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What would you have in your perfect treehouse? A trap door, No-Girls allowed signs, a refrigerator full of your favorite snacks?
Well, best friends Andy and Terry have built their perfect treehouse and it has 13 stories. Not only do they have a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool with sharks, and a secret underground laboratory, they also have a lemonade fountain and a marshmallow machine that follows them around and shoots marshmallows into their mouths whenever they are hungry! It's the best treehouse in the whole wide world!!! How can you make the best treehouse in the whole wide world better...you add 13 more stories and a Maze of Doom.
Visit Andy and Terry in their treehouse and see just how much fun you can have being treehouse masters, you might just get a few ideas for your own perfect treehouse.
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Ouseburner is a music producer and sound artist. He writes and produces soundtracks for films and videos. His work has been shown at Glastonbury Festival and The Tyneside Cinema. Previous projects include soundtracks for a number of independent short films and music for promotional videos for clients as diverse as Oxfam, Nixon, BIPC, Northumbria University and others. He has produced work for gallery installations including Let Them Eat Cake & transmedia drama Moving Day. Ouseburner produces all the in-house music for Multiminded Digital, a creative agency based in Newcastle's landmark building The Toffee Factory. He also plays drums for well known Garage Rock band The Exes who have supported Theatre of Hate, The Primevals, The Lovely Eggs and Gemma Ray as well as heading their own gigs.He is also one of the DJ's at the RE:Peel nights at legendary music venue The Cluny.

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You know about that online world that launched in September 1997 and is still running? No, not Ultima Online, the other one.
I was reading Raph Koster's notes on the launch of Ultima Online back in 1997, and it made me realize that the online world that I programmed also launched just over 15 years ago, nearly at the same time as UO. If you didn't grow up in Denmark, you have certainly not heard about it, but it's called Højhuset (literally high-rise, from the metaphor that it was a series of stacked rooms). It's still running at www.n.dk (only go there if you speak Danish).
This is what it looks like: It's made up of non-scrolling rooms in a diagonal grid. Users can dress up, chat, and so on as expected. Users have their own apartments which they can decorate. Here is a screen shot with a celebrity visiting:
And most importantly: You can have nice things. The world was always a bit of a compromise between a chat system and game-like elements such as inventories and a currency, but it turned out that this was quite a feature. There have historically been long-running feuds between users who think of it as a chat system, and those who think of it as a game with the goal of amassing the most items. I initially thought that this would be a problem, but in practice this created social cohesion in each group – this was a valuable lesson for a game designer, that an external enemy does give users reason to come back.
As someone who is into game definitions, the height of the "is-it-a-game-or-not" feud was when a user had found a "Player" class in my program, and used this as proof that yes, this was a game. (New game definition: A game is a piece of software that declares itself to be a game.)
My role in this was always as a subcontractor, but I have been providing support and updates for 15 years now. One of the things I did learn as a programmer was to document my code and avoid any quick & dirty fixes which could come back to bite me. The main program (in Java) has always run on a single server. At the height of popularity, there were 2000 simultaneous users, but the improving speed of servers always just always made it unnecessary to spread across multiple machines.
Of course, there were also numerous attempts at hacking the system, which always is a point of pride for a programmer. People still try, here is even someone posting some debug output from such an attempt on Pastebin.
There were also microtransactions going back to the late 1990's (this mostly paid via text messages).
Having read & written so much about video games since, it is hard to remember what thoughts went into my head when I was first starting out on this project, but I had played MUDs at the time, and I am sure I had read an article about the need for artificial scarcity in virtual worlds. And the strength of scarcity was one of the things that made the biggest impression on me. In the very early versions, there was no automatic dropping of items – this had to be done manually by a superuser referred to as the "superintendent" ("vice"). When going online, that user would always be met with cries encouraging the dropping of items ("smid!" in Danish). I leave you with a bit of user art, in which the superintendent gets fed up with being asked to drop items.
(There was actually a brief period of time in which a new chat system was introduced on the site to replace the one I made, but users demanded the old one back. Warms your heart.)


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Volatility increases Subsequent to NYSE and AMEX Stock Splits
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb03759.x
The post‐split increase in daily returns volatility is less for AMEX stocks than for NYSE stocks. The exchange trading location is a significant factor in explaining the volatility shift even after stock price and firm size are considered. Furthermore, when measured on a weekly basis, there is no increase in AMEX stocks' returns volatility. These results suggest that measurement errors created by bid‐ask spreads and the 1/8 effect, and also one or more of the elements that make the NYSE different from the AMEX, explain why the estimated volatility of daily stock returns increases after the ex split date.


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Preparing homogeneous samples by milling
The "art of milling" consists in turning a laboratory sample into a representative part sample with homogeneous analytical fineness (Figure 1). When selecting a suitable mill and grinding tools it should be taken into account that the material properties to be determined (e.g. heavy metal traces by XRF analysis) are not altered in any way during the sample preparation process. This not only requires a thorough knowledge of the instruments but also some experience in the preparation of different materials. Finally, care should be taken that possible abrasion from the grinding tools does not interfere with the analysis results.


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Miller and company lead Sixers to third straight winJan 10, 2009 - 4:56 AM PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Just when Elton Brand seems primed to return within two weeks, the Philadelphia 76ers seem to have figured out how to survive without him.
The burgeoning trio of Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young carried the Sixers to their third straight win Friday night, combining for 49 points and the bulk of the big plays in a 93-87 triumph over the Charlotte Bobcats.
Brand, the team's high-priced offseason acquisition, has been out with a separated shoulder since mid-December but is expected to return soon.
Without him, however, the Sixers' offense has finally started to get things going after a season of inconsistency.
"The ball has bounced our way for the past few games," Miller said. "We've picked up our defense, the bench is forming and the young guys are getting better. We just need to stay consistent for four quarters. Even if the offense isn't going well we have to keep our heads up."
Coming into the night, Philadelphia had reached the 100-point mark in three consecutive games. While falling short of reaching the mark this time, the Sixers recovered from a sluggish first half to take control in the third quarter.
