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Remaining Affordable without Compromising Quality
Westminster Matters
Westminster College is making great progress in its efforts to become a unique and powerful environment for learning. I usually demonstrate that by using Westminster Matters to share with you some of the cutting-edge ideas that distinguished scholars and practitioners from across the world have explored with our students and faculty on campus. But every now and then, I feel compelled to describe some of the innovative ideas about higher education that are under active exploration at the college. So in this printing, I discuss the issue of affordability and explain how Westminster is
experimenting with ways to control the escalating cost of higher education without diminishing the quality of the learning experience for students. The cost/quality problem is, I am convinced, the overarching challenge facing higher education.
I do not claim that the approach outlined here constitutes "the answer" to that problem. But I am confident that it represents an approach that shows promise. And I am certain, as well, that the progress we have made in understanding how to control costs without compromising quality puts Westminster in the forefront of institutions grappling with this critical issue.
Even before the current economic downturn, cost had become the dominant public concern about American higher education. As the president of Westminster College, it had also become my dominant concern. And with good reason: over the past decade, at colleges and universities across the country, including Westminster, tuition increased at a faster rate than inflation, than the growth in family incomes, even faster than the increase in health care spending. It became obvious that cost was discouraging too many students from modest backgrounds from viewing schools like Westminster as a realistic option.
So each year I, along with the senior officers of the college and the board of trustees, struggled with two decisions—where to set tuition for the following year and how much institutional financial aid should we offer? We wanted to keep the college affordable, yet at the same time, we wanted additional resources to invest in our ongoing efforts to strengthen our programs. But each year, after some gnashing of teeth, we opted to set tuition and institutional aid at levels that would maximize our net tuition revenue. Why? We were following conventional wisdom that said that investing more resources translates into higher quality and higher quality attracts more resources.
Among the colleges and universities I know best, quality is the main driver. And most people inside and outside the academy—including those who control influential rating systems of the sort published by U.S.News & World Report—define academic quality as small classes taught by distinguished faculty, grand campuses with impressive libraries and laboratories, and bright students heavily recruited. Since all of these indicators of quality are costly, Westminster's pursuit of quality, like that of so many others, led us to seek more revenue to spend on quality improvements. And the strategy worked.
Over the last decade, every available dollar we had from tuition revenue, as well as from
enrollment growth and fundraising, was invested in traditional indicators of quality. We built new state-of-the-art facilities, hired great faculty, gave generous scholarships to high-achieving students, maintained small classes, expanded our co-curricular activities, and invested in a host of high-impact educational practices such as learning communities, service-learning, and diversity initiatives. And our reputation for quality grew exponentially. While we had long been known within our state as a place where students blossomed under the tutelage of caring faculty, now we are seen as a top-tier college. We are included in the Princeton Review's list of the best colleges in the country; our applications have doubled over the last decade, and now, for the first time in our 135-year history, we receive the majority of our applications from out-of-state students.
But our nagging concern about affordability wouldn't go away. We didn't need fancy
economic models to realize that Westminster, along with so many other schools, was quickly approaching a danger zone. If we continue to raise tuition as we have in the past, more and more prospective students, even those who have their hearts set on attending our institution, may find that they simply cannot afford to do so. It is clear that, unless we find ways to reduce our costs, and thus moderate our annual tuition increases, there is no way to avoid a serious enrollment shortfall, no matter how quickly the economy recovers. We are caught in a classic "damned if you do, damned if you don't" dilemma. No one wants to cut costs if their reputation for quality will suffer, yet no one wants to experience a shrinking enrollment.
I believe that, for the vast majority of colleges and universities, public as well as private, the elephant in the room is the cost structure of our academic programs. We don't talk about it because of the perception that cost is inextricably related to quality, and no one is ready to sacrifice that. When quality is defined by those things that require substantial resources, efforts to reduce costs are doomed to failure.
But we know there is another way to think about quality. Over the last 20 years, some of the best thinkers in higher education have urged us to define quality in terms of student outcomes.
The notion of defining quality in terms of outputs rather than inputs, by the achievements of our graduates rather than the achievements of our entering class, was a key element in the strategic plan Westminster began developing in 2002. During the planning process, dissatisfaction with traditional models of education came to the surface. Faculty said they wanted to move away from giving lectures and then having students parrot the information back to them on tests. They said they were tired of complaining that some students couldn't write well or think critically, but not having the time to address those problems because there was so much material to cover. And they were concerned when they read that employers had reported in national surveys that, while graduates knew a lot about the subjects they studied, they didn't know how to apply what they had learned to practical problems or work in teams or with people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Based on those concerns, and informed by the literature on the "teaching to learning" paradigm shift, Westminster faculty began to change their focus from what they were teaching to what and how their students were learning. In the process, they broadened their conception of what students should learn by including more than subject-specific information. They established what we call college-wide learning goals that focus on "essential" skills and attributes that are critical for success in our increasingly complex world. These include critical and analytical thinking; creativity, writing, and other communication skills; leadership, collaboration, and teamwork; and global consciousness, social responsibility, and ethical awareness. (A fuller explanation of this paradigm shift can be found in my essay, "From Teaching to Learning," published in the Summer, 2008 edition of Westminster Matters).
The shift to a focus on student learning bubbled up from faculty rather than being imposed on them. They modified the definition of their role and experimented with different ways to promote active, experiential, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary learning. Not every member of the faculty embraced this effort, but enough did so that it became part of the culture of our campus. Evaluation tools like the National Survey of Student Engagement and the Collegiate Learning Assessment and our own internal measures demonstrate real improvement in student learning, including achievement of our college-wide learning goals.
Just as importantly, shifting our paradigm from teaching to learning enabled us to approach the question of cost in an entirely new way. Instead of assuming we need all of the expensive accoutrements of quality, we can focus our attention on those things known to have the most impact on student learning. And it doesn't take long to discover that, despite claims to the contrary, many of the factors that drive up costs add little value. A recent national research study found that "there is no consistent relationship between spending and performance, whether that is measured by spending against degree production, measures of student engagement, evidence of high impact practices, students' satisfaction with their education, or future earnings." Indeed, the study concluded that "the absolute level of resources is less important than the way those resources are used."
So we started searching the literature for instructional designs that require fewer resources and result in high levels of student learning. The ones we found share certain characteristics. They are driven by clear learning goals and involve extensive assessment and feedback to students. They stress active learning and take maximum advantage of technology. In each design, faculty spend less time lecturing and more time coaching, proactively asking and answering questions with groups of students. And faculty are assisted in their coaching role by teaching assistants or peer mentors. Finally, economies of scale help to produce significant cost savings.
With these principles in mind, and with support and encouragement from our board, I decided to commission a demonstration project. I pulled together a team from our Gore School of Business and told them the goal was to develop a program that produced more and better learning at a significantly lower cost than our traditional program. After more than a year, the group had developed what we now describe as a low-residency, competency- and project-based degree-completion program for adults with some experience in the business world. Here students don't take courses or earn grades. The requirements for the degree are for students to complete a series of projects, captured in an electronic portfolio, that mirror core activities in business. To complete each project, students must acquire and apply specific competencies—competencies identified as necessary to function effectively in a modern business. The list of competencies also includes all of our college-wide learning goals. Students acquire the competencies by accessing a rich repository of learning resources and activities that our faculty compiled and made available online. These are enriched with multimedia features, communication and social networking capacities, and contextually rich simulations and animations. Faculty spend their time coaching students, providing them with feedback on their projects, and running two-day residencies that bring students to campus periodically to learn through intensive face-to-face interaction.
