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Theresa Morelli, Democrats Abroad Automatic Delegate, who lives in Milan, Italy, announced her endorsement for Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday.
Speaking of Clinton, Morelli said, "The fact that she has devoted her life to helping children and those less fortunate speak volumes about Hillary Clinton's character. She has not only an incredible grasp of the issues facing America, but a track record of delivering real results. Hillary is the strongest Democratic candidate to beat John McCain in November and restore America's standing in the world."
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FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES, TOUGHTALKING columnist Jimmy Breslin, 61, the self-appointed champion of the poor and downtrodden, has prided himself on being able to venture into any New York City neighborhood without concern for his safety. "I could walk anywhere; they knew my face," he says. But while reporting for New York Newsday last month on the violent racial tensions in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, sparked when a Jewish driver lost control of his car and killed a 7-year-old black boy, Breslin got caught, much to his chagrin, with his pants down.
Breslin was on his way to cover an early evening speech by New York Mayor David Dinkins in Crown Heights when his taxi was surrounded by a throng of about 25 angry black kids shouting, "White man! White man!" While the black driver bailed out of the cab and ran, several members of the mob ripped Breslin's clothes off and robbed him of some $70 in cash and a credit card. Stripped to his skivvies, Breslin found himself on the street, staring at a youth who had already bashed in the cab windshield with a baseball bat. At that point the boy took a swing at the journalist's head. Luckily, he missed. "I'm not sure by how much," Breslin says. "In my mind, narrowly could have been a city block."
Eventually two black men rescued Breslin and accompanied him to a nearby police station. Since the incident, Breslin has returned to the station house many times to look at lineups. So far the police have identified six or seven suspects, including one 11-year-old boy. "I started a squawk in the station when I heard that," says Breslin. "For Chrissakes, it'll look like I got beat up by lilliputians, kindergartners."
Shaken by the whole experience, Breslin has begun to sound uncharacteristically pessimistic about the future of his beloved city. "I know I'm looking at the end of the city of New York," he says. "It's getting extraordinarily tough, and people will start to leave." But Breslin insists he is not yet ready to join the exodus. "What am I going to do?" he says. "I'm here. That's all."
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The National Guard is headed to Oklahoma to assist emergency crews who are sizing up the damage from a string of deadly tornados.
The twisters moved through central Oklahoma Tuesday night, killing more than a dozen people, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Homes, trees and even steel light posts snapped like toothpicks in the path of tornados in central Oklahoma.
"The best way to describe it is as a shock wave," said eyewitness Nicolas Nobles. "It just sort of ripped through the little island there, took everything a part."
The images are indescribable and unforgettable.
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"The siren went off, letting us know that there was something going on," said tornado victim Sondra Briggs. "So I turned on the television to see what the news channels were having to say."
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Television warnings leave only seconds for some to prepare.
But mere seconds were all Briggs and her grandson needed to take shelter.
"And then finally after all the hassle and everything was over, we came outside to see," Briggs said. "We looked through the house and we had limbs and debris, wood, these woods planks coming through the back window, where I had just been laying in the bed. Had we still been in there, probably we'd be dead now."
Briggs, like so many others, are still a bit scared.
Maritza Nevez is heading home after hiding out in Chuck E. Cheese restaurant bathroom with a dozen other people.
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Emergency teams are now out sizing up the damage and the loss of life.
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Can you believe the year is half over already? At the end of the year, everyone does a 'best games of the year' article and oftentimes, the games that were released at the beginning of the year are overshadowed by the big holiday titles that come out near the end. So I like to take some time in the middle of the year to give recognition to the best games of the year SO FAR. Now, keep in mind that this is my list only, and no other outside opinions are present. This means my list may be a little unfair because of my tastes in games (so stuff like MadWorld, InFamous, or Prototype won't be on here). And plus, I'm only one person so I can't play ALL the games. But enough with the introductions, please sit back and read about my picks for Best Games of the Year SO FAR!
Since I grew up on old classic games, arcade remakes and collections are some of my favorite genres today! So there are a lot of games listed in this category.
This was based on a Japanese TV show where a guy plays old classic games and oftentimes gets frustrated. So we'll probably never see it in the US. What's neat about the game is that none of the classic titles in the collection are real. They're made up specifically for this game. And aside from Rally King, each of the made-up games is really fun! The reason why Retro Game Challenge wins this award is because it captures the experience of playing classic 8-bit titles, even OUTSIDE the game. Experiences like talking about games with friends, and getting tips and cheat codes-not from the Internet---but from in-game fictional magazines. They've accurately depicted what it was like to play games back then. I doubt they'll bring the sequel over, but I sure wish they would! I wonder if I should import it?
Runners Up:
Legacy of Ys: Books 1 and 2 (DS)
I never really got into the Ys games before, since they were on consoles I didn't own. But I sure really did get into this classic update on the DS! It kept all the fun of the classic game with less of the frustrations that would sometimes come with that. And the music rocks. Can you guess who my favorite character was?
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (360, PS3)
Fantastic collection of Sega Genesis, Master System, and arcade games. And it was a good price, too. I wish more companies would do it this way rather than just sell one game via DLC.
Samurai Shodown Anthology (PS2, PSP, Wii)
A very nice collection of one of the most memorable and stylish SNK fighters around. Guess who my favorite characters are here, too!
Raiden Fighters Aces (Xbox 360)
Even though it only had 3 games, the attention to detail in the features was spectacular, and the 20 dollar price tag couldn't be beat.
Space Invaders Extreme (Xbox Live)
Sure it was done on the DS last year, but the 360 version looks oh so good in high-def. Multiplayer modes are spiffy, too.
Bubble Bobble Plus! (WiiWare)
The last couple of Bubble Bobble updates left me cold, but this one works well because they didn't change much. Worth the 600 points if you like these games.
It kind of wins by default. I thought it was neat that a super popular music game from Korea got brought to the US. Catchy music and fun videos. Gameplay was kind of hard, though. You'd think that my best music game choice would've been Rhythm Heaven, seeing that it was done by the WarioWare folks. But believe it or not, I didn't like Rhythm Heaven. I never got the hang of the flicking controls, and I felt the game was too hard. So it doesn't win anything from me. Sorry.
