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Ohio Northern University's Alumni Association presented Distinguished Alumni Awards during a banquet on June 1.
The awards, recognizing outstanding service and loyalty, were presented to, from left, Wesley Clarke, Ann Donnelly Hamilton, Marjorie (Stedke) Hollinger and George Atkinson. The banquet was part of Northern's 2013 Alumni Weekend, held May 31 to June 2.
Atkinson graduated from ONU in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Upon graduation, he began his career in at Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation and then accepted a job with the Hobart Corporation in Troy, Ohio. After a stint with the Barry Blower Company in Fridley, Minn., he joined Hartzell Fan Inc. in Piqua, Ohio. After retiring as president of Hartzell Fan in July 2011, Atkinson became the senior vice president at TriVista Business Group in Troy.
Atkinson serves on the Edison State Community College Foundation Board in Piqua, Ohio, is past president and a member of the Rotary Club, and is a member of the executive board and board of directors for the Piqua Chamber of Commerce. He also has served on the Air Moving and Control Association International Executive Board of Directors and the Troy Chamber of Commerce. Atkinson has received the Paul Harris Fellow Rotary Foundation Award from Rotary International and the Hartzell Quarter Century Club honor.
Atkinson has served ONU as chairman and vice chairman of the Dean's Advisory Board in the Dicke College of Business Administration, a member of the Student-Employer Networking committee, and a member of the Henry Solomon Lehr Society.
Clarke graduated from ONU in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science. After he graduated from ONU, he earned his master's degree from the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He served 22 years as pastor of several local United Methodist churches, five years as superintendent of the Athens school district and 11 years as executive director of Wesley Glen Retirement Community in Columbus, Ohio.
At ONU, Clarke performed in the choir and served as the Ministerial Association treasurer. He was involved in intramural basketball and was a student pastor of the Greater Hardin County circuit. At ONU, Clarke established a scholarship in nursing, named in honor of his wife. He has served as an ONU Board of Trustee member, and he and his son, Richard, are both Lehr Society members.
Hollinger graduated from Ohio Northern with a Bachelor of Science in education in 1948 and, upon graduation, became a teacher in the Ada Public Schools, teaching music and English. She also taught at Lima Senior High and Elida Elementary School until her retirement.
Since retiring, Hollinger has served at the soup kitchen for more than 20 years and is a board member for Friends of Music, participating in the Lima Symphony Chorus, the Civic Chorus and the Madrigal Singers. A member of the Henry Solomon Lehr Society, Hollinger also is a member of the ONU Women, and she is active in many of her church organizations at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lima, Ohio, where she has sung in the choir for more than 50 years, played the bells for more than 12 years, and served as president of the United Methodist Women three times and vice president numerous times.
At ONU, Hollinger was in the choir and served as president of the Association of Women Students. She also was a member of the Phi Chi sorority. Hollinger has two endowed scholarships at the ONU, one in the arts and sciences and a second in engineering, in honor of her husband, Henry, a longtime member of the ONU Board of Trustees.
Donnelly Hamilton, a member of the Henry Solomon Lehr Society, has been employed at Ohio Northern University since 1999 as assistant director, associate director and director of alumni relations. She was the director of alumni relations at Lake Ridge Academy in the Cleveland area for one year in 2002. In May 2013, she was appointed the executive assistant to the president at Ohio Northern University. From 2006-12, she served as campaign manager for The Campaign for Ohio Northern University's Tomorrow, which raised more than $110 million. She also serves as adviser to the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, the President's Club and Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership honorary).
In 2010, Donnelly Hamilton was one of 20 individuals under the age of 35 from around the world nominated to attend the Gordon Cook Conversations at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. In 2011, she served on the leadership team for Jump for Opportunity in Orlando, Fla. Jump for Opportunity, a skydiving fundraiser, raised more than $50,000 for Opportunity International, a nonprofit group focused on micro-finance opportunities in third-world countries. She has been a member of Kiwanis since 1999.
Donnelly Hamilton graduated from Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and education in 1999 and earned her master's degree in educational leadership from the University of Dayton in 2005.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards are based on outstanding service to the objectives of the Alumni Association of Ohio Northern University, service with distinction in the nominee's chosen profession and tangible expression of loyalty to ONU.


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'Oh, the weather outside is frightful!'
January 2, 2013 —
Considering the events (or lack thereof) over the last few days, I can't be the only one with those lyrics in mind. As a child, winter storms meant hot chocolate, waxing up the "Flying Saucer" and mom insisting on snow pants (always a good fashion statement) before we headed out the door, shrieking with glee (insert sigh here.)
These days, when the flurries turn to inches (or feet) my reaction is somewhat different. Oh sure, the first real snow is magical. A gorgeous blanket silently sweeps over the Upper Delaware Valley and everything slows down for a bit. Putting on the gloves, coat, hat and scarf isn't an inconvenience (yet) and the dog's excitement is infectious, causing me to laugh and take pictures of the pup's enthusiasm, as I delight in her exuberance and admire the sparkly wonder that will soon be frozen ice balls embedded in her fur. Sigh.
After a few hours, the magic wears off a bit (IMHO), as I take her out a few more times and eye the shovel with contempt. With two wet coats on the hook and no "delightful fire," I throw my hands into the air and quietly mumble, whilst drying Dharma for the third time that day. "And since we've no place to go," I grouse, "let it snow, let it snow, blah blah blah." Not that we country folk let a little white stuff deter us. Still in the holiday spirit, I observed kids dragging their sleds up the (considerable) hill behind Green Acres and grinned-for a brief, shining moment, just before a plow came by (thank you) and threw a mountain of the stuff at the entrance to my garage/barn. "Thank you!" I scream into the howling wind, as the plow disappears, making someone else's day just down the road a piece. With just the one finger poised to salute, I think better of it and form the peace sign, in case the driver is glancing in the rearview.
Since it didn't "show any signs of stopping" and I heard my joints a popping, I slumped into a chair and picked up my New Year's resolutions list from 2012 to check off all of my wonderful accomplishments over the last 12 months. Sigh. "If at first you don't succeed," I wheezed, taking note that all but one on the list were still in need of resolve. Oh sure, last January was fraught with problems and most of those are (thankfully) behind me, but still... Time to put on my big boy (snow) pants, I suppose, and wipe the slate clean. Scribbling away, I scratched out a new list, keeping some old, adding some new and reminiscing about the good old days (I mean last week).

