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US Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2012: 5 Biggest Potholes in Bid for Team GoldJuly 25, 2012
US Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2012: 5 Biggest Potholes in Bid for Team Gold
The U.S. men's gymnastics team has their sights set on the gold medal, which would be the first for Team USA since 1984.
Although Team USA arguably has one of the deepest teams ever, it still seems difficult for them to make it for gold, and more likely that they will take the bronze medal behind Japan and China.
This is a far cry from four years ago when the Americans were not expected to make it to the finals and ended with a miraculous bronze medal. In 2008, China claimed seven of the eight gold medals, including the Men's Team Final, while Team USA stood on the podium just once.
Now Team USA has top contenders in several of the individual events. However, there are still several factors holding them back from a team gold.
Let's take a look at the biggest potholes in team USA's gold medal mission.
1. Top Level Competition
China won the gold and Japan the silver in the Olympics four years ago.
The Chinese return Beijing rings gold medalist Chen Yibing, while the Japanese are led by three-time all-around world champion Kohei Uchimura.
Zou Kai also leads the Chinese National Team. In 2008, Kai won three gold medals, and he should earn more hardware in London. Specializing in team, floor and high bar, Kai led China to a 2011 World Championship in October in Tokyo.
Yibing, the Chinese team captain, is known for more than just the rings. He has won four world titles and may be the most experienced gymnast in the field.
Uchimura seems to be the shoe-in for the all-around title on the men's end. He is a driving force on the Japanese squad.
He said he is "fed up with being second in the team event and that's what we have to overcome," in an interview with Jim Armstrong of the Associated Press.
Uchimura finished second all-around in Beijing, something he's not happy with. His claim to fame is his three consecutive world all-around victories, as he's the first man ever to do so.
"I have a lot of bitter memories from Beijing," Uchimura said to the Associated Press. "Hopefully, we can erase those memories and bring the gold back to Japan."
Not only do these gymnasts have world-class skill sets, but they also have the determination which might be a combination Team USA can't top.
Jonathan Horton, the only Team USA member from Beijing on the current roster seems to think otherwise.
"People think that China and Japan are probably going to win, but that's the position we want to be in," said Horton in an interview with Voice of America. "We want people to kind of doubt us because when you put our scores and what we're capable of on paper, we're just as good as those two teams. It's going to come down to what team has the better day in the team finals. And I think that just our heart and our passion, everything's going to come out on that day, and we're all going to have great performances."
2. No Room for Error
At trials, Team USA seemed near-perfect as the men hit event after event and their electricity was just magnetic off each other.
However, there are still worries that those performances were not enough and the errors the gymnasts made are going to haunt them in London.
Nearly every gymnast made a key mistake on floor during Visa's and trials. Jake Dalton, who won the event, only scored above a 16 twice—during the two days of trails. No other athlete on the Olympic roster scored above a 16 and the gymnasts who took second and third in the event—Steven Legendre and Paul Ruggeri—did not make the Olympic squad.
Also on pommel horse, nearly every gymnast struggled through his routine, even Alexander Naddour who won the event and is a key pommel horse alternate. I am worried Orozco or Leyva will actually fall off come the pressure of the Olympics.
With Team USA already on the fringe, any mistake can prove unforgivable.
3. Pommel Horse Problems
Pommel horse is an event Team USA has historically been weak on, and that problem continues in 2012.
John Orozco is the top American on pommel horse as he beat out Danell Leyva in the event and has had consistently high scores. The duo is easily the top two Americans on the event.
The problem is the duo is only respectable on the apparatus and all the others are below average.
Pommel horse is the event where Team USA can fall behind, and they might not be able to come back from it.
Pommel horse specialist Alexander Naddour won the event at trials and was chosen as an alternate purely for his pommel horse prowess.
There's a thought that it could actually help Team USA more if they had his pommel horse score, similar to how important McKayla Maroney's vault score is on the women's side.
Louis Smith from Great Britain, Krisztian Berki of Hungary and Koji Yamamuro of Japan are among the favorites to medal.
I'm not even sure if any U.S. gymnasts will make the finals, though Orozco and Leyva have the best shot.
4. Remember the Underdogs
All the focus lies on Japan and China, how they will claim the top two shots and Team USA will win the bronze. However, they cannot forget about their other competition, teams who are the underdogs just like them four years ago.
Russia is a team who has consistently been a top contender in men's gymnastics. They could be said to be in the fight with USA for bronze. Russia's Alexander Balandin is one of the fiercest challengers on rings, and Emin Garibov is a force on the high bar, where he won gold at the European championships earlier this year.
Britain is also a team who cannot be forgotten. The team will be fueled by the energy of home fans and doesn't have to face the discomfort of dealing with time zones and a foreign land.
Daniel Purvis is Kohei Uchimura's closest challenger for the all-around gold. He was recovering from food poisoning at the London test event and vaulted into a judge's lap but nonetheless helped Britain win the meet. Talk about perseverance.
Britain can also gain a lead on pommel horse, where many of the teams especially Team USA struggle. Louis Smith, a pommel horse specialist, has three world medals on pommels and a bronze from Beijing.
These teams could sneak up and possibly even kick Team USA off the podium. But that would be a major shocker.
5. Nagging Injury Issues
As always in gymnastics, there has to be the concern of nagging injuries. Are gymnasts ever truly recovered from all the grind they put their bodies through?
Team USA has plenty of nagging injuries and we have to hope they won't sprout back during team competition.
Sam Mikulak was kept out of every event except for pommel horse during the finals of Olympic trials because of an injured left ankle.
Mikulak, who has had constant injuries on both ankles, needs to be at full force to deliver.
Horton, the team's only veteran, has gone through struggles on his foot. He broke two bones and tore a ligament in his foot last October. Doctors told him he wouldn't be able to compete in the Olympics, but he worked his way back. As shown at Trials where he did not perform perfectly, I'm worried he is still not at 100 percent.


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|Application number
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|Nov 13, 2007
|Filing date
|Jan 30, 2002
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|Jan 30, 2002
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|Robert Throop
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|Employers Reinsurance Corporation
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|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (34), Classifications (28), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The use of email is used extensively in communications. Users of email generally receive several messages each day on a desktop or laptop computer. Each message may contain written text and often contains one or more enclosures such as electronic text documents and graphic images, including facsimile images.
The prior art includes server and software systems that facilitate the delivery and sending of email to and from email users. In one system, for example, a server couples between the Internet and a local area network of a corporation; multiple computers of corporate employees couple with the local area network to communicate with the server to send and receive email. One well-known server of the prior art is the MICROSOFT EXCHANGE� server. One well-known software system operable on individual computers is MICROSOFT OUTLOOK�. Collectively, corporate email users with MICROSOFT OUTLOOK� and connected with the local area network may communicate with the MICROSOFT EXCHANGE� server to send and receive email through the Internet, as known in the art.
