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Used in Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4, and fiber lasers for cutting, welding, marking, and drilling, Laser Optics Assemblies include standard and custom beam expanders and F-Theta lenses. Housed within anodized aluminum casing, expanders are made with high-precision plano-concave and plano-convex lenses. Units are specialized for use with UV-FIR wavelengths including 266 nm, 355 nm, 532 nm, 1064 nm, and 10.6 μm. F-Theta lenses, made of 2–5 optics, provide constant focal plane throughout entire field of view. Read More
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Justin Bieber was recently accused of fathering a child with 20-year-old Mariah Yeater who he allegedly had a brief sexual encounter with at his Los Angeles concert in October 2010. It is hard not to let the words to his hit song "Baby" run through my mind as I contemplate this. "I'm like baby, baby, baby, no!" We don't yet know if there is any truth to it, and he has denied even knowing her, but, if nothing more, it clearly raises the question of who is responsible for using birth control?
Sex happens, that's a fact. Sometimes it's planned, sometimes it's spontaneous. It takes place when you have just met someone, at the beginning of a relationship and, hopefully, during a long-term connection. No matter when it happens, it should always be something that takes thought and care. There are so many forms of birth control out there, a condom or a diaphragm is far from the only choice, and there is always the morning after pill if you have gone so far as to have unprotected sex. There is really no excuse to let it slide. Being mindful about contraception is a way to protect not only yourself but also your relationship. But who should pay attention, and who should make sure the protection is used?
Some say it is the man's responsibility, other's say it should be done by the woman. I say every person who is going to have sex with another person is responsible for making sure that protection is put in place. In the ideal world, this would be a joint discussion. But that is not always the way it happens. Realistically, we have to accept that people get caught up in the moment. If you are a sexually active man or woman, you owe it to yourself to make sure you are not leaving it up to the other person, and that you are always prepared.
Keep in mind, also, that there are times when you and your sexual partner aren't coming from the same place and may have different intentions. Avoiding pregnancy isn't always everyone's top priority. Don't blindly trust that you and your partner are on the same page. Take matters into your own hands.
If Justin Bieber really did have sexual relations with the woman, as she claims, then maybe she saw it as a good opportunity to cash in on his fame. True or false, there is a lesson to be learned. Lives can change for better or worse in that moment of pleasure. In the end, it is better to have too much protection than too little.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Avago Technologies
Shares of the semiconductor specialist climbed 6.14% to $38.80 before market open.
"AVGO reported a strong JulyQ guiding to a stronger OctQ despite multiple competitive and smartphone concerns," wrote Vijay Rakesh, an analyst at Sterne Agee, in a note released on Wednesday.
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In 90 days, Ohio's freshly-signed predatory lending law will take effect. Lawmakers who backed the bill say it represents the first step toward bringing predatory lenders to justice. The bill establishes a new committee that will study the problems Ohioans have been having with unscrupulous sub-prime lenders, believed to be responsible for hundreds of thousands of needless foreclosures statewide. But some victims and advocates feel the state's response to predatory lending is belated at best. Those who've been burned say many things will have to change if Ohio is to get a handle on its predatory lending problem. 90.3 WCPN's April Baer reports.
April Baer: One of the most common complaints among predatory lending victims is the lack of access to information that might have helped - information the state seems unwilling to provide. Among the thousands who've come to the Department of Commerce with predatory lending complaints are Lyndhurst residents Tom and Lori Parks, who are one legal injunction away from losing their home today (Monday, March 11th).
The Parks' occupy this house with two small, very active daughters. The place is chaotic, but cheerful. In 1999 Tom and Lori fell behind on their bills. Their primary creditor, Household Finance, told them if they didn't refinance their mortgage, legal action would be taken. As they signed the papers, Tom noticed something strange about the payment schedule. It appeared that only three of their four loans would be paid off. When he asked about it, he was assured the paperwork would take time to process, but would soon be straightened out, and he shouldn't worry.
Tom Parks: Turned out that loan was NOT paid off, and they ended up freezing our checking account by getting a judgment on the loan within two weeks of the time.
AB: The debts have never been completely settled; the Parks' took their dispute to court in December. But before they did so, Tom called the only state agency with jurisdiction over lenders, the Ohio Department of Commerce, to ask for help. Within hours of calling the state, Tom says he received a phone call from Household, warning him to back off.
TP: They had told me 'You're not going to get anything done in Ohio. We tell them what to do in Ohio.' And they said Governor Taft worked for them.
AB: A spokeswoman for Household's parent company was unable to provide facts about the case, since the matter's gone to litigation.
