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Agenda: September 20
AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Plenary Session
Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration: Addressing Health System Change, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Molly Joel Coye, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Innovation Officer
UCLA Health System
University of California, Los Angeles
Arnold Milstein M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Director
Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center
Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality
Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality
Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Facing Challenging Situations When Grading the Strength of Evidence
Session Number: 104
Track ID: C
Session Description: Grades of the strength of evidence are an important feature of any systematic review. They tell users of systematic reviews how much confidence they can have in the underlying evidence answering a particular question of interest. The advantage of systems such as the GRADE approach is the explicit presentation of the reasoning behind grading the strength of evidence. Nevertheless, the process involves subjective judgments and can be challenging. Based on hands-on examples, participants in this workshop will discuss challenging situations when grading the strength of evidence with representatives from GRADE and the EPC program. The session requires a basic understanding of grading the strength of evidence.
Keywords: Effective Health Care; Patient Safety/Quality.
Moderator: Nancy Berkman, RTI International (Select for presentation)
- Holger Schunemann, McMaster University.
- Nancy Berkman, RTI International.
- Data Standards and the United States Health Information Knowledgebase
Session Number: 97
Track ID: C
Session Description: This session will detail the work AHRQ has done to support the data standards use, the AHRQ Common Formats, and Meaningful Use Quality Measures tool, and provide a demonstration of the United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK).
Keywords: Health IT; Patient Safety/Quality.
Moderator: Michael Fitzmaurice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
- Robin Barnes, Data Consulting Group.
- John Donnelly, IntePro Solutions, Inc.
- Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care: Partnering for Health
Session Number: 72
Track ID: B
Session Description: Putting patients at the center of primary care has benefits for all parties involved, but it requires thoughtful attention, action, and reflection. Key areas of partnership for primary care practices and patients include fostering effective communication, promoting self-care, and linking with community resources. In this session, speakers describe how they partner with patients, and how their research and implementation activities in self-management support, productive interactions, and clinical-community linkages can inform strategies to put and keep patients at the center of care.
Keywords: Delivery of Care; Evidence-Based Practice.
Moderator: Michael Parchman, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Robert Lewis Ferrer, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Select for presentation).
- Samer Assaf, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Center (Select for presentation).
- Ross Adams, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Center.
- Multistakeholder Quality Collaboratives: Advancing Public Reporting One Community at a Time
Session Number: 62
Track ID: A
Session Description: A growing number of regional multistakeholder collaboratives across the country, including AHRQ's Chartered Value Exchanges (CVEs), have formed with a mission of quality improvement and transparency. Findings from an AHRQ study of eight collaboratives will be shared in this session, examining their public reporting accomplishments, management practices, challenges, and future sustainability.
Keywords: Patient Safety/Quality; Policy.
Moderator: Jan De La Mare, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Gary Young, Northeastern University (Select for presentation).
- Jim Chase, Minnesota Community Measurement (Select for presentation).
- Insights AHRQ Peer Review Process: Update of AHRQ Scientific Review Process and New Study Section Alignment
Session Number: 48
Track ID: E
Session Description: The session will provide updated information regarding the current realignment and addition of the AHRQ study sections to review grant applications. Also, a mock review will be conducted for researchers who would like to have a taste of insights AHRQ peer review proceeding. AHRQ review committees will discuss the key issues/factors that reviewers are looking for when evaluating an application submitted to AHRQ for funding opportunity. It will directly involve participants who can help shape the Agency's ongoing research agenda.
Keyword: Policy.
Moderator: Francis Chesley, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Timothy Carey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- John Steiner, Kaiser Permanente Colorado.
- Denise Tate, University of Michigan (Select for presentation).
- Improving Cardiovascular Disease Care Delivery; Innovators' Stories
Session Number: 8
Track ID: A
Session Description: This session will focus on innovations that address problems in cardiovascular disease care delivery. Innovations were selected that improved quality or reduced a particular disparities issue, increased access, and reduced costs. Innovators will tell their stories followed by active networking with the innovators and a 3 x 5 "next steps" exercise.
Keywords: Delivery of Care; Cost
Moderator: Judi Consalvo, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Beverly Green, Group Health Research Institute (Select for presentation).
- Ronald Victor, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute (Select for presentation).
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Break
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Learn Sessions
- Helping Patients, Policymakers, and Providers Make Health Decisions: Systematic Reviews in Action<br />Session Number: 102
Track ID: C
Session Description: Decisionmakers face multiple challenges when trying to implement findings of systematic reviews. The session will discuss lessons learned and outline strategies that can improve acceptability of reviews. Representatives from each of three key stakeholder groups—patients, policymakers, and providers—will offer their insights about the obstacles faced by each type of stakeholder in using systematic reviews to make health decisions.
Keywords: Effective Health Care; Evidence-Based Practice.
Moderator: Catherine Gallagher, George Mason University
- Annette Bar-Cohen, National Breast Cancer Coalition (Select for presentation).
- Siri Childs, Washington Medicaid (Select for presentation).
- Amir Qaseem, American College of Physicians (Select for presentation).
- CAHPS® Survey Updates and Nursing Home Surveys
Session Number: 46
Track ID: F
Session Description: This session will provide the latest updates on the range of CAHPS surveys and databases for use in research, quality improvement, and public reporting.
Moderator: Judy Sangl, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Nicholas Castle, University of Pittsburgh (Select for presentation).
- Judy Sangl, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation).
- Top Ten Innovative Health Care Ideas to Improve Clinical Practice in Primary Care
Session Number: 17
Track ID: E
Session Description: This two to three-member panel session is designed to provide a dynamic interactive dialogue on the latest innovative ideas to improve health care delivery in primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, emergency medicine, and pediatrics). Speakers will independently scan and appraise the latest evidence-based clinical practice literature and review recent HHS initiatives to identify the top 10 innovative health care delivery "pearls" and practical take-home lessons for end-users. This session will be useful for academic clinical audiences, policymakers, and patients.
Keywords: Effective Health Care; Evidence-Based Practice; Patient Safety/Quality; Health Disparities; Access; Cost.
Moderator: Shilpa Amin, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Robert Dachs, Ellis Hospital (Select for presentation).
- Mark Graber, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Business Sessions (by invitation)
- Health IT Technical Assistance Roundtables for Grantees.
12 noon - 4:30 p.m.
- Previewing AHRQ Products: We Want Your Opinion
Session Number: 67
Track ID: C
Session Description: At this special "feedback session," you will get the opportunity to preview AHRQ products that are still in draft form and provide your input on how they can be improved. Example products include videos on self-management support principles: what it is, why it is important, and how it can be implemented in primary care; and a video on improving patient safety for patients with limited English proficiency. There is no need to register. Simply come to the Seneca Boardroom anytime on Tuesday afternoon and we will guide you through the process. Drop in and help us develop the best products we can!
