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The IOC has launched a series of programmes and activities, such as the World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture, that contribute to raising awareness about the importance of culture and Olympic education.
A biennial World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture is organised by the IOC and brings together representatives from the world of sport, universities, NGOs, governments and intergovernmental organisations, as well as athletes and young people, to discuss related themes and agree on joint strategies. The aim of these conferences is:
The 7th World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture took place in Durban, South Africa, in December 2010 under the motto "Giving a Voice to Youth", and concluded with a set of final recommendations which were agreed upon by the more-than 600 delegates.
Learn more about the 7th World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture: www.olympic.org/durban2010
The Olympic Sport and Art Contest was re-launched in 2000 to enable each NOC to further develop an active synergy between the worlds of art and sport, both nationally and regionally.By holding this competition every four years, the IOC resumed one of its strongest traditions, established by the reviver of the Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin: the desire to link culture and sport. In the early years of the modern Olympic Games, medals were awarded to the winners of art, literature and music contests.The contest is open to artists from countries with a recognised NOC and has both a graphic works and a sculpture category. A cash prize as well as a trophy is awarded to each of the three winning artists in both categories. The theme of the 2012 edition for all works of art was "Sport and the Olympic Values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect". For this edition, all the winning works in the national phase were exhibited at the House of International Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. For the international phase, after selection by the international jury, the works of the three medal-winners and five diploma-winners in each category were exhibited at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London.
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Ever since its creation, the IOC has advocated the linking of sport and culture. In 2001 it created the Sport and Literature Contest to strengthen the relationship between literature and the celebration of the Olympic Games.
Open to all NOCs, this competition recognises the best works on the Olympic spirit or Olympic values in the two youth age categories.
To appreciate the spirit of each text and respect the universality of Olympism, the winners in each category are chosen by national juries, in the language of each country and region. The winning works are published in a multilingual brochure aimed at arousing the curiosity of young people as they discover that other youngsters of their age share the same aspirations and ideals.
The association of sport with art and culture is at the heart of the philosophy of the Olympic Movement, and is one of the IOC's priorities. In this framework, the IOC organises the Sport and Photography Contest. The competition is open to amateur photographers only, and NOCs are encouraged to participate in the competition by organising a national competition in any or all of the three categories and subsequently entering their winning works in the IOC competition. Sport and Singing Contest
In keeping with the tradition of the early Olympic Games, where art and music competitions were organised, the IOC Culture and Olympic Education Commission has already set up art, literature and photography competitions. With the Sport and Singing Contest, the Commission hopes to encourage all NOCs to restore an active synergy between the worlds of music and sport at national and international level and to heighten the perception of the link between the two.
The Contest is open to performers who are nationals of countries with a recognised NOC. There is no age limit for participants, and the basic theme is "Sport and Olympism". The Contest takes place in two phases: a national phase and international phase, the latter under the responsibility of the IOC Commission. Three winning performances and five runners-up are selected by the IOC jury. In addition, the performers of the first prize-winning song are invited to the Olympic Games.
In 1927, Pierre de Coubertin and his friend Ioannis Chrysafis, Head of the Department of Physical Education at Athens University, agreed to set up a centre to study the Olympic Movement and its evolution.
For its part, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) wanted to create a study centre styled on the Ancient Greek gymnasium.
Their objectives were the same, but it was not possible to implement the project until 1961, through the determination of Jean Ketseas, the HOC Secretary, and Carl Diem, a colleague of Coubertin's.
From 1961 to 1969, the IOA's activity consisted of an annual Session, during which the participants worked and stayed in tents. The Academy today offers two conference halls, one with 450 seats equipped with the latest technology, a library, rooms (for 250 people), sports equipment, a restaurant and administrative buildings. The IOA is subsidised for the most part (approximately two-thirds) by the Greek government, with the remaining third provided by Olympic Solidarity.
Its activities include:
The main educational work of the IOA is carried out through the sessions it holds every year in Olympia. The sessions are broken down into five basic categories: (1) Session for Young Participants, (2) Session for Educators, (3) Session for Officials of National Olympic Committees and National Olympic Academies, (4) Seminar for Sports Journalists and (5) the Olympic Studies Seminar for Postgraduate Students.
Learn more about the IOA
In January 2004 the IOC signed a new cooperation agreement with UNESCO, in order to strengthen the cooperation that they had established in 1984 and to join efforts and cooperate to ensure close complementarity between the Olympic ideals and the objectives of UNESCO in the areas of physical education and sport.
Under this agreement, UNESCO and the IOC undertake to cooperate in activities of common interest in the areas of physical education and sport, in particular through the joint organisation of meetings and seminars.
In addition, they endeavour to encourage the development of physical education and sport, as well as the implementation of the relevant clauses of the International Charter for Physical Education and Sport and the Olympic Charter.
Learn more about UNESCO
The International Committee for Fair Play (CIFP), established in 1963, aims to promote the practice of fair play principles, which are essential to sport.
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Seniors Lead The Way As Cyclones Take Down Iowa
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State gymnastics team (4-8 overall, 1-1 Big 12) took down Iowa (1-9) on Senior Night in Hilton Coliseum by a score of 195.925-192.775 on Friday. It was the Cyclones' second-highest score of the season.
With the win, six Cyclone seniors, Henrietta Green, Milan Ivory, Hailey Johnson, Megan McDonald, Camille Santerre-Gervais and Michelle Shealy, made certain that it would be a Cyclone state again this year. Iowa State clinched the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series trophy with the gymnast's victory. The two points earned by the gymnastics team pushes Iowa State's lead to 13-10 with only softball left to be played.
Uneven Parallel Bars
This rotation was Senior Night as it should be, with Cyclone seniors coming up with big scores, including two career-highs. Santerre-Gervais tied a school and personal record with a 9.950, and is just the fourth gymnast in school history to hit that mark on bars. McDonald also hit a career-high in Iowa State's second rotation with a 9.875. Green (9.850) and Caitlin Brown (9.825) were the other Cyclones to go over the 9.8 mark. Iowa State had a season-best team score of 49.275 on bars.
Floor Exercise
Green and fellow senior Ivory shined on floor as Iowa State sealed the deal to close the meet out. Green put up a personal-best 9.900 on what was the final performance in Hilton Coliseum of her career. Ivory also helped close the meet in style, tying a career-high with a score of 9.875. Brown (9.850) and Johnson (9.750) also provided a boost as the Cyclones tied a season-high team floor score 49.150.
Balance Beam
Shealy, an All-American led the way on beam in her Hilton Coliseum swan song, scoring a 9.825 in the anchor position. Ivory and Brown followed Shealy with scores of 9.800. The Cyclones put up a team score of 48.825 in their third rotation.
Brown and Ivory led the way in the Cyclones' first rotation, as each put up a 9.775. A steady effort all the way around was the story for Iowa State on vault, as they improved on their season average on the apparatus with a team score of 48.675.
Up Next:
The Cyclones travel to Denver, Colo. Saturday, March 15 to take on Denver and Boise State in a tri-meet at 7 p.m. CT.

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Jamie Oliver shows how to cook a meal in just 15 minutes
Series 1 Summary
Jamie Oliver pushes the concept of fast, everyday food to the next level, with each episode featuring two delicious, nutritious, super-fast family meals back-to-back
Episode 1 - Chilli Con Carne Meatballs and Sticky Kicking Chicken
Jamie cooks chilli con carne meatballs, plus sticky kicking chicken, watermelon radish salad and crunchy noodles.
Episode 2 - Fish Stew and Asian Beef
On the menu are flashy fish stew, saffron sauce and garlic bread, plus seared Asian beef, best noodle salad and ginger dressing.
Episode 3 - Camembert Parcels and Golden Chicken
Jamie makes crispy Camembert parcels, autumn salad and cranberry dip, plus golden chicken with braised greens and potato gratin.
Episode 4 - S1-Ep6: Beef Stroganoff
Beef stroganoff with fluffy rice and red onion and parsley pickle
Episode 5 - Fish Baps and Mushroom Farfalle
Jamie makes his best fish baps, mushy peas and tartare sauce. Later he cooks mushroom farfalle with blue cheese and a hazelnut and apple salad.
Episode 6 - Lamb Lollipops and Prawn Linguini
Jamie cooks lamb lollipops, curry sauce and rice and peas, plus prawn linguini and Sicilian shaved fennel salad.
Episode 7 - Chicken Dim Sum and Crab Briks
On the menu this time is chicken dim sum, coconut buns, cucumber pickle and hoi sin sauce, plus crackin' crab briks, couscous salad and salsa.
Episode 8 - Crispy Duck and Chicken Cacciatore
Jamie shows how to cook crispy duck and hoi sin lettuce parcels, and chicken cacciatore, spaghetti and smoky tomato sauce.