Many housing activists believe it's at times like this that tougher state legislation is needed. First of all, Ohio has no legal definition for predatory lending in Ohio, no laws that clearly define what is exploitative and what is not. Second, consumers have little access to information on how reliable their prospective lender might be. Bill Teets, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Commerce, says disclosure rules prevent him from revealing many details. He can't confirm whether Tom Parks ever called to complain about Household. He can't say how many complaints have been made about Household in the past, or the nature of those complaints. He can't disclose if it was the state that notified Household about the situation, although he says that might have been a standard procedure. Bill Teets says no one at the state denies that predatory lending is a problem, but the Department simply hasn't been given the power to act on behalf of the consumer.
Bill Teets: Most of what our laws in the past have been have been related to the licensing of these various professions or institutions. Anything we were able to do is really more related to taking action against the license. We have very little ability to work with a consumer to ensure restitution or anything like that.
AB: As far as the conversation Tom Parks recounted on the state's relationship to lenders, Household again refused to comment specifically. But spokeswoman Kathleen Morrison did say emphatically this kind of sentiment is not endorsed by the company.
Kathleen Morrison: You know, we are regulated by the DOC and this division's responsible for regulating a wide variety of state chartered and financial institutions. It just doesn't make sense.
AB: What would be the policy toward an employee that WOULD make comments like that?
KM: I imagine that the employee would be reprimanded up to and including termination.
AB: Morrison is unable to give specific information about what Household staff have said to Tom Parks.
According to state campaign finance filings, the Ohio Association of Mortgage Bankers' Political Action Committee recently made a fifteen-hundred-dollar contribution to Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. Another thousand dollars went to the sponsor of House Bill 386, the new predatory lending bill - which critics claim is favorable to lenders. But the Department of Commerce's Bill Teets categorically denies that the state's regulation has been compromised by industry influence.
BT: We will take every complaint that is given to the Department of Commerce, and base it on the merits of the complaint itself. We do not take any consideration into who gives money to whom qyuite frankly the people who handle our complaints have no idea who gives money to what political party or candidate. Our job is spelled out according to the law, and we work very hard to ensure that we follow that law to a tee, and either address complaints… or try to get consumers in contact with someone who can see their complaint is resolved.
AB: Joe Andrews, a spokesman for governor Taft issued a similar denial that political donations are holding back regulation in the lending industry.
Joe Andrews: Governor Taft obviously works for all the people of the state of Ohio and represents them, and that's our job. But the Department of Commerce also regulates lenders and treats all lenders with the same rules, and obviously does regulate them.
AB: The effectiveness of that regulation is a subject of much debate. According to the Department of Commerce, most of complaints never even get as far as a hearing. While state officials interpret that as sign of successful negotiation, others call it proof that predatory lenders are out of control.
Since Ohio has no legal definition of predatory lending, the Parks' attorney is suing Household bank under the federal RICO anti-racketeering statute. Creditors had planned to foreclose on their home today, but their attorney was able to put a temporary stop to the sale. In Cleveland, I'm April Baer, 90.3 WCPN News.


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Sean Avery's days in the NHL appear to be over after he was put on waivers by the New York Rangers and cleared waivers today.
It's both stunning and absolutely no shock that Avery cleared waivers because of his salary and the frequent off-ice issues surrounding "The Super Pest."
For now, Avery has been assigned to the Rangers' AHL affiliate in Hartford, but it seems more likely that Avery may end up playing in Europe this season.
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It's time to give punters some love during these NFL playoffs.
Nothing is going to be more critical than the kicking game. He who can punt the ball the farthest will decide the game for his team.
OK, so that's an overstatement, but you can't discount how a effective a good punter can be.
Field position is a very big commodity during any game. It becomes even more vital during the pressure cooker that is playoff football.
Pinning a team deep makes it very hard to drive the length of the field. Conversely, if a punter shanks one, then the team receiving could be looking at a short field.
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We won't comment on the title, but we will point out that, in the game, players will inherit a neglected garden on Piñata Island and tend to all aspects of cleaning the garden, growing and maintaining vegetation, caring for and breeding piñatas, as well as attracting new piñata species. The game features seven all-new piñata species, each with new requirements, houses and unique cut scenes
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RE: Metro Complaints
The reason they don't get more complaints through the "customer comment form" is because it's buried on their website under the "About Metro" dropdown, or way down in the lower-left of the page is "contact us," then you have to click another link. Then there's about 20 different fields to fill out, some of which may or may not apply to your situation. The "topic" dropdown I find especially enraging, I never know which to pick. If my bus never comes, is that "Vehicle," "employee," "system wide"?
All those factors lead to people just giving up and closing the window.
Sounds like more juking the stats by Metro. "Hey, we're doing a great job with customer service because people aren't filling out this extremely complex complaint form that's buried three levels down on our website!"
