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According to Comcast Sports Net Washington's Mark Zuckerman, a local cameraman, Reuben Porras, who was working an assignment for MLB Network, collapsed while preparing for the evening's game between the visiting Nationals and the home standing Atlanta Braves and required immediate medical attention after suffering what appeared to be a heart attack.
Kuntz and Hsu, who were hanging out in the visiting weight room underneath the stadium at the time, were alerted to situation by someone running down the hallway looking for assistance. They responded immediately and instinctively.
Kuntz and Hsu grabbed an automated external defibrillator that had only been installed in the visiting clubhouse a week ago and rushed to the aid of the man, who had lost consciousness and wasn't breathing. Kuntz used the AED machine and CPR to revive the man, then waited for paramedics to arrive.
Sadly, despite their heroic efforts, Porras died shortly after being transported to an Atlanta area hospital. He was 61.
They say timing is everything. The recent installation of the external defibrillator was a good move by the staff at Turner Field, and likely played an important role in giving Kuntz and Hsu a chance to revive Mr. Porras and potentially save his life. Of course the quick thinking and immediate response by both men were equally important, and we're happy to know two men with excellent training and expertise were in a position where they could give the gentleman the best possible care under the circumstances.
As Kuntz later noted, the entire Nationals training staff receives CPR training each spring, so they're always prepared to act. However, it's the first time he'd needed to use the CPR training at the ballpark. We're sure he hopes it's the last, as well.
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Lady Raiders Off To Best Start In 27 Years
Nikki Sanders picked up her 88th career singles win on Sunday against New Mexico.
February 16, 2014
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 19 Texas Tech notched another win in its belt on Sunday, as the Lady Raiders defeated New Mexico, 6-1, at the McLeod Tennis Center.
The win improved Texas Tech to 8-1 on the season. It is the best start to a season in 27 years. The last time the Lady Raiders began the season 8-1 was in 1987, when Texas Tech started the season 16-1. It is also the third best start in program history. The 1984 Lady Raiders began the season 11-0.
The nationally-ranked tandem of Samantha Adams and Kenna Kilgo began the day with an 8-5 win over Natasha Smith and Dominique Dulski. New Mexico responded with Lizette Blankers and Michaela Bezdickova topping Nikki Sanders and Rashmi Teltumbde, 8-4.
The doubles point was decided when Lynn Kiro and Sarah Toti dropped Susan Baklini and Emily Olivier, 8-4.
No. 110 Sanders picked up a straight-set win over Smith, 6-2, 6-1, and Adams cruised past Dulski, 6-2, 6-4, to give Texas Tech a 3-0 lead. Sanders improved to 16-5 on the season and 88-24 for her career at Texas Tech, while Adams is now 12-6 on the season and 74-56 for her career. Sanders now has the second-most victories in the modern era, while Adams ranks fifth.
No. 115 Kilgo edged Blankers, 6-4, 7-5 to secure the eighth win of the season for the Lady Raiders. Rashmi Teltumbde extended the lead to 5-0 with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Bezdickova.
New Mexico grabbed its only point of the day, when Merideth Hopson puled past Lynn Kiro, 6-3, 6-2. Beatriz Machado Santos closed out the scoring for Texas Tech, as she defeated Emily Olivier, 6-4, 6-7, 1-0.
Texas Tech must now turn its sights on the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala., beginning Friday. The No. 19 Lady Raiders are the second highest-ranked team in the field that features No. 16 Alabama, No. 20 Auburn, No. 23 Rice, No. 29 Oklahoma State, No. 34 Yale, No. 43 Illinois and No. 66 Yale.
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John Carter Brown Library
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Phone: 401-863-2725
This independently funded institution on the Brown University Green in Providence, Rhode Island, is dedicated to maintaining and continuing its namesake's private collection of rare books and manuscripts. In 1846, John Carter Brown (son of Nicholas Brown Jr., for whom the university is named) turned his attention and his fortune to collecting every document he could find on the exploration of the Americas.
Director Edward Widmer explains that the strength of the collection comes from the library's dedication to telling the whole story of the Americas, amassing works from every country that sent explorers across the Atlantic. "We have the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch greatest hits all in one place, and that's essentially unique on Earth," he says.
–Yankee Magazine, January/February 2011
The John Hay and John Carter Brown libraries hold astonishing collections of rare and ancient texts, and they frequently display curated exhibits of their finest holdings.
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- Location: The Bund,Yuyuan Garden
- Address: 159 South He Nan Road,Huangpu District, Shanghai
- Tel: 86 21 23218888 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 上海豫园万丽酒店
- Lowest Price: $165
Located near the Yu Garden and Old Town, Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel is just minutes away from the Bund, Xintiandi and other attractions. This 4.5-star hotel, situated between the old and new portions of the city, features views of the city skyline, and the award-winning "Quan" spa.
The accommodations feature contemporary guest rooms and suites with luxurious bedding. Rooms are equipped with direct-dial phone service, voice mail, high-speed Internet, and 30-inch LCD televisions. All rooms offer a view of either the city or the river. Each room includes a minibar, refrigerator and coffee and tea maker.
Hotel facilities include a business center, event rooms and banquet halls, and the 17th-floor Club Lounge with views of the city skyline. Guests can dine at one of three restaurants, or relax at the coffee shop or poolside bar. The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to locations within three kilometers.
- The hotel has an award-winning full-service spa, steam room, health club and indoor pool.
- Guestrooms include air conditioning as well as washers and dryers.
- All rooms are non smoking. Designated smoking areas exist in the common areas of the hotel.
- This hotel is handicapped accessible.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
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Hotel Amenities: Elevator, Parking, Business Floor or Executive Floor, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Indoor Swimming Pool, Business Center, Gift Shop, Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Fire Detector, Wifi
Dining Facilities: Chinese Restaurant, Western Restaurant, Cafe, Bar, Lounge Bar
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- Tel: 86 21 23218888
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Track 2: "I Care"
Sounds Like: Musical catharsis: all your pent-up heartbreak splitting its confines, never to return. The song that "Listen" was holding back.
Pros: Beyonce's developed a truly formidable instrument since Destiny's Child, and "I Care" is rangy enough to show it all off, its melody both stretching well above the scale and dipping into a smoky low register that singers overlook too often. You'd expect melisma, and melisma you get, both on its own and trilling in time with a guitar solo. But given the subject matter, that's more than excusable, and Beyonce imbues every note with enough emotion–"you're immune to all my pain" in verse one alone carries a song's worth of resignation–that it never feels tiresome.
There are enough subtle details in "I Care," too, to catch upon your inevitable repeat listens, like the teardrop sounds that plink down into nothing in the intro, the way every line echoes at half volume, the hairline-fissure percussion that slips in during the second verse and the way Beyonce's whistle-register recedes into the background underneath the chorus, instrument more than vocal trophy.
