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If you are serious about electing the best candidates for public office in Trumbull County, voters should consider educating themselves on candidates and issues before stepping into the voting booth.
Voters may see a name on the ballot they recognize because they have seen that name there many times before, but understand, this does not necessarily mean this person is the best qualified person for this position at this time. It only means that they recognize the name. Voters should be open enough and responsible enough to learn about a new name and face. It just may be a new individual might be the best and most qualified choice.
Instead of suggesting that seeing more than one candidate on the ballot for one position is an affront to the current elected official, it may just be what our forefathers envisioned to give the citizenry a choice to make the democracy strong. It is up to the voters to make sure choices are available for each and every election, indeed qualified choices. This is the democratic way. Anything else would make this no democracy at all.
Let the incumbent prove he is the best candidate, not the only candidate. Sometimes after holding a political office for a long time, it's easy for the office holder to find himself or herself on auto pilot. They fail to consider new and innovative ideas or new applications until new candidates come on the scene. Only then do they ponder changes or new solutions.
We need to select in this and every election exemplary individuals with qualifications to lead and not one on auto pilot.
Please consider James Phillips, democratic candidate in the March 6, democratic primary as Trumbull County's next elected sheriff.
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This volume contains a life-sketch, critical appreciation, and three selected works: (1) Kulfi; (2) Raas Leela; and (3) Gramophone (Tawian Wala Waaja).<P>Sujan Singh, popularly known as Master Sujan Singh, was a great stalwart of the Punjabi short story. Although only seven collections of his short stories and five books of his prose have been published, his work is parallel to and far exceeds that of his contemporaries.
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While we are getting near to the launch of Microsoft's new Windows 8 OS, company is also keeping us updated with its' cool new features. Recently Microsoft detailed the new Mail App of the new operating system, which has been designed to deeply integrate mailing capabilities into Windows 8.
Taking advantage of the 16:9 ratio, this new mail has adapted a brilliant design to feature accounts, folders, messages, and a reading pane, making it easier to access lots of feature from one place. Abilities like, writing new mail, switching between messages, snapping Mail to the side of another app and sharing mails are only some of the new features in this new app. Things will get much easier for the Windows 8 users to interact with their mailing services like Hotmail and send emails with ease.
Lots of fresh new features has been added to this new app after the Release Preview of Windows 8 and as the developers say it will get more new upgrades before the final launch of the OS.
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Jessica Boutte grew up in Rappahannock, which is a small county in western Virginia known for it's beautiful scenery and total lack of things to do. About a year ago she picked up a camera for the first time with the notion that she could 'create' a photo instead of just taking one. Since then Jessica has been working on some seriously good conceptual compositions. AFTER. ONLY. ONE. YEAR. (She's got those good notion genes.) Her inspirations come from books and also by her contemporary photographers that she met through Flickr. (Thanks Flickr!) Jessica describes her process: "Whenever an idea comes to mind, I draw out a quick thumbnail in my sketchbook of what I'm thinking- but never too specific because I like the spontaneity each model brings to the camera. Then I gather my props, costumes and head out to shoot- where I'll take 'expansion' photos to create a landscape later on in PS (photoshop)." It will be super exciting to watch her career progress. She no doubt has that "eye" and mindset that is few and far between, and she didn't even no it until last year. Check out more of her work after the jump.
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This happens every year.
I ride the subway to and from work during the winter months. Lately I've noticed that I'm one of the older people. It's mostly kids in their twenties. At thirty-six I don't feel too old to take the train. In NYC you have people in walkers dropping dead on the D line. But here in Chicago the "L" (short for "elevated train") is a young man's game. Even the pretty women look too young. They're twenty-five but look like children. I'm getting older.
Most of my friends who are married with children have moved to the suburbs for some yard and quiet. I don't blame them. The suburbs are a place where you can focus on family. Who wants to navigate a stroller through Wrigleyville streets during the hour after a Cubs victory? Dudes with painted chests are heaving into sewer grates. It's funny, for sure. But maybe not ideal for a lactating mother.
Oh, by the way in eighth grade our school hired this performance artist to work with us to do a show. I was chosen along with about ten others and we created a live piece to go along with some dopey Shel Silverstein poems. The artist was this woman that wore this spandex uni and at the end of each practice her front was soaked at the nips. I didn't understand what was going on at the time. I just assumed she had a sweat thing going on. Anyway, artists are weird.
I've written about not being one of those dicks who takes a seat on the train. Stand up if you're a guy. I ride forty-five minutes each way and have sat down maybe ten times in twelve years. But, as manly and rugged as I am for standing, I am carrying two bags. One is the backpack that I stuff my dog. Technically she's not allowed on the train but technically she's not allowed in the grocery store either and I violate that rule weekly. But because I only want to seem like half a weirdo, I don't wear the backpack when on the train.
There's a few reasons for this. First, it takes up space. We're usually crammed in pretty tight and I don't want to be banging my dog's skull against some dude's iPad. Yes we're all impressed he have the WSJ app loaded up for all to see. The second reason is I wear a suit to work. Nothing looks dorkier than a guy in a suit with a backpack. Lastly, I don't want to be the guy who's like, "Hey look at my cute tiny dog in the backpack!" I'll let iPad guy with the Beats Audio headphones get all the attention.
Also I carry, and I'm not exaggerating or joking, a blue tote bag. This houses my lunch, my keys, a to-do notebook, and some random papers.
There's no pockets, zippers, or anything resembling masculinity. I had a steak knife in there up until yesterday when I saw the blade poking out of the side. I stuffed it in there a few weeks ago to cut a sandwich at work and forgot to take it out. I'd say the odds are good I nicked a few passengers without noticing.
So, between the blue tote bag and the dog backpack I have some cargo. Still I stand. I put these both between my legs. They're just a little too wide for a normal stance, so I end up wider than I'd like. It's like I'm starting to go into a groin stretch. I'm sure it looks real normal.