Keywords: Delivery of Care
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Transforming Primary Care: A Guided Tour of Research
Session Number: 80
Track ID: F
Session Description: In the summer of 2010, AHRQ awarded 14 transforming primary care grants. The purpose of these grants is to understand the "natural experiments" that practices undergo as they transform into Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs). At this session many of the grantees will use a poster format to walk participants through their research. There will be opportunity for interaction with the grantees and participation in an open discussion about models for transforming primary care.
Keywords: Delivery of Care; Policy
Moderator: Michael Parchman, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Searching Grey Literature: Is the Effort Worth the Yield?
Session Number: 105
Track ID: C
Session Description: Grey literature searches add a substantial workload to a systematic review. Often the information from unpublished documents is limited and the risk of bias cannot be determined. This session will explore different approaches to these searches and how to increase the odds that the extra effort will be worthwhile. A moderated group discussion based on real-world examples will follow the presentations.
Moderator: Marian McDonagh, Oregon Health & Science University (Select for presentation)
- David Moher, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Select for presentation).
- Rose Relevo, Oregon Health & Science University (Select for presentation).
- Reducing Health Disparities Through Research and Translation Programs
Session Number: 47
Track ID: E
Session Description: Despite efforts, health disparities still exist in our country. Government agencies have spent millions of dollars funding research to hopefully reduce health disparities; however, some agencies have failed to meet this demand or fund research that is needed to discover, develop, implement, evaluate, and scale up effective strategies and interventions to address disparities. Our panelists will discuss how funding agencies can effectively start to reduce health disparities through research.
Keywords: Health Disparities.
Moderator: Francis Chesley, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
- Debra Perez, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Select for presentation).
- Sue Swenson, U.S. Department of Education (Select for presentation).
- Improving Performance on the Patient Safety Indicators: A New AHRQ Toolkit
Session Number: 57
Track ID: A
Session Description: This session will describe a new toolkit developed for helping hospitals incorporate the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) into their efforts for quality and patient safety improvement. Experience from participating hospitals will also be shared.
Keywords: Patient Safety/Quality; Delivery of Care.
Moderator: Robin Weinick, RAND Corporation
- Ellen Robinson, University of Washington (Select for presentation).
- Donna Farley, RAND Corporation.
- Measures of Resource Use and Cost in Public Reports for Consumers: Whether and How to Include?
Session Number: 60
Track ID: F
Session Description: One approach across the political spectrum to help address rising costs is to publicly report hospital, physician, and other providers' costs or alternative measures of resource use. This session will draw on recent AHRQ work to examine whether and when inclusion of resource use measures in a public report succeeds in engaging consumers in cost considerations and influencing their decision-making.
Keywords: Cost; Policy.
Moderator: Peggy McNamara, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Judith Hibbard, University of Oregon (Select for presentation).
- Ateev Mehrotra, RAND Corporation (Select for presentation).
- Implementing AHRQ's Tools in the Field: Successes and Lessons Learned
Session Number: 83
Track ID: E
Session Description: Are you struggling with how to move research into everyday practice? What strategies will expand your organization's knowledge base and improve the practice or delivery of health care? In this session, you will have an opportunity to interact with members of AHRQ's Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer (OCKT), along with contractors who are leading some successful projects. Goals of the session include engaging attendees in discussions about examples of practical strategies that bring results, the potential pitfalls to avoid and challenges to overcome, and success stories of private-public sector partnerships.
Keywords: Patient Safety/Quality; Evidence-Based Practice.
Moderator: Bonnie Ohri, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
- Barbara Kass, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Margie Shofer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation).
- Cheryl Thompson, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Effective Health Care Session: Spotlight on Reproductive Endocrine and Gynecological Comparative Effectiveness Research Topics
Session Number: 16
Track ID: E
Session Description: This session is designed to provide a snapshot of recent AHRQ and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) patient-centered outcomes research initiatives in reproductive endocrinology and gynecology. This session will feature speaker summary presentations on recent initiatives in uterine fibroid disease, chronic pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, and issues in menstrual health. This will be an interactive session among panelists with discussions appraising methodological challenges encountered and lessons learned. Components of stakeholder engagement, consortia development, and the role of research tools such as patient registries, future topic identification work, and future considerations are shared with the audience for next steps. This session will be useful for academic researchers, policymakers, and consumers.
Keywords: Effective Health Care; Evidence-Based Practice; Access; Delivery of Care; Patient Safety/Quality.
- Shilpa Amin, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Lawrence Nelson, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH (Select for presentation).
- Lawrence Nelson, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH.
- Katherine Hartmann, Vanderbilt University (Select for presentation).
- Michelle Bertagna Leavy, Outcome Sciences, Inc. (Select for presentation).
- Health Care Costs and Utilization: The Effect of Insurance and Other Factors
Session Number: 2
Track ID: F
Session Description: Taking advantage of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey's (MEPS) capacity to relate health care utilization and expenditures to the insurance coverage and other characteristics of people in the United States, the papers in this session will examine the effects of health insurance on the use of and spending on medical care services.
Keywords: Cost; Policy.
Moderator: Joel Cohen, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Eric Sarpong, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation).
- Philip Cooper, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Jessica Banthin, Congressional Budget Office.
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Patient-Centered Medical Homes: The Who, What, and How of Effective Evaluations
Session Number: 70
Track ID: F
Session Description: Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) is a promising model for transforming primary care. This session will provide researchers and policymakers with a clear understanding of (1) methodological challenges in evaluating the patient-centered medical home; (2) why the interpretation of research findings must take evaluation methods into consideration; and (3) how to address key methodological issues through improvements in research design and implementation.
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice; Policy.
Moderator: Michael Parchman, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
- David Meyers, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Debbie Peikes, Mathematica Policy Research.
- A Guided Tour of How a USPSTF Topic Becomes a Recommendation
Session Number: 81
Track ID: D
Session Description: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations on clinical preventive services for use in primary care practice. During this session, USPSTF members and support staff will use a poster session format to walk participants through the life cycle of a USPSTF topic from selection to publication of a recommendation. There will be opportunity for interaction and discussion with the presenters.
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice; Delivery of Care.
Moderator: Therese Miller, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Michael LeFevre, University of Missouri-Columbia.
- Elizabeth O'Connor, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research/Oregon EPC.
- Timothy Wilt, Minneapolis Veteran Affairs Health Care Center.
- Assembling a Systematic Review Team: Balancing Expertise and Potential Conflicts of Interest
Session Number: 103
Track ID: C
Session Description: Conflicts of interest can occur at all levels of a systematic review, from topic refinement to grading the strength of the evidence. This session will discuss how to deal with and how best to balance expertise and potential intellectual and economic conflicts of interest when assembling a review team. This interactive panel session will have case study scenarios involving identifying conflicts of interest and how they might best be handled interspersed to engage the audience.
Keywords: Effective Health Care.
Moderator: Stephanie Chang, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
- Susan Norris, Oregon Health & Science University.
- Gillian Sanders Schmidler, Duke University (Select for presentation).
