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Just three more days of the Olympics, which means just three more days for everyone to complain about NBC — at least until 2012 in London.
Today I'm here to join the chorus.
Sure, I've defended NBC's right to "ruin" (as some people say) the Olympics with its delayed coverage of sports no one cares about for 3 years and 50 weeks of every quadrennium.
And I understand NBC trying to recoup (at least some of) its enormous rights fees with a barrage of commercials (the events are taped anyway; wait another few minutes and use your DVR to speed through the ads).
I didn't even have a problem with the decision to put last week's U.S.-Canada hockey game on MSNBC instead of NBC (although how Cox Cable doesn't carry MSNBC in HD is beyond me; even Time Warner has it.).
This isn't about any of that. This is about what should have been an easy decision for NBC, although maybe that's the problem — given its late-night foibles and many prime-time flops, maybe there's no such thing for NBC.
Here's all you need to know about NBC choosing to delay Wednesday's U.S.-Switzerland hockey quarterfinal by three hours in the Pacific Time Zone and by one hour in the Mountain Time Zone: About 30 minutes after the game ended, NBC already had sent out a press release announcing that today's semifinal game would be live at noon in all time zones.
In other words, NBC was saying: We messed up, and we're not going to do it again.
And if that's not enough evidence, how about this? NBC officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment on their decisions this week, surely because even the network knows there's no defense for what it did — or what it might still do.
That's right; we might not be done with this yet. The schedule calls for NBC to delay Sunday's gold-medal hockey game by three hours here, from 12:15 p.m. to 3:15. Even though NBC wouldn't say so yesterday, it's hardly a stretch to assume that if the Americans defeat Finland today, the schedule will change and everyone will see the game live.
But what if the Americans lose today? Will the gold-medal game be on tape?
I wouldn't rule it out — especially if Canada doesn't beat Slovakia in tonight's other semifinal (live at 6:30 on CNBC).
(UPDATE: With the U.S. leading Finland 6-0 in the first period of Friday's semifinal, NBC already announced Sunday's game would be live at 12:15 p.m. PST.)
Whether the U.S. is in the game shouldn't matter. Look, it's one thing to show biathlon and cross country and skiing and figure skating on tape, something entirely different to show hockey, a sport its audience (however limited) always watches live.
Just like it's one thing to delay coverage of prime-time events to a more convenient time for everyone, something entirely different to delay a weekend afternoon telecast.
It's true more people are watching TV from noon to 6 p.m. on a Sunday than from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (I'm assuming that's NBC's rationale here; again, the network wouldn't comment.) But if that was the only determining factor, then why wouldn't NBC delay all its sporting events (golf, hockey, Notre Dame) for three hours?
Because it would be stupid. And so is this.
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•The Closing Ceremonies will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday — on tape, of course. Then it's 879 days until the Opening Ceremonies in London on July 27, 2012. That's the last Olympics for which NBC holds the rights. ESPN is expected to make a big push for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
•If ESPN wins the rights, there sure won't be any issue with tape delays. John Skipper, ESPN executive VP of content, told The New York Times this week: "I don't think nonlive is sports fan-friendly. … It's hard for me to imagine, in our culture, not showing events live."
•Mike Milbury should be glad he doesn't work for ESPN, a la Tony Kornheiser. After Canada clobbered Russia in Wednesday's hockey quarterfinal, Milbury said:
"I was shocked that it was this one-sided, and I was really disappointed that these guys came with their Euro-trash game. There was just no heart, no guts, no nothing there to back it up."
Flipping channels
•Just when you thought you didn't have anything to do for the next few days … NFL Network is here with live coverage of all the NFL Scouting Combine workouts at 8 a.m. tomorrow through Tuesday.
•MLB Network will carry 78 spring training games (45 live), starting with Braves-Mets at 10 a.m. Tuesday. All the games will be simulcasts of local telecasts. MLB Net also will visit one training camp a day for 30 straight days starting with the Tigers at 2 p.m. Wednesday and ending with the Padres at 4 p.m. April 1.
•TBS announced its Sunday schedule for the first two months of the season and it's like someone at ESPN made out the slate — no games involving a team west of Minneapolis,
•CBS College Sports is now available in standard and high definition on AT&T U-Verse.
•Darren Smith, who hosts the best show on XX Sports Radio (and I don't mean to damn him with faint praise), has a new two-year deal. He'll celebrate next week by broadcasting from Padres spring training, starting at noon Monday.


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Ever since Frank McCourt and Dave Pelzer first strummed the heartstrings with their tales of family hardship and abuse, the memoir has been big business. And it's not just about misery, as a new batch make clear. In The Hare with Amber Eyes, the potter Edmund de Waal follows a "hidden inheritance" of small japanese ornaments from the glittering salons of turn-of-the-century Paris to a maid's mattress in Nazi Germany. He describes his journey and shows off some of the netsuke in his London studio.
The novelist Maggie Gee explains why she turned away from fiction for her latest book, the memoir My Animal Life. And the Jewish writer Adina Hoffman, in London to receive a prize for her biography of a little-known Palestinan poet, explains why Taha Muhammad Ali's story is so important, and how she had to put herself in the frame in order to lead her readers into the contested territory of the Middle East.
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My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness by Adina Hoffman (Yale)
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im having a lot of trouble in genetics can someone please explain in detail how to solve this problem.
In humans, brown eye color is dominant to blue eye color. two heterozygous individuals marry and have five children.
a.) What is the probability that all of the children will have blue eyes? i think the answer is 1/32
b.) what is the probability that four of the five will have brown eyes and the other one will have blue eyes? I think the answer is 5(3/4)^4(1/4)^1
c.)What is the probability that the 1st child will have blue , the 2nd will have blue, the 3rd will have brown, the 4th will have blue and the 5th will have brown eyes?
d.)What is the probability that the couple will have 1st a blue eyed boy and 2nd a brown eyed boy?
Im not sure how to solve this I tried with A and B. Please help thank you for your time.
you obviously know, that the probability, that one child will have blue eyes is 1/4
1) it is (1/4)^5, what should be less than 1/32 I think
2) why do you have there 5?
3) I think that the order should not matter
4) I would guess (1/2*1/4)*(1/2*3/4), rigth?
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Hi all. This is a bit of a difficult/uncomfortable post to make, so I'm going to try to plow through it with as much grace as I can muster.
