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NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Wants Apology From Tabloids For Coverage Of Chirlane McCray Interview
Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted The New York Post and, to a lesser degree, The New York Daily News for the way it covered First Lady Chirlane McCray's comments about her early days as a mom.
In an interview with New York magazine, McCray says, "I was 40 years old. I had a life. Especially with Chiara—will we feel guilt forever more? Of course, yes. But the truth is, I could not spend every day with her. I didn't want to do that. I looked for all kinds of reason not to do it. I love her… It took a long time for me to get into 'I'm taking care of kids,' and what that means."
The Post goes straight for the jugular, noting that the First Couple's daughter Chiara admitted last year to being in treatment for alcohol and marijuana abuse. "The disclosure — bound to horrify most moms — shatters the carefully crafted image of de Blasio's close-knit family, which helped vault him into office," the paper says.
The Mayor called the coverage "disturbing and inappropriate" during a Q&A that he organized to speak with reporters on the matter. He has, according to The New York Times, worked hard to make his wife an important part of his time in office.
"A lot of hardworking women in this city are offended," said the Mayor. "I think both The Post and The Daily News owe Chirlane an apology. I think they owe all of us an apology."
Others besides the Mayor took issue with the cover above in particular. Some say McCray shed light on some of the complicated feelings that new moms can have and she shouldn't be vilified for it. City Councilwoman Laurie A. Cumbo agrees issuing this statement: "As a New York City Council Member and Chair of the Women's Issues Committee I am outraged by the New York Post and the Daily News criticism of First Lady McCray's role as a mother. This depiction is completely unfounded and underscores the unfortunate circumstance that women today face; namely that they cannot candidly speak to the challenging realities of balancing the many facets of being a modern-day parent and a professional in the work force."
The New York City chapter of The National Organization for Women took up a #standwithchirlane hashtag to show its support.
As of now, it doesn't look like either paper has issued a comment directly. However, The Daily News has published this story in which "every mom in town seems to know exactly what McCray was talking about."
'I Know It's Killing You That Obama Is In Office!' Damon Dash Goes Off On Daily News Reporters Outside Of Courthouse
While heading to court for testimonies regarding the $1 million lawsuit filed against him by his son's mother, Linda Williams, hip hop mogul Damon Dash lashed at out a group of New York Daily News reporters. His interesting rant was captured on film.
"How come you never talk about the positive stuff? 'Cause I'm black?" Damon questioned the reporters.
Damon went on to point out that instead of simply covering his current court case, the Daily News insists on bringing up skeletons from his past, including his highly publicized financial troubles.
"You're a racist, republican paper! I know it's killing you that Obama is in office. It's killing you that you went to school to write for a paper that's not credible."
Clearly frustrated with the media's fixation on driving negative news to the bone, he then pointed out some of his major business accomplishments that frequently go unnoticed.
"Why don't you say: 'He has art galleries around the world,' 'He has independently owned companies that do well over $50 million,' 'He employs at least 10 people at any given time.' You never say that! Why?"
"I can pay everybody else's bills but y'all just want to talk about the ones y'all think I haven't paid. The same exact tax bullsh*t for five years…get a new story!"
Watch Damon's angry rant below. Thoughts?
UPDATE: Deborah Turness Has Been Named President Of NBC News, But Many Others In Media Are Out Of A Job
Dang, it was a bad week for journalists. Already ranked the worst job out there, a gaggle of news reporters lost their jobs this week as the media industry continues to adjust to keep up with audience fragmentation and shifts brought about by the Internet.
Over at the New York Post, they're looking to cut 10 percent of the staff. So they're offering buyouts, according to a memo from editor-in-chief Col Allan, obtained by Capital New York. If there aren't enough volunteers, layoffs will likely take place. "The buyouts come as the Post's parent corporation, News Corp., prepares to separate its publishing properties, which also include The Wall Street Journal and various newspapers in the U.K. and Australia, from the company's cash-cow television and film assets," the paper says. "After the split, the publishing titles will no longer be cushioned by more lucrative brands such as Fox News."
"The Post is said to lose as much as $110 million a year," the story continues.
Over at Say Media, which owns ReadWrite and xoJane, 10 percent of its 400-person staff has been laid off. The CEO of the company, Matt Sanchez, says the cuts come as the company ceases to operate as an ad network and becomes a digital media company. With that change comes pressure to show a profit. In a memo, Sanchez writes that the company has "made a set of hard decisions aimed at right-sizing our business with a greater focus on supporting our strong content brands, growing sales and building innovative publishing and advertising products — while at the same time achieving profitability in the second half of this year."
Next! Over at the Village Voice, the iconic alt-weekly newspaper, editor-in-chief Will Bourne and executive editor Christine Brennan decided to walk off the job rather than cut the roles of five staff members. The paper only has 20 staffers and, Bourne told The New York Times, "we are on a short string already." Bourne was only on the job since November, becoming the sixth EIC at the troubled paper since 2005.
"When I was brought in here, I was explicitly told that the bloodletting had come to an end. I have enormous respect for the staff here and the work they have been doing, and I am not going to preside over further layoffs," he continued. Still, a statement from parent company Village Voice Media indicates that cuts and other changes will still take place. Sigh.
Finally, the New York Daily News laid off about 15 writers this week, including gossip columnist Joanna Molloy, who used published alongside her husband George Rush for 15 years. He took a buyout in 2010.
The single, solitary bright spot in this tornado of reporter joblessness is the pending appointment of Deborah Turness as the next president of NBC News. Turness, the current head of overseas outlet ITV News, will be the first woman to occupy the spot at a network news organization in the U.S. The announcement is expected Monday but neither the network or Turness would offer comment to The New York Times.
If you don't have a passion for news, the mental toughness to deal with the constant change, or a streak of masochism, steer clear of media jobs.
UPDATE: Deborah Turness has been officially named the president of NBC News, starting August 5. In a press release, NBC Universal says:
As President, Turness will be responsible for all aspects of the NBC News division including the programs "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today," "Meet the Press," and "Dateline" as well as its news bureaus around the world. She will also oversee all breaking news, investigative and enterprise reporting, along with the division's digital properties including NBCNews.com. Additionally, she will have oversight of Peacock Productions, an award-winning in-house production company.
While Turness has good news to celebrate, we have word of more media job losses, this time over at the Village Voice where veteran reporter Michael Musto was among the reporters let go. (Food critic Robert Siestema and theater critic Michael Feingold were the others.) For fans of the alt-weekly — and alternative news outlets in general — it's a tremendous loss.
Barbie Gets Tattoos and Parents Go Berzerk: Really, What's the Big Deal?
Barbie has just been wilding out over these past few years, huh folks? I'm not mad at it though. While the Mattel doll has always been pretty controversial, over the years, things have become a bit too real for some people. She's had pregnant friends, had a tramp stamp on her back, inflatable boobs, and now, she's covered in ink! On top of that, the edgy Barbie also has a pink bob (is that Nicki's wig??) and wears Hot Topic-esque clothing with a side of leopard print.
