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Food Stamp Fraud Results In 5 Years Of Prison
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Mike Bruszer
2005 Highlights: Batted .293 on the season with a home run and 34 RBI...stole a Horizon League-best and career-high 16 bases...scored 41 runs...belted eight doubles and legged out two triples...started all 60 games he appeared in...went 2-for-2 with two RBI, three runs scored and a homer against UW-Stevens Point on April 27...went 3-for-4 with a run scored against UW-Milwaukee on April 15...recorded 17 multi-hit games...went 3-for-4 with a run scored against Ohio State on March 21...knocked in two runs against Youngstown State during a 4-0 win in the Horizon League semifinals on May 27...turned in a huge 7-for-13 showing, with six runs scored, in a four-game set with UW-Milwaukee from April 15-17...went 7-for-15 with eight RBI and four runs scored in a four-game series with Chicago State in March...named Horizon League Player of the Week for period ending March 27 after batting .417 (10-for-24) with nine RBI...went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a RBI against Cleveland State in the second game of a twinbill on May 7...tallied two RBI, two doubles and four runs scored against the Vikings to help spur the Flames to their first league road series sweep since 1993...2005 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Baseball Team selection.
2004 Highlights: Appeared in 31 games, including 18 starts,...went 5-for-11 with eight RBI, three runs scored and a homer in a three-game series against Saint Louis,...went 2-for-4 with two RBI in a 12-3 victory over Sterling on March 23rd,...collected two hits and scored two runs in a 9-8 triumph over Bradley on April 7th,...picked up two hits apiece in losses to Lynn (3/24/04) and UW-Milwaukee (4/18/04),...lifted a sacrifice fly in a 8-5 victory over Cleveland State on April 30th,...was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases.
2003 Highlights:Redshirted the season and will retain two years of eligibility.
2002 Highlights: Garnered All-Horizon League first team honors as a shortstop,...started all 55 games for UIC,...was second on the squad with 67 hits,...recorded a team-high 221 at-bats, which was good for second in UIC history,...swiped 12 bases in 17 attempts,...went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two stolen bases in a 4-1 victory over Florida A&M on February 22nd,...roped his lone home run of the season in an 8-4 victory over Cleveland State on May 4th,...batted .303 on the campaign,...went 3-for-6 with two RBI in an 11-6 come-from-behind victory over UW-Milwaukee on May 17th,...collected three hits in UIC,'s 3-1 victory over Detroit in the Horizon League Tournament,...went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a RBI in a 20-14 win over Viterbo on March 30th.
2001 Highlights: As a freshman, he started at shortstop in 58 of UIC,'s 60 games and compiled a .270 batting average,...shared MCC Newcomer of the Year honors and earned a spot on the MCC All-Newcomer Team...tallied 50 hits, 32 runs scored and 27 RBI while his extra base hits included 12 doubles, one triple and three home runs...his 25 walks were second most on the team while his 10 sacrifice hits led the squad,...batted .229 in MCC action,...had 13 multiple-hit outings during the year, including a 4-for-4 showing versus Cleveland State on April 6,...ended up with a .375 batting average (6-for-16) in the Flames,' four-game regular-season sweep of the Vikings,...longest hitting streak of the season was seven games, during which he batted .433 (13-for-30) with six runs scored and five RBI.
Prep/Personal: Lettered four years as a shortstop and pitcher for the Deerfield Warriors,...as a senior, he batted in the leadoff spot and compiled a .365 batting average with 35 hits, a team-best 31 runs scored and 14 RBI,...extra-base hits included six doubles and a pair of home runs,...was outstanding on the base path as he stole 20 bases in 22 attempts,...on the mound, he tallied a 4-4 record with a 3.32 ERA and had 60 strikeouts with just six walks for the year,...following the season, he earned Central Suburban North All-Conference accolades and was named the team's defensive player of the year,...as a junior, he batted third in the lineup and led the Warriors with a .411 batting average, 85 hits and 21 runs scored while also driving in 17 runs,...his eight doubles, two triples and two home runs were also tops on the team,...was named Deerfield's most valuable player and defensive player of the year while also earning a spot on the all-conference team,...during his sophomore campaign, he compiled a .311 average at the plate with 28 hits, 29 runs scored and seven doubles,...again, collected all-conference accolades as well as defensive player of the year honors,...was inducted into the National Honor Society on April 27, 2000,...born October 26, 1981,...son of George Bruszer,...plans to pursue an Environmental Sciences degree.
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Programs & Services
Park Office
At Park Entrance
From Memorial Weekend through Labor Day, the best time to contact someone in the park is 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Friday through Saturday. At other times, Sunday through Thursday, call Scenic State Park (218) 743-3362.
Visitor Center
The Clubhouse has been converted to a museum which includes two floors of exhibits, a gift shop, and park office.
Interpretive Exhibit
Two floors of museum displays are located in the Clubhouse. Other exhibits can be seen along tour route.
Naturalist Programs
At the Mine
Guided interpretive tours begin the Friday of Memorial Day and end the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Group tours are available spring, summer and fall by contacting the park in advance.
Historic Site
Mine and Facilities
The open-pit mine and mining facilities are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is also designated as a site along the Heritage Tour route of northeast Minnesota.
Fossil Hunter Tour and Historic Mine Tour
Historic Mine Tour - Board a bus to trace the route miners took to get to work.
Fossil Hunter Tour - Hunt for fossils from the Cretaceous era - best of all you can keep what you find.
Hours - Tours run 1.5 hours, Friday and Saturday.Rates - $10/adult, $6/child 5-12, free/child under 5.For additional information: Hill Annex Mine Tours.
Gift Shop
Park Office
Nature Store in the park includes gift items, park specific items, mining and geology-related books and items.
Observation Tower
Located outside the Clubhouse. Excellent for viewing the mine pits.


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We offer the Best & Longest float on the river!
Tubing Shuttles start at 10:30am and run until 1:30pm *LAST SHUTTLE VARIES WITH RIVER DEPTH/SPEED - ALWAYS CALL IN SO YOU DON'T MISS THE LAST SHUTTLE* AND DON'T BE LATE!
Shuttles leave on the HOUR Monday thru Friday and ever 1/2 HOUR on Saturday & Sunday.
Reservations are a must. Please arrive 30 minutes before your shuttle leaves to allow yourself time to take care of special items such as sunscreen, drinks, ice, sunglasses and most of all, shoes that will stay on your feet. (No flipflops!)
Life jackets are available upon request.
|$24.00 per person
|$ 8.00 (need a cooler? +$8
*we can accommodate coolers from a (6) pack size up through a 48 quart*
Groups of 25 or more must have reservations, have their liability waivers filled out, money collected and check in all at once in order to receive the discount!
Single Person Reservations will NOT be accepted as it is against our insurance policy to put people solo on the river as it is unsafe.
NO TUBE SHUTTLES (ex., we can't give you a ride if you have your own tubes)
Take a peaceful float down our secluded 4-mile stretch of the James. You will find that the 2-4 hour trip will relax you thoroughly. Groups over 25 or more should call ahead for special rates.
What do I wear?
- Bathing suits
- Shorts and t-shirt
- Tennis shoes, sandals or Tevas. NO FLIPFLOPS!
- Sunblock and sunglasses (cheap, leave the Raybans at home)
- Bring an extra set of clothing. You might want to use our indoor shower facilities to clean up after your day on the river.
Things to remember:
- Be on time
- We are not a theme park, so non-swimmers and children under the age requirement should stay at home or with friends.
- Tennis or river shoes required!
- No glass containers or styrofoam coolers (six-pack size up through a 48qt)
- No children under 6 for tubing
- NO PETS (most pets are not comfortable around water and will feel safer at home.)
- Bring an extra set of clothes to change into after your float. Changing rooms and hot showers are available.
- Leave the alcohol at home! Alcohol and the River don't mix!!
- It's the LAW! Consumption of alcohol in public is strictly prohibited and heavily enforced. Don't risk the possibility of arrest and destroying a perfect day for you and your group!
- Littering in Virginia is illegal so help keep our river green and clean. If you take it on the river, bring it out of the river with you.
If possible, wear your river clothing and have your cooler packed and ready to go. This will allow you more time on the river. You are then asked to board the bus. Everyone is briefed on the float and the river conditions. The travel time to the "put-in" point is about 15 minutes. Our staff will unload your tube and assist in helping you enter the river. Rope is available to tie your cooler tube to your people tube. No styrofoam coolers.
A staff member will be present to assist you and to answer any last minute questions. It's that easy. Kick back and enjoy the float.
Don't forget our handy gift certificates for the perfect summer gift!
Total amount of rental fee is required to hold your reservation. Refunds are available with a one weeks notice of cancellation.
"NO SHOWS" or cancellations made within the (7) days leading up to their trip will be charged in full for the reservation.
Reservations can be made with cash, check, Travelers cheque, VISA OR Master Card, Discover.
We reserve the right to cancel any trips if weather or water conditions are hazardous. We recommend that you call for information on the condition of the river before your trip. If we cancel, you receive a full refund or may reschedule without penalty.