- Advancing Public Reporting on Quality: Meeting Consumers Where They Are
Session Number: 61
Track ID: B
Session Description: Currently hundreds of public reports on provider performance target an audience of consumers, yet evidence that consumers are actually using these reports is mixed. This session focuses on recent AHRQ work addressing decision-making challenges consumers face as they try to interpret information from reports and apply it to their personal circumstances. Strategies and recommendations for engaging consumers in public reports will be discussed.
Keywords: Patient Safety/Quality; Policy.
Moderator: Jan De La Mare, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
Speaker: Dale Shaller, Shaller Consulting Group (Select for presentation)
Discussant: Jessie Gruman, Center for Advancing Health (Select for presentation)
- Delivery System Research: Discovering Ways to Improve Care Value
Session Number: 59
Track ID: C
Session Description: A year ago, with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, AHRQ awarded 10 large grants to evaluate and demonstrate how delivery systems and policymakers can enhance care value (quality and efficiency) by improving care organization (system design), payment, and reporting. This session will provide progress reports from several of these important studies. Additionally, there will be a brief summary of key points from an expert meeting on advancing research on care delivery and its redesign.
Keywords: Delivery of Care; Patient Safety/Quality; Cost; Access.
Moderator: Michael Harrison, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Select for presentation)
- Michael Magill, University of Utah School of Medicine (Select for presentation).
- Rebecca A. Malouin, Michigan State University.
- Wally R. Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University (Select for presentation).
- Patient-Centered Care and Health IT
Track ID: B
Session Description: This session will include a discussion of how to make health IT more patient-centered. It will feature a presentation by one of the leading patient spokespersons and a discussion of how we can now measure the consumer's assessment of health IT using the new CAHPS survey addition.
Keywords: Health IT; Patient Safety/Quality.
Moderator: P. Jon White, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Ronald Hays, University of California, Los Angeles (Select for presentation).
- Regina Holliday (Select for presentation).
- Keith McInnes, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University (Select for presentation).
- Rewarding Positive Patient Experiences: Incorporating CAHPS in Pay for Performance Strategies
Session Number: 66
Track ID: B
Session Description: Pay for Performance (P4P) programs financially reward providers for the achievement of a range of performance objectives. A number of P4P programs reward improvements in patient experience of care measures, including AHRQ's CAHPS measures. This session will review P4P best practices and explore their application to physician CAHPS measures.
Keywords: Policy; Cost; Patient Safety/Quality.
Moderator: Elizabeth Goldstein, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Gary Young, Northeastern University (Select for presentation).
- Donna Farley, RAND Corporation.
- Eliminating Health Disparities Through Community-Based Research
Session Number: 84
Track ID: D
Session Description: Panelists will discuss successful implementation of community-based research projects that have led to a decrease in health disparities, and pinpoint future needs for effective and innovative communication strategies to promote more informed choices regarding health care within underserved communities.
Keywords: Health Disparities.
Moderator: Karen Migdail, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Chanita Hughes-Halbert, University of Pennsylvania (Select for presentation).
- Neda Ratanawongsa, University of California, San Francisco (Select for presentation).
- Georgia Oliver, Memphis Healthy Churches (Select for presentation).
- National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC)—An Expanded Tool With Real-World Relevance
Session Number: 5
Track ID: A
Session Description: To remain relevant to the field of quality measures, the NQMC recently expanded its measure domain classifications. In this session, we will showcase these expanded domains, the modified inclusion criteria, and the revised template of attributes; and we will provide the rationale for these changes and the approach used. Assisted by an audience response system, we will encourage participation in the presentation; additionally, we will provide provocative questions to stimulate discussion about these expanded domains.
Keywords: Effective Health Care; Policy.
Moderator: Vivian Coates, ECRI Institute (Select for presentation)
- Heather Palmer, Harvard School of Public Health.
- Eric Schneider, Rand Boston.
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Poster Removal


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Love of Leonard Cohen powers the Tower
Leonard Cohen fans are in for a towering treat this weekend.
Tower of Song: a Creative Tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen is scheduled to play the Duncan Garage Showroom Sunday.
B.C. singers Oliver Swain, Glenna Garramone and special guest Anne Schaefer forces to expand the audience for a show originally hatched by Swain and Garramone in Vancouver in June of 2011.
"A night of rare and classic selections from the Leonard Cohen canon fearlessly interpreted by these artists, with a few original compositions and readings, round out an evening that celebrates Canada's greatest bard and his influence on modern songwriting," the event's promotional material reads.
Victoria-based Swain, an Outlaw Social alumnus, performs in a naturalist style on banjo and string bass, while fellow Victorian Garramore "melds a classically trained pianist and vocalist, a bi-lingual songwriter, a guitarist, and a dancer into one person."
Schaefer was winner of Vocalist of the Year at the 2004 Island Music Awards, Songwriter of the Year and Artist of the Year at the 2005 IMA, and Favorite Jazz Artist at the 2006 M Awards
The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16 advance, $20 door. Call 250-748-7246.

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Here's my first update for 2006 based solely upon food quality and service. Price and atmosphere are not taken into consideration here at all. There have been quite a few changes since I last posted. As you probably can tell, we eat out VERY often. Enjoy
For Dinner -
Excellent - Yobo, Pamela's on the Hudson (at the Newburgh Yacht Club)), Lakeview House, Frontera's (formerly Chianti), Beeb's, Vesuvio's, Cafe Piti, Schlesinger's, Cosimo's-on-Union, Cavu.
Very Good - Canterbury Brook Inn, Blue Martini, River Grill, Banta's, Loughran's, New Orleans Steakhouse, Youngest Brother, Benvenuti's, Gus' Tavern, Havana, Machu Picchu.
Good - Capri, Torches, Dana's Uptown Grill, Savory Grill.
Fair - Painter's, Itzmi, Villa Italia, Diana's.
Disappointing - Cena 2000, Il Cenacolo.
Pizza -
Brother Bruno's - Mid Valley Mall, Newburgh
Brother Bruno's - K-Mart/Big V Plaza, New Windsor
J&F Pizzeria or Stella's Pizzeria - Broadway, Newburgh
Leo's - Union Avenue Newburgh
Domenico's - Rte 32, Plattekill
Great Sandwiches,Delis and BBQ's -
New Windsor Deli - Union Ave./Rte 300, New Windsor
New York Deli - South Plank Road,Newburgh
Barnstormer - Ames (Target) Plaza Rte 17k, Newburgh
Maio's Deli - Rte 9W New Windsor
Schlesinger's Deli - Rte 207, New Windsor
Joe's Deli - South Plank Road, Newburgh
Chinese Take Out -
New China - North Plank Road (best by FAR!!), Newburgh
Green Garden - North Plank Road, Newburgh
Shanghai Palace - Rt 208 Wallkill
Diners - ranked from Best to Worst (no surprises here).
1. Alexis
2. Gateway
3. New Windsor Coach
4. Hudson Diner
5. Johnny D's


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The Calgary Flames will be without their top goal scorer while they play out the final week of the season.
Curtis Glencross didn't travel with the team for its end-of-season four-game road swing, which begins Sunday against the Minnesota Wild, after suffering a knee injury in Friday's 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
He was the victim of a knee-on-knee hit from defenceman Ben Lovejoy.