Episode 9 - Moroccan Bream and British Burgers
Jamie rustles up Moroccan bream, couscous salad, pomegranate and harissa, and British burgers, shred salad, pickles and things
Episode 10 - Jerk Pork and Poached Chicken
This time it's jerk pork, grilled corn and crunchy tortilla salad, plus minestrone, poached chicken and salsa verde
Episode 11 - Swedish Meatballs and Pasta Pesto
Jamie cooks Swedish meatballs, celeriac and spinach rice, plus pasta pesto, garlic and rosemary chicken
Episode 12 - Green tea salmon and modern greek salad
On the menu in this edition are green tea salmon, coconut rice and miso greens, plus modern greek salad, spinach, chickpea and feta parcels.
Episode 13 - Grilled steak and blackened chicken
This edition's recipes are grilled steak, ratatouille and saffron rice, plus blackened chicken, and San Fran quinoa salad.
Episode 14 - Porks Steaks and Killer Kedgeree
Jamie rustles up pork steaks, Hungarian pepper sauce and rice, plus killer kedgeree, beans, greens and chilli yoghurt
Episode 15 - Rosemary Chicken and Happy Cow Burgers
On the menu are rosemary chicken, grilled polenta and porcini tomato sauce, plus happy cow burgers, old-school coleslaw and corn on the cob.
Episode 16 - Sticky Squid Balls and Sausage Fusilli
Jamie cooks sticky squid balls, grilled prawns and noodle broth, plus sausage fusilli and creamy garden salad.
Episode 17 - Greek chicken and smoked salmon
On the menu is smoked salmon, Yorkshire pud, beets and asparagus, plus gorgeous Greek chicken, sweet pepper and pea couscous with tzatziki.
Episode 18 - Sizzling chops and asparagus lasagnetti
This time Jamie cooks glazed sizzling chops, sweet tomato and asparagus lasagnetti, plus mushroom soup, stilton, apple and walnut croutes.
Episode 19 - Asian tuna and coconut rice
Jamie rustles up seared Asian tuna, coconut rice and jiggy jiggy greens, plus ricotta fritters, tomato sauce and courgette salad.
Episode 20 - Falafel wraps and spiced chicken lentils
This time the meal is spiced chicken, bacon, asparagus and spinach lentils, plus falafel wraps, grilled veg and salsa.
Episode 21 - Grilled Tuna and Thai Chicken
Jamie cooks grilled tuna, kinda Nicoise salad, Thai chicken laksa and mildly-spiced noodle squash broth.
Episode 22 - Lamb Tagine and Chicken Caesar Salad
Quick lamb tagine, pan-fried aubergine and cumin crunch, plus crispy polenta chicken caesar salad
Episode 23 - Fettuccine and Black Bean Beef Burgers
This time it's fettuccine, smoked trout, asparagus and peas, and black bean beef burgers, noodles and pickle salad
Episode 24 - Pork Marsala and Thai Noodles
On the menu is pork Marsala, porcini rice and spring greens, plus koh samui salad, chilli tofu and Thai noodles.
Episode 25 - Crispy Pork and Grilled Mushroom Sub
On the menu is crispy Parma pork, minted courgettes and brown rice, plus grilled mushroom sub, smoky pancetta, melted cheese and pears.
Episode 26 - Chicken Fajitas and King Prawns
Jamie cooks sizzling chicken fajitas, grilled peppers, salsa, rice and beans, and prawn cocktail, king prawns and sundried pan bread.
Episode 27 - Sizzling Beef Steak and Mighty Mackerel
On the menu is sizzling beef steak, hoi sin prawn and noodle bowls, mighty mackerel, and mixed tomato and quinoa salad.
Episode 28 - Steak, Liver and Bacon and Mexican Tomato Soup
Jamie cooks up some steak, liver and bacon, bubble and squeak mash and red onion gravy, and Mexican tomato soup, chilli nachos, and veggie and feta sprinkles.
Episode 29 - Glazed Pork Fillet and Tapas Bruschetta
Jamie makes glazed pork fillet, cajun-style pepper rice and barbecue sauce, and tapas bruschetta, and golden grilled sardines.
Episode 30 - Lamb Kofte and Keralan Veggie Curry
On the menu this time is lamb kofte, pitta and greek salad, and Keralan veggie curry, poppadoms, rice and minty yoghurt.
Episode 31 - White Fish Tagine and Spicy Cajun Chicken
Jamie cooks white fish tagine, with carrot, mint and clementine salad, plus Spicy Cajun chicken, smashed sweet potato and fresh corn salsa.
Episode 32 - Beef Kofta Curry and Spring Frittata
On the menu in this episode are beef kofta curry, fluffy rice, beans and peas, plus spring frittata, tomato toasts, watercress and pea salad.
Episode 33 - Chorizo and Squid, and Simple Spaghetti
Jamie cooks chorizo and squid with greek-style couscous salad, plus simple spaghetti, tomato, basil and creamy curd salad.
Episode 34 - Lamb Meatballs and Chicken Salad
Jamie rustles up lamb meatballs, chop salad and harissa yoghurt, plus incredibly delicious chicken salad.
Episode 35 - Crab Bolognese and Mexican BLT
Jamie cooks crab bolognese with crunchy fennel salad, plus mexican BLT, chillies, guacamole and salad.
Episode 36 - Cajun Steak and Chicken Tikka
Jamie cooks Cajun steak, smoky baked beans and collard greens, plus chicken tikka, lentil, spinach and naan salad.
Episode 37 - Noodle Broth and Veggie Chilli
On the menu this time is squid 'n' prawns spicy vegetable noodle broth, plus veggie chilli, crunchy tortilla and avocado salad.
Episode 38 - Asian Fish and Ultimate Pork Tacos
Jamie shows how to prepare in 15 minutes both Asian fish, miso noodles and crunchy veg, and ultimate pork tacos, spicy black beans and avocado garden salad.
Episode 39 - Sausage Gnocchi and Mexican Chicken
This time the two meals cooked up in a quarter of an hour are sausage gnocchi, warm kale and bean salad, plus Mexican chicken, wicked mole sauce, veg and rice
Episode 40 - Asian Sea Bass and Chorizo Carbonara
Jamie Oliver cooks Asian sea bass, sticky rice and dressed greens, plus chorizo carbonara and Catalan market salad


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Dear Men With Younger Wives
Dear Men in My Life:
Now that we have gotten to 50ish, many of you, after divorce, are dating or remarrying younger women. I am so happy you are happy in your life with your younger honey, who is quite lovely by the way. You deserve happiness.
I don't want to offend, hurt, or antagonize you.
But I do feel compelled to reflect upon your regular jests that the solution to marital woes lies in "acquiring a younger wife," much as one might purchase a new Porsche Carrera.
First of all, I know when you quip about the joys of a younger woman, you are joking, teasing, making light of our middle age dilemmas, our hopes, dreams, failures and frustrations. In a kind-hearted, well-intentioned, light-hearted, typically nice guy way.
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1 Art Museum
Museums and art
Kleiner Schlossplatz 1 D - Stuttgart
The museum's collection is famous for its 250 works by Otto Dix, leader of the New Objectivity School (note the Großstadt triptych and the anti-war painting Grabenkrieg). German abstract art is well represented with works by Willy Baumeister, and the..
2 Staatsgalerie
Museums and art
Konrad-Adenauer Str. 30-32 D - 70173 Stuttgart
This gallery was established from 1838-43 by William I of Wurtemberg. The older building is dedicated to painting from the Middle Ages to the Impressionist period. Of particular interest is the Old Masters' section, with masterpieces such as the Alta..
3 Linden Museum
Museums and art
Hegelplatz 1 D - 70174 Stuttgart
The rich and varied collections of this ethnographic museum are exhibited in five regional sections: America (Native American tribes and cultures of old Peru); the South Pacific (Melanesia, Sepik culture, Australia); Africa (royal palace, masks); the..
4 Mercedes-Benz Museum
Museums and art
Mercedesstr. 100 D - 70322 Stuttgart
This building with a glass and aluminium façade was designed by the Dutch firm UN Studio. Inside the building, a double spiral winds its way around a 42m-high atrium, introducing the visitor to 100 years of history, from the first model patented by C..
5 Weissenhof Museum - Le Corbusier House
Museums and art
Rathenaustr. 1 D - Stuttgart
This museum charts the epic story of the construction in 1927 of the experimental Weißenhof estate ( Weißenhofsiedlung), designed to depict the history of world architecture. 17 young architects built 21 flat-roofed buildings on this hill in Stuttgar..
6 Wurttenberg Regional Museum
Museums and art
Schillerplatz 6 D - 70173 Stuttgart
The Wurttembergisches Landesmuseum presents the history and culture of Wurttemberg from the Neolithic Age to the present day. Admire the tomb of a Celtic prince (mid 6C BC), religious statuary from southern Germany, and collections of medals, furnitu..
7 Wilhelma
Nature and gardens
Wilhelma 13 D - 70376 Stuttgart
This botanical garden and zoo was built more than a century ago by King William I and is considered to be one of the most beautiful parks in Europe. It has several glasshouses with an interesting range of tropical plants and a famous collection of or..
8 Solitude Castle
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Solitude 1 D - 70197 Stuttgart
This former summer residence of the court of Wurtemberg was built between 1764 and 1769 by Frenchman La Guépière. The exterior shows the influence of Ancient Greece while the interior décor is either neo-Classical (central round room) or French rococ..
