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On a recent fact-finding tour of rural healthcare facilities in Rwanda and Mozambique, Edward Friedman, Director of the Howe School Center for Technology Management for Global Development, came to a sobering realization: the near total absence of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.
Friedman has been researching sub-Saharan healthcare infrastructure for the United Nations Development Programme since 2006, with instructions to assess technology's potential to boost the productivity of the region's ragged patchwork of clinics.
Summing up the dire situation with a single stark ratio – one doctor for every 25,000 people – he quickly determined that advances would be inconceivable without the use of information technology.
"It struck me that it would not be possible to train enough healthcare workers to improve the system in any reasonable time period," he recalled. "We would need to use computers."
Back on the Stevens campus, he is working with a team of computer scientists, largely composed of undergraduates, on a computer-based primary health care system that would greatly expand the number of villagers receiving routine checkups, diagnoses for simple diseases and preventive medical services such as maternity and early childhood care.
The so-called Early Detection and Prevention System, developed several years ago for clinics in rural India, detects diseases and nutritional deficiencies by providing likely diagnoses based on patients' symptoms. The Stevens team is adapting and enhancing it for use in Rwanda.
The system, which focuses on common, easily identified diseases, was designed so that technicians without prior medical or computer instruction could operate it after short training sessions. Clinic workers begin by entering patients' health histories and other personal information, and then ask a series of questions about their current conditions. The program prompts follow-up queries based on those responses and ends by printing a summary of the information, accompanied by possible diagnoses.
The program requests additional information, such laboratory tests, based on its analysis. A trained healthcare worker then reviews the report.
While the system cannot resolve complex health problems, Friedman called it hugely effective nonetheless, "because in 70 percent of cases, patients don't need a doctor." It also prompts rural technicians to provide preventive care, such as visits to women flagged with high-risk pregnancies and vaccinations for children.
He identified the system, developed by the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Abraham George, while conducting a worldwide search for effective healthcare models in rural, technology-deficient regions. His research took him to clinics in rural India, where patients had little experience of books, much less of computers.
"I thought the introduction of mysterious technology might be a big impediment, but they love it. The government clinics are so perfunctory. The workers there barely talk to them and patients feel anonymous," Friedman recalled. "Here they get a printout of their visit, know that their story exists and that a health care worker has taken time to process it."
Doctors in India, he added, say the preliminary health data contained in the printouts represents a significant time-savings, allowing them to see twice as many patients, while shortening their queues by eliminating unnecessary visits.
A five-member senior design team joined the project this fall to address another infrastructure challenge: the dearth of Internet connectivity throughout much of Africa. The students are engineering a critical piece of the healthcare network – a communications link between community healthcare workers in remote villages and doctors – that does not rely on the Internet.
They plan for workers to use cell phones as modems to send medical reports to a server, followed by text message alerts to physicians, who would use smart phones to access the site's URL.
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Riccobono siad he was drawn to both the project's technical challenges and "the chance to make a big difference."
"I've read a lot about poverty and disease in developing countries, but I rarely ever hear about communications," he said, adding, ""It's not every day that a senior in college gets to help an entire country."
While most international health care dollars are being spent on three diseases in Africa – HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis – Friedman believes it will be difficult to improve peoples' lives substantially until comprehensive programs are in place to deal with general health issues that lead to infant and maternal mortality. This infrastructure must include clinics in walking distance of where people live, he says.
Friedman settled on Rwanda for the initial deployment after attending an African IT summit there in 2007 that also drew high-ranking officials from the World Bank, the United Nations and the government of China, as well as corporate and academic leaders. He was impressed with the country's embrace of technology and its clever use of the little it had. In order to enhance Internet capacity at its hospitals, for example, the government requires its administrative agencies to stream all of their bits per second to hospitals after 6 p.m.
As Internet service and other communications links become more widely available, the clinics will be able to access specialists worldwide for online consultations, he adds.


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Turhi provides a service and tools for people to find and connect around events. People can create events and send to others or look for events and select to attend.
Background on what 'Turhi' means: Elephants communicate in several ways – they trumpet when they are excited and want to share. Turhi is a Hindi/Indian version of the elephant trumpet or a bugle. The bugle is used mainly in the military where the bugle call is used to gather everyone together / indicate the daily routines of the camp.
Additionally, in India every day would commence at an appointed time in the morning, indicated by sounding of conch shells, this act being called as 'sound the Turhi'.
The essence is we want a way for people to 'Turhi' their events and other events that they plan on attending. I am going to Turhi the event, Did you Turhi your party, let's Turhi to find a cool event…are some examples of conversations that we would like to spark.
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A logo that looks good and fits in with the name and essence of our site – it's about excitement, sharing, getting people together - blowing your trumpet!