Once again this post totally got away from me. My intention was to write about the cute girl with the nose piercing that I see almost every day. She gets on my train and has been doing so for a good year now. We've never spoken and I'm not interested in talking with her, but I'd love it if we gave each other a tip of the cap each morning. In my fantasy world I pull her aside and say, "Hey, nose-stud, every time you get on the train, wink at me and nod your head knowingly. In return I'll make room over by me for you to stand so you never again have to feel a stranger's erection against your back. I take care of my own."
Note – "my own" meant "my friends and family" not "my privates."
But these things never go well. The moment I say, "Hey, I'm going to talk to you now which nobody else does to each other on the train! Don't be weirded out that seventeen other people are hearing our conversation," she'd think I was hitting on her and then it would be awkward every morning. Or maybe she's start going to a different car – the ultimate rejection.
So, I'm just going to keep standing with a dog between my legs, a tote next the that, and a spread eagle stance on a crowded train. I'll keep my mouth shut and my "Hey, I know you!" smiles to myself. Or maybe I'll talk to her if for no other reason that to report back to you guys. If my next post is, "Pepper Spray Doesn't Do Dick" than you know I tried.


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If you look closely at what is happening at Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX ) , you can see that a sea change is occurring in how the company is approaching the market. Where competitors like Redbox Instant -- the joint venture between Coinstar (NASDAQ: OUTR ) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) -- are pushing for quality movie content, the original video streamer is letting titles fall out of contract and focusing instead on original and exclusive content. Netflix is clearly focusing on drawing business from customers that want what only it has.
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RootsTech 2015: MyHeritage heads to Utah
We're looking forward to seeing our old friends and meeting new ones at RootsTech 2015.
RootsTech, the largest family history event in North America, is a unique family history conference for both new and experienced genealogists. It is a place to learn about new technologies that bring families together and help make family history discoveries easier.
This year's event will take place February 11-14 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and we're proud to be Platinum Sponsors.
On Thursday, February 12, MyHeritage Chief Product Officer Mike Mallin will give a keynote address in the main lecture hall. Later that day Mike will be presenting "Instant Discoveries and Family Storytelling in the Mobile World," at a MyHeritage-sponsored lunch.
The MyHeritage Team will be speaking at classes throughout the conference. Here is a list of the great talks we have lined up:
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Down Under: A visit to Australia
MyHeritage's chief genealogist, Daniel Horowitz, recently visited Australia. Here's his report.
In March, I traveled "down under" to Australia.
I was invited by the South Australian Genealogical & Historical Society (SAGHS) to present a keynote talk at the 13th Australasian Congress on Genealogy & Heraldry. I spoke about how we share and preserve memories in today's digital age. In addition, I presented a program about MyHeritage's unique and well-known facial recognition technology, which helps researchers discover relatives in family photos.
The conference was a wonderful experience, and I enjoyed meeting some long time genealogy community friends and speaking with regional experts. While staffing our exhibit hall booth, I greeted MyHeritage users and informed others about the advantages and features MyHeritage offers. Continue reading "Down Under: A visit to Australia" »
Genealogy News: North America, 10 January 2012
Welcome to 2012! The genealogy conference schedule is just beginning and there is lots of news about the programs, presenters and events.
MyHeritage will be at both RootsTech (February 2-4, Salt Lake City) and at Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE! (February, London UK). Stay tuned for more information about both events.
Of course, all of us interested in family history are looking forward to the new season of the US version of Who Do You Think You Are?, with the celebrity lineup just announced.
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BOCA RATON, FL (January 24, 2011) – The Florida Atlantic University department of theatre and dance presents the Repertory Dance Theatre Ensemble on Friday, February 11, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, February 12, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, February 13, at 2 p.m. The program will feature Clarence Brooks, assistant professor and director of dance at FAU, along with Susan Fulks, formerly of the Charleston Ballet and Nashville Ballet. The event takes place in the University Theatre on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Admission is $20, and group tickets may be purchased for $12. FAU students, faculty, staff and alumni, and children under 12 may obtain tickets for $15. Tickets can be purchased by calling 800-564-9539 or by visiting www.fauevents.com .
Brooks is celebrating his 30th year as a performer. For six years, he was a member of Anna Sokolow's Players' Project in New York City, one of more than 50 companies in which he was engaged. In honor of the centennial anniversary of Anna Sokolow's birth, Brooks is performing the male solo from Anna Sokolow's "Lyric Suite" (1954). Danced to Alban Berg's music of the same name, it is considered one of the milestones in the modern dance canon. Louis Horst said "it speaks in abstract and stark simplicity, translating the qualitative moods of the music into penetrating and evocative movement designs."
Brooks also restaged two etudes. "Rooms Etude" is based on Anna Sokolow's work "Rooms," which deals with the isolation and alienation experienced by individuals in urban environments. In this etude, the dancers scamper around their rooms yearning to feel and be caressed. The second etude, Donald McKayle's "Rainbow Etude," was based on his "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder." It is a physically and rhythmically demanding dance to traditional American folk music built upon his research about prison chain gangs.
The program also features guest choreographers Stacee Lanz, who is presenting her latest work, a dance film exploring the symbiotic (and sometime mimetic) relationship of mankind to nature, and Deborah Kahan, who is presenting a wonderfully, light-hearted take upon a Don Quixote-like character taking on "real" imagined villains. The guest dancers include Haley Grosky, Amber Kirby, Elana Lanczi, Erica Marnell, Matthew Morrell, Stacey Todd and Zainab Turay.
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Bill to increase state's film rebate passes committee
Published 8:23 PM MDT Mar 15, 2013
The State House Business and Industry Committee passed a bill that would increase the state's film rebate to 30 percent for television series shooting at least six episodes in New Mexico on Friday with a 6-3 vote, a news release indicated.
The bill would also carry forward up to $10 million in unused film tax credit funds for use in the future, according to the release.