9 Porsche Museum
Museums and art
1 Porscheplatz - Zuffenhausen D - 70435 Stuttgart
In 1934, Ferdinand Porsche created the prototype of the famous Volkswagen. From 1948, he devoted himself to the Porsche sports car, since built in Zuffenhausen. 30 models plus some high-powered engines are on show in a factory building
10 Old Castle
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Schiller-Platz D - 70173 Stuttgart
This 16C building has a Renaissance courtyard surrounded by three levels of galleries with arcades. It houses the Regional Museum of Wurtemberg.
11 Collegiate Church of Stuttgart
Religious buildings
Schiller-Platz D - 70173 Stuttgart
This mid-15C collegiate is impressive with its western tower with a double polygonal crown. The building was reconstructed after 1945 - the nave and lower sides were rejoined in a single nave covered with a panelled vault. In the choir, don't miss th..
12 Killesberg Park, Stuttgart
Nature and gardens
Heilbronner Str. D - 70192 Stuttgart
The park is situated on a hill to the north of the city and fits in perfectly with the surrounding landscape. The fountains, terraces and coloured parterres make a restful experience. A miniature train can take you around the park.


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STEUBENVILLE - Judge Thomas Lipps on Friday granted immunity from prosecution to three Steubenville High School students who went on to testify that they witnessed two of their classmates rape a 16-year-old girl in August.
Each of the witnesses, two of whom admitted during a hearing in October to recording or photographing the alleged crime, appeared in court with attorneys. When asked about the events of Aug. 11-12, each of the boys invoked their Fifth Amendment rights.
The prosecution then moved to compel their testimony, which Lipps granted because the boys reportedly witnessed a crime of which the alleged victim has no recollection. Therefore, the judge assured the witnesses they could not be prosecuted for any crimes they might admit to committing.
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Two plastic cups are seen in juvenile court before the start of the third day of the rape trial Friday in Steubenville. Defense lawyers used the cups during testimony to demonstrate the drinking game beer pong.
One of the witnesses used his cell phone to record the 17-year-old defendant touching the alleged victim in a sexual manner while in the back seat of a car, the witness said. At that time, the girl's words were unintelligible, he pointed out. He also had seen her stumbling earlier that night.
When they arrived at the next home, he witnessed the 17-year-old defendant try to force the girl, who was naked on the floor, to perform a sex act on him. The girl was motionless and silent, the witness said.
"Seriously dude, don't ... rape her," he later warned the 17-year-old defendant in a text message, which was read aloud in court Friday.
Another boy testified that while the girl was naked on the floor of that home, he saw the 16-year-old defendant touch her in a sexual manner. He testified that he was in disbelief, but did nothing to try to stop the alleged crime.
"It wasn't violent," the witness recalled. "I didn't know exactly what rape was. I always pictured it as forcing on someone."
A third witness said he saw the victim throw up in the street that night and arrived at a home to see her with her "head in the toilet." He testified that he captured a cell phone picture of the defendants around the naked girl while at the same home.
He represented to the prosecution that he told the defendants to stop, but he soon left. The witness later sent a text message to someone that read "Bro, they're gonna rape that girl."
The second and third witnesses described what they saw to a group of teenagers at another home, where the reference to the girl being "dead" began.
That home was also where the second witness used his cell phone to record a notorious video of a young man speaking callously about the girl. The second witness then uploaded the video to the Internet, he said.
"I felt a lot of regret," the witness recalled. "It was difficult to face my family, the people that have always supported me, knowing they know what I had done."
Heather Bizub, an Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation forensic scientist, analyzed the DNA that was recovered from a blanket witnesses said the 17-year-old defendant and the alleged victim shared on the night of the crime. That blanket, Bizub testified, contained traces of the 17-year-old defendant's semen.
Bizub also identified a single sperm cell that was located on the inside of the shorts the girl was wearing that night, even though they had since been cleaned. Bizub was unable to identify the source of that cell, however.
A 16-year-old Steuben-ville High School student testified that she stayed at the same home as the victim and the defendants, but did not witness any sexual contact between them. When she woke the next morning, the alleged victim was undressed and the girl had to assist her with her bra, the witness recalled.
"I woke up naked - like I have no memory at all," the alleged victim reportedly wrote in a Twitter message to the girl days after the incident. "It's scary not knowing."
In her text messages with the 17-year-old defendant, which also were read in court Friday, the boy reported that he touched the alleged victim inappropriately.
The defendant also related that Big Red head football coach Reno Saccoccia questioned him about the alleged crime. The boy, however, felt as if the coach "took care of it - like (Saccoccia) was joking about it so I'm not that worried," according to the defendant's text message.
BCI Agent J.P. Rigaud was serving as the Steubenville Police Department's sole juvenile detective when the victim's parents reported the alleged crime to police on Aug. 14. He recalled that the teens associated with the case were fearful of potential consequences and uncooperative with police.
He also testified that missing from the numerous cell phones that were seized were those of the 16-year-old defendant and the alleged victim. The girl's phone was missing on the morning after the alleged crime, along with the underwear she was wearing that night. That garment was never located.
Testimony will resume at 8:30 a.m. today.


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It's the holiday season. Here's a reminder to eat some gingerbread cookies and be glad you're not on one of these terrifying diets.
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Was this her first move on the road to redemption? Is a comeback even possible?
thinner-looking Paula Deen stepped out in public for the first time on
Saturday since her summer scandal (she admitted in June she used the
n-word), and she was greeted warmly. Very warmly.
At the Metro
Cooking & Entertaining show in Houston, the celeb chef, 66, broke
down in tears as she received "thunderous applause during a 10-minute
ovation," reports People.com.
WATCH: Paula Deen Gets Standing Ovation
"These are tears of joy, y'all," she said, reports the Houston Chronicle.
The site says about 1,500 fans showed up. "I've said all along that the
one place I'd want to make my first step back out is Texas. Y'all's
hearts are as big as your state."
Deen was joined by sons Bobby
and Jamie for a cooking demo. And although she wiped away tears at the
start, she quickly got back into her usual role, says People. Near the
end of her demo, she walked up to a cameraman, put her face up close to
his camera and said with a giant smile, "I'm back!"


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Tenofovir Renal Toxicity and Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Validation
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Other: Tc99mDTPA renal clearance
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Incidence and Predictor of TDF Associated Nephrotoxicity and Pharmacokinetic of TDF in HIV-1 Infected Thai Patients: A Sub-study of HIV-NAT 006 Long Term Cohort
- to validate eGFR Thai equation in HIV-infected adults [ Time Frame: Blood specimens were drawn to assess plasma radioactivity at 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, and 240 minutes post 99mTc-DTPA injection ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Test of diagnostic accuracy
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|Study Start Date:
|March 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2020
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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ARV experience (TDF based HAART)
Other: Tc99mDTPA renal clearance
Tc99mDTPA renal clearance only for 200 patients
ARV experience (non TDF based ART)
Other: Tc99mDTPA renal clearance
Tc99mDTPA renal clearance only for 200 patients
ARV Naive
Other: Tc99mDTPA renal clearance
Tc99mDTPA renal clearance only for 200 patients
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With significant reductions in mortality and risk of progression to AIDS with antiretroviral therapy (ART), complications of long-standing HIV infection and treatment, including renal disease, have become increasingly important. Aging, concomitant metabolic diseases, and use of potentially nephrotoxic ART lead to higher risk for renal disease in HIV-infected persons.WHO encourage TDF as first line ARV regimen. The data on TDF related renal toxicity in Asian population is limited.
For this cohort, we plan to look at these topics:
- proximal tubular dysfunction between TDF and non-TDF user
- incidence and predictor of TDF related renal toxicity
- TDF plasma concentrations
- Pharmacokinetic of TDF when used with boosted DRV, boosted ATV, and boosted LPV in Thai population
- Bone density and vitamin D in patients with and without hypophosphatemia.
- Pharmacogenomic of TDF in Thai population
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
HIV-NAT 006 participants (TDF +non TDF)and ARV naive population
For TDF group, on TDF > 3 months HIV/HBV co-infected patients from COLD (Liver disease and HIV/HBV coinfection in the era of HAART) and TDF surveillance study
Inclusion Criteria:
- > 18 years old.
- HIV RNA < 50 copies/ml (For ART-experienced group only).
Exclusion Criteria:
- a history of Tc-99m DTPA allergy,
- malnutrition (BMI <18m2),
- amputation,
- bed-ridden,
- currently taking cotrimoxazole or cimetidine,
- acute deterioration of renal function within the last 3 months,
- serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl, or
- pregnant/lactating.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01138241
|HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
|Bangkok, Thailand, 10330
|Principal Investigator:
|Praphan Phanuphak, MD, PhD
|HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
|Principal Investigator:
|Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, MD
|Renal division, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
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|The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration
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|NCT01138241 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 4, 2010
|Last Updated:
|March 27, 2015
|Health Authority:
|Thailand: Ethical Committee
Keywords provided by The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration:
Chronic kidney disease
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
Serum creatinine (sCr)
24 hr urine creatinine clearance
Serum Cystatin C[40]
Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD)
Cockcroft Gault Equation
Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)
99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Tc-99m DTPA) scan
Validate which renal function assessments can accurately detect GFR and assess the effect of TDF concentration on renal function
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Commissioners say no to 7-Eleven
By Michele Dotson
On Thursday, March 27, at their regularly scheduled meeting, Mint Hill commissioners rejected the plan presented by BWN Investments, LLC to build a new 7-Eleven convenience store at the corner of Hwy 51 and Idlewild Road.