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Humlum, Maria K.; Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; Vejlin, Rune (Bonn, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The level of progression of an individual's educational or labor market career is a potentially important factor for family formation decisions. We address this issue by considering the effects of a particular college admission system on family formation. We show that the admission system affects mainly the timing of college enrollment and not the college-going decision. As such, we consider a specific type of career interruption and its consequences for relationship formation and fertility decisions. Specifically, we employ a regression discontinuity design based on the college admission system to estimate the effect of being above the admission requirement in the year of application on later family formation decisions. We find that the admission system has substantial effects on the timing of family formation and, specifically, that the timing of college enrollment is an important determinant hereof. This suggests that career interruptions such as delays in the educational system can have large effects on family decision-making. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8923
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Abstract: We estimate the maximum amount that Danish households are willing to pay for three different types of insurance: auto, home and house insurance. We use a unique combination of claims data from the largest private insurance company in Denmark, measures of individual risk attitudes and discount rates from a field experiment with a representative sample of the adult Danish population, and information on household income and wealth from registers at Statistics Denmark. We assume that households maximize expected inter-temporal utility subject to an inter-temporal budget constraint with several possible states of nature, where all uncertainty is realized in the initial period and any loss incurred by an accident is subtracted from initial wealth. The estimated willingness to pay is based on annual claims and should thus be considered as an annual premium. Since there is some uncertainty about the estimates of risk attitudes and discount rates, there is some uncertainty about the estimated willingness to pay. We use a randomized factorial design in our sensitivity analysis where each simulation involves a random draw from independent normal distributions of the estimated risk and time preferences. The results show that the willingness to pay is marginally higher than the actuarial fair value under Expected Utility Theory. However, the estimated willingness to pay is significantly higher under Rank-Dependent Utility Theory, and for some households it may be up to 600% higher than the actuarial value of the insurance claims. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8538
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Shige Song
posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:32 am
Dear Linda and Bengt,
Are there good references on mixture modeling on sequential processes and how to implement it using Mplus?
For example, I have a goup of children. Each children's height was measured monthly during the first year after birth; then they were followed up at age 6, 7, and 8. I want to know:
1) the relationship between growth trajectory in the first year and that in the following years;
2) whether this relationship vary among some observed groups (sex, urban/rural, racial group, etc.);
3) whether this relationship vary among unobserved groups.
It appears to me that there are more than one possibilities. I can:
1) model the two processes separately (two sets of intercepts and slopes), and specify one latent categorical variable for the whole process (the first year and the following years);
2) or I can model the two processes separately and specify a latent categorical variables for each process, and model the transition probablity between the latent statuses (similar to example 8.7 in Mplus 4 online manual).
Question is: which one is better, and why? Also, are there other possibilities?
Thank you very much!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 7:59 am
3 alternatives come to mind.
a. Do a regular (single-class) model where the growth factors for the 2 processes correlate (or where the growth factors of the later process is predicted by those of the former). This is preferred when it is not meaningful to work with classes. The ref. under b. below, however, points out that this alternative can be difficult to work with.
b. Summarize the development by a latent class variable as in Muthén, B., Khoo, S.T., Francis, D. & Kim Boscardin, C. (2003). Analysis of reading skills development from Kindergarten through first grade: An application of growth mixture modeling to sequential processes. In S.R. Reise & N. Duan (eds), Multilevel Modeling: Methodological Advances, Issues, and Applications (pp. 71-89). Mahaw, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (#77). This is your alternative 1).
c. Use 2 latent class variable, one for each process, as in your alternative 2). If you send me an email, I will send you a submitted paper using this alternative.
I find that when it is meaningful to work with latent trajectory classes, alternative c. is quite useful because of its flexibility.
Shige Song
posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:27 am
Dear Bengt,
Thanks for pointing out some very helpful referencs, I will take a good look at it (I happen to have that book). I just sent you a message asking for paper that used alternative c.
Daniel Rodriguez
posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 5:07 am
Hi Linda and Bengt,
We received a peer review that highlighted the difficulty of reporting results from a sequential process gmm. Do you have any references or ideas on how to report the results of a sequential process gmm?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 12:27 pm
I am looking into a reference for you.
Daniel Rodriguez
posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 8:54 am
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We see something about Kerry in what he said after he heard how badly his original remark was received. His choice to go on the attack rather than to apologize strongly and clearly and his willingness to hog the public stage so close to the election say a lot about him. His "botched joke" explanation also means something, as does my own assertion that it was an outrageous lie. You can sharpen your thinking skills on all of that material -- though thinking about the actual candidates right now is probably a better use of your time.
Well, you can sharpen your thinking skills figuring out why your own attention is drawn to one thing and not another. When it's important to think about who should get your vote, why are you -- why are so many of us -- distracted by the Kerry story? Is it that we really want to get past next Tuesday and all these congressional races and talk about what really excites us, the next presidential election? Or is the fall of John Kerry an event of historic grandeur that commands us to stop and stare?
Let's see what Rich Lowry has to say:
Kerry embodies the old saw about the Bourbons, "They learned nothing and forgot nothing." He hasn't forgotten the Swift Boat attacks on him from 2004, but also has learned nothing of use from them - except the mistaken lesson that he should respond venomously to any and all criticisms.That's so wrong it's funny, but my judgment of Kos is that he was using his power to try to get people to think what he thought it would be useful to think. But, of course, he was wrong to think that.
Hence, his initial rant in response to the controversy, personally insulting Tony Snow ("a stuffed shirt") and Rush Limbaugh ("doughy") and lambasting his critics generally as "crazy" chicken-hawks.
Markos Moulitsas, the leader of the left-wing blogosphere from his perch at Daily Kos, pronounced himself much pleased: "Kerry responded perfectly."...