This one also kind of wins by default, as it's the only fighting game I've played this year so far. I'm not really a fan of fighting games, though. Not my cup of tea. I guess SF4 is all right, but I can understand the complaints and problems people have with it. I really got SF4 because my little brothers and their friends loved playing Soul Calibur 4 so much, I thought they might enjoy playing SF4 as well. Unfortunately, they didn't like it as much (neither do I). That's why I didn't get BlazBlue for them to play, plus 60 bucks is still a lot of money. Can you guess who my favorite Street Fighter 4 characters are?
I kind of feel guilty about giving the award to SF4 without playing BlazBlue, but again, like I said, 60 bucks is a lot of money and I can't play everything! I have a feeling that by the end of the year, SF4 will be dethroned as fighting game of the year by some other brawlers. Upcoming we have King of Fighters...um...what are they on now? And Marvel vs. Capcom 2 as well as Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (provided they don't delay it until next year, you know how Capcom is). But the fighting game I'm really looking forward to is Final Fantasy Dissidia on the PSP. I can't wait to play as my favorite FF character and villain: Terra and Kefka, respectively.
We Ski and Snowboard (Wii)
Another default winner. I'm not too big into sports games so I rarely play them. While the sequel to We Ski is more of the same, it's still lots of fun for everyone and the play control is so good that you don't even need the balance board to have a good time. Namco really knows how to make family friendly sports games.
You might be wondering why there's no Wii Punch Out on my best sports game list. I haven't gotten around to playing it yet, and I'm not in a rush either. I don't HATE the Punch Out games, but I've never really gotten into them. I played the NES game a few times at a friend's, and I rented the SNES one once. Never really played the arcade game as I was more into Pac-Man type stuff, and the bigger kids hogged the Punch Out machine most of the time anyway. I'm sure the Wii Punch Out game is good, but eh, it just doesn't interest me that much.
I have a feeling that Wii Sports Resort will probably dethrone We Ski and Snowboard by the end of the year, though. The first Wii Sports was great and it took over NES Super Dodge Ball as my favorite sports video game. To this day, Wii Sports is still the best example of the Wii's strengths (which is both good and bad in a way). So I'll be looking forward to Wii Sports Resort a lot.
It's a 2-D platformer action puzzler starring a mushroom mascot for a Japanese cell phone company, so I'm really surprised they brought it over here. It's not too terribly challenging or anything, but it is fun, and worth the low price. And it helped stave off some of the boredom on the down times when I was visiting family in Alabama last time I was there.
Runners Up:
PictoBits (DSiWare)
It's a fun and original downloadable game on the DSi. It's pretty hard, though! I do like all the classic NES references and themes.
Mighty Flip Champs (DSiWare)
Another fun (but hard) downloadable DSi game. It's a single screen 2-D romp where you can flip the 'pages' to progress. I wish WayForward would make another Shantae game.
All you do in this game is search for Wi-Fi signals to collect stuff to show off online. It's a pretty interesting idea, and rather weird, too. Even weirder is the fact that this game wasn't even made in Japan, but right here in Austin, TX. I used to live there when I went to college!
Runners Up:
The Cooking Mama games are naturally weird. This is pretty much the same idea except with a gardening theme.
Major Minor's Majestic March (Wii)
It's the one and only marching band game, so that's pretty weird. Also made by the folks who did PaRappa and the same character designer even did the characters here, too.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (WiiWare)
A lot of the reviews for this one are rather negative, and I can understand some of the complaints. Like having to pay a few points for each chapter, for instance. But if you're as big of a FF4 fan as me, I think you can look past some of these complaints and have fun with the game anyway. People griped about how they used the same graphics and locations, and that's true. But in those same locations are new surprises and enemies and strategies. Folks have also said how it's nowhere near as good as the original FF4. Now, the original FF4 is oftentimes on many people's top RPG lists, including mine (alongside FF6 and Chrono Trigger). So that's a pretty tall order to expect this to be as good. For what was originally a cell phone game in Japan, I think it's pretty darn good, myself. I like to think that Square Enix was nice enough to release it here to give the US an opportunity to play this, although they probably really did it to make more money with the Final Fantasy franchise. But sometimes I think it's OK to be a little bit naïve and look at the best of things and people. I'm having fun with FF4: The After Years and that's all that matters, so that's why it gets the award. Since I don't play RPGs much anymore, After Years probably won't have too much competition for the rest of the year, except for one game. I'm really looking forward to the next Mario & Luigi game on the DS: Bowser's Inside Story. That has the potential to beat out After Years.
Runner Up:
My World, My Way (DS):
It's not the gameplay that grabbed my interest on this one, but the premise. You play as a spoiled princess who goes on a quest to show an adventurer that she's not a spoiled wimpy brat. But the princess has the power to pout her way through any situation (yes, there's pout points and a pout menu). If enemies don't give you enough gold or if you don't like the area you're in, pout and you can change it. The game really requires that you pout a lot if you want to get anywhere, either. Lots of cute lines and funny fourth wall breaking moments, too.
I think it's awesome that I can even have this category, since this is one of my favorite game genres. And I have more than one game on the list already! Granted they're all from the same company, but hey, I'll be happy with it.
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures (PC, 360)
All of TellTale's games are great, but as a big Wallace and Gromit fan, I've been really enjoying these. They're a bit easier and shorter, so kids can enjoy them, too. And they're just plain charming games.
Runners Up:
Sam & Max Save the World (360)
This is actually my favorite, but since this was technically released before this year on other platforms, (PC first, then Wii a year later), I really can't put it too high on the list. It's the same game as before, but if you don't already have it on the PC or Wii, you should definitely give it a try if you have a 360.
Tales of Monkey Island (PC, Wii)
Only the first episode has been released, so I may like it better as time goes on. I was really into point and click adventures as a kid, but I never played much of the Monkey Island games. The sci-fi themes of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken interested me more.
The Maw (Xbox Live)
This hidden gem by an upstart game company was quite a fun Xbox Live surprise. You're an alien boy who totes around a monster who eats everything and grows bigger. It's one part Banjo-Kazooie, one part Katamari Damacy, and one part A Boy and His Blob. Only problem is the game is incredibly easy. There's NO way you can die! But because of that, it makes The Maw a great game for kids, and good kids' games on the 360 are hard to find.
Runners Up:
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (360)
I nearly gave this game the award, but I decided to give it to The Maw instead. But it was close. I decided to root for the underdog, and the one player game on Ghostbusters was kind of short. If I had a 'best movie' game category, this would definitely win. I still want to play this online, so let me know if you want to do that with me.