In short, for NaNoWriMo I wrote a science fiction novel that was partially inspired by aspects of different South Asian cultures. I am not South Asian. Because it was NaNoWriMo, I didn't do a huge amount of research. You can already see where this is spiraling horribly downhill.
In short, my novel takes place on a sort of future earth where society is relatively technology-free. The main character is a handler of an elephant-like creature, so basically a mahout, though I don't use that word. The society is a caste system, though again I've made up my own words for castes. There's a practice that is based on phajaan, and a practice based on the devadasi. Female infanticide is mentioned. There was a point where I gave up making up names and referred to articles of clothing by "kameez" or "churidar."
So basically, I want to improve all this, and I'm not sure how. I think the story itself is solid enough for revision, but I don't want to seem as if I am lampshading, appropriating, or even bashing South Asian cultures. Again, this story is a science fiction novel that does not take place in a "real" setting. All the things I mentioned above (aside from the names for the clothing) end up being integral in one way or another to the plot. I'm not sure if that means the plot is basically unforgivable in and of itself... It would be nice if I could get someone to glance over the novel with their appropriation-lenses on, and tell me where they think the main issues lie, but of course I feel that I should be able to do that myself. I'm just not sure where to start.
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Hmm, I may have to take back all the berating I've done (you can search for it yourself) here of Paul Thurrott. He's turning out to have some clues. In Fixing a critical mistake: HP finally cancels iPod deal with Apple (read the Yahoo news story here) he gives his backgrounder to why he claimed that HP's version of the iPod would support Windows Media Audio (WMA format). Basically, HP's engineers were sure it would, but Carly Fiorina was such a dreadful negotiator, at least in comparison with Steve Jobs, that she sold the farm for a mess of pottage. Or whatever the phrase is.
I spoke to HP representatives at CES, who told me and another representative of Connected Home Media that HP planned to add WMA compatibility to the iPod. My report about that development was met with doubts [more like hoots of derision – CA] from the Mac community, and of course the planned WMA compatibility never happened. That's because Steve Jobs had engineered a deal that precluded HP from adding back the WMA compatibilty, a fact that was then-unknown to the HP engineers who would be working to integrate the portable media player with HP's other products.
How bad was the deal? According to the AP, part of the agreement states that HP can't sell a competing MP3 player until August 2006. It was virtually impossible for HP to make any money on iPod sales, because of the deal structure that Fiorina agreed to. And HP was (and still is) responsible for honoring the warranties of those iPods it sold … even though it never made any money on them. The net result is that HP will lose money on the iPod deal.
Ah, Carly Fiorina, super-saleswoman.. didn't she buy Compaq for zillions, thus almost strangling HP's PC business? And miss out on the purchase of a services company that might have helped HP (though given her record, probably wouldn't have)?
The interesting point that's not made, but which really needs to be considered, is that the Windows Media Center strategy (which HP embraced-ish) and the iPod's success are in opposition to each other. iTunes doesn't integrate with the Media Center concept (or software), though you can run it on a MC PC.
Here's the point. If more people own iPods than own Media Centers, does that mean that Media Centers will never gain the traction they need? Or will people buy Media Centers regardless and then install iTunes and then get annoyed about the lack of integration, and if so who will they blame? Somehow if the iPod side of things works, I think people will not blame Apple. Not saying if that's the "right" or "wrong" attitude; just trying to follow how people will think.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA and NEW YORK, NY – July 13, 2010 - Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with T-Mobile USA, Inc., the official mobile partner of the Rock Band Network, today announced that Brooklyn-based Plushgun are the Rock Band Network's July "T-Mobile Artist-of-the-Month".
"This unique artist blends indie rock with synth beats to expand the Rock Band repertoire," said Cheryl Gehbauer, Senior Director of Music for MTV Games. "Plushgun are gaining well-deserved attention in the music community, and we're proud to include them as the July T-Mobile Artist-of-the-Month."
As the July "T-Mobile Artist-of-the-Month," Plushgun will be featured for one month in promotions throughout the Rock Band Network Music Store and on the official game website, http://www.RockBand.com, including the new RBN content hub at http://t-mobile.rockband.com, which is fast becoming a rich source of information about Rock Band Network, including Inside RBN, a source for consumers to discover new music, and Creators Club, a source for artist/authors/labels to find out more about the RBN authoring process.
Plushgun, on Tommy Boy Entertainment, is the brainchild of Daniel Ingala and grew out of the cramped confines of his overpriced and undersized bedroom in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. After creating the song "Just Impolite" and posting it to his MySpace page, the project quickly took off with songs featured in the web-TV series "We Need Girlfriends" and rising to No. 1 in the Alternative Rock Channel on Ourstage.com. When he was ready to start playing live shows, Ingala recruited his friends Taylor Armstrong and Matt Bogdanow.
Plushgun released a self-titled EP in August 2008, followed by a November EP of remixes by Andrew WK, Jesse Novak (M.I.A., Santogold) and Justin Strauss (Depeche Mode, Marc Almond, Carl Cox). A Don Diablo remix was released in early 2009. Their debut full-length Pins & Panzers was released February 2009, and "How We Roll," from that album, is available for download in the Rock Band Network Music Store. The band is currently in the studio with Yaysayer producer Brit Myers recording their next full-length, scheduled for release in February 2011.
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Sterling Bank chairman and CEO Ken Poteet realized one of his dreams the day his bank was chartered in Poplar Bluff, Mo. It was Oct. 19, 2004. "We had the opportunity of using our own model and culture," Poteet says. "We had the ability to create something that very few people have been able to successfully do, and we were inspired to do it with our own footprint."
After receiving his undergraduate degree from Missouri State University and graduate degree from Southern Methodist University, Poteet began his banking career in 1986. An "inspired" reader, he notes that one of his favorite books is If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat by John Orgberg. "It's always the first step that's the hardest," Poteet says. "When Sterling Bank was created, I knew it was time to take that first step."
According to Poteet, the bank became a profitable entity three months after opening, and by May 2007, it had reached $100 million in assets. Sterling Bank is currently one of the top five banks out of 320 in the state of Missouri and one of the top 100 banks in the nation. "We've had increased earnings every year," he says. "It's about surrounding ourselves with people who really are the best at what they do."
And that standard of quality also is present in Sterling Bank's facilities. "The first facility that we built (in Poplar Bluff) was recognized as one of the top six architectural designs in the country for a community bank by Independent Banker magazine," Poteet says. "And here in Clayton, our building emulates that same retro look." In fact, every Sterling facility has a plaza with a fountain, a clock tower and a dome. "They each have that old but new brick feel, as well. You won't see another building like it in Clayton."