Now, it is entirely plausible that Kerry was trying to make a joke about President Bush, for two reasons. One, typically of the humorless Kerry, it wouldn't have been funny. Two, typically of the arrogant Kerry, it would have reversed the usual convention, wherein politicians tell jokes at their own expense in their opening remarks. (Someone needs to take Kerry aside and tell him, "It's the hauteur, stupid.")Lowry's bottom line is a warning that the attitude Kerry "seemed to be" expressing really does represent the mainstream of the Democratic Party and that voters shouldn't fall for the moderate Democratic candidates because they are a device to leverage that Party into the majority. But what if you would like to see the Democratic Party renewed? I'd like to see a more moderate Democratic Party that is committed to national security. The only way for that to happen is if these attractive, new candidates win. They may have been put forward as a device to gain majority power, but once there, are they going to let themselves be treated as mere devices? Won't they hold great power from the center? Why wouldn't that work out quite well and hasten the obsolescence of guys like Kerry?
But Kerry's statement was also plausibly interpreted by people of good faith as a slam against the military. After all, he never mentioned the name Bush. And the fact that a lot of the Left believes exactly what Kerry seemed to be saying - that members of the military are cannon-fodder and boobs gulled into signing up because they have no other options in life.


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Not many people learn about a cancer diagnosis after surviving a horrendous car accident. Even fewer can find the blessing contained within a double-barrel full of tragedy. There was only one Don Meyer.
The former coach of Lipscomb University and then Northern State University succumbed to cancer on Sunday. Friends, colleagues and players who learned the game of basketball from the one-time NCAA all-time wins leader are left with heavy hearts. Many more were inspired by his ability to handle adversity with calmness and perseverance.
My one interaction with Coach Meyer came soon after the accident. As a broadcaster, I was assigned to play-by-play duties for an Augustana College men's and women's basketball double header against Northern State. Between games a moment to breathe led to a chance to wish Coach Meyer well in his recovery.
Knowing his history, idle chit-chat would be taboo. I came up behind him as he watched the warm up sequence, studying both teams intently. Putting my hand on his shoulder, the chiseled feel of his frame was astounding. This was a man who was inherently strong and probably more so at that time because of the need to use his upper body to get around.
Coach Meyer's eyes never left the court as I took 15 seconds to offer my sentiments. Nonetheless, Coach Meyer appreciated those words as a man who was still on a long, painful road to recovery. At that time over five years ago, he probably believed that he could bounce back and find a way to win. Just like a champion would.
FLASHBACK: See Don Meyer's moving acceptance speech of the Jimmy V award at the ESPY's.


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Johannesburg at a glance
Johannesburg is probably South Africa's most vibrant metropolis; it serves as the capital to the wealthiest province in the country, Gauteng. It is also fondly referred to as "Egoli" or "Jozi". As well as being the economic hub of the country, it also boasts a wide variety of Johannesburg real estate investment opportunities. From the bright lights and the skyscrapers of the city's CBD to the tranquil tree-lined suburban streets, the city offers property to suit divergent needs and preferences.
With its plethora of attractions including casinos, museums, zoos, nature reserves and water parks, this bustling metropolis offers entertainment and recreation for everyone. The city came into being after the discovery of one of the richest gold-bearing reefs in the world. To this day mining remains the city's biggest industry, however, other sectors have stepped forward and contributed too. Many local and international companies have branches and head offices that call the city home. With so many employment opportunities, and indeed real estate opportunities, it is little wonder Johannesburg has the highest population of all the metropolitan hubs in the country.
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Johannesburg CBD
Johannesburg CBD is one of SA's main business centres. It houses the highest concentration of skyscrapers in Africa. On the residential front many looking for greater security have moved to the Northern Suburbs, such as Sandton. However, there are significant movements to revive the area for gentrification, which attracts high-income residents. The CBD is still considered attractive for Johannesburg properties in the form of commercial and industrial investments and purchases for trade. In addition, the property rental market is a significant force here.
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7 famous controversies happened in Aishwarya Rai's Life.
Number 1: Relationship with Salman Khan
Salman Khans affair with Aishwarya Rai is still the most talked topic in bollywood. Media celebrated their relation during the the time Sanjay Leela Bhansalis movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam got released and became a huge hit.The romantic affair came to an end when Aishwarya filed a case against Salman for illegally and physically assaulting her.
Number 2: Relationship with Vivek Oberoi
After the breakup with Salman Khan , it was Vivek Oberoi who came into Aishwaryas life.This love affair came on the media at the time of the film "Kyun Ho Gaya Na". At the time Aishwarya Rai was facing many ups and downs in her career and Vivek Oberoi was at the top success.
Number 3: Cat fights with Sonam Kapoor
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was replaced by Sonam for a cosmetic brand as their brand ambassador. Sonam was expecting to walk in the red carpet in the Cannes Film festival that year but it didn't happen. Rumours spread that Aishwarya Rai had involvement in this. Later, Sonam allegedly retorted by saying that 'Aishwarya is an aunty from another generation
Number 4: Pregnancy Weight Gain
In 2011, Ash turned fat from fit because of pregnancy.Her pictures circulated all over the internet with tweets highlighting her "oodles of weight", "double chin" and calling the photos of the beauty queen "shocking".
Number 5: Kissing Scene in Dhoom 2
Aishwarya had her first screen kiss with actor Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2 in 2006, but admits she is still less than comfortable with such kind of intimate scenes.
Number 6: Shakti Kapoor sting operation
When Shakti Kapoor was subjected to a sting operation, he said that Aishwarya Rai had been subjected to the infamous casting couch to bag a role in a Subhash Ghai film! Later on Shakti Kapoor himself confessed that what he said about Aishwarya Rai was not true.