"It was a tale of two halves," Philadelphia interim coach Tony DiLeo said. "Charlotte got into their rhythm and played their type of game in the first half. The third quarter was much better for us. We got the ball and we ran a little more."
Down by five early in the period, they staged a 14-2 run to open up a 61-54 advantage. Iguodala - who has been coming on strong as of late - asserted himself inside, drew contact and buried two free throws to spark the run, then kicked out to Willie Green for an open 19-footer one possession later.
After Miller's jumper put Philadelphia on top, Iguodala found Young slashing to the basket and the second-year forward completed a three-point play.
"Andre Iguodala has really been a good team leader," DiLeo said. "He's been here the longest and he's kind of taken ownership of the team and he's really tried to step up as a leader and he's done a good job. Andre Miller is the orchestrator in the court. He knows when to push the ball, he knows when to pull it out. Those two are invaluable for us."
Miller capped the surge with a layup that forced Charlotte head coach Larry Brown to call a timeout in hopes of settling the Bobcats down.
But the damage was already done. Young added three big buckets, including a thunderous dunk to push the lead to 71-61, and Miller closed the quarter with a 3-pointer - just his 10th all season.
"(We've been) getting good starts, staying solid on defense, and closing our games," Iguodala said. "The other night we did okay closing the game, but we need to do a better job of getting baskets down the stretch."
Miller had his third big performance in his last four games, hitting 9-of-12 from the field and finishing with 22 points and six assists.
Over his last four contests, he is averaging 21.8 points while shooting 67 percent (31-of-46) from the field.
"I try to stay aggressive," Miller said. "We want to hit teams before they hit his. That's what I am thinking before the game starts. We want to keep the tempo going. I don't have to score the ball be aggressive. I am trying to stay active and open up the game by pushing the ball."
The Bobcats pulled as close as six points midway through the final session, as Gerald Wallace knocked down buckets on consecutive possessions to cut the deficit to 81-75. But Reggie Evans answered with a short jumper and a pair of free throws and the Sixers held on.
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Environmental group finds dangerous chemicals in sunscreen
Before you buy your sunscreen for the summer, watch out. A new report says some lotions are actually harming you instead of protecting you.
The Environmental Working Group released its annual sunscreen ranking, which warns against using sunscreens with toxic chemicals. According to scientists with the group, some of the chemicals in these sunscreens are dangerous.
The group recently sent a letter (pdf) to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg urging her to pass federal sunscreen regulations.
One in five sunscreen products cannot be trusted, the group said. Retynoil and oxybenzone are the main two. Retinyl palmitate is a form of vitamin A. According to the National Institutes of Health, it reacts with the sun to stimulate and speed the development of skin tumors and lesions. One third of all sunscreens contain this anti-aging ingredient linked to birth defects.
Oxybenzone, a synthetic estrogen, disrupts the hormone system. A spokesperson for the group that issued the ranking said that chemical can cause brain development issues and an array of health effects.
The representative said companies can get away with products that have toxic chemicals because the U.S. Food an Drug Administration has yet to issue new sunscreen regulations.
The group works to protect the population, particularly infants and children, from toxic materials and to push for federal policies that invest in conservation and sustainable development, according to its website.
What you want to look for is mineral protection from zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, which protects against UVA and UVB rays. The Environmental Working Group has released a sunscreen guide online where users can find health ratings for a range of sunscreens and other products.


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Archive for Thursday, December 28, 2006
Volunteering in the genes of Starside PTA president
Visit Starside Elementary School during any special activities or holidays, and Kay Speed is there.
Serving as the school's Parent Teacher Association president for the past three years, Speed said she was always eager to help out.
"This is my sixth year I've volunteered for teachers," she said. "I really like that -- that's how I got to know the teachers and administration and learn a little bit more about my children's school."
Her children, fifth-grader George and second-grader Sara, are already learning their mother's spirit of volunteerism through the school's community service club.
Speed said her parents instilled the idea in her of the need for community service while she was growing up in Illinois.
"My mom, especially, was a volunteer for many years and still is, in her 70s," she said. "They instilled that in me -- which I'm passing on to my children. I think people in the community need to realize it's such a great way to teach that -- they learn from example."
Speed is a stay-at-home mom, and her husband, Sonny, is an AutoCAD support technician.
Sonny Speed, who grew up in Topeka, also volunteers with activities in the community. Eight years ago, the family decided to move to De Soto.
"We just really liked the small town environment and the schools," Kay said.
Volunteering quickly made Speed feel as though she had always been a part of the community. In addition to the PTA, Speed helps teachers with office work at the school. She's also becoming more active in her church, De Soto United Methodist Church. She volunteers to lead her children's Scout troops.
"Because I volunteer other places outside the school, it's helped me get to know people in the community and have a sense of belonging," she said.
The Starside PTA is responsible for several activities throughout the year. PTA members organize the December holiday festival and three dinners to recognize teachers throughout the year. The PTA has even organized grants to supplement the nutrition and health education of Starside students. Last year, the organization brought the interactive Body Walk to the school, which teaches children about the human body's internal organs using a walk-through portable museum.
Speed said one of the benefits of volunteering at her school was fostering a close relationship with her children's teachers.
"It definitely helps me and my children," she said. "It's given me a pretty close relationship with their teachers and school administrators. If I ever have a question or a problem, I feel comfortable going to them."
Speed said the PTA was an excellent way for parents to learn how to get more involved in their child's school. Next year when her son George is a Lexington Trails Middle School student, she said she planned to participate in the PAWS parent group, which is similar to a PTA, she said.
Speed said the positive interaction she gained from serving on the PTA couldn't exist without the teachers, administration and the parents at Starside.
"There are five of us on the board who work very hard throughout the year, but we could not do what we do without our parent volunteers," she said.
The De Soto Explorer is running a series on those who, like Kay Speed, are making a difference in the community through volunteerism.
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A Federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Diamond Multimedia's Rio -- the popular, portable MP3 replacement for a Walkman -- doesn't need to worry about the Audio Home Recording Act. That 1992 law has served as the basis for the music industry's courtroom attempts to stamp out the wildly popular MP3 format for managing music files by computer.