Residents of Mint Lake Village came out in large numbers, sporting matching I Love Mint Hill tee shirts, to weigh in once more on the decision to allow the construction of the 24-hour establishment, citing concerns over potential decrease in property values, increased traffic with the "chaotic" roundabout, and crime. […]


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Behind the Wheel - From Red Lights To Twice PipesWritten by on January 7, 2014
After 40-some-odd years of silence, one of the most selfless and unparalleled acts of generosity ever witnessed in Roddingdom shall finally be acknowledged. How appropriate such revelation is brought to you by Rod & Custom magazine.
I think back those 40 years to the fateful summer day when a pair of editor types, myself and the "Old Dad", Gray Baskerville, hopped into a black highboy roadster and made tracks for the local Golden Arches.
Then, tasty snack concluded, said editors headed back to the Petersen editorial offices via Sunset Boulevard, hot rod and occupants stopped to await a red light. That light, however, didn't change from red to green quite soon enough; a blatantly careless "knucklehead" turned from operating a 2-ton International "travel all" to sightseeing, unceremoniously clobbering us from behind in the process.
Apparently failing to see the pair of 1939 teardrops go full red at the light, he throttled right up my Fred Sanderson–installed twice pipes. The two of us survived the ear-shattering noise, but the R&C highboy did not! (Note for the future...next time use larger, brighter brake lights, and hang three of them on there.) As for this time around, the issue was closed. One beautiful highboy was instantly rendered inanimate...critical fluids now seeped out several openings. It was a total!
A sad turn of events really because a second drive to the Nationals was planned. Now, that first such cruise was an absolute hoot. Happening a year earlier, it was fast-paced and not lacking some real over-the-road excitement. I'll set the scene for you...Jim Jacobs in his "Niekamp Roadster", drove hard to stay in the lead. Then came Ron Weeks in the "Highland Plating Special" Track T (Mullin's "Pop-Top" trailer in tow), and yours truly in the R&C highboy. How's that for a time-warp threesome of traditional hot rodding? All Flathead Ford-powered.
But now, the R&C highboy no longer able to chase those white lines across the fruited plain, sat awaiting its new fate.
One year had passed since that crushing accident—it was now 1973. I stood chatting with some friendly participants amid the vastness of the Street Rod Nationals Swap Meet in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now listen up...that unparalleled act of generosity I mentioned is about to take form. "You want to donate what, sir?" The two dudes involved in this conversation were both greatly distracted by the searing midday "sooner" sun. "What's that you said about a donation?" Then, pointing, he follows with, "Over there, on top of my Chevy!" Sure as shootin', there it was. A complete (sans fenders and peripheral components for highboys) 1928 roadster body strapped atop a 1955 Chevy sedan.
A quick once-over ensued. Honestly I hadn't seen anything that sano in "original"-as-used condition since prowling around Gene Scott's old Garvey Boulevard boneyard (invited, naturally) back in Los Angeles. Some remnants of a factory pinstripe had even weathered the test of time. I was in shock.
"So here you go" the swapper continued. "I brought it along to show you!" He brought it along—the story being, if I didn't want the body, he'd simply peddle it to somebody else at the swap meet, right where we stood. That part of his story I believed. It would go fast at any price.
Tom Medley was egging on the whole thing, naturally, saying simply, "You gotta go for it, man!" and I did. Still bewildered by this man's generosity, I managed to mutter an OK. Besides, what a story this would make. Shipping the thing to sunny SoCal could be worked out later. Little did any of the R&C staff realize, good old R&C would soon get stiffed!
So now it can be revealed...our car-guy kindly turned philanthropist, was and is, none other than Dave Kinnman of Kinnman's Kustom Kars, in Alexandria, Indiana. Kinnman reports his operation is small, but he does everything himself. He still drives his 1929 highboy, which is powered by an aluminum Buick mill.
Kinnman does not seek fame or notoriety from all this. His big enjoyment in life is occasionally talking to Tom Medley and the man who now owns the R&C highboy, and, who actually accomplished the rebuild using Kinnman's "donated" body, Julian "Jules" Alvarez of Santa Ana, California.
Alvarez and Kinnman had an opportunity recently to get together and take the old R&C highboy for a run...probably for purposes of comparison, and what could be more fitting? So, I asked Kinnman over the phone, "Well, what do you think, Dave?" He simply replied, "I like them both!" That says it all.
One last thing...thanks Dave for your kindness. Thanks Jules for the terrific rebuild. And thanks Rod & Custom magazine for this space. Somehow, it rights an old wrong.


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Special Agent Man | Tim Kang
Posted By Audrey Archives On May 28, 2013 @ 9:00 pm In Pop Culture | Comments Disabled
Actor Tim Kang takes a less-than-appealing role and turns it into what may be the studliest Asian American character on TV.
ISSUE: Fall 2011
DEPT: Personalities
STORY: Han Cho
With a season-to-date average of 14.4 million viewers, CBS's highly rated show The Mentalist begins its fourth season this fall. The crime drama follows Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), a specialist hired for his "psychic" abilities, and a team of top-rate investigators, including Special Agent Kimball Cho, played by Korean American actor Tim Kang.
Viewers may find it hard to believe that the levelheaded, deadpan Cho was originally written as a socially inept, slightly overweight married man with two kids. Instead, the character has morphed into a former teen gang member with the brilliant mind and athletic physique of a Green Beret, a strong, silent type with a new girlfriend (played by Chinese-French Canadian beauty Sandrine Holt). So what happened?
"It took some juggling to shape him into something that I could believe in," says the 38-year-old. Growing up as an avid TV and film fan in San Francisco, Kang was always bothered with the lack of positive representation of Asian Americans in the media. "They were never the heroes. Bruce Lee was the only 'Asian American' hero that we could look up to and not be ashamed of. And that was a little disconcerting."
When Kang first read the script for The Mentalist, he realized that Cho "was just yet another example of not seeing a potential in a certain character. I thought, 'Wow, some of this is really funny, but stereotypical.' So I took some of it, kept some of it, and changed it around.
"He is certainly all the things the producers had originally envisioned," adds Kang, "but he's not just a book- worm. He's a little more than that."
Kang's fresh take on the character can be attributed to his training in Off Off Broadway shows and the America Repertory Theater's M.F.A. program. However, he sees "nothing sexy" about his role or his big break as a series regular on a hit show. In fact, he sees it as a "gift and responsibility."
"To this day, I have not figured out the rhyme or reason to this business," says Kang. "But I have certainly been afforded the kind of success that you should be proud of. And I am proud of it. I get to do something that I love every single day."
— Han Cho
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She won't stay mum about Day of Silence
New board member warns of 'dangers of a homosexual lifestyle'
Germantown — Is it a day to combat bullying or a way to promote gay rights?
Newly elected School Board member Diana Kline so strongly opposed the Day of Silence observance at the high school Friday, she had planned to keep her two children home that day, according to an e-mail she sent to district administrators and board members.
On Tuesday, Kline declined to comment on the Day of Silence or whether she kept her children home, but Superintendent Kenneth Rogers confirmed that three students did not attend school that day for personal reasons. He could not confirm those personal reasons.
The Day of Silence is a student-led national event that brings attention to the name-calling, bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Students from middle school to college take some form of a vow of silence to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior.
The event is designed to illustrate the silencing effect of this bullying and harassment on LGBT students and those perceived to be LGBT.
Kline opposes 'propaganda'
Kline stated in her e-mail that the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, which sponsors the event, "promotes students and faculty to remain silent during instructional time of the day and/or it promotes teachers to arrange their lesson plans as such to create an environment that allows students and faculty to remain silent during class time."
"I will not allow them (her children) to be exposed to this misguided propaganda in the public school," she wrote.
In her e-mail, she included a link to a Web site created by the American College of Pediatricians "designed to provide policymakers, parents, administrators, teachers and youth with the most current medical and psychological facts about sexual development."
She also urged the administrators and board members to educate themselves "on the facts about the dangers of a homosexual lifestyle."
However, when asked about her views on the Day of Silence, she said declined to comment, adding that she plans to find out what other parents think about it.
"I want to be the voice of the people," she said.
To get her views, she suggested people call her directly at (262) 501-6716.
Guaranteed right
According to the Day of Silence Web site, students who participate in the program can express their opinions at a public school during noninstructional time, like breaks between classes, before and after the school day, lunchtime and any other free times. It notes students do not have a right to remain silent during class time, if a teacher asks them to speak.
Students are urged to talk to teachers in advance, asking if it would be OK to communicate in writing on that day.