Number 7: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Controversy
When the trailer and photos of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil came out, it was sure that there was going to be some intimate scenes between between Ranbir and Aishwarya in the film.Some reports suggested that Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan were pretty upset with Ash for going way beyond her inhibitions. Anyways, later on, clarifications came from the Bacchans that they didn't have any issues with Aishwarya Rai's role in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.


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State Bird Provisions review: many great dishes
State Bird Provisions seems like a strange name for a restaurant, but it's certainly a conversation starter. Owners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, both former chefs at the now-closed Rubicon, named their restaurant for the California state bird.
Quick quiz: Do you know what it is? I didn't think so. It's quail. And that's one of Brioza's signature dishes on the very short menu. The bird is deep-fried ($8/$16), with a mottled, rough exterior that brings out the richness of the meat, and it's counterbalanced by tart, almost puckery onions stewed in lemon and rosemary, tangled on the bottom of the plate.
Brioza and Krasinski, who are married, have patiently waited for four years to open this place on Fillmore near Geary. It's not considered a prime location, and it's far from fancy, but the food is clearly a draw.
Quirky spot
The bulk of the budget was spent on the kitchen, visible from the plate-glass window overlooking Fillmore. It takes up most of the front, leaving an aisle to the host stand and the 45-seat dining room. Brown peg board covers much of the concrete walls and the ceiling; there's a utilitarian concrete floor and three rows of wood tables. Lighting is poor and makes the space - and people in it - look kind of drab, but everyone is having such a good time that no one seems to mind.
It seems that just about everyone in the food world is showing up at the door of this quirky, imaginative spot. One Sunday night I recognized Laurence Jossel from Nopa, Mitchell Rosenthal from Town Hall and Staffan Terje from Perbacco. It's the type of place that makes chefs stand up and take notice: the food, and the entire concept, are original.
The reason the printed menu is so short - only six savory plates and five desserts - is that most of the food comes out of the kitchen spontaneously. Brioza and his crew prepare a quantity of one dish, plate it into individual servings, and the waiters hawk it from table to table, as at dim sum restaurants. Servers even place marks on the elongated check that's secured below the table, and the bill is tabulated at the end. The food is so good that you'll end up eating too much. The tab quickly adds up.
Cold or room-temperature dishes are wheeled around on a cart filled with several plates: glasses with leaves of Little Gem lettuce ($4) peeking over the top, the ends buried in a creamy mixture with salt cod, capers and beans; bowls of tuna tartare ($6) mixed with quinoa and a bonito-rosemary aioli; plates of raw baby vegetables ($4) designed to be dipped in the little mound of goat cheese dotted with toasted sesame seeds.
There are always oysters with a different sauce (2 for $5), but the best item is the house-made potato chips ($7) served with horseradish creme fraiche and a house-cured salmon roe that's mildly sweet and briny; it's something that I wanted to eat by the spoonful without any embellishment. As much as they may want to change things often, I predict this dish will have to remain.
Dim sum-style carts
Diners never know what items will be coming around on trays, and the choices can be wildly eclectic - such as Chinese-inspired duck-neck dumplings ($6), browned and looking like potstickers; the waiters pour on a sauerkraut jus tableside.
Thin slices of pink pastrami-cured beef tongue ($6) are buried in a mound of vegetable pickles and chunks of potatoes; it's a dish that I couldn't resist, and fortunately it came around on each of my visits. Another time we were offered stewed oxtail ($9) with lentils and sunchoke puree mounded over fry bread flavored with seven peppers.
One of the most compelling dishes is the duck liver mousse ($4), as light as whipped butter and served with warm, sweet almond biscuits similar to a financier cake. It plays off the classic Sauternes/foie gras pairing, but I like this even better. On another visit the mousse was replaced by duck rillettes - good, but no comparison to the mousse.
Even though not everything works on every dish, the experimentation is fun, and some combinations are so wonderful you hope they'll be on the menu next time.
Diners are also encouraged to order from the menu that includes the signature fried quail, worth having every time. Brioza's fine-dining roots are exposed in the Shasta trout with hazelnut and mandarin ($9/$18); it's arranged with toasted hazelnuts, supremes of citrus, leaves of tatsoi and a nicely acidic sauce that balanced the richness of the fish and skin.
Beef cheeks ($18) are served on a thick pottery plate, buried beneath frilly winter greens - chard, kale, dandelion - with crisp fried nettles. Warm pink peppercorn and bone marrow vinaigrette is poured on tableside, creating an exciting dish somewhere between a main course and salad, and perfect for this almost haphazard way of eating.
Busy waiters
Ordered dishes come when they're ready, usually paced between items brought on the carts and trays. Waiters have lots to do - hawking food, delivering orders and keeping the plates cleaned. At times they can get a little behind, and you'll be using soiled plates and stacking the empties to make room. Yet it all works out in the end.
Desserts are also listed on the printed menu. Although milk - even when it's called World Peace peanut muscovado ($2) - doesn't seem enticing for most adults, it's a must. The shot of cold, sweetened milk has been steeped in peanuts until they release their last drop of flavor. It goes nicely with the hazelnut apricot linzer bar ($2) or the spiced butter cookies with carrot jam ($5) offered on another visit.
Just about everything is a must-order item at State Bird Provisions. You end up putting yourself in the chefs' hands, and everyone is happy.
I predict this restaurant concept is destined to be copied from coast to coast, although I'm not sure the public will clamour for bluebirds in New York or cardinals in Chicago.
