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Trey Anastasio Band,
Thursday, 11/10/2005
Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Set 1: Air Said to Me, Push On 'Til the Day, Spin, Drifting, Wherever You Find It, Shine, The Way I Feel, Money, Love and Change, Possum[1], The Inlaw Josie Wales[1], Catapult[1], McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1], Bathtub Gin[1], Runaway Jim[1], Sleep Again[1], Bug[1], Alive Again > Cincinnati -> Low, Ether Sunday, Come As Melody
Encore: Tuesday
[1] Trey solo acoustic.
Notes: Tea Leaf Green opened. A pre-recorded version of "70 Volt Parade" was played over the P.A. as the band took the stage. Trey performed "Possum" through "Bug" solo acoustic. "Catapult" and "McGrupp" were TAB debuts. During the acoustic segment Trey explained that he would be performing songs showcasing the various people with whom he had collaborated over the years: Susannah Goodman, Dave Abrahams, Brendan O'Brien and, of course, Tom Marshall.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Jennifer Hartswick, Skeeto Valdez, Ray Paczkowski, Christina Durfee, Les Hall, Tony Hall


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Ewing sarcoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the bone or soft tissue . Areas that are commonly affected include the pelvis, thigh, lower leg, upper arm, and chest wall. Prognosis depends on the location of the tumor and whether it has spread to other parts of the body.
Leg and Pelvic Bones—Common Sarcoma Sites
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Symptoms may include:
Ewing sarcoma can also weaken the bone leading to unexplained fracture of the bone.
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will also be done. Ewing may be suspected if a bone breaks after a minor injury. A sample of the tissue will be removed and sent for examination, also called a biopsy .
Images of the body may be taken to locate the tumor and determine if it has spread to other tissues. Images may be taken with:
Your child will work with a team of doctors. Talk with the team to determine the best treatment options for your child. These options include:
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be used along with radiation therapy . This is the use of high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells.
Surgery may be used to remove the tumor.
Surgery may also be done to rebuild the affected bone. A bone graft will help to replace smaller areas of missing bone. An artificial limb may be needed if larger areas of the bone are affected. There are special types of artificial limbs that expand as the bone grows. Several surgeries may be needed to make sure the limb functions properly.
Stem cells grow into blood cells and platelets. The cancer and the treatments can damage stem cells which makes it difficult for the body to produce healthy blood cells. A stem cell transplant can help replace the damaged stem cells. The new cells are injected into a vein, and travel to the bone cavities where they will grow and begin work.
Physical and occupational therapy will help your child manage physical challenges including:
Other therapists or specialists will also help your child through emotional challenges of illness and treatment.
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Children's Hospital Boston. Ewing's sarcoma. Children's Hospital Boston website. Available at: http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site852/mainpageS852P0.html. Accessed June 18, 2015.
Ewing sarcoma. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated October 29, 2014. Accessed June 18, 2015.
Ewing's sarcoma. National Cancer Institue website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/ewings/Patient#Keypoint2. Updated January 29, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2015.
Last reviewed June 2015 by Mohei Abouzied, MD
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- Clever gift for shower, wedding, anniversary, housewarming, hostess or holiday – ideal for wine enthusiasts
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David Irving, Holocaust Denial, and his Connections to Right Wing Extremists and Neo-National Socialism (Neo-Nazism) in Germany: Electronic Edition, by Hajo FunkeTable of Contents
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1.1 Professional qualifications of the author
1.1.1I am professor of politics and culture at the Political Science Institute [Otto-Suhr Institute] of the Free University of Berlin.
1.1.2I was born in 1944 in Guhrau in Silesia. High school completed in 1964, I served my military service from 1964 to 1966. In 1971 I gained my diploma in political science at the Free University, where I became a part-time teaching assistant at the Political Science Institute from 1971 to 1976. I gained my Ph. D. on the political sociology of work-conditions, with special reference to Frederic W. Taylor [summa cum laude]. From 1977 to 1983 I was awarded a research fellowship at the Science Centre, Berlin to undertake empirical research on industrial relations.
1.1.3In 1984 I took the German postdoctoral thesis ['Habilitation'], with a lecture on the theory and history of German anti-Semitism.. From 1983 to 1986 I undertook further research and held guest-professorships at the Technical University of Copenhagen [Tekniske Hojskole], the University of Linz in Austria, and the Darmstadt College [Fachhochschule]. From 1986 to 1988 I researched the conditions of Jewish emigration from Nazi-Germany. From 1988 to 1989 I held a guest-professorship [Vertretungsprofessur] of the Alexander Schwan chair of political philosophy, the Free University Berlin. From 1989 to 1992 I was the German Academic Exchange Service [Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst] professor of German Area Studies at University College Berkeley, California, specialising on modern history, German literature, and politics.
1.1.4Since 1993 I have held my current chair as professor of political science (politics and culture) at Free University Berlin. My main fields of interest are right-wing extremism, ethno-centric nationalism, and social prejudice with case-studies of Bosnia and Kosovo, Southeast Europe.
1.1.5I reconstructed and analysed the ideology of the right-wing oriented German political party the 'Republicans' particularly in reference to its hatred of foreigners, its anti-Semitism, and its ultra-nationalism. I have also analysed the ideas and roots of ethno-centricity within German nationalism. Since 1993 I have been engaged in researching the sociological, ideological, and political dynamics of right-wing extremism following German unification. I have also examined the ideological roots of right-wing extremism, for instance the anti-democratic 'conservative revolution'of the Weimar Republic. Since 1995 My research and published work has concentrated on the sociological and ideological aspects of violence within right-wing and left-wing extremist movements, especially amongst the younger generation in east-Germany. I have written on the neo-Nazi network, and the role played in them by radical revisionism and social prejudices, especially anti-Semitism and a hatred of foreigners. My most recent publication examines the Southeast European crisis and the ideology and the political causes of ultra-nationalism in that region.
1.1.6I am author or co-author of
- Hajo Funke, Die Republikaner. (Berlin, 1989).
- Hajo Funke,"Jetzt sind wir dran" - Nationalismus im gecinten Deutschland. Aspekte der Enigunspolitik und nationalistische Potentiale in Deutschland (Berlin, 1991).
- Hajo Funke, Brandstifter (Göttingen, 1993).
- Hajo Funke, Markus Kemper, and Harald Klier, "Ich kann mich nicht daran gewöhnen" - Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Oranienburg (Berlin, 1998).
- Hajo Funke and Alexander Rhotert, Unter unseren Augen. Ethnische Reinheit: Die Politik des Milosevic-Regimes und die Rolle des Westens (Berlin, 1999).
1.1.7I am the editor or contributor to the following:
- Hajo Funke (ed.), Von der Gnade der geschenkten Nation. Über die politische Kultur (1988).
- Hajo Funke, Die andere Erinnerung (Frankfurt, 1989).
- Hajo Funke, 'Rechtsextremismus - Zeitgeist, Politik und Gewalt. Eine Zwischenbilanz', in Richard Faber, Hajo Funke, and Gerhard Schönberner (eds.), Rechtsextremismus, Ideologie und Gewalt (Berlin, 1995).
- Hajo Funke, 'Die Republikaner', in Jens Mecklenburg (ed.), Die braune Gefahr (Berlin, 1999).
1.1.8I am likewise the author of various articles on nationalism, RWE, right-wing extremism including:
- Hajo Funke and Elliot Neaman, 'Germany -the Nationalist Backlash', dissent, winter 1993.
- Hajo Funke and Lars Rensmann, '"Out of a German soul". Why Martin Walser can't understand Ignatz Bubis', Allgemeine Jüdische Wochenzeitung, 24 December 1998.
- Hajo Funke, '"When memory comes". On solidarity with the unknown. On the debate of the Berlin-holocaust-Mahnmal,' Freitag, 27 February 1998.
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Roger Blakeney
Associate Professor
Dr. Blakeney is the creator of the Bauer College's International Institute for Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management. He has been published in journals ranging from The Journal of Applied Psychology to The Accounting Review and from Human Relations to The European Foundation for Management Development FORUM. He has ten books to his credit thus far plus six chapters in books, and is a former contributing author to Certificate in Management Accounting Review. He served as a Board of Director of the Texas Industrial/Organization Psychologists, 1999-2006.