After a year-and-a-half, the evidence suggests that students are learning as much, if not more, than those enrolled in our traditional business program. Although it will take some time to fully evaluate this model, and to assess the true costs of delivery, the approach shows real promise.
One thing we are learning is that providing students with sophisticated online learning
materials and supporting their learning with face-to-face interaction with faculty who are attuned to their different interests, orientations, and learning styles can be a powerful combination. That's consistent with an analysis, recently published by the U.S. Department of Education, which showed that students learned more in courses that combined online and face-to-face elements (called hybrid or blended learning) than they do in programs that are exclusively online or exclusively classroom based. In short, the report documented that high-tech plus high-touch works best.
As the campus learns more about the demonstration project, other faculty are expressing interest in applying its design principles to courses and degree programs in their fields. They created a Learning Coalition as a forum to explore different ways to capitalize on the potential of the learning paradigm. They designed a problem-based, general education curriculum for high-achieving students. They are using students as peer teachers in a number of settings. Every academic program has articulated a set of program-specific learning goals and is developing ways of assessing student progress toward these goals. And our business faculty have now designed a new MBA program using a model similar to the one they used in the demonstration project.
There are hundreds of private institutions like Westminster that have longstanding and well-deserved reputations for maintaining high standards for student achievement and providing personal encouragement and support for students to meet those standards. High-touch is at the core of this educational philosophy. But a high-touch model is so costly that I fear it is unsustainable. I don't know if hybrid or blended instruction will be the magic bullet that allows us to cut our costs and thus moderate the rate of our annual increases in tuition. It's more likely that different programs will find different ways to integrate efficiencies, high-tech or not, into their largely high-touch designs. Some, like theater and studio art, may not be able to do so at all.
Westminster will continue to experiment with different instructional designs until we find
approaches that work for us. But I suspect we don't have the luxury of time. There are enough for-profit and not-for-profit institutions that are quickly putting the pieces together to be in a position to mass market multiple high-quality, low-cost degree programs that students of all types will find enormously attractive.
I don't know how close we are to the point where we find we have priced ourselves out of the market. But it is a point we have been approaching for some time.
Trying to predict the future is fraught with risks. But I believe that private colleges, including largely residential colleges with modest resources, can survive the challenges ahead. There are many families who see great value in having their children leave home
to have the holistic and often transformative learning experiences these schools provide. At the same time, I see danger ahead unless we can break the Gordian knot between cost and quality. At the very least, finding innovative ways to lower costs without compromising student learning is wise competitive positioning for an uncertain future. The search at Westminster continues.
Michael S. Bassis
President, Westminster College
Dr. Michael S. Bassis is in his eighth year as president of Westminster College, the only private, comprehensive liberal arts college in Utah. An authority on educational change and an active participant in the national conversation on the future of higher education, Dr. Bassis has served as a teacher, scholar, and administrator at both public and
private institutions over his 35-year career in higher education.
Shortly after his appointment at Westminster in 2002, Dr. Bassis led the college community as it developed an ambitious strategic plan: to bring Westminster into national prominence as an institution distinguished by its distinctive educational programs, its record of preparing graduates for success in a rapidly changing world, and its commitment to continuous improvement, effectiveness, and value.
Implementation of the strategic plan has propelled the college to new heights. Westminster is now included in the Princeton Review's list of the best colleges and universities in America, where it is ranked #12 in the nation for the quality of student life. The college is experiencing record enrollment, and last year, for the first time, received the majority of its undergraduate applications from students who live
outside of Utah.
Following his graduation from Brown University, Dr. Bassis earned MA and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago. He and his wife, Mary, are the parents of four grown children.


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a frequent practice of lying and cheating in any record bookkeeping, in order to substancially increase your own personnal profit and earnings. OR knowingly providing incorrect information in a companies financial statements. This is, needless to say, illegal.
Johnny went to jail for cooking the books at his office.
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When a girl wears a flattering shirt that brings attention to her breasts, and hangs down to cover her fat roll. The term indicates that she purposefully misrepresenting the 'goods'
That chick is kind of cute, but I think she's cooking the books a little with that shirt.
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In that TWIX commercial where the girl makes the fool out of herself. She says, "Old man Perkins is cooking the books." In front of Old man Perkin's daughter
"Old man perkin's is cooking the books"
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The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, cold war, Stalinism, post-Stalinism. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, Khrushchev nevertheless retained his humanity: his daring attempt to reform communism prepared the ground for its eventual collapse; and his awkward efforts to ease the cold war triggered its most dangerous crises.<P><P> This is the first comprehensive biography of Khrushchev and the first of any Soviet leader to reflect the full range of sources that have become available since the USSR collapsed. Combining a page-turning historical narrative with penetrating political and psychological analysis, this book brims with the life and excitement of a man whose story personified his era.<P> Pulitzer Prize Winner
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Bail $30K in case of counterfeit bills
Bail was set at $30,250 for an Upcountry woman arrested for allegedly bailing herself out with counterfeit money two months ago, police said.
Arianna Tavares-Pszyk, 23, was charged with three counts of first-degree forgery and one count of fourth-degree theft.
Tavares-Pszyk was originally in jail in mid-September and posted $500 bail with the help of a friend, police said. On Sept. 19, a court officer found six counterfeit $5 bills in her bail amount, which was reportedly taken out of Tavares-Pszyk's purse by her friend.
Through further investigation, detectives found all the bills to have the same serial number, and two more incidents were reported at the McDonald's in Pukalani.
The first occurred Sept. 17, when Tavares-Pszyk used fake $5 bills to buy $26.18 worth of food, police said. The second occurred four days later; however, she made no purchase and fled when the manager recognized her from the first incident.
Tavares-Pszyk was arrested on other charges Tuesday, police said, and she was identified by McDonald's employees.
Seabury will host a Lego robotics event
Seabury Hall will host the Maui Nui First Lego League Robotics Competition on Saturday, beginning with a welcoming ceremony and introductions from 11:45 a.m. to noon at the school's Erdman Athletic Center.
Schools from Maui, Molokai and Lanai will compete. The "Nature's Fury" Robotics Challenge runs from noon to 2 p.m. An awards ceremony will be held from 2 to 2:30 p.m., according to a schedule of events.
Competition sponsors include Seabury Hall, Maui Electric Co., Friends of Hawaii Robotics, the Robotics Organizing Committee and Maui Economic Development Board with its Women in Technology and Ke Alahele Education Fund programs.
For more information, visit www.hawaiifll.org.
Library open today, to close for holiday
Public schools, state, federal and county offices will be closed Monday in observance of Veterans Day.
It also is a U.S Postal Service holiday.
Because of the holiday, the Makawao Public Library will be open today. All public libraries will be closed Saturday through Monday.