State Bird Provisions
1529 Fillmore St. (near O'Farrell), San Francisco
(415) 795-1272. statebirdsf.com
Dinner 6-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, until 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, starting next Sunday. Beer and wine. Reservations and credit cards accepted. No San Francisco service charges. Difficult street parking.
Overall: Rating: TWO AND A HALF STARS
Food: Rating: THREE STARS
Service: Rating: TWO AND A HALF STARS
Atmosphere: Rating: TWO STARS
Prices: $$ (Most main courses $18 or under)
Noise rating: Noise Rating: FOUR BELLS Can only talk in raised voices (75-80 decibels)
Rating: FOUR STARS Extraordinary Rating: THREE STARS Excellent Rating: TWO STARS Good Rating: ONE STAR Fair Noise Rating: BOMB Poor
The wine list
With the clever format and careful food preparation at State Bird Provisions, you'd think the wine list would be equally well crafted. But it's as if the owners ran out of energy and simply amassed some wines and threw them on the list, misspellings and all.
It's OK that the list is small, with only 24 wines - 11 of them offered by the glass - but there seems to be little congruity between the selections and the food.
Aged wines are good, but some of the older vintages here are puzzling, and the current vintage wines have high markups.
The diverse food cries out for Pinot Noir, but none are offered by the glass and only two are on the list, both more than $100: the 2009 Hirsch San Andreas Fault ($102) and 2009 Frederic Magnien Gevrey Chambertin Jeunes-Rois ($118). Other than that, there's Gamay Noir, Grenache, Nebbiolo, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The white selections are generally in a lighter style; many will go with the dishes on the cart, including the 2008 Hirsch Heiligenstein Gruner Veltliner ($50).
Half a dozen beers are available by the bottle, plus three on draft: Mission Kolsch ($4), Unibroue Maudite ($5) and Flying Dog Raging Bitch IPA ($6).
With the quality of the food being served, I might suggest bringing your own wine and paying the $20 corkage fee. Or you can skip the alcohol and go with the four Silk Road teas ($4) or the Blue Bottle French press coffee ($4).
FOUR STARS = Extraordinary; THREE STARS = Excellent; TWO STARS = Good; ONE STAR = Fair; NO STARS = Poor
$ = Inexpensive: entrees $10 and under; $$ = Moderate: $11-$17; $$$ = Expensive: $18-$24; $$$$ = Very Expensive: more than $25
ONE BELL = Pleasantly quiet (less than 65 decibels); TWO BELLS = Can talk easily (65-70); THREE BELLS = Talking normally gets difficult (70-75); FOUR BELLS = Can talk only in raised voices (75-80); BOMB = Too noisy for normal conversation (80+)
Prices are based on main courses. When entrees fall between these categories, the prices of appetizers help determine the dollar ratings. Chronicle critics make every attempt to remain anonymous. All meals are paid for by The Chronicle. Star ratings are based on a minimum of three visits. Ratings are updated continually based on at least one revisit.
Reviewers: Michael Bauer (M.B.), Nicholas Boer (N.B.), Tara Duggan (T.D.), Mandy Erickson (M.E.), Amanda Gold (A.G.), Allen Matthews (A.M.), Miriam Morgan (M.M.), Carol Ness (C.N.) and Carey Sweet (C.S.)
Michael Bauer is The San Francisco Chronicle's restaurant critic. Go to sfgate.com/food to read his previous reviews, and find his blog daily at insidescoopsf.com. Twitter: @michaelbauer1. firstname.lastname@example.com


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A look at the Cubs minor leagues on Saturday, June 30.
Another game for the AZL Cubs and more runs scored as the Cubs won 12-8. Some of the highlights at the plate were Daniel Vogelbach going 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and three runs scored. Carlos Penalver also went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored, and three RBI's. Isaac Garesz and Neftali Rosario had two hits a piece. Rosario had two RBI's as did Garrett Schlect. Justin Berg got the start, but did not factor in the win. David Henrie did get the win pitching four innings giving up three runs, one earned on five hits.
Boise got the bats going on Saturday beating Spokane 12-6. Stephen Bruno went 2-for-4 with a double, triple, an RBI, and two runs scored. Jeimer Candelario was 3-for-5 with a double, run scored, and two RBI's. Bijan Rademacher had three hits and Chadd Krist also added two hits of his own. Xavier Batista and Shawon Dunston Jr. each added an RBI on the night. Jose Arias was not real sharp, but got his first win of the year. Pete Levitt recorded his first save of the year and Michael Hamann pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
Peoria took the loss on Saturday losing to Wisconsin 9-5. Zach Cates struggled only lasting four innings givine up five runs, four earned on six hits, while striking out five. Zachary Rosscup pitched well in relief striking out five and only giving up one hit in two innings. Offensively Oliver Zapata was 3-for-4 with an RBI. The Chiefs also got RBI's from Pin-Chieh Chen, Dustin Geiger, Paul Hoilman, and Yasiel Balaguert. Javier Baez was 1-for-4 with a run scored as well.
Kyler Burke took the loss as Daytona fell to Dunedin 5-2. Burke only lasted four innings giving up two runs, one earned on three hits in four innings. He struggled with his control walking four, but he also struck out six. Matthew Spencer and Eduardo Figueroa each pitched two innings and each gave up runs. Brian Schlitter pitched well in his one inning out of the bullpen. There wasn't much excitement at the plate either as the Cubs could only muster five hits. Two of those hits came off the bat of John Andreoli. Arismendy Alcantara, Rebel Ridling, and Rubi Silva had the other Daytona hits and Elieser Bonne had contributed with an RBI.