From 1994-1995, Dr. Blakeney was the Director of Company Programs at the gfw (Gesellschaft zur Foerderung Weiterbildung at the Universitaet der Bundeswehr in Munich, Germany), an international executive education and management development center. After that, he became Executive Director, 1995-1997. From 1997-2009 he continued as Executive Faculty Director of the International Management Program: Managing in a World of Global Business with a North American Option in cooperation with the University of St Thomas in Houston and Houston Baptist University as well as an Asia-Pacific Option in cooperation with the National University of Singapore and the Brisbane Graduate School of Business in Australia.
Professionally, Dr. Blakeney has consulted with over 100 business and other organizations. He has directed executive education and management development programs in the USA, Europe, Australia, Mexico, and Asia. He has also traveled to and has personal experience in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan, Mexico, France, Spain, Italy and the UK.
Currently Teaching
- GENB 7397: Selected Topics in General Business Administration
- MANA 4350 International Management
Research Interests
- Cultural Coping by Expatriates
- Repatriate Knowledge Transfer
Areas of Expertise
- International cross-cultural management
- Knowledge-based competition & cross-cultural advantage
- International assignments & global leadership
- International negotiations
- Managing in a world of global business
- International executive education & management development
- Managing in Asia and Europe
- Oddou, G., Osland, J. S., & Blakeney, R. N. 2013 Repatriates as a Source of Competitive Advantage: How to manage knowledge transfer. Organizational Dynamics, 42, 257-266.
- Oddou, G., Osland, J. S., & Blakeney, R. N. 2009 Repatriating Knowledge: Variable Influencing the "Transfer" Process. Journal of International Business Studies, 40, 181-199
- Blakeney, R, 2008. Transfer neu gewonnenen impliziten Wissens von Auslandsbeschäftigten zurück in das "heimatliche system" (Transferring expatriate tacit knowledge gains back to the "home system". In Sackmann, S. (ed.), Person and economy: 174-189. Gabler: Wiesban, Germany.
- Blakeney, R. N., Oddou, G., & Osland, J. S. 2006. Repatriate assets: Factors impacting knowledge transfer. In M. Morley, N. Hearty, & D. Collings (Eds.), International HRM and International Assignments. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 181-199.
- Blakeney, R. N. 2003 International management program: Participant's guide to acquiring a company project, 6th ed. Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Weiterbildung an der Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany,
- Blakeney, R.N. & Schraut, H. J. 2003. Management application project: Participant guide, 6th ed. Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Weiterbildung an der Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany.
- Blakeney, R. N., & Hysong, S. 2007. An enhance model of cultural coping on international assignments: Antecedents of psychological adjustment and sociocultural adaptation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York.
- Blakeney, R. N. 2006. Psychological adjustment and sociocultural adaptation: Coping on international assignments. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.
- Oddou, G., Osland, J. S., & Blakeney, R. N. 2005. Variables influencing the repatriate knowledge transfer process. Paper presented at annual meeting of the Western Academy of Management, Las Vegas, NV.
- Blakeney, R.N. 2003. Management application project: Company guide, 4th ed. Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Weiterbildung an der Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany.
- Blakeney, R. N., & Baehren, V. 2003. Business communication in English participants guide, 4th ed. Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Weiterbildung an der Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany.
- Blakeney, R., Broenen, R., Dyck, J., Frank, B., Glenn, D., Johnson, D., & Mayo, C. 2002. "Implications of the results of a job analysis of I-O Psychologists." The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 39 (4): 29-37.
- Blakeney, R.N. 1998. Degree programs as tools for International management development. Karrrierfuehrer, I: 96-98.
- Blakeney, R.N. 1997. Degree programmes as international management development tools. efmd FORUM, European Foundation for Management Development, 3: 59-64.
- Blakeney, R. N. 1996. International Management Initiative. Karriere Fuehrer, II: 95-96.
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MORAGA -- The Saint Mary's College men's basketball team got a little revenge as it began its chase for a third consecutive West Coast Conference title.
The Gaels beat Loyola Marymount 74-61 in their conference opener at McKeon Pavilion on Saturday to help erase the memory of one of last year's low points.
On senior night last winter, the Lions handed Saint Mary's its lone home loss of the season.
"That one stung last year," Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett said. "As much as anything, we had respect for them."
Senior guard Matthew Dellavedova had 17 points and eight assists to lead Saint Mary's in the rematch.
The Gaels used a small lineup of four guards and a post player in the second half to put their top defenders on the floor against LMU, which was coming off a 41-point loss to BYU two days earlier.
Bennett employed a similar strategy when the Gaels pulled off a stunning comeback win over Harvard earlier in the week.
"We played well with that group last time, so we came back to it," Bennett said. "It helps us at both ends of the floor. As long as we can rebound and deal with the size mismatch, there are a lot of teams (that lineup) will be successful against."
As the Gaels held off the Lions down the stretch, Jordan Giusti was tasked with guarding LMU top scorer Antony Ireland.
Giusti, a redshirt freshman from San Ramon Valley High, received high praise from Bennett.
Giusti also tied a career high with eight points. None were more thrilling than his running 3-pointer that banked in and beat the buzzer to give Saint Mary's a 33-30 halftime lead.
"It was completely lucky," Giusti said.
That stellar play capped an evenly played first half. Saint Mary's started the game on a 7-0 run, but LMU responded with a 9-0 surge, and neither team led by more than three the rest of the first half.
Saint Mary's (12-3) never trailed in the second half and began pulling away from LMU (7-8, 0-2 WCC) when James Walker III hit back-to-back 3-pointers with about 14 minutes left.
Walker, who scored 12 points, came off the bench as Stephen Holt made his return to the starting lineup.
A bruised knee sidelined Holt, a preseason All-WCC pick, for four games, and he slowly returned to action the past four games. Holt finished with seven points and seven rebounds.
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There are a number of specific characteristics to be considered when developing and manufacturing vaccines. This article discusses specific requirements to be fulfilled for three attenuated live bacterial vaccines (LBVs) including Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, Salmonella typhi Ty21a vaccine against typhoid fever, and Vibrio cholerae CVD 103-HgR vaccine against cholera. Special characteristics for these vaccines comprise the appropriate level of attenuation, the balance between safety and immunogenicity, the genetic stability of the organisms combined with environmental risk assessment, the challenge of old-fashioned upstream and downstream methods in combination with quality control of the final product, and the release requirements.
To date, vaccines based on three different technologies are registered for human use: (1) whole inactivated vaccines containing entire killed bacteria or viruses, (2) subunit vaccines, containing only the relevant antigens of the pathogens in a highly purified form, and (3) live attenuated vaccines. The quality and safety requirements are even higher for live attenuated vaccines than for the killed and subunit vaccines. In this article, we will describe how vaccine developers and manufacturers solve the challenges related to manufacturing live attenuated vaccines.
Live Attenuated Vaccines
Live attenuated vaccines are among the most widely used vaccination technologies. Attenuated vaccines consist of bacterial or viral strains, which are weakened by stable mutations that allow the bacteria or viruses to infect humans only transiently. This transient infection elicits immune responses, while the vaccine strains are designed in such a way that they will not cause the symptoms of natural infection by the wildtype pathogen. There are a number of advantages of live attenuated vaccines in comparison to killed and subunit vaccines: (a) they mimic natural infection, therefore eliciting immune responses that are highly specific, effective, and long-lasting (b) they can prevent infection by the pathogen, not just disease symptoms, (c) in comparison to highly purified subunit vaccines, they are relatively cheap to produce and administer, and do not require sophisticated downstream processing or formulation with adjuvants, and (d) several live attenuated vaccines can be administered orally, which has a higher acceptance and better safety profile than injection with syringe and needle, and mimics natural infection better.