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A new scheme to help people with learning disabilities play badminton has been launched.
Twelve people with learning disabilities and volunteers from Haringey Mencap took part in the new project at Black Arrows Badminton Club.
Mencap Sport, Special Olympics GB and Badminton England have worked together on the project to get more people with learning disabilities playing the sport.
Ian Carpenter, national sport manager for Mencap, said: "It's fantastic to see that through our positive partnership with Badminton England, people with a learning disability are getting the opportunity to have a go at badminton.
"Our ongoing work means people with a learning disability will be able to play badminton on a regular basis and also have the opportunity to play competitively."
Sandy Kurek, project manager for Badminton England, said: "The fantastic link that has now been created between Black Arrows Badminton Club and Haringey Mencap has been produced through the ongoing partnership work and support of Mencap Sport and Special Olympics GB, and the willingness of Black Arrows to develop Inclusive badminton opportunities across London."
Herald, who took part in the session and has a learning disability and is a member of Haringey Mencap, said: "I have played badminton before but not for many years.
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Mechanism Design via Consensus Estimates, Cross Checking, and Profit Extraction
There is only one technique for prior-free optimal mechanism design that generalizes beyond the structurally benevolent setting of digital goods. This technique uses random sampling to estimate the distribution of agent values and then employs the Bayesian optimal mechanism for this estimated distribution on the remaining players. Though quite general, even for digital goods, this random sampling auction has a complicated analysis and is known to be suboptimal. To overcome these issues we generalize the consensus technique from Goldberg and Hartline (2003) to structurally rich environments that include, e.g., single-minded combinatorial auctions.
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Mint&Serf Present Never Too Young
Mint&Serf, from artists to curators.
Graffiti duo Mint&Serf have thrown on the curator hats in support of Never Too Young and celebrate the seventh issue of Special Graffiti Unit and its corresponding photography exhibit. All of the artists represent a visceral rebelliousness in style and execution, which is the main reason the lot were chosen by Mint&Serf for the show in collaboration with Good Peoples. This knack for unique, contrasting viewpoints, and the ability to fuse these two facets of their work into a collective ideology and lifestyle is what allow these artists to set themselves apart. Here's what Mint had to say about the collective work and what it stands for:
"In all, these four documentarians capture people and objects every day to leave us with a set of lasting and nostalgic reactions. Whether banal or beautiful or exciting, the goal is to fuse these complementing sensations to create a full picture of the ranging emotions we experience."
The four documentarians mentioned include PJ Monte, Mike Krim, Osvaldo Chance Jiminez (aka Slutlust), and Harry McNally. Here's a breakdown of what you can expect courtesy of Good Peoples:
Mike Krim's photography is callous and gritty, at times questioning the human despair. Slutlust's work while almost always shot after sunset, in a dark setting of your average dive bar, projects youthfulness and nightlife romanticism. PJ Monte's work spans photo abstraction and portraiture, with the latter perfectly capturing the young and the restless of downtown NYC. McNally's stylistic approach toward consumerism is reflected in his latest series. He reduces banality of everyday occurrences like car crashes and consumer products to expose their hidden glamour.
We were able to get in touch with Mint about their recently released book, the Mint&Serf process, and what he thinks of the current state of graffiti in galleries.
Mass Appeal: The work of Mint&Serf in previous years has been collage based. Can we expect more of the same with 2014's pieces or the work in the new show?
Mint: I think our most recent work is a combination of collage, drawing, and painting. But in terms of Never Too Young, this is a group photography exhibition trapping nostalgic reactions as seen through the lenses of four artists: PJ Monte, Osvaldo Chance Jimenez, Mike Krim and Harry McNally.
MA: When creating the large mixed media pieces, how do you go about selecting what to include? Are the pieces created with the intentions of divulging a certain message?
M: The message and the experience is intrinsic to the recent body of work. We try to reflect on our experience through painting. The goal is to confront the viewer with our reality, not escape it.
MA: With graffiti hitting galleries seemingly more than ever, do you feel like there was something missing? Were pieces in galleries too clean, showing a more glamorous side of writing/tagging/bombing?
M: It ain't a Xmas tree… no reason to dress it up like one.
MA: You guys opt to showcase tags, fill-ins, and less cohesive pieces: Why is that?
M: Graffiti loses its meaning when it becomes legal. It becomes illustrative, which is of no interest to me.
MA: Are there any plans to expand on what has been done with "MIRF," sculpturally speaking? Will there be more physical manifestations of graffiti in the future for your collective work? Do you feel like this is the next necessary evolutionary step when taking in and understanding graffiti visually?
M: Well, I have a hard time considering anything that takes more than five minutes 'graffiti.' But I do enjoy creating sculpture and can't wait for the performance art piece.


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First Day of IDF
Subject: Editorial | February 28, 2005 - 07:01 PM | Ryan Shrout
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I am sitting in my hotel room in downtown San Francisco ready for the upcoming spring 2005 IDF show at the Moscone Center. Intel is planning on showing off their plans for multi-core processors (notice they are NOT calling it dual-core any more...) as well as their partnership with NVIDIA in the form of the nForce4 for Intel chipset that is going to be announced very soon. I'll post more on the show as I get it, keep a close watch on the front page for any breaking news I post from the floor!
In other news, things are going well on the house situation. I have all but done the final sign off on a new home build, as my initial appointment to inspect the blueprints was tomorrow, and obviously I am out of town. One more three hour meeting is all it shoud take with the builder to get ground broken on the house!
While wandering around the shops of downtown SFO, I spent some time in the Sony store, in particular the Playstation store. Having been trying to find one of the new, slim PS2s for some time in Lexington and coming up blank, I was astounded to see upwards of 50 of them sitting on the counter at the mall. It is very tempting to buy it here and bring it home with me... I also stopped by the Apple store; always a fun trip. I sat in on a Photoshop lesson upstairs for free, that was pretty interesting and useful. I wandered around to look at the toys, and happened to ask about the Mac Mini -- turns out they had them in stock! Online there is a 2-3 week wait... Yet another potential purchase, grr.