"I don't think he's going to play again (this season)," head coach Bob Hartley said after his team's practice Saturday at the Saddledome.
"I don't have the medical terms but he's not coming on the trip. Not good."
Glencross, who netted 15 goals in 40 games this season, was cutting to the middle of the ice with the puck when Lovejoy stuck out his leg and sent him crashing to the ice in obvious pain in the first period of Friday's clash.
Glencross eventually made it to his feet and was visibly upset — at both Lovejoy and the officials — as he left the ice.
Lovejoy received a minor penalty for interference for the play. Mikael Backlund tracked him down and fought the Ducks defenceman.
With Glencross, 30, out of action, the Flames do have plenty of players to turn to over their final four games of the season.
Their minor-league affiliate, the Abbotsford Heat, finished their season Saturday night, and several players will join the Flames, among them forwards Akim Aliu, Ben Street, Carter Bancks, Paul Byron and Blair Jones.
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SAUGERTIES, N.Y. -- Members of the town's Conservation Advisory Commission want the town to resume ownership of Bristol Beach Park on the Hudson River, which has been owned by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission since 1967.
Commission members Steve Guerin and Spider Barbour on Wednesday asked the Town Board to consider applying to the state to reacquire Bristol Beach at no cost to taxpayers. Noting that the nearly 100-acre site once was owned by the town, they said reacquiring the property would be good for local economic development and tourism.
If the Town Board agrees, it would adopt a resolution supporting the reacquisition and forward it to state officials for their consideration, Guerin and Barbour said.
"It is an untapped gem for tourism and economic development," Guerin said of the property.
In 1967, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which then owned Bristol Beach, transferred the property to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, according to the Palisades Park Conservancy website.
The former brickyard site is 12 miles north of Kingston on the west bank of the Hudson River. The commission expanded the park site in the 1990s, but it remains undeveloped.
Guerin said the town originally received the property through a deed and later gave it to the state. He said the property is not being used and is overlooked by the state when it comes time to allocate funding for its parks. The local community has more potential to develop the property long-term, he said.
In discussing the possibility of the town trying to reacquire the property, Councilman Fred Costello questioned whether Saugerties should provide a vision for the land's use in its application to the state. He also questioned whether the town would need money to develop and maintain the site.
Guerin said the state does not have a vision for the site, so the town does not need to provide one. He said the town needs to reacquire the property before deciding how to develop it.
"It becomes a matter of how bad do they want to continue to hold it," Guerin said of state officials.
Councilwoman Leeanne Thornton said Bristol Beach is a beautiful spot and the town has nothing to lose in asking the state to return the property to Saugerties' ownership. She said such a plan has been talked about for a number of years.
Saugerties Supervisor Kelly Myers said exploring the property's reacquisition by the town is a good idea.


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Anyone who's been watching LOST knows what I'm talking about. Anyone who hasn't--well, I'm very sorry, but there's time to catch up if you buckle down.
I'm going to be running wild with Groundhog Day lines to celebrate this high-nerddom synchronization of pop culture phenomena. Here are some to start:
Rita: I like to see a man of advancing years throwing caution to the wind. It's inspiring in a way.
Phil: My years are not advancing as fast as you might think.
Phil: You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in the summer with your family up in the mountains. There's a long wooden dock and a boathouse with boards missing from the roof, and a place you used to crawl underneath to be alone. You're a sucker for French poetry and rhinestones. You're very generous. You're kind to strangers and children, and when you stand in the snow you look like an angel.
Rita: [in wonder] How are you doing this?
Phil: I told you. I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it's always February 2nd, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Phil: I'm a god.
Rita: You're God?
Phil: I'm a god. I'm not the God... I don't think.
Also, if Stephen Tobolowsky shows up in a guest role, I'm going to pop with nerdly joy.
(EDIT: changed my mind on the title)


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St. Giles' Library Appeal
A project by: Karl Handy
Turning the St Giles' Library into a learning space for the 21st Century!
The Library Appeal
We are raising £10,000 to turn our school library into a learning space suitable for the 21st century!
The current library is a wonderful space for learning, but it's feeling a bit old and tired…
Aims – We Want To…
- Refresh the book stock to better suit current needs.
- Update the decor and furnishings.
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NOTORIOUS killer Donald Neilson, "the black panther", has been told he must die in prison.
Neilson, now 71, is serving four life sentences for the murder of Shropshire heiress, Lesley Whittle, and three sub-Post Masters, Donald Skepper, Derek Astin and Sidney Grayland.
Neilson, a jobbing builder from Bradford, became a murderer, kidnapper and Britain's most wanted man before he was brought to justice in 1976.
By the time he kidnapped teenage heiress Lesley Whittle from her home in Shropshire in 1975, he was already a multiple murderer after a series of gun point Post Office robberies.
Ruling today that Neilson must never be freed, High Court judge, Mr Justice Teare, said today: "This is a a case where the gravity of the offences justifies a whole life order".
Rejecting Neilson's plea that his minimum jail tariff should be set as low as 30 years - which would have enabled him to seek parole straight away - the judge said: "There are and were no mitigating features".
All the killings were premeditated and "committed for gain", added Mr Justice Teare, who was reviewing Neilson's tariff at London's High Court. The trial judge had said that, in his view, Neilson should never be freed unless "on account of great age or infirmity".
He had abducted 17-year-old Lesley Whittle for gain and the judge added: "The location and manner of her death indicates that she must have been subjected by Neilson to a dreadful and horrific ordeal.
"I have concluded that the seriousness of the four murders is such that the appropriate minimum term is a whole life order.".
Neilson carried out a large number of sub Post Office raids in Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, between 1967 and 1974.
In that year, Neilson shot sub-Post Master, Donald Skepper, during a raid in Harrogate. Derek Astin, another sub-Post Master in Higher Baxenden, near Accrington, died at the black panther's hands about six months later.
Two months after that, Neilson struck again, murdering Sidney Grayland, at his sub-Post Office in Langley, West Midlands. Mr Grayland's wife was also left with a fractured skull, but managed to give a description of Neilson to police.
On January 14 1975, after learning schoolgirl Lesley Whittle had inherited a fortune from her father, George, a successful coach company boss, Neilson put into action his plan to kidnap her.
Desperate to achieve notoriety, he broke into the Whittle home in Highley, Shropshire, and silently took her with him at gunpoint. On a box of chocolates on the lounge table, Neilson left a ransom demand for 50,000 which he'd punched out on a roll of Dymo-tape.
Neilson later took Lesley to a disused drainage shaft in a beauty spot, in Kidsgrove, Staffs, and left her there with a wire round her neck, basic food requirements and some bedding.
She later died, either from being throttled, or from the shere shock and terror of her ordeal. Almost two months after her kidnap, her naked body was found in the shaft, hanging from a wire cable, her feet only a few inches from the ground.
Neilson, who carried out more post office raids, was arrested in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at the end of 1975. It was only after his home in Bradford was searched the police realised they had finally captured the black panther.