Poteet attributes Sterling Bank's success to its staying true to its culture and business model. "We strive on building solid relationships and take pride in the personal service and commitment that we provide to our customers," he explains, adding the company continues to grow by building solid relationships one at a time. "We are here to make an impact—we have the business model, culture and financial success to keep making that contribution to the community."
Beginning on April 19, on the third Thursday of the month, the bank will offer a series of free community business after-hour events called Sterling Sounds of Spring on the Sterling Bank Plaza in Clayton. Continuing through October, each event will feature a different band, with Arvell & Company kicking off the series. "The goal is to provide an outlet and a nice, relaxing venue for patrons of Clayton, as well as to give back to a community that has been very good to us," Poteet says. "The series is open to public, and the bands will range in types of music from jazz, Motown and blues to contemporary. So, you can plan on a variety of good music—and a great time!"


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Drinking Alcohol Increases Risk
The results of a study confirm earlier findings: drinking alcoholic beverages can increase breast cancer risk. This large study (more than 70,000 women followed for 20 or more years) also addressed some specific questions about the role of alcohol in breast cancer risk:
- How much alcohol is too much? This study found that risk was higher in women who drank more than 1 alcoholic beverage per day, compared to women who drank less than 1 alcoholic beverage per day.
- Does risk increase as a woman drinks more alcohol? In this research, the answer was yes. Women who drank between 1 and 2 alcoholic beverages per day had a 10% greater risk of breast cancer compared to women who drank less than 1 alcoholic beverage per day. Women who drank more than 3 alcoholic beverages per day had a 30% increase in risk.
- Does the type of alcoholic beverage matter? According to this research, it did not.
Researchers are still trying to understand exactly HOW alcohol affects breast cancer risk. If you're interested in doing all you can to lower your risk of breast cancer or breast cancer recurrence, limiting your alcohol consumption makes good sense. If you do enjoy alcoholic beverages and plan to continue using them, try to have fewer than 5 alcoholic drinks a week.
To learn more about the steps you can take to lower your risk, visit the breastcancer.org Lower Your Risk section.


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The survey is India's largest annual study of workplace excellence and is based on confidential employee feedback and an audit of management processes by the Great Place to Work Institute, FedEx said in a release.
FedEx Express was ranked 19th among more than 500 companies that participated in the survey by the Great Place to Work Institute in India, it added.
Stating that FedEx Express also ranked second amongst India's best companies to work for in the transportation industry, the release said the company was acknowledged in two further special categories: Best Companies for Rewards & Recognition, Best Companies for Engaging the Frontline Staff.
Additionally, FedEx has been added to the Great Place to Work 'Hall of Fame' for consistently being ranked as a great place to work in India, the release noted.


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.- South Korea's leading stem-cell researcher, Hwang Woo-suk, has agreed to meet with the country's top Catholic leader, after the Church in Korea publicly condemned his research, calling it "life-taking."
Hwang said Sunday that he was willing to discuss the controversy surrounding his research with Catholic leaders. "If necessary, I will meet them in person and learn from them," Hwang was quoted as saying by the Yonhap News Agency.
The Diocese of Seoul responded that same day with a press release, indicating that Fr. Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk would meet Hwang "to share his thoughts on the issue," reported the Korea Times.
The scientist, who made international headlines last year by creating the world's first cloned human embryos, is currently in Houston, participating in the Stem Cell Policy and Advocacy Summit. Last month, Hwang announced that his team had produced embryonic stem cells that genetically match injured or sick people.
On Saturday, Cheong issued a statement, which said: "Professor Hwang's work carries serious repercussions, because it hurts life even if it is to find cures for incurable diseases.''
Cheong's statement caused a heated debate on the Internet. The diocese then issued a second statement clarifying that the Church is not against all stem-cell research, but embryonic stem-cell research, which necessitates killing human life at its initial stages.
The diocese proposed adult stem-cell research as a viable alternative.
A recent poll conducted by Korea's Ministry of Science and Technology and the Center for Functional Analysis of Genome indicated that 58 percent of South Koreans favor using human ovum for research. Only 5 percent of South Korea's 48 million citizens profess the Catholic faith.


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If ... and I mean IF the Raptors somehow on earth landed in the Top 3 tonight for the lottery selection, it might just save Bosh from leaving town after all.
Here's Chad Ford analysis regarding the Raptors:
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Pick 1: John Wall (0.6 percent)
Pick 2: Evan Turner (0.7 percent)
Pick 3: Derrick Favors (0.9 percent)
Analysis: Perhaps no team has more riding on this lottery than the Raptors. If they hit a home run and win the lottery, they would have a stronger argument to convince soon-to-be free agent Chris Bosh to stay in Toronto. Bosh wants to see the Raptors transform into a title contender and with Wall in the picture, that suddenly becomes much more plausible.
GM Bryan Colangelo is also a fan of versatile players like Turner. How he'd fit with last year's free-agent pickup Hedo Turkoglu and last year's lottery pick DeMar DeRozan is a bit of a mystery, but I don't think the Raptors would pass on the chance to get him.
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The US Forest Service is reviewing why firefighters initially scaled back efforts on the Station Fire.
The decision comes after a report in the LA Times that detailed the initial response to the fire. The blaze burned 250 square miles on the edge of Los Angeles.
Agency Chief Thomas Tidwell said the review will examine the way the Forest Service worked with other agencies and decisions that were made on how to fight the fire. The blaze destroyed 89 homes and caused the deaths of two firefighters.
Residents have been calling for a federal probe into what they said was a poor initial response to the blaze.
Los Angeles County Chief Deputy John Tripp says firefighters did the best they could without jeopardizing lives. But the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that the Forest Service underestimated the fire's strength and scaled back firefighting efforts the night before flames started raging out of control.


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In my role as an evangelist for Microsoft, I get the unique opportunity to meet and work with some of brightest CTO's, CIO and software architects in the world. It occurred to me recently that we have reached the "tipping point" of Silverlight 3 - the level at which the momentum of something becomes un-stoppable. Every day thousands and thousands of installations are occurring of the Silverlight player while simultaneously we are seeing more and more development organizations take their prototypes to early betas and sneak previews. This is even being seen in the Developer community - with MySpace just releasing an Open Social/Silverlight toolkit that allows developers to unleash the power of Silverlight within the broad and diverse communities of MySpace. Read more about this release here.