Cons: Drained of Beyonce's vocal gusto, a lot of these lyrics are really bad. The example most people will quote is the forced rhyme of "tears falling down to my ears," but the over-caring likes of "maybe if you cared enough, I wouldn't have to care so much" and the la-las in the chorus don't read well on paper. Of course, a good singer can whittle even the most banal declarative statements into daggers, and Beyonce does. You could make a case for the guitar solo being cheesy, too, but by that point in the song you're either swept up or not.
Lyric as Personal Mantra: "I know you don't care too much, but I still care."
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special populations, and the population in the United States that had
the highest rate of hepatitis A was the American Indian/Alaskan native
population. And as you can see here, they had a rate of
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No. 32 Lady Raiders Throttle Iowa State
Lynn Kiro and the Lady Raiders improved to 13-7 on the season with its win over Iowa State.
March 30, 2014
AMES, Iowa – Travel fatigue was not a factor, as No. 32 Texas Tech rolled past Iowa State, 6-1, at the Forker Courts on Sunday in Big 12 Conference women's tennis.
Texas Tech traveled over 3,600 miles to take on West Virginia and Iowa State. The Lady Raiders won both matches, in fact, Texas Tech was 17-1 individually over the weekend.
"I was really pleased with the doubles play the whole weekend," said Lady Raider head coach Todd Petty. "The team did a great job of handling the travel and the conditions. We look foward to finishing the season at home."
Texas Tech evened its Big 12 record to 3-3 on the season, while improving to 13-7 overall. It marks the first time since 1990, that Texas Tech has strung together four consecutive years of 13 or more wins in a season. The Lady Raiders are 70-28 (71.4 percent) over the last four years, while Texas Tech was 61-36 (62.9 percent) from 1987-90.
The No. 38 tandem of Kenna Kilgo and Samantha Adams scorched their way to an 8-3 win over Ksnia Pronina and Samantha Budai to start doubles. Lynn Kiro and Beatriz Machado Santos were close behind, as they ousted Lydia Green and Caroline Hauge Anderson, 8-1, at No. 3. Nikki Sanders and Rashmi Teltumbde closed out doubles with an 8-1 win over Meghan Cassens and Ana Gasparovic at No. 2.
Adams quickly set Emma Waites packing with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 5 for a 2-0 Texas Tech lead. Iowa State answered with its only point of the day, as Budai topped Teltumbde, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 2.
No. 118 Lynn Kiro and Nikki Sanders picked up straight-set wins at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, giving the Lady Raiders a clinching 4-1 lead. Kiro improved to 24-6 on the season and 6-0 in Big 12 play, while Sanders is now 19-9 overall and 2-4 in league action.
At No. 1, Kilgo gave Texas Tech a commanding 6-1 lead when she defeated Pronina, 6-3, 6-2. Samantha Czarniak Rego closed out the scoring with a straight-set 6-4 6-4 win over Talisa Merchiers, at No. 6.
Texas Tech will return to action on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the McLeod Tennis Center, when the Lady Raiders host No. 57 TCU.
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Charleston, S.C. Feb. 25, 2013 – Wells Fargo Private Bank announced today Anne Surrett as regional director for South Carolina. Surrett, based in Charleston, S.C., will oversee all wealth management functions for the area, including private banking, credit, investment management, insurance, and trust and estate services through Wells Fargo Bank, NA, as well as brokerage services through Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC.
Prior to her new position, Surrett was a wealth advisor serving the Charleston market. Previously she was the division president for US Trust in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Surrett worked at a Wells Fargo predecessor company for more than 18 years serving the wealth strategy and affluent markets.
"Anne Surrett is from Charleston and is very familiar with the needs of our clients around the Palmetto state," said Jeff Hartman, senior managing director for Wells Fargo Private Bank in the Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. "The continued expansion of our team at Wells Fargo Private Bank in South Carolina with the addition of a seasoned wealth management veteran like Anne, is evidence of our commitment to providing each of our clients with exceptional and personalized service."
Surrett received a bachelor's degree in business administration from University of South Carolina. In addition, she serves as chair of the Women's Leadership Council and as a board member of Roper St. Francis Foundation, Trident United Way and Life Management Center.
Surrett replaces Tom Clymer who retired in January following nearly 30 years of service with the company.
"I was raised in Charleston and have an enormous affinity for my home state," said Surrett. "It's great to bring 29 years of wealth management experience back to South Carolina to help our clients build, manage, preserve and transfer their wealth."
About Wells Fargo & Company
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.4 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and other distribution channels across North America and internationally. With more than 270,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in America. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26 on Fortune's 2012 rankings of America's largest corporations. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy all our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially.


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A friend of mine believes that cutting/pasting will be quicker than copying/pasting because the system doesn't need to duplicate the files, only simply move them.
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THE 29th North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) Annual Meeting finished on Friday 8 June in Edinburgh.
NASCO is an international organisation established by an inter-governmental Convention to conserve and manage the Atlantic salmon stocks. Its members are Canada, Denmark (for Greenland and Faroe Islands), EU, Norway, Russia and the United States.
Based on the scientific advice by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and with the active support of the EU, NASCO decided to maintain the prohibition of mixed-stock fisheries off the coast of Greenland and Faroe Islands. No commercial fishing will take place there from 2012 to 2014 – heralding the first time that NASCO has adopted multi-annual conservation measures.
Much of the debate centred on the results of the performance review, for which NASCO got good grades. However, it was recommended to modernise the NASCO Convention, to better conserve and manage the wild Atlantic salmon stocks, and to align the Convention to international law. The EU will engage proactively in the intercessional meeting that will be convened to this end.
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Three Husky Seniors Earn All-Pac 12 Honors
The Washington women finished out their season at the NCAA Championships on Sunday and three Husky seniors were honored by the Pac-12 Conference.
6th Place Finish For Washington at NCAAs
The Huskies wrapped up the final day of the NCAA Championships with a 6th place finish overall, highlighted by a bronze medal by the varsity four.
Washington Owns Windermere Cup On Perfect Sunny Day
The men's and women's varsity eight rowed to their seventh straight Windermere Cup victories in the best weather and biggest crowd Opening Day has seen in years.
Huskies Win Five Races In Dual At WSU
With a race forced to be rescheduled to Friday the Huskies still manage to race well.
Apple Cup on the Palouse Pits No. 7 Huskies Against No. 19 Cougars
The Washington women will try to keep the Apple Cup trophy in Seattle as the No.7 Huskies head to Pullman to take on the No. 19 Cougars of Washington on the Snake River on Saturday.
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Rowing Honors & Awards: Junior National Team 2006, World Champion in the 4-.
Academic Honors:Named to the 2012 2nd Team Pac-12 All-Academic Rowing Team ...