Logan Watkins hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eight which proved to be the game winner as Tennessee won 3-2. Michael Burgess also connected hitting his ninth homer of the year. James Adduci drove in the other Smokies run and Jae-Hoon Ha contributed with two hits including a double. Erik Jokish was pretty good, but did not factor in the decision. He gave up two runs on seven hits and struck out five in seven innings. Kevin Rhoderick who had been struggling of late got the win in relief striking out one in two perfect innings of relief.
Despite a late rally Iowa fell short losing to Nashville 4-3. Down 4-0 entering the top of the ninth Iowa scored three runs including a solo home run off the bat of Brett Jackson. Jackson added a double earlier ending the night with two hits and a stolen base. Blake Lalli connected on a two-run homer in the ninth, his sixth of the season. Dave Sappelt had two hits and a run scored. Brooks Raley took the loss giving up one run on four hits in five innings. Ryan Rowland-Smith and Mike MacDougal each gave up runs in relief, but Jeff Beliveau pitched well striking out four in 1.2 innings pitched.
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Zoning Board declines to allow PAC to open after hours club
July 26, 2011
The Zoning Board of Adjustment decision many South Siders were anxious about finally came down last week when the ZBA denied a special exception for the Polish American Club of Western Pennsylvania to open at 2214 East Carson Street.
"I am very happy with the zoning boards ruling to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the neighborhood, and am especially grateful for the groundswell of support to oppose this establishment from other elected officials, community and business leaders and numerous residents ," said Councilman Bruce Kraus. "The united voice of the neighborhood clearly resonated with the Zoning Board of Adjustments."
The club was brought to the attention of neighborhood residents and businesses when the proposed operator of the club, Thomas Barnes, came to the South Side Planning Forum in March with his plans. Those plans called for a member's only after-hours club with a capacity of approximately 80, but a membership of up to 500 and onsite parking for two employees.
Hours of operation were going to be from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. The club planned to serve a "simple menu" of soups and sandwiches and have no entertainment.
At the zoning hearing on April 14, 2011, Mr. Kraus said, "Clearly the community stands in opposition."
Adding "critical mass" with parking has been reached in South Side, the councilman referenced the illegal parking sweep in the neighborhood in October 2010 when nearly 1,000 cars were issued citations for illegal parking and hundreds more were towed.
"There simply is no more parking," he said at the time.
In the decision, the ZBA members cited the proposed use would "create detrimental transportation impacts, resulting in traffic volumes that exceed the capacity of the streets and intersections likely to be used by traffic to and from the proposed development.
"Applicant testified that a large portion of the club's membership will travel to the club from outside of the South Side. The board finds that the applicant has not provided adequate parking to offset this influx of people and members will have to park on the street, exceeding the capacity of the street. The board finds that this influx of vehicles is detrimental in a neighborhood with a parking saturation problem."


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ANALYSIS: Crab Meat Industry Frozen in Place During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Boston Seafood Show Venue Turned into Coronavirus Field Hospital
New Executive Order Delays Requirement for Maine Seafood Dealers, Processors to Renew Licenses
DFO Temporarily Waives At-Sea Observer Requirements Due to Coronavirus
Notice to Seafood Importers: FSVP Inspections Now Electronic Until Further Notice
University of New England Shares NSF Grant on Lobsters and Climate Change
Unemployment Claims Top 6 Million as Coronavirus Keeps Businesses Closed
SeafoodNews.com Summary Monday, April 6
DFO Delays Snow Crab Season in Newfoundland and Labrador Until April 20
Seafood Expo North America Rescheduled; Boston Seafood Show to Take Place in September
Are 'Family Meal Deals' at Restaurants the New Normal?
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On speculation that Congressman Ron Paul may soon announce his intentions to run again for President in 2012, radio host Alex Jones has urged that he do so in an effort to once again spread the message of liberty on a grassroots level. Ron Paul, Jones says, would be the only candidate to foster debate on real issues, and would be the only candidate to operate under the Constitution's guidelines.
Though Paul was considered a long-shot leading up to the 2008 Republican primaries, he generated substantial fundraising and proved deadly against the milk-toast 'Republican-in-name-only' candidates that included one-time front runner Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and, of course, John McCain.
Alex Jones hopes to further spread the message of Ron Paul's campaign, who has proved prescient on a wide-variety of issues where other candidates proved short-sighted and flat wrong, including the Dollar's demise. The call to return to Constitutional government and otherwise revitalize freedom has been spread through decentralized groups all across the country as well as in Ron Paul's on-going "Campaign for Liberty" and his son Rand Paul's viable bid for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
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I shed my tears when Steve Jobs stepped down less than six weeks ago. That's when I knew it was over. The news came to me last night during a board dinner. My 18 year old daughter kik'd me. I asked her if she was sure. She said "it's all over twitter". I interrupted the lively dinner conversation. "I've got some important news. Steve Jobs has passed away". Six entrepreneurs and VCs in that room. Among the best I've ever worked with. And not one of us said anything for a minute or two. What can you say?
The iconic entrepreneur of the information age is gone. We are all mortal. Steve more so than his peers it seems. But really he had no peer. There are great entrepreneurs all over the place. But Steve was better than all of them. He is a role model for entrepreneurs everywhere. And so many entrepreneurs use him as such.
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The report comes just over a month after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said global warming is very likely caused by human actions and is so severe it will continue for centuries.