House Majority Whip Antonio Maestas reintroduced the bill Friday evening. The bill will move to the House floor, where officials expect it will be voted on March 15.
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(from 118-year-old vines; includes an 8% mix of alicante bouschet, grand noir, petite sirah and carignane; 15.8% alcohol and a pH of 3.5): Opaque ruby. Powerful, brooding aromas of cherry-vanilla, cassis, dark chocolate and licorice. Dense and sweet, with a velvety texture, offering strong dark berry and plum preserve flavors brightened by a peppery nuance. Shows serious concentration and extract on the finish, featuring smooth tannins and a touch of mocha. This needs some time. Officer told me that this fruit was picked on October 1, safely ahead of the heavy rains.


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The kitchen relies on nearby waters for the bulk of its plates, including classic fish-and-chips; crispy, cuminy wild shrimp; and all manner of shellfish. There's plenty for landlubbers, too, from fiery habenero meatloaf to succulent pork with macaroni-and-cheese.
Located on Route 88, just north of Horseneck Beach (great for walking and swimming), The Back Eddy is on the docks, smack-dab in the middle of Westport Harbor. If a full meal isn't in your plans, check out the outdoor barbecue and raw bar — they'll leave you humming Sinatra's "Summer Wind."
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Managing Incremental Commitment: An Analytic Challenge
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April 10, 2012
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Decision making often consists of incremental moves toward some selected objective, which can be reconsidered as knowledge emerges - as when an individual chooses a career, or a commander picks a military course of action. Analyzing these decision strategy options as if they were single integral commitments can distort comparison. However, rigorous normative treatment of complex act-event sequences is often impractical.
Alternative analytic aids to managing incremental commitment usefully are explored, e.g; evaluation of integral options adjusted for flexibility, successive decision analyses of incremental options, simplified information gathering decision trees, feedback to decider on evolving operation success, rehearsing deciders on potential recognition-primed sequences.
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Selena Coppock is a standup comedian, writer, and storyteller based in New York City. She recently published her debut book, THE NEW RULES FOR BLONDES, a collection of essays celebrating and subverting the blonde stereotype, with It Books (HarperCollins) in May 2013. Her writing has also been featured on xoJane, the Huffington Post, TheFrisky, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. Her storytelling abilities have been showcased on stages throughout New York and Boston, including RISK! (live and show and podcast), Stripped Stories, and at The Moth Story Slam (where she tied for 1st place with her "After Hours" story in March 2011). Selena has been seen doing jokes and characters on VH1, RooftopComedy.com, CollegeHumor.com, ComedySmack.com, PMSports.com, and elsewhere. She has also been featured in Marie Claire Italy and on the Glamour Magazine blog, the Lucky magazine blog, the Examiner, the Boston Globe, LA Weekly, Boston Metro, and the Boston Phoenix.
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NBC's Engel flees kidnappers
More than a dozen heavily armed pro-regime gunmen kidnapped NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and several colleagues for five days inside Syria, threatening them with mock executions and keeping them bound and blindfolded until they escaped unharmed during a firefight between their captors and rebels.
Speaking on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday, one day after the escape, an unshaven Engel said the kidnappers executed at least one of his rebel escorts on the spot at the time he was captured. He also said he believes the kidnappers were a Shiite militia group loyal to the Syrian government, which is fighting a deadly civil war against rebels.
"They kept us blindfolded, bound," said 39-year-old Engel, who speaks and reads Arabic. "We weren't physically beaten or tortured. A lot of psychological torture, threats of being killed. They made us choose which one of us would be shot first and when we refused, there were mock shootings," he added.
Engel said he was told the kidnappers wanted to exchange him and his crew for four Iranian and two Lebanese prisoners being held by the rebels.
Around 11 p.m. Monday, Engel said he and the others were being moved to another location in northern Idlib province.
"And as we were moving along the road, the kidnappers came across a rebel checkpoint, something they hadn't expected. We were in the back of what you would think of as a minivan," he said.
"The kidnappers saw this checkpoint and started a gunfight with it. Two of the kidnappers were killed. We climbed out of the vehicle and the rebels took us. We spent the night with them."
Scorsese to direct HBO film on Clinton
Martin Scorsese has found his next film subject: Bill Clinton.
The Oscar winner will produce and direct a documentary on the former president for HBO.
The documentary will explore the 42nd president's time perspective on history, politics and the like during his time in office and the years since -- with Clinton offering his full cooperation.
"President Clinton is one of the most compelling figures of our time," HBO Chief Executive Richard Plepler said. "This documentary, under Marty's gifted direction, creates a unique opportunity for the president to reflect on many issues."
'Les Mis' star has ties to Victor Hugo
Helena Bonham Carter apparently shares more with Victor Hugo than just a role in the film based on his novel.
A study by genealogy website Ancestry.com reveals Victor Hugo was a political colleague of a cousin of the 46-year-old actress. Carter stars as Madame Thenardier in the upcoming musical "Les Miserables." The film is an adaptation of the stage musical based on Hugo's 1862 book.
Ancestry.com says French financier and politician Achille Fould was Carter's first cousin five times removed. He served with Hugo in the post-revolutionary French government in the 1840s.
Cruise goes to Pittsburgh to introduce 'Jack Reacher'
Tom Cruise is heading to Pittsburgh today for a scaled-down screening of his new action movie, "Jack Reacher," after it was postponed over the weekend because of the deadly school shooting in Connecticut.
Friday's shooting in Newtown, Conn., left 20 children and six adults dead at the school, along with the gunman and his mother.
Paramount Pictures then postponed the Saturday U.S. premiere of the movie, which was filmed in Pittsburgh and is set to open Friday.
The studio said Cruise will return to Pittsburgh to screen "Jack Reacher" for fans. There won't be a red carpet but Cruise will introduce the film.