Husky Rowing Experience: 2013 (Senior) - Took home silver rowing six seat for the varsity eight at the Pac-12 Championships...Rowed six seat for the winning V8+ at the Windermere Cup Regatta...Rowed six seat for the V8+ shell that placed first and took home the Simpson Cup at the Cal Dual...Rowed four seat for the winning Varsity Eight at the WSU Dual... Stroked for the women's senior class in the Seattle Times Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta 2013...Rowed four seatfor the V8 that took fifth in the Varsity Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic.(Junior) - stroked the victorious junior shell in the Seattle Times Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta ... Rowed six seat for the women's varsity eight to win the 2012 Windermere Cup ... Pulled the No. 6 oar for the varsity eight that earned a bronze medal at the Pac-12 Championships on Lake Natoma ... Rowed six seat in the Varsity Eight shell that placed sixth in the Grand Finale race at the NCAA Championships...2011 (Sophomore) - Competed in the Husky 2V8+ that won their petite final at the NCAA Championships ... Rowed six seat for the women's 2V8+ boat that beat Western Washington and Seattle Pacific in the Women's Erickson Cascade Cup at the 25th annual Windermere...2010 (Freshman)- Rowed in the seven seat of the Varsity Eight in four of the six races this season, including the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA Women's Rowing Championships...rowed in the five seat of the varsity eight in Washington State Dual...rowed in the JV in the Stanford Invitational...helped Washington to retain the Windermere Cup.
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Dating in the cyber-world can be a tricky thing. The idea is to sell yourself and to make others want to get to know you. You want to get your message out to prospective suitors, but you don't want to tell them too much right off the bat. On the flip side, say too little and you get passed over like a fruitcake in December. How does one go about this business of online dating? Three simple words: Truth in advertising.
Honesty is the best policy in life and it is absolutely essential when it comes to online dating. Everyone is unique and has qualities (good or bad) that make you different from anyone else on the planet. Sure there are many shared characteristics, but no one else has your exact combination of flaws, quirks and good points. Why then do people try and pretend to be someone that they're not? The point of online dating is two-fold—to find someone to make you happy and to make the other person happy.
Too often people focus on the former while completely ignoring the latter. Why not post current pictures so people can see what you really look like? Why not put down your real likes and dislikes instead of what you think others want to see? The whole point of a profile is to sell yourself and how can you do that if the profile doesn't accurately reflect who YOU are?
You don't have to divulge deep, dark secrets online, but don't say you're a huge football fan if you hate sports. If you enjoy sitting on the couch, say so. Don't hook someone with the "I love being outdoors all the time" line. You will never find "the one" if the real you is not in your profile!


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The Park City Police Department arrested two people and is searching for another one after an altercation inside a Main Street nightclub sparked when, according to the police, one of the people involved grabbed a woman's breasts.
The case was reported at 12:56 a.m. on Sunday, April 21. Rick Ryan, a police captain, said officers were checking on the nightclub as part of their patrols when staffers said the altercation had occurred inside. The officers detained one of the men reported to be involved.
Ryan said a woman told the police the man had grabbed her breasts. Shortly afterward, and before the police were at the scene, two men who were with the woman approached the man and a fight ensued, Ryan said.
The man was knocked to the floor and the two men hit and kicked him, Ryan said. The men who hit and kicked him then left. He suffered injuries to his head, face and eyes, according to Ryan.
"There was some street justice on this one. It's dangerous," Ryan said.
A police investigation ensued, resulting in the two arrests.
Ryan said the man suspected of grabbing the woman's breasts was arrested just outside the nightclub on a charge of sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor. He is 29 years old lives in Park City.
One of the men identified as being with the woman and fighting the sexual battery suspect was arrested the next day in Salt Lake City on a charge of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony. He is 27 years old and from Taylorsville.
Ryan said the other man who was with the woman has left the state. He will face a second-degree felony count of aggravated assault, Ryan said.


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Stress vs. Brain power: Stress Could KO Your Brain PowerPosted December 10th, 2008 by VTHron
This brings us to the brain's powers: memory and intelligence. We may have the intelligence and sharp memory, but if we do not defend ourselves against stress, we may lose the battle to memory decline.
New studies point out that stress can literally shrink and destroy your hippocampus--the brain region associated with memory. Bruce McEwen, neuroendocrinology head at the Rockefeller University in New York City said experiments with rats showed that repeated exposure to stress actually shrinks the neurons in the hippocampus and, "the same thing happens in the brain region called the prefrontal cortex, which is crucial for decision-making and attention."
Don't get us wrong. We also need to be stressed out every now and then to keep us alert, on edge, and, in the case of Manny Pacquiao, to psyche himself up to the adrenaline-pumping level of defence and aggressiveness. Stress could be man's instinctive response for self-preservation -- it could give you a quick burst of energy for survival reasons.
It is the constant unmanaged stress, that produces high levels of cortisol, that could knock your brain power down. Cortisol impairs cognitive performance (your thinking), higher blood pressure, lower immunity, and increased abdominal fat, among others. Come to think of it, stress could make you a pot-bellied jerk. Not to mention senile.
Seriously now, some people's means of dealing with stress could actually worsen things for them. Drinking after a hard day's work, if not done in moderation (meaning, not every night) could lead to more health, domestic problems and negative effect on one's work performance.
So, before you develop that habit of chain-smoking, over-eating, impulse shopping, or other (conscious or unconscious) self-destructive means, we would recommend the following as just a few of how to effectively deal with stress:
* Sweat it out - live an active lifestyle, hit the gym, engage in sports. Haven't you noticed that when you get a good workout, you feel more energized than tired? It's actually the result of endorphins, the happy hormones, that our body produces when we exercise.
* Embark on a new hobby - grow a garden, build miniature airplanes, go trekking or fishing, etc. One of these must catch your fancy. You know how getting engrossed in something you like doing could be therapeutic.
* Drink water - surprised? Dehydration causes fatigue, and it is more difficult to handle stressful situations when you are tired.
* Get a massage - light up aromatherapy candles and lighten up your day. A good massage loosens tense muscles and circulates blood circulation. Pamper yourself and feel like a king.
* Meditate - it has been said that meditation could be the most powerful healing tool against stress. It clears your mind of negative thoughts by concentrating on tranquility. Think of Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) mouthing "Yawzah...." between deep breaths to calm himself while freaking out over Marcus Burnett's (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowry's (Will Smith) misadventures in the movie "Bad Boys."
* Sex - OK, this might already been at the back of your mind, but doctors actually recommend sex as a good remedy to release pent-up rage or bad vibes that you get from stress. Having a loving relationship with your significant other actually would do wonders.
* Sleep - stress could be directly related to being tired. Sleep deprivation would actually affect your performance and it could be directly related to stress. Proper diet, exercise, and iMusic could help you get that good night's sleep. Sleeping also gives your brain the time to do its "housekeeping" functions, i.e., memory consolidation.
* Therapy - if all else fails, a psychiatrist or a life coach could help you figure out the means to get out of your chronic stress problem.
Like Manny Pacquiao, you should not only focus on improving your game (intelligence and memory), you should also develop a good defense against one of your brain's worst enemy --- stress.