The doll costs about $50, and according to Mattel, is marketed at adults who are fans of collecting the miniature women. As the brand said in a statement, "Barbie has been dressed by more than 70 fashion designers over the years. Many of Barbie's most pop-culture couture outfits have been designed for the adult doll collector." While the doll may seem cool for older people, many parents are NOT feeling this new look for a doll that will be seen by their kids. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Queens father Tom Gurry said he would lay the smack down on his 11-year-old daughter if she tried to come home with a tattoo, or the doll:
"I'd kill my daughter if she came home with a tattoo. Barbie's supposed to be a role model for young girls, right? I don't want my daughter looking up to someone like that."
Another parent, mom, Tiffany Newkirk, said that now that her own teenage daughter is bothering her about getting a tattoo, she really doesn't think a doll like this is a good idea to put out there for kids to view:
"I don't think that's an appropriate toy for a young girl. You don't want your kids to think tattoos are a good idea at such a young age because they last a lifetime."
Okay. The sensitivity level out here is getting waaaay too high.
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Domestic Abuse: When Are You Doing "Too Much" In Self-Defense?
On Monday, I published a news post about former New York Governor David Paterson's stepdaughter, Ashley Dennis, 23, opening up a can of whoop-butt on her boyfriend after the two got into a violent fight inside of his West Village apartment last weekend. During their fight, the boyfriend, Brian McGuinness, 30, says that he choked Dennis. At some point, she was able to get out of the chokehold and hit McGuinness with a bottle. She later is said to have repeatedly slammed his leg in the door until he lost consciousness. Now, depending on who you ask, Dennis went too far. If she had to break a bottle over the man's head to get him away from her, that was fine. But to many of our readers who commented on the story, slamming the man's door in the leg repeatedly until he went unconscious was over-the-top. You ask another group, they'll say she was just trying to defend herself and keep him down. Who is to say what is too far unless you're in that same position?
Well, I bring you the case of Barbara Sheehan of Queens, a woman who shot her retired police officer husband 11 times (count 'em) after an argument where she feared he was going to shoot her. She was recently acquitted of murder after defense proved that she was an abused woman trying to escape from her husband's rage as opposed to a scheming wife trying to get her husband's life insurance. According to the New York Daily News, this is what she says went down on Feb. 18, 2008–while her husband shaved in the bathroom:
"After a fight over vacation plans, as she tried to sneak out of the house with his revolver, he aimed a 9-mm. Glock pistol at her. She said she fired five shots from a revolver, then grabbed the Glock as it clattered to the floor and clicked off six more rounds before he could grab it."
Sheehan, 50, a school secretary, didn't get off scott free though for the death of her husband. She was convicted of gun possession and must return to jail next week until sentencing in November, where she can get between three and 15 years behind bars. Her husband, retired New York Police Department Sgt. Raymond Sheehan, according to Barbara Sheehan and the couple's own children, was known not only for having a violent temper and a history of abuse against Barbara Sheehan, but for cheating on his wife as well. According to CBS New York, their 25-year-old daughter testified that her mother was abused daily. Their 21-year-old son even read a rage-riddled letter he wrote at the age of 14 about finding out his father had a girlfriend, testified that he had considered suicide because of the drama at home, and left the state for school to get away from it all. Prosecutors and the victim's own brother believe that Barbara Sheehan killed Raymond Sheehan out of anger over his infidelity and to get money from his life insurance policies (he had two). They don't believe that she was a victim of abuse.
Knowing the reaction the Dennis story received, I thought I'd ask if Sheehan's response to a possible attack by her husband was "too much." When is a woman really going too far in defending herself? Especially in the case of Sheehan who had allegedly been dealing with domestic abuse for years. I've read comments from stories on both women's cases that ranged from "This is NYS, the state of the double standard, where violent women can get away with murder", and "This poor guy is going to get roasted, I hope he gets a really good lawyer." There seems to be a huge backlash from men who feel like the "battered woman" defense is used to the nines, and that women who get out of control themselves only get a slap on the wrist for doing too much. Once again, I don't advocate violence of any kind like that, but when it comes to how someone fights to live, or to get a grown a** man off of them, I think we should really think about what "doing too much" really means. Thoughts?


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- In a saucepan, combine sweetener, cocoa and cornstarch. Whisk in the milk. Simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the vanilla. Cool. Yield: 4 servings.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
North Greenville University has recognized Joshua Mark Mulvaney of Mount Pleasant for academic accomplishments by naming them to the Dean's List for the fall 2012 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average while taking a minimum of 12 hours.
A total of 11 Trident Technical College students have been recognized by "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" for 2013.
Students were selected based on their academic standing, participation in extracurricular activities and community service. Selections to "Who's Who Among Students" are made each fall by individual schools.
This procedure of nomination succeeds in highlighting the individual and diverse service to community and school. These are the students who enhance the positive image of the American students. Due to the variation of curricular and extracurricular programs at schools, each college is assigned a quota of nominees. This quota is carefully calculated to ensure a well-rounded representation of the student body. All nominations must be endorsed by a college's faculty or administration.
The following are the 2013 "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" honorees: Candice Bizzell, Courtney Coffey, George Dais, Aimee Erkman, Lerraine Haak, Yvette Hayes, Botlhale Johnson, Tara Lovato, Lynnette Morris, Peggy Stanley and Sherrill Wheeler.
Sean Robert Passailaigue, a graduate of Wando High School, was honored for outstanding academic achievement at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, during the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Passailaigue earned one of the college's top academic honors, a Gold Star. Gold Stars are presented to students who achieve a 3.7 grade point average or higher during a semester's course work. Gold Stars are worn on the collar of the cadet full dress and dress uniforms and the summer leave uniform.
Passailaigue is a cadet seeking a bachelor's degree in Business Administration at The Citadel.
Gold Star recipients will be recognized during a military dress parade on Jan. 25.
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) recognizes students with the 2012 Fall Honor Roll.
Being listed for high marks is an achievement for these students. Although SCGSAH is an art school, it is known as a very competitive academic institution as well. The school is ranked in the top one percent of Newsweek's "American's Best High Schools," based on academics. SCGSAH consistently maintains a 100 percent graduation rate with all students attending college or professional studies. Artistic potential, not high grades or test scores, is required for admission to SCGSAH, yet students excel in AP results, with an average 3.9 score, and the school ranks 3rd in South Carolina for the highest cumulative SAT scores.
Lizzy Rhodes of Mount Pleasant, who attended Academic Magnet High and majors in Music, made the 2012 Fall Semester Honor Roll for achieving all A's and B's.
The following students from Charleston received their Master of Science degree from the College of Charleston on Dec. 16, 2012: Donald Atkinson, Nicholas Boehm, Austen Attaway, Liah Baker, Daniel Temple and Anne Beckley.
The following students from Charleston received their Master of Arts in Teaching degree from the Graduate School of the College of Charleston on Dec. 16, 2012: Joseph Helmly and Lauren Butler.
The following students from Charleston received their Master of Education degree from the Graduate School of the College of Charleston on Dec. 16, 2012: Lyndsie Davis, Brielle Kociolek, Catherine Decker, Maryanne Harrelson and Michael Weckenman.