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By the looks of it, Naruto Shippuden will end soon
So whats the plane when this happens :shrug: , do you think that a new saga will start with new enemies, may be when he is the hokage
Didn't Kishi said when shippudden ended so would the series?
there's been a lot of threads on this topic but for the most part they say around between a year and a half and two years and a half... there are still a lot of flashbacks to happen to explain a lot of things... Rin could be worth a couple of flashbacks...
Bring on...TEN MORE YEARS OF ONE PIECE!
i hope there is a part three.....i mean naruto and konahamaru are suppose to fight for the hokage seat so i hope the story goes on...
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Later today, this year's #d^3 will wind down. It is the first time that the event went over full four days, but we kept the familiar location: Bad Ischl, the heart of the Salzkammergut (Austria, for those of you thinking in larger geographical terms).
This year's participants are pictured in the below photo (left to right): Tomasz (Gsoc: C++ Backend Binding), Daniel (Senior Developer, Architect), Martin (Gsoc: Debugger Visualizer), Siegfried (Gsoc: Xaml Binding), David (Debugger), Peter (SharpDevelop Reports), Chris (Project Management).
As you've probably already heard, Microsoft released .NET 4.0 Beta 1 on May, 20th.
SharpDevelop 4.0 will be the SharpDevelop version built on top of .NET 4.0. I've just got it running:
Yes, that message really reads: "Compiling is not yet implemented". There were huge changes in MSBuild 4.0 and the parts of SharpDevelop's project system that are talking to MSBuild will have to be rewritten.
The .NET 4.0 work on SharpDevelop is going on in the dotnet4 branch, for which we do not provide builds. The dotnet4 branch will be merged back into trunk as soon as it's good enough so that I think other SharpDevelop contributors can be expected to use it.
But myself, I'm currently stuck using a dysfunctional version of SharpDevelop for development. I cannot use previous versions since they cannot compile for .NET 4.0 and don't have code completion for 4.0 libraries. Using the dotnet4 version of SharpDevelop at least gives me code completion for 4.0 libraries, but it looks like I'll have to compile from the command line for some time.
I cannot even use Visual Studio 2010 as it doesn't want to open ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.csproj - it says it's an unsupported project format. Even if I recreate that project in Visual Studio, VS doesn't want to open it - looks like a VS bug to me.
It is finally available
The really newsworthy feature is the profiler - it has been in the works for over a year, and it is the first full-fledged open source profiler for .NET. Siegfried would love to hear your feedback in the forums, especially which features should be next in the pipeline.
The time to send in proposals for Google Summer Of Code is over now.
Now we're busy reading your proposals and trying to decide on a ranking. This is a lot more work than I initially expected - we got lots of proposals during the last three days. Unfortunately, most of the late proposals were of a rather low quality.
In total, we got 44 proposals from 34 students - much more than I expected.
Here's the list of topics proposals were written on. As you can see, most of them come straight from the ideas page.
But we're looking for students who would like to join the SharpDevelop team; we don't simply want to get some work done. So it's possible that we'll pick multiple students from the same 'category'; and having the only proposal on a much required feature doesn't mean you're automatically accepted.
There also were some Java proposals but I'm not sure where they disappeared to. In any case, SharpDevelop is a .NET IDE, not a Java one. There are already good open source Java IDEs available; no need to add Java support to SharpDevelop.
This is our first GSOC and I'm not too sure how we should judge the proposals. A surprisingly large part of them is obviously disqualified because the proposal is missing necessary details / the template isn't filled out completely. And what to do with a student who makes a promising impression but chose a project that isn't really interesting to us; or looks like it's not enough work for GSOC? What about projects that look like they cannot be done in the GSOC time frame; but it might be possible for a good coder and the Bio looks like the student knows what he's doing?
We don't know yet how many slots Google will give to us, so we are as excited as you are :)
In SharpDevelop 220.127.116.1148, I changed our Subversion integration to use SharpSVN instead of SvnDotNet.
SharpSVN exposes more Subversion APIs to managed code, which could result in some nice features in the (far) future - for example, "SVN Diff" right inside the text editor.
But the main reason for the upgrade was that SharpSVN supports Subversion 1.6. If you are using TortoiseSVN 1.6, you need to update to SharpDevelop 3.1. The old SvnDotNet does not work with new working copies.
However, the same is true in the other direction: if you use SharpDevelop 3.1, you must update to TortoiseSVN 1.6. No matter which .NET wrapper or client version is accessing a repository, the underlying Subversion library has the unpleasant feature to automatically upgrade working copies. As soon as the Subversion 1.6 library inside SharpDevelop touches your working copy, Subversion 1.5 clients will no longer be able to access it.
You need to update all Subversion clients on your machine at the same time. SharpDevelop contains a Subversion client:
This entry in the Subversion FAQ describes the problem and offers a working copy downgrade script, in case you decide to go back to a previous SVN client version.
David wrote a blog post on our participation in the GSoC 2009. It refers to the GSoC 2009 Wiki entry where the mentors have posted a few ideas (yes, we actively encourage students to come up with their own!). As I am the program manager, I am not active as a mentor, but I sure do have an opinion... here are my top five projects when it comes to "visibility" (a feature that will be used by a large percentage of our user base):
I took "Everything .NET 4.0" from my top five because Beta 1 of Framework 4.0 most likely won't hit the streets before the student application deadline. And I will post further ideas in David's blog post, so you might find something palatable there too.
Another major release of SharpDevelop finally hits the streets - version 3.0 has been completed yesterday and is available for download as of now! Go get it


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Drop Dead Gorgeous (Blair Mallory #2)
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- As a former cheerleader, Blair Mallory was accustomed to jealousy. However, while Blair is immersed in her wedding plans, someone tries to run her over. Her fiance, police lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth, thinks the episode was just an accident, but Blair knows the attempt was deliberate and fears it's just the beginning.
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TxDOT said more than $1 billion is needed per year to bring pavements to acceptable levels. It is estimated that energy sector traffic across the state has caused $400 million in immediate roadway safety concerns such as severe edge damage on narrow roadways, deep rutting and pavement damage. The Texas Transportation Commission approved $225 million to address these issues, about one-quarter of the funding needed.
We've been living on borrowed money," Chief Financial Officer James Bass said.
Because there aren't enough resources, the commission was faced with a "difficult decision" – cut funding from the rural roads that are carrying an increased volume traffic from oil and gas production or cut from other roads.