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New Report: Napping Better than Coffee as Picker-UpperPosted December 10th, 2008 by VTHron
We reported in our August 29, 2008 post that moderate coffee drinking is good for the health, and may improve short-term memory. Standing by our commitment to give you the "latest," here goes: a December 1, 2008 article from the New York Times reports that an afternoon nap works better than your cup of strong coffee.
This was the finding of a study "Comparing the benefits of caffeine, naps and placebo on verbal, motor and perceptual memory," by a group of researchers at the University of California in San Diego.
61 people were tested to compare the declarative verbal memory, procedural motor skills, and perceptual performances of those who had caffeine, to those who only took a nap, and to those who were given a placebo. For verbal tasks, the group was asked to memorize a list of words, for motor skills, they were trained to tap a keyboard in a specific sequence, and for the perceptual task, they were trained to discriminate shapes on a computer screen. After the training, the participants were then randomly divided into three groups: one group was given a 200-milligram caffeine pill, another group took a nap from 1 to 3 pm, and the third group was given placebo.
The result: Those who took a nap scored better in the verbal tasks (word recall) compared to those who took caffeine and placebo pills. Motor skills are significantly impaired for those who took caffeine compared to those who took a nap and those who were given placebo. In perceptual learning tests, those who were given placebo (but did not nap and didn't get caffeine pills) fared poorly compared to those who took a nap or who were given a placebo.
Sarah C. Mednick, research team leader and assistant professor of Psychiatry said, "People think they are smarter on caffeine," but, as the research's abstract says, "These findings provide evidence of the limited benefits of caffeine for memory improvement compared with napping."
Do we hear a collective protest from coffee lovers over this?
P.S. Check out "How to Boost Your Energy Without Caffeine"
The Spinning Lady: Left Brain vs. Right Brain Test?Posted December 3rd, 2008 by VTHron
This video is nothing new but we have noticed the resurgence of this spinning girl among the social networks and the responses to this "test" are quite revealing, er.... at least some of them:
* "Wo-hooo! I can see the girl spin clockwise, then opposite. I'm a balanced person!"
* "The girl is programmed to spin clockwise, then counter-clockwise. It's a fake."
* "I'm a left-brained person through and through but why do I see the girl spinning clockwise?"
* "Please anyone, help! All I can see is a silhouette spinning clockwise!"
The truth is, it is simply an optical illusion (not a test) of how our visual system reconstruct the image (which is not actually "spinning" -- it's a series of 2-dimensional gif images animated in 34 frames). It is our brain's visual processing that interprets the video as a 3-D spinning image. You can actually force your visual system to perceive it as moving to the direction you wish it to by focusing on the shadow, or some other part.
Below are the differences between people with left and right brain functions:
While being logical and practical seem to be the more dependable choice than being "subjective" the right-brain dominant person's creativity and daring are equally appealing. For a "real" test to see whether you are a right-brained or left-brained person, check out this link or this one .
Please feel free to post your comments below.
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You can get smarter than you are now...really!Posted December 2nd, 2008 by VTHron
Have you ever wondered why, despite being the class genius, you still feel the class buffoon is way smarter than you are? Oh yes, you score perfect on exams while everyone barely makes it to the passing grade, but outside the classroom everyone else seem smarter. Later in life you are the company's star programmer but, you stand in awe at how quick-witted that guy in the mail room is.
Sadly, sometimes your spectacular IQ score does not seem to manifest itself in your daily interactions with people around you. What you need actually is fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence is the measure of your skill at adapting to new or unfamiliar situations without relying on "crystallized intelligence" (or the skills that you have learned or memorized like grammar, math, or vocabulary). The good news is you can actually become smarter than you are right now. Neuroplasticity has debunked the belief that people are either "smart" or "not smart" - and the belief that you could not change it.
The truth is, a "smart" person can become less smart and someone who isn't could, with the right training and tools like iMusic, develop a blazing peak-performing brain. And, oh yes, you can also improve your IQ as a result. Martin Buschkuehl, a psychology researcher at the University of Bern in Switzerland, reports in his research which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that test subjects who were trained on a different memory task have shown a significant improvement on answering IQ tests.
Our brain is like a muscle (see "Brain Plasticity: Use it or Lose it"). In their report "Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory" Buschkuehl's team states that "the extent of gain in intelligence critically depends on the amount of training: the more training, the more improvement in fluid intelligence."
Brain Plasticity: Use it or Lose itPosted December 2nd, 2008 by VTHron
Dr. Thomas Elbert, professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at the University of Konstanz, Germany said that it was a belief 20 years ago that the brain develops only during childhood and then it stops growing. Dr. George Wittenberg at Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winstons-Salem, N.C. said that it was a belief that neuron formation for adults is only limited to specific areas of the brain.
Both experts say these beliefs have been proven otherwise: Brain plasticity happens 1) at the beginning of life as the immature brain organizes itself; 2) after a stroke or injury to adapt to changed circumstances, e.g. to compensate for lost or remaining functions and 3) through adulthood when you try to learn a new skill like juggling, memorize something, learn a new language, etc.
Let us take juggling, for example.
German researchers, led by Dr. Arne May at the University of Regernsburg in Germany, took 24 non-jugglers and divided them into two groups-one group to learn how to juggle for three months. The study showed that those who did not learn how to juggle did not show any difference in their fMRI over a three month period, while those who learned the new skill showed "an increase in gray matter in two areas of the brain involved in visual and motor activity..."
What makes this study understand us more about brain plasticity is their finding that when those who learned new skills stopped practicing for another three months, they "lost their gained brain power," and the enhanced regions of the brain decreased in volume. Use it, or lose it!
Our brain is like a muscle. We need to constantly exercise it. Just like our muscles, constant brain activity such as learning a new hobby, problem-solving, learning to play a musical instrument, etc., would provide growth benefits to the brain.
A little help from iMusic
There are a lot of instances when despite your desire to flex your "brain muscles," the going is tougher than you thought. Trying to learn new things, or even trying to concentrate becomes an uphill climb. iMusic can enhance neuroplasticity. It is a doctor-approved, and scientifically proven, brain-performance enhancer, through neuron and brainwave stimulation.
If you believe your brain is already giving you your peak performance, wait till you try iMusic. "Using iMusic is akin to plugging yourself into a machine that instantly transforms you into a productive, effective and energized android with amazing capabilities," Duncan Reynolds, a movie executive, says.
Brain plasticity becomes at its peak usefulness when one needs to relearn or compensate for some lost function due to injury, or to learn to maximize whatever is left. iMusic has been proven to help. David Solomonian, a coma and brain injury survivor, has this to say: "After a serious car accident left me in a coma for nearly 3 weeks with a serious brain injury, I awoke with almost no short term memory, terrible focus and diminished mental capability. I began using iMusic and the immediate improvements in my concentration, attentiveness, and mental acuity were powerful. After a week of use I could feel noticeable changes in my intelligence and mental sharpness... I was thinking faster, feeling more energized and even talking with more confidence. I am now an honors economics/mathematics university student and with iMusic, I know I am going to continue achieving and improving."