The following students from Charleston received their Master of Public Administration degree from the Graduate School of the College of Charleston on Dec. 16, 2012: Niki Leiva, Andrea Harris-Long and Stephanie Patterson.
The following Mount Pleasant residents received degrees from the Graduate School of the College of Charleston on December 16, 2012: Gregory Coy (Master of Science), Christian Moore (Master of Science), Michael Shanshala (Master of Arts), Maria Rebula (Master of Business Administration).
Sullivan's Island resident Leah Fisher received a Master of Science degree from the Graduate School of the College of Charleston on December 16, 2012.
The following students from the Charleston region earned Bachelors degrees from the College of Charleston on December 16, 2012 in a ceremony in the TD Arena.
Madison Gaskins
Danielle Fraser
Rachel Chiappardi, Cum Laude
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Cheryl Boyle, Cum Laude
Jodi Vaughn
Kayla Johnson
Lorinne Clement
Benjamin Albia
Alicia Petit, Cum Laude
Andrew Awkar
Alex Keith, Magna Cum Laude
Hollis Beacham
Julia Maggiari
Robert Wade
Ryan Pickhardt
Kenneth Good
Alexandra Daley, Magna Cum Laude
John Mossman
Sabrina Andreucci
Lacy Waldorff
Christine Watson
Ricki Douglas, Cum Laude
Grace Fahrer
Christina Bost
Kenneth Good
Jeffrey Bertel, Cum Laude
Justin Mace
Elizabeth Holmes
Alexandra Danna
Erin Healy
Nora Grimball, Cum Laude
Diane Sobieszczyk, Cum Laude
Kendall Martin
Anna Brown
Elizabeth Cole
William C. Hyman Jr. was one of approximately 1,500 cadets from Virginia Military Institute who marched in this year's presidential Inaugural Parade on Jan. 21. Cadet Hyman's parent is Sarah E. Kenan.
The Corps of Cadets marched through the heart of Washington D.C., from the U.S.
Capitol Building to the reviewing stand at the White House. The Corps was the final
group in the parade, passing the president in review at about 6:30 p.m.
The cadets' participation marked the 14th time that the VMI Corps of Cadets has
marched in a presidential Inaugural Parade.
Mount Pleasant Academy announces its honor roll for the second quarter:
Third grade Principal's Honor Roll (all A's)
Nick Cladakis, Ruby Hansen, Edward Orr, Lauren Peagler, Perrin Popovich, Keller Wachsmuth, Henry McMillan, Ellisann Thomas, Ella Drew Dodd, Austin Gallman, Emma Nodine, Cecilia Ollis, Justin Story, John Thomason, Sam Boyd, William Abel, Grier Abercrombie, Anson Clark, Olivia Dennis, Brennen Evans, Caleb Keane, Jack Lipscomb, Cypress Santos, Harmon Kerrison, Hayes Martini, Amelia Norcott, Benjamin Stevens and Julia McKellar.
Fourth grade Principal's Honor Roll (all A's)
Grayson Ammons, Marshall Hodges, Hannah Korson, Graham McAlister, Ally Monts, Holland Nelson, Jessica Palmer, Lucy Richmond, Sawyer Shoemake, Harris Stripling, Davis Varnado, Estella Walsh, Crawford White, Delaney Winn, Bryson Miller, Nicholas Apostolou, Sara Crawford, Mary Katherine Kerrigan, Kayla Kirkland, Whitney Knotts, Isabella LaBorde, Susannah Manucy, Ryan McInerney, Peyton Moore, Ava Piebenga, Disha Qanungo, Ellie Rogers, Margo Smith, Adam Swanson, Hank Tschantz, Maryn Austin, Wils Browning, Cille Hassell, Olivia Horne, Henry Howell, Grace Kammerer, Katie King, Kyleigh Lesesne, Maggie McKay, Bella Tuk, Jenna Jenkins, Sam Snedeker and Cooper Valinski
Fifth grade Principal's Honor Roll (all A's)
Alex Tallarico, Legare Kerrison, Ted Fairchild, Tyler Saxton, Dylan Hurt, Skyler Jones, William Jordan, Elizabeth Missroon, Evan Posnanski, Emerson Garris, Molly Kerr, Brooks Maxwell, Mary McElveen and Aisling Gross
Third grade A-B Honor Roll
Autumn Bosier, Virginia Buxton, Sharriah Green, Will Houlihan, Brendan Pastor, Ella Grace Jordan, Tommy Bryant, Brooke Bennett, Bennett Blanchard, Mary Charlotte Brookshire, Henry Brown, Cameron Capps, Saffron Jones, Caroline Morey, Ellie Middleton, Macey Brooks, Hampden Geer, Summer Padgett, Caroline Collins, Will Crimmins, Emmie Lee, Holden Moore, Sidd Pelluru, Hope Staubes, Whit Tiller, Blake West, Ava Allen, Halsey Harrison, Whit Hogg, John Hutto, Mary Lillian Leigh, Benjamin Nodine, Winn Thornhill, Lexi Brooks, Cleary Chance, Sophie deBrux, Amelia Dietrich, Wiley Tschantz and Spivey Woodward
Fourth grade A-B Honor Roll
Jake Haire, Addie Warley, Catherine Mellichamp, Owen Wilkes, Rory Buchannnon, Jack Bucknam, Livvie Caldwell, Britton Logan, Leland McConnell, Ethan Slocum, Irie Williams, Chase Collins, Jackson Bilbro, Dollie Powell, Charlotte Smith, Benjamin Carter, Jack Huber, Jack Ladd, John-Finley McLeod, Bryce Owens, Hannah VanLaw, JT Walker, Ansley Albrecht, Marco Jimenez and Lillian Nielsen
Fifth grade A-B Honor Roll
Savanna Adams, Jackson Averill, Anna Golding, Connor Mullen, Noah Pitassi, Calista Sasnett, Savannah Sergent, Eliza Avant, Dylan Googer, Andrew Peters, Garrick Tyler, Amelia Blair, Sarah Goblet, Jack Grayson, Olivia Higdon, JH Leigh, Harrison Spears, Sam Buchanan, Grace Davenport, Tamaine Harding, Ava Middour, Caelan Paquette, Keegan Winn, Kristi Lee Kirkland, Abbey Lane Blankenship, Thomas Johnson, Luke Prendergast and Frances Folline.
Dr. David S. Wood, senior vice president of academic affairs and dean of Wofford College, has announced the Dean's List students for the Fall 2012 Semester, which includes Grace Marie Longanecker of Mount Pleasant.
To be named to the Dean's List, a student must be enrolled for at least 12 semester hours of graded courses and attain a semester grade point average of 3.6 or higher.
William C. Hyman Jr., a sophomore from Charleston, is among the 668 cadets who were recently named to the Deans' List at Virginia Military Institute for the first semester of academic year 2012-13. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a cadet must have a term grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and no grade below C. Hyman is is majoring in Psychology. His parent is Sarah E. Kenan.