The Hana, Lanai and Molokai landfills will be closed Monday. The Central Maui Landfill and EKO compost will be open from 6 a.m. to noon. The Olowalu Recycling & Refuse Convenience Center will be open from 8 a.m. to noon.
County trash pickup will not be affected.
All county pools will be open.
The Maui News offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
County to auction abandoned vehicles
Maui County will auction abandoned vehicles beginning at 9 a.m. Nov. 22 in Puunene on Pulehu Road between Hana Highway and Hansen Road, according to an announcement.
Although the event begins at 9 a.m., bidders are required to check in and register between 8 and 8:50 a.m. Registration is free. Bidders need to provide a driver's license, current address and phone number.
Children under 12 are not allowed in the vehicle storage area.
Payment for all sales must be in cash, cashier's check or money order, with payment in full at the close of the auction. No personal checks will be accepted.
Vehicles are sold in an "as-is" condition. No refunds will be made.
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Take the survey online, at pact360.org/pact360-community-needs-assessment-survey/.
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There are 40 companies tagged `augmented-reality`; raised $101.9M from 86 investors
NGRAIN raised $22M from Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and Genuity Capital Partners in 2 rounds.
Tonchidot raised $16M from Spire Capital, Itochu Technology Ventures, Jafco Ventures, DCM, DCM, and Itochu Technology Ventures in 2 rounds.
DAQRI raised $15M from Tarsadia Investments .
Viewdle raised $12M from Best Buy Capital, Qualcomm, Anthem Venture Partners, Relay Ventures, and Anthem Venture Partners in 2 rounds.
Futurlink raised $7.6M from Highgrowth Partners, Caixa Capital Risc, Gestora de Finances per Emprenedor, and Highgrowth Partners in 2 rounds.
Snaps raised $4.5M from Steve Kantor, Digital Capital Advisors, Dolgen Ventures, Lucas Point Ventures, Ben Barokas, Jonathan Carson, Michael Kassan, Mike Katz, Leo Hindery Jr., Bill Lohse, and Social Starts in 3 rounds.
IQ Engines raised $3.8M from Third Point Ventures and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital .
Snaps! (fka Goldrun) raised $3.3M in 2 rounds.
Marxent Labs raised $2.2M from Stage 1 Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Beck Besecker, and Stage 1 Ventures in 3 rounds.
eelusion raised $1.7M .
Kairos AR raised $1.7M from New World Angels, Florida Angel Nexus, venVelo, True Ventures, Christopher Alden, Jeremiah Tolbert, Neil Shah, and Marcelo Ballona in 2 rounds.
OnTheGo Platforms raised $1.6M from Rogue Venture Partners, Social Leverage, Portland Seed Fund, Brad Feld, Howard Lindzon, Tom Peterson, Jason Mendelson, Ryan McIntyre, Seth Levine, Paul Kedrosky, Eric Norlin, Daniel Weller, Tom Sperry, Rolf Mathies, and Dave Shapiro in 2 rounds.
TourWrist raised $1.3M from Thayer Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Jim Hornthal, Robert Alter, and Brad Ross .
Sensopia raised $1.2M from Partech International, Tekton Ventures, and Normandy Ventures .
Catchoom raised $810K from Inveready Technology Investment Group .
Getfugu raised $800K .
Big In Japan raised $700K from Architel LP .
13th Lab raised $700K from Creandum .
Smartsy raised $675K .
Scopis raised $675K from High-Tech Gruenderfonds .
Von Bismark raised $567K from Enterprise Ireland in 3 rounds.
Gravity Jack raised $500K .
Clothia raised $440K from Quotidian Ventures .
Augment raised $300K .
itzat raised $280K .
Flare Code raised $265K .
Kudan raised $238K from Clifton Cowley Ventures .
Explore Engage raised $200K .
Surreal Games raised $150K from atventure.us .
lifeaction games raised $135K from Seedmatch .
GlassUp raised $127.7K .
JumpTheClub raised $100K .
Miralupa raised $88K .
Arideas raised $80K .
MobOz Technology srl raised $70K from Vincenzo De Notaris and Paolo Sinno .
Sayduck raised $67.5K from Seedcamp .
Singular raised $50K from Wayra .
Kairos raised $50K from Christopher Alden, Jeremiah Tolbert, Neil Shah, Marcelo Ballona, and Marcelo Ballona .
Pongr raised $25K .
GlassFit - Augmented Reality Exercise raised $7.5K from Alex Foster and Ben Gamble .


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Count Basie
To hear Count Basie play piano with his own band inspires one to wonder what Shakespeare would have sounded like if he had only used one-word sentences. Basie was eloquent in that context; it was as if he, out of a justified respect for the talents of the musicians he gathered around him, didn't want to impose on them. It's still fun to hear him in this album of tunes cut in 1929, 1930 and 1932 with the Kansas City band of composer Bennie Moten. There are echoes of Fats Waller, Earl Hines and even a little Gershwin in the then-Bill Basie solos. The Moten band had to play its way through some primitive swing era arrangements, but the talent included saxophonist Ben Webster, bassist Walter Page, trumpeter Oran "Hots Lips" Page (no relation) and that epitome of the blues singers, Jimmy Rushing. Basie's piano playing sounds loose and bright. He even sings a scat vocal on Somebody Stole My Gal from the 1930 date. The Count formed his own band in 1935 and remained one of the major forces in jazz until his death last year. (RCA)
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LONDON — Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end.
Make it 17 gold medals and 21 overall medals for Michael Phelps.
Was there any other way to go out in the final individual race of his career?
With those long arms whirling through the water, Phelps was next-to-last when he touched the wall at the far end of the pool in the 100-meter butterfly but in a familiar position when he made the touch that counted Friday — his name atop the leaderboard, a smile on his face, another gold medal around his neck.
"I'm just happy that the last one was a win," Phelps said. "That's all I really wanted coming into the night."
Phelps claimed his third gold of the London Games and 17th of his career, adding to an already absurd record total that should be twice as much as anyone else by the time he swims the final race of his career, the 4x100 medley relay Saturday night.
The Americans are huge favorites in a race they have never lost, and it's unfathomable to think the Phelps era could end with anything less than a performance that puts him atop the podium one last time.
In what might be viewed as a symbolic changing of the guard from America's retiring swimming star to the next big thing, 17-year-old Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke, her third gold in London, just minutes before Phelps took center stage at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Another American teen, 19-year-old Elizabeth Beisel, claimed the bronze in that race.
"I can't believe what just happened," said Franklin, who had dedicated her Olympics to victims of the theater shooting not far from her Colorado home. "In that last 25, I knew I was giving it everything I had because I couldn't feel my arms and legs and I was just trying to get my hand to the wall as fast I could."
Right after Phelps was done, 15-year-old Katie Ledecky — the youngest member of the U.S. team — nearly broke the world record to win gold in the 800 freestyle, denying Britain's Rebecca Adlington a repeat before her home fans. Adlington settled for bronze in a race Ledecky dominated from start to finish, falling off record pace only in the last 15 meters.