We are at the convergence of features needed to make Silverlight 3 a real contender in RIA space and a viral/awaking with the community that I directly work with - which defines the tipping point. Many ISV decision makers are facing tough questions - the equal opportunity recession has made every organization really think hard about where to put its resources.
This frequent topic of conversation comes up frequently when I meet with partners. I'm asked questions such as: "What is the current adoption of Silverlight?" and, "Do enough people already have the player installed" The answer is - many do and more are occurring everyday.
The issue that ISVs must see, is we are now at the turning point for Silverlight. If you want to be the leader in your particular vertical, if you have been thinking about taking your social networking or portal to the next level of engagement – seize the day. Make some time to check out some of the new features of Silverlight 3 and encourage your development team to do the same.
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Britain's shop vacancy rate fell to 12.4 per cent in April, the lowest since December 2009.
Business conditions for the UK's SMEs stabilised over the past quarter as new orders edged higher and optimism rose about the outlook for exports, according to new research.
Manufacturing output was stable over the past quarter, despite orders falling due to weaker demand for exports.
More half of firms are either cutting or freezing employment as business optimism fell to lowest point in four years during the first quarter, according to the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey from ACCA and IMA.
More than four-fifths of employees at SMEs would shop their boss for illegal or unethical practices in the workplace, according to new research.
A slowdown in the services sector has hit output and sunk UK business confidence to its lowest level in more than two years, according to new research.
Government plans to force small firms to submit quarterly digital tax returns will be more burdensome than current arrangements and will increase record keeping and compliance costs, an independent watchdog has said.
SMEs signalled a more bullish outlook in the first quarter of 2016, with almost half expecting sales to increase in the months ahead, according to new research.
Consumer confidence stalled in March amid speculation that "Brexit jitters" could be behind a fall in sentiment over the past year.
England's 24 Enterprise Zones attracted nearly 2,000 jobs in the three months to September - an increase of nine per cent on the previous quarter.
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I am looking to make my mach 5 a little plusher. i am a lightweight at 120lbs and have the boost valve rp23 on my bike. debating getting the rp23 pushed or going with the rs monarch from push. would love some feedback on this. i ride technical xc on the east coast, no drops. not in a position to upgrade to a 5.7 yet. thanks..
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LOS ANGELES (January 23, 2009) – Actor® nominees Amy Adams, Josh Brolin, Viola Davis, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Emile Hirsch, Frank Langella, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Michael Sheen will introduce their nominated cast film clips; Evan Rachel Wood will introduce a filmed salute to performances that were "Trailblazers" either in their casting or subject matter; and Emily Blunt, Claire Danes, Ralph Fiennes, Katie Holmes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Marisa Tomei will present Actor® statuettes at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, executive producer and director Jeff Margolis announced today.
They join a growing roster of actors who will honor their colleagues at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® that already includes Christina Applegate, Ernest Borgnine, Taye Diggs, Jon Hamm, Anthony Hopkins, John Krasinski, Eric McCormack, Amy Poehler, Susan Sarandon, Kyra Sedgwick, William Shatner and Forest Whitaker.
Screen Actors Guild established the tradition of saluting the Guild's membership at the 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1995. In the ensuing years, the awards show has spotlighted commercial actors, child actors, character actors, comic actors, background singers, dancers, background performers, animation voice-over performers, puppeteers and stunt performers. The "Trailblazers" tribute continues that tradition.
Having members of the nominated casts introduce the films in contention for the Cast of A Motion Picture SAG Award® is also a tradition at the Actors® ceremony.
The 15th Annual SAG Awards® ceremony will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore presentation will air on TNT at 11 p.m. (ET/PT). For satellite and HD viewers, the live presentation can be seen on TBS and TNT at 8 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (PT), while the encore can be seen on TNT at 11 p.m. (ET)/8 p.m. (PT).
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At the heart of every Thanksgiving meal are some of the healthiest and most wholesome foods. Sweet potatoes, cranberries, green beans, pumpkin, and even the turkey become fodder for a calorie-fest when we smother them in sugar, butter, and even marshmallows. Chef Aida Mollenkamp has taken our favorite traditional recipes and made them over for Biggest Loser, giving us all the seasonal flavors we love without the fat and calories we won't even miss.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 to 25 mins
Place sweet potatoes in a large pot, cover by 1-inch with cold water and add kosher salt. Bring to a boil over high heat. When it boils, cover pot, reduce heat to low, and cook until potatoes are knife tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool briefly. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead and stored refrigerated in an airtight container.)
When cool enough to handle, mix sweet potatoes with broth, olive oil, zest, juice, and spices, and turn into a 2-quart baking dish.
Heat oven to broil or 500 degrees F and arrange a rack in the upper third. Spread yogurt in an evenly layer over potatoes then sprinkle goat cheese all over the top.
Broil until lightly toasted, about 1 to 3 minutes. (Watch carefully so they don't burn.) Serve warm.
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Selena Gomez attended the unite4: Humanity Gala where she received the Young Visionary Award. For the outing, she opted for an Antonio Berardi Spring 2014 Pink Embellished Jumpsuit:
A bold lip and relaxed ponytail provided the finishing touches.
The jumpsuit was styled with a similar red lip on the runway, and completed with open toe shoes.
While the look could have been perfected had she hemmed the pants, I am obsessed with the beauty that is the jumpsuit.
What do you think? Hot! or Hmm…
Also in attendance:
Eva Longoria bet on pink in a Georges Hobeika Fall 2014 High-Neck Embellished Dress.
Demi Lovato rocked a LBD and an enviable set of jewelry
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I have been a brony for the past 3 years, and let me say this, it has been a big part of my life. Hello, my name is Tim. Those who frequent memebase may know me better as the "Overly Attached Brony". In the past week I have seen something that has saddened me greatly. Bronies around around the world have been voicing their feelings of separation from the fandom. I am creating this petition to remind those bronies that we are all still here. In the last few weeks we, as a fandom have dealt with multiple events that have caused some to divide the fandom, such as show events, the cancellation of Mane6's Fighting is Magic, and the overcast potential of season 4 of Friendship is Magic. Let me say that as a Brony, I have my preferences on these topics, however NOTHING could take away my love for my fellow bronies. I do not call myself a brony simply because I enjoy the show, or its toy line. I call myself a brony because I am proud to present myslef as a member of a group committed to fellowship and to making the world a better place. This petition is to remind you all what we stand for. Our brothers and sisters are being lost because we have perpetuated a division that was rumored to come from this past season's beginning. I will not let that happen. To those who feel lost, WE'RE STILL HERE. To those who feel disconnected, WE STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE AND TOLERANCE. To those who are still a big part of the fandom, WE ARE NEEDED by our fellow bronies. I ask that any brony committed to the further prospering and fellowship of the brony community PLESAE SIGN THIS PETITION. Show the world we are still here, ready to take action, but most of all show those who have lost faith that we are still a group worth believeing in!