"We are creating a caste system, a tiered system where certain things are of higher priority and others will get less resources; otherwise the system will collapse around us," Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Engineer John Barton said. "TxDOT has not seen this kind of recommendation before."
Many of the roads that will be converted to gravel will also have a lowered speed limit of about 30-40 mph or lower, according to Barton. Texas Transportation Commissioner Jeff Austin III asked if truckers would just take alternate routes and Barton said they likely would, which would then lead to those roads deteriorating as well. Once that happens, those roads will also be converted to gravel and restricted.
"It's something we can try to enforce, but we don't have the manpower to enforce speed limits all the time," Live Oak County Sheriff Larry Busby said. "People should drive slower because it is a gravel road, and if it's posted at a lower speed limit, then we'll enforce it."
Barton said the 83 centerline miles of roads to be converted to gravel will rise over the next several months to include more roads.
According to Barton, the savings of converting roads to gravel versus maintaining them as paved roads is a seven to one ratio.
Texas Transportation Commissioner Jeff Moseley said 1,200 trucks are needed for each oil well, and 300 are needed per year to carry away crude oil. The 1,200 trucks are equivalent to 8 million passenger vehicles.
"These economic benefits, although tremendous, are creating traffic demands that are overwhelming some parts of our transportation system," Barton said.
According to TxDOT, the most impacted counties with significant crash increases are Goliad, Frio, Willacy, McMullen and Winkler. Since fiscal year 2008, crashes have increased by 1,422 percent in Goliad, 788 percent in Frio, 696 percent in Wallacy, 695 percent in McMullen and 616 percent in Winkler.
Other counties impacted by the energy boom have seen more than 250 percent increases in traffic volumes, according to Barton.
"This is a stark reminder that in areas prior to this tremendous economic boom saw little traffic and, consequently, little safety risk," Barton said. Over the last five years, however, they have seen significant percent increases."
Karnes, LaSalle, Hansford, Zavala and Dimmit are showing the most deterioration in road conditions, ranging from 14.1-32.6 percent since FY 2010. TxDOT states that some areas of the road system are being completely consumed. They predict road deterioration trends to continue for the next 10-15 years.
Barton said the system is stressed beyond its intended design with pavements deteriorating at a "substantial rate." He said Karnes County is the epicenter, and overall, the repairs needed across the state are "unprecedented and expensive" to address.
"It's not something we can overcome without additional resources," Barton said.
Another possible option to at least lower the overall cost of the roads is for the state to hand over some roads to nearby cities to fund.
Many of the roads in the rural network such as farm-to-market and ranch-to-market roads were built to lowered weight standards of 58,000 pounds but need to carry 80,000 pounds.
TxDOT's planned approach to addressing the issue includes a traffic impact analysis requirement for all new commercial driveway permits, performing a site-specific engineering analysis based on the TIA, and not issuing permits until identified safety concerns are addressed. Existing time lines and appeals processes will still apply, a central office group will be created to assist districts, and a guidance document will be developed to assist in preparing TIAs for rural areas.
Barton said there are more than 1,500 access requests associated with commercial activities each year.
Rural TIAs will have to address existing roadway characteristics, proposed driveway characteristics and usage, environmental and hydraulic issues, and proposed mitigation efforts.
Preliminary reviews for load-posted roads include 51 highway segments across seven districts with more than 518 centerline miles.
Preliminary reviews for width-restricted roads include 56 highway segments across nine districts with more than 517 centerline miles.
Barton said some of these roads are only 16 feet wide but are used by vehicles wider than eight feet. When this occurs, oncoming traffic has to drive off the road, and this leads to further deterioration.
Preliminary reviews for converting to unpaved surfaces include 12 highway segments across three districts with more than 83 centerline miles.
Live Oak County has six roads impacted by this decision, and McMullen County has one.
In Live Oak County, six centerline miles of Interstate 37 frontage roads from FM 99 south three miles to the end of maintenance will be converted to gravel.
Sheriff Busby said this will likely improve safety on the road because it's in bad condition and has potholes.
In Live Oak County, lowered weight restrictions and loads will be limited to less than 10 feet for:
• 14.1 centerline miles of FM 882 from Highway 72 to FM 626
• Six centerline miles of FM 1091 from FM 99 east three miles to the end of maintenance
• 10.4 centerline miles of FM 2049 from I-37 to Highway 72
• 13.68 centerline miles of FM 99 from the McMullen County line to the Atascosa County line
I-37 frontage roads in Live Oak County from Highway 72 to U.S. 59 will have a lowered weight limit for 25.93 miles.
In McMullen County, 6.91 centerline miles of FM 791 will have width restrictions of less than 10 feet from Highway 16 to the Atascosa County line.
Busby said the sheriff's department does not have the equipment needed to enforce weight and width restrictions, so responsibility for that will largely fall onto DPS.
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Hey ladies! A little background before I start with the questions. I am a second time mom, but I was unable to breastfeed my daughter. I had (at the time anyways) flat nipples and she just wouldn't latch. So when my son was born and he latched like a pro, I was overjoyed! We have been nursing for almost 3 1/2 months but I do have some silly questions...
First, I was wondering how long I need to keep wearing nursing pads. I am not really leaking anymore, but I think at this point I still wear them out of paranoia. I don't want to go out in public and have big wet spots on my shirt. And along those same lines, do many of you still sleep in nursing bras? I have been wearing a bra pretty much 24/7 since I had the baby and "the girls" need a break... lol
Another question I have is about something I read. I don't know where I read it, but somewhere I saw that breastfeeding moms should NOT go roller skating. Why? Is it because there is the chance of falling? I have been skating for the better part of my life (started going when I was 4 and am a LOT older than that now.. lol) so I rarely fall anymore, if ever. But I have a 2 year old who I want to start taking cause I think she would enjoy it. Well, that and my 10 year old neice has been begging me to take her since my son was born.
Finally, I was wondering how those of you with older children manage to breastfeed the one and chase after the older one. We are dealing with some jealousy issues right now cause my son LOVES to be held and when he is awake he nurses for comfort. My daughter was used to being the center of attention, but I can't hold her and nurse him at the same time. So she acts up, screams, etc, to get my attention and I feel guilty yelling at her because even though she is doing things she knows she shouldn't, she is only doing it to get noticed cause I am paying attention to the baby. KWIM? It will start to get better here soon cause he is starting to like the swing more and he is ALMOST ready for the jumpy seat. I will be able to put him down more and he has found his fingers and fists to suck on.