The Munchables (Wii)
I hate to copy other reviewers' descriptions, but calling it a cross between Pac-Man and Katamari Damacy is right on the money. You control a round ball and eat everything in sight, but you grow as you eat and the world gets smaller around you like Katamari. The characters have a Digimon/Tamagotchi vibe to them, too, so that may be the Bandai influence going on there. Not a very hard game, but it's still fun and that means it's also great for kids. Only problem I had with the game is that the only motion control was to flick the remote to jump. That's so stupid! It's just as easy to press a button to jump. Luckily, Namco was smart enough to put classic controller support, so I just did that.
It's another 'tilt the maze to roll a marble' Wii game, but this one's a heck of a lot better than the Wii Monkey Ball game (which is a shame since the GameCube ones were so great). Even though it had less stuff, I think I actually enjoyed the first Kororinpa game more, but the sequel is pretty slick, too. I need to get the new Steambot Chronicles game on PSP since I loved the first one so much.
It may be more of the same, but when the first game was so much fun, that's okay. Loco Roco is one of the few Sony properties left that I still go ga-ga over. How can anyone hate such a cheerful and happy game? There's actually a 2-D game that I liked better than Loco Roco 2, but it's getting an even bigger award so I decided to let Loco Roco 2 have the spotlight here.
Runner Up:
It's a great game for kids and platformer beginners, but I'm just glad a Starfy game finally made it to the US!
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. Taiko drum roll, please...
Hey, what can I say? It was my favorite game on the PSOne, and the Wii remake does everything right. If you want a good example of the kinds of games I like, here you go. It may be short and easy, but even hardcore gamers can appreciate the solid gameplay, bittersweet story, imaginative characters and worlds, and all the hidden secrets. If you missed out when Klonoa was on the PSOne, don't make the same mistake again! If there's one game deserving of a second chance, it's this one. Yeah I know I'm off my rocker for giving Klonoa the best award, but hey, remember what I said at the beginning. It's my awards show and I can do what I want. But Klonoa will face some stiff competition by the end of the year if it wants to keep the title. Even from upcoming 2-D games like Muramasa and New Super Mario Bros. Wii! And who knows what other surprises may come out. Pardon me for being so positive, but it looks like we have a lot to look forward to.
And that's all for now. In the comments section, feel free to speak out on my picks. Do you agree with them or am I off my rocker? What were YOUR favorite games of 2009 SO FAR? --Cary


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Garden Herb Pork Roast
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Perito Moreno Glacier – Argentina
The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.
The Perito Moreno Glacier is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that is growing. The reason remains debated by glaciologists. The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, with an average height of 74 m (240 ft) above the surface of the water of Lake Argentino, in Argentina. It has a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft).


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In Reply.—The points raised by Brouhard et al regarding our recommendation not allowing a person with IDDM to dive are well taken. We fully agree that the patient with IDDM should be allowed to lead as normal a life-stylele, including most sports. However, we believe that it is not prudent to allow these patients to participate in scuba diving, for the following reasons:
In contrast to land-based the undersea environment is unpredictable and unforgiving, with sudden changes in temperature, current, and surface conditions; there is also the potential to encounter marine animals and for equipment to fail. Diving partners should be equally healthy, physically fit and responsible; each should have the physical and mental stamina required to cope with dangerous situations. A diver should not be present to "watch out" for a partner who has a disease or disorder that can be exacerbated underwater.
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Investigators reported that people with atrial fibrillation were more likely to experience lower memory and thinking scores at earlier ages than people with no history of atrial fibrillation.
For years, doctors have known there was a connection between atrial fibrillation (AF) and cognitive decline. But a new study found that patients with incident AF began hitting dementia benchmarks on cognitive decline exams about an average of two years earlier than those with no history of the common heart disorder.
Several studies have looked at atrial fibrillation and cognitive decline. Some focused on a specific point in time and examined whether those patients with AF scored lower on cognitive tests. Other studies followed people over time, looking at those with AF and studying to see how many of those people were diagnosed with dementia.
This study, published in the June 5 online issue of Neurology, used a longitudinal design to focus on cognitive test scores over an average of seven years and how they changed over time. In addition to looking at the specific numbers, researchers focused on how fast those scores changed, said Evan L. Thacker, PhD, a statistician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who did the research as part of his dissertation at the University of Washington in Seattle.
"People tend to score lower over time as they age," said Dr. Thacker. "Our study allowed us to see that this decline happens a little more rapidly in those with atrial fibrillation."
Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, said the study shows how much has changed from the once-held view that Alzheimer's disease was an isolated neurological problem. Now, studies such as these are showing that risk factors that should have nothing to do with cognitive decline have major impacts.
"This is another strong piece of evidence that cardiovascular disease plays a role in brain function," said Dr. Greenberg, who was not involved with the study. "It's a strong, robust study."
The study received funding from the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the National Institute on Aging.
The investigators followed 5,150 participants over age 65 for a mean of seven years who did not have AF or a history of stroke at the beginning of the study. About 10.7 percent of the group developed incident AF, a common heart disorder which presents in an irregular and often rapid heart rate. It often results in poor blood flow to the rest of the body.
Researchers looked at the patients' scores on the 100-point Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MSE), which measures cognitive ability. Those diagnosed with AF declined faster after their heart condition developed than those who did not.
For example, the predicted five-year decline in mean 3MSE score from age 80 to age 85 was ?6.4 points (95% CI: ?7.0, ?5.9) for participants without a history of atrial fibrillation, but was 10.3 points (95% CI: ?11.8, ?8.9) for participants experiencing incident atrial fibrillation at age 80, a five-year difference of ?3.9 points (95% CI: ?5.3, ?2.5).
"This was a marked result," said Dr. Thacker. "There was a clear difference between people with atrial fibrillation and those without."
While the association between the heart disorder and cognitive decline was not surprising, the rate of decline was, said several experts not involved with the study. The next step, they said, was to determine the physical correlation between the two.
S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), said: "We can't say that atrial fibrillation is the cause of the cognitive decline, but maybe there are infarctions that aren't so apparent," said Dr. Johnston. "It's also possible that AF happens in a group of people who are older and sicker and have vascular issues that are risk factors and those underlying causes are the reason for the decline."