The management of email may be critical to a corporate business. To manage email, the corporation or its email users sometimes save email within electronic storage memory, e.g., internal memory or a server. Often, however, electronically stored email messages become a voluminous congregation of email messages that is too unwieldy to utilize effectively. Email is also sometimes printed onto paper for manual storage; such printing may include printing of the email message, i.e., its written text, and any enclosure. Similar to electronic storage, however, manual storage of email text and enclosures is equally difficult to manage, over time. A corporation may need to store thousands of emails each week, requiring a dedicated staff to store the email within file cabinets so that the written text and enclosures (e.g., graphic images) of the email are stored and recorded for use at a later date.
Another problem of the prior art is that email text and attachments may be corrupted, modified or deleted when stored in native electronic form. By way of example, modification or corruption may occur when subsequent users of stored email open attachments to make changes or comments. There is therefore the risk that if the email text and/or attachment are required at a future date, they may not be available as originally received, if at all. Companies utilizing email communication systems often implement manual processes, such as drafting and mailing a letter, and/or physically printing and scanning attachments into a graphic form via a scanner, in order to memorialize data.
The invention seeks to advance the state of the art in email and software systems by providing methods and systems for automatically managing email so as to securely memorialize email for future workflow. Several other features of the invention are apparent within the description that follows.
As used herein, email "content" means email written text and/or email enclosures. Email enclosures are also identified herein as email "attachments."
The invention of one aspect is a method for systematic email induction. The method includes the steps of electronically monitoring email for email content, automatically extracting the content, and loading the content to a graphics database accessible from a network. The step of extracting may include extracting graphic image attachments, documents and/or parsed text from the email. The step of loading the content may include releasing the content into a graphics database such as a FileNET repository.
In one aspect, content images stored in the database are associated with tasks to facilitate workflow processes. By way of example, content images may be tagged with information identifying or relating to a particular business task so that the images are subsequently located within the database for use with the task. In another example, workflow processes are triggered by loading content into the graphics database. A database such as a FileNET repository may for example be configured to automatically respond to the loading of new content by an acknowledgement (e.g., a log file or image identifier); the acknowledgment of one aspect is used to trigger automated workflow processes.
In another aspect, one method of the invention includes the step of periodically polling an email inbox for new messages. By way of example, the email inbox may be provided by MICROSOFT OUTLOOK� software on a computer. Polling may occur at a desired frequency such as every ten seconds, although shorter or longer durations may be used as a matter of design choice. Polling of email inboxes may also occur over a company's network, such as with use of a MICROSOFT EXCHANGE� server.
In still another aspect, one method of the invention includes the step of automatically determining an organization associated with the email. The organization may be compared with an authorization list prior to proceeding with automated processing of the email. If the organization is not authorized, the email is forwarded to secondary storage for manual handling. By way of example, when a new message is discovered in the inbox, application software determines which sender (e.g., an organization) sent the message by interrogating the "From:" portion of the heading. The application then makes a table comparison to assure that the sender is authorized to have its email processed. If the sender is not authorized, the application notifies a system administrator of the error via email while moving the message from the Inbox to an electronic "Errors" folder. The administrator has the option of either adding the sender to the table or rejecting the transaction. If the administrator determines that the email should be processed, she can make a table entry adding the email address of the sender so that the email is processed accordingly.
In another aspect, one method of the invention includes the step of automatically scanning the email for illegal text strings defined in a predetermined electronic file. By way of example, application software of the invention explores the text of the message for illegal text strings as prescribed in the electronic file (e.g., a table). If an illegal string is detected, the application software moves the message to the Errors folder under the Inbox and notifies the administrator via email. The administrator may dispose of the message or forward it unprocessed to another person, as appropriate.
Moreover, in another aspect, information parsed from email text may be translated to desired or standardized text. If for example an organization is identified in several ways, parsed text of the organization may be translated to a selected standardization of that name according to user preferences.
In other aspects, certain methods of the invention may include the step of converting the email, without enclosures, to a graphics image, e.g., a TIFF image. Email enclosures may also be converted, as necessary, to graphic images. By way of example, the application software may convert the actual email message into a TIFF image and investigate the enclosures to determine the quantity and type of the enclosures. If the enclosures are not in TIFF format, for example if the enclosures include a text document or spreadsheet, the application software converts the non-graphic enclosures to a TIFF format. Preferably, the application software converts all attachments to single-page TIFF format.
In one aspect, the method includes the step of automatically formulating an overview file summarizing the content stored in the graphics database. By way of example, the application software may assemble collected content and create a file that reflects the contents of the email message; this file may for example facilitate use of the FileNET repository such as set forth by FileNET High Performance Image Import (HPII) known in the art. The application software copies the files it has created to the HPII/Parent directory on the graphics database that hosts the FileNET system. The application software keeps track of all files written and continuously polls the HPII/Parent directory looking for names within .rpt files that correspond with the names of previously written .eob files. Once any particular .rpt file is located, the document id (e.g., created by FileNET in response to image acceptance) is retrieved and coupled to the message id (e.g., created by MICROSOFT EXCHANGE�) as well as the batch id created by the application software and stored in an access file or table. In another example, FileNET Panagon may be used to assist in the induction of email content to a FileNET repository. Acknowledgments from the graphics database may be used to trigger automated workflow processes.
In still another aspect, the invention provides an email system for managing email content of a network. The system includes application software on an email induction server and an email server configured to monitor incoming email of the network. The application software extracts content from the email and converts the content to a graphics image; it thereafter loads converted email content to a graphics database accessible from the network. In one aspect, the graphics database acknowledges receipt of loaded content to trigger automated workflow processes.
In yet another aspect, an improvement to an email system is provided. The email system is of the type that processes email for a network. The improvement includes application software configured with the network to convert content of the email to graphic images and to store the graphic images into a graphics database accessible from the network. In one aspect, the database automatically responds to the storing of graphic images to trigger subsequent workflow processes linked with the content.
The invention thus has certain advantages. By way of example, systems and methods of the invention may provide for memorializing email content to ensure future uncorrupted use of the content. Moreover, storage of the content as graphic images can automatically and securely trigger automated workflow processes. In one example, when the email includes an insurance claim, the email claim is secured in graphic form for future reference to trigger workflow processes. Such a process may include the steps of: communicating email (e.g., an insurance claim) from a computer to an email server, converting content of the email to one or more graphic images for storage within a graphics database in response to receiving the email at the server, and automatically communicating acknowledgment to the server that the content is graphically memorialized. The process may further provide for triggering workflow (e.g., further processing of the insurance claim) associated with the email in response to the acknowledgment. Accordingly, future workflow processes may acquire images of the content through access of the database through a network.
The invention also provides other advantages apparent in the description herein. One advantage for example provides for graphically storing email written text and enclosures for automated workflow processes. By managing email in accord with the principles disclosed herein, the invention further provides means for accepting, processing and delivering email content that drives workflow without human intervention.