Scientists explain Personality through "wiring" in the brainPosted December 1st, 2008 by VTHron
Two of the methods mostly preferred by management training workshops are the Merrill-Reid method and the Myers-Briggs personality test. Some of these schools of thought would try to simplify by being more descriptive like "powerful," "popular," "spirited," or "perfect." Some would guide you to your personality using different personalities from cartoon characters like Snoopy, or Winnie the Pooh, or Charlie Brown - no Loony Tunes character? It would be nice to know if your office bully's a Tasmanian Devil, or Daffy perhaps?
Medical NewsToday, reports a new development in the science of personality testing, (which will appear in the next issue of Nature Neuroscience) through the use of modern MRI. Michael X. Cohen and Dr. Bernd Weber at the University of Bonn conducted a study on the "wiring" of the striatum and the hippocampus (see this blog's previous reference to these brain areas at "Why your brain goes autopilot and makes you forget to drop off the dry cleaning").
The report states that innovation-oriented people have their striatum and hippocampus apparently interacting particularly well. The results of their tests suggest that people who have "(the) stronger connection between frontal lobe and ventral striatum, the more distinctive the desire for recognition by that person's environment.' This is not quite unexpected, Weber says, as "it is known that people with defects of the frontal lobe violate social norms more frequently."
Personality testing is a thriving $400 million a year-industry as businesses, from major corporations to mom-and-pop operations use these tests to assess prospective employee's strengths and weaknesses. While German scientists are conducting more studies to confirm these results, a personality test done through getting strapped inside a lab could be more compelling than test questionnaires. "Oh, I'm psychotic! I won't let them know -- I'll fake my written exam answers."
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The A.D.H.D. debate: The Michael Phelps FactorPosted December 1st, 2008 by VTHron
Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, director of the Child Study Center at New York University said, "There is a tremendous, tremendous amount of pride - I got the impression sometimes that some of the kids (with A.D.H.D) felt like they owned Michael. There is a special feeling when someone belongs to your club and the whole world is adoring him."
Other experts have a different opinion, though. Natalie Knochenhauer, founder of A.D.H.D Aware does not think the "reframing of A.D.H.D. as a gift," is helpful. While the success story of Michael Phelps can be inspiring, parents need to know their children are facing real risks. "You can't have a disability that needs to be accommodated in the classroom, and also have this (as a) special gift. There are a lot of people out there - not only do their kids have gifts, but their kids are really struggling," Knochenhauer added.
You may read the full article from the New York Times here and come back to this site for your comments.
"Chill out, dude: marijuana's good for the brain"Posted November 25th, 2008 by VTHron
The study found out that tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive substance in cannabis sativa, could be good for the brain as it reduces inflammation (mostly associated with Alzheimer's) and even promote the development of new brain cells.
So, uh, you see, my grandpa and uncles have Alzheimer's. Can I.... uh, y'know...uh, smoke pot now?
Gary Wenk, team leader and professor of psychology at Ohio State University who presented the research before the Society for Neuroscience says, "It might actually work," (place cheers and applause from the junkies crowd here) "but we're not saying that (you may smoke marijuana)" (place jeers and boos from junkies here).
Their research is suggesting for the development of a legal drug that resembles the properties found in THC without its capability of getting the person "high."
"Marijuana that doesn't get you high? Bummer." says my Uncle Ben. And he doesn't have Alzheimer's! Oh, well....
Brain implant could make amputees become Bionic MenPosted November 25th, 2008 by VTHron
When we say "bionic man," children of the 70's have only one thing in mind: Lee Majors running in slow-mo (guess that's the only way the film technology of that era could represent someone moving in "super-fast" speeds) as the "The Six Million Dollar Man," in a popular TV show.
The TV series revolves around Steve Austin who met an accident resulting to having both his legs and an arm amputated. A U.S. government agency then spent six million dollars (hence the title) to attach bionic limbs and an arm (plus other body parts) that gave the TV hero super strengths and speed.
Fast forward to today.
Scientists at MicroBridge Services, based at Cardiff University in South Wales, (micro engineering and nanomachining...bridges the gap between silicon wafer fabrication process and ultra-precision conventional processes) are working on an implant that works by picking up electrical impulses from the brain to control prosthetic limbs.
Geeks in white coats have been toying with this idea when they were developing brain-to-PC interface technology, as how the lab rats from Eurosky and Emotiv have been working.
Dr. Robert Hoyle said the implants (the size of a match head and carries 100 tungsten carbide sensors that are just slightly thicker than a human hair) amplifies the signals from the brain and transmits them to the artificial limbs. The patients will just have to learn the correct mental activity (which could be weeks of training) to get the right response.
Hoyle said he hopes to also make this technology useful for those who have been paralyzed due to spinal damage.
Look out for bionic men in your neighborhood in the near future. It looks like prosthetics won't be mere cosmetic appendages anymore, they'll be awesome bionic limbs!
This just in: Scientists corroborate Einstein's e-mc2 formula!Posted November 21st, 2008 by VTHron
It is not the "proven" or the "corroborated" part that caught our attention, it is this: "It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated... A brainpower consortium led by Laurent Lellouch of France's Centre for Theoretical Physics, using some of the world's mightiest supercomputers, have set down the calculations..."
It took more than a century and a "brainpower consortium" and "some of the world's supercomputers" to finally catch up with the brain of a single genius! Hurrah to brain power!
It is quite easy to think that the computer is more powerful than the brain considering the speed it takes to calculate N10000000. The truth is the brain contains some 100 billion neurons and trillions of interconnections. As Steve Lee says, "No computer comes close to the brain in that respect."
Computer vs. Brain (CvB.net) comes up with a "simplistic" calculation to say that the brain has about 100 million MIPS (Million computer Instructions Per Second) while today's most powerful supercomputer only has a few million MIPS worth in processor speed; and there's still the matter about the memory to deal with...
Everyday, scientists continue to discover something new about this extremely complex and fascinating 1,200 lbs. of mushy, yucky mass that pumps up about 3 cans of soda every minute.
Stay with us as we continue this exploration of the brain....everyday!


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Developer: PegasGames
Genre: Physics/Puzzle
FlashMush Rating: 5.5/10
Decided to review another PegasGames game for today although I know I just recently reviewed a players pack of one of their games; Brave Kings. In fact Slow and Blow Pirates and the Brave Kings series is not all that different from one another.
Whereas in Brave Kings it was more of a launcher/catapult physics puzzle game a la Angry Birds, Slow and Blow Pirates is the other huge genre of physics puzzle games. Explosions. Place bombs places and hope to blow off the pirates off the platforms to win. Most of the pros and cons of Slow and Blow Pirates is going to be the same as what I outlined in Brave Kings. The graphics are excellent and I really like the physics engine they use. I really do think it's one of the best out there (for this type of game, still love the engine used in the City Siege series).
A large complaint that I have and from reading the comments on Kongregate is you are only getting essentially half the content. The other half is pay to play... A huge turn off for me. Unless it's a mobile app I really don't think online flash games should have to be bought. In all actuality I don't even think mobile app games should have to be bought but that's a whole 'nother story.
