 15 h on day 1 is not shown but had a similar distribution to that at 19 h on day 1 and 15 h30 on day 2. RNA was not collected at 15 h30 on day 2, but nuclear extracts (shown here), flow cytometric profiles, and Fv/Fm confirmed cells had returned to the same state after a complete diel cycle. Extracted nuclei were stained with Sybr Green I and analyzed by flow cytometry.
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Daniel Day-Lewis, center, as Abraham Lincoln in a scene from the film "Lincoln." The film was nominated today for 12 Academy Awards, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Nine Best Picture nominees may seem like a lot, but in a year that was full of well-respected and beloved movies, there were still bound to be some snubs when nominations were announced this morning for the Academy Awards.
Perhaps the biggest came in the race for Best Director, where three likely favorites - Ben Affleck for "Argo," Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables" and Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty" (which opens in Pensacola on Friday) - were left out of the competition. The three, along with Oscar nominees Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln" and Ang Lee for "Life of Pi," are up for the same award ...


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Retailers across the nation saw a "healthy" increase in sales during September, but it wasn't quite up to the year-to-date pace or what a surprisingly strong August showed, according to a leading national retail group.
The International Council of Shopping Centers reported that U.S. chain-store sales were up 3.9 percent in September compared with sales last year.
That increase excludes drugstore sales. If drugstores are added, retailers showed just a 0.9 percent gain for September.
The council uses a sampling of 22 chains.
"It was in keeping with expectations," council spokesman Jesse Tron said. "The forecast was for a 3 to 4 percent increase, so you could say it came in on the high side of the forecast."
Still, retailers have seen a 4.6 percent increase for the year so far. August was especially strong, with a 6 percent increase.
This year, back-to-school shopping was concentrated in August, instead of spilling into September which is the normal trend, Tron said.
Meanwhile, apparel stores and wholesale clubs were particularly strong in September, according to the report.
Apparel stores showed a 5 percent gain, while wholesale clubs had a 6 percent increase.
Drugstores continue to be a drag on retail sales, with an 8.6 percent decline.
Among apparel stores, the Gap showed a 6 percent increase in September, and Ross and Limited both had a 5 percent increase.
In the department store category, Macy's showed a 2.5 percent increase, but Kohl's saw its sales decline by 2.7 percent.
Target, in the discounters category, showed a 2.1 percent gain. Costco, in the wholesale club category, showed a 6 percent gain.
Walgreens showed an 11.1 percent decline in the drugstore category, while Rite Aid was down 0.7 percent.
In the luxury category, Nordstrom showed a 4.4 percent gain.
The International Council of Shopping Centers expects retail sales to continue at a healthy pace and is forecasting a 3.5 to 4.5 percent increase in October, excluding drugstore sales.
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All eight defendants in a prisoner abuse case were acquitted by a jury in U.S. District Court in Nashville on Friday of using excessive force against an inmate.
The jury of three women and four men deliberated for about five hours before handing down the verdict after a three-day trial. The prison guards and warden were found to have not violated plaintiff Todd Whites Eighth Amendment rights to protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
White alleged in a lawsuit that he was the victim of excessive force, severe abuse and injury during removal from his cell at Riverbend Maximum Security Institute. Although most of the defendants acknowledged during testimony that the amount of force used was unnecessary, the jury found none of the individuals liable to the plaintiff for damages.
The plaintiffs attorneys also asserted that the training the deputies received in cell extractions was lacking. Former warden Ricky Bell testified that the prison stopped providing the required yearly training for its correctional officers in 2007. The jury ultimately found Bell not liable for damages.
After the verdict, White hurried from the courtroom.
In her closing statements, Rebecca Lyford, assistant attorney general and representative for six of the defendants, said that there was no evidence that the use of force in the incident was malicious. The extent of Whites injuries also was not consistent with his testimony, Lyford said. She presented his medical report from Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, which listed only the injury to his forehead.
Among the eight defendants in the case, four of the guards testified that the blame for the excessive force rested with defendant Joshua McCall. McCall testified that it was defendants Gaelan Doss and Sean Stewart who used excessive force.
A video captured by Gregory Country Joe Garner, a guard and one of the eight defendants in the case, showed five prison guards clad in black jumpsuits and motorcycle helmets entering the cell to extract White, who, according to his own testimony and that of the guards, was kneeling on the floor at the back of his cell. The guards came to get White from his cell after he threw an unknown liquid at corrections officers, both sides said.