I don't know... It could be the lack of sleep causing my illusions of sanity, but I do know that I LOVE breastfeeding and plan on continuing until HE is ready to be done. (even though my husband says to stop at 6 months... whatever.. lol)


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"Right now, it is just day by day," Jeff Standlee, a family member, said.
The Rochas have been surrounded by family since the fire ripped through their trailer in a rural part of the county.
"The family has been coming out every day to help," Mary Ann Standlee, another family member said. The Rochas live on a piece of property fondly nicked name Rochaville on County Road 228. It is a stretch of 140 acres that has been in the family for more than 50 years. It is one of the only places Lupe has ever lived. The property was subdivided by the original owner so that each child received 14 acres. Lupe and Elena were living in a trailer home on their portion of the property.
Lupe said he and his wife had left that Saturday afternoon only about half an hour before the fire started. The fire took place at approximately 2:30 p.m. When Lupe got to CR 3049, he could see the dark smoke and turned around to head home, but by the time he got back to the trailer, it was engulfed in flames.
"The trailer was gone within minutes," Jeff explained.
There was a strong wind the day of the fire that encouraged the quick burning of the structure and also some nearby trees.
The Three Rivers Fire Department responded quickly, but it wasn't fast enough. Nothing was salvageable from the fire.
The fire department stayed on site until dusk to make sure the fire did not reignite, and then another family member who owned a water truck stayed watching the charred remains for 12 hours.
"It was 12 hours before we could go to sleep and say it was out," Mary Ann said.
The day after the fire, it was time to get serious.
"We are focused right now on the important stuff," Mary Ann said.
The first thing was replacing the Rochas' medications, calling the insurance company and finding some place to live.
The Rochas didn't have to go far to find a roof to put over their heads. With many family members living close by, they were able to move into a daughter's home for now.
The insurance company came out on Thursday to access the damage, and now it is a waiting game to see what they will say.
The Rochas have gotten quotes on the cleanup and hope to have that underway soon.
When asked what prized possession she lost that is irreplaceable, she tears up and turns her head away saying, "My dog, it was a little Shih Tzu."
While the elderly couple was left with only the clothes on their back, Elena talks with ease about moving forward.
"Everybody has been really good to us," she said. "We are pretty much OK, but anything is appreciated."
Family and friends have been dropping off clothes, food and the necessities needed for them to keep moving forward.
An account has been set up at First National Bank in the name of Lupe and Elena Rocha for anyone wanting to contribute to the family.


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Iowa officials have launched a website that highlights the benefits of living in smoke-free environments.
The state Department of Public Heath says the website provides education and awareness to people who live within multi-unit housing like apartments.
The website features sections for tenants, property owners and managers of multi-unit housing. It provides steps on how to make a home smoke-free.
State law prohibits smoking in most public places, but it doesn't cover individual units. Officials say tobacco smoke from one tenant can migrate through walls and ventilation systems to a non-smoker in the same building.
The website also lists housing complexes that have smoke-free housing units.


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Spartan did what it had to doOctober 02,2013My Sept. 11 Newsgathering and Writing class lesson was to be about social media and the Internet and how it has changed the landscape of newspaper reporting.
I was going to talk about how now, with our newspaper websites and Facebook and Twitter, we can get news out as its unfolding, unlike the days of old when readers had to wait a day later for the print version on the front steps.
I was going to use the text example of how Facebook is a great way to publicize stories on your papers website and how Twitter is a vital, play-by-play tool to report court cases when cameras arent allowed in.
But a press release from the Vermont State Police changed that lesson. When students came in to the 9 a.m. class, I had the Spartan Twitter page and Facebook page on the overhead projector, both announcing that two CSC football stars had been charged with stealing sporting goods from Dicks, where one worked.
Then I showed them the Spartan website, where a short story about the arrests had been posted. From about 8 to 8:45 a.m. that morning, the two Spartan editors wrote, set up interviews, tweeted and posted on Facebook. They tweeted and updated the story for hours, finally calling it a day around 9 p.m.
The Spartan is a club, mind you. Yes, some students get independent course credits to work on it, but its still a club.
The Spartan had the story before almost every area news outlet and by the end of the day the Associated Press had it and people were reading about it in Miami, California and North Carolina.
But almost as soon as the stories and tweets were posted about this news story, the comments started flooding in, many negative, but some defending the editors.
Some commented on how its the role of the Spartan to make the college look good. One frequent tweeter throughout the day even started name-calling (#nerds) and saying it was nobodys business and that the Spartan should stop publishing and updating about the arrests. Those bothered me.
Spartan reporters arent nerds, in my opinion, nor is it their job to make the college look good. I would argue that most issues do make the college look good, with stories about triumphs and awards and profiles about outstanding students and faculty.
I was torn by this story. Students in my Newsgathering class may have seen me as excited about the story. I was more sick about it for the school and the football program and nervous that the Spartan editors, whom I advise, would be ultra careful and accurate with everything they did. My name is in the staff box, too.
I could see in the faces of my colleagues, who had taught one of the two players, how distraught they were. Students who are good friends with the players werent happy about the story, either. I didnt like that the Spartan had to write these stories. But the Spartan DID have to write these stories.
Journalism students at Castleton State need to learn that when a story like this breaks, it simply has to be reported. Do the stories have the potential of putting the school in a bad light? Yes. Do the journalists relish that? No. But they must ask the questions and write the facts as they are presented and give the accused a chance to have their say, too.
Social media played a huge role in the dissemination of the news and the resulting comment fallout on Sept. 11, 2013. I hope the majority of the college community realizes that the messenger in this case was doing what it had to do.
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During Spring Training this year, I predicted a Phillies – Yankees World Series. It was more of a wish than a realistic thought at the time, but nonetheless, I have gotten my wish :O) Apparently, Jimmy Rollins made the very same prediction; what can I tell you? Great minds think alike.
Not only will this be an epic battle of David and Goliath – the Yanks with 26 World Championships and the Phillies with only 2 – but it has been my lifelong dream to witness these two teams do battle on the grandest stage in baseball. You see, I have two favorite teams in every sport – one NL and one AL. These are my two teams! This about sums up how I feel right now:
The Phillies are my #1 of course, and you can read why on the About Me page. But I grew up in central NJ and the Yanks were always on TV. If I asked for a Phillies hat for Christmas, I got a Yankees hat. So while it was forced upon me at first, I grew to enjoy watching Reggie Jackson whack balls out of the park. And the crazy facial hair of Goose Gossage made me giggle. Lou Piniella, Thurman Munson, the 1977-78 World Series…classic stuff. And then in the 90's, it was all about Derek Jeter…
This is also why I love Spring Training…I get to see moments like Jeter & Utley sharing a man-hug. And Jeter & Rollins joining forces on Team USA:
I am SO excited!! How about everyone else out there? What is YOUR dream World Series and why? Feel free to share in the comments and you may be in my next blog!