Finally, I saw Apple had the Bose Noise Cancelling headphones for sale. I have seen ads for these for some time, and usually on any given flight I am on, there are at least a handful of people with these headphones on. So, I sucked it up and gave it a try -- after all I have 30 days to take them back if I'm not happy. I'll let you know what I think about them.
Overall, if I let it, it looks like this business trip to SFO might turn out to be a freaking shopping spree that I don't need, based on the whole house thing mentioned above. Heh.
Hopefully someone from the area will call me back in a little bit to get me out of the hotel room and I can stop watching CNN all the time...
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About Frankie & Johnnie's Steakhouse - Manhattan
Established 1926 Frankie and Johnnie's Steakhouse is located in the former townhouse of John Barrymore. Frankie and Johnnie's Steakhouse has a look that is sleek and uncluttered, with a warmth that is inviting to all its guests. The menu is distinguished with its exceptional quality of USDA certified prime dry-aged beef and a secret blend of spices that season every steak before it hits the grill.
New York, NY 10018
Dining Style:
Casual Dining
Steak, Steakhouse, American
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Lunch: Monday - Friday 12:00pm-3:00pm;
Dinner: Monday - Thursday 5:00pm-10:00pm,; Friday & Saturday 4:00pm-10:00pm
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Frankie & Johnnie's Steakhouse - Manhattan Ratings and Reviews
I have frequented the restaurant on five prior occasions and up until Saturday, I regarded the resteraunt as my favorite steakhouse in the city. The service is always superb and the food is absolute delicious. I had taken some of my food home and I discovered when I arrived, two blond hairs in the food located in two separate containers. I am a brunette and there is absolutely no chance of the hairs belonging to anyone other than staff as my friends or no one in close association has blond hair. I was extremely disappointed because given the prices of the meal you expect a high standard essentially perfection. The discovery of two hairs was unacceptable and I am definitely considering never going back-truly unfortunate.
Terrible comida, ambiente poco agradable. La carne estaba seca y sin sabor, la ensalada no tenía ningún chiste
We were looking for a steakhouse near the Empire State Building. At 6pm on Saturday, we reserved a table for 4 for 8:30 pm that evening. We were seated upstairs in an area with several tables, but only one other was occupied. More people arrived as we ate. We were served different breads and crackers to start. We followed it up with delicious French Onion Soup and a decent Lobster Bisque. Two of our party enjoyed the fantastic special of Filet Mignon and Crab. We shared three side dishes, including the delicious Lyonnaise Potatoes. Our steaks were cooked perfectly and we enjoyed every bite! The dim lighting, quiet atmosphere, and attentive staff helped make our experience a wonderful one.
My wife and I went for my birthday. We came a little early so we and another couple were the only people. Our waiter was terrific, food excellent. No noise. Just a. Terrific meal. I won't recommend anything because if you don't like it you won't blame me. Just trust me
Anniversary dinner- lobster bisque was good but not much as far as actual lobster meat. Steaks arrived ordered medium well and although my steak was closer to medium wife's filet was too red for her. It was returned quickly and without much fan fare. Many people served and followed up with us. Side orders were large and family style. I would recommend to a friend but for $162 for two (without me drinking alcohol or eating desert) seemed high even for a manhattan steak house.
Anchovy on caesar salad was not fresh. Filet mignon steak was dry. Cream in coffe had lumps in it. Sent it away. They took away two glasses of water off the bill, added a tip of their choosing and ran my card. Worst $200 I've ever spent on a meal and I eat out alot
We had been to another location, and were happy to see this midtown site. The ambiance was good and the food excellent! Our server was superb; took care of even detail. Had the porterhouse for two - outstanding! Drinks also creative and well-presented. Thanks for a great evening...
I just needed a place with a 5-5:30 opening near my hotel and this one popped up. I have only compared to Keens menu prices(nearby). Filet mignon steak was 8oz for $54. Mashed potatoes $10-12, spinach $13, glass of wine $13, std salad $13. Everything was fine on the food side except the salad was weak, old lettuce and not very inviting (as much as a salad can be). Service was very attentive and helpful. I would have preferred to read the special menus rather than being dictated to about them. We were there a bit early for a Sat night but it did get more filled as we ate.
Summer Friday at 6pm we were the only table for an hour. Quite incredible when you consider the usual crowds. Food was spectacular. Service was even better. Been to Keens twice but I honestly thought my meal here was better. Sal took good care of us. 5 stars.
The steak was as fine a piece of meat I have ever had! I love the way they slice it and debone it for you right at your table. The steak was so big 22 ounces, my wife and I shared it and we walked out stuffed. My wife had chop salad and loved the dressing. I had a French onion soup and I don't recall ever having one that good! We also enjoyed the creamed spinach. There are only two things that could have been a little better, the baked potato whole huge and enough for two, was a little hard and and difficult to mash up the butter in, finally the bread was just ok, not as good as you would expect in a steak house.
All in all it was s great experience, the service was too notch and I would highly recommend any visitors to NYC and enjoy a good steak!
Dining at Frankie and Johnnie's was a wonderful experience. Upon entering the restaurant, I was pleasantly greeted and offered a table upstairs or downstairs. We chose upstairs and sat against the wall where we could see the entire restaurant. Our server was pleasant and had a great sense of humor. The food was delicious, especially the chicken dish. I thought about that delicious chicken the entire weekend wondering how I could copy the flavors and make it at home or visit the restaurant again and order it. I'm definitely going back for the chicken. The skin was crispy and the chicken, literally, melted in my mouth. The bread pudding, oh my goodness, so so so delicious. The flavor was amazing. The bathrooms were very clean and smelled great. My overall dining experience at Frankie and Johnnie's is one that I will remember and look forward to repeating time and time again. I without hesitation highly recommend Frankie and Johnnie's.
NYC was the last leg of our anniversary vacation. We've never been to Frankie & Johnnie's. We only knew it by reputation and it was conveniently located across the street from our hotel. My wife had the Veal Chop and I had the largest sirloin ever. WOW! The food was excellent!
The staff was very professional and outstanding. Thank you!
Since 1993 I have been dining at Frankie and Johnny's and what keeps are bringing me back after so many years is you know what you are going to get.