The invention is next described further in connection with certain embodiments, and it will become apparent that various additions, subtractions, and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
A more complete understanding of the invention may be obtained by reference to the drawings, in which:
Server 20 has application software 26 that automatically scans, extracts and graphically converts content from email according to the teachings herein, e.g., such as described in connection with
Each computer 18 generally includes an email software interface such as MICROSOFT OUTLOOK�. Server 12 may for example be a MICROSOFT EXCHANGE� server. Application software 26 may poll incoming email to any email inbox of email server 12 to acquire and store content as graphic files within database 22 accessible by computers 18. Server 20 may for example be a MICROSOFT NT� application server used to run application software 26. As known in the art, servers 12, 20, database 22 and computers 18 may have installed client software to facilitate communications with other devices and systems. For example, when database 22 is a FileNET repository, computers 18 and server 20 have appropriate FileNET client software installed.
The email originator may be used to gate email through steps 64, 66, as shown. By way of example, the "From:" field of the email may be evaluated to determine the email originator. If all originating senders are authorized, step 64, processing continues at step 68. If only certain email originators are to be processed by the application software, step 66, the email may be compared to an authorization list (e.g., a list of organizations). If the sender is authorized, processing continues at step 68; if the sender is not authorized, the error handling routine of
Optionally, email content may be evaluated by the application software for illegal text strings, or not, via steps 70, 72. If this feature is activated "on," then the email is evaluated for illegal text strings at step 72. In the event of an error text string, the error handling routine of
Email enclosures, or "attachments," if any, may be evaluated for type at step 108. If system 10 is not configured to accept the attachment type, the error handling routine of
Graphic images of converted email content are then presented to the desired graphics database induction method (e.g. either the FileNET Panagon API or the FileNET HPII) at step 118. These images are then stored within the graphics database (e.g., the FileNET repository) at step 120.
Selected housekeeping steps 122-130 may then commence. For example, a log of the images stored in the graphics database is updated at step 122. A response email, if appropriate, may be sent to the email originator as shown by steps 124, 126. A report indicating the automated responses may also be generated at steps 128, 130, as shown.
Those skilled in the art should appreciate that flowcharts 50, 100, 150 of
For one or more non-graphic attachments, method step 208 converts the non-graphic attachments to one or more graphic images. As needed or desired, one or more non-graphic conversion routines may be called at step 210. By way of example, if the attachment is a WORD PERFECT� document (i.e., an electronic file with a .wpd extension), one routine of step 210 may convert that file extension to a .doc file extension; another image conversion routine (e.g., TIFF.dll) of step 210 may convert a .doc file extension to one or more TIFF images; another routine of step 210 may convert rich text documents to one or more graphic images; yet another routine of step 210 may convert a spreadsheet document (e.g., a .xls file) to one or more graphic images; still another routine of step 210 may convert a postscript or .pdf file to one or more graphic images.
In the event the graphic images from steps 208, 210 have multiple pages, step 212, these multi-page graphic images are converted to a single page graphic image, e.g., a TIFF image, at step 214. A routine such as TIFF.dll, known in the art, may for example be utilized at step 214.
At step 216, single page graphic images are loaded into a graphics database (e.g., a FileNET repository) for future storage and use. These database images memorialize email content as of the date of receipt so that they may be recalled without corruption or modification at a future date. Preferably, step 216 also associates the graphic image with certain workflow tasks to trigger further workflow processes.
With further regard to
Since certain changes may be made in the above methods and systems without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the following claims are to cover all generic and specific features of the invention described herein, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall there between.
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now realize I have been doing my own version of
meditation without any formal training. Is there some
inherit principle that we tune into without realizing the
why's and wherefore's?

I was also wondering if
there is any possibility of inducing a form of self
hypnosis where you could actually put yourself into a
trance of some sort. I am afraid to meditate at work or
while driving for fear this may occur.

There are
times I can sit and be at such peace I feel I could
turn into a statue but yet I feel quilt for fear this
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I would suggest visitng the website for the meditation society
http://www.meditationsociety.com/. There are lots of techniques
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"Edinburgh serviced apartments is a very popular market for us," said Chris Gee, Sales Director at SilverDoor. "Despite the city offering some fantastic hotels, more and more people want to stay in a serviced apartment."
Boasting serviced apartments in Edinburgh City Centre, Leith and residential areas around the City, SilverDoor has 28 serviced apartment buildings on their website with a choice of studios, one, two, three and four bedroom apartments.
SilverDoor's new properties include Garden Royal apartments, located centrally just off Queen Street and steps from the National Portrait Gallery in New Town. A more traditionally designed apartment block, these Edinburgh serviced apartments offer the benefits of a hotel whilst retaining the advantages of a serviced apartment. The property offers a dedicated reception, business centre and guest lounge, while also boasting a partnership with the nearby Scotsman Hotel, allowing guests to enjoy the health club facilities as well as Scotland's first ever Cowshed Spa.
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BECKER COUNTY - Controlling invasive plant species in one township, planting trees for a windbreak in another, and constructing a grassed waterway in another -- it's all part of a day's work at the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Last Tuesday, about 40 interested spectators including farmers, county officials and ag professionals got a chance to see some of those projects up close, as the SWCD hosted its 2008 Invasive Species & Conservation Tour.
The SWCD began providing the county's ag inspector services about four years ago. SWCD Administrator Brad Grant and his staff recently secured a two-year grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish a Becker County Cooperative Weed Management Program (CWMP) to combat invasive weed species in the county.
Known as the "Pulling Together Initiative" (PTI), this program will focus on the control or elimination of five main species of invasive plants: Crown vetch, or axseed; common tansy; leafy spurge; spotted knapweed and wild parsnip.
So why are these four species deemed to be particularly noxious?
Wild parsnip, as explained by Assistant Becker County Ag Inspector Marsha Watland, is very different from its domestic counterpart. It secretes a white, milky sap that has been identified as poisonous. When human skin -- and that of some livestock as well -- is exposed to this sap, it will react with sunlight to create blisters similar to a third degree burn, Watland noted.
And unfortunately, unlike poison ivy, everyone is susceptible to its effects. This plant can be controlled through the timely application of herbicides such as Telar, Escort and Overdrive (or a combination thereof).
Like wild parsnip, leafy spurge is poisonous to horses and cattle, and can cause lesions and irritate an animal's mouth and digestive tracts.
This particular species can be controlled biologically, through the introduction of the leafy spurge beetle into it is ecosystem. Since 2006, the county has placed 238,000 beetles on 31 sites.
Spotted knapweed, meanwhile, secretes a toxin in its roots that kills off all other plants within its root system. Though it can be controlled biologically by the use of weevils, it can take up to 8-10 years for a weevil harvesting site to be developed.
However, an infestation can take up to three years to control through the use of a herbicide, Watland noted.