In the meantime, Go Phillies! (and a slightly less enthusiastic, Go Yanks :O)
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This is really the two best teams in the game, so I'm not too disappointed. I am going to be rooting hard for the Phillies (something I've NEVER done before) because in my experienced, when the Yankees are on top of the world, life sucks for me. Go get 'em PHILS!
With all this talk about a city rivalry, I've found here are a lot of Yankees/Phillies fans! I mean we both hate the Red Sox and the Mets, after all. There are a lot of transplants, commuters and migrations between the cities so it all makes sense!
I grew up Yankees first living in central NY, but the Phils were my NL team. When I moved here in '90 I was thrilled I could come to the Vet to see games whenever I wanted- just a quick subway ride away. Since then my loyalty has been Phillies Phirst!
The Yankees have enough flags and trophies though, and Jeter has plently of rings. I want some of our new boys in red to have a chance (Raul, Lee, etc) at the glory. Plus, I want to show up everyone who keeps saying how hard it is to win two in a row, the Lidge naysayers, etc.
Most importantly, I wan tot see Jroll parading in Harry's jacket and shoes.
First of all, Jenn, I'm so glad you'll be going to at least one of the games. I know the pics and recap will be great, so I'll look forward to them. This series should be very tough. Cliff Lee versus CC in Game 1? Yikes. My stomach hurts already.
This is a dream matchup. All the talent on both sides. It's going to be a dogfight. I can't wait to watch🙂
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Jenn, thank you for your kind thoughts. You actually made me cry. I am a bit brittle these days. I miss baseball, I miss my Dodgers. I'm glad your Phillies made it to the World Series. Your team deserves to be there. Good luck and above all, thank you for your friendship and encouragement this season.
I can not wait to see Pedro pitch! Who knew at the start of the season we would be seeing him in the WS!
Your right a lot of Yankees/Phillies fans… when I lived in Philly I worked in die hard Phillie territory…was a stones throw from the ball parks, well it seemed that close…. now a dream WS would be Tribe and Phillies I would be able to get to the games and see the Phillies….:-)
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Bourne's Mohonk: Jazz on the Mountain 2013, Day Two
January 28, 2013. Posted by Michael Bourne.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Live Music, Live Music Blogging, michael bourne, Mohonk Jazz on the Mountain
This is the second of four posts on this year's Jazz on the Mountain festival.
Mohonk this year wanted a show for kids. Families always have come for the weekend, but I was amazed by so many kids in the parlor on Saturday morning: 2-year-olds running everywhere with moms and dads in pursuit, 4-10-year-olds singing along with Amy Cervini.
She was (with a runner and a newborn of her own) charming, singing sweetly, telling the kids about jazz, getting the kids to play little tambourines, getting the kids (of all ages) to sing along.
Joe Locke became a JOTM favorite 5-6 years ago when he played vibes so electrifyingly that he got the first ever standing ovation on a Saturday afternoon.
He's been the most requested comeback artist ever since, and this year came back (again electrifyingly, again in the Saturday afternoon "Joe Locke slot") for duets with pianist Frank Kimbrough -- whose solo of "Gone with the Wind" was hauntingly surreal.
John Scofield enjoyed playing last year's JOTM so much that he was game to return.
He especially wanted to play with Anat Cohen, and just about everyone at the Mountain House joined in the Saturday evening "ScoJam" -- playing to the biggest crowd ever in the parlor and the balcony above.
I requested a guitar solo, and he played a melancholy country song of George Jones, "The Girl I Used to Know." I'd forgotten that I'd requested (in an e-mail months ago) that he play a duet with Matt, and they whipped up a wild "St Thomas."
What's most remarkable to me is that some of the best music every jazzfest just...happens. John called up Joe Locke and, together with the house band, they played an impromptu frenzied "Afro-Blue."
Even with a painful finger, Fred played with ecstatic abandon, as if (he said) channeling Jaki Byard. I've heard so much (often great) music through the years that I'm rarely surprised, but at Mohonk I'm always surprised, as I was when Sco and Scott Robinson (on tenor sax) played an exquisite duet of "Old Folks."
Sco called everyone out, including trumpeter Mike Rodriguez from the audience, for a finale of "C-Jam Blues." After everyone played the first line, John improvised a second line, and as everyone jumped in for solos, Anat created riffs for the band to jam along.
Many folks who've been to Mohonk year after year said to me that the "ScoJam" was the best concert ever at Mohonk.
...Michael Bourne
Up next: Sunday highlights with more from Scott, Anat, Fred and Matt's Arts and Crafts!
Bourne's Mohonk: Jazz on the Mountain 2013, Day One
January 28, 2013. Posted by Michael Bourne.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Live Music, Live Music Blogging, michael bourne, Mohonk Jazz on the Mountain
This is the first of four posts about this year's Jazz on the Mountain festival.
"Look at them!" Matt Wilson pointed to portraits of the Smileys, all around the parlor of Mohonk Mountain House.
"They're swaying!" And so was the audience, standing and swaying...blissfully.
That's because this year's jazzfest was the best ever.
Mohonk, built by the Smiley family in the 1860's, offers thematic weekends throughout the year: a chocolate festival, a Scottish festival (complete with haggis), a rock fest, a classical fest, and then some. Mohonk is best known for the mystery weekend, when someone is murdered and the folks who come have to investigate whodunit.
I don't know when the "Jazz on the Mountain" weekend first happened at Mohonk, an enormous castle along a lake atop the mountain above New Paltz, NY. I first came on the Martin Luther King weekend of 2000. I was expected to answer the musical question "Where is jazz going in the new millenium?" I said that I did not know where jazz was going, but I knew that wherever jazz goes is cool.
I also observed that nobody comes to a jazz festival to hear a lecture. I encouraged Mohonk to have more music played, and across the last fourteen years I've been hearing some of the best jazz I've ever heard. Every year during the JOTM weekend, I hear music that reminds me why I first fell in love with jazz.