Part of the challenge with the study is that AF is rarely the only health issue in older patients, he said. Although the study adjusted for other factors such as hypertension and diabetes, adjustments are never perfect, he noted. For example, the patients with uncontrolled diabetes might have other complications than those who are taking medication to control the disease.
Michael Sharma, MD, associate professor of neurology at McMaster University in Ontario, said it's well established that AF is a risk factor for stroke, which increases as patients age. "The study has some implications for how we should think about aging and dementia and the role of screening for atrial fibrillation," Dr. Sharma said. "For individuals with dementia, should we screen for atrial fibrillation, particularly if there are already vascular risk factors such as hypertension?
"There are a few steps we need to take before making these recommendations," he continued. "We need to know the mechanism causing the problem before we decide what we would do about it."
Dr. Sharma said he considered three possibilities for the link between AF and cognitive decline. He suspected that the accumulation of covert infarctions — or tiny strokes — might impair brain function, particularly if they are located in certain areas of the brain, like those that control language and memory.
It is also possible, he said, that the vascular changes that result in atrial fibrillation might be linked to vascular changes in the brain. Finally, the decreased blood flow associated with AF might result in the brain being less well-perfused than needed.
Dr. Johnston, of UCSF, said it would be important to follow up on imaging studies looking at the infarction issue. "It's worrisome," he said. "We know that for every stroke we identify, there are a bunch of infarctions we don't — some studies show 2-to-1 and others up to 10-to-1. It would not be too surprising that there are relatively silent or covert infarctions that could add up to cognitive decline."
Dr. Greenberg, of Harvard Medical School, also considered the infarction accumulation and the profusion problems in the brain, pointing out that underlying diseases of the blood vessels might lead to diseases in the brain in a cause-and-effect manner.
Dr. Greenberg, who is director of the Hemorrhagic Stroke Research at Massachusetts General Hospital's Stroke Research Center, said it would be interesting to know if anticoagulation medications had an impact on the test scores.
"We need to identify atrial fibrillation in people before it causes problems," he said. "It's definitely a recommendation that, whenever someone is being seen in general primary care, [the physician] check their pulse and those with irregularities have EKGs."
"There are many people who could benefit from being on anticoagulants who are not receiving them," said Dr. Johnston.
The neurologists said they would be interested in looking at some of the recent trials of new anticoagulants to see if there were additional data showing the infarction occurrence for those with AF who were taking anticoagulants and correlating these numbers with cognitive decline.
Dr. Thacker, the lead author of the study, said the researchers did not address the use of anticoagulants. It would be difficult to do a randomized trial of patients with atrial fibrillation and anticoagulants, he said. He noted that because anticoagulants are known to be beneficial for preventing strokes, it would be unethical to put half the patients on a placebo.
The next step, he said, would be to narrow down the mechanism causing the link between the heart disorder and cognitive decline using imaging studies.
"If the link between AF and cognitive decline does have to do with small blood clots causing small infarction, we could use that information to reduce the risk of cognitive decline," said Dr. Thacker. "This is an important question and we'd love to find the answer."
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RakiRaki, a new ramen place, recently had its soft opening.
It's located in the plaza with the horrible parking that also houses restaurants like Red Moon, Tapioca Express and Tofu House.
According to the menu, the restaurant is part of a chain of ramen restaurants from the JYOSUI Group in Nagoya under Chef Takeo Araki. None of that meant anything to me really, though the one thing on the bio that caught my attention was that they use alkaline water to make the soup as well as serving it to customers.
As you may recall, I first noticed the RakiRaki sign while driving home from Apple Korean House. When I took a peek inside, it looked under construction. But Faye emailed me to let me know that it would be opening September 26. So two days later, I was there to check it out. In fact, I was so curious to check it out that we actually came here after dinner. I guess this was like a late night snack? The interior still has some work to be done and the grand opening will be October 25, but they are currently open for dinner with a limited menu.
Inside, there are seats at the bar, a communal table in the middle, along with smaller tables around the edges of the restaurant.
Right away we were impressed with the service. Usually the service is pretty spotty and inconsistent when a restaurant first opens. While there was a little bit of a lack of coordination here, all the staff were very attentive. Each one of them came over several times to check on us, ask us if we had any questions. Even when we got our check at the end, they told us to stay as long as we wished.
I debated between the original, which is their signature ramen, or the premium which is supposed to be richer. I was afraid the premium might be too salty so I opted to try the original. The ramen here is actually made with chicken broth. I really liked the large bowls that the ramen came in, including a plate underneath the bowl as well.
I found the ramen soup to be a tad too salty for my taste. Also the broth flavor was quite light. I couldn't really taste much beyond a hint of chicken broth and water.
The noodles were served al dente, still a tiny bit hard, just how I like them. One thing I noticed is that they offer oxtail as an additional topping. I will have to try that next time. I did really enjoy the chashu though. Light, tender, not too fatty.
DH agreed to order this because I was really curious. I've been wanting to try tsukemen after hearing about Tsujita in LA from some friends. It's a dipping ramen where the noodles are served dry and then you dip the noodles into a sauce.
The noodles were thick and chewy. We both really enjoyed this one though neither of us have had tsukemen previously so we didn't have much of a comparison point. We liked the flavor of the sauce. For some reason though, once it got cold, suddenly the sauce got very salty whereas it hadn't been too salty when it was warm. So I guess, eat this fast, while it's warm.
Every table was given a bottle of alkaline water. I always think it's funny that after you learn about something, you start noticing it popping up in your life. Earlier that day, we had gone to Whole Foods to purchase some alkaline water which I needed for my mooncake recipe. DH and I had a whole discussion on alkaline water and its benefits and then here we were hours later, at a restaurant serving alkaline water.
Interestingly, RakiRaki is also connected with a crepe place. It didn't quite seem to fit with the image of RakiRaki, especially with the bright neon pink sign. We didn't have room to try the crepes. Maybe next time.
Even though I wasn't impressed with the original ramen, I enjoyed the tsukemen and would be curious to try this place again, especially once it is fully open. I really liked the service here. Having had quite a few ramen stops this last month, this was by far the best service we'd received. I am curious on how popular this place will get. It's already located in what I think is the worst parking lot in San Diego. If this place gets very popular, the parking will only get more nightmarish.
The restaurant's grand opening is October 25. Until then they are only serving dinner. I was going to ask them their hours, but I forgot and it's not posted anywhere. I believe they are open late at least on weekends because we left around 10 and they seemed to still be open.