Good food and Excellent service.
Nestled on West 37th Street it was as us locals know it,The Hideaway,based on its historical roots being the former manse of John Barrymore.
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Ham is the star player at most Easter dinners these days. It�s become an unwritten foodie law of sorts throughout the years. But, there�s no reason that an exception can�t be made every now and then. And frankly, some family members might welcome the variety. For those looking for something a little different, here�s a lamb recipe from Fancy Girl Table that will make the family forget about the ham and have them asking for seconds.
Roasted Leg of Lamb with Smokey Mustard, Rosemary & Ale
Serves 8
1 5-6 pound boneless leg of lamb, rolled and tied (your butcher can do this for you)
1 Tbs. fresh rosemary, chopped
1 Tbs. garlic, chopped
2 Tbs. whole grain mustard
2 tsp. smoked paprika
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 12 ounce bottle of beer
Sea salt & smoked black pepper
Mixed together the rosemary, garlic, mustard, paprika and olive oil. Lightly oil the bottom of a roasting pan and place the lamb. Pour the beer over the lamb, then rub the mustard mixture on the top and sides of the lamb. Marinate at least 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season lamb with sea salt and smoked black pepper and cover the pan with foil. Roast lamb in the oven for about 1.5 hours, or until the inside temperature reaches 135-140 for medium rare, basting along the way by spooning the beer over the lamb every half hour. Let the lamb rest at least 10 minutes before carving.


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Former Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has some big names on his self titled debut album, due in stores April 6th. Find out who after the jump.
Slash's 13 song album boasts guest vocalists Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Kid Rock, Ian Astbury and Iggy Pop. Of the lineup, Slash said,
"I just wanted to get different people I admired and thought were great on my record. I'd been doing that on other people's records forever."
Other guests on the disc include Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows, and Maroon 5's Adam Levine. Lemmy Kilmeister of Motorhead and Fergie of Black Eyed Peas are also in the mix.
Shadows said Slash, "definitely branched out, and the result is all over the place. But the guitar playing is so obviously Slash. That holds it all together."
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For a skateboarder growing up in the Midwest, especially in the less-than-skate-friendly Midwest of days past, the grass really is greener on the other side. Nowadays, there's a bevy of skateparks scattered throughout even the smallest of podunk towns, but when Greg Lutzka first stepped on his skateboard at just ten years of age, the world-renowned, Milwaukee-located Turf Skatepark (and its mandatory coper rule)-pretty much the claim to fame for all of Midwestern skateboarding-was long closed down. Street skating was in full force, but in the northern Midwest, you're out a good four months of the year if you don't have an indoor park-or in Greg's case, a basement-to skate during the winter months.
And for lack of resources, many kids in the Midwest do quit skating from November to March-for Greg, it was hockey, snowmobiling, and snowboarding that occupied his time away, but all those things started to fade once he really had the opportunity to skate year-round upon the opening of a nearby skatepark, Four Seasons. My first run-in with Greg was just a few years later in the fall of 1998 at a contest I was emceeing at The Pipe skatepark in Janesville, Wisconsin. With a mere three years of skating under his belt and at just thirteen years of age, he owned the entire place, easily taking first above established local Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee skaters well his senior. For an amateur MC, as I was that day, and given the popularity of Chad Muska at the time, it was almost too easy to throw a "The" in front of his last name when he frontside flipped well above the coping on the park's massive slow-trannied quarter, but it was quite obvious that with the skills he possessed, he was more than going to establish his own name in years to come.
Now at 21 years of age, his establishment in skateboarding is well-defined through his ridiculously technical handrail tricks, consistent-as-all-hell contest runs, and no shortage of videotape logged. Of course, it couldn't have happened without that all-or-nothing decision to go for it and move to California. And even though we Midwesterners hate to admit it, you've still got to come to California-to some extent-to make it in skateboarding.
But that doesn't mean you can't go back home, and for Greg, this skateboarding life has moved so fast that he forgot to partake in some of the great things his hometown had to offer. With the recommendation from Ortiz that a brewery tour and a Brewers game would make an ideal day, having never done either himself, Greg gladly obliged: "When you live in a certain place, you really take things for granted. And then you come back and you're like, 'Oh sh-t, all this has been outside my door all this time.'" And if he didn't before, Greg now knows why Milwaukee was just voted the drunkest city in America.
On one of his "three or four times a year" pilgrimages home to see the fam, and while on a filming mission for the new Oakley video Our Life, Greg had the opportunity to hit up some of his oldie-but-goodie spots, as well as getting to some he always had his eye on. And he was kind enough to give us a little rundown of how everything came about. The following are his own words about making the leap, the appreciation for those who had his back, and not giving a f-k about what others think. If you want it, it's yours to go get.-Eric Stricker
Bros Before Pros
"I think Welcome To Hell was the first video I ever saw, and I was hyped on Tom Penny-he was sick as sh-t, his style was so smooth and so natural, but overall I wasn't influenced by many pros. I basically was influenced by my friends. I didn't watch too many skate videos-I wasn't that kid who sat there and watched every video I had over and over. I just learned tricks from my friends, and they learned tricks from me. We never took it too seriously. Kids take it seriously nowadays, throwing themselves down this or that, but we really just skated parking blocks-tried to stack 'em ando a lipslide. I never even got decent until they opened the skatepark and I would end up going there more and more, especially in the winter when there was nothing else to do. It'd be ten below-you know, when it takes you half an hour for your trucks to even warm up and you're skating with a sweatshirt indoors."
Kids' Stuff
"I never really thought skateboarding was gonna take me places until I went to Tampa Am and did pretty well riding for Beer City, a local Milwaukee skate company. It was sick. I was stoked-they were giving me boards and supporting me to the fullest. Then my friend Al Partanen, originally from Milwaukee, moved out to California and started Illenium Skateboards, and I pretty much went on tour with them right after Tampa. I met Mike Peterson, got hooked up with Globe, and it all fell into place from there. I thought, 'Wow, I'm sixteen years old and going to Australia with the Globe guys for the first time.' That's when I thought, 'Wow, I can actually go somewhere with this.'"