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From the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, and Children's Hospital Central California, Madera, California; New York University Langone Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York; and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Acknowledgment: The authors thank the following site study coordinators, nurses, and pharmacists: Tara Barker, RN, and John Petrich, RPh, from the Cleveland Clinic; Anne Jones, RN, Beverly Barham, RN, and Judith Starling, RPh, from the National Institutes of Health; Ana Cabrera, CCRC, and John Pech, MS, from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; and Claudine Davis, RN, from New York University Medical Center. They also thank Professor Philip Hawkins from the National Amyloidosis Centre at the Royal Free Hospital for measurement of serum amyloid A levels.
Grant Support: By the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Orphan Products Development (R01 FD003435). This trial was also supported by the Intramural Research Programs of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National Human Genome Research Institute, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Rilonacept and placebo were supplied by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Target Health provided and partially subsidized the electronic data capture system and electronic database.
Potential Conflicts of Interest: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M11-3106.
Reproducible Research Statement:Study protocol: Available from Dr. Hashkes (e-mail, email@example.com). Statistical code: Available in Appendix 1. Data set: Available to approved individuals through written agreements with the trial steering committee (contact Dr. Hashkes).
Requests for Single Reprints: Philip J. Hashkes, MD, MSc, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, POB 3235, Jerusalem, 91031 Israel; e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Current Author Addresses: Dr. Hashkes: Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, POB 3235, Jerusalem, 91031 Israel.
Dr. Spalding: Pediatric Rheumatology-A111, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195.
Drs. Giannini, Huang, and Lovell and Ms. Johnson: Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.
Dr. Park: National Human Genome Research Institute, MSC 1517, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1517.
Dr. Barron: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, MSC 3207, 33 North Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3207.
Drs. Weisman and Pashinian: Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, B131, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Dr. Reiff: Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, MS#60, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
Dr. Samuels: New York University Langone Hospital for Joint Disease, 246 East 20th Street, New York, NY 10003.
Dr. Wright: Children's Hospital Central California, 9300 Valley Children's Place, MB08, Madera, CA 93636.
Dr. Kastner: National Human Genome Research Institute, MSC 8002, 50 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-8002.
Author Contributions: Conception and design: P.J. Hashkes, E.H. Giannini, B. Huang, K.S. Barron, M.H. Weisman, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: P.J. Hashkes, S.J. Spalding, E.H. Giannini, B. Huang, M.H. Weisman, N. Pashinian, A.O. Reiff, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Drafting of the article: P.J. Hashkes, E.H. Giannini, B. Huang, J. Samuels, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: P.J. Hashkes, E.H. Giannini, B. Huang, K.S. Barron, M.H. Weisman, A.O. Reiff, J. Samuels, D.A. Wright, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Final approval of the article: P.J. Hashkes, S.J. Spalding, E.H. Giannini, B. Huang, A. Johnson, G. Park, K.S. Barron, M.H. Weisman, A.O. Reiff, J. Samuels, D.A. Wright, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Provision of study materials or patients: P.J. Hashkes, S.J. Spalding, K.S. Barron, M.H. Weisman, N. Pashinian, D.A. Wright, D.L. Kastner.
Statistical expertise: E.H. Giannini, B. Huang.
Obtaining of funding: P.J. Hashkes, E.H. Giannini, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Administrative, technical, or logistic support: S.J. Spalding, A. Johnson, M.H. Weisman, D.L. Kastner, D.J. Lovell.
Collection and assembly of data: P.J. Hashkes, S.J. Spalding, E.H. Giannini, A. Johnson, G. Park, K.S. Barron, N. Pashinian, A.O. Reiff, J. Samuels, D.A. Wright, D.L. Kastner.
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Background: Currently, there is no proven alternative therapy for patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) that is resistant to or intolerant of colchicine. Interleukin-1 is a key proinflammatory cytokine in FMF.
Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of rilonacept, an interleukin-1 decoy receptor, in treating patients with colchicine-resistant or -intolerant FMF.
Design: Randomized, double-blind, single-participant alternating treatment study. (ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT00582907).
Setting: 6 U.S. sites.
Patients: Patients with FMF aged 4 years or older with 1 or more attacks per month.
Intervention: One of 4 treatment sequences that each included two 3-month courses of rilonacept, 2.2 mg/kg (maximum, 160 mg) by weekly subcutaneous injection, and two 3-month courses of placebo.
Measurements: Differences in the frequency of FMF attacks and adverse events between rilonacept and placebo.
Results: 8 males and 6 females with a mean age of 24.4 years (SD, 11.8) were randomly assigned. Among 12 participants who completed 2 or more treatment courses, the rilonacept–placebo attack risk ratio was 0.45 (SD, 0.13) (equal-tail 95% credible interval, 0.26 to 0.77). The median number of attacks per month was 0.77 (0.18 and 1.20 attacks in the first and third quartiles, respectively) with rilonacept versus 2.00 (0.90 and 2.40, respectively) with placebo (median difference, −1.74 [95% CI, −3.4 to −0.1]; P = 0.027). There were more treatment courses of rilonacept without attacks (29% vs. 0%; P = 0.004) and with a decrease in attacks of greater than 50% compared with the baseline rate during screening (75% vs. 35%; P = 0.006) than with placebo. However, the duration of attacks did not differ between placebo and rilonacept (median difference, 1.2 days [−0.5 and 2.4 days in the first and third quartiles, respectively]; P = 0.32). Injection site reactions were more frequent with rilonacept (median difference, 0 events per patient treatment month [medians of −4 and 0 in the first and third quartiles, respectively]; P = 0.047), but no differences were seen in other adverse events.
Limitation: Small sample size, heterogeneity of FMF mutations, age, and participant indication (colchicine resistance or intolerance) were study limitations.
Conclusion: Rilonacept reduces the frequency of FMF attacks and seems to be a treatment option for patients with colchicine-resistant or -intolerant FMF.
Primary Funding Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Orphan Products Development.
Trial profile.
* Participants who had at least 2 attacks during a treatment course were allowed to "escape" to the other treatment group until the end of that course (blinding was maintained) and then resumed their assigned sequence.
Study flow diagram.
* Patients with familial Mediterranean fever who were considered for the study. Not all sites reported all considered patients consistently; thus, only the qualitative results on the frequency of ineligibility causes are given.
† Three escape visits occurred with 2 participants.
‡ Fourteen escape visits occurred with 8 participants.
Data on attacks in individual participants.
The white areas represent treatment with placebo, green areas represent treatment with rilonacept, and black lines represent attacks (thickness of the line reflects length of the attack, with the thickest being the longest). Each box represents a treatment course, and they are in the order of administration for each participant. Participant numbers correspond with those in Table 2. Numbers at the end of the boxes reflect the duration (days) of treatment course, those under the boxes indicate the days of attacks, and those above the boxes reflect the days of escape visits.
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If you see any movie in your life, see "Les Misérables." The film takes place in France as it follows the life of Jean Valjean, a former convict who was put in prison for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family.
After breaking parole, Valjean makes a new life for himself and vows to help everyone he can. While on the run from the vengeful Inspector Javert, Valjean meets the suffering Fantine and her daughter, Cosette. As the story continues, the people of France are in the midst of an uprising because they are poor and starving in the streets, and Valjean's story crosses paths with young revolutionaries.