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It has been a crazy couple of months according to Johnny Weir.
After claiming the silver at 2008 Skate America Weir headed to Japan for his next assignment, NHK Trophy. Weir claimed another silver in Tokyo, earning a berth to the Grand Prix Final in South Korea.
He and coach Galina Zmievskaya remained in Japan to prepare for the final. By the time the event rolled around, Weir had spent four consecutive weeks in Asia. "It was good not having to traverse the earth a number of times in a month but I felt like I was living in a bubble," he said.
"I think I could have trained a little bit better between NHK and the final but I was sick while I was in Japan. Then I got to the final and I wanted to put on the best show I could. I made a big mistake in the short but fought back in free skate." Weir claimed bronze in Goyang City.
A week later, he returned to Korea to participate in a Christmas show with his good friend Yu-Na Kim.
"The show was a charity event – we were supporting a local children's fund," he said. "There was no big monetary gain for me. I did it because Yu-Na asked me. She is a good friend and I just wanted to help her.
"While I was there I got terribly sick with a stomach virus and spent Christmas night in the hospital hooked up to an IV machine," he said during a teleconference this afternoon.
But the past few weeks Weir said he has had his nose to the grindstone in preparation for nationals. "I have worked very hard for nationals and basically I am just trying to continue what I have set myself up for this season," he said. "I am really excited to go to Cleveland next week.
Weir spoke openly about his thoughts on the new judging system. "It is hard to balance – it has become some kind of a national math contest," he said. "The system is killing the sport as I see it. It is difficult for someone who is artistic to try and put the art before the technical. The free is supposed to be free, where you do what you feel and tell a story – that is impossible to do now.
"My programs this year are not the huge artistic images that I want to portray because I have to get the jumps elements done and the spins and the footwork. The art of figure skating is lost because of this new system.
"Like always I want to show people something beautiful so they can sit back and relax and enjoy what they are seeing," Weir continued. "I was disappointed after my previous events – not because of mistakes but because I did not put the passion out on the ice. When you are thinking and being a human calculator on the ice it can be hard to put out the beautiful performances."
When asked his thoughts on the results at the 2008 national championships, Weir was positive. "I considered myself a champion last year because of what I achieved. I earned my first world medal," Weir said.
"A tie seems really ridiculous because it seems almost impossible – that made the situation at nationals bittersweet. I felt I had done enough to be the national champion but at the same time, I was really proud of what I did."
Weir addressed the rivalries between himself and Evan Lysacek. "We have a rivalry but we also have one with anyone else who wants to take those two top spots," Weir admitted. "For the past two seasons it has been the Evan and Johnny show."
Brian Orser brought up the rivalry during a spring show in Korea, Weir said. "Last May I was in a show and Brian said '...they are crazy about this rivalry with you and Evan in America.' I told him it is basically a rivalry built on what we said about each other. He said, 'yeah but rivalries are good for the sport, they excite people.' I said I understood that but someone always gets portrayed as the bad guy."
The 24-year-old has been training very hard since the final to erase the mistakes he made in Korea and to perform better at nationals and Worlds. "Hopefully I am trained well enough that I can go out and show people something beautiful," he said.
"It is a very exciting time to be a men's figure skater in America because we have so many strong athletes. We have at least 10 who could be up there on the podium (next week). My favorite is Adam Rippon. But everyone is so talented. For skating fans the men's event is the most exciting and you never know who is going to pull through and win.
"When we go to the World Championships in our own country we will not go down without a fight. I think that is a very exciting thing for the fans and for our skaters."


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Each year, NASCAR kicks off the Sprint Cup Series schedule with a special no-holds-barred, non-points race at Daytona International Speedway, most recently known as the Sprint Unlimited. In its most recent incarnation, the Sprint Unlimited goes back to the days of the Busch Clash, allowing the previous season's pole winners to duke it out for supremacy. For 2014, all three Joe Gibbs Racing Cup Series drivers will be participating after a particularly fast 2013.
Matt Kenseth will drive the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry during the race, taking place Saturday night, February 15th (green flag flies at 8:15 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1). Kenseth took the fastest time three times in 2013, at the early races at Kansas and Richmond and ending the season at Homestead-Miami. He's been in the Sprint Unlimited seven previous times, with a best finish of third in his first time out in 2003. Don't count Kenseth out of victory lane though – he's got two wins in the Daytona 500.
Kyle Busch will start the race in the No. 18 M&Ms Toyota after capturing three poles of his own in 2013, at the first Bristol race, the first Texas race and the second Daytona race. Busch is fast at Daytona, having led laps in five of the seven Sprint Unlimited events he's participated in. He won the event in 2012, putting on a show after coming out of two should've-been wrecks to slingshot past Tony Stewart.
Denny Hamlin brings the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota to Daytona having picked up five poles in 2013: Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, the first Charlotte and Dover races, the second Bristol race and the second Martinsville race. Hamlin is one of five drivers to win the first Sprint Unlimited he appeared in (the list also includes former JGR driver Dale Jarrett), back in 2006; Hamlin has appeared in the last eight events for JGR.
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"When I pass from the earth, I want my death to connect to life with a simple, natural, green burial. Give my body to the earth that has sustained me - no embalming fluid, no casket - and recycle me peacefully into the soil like wildlife along with my soulmate and our companion animals." - Jeannette Louise Smith
Even in death there can be controversy. The ceremonial, memorialization, and burial wishes of the deceased may cause conflict between surviving family, loved ones, and friends. The living may also disagree amongst themselves about how their loved one should be honored. Lack of awareness for cultural and religious traditions, rituals, and beliefs can also impede understanding and respect.
Aside from acts of genocide and warring foes in which human remains were disrespected and treated with complete disdain, Robert Fells, General Counsel at International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) for 31 years and Executive Director for the past three years says, "Funeral services and memorialization of our dead have been important components of all societies for thousands of years."
"Somehow, the understanding that funerals are for the living was misplaced and instead direct disposition came about," Fells remarks on interment and cremation without any formal services, visitation, or observance, "usually at the wish of the decedent without any regard for the survivors. Thus, the time-honored process of sharing grief and working through it was discarded."
"The emergence of pet funerals recognizes that grief must be channeled," Fells says. "The human brain does not process grief over the loss of a beloved pet any differently than grief over the loss of a family member or close friend."
Regarding the public's attitude about interring humans with their companion animals, Fells perceives, "There seems to be an increasing number of people who are interested in some sort of service and memorialization when their pet dies. This is truly a grassroots movement by consumers and neither anticipated by nor marketed by the death care industry."
Fells believes there is a small percentage of consumers who want to be buried with their companion animals. "Whether this number will increase or whether consumers who say they want co-burial will actually follow through remains to be seen."
Among the many different types of cemeteries (church, religious, government, military, family, private, pet, and green), most cemeteries are non-profit and a much smaller percentage of cemeteries are for profit businesses.
"Whatever the model," Fells explains, "cemeteries are typically dedicated and legally restricted to interring human remains. Burial rights have been sold historically only for human burials."
"The issue of someone wanting to use a burial right they have purchased for a pet burial would likely violate the cemetery's charter and bylaws, rules and regulations, and the contract of sale itself."
"The cemetery has a responsibility to observe the conditions and limitations of the burial rights sold," Fells states referring specifically to human remains. There is no established legal right for the co-burial of humans and their companion animals.
"Co-burial in a section dedicated to human remains is not an option for cemeteries."
"Respecting the wishes of people who wish to be buried with their pets has a viable path," Fells elaborates. "The obvious solution is for the cemetery to dedicate a new section for pet burials, as is being done quite often now, and also to dedicate a new section for co-burials if state and local laws do not prohibit it, or better yet, authorize it."
The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association is cooperating with various state cemetery associations to obtain whatever governmental consent may be needed to ascertain whether a cemetery may lawfully dedicate sections for co-burials.
"Perhaps," Fells says, "the future of the funeral industry will see a renewed appreciation for the role of services and memorialization in the grieving process."
For more information, visit the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) website and follow International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association on Facebook. Also visit the Pet Loss Professionals Alliance on the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association website.