Do Or Die
"After two years and just going pro for Illenium, I thought, 'Man, if I really want to proceed in skating and make a career out of it, I gotta move to Southern California, be by the companies and be by the photographers.' Luckily, two of my other friends wanted to move out here and we got a one-bedroom apartment on Warner in Huntington Beach. I had no money. After a year, I won some contests, met some people, and bought a house. Now that I look back, if it wasn't for moving out here, I would never be where I'm at right now. And I could never have made that move without my friends. It was the best move I ever made.
Not to say anything bad about my friends back home, but other than going to school and working normal jobs, they haven't really done much. They haven't had that opportunity that I've had to travel-people work years to save up enough money to go to Australia for just a week, and here I am, being able to be there, skating with my friends, and loving what I do-it's crazy. I'm very grateful-I feel like I'm living the life I always wanted to live."
Big Ups To Big Al
"Al's just one of those guys who always had a lot of good things he'd do for skateboarding. When he lived in Milwaukee, he was the one bringing ramps and throwing skate jams for all the kids at Cass Street. He had a thing called PUPIL-People Uplifting People In Life. Those were his skate jams. He's always had this positive energy, and he brought me into the scene at such a young age to meet people like Rodney Mullen. There are a lot of people I have to thank. Sometimes it really is all about who you know, and there are so many good skateboarders out there who are amazing, but they don't really have the connections and they don't really get anywhere because of it."
From Parking Block Dorking To Tech-Railing
"When I skate, there's a feeling I get. I don't think about tricks too much, I just do 'em. I don't sit there and try to practice and practice and practice one trick-I just go for it. So when people ask me, 'How do you do a frontside 270 noseblunt so easily?' I don't even know-I'm just skating, not even thinking about what I'm doing. I've always been like that-even when my friends and I were dorking around, they'd be like, 'How the f-k did you do that so quick?'"
Nyjah, Sheckler, P-Rod, Jereme… Lutzka
"It really doesn't matter what people think about me. I just skate 'cause I love to skate. And it happens that, yeah, I do pretty good in contests. But it's not like I have this skatepark in my backyard and I'm training to win all these contests. Contests are fun-all my friends are there, and it's fun to party afterward-but I don't want to be labeled as a skatepark skater. That's why I film video parts, and that's why I try to get my photos in the magazines. I just want to be labeled as a skateboarder, not someone who just does contests or just films video parts, or is just hip-hop or just rock. I am who I am, I love what I do, and that's why I do it."
o I am, I love what I do, and that's why I do it."
Sipping The Old Milwaukee
For a skateboarder growing up in the Midwest, especially in the less-than-skate-friendly Midwest of days past, the grass really is greener on the other side. Nowadays, there's a bevy of skateparks scattered throughout even the smallest of podunk towns, but when Greg Lutzka first stepped on his skateboard at just ten years of age, the world-renowned, Milwaukee-located Turf Skatepark (and its mandatory coper rule)-pretty much the claim to fame for all of Midwestern skateboarding-was long closed down. Street skating was in full force, but in the northern Midwest, you're out a good four months of the year if you don't have an indoor park-or in Greg's case, a basement-to skate during the winter months.


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His research interests include sports in American culture and energy and the environment.
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Her research interests include hydrogeology - contaminant fate and transport/hydrocarbon tracers, human impacts on stream channels, and development of curvature in mountain chains.
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Graduate and advanced students in the film production program at WSU's College of Fine, Performing and Communications Arts will be producing short narrative films within the next three months.
There are a number of screenplays and a wide range of roles that could provide valuable experience, portfolio material and exposure for serious actors. The films will be entered into festivals and based upon our recent experience; they should be candidates for significant awards.
A partial listing of available roles will be posted soon on the following Facebook group: Wayne State University Film Auditions.
The major auditions will take place - on a drop-in basis - both Friday, February 17 from 6 until 9 p.m. and Saturday, February 18 from 2 until 6 p.m. Registration will take place each day outside of Room 134 in Old Main (located on the basement floor near the elevators) on the Wayne State University campus.
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Police are appealing for information after a car was damaged at RSPB Frampton Marsh on Friday.
The Asia Rocsta 4x4 car was scratched and had a headlight smashed while it was parked at the nature reserve between 7.30-11am.
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Bendy Lights and Foam Mattress Lights?
I keep finding things in twos lately – I just ran across two interesting articels related to home and interior lighting that felt like they needed a double billing. One of them is a bendy twisty tube called the Bamboo Light System, and the other is called the Zipper Light – and it looks like it's glowing foam eggcrate!
Here's the Bamboo Lighting System:
Pedro Reinoso designed the Bamboo Light System for the retailer Yamagiwa. The system is a series of connectable pieces that can be bent and shaped. Floor lamps, table lamps, hanging lamps – Pablo's website has a pretty chandelier-esque fixture created. Here's the Yamagiwa's english-language product page.
The second product is called the Zipper Silicone Lumainaire, designed by John Niero of justnotnormal design - it looks like eggcrate at the first glance, but it's a silicone sheet with LEDs embedded into it. The panels zip together like a quilt, which is the zipper light's concept. It has a zipper on its edges so that you can connect it to itself, mount it to a wall, or whatever else you decide to zip it to for fun. Or maybe you're doing some serious zipping, not the fun kind.


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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski shared the following yesterday:
Today, the FCC issued a Public Notice seeking comment on concerns and issues related to intentional
interruptions of wireless service by government authorities for the purpose of ensuring public safety.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said:
"Our democracy, our society, and our safety all require communications networks that are available and
open. Any interruption of wireless services raises serious legal and policy issues, and must meet a very
high bar. The FCC, as the agency with oversight of our communications networks, is committed to
preserving their availability and openness, and to harnessing communications technologies to protect the public."


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ST. LOUIS, August 21, 2012—Guitar? Check. Recording studio? Check. Write a song that children will sing to raise awareness about a disease that takes another child's life every minute, half the world away? Check!
The Rev. Dr. Frederic W. Baue, a St. Louis pastor with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), has written "Buzz Off," a song to help raise awareness about the Lutheran Malaria Initiative (LMI). The song, chords and lyrics can be found under "Resources" at www.lutheranmalaria.org.