White testified extensively that he had suffered punches, kicks and electric shocks and had his face shoved into the concrete, causing his forehead to be split from the hairline to the brow.
Quint Qualls is a reporter with Seigenthaler News ServiceMTSU. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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The teres major is a major part of your upper arm and shoulder area and is located on the back of the upper shoulder. This muscle also extends to the middle part of the arm that connects to the shoulder. The main purpose of the muscle is to assist you in the movement of your upper arms and shoulders and it helps you rotate your upper arm while moving it. The teres major is also responsible for the extension of your upper arms. One common injury is a tear and this comes from excess pressure on the upper arm and shoulder. Another way to injry that can occur is a strain. This could happen from overuse of the upper arm muscles or not warming up [&hellip
One common shoulder injury is subacromial bursitis. This is the inflammation of the bursa separating one of the tendons of the rotator cuff from the overlying coraco-acromial ligament, coracoid (the acromial arch), acromion and from the deep surface of the deltoid muscle. Within your shoulder lies a bursa which is a sac that is filled with fluid that serves to reduce friction in your joints. The Subacromial bursa is the part of the shoulder's bursa that gets inflamed and irritated. Common Symptoms Some of the symptoms include pain in the shoulder, pain in the elbow or wrist, and minor pain when doing regular activities such as lifting objects, washing dishes, cooking or cleaning. Most doctors diagnose subacromial bursitis with an ultrasound although some doctors diagnose [&hellip
Sternoclavicular separation takes place when the joint is dislocated from its normal position. This is when the clavicle will dislocate in front of or behind of the sternum. This type of dislocation can be dangerous due to the fact that there are important structures that are located behind the sternum. If it is a posterior dislocation, it can be a little bit more dangerous due to the really important structures that are located right behind the sternum. These are structures that include important blood vessels, as well as the windpipe. If these areas are damaged, it can lead to many problems which are life-threatening, as the breathing and the flow of blood would be affected. If there is a dislocation in the SC joint, it [&hellip
A shoulder subluxation happens when your shoulder becomes partially disconnected from within the joint socket in your upper body. The shoulder includes a ball and the joint that are held together by connective ligaments. During the subluxation the ball of the upper arms is placed out the shoulder's socket. The subluxation often happens among those who had injuries to the shoulder or who put too much pressure on the shoulder by carrying very heavy items or through intense exercises. The ligaments also tear may also tear when the injury occurs and so you experience any of these symptoms, you should see a doctor. Symptoms One of the main symptoms includes a popping in the ball and joint part of the shoulder. You will experience shoulder [&hellip
Shoulder instability is a condition where the shoulder's structures do not support the shoulder's ball and joints properly and as a result, a person may experience partial or full shoulder dislocation. One group of people who often experience this are those who have had shoulder dislocations in the past and many athletes develop shoulder instability. As for treatment, it depends on how bad your condition is. The most common treatment is a few weeks of physical therapy and relocation of the shoulder. Other treatments include medications and in rare cases, surgery. Surgery You should consider surgery if you continue to have problems after you have tried getting rest, getting physical therapy, avoiding strenuous activities or using home remedies such as hot and cold compresses or [&hellip
Shoulder crepitus is a type of arthritis where a cracking or popping sound occurs in your shoulder. One reason why you experience this is because your cartilages are worn and this causes them to operate poorly in the shoulder where the crepitus occurs. When you visit the doctor, he will ask you how long you had the cracking in your shoulder, where the cracking is occurring the most, if you have a history of joint or muscle problems, and if you are taking medicines for the joint problems you have. The different types of crepitus which are common in joint pathologies are: Joint crepitus Bone crepitus Crepitus of tenosynovitis Crepitus of bursitis Rotator Cuff Tear and Crepitus A rotator cuff tear is another cause [&hellip
Unfortunately, we are all at risk for developing shoulder arthritis with age. This pertains to the pain and limitation that will increase as we get older. If one has experienced an injury or a dislocation in that area it can lead to dealing with arthritis at an even younger age. Osteoarthritis is otherwise known as degenerative joint disease and this will take place when the cartilage covers the top part of the bones – this is known as articular cartilage. This will cause pain, swelling, and at times, bone spurs when the two parts of the bones maintain contact by rubbing together. What is the Shoulder Made of? The AC and the glenohumeral joint make up the shoulder. The point where the collarbone meets is [&hellip
Milwaukee shoulder syndrome is a type of arthritis, a rheumatological condition that is not too different from the calcium prosphophate desposition disease
In interferential therapy, the doctor applies a low level electric method using a special device to apply to areas of the body that experiences intense pain
Some people develop a frozen shoulder, and this means that their shoulders become very stiff, painful and inflamed. Diabetics often get a frozen shoulder but other causes of this condition include a torn rotator cuff, sub-acromial bursitis, shingles and cardiovascular illnesses such as a stroke. In the beginning stages of this condition, you will feel a nagging pain and if left untreated, you may not be able to move shoulder as often as you used to. How Can Frozen Shoulder be Treated? Many treatment methods exist, and a common way to treat frozen shoulder is hydrodilatation. In this procedure, the doctor injects a medicated fluid into the frozen shoulder and this loosens up the tight shoulder muscles. The procedure takes 15 minutes to complete and [&hellip


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NEW YORK -- Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita will not be meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday regarding his role in the New Orleans bounty scandal.