"I was not aware of any change in teacher or student behavior other than the student-led anti-bullying, which included buttons and some posters," Rogers stated in an e-mail. "The students followed appropriate policy and procedure for student-led initiatives. Under district policy and guaranteed constitutional rights, these activities could not be denied."
He clarified that it was a student-led initiative; the district doesn't sponsor the event.
In response to a reporter's question about the allegations of propaganda, Rogers stated "as educators we do not allow proselytizing or propaganda on any issue.
"The district has a consistent and continual policy of anti-bullying," he added. "Anti-bullying is a yearly goal expressed and supported by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
"We believe such a goal to be very important in these times and appreciate any support in making sure all students are comfortable, safe and welcome in our buildings," he said. "When students or any other group volunteer to support such a goal, it is certainly welcome."
Kline is scheduled to be sworn in at the next School Board meeting Monday.
dayofsilence.org - Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network on Day of Silence
factsaboutyouth.com - American College of Pediatricians Web site on sexual development of youth
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Four of Popular Science's 100 best innovations from 2013 are from NNSA national laboratories. Los Alamos National Laboratory's MiniMAX was recognized in the Security category as the world's smallest, most portable X-ray machine. Sandia National Laboratories was recognized in the Engineering category for its fiber-optic network, the world's largest high-speed LAN, and in the Security category for its non-detonable fertilizer formula. Ammonium nitrate fertilizer was used in most of the IEDs found in Afghanistan. A Sandia engineer developed a fertilizer that uses iron sulfite in the mixture, suppressing detonation. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was recognized for creating the first-ever retinal prosthesis, or bionic eye.
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A group of Pantex engineers spent their Saturday putting on an annual engineering workshop, known as S'More Engineering, for Amarillo-area Girl Scouts.
The engineers helped the Girl Scouts with several projects that demonstrated fundamental engineering concepts. One challenge was an egg drop, in which the girls built structures that would allow an egg to survive a one-story drop. Another activity, called Angry Birds, involved building catapults and other launching devices that re-created the popular mobile game app.
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NNSA Acting Administrator Bruce Held visited Pantex Thursday and during an all hands meeting he told employees that they are supported and appreciated. "It is important to me to tell you thanks for what you do, because we don't do that enough. The work done here is profoundly important to the security and well-being of our nation," Held said.
After the meeting, he toured plant facilities and visited with employees at the NNSA Production Office.
After several years of collaborative work, the Kansas City Plant has implemented an innovative solution that integrates the Personal Identification Verification (PIV) badge by combining logical and physical access based on the Smart Card technology.
This work was recently honored by the Kansas City Business Journal's 2013 KC ImpacT Award, which recognizes organizations that use technology to solve problems.
It's typically too expensive to replace existing physical access systems since they tend to be ingrained in the infrastructure. However, the move to the National Security Campus provided a unique opportunity to implement this solution. As a result, KCP is the first site within the DOE to integrate all the appropriate databases to seamlessly provide physical and logistical access in a streamlined process.
This effort has directly impacted the success of employees relocating to the National Security Campus and will ultimately result in a cost savings of $1 million.
Securing nuclear materials takes a global effort and coordination between technical and policy experts. To support effective nuclear security worldwide, the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) co-sponsored the second International Workshop on Nuclear Forensics Methodologies at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., Oct. 28 through Nov. 8, 2013.
Nuclear forensics helps law enforcement investigations of incidents in which nuclear or other radioactive material is found outside of regulatory control. Nuclear forensics experts seek to uncover the process history and origin of nuclear and other radioactive material.
Workshop participants engaged in hands-on laboratory exercises and attended interactive demonstrations of fundamental concepts of nuclear forensic methodologies. Participants also worked in teams during a mock nuclear smuggling event and forensic investigation. As the workshop progressed, instructors covered more complex nuclear forensics concepts, such as advanced physical measurements, analysis and interpretation.
Experts from Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Pacific Northwest national laboratories collaborated with representatives from the IAEA, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Establishment, the European Commission's Joint Research Center Institute for Transuranium Elements, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop and present the workshop curriculum. This year's 26 participants came from Algeria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Reaching President Obama's goal of a world without nuclear weapons requires overcoming technical challenges in verifying that disarmament has occurred. For more than a decade, the U.S. and U.K. have been working together to improve technical verification—an endeavor that balances the need to protect classified and sensitive information with the need to obtain enough data to inform the process.
Michele Smith, Deputy Director for the Warhead Dismantlement Transparency Program within NNSA's Office of Nonproliferation and International Security, recently shared technical verification lessons learned by the U.S. and U.K. She was joined by Mark Ruglys of the British Embassy to the United States. The presentation took place at a side event in conjunction with meetings of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security.
Smith and Ruglys specifically focused on the experience the two countries gained through a year-long monitored dismantlement exercise designed to test existing methodologies and identify areas where further development is needed. To be as realistic as possible, the exercise was performed in an operational nuclear facility with representative quantities of fissile material and simulated high explosives.
The full presentation (approximately 30 minutes, including Q&A) was webcast and currently is available at http://webtv.un.org/watch/technical-challenges-in-verifying-nuclear-disarmament/2769294424001/.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in partnership with Intel and Cray, has announced a unique high performance computing (HPC) cluster that will serve research scientists at all three institutions and provide a proving ground for new HPC and Big Data technologies and architectures.
The Catalyst resource, a Cray(R) CS300(TM) cluster supercomputer, will be shared between the three partners with access rights based on level of investment. System access will be managed through LLNL's High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC), whose mission is to work with industrial partners in the development of computing solutions for the U.S. to compete effectively in the 21st century global economy.
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About the photo:Catalyst is a unique high performance computing (HPC) cluster that will serve research scientists and provide a proving ground for new HPC and Big Data technologies and architectures. It was recently installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Safety engineer Sonya Patton is a familiar sight around the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise (SRTE) facilities. Her hands-on approach to safety leadership keeps her out and about in the facilities, watching and guiding personnel toward safety excellence.
That approach produces results: As of this writing, SRTE has surpassed 4.4 million hours without an injury resulting in time away from work, and Sonya has been named the Safety Professional of the Year by the Augusta Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).
The award recognizes her expertise, her contributions to the safety profession, and her leadership in establishing, maintaining, and improving safety programs. She has served as a safety professional at the Savannah River Site since 1990, with another 10 years' experience in the commercial nuclear industry prior to that. She is an active member and past president of the ASSE.
The ASSE, founded in 1911, is the nation's oldest and largest professional safety organization. Its more than 32,000 members manage, supervise and consult on safety, health, and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government, and education.The Augusta Chapter, formed in 1983, has membership from 19 counties in Georgia and South Carolina.
Pantex process engineer Savannah Gates recently talked to Amarillo high school students about engineering at the Top of Texas Career Expo. Gates used a variety of puzzles to teach engineering principles to students who might be interested in the field. Pantex professionals from specialties such as IT, engineering, and security supported the career fair, educating more than 900 juniors and seniors about career options at Pantex.
Department of Energy has removed all remaining highly enriched uranium from Hungary. Check out the links below to see videos and additional photos of the operation, which was successfully completed by NNSA's Global Threat Reduction Initiative.
Watch videos on NNSA's YouTube channel here and here and see a timelapse video of the operation here. Additional photos are available on NNSA's Flickr.


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May 30, 2016
A defendant in the murder of Thomas Tedeschi has been sentenced to life in prison.
District Attorney Bilbo Mitchell says Lamontaye Marsh, 25, pleaded guilty to the charge.
Tedeschi was found dead off Highway 145 in August 2011.
Marsh received life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Tedeschi was from North Carolina and was in Meridian for a short time to work on upgrading cell phone towers.
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Ryan Corazza over at ESPN the Magazine's blog wonders aloud how many so-called athlete blogs are true blue. Essentially, are the ballers really writing the personal musings themselves and, if not, should we care?
Corazza mentions Rafael Nadal's blog in the article and links to a post written during his championship run at Wimbledon. In it Rafa says,
First of all I would like to apologize for not sending this blog post last night as usual. I always do it after dinner while I'm at the massage table and my physio works on me. I dictate it and my PR manager writes it. This is how I have been doing it every day.Fine to me - he's being completely honest about Benito Perez-Barbadillo, his flack, writing the words he dictates. Corazza argues the same saying,
Pro athletes are busy people, and largely, they aren't wordsworths...So having your sentiments typed up by a close confidant isn't a huge concern to the people who host the sites. It's still them … mostly.But the article got me wondering - how many tennis ballers who say they're writing blogs for different media outlets are actually penning them or, at the very least, dictating them to someone? Should we care??
Hell yeah we should care. I want to know the thoughts are authentic and genuine - not some carefully worded PR piece. As a fan it's fun to get a glimpse into the minds of your fave baller and understand some of their thinking - good or bad.
One baller I'm sure is writing her own thoughts is Serena Williams. Have you ever read her musings? Seriously, you couldn't make that screwy stuff up if you tried - even if you were paid to.
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|Month of May boasts 2 races
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
The Month of May boasts two great nights of racing at Phillips County Raceway at the Phillips County Fairgrounds in Holyoke.
Races are scheduled Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 25, also at 7 p.m.