The song begins: "Buzz Off! (Buzz off, you nasty little bug!)," and includes lyrics such as these, "When God made the world, He made it right, There were mosquitoes, but they didn't bite. Then along came the serpent slick as you please. Man fell. Then came sin, death and disease."
Baue was inspired to write and record the song after playing guitar at an LMI fundraiser with LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison.
"That got me fired up about the project to end needless deaths from this dread disease," Baue said. "I just got a note from the kids at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Daykin, Neb., saying, 'Thank you for writing 'Buzz Off'! Our VBS [Vacation Bible School] really enjoys singing it as we learn about showing Jesus' mercy to others.' "
The song is one of the many free resources available for raising awareness and funds to carry out LMI anti-malaria programming in Africa. Congregations, schools and others participating in LMI are encouraged to use the song as part of their activities.
"Malaria fighters have a new tune to sing thanks to the talents of Fred Baue," said Dionne Lovstad-Jones, manager of development outreach for LMI. "This new song, with its catchy tune commanding the mosquito to 'buzz off' and 'get on out of the area,' is perfect for kids. Its melody is simple and fun.
"These kids know that their work will save children 'just like them' and that they are joining a worldwide effort to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. Having a song to promote their work and share in the excitement is contagious in a life saving way."
The Lutheran Malaria Initiative, a partnership of Lutheran World Relief (LWR) and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and made possible through support from the United Nations Foundation, seeks to raise $45 million to combat malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, the region most affected by this devastating disease. With programs currently in Mali, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, LMI is reaching 2.4 million people with messages about prevention and treatment.
When the LMI campaign began in 2010, a child died of malaria every 30 seconds. Today, that rate has decreased to one death every 60 seconds.
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JPMorgan executive quits over $2bn blunder
One of the highest-placed women on Wall Street will retire, the first casualty of a $2bn trading blunder at JPMorgan Chase.
The bank said chief investment officer Ina Ms Drew (55) would retire after more than 30 years with the company. She will be replaced by Matt Zames, an executive from JPMorgan's investment bank.
Ms Drew oversaw the division of the bank responsible for the loss.


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Vanderbilt's acclaimed International Lens film series returns this fall with a stellar line-up of films from all over the world, including China, Sweden, Mexico, India, Vietnam, Russia, France, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Romania and more.
The series kicks off Saturday, Aug. 25, with a special outdoor screening of Swedish hit The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The groundbreaking films in this season,
Don't miss out on what film critic Jim Ridley recognized as "Best Film Series in Nashville" in the Nashville Scene's 2011 Best of Nashville issue.
International Lens utilizes screenings of films with a global perspective as a forum to promote dialogue and celebrate Vanderbilt's diverse community.
The series is a partnership among the Office of the Dean of Students, academic departments, centers and programs.
Admission is free and screenings take place at 7:30 p.m. at Sarratt Cinema on the Vanderbilt campus, unless otherwise noted. Free parking is provided.
To see the full schedule, read more about the films and watch trailers, visit the International Lens website.
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In staging Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Houston Ebony Opera Guild abandons European pantaloons and petticoats in favor of a new English-only production that features North African garb and a true Moorish feel.
Rossini's great comic opera -- still familiar from classic Bugs Bunny cartoons -- is a far cry from the ponderous melodrama of Puccini's Tosca, which the company performed last year. Since the African-American company began producing full-fledged opera six years ago, it has generally preferred the serious to the comic.
"In works we've performed in the past, the singers can't get away from just standing and singing," says the show's stage director, Talmage Fauntleroy. But in Barber, the soloists under conductor Willie Anthony Waters will share the spotlight with carefully choreographed ensemble scenes that are rich in interplay.
Houston Ebony Opera Guild performs The Barber of Seville
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Friday and Saturday, August 25-26, at 8:30 p.m. Free admission. (713)529-7664
The plot of Barber has its roots in a buffoonish form of Italian low comedy known as commedia dell'arte. Set in Seville, the story hinges on the exploits of Count Almaviva, who plans to sneak into the household of Dr. Bartolo and capture the heart of Rosina, the doctor's ward. Aided by the conniving Figaro, Almaviva slowly wreaks havoc in the physician's home, first arousing suspicion as a lowly student, and then masquerading as the young girl's music teacher. In the end of course, he wins her hand.
Both Fauntleroy and costume designer Toni Whitaker conceived the show's exotic blend of Moorish and Spanish influences. Gone is the genteel garb of 18th-century aristocrats, replaced with wigs, turbans and African-influenced hairstyles. Rosina's Spanish costume consists of light orange, yellow and black hues underneath a shawl that's more authentic to a sunny desert climate than to Andalusian Spain.
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Vancouver (AFP) Oct 27, 2010
Researchers in Canada on Wednesday released the first scientific index designed to measure the impact of fish farming on the environment.
Aquaculture has become increasingly controversial because of fears it can harm the environment and use up too many resources.
Until now however, there has been no clear way to measure the environmental impact of the practice, said researcher John Volpe, from the University of Victoria, told AFP.
Volpe said his "Global Aquaculture Performance Index" -- developed with help from the US-based Pew Environmental Group and funding from the American Lenfest Foundation -- is intended for use by "industry, farmers, bureaucrats, government ministers and other decision makers."
The tool is similar to the "ecological footprint" concept used around the world to assess the overall impact of humans on the environment.
Salmon farming in ocean pens already is controversial in North America because of concerns that farmed salmon spreads parasitic lice among already-threatened populations of wild salmon.
But the index ranked other species of farmed fish as "far, far, worse," said Volpe.
"Nearly anything coming out of Asia is problematic," he said, because of unregulated use of antibiotics, spread of parasites, and a greater use of wild species caught without regulations.
"Some aquaculture production systems enable and facilitate unsustainable fisheries practices," he said, noting aquaculture has boomed in China especially over the past five years.
The index measures the impact of fish farms according to 10 factors.