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Never before in the history of construction has technology and methodology converged with such tremendous popularity: BIM. Building Information Modeling has its roots in manufacturing CAD and simulation and strives to bring these efficiencies to construction. The goal is simple: build the building twice - once on the computer screen and once on the job site. Having this "practice run" allows construction teams to solve problems months ahead of schedule and resolve the issues before breaking ground. This leads to better budget adherence and tighter schedules.
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So whether you solve 300 clashes at an average value of $4,000 each or solve 750 clashes at $2,000 a piece, you're still saving a serious amount of money. And given the fact that you won't be engaged in re-work, re-fabrication, and stalled work crews, you'll also be saving on the scheduling side of the equation, too.
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4D Scheduling. We'll then move to 4D scheduling and optimal sequencing of tasks and trades. We'll offer a brief primer on flowline scheduling to describe the optimization process with a model-based schedule. It's not rocket science, it's really common sense, but it forces the optimal sequence and flow of trades through the various locations of the building project. As you can image, framing needs to occur before drywall before painting. A flowline schedule lets you visualize the crews by location by productivity rate.
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STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford gymnast Eddie Penev has been named the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week after being crowned NCAA champion in both vault and floor exercise at national championships last weekend.
The junior from Rochester, N.Y. is the first Cardinal men's gymnast to win multiple individual championships in the same season. Penev won an individual national title on vault as a freshman, and his three career titles tie Steve Hug and Ted Marcy for most in a career.
Penev posted scores of 16.100 on floor and 15.500 on vault and is now a five-time All-American in three years on The Farm.
Penev was also named Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week on April 20, 2010, after winning his first individual title.
Also nominated: Alex Blandino (baseball), Emilie Boeri (lacrosse), Spencer Chase (men's track and field), Kaley Dodson (women's water polo), Nicole Gibbs (women's tennis), Ivana Hong (women's gymnastics), Brad Lawson (men's volleyball), Sally Mace (sailing), Ryan Thacher (men's tennis), Alyssa Wisdom (women's track and field).


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The Cheney Blackhawks wrestling team continued to roll through the season with a dual meet and a tournament this past week.
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Sister Act: Sibling Revelry lands down under
Ann Hampton Callaway and sister Liz Calaway bring their acclaimed production of Sibling Revelry to Sydney.
"Music was like air. It was like breathing. I thought everybody in the world loved music the way our family did and I didn't realise we were unique," said jazz singer Ann Hampton Calloway, who lands down under this month to present Sibling Revelry alongside her sister, Broadway star Liz Callaway."I thought everyone's mother's sang at the piano and everyone's father's walked around singing scat. It was just a part of life. It was essential."
The way Callaway remembers it, her whole family was musical, so a career in the music biz should have been a foregone conclusion. Not so… "It was foregone that music would be a part of my life creatively," she told GNN. "But I love acting and painting and poetry and song writing – so I might start a conversation in one medium and it would move to another. Nowadays though the joy I get from music just grows and grows."
Despite both having successful careers in the music business, it wasn't until cabaret producer Don Smith suggested the pair perform together that Callaway and her sister Liz decided to do a show. Their first performance was at New York's infamous Russian Tea Room. The show sold out and people like Liza Minelli showed up and were weeping with joy in the front row.
The sisters then decided to spread their wings further and developed a full-scale production, Sibling Revelry, which debuted at The Rainbow and Stars Club in New York. That was in 1995 and the show is still going strong and has become something of a gay right of passage. "There's a saying in New York that you don't get your gay card unless you know Sibling Revelry by heart," laughs Callaway.
"We did the show in August last year and we thought - oh my god, no-one is gong to come to a show in New York in August – but we packed the house – you couldn't breathe. People in the audience were mouthing the words and weeping and cheering. It was really interesting to see how the show took on a deeper resonance and the songs and stories became even more meaningful with time."
Callaway believes part of the production's enduring appeal lies in the relationship she shares with her sister, which is intimately revealed within the patter and songs of Sibling Revelry. "A lot of time people come up after the show and they're like, 'I'm going to call my sister'… I love that it has that kind of effect – helping people to reconnect."
Sibling Revelry will play for one night only at The Basement on June 23.
- TOPICS: Ann Hapton Callaway, broadway show, Liz Callaway, musical theatre, Sibling Revelry
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Although women have made many advances in all areas of society,holding positions of authority in almost every arena of public and private life, the beauty myth still continues to have a strong impact on young women of all ages.
Adolescence is a wonderful time for the body to blossom and strengthen. Although hormones can cause some uncomfortable changes that are unavoidable, the teen years provide a time when a young girl can reach her peak physically and athletically. Of course, this can only be achieved through proper diet and exercise.
So when should a parent of a teen girl become concerned about her daughter's body image and a possible eating disorder? The Child and Adult Care Food Program, the federal program that sets standards for feeding for children in PreK through adolescence for school and daycare food programs, states that the child over the age of 10 should be feed as following. First of all, 3 meals a day are a must for energy and to accommodate the growth spurt that teens are encountering while they sleep. For breakfast, a teen should have a bread or cereal, milk or some vitamin D enriched liquid, and a full serving of fruit or vegetable. For lunch, a teen should have a full serving of meat or protein substitute (such as peanut butter or cheese), bread, two fruits or vegetable servings, and a milk or some vitamin D enriched liquid. Dinner would be the same as lunch, but the food program also recommends two snacks of fruit and bread throughout the day. If your teen is not adhering to something close to this prescribed diet, there is a danger of vitamin or protein deficiency. This deficiency can affect future growth and capability of vital organs such as kidneys, heart, reproductive system, as well as teeth, nails, and hair.
Encourage your teen daughter to eat well and exercise and compliment on her looks as well as other wonderful areas of her personality. Use phrases like "I like the unique way you. . ." or "Only you can" and make meal time a family affair. Spend time at the table eating and discussing the day. Most of all emphasize to your teen daughter how important healthy eating is to her future and will lay a positive foundation for anything she chooses to do in her life.


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Some people think this is a stupid question but whatever. Which era/year were you born in and which do you wish you lived in?
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Some people think this is a stupid question but whatever. Which era/year were you born in and which do you wish you lived in?
I was born in 1985, and am just fine with the era I grew up in. I suppose being a young adult in the 70's would have been more fun in some aspects.
1970, and I suppose I'll stick with this era, as in most other eras I'd be dead by now.
I am a Millennial, born between 1991-1996 (Near the end).
I wish I was born in the "Silent Generation" or between 1925 and 1942 to be exact (more specifically late 30s).
I wish I attended High School in the mid 50s. I think it would just have been so much better. I could go necking with my girlfriend. Go to the Soda Fountain, Sop Hop, high school football games.
I would've seen the rise of great technology but would have been to old to really care about them. Sometimes I feel like Millennials get too caught up in the "I NEED INFORMATION NOW" type of thing with their cellphones and facebook and twitter. It was just much simpler times back then.