Fujita is one of four current and former Saints that Goodell suspended in the case, but an appeals panel set aside the punishment. Goodell must show the basis for the discipline was inappropriate conduct - such as intent to injure - rather than any secret monetary compensation.
The commissioner met Monday with linebacker Jonathan Vilma and was supposed to meet with the three other players on Tuesday.
But the NFLPA says Fujita is undergoing treatment for a knee injury and couldn't come to New York. He requested a video conference but the league rejected that idea. NFL officials wanted face-to-face meetings and plan to reschedule.
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Gene Expression in the Brain and Suicide
Gustavo Turecki, M.D., Ph.D., has received his second AFSP Distinguished Investigator award and has mentored many AFSP researchers throughout his career. He has dedicated his efforts to identifying brain mechanisms for suicide, specifically the neurobiological changes that result from early life stress and adversity and increase the risk for suicide.
By studying microRNA's in the brains of people who died by suicide and comparing them with the brains of people who died by other means, Dr. Turecki is working to explain how genes work in different parts of the brain to effect behavior. MicroRNA's are small molecules of RNA that function to regulate the expression of genes by telling them when to turn on and turn off as well as to increase and decrease in number. Results of his study were published in June 2012 in PLOS ONE from the Public Library of Science. For this paper, 55 individuals were studied, 38 who died by suicide and 17 who died by other causes. About 60% of those who died by suicide had a documented history of major depression. Diagnoses were determined by using the psychological autopsy method by which close family members or friends are interviewed with a structured interview by a trained clinician about the deceased and medical and coroner records are reviewed.
The specific microRNA studied was TrkB-T1 in the frontal cortex because it has been shown to be present at lower rates in those who died by suicide than in others. The frontal cortex is specifically involved in the organization and inhibition of behavior and lowered functioning has been found to relate to rigid thinking and impulsiveness. In a series of experiments, the investigators demonstrated that TrkB-T1 was lower in frontal cortex of suicides and not in other brain areas. They showed that Has-miR-185, a microRNA suspected of controlling TrkB-T1, was found to be increased in the frontal lobe when TrkB-T1 was low suggesting a relationship between the two.
This study begins to tackle complicated genetic relationships in the brain. It serves as a model for other researchers and we hope that understanding these differences will help to develop assessments and treatments for individuals at risk.
Gustavo Turecki, M.D., Ph.D., is the Director of the McGill Group for Suicide Studies and the Quebec Suicide Brain Bank in Montreal Canada. He was bestowed the AFSP Annual Research Award in 2012. Click here to read more about Dr. Turecki's Distinguished Investigator Grant.
Published articles from this study:
- Turecki G, Ernst C, Jollant F, Labonté B, Mechawar N. (2012). The neurodevelopmental origins of suicidal behavior. Trends in Neurosciences. 35(1): 14-23.
- Maussion G, Yang J, Volodymyr Y, Barker P, Mechawar N, Ernst C, Turecki G. (2012). Regulation of a truncated form of Tropomyosin-related Kinase B (TrkB) by Has-miR-185* in frontal cortex of suicide completers. PLOS ONE. 7(6): e39301.