In other competition:
■ Judo: Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani became the first Saudi woman to compete at the Olympics when she lost her judo fight in 82 seconds. And she only made it to the mat after a compromise between Olympic organizers, the international judo federation and Saudi officials cleared the way for her to wear a modified hijab.
■ Track and field: Olympic Stadium was packed for the first time since the opening ceremony, and heptathlete Jessica Ennis gave the delirious crowd exactly what it was hoping to see.
Ennis finished the 100-meter hurdles in 12.54 seconds, the fastest time ever in the heptathlon's first event and the highlight of a raucous opening session for track and field.
■ Tennis: There were more stirring moments as Wimbledon, where Roger Federer was pushed to the limit in his pursuit of his first Olympic singles medal.
Like so many other times on Centre Court, he delivered.
Federer rallied past Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 3-6, 7-6 (5), 19-17 to reach the final. At 4 hours, 26 minutes, it was the longest three-set men's match of the Open era.
Federer faces another tough challenge when he meets Britain's Andy Murray in Sunday's gold-medal match. Murray, who advanced with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic, lost to Federer in the Wimbledon final last month.
Serena Williams also clinched her first Olympic singles medal, beating No. 1-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-2. On Saturday, Williams will face first-time Olympian Maria Sharapova, who beat Russian teammate Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3.
■ Soccer: U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach is battling Achilles tendinitis while dealing with a constant stream of defenders determined to shut her down in the London Olympics. She just keeps scoring anyway.
The 32-year-old striker slid onto a pass in the 27th minute to knock home her fourth goal of the tournament and then celebrated with a cartwheel in the United States' 2-0 win over New Zealand in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament.
■ Gymnastics trampoline: China's Dong Dong took the gold in men's competition, putting together a dizzying series of flips and twists.
Dmitry Ushakov of Russia was second, and defending Olympic champion Lu Chunlong of China grabbed the bronze.
■ Table tennis: China defeated Spain 3-0 to reach the women's quarterfinals, and second-seeded Japan also advanced easily.
Singles gold medalist Li Xiaoxia, silver medalist Ding Ning and Guo Yue got the wins for China, which took the top two spots in women's and men's singles.
China is under pressure to win all four pingpong golds, which would give it 24 of 28 since 1988 when the sport entered the Olympics.
Japan also swept the United States.
■ Elsewhere: Charlotte Dujardin's record score riding Valegro helped Britain take a slender lead over Germany after the two-day first round of the dressage competition. Rafalca, co-owned by the wife of U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and ridden by Jan Ebeling, scored 70.243 percent to place 30th out of 50 riders. ... Oh Jin-hyek of South Korea won the men's individual archery competition, topping Takaharu Furukawa of Japan in a one-sided final. The bronze went to China's Dai Xiaoxiang, who beat Rick van der Ven of the Netherlands 10-8 in a shoot-off tiebreaker. ... Svetlana Podobedova won Kazakhstan's third weightlifting gold medal of the games, beating Russia's Natalya Zabolotnaya in a women's 75-kilogram showdown decided on the last lift. Poland's Adrian Zielinski made the most defending champion Lu Yong's early exit, winning the men's 85-kg weight class. ... The badminton gold medal for mixed doubles went to China's Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei. ... South Korea won the men's team saber.


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By Juliet Lauderdale
Special to The Journal
INWOOD - Eager to protect the virtue of her young, beautiful daughter as well as ensure her future, Simone plans for her daughter, Lise, to marry the rich farmer's dumpy son, Alain, for a large dowry. But Lise has plans of her own - she has fallen in love with the farm hand, Colas.
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Lise (Cami Coulter, right) keeps a close eye on Somone (Susan Banks) during a scene from 'La Fille Mal Gardee,"?being performed this weeekend by the Inwood Dance Company.
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Simone (Susan Banks), Alain (Kaleigh Brown), Lise (Cami Coulter), Colas (Matthew Helms) and Rich Farmer (Billy Farrell) are surrounded by farmers harvesting wheat during rehearsals for the Inwood Dance Company's production of "La Fille Mal Gardee" (The Girl Who Needed Watching."?
Lise (Cami Coulter, center) holds the butter churn, surrounded by (from left) Kennedy Haas, Lindsay Watkins, Nicolette White, Hannah Franz, Jamie Long, Taylor Mills and Katie Rose.
Simone resorts to locking Lise in the house to keep the lovers apart. The farmhands sneak Colas into the house when they deliver the wheat crops and receive their day's wages. When the rich farmer comes to sign the arrangements, the lovers are found locked in the closet, and so he calls the wedding off. The celebration begins when Simone softens and agrees to allow Lise and Colas to wed.
This is the humorous plot for the French ballet "La Fille Mal Gardee," or "The Girl Who Needed Watching," which will be performed Friday through Sunday by The Inwood Dance Company. In addition to more than 150 dance students who have been instructed by Denna Smith, the troupe's spring performance will feature 19-year-old WVU freshman Cami Coulter in the lead role of Lise, University of Virginia sophomore Kaleigh Brown as Alain and guest artist Matthew Helms as Colas.
Helms, 23, is the principal dancer for the Boulder Ballet. This will be his fourth performance with the local dance group. Helms also has performed with Inwood in Coppelia.
"We just sort of fell in love with him," Smith said of Helms, adding, "He's such a great dancer. When you're working with students, you want them to be comfortable."
Smith said Helms, who is 6-foot-1, is a nice height match to Coulter, who is 5-foot-9, though on pointe, Smith said Coulter's height will shoot to six feet.
Smith said what sets this ballet apart from others her students have performed is the acting involved, "which is more difficult," she said. Further, like a lot of older, classical ballets such as Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, the ballet tells its story in many acts through mime.
"I chose the ballet with Cami in mind," Smith said, referring to her troupe's senior dancer. "I thought Cami would enjoy the ballet's French, country atmosphere as well as its pretty, peasant-style costumes," which Smith said are longer dresses that fall below the knee. Smith, who is a classically trained ballerina, said longer dresses provide dancers with more options for port de bras (or carriage of the arms).
In addition to the excitement of the upcoming show, Smith said the troupe just returned from Jackson, Miss., where her students competed in the Southeast Regional Ballet Association's annual Regional Dance Festival. Smith said four of her students were chosen for summer scholarships with the Oklahoma City, Orlando and Louisville ballets and Ballet Nouveau Colorado. The scholarships are granted to the most promising dancers and are chosen by an independent group of judges. Smith said during the typical six-week sessions, students live and study at the school, training for a performance which is given at the end of the summer.
Two of Smith's students also recently won respective $1,000 and $1,300 scholarships with the Marion Park Louis Foundation for the Arts in Winchester, Va.
Smith's group also gained prestige at the festival when, she said, it was one of a few of the 20 or so companies which were chosen to dance at the event's featured gala. For the special occasion, the dance company performed "Linea," which was choreographed by Eddy Ocampo.
"Our biggest goal is to give our students the opportunity to partner," Smith said about her also having contracted with two male dancers at the festival who performed contemporary dances with her students.
"The moves and expressions are different in contemporary dancing," Smith said. "You're doing a lot of movements that are complex in their catches. They're more difficult than in classical ballet."