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Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart on 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
In their new film "X-Men: Days of Future Past," Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart reprise their roles as Magneto and Charles Xavier, respectively. This time, they're sharing the roles with two other actors.
In Bryan Singer's new film, which will be released in May, Michael Fassbender returns as young Magneto, while James McAvoy is once again young Charles Xavier (both actors played the younger characters in the 2011 film "X-Men: First Class").
Did the elder actors sync their performances with the younger ones in any way?
"No. It's up to them to sync with us," McKellen joked. Stewart agreed, "We came first."
Magneto doesn't meet his younger self in the film, McKellen said, but Charles Xavier does, as indicated in the "X-Men: Days of Future Past" trailer.
"James and I come not just face-to-face, but nose-to-nose almost," Stewart said. "When we shot that scene, it was James's first day of work on the movie, and it was my last day. So I was saying goodbye to X-Men, and he was saying hello."
In this WSJ Video clip, McKellen and Stewart discuss playing with Fassbender and McAvoy, and whether they'll do a future "X-Men" film after "Days of Future Past."
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The Cornea Service at the University of Iowa manages a wide variety of medical and surgical problems related to the anterior segment. The fellow will be given an opportunity to progress as rapidly as possible commensurate with his or her ability. The goal of the fellowship is to train the individual to successfully manage a referral cornea practice in an academic or private setting. In addition, the fellows teaching capabilities will be developed by working closely with residents and faculty.
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I recently got a chance to try out the Yuba Mundo " one of a crop of integrated frame long tail cargo bikes that have been making their way to market in the last year or so. The Mundo falls at the low end of the price spectrum, and promises: cargo hauling capabilities ready to take on the challenges around the world.
Pam's got a new rain bike and it's pink … really pink.
The pink bike – aka "Mary Kay"– was made by Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles and painted with matching fenders.
Post travel, zombie-like, getting caught up on the news and noticed that "ideas and technology" were trending today. I guess on that topic, people are looking for the next big idea to grow their business and their career in this economy.
Reading the articles and writing one myself about Intel's SciFi, I wondered what the next big idea is in cycling? I think 08 was cargo in the States.
- Inspiration Can Be Found in Many Places, but You Need to Be Looking
- The Care and Feeding of Entrepreneurs
- Gates Foundation awards $10 million in grants for 'crazy' ideas
What about 09? Is it bikes and technology or back to simplicity? Electric? Robots? Washing machines?
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So we were rolling down the rover path in Taipei when we came upon a Birdy bicycle at a rest stop. Half the bikes out there were mini-wheeled folders, but this one had tiny HED aero wheels on it.


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Edward Gardner, the music director of English National Opera and an exclusive Chandos artist, has completed the first disc in a projected Chandos series devoted to Polish music. Also his first purely orchestral CD for Chandos, the disc presents music by one of Poland's most important twentieth-century composers, Witold Lutoslàwski, including perhaps his most famous work, the Concerto for Orchestra (1950 – 54), a brilliant and highly attractive work.
Also included is the Third Symphony (1981 – 83) which was given its world premiere by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, on 29 September 1983. Many passages employ the by then well-developed technique which the composer called 'limited aleatorism', according to which each individual orchestral musician is asked to play a phrase or repeated fragment in his own time – rhythmically independent of the other musicians. During these passages very little synchronisation is specified: events that are coordinated include the simultaneous entrances of groups of instruments, the abrupt end of some episodes, and some transitions to new sections. By this method the composer retains
control of the work's architecture and of the realisation of the performance, while simultaneously facilitating complex and unpredictable polyphony.
In later years Lutoslawski developed musical forms that combine unrelated strands of music, whose short, discrete sections overlap one another like the links of a chain. Elements of this method can be found in many of his earlier works, but the first to emphasise it was Chain 1 of 1983 for fourteen instruments, written for the London Sinfonietta. Chain 2, subtitled 'Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra', followed in 1985. The last work to adopt this approach was Chain 3 (1986) for large orchestra. Broadly speaking, the composition's ten minute span falls into three sections, of which the first provides a particularly clear, readily audible example of the chain technique. After a quick opening flourish, Lutoslawski presents a sequence of twelve overlapping ideas, each characterized by a particular mode of expression, and each vividly coloured by a few instruments playing as a unit. For example, chimes, violas, and flutes together form the first 'link'; this is overlapped by a quartet of double-basses; these in turn overlap a xylophone and three violins, and so on. The last of the twelve links in this musical chain thicken into a kind of general babble among the winds, which marks the first stage in the work's larger form. Chain 3 was written for the San Francisco Symphony which gave the first performance, conducted by the composer, on 10 December 1986 in Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.
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"In sound and performance, perhaps the definitive recording of these magnificent works." *****
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"…orchestra and conductor are utterly convincing in everything in the programme…"
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"…The main attraction of this new release is its clear, colorful SACD sound, showing off the refined playing of this fine orchestra … "
Allen Gimbel – American Record Guide – March/April 2011
"Judging by the number of performances and recordings of Lutoslawski's music since his death, his reputation remains deservedly high; this outstanding Chandos disc comes as
the first of a new series of his orchestral works. It is most welcome, for Gardner has the measure of these outwardly similar but essentially different scores… Three important works in Lutoslawski's output, therefore, launch this series; if the succeeding issues are as good as this in terms of interpretative and recording qualities, it should be an unbeatable set."
Robert Matthew-Walker – Classical Recordings Quarterly – Winter 2010
"The BBC Symphony brings its richness and majesty to Lutoslawski's colourful, clever and compelling music. …In particular conductor Edward Gardner emphasizes Lutoslawski's gifts for counterpoint and contrast; ever layer is clearly audible, each musical voice brilliantly defined."
Julian Day – limelightmagazine.com.au – 5 April 2011
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A Tipton High School football player remains in the hospital after suffering an injury last week. For days, Chad Stover has remained in critical condition at University Hospital in Columbia.
School officials say he suffered a severe brain injury during the game. While details on his exact injury are still unclear, attention has been put on head injuries on a national level.
Recently, the National Football League agreed to pay $765 million to retired players who sued the league over head injuries.
But medical experts say the risk starts at a much younger age, with teenagers whose brains are still developing.
ABC 17's Kristie Reeter analyzed what plans high schools have in place to deal with concussions in all sports and what parents should know about the injuries.
According to data released by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA), there were more than 2,500 students held out of practices and games statewide because of a concussion last year.
Football, wrestling and girls basketball were the top three sports in Missouri for reported head injuries.
Because of those head injuries, athletes missed more than 3,000 days in the classroom. Even worse, those injury reports more than doubled from the previous year.
For some Missouri students, athletic scholarships may be their only chance at college and perhaps a career in sports. However, an injury during the game could prove to be a game changer in life.
Jackson Nicoli, a Hickman High School senior, suffered three concussions in the span of 18 months.
His first concussion was during a football game, followed by one in a gym class then a third during football practice.
"I have headaches, I forget things that usually most people wouldn't forget," Nicoli told Reeter.
After visiting a specialist, Nicoli decided to quit football because the risk was too great.
Concussions are caused by a direct or indirect jolt that shakes the brain inside the skull.
"In severe enough instances, it can actually hit the side of the skull and causing the injury to the brain," said Pat Forbis, the coordinator of sports medicine at St. Mary's Health Center.
He says people need to rest the idea that if you have a concussion, you have to be knocked out. Forbis says sometimes athletes can look normal after a concussion, then two-to-three hours later start showing symptoms like dizziness, headaches and sensitivity to light.
If a concussion is not caught, dire consequences can happen.
"There is a thing called the second impact syndrome," said Forbis. "What happens is the brain begins to swell. Fifty percent of those who have this injury are pretty well incapacitated mentally the rest of their life. The other 50 percent die."
He says it's suspected this happens in athletes up to the age of 19 who keep playing before a concussion has healed.
Even with the potential outcome, it has only been in the last several years that major changes to concussion protocol have happened.
In 2011, a law passed in Missouri, which requires a youth athlete suspected of having a brain injury to be removed from competition for at least 24 hours. To come back, the athlete has to be cleared by a health care provided trained in concussions.
MSHSAA helped write that law and also has additional guidelines on top of it for returning athletes to play.
"We have a protocol in place that goes over about a seven-day period of time," said MSHSAA associate executive director Harvey Richards.
Those steps included rest and light exercise. Once symptoms of a concussion are gone, the athlete can progress back into play, which could be days or weeks.
"For kids, 12 to 13 days was the earliest they got back into play," said Forbis. "Then we have some that are 100, 200 days.


text: Everyone has contemplated the act of leaping from a chairlift but who among us has mustered the guts to actually take the plunge? SNOWBOARDER has turned alpine inquisitor with our weekly Have You Ever series in hopes of revealing where the common ground lies and what separates each of us as pertaining to the riding life. In this first episode SNOWBOARDER's Editor, Pat Bridges, asks a broad cross-section of boarders, including Mark Sollars, Eric Jackson, Gigi Rüf, Danny Kass, Jamie Anderson, Deadlung, Jake Olsen-Elm and Sage Kotsenberg, "Have you ever jumped off a chairlift?" Have you? Leave your story in the comment section below.