The toxic properties of the common tansy are cumulative, and consuming or even handling these plants can cause illness, convulsions and even death. This plant is also toxic to horses and cows, though not to sheep or goats. Herbicide application is effective, but may need to be repeated, while hand pulling and mowing will reduce seed production, but root fragments will still sprout.
The final species on the list, the crown vetch, is commonly found along woodland edges, gravel bars along streams, on roadsides and other right-of-ways. Its seeds can also live for 15 years in the soil. This species is deemed a "serious ecological threat that invades prairies and dunes." Herbicides are the most effective means of control.
To find the most effective method of long-term treatment, the PTI partners have begun implementing an integrated pest management, or IPM, approach that uses not only chemical and biological, but also mechanical and cultural control methods.
If given enough time, native prairie grasses and forbs will also become resistant to some forms of invasive species, though some, such as crown vetch, are truly invasive and need to be controlled using an integrated approach.
The second part of the SWCD tour focused on several conservation projects that the agency has been involved in, such as the shoreland restoration project on the shore of Boyer Lake at the Sunnyside Care Center.
This project, completed last year, involved the introduction of 66 different native plant species as well as the installation of rip rap and matting material. The ultimate aim was to repair erosion damage and prevent further loss of shoreline.


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Research On When To Reveal Information To Suspects. Professor Ray Bull. 2. Benefits of recording interviews. As we all know, one of the several benefits of recording interviews with suspects is that such recordings can tell us much about how to continue to try to improve interviewing.
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As we all know, one of the several benefits of recording interviews with suspects is that such recordings can tell us much about how to continue to try to improve interviewing.
Around the world, due to perceived substantial improvements in England and Wales (as illustrated, for example, by published research) more and more countries are becoming very interested in conducting such recordings (e.g. Japan, the USA).
In 2002 Holmes (formerly of the Miami Police Department) published a book entitled Criminal interrogation: A modern format for interrogating suspectsin which he stated once a suspect had confessed that a "formal confession should be taken without delay while a suspect is in a cooperative mood" (p.115).
He also recommended that this post-interrogation/interview formal confession be audio or video recorded, even though he noted that "There is, however, one major drawback ….. In court, the investigator is invariably asked ….. 'Why didn't you record the entire interview of the defendant?' ".
He stated that "I never felt entirely comfortable answering that question. I never said it, but I often wanted to say 'I didn't want to give you a sword you could stick in me' " (p.116).
Some of you will already know that soon after audio-tape recording became common practice in England and Wales (i.e. after 1986) a small number of studies were conducted. For example,
However, Baldwin (1993) reported that of the 600 audio or video recorded interviews conducted in the late 1980s that he analysed, "most were short and surprisingly amiable discussions in which it often seemed that officers were rather tentative in putting allegations to a suspect. .....Indeed in almost two-thirds of all cases.....no serious challenge was made by the interviewers to what the suspect was saying".
Baldwin also found that "Even when the suspect denied the allegation, no challenge was made by the interviewers in almost 40 per cent of cases".
In fact "Over a third of all suspects admitted culpability from the outset", perhaps because of the police strategy then of revealing to suspects at the beginning of the interview all of the evidence the police had against them. (If the evidence is strong some people confess.)
In only 20 of the 600 interviews Baldwin examined did suspects "change their story in the course of an interview. In only nine of these cases was the change of heart attributable to the persuasive skills of the interviewer, and even here only three involved offences of any seriousness..... The great majority of suspects stick to their starting position - whether admission, denial, or somewhere in between - regardless of how the interview is conducted".
Pearse (a senior detective) and Gudjonsson (1996) also noted (in their study of interviews conducted in 1991) that rarely did suspects in their interviews change from denying to admitting the offence. They contended that "suspects enter a police interview having already decided whether to admit or deny the allegations against them" and that police interview techniques have minimal effects on whether an admission occurs.
(Recent research which casts doubt on this 1990s contention regarding suspects' views.)
The belief that perpetrators will deny being involved in serious wrong-doing and will not willingly admit/confess has not benefitted from research on the views of offenders themselves.
However, recent research involving offenders suggests that only a minority enter the police interview/interrogation with their mind set on denial.
For example, in Australia Kebbell, Hurren, and Mazerolle (2006) found
Other recent research from Canada, Sweden, the USA has produced similar findings.
Moston, Stephenson, and Williamson (1992) found that in the majority of several hundred taped interviews the police spent little time, if any, trying to obtain the suspects' accounts of events. Instead they accused the suspects of the offence and asked for their response to such accusations. (See also McConville & Hodgson, 1993.)
Moston et al. noted that typically suspects were straightaway accused of the crime and informed, early on, of the information possibly incriminating them. They found, not surprisingly, that when the evidence was strong confessions were more likely. When the police information was not strong the suspects soon became aware of this and, understandably, did not confess.
The studies that we have so far mentioned all concerned interviews conducted before a major change in police interviewer training occurred in England and Wales. Indeed such studies partly brought about the change.
This change (of course) was the 'PEACE' approach and training courses (booklets = 127,000) which began in 1992 and which contains much research-based psychology (see Milne & Bull, 1999).
Today I am going to focus on the Account aspect of the PEACE approach.
In the mid and late 1990s, as far as one could tell, although the importance of the account phase was emphasised (especially with regard to what not to do in it – for example ask closed questions too soon, interrupt, etc.), there was not a strong focus then in PEACE training upon 'challenging' the suspect.
(Perhaps because of an 'over-belief' in those days concerning what the Criminal Evidence ACT of 1984 actually had sought to eradicate from the interviewing/interrogating of suspects.)
However, over time the emphasis on 'challenging' skilfully has been growing here in England and Wales. For example, at the end of the 1990s our research found that there was frequent use of
Although 'challenging', 'disclosure of possibly incriminating information', and 'emphasising contradictions' occurred in many interviews, these important skills were not all frequently being used in interviews in which suspects moved from denying to admitting/confessing. (See the next slide.)
Time period relative to confessing
(a) = two time periods prior; (b) = immediately prior time period; (c) time period of confession
Disclosure of information 31 40 39
Open questions 38 40 40
Repetitive questions 26 33 26
Leading questions 21 26 21
Handling mood 20 28 24
Contradictions 18 23 15
Positive confrontation 14 24 20
Interruptions 14 16 15
Silence 8 11 10
Challenge account 11 9 3
Suggest scenario 3 5 6
Gentle prods 3 7 5
Concern 2 2 2
Situational futility 0 1 1
Because these important skills were not all frequently being used, our recently completed three-year programme of research (funded by the EPSRC and CPNI) had a major focus on how best/when to 'challenge' (as had some just-prior research in Sweden).
In 2007 in Sweden Granhag, Stromwall, and Hartwig emphasised that investigative interviewers often have available to them some potentially incriminating information regarding the suspect whom they are about to interview. (Indeed, we might add, that this is one of the main the reasons why people become suspects.) However, Granhag et al. stated that
(i) little research has been conducted on how such information is, or could be, used during interviews, and
(ii) "most interviewing and interrogation manuals were (and still are) silent on this issue".