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MIRA celebrates the mixing of music with visual spectacles, and is one of the biggest independent music and visual arts festivals in the world, promoting collaborations between experimental musicians and innovative visual artists.
Artists and musicians who have featured at past editions have included: Alizzz, Clase Sencilla, Dan Tombs, Gnomalab, Hyetal, Lucrecia Dalt, Pixel in Fact, The Particle, and Wooky.
A three-day pass to all concerts, installations and workshops in all venues costs 120. Other options are also available, or tickets to individual events start at about 25 per person.
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Markus Sauer is in a ponderous audio mood: "When several listeners each play music they like on the system, their reaction should be more uniform. But it isn't. What irks me is that, while we seem to be able to agree pretty well on how a system sounds, there seems to be no consistency of emotional reaction to this sound . . . " Sauer works through this troubling aspect of being an audiophile in "God is in the Nuances." "This journal has seen a number of thoughtful ruminations on what it is that attracts us to music or to a given audio component, and how we should describe that attraction." Now it's Sauer's turn.
Also this week, Jonathan Scull moves ahead, in "Fine Tunes" #12, into a fundamental dilemma facing all audiophiles: "Now that we've gained a basic understanding of speaker setup, cable dressing and hygiene, and electrical theory, it's time to consider where and how to site your equipment."


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28 year old Iowa Company expanding in the Solon area. Flexible hours, no experience necessary, part-time 10-12 hours earn $500+ weekly. Full-time 20-30 hours earns $1500+ weekly. 800-603-8614 10/10
Saint Mary Catholic Church will hold a Harvest Festival on Sunday, Sept. 30, from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the church. A pork and chicken dinner will be served at a cost of $10 for adults and $6 for children aged 6 through 12. Tickets will be sold after weekend Mass or during the week at church. Carry out is available.
The Harvest Festival includes dinner, family and children activities, a country store and a silent auction.
SOLON– A 32-year-old rural Solon man was killed in a motorcycle accident over the weekend.
According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, William Bartlett was riding a 2004 Harley Davidson late Friday night or Saturday morning when the motorcycle left the road near 4665 Sutliff Rd. NE and struck a parked vehicle.
The accident was reported Saturday morning, Sept. 22, at 8:09 a.m. Johnson County deputies conducted an investigation and determined the crash likely occurred sometime after midnight Friday. Bartlett was deceased at the scene.
SOLON– Solon's Post Prom Party committee will be holding an "All Solon" used clothing and sporting goods sale at the Solon Middle School (date to be determined). Please donate any used Solon Spartan apparel as well as any sporting goods equipment such as cleats, gloves, athletic apparel, etc. Please make sure donations are clean and in good condition. Donations can be dropped off at any of the three schools in labeled boxes and will be collected Oct. 1 through 19. All proceeds for this fundraiser will be used for the 2013 Post Prom Party.
SOLON– The Solon United Methodist Church is once again holding Club J.A.M. (Jesus and Music) each Wednesday from after school until 5 p.m. Club J.A.M. is offered to all Solon students in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. Pre-registration is required. For students coming from Lakeview Elementary, teachers will only release students with a parent permission slip. Club J.A.M. students meet in the small gym by the green/yellow cabinets and walk together to the church. To register, please contact Renee Masters at firstname.lastname@example.com or call the church at 319-624-2489.
I'd like to take some time to explain why and how Solon plans to overhaul the way it assesses its students.
The Solon Community School District (SCSD) chose to look at its grading practices during the 2011-2012 school year. What we discovered was that teachers held wildly different policies for grading student work. We also discovered that some of our district's college freshmen were reporting difficulty in retaining information for their first set of collegiate finals.
SOLON– Former Solon resident Blake Kittrell is bending over backwards to help kids stay fit, accept challenges and have fun.
These days, quite literally.
SOLON– Our Lord's Church, 131 N. Market St., will have its eighth Annual Fall Festival Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. A soup luncheon will start at 10:30 a.m., serving homemade chili, chicken noodle, and ham and bean soups, along with hot dogs and chilidogs. The bake sale includes Kolaches, pies, cakes, cookies, bars, some candy, fresh farm eggs, bread from the Sykora Bakery and other member specialties. The festival will again be selling Dutch Letters, a pastry from Pella and (new this year) fresh cheese curds from the Kalona Cheese Factory.
SOLON– The Solon Community Pantry is helping with the food budget of 25 families, serving 76 people. Our shelves are getting bare as we are providing more than we are taking in. The items we need the most are canned fruits, juices, tuna helper, pasta sides and canned or frozen meat. Donations may be made Mondays, 9 a.m. until noon. Thank you so much.
SOLON– The Solon High School graduating classes of 1962 and 1963 are holding a joint class reunion on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Lake Macbride Golf Course. The class of 1963 is still looking for addresses for classmates Lillian Brown, Charlotte Brown, Betty Hook, Carol Leeper and William Scheetz. Reunion contacts are Marianne Harney, 319-624-2630, or Jean Harney, 319-351-1954.


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When a brother marries his sister they produced one ugly goppy baby girl. The zoo called the next day wanting to put their Goppy daughter on exibit.
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(Capitalized GOPpy.) A derisive term for a supporter of the Republican Party (GOP).
The typical GOPpy has been hoodwinked into voting against his own social and economic interests by Republicans' promises not to let men marry each other.
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Short for 'Gopping', meaning something nasty or horrible.
Do you fancy a goppy coffee? (Machine Coffee)
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Messed up. floosy. Sticky like something nasty, Slippery too.
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I know you can do this, well i think you can anyway, but i was just wondering how i can connect my DS and my Wii together. I've seen people do it, and play DS games on the Wii but is it real or just a noob who made up a rumor?
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Pokemon will the first to use the Wii - DS connection feature. It will come soon.
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June 30, 1953 marked the day that the first 300 Corvettes rolled off their Flint Michigan assembly line. What better way to celebrate the Corvette's 60th anniversary than with 60 photos of the iconic car? Click here to check out the slideshow.