I'm the "artistic director," this year also called a "curator," but I think of myself more as "the jazz guy" of Mohonk. I unashamedly self-indulgently book artists that I like, especially artists who get "Mohonk-y" -- a new word coined this year to characterize musicians who get into what's become the spirit of the festival: come for the weekend, bring your loved ones, eat too much (especially at the dessert tables), enjoy being away from the noises of everyday life (no TV's in the rooms), and make music.
Over the last several years, one characteristic of the jazzfest that I've especially enjoyed is that the musicians frequently join in each other's shows and play jazz as it's supposed to happen, in the moment. I booked last year two of the jazzfest's mainstays, drummer Matt Wilson and bassist Martin Wind, as my "house band." They played last year three very different (and all thrilling) impromptu trios: with Ken Peplowski, Anat Cohen, and John Scofield.
Fred Hersch, my favorite pianist, was game to join the "house band," and they opened this year's JOTM with wonderful Anat Cohen, playing Monk, a rollicking "I Mean You." They featured each other as composers and in the spotlight.
Highlights for me were plentiful, especially Anat's clarinet and Fred playing prettily a Brazilian choro, "Doce de Coco," and Matt's drums climactically kicking the call-and-response of "Duck and Cover" into an avalanche, as if running from the rocks rolling downhill after Buster Keaton. They encored with a slow and sexy "Doxy."
And that was just for starters!
--Michael Bourne
Up next: Saturday highlights with Amy Cervini, Joe Locke, John Scofield and more
The Checkout Live from 92Y: Geri Allen, The Cookers
December 12, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: 92Y, Live Music, Live Music Blogging
WBGO's The Checkout! presented pianist Geri Allen's Timeline, and The Cookers live from the 92Y Tribeca December 12, 2012. Watch the full sets and review the conversation with hosts from WBGO and NPRMusic.org below.
Live At The Village Vanguard: Wilson, Rosnes, Washington
December 5, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: live at the village vanguard, Live Music, Live Music Blogging
WBGO was proud to present a live broadcast from New York's Village Vanguard on Wednesday, December 5 at 9 p.m., with saxophonist Steve Wilson, Renee Rosnes on piano and Peter Washington on bass.
If you missed the show, you can check out WBGO's other live broadcasts every month from the Berklee College of Music and the 92Y Tribeca. These shows live on in our video archive and at NPRmusic.org.
Our next live broadcasts will be on December 12 from the 92Y Tribeca with pianist Geri Allen and The Cookers, and on January 30 with pianist David Vireilles.
If you like what you hear, you can also tune in to WBGO's sister station, The Jazz Bee, to hear recordings by this ensemble and other up-and-coming performers. Enjoy!
Live At The Village Vanguard: Sound Prints Quintet
November 28, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: live at the village vanguard, Live Music, Live Music Blogging, Video
WBGO presented the Sound Prints Quintet live from New York's Village Vanguard on Wednesday, November 28 at 9 p.m., with The Sound Prints Quintet. Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas and saxophonist Joe Lovano were joined by Linda Oh on bass, Lawrence Fields on piano and Joey Baron on drums.
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If you like what you hear, tune in to WBGO's streaming channel for new music, The Jazz Bee, to hear recordings by the members of this ensemble and other up-and-coming performers. Enjoy!


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Besides dairy, what foods should be limited or avoided when breastfeeding? Also, how long after you eat an offending food does it affect breastmilk and how long does it "taint" the breastmilk? Thanks, Christinep
Hello everyone,
Besides dairy, what foods should be limited or avoided when breastfeeding? Also, how long after you eat an offending food does it affect breastmilk and how long does it "taint" the breastmilk? Thanks, Christinep
Is that a generic rule, that all bf'ing women should avoid dairy? I actually have a lot of dairy (cereal with milk, cheese, yogurt, cream cheese), and DD has a little of what I think is gas, but only at night, not all day.
Thanks, Karen
If you do not have a history of food allergies in you or your husband's family, then eat whatever.
One of the most common food sensitivity is milk. But babies are gassy! Milk is not necessarily causing that. The little ones just need to mature.
The Breastfeeding Answer Book says:
If the mother has healthy eating habits, there is usually no reason to change them when she is breastfeeding. There are no foods (such as cow's milk) that must be consumed while a mother is breastfeeding, and there are no foods that all nursing mothers should avoid. Although there are exceptions, most breastfeeding mothers find they can eat anything they like in moderation--including chocolate and spicy foods--without any effect on their babies. (1997 ed., page 374)
Hope that helps!
i was really iffy on so many foods at first because christian was SOOO gassy. he would scream and scream. but as i started to slowly introduce foods into my diet as a breastfeeding mother, we have gotten used to each other. he's also 6 months now, with a little bit more of a mature tummy. but i respect that his body can handle the things i like in moderation, and so i stick to them in moderation. and lucky for me, it's chocolate and dairy...which helps me to not eat the bad dairy and i just stay away from the chocolate when i can and when im weak i just give in and have a little bit to satisfy that craving. i use my "dairy points" as i call them for the healthy dairy like milk, yogurt, and cheese on burgers or deli sandwiches.
some woman find that anything fried or spicy might effect the little ones but it isn't true with all babies and some may be effected but mildly. find what works for you guys, it's all just trial and error
~~ Valarie ~~
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We are going out of town in about an hour... so I decided to post a little early, rather than 5 days late.
Carter will be 1 tomorrow. I cant believe it. We are still going strong with breastfeeding, and I am getting nothing but support and love from DH and my mom (who we live with). Actually, my mom actually gets mad at me if i ever give him cows milk haha, she says, "Dont give him that nasty stuff!! You have perfect milk just for him built right in!"
But I do give him a little bit of cows milk sometimes when we are out or i just need a break. shoot me.
Anyway, I just wanted to say Happy Birthday little man!!! and let you all know that we are still going strong! I would have never made it this far without all you amazing and encouraging mamas!
ETA: Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I hope everyones day with (or without) family runs smoothly. I'm cringing a little just thinking about some of DH's family that I will have to see. Anyway, have a blast and remember, when you're giving thanks, the calories dont count!!


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I occasionally, when preparing for class, find myself discovering things that I wish I had not found. I suppose that this is true for other educators, as well. Like the words from Don Henley's song, "Dirty Laundry," it's a matter of "You don't really want to know what's goin' on; you don't really want to find out how far it's gone."
This has happened a couple of times in the past several weeks, as we study ecology.
Bees. Bees are disappearing at an alarming rate.