You can check out Ramen expert Dennis' post here.
Here's the soft opening menu:
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Ha, I'm far from a true ramen expert but thanks Kirbie. I try to share what I know. With my schedule it probably won't be till after grand opening and they start lunch service that I'll get to visit more. Tsujita's tsukemen should be a different experience it being mainly pork based, but I'm looking forward in trying RakiRaki's. As for the ramen, I felt my Premium version was about where I'd wanted it. Like it was on the richer side for this style of shio but not by a whole lot I thought. Didn't know the crepe shop next door was related to the management. I'm going to totally check it out and surprise you guys, haha.
Sis and I went to Tajima for ramen yseterday b/c this place was closed during lunch time I read Dennis' post too and really want to try this place out. I've never had the 'dipping' ramen. Can you drink the broth afterwards?
I'm always terrified that all the broths will be too salty but I wonder if you can request them to be 'less salty' (as you can at Santouka!).
Mmm, that ramen would totally hit the spot for me today- it's cold and rainy on the east coast!
The explanation of tsukemen on their menu is much too exaggerated. It's basically like zaru soba where you lightly dip your cool noodles into a more concentrated sauce, usually too strong to sip by itself. Some places like tsujita will offer a broth after you're done to thin it out and enjoy as a soup. But not all places do that. Then there are also places like Tetsu that offers a heated stone to place in your dip broth to heat it up halfway through your meal. One of the Achilles heel of tsukemen which made me not quite switch over. I still prefer ramen on most days but do enjoy a tsukemen when made right.
The menu tsukemen description sounds so dramatic lol. Coincidentally I had JUST read about alkaline water.. like right before I opened Google reader and saw your post! I can't wait to try out this place, but I do not look forward to finding parking…
With the weather finally feeling like Autumn, I'll be ready for a nice bowl of ramen soon. Between yours and Dennis' reviews, I'll be better armed to order when I do go.
I went to this place 3X already. and it is Awesome because you cam order your Ramen with chilli on the side. For me it is the best one in San Diego so far.


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Manuka Honey seems to be one of the best. But any honey that is raw should be good and health promoting. AV propagates honey a lot like mixing it with raw butter. Although the amount he suggest to eat in a day is insane.
This is quite interesting.
It comes with the sub-heading "Against 'pulling a Campbell' " which is good for a laugh at any rate. (Also slightly unexpected since Chris seems to be a most courteous man who has cut Campbell a lot more slack than the old reprobate probably deserves.)
Anyway, turns out honey has "at least 290 different substances" in it, and honey fructose does not behave at all like HFCS:
Manuka Honey seems to be one of the best. But any honey that is raw should be good and health promoting. AV propagates honey a lot like mixing it with raw butter. Although the amount he suggest to eat in a day is insane.
I've eaten Manuka honey - and really, I cannot pretend to enjoy it anywhere near as the honey you can get in Northumberland when the beekeepers take the hives out to the heather. Heather honey - that is one fragrant, delicious food! And on the comb - I am SURE the wax is nutritious too!
Intriguing! I would love to have a justification for eating honey worry-free. I'm not going to start guzzling the stuff over one study, but won't necessarily stress over having a few grams every couple days as part of a diet that is overall low in fructose. It just has such an amazing richness and complexity of flavor, and a tiny amount can be an great flavor-enhancer on grilled meat, or go a long way towards making primal desserts acceptable to the non-primal palate.
I'll definitely need to try manuka honey...I'm slowly working my way through a delicious batch of mesquite honey, and will probably pick up some buckwheat honey next (it's my personal favorite, though the flavor can be overpowering if you use more than a bit).
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I've often heard that local honey is incredibly good for you as far as resistance to local pathogens and allergens. I live in an area with legendarily poor air quality (St. Louisans like to say they live in the allergy capital of the world), so we talk about these things a lot around here. My biggest struggle nowadays is finding a source for local raw honey.
Conclusion: whole foods are more than a collection of nutrients.
Fruits contain fructose, therefore they are bad. Honey contains fructose, therefore it's bad. NOT.
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I'd love to see any other studies disambiguating the effects of refined fructose from corresponding amounts in whole foods. Cursory searches of pubmed don't turn up much, though.


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On Tuesday, July 23, Beyonce had a 911 on stage when her hair got tangled up in a fan while performing on stage at a concert in Montreal. Oddly enough, the nightmare occured while she was mid-song performing Halo!
Did she flail her arms and scream? Negative. She played it off like a total all-star and, get this, KEPT SINGING. She didn't miss a beat even as she attempted to unwind her hair from the fan blades.
A staffer came to her rescue with a pair of scissors to set the Queen B free, and, following the show, she poked fun at the situation via an Instagram post with a little re-mix to the song she was singing when the disaster occured.


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Dude. There is a Twilight Princess sub forum.Originally Posted by zaijin
well i just got my zelda game a few days ago im up to the ice peak ruins i just got the ball and chain and i went back to room 4 u know were the big blocks are and u haft to move them around to press the switch yer well the first time i was there i slid them around and stuff out of there proper order now i cant get them to go back to where they were????is there anyway i can make them go back to the original places????plz help
Dude. There is a Twilight Princess sub forum.Originally Posted by zaijin
Dreamcast Fan Fo Lyfe
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Loves SPAWN , Die Spiderman
Must buy list : Pro street Need for speed
Games I have : Tony hawk downhill , Far cry ,Mario Strikers
Games Rented : Spiderman 3
Games finished : splintercell wii, Red steel ,Tony hawk
ok thanx i will post this thread in there


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* Architectural Design & Construction Inc. recently appointed Mika Yamaguchi as one of the firm's project designers.
Yamaguchi graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2012.
She will join the firm's residential master planning team and serve as a project designer for architectural projects.
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Dela Cruz-Short
Tanner Morrin, another project designer for ADC recently, earned certified LEED Green Associate credentials. The designation identifies him as an architectural professional with the skills for incorporating green building principles and practices into new home and remodeling projects.
LEED certification coursework is based on the National Green Building Standard, the only American National Standards Institute approved rating system for green homes, developments and remodeling projects, according to a news release. The standard includes sections on energy, water and resource efficiency; indoor environmental quality; lot and site development and homeowner education.