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EXTREME TRAFFICKING: 2 Tons of Pot Found Inside Mexican Cemetery
July 31st 2012 · 1 Comment
Army troops found 2.2 tons of marijuana in a cemetery in Los Villa Nueva, a community in northeastern Mexico, the Defense Secretariat said.
Soldiers found the drugs Thursday in the community outside Camargo, a city in Tamaulipas state, the secretariat said.
Officials did not say whether any arrests were made or which drug cartel the marijuana belonged to.
Tamaulipas has been rocked by a wave of drug-related violence unleashed by gangs battling for control of smuggling routes into the United States.
The army is carrying out "Operation Northeast" in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and San Luis Potosi states in an effort to weaken the drug cartels that operate in the region.
The Gulf drug cartel and Los Zetas, a band of army special forces deserters turned hired guns and drug traffickers, are blamed for the violence.
Media reports say the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels have formed an alliance to fight Los Zetas.
Los Zetas started out as the armed wing of the Gulf cartel, but the two criminal organizations later had a falling out.
After several years on the payroll of the Gulf cartel, Los Zetas, considered Mexico's most violent criminal organization, went into the drug business on their own account and now control several lucrative territories.
President Felipe Calderon declared war on Mexico's drug cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006.
Calderon has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and Federal Police officers across the country to combat drug cartels and other criminal organizations.
A version of this column originally appeared in www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com.
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Hudson Post, 21, was killed by a drunken driver on the Mt. Rose Highway in 2008. / Family photo
At a glance
Angela Post has been writing state officials asking that Jessica Winkle be ordered to spend at least two years in prison before being released on house arrest. Winkle killed Post's son in a drunken-driving crash in 2008. Post said that releasing Winkle after three months sent the wrong message to the community, especially young people, about the consequences of driving drunk and killing or seriously injuring someone.
The Post slide show
Hudson Post's mother Angela talks about what kind of person he was, and how after spending only three months in prison the driver that killed her son is out on house arrest and what that feels like.
Hudson Post ate dinner and watched a bonfire with his family before kissing his mother good night and strolling up to his bungalow with a friend.
Later that September evening in 2008, he hopped on his black, one-seater motorcycle and headed down Mount Rose Highway to the Shell gas station. He worked there, and they had shorted him on his last paycheck. He went to pick up the $100 they owed him.
He didn't make it.
* Audio slideshow: Listen to Hudson Post's mother, Angela, talk about the loss of her son
* Special Report: DUI offenders released early despite state law
* Photo Gallery: Local mug shots for serious DUI offenders
"Our son, he drove 3 miles and never came home," said his mother Angela Post, her voice breaking.
Post, 21, was driving the speed limit -- 55 mph -- down Mount Rose Highway when two cars heading up the highway began turning left across his lane onto Callahan Ranch Road. The first car made the turn, but the second, a 1998 black Jeep Cherokee driven by 19-year-old Jessica Lynn Winkle, cut him off.
His motorcycle skidded 90 feet before smashing into the Jeep's rear passenger-side door. The force of the crash spun the Jeep 180-degrees clockwise and sent Post's body flying 30 feet down the road. Despite wearing a helmet, Post died of head injuries on the highway.
As a firefighter covered his body with a blanket, troopers arrested Winkle for driving drunk.
"He had the right of way, but she took him out," Angela Post said. "She was drinking all day at a wedding. None of her faculties were working that night."
A Nevada Highway Patrol report said Winkle had downed three 10-to-12 ounce glasses of wine and a small glass of Champagne at the wedding. Her blood-alcohol level was .104 percent one hour and 15 minutes after the crash, over the legal limit of .08 percent.
Seven months later, she pleaded guilty to one count of drunken-driving causing death. She was sentenced to five years in prison with parole possible after serving two years. But she was released on house arrest on Sept. 3, 2009 -- making her total incarceration time three months.
"It's as if a dog died on that corner that night," Post said in disgust. "My son's life is worth more than three months."
Post now spends her days writing letters to lawmakers and making calls to officials lobbying for a change in a justice system that she believes failed her and her son.
"Jessica is on her cell. She gets visits from friends. She sleeps in a feather bed," Post said. "She didn't have to spend her birthday or Christmas in prison. What sort of message does that send? The state is doing her a disservice by showing that there are no consequences for this."
Post said she doesn't blame Winkle.