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Pending the approval of a special use permit request by Granite Falls City Council, it appears that Project Turnabout will be moving forward with an estimated $4 to $5 million expansion project.
"The number of people who have reached out who we are not able to tend to be cause we do not have the room has grown considerably in the last three years," said Project Turnabout Executive Director and CEO Mike Schiks. "The excitement for the staff is not the new building, it's being able to help more people."
Project Turnabout has a gained recognition throughout the state, and increasingly nationwide, for offering high quality addiction recovery services at a marginal price. As the word has gotten out, it has translated to an increasing number of requests to check in to the facility. Over the course of last year several hundred individuals had to be turned away.
According to Shiks, the secret to the organization's success is based on a philosophy that puts client needs above all else, which translates to low administrative costs and an unceasing organizational drive to ever improve. "What brought me to this place was that it is centered toward serving people," he said.
To help relieve the backlog, Project Turnabout is planning to construct an additional building as well as renovate portions of the existing facility, which will create approximately 21,750 sq. feet of new space.
The new building will be used as a 25 to 27 women's unit, while the old women's unit will be used to expand the number of available men's beds by 20. Other components of the project will see the renovation of current administrative area to allow for the expansion of the existing detox unit by six beds, the renovation of lecture space to accommodate dining space and additional beds as well as the construction of a patient, family and professional educational center that will have a capacity of 240.
In sum, the total of number of beds available will increase by 33, from 89 to 122. Broken down that's 20 additional men's beds, seven women's and six in the detox unit. The added beds also creates a need for new hires, and as a result of the project the number of Project Turnabout staff is expected to jump by 15 to 20 over the present tally of 112.
The permit request is scheduled to be addressed by the city planning and zoning commission at their June 12 meeting. If all goes to plan, it would then likely come before the Granite Falls City Council for approval June 17.
Schiks said that Project Turnabout will still need to set up design work, financing, bids and other items before the project is able to break ground, hopefully sometime this fall. Thereafter, the construction time is expected to take eighteen months.
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Kenneth Rocque, 78, of Dingmans Ferry, passed away at Palmerton Hospital, Palmerton, on Jan. 25, 2013.
He was a retired cook for Muller Family Restaurant, East Stroudsburg.
The son of Alfred and Harriet (Hall) Rocque, he was born on May 12, 1934, in Tupper Lake, N.Y.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Stroyan Funeral Home, 405 W. Harford St., Milford. Funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Stroyan Funeral Home, with the Rev. Paul Mullen officiating. Burial will take place at Delaware Cemetery, Dingmans Ferry.
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Captiv8 wrote: I'm fairly certain that education programs, at least for the most part, do not cover how to deal with bullying situations or LBGT issues, but they should. Teachers need to understand that their role extends beyond the class material and into the values that kids grow up with. I'm not saying they need to be surrogate parents, but they need to be understand that some students have misconceptions about certain things. Teachers have a chance to rectify this to a degree. Sadly, there is a lot of bureaucratic red tape to wade through, and school board's come crashing down conservatively on what is and isn't taught in schools. Hatred, fear, ignorance, and blind faith are not family values.
crash wrote: the idea that bullies have low self esteem has been thoroughly debunked.
Disharmony wrote: Posted before my edit. But yeah.
Tell us about the time you fought a centaur.
Convey wrote: crash wrote: the idea that bullies have low self esteem has been thoroughly debunked.
Maybe not in the most obvious sense, but clearly they gain some form of external validation by putting others down. People use the ego as a substitute for core confidence, so even if they possess an inflated view of themselves, it's still linked to self-esteem issues beneath the surface.


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Throughout this week firefighters from Meridian, Enterprise and Louisville are undergoing intensive training at the Meridian/Lauderdale County Training Facility.
This 45-hour instructor's class is the first step in the path for them to becoming an officer.
'Actually, moving up the ranks to fire captain within the Meridian Fire Department is the first competitive promotion that exists,' says MFD Training Chief, Ricky Leister.
In recent years, Leister says at least part of the reason that the Meridian Fire Department has sponsored this training is to cut costs.
Because money is tight for most agencies right now, he says offering these classes in Meridian is more cost effective. In fact, firefighters who go to the Mississippi Fire Academy to receive this type training have to pay at least $200 more.
As for people interested in becoming a firefighter, the next round of physical and written testing for the Meridian Fire Department will be held October 19th and 20th. Although that's still two months away, officials say now is the time to prepare.
"Firefighting is extremely strenuous,' says Leister. 'In adverse conditions it gets really hot and really cold. Of course when you go in a burning building with that air pack and stuff on, it's definitely not ideal conditions to be working in.'
Currently the Meridian Fire Department has 107 firefighters. Anyone interested in joining the ranks may pick up an application package at the Civil Service Office at City Hall. The deadline to to return them is September 28th at noon.


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Starboard Wine at Strange Horizons
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I have not yet read Starboard Wine (though I've been intensively reading and rereading The Jewel-Hinged Jaw and Longer Views for the past year or two). Have just ordered this edition.ReplyDelete
Read your linked introduction--was glad to see you trying to disabuse readers of the notion that there exists any kind of hierarchy of quality/importance between sf and non-sf, regardless of which is seen to be "on top." I do not participate (or at least have not participated) in fandom and have only the slightest acquaintance with sf criticism after about 1985 (a problem I'm somehow having trouble remedying), but the sf vs. lit battles are incredibly tiresome, and fruitless, no matter who engages in them.
Excited to see there is a more extended discussion of Joanna Russ than I have yet seen by him...
Excited too to see that there is further discussion of his notion of sf's "origins," because what I've seen him write on that subject is very refreshing, but brings up many questions in my mind...certainly his version seems much more valuable to me than, say, Brian Aldiss's notion that sf is "really" a continuation of the gothic and utopian traditions, with genre sf as just a poor example of the form; but then I think eliminating Mary Shelley and Jules Verne and so on as formative also forfeits a lot of explanatory power; having a more extensive treatment of Delany's views on the matter will hopefully give me more to grab on to while figuring all this out for myself.
Shorter: thanks for making me aware of the new edition!
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Extractables and leachables evaluation of packaging components and components of bioprocessing systems is a crucial regulatory requirement. Solvents used for evaluation of process components may include surfactants that can interfere with chromatographic detection and contaminate the chromatographic system. The authors examine alternative solvents that provide extraction equivalence and do not interfere chromatographically.
To demonstrate that a container-closure system or a bioprocessing component is suitable for its intended use, the components typically undergo an initial extractables screening. The design of the extraction experiment should appropriately exaggerate the conditions of real-time use without breaking down or degrading the polymeric component under testing. Although strong polar and strong nonpolar solvents, such as 100% isopropanol (IPA) and 100% hexanes, are commonly used for highly aggressive reflux or soxhlet extractions of final container-closure systems that typically contain the final drug product for extended periods of time, these solvents are not always appropriate for the components of bioprocessing systems, such as bioprocess bags, filters, tubing, O-rings, diaphragms, and gaskets (3, 4).For bioprocessing components, initial extractables screening involves filling or immersing the component in a variety of model solvents that more closely represent the formulation and exaggerate the conditions of real-time use. The components are incubated in the solvent for a predetermined length of time at an elevated temperature, such as 40–60 °C for several days, weeks, or even months. This type of extraction is recommended over an aggressive reflux extraction because exposure of the formulation to bioprocessing components is usually very short, and the temperatures of real-time use are typically at or below 25 °C. Reflux extraction of bioprocessing components using strong polar or nonpolar solvents is commonly not recommended unless the real-time exposure of the formulation to the component is long or at temperatures greater than 25 °C and the component is compatible with the solvent (3, 4).
Many extractables studies have instead used model solvents that are comprised of the same excipients that are present in the process buffers, drug substances, or final drug-product formulations. These excipients often include surfactants, which are common ingredients in the formulations of biologics and are regarded as essential components of the model solvents to be used to generate extractables profiles. Surfactants, however, pose major chromatographic interferences when screening for nonvolatile organic compounds by high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS). The detection of extractable compounds may be masked by co-eluting surfactant peaks. In addition, high concentrations of these surfactants are problematic, as they can contaminate the HPLC–MS system. Dilution is not always a viable solution because sensitivity can be greatly affected. Therefore, alternative solvents that provide extraction equivalence and do not interfere chromatographically were examined.