The reasons are both complex and multiple; some of them are human related and some are not and some are a mystery.
One thing is clear, however, and that is that the cycle of life will be greatly interrupted if bees disappear. The cycle of pollination and germination in plants will be turned upside down or into chaos, which will greatly affect all levels of the ecological web.
This is not just the plot of a children's movie; rather the children's movie of several years ago pointed to impending problems that need to be addressed.
What can you do? Plant, as you are placing your garden this year, bee-friendly plants. Herbs stick in my mind as being one of the top choices. These also attract butterflies, which are also dynamic pollen-spreaders.
Water. A constant concern for us, given our climate, but increasingly, a concern in other areas of the world as well.
Growing up in the northeast, I took water for granted. However, the tainting of our water supply affects all areas of the country, regardless of rainfall.
Population growth cannot help but have a negative effect on water supplies, in terms of pollution that results from runoff, industry, etc.
Eventually it filters down to the ocean, which is not, as some had thought, a limitless place for water to magically become pure. If nothing else, we should have learned that from last year's oil disaster.
Thinking about it, it's not just preparing for ecology class that can get one to thinking. Social studies can do it, too. Many of our eco challenges arise from the belief that we are somehow invincible.
It never hurts to remember that some of the world's civilizations have lasted, not centuries, but millennia. We are new, and our environment ought not to become the victim of a young and brash society.


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Welcome to the first installment of Meet our Mavericks. Each month, we will be spotlighting Mavericks from a specific sport. This will be a question-and-answer session with our Athletic Alumni and current student-athletes. We hope you enjoy getting to know our Mavericks, seeing what our Alumni are doing now, and getting to know our current Mavericks.
This month we are highlighting our Cross Country student-athletes.
Meet Jimmy Balmer, Class of 1993
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#207674 - 10/16/12 03:07 AM Jeremiah...a pessimist from non-fiction
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Why would the name be used if the weekly theme is from fiction?
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Why would the name be used if the weekly theme is from fiction?
It would seem to me obvious that Mr Garg considers the Bible to be a work of fiction. One may not agree with that conclusion, but the sentence is understandable. Just as I find it obvious from your (rhetorical) question that your view about the book is the opposite of Mr Garg's. HTH._________________________
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Thank you for posting and pointing this out. I fully agree and it is a shame that the most popular NON-fiction work would be referred to as fiction. Quite ignorant in my opinion. I'm afraid I've lost a bit of confidence in our Wordsmith. Shame.
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Julia Fischer ñ Biography
ì. . . a star act on a high . . . bright, attenuated sound, vibrantly expressive but never overbearing.î
Gramophone June 2013, CD review Dvoř·k & Bruch
ìThe Bruch receives a passionate and strongly compelling performance, with Julia Fischer delivering a dazzlingly brilliant and technically flawless account of the solo part . . . the refreshing thing about Fischerís interpretation is its avoidance of mannerism . . . Fischerís first entry [in the Dvoř·k], its high notes projected with razor-sharp concentration, has tremendous dramatic presence and the violinist sustains this level of intensity throughout the rest of the score.î
BBC Music MagazineAugust 2013, CD review Dvoř·k & Bruch
Violinist Julia Fischer was born in Munich in 1983 and began learning the piano from her mother at the age of three. Soon she took up the violin as well and, following three years of studies at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg, she became a pupil of the renowned violin pedagogue Ana Chumachenco at the Munich Musikhochschule. In 1995, only eleven, she won the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. The following year, in Lisbon, she took first prize at the Eurovision Competition for Young Instrumentalists and soon launched an international career that led to her breakthrough New York appearances in 2003 with conductor Lorin Maazel at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 2007 she was named ìArtist of the Yearî at the Gramophone Awards.
As one of the most sought-after musicians of her generation, Julia Fischer now performs regularly with all the leading orchestras and conductors of Europe and North America and at the most important festivals, including the BBC Proms. Recent highlights have included her Salzburg Easter Festival debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle in April 2011; Maríeh, the new concerto written for her by Matthis Pintscher, of which she gave the world premiere with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Phiharmonic in September 2011 at the Lucerne Festival; and her 2012-13 residency at the Berlin Konzerthaus. 2013 saw her performing solo Bach, Ysaˇe and Hindemith at Carnegie Hall and in Germany. Other highlights included her Vienna Philharmonic debut in May, playing the Beethoven and Salonen Violin Concertos under Esa-Pekka Salonen, a tour with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under Sanderling in Germany and Switzerland and a European tour with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in September.
Her schedule for 2014, launched with performances of the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Mˆst, continues with appearances with the D¸sseldorfer Symphoniker under Andrey Boreyko (the Mendelssohn and Schumann concertos); St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov at New Yorkís Carnegie Hall (Prokofiev 2); San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas (Prokofiev 1); Gewandhaus under Christoph Eschenbach (Schumann); London Phiharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski (Brahms Double with Daniel M¸ller-Schott), a Spanish tour with the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena (Mendelssohnís youthful D minor concerto) and a German tour with Jurowski and the Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra (Schumann). The yearís solo recitals (with accompanists including Milana Chernyavska, Igor Levit and Yulianna Avdeeva), trio concerts (with Simon Trpčeski and Daniel M¸ller-Schott) and appearances with the Julia Fischer Quartet will take her to Londonís Wigmore Hall (as artist-in-residence), the Prague and Heidelberg Spring festivals, the Gstaad Menuhin and Bratislava festivals, as well as to Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Munich and Dresden. Plans for 2015 already include a European tour of the Brahms Concerto with Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in May.
Julia Fischer, who has continued to play the piano throughout her career, made her professional keyboard debut at the Alte Oper of Frankfurt in 2008 performing Griegís Piano Concerto, and played Saint-SaÎnsís Violin Concerto no. 3 on the same evening. This much fÍted concert was released on DVD by Decca in 2010.
An exclusive Decca recording artist since 2008, Fischerís first album with her new label ñ Bach concertos as both leader and soloist with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ñ was released in January 2009 to exceptional critical acclaim (MIDEM Classical Award 2009 ìInstrumentalist of the Yearî). She has already won many prizes for her earlier recordings, including Germanyís coveted Echo Award in 2005 and 2007, the BBC Music Magazine Award and Franceís prestigious Diapason díor and Choc du Monde de la musique. For her second Decca recording, featuring Paganiniís 24 Caprices, she obtained a GrammyÆnomination in 2010. PoËme ñ a lyrical and poetic set of impressionistic works for violin and orchestra ñ was released in 2011. Her recording of Bruchís Violin Concerto No. 1 and Dvoř·kís Violin Concerto with Zinman and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra appeared in early 2013. February 2014 sees the release of the violinistís album of showpieces by the legendary Spanish virtuoso Pablo Sarasate, in which she is accompanied by pianist Milana Chernyavska.