"We forgave her for killing our son," she said. "It's the system that's the problem. It's not about revenge. It's about justice. "
Bright spirit
Hudson Post's positive energy attracted Misha Gregg from the first time she saw him at the Shell gas station near Raley's on Mount Rose Highway.
"His smile was what got me. He had the biggest, beautiful white smile," she said. "And his spirit was carefree. He was kind of a bad boy. He loved to party, but no more or less than anyone else. But he was a loving person at heart."
Before long, Hudson asked her out, and they began seeing each other regularly.
"All we did was talk," she said. "One night we sat up for 10 hours just talking. We had a wonderful connection."
Besides dirt bikes and motorcycles, Hudson had a passion for snowboarding, said his father, David Post. He was an expert. One of Hudson's early jobs was parking cars at Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe -- a job that allowed him to spend as much time as possible on the slopes.
Hudson was born in Incline Village, and lived with his family there until he was 12, when they moved into a home his father built on Timberline Road, off Mount Rose Highway.
After graduating from Galena High School, Hudson studied at Truckee Meadows Community College. His focus was culinary arts.
"It was his gift," David Post said.
While working full-time and going to school part-time, Hudson lived in an apartment next to his family's ranch with his dog, Simba, a 150-pound vivacious South African Boerboel that liked to bark.
"He was just starting out," Angela Post said of her son. "He was only 21."
Sirens in the distance
Angela Post didn't learn that her son died on the road only a few miles from their home on Sept. 20, 2008 until the next morning.
She had gone to bed when her son left that night. The friend who was visiting Hudson had fallen asleep on the couch, so he didn't know Post hadn't come home.
"I got notified at 8 a.m.," she said. "The coroner's office called me. It was one of the coldest phone calls I've ever received. They said, 'your son was killed on his bike last night by a drunk driver.'"
Hudson's friend, just waking up at the bungalow next door, heard Angela Post scream and ran to her.
"I was yelling 'It's Hud. It's Hud. He's been in an accident,' and his friend fainted at my front door," Angela Post said. "He literally fell on my tiles and fainted."
She said she later talked with a volunteer firefighter who was at the scene of the crash, and he assured her that Hudson had not suffered.
"He died on impact," she said. "He was knocked out cold."
Months later, after Winkle was officially charged and the district attorney's office informed the Post family that she would plead guilty. When Washoe District Judge Steven Elliott sentenced her to five years, they understood Winkle would spend at least two years in prison before being released.
"We were misled," David Post said. "We were never told she would get out in three months."
Angela Post said Winkle should not have qualified for the Department of Corrections house-arrest program until she served two years. She understood that the two-year mandatory minimum sentence would keep her in a cell for at least two years.
"It's a mockery," Angela Post said. "The message we're sending to the youth in this community is go ahead and drink and drive, and if you kill somebody, you'll only have to spend three months in prison."
Angela Post said she'll continue to pressure lawmakers and public officials to close loopholes that allow drunken drivers who cause fatal or near-fatal crashes to be released so early.
"Nothing's going to bring Hudson back," she said, "But we are trying to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else. If we if we can spare one other family the devastation we went through, it will be worth the effort."


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expired Indie Royale - April Fools Bundle (5 Games for $3.99 USD) [Pre-Order]
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The Indie Royale's April Fools Bundle is available to pre-order at a minimum of $3.99 USD.
Indie Royale's April Fools Bundle will launch soon at $3.99 USD and up.
Headlining the bundle in an acclaimed tower-defense game with a free built-in expansion (for Windows on Steam, Desura, and DRM-free). Featured alongside it is a retro turn-based dungeon crawler (for Windows and Mac in a Steam debut, Windows and Linux on Desura, and Windows/Mac/Linux DRM-free), a pair of titles from the same developer spanning platformer shooter and horizontal shmup (for Windows on Steam, Desura, and DRM-free), and an incendiary 2D action platformer (for Windows on Desura and DRM-free).