* Paula Liu was recently named director of finance for Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa. She joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the owner and operator of Sheraton and several other hotel brands, in 2003 and has since held a variety of financial leadership roles, including assistant director of finance for Sheraton Sacramento, assistant director of finance at Westin Maui Resort & Spa, regional task force controller for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii and French Polynesia and most recently as director of finance at the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa.
Liu earned a bachelor of science degree in European studies from University College Cork in Ireland.
* Central Pacific Bank recently appointed Roselane Dela Cruz-Short as its Lahaina Branch manager and Delia Kaniaupio as Kihei Branch manager.
Both women are responsible for leading, coaching and inspiring their teams to consistently meet and exceed the specific financial needs of CPB's customers, including customer and local businesses.
Dela Cruz-Short was with CPB from 1990 to 2009. In 2009 she relocated to Oregon, where she worked for Holiday Retirement. Her previous position with the bank was as sales and service manager at its Kahului Branch.
Kaniaupio has more than 15 years of banking experience and has been with CPB since 2000, where she served as customer service manager at the Kihei Branch.


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Why Not
I am a husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. I believe in sharing my talents and experiences by giving back to the community by giving my time to coaching, church and especially to the disability community. I truly believe that all men and women are created equally.
Wisconsin Families Forward
I am currently working with the above group in an effort to still have the Long Term Cares cap lifted. Please help me pass this message on to all Wisconsin Families.
We had to make a final, urgent decision on the name, so after reading all the e-mail responses and talking to a few of you, this is what we came up with. I hope that is OK!!! The reason our timeline is more urgent is due to information I learned today at a meeting with other lobbyists. The Joint Finance Committee pushed through several big votes today on education and transportation. They take up big issues like county funding, income maintenance, child support and corrections next Tuesday. Those topics and a few others (choice schools, for one) are expected to go on all next week – and the budget bill will likely be voted out of the joint finance committee by next Saturday, June 4. Then it moves to both the Assembly and Senate for caucus conversations (deciding what each party will agree to and wants to amend) and then there will be finally votes on the floor. That process will take a least a week – and for our purposes, hopefully more. Therefore our advocacy needs to be targeted and strong over the next 2 weeks in order to have any impact.
I need you all to do 3 things:
BLAST THIS SURVEY TO EVERY PARENT GROUP AND LIST-SERV YOU ARE ON. We want as many responses by Friday, June 3. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wilongtermcarecap
Send me your personal story and how you feel about the caps with your child. Send a photo. Write a personal message to your parent groups and list-servs and ask them to share stories with you/me as well (they need to know these stories will be made public/shared with legislators)(Look to the questions on the survey to frame your story. What will your own life look like under a cap? Each story absolutely needs to include a FULL NAME AND ADDRESS in order to be used.
Reach out (with targeted urgency) to ANY AND ALL contacts you have in the Fox Valley area – that is Outagamie, Winnebago, Calumet, and Brown Counties. Secondary would be Manitowoc, Waupaca, Shawano, Oconto, Menominee, and Marinette. I need as many stories, photos and parent contacts from that part of the state as possible. Encourage those families to send stories with photos (need full names and addresses) to me. email@example.com
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White and black students overcame their fear of each other and became friends and supportive teammates. Even better, they won a state championship. The outline of the story is true.
A letter we printed recently reminded me of several scenes from the movie in which what people said communicated their efforts to justify continuing the lines of separation between black and white. In particular, the use of "you people" and "they" worked to emphasize differences and create walls.
The letter writer encouraged Kalamazoo and Portage officials to do something to force panhandlers off the streets and out of the sight of potential tourists and visitors. He wrote that we "need to stop enabling these people by giving them money and fast food."
The letter sparked a lively debate. One response was, "You want the police to chase 'them' away. ...When we're done with 'them,' who's next?"
Inevitably, that response drew this comment: "Some of these people can find a job, but chose not to. They think that, when they lose a job, there is none left. Every time I go by these people holding signs along the road, I yell at them to 'Get a job' or 'Go somewhere else, you're making our city look bad.' "
The Census recently reported that "these people" are one in 6 Americans.
I've worked downtown for 22 years and have run into a few of "these people." In recent years, the poor have spread beyond downtown Kalamazoo and can now be seen holding signs at intersections along South Westnedge Avenue in Portage and at Interstate 94 on and off ramps at Sprinkle and Portage roads.
"These people" make us uncomfortable. Let's admit it, they frighten us.
We don't really want to know the poor, because not knowing them makes it so much easier to blame them for their own misfortunes. We look right past them or quickly hand over a couple of bucks and walk away. That's what I used to do.
Not long after moving to Kalamazoo, I was on my way into work across the street from Bronson Methodist Hospital when a man walked up to me and said his wife had just had a baby and he needed money for diapers. That's a popular story — as is claiming their car broke down or ran out of gas a few blocks away — followed by a plea for a few bucks to buy gas or grab the bus.
I used to give money, then I tried to ignore "these people." But I have stopped being afraid and I'll admit that getting a master's degree in counseling psychology is what helped.
The last time I was approached it was after a movie and dinner with friends downtown. A young woman walked up and said she needed money for food for her baby. I stopped and talked to her for a few minutes about the options she had available — food pantries, emergency services, etc. I did not give her money.
What did she do? She thanked me for stopping to talk to her and treating her like a human being.
I've never met anyone who wants to be poor. I also haven't seen any government assistance program that provides more than a helping hand, usually with a bunch of strings attached. I don't know anyone who lives well on assistance. Those I do know on long-term assistance generally have severe enough health problems that they are unable to work.
Instead of blaming "these people" for what has happened to them, maybe we should get to know them and find out what we can do to help.
Conversations with the organizations that provide assistance in the community reveal the need is far greater than the funds available. Beginning Oct. 1, another 350 Kalamazoo County families will lose their state cash assistance and that number will grow every month. The state government also is looking at cracking down on food assistance.
Even if you take the view that it's their own tough luck for not getting jobs, what about the children of these adults? A coalition of those who help the homeless recently reported that there are 70 children staying at the mission in Kalamazoo.
In "Remember the Titans," it's the children who show the adults how to overcome their fears about people who look different.
Perhaps we need to think about the children and get to know "these people" who stand with signs at intersections and sleep
at the mission. If we can do that maybe we can dissolve some of those lines of separation and really begin to solve the problem of poverty.
Start by contacting Volunteer Kalamazoo, Loaves & Fishes, Ministry With Community or the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. All are happy to accept volunteers and financial contributions.