Tom Hooper, the director of the Oscar-winning movie "The King's Speech," has flawlessly brought this classic stage musical to the screen. All of the songs were sung live on the set, which made the experience much more realistic.
There was not a weak link in the cast. Hugh Jackman as Valjean was perfection. Most people only associate Jackman with his role as Wolverine; however, he worked on Broadway at the beginning of his career. The training shows as Jackman portrays a wide range of emotions while singing classic and challenging songs such as "Bring Him Home" and "One Day More." Anne Hathaway is breathtaking as Fantine, the suffering beauty turned prostitute whose sole concern is the well-being of her daughter, and her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" brought tears to the audience's eyes. With brilliant direction, Hooper has the camera remain steady on Hathaway throughout arguably the most well-known song in the musical, giving her the ability to portray the range of emotions that are key throughout the song. Russell Crowe was surprising as Inspector Javert. I was very happy that he was able to keep up vocally with the likes of Jackman and Hathaway.
The inclusion of Amanda Seyfried as Cosette and Eddie Redmayne as her lover Marius was spot-on. Redmayne was an excellent choice for Marius, one of the leaders in the mini-revolution, and sang each song with depth and emotion. Another shining moment in the movie was the performances by Samantha Barks, who played Eponine, Marius' lower-class friend who wishes that she were in Cosette's place. Barks' renditions of "On My Own" and "Little Fall of Rain" were the best I have ever heard. Fantastic and hilarious performances were also made by Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter as the conniving Thenardier family.
It is hard to compare the stage show to the movie, but I believe that the film version is better than the stage simply because of the sets. It is clear that the sets were created from the descriptions given in Victor Hugo's original tome from which the musical is based on. The barricade could be built right in front of the audience in the film, while in the stage production an already-formed barricade was wheeled out. These little details made the entire experience more mesmerizing and extraordinary. Also included in the movie was a spellbinding new song, "Suddenly," which was cut in the stage production.
Hooper's brilliance mixed with the talent of the cast created a true work of art. Already, "Les Misérables" is nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture, and I am so happy that such a wonderful masterpiece can be translated onto the screen for generations to come.
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For his first trip to the Sundance Film Festival with a feature film (his 2004 film Dear Pillow played the Slamdance Film Festival), writer-director Bryan Poyser brings us Lovers of Hate (one of my favorite 2010 Sundance titles by the way), a dark comedy about two brothers who are in love with the same woman. Aside from his two feature films, Poyser has directed a number of shorts -- one of which played SXSW and starred Mumblecore hero Joe Swanberg.
Cinematical caught up with Poyser to ask him a few general questions about his film and film festival life prior to Lovers of Hate screening in U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival next week.
Cinematical: Give us the "dude on the street" description of your film
Bryan Poyser: LOVERS OF HATE is a twisted love triangle about two estranged brothers in love with the same woman. It culminates in this giant 4-story 6-bedroom house on the side of a mountain in Park City, Utah, where the much-more-successful of the two brothers has invited the woman for a romantic weekend. But, the other brother actually makes it to the house first and he attempts to sabotage their sexy weekend from the shadows, playing little tricks to try to tear them apart. It's kinda suspenseful, sometimes creepy and there are poop jokes.
Cinematical: What sort of a message did you want to get out with this film in terms of the relationships we have with our same sex siblings or siblings in general?
Bryan Poyser: Well, I actually don't have a brother, I have a sister and our relationship is nothing like the extremely contentious one between the two brothers Rudy & Paul in this film. My sis and I did share some elaborate childhood mythologies like Rudy & Paul, though. We would make up stories about fantasy worlds, draw maps, write comic books, etc. For this film, I just imagined what it would be like if one of us took all that and turned it into a highly successful series of children's books without the other's involvement. In the film, Paul is working on the final book in a 6-book series about "Maxmillian and the Invisible Kids," which is based on stories his older brother Rudy would tell him as a kid. Rudy has grown to be incredibly bitter and resentful of his brother's success, feeling like Paul stole all his ideas from him and never gave him the proper credit. And, then, Paul starts moving in on Diana, Rudy's soon-to-be-ex-wife, trying to steal her, too, and Rudy just kinda flips out. Hilariously!
In terms of a message, I don't know. I am certainly exploiting the notion of sibling rivalry, pushing it to an extreme to mine humor from it. But, at the end of the film, I'm also hoping to give a sense of how self-destructive resentment and bitterness can be, how it can become an insurmountable obstacle to emotional growth.
Cinematical: What's your one film festival rule?
Bryan Poyser: Be nice to people. Especially volunteers. It's frickin' cold out there, standing at a shuttle stop, telling people when the next bus is coming. Say thanks and ask them how their day is going.
Watch the festival's "Meet the Artists" video with Poyser below.
Here's the full synopsis on the film...
In this delicious tale of resentment, deceit, and sibling rivalry, two adult brothers, Rudy and Paul, represent failure and success. Younger brother Paul is a successful author who writes Harry Potter-like fantasy novels for children. The painful part is that Rudy, an aspiring writer, was Paul's original childhood collaborator on the stories. The one thing they do have in common is their love for Diana. Although Rudy is married to Diana, their divorce is impending-and he currently lives out of his car. Ever the opportunist, Paul makes his move on Diana.
Director Bryan Poyser brilliantly executes an intricate game of cat and mouse in a ski lodge (incidentally, the film culminates in Park City, Utah). A testament to the actors and a tightly constructed script, Lovers of Hate juggles humor and despair and pushes situations and characters to extremes while remaining in complete control. There are no clear winners in this story, but it is one enjoyable, tragicomic ride.
And lastly, for those curious, here's the trailer for Dear Pillo (warning: NSFW, includes foul language).
For more on Lovers of Hate, including screening times and ticket availability, see the film's page on the Sundance website.
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Hugh A. Anderson helped shape the face of the Northwest
Hugh A. Anderson of Woodinville passed away on July 29th at age 85. Anderson was born the first day of summer in 1915 and was a three-sport athlete at Edmonds High School, playing football, basketball and running track with his brother John. The brothers continued playing sports while at Bellingham Normal (now Western Washington University.) Hugh continued his education at the UW School of Engineering.
With his brother, Anderson co-founded P.J. Anderson & Sons, Inc. The general contracting company was named after their late father and performed clearing and heavy grading work all across Washington. Their work included many miles of Interstate 5, Hwy 101, and numerous other highways, oil refineries, golf courses, and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
It was the Andersons who did all of the clearing and grading work for what is now the I-405/SR-522 Interchange. At the time, the Andersons owned a large portion of what is now considered Industrial Woodinville and parts of the town of Grace.
Anderson was a member of the Associated General Contractors for over 30years and was inducted as an honorary member of the Seattle Chapter.
In the 1950s the Anderson brothers dabbled in the unlimited hydroplane racing circuit, purchasing the Slo-Mo-Shun V from Stan Sayres after it had flipped on Lake Washington.
They hired Ted Jones to rebuild her into the Miss Seattle and later brought others into the partnership to form Roostertails, Inc. and Hydros, Inc.