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They're calling it Mexico City's deadliest blast in years. At least 25 people are dead and 100 injured after an explosion at the 54-floor headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex. Hundreds of rescuers and sniffer dogs are still searching the remains of the skyscraper for survivors.
What caused the explosion, no one yet knows. But President Enrique Pena Nieto has promised that, if any individuals are found responsible, they will feel "the full weight of the law."
And that's not even today's only explosion news. Reports say there has been a blast outside the US embassy in Turkey's capital, Ankara. Ambulances are at the scene and several people are reported wounded.
We'll keep you posted.
This is the last blast, we promise. In central China, a truck loaded with fireworks exploded in the middle of a bridge, causing part of the highway to collapse and sending vehicles plummeting. At least eight people were killed and another 13 injured.
China's roads are often said to be some of the world's most dangerous; and never more so than when drivers are transporting fireworks for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations.
Rest in peace, Ed Koch. New York's most colorful mayor died this morning of heart failure. He was 88.
Koch is credited with saving NYC from bankruptcy during his three terms in office, which began back in the city's dark days of 1978. (By fortunate or unfortunate coincidence, a "warts-and-all" documentary telling the tale opens this week.) The tributes will, no doubt, be many.
Farewell also, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk. He may have died back in October, and he wasn't technically a king anymore, but that hasn't stopped Cambodians giving him a right royal funeral, today in Phnom Penh. Up to a million people are expected to gather to see the former monarch's coffin processed through the streets of the capital and delivered to a custom-built crematorium, where he will be cremated on Monday.
If it's anything like the first mourning period, expect a spectacular display.
We all owe Beyonce an apology. Yes, she lip-synched at President Barack Obama's inauguration and yes, it took until a press conference yesterday for her to admit it, but look at her sing the national anthem live! Just as she's promised to do at Sunday's Super Bowl!
We're sorry, B. We should never have doubted you.
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, dogs gotta hump. And as anyone who's ever met a dog can testify, it doesn't really matter what. To the pup, that is – owners have a tendency to be a little more precious than their equal-opportunity pets. That was certainly the case with one former owner in Jackson, Tennessee, who left his dog at a shelter after it mounted another male mutt. He said, reportedly, that he didn't want a "gay" dog.
Thankfully, plenty of other people did. After his story was shared online, the pup quickly found a new home – and a new name. World, meet Elton.


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Sony Computer Entertainment has today confirmed the full track list for the upcoming SingStar Bollywood, promising to bring the song-and-dance routines from classic Indian cinema to your living room.
The game incorporates a mix of classic and modern Bollywood dance sequences taken from the biggest silver screen classics, with players able to take the part of star-crossed lovers, furious parents and even the villains.
Obviously what decides whether a SingStar game is star or a wannabe is the track list, so without further ado:
Aashiqui - Nazar Ke Samne
Askar - Jhalak Dikhla Ja
Chalte Chalte - Chalte Chalte
Chalte Chalte - Suno Na Suno Na
Chameli - Sajna Ve Sajna
Dil Chahta Hai - Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe
Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin - Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
Don - The Chase Begins - Ye Mera Dil
Dus - Dus Bahane Karlke Le
Guru - Barso Re
Guru - Tere Bina
Ishq Hai Tumse - O Soniya
Kaal - Tauba Tauba
Kaal - Kaal Dhamaal
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Where's the Party Tonite
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Mitwa
kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - Bole Chudiyan
kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghamv - Suraj Hua Maddham
kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - Say Shava Shava
Kal ho na ho - Maahi Ve
Kal ho na ho - It's the time to disco
Kal ho na ho - Pretty Woman
Khakee - Dil Dooba
Kuch Kuch Hota hai - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Kuch Kuch Hota hai - Koi Mil Gaya
Kya Love Story Hai - It's Rocking
Main Hoon Na - Main Hoon Na
Rang De Basanti - Rang De Basanti
Salaam-E-Ishq - Salaam-E-Ishq
Look out for a SingStar Bollywood review later this week.


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Judge says Lindsay Lohan's attorney Mark Heller is incompetent
Lindsay Lohan, who is currently in psychotherapy and having drug screenings ahead of her March 18 court date to see if she violated probation for that hit-and-run in California, has a new headache after the judge said her attorney is incompetent. It's almost like hiring a New York lawyer for a trial in California wasn't the best idea.
Judge Jim Dabney accused Mark Heller of not knowing what he was doing in a Friday hearing, noting the paperwork Heller filed was so erroneous, it was inexcusable, TMZ reports. Heller tried to blame previous lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley, but Dabney told him to save that noise, questioning whether Heller was even qualified to handle the case. Now Lohan either has to find a new lawyer to assist, or come in to court to say she waives her right to a qualified attorney.
He certainly thinks so: "Having become a lawyer over 44 years ago, I certainly know the important issues," Heller told the site after the hearing. Now he's busy trying to find co-counsel who might be able to help him. Plus: His motion to dismiss the charges was denied.
Heller and prosecutors were trying to work out a plea deal before the hearing, but that didn't pan out. It seems the prosecution wanted Lohan to, you know, be punished, and LiLo just wasn't amenable to that.


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2013 Easton Sticks
Throughout the 2012-2013 NHL playoffs, many have seen the all-black hockey sticks with a small white Easton logo located near the bottom of the shaft. Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is the 2013 Easton Velocity hockey stick in disguise (seen in the picture below). These blacked out models were used so that players would be unbiased about the looks and could get a true feel of how the stick performed. The dark Stealth-style graphics with exposed carbon fiber will be how the final sticks will look like with accenting colors changing depending on the model.
Easton built off of the momentum that the E28 curve on the Mako II created. This momentum dealt with the theory that the best goal scorers shoot the puck off of the toe rather than from the heel. Eastons in-depth research leads them to believe that the optimal shot occurs when the shaft AND blade are fully loaded so that they both can be unloaded for maximum velocity.
So how do you load a blade, one might ask. A great analogy Scott Bjugstad of Easton uses is that These sticks work like a diving board. The more you push on the toe, the more they jump. Of course when he says jump, he means that youll get more power and velocity on your shot when you really focus on loading up the blade. This style of shooting requires a whole new thought process when designing the blade, which is why the new HyperToe reinforcement was created. Easton needed a blade that was very stiff in the toe section as well as soft in the heel and middle of the blade to capitalize on the diving-board shooting effect. The HyperToe accomplishes this by significantly stiffening the toe with tapered ribs that also allow the heel/middle of the blade to load and flex.
The other unique move Easton did is that they combined two current and successful stick families, the Mako and the Stealth lines, to create the singular Velocity line that offers both types of tapers. Therefore there will be two top of the line sticks: essentially Mako and Stealth flagship hockey sticks that both utilize the HyperToe construction. The front of the sticks look nearly identical but the difference in color comes on the back: the Mako Tapered stick has white on the backside whereas the Stealth Elliptical Tapered stick has orange on the backside. The Mako Taper is called the V9 and the Stealth Elliptical Taper is called the V9E (E standing for Elliptical). The Mako taper will be available on the V9, the V7 and V3 while the Elliptical Taper will be available on the V9E, the V5E and the V1E.