And a NASA study reported Thursday in the journal Science found that an important counter-balance to warming — sunlight blocked by volcanic gases, dust, pollution and other aerosol particles — appears to have weakened.
As for this winter, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the combined land and ocean temperatures for December through February were 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average for the period since record keeping began in 1880.
The report said that during the past century, global temperatures have increased at about 0.11 degrees per decade. But that increase has been three times larger since 1976, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reported.
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Also contributing to this winter's record warmth was an El Nino, a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean. It was particularly strong in January — the warmest January ever — but the ocean surface has since begun to cool.
The report noted that in the Northern Hemisphere the combined land and water temperature was the warmest ever at 1.64 degrees above average. In the Southern Hemisphere, where it was summer, the temperature was 0.88 degree above average and the fourth warmest.
The late March date of the vernal equinox noted on most calendars notwithstanding, for weather and climate purposes northern winter is December, January and February.
For the United States, meanwhile, the winter temperature was near average. The season got off to a late start and spring-like temperatures covered most of the eastern half of the country in January, but cold conditions set in in February, which was the third coldest on record.
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In its study, NASA described the aerosol effect as a "sunscreen" for Earth.
"When more sunlight can get through the atmosphere and warm Earth's surface, you're going to have an effect on climate and temperature," lead author Michael Mishchenko of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies said in a statement. "Knowing what aerosols are doing globally gives us an important missing piece of the big picture of the forces at work on climate."
Scientists extracted an aerosol signal from satellite measurements originally designed to observe clouds and weather systems that date back to 1978. "The resulting data show large, short-lived spikes in global aerosols caused by major volcanic eruptions in 1982 and 1991, but a gradual decline since about 1990," NASA said in a statement. "By 2005, global aerosols had dropped as much as 20 percent from the relatively stable level between 1986 and 1991."
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text: Plastic Free July has forced me to really acknowledge something I've been vaguely aware of for the past two years - from the first moments after birth, plastic is everywhere in the lives of today's babies and toddlers. Just about every toy, pacifier, even books and shoes, are mostly plastic. Not all of it is bad, of course. Plastic life support helps many newborns through their first weeks of life, bottles and pumps allow working mothers to continue to breastfeed, and plastic car seats keep our little ones safe. The problem is the onslaught of products and messages telling new parents that life with your child can be better and easier thanks to disposable convenience items. Single-serve packaging starts with formula and only gets worse as solid foods come into the picture. Many baby foods are now offered in plastic cups and the oh-so-convenient squeeze pouches rather than traditional glass. For messy toddlers, you better make sure your outings include disposable bibs, one-time-use plastic placemats, and "take and toss" sippy cups. Having to stop and wash a cup would surely interfere with family time. Pictured above, a mom-blogger shares her diaper bag "must haves," touting the convenience of reusable bibs and place mats. By far, the defining single-use plastic of babyhood is the disposable diaper. Add to that the diapering "must have" of a special trash can for dirty diapers that puts each one into its own little plastic bag before going into a larger trash bag. Iconic images of babies in white plastic diapers are part of the fabric of the messaging we see in advertising, and many well-intentioned parents never even consider an alternative. Cloth diapers can be a very intimidating concept for new parents, but the array of types and styles available today make it easier and more convenient than ever. Yes, you have to wash them. And, yes, it can be gross – but let's face it, the "bad ones" are going to be bad regardless of the type of diaper. The good news is that cloth diapers can benefit baby, parents and the environment alike. The soft, breathable fabric is healthy for baby's skin, and they're free of the chemicals found in most disposables. Most importantly to some, cloth diapering can save you lots of money. Then, of course, there's the benefit of saving raw materials used to make the diapers as well as landfill space taken up by the dirties. A quick web search can pull up resources that break down the cost savings and other values into very convincing details. Inhabitots Cloth diapers aren't just more sustainable, they're cuter! Now it is time to admit that the life of my almost-two-year-old daughter has not been single-use plastic free. As a working mother, convenience sometimes reigns. I always keep a stash of apple sauce squeeze pouches, because sometimes we're running around and she needs a snack NOW. And while I've had a wonderful experience with cloth diapering, I've always used a disposable at night. Even a conservation professional sometimes has to sacrifice her convictions in the name of a good night's sleep. The goal is not to drive ourselves crazy doing everything perfectly while raising children, and the same goes for efforts to eliminate plastic convenience items from our lives. For me, it is all about picking my battles and trying to prioritize the items that might make the most difference. Packing a reusable sippy cup and taking it home to wash at the end of the day is hardly any extra effort over buying and carrying disposables, and can represent significant resource and cost savings. You don't have to use cloth diapers or other reusable items exclusively to make it worthwhile; every individual diaper, or baggie, or plastic straw saved represents a positive impact. A great alternative--reusable pouches with homemade or bulk-packaged food. So, parents, I challenge you to think about the situations in your daily lives where you can make a sustainable change. Join me in setting goals that are realistic and reasonable, not a quest for plastic-free perfection. After all, with a little one on your hands you've already got plenty to worry about! Tags: conservation, plastic-free-july, toddler, plastics, plastic-pollution, national-aquarium-experts, heather-doggett Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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In the past week - I decided to venture out to some local spots...sadly I didn't really like either of them.
I went to Through the Garden in Blue Ash and Allyns in Columbia Tusculum.
Let's go through Allyn's first...