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|Living COBB. He was the son of 2. Living COBB and 3. Living UNKNOWN.
|Living COBB. He was the son of 4. Glenn COBB and 5. Agnes ADAMS.
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Children of Living UNKNOWN and Living COBB are:
|Glenn COBB was born 7 SEP 1917 in Angier, Harnett Co. NC, and died 10 FEB 2003. He was buried 13 FEB 2003 in Maplewood Cemetery, Clayton, Johnston Co. NC. He was the son of 8. Anderson A. COBB and 9. Rose Ella DENNING.
|Agnes ADAMS was born 24 Sep 1917 in Angier, Harnett, North Carolina, USA, and died 16 Dec 1958 in , Harnett, North Carolina, USA.
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|Anderson A. COBB was born 5 APR 1875, and died 20 AUG 1939. He was buried AUG 1939 in Angier Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 210, Angier, Harnett Co. NC. He was the son of 16. James Samuel COBB I and 17. Emily STEWART.
|Rose Ella DENNING was born 2 JUN 1880, and died 26 JAN 1957 in Harnett Co. NC. She was buried JAN 1957 in Angier Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 210, Angier, Harnett Co. NC.
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|James Samuel COBB I was born 1825. He was the son of 32. Anthony COBB and 33. Sarah "Sally" CARTER.
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|Anthony COBB was born ABT 1797.
|Sarah "Sally" CARTER was born ABT 1799.
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|David STEWART was born 29 AUG 1814 in Probably Cumberland Co. NC ( Later became Harnett), and died 7 DEC 1900 in Harnett Co. NC. He was buried DEC 1900 in Stewart Cemetery, Stewart Town Rd., Coats, Harnett Co. NC. He was the son of 68. William STEWART and 69. Frances Elizabeth SMITH.
|Rhoda MOORE was born 1819, and died 1864 in Harnett Co. NC. She was buried 1864 in Stewart Cemetery, Stewart Town Rd., Coats, Harnett Co. NC.
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Do you know which Georgia Tech team will show up today for the game against Georgia?
Neither do I.
It's this bad. Tech grad Scott Hendrix, who now calls Athens his home, says his brother will have a bus outside Grant Field. And if things get bad, he may just leave early and climb aboard.
I'd suggest he go into the stadium, but leave the bus running and the door open.
I don't think the Tech players or coaches know whether Bad Tech or Good Tech will show up. Good Tech, you recall, beat Auburn.
Good Tech should have beaten Florida State. Good Tech beat N.C. State, Maryland and Wake Forest before the Deacons lost their clout.
Bad Tech lost to Duke, got clobbered 39-3 by Clemson, and had to go overtime to beat Vanderbilt.
And nobody who bleeds navy and gold needs to be reminded that Terrible Tech showed up in Athens last year and absorbed a good ol' fashioned woodshed whipping, 51-7.
On the other hand, while No. 5 Georgia hasn't had the yo-yo season Tech has endured, Mark Richt's Bulldogs haven't exactly been easy to figure out. The Bulldogs looked like a Westminster Dog Show champion in routing Tennessee, Clemson, South Carolina, Auburn.
Get the picture? They looked like a flea-bitten mutt struggling against Middle Tennessee State, Vanderbilt, UAB and Florida.
Today? Mutt or best in show dog? Wasp or gnat?
Georgia needs a win to, in all likelihood, advance to the SEC Championship game. Tech needs a win to have a chance at going to a bowl in Charlotte, rather than in Boise (that's in Idaho). It's cold in Idaho in December. Mr. Hendrix would surely stay on the bus there.
From what I've seen of both teams, Georgia has too much manpower, especially on defense, for Tech. Thomas Davis, Sean Jones, Odell Thurman and David Pollack could help the Falcons.
In Jonathan Smith, Daryl Smith, Keyaron Fox, Reggie Ball and P.J. Daniels, Tech has some gifted individuals, but not enough to stay with the Bulldogs for 60 minutes. Georgia, 27-13.
FSU AT FLORIDA: The Seminoles can certainly do Georgia a favor by knocking off the Gators. Neither team has exactly been the picture of consistency. Just to keep things interesting, let's go with the home team. Florida, 31-28.
TENNESSEE ATKENTUCKY: Jared Lorenzen can certainly make things tough for the Volunteers. However, Tennessee may be playing as well or better than anybody in the SEC. Look for the Wildcats to keep it close for a half. Tennessee, 35-20.
ALABAMA AT HAWAII: This is supposed to be Bama's bowl trip, since the Tide can't go to a bowl. Mike Shula's team may beat June Jones' team, but it won't be any stroll in the park. The main difference I can see in Bama (4-8) and the Warriors (7-4) is Shaud Williams. Alabama, 19-18.
ATLANTA AT HOUSTON: This is getting old, but is Michael Vick going to see playing time or not? Dan Reeves says no. Vick says maybe. I believe the coach. Even if Vick does play, he will be rusty. Houston, 20-17.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Saturday, November 29, 2003.
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I was trying to stop Michael Jackson taking propofol claims Dr Conrad Murray
The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has defended his practices in the run-up to the singer's death.
Conrad Murray admitted it was a "mistake" not to keep medical notes, but insisted the absence of notes was not the reason Jackson died.
In an interview with journalist Steve Hewlett, recorded eight days before he was found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of the star, Murray said: "I think my standards have been impeccable.
"If you tell me, 'Dr Murray, it was really stupid, it was a careless thing, you should have had notes', I'll say, 'You know what? I agree'.
"If you tell me I'm culpable, I want to know what do you mean culpable?"
He added: "I always write notes. The setting in which I was did not give me that opportunity to do it. And clearly I did not. Was this a mistake on my part? Absolutely. But the absence of notes was not responsible for his death."
After a six-week trial, a jury ruled on Monday that the doctor gave the King of Pop a fatal overdose of the anaesthetic propofol.