It's of a piece with their "on-time bus performance metric" that says a bus 7 minutes late is on time. If I'm 7 minutes late to work because my bus was late, my boss sure as hell isn't going to regard that as on time.
Tennis as usual, in other words.
Bolling I know nothing about.
Regarding Metro complaints: Of COURSE nobody complains. We know that it won't do any good.
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I sure hope the Dems can come up with a better candidate that McAuliffe.
Reminds me of the old "complaints box" at the now-defunct Celebrity Deli on Nebel St in Rockville. It was a solid red wooden box with a fake slot painted on its face, and was mounted to the ceiling.
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Southwest now has slots at DCA through it's AirTran merger (I think like 8). I think they are still AirTran flights but eventually they will be SW flights.
I actually can't wait for them to go ahead and do the switchover because I don't like having to go transit-it to BWI when DCA is 15minutes from my house.
If Cuccinelli gets the nod I look forward to four more years of useless battles in the Culture wars
Ugh, too true.
I wouldn't describe Mark Warner as lackluster or unexciting. In addition to being an excellent governor, he's a rising star and potential presidential candidate. Also, Doug Wilder as the first black governor in American history certainly garnered a lot of national attention.
I'm at a loss for words.
The streetcar routes should go back where they used to be- with a few extra lines. They had it right before .
If people had confidence that filing formal complaints might result in WMATA action, they might be more likely to file complaints. But based on what we've seen in the last year or two, complaining about Metro via heavily circulated and publicized blogs and other media outlets seems to be a much better tactic to effect change in the agency.
Southwest had none prior to its acquisition of AirTran. It was known they were interested for some time, but open slots are rare to come by.
JetBlue got their initial allotment of slots in a deal with American about 2 years ago. Both JetBlue and Southwest have been waiting for some time for the DOT to resolve that larger issue with Delta/USAirways so another round of slots could open up.
As for routes, while nothing firm will be announced for months, expect a few more Boston & Florida (Orlando & Ft. Lauderdale) flights.
Also, Union Station have been talking for ages about building a proper "North Entrance" to their facility, to maximize connections to NoMa and the Atlas District, to provide better access to Metro and the new Bus Terminal, and also to take strain off of the other entrances on Columbus Circle, which are increasingly congested. It would also unite the station with the proposed Air Rights developments that will put buildings on either side of the Hopscotch Bridge, and make the area *MUCH* more lively and vibrant.
Running the Streetcar over the bridge totally fits within this plan, and if anything, provides a strong "anchor point" for it. I can see a very strong case for running the streetcar over the bridge.
That said, you could take a detour through the garage, and use the bus ramps for quick and direct access to Columbus Circle and the front of the station, and hop right back up onto H via the other ramp, or 1st St. However, this adds distance to the route, and I don't think that it necessarily improves access or connections for any potential riders.
Also, if we're talking about temporary things, why not simply extend the tracks westward along H, and temporarily use one of the empty lots behind the GPO or Gonzaga (I think the future Wal Mart site?) as a turnaround? This takes the streetcar a bit further along its *intended* route, minimizes the amount of temporary trackage that will need to be torn up, opens up connections to the GPO, North Capitol St, and several bus lines, and also puts the turnaround in a place where nobody is going to mind it being there.
Honestly, it sounds like it'd be a bit of a slam-dunk.
The Army IG report really is remarkable. In the [admittedly , relatively few] IG reports I've read I've never seen the department or agency do anything other than agree or mostly agree with the IG findings and recommendations. The Army's middle finger F-U response to the IG really ought to raise a red flag for congress to investigate further about how this deal came about.
That said, the building and people are there and that's not going to change. The Army's refusal to revisit its transportation management studies sure won't help in the efforts to mitigate the problems identified before the project even broke ground.
I assure you, there will be no suburban collapse. Sure, property values may come down (particularly in the exurbs) and taxes may go up but life in the suburbs is very sustainable at the current housing monthly payment homeowners pay. However, the composition of that monthly payment may be a higher portion of taxes and lower portion of principal+interest.
As technology makes roads/transpo less important and education more important, the burbs will hold their own perfectly well.
The thing is that improvements in technology seem to have made location (and therefore transportation) even more important, not less important.
As for education, are you talking about attainment, or about an area's provision of the service? If it's the former, then DC and other core cities are already doing very well. If it's the latter, there's nothing inherently 'good' about suburban schools. They are good largely as a byproduct of their inputs - i.e. middle class families. As the economic character of an area shifts, so too does the school performance.