Julia Fischer, who regards teaching as a major component of her musical career, is a professor (Germanyís youngest) at the Hochschule f¸r Musik in Frankfurt.


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Open-Access Peer Review: Increasing the Noise To Signal Ratio
Readers of Science Based Medicine are quite familiar with the distressingly common logical leap made by disgruntled healthcare consumers into alternative medicine. It goes something like this: I had a terrible experience with a doctor who [ignored/patronized/misdiagnosed] me and I also heard something horrible in the media about a pharmaceutical company's misbehavior [hiding negative results/overstating efficacy/overcharging for medications], therefore alternative treatments [homeopathy/acupuncture/energy healing, etc.] must be more effective than traditional medicine.
Much to my dismay, a similar logical leap is being made about online health information. It goes something like this: Peer reviewing is biased and often keeps innovative research hidden to the world at large, therefore the best kind of peer review is open-access where anyone in the world can contribute.
You may feel free to slap your forehead now.
While I have absolutely no doubt that doctors have their shortcomings, and that some have created less than pleasant healthcare experiences for their patients – the solution to these shortcomings is not to dive headlong into snake oil. Moreover, I agree that the current peer-review process has its flaws and limitations – the solution is not to ask Aunt Enid in Omaha what she thinks of the recent meta-analysis of perioperative beta blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery.
Peter Frishauf, the founder of Medscape, recently published a webcast editorial predicting that:
"Peer review as we know it will disappear. Rather than the secretive prepublication review process followed by most publishers today, including Medscape, most peer review will occur transparently, and after publication."
He goes on to describe a Wikipedia-like review scenario where:
"Any user can start an article, link it to related sources, and publish revisions with a click of the mouse. Anyone who reads an article can edit it."
I know and like Peter very much, and his foresight (that publishing should become open-access), combined with the leadership of editorial heavy-weight, Dr. George Lundberg, led to the creation of the first really successful, quality, free online medical journal. This was no small feat, and a sure victory for global medical education efforts.
But the reason for The Medscape Journal's success is not the "democratization" of peer review – but the democratization of access to trustworthy information. The quality controls are still in place – and must remain so – otherwise its value as a peer-reviewed journal will be utterly lost. Who should trust the edits of unqualified readers? Should science be determined by popular vote? Should all research be published by journals, regardless of its fatal flaws?


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You have to hand it to Skully's.
A room that size is hard to fill up for a night and even harder to maintain for the long haul, but the Short North nightspot has been going strong for more than a decade, evolving with the times and successfully presenting itself as the leopard-printed, neon-lit epicenter of many overlapping circles.
That's why Skully's continues to dominate this poll, upping last year's three first-place finishes to four this year.
One week last October stands out as illustrative of Skully's widespread appeal: Over the course of five days, the club hosted longstanding champion dance party Ladies 80's, rising rap star Action Bronson, indie rockers Dave Buker & the Historians, Christian rockers House of Heroes, reggae mainstays the Flex Crew and a buffet of top-flight metal bands headlined by Converge.
It is all things to all people.
Best Place for Rock 'n' Roll runners-up: Ace of Cups, Woodlands Tavern
Best Place for Hip-Hop runners-up: Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar, Carabar
Best Dance Club runners-up: Axis, Wall Street Nightclub
Best DJ Night runners-up: Heatwave, The Clampdown


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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Hello 2012 ...
15 comments:
- Flo @ Butterfly Quilting said...
Great goals!
And I absolutely love the sashing...cracks me up too!
Happy New Year to you, and may it be healthy, happy and productive!
- January 1, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- Needled Mom said...
Happy new year. It sounds like you will be busy.
- January 1, 2012 at 10:55 AM
- Cathy said...
Happy new year, Riel! It reminds me of the book by Chris Van Allsburg... 2 Bad Ants. It is a great book and great fabric! Good luck with your writing.
- January 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM
- Mimi said...
Beautiful quilt and so bright... cheerful! Best wishes in the New Year!!!
- January 1, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- DeVona said...
Best wishes for 2012, Riel!
- January 1, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- Shelley said...
Happy New Year Riel! And if you need someone to "preview" your new novel, just give me a buzz lol!
- January 1, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- HollyM said...
I love the scrappy quilt colors!
I read your book a couple of weeks ago and I really enjoyed. When a book is good I actually try to slow down my reading and make it last. I speed read the not so good ones. I took it as slowly as I could but I had to finish it. I highly recommend it and I look forward to the next one.
I cannot imagine being able to write a book.
- January 1, 2012 at 2:02 PM
- Ginette said...
I look forward to seeing what you will create in 2012 Riel! All the best to you and yours!
Oh, and I love that quilt! The sashing is adorable!
- January 1, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Teje said...
Hi Riel! Wonderful quilt again going on! Good luck for your new novel! I am looking forward to share this new year with you!
Happy New year!
x Teje
- January 1, 2012 at 4:48 PM
- Lynne said...
Great goals - uncomplicated (but not necessarily simple).
Happy New Year - I wish you all the best for your second novel.
- January 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM
- deb said...
Happy New Year!
I love your quilts, and will enjoy seeing your newest creations.
I have a brother who writes (his newest book has just come up for ordering; I'll need to read your book this year - is it available on Kindle?
- January 1, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- Michelle C said...
That sashing is the bee's knees! Who made it, please? Perhaps I can locate another piece for my own b&w collection.
- January 2, 2012 at 12:35 AM
- Anne said...
I love your quilts they are so much fun and I have fabric that I purchased for my grandson when he was little. Bugs ,cowboys, dinosaurs etc. Perhaps I can make a colourful quilt with them . I look forward to 2012 have a great year!
- January 2, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Riel Nason said...
Thanks so much everyone! :-) The ants sashing fabric is by Timeless Treasures. I looked for it for a long time and when I finally found some I bought the rest of the bolt!
- January 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
Cute sashing! Well, I'm not as nice as Erin, that's for sure--I can't bear to part with my personal copy of your book! Although I DID loan it to my best friend, a former librarian, and she LOVES it!
- January 4, 2012 at 2:27 PM