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SARASOTA COUNTY - A Sarasota man is facing charges for downloading and promoting more than 30 images or videos of child pornography, says the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
Robert Kulsar, 18, of the 2500 block of Englewood Road was arrested on the child pornography charges Tuesday.
Detectives learned that a computer user in Sarasota County was downloading and sharing child pornography online using peer-to-peer software from a specific IP address. After viewing an extensive list of files available from that address, detectives determined many of the titles suggested the content including sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children.
Detectives executed a search warrant Tuesday at the location for that IP address, which is Kulsar's residence. An examination of his computer revealed more than 32 images containing children involved in sexual conduct, the Sheriff's Office says.
Kulsar is charged with 18 counts of promotion of sexual performance by a child and 32 counts of possession of sexual performance by a child. He is currently being held in the Sarasota County jail without bail.
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- Feb 14:
- Tweet this: Olympians turn medals into buzz, money
- Sharks in Sochi: How Marleau, Pavelski, Vlasic and Niemi fared
- Olympians go for the gold on Twitter, Facebook
- Purdy: Chasing the ghost of Stalin in Sochi
- Olympics: Super combined silver medalist had inside knowledge
- Olympics: Could melting Sochi host Summer Games someday?
- Olympics: Quick to start for U.S. hockey team against Russia
- Olympics: U.S. women's curling team on brink of elimination
- Olympics: U.S. beats Germany in men's curling
- Winter Olympics: Your Friday morning update
- Olympics: High-tech suit to blame for slow speedskating?
- Olympics: Waiting for star to emerge
- Olympics: Americans Bode Miller, Ted Ligety fail to medal in super combined
Bob Costas is getting a new substitute on NBC's Olympics broadcast on Friday. It's Meredith Vieira.
Costas will be sidelined for a fourth day as NBC's prime-time host because of an eye infection, and Matt Lauer filled in for him three days in a row. But with Lauer also anchoring the "Today" show -- and making himself available for stunts like a luge ride on Friday's show -- Olympics producer Jim Bell says he needs a break.
Bell said Friday that Costas is improving, but for someone with an infection that makes him sensitive to light, a television studio is a lousy place to be. Vieira, who was Lauer's former co-host on "Today," co-hosted the opening ceremony with him last week.
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The Warriors (4-3, 2-0 Oakland Athletic League) ran six offensive plays in the first half -- all passes -- resulting in three touchdowns in the first two quarters before running the ball the rest of the game against the Knights.
Warriors quarterback Keith Williams completed 5 of 6 passes for 159 yards and three touchdowns before he was sidelined for the second half.
"My offensive line is amazing," said Williams, whose white jersey was still crisp. "I didn't get touched. We have one of the best line in the OAL, hands down."
After not rushing once in the first half, McClymonds only ran the ball for the last 24 minutes, gaining 160 yards on 12 carries and scoring two touchdowns.
A 26-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Lavance Warren ended the game to keep the Warriors undefeated early in league play.
"It's a great start," Mack coach Curtis McCauley said. "It's exactly where we want to be."
McCauley credited Castlemont and its coach, Lloyd Johnson, for finishing the one-sided game, even after the Warriors scored 34 points in the first half, which including a blocked punt for a touchdown, a punt return for a score and a safety.
The Knights (0-5, 0-2) started their season last week after having no preseason games due to a lack of eligible players.
McClymonds 50, Castlemont 0
McClymonds 28 6 8 8-- 50
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M -- Hope 34 pass from Williams (pass failed)
M -- Safety, Longwood tackled in end zone
M -- Thompson 34 pass from Williams (pass failed)
M -- Nelson 5 punt block return (Williams run)
M -- Sterling Lowe 40 punt return (pass failed)
M -- Washington 49 pass from Williams (pass failed)
M -- McGee Jackson 23 run (McGee Jackson run)
M -- Warren 26 run (Sterling Lowe run)
Rushing: M -- Warren 6-78, McGee Jackson 3-45, Wesley 1-22, Cummings 1-10, Hope 1-5. Totals 12-160. C -- Evan 8-(-3), Katoa 1-(-3), Jones 1-(-3), Garcia 1-(-4), Mailangi 7-(-5), Longwood 5-(-26). Totals 33-(-44). Passing: M -- Williams 5-6-0 152. Receiving: M --Thompson 2-57, Washington 1-49, Hope 1-34, Cummings 1-12. Totals 5-152. Fumbles/lost: McClymonds 1/1; Castlemont 1/0. Records: McClymonds 4-3, 2-0 OAL; Castlemont 0-5, 0-2.


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I used the conf file linked above and it seems to have gotten things moving on my VIZIO E601-A3. I made one change to force-stream .mp4 files so I could skip the transcoding since I am running an older XP desktop. I can play .mp4 (h264 video codec and AAC audio codec) files fine....provided they are less than about 1400 seconds (just over 23 minutes). If the files are 23 minutes and 15 seconds or longer, playback is blank and I get orange messages on my VIZIO TV at the lower right corner saying that neither the Video nor Audio codecs are supported. The same files that pop the errors when being streamed through the PS3 Media Server play just fine if I copy them down to a USB drive and direct attach it to the TV.
Given that the longer files play fine when direct attached, I'm not seeing how it can be a codec support issue on the TV. Unless of course I'm missing something...entirely possibly since I'm new to this TV and to streaming. I've looked through the .conf parameters and nothing is jumping out at me. Thus I'm opening it up to a wider pool of brain power
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this one. The streaming playback quality is awesome...I just need to to last longer than 23 1/4 minutes.
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Definition of hang glider in English:
hang glider
1An unpowered flying apparatus for a single person, consisting of a frame with a fabric airfoil stretched over it. The operator is suspended from a harness below and controls flight by body movement.
Example sentences
- Imagine a hang-glider suspended over a trike and you're on the right track.
- The pair fell off the edge of the Aiguille du Midi, near Chamonix, Switzerland, as they tried to take off in a double-harnessed parapente, a large parachute like a hang-glider.
- After spending countless hours flying hang-gliders, he developed a hunger to create a flying machine that could take off like a plane with wheels or with floats on water in just 25 meters.
1.1A person flying a hang glider.
Example sentences
- Sitting on top of Mam Tor after a dusty, sweaty drive through the dales, watching hang-gliders and paragliders swirl beneath us, feeling fresh wind on the back of our necks
- With the increased use of the Town Park playing fields and the loss of the Valley Floor west of town for political reasons, the festival no longer had a suitable landing zone for hang-gliders.
- I am busy now trying to get my Sport Pilot Examiner appointment, which could benefit tug pilots and hang-gliders as well.
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- How many children, in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have hang-glided through the past, transported on the wings of these words?
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- She learned to hang-glide, to pole-vault, to jump with ease on skateboard and ski.
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- Getting high-adrenalin kicks in Cumbria could get even tougher if new rules curtailing paragliding and hang-gliding are left on the statute books.
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SAN JOSE -- Cosmopolitan magazine came out with its choices on the hottest player on each NHL team and defenseman Brent Burns got the nod on the Sharks.
So does his wife know he made the list?
"I made sure she knew," he said Wednesday. "There's little post-its all over the house to make sure she knows."
All 30 players identified by Cosmopolitan can be found online at Cosmopolitan.com.
Burns was one of a handful of Sharks skating in anticipation of the opening of training camp this weekend. He is still dealing with the aftermath of off-season hernia surgery, but wouldn't assess his condition.
"I've got no comment on that stuff," he said. "Nothing on that front."
He did talk about playing with the injury last season.
"It's tough when you're dealing with something. You change your game, you make things simpler. With me, it probably gets me out of trouble rather than getting me into trouble," he said.
"You can't help but play different," Burns added. "If you've got a tough guy and he's got a broken hand, it's probably going to change his game a little bit. I was able to kind of work through it."