New Easton Sticks Release Dates?
Anyone have any info on when the NEW Easton sticks will be released for 2013-2014?
They'll be on sale August 23 of this year.
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text: Neukirchner Leads Aussie Test Cycle News Staff | February 21, 2009Alstare Suzuki's Max Neukirchner was the fastest of the 11 World Superbike riders who were testing at Phillip Island in Australia today, with Suzuki, Ducati, Honda, Yamaha and BMW taking part in the final test leading up to next weekend's season opener at Phillip Island.Neukirchner lapped at 1:32.5 on his 2009 GSX-R1000, besting the factory Ducati Xerox 1098RS of Michel Fabrizio. Fabrizio lapped at 1:32.7, though he didn't complete as many laps as planned with a crash early in the afternoon setting him back. The second Suzuki, ridden by Yukio Kagayama, ended the day third fastest with a time virtually equal to Fabrizio's.Jonathan Rea was the fastest of the Honda men at the test, the Ten Kate CBR1000RR-mounted Brit just four tenths off Neukirchner's best.Noriyuki Haga put his Ducati fifth, the Japanese rider also falling from his 1098RS during the day.For the first time thus far in the off-season, Brit Tom Sykes was able to best his factory Yamaha teammate Ben Spies, though only by a tenth of a second as the pair made their debut at the Australian circuit. The two Yamaha men were sixth and seventh, respectively. Then came Ten Kate's Carlos Checa, the Spaniard leading BMW's Troy Corser, his Ten Kate teammate Ryuichi Kiyonari and the second BMW ridden by Ruben Xaus.Checa and Corser were also crash victims on the day with Checa suffering a concussion in his crash that may keep him out of action for the rest of the test.Lap Times1. Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) 1:32.52. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) 1:32.73. Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 1:32.74. Jonathan Rea (Honda) 1:32.95. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) 1:33.06. Tom Sykes (Yamaha) 1:33.27. Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1:33.38. Carlos Checa (Honda) 1:33.39. Troy Corser (BMW) 1:33.810. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) 1:34.011. Ruben Xaus (BMW) 1:34.3 Comments


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Since I spent the opening of the last Guilty Crown post complaining about the OP being a whole load of tuneless noise and yelling, I should probably also mention how I quite like the Future Diary opening. Again there's a whole load of noise, but it has a beat, while the vocals are loud enough that they don't get drowned out by the background instruments. The imagery is neat too. Much like a zebra that has just met the business end of a submachine gun; it's black and white and red all over. The whole crazy effect keeps in tune with the tone of the show too. Still prefer the Persona 4 OP and the Un-Go ED though. Oh look at me, pretending I know anything about music~
This episode of Future Diary has every nerds favourite plot element: Tragic Rape Backstory! That is, every nerds favourite subject to get pissy about the representation of. Parents brutally murdered in front of their eyes as a child? Meh, pretty regular backstory. Get raped when you're younger? Oh dear, touchy territory. In all seriousness, rape does tend to be thrown in as a lazy method to create tragic backstories with minimal thought put into why it happens. Seeing Future Diary going that method was a bit worrying, especially since it's not exactly the type of show that treats touchy subject matter with much delicacy. Mind you, if Black Lagoon, a story so pulpy that if it were orange juice it would be practically a solid, can do a story about what happens to the victims of child molestation with the level of brilliance it did, then we shouldn't be holding Future Diary up to any lower level of scrutiny.
One of the reasons I loved the Hansel and Gretel arc of Black Lagoon was the idea of Sympathy for the Monster. These kids had their minds broken by what they had experienced and now this was the only way they could view the world. You can feel sympathy for how they reached that stage, but as they are now, they are monsters. Rock tries to get through to the kids, only to have his sympathy responded to in the only way the kids understand. It's both a powerful and fucking creepy scene. Future Diary has something similar to this. Fifth is a broken person, her only wish now to rewrite the world to remove what she doesn't like. But, right at the end, she gets a glimpse of the life she had forgotten with the little ball thrown by Yuuki. It's a little bit convenient that Yuuki was able to find that very ball, but the scene shone that little light of humanity on her that had been erased through years of abuse.
Where Future Diary is perhaps a bit less impressive is how Fifth has grown up as a result from these years of abuse. Sorry to keep going back to Black Lagoon for those of you who haven't watched it, but Hansel and Gretel's new personalities make perfect sense in the context of what they had experienced. They had to teach themselves to enjoy killing, or else they wouldn't have been able to go on. That's the only way they know how to look at the world. Not so keen on Future Diary's idea that Fifth now mocks people for their virginity and has sloppy erotic kisses to prove her point. The cult saw her as a tool, not something to be flirted with. It's not like she was forced into prostitution and had to become slutty for the sake of keeping her sanity.
Back to rape again though, I understand where the nerd anger force comes from with that. The depiction of rape is often seen as something almost desirable, or that a female character deserves it because of how she dresses or how she acts. It's good that that mindset is being attacked. But, like any counter movement, the reaction has shot too far in the opposite direction, to the point that the sheer mention of the subject gets everyone's hackles raised. I've seen it introduced in incredibly lazy and slapdash fashion, such as Fractale, but I can't think of any incredibly offensive portrayals I've seen of it off the top of my head. But that's probably because I don't read shoujo or yaoi, where the 'rape = love' thing is more prevalent. Actually wait, I take it back. I have seen one. Honey X Honey Drops. A goddawful shoujo OVA that is a prime target for a terribad video if I ever got around to making them again.
Just to finish off, the post-credit scene with Sixth was the highlight of the whole episode. Speaking of Sympathy for the Monster, I loved how they characterised him as someone who just wanted to help society in the only way he knew how. Once you get this revelation, his part in the story suddenly becomes a lot more tragic. He was genuinely only trying to help people; albeit in a not particularly moral way (turning people into zombies strikes me as being rather low down on the moral ladder). Plus it was all done via crudely made puppets, Asread showing the real extent of their budget limitations. It's becoming a running trend in Future Diary. No matter how psychotic, each of these characters has something that makes them sympathetic.


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The Tuesday morning quarterbacks had a lot to say -- mostly positive -- about the new phone
We got a handful of notes from Apple analysts including Piper Jaffray, Morgan Stanley and Forrester Research Monday afternoon after Steve Jobs' keynote (See iPhone 4: The early reviews).
On Tuesday morning, we got a basketful. A sampling of what they had say, in roughly descending order of enthusiasm:
Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner: The dribble of leaks that preceded yesterday's official unveiling of the iPhone 4 probably left some with the impression the new device offers nothing surprising or very new. Sound familiar? In fact, Apple's (aapl) latest refresh catapults the smartphone category forward along every axis of relevance to consumers: OS sophistication, speed, battery life, display resolution, video connectivity, and camera quality. If products like the HTC Incredible demonstrate that Apple's competitors have significantly improved their game, the iPhone 4 suggests the stronger competition has sparked an almost fierce level of innovation at Apple. The competition is taking aim, but the target keeps moving faster. Reiterate Outperform and $320 PT.