Smith's endeavor to introduce her students to dancing with male performers also is reflected in her recent efforts contracting Helms. Helms has held his position as principal for the Boulder Ballet for the past three years.
Helms, who said he was home-schooled, said he enjoys performing with IDC's troupe "because of how devoted they are to their art."
"I feel very comfortable with this group," said Helms, who danced with Coulter for the companys winter performance last December in The Nutcracker.
"As a dancer, as an artist, as an athlete, you're always looking for the next challenge," Helms said about beginning his dance career only six years ago when he was 17. "With martial arts, I couldn't express what I was trying to feel. Ballet is a way for me to connect to the audience to express something personal inside of me."
Helms said he began performing professionally as a martial artist and actor when he was four years old. In addition to the success he has experienced with ballet, he has appeared in blockbuster Hollywood films including "The Patriots," "Black Knights" and "Cabin Fever." According to Helms, before that he did commercials for Lane Furniture and appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno when he was 9.
Helms said in his spare time he loves teaching ballet, but aside from dance, he "loves to cook and ride horseback."
"Essentially, I'm a country boy from North Carolina," Helms said, adding he especially enjoys "tubing down creeks in Colorado," where Helms said he spent his teen years and his parents still live. "I like to 'let loose.'"
"I keep coming back here because I love the personal connection I have with Denna, her students and family," Helms said. "I feel at home when I come here. I love dancing with the girls because they're dedicated and they work hard. It's really a blessing."
Friday's and Sunday's performances also will feature "Dancing through the Decades," a tap and jazz review featuring dances from the Roaring '20s to the latest hits of pop icon Beyonce, as well as Irish students who will dance reels and hornpipes of more contemporary sounds.
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and can be reserved by calling 304-229-3209.


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Washington, D.C. — While the government shutdown postponed today's release of the September unemployment data, a new analysis by the Center for American Progress demonstrates what today's jobs report from the Department of Labor could have looked like if federal and state governments had not implemented policies of fiscal austerity.
"According to our analysis, if the Tea Party had not hijacked our nation's economic debate, we would now be experiencing full economic recovery and strong job gains," said Tom Perriello, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. "Instead, today we can't even get the new job-market data for September because the Tea Party has shut down the government, but we do know that the cost of this extreme agenda and tactic has been American jobs and growth."
According to the analysis, if we could turn back the clock and prevent the United States from experiencing three years of fiscal austerity, including sharp cuts to public services and investments as well as tax cuts for America's wealthiest people, today's jobs report would likely be telling us that:
- U.S. employers added more than 260,000 jobs in September.
- The unemployment rate for September fell below 6 percent.
- Since December 2010, the U.S. economy has added more than 8.2 million new jobs—or 2.4 million more than have actually been added.
Outcomes of this magnitude would not have required extraordinary rates of government expenditure; the estimates only suppose that government expenditures remained at constant pre-Recovery Act levels, or 36 percent of potential economic output. From January 2011 to the present, rather than contracting by $140 billion, government expenditures would have grown by $300 billion, proportional to the size of the U.S. economy. Applying standard fiscal multipliers—estimates of how much economic activity is generated by a dollar of public spending, about $2 for each dollar of spending—shows that the U.S. economy would be growing at an average of 3.3 percent a year, rather than 1.9 percent since 2010.
Admittedly, these output and employment counterfactuals are rough approximations of the scale of economic loss produced by fiscal austerity, but they give an idea of how costly that policy has been. This yawning gap in economic growth between our present and imagined anti-austerity worlds would make a striking impact on the U.S. jobs situation as well. Rather than adding 5.7 million jobs from January 2011 to the present, an America without the politics of austerity would have added an estimated 8.2 million new jobs, or another 77,000 jobs every month.
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June 2013
Regional Cancer Center
Ovarian Cancer Difficult to Detect and Treat
In 1991 when Anne Nelson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she had never heard of the disease. Fast forward to 2013, and Anne is all-too-familiar with her diagnosis.
After undergoing a hysterectomy and chemotherapy treatment 20 years ago, physicians gave Anne a clean bill of health, but in 2008, her cancer returned. I didn t know it could come back, Anne says. I take a CA-125 test each year so I wasn t expecting anything. CA-125 is a test that physicians use to find and mark cancer.
The chemotherapy Anne received in 1991 was not a pleasant experience. She did not receive any anti-nausea medication and was very sick. She said that the current treatments are much more tolerable, thanks to new medications that greatly reduce the side effects of chemo.
She is nearing the end of another round of chemo, but not her fight with cancer. My goal right now is just to get through this, Anne says. I attend a support group and that really helps because you realize you re not the only one. There are so many treatments and surgeries available. I m fortunate that I m still able to go to the support group and get out and do things.
Gynecologic oncologist, James Orr, M.D., treats Anne for what is the second most common gynecologic cancer. Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer.
More women die from ovarian cancer than all other gynecologic cancers combined, Dr. Orr says. One of the main reasons is that there is no specific test for this cancer and the first symptoms are nonspecific.
Symptoms can include:
- Bloating
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Frequent urination
We don t really understand the true history of ovarian cancer,
Dr. Orr explains. It s called the silent killer because only about 10-15 percent of women learn they have it in stage 1, when it s confined to the ovaries. About 75 percent have stage 3 or 4 when they are diagnosed. The sooner we can detect it, the better the odds of survival.
Most women who receive the diagnosis are in their late 60s but the disease can strike much earlier. Anne was in her early 50s when she learned about her cancer. Twenty years ago, this was a potential death sentence, Dr. Orr says. Now, with the right surgery and chemotherapy, we ve increased the survival rate to about 60 percent.
Dr. Orr says he will continue treating Anne with the best drugs available for this type of cancer. I strive to care for the total woman, he says. Our goal is to treat all of the physiologic and psychological aspects of the disease. We involve everyone on the team, including her family, and when we put together a plan on how to deal with the cancer, that s a win.
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Lawyers for two South Jersey medical-marijuana patients are expected to ask a Superior Court judge Thursday to order sweeping changes to make the drug more accessible to those in pain.
Three years after New Jersey's medical-marijuana act became law, only one of a half-dozen planned dispensaries has opened, and 199 doctors statewide can certify patients to buy the drug.
Richard Caporusso of Medford and Caroline Glock of Toms River, who is now deceased, filed a lawsuit last year that accuses the state Health Department of "intentional sabotage" of the program.


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If Quebec hotel owners have their way, websites that feature house, cottage and apartment rentals, and by extension their members, will have to start including taxes in their bills.
A government committee mandated to examine illegal B & Bs and other establishments operating without a permit is studying the proposal. Websites such as Airbnb and World Home Rental don't have to charge government and lodging taxes and the Hotel Association of Quebec says that has to change to provide a level playing field since such websites are becoming so popular.
Thomas Asselin helps run one of those websites, RSVPcottages.com and he's all for it.
"It will just put everybody on the same level," Asselin told CJAD 800 News.
"A lot of people like that, too, they don't declare their revenue to the government also, so it's a double and triple illegal action."
Asselin said he doesn't believe charging such a lodging tax will hurt business.