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Zen Buddhism, Samurai, haiku, yakuza, sushi, anime, Kurosawa — a minor in Japanese Studies will open doors to these and other marvels of a fascinating language and culture. The language skills and cultural understanding acquired through a minor in Japanese Studies can benefit students interested in a broad range of subjects and professions — from journalism, law, business, and government to history, the arts, and education.
The minor in Japanese Studies has two objectives — to provide a substantial introduction to the Japanese language and to introduce the study of Japanese culture through courses in literature, history, religion, film, philosophy, art history, and sociology offered throughout the university.
Japanese Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study, drawing on a broad range of courses in language, literature, film, history, and politics. The knowledge and skills gained from this minor can complement any program of study, deepening students' global competencies and cross-cultural perspectives and their awareness of a range of important cultural and social issues.
Students interested in a minor can simulate a worksheet that accounts for courses already completed and in progress using the "What If" feature in Degree Works.
Course availability may vary from semester to semester. Some courses may be in development and offered at a later time. Students seeking to pursue alternative coursework to fulfill the minor should consult with their advisors.
Minors are available to undergraduate students across The New School except those students at Lang and in the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students who are completing a self-designed BA or BS in Liberal Arts, who are not permitted to declare minors. For students at Lang or in the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students interested in pursuing a deeper study of this subject area, opportunities are available through the self-designed major in Liberal Arts. To explore this, contact an academic advisor or read more information about self-designed options for Lang or the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students.
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GRAND HAVEN, MI – If Tuesday was about the kids, Wednesday, July 30 is about the most senior members at the Coast Guard Festival.
Today is Senior Day at the 90th annual festival in Grand Haven and several events are planned to celebrate seniors' contributions to society. More than 300,000 people are expected to attend the 10-day festival, which will feature parades, fireworks, live entertainment and, of course, tributes to the Coast Guard.
Each day, MLive Muskegon Chronicle will be providing a list of things to do at the festival. Here are some highlights for today:
More about Senior Day
Several of the events planned for Senior Day will be held at Mulligan's Hollow, 1 Y Dr., in Grand Haven. The busy day of activities began at 8 a.m. with a Pickleball tournament. All players must be 50 years or older.
Several other events will be held throughout the day until 2 p.m. They include a Living Well Expo at 10 a.m., line dancing and Zumba instruction at 10 a.m., live entertainment at 11 a.m., a boxed lunch at noon and bingo and prizes from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public.
Coast Guard Retirees Dinner
A reunion barbeque for men and women who have retired from the United States Coast Guard will be held at 5 p.m. at the Grand Haven Fraternity Order of the Eagles, 20 N. 2nd St.
Admission is free for Coast Guard retirees and $10 for guests. To make reservations, which are required, call 616-842-4330.
Downtown Carnival
The carnival continues today. It is scheduled for 6-11 p.m. today in downtown Grand Haven on Washington Avenue from Harbor Drive to Third Street.
Unlimited rides cost $20 for wristbands and $17 with a merchant's coupon, which are available at several downtown businesses.
Brandon Champion covers arts and entertainment, business and weather for MLive Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter @BrandonThaChamp.


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Letters to the editor: Millcreek parade float offensive
I am writing first to say how wonderful the Millcreek Township Fourth of July Parade was. My children enjoyed it immensely, and it was very well organized and moved along smoothly.
I did, however, have one concern -- the "Traditional Values" float. It was very disappointing to see a group like that in the parade.
I understand we all have the right to our beliefs, but I feel this is a very discriminatory group. It was discouraging for my family and me to see such a float. It sends a message to my children that their family is wrong somehow because they have two mothers.
Again, I understand they have the right to their opinions and, unfortunately, the right to be in the parade. However, the Fourth of July Parade is for all families, families of all kinds. We are all Americans, and we all deserve the right to feel proud and free. My children have the right to feel proud of their family.
Attending the annual parade has been a tradition for my family and me, and I hope to continue that tradition. However, if a group such as that will be involved in future parades or community events, my family and I will have to begin a new tradition that does not include this type of discriminatory message.
Jennifer Kuzmin|Erie
Finding a job proves elusive
All I want to do is work and pay off my bills. I don't care about your religions, your wars or your politics. That stuff isn't helping me.
I have not had steady, paying work since August. I had to keep borrowing money from my family for gas so I could get to job interviews. Still nothing permanent. Temp jobs only. It's embarrassing to ask your 60-year-old dad for gas money.
I've been begging for toilet cleaning jobs, and they all refused. Praying to God never worked. Pointless. Asking friends and family was a dead end. These parasite businessmen don't want to spend a penny, but they're always screaming for workers. Hello, I'm right here!
We don't have any qualified workers? I'm standing right in your face. Don't give me any advice or lectures, unless it's a regular job. I just want a steady job. It's not working for me.
Graham A. Rowley|Erie
American flag facts appreciated
Many thanks to New Motors and the Erie Times-News for submitting and printing what each fold in the U.S. flag means (Erie Times-News, July 4).
Our forefathers intentionally were inspired and wanted to include godly words from the Bible. This nation needs to turn back to God's counseling words and verses. If the country continues ignoring God and his word, it will be a very ungodly nation. He has blessed us with many things as a nation and will continue to if it stands firm the way our forefathers intended.
My wife and I have a ministry that also shows how to fold the U. S. flag and what each fold means, obtained from the National Flag Foundation. Several local churches and one Erie middle school have allowed the ceremony.
Even though the wording in our ceremony is different and involves honor, sacrifice, loyalty and the willingness of all veterans to serve and sometimes give the ultimate sacrifice, the meanings are to continue having the freedom to honor our God. Thanks again.
Kent Freeman|Erie
Business practices blamed for failures
I have seen many small stores that were highly successful for years suddenly fail. What killed them? "The next generation takeover."