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BMO Capital's Keith Bachman: We believe FaceTime (video calling) is a game changer and must-have feature that could provide huge upgrade potential, since FaceTime only works on the new iPhone 4. If we assume 20% of the approximate 50 million installed base upgrades to the new iPhone 4, then 10 million iPhones would be upgraded and replaced, which provides us with confidence in our September- and December-quarter unit forecasts of 10.2 million and 12.2 million, respectively.
Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu: We believe the rich features, refinement, and higher build quality are worth noting and difficult to comprehend without seeing and using the new iPhone first-hand (which we had the pleasure of doing post keynote). ... We believe the new iPhone 4 will likely drive upgrades here in the U.S. and sway some users to switch to AT&T (t).
Susquehanna's Jeffrey Fidacaro: Video, video, video -- Apple leaps ahead of the competition. In our view, Apple's strategic focus on improving display, both rendering and resolution, along with video capture has been a key competitive advantage for the iPhone. Now, Apple takes another step ahead of the smartphone competition by also adding native video calling capability.
BCG's Colin Gillis: Like all things Apple, it's not just the whiz-bang hardware of the ultra slim phone, display and battery -- but the overall package including the ability to shoot, edit, and share HD movies. The other major showcase was the iOS operating system with its multi tasking and support for the iAds platform. We are disappointed that the phone is not going to be in stores until June 24th -- after Father's day.
RBC Capital's Mike Abramsky: The "repositioning" of Apple's iPhone OS -- to iOS -- at WWDC accelerates Apple's (re)assault to lead personal computing, as the industry evolves to mobile. Apple now brings iOS's simplicity, user experience, iTunes integration, developer momentum and cross-platform across all future Apple mobile devices... While iPhone 4 features (and 3GS $99 pricing) were largely expected and its network remains AT&T, we foresee a strong upgrade cycle... RBC estimates that 18-20 million 2G/3G owners are upgrade eligible, and RBC survey data shows 50% "likely to upgrade", equating to 9-10 million prospects.
Thomas Weisel's Doug Reid: Overall iPhone 4 meets but does not exceed our expectations for the device going into the event. Noting the absence of a new carrier announcement in the US and a June 24 shipment date for iPhone 4 (vs our prior expectations of early July) we are leaving our iPhone estimates unchanged at 8.59mn for the June Q and 12.08mn for the Sep Q. We reiterate our Overweight rating and price target of $340. ... Although we expect iPhone to enjoy a steeper international ramp than prior iPhone launches (88 countries by the end of September), we expect US sales growth by comparison to lag prior launches as US consumers increasingly focus on network quality, where AT&T and AAPL clearly lag and where a growing field of Android choices continues to blunt the cutting edge of AAPL's iPhone.
Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore: Apple announced iPhone customers on AT&T will be allowed to upgrade 6 months early. We do not view this as benevolence but as a calculated move to lock-in customers with two year contracts prior to losing exclusivity. In addition, we believe AT&T's entry data plan price cut from $30 (unlimited) to $15 (restricts downloads to 200MB) will drive incremental iPhone demand (lowering the user's TCO). In aggregate, we believe the combination of the attractive form factor / functionality of the iPhone 4 and early upgrade option will drive robust iPhone 4 unit shipments. We view our 41M CY10 iPhone unit estimate as conservative... We believe the video calling feature (iPhone 4 to iPhone 4) will spur upgrades as the network effect encourages faster adoption (i.e. multiple family members may upgrade simultaneously). In addition, we expect FaceTime to be rolled out across many Apple products over time (iPads, etc).
William Blair's Ralph Schackart: In our view, following a blog preview of the hardware and Apple's preview of the new software features (both occurring in April 2010), the major new iPhone features were largely expected (a front-facing camera, enabling video conferencing, improved screen resolution, and an iPad-like processor [A4], with a larger battery to extend battery life). The timely (June 24) release of the iPhone and positive comments on the iPad announcement give us further confidence in our estimates (36.9 million iPhones and 3.15 million iPads during fiscal 2010). We maintain our Outperform rating.
Morgan Keegan's Travis McCourt: In sum, the WWDC announcements by Apple were as expected. The iPad download stats are remarkable, and may be the real story of the day, and the iPhone 4's features are impressive, and will clearly allow it to maintain its dominance at the high end of the smartphone world. We had already built into our financial expectations iPhone shipments for June, and we will update our iPad estimates (which need to be higher at this point) and adjust for recent currency fluctuations over the next few weeks.
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Police Recover Body in Occoquan River
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703-246-2253. TTY 703-204-2264. Fax 703-246-4253
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June 29, 2012
Police Recover Body in Occoquan River
West Springfield Police District – Police are investigating the unattended death of Mohammad Mehboob, 58, of 6954 Jeremiah Court in Manassas. Mehboob's body was recovered from the Occoquan River shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Friday, June 29, near the Route 123 bridge overpass.
Mehboob was reported as a missing person to Prince William County Police early in the day on Thursday, June 28. Prince William County Police requested assistance that afternoon after Mehboob's vehicle was located near the Route 123 bridge that crosses over the Occoquan River. Multiple resources were sent to the area to search the shoreline and water.
The Fairfax County Police Marine Patrol Unit utilized their side scan sonar and located the body, which was then recovered by the Dive Team, assisted by Prince William County Police. The Medical Examiner will determine cause of death.


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- Jessica would like to direct you to two fun things she's recently discovered: 1. The new CraftPad blog and 2. The Sparkle Power Sew-Along which is a new sew-along group started by Candace at sparkle power…
- Jennifer is having a giveaway on her Life On the Roof blog in honor of her 500th post. You can comment anywhere on her blog to enter. Congrats on the blog milestone, Jennifer!
- Tammy has a new tutorial for sewing cloth napkins on her Tammy's Times blog, written with the "beginner seamstress in mind!"
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Thanks for the blog mention! (Craftpad) I love your site and appreciate all of your ideas.
Can't wait for more!!! Thanks
What an adorable dress. So sweet.
I totally love this blog! I get mounds of inspiration everytime I read! Thanks to everyone for sharing!
What a great tutorial…I want to make one, too. I already bookmarked this blog. Thanks!
I liked the napkin tutorial, too, and have also seen that nifty corner trick on hankies on the Purlsoho blog, I think. Wonder if it would work for quilt corners…
Wonderful ideas. I especially love the quilt and the little dress.
These are some of best looking craft projects I have seen in along time. I have never been on a blog before. There is so much great information. Thanks to all!!!
Wow- thanks for the great links and ideas. I love those doorstops- I really need a doorstop for my room at school but the kids would probably muck it all up on the first day-especially with the spring rains still coming and going (wet, muddy kid shoes abound!). I'll probably just get another hideous gray rubber one…
Wow…thanks again for all of the great links! Have I mentioned how much I love this blog?!