These Swedish psychologists conducted a research study to examine if the strategic use during interviews of potentially incriminating information would result in interviewers being better able to discriminate who was lying to them from who was telling the truth. Their study was not of 'real-life' investigative interviews but involved as 'suspects' students who had or had or had not committed a brief mock theft at the request of the researchers. The strategic use of information during the interviews (the 'SUE- technique') involves the following
(i) the planning of the interviews during which the interviewers seek out potentially incriminating information from the case files (and other sources).
(ii) the interview should initially have a free recall phase, before the questioning phase, during which suspects are encouraged to provide relevant information. (This phase is similar to the account phase of the British PEACE approach.)
(iii) when the free recall phase has finished, then a questioning phase commences in which the interviewer poses questions relating to the potentially incriminating information that the interviewer possesses but without revealing such information to the suspect.
This phase is similar to the 'challenge account' aspect of the PEACE approach and is one of the tactics/skills that 'early' research on (tape recorded) English police interviewing found to be missing once legislation had been brought in to seek to outlaw coercive interviewing.
This Swedish research suggests that wherever possible (e.g. with suspects who are willing, or who can be motivated to provide relevant information, and where effort has been made by interviewers to gather much relevant information pre-interview) an approach of this type should be employed.
However, in their study what the truth-tellers and liars did in the event in question only slightly differed and thus only 3 pieces of possibly incriminating information were available to the interviewers.
Also the part of the event that the liars were instructed to lie about only lasted about a minute. Thus it was easy for the interviewers to reveal these 3 pieces all at once near to the very end of the interview (and doing this probably did not during the interview increase much the 'cognitive load' on the suspects).
Our very recent research introduces a new TACTICAL interview condition (part of the 'GRIMACE' approach – see below) in which the interviewer in a planned way gradually lets the suspect know about each 'piece' of relevant information that the interviewer has available.
It involves
(i) Gathering reliable information/evidence before interviewing,
(ii) Motivating a 'free recall' Account from the suspects, and then
(iii) During the questioning phase Challenging Effectively (i. e. gradually/incrementally) the suspect (using the information to point out contradictions etc.) about what the suspect has so far said.
Early - (Baseline) potentially incriminating information presented together in the initial stages of the interview procedure, before asking suspects for a free account (what some police in the UK used to do and is still done in several countries)
Late- (Strategic - SUE) potentially incriminating information presented at the end of the interview procedure (Hartwig et al., 2006)
Gradual - (Tactical - GRIMACE) planned but gradual presentation of potentially incriminating information, after a free account, toward the end of the questioning phase
Participants took part in a very engaging, hour-long task either as builders (who largely told the truth in their subsequent interviews) or as terrorists (who largely lied in the interviews).
They were then interviewed (by an experienced police officer) in order to try to determine whether they were in fact a builder or a terrorist. These interviews were vide recorded (and lasted about 20 minutes).
After their interview participants were asked to indicate:
(Terrorists and builders both equally and highly motivated.)
Cognitive demand - builders and terrorists reported that both 'late' and 'gradual' were more demanding than the 'early'.
For terrorists – 'gradual' was reported as the most cognitively demanding.
Ten police officers and ten non-police officers each viewed 30 entire interviews (ten from each of the three information disclosure types/conditions - five builders and five terrorists).
For each interview they were asked to decide whether the interviewee was being deceptive or not.
Police 66% correct
Lay persons 54%
Police 61 % correct
Thus, in our first study when the police officers watched interviews in which the revealing of information was gradual (in the questioning phase) their average success rate was 74% (which is much higher than the chance rate of 50%).
160 'Suspects'
Terrorists' rating of the deceptiveness they achieved was much greater for the 'early' disclosure interviews than for the 'late' or our 'gradual'.
'Builders' and 'terrorists' found both the 'gradual' and 'late' disclosure interviews more cognitively demanding than the 'early'.
'Terrorists' found 'gradual' disclosure interviews to be the most cognitively demanding.
(This replicates the findings of our first study.)
These very experienced interviewers achieved the following levels of performance regarding their interviews
for 'terrorists' for 'builders'
early = 53% early = 47%
late = 64% late = 42%
gradual = 73% gradual = 66%
(The average detection levels achieved for our 'gradual' style of information revelation of 69.5% in this second study and 74% in our first study are among the highest ever found in the research literature.)
Regarding those interviews for which the interviewers reported relying on/using only non-verbal (i.e. visual) behaviour (i.e. for about one third of their interviews) the detection rate was below the chance level of 50%.
Regarding those interviews for which the interviewers reported relying on/using only verbal behaviour (i.e. for about another of their interviews) the detection rate was above the chance level at 70%.
Regarding those interviews for which the interviewers reported relying on/using both on verbal behaviour and non-verbal behaviour (i.e. for about another third of their interviews) the detection rate was 63%.
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What Does the Corporate Income Tax Tax? A Simple Model Without Capital
The economics workings of the corporate income tax remain controversial. Harberger?s seminal 1962 article viewed the tax as raising the cost of capital used to produce ?corporate goods.?But ?corporate goods?can be and generally are made by non-corporate ?rms, sug- gesting that the corporate tax penalizes the act of incorporating, not the decision of already incorporated ?rms to hire capital. This paper makes this point with a simple, capital-less model featuring entrepreneurs, with risky production technologies, deciding whether or not to go public. Doing so means selling shares, which is costly and triggers the ?rm?s classi- ?cation as a corporation subject to income taxation. But going public has an upside. It permits entrepreneurs to diversify their assets. In discouraging incorporation, the corporate tax taxes business risk-sharing, keeping more entrepreneurs private and, thus, exposed to more risk. The added risk experienced by these entrepreneurs limits their demands for labor whose costs must be paid come what may. And less demand for labor spells a lower wage. Thus, the corporate tax is, as a general rule, borne, in part, by labor. But it?s borne primarily by high-skilled entrepreneurs who decide to remain incorporated despite the attendant tax liability. While it hurts high-skilled entrepreneurs and low-skilled workers, the corporate tax ben- e?ts middle-skilled entrepreneurs who remain private, but are able, thanks to the tax, to hire labor at a lower cost. The reduction in labor costs has one other key e¤ect. It induces low-skilled entrepreneurs to set up their own risky businesses rather than work for others. This represents a second channel through which the corporate tax induces excessive buiness.
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My name is Isabella Pedroli Giordano. This website is a hub for my interrelated endeavors - personal and professional - which are all connected by my love for cooking. That love is complicated and nuanced like most any other deep passion. It is not exclusive to the joy I derive from working with my hands and or the creativity I am able to express through my learned craft. Fellow cooks, novice and professional, utter and live the sentiment, "to cook with love." I prefer to say that "cooking is love."