Those who pre-order the April Fools Bundle receive an awesome vocoder-heavy bonus: Sexy Synthesizer's Japanese '80s-style chip album Rock: Deluxe Edition, available in .FLAC and HQ .MP3 file formats. Those who pay over the minimum while the bundle is live will also receive the bonus.
|Game Title
|Defense Grid: The Awakening
|Hidden Path Entertainment
|Windows, Desura, Steam (PC)
|Hack, Slash, Loot
|Windows, Mac, linux, Desura, Steam (PC and Mac)
|Alien Zombie Megadeath
|PomPom Games
|Windows, Desura, Steam (PC)
|Windows, Desura
|BONUS: Astro Tripper
|PomPom Games
|Windows, Desura, Steam (PC)
Defense Grid comes with Resurgence Map Packs 1-4
Related Store: Indie Royale
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With the popularity of original Humble Bundle, expect to see more/similar *** Bundles. I already hating this because of minimum pay required (not pay as you want). I bet more people willing only pay for minimum compare to original humble bundle.
Also, need more info on the donation, if any, but i guess all money goes to IR and developers.
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The Indie Royale bundles are not bad at all. Better than the humble bundle IMHO. Cheap minimum price (less than a buck a game), great site that works 100% unlike some of the other bundle sites, and individual steam keys rather than one steam key that activates all of the games even if you already have some of them (humble bundle is guilty of this). DRM free downloads as well of course, and Desura keys.
Don't like one of the games in the bundle? No problem, be a good guy and send a friend or family member the individual steam key for the game you don't want. A few dollars can make up some good gifts for birthdays which you had forgotten about for your gamer friends.
BTW the humble bundle always has a minimum amount to pay which is far higher than the indie royale minimum if you actually want to get ALL of the games on offer. Sure indie royale might only be 4 or 5 games each time but you can't complain for $3-5 especially for the consistency they provide with a new bundle every two to three weeks, pre-order offers, extra's added in for pre-orders and the previously mentioned individual steam keys :)
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You mean Steam store icon lol - http://www.grimrock.net/buy/
But no, you are wrong sorry.
Indie Royale We generally NEVER comment on what the games are or aren't, but just so people don't get too carried away, the title making its Steam key debut is not Legend Of Grimrock - it's a game that is also on Mac and Linux, as we noted.
Taken from Indie Royale's Facebook page.
Click here and check out the logo underneath the Google Checkout button http://www.grimrock.net/store/


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OLEAN, N.Y. - Two late goals from freshman Gina Fabbro allowed Austin Peay soccer team to overcome a second-half deficit to remain unbeaten by defeating St. Bonaventure 3-2 at McGraw-Jennings Field Friday afternoon.
Austin Peay (5-0-1) ran its season-opening unbeaten streak to a program-best six games, with Sunday's match at Buffalo the only remaining nonconference tilt. St. Bonaventure fell to 1-4-1 on the season.
"I'm proud of how well we battled," said head coach Kelley Guth. "The game changed in their favor for a while and we didn't adjust to their pressure as well as we needed to. To our ...


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Neil Young is a known actor, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and director who was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of six. Also, at the age of six, Young was diagnosed with epilepsy and polio, which is the cause for his slight limp. It is still unknown what type of diabetes Young has.
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Like everybody else, universities face tradeoffs and must prioritize their goals. This article below from Columbia University's student newspaper highlights the issue. Columbia wants to be Harvard. To "catch" Harvard, Columbia will continue to hire impressive guys like Jeff Sachs but apparently this costs real money. This money comes from the Endowment. The Endowment is the cumulative "profits" plus interest that Columbia has collected over the years. Now, Columbia has caved into peer pressure from the richer schools to lower tuition to middle class parents. While this redistribution is good for these parents, this isn't a free lunch. Ambitious private schools such as Columbia and Tufts will have a slower endowment growth than in the absence of this financial aid rebate. Slower endowment growth will affect such schools' ability to recruit and retain the best faculty. So, what makes a great university? A great faculty or happy middle class students?
Now there is one story where I am wrong. Suppose that I'm a Columbia Graduate from 1977 and I'm a billionaire. If I read this article in the Columbia newspaper and I'm so proud of my school's commitment to the middle class that I vastly raise my donations to the school to offset the rebates the school is now making; Columbia's endowment could rise because of this financial aid policy. I'm not convinced that I believe in this reverse laffer curve but it is possible.
Aid Reforms Raise Concern for Fiscal Future
By Joy Resmovits
Created 03/12/2008 - 4:02am
In Tuesday's announcement, Columbia University seems to incorporate aspects of each of the other recent Ivy League financial-aid reforms into its own, charting an ambitious—and expensive—path forward.