Dad ran the successful store and sent the child to college. They were taught, by all of those business management experts, how to extract the last penny of short-term profit from the business. This meant eliminating inventory, stocking only the most quickly moving items and not helping the customer find what he wanted to buy. If the store didn't have it, "it can't be found anymore."
The same business practice has been adopted by the big box stores to maximize profit. Of course, the experts teaching those business practices never did actually work in a small business. They knew virtually nothing of the real world, but they knew what the textbooks said.
Compare that to a business where the son actually got his business education by working from starting from the ground up while working for his old man. He learned the center of a successful business is not the profit. It is the customer who is buying the product. Do not have the product the customer wants to buy, and you do not make any profit on a sale not made.
These same modern business management practices seem to be what is running GE Transportation in its "just (not quite) in time delivery." This can maximize a short-term profit but at the expense of long-term productivity.
Joe Pyrdek|Conneaut Lake
Marriage law needs to change
On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act. Section 3 restricted the federal definition of marriage to be between one man and one woman. With the ruling of the court, the federal government must now recognize as valid all legally married same-sex couples from states that consider those marriages valid. While the rulings from the court offer Pennsylvanians hope, so much more work remains to be completed.
First, Pennsylvanians need to encourage their local municipalities to pass nondiscrimination ordinances. I call on the elected officials from Crawford County to follow Erie County's lead and approve such an ordinance.
While the Legislature discusses and debates privatizing the liquor industry, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community suffers needless discrimination. The Pennsylvania House and Senate have pending legislation that would end legal discrimination against the LGBT community for all public accommodations. If the Pennsylvania Assembly cannot get the job done, our local leaders must act.
Meanwhile, we need to pass both the House and Senate bills that would make marriage for same-sex couples legal in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Brian Sims and state Sen. Daylin Leach have introduced legislation in their respective chambers. I urge all Pennsylvanians who believe in fairness and equality to contact their legislators to make these necessary changes to Pennsylvania law.
David E. Moore, Marriage Equality for Pennsylvania, founder and president|Edinboro


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Additionally, the study of Indian cinema has bourgeoned and opened an entirely new field of scholarship, challenged the discipline of Film Studies, set up new courses within University Departments, and fostered a healthy critical intellectual community. This body of scholarship has had a tremendous impact, not only in terms of making visible Indian cinema to academia, but of cultivating a culture of taking Indian cinema seriously as a significant cultural object for scrutiny. That said, this body of scholarship must urgently address the changing media landscape. This is a landscape marked by convergence, multi-platform delivery and consumption circuits, and diverse modalities of production. The Indian film industry is now a multi-billion dollar business and employs thousands of actors and technicians. Hence its commercial and human resource aspects cannot be neglected either. This existing body of scholarship must therefore address questions of how might we 'study' Indian cinema beyond the domain of representation. Have we exhausted all options? What is the future of this cinema? Are the theoretical and conceptual approaches and trajectories that inform this body of scholarship sufficient? What new theoretical and conceptual engagements must this cinema be connected to? How do we evaluate the economic impact of this film industry, both inside India and outside, as increasingly Indian films are shot in foreign countries, including New Zealand?
At this critical juncture of Indian cinema's history and a rapidly changing mediascape, it is time, we believe to reflect on and debate Indian cinema: its pasts, present and future; and its possibilities, potentialities, and limits. We invite papers on any aspect or topic relating to Indian cinema. Please send an abstract (250 words) and a short bio to the following email address (email@example.com) by 1 August 2013.
The keynote addresses will be delivered by Professor Vijay Mishra (Murdoch University, Australia) & Associate Professor Ranjani Mazumdar (JNU, India). There will be other specially invited speakers.
The conference will take place at the Dunedin campus of the University of Otago under the auspices of the New Zealand India Research Institute, which has just been established as a consortium of seven New Zealand universities to promote Indian studies in the country.
The conference organizers expect that the paper presenters will seek funding from their own institutions.
Dr. Vijay Devadas, Department of Media, Film & Communication, University of Otago.
Dr. Sita Venkateswar, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University


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UPDATE: Santa Monica Circumcision Ban Ballot Measure Withdrawn
Santa Monica residents may get to vote soon on whether circumcisions can be done in the beach city.
San Francisco residents learned last week that a measure would be on their November ballot allowing them to vote on whether to ban circumcision in their city. Now, if a petition about to begin circulating succeeds in garnering enough signatures, residents of Santa Monica could soon have the same opportunity, The Jewish Journal has learned.
Sources provided The Journal with a copy of a petition, filed with the Santa Monica City Clerk on May 19, which proposes adding an initiative prohibiting "Genital Cutting of Male Minors" to a ballot in a future election in Santa Monica.
Included with the notice is the text of the proposed initiative, which is identical to the text of the initiative approved in San Francisco on May 17.
The text allows for exceptions to the ban only in cases where a surgical removal of the foreskin is deemed "necessary to the physical health of the person on whom it is performed."
Religion is not an excuse, despite the fact that the practice of circumcision is a sacred ritual of both Judaism and Islam.
The petition also suggests that the act of circumcising be treated as a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine of up to $1,000 and/or a sentence of up to one year in county jail.
"This smacks of a clear infringement on religious rights and freedom of Jews," Rabbi Mark Diamond, executive vice president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, said. Calling the effort to ban circumcision "outrageous," Diamond said he was confident that rabbis and other faith leaders would join together to fight the iniatives. "We've been practicing this rite for thousands of years, and we are not going to stop now," Diamond said.
The Santa Monica petition's proponent, Jena Troutman, is a doula, a mother of two uncircumcised boys and a self-described "intactivist." She disputes the claim that anti-circumcision initiatives like the one she proposed are a violation of religious freedom.
"Congress already passed a law saying that it was illegal to cut girls even if it's for a medical reason," Troutman said, referring to the Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1995. "All we did was copy that law exactly. That's already been passed and proven constitutional."