Myron Orfield's Metropolitics books discuss this in great detail, and how the insularity of exclusionairy zoning and a lack of dense, mixed use development will eventually backfire on those communities. As their economic character shifts and the tax base declines, their costs will rise and they'll have no large commercial/mixed use sector to draw upon.
Careful, are you promising us jetpacks?
Anyway, I think the diagnosis isn't that folks won't be able to keep up with their mortgage payments, but rather a creeping artereosclerosis. There will be concentrated urban nodes, housing that's accessible to those nodes, and one big traffic jam in between.
@alex - what jurisdictions in greater DC would you consider insular? All tend to be diverse in multiple ways. Almost all incorporate a mix of housing styles - some with better planning, some with worse. Some like Loudoun are still betting on SFH growth (LC has the vacant land to pursue that for decades) while others like FFX and MoCo are going long on dense centers. Even LC is hedging its bets.
I hope Oboe prospers - but if he does it will be for having gone long on DC, not going short on the suburbs, all of which have strategies for dealing with the future.
BTW, if Oboe means that the BRAC fiasco is suburban collapse, I would remind him that its in Alexandria, not only technically a city, but one with an urban core that predates the district of columbia. You might as well crow about problems in a more auto dependent part of DC. Oh, and of course Alex is not collapsing by a long shot - but the armys action is still irresponsible.
PWC probably hopes to benefit from the Ft Belvoir moves for some time. And for VRE improvement (and telework) to make longer commutes more viable.
PG is probably the only major suburban jurisdiction in the DC area really facing a death spiral anytime soon.
And the fact that they show the ped route from the stops by the SEC going all the way to the front door of Union Station just totally galls me. God forbid they put an entrance on the eastern side of that enormous structure. Those of us who have to take Metro or a train will obviously schlep where-ever, but we cannot be inconveniencing the restaurant crowd.
Gosh, the way that place is run ticks me off.
BTW, if Oboe means that the BRAC fiasco is suburban collapse, I would remind him that its in Alexandria, not only technically a city, but one with an urban core that predates the district of columbia.
Sure, this is technically in Alexandria, but it's almost as far from the urban core of Alexandria as it is from Tyson's. On the map, it looks like it's basically Bailey's Crossroads south. This is a fiasco, but it's an inevitable one, as places like Tyson's and Rockville struggle mightily to reconfigure themselves along more urban lines, there will always be some short-sighted corporate or governmental decision-maker who'll decide to relocate to one of these dead-zones that lie between urban nodes. The cost savings will be very attractive.
As far as telework coming to rescue us all, I think that's overblown. There are very good reasons why managers are loathe to permit wholesale teleworking. That may or may not continue, but it's by no means a sure thing that we'll all be "phoning it in" by 2021.
Why is the crest of the bridge so bad ? Thousands of bus stops around the world are similar "no culture or supervision up there" but people survive with them so they can with this.
The bridge location gives better access to people west of Union Station access plain and simple.
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Kissing Her Girlfriend Got Caitlin Breedlove Kicked Out Of This North Carolina Shopping Center
We already know that kissing can get gays kicked out of a Baltimore Ravens game, but what does it take to get booted from a North Carolina shopping center? Holding hands.
Caitlin Breedlove, who happens to be co-director of the minority activist group Southerners on New Ground, says she and her girlfriend were told to leave Raleigh's Cameron Village by a security guard (and the guard's supervisor) after they finished eating lunch and sat down on a nearby bench, where they shared a peck on the cheek. "And at that point," says Breedlove, "we asked, 'Would that be the same if it was a man or a woman?' Because we see a lot of men and women walking around, holding hands being affectionate and she said, 'No. It's because you're same sex, and it's not appropriate.'" [ABC 11]
UPDATE: Officials from York Properties, which manages the shopping center, met with the couple Saturday and announced it suspended-slash-reassigned the security guard who asked them to leave, while the guard's supervisor and other staffers will receive additional sensitivity training. Dan Palatucci, who manages the Flying Biscuit restaurant where the couple ate before being approached by the guard, says he notified Cameron Village brass about the incident. In a statement, the company's president George York says, "We apologized that the women were offended, and we affirmed that Cameron Village and York Properties, Inc. have no tolerance for discrimination of any kind and believe all people deserve the right to be treated fairly in their work, homes and daily lives." (York Properties does claim the couple volunteered to leave, countering the claim the security officer told them to go.) Not that the apology means Breedlove is withdrawing plans for a Sunday demonstration across the street.
I wish I lived in the area.. this calls for (at the very least) a Kiss-in
Don't jump to conclusions yet. The restaurant where they ate supports the couple. It was the security arm of York Properties – a group of well-known unprofessional security guards – who enforced this action. And it may have been personal enforcement or York enforcement, not Cameron Village tenant enforcement.