The Miss Seattle, Miss Seattle Too, Miss Pay 'n Save, and the Miss Exide were all Anderson-owned boats, racing in many Columbia Cup, Gold Cup and Seafair races. Some of their drivers included Lou Fagil, Al Benson, Chuck Hickling, Norm Evans, Dalles Sartz and the colorful "Flying Czech" Miro Slovak.
The Anderson brothers were working on a section of Hwy.101 east of Sequim in the 1960s when they purchased Sunland from Les and Dorcas Taylor. They completed the original developers dream and as general partners finished the golf course and residential development.
Also included in Anderson's body of work was the original nine-hole layout at the Nile Shrine Golf Course in Mountlake Terrace.
Anderson retired in 1979 and was asked to serve the American Arbitration Association as an arbitrator, which he did for a number of years.
As a boy, Anderson had ushered football games as a Boy Scout at the then newly-built Husky Stadium. A long-time contributor and supporter of UW athletics, Anderson was a Husky Tyee for many years and witnessed Husky football played in seven decades. Also an avid golfer, he and his wife Pauline were long-time members of Seattle's Sand Point Country Club.
Anderson is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years Pauline Anderson of Woodinville; sister Agnes Nielson of Seattle; sister-in-law Lois Anderson of Tacoma; daughters Jeanne Milanovich of Woodinville (and partner Mark S. Hannah) and Carole Romasanta of Sequim; grandchildren Shawna Romasanta of Seattle, Briana Romasanta of Santa Barbara, CA, Tyson Milanovich of Seattle, and Bergen Milanovich of Woodinville; and great-grandchildren Alix Romasanta-Rojo and Liam Romasanta-Lemon.
A memorial service is scheduled for Tuesday, August 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Sand Point Country Club. Contributions may be made to the Booth Gardner Parkinson's Care Center or Evergreen Hospice Center, 12040 NE 128th Kirkland, WA 98034.


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Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that they were able to transform human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into progenitors of white blood cells and into six types of mature white blood and immune cells. They say that the technique works equally well with stem cells grown from an embryo and with adult pluripotent stem cells that have been converted until they resemble embryonic stem cells.
The study is detailed in a paper titled "Generation of mature human myelomonocytic cells through expansion and differentiation of pluripotent stem cell–derived lin–CD34+CD43+CD45+ progenitors," appearing in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Typically such research requires a constant supply of donor blood or bone marrow samples and laborious purification of mature myeloid cells or progenitors, which are present in very small quantities, the researchers explain. To overcome these limitations, they developed a protocol for generation of neutrophils, eosinophils, macrophages, osteoclasts, dendritic cells, and Langerhans cells from hESCs.
First they generated lin–CD34+CD43+CD45+ hematopoietic cells highly enriched in myeloid progenitors through co-culture of hESCs. After expansion in the presence of GM-CSF, these cells were directly differentiated with specific cytokine combinations toward mature cells of particular types.
Morphologic, phenotypic, molecular, and functional analyses revealed that hESC-derived myelomonocytic cells were comparable to their corresponding somatic counterparts. Additionally, the team says that a similar protocol could be used to generate myelomonocytic cells from induced pluripotent stem cells.
This technology offers an opportunity to generate large numbers of patient-specific myelomonocytic cells for in vitro studies of human disease mechanisms as well as for drug screening, the investigators note.
"While we now can make almost all types of blood cells from embryonic and adult pluripotent stem cells, the next major challenge is to produce blood stem cells that might be used in a bone marrow transplant," says study leader Igor Slukvin, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the university's department of pathology and laboratory medicine.
Additionally, Dr. Slukvin expects the new technique to produce cells that model a variety of medical conditions. "We can take cells from patients with a disease of the blood system and explore the cause and treatment of that specific disease. We can generate blood cells which are normal or abnormal and study the mechanisms and treatments of blood cancers."
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Walterboro author Marjorie B. Hill will sign copies of her book "Xeno Oaks" 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Coastal Coffee Roasters, 108 E. 3rd North St., Summerville.
Susan Laughter Meyers has won the 2013 Nickens Fellowship in poetry, and Thomas McConnell is the recipient of the 2013 Fiction Fellowship, both awarded by the S.C. Academy of Authors.
Meyers' poetry was selected from 43 submissions.
Meyers of Givhans is the author of "My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass," which received the inaugural Cider Press Review Editor's Prize and is scheduled for release this fall. Her book, "Keep and Give Away," published by University of South Carolina Press, received the S.C. Poetry Book Prize.
McConnell of Spartanburg entered his story, "How We Live Now," which was selected from 25 submissions as the winner by this year's fiction judge, Florida novelist Mary Robinson.
The fellowships come with a $1,000 prize, presented at a special brunch held in conjunction with the academy's annual induction ceremony. This year's gathering will be April 26-28 in Columbia, and Jack Bass, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes and Eugene Robinson will be inducted into the state's literary hall of fame.
The submission period for the 2014 Nickens Fellowship will open in the fall. See www.scacademyofauthors.org.


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Recent reports in the literature document an association between focal white matter abnormalities in bipolar as well as unipolar mood disorder. The importance of this finding and other associated anatomic differences is uncertain.
We examined the volume of abnormal white matter and other brain volumes using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging analysis. We explored the relationship of these variables with diagnosis, cognitive function, and clinical variables in 36 patients with bipolar disorder, 30 patients with unipolar disorder, and 26 control subjects who were free from significant medical and neurologic illness.
Younger patients with bipolar disorder (but not similarly aged patients with unipolar disorder or controls) have an increased volume of abnormal white matter. Data also indicate that the total volume of abnormal white matter may be associated with increased cognitive impairment, increased rate of psychiatric illness in the family, and onset after adolescence.
Patients with bipolar disorder demonstrate a pattern of subcortical brain morphologic abnormalities and cognitive impairment.
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Pennsylvania has been chosen as a finalist in Round 2 of the Race to the Top's grant competition, according to U.S. Department of Education officials.
It was chosen along 17 other states, plus the District of Columbia, out of a pool of 36 applicants, the department officials state. U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan is announcing the finalists during a speech on education reform he delivered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Finalists will send teams to Washington, D.C., to make an oral presentation to a panel of judges on the state's roadmap to education reform that would be funded with the $400 million federal grant it is seeking in this competition. Winners are expected to be announced in September and Duncan said he expects 10 to 15 winners to be chosen.
The state finished seventh in the first round of the grant competition that resulted in Tennessee and Delaware's applications being selected as the winners.
Acting Education Secretary Tom Gluck said last month the state's plan is "an exciting blueprint and growth map toward where we need to go. ... We enter this competition knowing there are no guarantees but with confidence."
He told the State Board of Education last month that the state's second round application is "much sharper, much more persuasive document this time around and we feel good about our chances."
To improve those chances, the State Board of Education last month adopted a uniform set of language and math academic standards endorsed by a multistate consortium intended to better prepare students for college and careers. Adoption of these grade-level standards to be fully implemented in all districts by July 1, 2013, was critical for consideration for a Race to the Top grant.