Plus the "Silent Generation" didn't have to fight in any major wars and just seemed to be in the right place at the right time. They didn't have to worry about any real major health issues except for cancer but they were/are so old that it just wouldn't matter to me.
Child of the 80's. Would have loved to be college aged in the 20's
Some time in the future, where we have cool stuff.
The '40s because I'd have been working in my 30s on the 50s and I'm a big fan of sexually harassing the women at work and drinking scotch while on the job all day.
I may be going back further than intended but the early 19th century would have been great. The unknown of everything western North America was pretty neat. Being part of Lewis and Clark's adventure west. With nearly every inch of the world now mapped out there isn't the opportunity for that kind of discovery. It's hard to imagine having literally no idea of what's around the next corner. Undiscovered animals, plants, people. Who knows though. I'd probably hate it by day two. I get poison ivy from a camping weekend now and don't want to go outdoors for a week.
Born in '76. With the things we know and technology we have, I don't think I'd want to be born any further back, but not knowing what the future holds, I'd hate to say any later. So, kind of a boring answer, I guess, but I really did think about it.
ignoring the whole fact that it would be not fun to be a woman during these times, but I have always wanted to experience the Regency period in England, Scotland when they still had clan stuff, the antebellum South (provided I could be a rich white person), pioneer times (especially to see my own ancestors begin their farm) and the Plains/Western US post-Civil War.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Catch some Hail State Hoops and get that last-minute Christmas shopping done in Las Vegas as the Mississippi State women's basketball team participates in the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic, scheduled for Dec. 20-21.
The event, hosted by Sport Tours International, will be played at the South Point Hotel arena located just a few miles from the famous Las Vegas Strip.
The Bulldogs open play Dec. 20 against Illinois-Chicago in a 9:30 p.m. CST tip. Vic Schaefer's squad closes play the following day as it faces Miami (Ohio) at 4 p.m. CST.
Old Dominion rounds out the field.
Mississippi State returns five starters from last season's squad that finished 22-14, the fourth-most wins in program history, and advanced to the WNIT quarterfinals.
The Bulldogs won three postseason games for the first time while setting new top marks for points (2,551), rebounds (1,410) and made free throws (705).
In addition to the talented group of returnees, the Bulldogs welcome a stellar five-player signing class that ranked in the Top 20 in the nation.
Illinois-Chicago, like Mississippi State, made a stellar turn-around last season, going 26-9 and winning the Women's Basketball Invitational championship.
The Redhawks bring back six players from last year's team that went 8-22 overall, 4-14 in Mid-American Conference play.Ticket prices for the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic will be announced at a later date.


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Psychiatric Patients Wait in Overcrowded ERs
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By: Jane Ehrhardt
Zelia Baugh, MSW, LCSW, Brookwood Medical Center
Brookwood Expanding their Mental Health Department
A 2007 American Hospital Association survey found that nearly half of emergency departments are at or over capacity. A portion of the overcrowding results from the need to house psychiatric patients short-term. And with over half of the ERs in urban hospitals proclaiming an increase in boarding demand for behavioral health patients, the problem is escalating.
"Probably fifty to sixty percent of acute psychiatric patients come from the ER," says Zelia Baugh, MSW, LCSW, the administrative director of psychiatric services at Brookwood Medical Center. Acute can refer to patients with psychoses, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or suicidal tendencies.
Baugh estimates these patients wait anywhere from 18 hours to five days in Birmingham ERs until a psychiatric bed at a hospital opens up. Currently, the city hospital psychiatric beds total about 230 — Brookwood with 109, UAB at just over 80 and Trinity with 40.
While waiting, not only are the patients delayed in receiving the specialized treatment a psychiatric department can offer, but the ER beds and resources that may be needed for medical emergencies — particularly in this winter of a pandemic — are being taken up.
Baugh says that the number of ER beds occupied by psychiatric patients in limbo varies on any given day. "In each ER, you might have from one up to five," she says. "UAB often has more, because they're one of the few designated mental health facilities."
This designation means police and other officials can drop off patients, who have been committed by the probate court or required to undergo psych evaluation to determine commitment, at the UAB emergency department. "But we all function as designated mental health facilities in some manner, because UAB can't handle all that," Baugh says. The situation can be even bleaker in some of the rural outlying counties where psychiatric patients must wait in jail for a hospital bed to become available at times.
Most of the seven psychiatric wards at Brookwood have a waiting list. The shortest wait is for the 75-bed adult and intermediate care units for patients with major depression up through schizophrenia and probate court-held patients.
The longest wait, but generally the shortest list, is for the more resource-laden intensive care unit of five beds. Patients may have to linger for a week to ten days before a spot opens here.
This ward offers constant observation with one staff member for every two patients. The mental illnesses here run toward extreme suicidal tendencies, aggressive or homicidal schizophrenia, and severe intellectual disability. "This unit is full pretty much 99 percent of the time," Baugh says. There are usually one or two patients on the waiting list, with the normal stay in the unit running about three weeks versus three or four days in the other units.
"There's always been an issue of psych bed availability, but the impact on this needed service was severely increased when we lost Carraway's beds," Baugh says.
Carraway had been filling 45 to 50 psychiatric beds a day. When the hospital closed a year ago, Brookwood filed for an emergency Certificate of Need (CON) for psychiatric beds. They opened 16 beds on January 27 of this year, and within a day, all were full.
"We have the CON for 45 beds, but we only had the internal capacity to open 16," Baugh says. By the end of next year, however, Brookwood will be opening all 45 as they finish their structural expansion. Included in the 29 additional beds will be at least one more four-bed unit for the intensive care psych patients.
"We get phone calls almost daily from nursing homes and family members begging us to take their loved one, because they need help," Baugh says. "For someone with mental illness, if they're hearing voices yelling inside their head, sometimes to kill themselves or kill their neighbors, it's no different to them than the pain of you waiting a week to have an appendix removed. But with acute mental illness, the families know they or their loved one are not even safe as they wait."
Baugh believes the 45 additional beds will make a dent in the waiting lists, but not clear them up. "Brookwood is doing its fair share in being a community partner," she says, pointing out that they offer the most beds even before their expansion. "Brookwood is stepping up to the plate."
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If you enjoy an ice cream cone now and again (and we hope that you do), you might be interested to learn that ice cream was a favored dessert in European circles as early as the 17th century. As part of our exhibition English Taste, Rienzi has on view a series of porcelain objects from 18th-century dessert services, two of which were made specifically for ice cream.
If the thought of 300-year-old ice cream is confounding, you might be further surprised to learn that 18th C ice creams were of a very high quality, and made in a great variety of flavors. As food historian Ivan Day describes, they "could easily compete with an Italian gelateria." In confectionery shops of 18th C England, much like a modern ice cream parlor, it was possible to sit down and enjoy an ice fresh from the freezing pot, or to order a larger quantity to take away for an important dinner. Flavors that were most fashionable include pistachio and brown bread, both listed in recipes in the 1770s; other popular ice creams were elderflower, jasmine, white coffee, tea, pineapple, barberries and a host of other unusual flavors.