For those of us who live here and know these businesses, we know that most of the businesses would NOT support such a crazy policy. Focus on York – they are the weakest link here.
I read the words "North Carolina" and I already know what's coming.
North Carolina. We never fail to fail.™
Time for a Kiss-In!
Hey bastard, what discrimination-free place are you from? I grew up in Raleigh and happen to love the vast majority of the good people in NC — you know, the kind of people who actually respond to a "good morning" or at least acknowledge your existence. Can't say that I've found that sort of basic human decency in most other places in this country.
Bullsh1t, on the other hand, happens everywhere.
On my numerous visits to North Carolina I have always found it to be a friendly place. My best compliment (from a hillbilly I was camping near) was "you don't seem like an academic".
The owner of the center has apologized and suspended the guard. Also ordered sensitivity training for the staff. RaleighDurham Chapel Hill is quite liberal. The latter has a gay mayor. Duke,UNC and the Research Triangle Park give the whole area a progressive vibe.
I live in the area and frequent Cameron Village — I'm shocked to see that this happened. It's a fairly liberal area, seeing as how it isn't exactly the South (we still have sweet tea and say ya'll, but that's about as far as it goes).
I'm relieved to hear, though, that it was the security company and NOT Cameron Village itself. Let's see what a few angry phone calls can do.
man, she's hot….too bad shes plays for the other team.
@the kid: I knew it. I saw her and thought "If any of my straight friends saw her kissing another chick they'd probably stare at her obnoxiously and get a hard-on."
I guess it's already been mentioned but we shouldn't have a knee-jerk reaction to the fact that this happened in the South. There are bigots everywhere.
@Mike: Screw you. Those same "good people" who say Hi – good morning – and are oh so Christianly to your face – vote for bigots, rascists and homophobes. I would much rather have them hate me to my face thank you very much. Nothing worse than Back stabbers.
The security guard is the only person in this story who did nothing wrong. This is not welcome in North Carolina or this country.
CMartel2 — just what country did you think you are in?
Flying Biscuit is actually a very very gay friendly restaurant chain. When I lived in Atlanta I ate there for brunch every Sunday. A lot of the staff was gay, as well as a lot of the patrons… especially in the midtown location. Don't know anything about the North Carolina location… but I'm glad that they apologized, even though they weren't the ones who kicked the couple out.
Let's see… two women kiss in a shopping center in Raleigh and are absurdly asked to leave. The result… the security officer is immediate suspended.
A few months ago, a trans women comes to the Ball State Hospital ER in Indiana coughing up blood, is ridiculed by several staff members and not given treatment. The result… no staff members are suspended.
What's wrong with this equation?
Let's see… two women kiss in a shopping center in Raleigh and are absurdly asked to leave. The result… the security officer is immediate suspended.
A few months ago, a trans woman comes to the Ball State Hospital ER in Indiana coughing up blood, is ridiculed by several staff members and not given treatment. The result… no staff members are suspended.
What's wrong with this equation?
@Kent Peterson: Yeah and NC voted for Obama in '08, and typically votes for Democratic leadership on the state level. And sure, there are plenty of folks there with an attitude problem just like anywhere else. But since when have the Democrats done anything substantial, anyways? (And yes, I still bother to vote Dem in NC, albeit unenthusiastically)
The thing that you and crustybastard don't seem to understand is that homophobia happens everywhere — big liberal cities like NYC (crazy violent gay bashing anyone?), rural Wyoming, etc etc. My boyfriend and I were assaulted while holding hands not too far from the mini gay mecca in DC.
Small minded people tend to lump everyone into groups, and judge them en masse.
For example, some (not all — notice how I'm not making a generalization) nice happy liberal people from up north find any opportunity they can to denigrate the entire south and all southerners as backwards, dumb, etc, and try to make it seem like they themselves have never so much as countenanced a wayward thought.
Give me a break. "All North Carolinians are failures" is the same thing as an ignorant person saying that 'all gays are perverts,' and I'm actually feeling dumber having had to point that out.


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In 1895, Daniel David Palmer, a magnetic healer, announced that "95 percent of diseases are caused by displaced vertebrae; the remainder by luxations of other joints." He opened the first chiropractic school in Davenport, Iowa—the Palmer Infirmary, which offered a three-week course of instruction.
In 1906, D.D. Palmer's son, Bartlett Joshua Palmer, a 1902 graduate of the Palmer Infirmary, took over his father's school. In 1924, claiming that "subluxation" of any vertebra would cause disease by compressing nerves in the intervertebral foramina, B.J. Palmer introduced the "Neurocalometer," a thermocouple device guaranteed to locate nerve-pinching vertebral subluxations. Chiropractors were told that if they did not use this "infallible" device to measure heat differentials on the skin over the spine, they could not competently locate and adjust a subluxation. But the Neurocalometer was not for sale. Chiropractors were forced to lease the instrument and then pay a monthly rent.