To qualify the initiative for inclusion on the ballot in Santa Monica's next election in November 2012, its proponents will need to collect signatures from 10 percent of the city's approximately 61,000 registered voters in the next six months. If they obtain signatures from 15 percent of Santa Monica's voters, the initiative could be put to a vote in a special election.
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A 15-second daydream* starring England's intense leading man...
1. You're sitting in a London café with a pot of brewed-to-perfection tea and the ultimate cashmere sweater (it's cozy and slimming).
2. A draft of cool air rushes in. Clive Owen, 41, is standing in the doorway, looking even more smoldering than he does onscreen: tall (6'2"), dark, with green eyes like emerald bullets.
3. He's coming toward you.
4. He silently grabs your hand and leads you outside, where a Bentley awaits. You hop in and...
5. You instantly know why Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston have all clamored to share the screen with him. Amazing.
*Alas, Mr. Owen is married with two daughters. But a girl can dream!
Since Nicole Kidman showed up on the back of his Harley in July, the mystique meter has soared for the 38-year-old multi-platinum country rocker from Caboolture, Queensland. The draw?
•Dolly Parton: "I spent several hours with him recording 'The Twelth of Never' for my new CD. The longer I was with him, the sexier he got. I couldn't keep my mind on my business."
•Miranda Lambert (opening act on Urban's national tour); "Besides the fact that he's hot and speaks with an accent...he's vulnerable yet mysterious and smells really good."
•Wynonna Judd: "Keith has heart and soul, He's not afraid to be himself and be authentic, which is rare in this business. I love him dearly, and I'm glad to see that good guys do finish first."
•Marienne Urban (Keith's mom): "Out of the blue, for no reason, a big bunch of flowers will arrive at the door with a card that says 'Love you, Mum.' "
He's the world's top-ranked tennis player and his sport's newest goodwill ambassador. Away from the game, the 24-year-old Basel native has sharpened up his look. What's behind his very cool achievements?
•Control: "I'm much more composed than I used to be. Everybody told me I had to relax. I still throw my racket occasionally, but very seldom. Once every couple of months maybe."
•A new haircut: "I was getting sick and tired of long hair, and it got shorter and shorter, so we asked [celebrity hairstylist] Sally Hershberger. We got good feedback. I feel more comfortable. It looks better off-court. Sometimes I really liked it on-court, and off-court it was horrible."
•An updated wardrobe: "When I began receiving all these awards, I remember looking into my closet and I had like one or two suits. When I got the first Prada suit I was so happy to wear a suit like that because there was stretch. It felt like a tracksuit."
•True love: He recently gave longtime girlfriend and former player Mirka Vavrinec, 27, a rock for her left ring finger. An engagement ring? According to Vavrinec, "it's an 'I love you very much' ring!"
He played opposite Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai; in December he stars in Memoirs of a Geisha. But the 46-year-old actor would never dream of boasting about his successes-it's not his style. What is?
•Humility: Even his name in Japanese means modesty. The anti-Hollywood leading man, he doesn't believe in compliments. "When I get one, I try to forget it. If you remember compliments too much, it might make you feel good, but it's important to stay down-to-earth," he says.
•Discipline: "There is a Japanese saying, Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. I live by that. I have everything under control. No indulgences."
•Simplicity: "I walk my dog every day and that's how I keep in shape. I'm very careful about my eating habits."
•Adaptability: "Japanese restaurants try hard to be authentic, but I miss my food," he admits, revealing his one weakness. "I have things sent over to L.A." His culinary needs: "basic things like condiments, special rices or noodles that you can only get in Japan."
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy results from lytic infection of the glia by the JC polyomavirus (JCV); JCV granule cell neuronopathy is caused by infection with a mutated form of JCV, leading to a shift in viral tropism from the glia to cerebellar granule cells. This shift results in a clinical syndrome dominated by progressive cerebellar dysfunction that might elude standard diagnostic workup strategies for ataxia.
We present the case report of a patient receiving long-term rituximab therapy who developed progressive cerebellar ataxia and marked isolated cerebellar degeneration. This syndrome resulted from JCV granule cell neuronopathy associated with a novel JCV mutation.
Conclusions and Relevance
New onset or worsening of isolated cerebellar ataxia in patients being treated with rituximab or natalizumab warrants early assessment for JCV infection.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease that occurs in the setting of severe immunosuppression and results from lytic infection of glia by the JC polyomavirus (JCV). In rare cases, mutations in JCV can trigger a change in tropism, leading to involvement of other cell types.
An older man presented with an 8-month history of progressive cerebellar ataxia. Eleven years before presentation, the patient was diagnosed as having non-Hodgkin lymphoma and treated with 6 cycles of the CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride [hydroxydaunorubicin], vincristine sulfate [Oncovin], and prednisone) regimen, with a good response. He started maintenance therapy consisting of rituximab with infusions initially every 6 months. Five years before presentation, the frequency of rituximab infusions was increased to every month because of persistent lymphadenopathy.
Eight months before presentation, the patient noted the gradual onset of gait instability. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrated early vermian atrophy in the cerebellum but no significant white matter changes (Figure, A-C). A lumbar puncture 2 months after symptom onset showed a white blood cell count of 12/mm3 with 44% lymphocytes and 56% monocytes, an elevated protein level at 102 mg/dL, and a glucose level within the reference range at 68 mg/dL, without malignant cells on cytopathologic analysis.
At symptom onset, no significant cerebellar or white matter abnormalities were observed (A-C). One year after symptom onset, T1-weighted image demonstrates significant cerebellar atrophy (D). In addition, abnormal T2-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) signal involved the white matter tracts of the dorsal midbrain (E) and pons (F) and the cerebellar peduncles (F). The supratentorial white matter remained relatively spared.
Four months before presentation, he gradually developed slurred, slowed speech without word-finding difficulties. His gait worsened, requiring use of a walker. His hand coordination worsened to the point that he could no longer write legibly. He occasionally would choke and cough when drinking.