Murray, who did not give evidence during his trial, said he would never have recommended propofol to the star, and said he was working with Jackson to help him stop using the drug.
"I would say basically it took me a while to take away from Michael something I thought he should not use," he said in the interview.
The screening of the interview preceded the documentary The Man Who Killed Michael Jackson, broadcast on Channel 4 last night.
In the documentary, directed by Tom Roberts, Murray said he was "entrapped" by the late singer in the run-up to his death.
He said he had felt obliged to stay with his patient, who had desperately wanted his doctor at his side.
Murray said: "I went there to take care of a healthy man, who said he was fine, to just keep surveillance in case my kids get sick or I get the flu, help us to choose right, better foods, and wash our hands so we don't get infected. But once I got in there I was entrapped."
He added: "I do not think that he would have had an active intention to do me harm but I think, through his most intense desire to have me there with him, it was entwined with a degree of betrayal."
Murray, who faces up to four years in prison, said his patient thought of him as a friend.
"He felt that I was someone he can trust," said Murray in The Man Who Killed Michael Jackson.
"He had very close acquaintances, he spoke about Marlon Brando and his son, Fred Astaire and Ginger. But friends he did not have. He said, 'Of all my life, I have found one friend which is you, Dr Conrad'."
Jackson was found not breathing in his own bed in his rented mansion after being dosed intravenously with propofol, a drug normally administered in hospitals during surgery.
During Murray's trial, the court heard that the doctor gave the powerful sedative to Jackson to help him overcome his chronic insomnia.
However, prosecutors said the use of the drug as a sleeping aid violated standards of care and that Murray was criminally negligent by using it without proper staff or medical equipment.
Before his death on June 25, 2009, Jackson was preparing to perform a series of farewell concerts at London's O2 venue. For six weeks, as Jackson undertook strenuous rehearsals, Murray infused him with propofol every night, the doctor told police.
The court ultimately found that it was a lethal dose of the anaesthetic, administered by Murray, that killed the pop star.


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If you read some other blogs, you've probably seen posts titled things like coffee talk or wine talk. I actually did one a few months back (Wine Talk Wednesday) where I told you what was on my mind, as if we were having a glass of wine together. I find some of the best friend-dates are walking dates or workout dates…so this week, let's pretend we're getting in a workout together! Friends who sweat together, stay together. That's what they say, right??
Don't worry…I still REALLY enjoy wine and coffee too. I haven't completely lost my mind!
If we were training together today, I'd tell you I'm frustrated with my shoulder injury, but more importantly I'd tell you that I'm learning a lot during this time. Not only am I learning about training while injured, but I'm also learning a bit about patience and how much I rely on training to de-stress. Then I'd tell you that there's still plenty I can do and let you know that I'm trying my best to recover, train around the injury and do the best I can!
We'd probably do something like this together…
I'd tell you that my brain is spinning with things I want to get done for the gym before fall. It's kind of like our new year in this industry so we like to take advantage of the folks looking to get started again and show them that we are the best gym around! 🙂
I'd tell you that we took Connor to a Spinner's Baseball game this past weekend and he had his first snocone. It was a hit!
I'd tell you that I'm really looking forward to taking a few days off at the end of the summer. I love my job and my schedule, but I still need vacation and decompression time.
If we were training together today I'd tell you that I booked a trip to The Women's Fitness Summit. I'm going with my friend Stacey Schaedler and I'm finally gonna meet my friend Jen Keck in real life. I can't wait! So excited! If you're going or thinking about going let know!
If we were getting our sweat on together we'd
probably definitely talk about food. I'd tell you about my ridiculous obsession with overnight oats. I mean you guys, I want to eat them all the time. I'd also tell you about this awesome new granola I found at Target. Ummmm it's REAL GOOD. Oh and about the plaintain chips at Trader Joes. Crack, I tell ya.
If we were training together I'd ask you about your training goals and your kids. We would probably talk about how some of my most consistent group training clients are young moms. They don't want to miss out on their "me" time so they might as well get their booty to the gym, right? Plus…adult interaction? Yah, that.
If we were working out together today, what is one thing you'd tell me about what's been going on with you lately?
Any good food finds lately?


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SARA PALIN IS THE ANTICHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I don't mean that she's just a Bee-otch, I mean the REAL Antichrist, the one with Fire and Brimstones...
 OK, start with her Birthday, February 11th, 1964, or 2-11-64, or 2-64. Whats 2+64?? 66!!! THE MARK OF THE BEAST!!!!!!!
 and you ever notice how she's always got that lock of hair hangin down on her Forehead, sort of like Hitler used to??? That's no Accident, my loser Big-10(11? 12?) friend. Keeps you from seein where the "66" used to be..
 and I've got a former girlfriend in Texas who's prepared to swear on a stack of Torahs that a patient with the initials "SP" had a "66" lasered off her forehead in 2004.
and add the numbers in "2004" what do you get???
6!!!!!!!!!!! or 1/2 of the mark of the beast...

that whole "Trig" things just a diversion, to get your mind off her boobs(they do seem bigger, don't they?)I mean, forehead.

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D.C. United announced today that Academy product Suliaman Dainkeh (Reston, Va.) has been called into the U-18 U.S. Men's National Team camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The U-18 camp will run from November 17-24, with two friendlies against Canada on November 21 and 23. Trey Vinson (Manassas, Va.), recently participated in the U-15 U.S. Boy's National Team camp that occurred from October 27-November 3, also at The Home Depot Center.
This season, Dainkeh has made five starts on the United U-18 academy team, helping the side compile a 6-2-1 record thus far. Last season, Dainkeh was named to the East Conference's U-15/U16 Academy Best XI team, which recognizes the top eleven players from the conference's age group. Dainkeh has also suited up for reserve team games, including one against the New York Red Bulls on August 13. As a starter, Dainkeh made an immediate impact, scoring in the 6th minute in an eventual 3-1 United victory.
Dainkeh last represented the U.S. U-18's in an 11-day European training camp in the Netherlands in September. The squad played four matches against transatlantic competition - with Dainkeh playing in all four games - and tallied a 3-1-0 record.
Vinson started in U-15 U.S. Boy's National team scrimmages against Strikers FC (playing the full 90 minutes), a 4-2 win, and versus San Diego Surf U-16's, a 6-0 loss. Vinson first made a splash on the national scene at The Home Depot Center at a U-14 U.S. Boy's National Team Identification Camp in August of 2011. Since then, Vinson has been selected to numerous U-14 and U-15 national team training camps.