Both nights will have all four IMCA divisions with mods, stocks, sport mods and hobbies.
This Saturday, May 11 will have the RMLSA Lightning Sprints and May 25 will see the RMMRA Midgets filling the fields.
Gates open at 5 p.m., with hot laps at 6 p.m. and races starting at 7 p.m. sharp.
For more information, go to www.bstracing.com or www.pcraceway.com or call 720-404-0400.
Make sure to clip the coupon in this week's advertisement or like PCR on Facebook and show it at the gate for a discount.
Holyoke Enterprise May 9, 2013


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SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA) -- Montgomery County Police are still searching for the suspect of an armed robbery at a jewelry store in Silver Spring.
According to police, on Jan. 21 an armed suspect approached the entrance of The Gold Spot, located at 11935 Georgia Ave. in Glenmont, but was not able to get in due to controlled access. When the employee saw the suspect at the door he was granted entry.
Once inside the suspect used a mask to cover his face, pulled out a gun and demanded the employee to hand over cash and jewelry, police said.
Police describe the suspect as a dark completed black male, between 35 to 40 years of age, 5'7" - 5'10" in height, with a heavy build.
If you have any information about this case Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), you may remain anonymous. A reward of $10,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and/or indictment.


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Shedding the Light on the SEIU: Were it not for the internet, you might never know about America's most notorious union
Prior to the beating of Kenneth Gladney, the Service Employees International Union (or SEIU) flew under the public's radar. Many Americans' had never heard of then-SEIU boss Andy Stern and his merry band of purple goons*. Since the Gladney beating, however, the SEIU has earned the reputation once held by such notorious unions as the once mafia-controlled Teamsters or Longshoremen. Now, with the internet replacing the | Read More »


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Besides wine coming in, settling down, resting for two years (sort of like a bear in hibernation) then coming back out just to rest another year in bottle, the cellar is home to our tastings. And a respite when the heat reaches 105 degrees! Chantico.
Not often, but once in a great while, we meet some people that are so special, they leave a place not only in our memory but in our hearts as well. John ("Chappy") and Steve are two such people. They were the hosts for a wine dinner we participated in for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho last summer. There were about 25 guests at the dinner and I was lucky enough to be seated next to Steve. We chatted most of the evening - about dogs (they have two: the girls—Chantal and Katrina, beautiful standard poodles), horses (they have a beautiful barn with their family of horses in residence!) and just about everything. Steve sat closer to Chappy and they hit it off as well. We stayed long after the guests had left and were given a personal tour of the barn, met the horses, the "girls" and felt right at home. We left their beautiful property hoping they would come visit us in the Napa Valley one day. They came this past weekend! On their "loop" to visit friends and family from Idaho to California to Washington, they stopped for one night and stayed with us. They bonded immediately to Danny, Cosette and Ashby - and we couldn't have had a nicer time. Safe travels, Steve and Chappy. We'll see you soon. Chantico.
Steve, "Danny Dancer", and Chappy
We woke up this morning to rain - yes, RAIN. It actually feels quite nice, given the heat we've been experiencing later. The grapes are fine - it's a very light rain and we aren't concerned about the flowers being knocked off and compromising harvest - now, if it begins to rain harder...... But it won't. No, it' won't! Chantico.
We were watching our grandson, Everett, yesterday. When he heard the motor of the forklift begin to roar (actually, it sort of grunts), he couldn't wait to go out and see it. Then, when Grandpa Steve put him in the driver's seat, the look on his face rivalled that of eating ice cream! Chantico.
We drove to the southland this weekend (okay, you do the math on driving vs. flying - see Steve, I told you so!) for the Cystic Fibrosis Winemasters annual tasting. The event was held at the Warner Brothers Studio lot in Burbank and what an incredible venue - the setting with all the trees and grass made the heat tolerable. The food purveyors were fantastic - and the wines were incredible. And then there was the auction, which again broke an all-time record - they netted, yes NETTED $1.6 million for Cystic Fibrosis. Barbara and Allen Balik - you are incredible. Here are some photos of the weekend. Our son drove up from San Diego to help pour, and our fashionable daughter, direct from LA, came on Sunday and attended the brunch. We saw a lot of our customers and made some new friends as well. Not a bad business to be in - not all all! Chantico.
Drive or fly??
Barbara Balik - the WonderWoman who makes it happen
Barbara's son, Randy, with Steve
Son Chris with Mom Linda
Chris and Emilie
We are off this weekend to pour Anomaly 2005 for the annual Cystic Fibrosis Winemasters event held at Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank. Son, Chris, will drive up from San Diego to help pour and daughter Emilie, will attend celebratory brunch on Sunday! Look for photos next week! Stay cool - and Chantico.
So, after a tasting or a charity dinner at the winery, we generally are left with - well, you can see below what I'm talking about. Often those "partaking" in the tasting/dinner ask if they can help clean up, to which of course we reply, "No no, we have people." Relieved, the guests return to their homes, freed of any clean-up guilt.
Then Steve and I take our tray down to the cellar, gather up the glasses, return to the kithen in our house, and begin! It's nice to have PEOPLE, isn't it?! Chantico!
Brandon and his PIC (partner in crime/kitchen) prepared an amazing meal for our charity auction dinner to benefit Cystic Fibrosis held in the winery cellar. Here you can see them at work (or play!) and some of their beautiful creations. Enjoy. Chantico!
Mike (left) and Brandon
Composed Vegetable Salad with Anomaly Olive Oil from Cortona (thanks, Andy!)
Oven-Roasted Tomatoes over Summer Squash
And so close you can almost taste it....
A Happy Chef Brandon
We get by with a little help from our friends—Peter Downey and Brooke Cheshier
Brandon, please STAY in California.
As you can see, there's not a cloud in the sky. It's May 14 and it's 101 degrees at 2:45 p.m. The winery is withstanding the heat, but we're not standing quite as tall and proud! Brandon Olsen, one of the amazing chefs at Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc Restaurant in Yountville, and our "adopted" son from Toronto, is coming to have dinner with us tonight. How do you "chef" for a chef? I say, Barbeque! Other than the dinner preparations, and the incredible traffic on I-80 this morning, so much so that I actually turned around half-way to my weekly writing class and came back to the winery - before the traffic on Highway 29 reached its peak! Stay cool. And, Chantico.
So, what do you think of the new look of our blog? Marshal Walker, a friend and extremely knowledgeable Blog designer, set this up for us. (You, too, can have a snazzy-looking blog - I can tell you how to reach Marshal if you are interested, just pop me a Comment!). Now the task will be for me to do it justice and keep you loyal readers out there up to date on the goings on at Anomaly Vineyards.
On the Olive Oil front, we just finished hand-bottling and labeling the oil from the fastinos that were shipped here direct from Tuscany in Italy. Remember, the olives were picked from Steve's brother's property in Cortona (if any of you have read Under The Tuscan Sun, you know Cortona) and pressed into olive oil that was then put into the fastinos and shipped direct to us here at Anomaly. The oil has a wonderful, fruity quality that is perfect on our salads, vegetables, and pretty much anything else. We are now selling it only through our website (just in case you're interested!).
The weather has been hot and is going to get hotter this week - tomorrow is predicted to hit 100 degrees. The grapes are happy and are just about ready to "bloom." Heat, much better than rain. So we say, bring it on!
Hope all has been well for you, and I promise (that I will try) to keep the blog up to date. As always, Chantico.
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Cordillera Real (Bolivia) > Ancohuma (Jankhouma, Janq'uma) > Climber's Log
Ancohuma (Jankhouma, Janq'uma) Climber's Log
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|A warm climb
|Fun easy climb. the weather was so nice that i end it up getting sun burned because i was tanning in my underwear at high camp.
|Posted Dec 13, 2011 6:23 pm
|Nice warm day !
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2011
|Climbed with fellow SP'ers nbaisburd and kevin treu (see his log and advice below!!). See also trip report, GPS track and photos at my blog Distantpeak
|Posted Sep 6, 2011 7:51 pm
|kevin trieu
|SW to NW
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2011
|planned for 8 days to do both Acahoma & Illampu but only made it up Acahoma. went up the SW ridge and down the NW ridge. weather stopped the traverse attempt to Agua Caliente. went back to La Paz and had a nice piece of steak and endless fries instead. Illampu will have to wait for another trip.
be careful with the Guias Association in Sorata. they are thiefs and liars. they will charge you double for the Jeep ride and porters. the road to the "trailhead" of Acahoma is not 4x4. a taxi can be had for 100Bs and a porter 75Bs.
|Posted Sep 1, 2011 12:51 am
|another twofer
Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2011
|Another 6000m twofer.
day 1: leave Sorata and camp at Laguna Chillata
day 2: Get to ¨just below¨ Laguna Glacier
day 3: Summit push ANCOHUMA...steep, AD rating
day 4: traverse to Aquas Calientes (trailhead for Illampu)
day 5: move to Illampu high camp
day 6: Summit push ILLAMPU...D rating. Perfect weather!