"It's only two or three per cent. You know, this tax is used to promote tourism and make advertising all over the place," Asselin said.
"It will not only help our business but it will help the whole business."
A study by the Montreal Association of B & Bs and Tourist Residences suggests there are nearly 6500 establishments operating without a permit.
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NEW YORK — Now the waiting begins ... for Johan Santana's shoulder to heal, for his third straight offseason of rehabilitation to begin, for his evolution as a pitcher to continue.
The clock started yesterday morning, following what the Mets deemed a "successful" surgery to repair the torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder. The team's medical director, David Altchek, performed the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
No timetable for his return was provided. Before the surgery, the team indicated that Santana (11-9, 2.98 ERA) would "resume throwing in the spring." But his absence from a major-league mound could extend past Opening Day. The recovery period for this procedure lasts a minimum of six months, according to a pair of orthopedic surgeons. The wait could extend a full year.
"When you do some sort of reconstruction in a high-performance shoulder, six months is an optimistic number," said Jonathan L. Glashow, the co-chief of sports medicine at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Because assume three months for healing to become really secure, and then you've got to start working the guy out again."
In the short term, the Mets must scramble to fill a rotation suddenly missing its anchor. The in-house prospects appear bleak: A 24-year-old minor-leaguer named Dillon Gee pitched his way into the discussion the past two weeks, despite lugging a 4.96 ERA with him from Triple A this year.
In the long term, the Mets must wait for its most precious investment, Santana's left shoulder, to heal. The team is aided by adjustments he began to make this season, aware of a potential decline. His arm is not young; he turns 32 next March. That left shoulder has powered him through 2,251⅓ professional innings.
Injuries like this occur because of overuse. Think of the rotator cuff as the engine that creates the force required to pitch. The anterior capsule and the labrum protect the cuff by absorbing the stress caused by the action. The capsule stretched out until it ruptured.
Once the arm heals, the actual usage becomes tricky. The strengthening of the arm must be gradual, and "the highest stress you can get is a baseball pitcher on his shoulder," said Vincent McInerney, an orthopedic surgeonbased in Butler.
The onus for protecting the arm then falls on Santana. Pitching coach Dan Warthen once called him a "genius" when it came to self-correcting his mechanics. He operates with an intuitive sense of his delivery.
After elbow surgery ended his 2009 season, Santana reassessed his arsenal. The following spring, Santana began to kick around ideas with Warthen. He wanted to extend his career.
"He knew that he had more years to pitch," Warthen said. "And he was going to have to become more of a pitcher than he once was."
Santana understood his fastball velocity was decreasing. The year before, Santana leaned on his four-seam fastball, offering it about 50 percent of the time, according to pitch tracking data from TexasLeaguers.com.
This year, he sharpened a two-seam sinker to complement his usual fastball. He expanded usage of his slider. And the results were apparent: He reduced his ERA. His strikeout numbers dipped, but he compensated by putting fewer men on base and allowing fewer home runs.
"I think he's had a great year," Warthen said. "And learning how to do these other things, if the arm comes back, he's only going to get better at being able to do these things, anyway."


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Five artists worked on pieces of art during the East Palestine Craft and Arts Festival on Monday (from left) Renee Torrence, Dan McRoberts, Wesley Dierkes, Lindsay Ratner and Nathan Foster. Each artist worked for five minutes and then switched to another piece, creating five collaborative, unique works of art which were sold in a silent auction to benefit Friends of the Park.
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"In goal, the Penguins will play Marc-Andre Fleury most nights. This former first overall draft pick has been unable to live up to his potential. He turns 26 this year and is running out of chances, but a big year is still not entirely impossible. Pittsburgh should be the class of the division even if Fleury does not provide much in goal. They have too much talent in front of him."
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- Now we'll just paint a little happy Spartan over here. THIS...IS...PAINTING!
- Another operative is in place for Mission: Impossible IV (don't call it that). Paula Pattonwill join Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner for the reboot-or-whatever-it-is-exactly as a young agent. Now here's an idea so crazy it might just work: Patton's Precious co-star Gabourey Sidibe for the villain!
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson are expected to star in the Diablo Cody-adapted zom-rom-com Breathers: A Zombie's Lament. Suddenly this video tutorial on how to make ScarJo look like a zombie comes in handy.
- Barry Levinson's viral outbreak movie Isopod is now titledThe Bay. Unfortunately it's not about Michael. And possibly unfortunately it's being produced by the makers of Paranormal Activity and will be told through a collage of cell phone video and 911 calls. Do we really need the maker of Diner and Rain Man copying what the kids of today are doing?
- Speaking of Levinson and what the kids are doing, Barry's kid Sam Levinson is assembling a pretty good cast for his directorial debut, The Reasonable Bunch. The cast of the wedding drama now includesThomas Haden Church, Ezra Miller, Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin, Ellen Burstyn and Kate Bosworth.
- Remember when Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel were the hottest writing duo in the biz? 20 years later they're churning out worse crap than ever (The Tooth Fairy), but we can hope that their rewriting of the Billy Crystal grandparenting movie Us & Them will be more City Slickers than Father's Day.
- Want to look like a bad girl (or boy) and none of the makeup at Hot Topic is doing it for you? Try MAC Venomous Villains eye shadow, lipstick and other items inspired by evil Disney characters Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Princess and the Frog's Dr. Facilier.
- What would Groundhog Day look like with a few young actors in place of Bill Murray? Here's a trailer for the Toronto thriller Repeaters:
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Victim rushed to hospital
Published 8:34 AM EST Jan 22, 2013
At least one person was hurt in an overnight shooting in Melbourne, according to police investigators.
Officers said the shooting happened on Testimony Street.
A 911 caller reported hearing gunshots in the area. When rescuers responded, they found the victim and rushed that person to a hospital.
Officers are looking into the shooting. The victim was not immediately identified and no other information was immediately available.
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PRIOR WEEK MARKET MOVERS: Q3 EARNINGS, DATA, OVERCOMING CENTRAL BANK MANIPULATION? 0 comments
For months now, virtually all global risk assets have kept climbing or holding near multi-year highs on nothing more than hopes that additional central bank stimulus that would send waves of cash seeking a home and power asset prices higher, regardless of building evidence of slowing global growth and an intractable EU solvency crisis that remains a fatal threat to global markets.
Indeed, the unprecedented influence of central bank interference, and thus its unpredictable effects, was the chief concern of top analysts this week at The Big Picture conference hosted by Barry Ritholtz, one of the premier finance bloggers. See here for details.
Overall, global equity and currency markets remain in their tight trading ranges of the past month. However this past week markets retreated towards the bottom of those monthly trading ranges.
Why? What changed?
The big new thing was the start of Q3 earnings. Their weakness was anticipated, but apparently not as priced in as thought.
Sure, there were also all kinds of reports confirming the already established slowing or stagnant global growth picture, but that's old news. Besides, the prevailing view has been that new, often unlimited central banks stimulus programs were enough by themselves to keep assets rising despite economic realities.
So here's the biggest question coming out of this past week.