In the early 1930s, after nearly three decades of teaching that subluxations anywhere in the spine can cause disease, B.J. Palmer announced that he had found the one and only cause of disease: subluxation of the atlas. Palmer concluded that subluxation of a spinal vertebra below the axis was not possiblebecause vertebrae below that level were bound together by intervertebral discs and interlocking joints. Students at the Palmer School of Chiropractic were not permitted to adjust the spine below the axis until 1949 when full-spine techniques were once again included in the course of instruction.
B.J. Palmer's "hole-in-one" (HIO) technique for adjusting the atlas and the axis remained popular among certain factions of the chiropractic profession. According to the 2005 edition of Job Analysis of Chiropractic, published by the National Board of Chiropractic Examines, 25.7% of practicing chiropractors include the "Palmer upper cervical/HIO" technique in their adjustive procedures. (more…)
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Author: James F. Smith, Former Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
CAMBRIDGE, MA. - Eric Rosenbach, a veteran Army intelligence officer who served as executive director for research in the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs from 2007 to 2010, has been appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the appointment on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Washington.
Rosenbach left the Kennedy School in 2010 to become managing director of the Markle Foundation, handling national security issues, and moved earlier this year to a senior role at Good Harbor Consulting, a leading consulting firm on cyber-security and related issues. He remained a faculty affiliate at the Belfer Center and an adjunct lecturer at the school, teaching a course on counterterrorism policy and national security law.
Belfer Center director Graham Allison said, During his time at the Center, Erics analytic skills earned the respect of serious people. He managed to earn a faculty appointment after only a year. He taught a course on cyber-security policy that received one of the highest ratings in the international concentration. Last year he designed an impressive and innovative policy analysis class that hammered home to students the importance of analytic tools and frameworks.
That said, Allison added, I think Erics strongest point is his ability to make things run. Harvard might be one of the only bureaucracies in the world that rivals that of the Pentagon. In this environment, Eric excelled -- and with flair.
Good Harbor Consulting is led by Richard A. Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism adviser who also teaches at the Kennedy School and is a Belfer Center faculty affiliate.
Clarke said of Rosenbach: Eric is a tremendous leader who brings extensive cyber-security policy and technical experience to his new job as DASD for Cyber Policy. At a time when our countrys cyber-security challenges demand great leadership, Eric will be a major asset to DoD and the national security community.
Rosenbach brings to his Pentagon role deep expertise developed during a distinguished career of government and military service involving high-level intelligence and security. He served on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and previously was an active-duty military intelligence officer supporting post-war conflict operations in the Balkans, for which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
He holds a juris doctor from Georgetown and earned a masters in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2004. As a Fulbright Scholar he conducted post-graduate research on privatization programs.
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17th Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival .. A Report from Tickets Winner Nicki Mathis
May 17, 2012. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: JazzSet, kennedy center, Women In Jazz
Nicki Mathis, a performer and presenter in Hartford, CT, won free tickets to all three nights of the Mary Lou Williams Festival at the Kennedy Center, May 10-12. The Kennedy Center is 350 miles from Hartford, but if Nick even considered not making the trip, she never let on. She and I sat in row H along with Mary Lou Williams's two sisters and other family members. Like royalty.
Here is Nicki's report:
To be able to attend the Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival would not have happened for me without WBGO's JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater sweepstakes tickets incentive! Thank you for making me feel welcome.
Highlights for me were seeing so many of the jazz ladies -- Linda Oh and gentleman Rudy Royston, Allison Miller, phenomenal Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller, Mimi Jones I know and enjoy. Carmen Lundy I have met. I picked up her CD. So much enjoyed meeting and hearing Dee Dee Bridgewater perform live again since The Wiz (Dee Dee won a Tony Award for her Wiz role in the 1970s -- BP). Always enjoy Ingrid Jensen. Good to finally see/hear Diane Monroe/Carla Cook. The biggest thrill was Candido, obviously touched by the creator.
Overall, I missed hearing traditional jazz and seeing more jazzwomen bandmembers.
Candido was the musical guest of Jane Bunnett, the Canadian flute/saxophonist, and pianist Hilario Duran from Cuba. Candido recently celebrated his 92nd birthday. He worked with both Billy Taylor (founder of this Fest) and Mary Lou Williams. There is nothing like his tuneful, percussive, hands-on-skins conga sound. We will have more pictures.