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Curtis Granderson Stadium Construction Update - Oct. 30, 2013
Oct. 30, 2013
CHICAGO – Construction of Curtis Granderson Stadium continues to move forward with many of the venue's elements beginning to take shape. Crews have nearly completed the barrier walls that will line the left field berm designed for fan seating and most the excavation needed for the entire project has been accomplished. Foundations for both dugouts and the stadium are currently being formed as concrete is scheduled to be poured in the next few weeks.
On Sept. 17, UIC held a groundbreaking ceremony in which hundreds of invited guests attended. Granderson announced his pledge for the stadium on Feb. 6, 2013 at his UIC #28 jersey retirement event and the University Board of Trustees gave the project a green light with their official approval on May 30.
Curtis Granderson Stadium will not only be home for UIC baseball, but more importantly serve as the anchor for the Curtis Granderson Stadium Project, a youth initiative designed to aid children of Chicago. Partnerships with Major League Baseball, the Chicago Public Schools and numerous youth league organizations have been established to provide youngsters with an opportunity to compete at Curtis Granderson Stadium and the adjoining athletic fields.


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a) Determine the smallest symmetric group $S_n$ that contains a subgroup isomorphic to H, generated by $x^4=y^3=1$, $xy=y^2x$.
b) Find a subgroup of $SL_2(F_5)$ that is isomorphic to that group.
My first step was to say that $n$ is at least 4 so that $S_n$ contains an element of order 4. But I tried $S_4$ and it didn't quite work. After that I couldn't make much progress.
Any help appreciated.


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Persepolis Fortification Tablets
H. Koch, Es kündet Dareios der König, 1992; ©!!!)
fortification tablets: large collection of ancient Persian cuneiform
administrative texts, written between 506 and 497 BCE. They are one of
the most important sources for the study of the administration of the Achaemenid
Persepolis was one of the capitals of the ancient Persian empire, founded by king Darius I the Great in 518 BCE. It was excavated by the Oriental Institute of Chicago: Ernst Herzfeld and F. Schmidt were working in Persepolis from 1931 to 1939. During the excavations, two archives of cuneiform texts were discovered.
The smallest set of tablets is called the Persepolis Treasury Tablets. There are 139 of them, and they describe payments in silver between 492 and 458.
The collection that is known as the Persepolis Fortification Tabletsis older and larger: there are 20,000 to 25,000 of them, belonging to about 15,000-18,000 documents. Not all tablets have been published; after decades of neglect, the project was started again in 2002 (more).
The Persepolis Fortification Tablets were written in Elamite, the language of the Persian chancellery, and deal with economic transactions (in kind) up till 493 BCE. Only a couple of them are in Aramaic, Phrygian, Old Persian, or Greek. The men in charge of them were Pharnaces and his deputy Ziššawiš. One example:
The ration received by Barîk-'El was some sort of payment for a service he had done to his king. Tablets like these help us understand the administration of the Persian empire. We also know about the issue of passports, orders for payments of silver and gold to the chief treasurer (ganzabara), and the dispatching of judges, accountants, caravans and teams of country laborers.


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Member of the reality-based community of progressive (not anonymous) Massachusetts blogs
This past weekend I decided to vote for Martin Burke for State Rep (17th Middlesex, So. Lowell and Belvidere). Burke is the Republican candidate running against incumbent and Scott Brown's new best friend, David Nangle, a member of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
I had been leaning in that direction for a while but when I saw the pictures of our junior senator posing with Nangle and promenading around town with Nangle, promoting each other, I realized that Scott is one of those who truly believes "I got mine, now go get yours" who deserted a political novice. Is this how Scott was treated when he decided to run for office? Is this how he was treated when he decided to move up the Mass GOP ranks?
I do not know how Burke will do against Nangle. It will be very difficult to unseat him. It appears that very few want to cross him. Besides us at LiL, has anyone ever criticized him publicly? Is he that good?
There are a lot of people who know Nangle and his extended family and do not believe that his political bromance with Scott is detrimental to his career. The guy moves in wide circles and he has been around for a while. It appears that he has a loyal following. The power of this type of incumbency is very difficult to overcome. (more…)
Jack has just posted on last night's City Council meeting and posted the video of the entire meeting. I want to raise another issue regarding that meeting.
I know I had previously announced that I would not link any longer to a Lyle Moran report on City Council meeting but today's article is a gem.
Moran is quoting City Council Rodney Elliott quoting Moran. And at next week's City Council meeting, we will have CC Elliott quoting Moran quoting CC Elliott quoting Moran.
But what bothered me the most in that article is the characterization of City Council Ed Kennedy's comments. (more…)
Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that is used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality that is beyond recovery. The phrase is also used to refer to a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of "gimmick" in a desperate attempt to keep viewers' interest.
In its initial usage, it referred to the point in a television program's history when the program had outlived its freshness and viewers had begun to feel that the show's writers were out of new ideas, often after great effort was made to revive interest in the show by the writers, producers, or network.
The usage of "jump the shark" has subsequently broadened beyond television, indicating the moment in its evolution when a brand, design, or creative effort moves beyond the essential qualities that initially defined its success, beyond relevance or recovery.
Besides "civility," the Council should aggressively curtail the degradation of "decorum."
For greater context, please click HERE.
The Merrimack Valley seems to have been largely spared, but I suppose, tell that to people who've lost power. What are you seeing around Lowell?
I have to admit, in my neighborhood, I saw more damage with Irene. Maybe all our weak branches and trees came down then and with last year's Oct storm.
And how are you keeping your kids occupied during a second day at home?
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Lots of stuff going around with tips on what to do ahead of the storm. The ones I had never heard before was, put large containers of water in your freezer NOW, and then if the power goes out, you can take the big frozen containers and put them in your fridge to keep things from spoiling for a little longer. Sort of like turning your fridge into a giant picnic cooler. You'd have to start now, though! It'd take a while to freeze a lot of water.
Also, you can get alerts from MEMA with a phone app:
Ping4alerts! is a new mobile communications app for alerting the public in emergencies and disasters. Through geofencing technology, ping4alerts! enables the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to send highly targeted, instant multimedia alerts to iPhone and Android devices to notify citizens about situations and events happening near them. The ping4alerts! FREE mobile app is one way that MEMA sends emergency information and messages.
You can also sign up for major storm alerts from National Grid by texting STORM to NGRID (64743). They also have a mobile website at www.nationalgrid.com, as well as a Facebook page and Twitter account.
Other tips? What are you doing to weather the oncoming storm?
It's a good idea to secure the loose stuff that could fly around in the wind, e.g. political yards signs.
My printer pal is now officially ticked off. ;v)
Use this as an Open Thread, if you like.
The Caller ID said Falmouth, but it was our former Mayor and #1 vote collector, Rita Mercier. Well sorta. It was a recording of her voice. A robocall, they call 'em. Do you remember getting a million of those during the Brown/Coakley race. I'm convinced the onslaught of obnoxious calls from every national Dem with name recognition helped seal the deal FOR Scott Brown.
Last I checked, Warren wasn't using "robocalls." But, then again, we have real people volunteering to knock on doors and look you in the eye. This crew went out at about 11:30am -
Poor ol' Scott Brown needs "RoboRita" to get his message out.
PS. I'd love to get that audio file, if someone has it on voicemail, ect. Holla.
Here it is, folks. Enjoy:
(h/t Mr. Lynne, who transcribed the message for us)
"Hello this is Rita Mercier calling for Scott Brown. I am the former mayor of the city of Lowell and I am a life-long Democrat. I support President Obama. However I am also voting for Scott Brown, because Scott has proven that he does not follow party lines and will always do what's right for Massachusetts. As a Democrat I want someone with an open mind and Scott has shown that he will work together with President Obama and anyone else to move us forward, regardless of party. Scott doesn't put party first and neither should we.
I hope you will join me in voting for him on Tuesday November 6th."
Then another voice comes on and says: "Paid for by Scott Brown for US Senate Commitee Inc. 508 740 7255."
Map graphics come from the Boston Globe. URLs are provided.
This one is from 2008 and shows Obama leaving McCain in his dust. The thing to remember about this election is it had the highest Lowell turnout (31,905) since 1992 (32,984).
Normally I don't push too hard on Facebook likes, but sometimes I get in the mood. This is one of those moods. So, if you are a Facebook user and wanna catch our feed, it's here.
I post lots of stuff on Facebook that I don't get to here, tidbits that I find on subjects political, cultural, and community-based, most often very local. Some days I post more than others, but it's never more than 3-5 items per day on average. Some of my tweets from @leftinlowell.com make it there as well, when I remember to check off the box to send them (I most often tweet from my phone). But often you'll find stuff there that you'll find no where else, like my most recent post on non-chemical agriculture, or sharing an article from Howl about the chicken movement in Lowell. Yes, chickens! If that intrigues you then go hit the LiL FB page.
I also try to remember (with varying success) to post a link when I create a new blog post here, so it can be convenient for knowing when LiL has new content. Jack and Mimi also have admin access to the FB page though they don't use it very often (though, hint hint, feel free to).
If you find something of particular interest, you can always hit the share button on Facebook to publish something of ours into your own feed. We're only as good as the community who spreads the word! And if you like our feed, then share our page with others!
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No. 7 Texas Defeats No. 27 Texas Tech, 5-1
Carlos DiLaura picked up Texas Tech's lone win on Saturday against Texas.
April 19, 2014
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 7 Texas used five straight-set wins over No. 27 Texas Tech to take a 5-1 win over the Red Raiders at The Falls Athletic Club on Saturday in the men's tennis regular season finale for both teams.
"Texas is a good team and deserved the win tonight," said Red Raider head coach Tim Siegel. "We just seemed a little sluggish after playing Friday night, but that is no excuse."
Saturday's match was moved indoors due to a downpour of rain that fell 90 minutes before the match.
The match began with singles after being moved indoors.
Texas swept through the first five matches with straight-set wins. Carlos DiLaura, who was inserted into the lineup at No. 6 after Johann Willems was scratched due to illness, picked up the lone win for Texas Tech.
DiLaura, who was playing singles in his first dual match of the season, handed Clement Homs just his second loss of the spring. DiLaura held on for a 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (13-11) win at No. 6.
Texas Tech will now wait for Sunday to find out its seeding in the Big 12 Championships, slated for this week in Fort Worth.
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This was what I thought I would do with it.
What are those? Man hands? Yep, I set to work taping off the mat, but my hubby quickly stepped in and said he would be happy to help. He's pretty good at geometric shapes (he's a mechanical engineer after all!).
And then I took a bottle of black paint and a brush and set to work dabbing the paint on. I'm not sure how it will hold up with dirty wet feet, which is why I didn't take the time to put our last initial on yet. In the meantime, I think it looks pretty good.