The announcement comes on the heels of a slew of similar aid makeovers at peer universities including Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown. Among these schools, Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth have plans that aim to ease the burden on middle-class families, while Brown eliminated the tuition burden outright for lower-class families.
Columbia's reforms touch upon each end of the spectrum. Need-based loans will be substituted with grants for families from all income brackets, and families making below $60,000 per year will not be expected contribute to tuition, room, or board.
"This seems primarily focused on the lowest-income students, but again, what we're doing at the same time is spreading ... the resources that we've made available for this across the full set of incomes that qualify for financial aid," Vice President for Arts and Sciences Nicholas Dirks said in an interview on Monday. "We're doing this because we recognize, along with all of our peers, that the cost of college education has just been going up so fast."
The announcement comes soon after statements from key administrators seemed to suggest that Columbia could not afford to make the financial-aid reforms of its peer institutions. Although the value of Columbia's endowment ranks among the top 10 in the country, it pales in comparison to that of Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.
At a December University Senate meeting, University President Lee Bollinger noted that Columbia's endowment trails significantly behind those of its peers, making it difficult to implement similarly large-scale changes. "We don't have the existing resources ... to maintain the financial aid presently offered," he said. "At the moment, we are stretched to the limit in doing all the things we do." Bollinger said that current policy—updated when the University announced September 2006 it would substitute grants with loans for families with incomes below $50,000—stretched Columbia's spending.
So why is the University making changes now?
Chief Administrative Officer of Arts and Sciences Scott Norum said that the need to increase financial aid now surpasses standard financial barriers. "We're so behind on our endowment campaign that one of our goals of our Capital Campaign is to raise endowment," he said. "But this [aid reform] is so important that we're actually going to eat into principal compared to what our normal spending rule would dictate in order to do this now instead of later."
Columbia seeks to raise over $400 million for undergraduate financial aid. Last year, John Kluge, CC '37, pledged $400 million to the University and earmarked more than half of his gift for Columbia College aid specifically. Once Kluge's gift comes in, the University will use the donation to finance the College's aid enhancement.
Dirks said the challenge for Columbia is to build a bridge between current financial aid expenditures and Tuesday's commitments.
The bridge, Norum said, will come from increasing the payout rate on aid endowments by an average of about 1 percent annually. "The 1 percent increase in the payout rate was provided by the funds that will ultimately be John Kluge's gift," he said. "By increasing the rate [of expenditure] now, we're able to fund the enhancement before we actually get that principal into the endowment."
The spending plan, as approved by Columbia's trustees, is a setback as Columbia strives to increase its endowment across the board. "It comes at a cost—we'll be giving up all the investment returns on the extra money they're spending," Norum said. "The lost gain on the endowment is a reasonable price to pay in order to do these things now instead of having to wait for the actual gifts to come in, and especially because it's a solid pledge for a very specific purpose."
The regular payout rate is about 5 percent. Dirks said such a plan sets a precedent for the way Columbia uses its endowment. As such, it had to be scrutinized by multiple parties, in a process Bollinger said was "more consultative" in a phone interview on Monday.
"Once we did it, we had to figure out how much money it's going to bring in, that the bridge was adequate to do the things we wanted, and ... be at a place where we can continue what we're doing, and not having to renege on commitments," Dirks said.
Norum added that while the School of Engineering and Applied Science cannot benefit from Kluge's gift, it is employing the same spending techniques to finance the enhancements. Dirks stressed the importance of keeping SEAS and CC financial-aid policies analogous.
Since financial-aid policy at the School of General Studies is "diametrically opposite" to that of CC, as Norum put it, the new plan will affect about half of GS students currently receiving aid. GS financial aid is currently chiefly merit-based, but next year the distribution of the additional $1 million will be determined by demonstrated need, actual loan burden, and academic standing.
More than gifts or annual funds, unrestricted endowments pay for GS financial aid. "GS doesn't have the same endowment and the annual giving to be able to increase on an unrestricted base the amount of aid they are able to award," Norum said. "That's why the endowment component of their Capital Campaign goals is important. If they raise all that money, then they'll be able to approach the College's level of fund-raising and financial aid budget."
"We're excited about this," Dirks said. "You do one set of things and there are lots of other groups that are concerned about what we're doing for them. We're thinking about the need to increase financial-aid support across the University."
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