Will Q3 earning reports prove to be the catalyst for the long anticipated pullback? Will they be the reality check that awakens markets from their stimulus induced highs and pulls them down back into the cold reality of slowing growth bringing declining earnings and asset prices, regardless of historically unprecedented degrees of central bank money printing and low to negative interest rates?Earnings Worries
Note that 75% of firms offering forward guidance have cut their earnings forecasts. Results thus far have done nothing to raise earnings expectations.Growth Fears
In addition to the steady stream of downbeat data in recent weeks, growth fears were fanned by news that the World Bank had cut growth forecasts for China and East Asia on Monday, which was then followed by the IMF lowering its global growth forecasts Tuesday.Other Market Movers
On Thursday markets rallied overall on the US jobless claims beat, and S&P's Spain credit downgrade (to BBB, one level about junk status. That was seen as bullish because it raised hopes Spain would request and receive a bailout. On Friday, however, markets again retreated on growth and earnings concerns.Conclusions, Lessons
Bulls have argued that the weak earnings season and future guidance was already priced in. The past week's results suggest otherwise, but earnings season has only just begun.
This week earnings season kicks into high gear with far more big name firms reporting. Stock markets tend determine overall market risk appetite.Q3 Earnings Could Spark A Move Lower
Uncertainties regarding the EU, China, and the US (along with assorted geopolitical tensions) have been with us for a while. There was nothing new last week other than the start of earnings season.
The coming week is the first 'big' week for earnings season, with hundreds of firms reporting and a huge chunk of the big names and sector leaders that tend to get attention and move markets. For example, Dow components GE, MSFT, and IBM, key financial stocks like Bank of America (BAC.N), Citigroup (C.N), Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N.), and other blue chips like tech giants INTC.O, GOOG.O, and also MacDonald's Corp (MCD.N), UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N).
If earnings and future guidance continue to be dour, they'll both:
-Refute the bull's argument that markets had already priced in a weak earnings season.
-Reinforce the bear's argument that slowing growth indeed must soon hit earnings and risk asset prices.
Then the long anticipated pullback, despite central bank easing, is far more likely.
For more on what's likely to move markets this week, see our post on coming week market movers.What To Do?
The tight trading ranges at relatively elevated levels have not provided low risk entry points, not for multi-week trades nor for long term investments. We sit tight for now given the lack of direction. Overall thin trading volumes suggest most players agree with this approach.
What is clear is that the leading central banks remain committed to printing money and allowing their currencies to drift lower, so for the longer term, everyone whose central bank is in long term easing mode (most of the major central banks are) needs to start increasing their exposure to more responsibly managed currencies or assets linked to them.
Not sure how to do that? I've got a new book out full of solutions.
I've got a new book out that's full of solutions. It's the only forex book I know of that's written for those seeking safer, simpler ways to do that than generally found in forex or international investing guides.
So take a look at The Sensible Guide To Forex: Safer, Smarter Ways To Survive and Prosper From The Start (Wiley & Sons, 2012).
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Although Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is primarily known for her Turkish Embassy Letters, she was a prolific writer who also produced political journalism, poems, drama, essays and romantic prose fiction. Due to her sex and aristocratic disdain for publication, Lady Mary circulated her manuscripts privately and only printed a little anonymously. Her reputation also suffered for two centuries after her death as a consequence of Alexander Pope's very public and vicious literary attacks. Recently critics such as Robert Halsband and Isobel Grundy have rescued her from Pope's satirical pen and assured her a place as a writer in her own right. An outspoken, witty and unconventional woman, she continues to incite critical controversy due …
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1932 R328 U.S. Caramel Non-Baseball Hall of Fame Collection PSA Graded (3)
Starting Bid - $200.00, Sold For - $2,937.50
Collection of three non-baseball Hall of Famers from the classic 1932 R328 U.S. Caramel set, each graded EX 5 by PSA: 1) #9 Gene Sarazen (golf, well centered with a bold, crisp red background, clean front and back with just slight wear to the four square corners). 2) #22 Jack Dempsey (boxing, perfectly centered with flawless registration, four square corners, and a perfectly clean reverse). 3) #25 Jack Sharkey (boxing, centered slightly to the left, 25/75 L/R, with flawless colors, and a hint of even wear on all four square corners). This is a very attractive group of non-baseball players from one of card collecting's most popular multisport issues, with all cards having the "honest toning" that is characteristic of original-owner untampered-with cards from this series. Total 3 cards. Reserve $200. Estimate $400/$800. SOLD FOR $2,937.50
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How well do you know your vitamins and minerals? Why do you need Vitamin A, C, D, or even K? What do thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid have in common? What does zinc or iron do for you?
"Cheesy" Roasted Chickpeas
Cheesy" Roasted Chickpeas
1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 teaspoons nutritional yeast flakes (NOT brewer's yeast)
½ teaspoon salt or pepper to taste
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Preheat the oven to 400-degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Toss the chickpeas in a medium bowl with the oil, nutritional yeast and salt or pepper. Spread in a single layer on the baking sheet. Roast for 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden and slightly crispy. Once cooled, store in an airtight container.
Variation: Season chickpeas with 1/2 teaspoon each cumin, coriander and/or chili powder.
While I'm a bit of a health nut, I'm occasionally reminded of my virtual vitamin illiteracy.
Vitamin pop quiz
Vitamins are essential nutrients found in foods.
The two different types of vitamins are fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, E and K) and water-soluble vitamins (all the B-vitamins and vitamin C).
Fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fat before they are absorbed in the blood and excess is stored in the liver. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water and are not stored by the body, so we need a continuous daily supply in our diet.
See if you can match the function and foods to the water soluble vitamin.
1. Which vitamin is an antioxidant that is needed for healthy skin and immune function and is found highest in red bell peppers, citrus, kiwi and strawberries?
2. Which vitamin helps the body metabolize carbohydrates and is highest in pork, fish and beans?
3. Which vitamin helps convert food to energy and make red blood cells and is highest in almonds, eggs and fish?
4. Which vitamin helps support enzymes and production of cholesterol and is highest in tuna, meat and beans?
5. Which vitamin helps regulate stress hormones and is found in avocados, dairy and mushrooms?
6. Which vitamin helps in cognitive and immune function and is found in chickpeas, liver and fish?
7. Which vitamin often helps with hair, skin, and nail growth and is found in egg yolk, liver, and salmon?
8. Which vitamin is needed in pregnant women to prevent birth defects and is highest in beans and dark leafy greens?
9. Which vitamin needs stomach acid to be absorbed and can be found in shellfish, fish, meat, dairy and nutritional yeast?
1. Vitamin C.
2. Vitamin B1 or thiamin.
3. Vitamin B2 or riboflavin.
4. Vitamin B3 or niacin.
5. Vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid.
6. Vitamin B6 or pyroxidine.
7. Vitamin B7 or biotin.
8. Vitamin B9 or folate.
9. Vitamin B12 or cobalamin
SOURCE: Nina Crowley, registered dietitian, MUSC Bariatric Surgery Team
I chalk it up to not being a believer in taking supplements and I also feel that eating whole, mostly fresh foods and my love of sunshine (Vitamin D) will take care of my body's vitamin and mineral needs.