The state gave school districts and charter schools the option to sign on to take part in the reform initiative, but required those that did to have their superintendents, school board presidents and teacher union presidents sign a memorandum of understanding agreeing to implement the reforms outlined in the state's plan.
This resulted 122 school districts, including Harrisburg, Big Spring and Lebanon school districts in the midstate, and 69 charter schools signing on as participants. Districts that participate would receive a share of the grant to fund their reform efforts, although the state will set aside a portion of the grant money to fund reform efforts that will be available to all districts and charter schools, department officials said.
The state's plan called for using the grant money to increase student achievement, turn around its lowest performing schools, create a world-class system for professional development, develop a multifaceted system for evaluating teachers and principals that factors in students' academic gains, and identify and share best practices.


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"Here's your new mission X. A new crime lord has been voted into place out in Los Angeles. His first day on the job and we're already getting reports on him. He's been asking around about the alpha chip. Heard of it before?" Gibbons asked as he slid the file across the desk to Xander Cage.
"Yeah it enables the user to hack into any computer system it wants to. Still requires some work though, even with the chip."
"Well he's been asking a lot of people about it. You know the usual, the person and their family, threatening them. We're worried about what he'll do with the chip. It can hack into the CIA, NSA, and a few other tight locked areas. In those data bases are the entire lists of all the undercover agents we have throughout the world. You can imagine what would happen if that list got out into the open."
"Yeah, mass murder spree," Xander said as he slowly flipped through the folder.
"Does he have anyone close to him? Like a mistress or girlfriend?" Xander asked leaning back in his chair.
"He has an estranged wife and a fifteen year old son who hates his father with a passion. Those are the only two that I would consider close to him," Gibbons said as he stood up and walked around the table.
"So I'm to go in, see if he has the alpha chip and bring it back if he does."
"And if possible dethrone him, but that would be like the cherry on top. The FBI would love it if we could put him in jail. If we do then they'd tack on a few charges to make him disappear into the system."
"Sure aren't asking for a lot are you Gibbs? Okay I'm off to Los Angeles to dig up dirt on Frost," Xander said and grabbed the file before leaving the room.
A few hours later Xander was walking the streets of Los Angeles getting closer to Frost's wife's place. The sun was already set but it was early in the evening. Passing an alley he paused hearing something that sounded odd. Taking a detour he wandered down the alley and came across a small group of teenagers surrounding one teen. Nearing them he cleared his throat and looked at all of them when they turned to look at him. The teen they had circled had a bloody lip and a black eye and it seemed to be one against about five or six.
"Seems to me this is a slight unfair advantage you guys have. So why don't you boys run along and leave my little friend alone," he said choosing to do his deed for the week.
"And what if we don't?" one asked who looked to the oldest.
"Well then you're going to be messing with me and that is something you don't want to do," he said as the kid walked up to him.
"And why is that?"
"Because I really don't want to add your name on the list of people I've killed, now leave before I put you on the list," he said and saw the look of fear pass over the kid's face.
The kid and the group left leaving the teen they had ganged up on. Looking at him Xander realized that it was Frost's son.
"You're Cole Taylor, aren't you?" Xander asked recognizing the face from his file.
"Yeah so what if I am?"
"I was actually on my way to see your mother," he said honestly knowing that it was the best way to go with a fifteen year old.
"What do you want with my mom?" he asked cautiously and Xander had to respect his protectiveness.
"I want to talk to her about some things."
"You want to talk to her about my father. Don't you?" he asked and Xander slowly nodded his head.
"Yeah I do actually. You want to walk with me since I'm heading that way?"
Cole eyed him warily and slowly started walking towards Xander and eventually passed him signaling to Xander that it was okay with him. Quietly he walked after him and quickly caught up to him with only a few strides. The two of them walked out the alley and down the street and Xander looked around him but discreetly watched Cole as they walked down the sidewalk. The young boy was slightly grimy and it was apparent that he was on the streets the majority of the time. His dark brown hair was straggly and a bit grimy and he had a bit of grease smeared on his cheek.
"So how many cars did you jack today?" Xander asked and saw the shock on the kid's face.
"Your pocketknife in your pocket that I can see tells me. It's been altered for a car jacker with the wire shavers and a master key. That and your hands have the slight burns on them from the wires that shocked a temporarily careless car jacker but you're no rookie are you?" he asked with a smug look knowing that the kid wouldn't admit it.
"How many guys have you killed?" Cole asked avoiding the question.
"You told Brad that you killed a lot of guys and that you were going to make him one of the dead guys."
"Oh that. I killed only the really bad ones who tried to kill me. But they had it coming to them," he said and looked down at Cole with a slight smirk.
"And you want to kill my father?"
Xander turned and looked at him shocked a bit at Cole's insightfulness. Xander had to think quickly about what to tell the young boy. Looking at him he could tell that Cole had no close love for his father.
"And if I tell you honestly that I was here to put him away. Not exactly kill him but stick him in jail for a few long years what would you say?" he asked stopping and turned to the young boy.
Cole also stopped and turned to look up at Xander. The young boy and wise agent looked at each other and took the other in and evaluated their opponent.
"I'd say: how can I help?"
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Circa 1980 Julius Dr. J Erving Philadelphia 76ers Game-Used Jersey and Sneakers
Starting Bid - $1,000.00, Sold For - $8,700.00
Voted MVP of the ABA three times in five years, Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving left the Nets for Philadelphia and took the NBA by storm. "Dr. J" is largely responsible for modern basketball in its present form, a game played "above the rim." Fans and players alike had never before seen the athleticism, grace, and leaping ability possessed by Erving. He was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, MVP of the league in '81, and also led the Sixers to a championship in '83. Moreover, Erving is one of the game's most loved ambassadors. He has also been voted one of the "Top 50 Players of All-Time," and his number has been retired by both the Nets and the Sixers. On the left front tail of this road mesh jersey is the "Wilson" label with the size "40," below which is a white label with "3' Ext" in marker. Across the front of the jersey is the team name "Sixers" in white on blue tackle twill, and on the back is "Erving" in white tackle twill. The player number "6" appears on both the front and back of the jersey in white on blue tackle twill. Included with the jersey is a pair of Converse All-Star sneakers game-worn by Erving. Size "15 1/2" is stamped on the inside of each sneaker. On the outer side of each shoe is "Dr. J." in red stencil. The jersey shows light to medium game use and the sneakers have evidence of heavy game use. Together the sneakers and jersey are an impressive ensemble of authentic Philadelphia 76ers game-used equipment worn by Hall of Famer Julius Erving during the early 1980s. SCD Authentic Grade: A8. LOA from Dave Bushing & Lou Lampson/SCD Authentic. Reserve $1,000. Estimate $2,000/$3,000. SOLD FOR $8,700.00
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Alternative Assessment: Expanding Classroom Assessment at the School of Technical and Vocational Education
Classroom Assessment is arguably one of the least understood aspects of teaching and learning. It is an approach designed to help educators find out what students are learning in the classroom and how well they are learning it (Angelo and Cross, 1993). This approach is: learner-centred, teacher-directed, mutually beneficial, formative, context-specific, ongoing and firmly rooted in good practice. Through this approach educators will obtain useful feedback on what, how much and how well their students are learning. Educators can then use this information to refocus their teaching to help students make their learning more efficient and more effective. Continuous Assessment, a term applied to ongoing Classroom Assessment using alternatives to testing, has emerged as an important aspect of the educational portfolio (Resnick and Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 1997; Wiggins, 1989).