Day 7: Walk down to Sorata...need a shower!
|Posted Aug 29, 2011 11:10 am
|Wind shutdown
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2005
|Windiest day of my life. Final summit bid was an unconsolidated cornice ridge with 150kmh gusts ripping from the northwest. We bailed after starting the aux Chevalle. Wasn't properly acclimatized, came down with early stage pulmonary edema. Recommend climbers camp on the glacier above the lower crevasse field because there was no trail and route finding was a problem. This climb should have been simple but it wasn't. Dying to go back and get this one plus Illampu.
|Posted Jan 28, 2011 1:03 pm
|Beautiful day
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2009
|I climbed with Eloy, a guide from La Paz. We went up more or less directly from the west, which was hard packed frozen snow. On the descent, we initially walked down the south west ridge, then rappelled down.
The conditions on the day were ideal for an ascent. At night, it was cold, so the glacier was frozen solid. However, as there was virtually no wind, it didn't feel cold.
After the sun came out, it got warm. By midday, we were sinking in the old snow every step we made, which slowed us down. Around one o'clock we were back at high camp. After drinking, eating and resting for an hour we descended to Laguna Chilata.
|Posted Oct 13, 2010 11:27 am
|Summited with AlexeyD via Northwest Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2007
|Summited after 4 days from Sorata. Glacier below high camp (5700) was broken and looked "interesting" but proved easy. Route had steeper sections (55-deg max?) but not difficult technically. Summit huge and flat.
|Posted Oct 8, 2009 12:50 pm
|west ridge
|Climbed alpine style from Sorata (4 long days). Reached the summit with Martin Herzig & the Wunderlich brothers. It was a great route, technically easy but exposed. New altitude record for all of us!
|Posted Sep 1, 2009 6:34 pm
|global warming
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2009
|Failed to reach the summit this summer. Went up the normal route via Laguna Glaciar with René Escobar (Bol). During our way up we had met two other parties who weren't succesfull as well because of a combination of bad weather and glacier conditions.
We encountered the same, the glacier was totally messed up. I knew it was very crevassed but this year it was even more, quite a lot of snowbridges as well, difficult route finding also because of the fairly amount of snow that had been fallen the weeks before. We went up quite high, but things became too risky for us.
Anyway beautiful mountain, taking the global warming into account, i think this one won't become the straightforward mountain it used to be, for a long while....
|Posted Aug 30, 2009 4:04 pm
|my highest peak
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2007
|Summitted via the Northwest Ridge after making high camp around 5700 m. FYI the description of that route in the Yossi Brain guidebook is BS - there is nothing remotely close to 65-degree sections, it is not a technically difficult climb, just long and with occasional steep sections but no more than 50 degrees. It was quite cold and windy on the ridge, however, and the route is certainly not to be underestimated.
|Posted Jul 18, 2007 3:36 pm
|Rough weather
Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2006
|We decided to climb from Laguna Verde to save money not hiring a Jeep aswell because its supposed to take less time. The weather was very discouraging on the approach, constant rain. We camped on the glacier at 5450 m after 3 days approach. The glacier was extremrly crevassed but finding route up was not to difficult. We were exhausted when we reached the base of the summit partly because we wernt very acclimatized. Also we wernt sure of the route, our porters had agreed to bring a map but they forgot it. We turned back because of uncertainty witrh the route and very poor visiblilty.
I recomend for climbers to posible hire a porter to Laguna Verde as its hard to find teh way there if there is no vissibility. It is a great place to acclimatize well and then try the summit of Jakouma, I dont think it would be a very dificult climb with good weather and well acclimatized.
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1930 Ford Tudor - The Model JWritten by on November 1, 2007 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen Maynard Albertson's 40-Year Fashion
"A 40-year work in progress" may have been a suitable subtitle for the story of Maynard Albertson's '30 Ford Tudor sedan, although it would be slightly misleading, for Maynard and his crew at Konocti Motor Co. took only two short years to complete the Model A. But where the statement does ring true is in the concept behind the all-black ragtop. The idea was to build a hot rod in a style and fashion that could have been done 40 years ago. No fancy electronic fuel injection. No fancy billet, one-off wheels. Just simple, tried-and-true hot rod parts, either from the era or fashioned using techniques that were available back in the late '60s.
The story behind the Model J began two years ago when Jason Albert, general manager of Konocti Motor Co., found the sedan body in Visalia, California, and dragged it back to the Konocti shop. Maynard, a retired biologist and fellow automotive enthusiast, understood Jason's passion and gave him full reign of the Konocti facility after hours to build the sedan. Jumping headfirst into the project, Jason whacked 5 inches out of the top, and with that, the build had officially begun.
But just as Jason was reaching full sprint with his extracurricular activity, life caught up with him as he and his wife had begun to build a new house. Maynard soon saw that Jason didn't have enough hours in the day to complete both projects and offered to take on the car build as a full-time Konocti Motor Co. project.
When Maynard took over the reigns, a few minor things were changed, but the majority of Jason's original design remained intact. Joe Iacono was brought in to assist with the vision of the car and was the go-to guy for renderings and concept drawings throughout the build. The Ford 390 FE engine would still be used, the chop was perfect, the rear wheeltubs were to stay, and the suicide frontend could be facilitated, but the wheelbase would need to be shortened to clean up the design and the radiator relocated under the rear of the car. Tweaking the basic design that Jason had embarked on just a little bit, Maynard felt it necessary to give credit where credit was due-to Jason-and renamed Konocti's new special project the Model J.
The chassis under the sedan was designed especially for the Model J and was created by Konocti Motor Co. using 4130 chromoly. To get the nose of the car nice and low, Jason designed a suicide front suspension that left the car with a rather long wheelbase. Maynard liked the suicide look, but decided to move it back under the engine, thus shortening the wheelbase. This created a problem though, as the space for the radiator was dramatically reduced by the front crossmember. Their solution was simple: mount the radiator behind the Ford 9-inch rearend, slap on a few electric fans, and plumb the coolant through the framerails. Ironically, the wheeltubs Jason designed into the back of the sedan provided ample space for the Be Cool aluminum radiator.
Jason had intended to use a Ford FE engine and when Maynard took over the build, he couldn't think of a better engine for keeping with that '60s Ford vibe. A quartet of Weber 48 IDAs was installed on a Blue Thunder manifold with Accel ignition products firing the fuel. The big Ford was then mated to a BorgWarner T56 trans, giving the sedan six manually shifted, forward speeds.
Seventy-plus years of weather and abuse can take its toll on early Ford sheetmetal, but in the hands of Jason, Mike Bishop, and the rest of the Konocti crew, the Tudor sedan body was whipped into shape in no time flat. Once it was nice and straight, the chopped and channeled body was rolled into the paint booth where Mike blew a fresh coat of PPG black over the whole package. Once dry, local NorCal hero Herb Martinez added some 'striping along the beltline and the louvered rear panel.
The interior of the Model J looks rather empty, played down by the simple pair of tractor seats, but it's equally as interesting as the rest of the car. The backs of the tractor seats mount off the rear wheelwells on custom pedestals that feature an integrated lumbar support. Covering the body-wide wheelwell is a combination of African ebony and bamboo, which matches the custom shift knob and one-off steering wheel. Al's Upholstery covered the interior panels with distressed leather that was sacrificed from a pair of old sofas, while the carpet is of the closed-loop variety. Under the stock dash cap is a set of floating gauges made custom by Redline Gauge Works and designed by Konocti Motor Co.-the small gauges are housed in modified '37 Ford taillights, while the larger gauge sits in a modified '34 headlight bucket. A power KSE Sprint Car steering box mounts under the cowl, straddled by a one-off hanging pedal assembly. Above it all, a '62 VW van sliding ragtop fills the void left by the lack of a roof.
In the end, more than 300 handcrafted and engineered parts work to enhance Ford's Model A in ways that are only befitting a "special project." Maynard and his crew at Konocti Motor Co. set out to build a hot rod in a 40-year fashion, and in the end have succeeded in making a truly unique Model J.
|Facts & Figures
Maynard Albertson
Lower Lake, California
1930 {{{Ford}}} Tudor sedan
|Frame / Manufacturer
|4130 chromoly / Konocti Motor Co. (Lower Lake, CA)
|custom chassis, engine coolant plumbed through framerails to rear-mounted radiator
|Chassis plumbing
|stainless steel
|Rearend / Ratio
|Ford 9" / 3.73:1
|Rear suspension
|four-link w/ Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN) ShockWaves
|Rear brakes
|Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) 11" disc
|Front suspension
|suicide-style transverse POSIES (Hummelstown, PA) leaf spring mounted behind axle; 4130 chromoly hairpins by Jason Albert @ Konocti Motor Co.
|Front brakes
|hidden Wilwood disc in {{{Buick}}} drums
|Master cylinder
|Steering box
|power KSE {{{Sprint}}} Car
|Front wheelmake,size
|Ford, 16x4.5"
|Rear wheel make,size
|Ford, 16x10"
|Front tire make, size
|Firestone bias-ply, 6.00x16"
|Rear tire make, size
|Firestone nostalgia slicks
|Gas tank
|17-gal stainless steel
|Machining / Assembly
|Metcalf's (Rohnert Park, CA) / Larry Metcalf
|Crane 238-degree duration
|Cooling fan
|3-1,{{{100}}}-cfm electric fans in rear
|Be Cool (Essexville, MI)
|Valve covers
|{{{Ford Thunderbird}}}
|Manifold / Induction
|Blue Thunder Racing Products (Palm Springs, CA) / 4-48 IDA Webers
|Ignition / Wires
|Accel (Cleveland, OH)
|custom lakes-style by Konocti Motor Co.