JazzSet: The Keys to New Orleans
November 12, 2008. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: allen toussaint, coal mine, compositions, duke, extended versions, familiar song, great spirit, hand piano, henry butler, JazzSet, jon cleary, kennedy center, left hand, Listening Post, mardi gras, mark schramm, markos, pianists, rich baritone, storytelling, tunes, warm relationship
JazzSet recorded the "Keys to New Orleans" concert, featuring pianists Jon Cleary, Henry Butler and Allen Toussaint, at the Kennedy Center on November 9. Mark Schramm was our onsite producer, Duke Markos at the recording console. Mark says the music was FANTASTIC, and more.
"Jon Cleary got us off to great start with his fast-moving set of short tunes, a mix of originals and Bayou classics. He plays and sings with great spirit. Infectious!"
"Henry Butler! Man, what an INCREDIBLE talent. He PLAYS the piano, the whole instrument -- what a left hand! He did a couple of his own tunes, and then (touchingly) one of Allen's compositions, 'Workin' in the Coal Mine.' Allen was and is an inspiration for Henry. They have a warm relationship on and off the stand. Henry sings in a deep, rich baritone."
Listen to Henry Butler play "Workin' in the Coal Mine."
"And then there was Allen. What can you say? The man is a legend for a reason. He opened both sets with two of his tunes, 'We are America' and 'Yes We Can,' which seemed appropriate given the setting and timing of this concert. Henry joined Allen for a little four-hand piano on Allen's tune 'Mr. Mardi Gras,' and Allen gave out some mardi gras presents to the audience while Henry played solo. Allen finished both his sets with extended versions of 'Southern Night' -- he painted a lovely picture of growing up in New Orleans, the people, the houses, the streets -- wonderful storytelling, and then the familiar song itself to finish up."
Catch the full set on JazzSet in early 2009! In Surround Sound.
An Interview With Anat Cohen
October 21, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: anat cohen, instrumental leader, Interviews, Jazz Alive, kennedy center, Listening Post, photo, quartet, rundown, village vanguard, wbgo
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You'll be hearing a lot about Anat Cohen on WBGO this week. Last year, she debuted at the Village Vanguard, the first female instrumental leader to do so. This week, her quartet takes the stage at the Vanguard to celebrate her recent release, Notes From the Village. We'll take you there. Later this week, you can also hear Anat Cohen's recent performance from the Kennedy Center on JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. We hope you get a chance to discover an exciting new voice in music.
So while you're waiting for all this excitement, listen to this recent conversation with Anat Cohen. You can also listen to what's on her iPod, arranged by entropy.
Dr. Billy Taylor's Online Video Archive
March 6, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: 1950s, billy taylor, broadcaster, cbs sunday morning, correspondent, duke ellington, gems, good doctor, half a century, Interviews, Jazz Education, jazz message, jazz musicians, kennedy center, Masters, npr programs, param name, platforms, radio program, seven years, Video, web presence, willie the lion smith, www youtube
Dr. Billy Taylor, at 86, is still a great broadcaster. The good doctor has been spreading the jazz message on multiple broadcast platforms for more than half a century. In the 1950s, he was one of the first jazz musicians to have a daily radio program. He also hosted a weekly television show, The Subject is Jazz. He was the jazz correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning. He hosted two NPR programs, Jazz Alive and Jazz at the Kennedy Center. He founded Jazzmobile. And he's had a web presence for the last seven years. Dr. Billy Taylor's website now includes many classic videos culled from an extraordinary life in jazz. Here's one of the many gems you'll discover - a performance with Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington and Willie "The Lion" Smith:
While you're here, dig this interview with Dr. Taylor and WBGO's Gary Walker.


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Purpose of review: Advances have been made in the treatment of primary optic nerve tumours. With a focus on the last few years' publications, recommendations for clinical management are being developed.
Recent findings: In low-grade optic nerve glioma, two divergent developments are observed: an increasing reluctance in treating such tumours because of reports about treatment toxicity (secondary tumours, moyamoya syndrome) and a steady and marked improvement both in radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Many reports on beneficial effects of radiotherapy on optic nerve meningioma have been published. Radiotherapy does not only preserve but in many cases even improves or restores visual function and has, therefore, become the therapy of choice in this tumour.
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The BU men's basketball team will play in front of the home fans for the first time on Saturday against Susquehanna University.
The team had a closed scrimmage on Sunday against St. Francis (Pa.), but Saturday will be the first time the lights go on and the crowd comes into the Events Center. For several players it will be there debut with the Bearcats. For junior guard Rayner Moquete, a native of the Dominican Republic who went to high school in New York City, it will the first college game – junior college or otherwise – in more than a year.