I cook because I love food in the most basic sense. Food is fundamental nourishment and a cultural link to our past or family roots. I cook because I love people. Cooking is my best and preferred form of communication. Cooking always tells a story - not necessarily a romantic or ideal narrative - but an honest account of the cook's making as well as a link to a time or place. These untold narratives have always been fundamental to my cooking.
Eating and cooking inspires storytelling in the most literal sense. A particular dish speaks volumes of its origin – whether in the mind of its creator or a physical place of origin. When I cook I see it as an opportunity to pay homage to my Italian and Mexican heritage, to honor the farmers and producers who create the materie prima, to my father who instilled in me a love for cooking and hospitality, and also to all the teachers of my trade and the dream-makers who elevated it to an art.


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'Huge progress' made in the fight against heart disease
BRITAIN is winning the war on heart disease and stroke with the number of deaths plummeting.
New figures show "huge progress" has been made in the battle against the killer conditions with preventative statins, better treatments and fewer people smoking having a major impact.
But experts warn there is a long way to go and soaring obesity, in particular, could reverse the progress. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the single, greatest cause of death among Europeans and, in many countries, causes twice as many deaths as cancer
The reason is due to the fact that fewer people develop cardiovascular disease and, in those who do, fewer die from it
But research led by Dr Melanie Nichols at Oxford University found cancer is now causing more deaths than heart disease in men in some countries, including Belgium, France and Spain.
It has also overtaken CVD as the main cause of death among women in Denmark.
Co-author Dr Nick Townsend said: "The reason is due to the fact that fewer people develop cardiovascular disease and, in those who do, fewer die from it."
The research, published in the European Heart Journal, found that deaths from cardiovascular disease have dropped across most of the continent apart from eastern countries such as Russia.


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Well, Astria, it's pretty clear that being fucking awesome and impactful at CMU is not appreciated. This news is a terrible loss for our local community, the arts community, and the cmu community. I can only say that I am so thankful that we got to have you. I think about the shows that you have curated and I actually get a little choked up because I can't think of any art exhibits that have been more relevant, powerful and meaningful. Anywhere.
I'm sure you have a lot of decisions to make but, shit, wherever you go you know you are going to be tremendous. That's pretty fucking awesome Astria. You're a god damn gem.


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"Technology has fundamentally changed how we can be together!" With this phrase Nancy White started the webinar 'Thinking about online communities using the Digital Habitats Orientation Spidergram', which was held on the 21st February 2012. Nancy: "Technology has enabled us to communicate by distance through skype, bigmarker, e-mail, blogs, discussion groups and other social media tools. Some of them work effective, others are less effective. It depends on the situation. The world of the 'paper and pen' has transformed into a new world of digital tools. That has created a new dynamic on how we communicate in communities. If technology is not working we use...Lees verder


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Volume 79, Number 22 | November 04 - 10, 2009
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Scoopy's Notebook
Right rages at Nadler: The Villagers recent article on ACORN, in which we interviewed the community-organizing networks general counsel, Arthur Schwartz, has right-wingers going nuts. The conservative American Spectator magazine recently had a conniption fit after reading that, during the interview, Congressmember Jerrold Nadler had called Schwartz and provided advice to him, such as chiding him for not having sued yet over the Defund ACORN Act, which Nadler calls a punitive, unconstitutional bill of attainder. The magazines Oct. 26 article noted that the West Side congressmember whom it calls a longtime ACORN ally chairs the House Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which may be investigating ACORN in the not-too-distant future. How exactly is it appropriate for the chairman of a congressional subcommittee to be offering strategic advice to a group he is now under growing pressure to probe? the article asks. As of now, however, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service is doing a comprehensive analysis of ACORN. Were cooperating, Schwartz told The Villager. As for Nadler, a spokesperson told us the representative had no comment on the American Spectators charge that his discussions with Schwartz constituted a conflict of interest. Sorry nothing to add on this one, said Ilan Kayatsky, the congressmembers communications director. In addition, regarding The Villagers original article, Schwartz objected to its referring to ACORNs pending bankruptcy, saying that, instead, ongoing reorganization was a better way to put it. To be more exact, the letter that Schwartz sent out to ACORNs Friends In The Legal Community stated: We need some top-notch bankruptcy advice and maybe representation. [The reorganization may involve] the creation of new nonprofit entities in each state where ACORN functions, as ACORN considers moving from a centralized corporate structure, to a decentralized federated structure. ACORN will need help from people who have handled rebranding
Dont believe the blog hype? A Lower East Side blog charged that representatives of the Mayors Office recently ducked out of a Community Board 3 task force meeting on the development of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Areas remaining development sites. However, David McWater, the task forces chairperson, blasted the report as false. Nobody ducked out of anything, McWater scoffed in an e-mail to us. I had the flu and gave them the courtesy of knowing it so they wouldnt show up and have SPURA not discussed. They all work 9 to 5, and its not cool to have them going to meetings for nothing.
How Goldin cut her teeth: The Villagers article on legendary Lower East Side housing activist Frances Goldin last week left out an important formative part of her story about how she first cut her anti-authoritarian teeth, as it were. As the profile on honoree Goldin, 85, in the program for the Cooper Square Committees recent 50th anniversary gala put it: She displayed the guts to fight institutional forces when, at age 16, she fought off the unwanted advances of her employer, a local rabbi, by biting him hard enough to make him bleed and retreat to his office. Ouch! ... Also, Tuesdays New York Times prominently featured a full-page ad on the back of its A section for The Lacuna, the new book by bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver, who is represented by Goldins literary agency. From Mexico City in the 1930s to the McCarthy Era of the 1950s, The Lacuna is a sweeping epic journey that explores politics, revolution and the power of art, reads the ad copy for the new novel, published by Harper. If you guessed Leon Trotsky is a character in the book, youre right. Goldin said the hefty tome of historical fiction garnered Kingsolver a radically cool 1 million bucks. Goldin explained that her agency does little books and big books, and that the big books finance the little books The Lacuna clearly being one of the biggies. All of it is intended to make the world a better place, the agent/activist said.
Dogicide day afternoon: The Villager doesnt have a Pet Police Blotter, so Scoopy (as a fellow critter) will relate this sad story. In one of the most shocking incidents of dog-on-dog violence in recent memory, on the afternoon of Oct. 21 between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., outside Baby Buddha Chinese restaurant at Bethune and Washington Sts., a pint-sized pooch was killed after being brutally chomped by a far larger canine. Debbie Gimelson, who had just moved to the West Village from Chelsea a week and a half earlier, said her beloved 7-pound Yorkie, Rocco, never had a chance when set upon by the vicious, 100-pound German shepherd. Rocco was rushed into an oxygen cage, but his lungs were too badly damaged, and he didnt make it. Gimelson wasnt walking Rocco at the time of the attack, but after some intensive postering by her around the scene of the incident, the offending dogs owners eventually came forward. Things will be handled through insurance, which will pay for the vet bills. The shepherd is owned by a married couple, but the wife, who was walking the dangerous dog at the time of the murderous mauling, cant control it, according to Gimelson. The woman reportedly has agreed not to walk the dog anymore. But Gimelson thinks stiff penalties should exist for these type of dog-by-dog killings. It could be a fine, she said. It could be a short jail term, or it could be having the dogs taken away. Shaken by the loss of little Rocco, and faced with having to pass the fateful corner all the time, shes not sure if shell be able to stay in the neighborhood. A memorial for Rocco was planned with dog owners invited to bring their furry friends.