Vinson has made seven starts on the season with United's U-16's, helping to guide the team to a first place 8-0-1 start to the 2012-13 campaign.


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Gang Assault Added to Detective's Charges
Prosecutors lodged more serious charges against a New York Police Department detective on Wednesday, making him the sixth suspect accused of gang assault in the beating of a Credit Suisse vice president after he was chased by motorcyclists through Manhattan.
By charging Det. Wojciech Braszczok, 32 years old, with first-degree gang assault, prosecutors are arguing that while Mr. Braszczok didn't strike victim Alexander Lien, he...


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Francesco De Ruggiero, the boy intrigued by Amanda Knox
Tostato da Claudia Ferrara
Viste le numerose visualizzazioni e tentativi di traduzione da parte del pubblico estero, abbiamo pensato di tradurre questo articolo, che ha incuriosito – restando in tema con l'argomento – soprattutto i lettori americani.
In the era of relativism and shortened distance in the world, the individual is alone. The closer different realities are, the more alienation increases. The local community gives way to the so-called global language. A single event is not related to a specific place anymore, it becomes a global event. Television, of course, has a major role.
News are spread in a raw and immediate way "through the magical screen" and good and evil have the same reputation.
The audience show do not give up to people's pain, on the contrary, it takes advantage of the events to exhibit the dark side of the human being.
Francesco Ruggiero, a boy from Candida (Avellino, a small town near Naples), has been one of those under the television's spell. And he mistook Amanda for the "girl next door"; and, in the global village, anyone is likely to be living in cloud-cuckoo-land. Francesco is probably just trying to break with the humdrum provincial life. And he tackled his towns and town's bad opinion of him by his irrational appeal.
On the 12th of March, he even went to Perugia (a town in the centre of Italy) to attend the trial. He went alone: he went to Foligno by train, where he had been waiting for the connection train to go to Perugia. And then, he spent the night in a pension. He brought a photomontage of Amanda Knox and the Holy Father to be given to her family. But his plan failed in the courtroom: arrested by police officers, he had been taken to the police headquarters, where they proceeded with his identification.
But this is not the end of the story: his photomontage was seized and he was charged with the violation of law 403 of penal code (which concerns insults to official religion). To cut a long story shot, he would be guilty of religion insult.
I met him when he come back home, we had a good chat and he told me about his religious devotion and his love for photomontage. He admires Pope Giovanni Paolo II, which is always in his works. Besides, he created other works for Pietro Taricone and Marco Pantani (two popular Italian people). At the end, he told me that he feels close to convicts tribulations and that he prefers not to get to the heart of the matter of Amanda Knox: he just wants to express his solidarity, he does not seem interested in the judicial aspects.
Francesco is also involved in social work: he had been serving in the Italian "Croce Rossa", a public organization create to help with social security and health care. On one occasion, he even ran after a snatcher to retrieve an old lady bag: not only did he succeded, he even had been praised by the lady and the people who were there.
In occasion of the First of May Feast, in Rome, he flied a banner saying: "I have been accused of religion insult for Amanda Knox". And so he suddenly catched the attention of an american television team. In addition, he travels regularly to Perugia to assist at the trials, always alone. However, he will have to face trial for his charge. He will be assisted by the young criminal lawyer Michele Scibelli, of the law firm Schettino.
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Facebook Seeks a New Finance Chief as Yu Leaves
Internet Company Is Searching for Replacement With Public-Company Experience as It Possibly Considers IPO
Facebook Inc. said its chief financial officer, Gideon Yu, is leaving the Internet company and that it has begun searching for a successor with experience at a public company.
The move is the latest shakeup in the executive ranks of the closely held Palo Alto, Calif., company, whose employees and investors are anxious about Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's plans for the social-networking site.
Mr. Yu, who joined Facebook in 2007 and was previously an executive at Yahoo Inc. and YouTube, couldn't be reached for comment. Facebook didn't provide a reason for his departure.
In the past year, two of Facebook's co-founders, Dustin Moskovitz, its one-time head engineer, and Adam d'Angelo, the company's chief technology officer, have left the company. Matt Cohler, an early employee who was a senior executive, also left last year. Facebook has about 800 employees.
The departure of the 37-year-old Mr. Yu and the ensuing search for a replacement are likely to renew speculation that Facebook is stepping up plans for a public offering, despite the rocky economy. The company, which has turned down several acquisition offers in the past, has said it is hoping to go public in the next few years.
But some employees and investors, who have poured roughly $455 million into the company, according to VC Experts.com Inc., are eager for Facebook to start planning an offering and have raised questions about whether it has enough money to sustain its growth. Many others have said the company is over-valued, which -- in addition to the economic downturn -- hampered its efforts to fund an employee-buyback program last year.
One person familiar with the matter said Facebook's financials are strong and the company expects revenue in 2009 to increase at least 70% from last year.
This person declined to say how much revenue Facebook is making but said the company has had positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, for the past five quarters and expects to be cash-flow positive in 2010.
The numbers suggest Facebook's rapid climb to roughly 200 million users hasn't taken the toll some investors and analysts had been fearing, and that interest in its online-advertising products is growing. But whether the company can grow fast enough to justify its valuation remains unclear.
Mr. Yu was an executive at Yahoo before becoming chief financial officer of video-sharing site YouTube, which he helped sell to Google in 2006. After Google bought YouTube, he accepted an offer to join the venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital before landing at Facebook.
Mr. Yu helped seal a major round of investment for Facebook in late 2007. At that time, Microsoft Corp. bought a preferred 1.6% stake in for $240 million, valuing the startup at $15 billion.
Since the collapse of the economy last year, Mr. Yu's job has grown more difficult, as Facebook has struggled to raise additional money at lower valuations.
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The 30th
Breeders' Cup, Thoroughbred racing's most prestigious international
year-end event, consisting of 14 races and $27 million in purses and
awards, will be held on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 at
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
Breeders' Cup Distaff, the race's name from 1984 through 2007, will
continue to be run as the final race of the five Breeders' Cup races
scheduled on November 1 at Santa Anita. Saturday's program will consist
of nine Breeders' Cup races, culminating with the $5 million Breeders'
Cup Classic, which will be shown live and in primetime on NBC. The $2
million Breeders' Cup Distaff will be run at 1 1/8 miles.
restored the Ladies' Classic to its original name due to feedback from
our loyal fans who have a strong affinity for the Distaff," said Craig
Fravel, Breeders' Cup President and CEO. "In recognition of our 30th
year, the Distaff has provided us with some of racing's most remarkable
moments, personified by such outstanding Thoroughbreds as Lady's
Secret, Personal Ensign, Azeri, Zenyatta, and our two-time defending
champion, Royal Delta. It is a fitting tribute to bring back the name
Distaff to honor the rich history of the Championships."