Joyce Pines is the Kalamazoo Gazette public editor. Contact her at email@example.com or 269-388-2736.


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Hip Fracture
A fracture (break in the bone) of the hip is a very common injury. This is usually the result of a fall from a standing height in the older individual, but it can also occur in younger patients. Most commonly, the fracture occurs in the femoral neck (the area of bone that joins the ball to the shaft of the femur bone). This fracture is usually treated with a partial or total hip replacement. The fracture can also occur in the area below the femoral neck called the intertrochantetic region of the femur. In this case, the facture is usually repaired with a specially designed nail or plate.
Symptoms of a Hip Fracture
• Pain over the outer upper thigh or in the groin
• Significant discomfort with any attempt to flex or rotate the hip
• Aching in the groin or thigh area
• The leg may appear to be shorter than the non-injured leg


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The EC demanded Microsoft offer a
ballot selection screen to allow users to pick their browser of
choice with Windows 7. Microsoft at first refused, saying it
would not
include IE 8 in European copies of Windows 7. In the end,
though, Microsoft came
around and agreed
to a ballot screen.
The EC had some minor complaints about
Microsoft's first proposal -- mainly its lack of information to users
about what the browsers were to help them make their selection.
Under the new proposal, which the EC calls much "improved"
users could find out information on what a browser is from the ballot
screen. They would also have access to additional information
about each browser they could install, to help them make their
Under the new proposal, the balloting system
would work for five years after purchase on any new install.
Windows 7 and all future versions of Windows would implement this
EC showed Microsoft some love, with a regulator
stating, "The commission's concern has been that PC users should
have an effective and unbiased choice between Internet Explorer and
competing Web browsers to ensure competition on the merits and to
allow consumers to benefit from technical development and innovation
both on the Web-browser market and on related markets, such as
Web-based applications."
Brad Smith, general counsel of
Microsoft stated that his company was "pleased by today's
Microsoft and Europe have had a rocky
relationship, with Microsoft fined
899 million euros ($1.35 billion) in 2008 for antitrust
violations. Brad Smith says that situation has greatly turned
around, though. He gave Europe some love back, stating, "It's
heartening to see the much better relationship that exists today."
quote: They (the top 6) in fact have (collectively) a monopoly over the PC market.
quote: I may reject 1 OEM's pcs, but when all of them indulge in the same practice,then what choices are left.
quote: you are essentially claiming that OEMS are price fixing
quote: its called market demand and the price someone is willing to pay.
quote: Dont expect the OEMs to openly admit the above facts. Hey if you compare prices all these OEMs match each other prices plus/minus around a certain price range,ofcourse depending on matching components (cpus/memory/Hds/gpus etc etc)
quote: Small competitors just cannot match the top 6 (heavily subsidized/sponsored) in their offerings & prices.
quote: There is NO market demand for bundled software-nobody asked for it, neither wants it leave alone paying for it.
quote: The E.U. demands from Microsoft the ballot screen, whilst lets the OEMs sell the choice of the default browser to highest bidder.


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A Ford Caravan crashed into the back of a dump truck at mile marker 18 on S.R. 528 early Friday morning.
Both of the vehicles caught fire.
The driver of the Ford sustained minor injuries and was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment. The driver of the dump truck was not injured.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers blocked the roadway temporarily while fire officials put out the blaze.
The road has since reopened.
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For Obama, an address focused on what's achievable
WASHINGTON -- No longer about bold ambitions, this year's State of the Union address will focus more on what's actually achievable.
For the White House, that dose of realism is aimed at avoiding a repeat of 2013, when a long list of policy goals -- including gun control and an immigration overhaul -- were met with constant obstruction. Tonight's prime-time address by President Barack Obama will focus instead on redefining success -- not by what can pass Congress but rather by what he can accomplish through his own presidential powers.
Obama is expected to announce executive actions on job training, retirement security and help for the long-term unemployed in finding work. All are part of the White House focus on boosting economic mobility and narrowing the income gap between the wealthy and the poor.
"Tomorrow night, it's time to restore opportunity for all," Obama said Monday on the video-sharing site Vine, part of the White House's broad social media promotion of the speech.
"I think the way we have to think about this year is we have a divided government," White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said. "The Republican Congress is not going to rubber-stamp the president's agenda. The president is not going to sign the Republican Congress' agenda."
The address, delivered before a joint session of Congress and millions of Americans watching on television and the Internet, typically garners a president his largest audience of the year. It also provides perhaps his best opportunity to try to persuade skeptical Americans that he still wields substantial power in Washington, even if he can't break through a divided Congress.
White House officials said executive actions should not automatically be pegged as small bore, pointing in particular to steps the president can take on climate change, including stricter regulations on power plants and new car efficiency standards. And some Democrats are cheering the strategy, saying it's time for Obama to look beyond Capitol Hill after spending more than half his time in office mired in congressional gridlock.
"They spent far too much time actually trying to think they could negotiate with House and Senate Republicans," said Jim Manley, a longtime adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "I, for one, am glad that they finally decided to go around Congress to the extent possible."
Not surprisingly, Republicans have been dismissive of the president's go-it-alone approach.
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., suggested that some executive actions might run up against legal challenges, saying Congress should insist Obama "find the Constitution and follow it." House Speaker John Boehner's office said the strategy was a rehash of earlier Obama efforts to focus on executive authority.


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I would like to thank the Board of Governors for their vote to appoint me for another 2 years term as Vice President of Technical Activities. I have served a two year term 2010-2012 and my new term will end December 31st, 2013. The past two years have been challenging with respect to the two important tasks that I started: (a) defining a "vision" of CAS (b) evaluation and organization of Technical Committees. I expect to complete those tasks in my second term. Therefore I expect this term to be both difficult and challenging. I hope I will be able to deliver and justify the confidence that was given to me.
For the last 50 years we have been riding a "technology revolution" which started with the invention of Integrated Circuit in 1958, enabling the integration of a digital computer on a single chip – "microprocessor" in 1971 and continuing on a larger scale enabling integration of those devices not only in computing devices, but also in commodity products, communication equipment and even the human body. The challenges in solving the circuits problems have evolved from millions and hundreds of millions of devices into billions of devices and further onto the system level. As the problems that were central to CAS mature, the new challenges emerge, and so does the focus onto different areas that surpass the traditional boundaries of CAS. The National Academy of Engineering has posed 14 Grand Challenges that will the face scientific community in the 21st Century:
( 1)Make solar energy economical, (2) Provide energy from fusion, (3) Develop carbon sequestration methods, (4) Manage the nitrogen cycle, (5) Provide access to clean water, (6) Restore and improve urban infrastructure, (7) Advance health informatics, (8) Engineer better medicines, (9) Reverse-engineer the brain, (10) Prevent nuclear terror, (11) Secure cyberspace, (12) Enhance virtual reality, (13) Advance personalized learning, (14) Engineer the tools of scientific discovery.