Corrections: The print version of The Villagers article on the intact, 210-year-old tombstone of an Irish immigrant found in Washington Square Park two weeks ago reported the stone was found in the parks eastern section. However, the location was the parks southwestern quadrant. Also, the last name of the lead architect investigating the tombstone was spelled incorrectly. Her name is Joan Geismar. According to Parks Department spokesperson Cristina DeLuca, the headstone has not yet been removed from the park, and is currently covered with a box.
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It is one of the most beloved and famous of all songs, belted out at countless gatherings for infant and octogenarian alike. Yet "Happy Birthday to You," far from being as free as a piece of cake at a party, actually is private property.
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RLAS-116 & Round Lake Area Exchange Club Co-Sponsor Senior Event at Oak Hill Supportive Living Community
Newly appointed Round Lake Middle School 8th Grade Mentor students joined a group of seniors from the Oak Hill Supportive Living Community in Round Lake Beach this afternoon for some games of BINGO. 20 students and 15 seniors attended the event.
The students created the design and selected the colors for their T-shirts
Mentor Club sponsor, Diane Gleeson stated, "I am always so proud of the students that participate in this club. I think they got as much out of this event today as the seniors did. Just watching the smiles appear on the faces of all in attendance and seeing the special connections that were made means so much. Making these community connections is so important."
The Round Lake Middle School 8th Grade Mentor Club will consist of 70+ students this year. The group is responsible for several important school/community projects throughout the school year. Some of these events include 6th grade orientation, welcome back dances, honor roll nights, open house, etc.
The newly adopted RLAS-116 5-Year Strategic Plan includes a strong focus on student leadership and involvement within the community. All of our schools will be participating in similar community outreach events this school year through a Community Partners in Education program established by the Round Lake Area Exchange Club and the District. The Round Lake Area Exchange Club has committed to funding the Community Partners in Education program.
The students who participated in Friday's event were (in no particluar order):
Brian Falytn, Neyda Garcia, Madison Knuth, Sonali Masih, Cecilia Moreno, Karina Sanchez-Ortiz, Juanita Silva, Kassandra Sotelo, Nayeli Arellano, Charlie Burton, Jennifer Estrada, Tatyana Gustason, Cristina Huerta, Machenzie Koch, Ashley Rodriguez, Josh Shuman, Cheyenne Vleck-Domo, Jazmin Davila, Jayda Delatorre, and Emily Hernandez.
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My son attended the WACU unit. Staff there are great, they know how frazzled moms get when their child is ill and staff help you deal with it well. The mini wards are clean and well stocked with good toys, books & videos for the children to use. Drs are very good. You are made to feel welcome & cared for.
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PARKING PARKING PARKING. There just isnt enough and the rates are disgusting. A hospital is not a place you WANT to visit, its a place you HAVE to visit and with that in mind you would think the parking fees would be a lot less, if not free.
Also a "map" of whats where in the car parks would help you having to call in at reception miles from where you parked to find that the place you needed to be was just next to where you parked


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Discussion in 'Disney Dining Plan' started by DisneyPro, Mar 1, 2006.
It seems crazy that you can be at the pool at YC/BC and go to HH's for CS but not at Boardwalk.
Hi! The Disney Dining Plan Location guide that I printed off of the main Disney web site a month or two ago lists "Leaping Horse Libations" at the Boardwalk as a counter service and snack location and says it does lunch and dinner. Is this the place you're talking about? I posted several weeks ago asking what Leaping Horse and Boardwalk Joe's were because we are staying at BCV and I wanted to know my Boardwalk options and I got a response saying that Leaping Horse was the pool area restaurant at Boardwalk.
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Right Now.i would give anything for a kiss. Especially a first kiss. the anticipation of wondering what it will be like. As you lean in closer to each other, and then embrace each other with your lips. Yes, I miss that. I want a kiss!!
SmoochesI haven't had a kiss in 11 years so its safe for me to say I miss kissing. I miss the tongue dipping into my mouth and I miss the tast of lips and the feel of heat. I miss the rolling of the tongue over mine and I miss the sweet lingering pecks that follow the long...
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Wow. So last night I had this pretty amazingdream. There is this guy at the church I used to go and obviously I must have some sort of crush on him! I dreamt of him last night and we just shared the sweetest lingering kisses over and over. Boy it was a wonderful dream...but only that. I in real life am in a sexless...
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On Friday, February 13 a sprinkler pipe burst in the Georgetown Neighborhood Library. Water damaged the historic Peabody Room on the third floor and walls on the second and the first floors. Fortunately, there has been minimal damage to the historic collections of the Peabody Room.
DC Public Library is closed Tuesday, Feb. 17 due to inclement weather.
Visioning is a process of creating the life you want. Of finding the dream in you and translating it into a three-dimensional world. Visioning is defined as "purposeful daydreaming applied to everyday life." It is the voice of the "creative conscience."
Visions energize, motivate, and commit you towards the new mental model of yourself. Visions help you
Think about your future
Learn how to negotiate verbal snares and snarls.
Susan Lowell of Tenlytown T'ai Chi will lead two free workshops based on Suzette Haden Elgin's books. The workshops will cover the same material, but feel free to participate in both.
Join us in the afternoon on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. or stop by after work on Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m.
Drawing is a soothing yet expressive activity that people from various disciplines can enjoy. Learn drawing basics or improve your skills in our three-part workshop for adults:
Thursday, May 14 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 28 at 7 p.m.
Materials are provided and the classes are 75 minutes each. Please note that the class size is limited to 12 participants.
Dr. Neal Barnard is a physician and researcher whose area of interest is diet and health. He is the founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Dr. Barnard is particularly interested in diabetes.
He will speak about the connection between diet and health.
The event is free and open to the public.
In celebration of Valentine's Day, the Georgetown Neighborhood Library has brought back its popular Blind Date with a Book display! As in previous years, we've filled it with a variety of books we think could be great matches, and all you have to do is make the first move.
Also, like last year, we're giving you blind daters a little added encouragement via the chance to enjoy a romantic meal at a nearby restaurant -- courtesy of a $25 gift certificate generously provided by the Friends of the Georgetown Library.
To enter to win, all you have to do is:
This gentle exercise is ideal for seniors, those with injuries, or anyone interested in the mind-body connection.
Steven Shafarman created the technique and will lead a free 90-minute workshop on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m., which is open to the public.
Learn simple exercises that connect mind and body to promote natual breath and movement.