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I am a photographer and writer who is passionate about the environment and sustainability. I hope that my photography will inspire people to make the world a better place.
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Hi All,
So glad I found this forum! Here's my story:
We had a hard time latching in the beginning with both breasts. But we got it down and have had success since them. Baby is 3.5 months old.
Latching on left breast has always been a little tricky but we got it down. My left nipple is inverted. She has always favored the right one and has had a day here or there of neglecting the left, but we are on day 3 right now and I am starting to panic.
I don't want to nurse her on one side. My right nipple is sore from all of the action. She still hasn't taken a bottle so I don't even have that as a relief, though we keep trying.
Any ideas? Please share any words of wisdom you might have. I would like to get her to nurse on my left side again Many thanks!


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CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Think about this. The average American consumes 156 pounds of sugar every year. Experts say that could be the one reason for expanding waistlines. Too much sugar could also cause cardiovascular disease and even depression.
It's a staple in kitchens, restaurants, and certainly in bakeries. However, it turns out that for some, a love affair with sugar could end on a sour note.
Laura Marin, author of The Green Market baking book, told Ivanhoe, "I had some health issues, and it ended up being sugar that was triggering these headaches I was having."
Experts say added sugars can increase inflammation in blood vessels and increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes and arthritis. Some studies suggest high sugar intake can lead to depression. Sugar can change the structure of collagen in the skin which can leave wrinkles.
Registered dietician, Amy Jamieson-Petonic, Med, RD, CSSD, LD, of the Cleveland Clinic told Ivanhoe, "It's amazing how quickly you can see some of the damage from the added sugars. You can literally see changes within an hour on an ultrasound of how this negatively impacts your cells."
Jamieson-Petonic says the average American consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar a day.
Jamieson-Petonic told Ivanhoe, "There's a lot of hidden sugars that people might not be aware of."
Sugar is hiding in places like tomato sauce, ketchup, barbeque sauce and salad dressing. While these products may not seem too sweet, they can be loaded with sugar.
Skip the soda because it probably has about 10 teaspoons of sugar. Instead, try drinking sparkling water with a splash of juice. Eat whole foods, that aren't processed. Try to sweeten foods naturally with spices like coriander, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
If you cut out hidden sugar from your diet, then splurge on a treat, you won't derail your entire diet.
Federal guidelines offer limits for the amount of salt and fat that Americans take in. However there is no similar guideline for sugar. The American Heart Association recommends women consume less than 6 teaspoons of added sugar each day and men consume less than 9.
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The City of Wilmington, along with the Historic Wilmington Foundation and Wilmington Downtown, welcome Mr. Donovan Rypkema to Wilmington on Thursday, April 15. Mr. Rypkema, a recognized leader in the economics of historic preservation, will be speaking on "The Competitive Downtown and the Impacts of Historic Preservation." The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will take place at City Hall, located at 102 N. Third St. at 6 p.m.
Mr. Rypkema has provided services addressing historic preservation in 49 states and more than 30 countries for government and non-profit organizations. He is also the author of several publications.
Rypkema will tour downtown and meet with stakeholders and government leaders to discuss the impacts of historic preservation on economic development. This event gives the general public the opportunity to learn more about economic revitalization of downtowns, the rehabilitation of historic structures and the environmental power of historic preservation. Mr. Rypkema's visit is timely as the city is currently reviewing its regulations to identify additional options for helping to preserve historic buildings in the downtown area.
For more information call the Development Services Department at (910) 341-3251 or 341-3255.


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Dr. Israel and Ex-DMS Researcher Explore Body's Timing
November 24, 2009
Add the liver to the list of bodily systems whose biological rhythms current and former researchers from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Norris Cotton Cancer Center are striving to understand.
Collaborating again with Cancer Center director Mark A. Israel, MD, and other former DMS and Cancer Center colleagues, University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield, PhD, has published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, offering new insights into a gene that plays a key role in adjusting the body's circadian clock and at the same time may modulate its metabolism.
Israel, a professor of pediatrics and genetics, focused with two researchers from his lab on the livers of mice in their work with Duffield. Duffield is a former DMS and Cancer Center instructor who conducted postdoctoral research in the laboratories of DMS geneticists Jay Dunlap, PhD, and Jennifer Loros, PhD.
In a paper that the journal Current Biology published earlier in 2009, Duffield, Israel, and their teams described how they used DNA microarray techniques to identify a crucial gene called the "Inhibitor of DNA-binding 2" (ID2) as rhythmically expressed in various tissues. For that project, the researchers developed "knockout" mice that did not express the ID2 gene, then exposed them to a time-zone change in their cycle of dark and light. While examining the mice for the effect of artificial jet lag or shift-work adjustment, the researchers discovered that "knockout" mice needed one or two days to regain their circadian rhythms, versus four or five days for unaltered mice.
"We have been looking at the role of ID2 in metabolism for a long time," Israel says. "[Duffield] extended that work and he also added the circadian-rhythm timing aspect....Because the genes we study seemed important for their problem, [Dunlap] and Giles started working with us."
In the most recent project, Israel, Duffield, and DMS/Cancer Center research assistants Nathan Watson and Joana Murad used DNA microarray analysis to examine mouse livers at different times across a 24-hour day, comparing gene activity between normal and "knockout" mice. The leaner mutant mice stored smaller quantities of white fat in their abdomens and far less fat droplets in the liver itself.
While the implications of the research appear clear for cardiovascular disease, liver disease, obesity, and diabetes, "the implications of rhythms in cancer medicine are largely unknown," Israel said. "I would say this is of interest because tumors require large amounts of energy to support their rapid growth, and this provides important information about how those needs are likely to be met."


text: The North Korean secret police "cannot staunch the word of the gospel," writes The Times' Michael Sheridan. "Two of our party turned out to be Christian businessmen who had come from China carrying wads of cash. Korean-language Bibles have been smuggled in by the hundreds." Christianity, suggests Sheridan, will break Chairman Kim's hold — a possibility that Sheridan suggests supports the hardliners in Washington who don't want to negotiate with Kim or even provide aid to the starving population. Guess that's what they call "tough love."