Some of those challenges are directly related to CAS and our membership. How do we respond to the new challenge and how do we as a society cope with the new and ever changing world? The challenges the CAS community is facing can be found in:
Green IT – computing with ultra-low-energy; energy scavenging from the environment; towards zero power computation and communication
Nano & Alternative Technologies – organic electronics; nano-electronics; ability to follow transistor scaling; finding an alternative physical phenomena that will replace transistor; brain-inspired ICT
Bio-Health – interface between electronics and bio-world; nano drug delivery and regenerative neuro-prosthetics; multimedia for health informatics and remote health care; analysis and design of bio-molecular circuits and systems
Scalable IT – large scale systems; systems of systems; multimedia; data mining
Sustainable Energy – integrated smart energy grids; alternative and renewable energy sources
It is obvious that the structure and organization of CAS cannot remain static. We must evolve and adapt to the occurring changes. In addition our organization must reflect occurring changes in order to cope with emerging problems and challenges. The Technical Activities of CAS are organized around 16 Technical Committees each one representing a distinct technical activity within CAS. This structure has not changed much in the last decade and is also reflected in the CAS flagship conference – ISCAS. In the meantime, the world has changed. It is true that fundamental disciplines that are defining CAS will remain relatively unchanged, the new activities within CAS will emerge, some will be reaching their peak, and some may be fading out.
I the past two years, I collected the mission and vision of each technical committee, with the purpose of charting the vision which is most likely to be the one pursued by CAS. On suggestion of then CAS President, Gianluca Setti, I formed the CAS Vision Committee which I am chairing. The task of the Vision Committee is to produce a document that will outline the CAS vision for the next 10 years. I have chosen to call it "Vision 2020", assuming that it will be valid until about 2020 at which time there will most likely, be a need for further revision and rewrite. The members of the Vision Committee are: Dr. Gianluca Setti, Past President of CAS, Dr. Eduard Alarcon, Dr. Mario di Bernardo, CAS Administrative VP, Dr. Enrico Macii, CAS VP of Publications, Dr. Wouter Serdijn, past editor of Transactions on CAS, Dr. Mani Soma, Past President of CAS, and Dr. David Skellern. In addition I have also consulted with a number of prominent and longtime CAS members for their ideas and input. We produced a short working document to be shared with the CAS members and I hope to publish it in one of the next issues of the CAS Magazine. I would also like to solicit input from the CAS membership. You can write to me at: email@example.com
I thank you all for your support, your confidence and your involvement in CAS.
Vojin G. Oklobdzija,
January 29, 2012
IEEE Circuits and Systems Vice President for Technical Activities


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Community Medicine
The Department of Community Medicine provides physician services for JPS Health Network clinics throughout the Tarrant County area. These clinics provide conveniently located medical care for a diverse population of patients ranging from inner city to rural patients, inmates of correctional facilities, and school children. This diverse population creates an excellent opportunity for educational, research and clinical experience for both faculty and students of the UNT Health Science Center. Visit the Department of Community Medicine website.
Family Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine has the largest clinical and educational network of ambulatory primary care clinics within the medical school. With a diverse faculty of physicians, social scientists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, the department provides instruction in medical interviewing, physical examination, physical diagnosis, ambulatory family practice and elective courses in sports medicine and emergency medicine. The department is also home to the Rural Osteopathic Medical Education (ROME) program, which is a four-year parallel curriculum specializing in the education of future rural physicians. As part of the department's commitment to research, Family Medicine operates the North Texas Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (NorTex), which is collaborative network of physicians who perform patient-oriented evidence-based research. Visit the Department of Family Medicine website.
Internal Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine prepares osteopathic medical students and other health science center students for successful practices in primary care and subspecialty disciplines. Department faculty members honor the principles of osteopathic medicine, including health promotion, disease prevention and nutrition in all teaching activities and they strive to serve as role models and mentors for all students. Specialty practice areas of departmental faculty include cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, infectious disease, neurology, pulmonary and critical care, and sleep medicine. Visit the Department of Internal Medicine website.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
The department provides instruction to medical students in both the pre-clinical and clinical portions of the curriculum as well as instruction for a residency training program.
The Department of Orthopaedics is a multidisciplinary group of orthopedic and podiatric surgeons who are involved in patient care, education and research. Faculty members actively participate in research and have published in internationally recognized peer reviewed journals. In addition to providing instruction for TCOM medical students, the department also teaches orthopedic and podiatric residents in fully accredited graduate medical education programs at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Visit the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery website.
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
The Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Department is responsible for all OMM education occurring at UNTHSC. The department offers both a two-year and a 'plus one' graduate training program in OMM. Medical students are provided additional opportunities for specialized training in OMM through a Teaching Assistant Program and a Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program. In addition to educational mission, the OMM faculty actively conducts research through the Physical Medicine Institute and the Osteopathic Research Center. Visit the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine website.
The Department of Pediatrics provides clinical instruction, patient care and research in the care of newborns, infants, children and adolescents. In addition, the department collaborates with a number of hospitals and clinics to provide students with both outpatient and inpatient exposure to pediatric care. Visit the Department of Pediatrics website.
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health provides a broad range of clinical services for the JPS Health Network and the University of North Texas Health Science Center including psychiatric emergency care, inpatient adult services, inpatient adolescent services, outpatient care, acute care and neuropsychiatry. In conjunction with the JPS Health Network, the department also has a residency program that is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Visit the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health website.
The Department of Surgery provides multi-discipline surgical services and research in a number of areas to promote excellence and quality care. Faculty members actively engage in research in critical care, endocrine surgery, laparoscopic surgery, endovascular surgery, swallowing disorders, airway obstructive diseases, wound healing, clinical outcomes and a variety of clinical trials. Other areas include basic science research in cardiac metabolism and cardiopulmonary bypass. Visit the Department of Surgery website.
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