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It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's a touch interface. It's a Windows for devices. And it's easy to try now - whether you're installing it for the first time, or moving from Windows 8 consumer preview.
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Perfect it once, have it always. Sign in to any of your devices running Windows 8 and your personalized settings and apps are right there.
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Your apps light up with connections to your friends and family. Info from the services you connect to--Hotmail, Messenger, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more--appears right inside the Mail, Messaging, and People apps.
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Clavis' 2nd lead failed
03.04.2013 - Clavis Pharma has become a target for a take-over after its cancer drug delivery technology failed proof-of-concept for the second time.
In November, US partner Clovis Oncology said it will terminate its partnership with the Norwegian drug developer after CP-4126 , a liposomal formulation of the chemotherapeutic gemcitabine, failed to prove superiority to the original drug in a Phase IIb study. Yesterday, the company's second lead, elacytarabine, fell through in a pivotal Phase III study on 380 patients with refractory blood cancer AML.
Median survival in the elacytarabine arm was 3.5 months, compared to 3.3 months in the control arm. Adverse events were comparable between the two arms, and no meaningful differences were observed in any subgroup analyses. "We will review the strategic options for the company during the coming weeks, and shareholders will be informed about the alternatives available at a later date. Immediate steps will be taken to minimise our expenditure going forward, while caring for those patients who are still benefiting from elacytarabine," said CEO Olaf Hellboe.
All studies with the compound have been suspended. Hellboe announced that Clavis has a short-list of private Scandinavian firms that may be interested in a take-over of the public company. "We have taken two products all way through development with lipid technology and both failed in the big final test," said Helleboe. "That means it will be very difficult to justify putting huge investments in another product with the same technology."
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We're dying over Jessica's hair and makeup, but especially her lip color. We got the inside scoop from makeup artist Lauren Anderson who created the look.
"I loved the contrast between her glowing skin and the matte orange lip," says Anderson. "It's an almost tropical pop of color that's not an exact match for the dress but close."
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First responders evaluate response to Boy Scout lightning strike
The purpose of the assessment, which was led by Belmont Fire Chief David Parenti whose department coordinated the 'mass-casualty incident,' reviewed time lines, communications between all involved agencies, and how to improve on handling future events, should there be any.
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New Hampshire couple to wed at NYC White Castle
Pamela Hagen and Chris Cassidy, of Dover, NH, will become husband and wife on Thursday, May 9, at 4 p.m. at the White Castle in Massapequa (6207 Sunrise Highway, Massapequa, NY 11758).
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- Apr 30:
- A 'Great Gatsby' party with spirited sips and noshes
- Gatsby Party Recipe: Moet Imperial Gatsby
- Gatsby Party Recipe: The Grapefruit Gatsby
- Gatsby Party Recipe: Mint Julep
- Gatsby Party Recipe: Waldorf Salad in Lettuce Cups
- Gatsby Party Recipe: Ale-Battered Fried Chicken Sliders
- May 1:
- Literary food: What would the 'Great Gatsby' serve?
- Apr 30:
- 'Great Gatsby': A modern playlist
- May 1:
- Photos: 40th Anniversary of Paramount Theatre Restoration
Any "Great Gatsby" party needs a good playlist. Here are 10 great jazz tunes that F. Scott Fitzgerald's hero might have cued up in the Roaring '20s:
James P. Johnson, "Carolina Shout" (1921)
The Harlem stride pianist was a bridge-builder between ragtime and jazz, and this finger-busting number became a test for his competitors. Johnson kicks the beat with his left hand, propulsive as a drummer, steady as a beam. The "shout" refers to the clap-and-stomp "ring shout" rituals and songs brought to the United States by African slaves.
Fletcher Henderson, "Shanghai Shuffle" (1924)
Pianist Henderson's big band was a laboratory for the coming Swing Era revolution. This number is lifted to the heights by Louis Armstrong's cornet solo: He squeezes, moans, floats and otherwise examines a single note from a blurring succession of angles; it's pure soulful exuberance. Behind him are various legendary players, including tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, who once said that Armstrong's nightly solos on "Shanghai Shuffle" left him "silent, slack-jawed, almost ashamed."
Red Onion Jazz Babies, "Cake Walking Babies (From Home)" (1924)
Armstrong lights up this all-star session, too, though not as much as soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, another master from New Orleans, whose mellifluous lines leap at the listener and throb with the blues. Don't miss this track's old-timey vocals by Clarence Todd and the great Alberta Hunter. (The cakewalk was a dance, predating ragtime. The Red Onion was a fabled New Orleans bar.)
Duke Ellington, "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (1927)
Maybe you know this number from the 1970s version by Steely Dan. Long before Donald Fagen and Walter Becker got hold of it, "Toodle-Oo" was penned and played by Duke and trumpeter "Bubber" Miley, whose growl and plunger technique established a template for generations of players -- straight on through to Wynton Marsalis. This is an earthy and elegant track by Ellington and his orchestra, definitive of his so-called "jungle music" period.
Bessie Smith, "Back Water Blues" (1927)
With her massive voice and her emotional depths, often focused through a single intoned word, the Empress of the Blues embodied a poignancy that feels both ancient and timeless. It's a feeling that flows through the history of jazz. (You can hear something very similar, decades later, in the recordings of saxophonist John Coltrane.) This famous duet with pianist James P. Johnson is among her classics: "Mmmm! I can't move no more! Ain't no place for a poor ol' girl to go-ooo."
Jelly Roll Morton, "Wolverine Blues" (1927)
Taking a break from his Red Hot Peppers sessions, the pianist recorded several tracks with a stripped-down trio. Here we have the pianist-composer's rollicking, ragtiming, jazzing accompaniment to the sandy-toned clarinet of Johnny Dodds and the rhythmic essence of drummer Baby Dodds. This is a special corner in New Orleans heaven.
Bix Beiderbecke (with Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra), "Singin' the Blues (1927)
Fragile and melancholy in tone, the trumpeter often is characterized as Armstrong's temperamental opposite. But on his much-imitated solo here, Bix not only "sings" sweetly, he leaps and growls and gives his notes a shake, a sad-eyed man hinting at a more complicated story.
Duke Ellington, "The Mooche" (1928)
Even in his early days, Ellington fashioned his sound to both complement and crown his soloists. Here, once again, is trumpeter Bubber Miley, bending and growling his notes around the moaning, marchlike strains of the orchestra. The "epitome of soul" is how Ellington once described Miley; the same phrase applies to Duke and the rest of his sublime band.
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, "West End Blues" (1928)
Matching majesty and simplicity, Armstrong was a 20th-century Mozart. With his clarion outbursts at the front and back ends of this tune -- sweeping up and up, it's like he's outlining a cathedral -- he set a new bar for jazz soloists for the coming decades. What a sound, and what a spirit! A genius from the streets, Armstrong blew open the doors of possibility for 20th century American music.
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (1929)
Sing it, Louis! Armstrong does everything here, transforming a pop tune of the day with his slip-slide vocals and shining trumpet. His friend Rex Stewart, another great trumpeter, got it right when he compared Armstrong's art to "a wand of rainbows or a cluster of sunlight, something from out of this world."
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories and reviews at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/richardscheinin