At presentation, the neurological examination demonstrated normal cognition and moderate ataxic dysarthria. The patient displayed saccadic ocular pursuits, square wave jerks, and rebound and gaze-evoked nystagmus. He had marked titubation when sitting upright and appendicular dysmetria, worse on the right side, with dysdiadochokinesia. He had a wide-based gait with short strides and could not ambulate without assistance. He had visual field defects in the inferior hemifield of the right eye and lateral hemifield of the left eye, and results of an ophthalmologic evaluation revealed retinal degeneration. Results of motor and sensory examinations and deep tendon reflexes were otherwise normal.
Results of an extensive laboratory workup (including erythrocyte sedimentation rate; levels of ceruloplasmin, α-fetoprotein, thyrotropin, vitamins E and B12, fluorescent treponemal antibody, rheumatoid factor, anti–double-stranded DNA, antinuclear antibody, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, Sjögren syndrome A antibody, ribonuclear protein antibody, Smith/ribonuclear protein antibody, glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody [65 kDa], antithyroglobulin antibody, antigliadin, transglutaminase, and endomysial antibody; heavy metal screening; serum protein electrophoresis; and paraneoplastic antibody panel) were within the reference range. Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed a white blood cell count of 3/mm3, red blood cell count of 1/mm3, protein level of 81 mg/dL, and glucose level of 67 mg/dL. Results of screening for oligoclonal bands, fungal and acid-fast bacterial cultures, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus were negative. However, the CSF PCR findings were positive for JCV at 109 000 copies/mL, consistent with active infection. After consultation with the patient's oncologist, rituximab infusions were stopped.
During the ensuing 4 months, the patient continued to decline. His swallowing difficulties and visual field deficits worsened, and he became nonambulatory. He developed progressive weight loss and fatigue.
He was readmitted 1 year after symptom onset because of several episodes of nonresponsiveness suggestive of seizure. Results of an electroencephalogram and cardiovascular workup were unremarkable. He started empirical therapy with levetiracetam, and these episodes resolved. A second magnetic resonance image of the brain showed progressive cerebellar volume loss with T2-weighted hyperintensity in the dorsal midbrain, pons, and cerebellar peduncles (Figure, D-F). A second lumbar puncture showed a white blood cell count of 1/mm3, red blood cell count of 0/mm3, protein level of 86 mg/dL, and glucose level of 56 mg/dL. Subsequent CSF PCR for JCV demonstrated 18 000 copies/mL. This patient died 17 months after the onset of neurological symptoms. A postmortem examination was not performed.
The JCV from the CSF sample obtained at presentation demonstrated a new granule cell neuronopathy (GCN)–type JCV strain with a 12–base pair in-frame deletion located in the C-terminal of the VP1 gene (RefSeq NC_001699) (2496-2507 in the Mad1 DNA sequence), which we named JCVGCN5. This deletion is different from deletions previously described in other cases of JCV GCN but is localized in the same area of the VP1 gene.1 Using a redesigned PCR method with coamplification at a lower denaturation temperature,2,3 we identified JCVGCN5 in 5% of clones, with wild-type JCV as the predominant species, consistent with a pleiotropic infection.
Human JCV is well known for causing PML, a demyelinating disease that occurs in the setting of severe immunosuppression. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy results from lytic infection of glia by JCV, which typically triggers a leukoencephalopathy predominantly in the posterior supratentorial white matter. In rare cases, mutations in JCV can trigger a change in tropism, leading to involvement of other cell types. This patient had a novel deletion in the same area of the VP1 gene as other cases of JCV GCN identified to date.1 This area is responsible for linking the 72 pentamers of the VP1 protein that form the viral capsid and is not directly exposed to the virion surface.4 Therefore, these mutations are not likely to cause a direct change in receptor binding but rather cause events after entry that may favor replication and assembly in granule cell neurons.1
The JCV GCN entity has been previously reported in immunocompromised hosts in whom the mutated virus is the predominant species.2,5,6 In the case we describe, the clinical presentation and presence of wild-type JCV and JCVGCN5 in the CSF is suggestive of JCV GCN with evolution into the PML spectrum. This patient likely had a coinfection with both strains of the virus before rituximab therapy, and the mutated form was responsible for the JCV GCN phenotype. Subsequently, the development of more classic PML findings likely represented the emergence of the wild-type virus as the dominant feature driving the disease. Consistent with this possibility, repeated magnetic resonance imaging revealed more typical white matter PML lesions in addition to cerebellar atrophy (Figure, E and F). New-onset or worsening cerebellar ataxia in patients receiving rituximab or natalizumab therapy warrants early assessment for JCV infection.7- 9
Accepted for Publication: August 6, 2013.
Corresponding Author: Peter K. Todd, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Pl, 4005 BSRB, Ann Arbor, MI 48019 (email@example.com).
Published Online: February 10, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.4668.
Author Contributions: Drs L. Dang and X. Dang contributed equally to this study. Dr Todd had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: All authors.
Analysis and interpretation of data: X. Dang, Koralnik, Todd.
Drafting of the manuscript: L. Dang, Todd.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: X. Dang, Koralnik.
Obtained funding: X. Dang, Koralnik, Todd.
Study supervision: Todd.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Todd has received grants from the National Institutes of Health (AG013283), the Veterans Administration (VAMC/BLRD 1I01BX001689), the American Academy of Neurology Foundation, and the National Ataxia Foundation for work unrelated to this project. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grants R01 NS 074995, R01 NS 047029, and K24 060950 (Dr Koralnik) and grant K08NS069809 (Dr Todd) from the National Institutes of Health.
Role of the Sponsor: The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Additional Contributions: We thank the patient and his family for their participation and consent to research related to this case. Amy Krans, MSc, contributed technical expertise to this project.
Correction: This article was corrected on February 12, 2014, to fix the Author Contributions section.
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