Finding a job can be difficult and overwhelming. Yet, there are ways to prepare yourself for the search.
Our Job Seekers Skills Workshops and Job Seekers Support Group teach skills and offer an empathetic environment for those on the job market. The workshops and support group are taught and facilitated by Joe Ryan, an experienced career coach and career mentor.
The workshops begin on Monday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. and the support group meets on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m.
Movable Feast - The Classics Reading Group will meet on the first Tuesday of every month. Meetings will alternate among four branches: Cleveland Park, Georgetown, Palisades and Tenley-Friendship libraries.


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Why is this such a lousy year for the flu across Canada?
The flu is caused by a highly contagious virus, spread between people by droplets when they sneeze, cough or talk. But there are different strains, with each affecting us differently. This year, the dominant one is H3N2. That's bad news — more people tend to get that strain, the flu shot tends to be less effective against it, and it's harder on the elderly. As the season goes on, the virus can also mutate, and there's often a second wave of influenza B — a completely different strain — at the end of the season, in February or March.
Related: Why doctors say Canada's 'Grinch' flu season could peak over holidays
How many people will get sick?
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada's latest FluWatch report, nearly 2,000 cases of the flu were reported across the country in the last week of December. There have been more than 6,000 reported cases since this season began in the late fall. "Like other H3 seasons, there's probably going to be more activity," explains Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Rates are still going up every week. Most of us will feel ill for a week, but for many people — especially those who are vulnerable, like the elderly or kids under two — the flu could turn into a serious illness.
How good is this year's flu shot?
This year's flu shot matches the strain that's going around. That's the good news. The bad news: "typically with H3N2, the vaccine's effectiveness is lower than it is with other kinds of influenza," says Danuta Skowronski, epidemiology lead for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and one of the researchers who developed the test we use to measure the flu shot's effectiveness. "On average, we expect an effectiveness of less than 40 percent." It's generally also about 50 percent to 60 percent effective against influenza B.
Despite that, the flu shot is still the most effective way to protect yourself, says Ian Gemmill, medical officer of health for the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington area of Ontario. It takes a couple of weeks to work, since your body takes time to create antibodies in response. If you still haven't gotten the shot, Gemmill advises to "get the vaccine — but hurry up!" And even if the shot doesn't prevent you from getting sick in the first place, it can still make for less-severe symptoms and a faster recovery.
Who's most at risk from the flu?
Flu shots are particularly important for those at a higher risk for complications. That includes children under five years old, pregnant women, indigenous populations and people with underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes. The elderly are also vulnerable, especially to H3N2, says Gemmill. "H3N2 is the nastiest of all the flu viruses that we deal with. We can expect to see elderly people sick, hospitalized and some of them dying," he says. According to Public Health's FluWatch report, there were 71 reported flu outbreaks in the last week of December, most in long-term care facilities across the country.
Every year, about 12,200 Canadians are hospitalized with the flu, mostly people from those higher risk groups, and about 3,500 people will die from it.
What can I do to protect myself from my sneezing coworkers?
The flu is very contagious — that's why rates usually peak around December, when a lot of us are socializing. (If you're going to catch the flu from someone, it takes about two days after exposure for you to start having symptoms, so you can stop worrying about Aunt Jean from the holiday party.) And people can spread the virus up to five days before they have symptoms.
To protect yourself, you don't have to hide out at home. Instead, focus on hygiene. "Thorough and frequent handwashing is key, because influenza is spread by droplets between people, on the hands and on contaminated surfaces," says Tam. "And if someone in your household is sick, clean surfaces, and dispose of those contaminated Kleenex."
What's the difference between the flu and a cold?
You know you've caught the flu if you're achy, coughing, and you have a fever. Headaches, chills, runny nose, sore throat, being extremely tired and losing your appetite are other common symptoms. Kids also often vomit, have diarrhea, and are nauseous.
Related: The ultimate cold and flu survival kit
"What distinguishes the flu is the feeling of general achiness," says Skowronski. "Everything aches, your joints, your fingertips ache. And you're extremely tired: You really have to drag yourself out of bed. For other viruses you tend to be able to push on with your day."
What do I do if I have the flu?
People who are otherwise healthy can take over-the-counter medicines to reduce fevers and aches and pains. Rest up, says Tam, and drink lots of fluids, like soup. In about seven to 10 days, you should feel better. If you feel sick after that, or start to suddenly feel worse, see your doctor. High-risk people should also get medical care early if they think they have the flu, because their doctors might chose to give them Tamiflu, an antiviral that reduces flu symptoms — but it has to be given within 48 hours of getting sick. And of course, stay home if you can. As Skowronski says: "Fever and cough, take the week off!'"
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text: two not so long trips.... If you have a Punto, which is an acclaimed highway machine, you are bound to test it on the highways. When the weekend was approaching, i was itching to test my car on a long drive. On friday evening, me and my wifey decided to hit the Mysore Road, as i was not very confident on negotiating a highway, i decided to start a bit late. We hit the highway and covered 60 kms to a Barrista. Went there had some coffee and returned back. I have to say, the 90hp vehicle is a marvel in its own and it handles so well on good roads. The steering is class and very responsive and the engine is pleasure to deal with. As i am still getting accustomed to the car, i decided i am not going to hit very high speeds. The average speed on friday night was 60 to 70. Even though this wouldn't have tested the limits of the engine, it was pleasure to ride. I had positioned my seats a bit upright to keep me alert, this created a little bit of discomfiture during the drive. Something, i felt i could deal with. The main reason to hit the highway was to experience the driving pleasure and to notice the characteristics of the vehicle, which you are very unlikely to notice in the crowded streets of Bangalore. While i did keep a keen ear on any rattles or other sounds, it is heartening to say that i did not hear any. Then again, i realized that my vehicle has an alignment problem. It drags left, even the steering stays in a little titled position. If there is any alignment problem does the steering maintains a tilted position? While returning back, i heard very faint noise coming from steering. (it sounded like short circuit sound, some kind of kirrrrrr...kirrrrr). Talked to Prerana SA next morning and he told that the vehicle has an alignment problem and the position of the steering is also because of that. I also talked about the short-circuity sound, he told, the engine guard would have some damages. Due to my inexperience in driving, the vehicle had scraped a few times. Has any one experienced this kind of noise from the steering? and does the steering maintain a titled position if there is an alignment problem? :steering I refilled air in my tires at 33psi which is a 1psi more than the recommended value in the manual. My sense was that, it might reduce the under body scraping. I did another trip on sunday, i will get back with some more pics of the vehicle and a short note about the trip very soon.


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- First Name: ROMAN
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- Booking Date: 2/7/2017 1:21:00 PM
- Height: 5' 6"
- Weight: 160 lbs
- Hair Color: BLACK
- Eye Color: BROWN
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- Sex: M
- Arresting Agency: GRAVES COUNTY
- Arrest Date: 02/07/2017
- City: Hickman
- State: Kentucky
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