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June 17, 2013
By The Cardinal Channel, Mark Soltau
It was a whirlwind year for Stanford freshman Maggie Steffens from Danville, California. Shortly after leading the United States to a gold medal in the Summer Olympics, where she scored a tournament-best 21 goals, Steffens enrolled at Stanford for the fall quarter. She immediately began training with the two-time defending NCAA Champion Cardinal women's water polo team, and helped it reach the national title match against USC, where Stanford fell in a heartbreaker 10-9 in quadruple overtime. The Cardinal finished with a 29-3 record and Steffens scored 60 goals, second most on the team, and was selected All-MPSF First-Team. Then it was down to Southern California to train with the U.S. Women's Water Polo Team, which recently lost in the semifinals of the FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final in Beijing, China. Steffens is now training to compete in next month's FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Despite her hectic schedule, she thrived at Stanford and especially enjoyed making new friends and rooting on the Rose Bowl-champion Cardinal football team. Here's a glimpse of her daily routine on the Farm.


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- Price Before Booze & Tip: £35-£45
- Official Site: CorrigansMayfair.com
- Telephone and Address: 28 Upper Grosvenor Street W1K 7EH; +44 (0)20 7499 9943
- Location: London, United Kingdom
Just over ten years after opening in London's Soho district, Chef/Patron Richard Corrigan has finally decided to close down his Michelin-starred restaurant Lindsay House and relocate to the swanky environs of Mayfair. Loyal regulars of the old haunt, however, need not fret, as his new restaurant Corrigan's Mayfair is a stunner. Located in the Grosvenor House Hotel (although operating independently), his new home has given him the space to really develop the inventive Irish/British cuisine for which he is renowned; and refreshingly, unlike other chefs who run eponymous-named restaurants, Mr. Corrigan has been ever-present on our many visits.
Designed by Martin Brudnizki -- the restaurant designer du jour, whose other creations (Scott's, J Sheekey's Oyster Bar and St. Pancras Grand) have received many plaudits -- the dining room at Corrigan's is based on a hunting lodge theme that represents the Irish farm where Richard Corrigan grew up. The glamorous yet comfortable space attracts a moneyed (well, it is Mayfair), more mature crowd, yet there's still a palpable buzz. If you don't have a reservation, there are plenty of places to eat at the bar where, more likely than not, you may be engaged in conversation with the owner himself.
Continuing the hunting theme, the menu abounds in wild game and fish. Begin with six beautifully briny Native Oysters -- some of the finest tasting bivalves to be found anywhere. Follow with Crubeens, a sort of Irish croquette made of salted pigs trotters that have been shredded and deep-fried in breadcrumbs and topped with slivers of Jabugo ham. During the winter months, venison is at its best, which on our last visit came in perfectly cooked slices encased in a crisp pastry crust -- a sort of venison Wellington. The cooking, though full-flavored, still shows a light hand, so a pudding won't be out of the question. Go for our favorite, the Lime Soufflé, which comes with a hot mascarpone sauce and a scoop of sorbet. Wine is sensibly served by the glass, carafe or bottle, and if you can't choose, there's no tiresome up-selling by the excellent sommelier.


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Click HERE for event agenda, driving directions, parking, and other important info about the event.
Please also invite your legislators! Click HERE to find the names and contact information for your State Senator and State Representative.
Join us as we come together with hundreds of fellow Georgians from across the state to raise our collective voice against domestic and sexual violence!
Stop Violence Against Women Day is an annual event held at the Georgia State Capitol at which advocates, survivors, and allies come together to raise awareness about domestic and sexual violence against women and to advocate for laws and policies that enhance safety and promote justice for survivors.
This event gives attendees an opportunity to get connected with each other and with the larger movement against violence against women. It also gives them an opportunity to foster relationships with their legislators in order to inform them of how domestic and sexual violence is impacting the lives of their constituents and their communities.
Stop Violence Against Women Day begins at the Georgia State University Student Center-House and Senate Salon, where attendees will enjoy breakfast and an educational briefing on key policy issues affecting survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Following the briefing, we will move to the Capitol where attendees will be able to meet one-on-one with their legislators. The event will wrap up with a rally in the Capitol Rotunda.