NBC Sports Group will honor the 30th
running with a special program this fall featuring the 30 greatest
moments in Breeders' Cup history. This retrospective, which airs on the
NBC Sports Network on October 19 (5:30-6:30 p.m. ET), captures the
indelible accomplishments of the horses and individuals who graced the
Breeders' Cup with the greatest drama and excitement since the event's
inception in 1984. The program will also be available to the public on
DVD for purchase at breederscup.com
Cup is also planning a series of special promotions and contests for
fans this fall leading to the Championships, including:
· In
the 30-day countdown to the World Championships, Breeders' Cup and
Santa Anita Park will conduct daily promotional ticket giveaways to fans
based on the 30 Greatest Breeders' Cup Moments. The top 30 moments will
also be featured during Breeders' Cup special events and on the video
boards at Santa Anita on the Championship Days.
· Renowned California artist John Mattos has been commissioned to create special commemorative 30th
Breeders' Cup artwork to be displayed on select official event
merchandise, and on the track program covers for both days of the
· The Breeders' Cup will unveil on its website a special Hall of Champions section
that pays homage to the 240 race winners throughout the event's
history. This digital showcase will feature complete biographical
profiles for each horse including lifetime records, video highlights,
pedigree and a career timeline. The full URL for this section is http://www.BreedersCup.com/History/Hall-of-Champions.
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We live in a world of Big Data, spending much time searching for meaning in its vast shadows and often emerging from those shadows drawing wildly different conclusions.
But the hard facts of Big Data become so soft and malleable in varied human hands, and solid data points often transform into flexible storylines.
Two weeks ago, another vast shadow of Big Data drifted over U.S. media outlets when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported its upwardly revised prevalence of autism spectrum disorders, or ASD. Its 2010 surveillance of 8-year-old children identified 1 in 68 — 1 in 42 boys, and 1 in 189 girls — as having ASD.
Emerging from that report, media headlines often concluded that autism rates were "surging." Others heralded the data as proof of an incremental jump in the number of children living with autism.
But what is true? Was this an increase in incidences of autism, that is to say more children were being born each year with ASD? Or was the prevalence increasing — meaning only that more children were being identified as having autism?
Regardless of interpretation, that 1 in 68 children has ASD at any age is a matter of great public health concern. It should encourage us to develop a national strategy that not only seeks cause and cure, but also supports the clinical, educational and psychosocial needs of so many affected children and their families.
Still, we want to spend our limited ASD allocations in the most productive and efficient manner. After all, real people needing help are waiting on the research and support.
So, when we make those allocation decisions, it's important to understand whether CDC's Big Data are telling us there has been a rise in the "incidence" or the "prevalence" of ASD.
The distinctions are meaningful and important because they lead us to ask different questions.
Dr. Young-Shin Kim is a world-renowned authority on autism disorders, a psychiatrist-researcher who this month leaves Yale University to join the faculty at UC San Francisco. Her expertise has earned her a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and multiple academic titles. Understandably, I was happy to have an opportunity to speak with her about the CDC's recent report.
"I was not surprised by the increase in the reported prevalence," she said. "But much of that was due to the methods used to identify and diagnose children — not necessarily to actual increases in the number of children being born with ASD."
She explained that a major reason for the reported rise in ASD prevalence could be explained by changing diagnostic practices, which now identify more children with milder symptoms in the official count.
"But," she cautioned, "to test the hypothesis of whether autism is actually increasing, we would need to take a look at the incidence of autism, not the prevalence. And since we don't yet have studies of that nature, we really can't say."
So how can we determine whether there is a genuine rise in new cases of ASD? Kim said a longer view of autism over time is needed — not in one snapshot, as is pictured by "prevalence" data. For each of several years, we'd need to document how many of the children who are born each year are diagnosed with autism over the subsequent decade or so. If that number rises, then we know that the yearly incidence of autism is actually increasing.
So what can we conclude about ASD from this report? Even here, uncertainty arises because the reported prevalence varies greatly, depending upon a child's sex, geographical location or ethnicity.
But, according to Kim, many of those observed variations were likely due to variation in the methods used to identify and count children as having autism.
For example, Kim notes that the CDC data were drawn from a study of 8-year-olds who in 2010 were living at 11 separate sites across the country (not including California). But not all sites offered the same quantity or quality of records to researchers, making it more or less likely for them to find an ASD diagnosis. At several sites the educational records were not accessible, depriving researchers of broader diagnostic perspectives from teachers, other school personnel and parents.
And in medical records, documentation of ASD diagnoses also varied when based upon insurance billing codes — some systems using broader and more inclusive codes that captured more cases.
Finally, we know that the mere existence of any medical record or billing code to document ASD relies upon another critical variable: whether a child has access to medical care. And that a child is more likely to be seen and "counted" if they live in a community that promotes autism awareness, facilitates diagnostic evaluation and offers supportive services.
At the proverbial end of the day, the CDC report reminds us that statistics are always beholden to a limited set of optics that can render children in need of care to be more or less visible.
In the midst of all the statistical uncertainties, Kim is certain of this advice to parents: "You know your children best. If you feel they are not doing well, if you have any question about their ability to meet their full potential to become happy and productive members of society — ask a pediatrician or specialist. And if you're not satisfied with the answers, keep asking until you are satisfied."
Kate Scannell is a Bay Area physician and the author, most recently, of the novel "Flood Stage."


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Depends on what part you want to go to. This photo was taken near Saltair (an interesting building in itself, used as a venue for concerts), which is about 10 miles West of the SLC International Airport. Other points of interest would be the 2 largest islands on the Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Island (2nd largest) is another 15 miles west on I-80, or Antelope Island (the largest) which is about 45 minutes North, on I-15 in Syracuse. There is also Promontory point, a bit further North.
Great Salt Lake is full of beauty for those willing to look for it. The lake is a large, salt saturated body of water, which leaves salt deposits on the abandoned piers, posts, and fences that were left around when it was a popular swimming area.