Although ice creams were known in England starting in the 1670s, it was in France and Italy that the dessert was perfected. In the 16th C, Italians used underground snow-pits to store compacted snow and ice throughout the summer for use in icy beverages. Italian recipes for semi-frozen desserts continued to be popular through the 17th C, and from there spread throughout Europe. In France, ices were the piece de resistance of lavish dinners of Louis XIV. In 1664 the first ice house was built at Versailles, and by 1670 the first ice cream shop opened in Paris.
Our first record of ice cream in England is from 1671, on the menu of a feast for the Knights of the Garter held in St. George's Hall at Windsor Castle. At the time, it was such an exclusive dish that it was only served at the King's table. The earliest English recipe to appear in print, was from Mrs. Eale's Receipts, published in London, 1718. Mrs. Eale claimed to be the confectioner (dessert chef) to Queen Anne, during whose reign ice cream was a luxury only enjoyed at court and by the nobility. It was not until the second half of the 18th C that ices become more widely available from confectioner's shops. Beginning in the 1760s French and Italian confectioners set up shops in London and other cities in England (yet another example of the French setting the standards for dining fashion in Europe).
If you've ever made ice cream at home, you might be familiar with the technique used by 18th C cooks. The main materials include a sabotiere (pewter freezing pot) and a houlette (ice spade), both of which were probably invented in 17th C Naples. The pewter pot was submerged into a wooden bucket filled with ice and salt. The mixture (liquid ice cream) was then poured into the pot and gently stirred as the ingredients hardened inside the tub.
The first book to give clear instructions on how to make ice cream was written by the confectioner to the Spanish Ambassador, living in London, a man named Borella. He produced a cookbook in 1770, The Court and Country Confectioner which aimed to instructing English housekeepers in the mysteries of making the sort of high class confectionary that was fashionable in continental circles. He writes that the stirring of the mixture was most important:
Detach with a pewter spoon (houlette) all the flakes which stick to the sides, in order to make it congeal equally all over in the pot. Then you must work them well as much as you are able, for they are so much the more mellow as they are well worked, and their delicacy depends entirely upon that.
Two pints of ice cream could be made in 40 minutes in this traditional way and it wasn't until the hand-cranking system in the mid-19th C that there was any better method.
If you come to Rienzi, be sure to visit Isla's Room Gallery where there is displayed an ice pail designed to keep the dessert chilled during service, and a footed ice cream cup, both exquisitely manufactured by the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1770. For more on the preparation and service of historic ice creams – and for fascinating a foodie stuff in general – explore the website of Ivan Day, food historian and co-curator of English Taste: Dining in the 18th Century. Much of the information in this article was derived from his site.


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This week's strong weather system continues to make its way toward the East Coast, but before that it caused its share of damage to the Midwest.
On one half of the weather system, homeowners near the Great Lakes saw between 12 to 18 inches of snow, while in Kansas City, Missouri, residents faced a hail storm that lasted long enough to raise questions if it was a hail sighting or snow storm, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
To make matters even more alarming, this weather front had the potential to bring tornadoes, 60 miles per hour winds and heavy rains. For those that live in Kansas City's Northland neighborhoods: Thursday's storm definitely had hail damaged areas.
Precipitation that fell in parts of Tiffany Springs, local Highway 152 and Weatherby Lake ranged between dime to quarter-sized hail stones. According to a local Hearst Television affiliate, the hail storm "blanketed portions of the Kansas City Northland," which likely raised confusion if it was a typical snowstorm or hail event.
Property owners who were under the severe thunderstorm watch may want to carefully examine if they to file a claim to insurance companies to repair these losses.
Those who want to make the most out of their estimate and claim can benefit from a hail map. These documents has information on size of the hail storm in a specific location and the strength of wind gusts during the event — knowing exactly how fast the hail stones were traveling can provide evidence on the severity of the damage property


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" . . . the story of aviation, the human genius that made it possible and the profound effects that it has had on the way in which we live" is the mission of New England Air Museum.
In Windsor Locks Connecticut next to Bradley International Airport an aerospace museum, New England Air Museum stands. Three hangers hold a wealth of over 66 vintage and modern aircraft, 26 helicopters, exhibits and memorabilia. There are a variety of missiles, ejection seats and other flight related equipment. The centerpiece is a restored Boeing B-29 Superfortress. An aircraft restoration program is ongoing with recent work on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Gee Bee Model R and a Lockheed 10 Electra.
Exhibits tell the story how men and women built, flew and made history through air power. They reveal histories of Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky Aircraft, the Lafayette Escadrille, AVG Flying Tigers, and the Tuskegee Airmen.
Tours are conducted with special events and children's activities. There are hands on exhibits, pedal pusher airplanes and computer flight simulators for kids. Flight SimCon 2014 flight simulation conference will be held in the facility in June 2014.
The Special event of 'Open Cockpit Sunday' welcomes visitors to climb into the cockpits of 10 vintage planes and helicopters. Imagine yourself sitting in the cockpits of a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, Lockheed F-104C Starfighter, North American F-100A Super Sabre 52-5761. They are displayed within a heated hanger with snacks and cold drinks available. Tours are conducted from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on selected dates.
A small dining area has snack vending machines. "Wings "N" Things" gift shop sells pins, patches, models, books, and other merchandise that are sure to please.
36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks Conn.
Museum Hours
Daily 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed major holidays
Admission Fee
Adults $12
Seniors $11
Children 4-11 $6.50
3 and under free
Windsor Locks is a Connecticut town 14 miles north of Hartford with a population 12,498. The town is south of Enfield Falls on the Connecticut River. It is beside the Connecticut River named for a set of canal locks that opened in 1829.
New England Air Museum was organized in 1959 but a tornado destroyed the original museum with a new building built in 1981.
Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks Connecticut is halfway between Hartford and Springfield. It is the busiest in the state and second busiest to Boston's Logan International Airport. The airport covers 2,432 acres at 173' elevation with three asphalt runways.
New England Air Museum is a 5 hour drive of 316 miles from Rochester NY. Drive east on I-90 Thruway into Massachusetts to Springfield exiting south at US 91. Nearing Windsor Locks follow signs to Bradley International Airport, then to New England Air Museum.
Here a review of the air museum:
"It's not the Smithsonian (what else is?), but for a regional museum this is about as good as it gets."


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The National Geographic gets in the holiday spirit with their photo of the day.
Mummy Hand, Magdalena de Cao, El Brujo, Peru, 2004
Photograph by Ira Block
A close-up shows the desiccated hand of a remarkably preserved woman from Peru's ancient Moche culture. The discovery of her elaborately wrapped remains at a ceremonial site called El Brujo puzzled archaeologists, who were surprised by what appeared to be a female ruler among the male-dominated Moche.
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