I was hungry and had just danced my butt off in my hip hop class then decided I needed lunch so my buddy and I went to Allyn's.
(side note - if you click on the pictures you can see them full size - much more of a yum factor)
I went for the Next-Mex Chicken Burrito. The "Next Mex" menu is lower fat...now they don't tell you how much lower or what's lower but I figured no matter what - it was a smarter choice. The burrito was pretty good. The chicken is "pulled" vs. fajita - which I like. Something was spicy - not sure if it was the salsa or the chicken but I did like it. The sides were all bad. The beans were both really undercooked. The black beans had a little flavor but the refried had none. The rice was the worst. It was terrible - bland rice is bad enough - this actually had a bad taste. So I guess if you get the mexican menu - see if you can get a salad or soup instead of the beans/rice.
My buddy ordered the chicken sandwich...he enjoyed the sandwich. He said it was pretty darned good. The fries - he didn't care for.
The one other item to note about Allyn's is the decor - it's very quirky. There's a sign that says "Beware of Pick Pockets and Loose Women" - my friend insisted I was one of those (I've never picked a pocket in my life). I would have taken a picture but there was a child sitting in front of the sign and that would have been inappropriate. They have lots of loud colors (which I like) and lots of cork art.
Allyn's also has a pretty large Wine Shop! If you're looking for a bottle for the next special occasion - stop by. They have a wall of wine and a cabinet of hot sauces for sale. They also have their own bottled variety.
Overall - I didn't really like my food, friend said his was okay. The decor is quirky. I don't know - it just isn't a place I really want to go back to. I'd rather go to Terry's or Kona or RuThais.
Next up I tried Through the Garden. I came across this restaurant on Kenwood Rd because of Restaurant.com. I got one of the $25 gift certificates (off $35). This was just an utter disappointment across the board. First I had Chicken Tortilla soup - bland, unappealing and flavorless.
Friend had the smothered ribeye - smothered because it's a cheap cut of meat. Sides were veges and mashed potatoes. The veges were undercooked and extremely bland. The potatoes were "fine".
I had the crab cakes with veges and roasted potatoes. The crab cakes came with this bad sauce - it was I guess sort of buttery and mustardy - I'm no ingredient namer - but it wasn't good. The cakes themselves definitely came from canned crab and weren't impressive. The veges again - undercooked. The roasted potatoes were fine - crying for seasoning - but not as bad as the crab cakes.
We were so disappointed in our meal we didn't even bother trying dessert. I mean wilty lettuce that has nothing to do with the entree and a dried up lemon wedge - ugh - it says it all. My friend said I should have a sign that says "WWGD" for What Would Gordon Do? Gordon Ramsey would have a hey day with this place!
I do hear that Through the Garden is more of a lunch place and I can see that. It's got a good location and I'm sure that if we'd all gotten sandwiches - we'd have a different view. BUT if they're a lunch place - they should stick with that!
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COMPUTER MODELING FOR WAVE OSCILLATION PROBLEMS IN HARBORS AND COASTAL REGIONS by Xiuying Xing A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CIVIL ENGINEERING) May 2009 Copyright 2009 Xiuying Xing
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|Harbors are built to provide a sheltered environment for the mooring of ships and vessels. For some wave periods the semi-enclosed harbor basin acts as a resonator to amplify the wave motions in the harbor due to the combined effects of wave diffractions, refractions and multiple reflections from the boundaries. This undesirable wave motion could induce significant ship motions, damage ships and dock facilities, and delay loading and unloading activities if the resonant wave periods are close to that of the ship mooring system. Harbor planners and engineers need to study the wave induced oscillations as new harbor layouts are contemplated.; This dissertation study presents a finite element model which could be used for predicting the response characteristics of harbors and bays of arbitrary shape and variable depth. The model incorporates the effects of wave reflection, refraction, diffraction and dissipation losses due to boundary absorption, bottom friction and energy losses due to the flow separation at the entrances. The model has been applied to three harbors (Crescent City Harbor in northern California, Pohang Harbor in Korea, and Hualien Harbor in Taiwan) and two bays (San Pedro Bay in southern California and Bay of Fundy in the east coast of Canada and US). The results from the finite element model have been shown to agree surprisingly well with the field data obtained from events such as earthquake generated tsunamis and hurricane induced wave oscillations, as well as normal day observations. The results reveal the fact that the wave oscillation condition inside a harbor or bay is determined by the local layout and bathymetry. The harbor or bay responds to the incident wave in a predictable manner irrespective to the sources of driving forces such as typhoon, tsunami, winter storms, etc. The study also explains the tremendous tide phenomena at Bay of Fundy.; Modification strategy studies for reducing the seiche problems in Pohang Harbor and Hualien Harbor have also been presented. The model is shown to be an effective engineering tool for harbor planning and design to derive ways of eliminating or altering the harbor response so that the harbor may indeed provide a sheltered environment for moored ships and vessels.
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Interactive Record Linkage: The Cumulative Construction of Life Courses
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In order to carry out demographic analyses at individual and group levels, a manual method of linking individual event records from parish registers was developed in the late 1950s. In order to save time and to work with larger areas than small parishes, systems for automatic record linkage were developed a couple of decades later.
A third method, an interactive record linkage, named Demolink, has been developed even more recently. The main new feature of the method is the possibility of linking from more than two historical sources simultaneously. This improves the process of sorting out which events belong to which individual life courses. This paper discusses how Demolink was used for record linkage in a large Norwegian parish for the period 1801-1878.
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