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Fake update of Flash Player Pro from unknown web sites is the most common source of malware these days. The next time you receive a warning stating that "Your Flash Player may be out of date. Please update to continue" please ignore it. As much as possible, decease your connection from the Internet before you click on any button of the pop-up box. You must know that this fake update of Flash Player Pro intends to download malware onto your computer as soon as you intervene with it.
On other times, it will pop-up as a box saying "Download Flash Player Pro." Same as the mentioned earlier, it tries to force you into downloading a malware that is pretending to be an update from Adobe Flash. Be aware that Flash Player Pro virus may be deceiving. Malware authors make it look real so that it can mislead computer users. The only sign to confirm that it is fake is the originating address of the file. If Flash Player Pro is hosted on unknown or suspicious web sites, better ignore it. If you really need an update to any of the programs installed on the computer, it is safer to obtain them by going to developers official web site and download page.
If in case there is a sign of Flash Player Pro virus infection on your PC, proceed to the removal section on this page. A couple of scans will be able to remove this threat from your computer. We highly advise you to install security tool that can block your computer from visiting risky web sites.
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Flash Player Pro Removal Procedures
Systematic procedures to get rid of the threat are presented on this section. Make sure to scan the computer with suggested tools and scanners.
Step 1 : Run Anti-Malware Program to Automatically Remove Flash Player Pro
Running anti-malware scan on the affected computer can instantly remove components installed by Flash Player Pro. However, there is no guarantee that this will check and fix existing problems on all Internet browsers.
If you did not get rid of Flash Player Pro using this virus scan, please check the manual removal instructions as outlined below. Restoring Windows to previous state prior to the infection may also be the solution.
1. Click on the button to start downloading our recommended anti-malware tool. Save it to an accessible location inside your hard drive or clean USB drive if you are downloading from a different PC.
2. Once the download completes, install the tool using the default configuration. You do not need to change any settings while running the installation procedure.
3. Update the program when installation completes. Typically, this is an automated process, so, Internet connection is required in order to download necessary database.
4. Run a complete scan of the affected computer and remove all identified modules linked to Flash Player Pro.
5. To finalized the removal process, the program prompts to restart Windows.
Step 2 : Uninstall Flash Player Pro from Windows Control Panel
You may skip these steps if the previous scan has successfully removed Flash Player Pro from the computer. Though, if there is a need to carry out manual removal, please execute these steps and refer to guide below specifically created to remove the threat from particular browser.
1. Open Control Panel using instructions below base on your operating system.
Accessing Control Panel on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
Click on Start > Control Panel. Window should open where you can adjust your computer settings.
Accessing Control Panel on Windows 8
a) Hover your mouse on lower-left corner of the screen and wait for the icon to appear.
b) Right-click on the icon to display list of accessible programs.
c) Select Control Panel from the list. Window should open where you can adjust your computer settings.
2. When Control Panel window appears, click on 'Uninstall a program' under Programs area.
3. Your display now shows a screen to uninstall or change a program. Look for a name Flash Player Pro and click on Uninstall/Change. If it is not present, try to look and remove entries such as Default Tab, WebCake, FLV Player, Conduit.
4. On the next prompt, you need to confirm the uninstall process.
5. Click OK to proceed with the removal of Flash Player Pro.
Step 3 : Remove the Flash Player Pro Add-ons and Extensions from your browser
Internet Explorer Instructions
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Navigate to top menu and click on Tools. Next, select Manage add-ons from the list. A window where in you can manage Internet Explorer add-ons will open.
3. Click Toolbars and Extensions on left side of the window.
4. Then, to remove Flash Player Pro from this list, simply highlight it and click on Remove button. If Flash Player Pro is not present, it might be using a different name. Find and delete related entries like Default Tab, WebCake, FLV Player, Conduit.
5. Click OK to save the settings and restart Internet Explorer.
Google Chrome Procedure
1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Locate and click the Wrench or Three-bars icon on top-left portion of the browser. Then, select Settings from the list.
3. Once it opens a window, click on the Extensions located on left side panel.
4. Usually, Google Chrome has empty Extension, unless if you install base on your preference. Also on this area, you can find the item provided by Flash Player Pro. Remove the unwanted entry. If in case it is not present, you need to find and remove relevant extensions already mentioned above.
5. You may now restart Google Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox Direction
1. Launch Mozilla Firefox.
2. Navigate to top menu and click on Tools. It will display a drop-down list; please select Add-ons to open the configuration window.
3. Click Extensions on the left panel. This will show a list of installed extensions.
4. Find the Flash Player Pro extension. If it does not exist, find related items such as already mentioned above. Click the Remove button to uninstall it.
5. Click on the X of Add-ons Manager tab to close the current window.
6. Back at the Firefox browser, go to the address bar, type about:config. Next, click on 'I'll be careful, I promise!' if it displays a warning "This might void your warranty!"
7. Type Flash Player Pro in the search box. You will see all items that were modified by Flash Player Pro. Right-click on the modified preference and click on Reset to restore the original setting. Repeat the process on all affected entries.
If Flash Player Pro is not present, try to look for a related entry. It may use a different name like Default Tab, WebCake, FLV Player, Conduit.
8. You may now close the window and restart Mozilla Firefox.
Step 4 : Optional Browser Cleanup
If the previous instructions failed to remove Flash Player Pro, this procedure will help you reset browser settings to default value. The process quickly removes adware and other malicious components from your browser.
NOTE: Please be aware that running this tool may also remove add-ons, extensions, or plug-in that you intentionally load on the browser, not just Flash Player Pro.
1. Download Avast! Browser Cleanup by clicking on the button below.
2. Double-click on avast-browser-cleanup.exe to run the file.
3. If you receive "security warning" from Windows, just proceed and run the tool.
4. On initial run, the tool will check the browser for unwanted programs. If it finds any programs with poor reputation, it will prompt for instant removal. Please click "Remove all add-ons listed below and cleanup browser." After removing unwanted add-on, we're not yet done. You still have to continue to steps below in order to reset browser settings.
5. On Avast! Browser Cleanup interface, you will see popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. Select browser program that is affected by Flash Player Pro and click on Reset browser settings to its default value.
6. Next, you will receive a prompts if you want to revert settings for the affected browser, just click Yes to proceed.
7. Lastly, Avast! Browser Cleanup will display a message "Browser settings have been successfully reset" after making the changes. Click on OK and restart the browser.
Prevent Flash Player Pro From Ruining Your Computer
Take the following steps to protect the computer from threats. Suggested tools and security setup within installed software helps prevent the same attack on your PC.


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DC went Hollywood-Glam as the American Red Cross hosted Washington's only Academy-sanctioned viewing party for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. The black-tie affair, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, is a major fundraising event for the National Capitol Region Red Cross. Guests enjoyed complementary hors d'oeuvres, an open bar, and a luxury big-screen TV viewing of the Oscars. Missed the show? WUSA9 has a recap of the winners HERE!
ABC7's Pamela Brown was emcee of the night (more…)