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Here we are again with a new episode of "hall of shame".
The boards that we see here was purchased from Amazon.com.
Arduino users should beware of Amazon.com, they list Arduinos as provided by CanaKit (a legitimate distributor that does a great job) but when they ship they will send anything other "sellers" have listed as Arduino. This means that somebody wanting to buy an original board will instead receive a counterfeit product against their will.
To make matters worst the IPR infringement for Amazon is quit convoluted and I haven't figured it out yet.
The board in the picture claims to be made in Italy, claims to be CE and FCC certified and, shamelessly, to be carbon neutral abusing the "impatto zero" trademark without actually paying to offset the CO2. (on top of bad fonts, bad map of italy etc)
If you know how to report trademark infringements to Amazon please email/twit me and help me figure out.


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In the last few weeks cyber politicising has of course centred on the presidential elections. Apart from a few smallish boycott campaigns on Facebook, few have discussed the significance of what—were it not for the Washington-blessed military-and-Islamist pincers holding political reality in place—would have been the most significant event in Egyptian history since 1953. No one has brought up such issues as the absurdity of running in the absence of a constitution (i.e., on a programme that may prove impracticable once the constitution is drafted), the fact that democratic process is untenable under the hegemony of a military junta, or the lack of any difference between rigging and obtaining votes by distributing sacs of rice or bottles of cooking oil or indeed gas cylinders a la Muslim Brotherhood campaign strategy. The politicising has centred, rather, on who to vote for—and activists as much as analysts, both professional and amateur, have displayed disturbing levels of hysteria in championing the cause of their candidate of choice, fuelled either by supposed loyalty to the revolution and its martyrs or by concern for the future of security and economic stability—with the result that the scene looks like a football match in which the players are substandard and the two teams on the field (the Islamists and the Fuloul or "Remnants of the Fallen Regime") are vying for supporters of a third (the Revolutionaries) that has been disqualified from competing.
Of the 13 candidates, four (2, 3, 7 and 11) remain more or less completely unknown. Three (the Islamist intellectual Mohammed Selim El Awwa-8, the oppositional judge Hisham El Bastawisi-6 and the leftist MP Abul Ezz El Hariri-1) are generally believed to have little or no chance. And one would seem to be running more to demonstrate that he can than to actually win: the young lawyer and activist Khalid Ali (12), perceived by the writers-and-artists ghetto as the revolution's candidate—"the romantic dreamers' choice," as it has been put—comes across as an unintelligent parody of the populist orator, barely adequate for the presidency of the Youth Centre at the working-class neighbourhood-cum-shanty town of Habbaneyya. Five candidates remain, only one of whom—the well-known Nasserist politician Hamdin Sabbahi (10)—remains outside the Islamist-Fuloul polarity. Despite Arab nationalist and centralist hangovers, reported affinities with Saddam and Gaddafi, and occasional statements in support of Al Qaeda, Sabbahi's programme would seem to be the pragmatic-progressive path of least resistance under the circumstances; and those relatively sensible tweeps and Facebookers who are cured of spasticity have switched to his side. But it is regarding the four polar candidates that most of the cockfights have taken place: the conservative Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed (Spare Tyre) Morsi-13, who ran in place of Khairat El Shater when the latter was legally blocked from running; the reformist Muslim Brotherhood's Abdel Moneim (Retired Terrorist) Abul Fetouh-5, who had to resign from the Muslim Brotherhood in order to run; the former air force commander, civil aviation minister and last prime minister under Mubarak Ahmad (George W.) Shafik-9; and the former foreign minister and Arab League secretary Amr (Cigar Bey) Moussa-4.
Not to suggest that they are any less likely to win than the other three, Spare Tyre and George W. have elicited more mockery than critique, as they are patently empty dummies of what they stand for: respectively, corrupt quasi-theocracy whose principal achievement thus far has been organising mass female-genital-mutilation bonanzas in the provinces, and the pre-25 Jan status quo. Apart from the latter's often hilarious verbal blunders ("Unfortunately the revolution succeeded", or "I fought for my country: I killed and I was killed"), they have done nothing to induce any strong feelings—or change anyone's mind about anything. So it is to (especially liberal) supporters of Retired Terrorist and their cigar-lighting detractors that much of the frenzied pecking has fallen; who will draw blood first remains to be seen. As it has been repeatedly pointed out, however, the pro-revolution, conscientious and "enlightened" face of the Brotherhood is as fanatical as the best of them: suffice to say that, on air, he broke down in tears over his differences with his comrades in arms more often than over anything else; he expressed respect for the assassins of president Sadat, and never repented being a founding member of the Jamaa Islamiya (who are responsible for the bulk of tourist bombings and assassinations of secular figures during the 1990s), so even if he has renounced violence, Abul Fetouh's loyalties are clear. Drinkers, unmarried couples, creative people and other believers in personal freedom can look forward to various forms of elimination or refugee status abroad. Amr Bey, on the other hand—though infinitely more sophisticated and articulate than Shafik—is a self-acknowledged pillar of the post-9/11 world order; he tries to curry favour by pretending to have championed the Palestinian cause when in fact he is among the architects of the defunct peace process; he is old and arrogant and unlikely to shy away from heavy-handed suppression of the opposition, probably by now more interested in his cigars and other pleasures than anything else indeed.
Still, when all is said and done, the action is only just beginning. Now that it is watermelon season, watching while we make obscene squishy noises and drip red liquid everywhere should be fun. Needless to say, this writer is boycotting the presidential elections.


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Running on Mountain Lion with 1.81 PMS I cannot seem to get MKV's to playback in normal frame rate. In other words, the picture is playing back in 'slow motion' but the sound is perfectly fine. I've tried running both on ethernet and wireless, no difference. I tried running on 1.80... same issue.
I did not have any issues on Lion with 1.72... I tried switching back to 1.72 but now it doesn't find the PS3 as a renderer...
Anyone else with this issue?