"I tried my best last year to stay in shape, and since I came here I've been working really hard at my conditioning, trying to be the best I can be," Moquete said last week. "Coach (Tommy) Dempsey is really pushing me. He's making me do a lot of extra work outside of practices, going to the track, going to the weight room, so I've just been pretty much doing my best to get ready for the season."
Moquete, who is 6-foot-1 in 185 pounds, played his first two seasons at Fordham University and competed for playing time in the Atlantic-10 Conference. He played in 18 games (averaged 14.3 minutes, 2.2 points, and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 38 percent on 3-pointers) as a freshman, and he started three games. He also played in 23 games as a sophomore (averaged 9.1 minutes, 2.1 points, and 1.3 rebounds per game) and started twice.
Last season, he had to sit out according to NCAA transfer rules. While he did take classes at a junior college, he did not play for a team.
"I guess we won't see how good of shape I'm in until that first game," Moquete said. "As of right now, I think I'm doing well."
Despite having to knock off the rust from a year away from the court, Moquete showed enough early in the preseason for Dempsey to name his a co-captain along with senior guard and last year's team MVP Jimmy Gray.
"He's played in college before, obviously, at Fordham," Dempsey said of his decision. "He had a nice roll as a backup point guard at Fordham. He's been through the wars, all though they weren't here. He brings a level of consistency every single day. His approach to academics, his social approach, and his approach every day in here (practice), he stands for a lot of the things we're looking for as we move this program forward."
The plan at least at the start of the season is for both Moquete and Gray to start side-by-side in the backcourt. Gray played exclusively at the point guard position last season, but Moquete will allow him to bump over to the shooting guard spot.
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Franklin Frazier Adkins Sr., 78, of Sandyville passed away July 22, 2013, at St. Marys Hospital in Huntington following a long illness.
He was born in Boone County on Dec. 28, 1934, son of the late Franklin F. and Myrtle Barker Adkins. He graduated from Sherman High School where he played Baseball and Basketball. He retired from Kaiser Aluminum and Century Aluminum with 40 years of service and loved farming. Frank was also instrumental in the formation of Ripley Little League baseball in the early 1970s.
He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret Adkins; brother Gerald Adkins and sisters Teresa Lanham and Gwendolyn Vasello.
He is survived by his son Frank Adkins Jr. of Sandyville; daughter Connie Welling of Atlanta; sister Alice Alford of Poca; grandchildren Jennifer Goode, Zachary Adkins, Kristina Longfellow, Monica Carson and D.W. Welling and great grandchildren Cade and Jace Goode, Emily Goode, Mason and Braxton Adkins, Haley and Noah Carson, Makynzee and Madisyn Longfellow and Ashtun, Dale and Caitlin Welling.
Funeral service will be Saturday, July 27, at 1 p.m. at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley with Pastor Jeff Keffer officiating. Burial will be in the Independence Cemetery, Sandyville. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service on Saturday.
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Yes over all we did have a nice cruise. We were a group of 8. Ages 45 to 75.
Getting on the ship went great. Our room attendants did a very good job. The room itself was fine. The problem with the room was storage of suitcases that have fit under beds before would not fit now. The lack of shelving for short people. We now remembering having this problems with the other ships in this class of ships.
Food overall was not bad. The best food was at lunch. The East Indian food was very good. The main dining room was nice. I love the escargot and the salmon that you can get every night. The food overall was just not great.
Now the jeans and t-shirts in the dining room at dinner. I feel it is disrespectful to everyone in the dining including the staff. Is it that hard to put a polo shirt with a collar on. Wearing a plain white t-shirt or the black one with Def Leppard on it just does not cut it for me. This was a man about 50. I was told by the maitre d' that they More paid for their cruise. The maitre d' informed the man about the dress code, but the maitre d' can not turn him away. I really don't have a problem with jeans and t-shirts if the rules were changed. The events for the elite level were very nice. They all did a great job.
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Use of synchrophasor data from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is considered to be a promising tool to monitor modern electric power systems. However, only a limited number of professionals, researchers, and students have the knowledge and expertise to understand and analyze the high-speed, time-synchronized data that will be generated by the deployment of synchrophasors.
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By now, you've probably heard of the growing focus that many people have on preparing for a disaster. It's certainly a good idea for all families to have a basic plan to survive an emergency. Generally, this means ensuring that you have enough food and water for each family member for 72 hours.
Preppers, however, take their focus on preparing for a disaster more seriously than most. This National Geographic Channel documentary, called Doomsday Preppers, focuses on four families who are preparing for the complete breakdown of society. They are making certain that if the worst were to happen, they and their family members will be able to survive. You can also check out an introduction on youtube.
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