|Other engine facts
|dress-up by Konocti Motor Co.
|BorgWarner T56
|Clutch disc
|11" Hays (Cleveland, OH)
|custom by Konocti Motor Co.
|Santa Rosa (Santa Rose, CA) driveline
|Body style / Material
|Tudor sedan / steel
|Body manufacturer
|Body mods
|4 3/4" chop by Jason Albert @ Konocti Motor Co., channeled
|Rootlieb (Turlock, CA) one-piece
|Konocti Motor Co.
|Konocti Motor Co.
|Paint type / Color
|PPG / black
|Mike Bishop @ Konocti Motor Co.
|Herb Martinez
|Headlights / Taillights
|'34 Ford / '55 Ford
|Rear Bumper
|Konocti Motor Co.
|Other body items
|all panels welded together, doors flushed, rear wheelwells modified, custom ragtop & louvered back panel
|Insert / Gauges
|Konocti Motor Co. / Redline Gauge Works (Santa Clarita, CA)
|Konocti Motor Co.
|Steering wheel
|custom by Konocti Motor Co.
|Steering column
|custom by Konocti Motor Co.
|Ford tractor
|Al's Upholstery (Lower Lake, CA)
|Material / Color
|distressed leather / brown
|Other interior items
|custom woodwork by owner
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This bird's eye view peeking down through the opened sliding ragtop reveals a pair of gennie Ford tractor seats. Wheeltubs span the width of the body, covered by African ebony wood. Somewhere under that panel behind the rearend sits the Be Cool radiator with three electric fans and an electric water pump bringing coolant forward to the engine.The back of the tractor seats mount off a custom pedestal that incorporates an adjustable lumbar support.A floating quartet of custom Redline Gauge Works gauges designed by Jason Albert is fronted by the one-off Konocti steering wheel connected to the KSE power steering box. African black bamboo and ebony were used on both the steering wheel and the shifter, melding the body color and the interior appointments.The KSE Sprint Car steering box used is a power unit that makes side-steering the sedan a breeze. The hanging pedal assembly was custom fabricated by the Konocti crew.


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Ruben Gur, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Director of the Brain Behavior Laboratory
Member of University of Pennsylvania Psychiatry Department since 1984,
Secondary appointments in Radiology and Neurology
Member of the IRG on Clinical Neuroscience at NIH (1992-1996)
Dr. Gur received his B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1970 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical) from Michigan State University in 1971 and 1973, respectively. He did Postdoctoral training with E.R. Hilgard at Stanford University and came to Penn as Assistant Professor in 1974. His research has been in the study of brain and behavior in healthy people and patients with brain disorders, with a special emphasis on exploiting neuroimaging as experimental probes. His work has documented sex differences, aging effects, and abnormalities in regional brain function associated with schizophrenia, affective disorders, stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders and dementia. His work has been supported by grants from the NSF, NIH, NIMH, NIA, NINDS, private foundations (Spencer, MacArthur, EJLB) and industry (BioLogic, Novo, Pfizer).
Selected Publications:
Gur RC, Gur RE, Obrist WD, Hungerbuhler JP, Younkin D, Rosen AD, Skolnick BE., Reivich M. Sex and handedness differences in cerebral blood flow during rest and cognitive activity. Science, 1982, 217, 659-661.
Gur RC, Erwin RJ, Gur RE. Neurobehavioral probes for physiologic neuroimaging studies. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1992, 49, 409-414.
Gur RC, Skolnick BE, Gur RE. Effects of emotional discrimination tasks on cerebral blood flow: Regional activation and its relation to performance. Brain and Cognition, 1994, 25, 271-286.
Gur RC, Mozley LH, Mozley PD, Resnick SM, Karp JS, Alavi A, Arnold SE, Gur RE. Sex differences in regional cerebral glucose metabolism during a resting state. Science, 1995, 267, 528-531.
Kareken DA, Gur RC, Mozley PD, Mozley LH, Saykin AJ, Shtasel DL, Gur RE. Cognitive functioning and neuroanatomic volume measures in schizophrenia. Neuropsychology, 1995, 9, 211-219.
Schneider F, Gur RE, Mozley LH, Smith RJ, Mozley PD, Censits DM, Alavi A, Gur RC. Mood effects on limbic blood flow correlate with emotional self-rating. A PET study with oxygen-15 labeled water. Psychiatry Research, 1995, 61, 265-283.
Gur RC, Ragland JD, Mozley LH, Mozley PD, Smith R, Alavi A, Bilker W, Gur RE. Lateralized changes in regional cerebral blood flow during performance of verbal and facial recognition tasks: Correlations with performance and"Effort". Brain and Cognition, 1997, 33, 388-414.
Schneider F, Grodd W, Weiss U, Klose U, Mayer KR, Nagele T, Gur RC. Functional MRI reveals left amygdala activation during emotion. Psychiatry Research:Neuroimaging Section, 1997, 76, 75-82.
Gur RC, Turetsky BI, Matsui M, Yan M, Bilker W, Hughett P, Gur RE. Sex differences in brain gray and white matter in healthy young adults. Journal of Neuroscience, 1999, 19, 4065-4072..
Gur RC, Alsop D, Glahn D, Petty R, Swanson CL, Maldjian JA, Turetsky BI, Detre JA, Gee J, Gur RE. An fMRI study of sex differences in regional activation to a verbal and a spatial task. Brain and Language, 2000, 74, 157-170.
Gur RC, Ragland JD,Moberg PJ,Turner TH, Bilker WB, Kohler C, Siegel SJ, Gur RE. Computerized Neurocognitive Scanning: I. Methodology and validation in healthy people. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2001, 25, 766-776.
Gur RC, Gunning-Dixon FM, Turetsky BI, Bilker WB, Gur RE. Brain Region and sex differences in age association with brain volume: A quantitative MRI study of healthy young adults. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry, 2002, 10,72-80.
Gur RC, Schroeder L, Turner T, McGrath C, Chan RM, Turetsky BI, Alsop D, Maldjian J, Gur RE. Brain activation during facial emotion processing. NeuroImage, 2002, 16, 651-662.
Gur RC. Brain maturation and its relevance to understanding criminal culpability of juveniles. Current Psychiatry Reports. 2005, 7, 292-296.
Gur RC, Turetsky BI, Loughead J, Waxman J, Snyder W, Ragland JD, Elliot M, Bilker WB, Arnold SE, Gur RE. Hemodynamic responses in neural circuitries for detection of visual target and novelty: An event-related fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping, in press.


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Covers major events in the growth and development of the fetus.
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This study guide outlines the events that occur between fertilization and old age: implantation, embryo and fetus growth and development, pregnancy and childbirth, infancy, adolescence, and adulthood.
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According to the agent for South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore (knee surgery), Lattimore's LCL and PCL are "tight as a drum" and his ACL rehab is coming along enough to be ready for Week 1 of the 2013 NFL season.
WNML's Jimmy Hyams reports that Tennessee sophomore RB Joe Young's career is in jeopardy following a serious neck injury suffered in spring practice.
FSU HC Jimbo Fisher believes redshirt senior QB Sean Maguire (ankle) will be fully healthy by the end of the summer.
247Sports' Ryan Bartow reports that former Alabama junior T Charles Baldwin is visiting Louisville on Wednesday.
Four-star 2017 RB Cam Akers released a list of the top 10 finalists for his commitment.
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - Kurt Busch has reportedly signed a multi-year
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ESPN.com and FoxSports.com both reported on Monday that Busch has signed a
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seventh time. Just two races remain before the Chase begins.
SHR has scheduled a press conference on Tuesday to announce its future plans.
There has been wide speculation the racing organization is adding a fourth car
to its stable and Busch would drive it. He will be teammates with Tony
Stewart, who co-owns the team, as well as Danica Patrick and Kevin Harvick,
who is leaving Richard Childress Racing to join SHR at the end of this season.
This past Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway, SHR competition director Greg
Zipadelli addressed the possibility of Busch driving a fourth entry for the
team next year.
"As far as Kurt's deal, that is moving forward," Zipadelli said. "We spent
some time (last) week talking about buildings and expanding. As far as that
part of it goes, we are pretty much committed ... If we can get it all worked
out, we are going to head that way."
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Snow forces postponement of Hampton Beach egg dig
HAMPTON BEACH - Recent snow has forced the Hampton Beach Village District to postpone the Easter Egg Dig scheduled for this Saturday.
The event has been rescheduled to March 30 at 11 a.m. sharp on the beach across from Playland.
Children can dig in the sand to find thousands of eggs left behind by the Easter Bunny, who will be on site.
Families are encouraged to bring their shovels and pails.
More information can be obtained by calling the Hampton Village District at 926-8717.