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5 paradigm shifts with LTE!
LTE or Long Term Evolution has brought to the fore things that technologists and administrators (a.k.a. FCC/3GPP) have been championing for the longest time. Advantages that have been realized after operating GSM/CDMA systems for years, but without the investment from MNOs (mobile network operators) it was never going to be realized. These and the parallel development of exciting new phones and tablet devices have changed the way we communicate today. Pull mechanisms of today have replaced the push mechanisms of yesterday. A few years back if we had to share photos with our friends we sent an email with the links to our photos on yahoo photos, picasaweb or flickr. But today we just post them on our facebook or tweet the link to our 'followers'. The way we use the internet today has changed and a recent study by Harvard Business Review has captured this paradigm shift.
Source: Harvard Business Review
With this shift in the way we interact with our fellow humans the devices and means have also changed, gone are the phones with which we can make voice calls only. In comes the Smartphone the revolutionized the wireless world – iPhone. The icon that signaled – Telecom 2.0 the arrival of an era of data hungry devices that crave more spectrum and bandwidth.
Here are five things that I feel that LTE can bring along, as it has been the biggest technology refresh after 3G.
Spectrum Harmonization
The biggest benefit of GSM networks has been the seamless roaming across countries and continents, largely because of harmonized spectrum spanning large parts of the world. The LTE specifications inherit all the frequency bands defined for UMTS, which is a list that continues to grow. There are now 13 FDD bands and 8 TDD bands Significant overlap exists between some of the bands, but this does not necessarily simplify designs since there can be band-specific performance requirements based on regional needs. There is no consensus on which band LTE will first be deployed, since the answer is highly dependent on local variables. This lack of consensus is a significant complication for equipment manufacturers and contrasts with the start of GSM and W-CDMA, both of which were specified for only one band. What is now firmly established is that one may no longer assume that any particular band is reserved for any one access technology. To utilize LTE to its maximum potential data rates, 20MHz FDD contiguous spectrum is required.
To support seamless global roaming, harmonized spectrum will be needed – otherwise the burden is shifted to terminals (e.g., handsets or mobile devices) to support multiple frequency bands, which adds time, expense, complexity and inefficiency to the equation as well as silicon development.
Today, LTE is far from achieving harmonized spectrum. The three main emerging options for LTE spectrum allocation are:
- Digital Dividend: In the U.S., the 700MHz band has already been auctioned and Verizon has deployed LTE in it with a single 10MHz carrier. Currently in Europe there is a strong push to free up common 800MHz bandwidth across all countries; however, this remains an open and somewhat contentious issue with the regulators.
- 2.6GHz: Spectrum in 2.6GHz is available in large parts of the world and can serve as harmonized spectrum. However, there are a couple of important attributes to the 2.6GHz frequency band. First, relatively poor propagation characteristics will significantly impact indoor coverage, an issue already quite visible in the 3G HSPA networks deployed in the 2.1GHz band. Second, poor propagation characteristics also translate into smaller cell radius – hence the need for more cells, which adds expense and complexity. Lastly and most importantly, frequency has a direct impact on network costs, as both OpEx and CapEx increase significantly with higher frequency.
- 2G / 3G Spectrum Re-farming: There are a few spectrum re-farming options available, such as at 2.1GHz (for 5MHz carriers) or the GSM 900MHz band (for 5MHz or less carriers).
There are no clear answers for LTE spectrum allocation and harmonization; this complex issue needs to be addressed by the industry in strong collaboration with regulators – otherwise seamless roaming across LTE networks will remain just a vision.
Self Organizing Networks (SON) is a goal that operators and vendors alike are striving to achieve. The core principle is to completely eliminate the need for cumbersome radio network planning: as new cell sites are added in the network, neighboring cells dynamically learn about the changes in the neighboring radio environment, recalibrate their configurations, and adjust accordingly to minimize interference and update neighboring cell lists for handoff support. The eventual goal is to have the development of self-organization methods to enhance the operations of LTE radio networks, by integrating network planning, configuration and optimization into a single, mostly automated process requiring minimal manual intervention.
Presumably SON will enable quick network rollouts and upgrades and should greatly reduce the OpEx typically associated with planning and managing radio networks, and the architects of the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) clearly mandated SON as a key requirement for 4G networks.
Most of these solutions today are Operations, Administration, Maintenance & Provisioning (OAM&P)-centric and address only a subset of complete SON requirements. Current solutions can potentially address certain aspects of SON, but there are many corner cases where these solutions break and thus SON will remain a research and innovation area for the next few years. Eventually the industry needs standardized SON specifications so that solutions from different vendors can co-exist simultaneously in the RAN – but we are still a few years away from realizing this.
But future communication networks will exhibit a significant degree of self-organization – comprising self-optimization, self-configuration and self-healing.
3GPP Specs – http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/32521.htm
Socrates Project – http://www.fp7-socrates.org/?q=node/1
2G and 3G networks were built with the philosophy of – build it and they will come, and the good news is that consumers have adopted these technologies – although for 3G there was nearly a four-year delay in adoption uptake. With femtocells, operators now have a new tool in their kit as they consider deployment options – namely an "inside-out" rollout strategy for delivering LTE data rates in the indoor environment (e.g., home, café, airport, etc.), while leveraging their UMTS/HSPA networks for macro coverage.
With LTE femtocells, operators can deliver dedicated capacity to consumers in their homes and offices, and as LTE adoption increases over time there will be a tipping point when the LTE macro network deployment business case becomes solid and should thus proceed. In other words, the inside-out rollout strategy eliminates Return on Investment (ROI) risks. Another aspect that needs to be considered is the bundling of femtocells with devices (e.g., providing a home base station with every new netbook or smart phone purchase). These devices generate huge amounts of data traffic and this traffic can easily be offloaded from the macro-cellular network, thereby significantly lowering the price/bit of delivery.
The "small or large cell" issue is also tied to spectrum, and for LTE, network operators can consider dedicated carriers for macrocells vs. femtocells. For example, the 2.6GHz band might not be suitable for macrocells, but it is very well suited for femtocells. Femtocells greatly increase frequency "re-use" in the indoor environment and are the cheapest capacity augmentation solution available today. The biggest gamechanger will be the enterprise femtocells which will provide the much needed capacity in offices and malls. The other kind of femtocells will be the metro femtocells deployed in problem zoning areas, where getting a new macro site will have problems passing through a zoning board.
Network operators face two challenges when it comes to LTE backhaul:
- Adding raw capacity, T1s, AAV, Microwave, etc
- Realizing full mesh backhaul
Because wireless networks are spectrum limited, typically the bottleneck so far has been on the air interface. LTE will shift the capacity bottleneck from the air interface to the backhaul link between base stations and the core network. This challenge is across the board, from macrocells to femtocells. For macrocells, a large part of the current backhaul infrastructure is comprised of bundled T1/E1s, but these will not suffice for 100Mbps+ data rates. Similarly, for femtocells the current IP broadband infrastructure is mainly comprised of DSL and cable modem links, but these are insufficient for carrying 100Mbps+ data rates.
LTE's flat network architecture eliminates the Radio Network Controller / Base Station Controller (RNC/BSC)-like aggregation node in the Radio Access Network (RAN), which is both good and bad. While this simplifies the network architecture and reduces latency (on paper, anyway), in the real world it creates a completely new challenge: how to realize a full mesh backhaul between eNodeBs. Remember, in LTE networks the eNodeB needs to communicate with peer eNodeBs in order to support handoff functions – both control plane and data plane.
Operators will need to make significant investments in their backhaul infrastructure as they deploy LTE. Eventually, in order to comprehensively address the backhaul challenge, operators will use a full range of technologies including microwave, fiber/Ethernet, CATV Ethernet and potentially WiMAX. Whether operators deploy their own backhaul solutions or continue to lease backhaul for LTE remains to be seen. It will also be interesting to see what role pure backhaul leasing providers will play in LTE networks.
Exciting Devices
Last but not the least with the advent of LTE, comes a slew of exciting new devices – tablets, smart phones, intelligent hotspots, etc. Smart phones are limited in number for LTE for now but data cards, dongles and netbooks have already been launched in Verizon & MetroPCS. Most observers anticipate that data cards and dongles will be available earlier, followed by smart phones, but then again it is possible that we might have another big surprise from Apple!
LTE devices need to support Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) in order to deliver high data rates – but this directly increases a device's complexity. One of the interesting things to watch will be whether the initial devices will support only 2×2 MIMO or whether some vendors will launch devices supporting 4×4 MIMO from the start. This choice is directly related to battery life, and while data cards and dongles might get enough juice from their hosting laptops and netbooks, smart phone designers have critical design challenges in front of them in terms of balancing battery life with MIMO support.
Yet another key issue with devices and terminals is the frequency bands that they will support – a factor which is directly related to spectrum harmonization and has significant impact on device complexity and costs.
Lastly, how much legacy support will be embedded in these devices? It is clear that LTE networks will not have nationwide coverage for a long while, and to support full mobility will these devices support both 2G and 3G fallback mechanisms? I have a feeling that most of the new devices will also support HSPA+, thought it remains to seen if all the types of HSPA devices will be supported.