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TAHOE CITY, Calif. - You probably hear people talk about someone's recent illness, surgery, critical condition, complications, misery and death every so often. Those are conversations for boring, old people, or so I once thought.Actually, it was more than once. I thought it every time. I come from a very large immediate and extended family. There were more old people than you can find on a Carnival Cruise from Miami to the Bahamas. Gruesome story telling was their specialty. Kids tell scary stories too, but theirs are much more imaginative.I can't remember exactly when I first started hearing the elderly talk about all the bad things we had to look forward to, but, like most children, I was not really interested. The last thing a kid wants is to destroy the illusion that life is a dream and a bowl of cherries. Few kids like to sit around and listen while a bunch of old worry-warts ruin their fantasy.Besides, we were all too busy competing with brothers, cousins and friends for the title of King of the Mountain. We pass the torch of Top Dog back and forth to this day and, as far as I know, a winner has not been crowned, except perhaps in his or her own mind. We have our suspicions as to who is the most deserving, or un-deserving, and are constantly being challenged and amused by the bragging rights claimed by some of our competitors.Like so many boys growing up, it was easy to keep an eye out in order to avoid two or more adults freely associating, or make a quick getaway if we ended up accidentally stuck in their company. And, like most boys, we didn't care what the adults said about much of anything let alone bed pans and hospital gowns.But their inclination to talk about broken bones, heart attacks, major surgeries, death, burials and cremations was all the reason we needed to make haste for the TV or the door. In our twenties, we headed for the nearest bar with live music and dancing.When I was 9, I slammed the door of my grandmother's pink Cadillac on the little finger of my left hand. My mom had to open the door and pick up the tip of my finger off the street. We got back in the Caddie and went to see Dr. Frey. He sewed it back on, splinted and wrapped the whole finger and made me the most popular kid in school.After a few weeks, while my finger tip was decomposing, I could remove the gauze and splint, which made for some very impromptu educational, entertaining show and tell sessions.Most of the girls were quite repulsed, and made explicit sounds with their throats and noses when I showed them the damage. It had me a little worried too, but I didn't talk much about that. I knew long before the doctor knew that I was becoming deformed.It didn't heal. The tip turned black as a burnt marshmallow and had to be discarded.When you're nine you don't quite understand things like losing body parts, or how lucky you are to be whole, or have what remains. You try to make it fun, but it's not. It's more of an adult thing, and I was slow to embrace my new found maturity.It wasn't until recently that I acquired more than enough personal experience of chronic heart problems, blood clots, ambulances, morphine, physical helplessness and death's door to have a seat at the table with all the other morose, morbid adults, and have something juicy to contribute to the session, and give the kids a good reason to skedaddle.Still, I try to resist. I'd rather watch Jeopardy and Wheel Of Fortune, fly a kite, do the dishes and talk about the weather than listen to words that end with "oscopy".But I have my right of passage now, which is an ominous way to put it when you're "old."We have to face the cold, hard facts of life sooner or later. I hope this column is the extent of it for you today.Bob Sweigert is a Sierra Sun columnist, published poet, former college instructor and ski instructor. He has a B.A. and an M.A.T. from Gonzaga University. He has lived at Lake Tahoe for 30 years.
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Digital presentation - Ah, summertime in America. Good friends, good cocktails, good times, lots of sex…and death? What starts as a (somewhat) wholesome summer vacation soon turns into a hipster's twisted nightmare in Zach Clark's dark comedy.
When four old girlfriends rent a beach house for a week, sparks fly. Sugar's got a crush on Dee-Dee; Dee-Dee is ever reassuring her controlling girlfriend over the phone—even as she flirts with Lorelei; Lorelei will do anything to get over her ex. And Donna just needs to break out of her shell. Dance parties, sunbathing, and piña colada–fueled gab sessions ensue. But when the gals get some LSD from the local surfer dude, their trip takes a bizarre turn—and once the psychedelic dust settles, nothing will ever be the same.
With a pitch-perfect soundtrack by Glass Candy, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, and a keen sense of pop production, Vacation! puts an existential twist on the beach party while satirically slaying the sacred cows of the hipster generation.
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STOCKTON – A 22-year-old man told Stockton police he was walking to his car near Wilson Way and Fremont Street around 11 p.m. Sunday when a man and woman forced him at gunpoint to drive to an ATM and withdraw money.
The pair absconded with the money.
The gunman is described as a Hispanic male, 23, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. His companion is described as a Hispanic female, 28, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds, with long orange and yellow hair, wearing a black shirt and black shorts.
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And now Rev is going full retard too?
And now Rev is going full retard too?
These bitches can't hold me anyway
A patch went live today that takes away the Crimson Map Pack from anyone that got it for free. Apparently, it was a "trial" for anyone that was able to get the specializations for free. I feel like a real dick for posting that only for the maps to get pulled from the free users. Sorry guys, I hope you guys at least were able to play a few matches on them. :/
oh precious why dont you write us a novel
Chapter 1: Why Won't Anyone Subscribe?
The keyboard laughs every time I touch it. It balks and squeals at the futility that is my Youtube career.
i know you not talkin about me son
i dont even have a youtube
i do but im not on it
its all snuff and japanese girls being raped in the ass with donkeys
The worst part about that whole deal is a very vocal portion of the Halo 4 forums, instead of being happy about getting one over on MS, wanted the "thieves" to pay extra for "stealing" the maps. I wish I was joking. I'm sure MS was going to do this anyway but they sure as hell had the blessing of a bunch of corporate dick-lickers.
I can't believe you even go to the H4 forums. I gave up on the Bungie forums around the time that H2 came out. I remember seeing a thread called "Why the BR > H1 Pistol" or something along those lines and I knew that I didn't belong there.
People still cry about the Halo 1 pistol.
I go when I'm bored and to see if 343 commented anymore in the giant region filter/connection issues thread. The day it was clear that you could get the mappack for free almost every new thread had people whining about it not being fair and the other people were thieves and "pirates should be banned". This is how I know the hobby as I know it will be dead by next gen or soon after.
Forgot to mention one of the rednecks ran around in Harcore Search and Destroy with nothing but double knives and shield on his back that said "Fuck N******S". Watching his killcam when he actually killed someone was hilarious.
"A keel iz wurf lik 50 point in dis gayme! an racism iz moor rampint. ten/10"
Bald Eagle is representative of my frustrations with Whitey. Expecting gubment to preserve them instead of fucking and fighting their way to continued existence.
I saw that earlier, thought how the kid was kinda lucky to be so fat but still unlucky to be so fat.
Hah. Does he have a son perhaps? Scarecrow fixed it with dickery already.
Yep, it's not their(the eagle's) fault it started. Doesn't change that whitey needs to nut up.


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For the past nine years, Union Rescue Mission has provided holiday meals to needy families in Wichita. This year, the Mission plans to distribute 100 meals for Thanksgiving. These "Hope for the Holidays" boxes contain everything needed to make a Thanksgiving meal for a family.
Recipients are struggling families, single mothers with young children and senior citizens on fixed incomes. Most families will pick up their meals at Union Rescue Mission at 2800 N. Hillside. For families who don't have access to transportation, the Wichita Police Department and men from Union Rescue Mission will deliver meals to their doorstep.
If you would like to help Union Rescue Mission feed needy families this holiday season, you can make a monetary donation at http://www.urmwichita.org/donate.
Union Rescue Mission is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to helping those in need in our community. The Mission operates a 24/7 Emergency Overnight Shelter for homeless men, a 12-month residential program for men recovering from a life of homelessness and addiction, and a community outreach program that distributes food boxes, infant formula and diapers free to single mothers and needy families.
Every evening, the Union rescue Mission takes in homeless men from around Wichita and provides them with a safe place to sleep, as well as a nutritious dinner and a full breakfast in the morning. Men staying at the Mission get a warm shower, access to a laundry facility, and even new clothes if they need them. Most nights a registered nurse is on site to help care for men when they are sick.
For men seeking a change, the Mission operates "New Beginnings," an intensive 12-month residential program for recovery from homelessness and addiction. The recovery program is biblically-based, and includes a structured curriculum with daily homework, scripture memory, career testing and counseling. At the end of the program, students get help finding a job and a place to live.
To find out more about the Union Rescue Mission and its programs, visit www.urmwichita.org.
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Stadium NCAA UConn Huskies Hero Full Zip Men's Hoodie
This NCAA sweatshirt will be the best addition to your team clothing collection. Featuring your team big and bold in the front, a logo on the arm, and a waffle print you are sure to catch some attention. Show off your team in comfort during these colder seasons in the Stadium Hero Hoodie


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Nine Central Valley residents, including Jaime Diaz, formerly of Tracy, have been arrested on suspicion of federal passport fraud by the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service.
The nine people applied for U.S. passports using counterfeit, stolen or other unlawfully obtained citizenship documents, a felony carrying up to a 10-year prison sentence, according to Dean Shear, special agent in charge of the Diplomatic Security field office in San Francisco.
In addition to Diaz, the others arrested were from Valley cities ranging from Sacramento to Bakersfield. They will be referred for federal criminal prosecution and immigration proceedings.
"The Diplomatic Security Service is committed to investigating and pursuing anyone who applies for or obtains a United States passport using false documents," Shear said.
"The U.S. passport is the most coveted travel document in the world. There are foreign nationals who attempt to fraudulently acquire U.S. passports to carry out criminal activities, including terrorism, inside our borders. These crimes threaten the national security of the United States," he said.
Anyone with information about false or fraudulently issued passports is encouraged to contact the Diplomatic Security Service at (415) 705-1176.
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