YEAH!!! Lots of tutorials and projects again!
The apple cyder tutorial rocked!
I like that last suggestion – so many ideas now of how I could use that myself. Thanks for posting about it!
LOVE the quilt and door stop … and what a fun stencil idea for a bag! Definitely going to bookmark a few of these ideas! 🙂
All of those are so creative and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!
great ideas-I love the photo silhouettes!
What fun ideas! I am so happy to see all the fun thing people are making – and boy oh boy are all the fabrics and color ideas cute!!!
What a great bunch of talented people! WOW.
bravo doreen, your daughter's dress is wonderful!
I really like the photo stencil idea and I love the way it looks on the tote bag. I'll have to give that a try.
What creativity! I LOVE the doorstop pattern but all these are equally wonderful!
Anna's Quilt is gorgeous!! What a sweet dress by Doreen – cute summery fabric! And I loved Tammy's cloth napkin tutorial 🙂
(Bookmarking Sparkle Power Sew Along Blog)
Some really great links to check out! Thanks!
Wow! What gorgeous things! So much to do so little time!
Once again, great ideas! Have I told you before how much I ♥LOVE♥ this blog!!!


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Cranberry Orange Scones
If you've followed My Baking Addiction for a little while, you know that I've divulged my hoarding ways with baking ingredients on countless occasions. From canned pumpkin towers to pounds upon pounds of unsalted butter in the freezer, I like to be prepared. Prepared for what? I have no idea.
I get especially hoarder-ish during the holiday season and if you opened my freezer right about now, you'd think my local market was giving away fresh cranberries. Nope. I purchased every bag – and pretty much tossed one into the cart on every shopping trip from November through January.
During those months I was super duper pregnant, so although I was craving all things flecked with festive cranberries, I certainly wasn't making much of anything aside from PB&Js.
A few days before I gave birth to Elle, I got a random burst of energy and crazy strong hankering for scones. Starbucks was simply out of the question due to incredibly cold temperatures and a stupid amount of snow, so I decided to crank up the oven, grate some butter and make Cranberry Orange Scones.
And then it took me about a month to post them. Which means my baby is 3 weeks old. Not possible. Crazy delay in posting aside, Cranberry Orange Scones are pretty much heaven in scone form. They're tender, slightly sweet and drenched in a vanilla glaze that makes them even more incredible.
And if you're not a fresh cranberry hoarder like myself, they're just as delicious with dried cranberries.
Do you hoard ingredients? What's your guilty pleasure?
Cranberry Orange Scones
Yield: 8 scones
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15-17 minutes
For the Scones
1/3 cup sugar
zest of two medium oranges
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large egg
1 cup fresh/frozen cranberries or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
For the Glaze
3 tablespoons unsalted butter; melted
1 cup confectioners' sugar; sifted
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, combine sugar and orange zest; mix with your fingertips until the sugar is moistened and fragrant. Add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
3. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. In a small bowl, whisk the sour cream and egg until smooth.
5. Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Add in cranberries. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. The dough will be sticky first, but as you press, the dough will come together.
6. Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on prepared baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes and prepare the glaze.
7. In a medium bowl, prepare the glaze by mixing together the melted butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and orange juice. Whisk until smooth. Dip the top of the scones into the glaze and allow the glaze to harden. At this point, you can leave them as is or go for the double dip. I glazed my scones twice.
-Scones store well in an airtight container for up to two days.
My Baking Addiction adapted from Pam Anderson via All Recipes.
24 Responses to "Cranberry Orange Scones"
I do the exact same thing with cranberries every year. So, I have plenty enough to make these. Can't wait!
I absolutely LOVE the cranberry orange combination! I'm adding these to my must bake list for my family this weekend! Great recipe!
Gorgeous photos, Jamie! I have been craving scones lately so I think these will be making an appearance in my kitchen this weekend.
These sound lovely!! Such an awesome flavour!
I love anything with cranberries in it but am bound by them being seasonal – please can you tell me how you go about freezing them?
Thanks much for the info.
Congrats on your new baby! These scones look delicious!
I love scones and these are perfect! You should see my pantry right now! My husband scours the clearance racks at our grocery store and anytime canned goods or anything else he knows I could use goes on clearance he buys it all up, which means I too, have a million cans of dented pumpkin puree in my pantry and I love it!
Woohoo! I was worried these scones *had* to have fresh cranberries (have never come across them) but what a relief that I can use dried ones instead. I have a butt load of dried cranberries in the cupboard with this recipe written all over them. :D
Congratulations on your new baby! I love scones, and especially love an orange and cranberry combination! A nice sweet glaze to compliment the tartness is perfect! Thanks so much for sharing! Can't wait to try it.
hehe! I love that you had tons of food and were super pregnant, but still only ate pb&j!
These scones look great! I hoard spices. I have a million of them.
Nothing better on a cold morning then a warm scone and coffee. Look forward to trying the recipe!
There's nothing like a hot, buttery scone right from the oven. These look wonderful. I always have at least 4 pounds of butter stashed in my freezer at all times. Running out is not an option. Pinned.
These look scrum-diddly-umptious! Love scones, can't wait to try out this recipe.
And I'm totally a hoarder too. Right now my fridge is full of half price cream cheese and about 20 lbs of butter. There's no room for meat or veggies or anything.. but I'll just eat beef jerky and fruit rollups. :)
I just had a baby on Feb 12th…congrats on your new little one! I have been craving scones too, so I think I will have to make these this weekend. I have a stockpile of cranberries in my freezer from the holidays just begging to be used!
Hi, in Brazil is difficult to find cranberries! Is it possible change cranberries for strawberries?? Thanks!
Made these today and they are UH.MAZE.ING!
I love this site and eveything I have ever made, so I was super excited to try these and I have to say that I was disappointed, as they burned and I didn't even bake them as long as the directions stated for. Maybe, if I ever tried this particular scone again I would bake it at a lower temp.
I made these today…. Delicious! I baked a couple minutes longer to crisp slightly. My boyfriend and I loved them! I was surprised how that the cranberries were which we actually really enjoyed.
So easy, even a male cooking novice (erh, that would be me), with few cooking instincts, can do this without producing flat, tasteless rocks.
Could be our oven, but nearly every baking recipe (breads, cakes, scones) I've tried needed about 20 degrees cooler setting and 10 minutes shorter time not to overcook.
Icing nice, but gonna look up some kind of Crème Fraîche topping/dip/substitute and get daring next time.


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Kate Moss May Be Joining Sir Philip Green's New Entertainment Venture
Kate Moss May Be Joining Sir Philip Green's New Entertainment Venture
>> Topshop's Sir Philip Green and American Idol's Simon Cowell recently teamed up to form a global entertainment company focusing on original television shows with accompanying merchandise — Disney has been cited as their model. The company is supposed to be officially launched in the next few weeks, and already reports are surfacing that Kate Moss — who is close friends with Green and was spotted celebrating the new venture with Green and Cowell two weeks ago — has signed a multi-million-pound deal to direct the image and style of the brand.
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