The field of Educational Assessment is large and complex (Airasian and Russell, 2007; Gronlund and Waugh, 2009; Kubiszyn and Borich, 2006; McMillian, 2003; Popham, 2003; Stiggins, 2007; Trice, 2000). This paper will therefore only barely skims that surface by presenting ways for educators in higher education to expand their classroom assessment practices. The paper will attempt to answer questions such as:
- How well are university students learning?
- How effective are faculty teaching?
- How can we understand this shift in responsibility for assessment to the classroom teacher, particularly in countries where exams have dominated?
- What are some of the strategies for assessing students in higher education and how do we score them?
- As faculty, how can we develop professionally in this area?
The introduction of the paper will explore answers to the question: what's wrong with traditional assessments? This will be followed with the benefits to expanding classroom assessments in higher education (use of alternative assessment) beyond traditional assessment. Examples and descriptions of different alternative assessment techniques will be explored for use in higher education and finally some suggestions for developing assessments for higher education classroom. Faculty will be encouraged to experiment with new assessment techniques and to develop some on their own.


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An Irish slang word meaning runny poo or diarrhoea.
After a hot curry and 6 pints of Harp my wife always gets the scutters and stinks the house out.
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Watch tv chatshow Trisha (if you're not at work that day!) the "guests" on that show will give you a rough idea. Tattoos, mullet,leggins etc....
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An Irish word meaning liquid excriment. Runny poo (Diarrhoea)
i went to fucken kabab last night and this morning i had the scutters like good thing. Me ring is humming , ye know what i mean Anto man
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A tiny speck of shit that gets lodged in the dickhole of a man performing gay anal sex.
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Brief Summary
Cardiocondyla venustula is a small (~ 2 mm), nondescript, uniformly dark brown species with short antennal scapes, propodeal spines reduced to small angles, and without erect hairs on its mesosoma. The species is a successful tramp ant and has spread from its putatively native range in Africa to the southeastern United States, the Caribbean and Hawaii (Seifert, 2003). Despite its success at invading new habitats, C. venustula remains an inconspicuous member of the ant fauna across its range, and is not reported to cause harm to either humans or native species. Cardiocondyla venustula is known to be polydomous and polygynous (Seifert, 2003).
Comprehensive Description
Taxonomic History
Taxonomic history
|Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla badonei, Cardiocondyla globinodis: Seifert, 2003A PDF: 257.
|See also: Smith, 1944a PDF: 37.
The most thorough account of the biology of this tramp ant is Wilson's (1960)observations from Puerto Rico (the type locality of the species). It was abundant in the lowlands, especially in urban and other cultivated areas near the shore. Nests of one to two hundred workers were found in open soil. Nests were polydomous, with two or three entrances no farther than two meters apart, and these entrances were often ringed with debris. Foraging occurred most intensely during the middle hours of the day, from late morning to middle afternoon. The diet consisted of small pieces of scavenged arthropods and readily accepted sucrose solution. The workers were observed to forage in more direct and efficient paths than were found for C. mauritanica and C. emeryi (Creighton & Snelling, 1974). Wilson also gives a very detailed account of the 'tandem running' foraging strategy employed by C. venustula and some of its congeners.
The male caste of C. minutior is dimorphic. Wingless, ergatoid males of the tramp ant Cardiocondyla minutior attack & kill their young ergatoid rivals in an attempt to monopolize mating with female gynes reared within the colony (Frohschammer & Heinze, 2009b). Frohschammer & Heinze (2009b)also reported a novel behavior not previously reported from social insect males in which the ergatoid males spread out in the natal nest and defend territories against other males.
Cardiocondyla venustula occurs in low abundance throughout Florida where it nests in open areas such as fields and beaches (Deyrup et al., 2000). The first published record was from M.R. Smith (1944), though it was collected there in 1932. It has also been recorded from Arkansas (Warren & Rouse, 1969), Louisiana (Dash & Hooper-Bùi, 2008), and Hawaii (Krushelnycky et al., 2005; Reimer, 1994; Wetterer, 1998; Wetterer et al., 1998a).
Native range. Africa: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia (Seifert, 2003).
Introduced range. Carribean. USA: Arkansas, Hawaii, Florida, Louisiana.
Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
Among introduced Cardiocondyla species, C. venustula (together with C. kagutsuchi, C. mauritanica and C. minutior) is differentiated from C. emeryi, C. obscurior and C. wroughtonii by (1) its weakly impressed to absent metanotal groove; (2) short propodeal spines that are reduced to right angles (those of C. minutior are of moderate length); and (3) a postpetiole that is lower than the petiole and lacking a distinct ventral bulge. Cardiocondyla venustula is separated from C. kagutsuchi and C. mauritanica by (1) the more rounded sides of the postpetiole in dorsal view, which give the postpetiolar disc a more ovoid (versus hexagonal) appearance; and (2) the longer petiolar peduncle (length which does not taper gradually into the node.
Diagnosis among workers of introduced and commonly intercepted ants in the United States. Worker caste monomorphic. Head shape subrectangular. Antenna 12-segmented. Antennal club 3-segmented. Antennal scapes easily extended beyond eye level but scapes do not extend beyond posterior margin of head. Antennal scrobe lacking. Antennal insertion not surrounded by a raised sharp-edged ridge. Eyes greater than 5 facets; not unusually large (distinctly less than half head length). Posterolateral corners of head unarmed, without spines. Mandibles triangular. Mesosoma lacking erect hairs. Metanotal groove absent to shallow; not distinctly impressed. Pronotal spines absent. Propodeal spines short. Slope of mesosoma gradual. Waist 2-segmented. Petiole with a distinct and upright node; lacking large subpetiolar process. Petiolar peduncle long (length distinctly twice or more than height); does not taper gradually into node. Postpetiole appearing swollen. In dorsal view postpetiole wider than long and much broader than petiole; with gently rounded anterolateral corners; sides rounded, giving the postpetiolar disc a more ovoid than hexagonal appearance. Postpetiole lower than petiole and lacking a distinct ventral bulge. Upper surface of gaster attached to postpetiole. Color uniformly dark brown.
Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Collector(s): Wheeler
Locality: Culebra Is., Unknown, Puerto Rico
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cardiocondyla venustula
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Muskegon's MLive.com Game of the Week basketball poll lined up with the start of the high school girls basketball tournament, and as of Tuesday morning, the Class D district site at Fruitport Calvary Christian is running away with the vote.
The district, which is expected to be a much-awaited showdown between Calvary Christian and Muskegon Catholic Central, is still going strong atop the poll.
As of Tuesday morning, the site has received 320 votes, good for 68 percent of voter turnout.
The Class B district final at Orchard View is in second with 96 votes and the Class A district hosted by Reeths-Puffer has 53 votes.
We won't know the pairings for the district finals until after Wednesday's games, but the poll closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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