Of course, some people need to supplement. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can cause serious health problems. But until a doctor or dietitian tells me I have to supplement, I won't.
Why now?
My latest reminder of my lacking knowledge of vitamins came via a comment on Facebook by a wise, "senior" running friend of mine, Irving Rosenfeld, in a discussion about protein needs for vegans.
Last January, I decided to go from my 98 percent vegetarian, or flexitarian, eating habit to a full-on vegan diet. Like me, Rosenfeld doesn't buy the argument that the only way to get sufficient protein, or essential amino acids, is by eating meat, dairy and eggs. There are plenty of sources of protein in plants if you know what you're eating.
But Rosenfeld did give, according to some of my vegetarian and vegan friends, the more sophisticated argument about vegans needing to supplement the B12 vitamin.
B12, it turns out, is one complicated yet critical vitamin.
I did a quick search and found out that B12, found in many meat and dairy products, is important in metabolism, the formation of red blood cells, and in the maintenance of the central nervous system.
Deficiencies are characterized by anemia, fatigue and weakness, numbness and tingling in the hands, poor memory, difficulty maintaining balance and depression.
But alas, there was no need to panic in the near term.
Nina Crowley, a registered dietitian at the Medical University of South Carolina, says B12 can be stored in the liver for three to 10 years.
"We typically store 2 to 5 milligrams and only excrete a fraction each day," says Crowley. "But if body stores are not replenished from eating foods with B12 or taking a supplement, we can become deficient."
Besides some vegans, Crowley says deficiencies typically are found in those with digestive issues and specifically those lacking the gastric "intrinsic factor" protein, such as older adults, people with pernicious anemia, celiac and Crohn's disease, those who take medications to reduce stomach acid and those who have undergone bariatric surgery.
"After eating B12-containing food, stomach acid helps break the B12 away from the protein. Then intrinsic factor combines with the B12 and gets into the cells of the body. Once the body uses vitamin B12, leftover amounts leave the body through the urine," says Crowley.
Vegan variations
I posed the B12 question on the Charleston Veggies and Vegans Facebook page and got an array of responses on B12.
Some took supplements. Others ate fortified food or added a horrendous-sounding "nutritional yeast" to their food. (The yeast actually has a satisfying nutty, cheesy taste.) Some even had a blood test to measure their B12 levels. The results, again, were mixed. Some were normal; others deficient.
Danielle Dibetitto, the healthy eating educator at Whole Foods Market in Mount Pleasant, often fields questions about vegans and B12.
She recommends that vegans eat foods, such as nutritional yeast, fortified nondairy beverages such as soy and almond "milk," and cereals before going to supplementation.
"Most people, and most vegans and vegetarians, are not deficient in B12. It's very easy to figure out if you are with a blood test. If people feel fatigued or believe their health is being compromised by a lack of B12, it may be worth a blood test."
A blood test?
Crowley agrees, saying that low serum/plasma vitamin B12 levels, elevated serum homocysteine, or elevated methylmalonic acid would confirm diagnosis.
At MUSC, a test would cost $194 before submitting it to insurance companies for possible coverage.
"Supplementation would be based on severity of deficiency but include tablet, lozenge, sublingual, nasal spray, or intramuscular shots/injections," says Crowley.
Local chef and vegetarian Ken Immer says the B12 argument is "yet another red herring against choosing a plant-based diet."
"There is not some sort of pandemic of B12-deficient people ... just as there is almost no one in America with a protein deficiency," says Immer.
Reach David Quick at 937-5516 or dquick@postand courier.com.


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Like it or not, the last 4 Wings' teams to win the Cup all had a fighter on the roster during the regular season. As Babcock says, "they keep the flies off" the stars.
Yes... The Red Wings need a fighter.
However there's no room for a full-time fighter under today's cap. The person Ken needs to find is a Fighter with a two-way contract (regardless of age or seniority). It will allow Babcock to pull them up on a regular basis (once every few games) for the occasional thug team during the regular season, give the same effect to the Griffins, and full-time availability for the playoffs.
The problem is that this is sorta of hard to come by, as people in this position are usually on their way up, or down in their career and are only available for 1-2 seasons. Kenny rightfully doesn't seem willing to bring one on full-time (especially looking at Downey).
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Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Alison L. Booth
Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Yuji Tamura
Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University; Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
November 17, 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence affects children left behind in terms of their school attendance, household expenditures on education, and nonhousework labor supply in the 1990s. The estimating subsample is children aged 7-18 in households in which both parents usually coreside and the mother has not been absent. Our results indicate that paternal temporary absence increases nonhousework labor supply by his son. The longer the absence of the father, the larger the impact. One additional month of paternal temporary absence increases a son's nonhousework labor supply by approximately one week. However, a daughter's nonhousework labor supply is not affected. We find no evidence that paternal temporary absence influences his children in terms of school attendance or education-related household expenditures.
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Keywords: parental absence, temporary migration, schooling, human capital investment, child labor, Vietnam, VLSS
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Madagascar's rate of speciation slowing down
July 16, 2013
The research, published last week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by Daniel Scantlebury of the University of Rochester, is based on analysis of evolutionary records of seven groups of reptiles and amphibians. It finds a decrease in the rate of new species formation since Madagascar split from the super-continent Gondwana some 90 million years ago.
Madagascar's isolation provided opportunities for adaptive radiation into its wide range of ecological niches. For example, the California-sized island has more than 100 species of lemurs — a number of primates far greater than any other country. It has half the world's chameleon species and dozens of geckos. Although the island represents only one percent of the earth's land area, it is home to roughly three percent of its species.
Brookesia chameleon in Madagascar
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But the principle of adaptive radiation holds that speciation rates will eventually slow as vacant niches are filled by species. The new research suggests that Madagascar may have already reached that point, with new species taking longer to emerge.
"A staggering number of species are found only on Madagascar, but this research shows there are limits to the number of species the island can sustain, and Madagascar may currently be at those limits," said Scantlebury, a Ph.D. student in biology, in a statement. "Some of the earlier research showed an early burst of diversification among groups located in rainforests, supporting the principles of adaptive radiation. My study took the next step by looking at subsequent declines."
A tree diagram of the Brookesia chameleons on Madagascar shows a decline in the rate of species formation within the clade. The horizontal lines represent individual species, with the lengths of the lines showing relative time. The nodes depict the points at which new species are formed. The relatively few nodes at the right of the diagram, as we approach the present day, illustrate a decline in species diversification. (Graphic by Daniel Scantlebury.)
The results may catch some by surprise given the spate of "new species" described in Madagascar in recent decades — the number of known lemur species has more than doubled over the past twenty years alone. But the rate of species descriptions by scientists do not reflect the rate of new species formation. Instead it reflects investment in scientific research, genetic analysis, and taxonomy. In fact, ecologists are concerned that Madagascar's plant and animals are already in decline due to large-scale deforestation, habitat degradation, and unsustainable exploitation. There is real danger that the island's biodiversity is being lost before scientists can fully document it.
Uroplatus gecko in Madagascar
Some examples of Madagascar's animal diversity
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CITATION: Daniel Scantlebury (2013). Diversification rates have declined in the Malagasy herpetofauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1109.
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