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Dr. Wai-Kwan Alfred Yung is a Professor of Neuro-Oncology and Cancer Biology, as well as the Margaret and Ben Love Chair of Clinical Cancer Care. He has served as Chair of the Department of Neuro-Oncology since 1999. He is also the director of the Brain Tumor SPORE and co-director of the Brain Tumor Center at MD Anderson. Dr. Yung has extensive experience and expertise in the field of brain tumor research. His research program spans more than two decades and includes basic, translational, and clinical research. Along with 28 years of continuous funding by NCI, his work has also been funded by foundations and industry grants. The overall objective of his research program is to develop new therapeutic approaches to block the regulatory mechanisms of brain cancer cells. His primary research interest focuses on development of molecular therapeutic strategies targeting the EGFR and PTEN/PI3 kinase pathways and their parallel regulatory mechanisms that are crucial to human glioma genesis and progression. The translational research effort has included the development of oncolytic adenoviral vectors and pre-clinical studies of many small molecular inhibitors targeting the PTEN/P13K and EGFR pathways. Dr. Yung has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles in many high impact journals covering diverse laboratory and clinical research topics. He serves on the scientific advisory board ofseveral pharmaceutical companies and private foundations. He is the current editor-in-chief of Neuro-Oncology and co-chair of the NCI Brain Malignancy Steering Committee.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
|University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MD, Medicine
|University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, BS, Biochemistry
Postgraduate Training
|Fellowship, Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
|Chief Resident, Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
|Residency, Neurology, University of California, San Diego, CA
Board Certifications
|American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Institutional Committee Activities
Honors and Awards
|Best Doctors in America
Professional Memberships
|American Academy of Neurology
Member, 1988-present
|American Association for Cancer Research
Member, 1998-present
|American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, 1998-present
|American Society of Clinical Oncology
Program Chair, 1997-1999
|Society for Neuro-Oncology
Member, 1994-present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
|Koul D, Fu J, Shen R, LaFortune TA, Wang S, Tiao N, Kim YW, Liu JL, Ramnarian D, Yuan Y, Garcia-Echevrria C, Maira SM, Yung WK. Antitumor activity of NVP-BKM120- a selective pan class 1 PI3 Kinase inhibitor showed differential forms of cell death based on P53 status of glioma cells. Clin Cancer Res 18(1):184-95, 1/1/2012. e-Pub 11/7/2011. PMID: 22065080.
|Atkinson JM, Shelat AA, Carcaboso AM, Kranenburg TA, Arnold LA, Boulos N, Wright K, Johnson RA, Poppleton H, Mohankumar KM, Féau C, Phoenix T, Gibson P, Zhu L, Tong Y, Eden C, Ellison DW, Priebe W, Koul D, Yung WK, Gajjar A, Stewart CF, Guy RK, Gilbertson RJ. An integrated in vitro and in vivo high-throughput screen identifies treatment leads for ependymoma. Cancer Cell 20(3):384-99, 9/2011. PMID: 21907928.
|Guan S, Shen R, Lafortune T, Tiao N, Houghton P, Yung WK, Koul D. Establishment and characterization of clinically relevant models of ependymoma: a true challenge for targeted therapy. Neuro Oncol 13(7):748-58, 7/2011. e-Pub 6/2011. PMCID: PMC3129270.
|de Groot JF, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Gilbert MR, Cloughesy TF, Aldape K, Yao J, Jackson EF, Lieberman F, Robins HI, Mehta MP, Lassman AB, Deangelis LM, Yung WK, Chen A, Prados MD, Wen PY. Phase II Study of Aflibercept in Recurrent Malignant Glioma: A North American Brain Tumor Consortium Study. J Clin Oncol 29(19):2689-95, 7/2011. e-Pub 5/2011. PMCID: PMC3139373.
|Kim YW, Liu TJ, Koul D, Tiao N, Feroze AH, Wang J, Powis G, Yung WK. Identification of novel synergistic targets for rational drug combinations with PI3 kinase inhibitors using siRNA synthetic lethality screening against GBM. Neuro Oncol 13(4):367-75, 4/2011. PMID: 21430111.
|Groves MD, Hess KR, Puduvalli VK, Colman H, Conrad CA, Gilbert MR, Weinberg J, Cristofanilli M, Yung WK, Liu TJ. Biomarkers of Disease: Cerebrospinal fluid Vascular Endothelial Growth factor (VEGF) and Stromal cell derived factor (SDF-1) levels in patients with neoplastic meningitis (NM) due to breast cancer, lung cancer and melanoma. J Neurooncol 94(2):229-34, 9/2009. e-Pub 3/7/2009. PMID: 19267183.
|Wen PY, Yung WK, Lamborn KR, Norden AD, Cloughesy TF, Abrey LE, Fine HA, Chang SM, Robins HI, Fink K, Deangelis LM, Mehta M, Di Tomaso E, Drappatz J, Kesari S, Ligon KL, Aldape K, Jain RK, Stiles CD, Egorin MJ, Prados MD. Phase II study of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec(R)) for recurrent meningiomas (North American Brain Tumor Consortium Study 01-08). Neuro Oncol 11(6):853-60, 3/2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMCID: PMC2802405.
|Powis G, Ihle NT, Yung WK. Inhibiting PI-3-K for glioma therapy. Cell Cycle 8(3). e-Pub 2/1/2009. PMID: 19164951.
|Gomez-Manzano C, Holash J, Fueyo J, Xu J, Conrad CA, Aldape KD, de Groot JF, Bekele BN, Yung WK. VEGF Trap induces antiglioma effect at different stages of disease. Neuro Oncol 10(6):940-5, 12/2008. e-Pub 8/2008. PMID: 18708344.
|Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network [Yung WK]. Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways. Nature 455(7216):1061-8, 10/2008. e-Pub 9/2008. PMCID: PMC2671642.
|de Groot JF, Gilbert MR, Aldape K, Hess KR, Hanna TA, Ictech S, Groves MD, Conrad C, Colman H, Puduvalli VK, Levin V, Yung WK. Phase II study of carboplatin and erlotinib (Tarceva, OSI-774) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 90(1):89-97, 10/2008. e-Pub 6/2008. PMID: 18581057.
|de Groot JF, Yung WK. Bevacizumab and irinotecan in the treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas. Cancer J 14(5):279-85, Sep-Oct, 9/2008. PMID: 18836331.
|Chang SM, Lamborn KR, Kuhn JG, Yung WK, Gilbert MR, Wen PY, Fine HA, Mehta MP, DeAngelis LM, Lieberman FS, Cloughesy TF, Robins HI, Abrey LE, Prados MD, North American Brain Tumor Consortium. Neuro-Oncology clinical trial design for targeted therapies -- Lessons learned from the North American Brain Tumor Consortium. Neuro Oncol 10(4):631-642, 8/2008. e-Pub 6/2008. PMCID: PMC2666238.
|Prados MD, Yung WKA, Wen PY, Junck L, Cloughesy T, Fink K, Chang S, Robins HI, Dancey J, Kuhn J.. Phase I trial of gefitinib and temozolomide in patients with malignant gliomas: A North American Brain Tumor Consortium Study. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 61((6)):1059-1067, 5/2008. e-Pub 8/2007. PMID: 17694310.
|Corn BW, Moughan J, Knisely JP, Fox SW, Chakravarti A, Yung WK, Curran WJ Jr, Robins HI, Brachman DG, Henderson RH, Mehta MP, Movsas B. Prospective evaluation of quality of life and neurocognitive effects in patients with multiple brain metastases receiving whole-brain radiotherapy with or without thalidomide on Radiation Therapy Oncology (RTOG) Trial 0118. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71((1)):71-8, 5/2008. e-Pub 12/2007. PMID: 18164829.
|Groves MD, Glantz MJ, Chamberlain MC, Baumgartner KE, Conrad CA, Hsu S, Wefel JS, Gilbert MR, Ictech S, Hunter KU, Forman AD, Puduvalli VK, Colman H, Hess KR, Yung WK. A multicenter Phase II trial of intrathecal topotecan in patients with meningeal malignancies. Neuro Oncol 10(2):208-215, 4/2008. e-Pub 3/2008. PMCID: PMC2613823.
|Puduvalli VK, Giglio P, Groves MD, Hess KR, Gilbert MR, Mahankali S, Jackson EF, Levin VA, Conrad CA, Hsu SH, Colman H, de Groot JF, Ritterhouse MG, Ictech SE, Yung WK. Phase II trial of irinotecan and thalidomide in adults with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Neuro Oncol 10(2):216-222, 4/2008. e-Pub 2/26/2008. PMCID: PMC2613824.
|Lamborn KR, Yung WK, Chang SM, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF, DeAngelis LM, Robins HI, Lieberman FS, Fine HA, Fink KL, Junck L, Abrey L, Gilbert MR, Mehta M, Kuhn JG, Aldape KD, Hibberts J, Peterson PM, Prados MD, North American Brain Tumor Consortium. Progression-free survival: An important end point in evaluating therapy for recurrent high-grade gliomas. Neuro Oncol 10(2):162-170, 4/2008. e-Pub 3/2008. PMCID: PMC2613818.
|deGroot JF, Piao Y, Lu L, Fuller Gn, Yung WK. Knockdown of GluR1 expression by RNA interference inhigits glioma proliferation. J Neurooncol 88(2):121-33, 3/2008. e-Pub 3/2008. PMID: 18317690.
|Alonso MM, Gomez-Manzano C, Jiang H, Bekele NB, Piao Y, Yung WK, Alemany R, Fueyo J. Combination of the oncolytic adenovirus ICOVIR-5 with chemotherapy provides enhanced anti-glioma effect in vivo. Cancer Gene Ther 14(8):756-61, 6/2007. e-Pub 6/2007. PMID: 17557108.
|Yung WK. Moving toward the next steps in angiogenesis therapy? Neuro Oncol 10(6):939, 12/2008. e-Pub 11/2008. PMID: 18981258.
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|An Integrative Pipeline for Analysis and Translational Application of TCGA Data
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|9/1/2009 - 8/31/2014
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The SuperBowl was an entertaining affair. Pittsburgh looked totally in control, and Arizona stormed back and took the lead with just over two minutes left. And we were left with a good drive that scored the winning points. And for the second consecutive season we had a nail-biter that went down to the wire with the winning team scoring with mere ticks left. And, really, that's something like 8 consectuive superbowls that were close, hard fought battles.
Ya gotta love it.
Now, I'll admit I was rooting for the Cardinals. The underdog, the team that hadn't won squat. 3 players from "The U." I wasn't a passionate fan about it. I was more neutral in the whole affair.
And I noticed that the officials in the game kept up the fine tradition they had all year of making blunders in the game. Sure, they called more holding than they ever had in the past. And they were generally on top of things and got many calls right (even if it was on review). But, it cetainly seemed to me that if you were wearing red, you were in the wrong no matter what.
And if I were a Cards fan, I'd have a legitmate beef with the outcome:
* Harrison should have been ejected for his punk move. You can't hit a guy like he did
* There was a db who was *taking swings* at Boldin after he took him out of bounds. He, too, should have been ejected.
* On the 100 yard return, there was a blatant clip that went uncalled. AND I still think Harrison was down before he crossed the plane. His head and left elbow were on the ground, before his right arm carried the ball acorss (imagine if instead of a 14-point swing, it was only a 3 point swing).
* The roughing the passer on Arizona late was dubious, and there were at least 2 on Pittsburgh that were more blatant at other points in the game that went uncalled.
* And finally, the "fumble" by Warner at the end didn't look so much like a fumble to me; and the fact that the refs didn't even review it sure made it *look like* "the fix was in" for Pittsburgh.
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