These include the impact on the environment of capturing fish in the wild; the use of cleaning chemicals and antibiotics; the economic damage incurred when farmed fish escape into the wild; energy costs; and the impact on water oxygen levels.
Volpe noted that sustainable foods are increasingly popular, as "eat local" and "slow food" movements flourishing in most developed countries.
But sustainability, he said, is "hard enough to measure in terrestrial agriculture, where things are simpler."
"Seafood is more complex. You're dealing with the most international, globalized foodstuff that humans consume," he said.
"We hold seafood to a different standard -- a different level of ignorance," said Volpe.
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Here's Joe Biden at a fundraiser, engaged in an exquisite act of overstatement re: the bin Laden raid.
"You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain. We never had more than a 48 percent probability that he was there."
President Obama deserves credit, and has received plenty of it, for making the tough call to go into Pakistan and get bin Laden. But for Pete's sake. . . . The operation was limited in scale and the main risks were political and diplomatic (as Biden well knows; he later asked the audience "Do any one of you have a doubt that if that raid failed that this guy would be a one-term president?"). In terms of strategic risk versus reward, is there a president who would not have signed the order for a coin flip chance to get bin Laden in exchange for the three thousandth American violation of Pakistani sovereignty over the last decade?
Arguably, Operation Desert Storm — with pre-invasion coalition casualties projected into the thousands and fears of a protracted maneuver war and the deployment chemical/biological weapons — was more audacious. Unarguably, the Inchon landing and the breakout of the Pusan perimeter were.
In World War II alone: Overlord. The British commando raids. The miracle at Dunkirk. Okinawa. Jimmy friggin Doolittle.
Five hundred years is a long time. From Patton to Napoleon, John Paul Jones to Sir Francis Drake. I'm sure all you history buffs out there can think of another battle plan at least in the running to be more audacious than Operation Geronimo.
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The Medical Aspirations Scholarships are an extension of the Medical Aspirations Programme, which begins with the Medical Aspirations Residential held at UEA each year. Particular schools are identified as being a key priority and the attendees of the Residential come from those schools. The Medical Aspirations Scholarships support students who attended the Residential course and went on to secure a place at Norwich Medical School, and is designed to support students from non-traditional medical backgrounds as they study at UEA.
To be eligible, applicants must:
Have attended the Medical Aspirations Residential.
Are offered a place on the:
MBBS Medicine.
MBBS Medicine with a Foundation Year.
Be eligible to pay fees at the Home/EU rate.
Preference will be given to applicants who:
Are offered a place on the MBBS Medicine.
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The value of the Scholarship is dependent on the number of applicants to the courses listed above who completed the Medical Aspirations Residential course, and will be determined annually.
The amount available will be divided equally between the successful recipients in that year.
The Scholarship will never be worth less than 50% of each individual recipient's fees.
The Scholarship will be paid for a maximum of six years; five for those on the MBBS Medicine programme.
Selection process
7.The recipients of this Scholarship will be any successful applicant to the above courses who completed the Medical Aspirations Residential, unless the number of eligible applicants means that the value of the award for each recipient would be lower than 50% of their fees, as stipulated in rule 5.
8.If there are more eligible applicants than can be supported by the Scholarship fund, the recipients will be chosen by a Selection Panel whose decision will be final.
The recipient will be chosen on the basis of their:
Academic potential.
Proven academic record.
Financial need.
When considering the merit of applications, the Selection Panel may give preference to applicants:
Whose parents did not complete Higher Education.
Who are care leavers.
Who have had their study disrupted by extenuating circumstances.[1]
Who live in a low participation neighbourhood.[2]
Who have care responsibilities.
Scholarship terms
The Scholarship is payable after the recipient has completed the University's registration process.
If no candidate is judged to be of sufficient merit, the Scholarship will not be awarded.
Recipients of the Medical Aspirations Scholarships will be permitted to hold Open Scholarships and receive fee waivers (where appropriate) at the same time but not any other UEA scholarships.
The Scholarship is subject to terms and conditions which must be formally agreed to by the recipient before the award is made.
Usual Process:
Usually, those who receive the Medical Aspirations Scholarships are simply any students who took part in the Medical Aspirations Residential and who went on to secure a place at UEA's Medical School – if there are more than would be supported by the fund as per the rules in the Value of award section, the below process should be brought into place.
Application Process:
In previous application processes, when an application was called for, applicants are asked to complete an application form including a 500-word essay explaining why they think they should be awarded this Scholarship, and these applications are then shortlisted by the Development Office based on the following criteria:
1.Correct use of spelling, grammar and punctuation
2.Written in layman's terms
5.Evidence of effort made
6.Total household income as provided to the SLC (this will be checked)
Selection Process:
The Panel should include a member of staff who can act as Chair – such as a Head of School or an Associate Dean of the Faculty – and two or three other appropriate members of staff who are senior in their School or connected to undergraduate Admissions. Previous versions of the rules simply asked for selection to come from the recommendation of the Medical School.
The Panel will score each applicant and will be asked to justify their top three applicants based primarily on the points in rule 9 – rule 10 should be used at the Panel's discretion.
The Panel will report their justifications and scoring of the applicants back to the Stewardship Officer.
The Stewardship Officer will contact the recipient to let them know that they have been successful, but not before getting in contact with Admissions to ensure that no other Scholarships have been offered to the applicant and that the information has been recorded on Hobsons.
[1] Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Selection Panel.
[2] One which has been identified as having a low percentage of people attending university compared to the National average.


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A HACKER'S TALE: Albert Gonzalez, 28, is charged with taking part in the biggest credit card hacks of the decade, totaling 170 million accounts. He allegedly continued to pilfer card data from retailers even after getting caught and becoming an informant for federal agents.
HUMBLE ROOTS: People who know the former altar boy say he is a shy man who was obsessed with computers from a young age while growing up in a working-class part of Miami.
LAVISH LIFESTYLE: Court documents say that Gonzalez was not afraid to spend the proceeds from credit card thefts. He allegedly threw himself a $75,000 birthday party and complained he had to count $340,000 in 20-dollar bills by hand because his money counter broke. He was arrested last year in a fancy Art Deco hotel with a gun and $22,000 in cash.


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