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Steven Muller, former president of Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, dies at 85
WASHINGTON – Steven Muller, who led Johns Hopkins University during a period of tremendous growth and also served as president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital for a decade, died Saturday at his Washington home. He was 85.
University spokeswoman Tracey Reeves said Muller died of respiratory failure. His wife, Jill McGovern, was at his side.
Muller had been provost of Johns Hopkins for 10 months when was tapped by trustees in 1972 to lead the Baltimore-based university, staying at the helm until 1990. He also served as hospital president from 1972 to 1983.
University officials said Muller led highly successful fundraising campaigns that raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Hopkins. Under Muller, the university broke off nursing and engineering studies into standalone schools, brought the Space Telescope Science Institute to Baltimore, and established the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies.
Muller also created an affiliation with the Peabody Institute, helping put the well-known music school on stronger financial footing, and helped to restore and reopen the Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum and Library.
He also presided over the expansion and modernization of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the establishment of the Krieger Mind-Brain Institute.
University president Ronald J. Daniels praised Muller as "a remarkable leader whose vision and determination enhanced dramatically the institution's national and global prominence."
"A man of both substance and impeccable style, Dr. Muller is credited with moving the university into a new era while preserving its tradition of leadership among research institutions," Daniels wrote in an email to the university community. "As many of you who knew him can attest, he was a no-nonsense leader who was more formal than informal. More bold than quiet. More personable than pushy."
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Muller was a child when his family fled Nazi Germany. He spent his teenage years in Los Angeles, even acting in several Hollywood movies before enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles, from which he graduated in 1948. He earned a degree in politics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and received a doctorate from Cornell University. Before his tenure at Hopkins, Muller served as a vice president of public affairs at Cornell and as director of its Center for International Studies.
After his retirement. Muller remained active in the Hopkins community and was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 2000.

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Very cool.
I like the way your FCG module goes up from the bottom. That would eliminate the outside grip stick and extra trigger on the ES version. I admire your workmanship and creativity in your builds. It is much better than mine.
Thanks for the compliments guys!
I just got around to test firing it again yesterday. I can't believe it took a whole month to get around to it again. It ran about 96% but had several failures to eject. I will do some more fine tuning and try again. Its not done until it runs 100%.
I think I will make an aluminium heat sink sleeve like the japanese used in WW2 to help keep this small barrel from overheating.
It looks like you built a larger diameter gas tube coupled to a Tantal gas block. Did you have to do that to get enough shove to actual the feed cam with a smaller gas port because of the smaller bore than builders are useing on the various 7.62x39 MG47 version?
The gas tube I turned from a chunk of scrap. I did leave the side walls thicker and the receiver end was oversized and flats cut to slip tightly into the receiver. There is a tiny cap screw that locks the gas tube in position. The gas block is a Bulgy 90 degree with the lugs removed.
The 5.45 and 5.56 generate higher chamber pressures than the 7.62x39 and require a much smaller gas port. I actually chose to drill my gas port smaller than standard 74 because with the short gas system and full length barrel the piston receives a longer impulse duration and it worked out perfectly. I had to put a second spring in my buffer to keep the carrier from hitting the rear trunion.
Let me know if I didn't explain something completely. I am planning to tear it down again this week and will get pics of the gas tube removed from the weapon.
I thought I had already commented on this but I guess not... GOOD JOB! The AK-74 platform is (for now) an economical starting point. I have a belt-fed '74 on my really-long-range radar but just have too many other things to deal with right now.
THE BUILD LOOKS VERY NICE! Good job on everything. The carrier seems to have been the pain point on this one!
A few questions:
I see you moved the gas port back - did you plug weld the original port, or tap and screw a plug into place?
What is the velocity you are getting with this? I'm curious how significantly that changes the velocity since the gas is bleeding sooner.
Does that cause additional powder residue build-up in the gas system? I would think it does since the timing has changed... ?
What modifications do the belt links did you need to do? I don't know what RPD "U" style links means? Do you mean "normal" RPD links, or are there different versions?
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The way I plug a gas port is to drive a tapered plug into the port and rosette weld over with the TIG. This method ensures the plug wont move at the moment you apply heat and the plug prevents the weld from sagging and causing an obstruction in the barrel. I like to get on the heat fast and complete the weld in about two seconds to minimize the heat affected zone. I allow the weld to air cool as I believe quenching would cause uneven stresses and possibly warp or otherwise harm accuracy. This method has always worked for me.
I don't have a chronograph so I can't say exactly but I would expect it to be the same as any other Bulgy 16" chrome lined barrel of equal bore dimension. The amount of gas that flows into the cylinder is extremely small and has no signifigant effect on muzzle velocity. In a properly timed weapon the bullet leaves the bore and bore pressure rapidly drops before the piston head has traveled even the half inch length of the cylinder. The gas cylinder pressure drops a couple thousandths of a second AFTER the bore pressure. If this were not the case the breech would be unlocked before the chamber pressure dropped and bad things would result.
There are many many factors that effect the timing and we can discuss them later. The point is that the bolt carrier in this build is slightly heavier and the belt feed mechanism adds resistance both of which increase the kinetic energy required to accelerate the carrier mass. By locating the gas port closer to the chamber it increased the impulse duration on the piston and allowed a shorter gas piston which helped reduce weight of the carrier mass. So it kept the timing closer to where I wanted it.
I know some would say to drill a larger gas port or cut the recoil spring but those methods do have shortcomings we can discuss later. Its past my bedtime.
I hope no one thinks Im trying to be a know it all as I have been misunderstood before. I'm just sharing my thoughts on designing custom builds of this sort.
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Productivity and Grace: Management and Labor at a Denver Manufacturer
There's a simple reason why manual laborers are called "blue-collar": The color blue, it turns out, hides dirt better than the white seen in office buildings. But "blue collar" defines more than work apparel, of course. It defines industry, even a way of life. And its stereotypes are often unflattering.
But a metal products manufacturer in Colorado is working to undermine those stereotypes, right on the shop floor.
Sandwiched between rail lines and a tire depot, the Blender Products factory hides in a quiet neighborhood in Denver. The nondescript warehouse looks from the outside as nondescript as most warehouses do. But the way Steve Hill and Jim Howey lead inside the building is unusual in an industry known for top-down hierarchies of management.
"The metal fabrication business is extremely cutthroat," says Hill. "Workers are given a singular task, and maximum output is demanded. They're simply a factor of production. As a general rule, they have no access to management. There is very little crossover between guys on the floor and guys in the offices."
Hill and Howey aim to subvert the us-versus-them mentality. Many days they walk the shop floor, engaging their workers as peers. Employees on the floor are treated as importantly as the managers, undermining the adversarial culture simmering in many manufacturing businesses.
"The company has tried to abide by a simple philosophy concerning our employees," Steve said. "Pay them well, provide great benefits, and invest in lives. . . . The guys in our shop . . . know that I'm a human too. I have many of the same struggles they do. Showing humanness to people is key to disarming those stereotypes."
Extraordinary moments of God's grace abound. One longstanding Blender employee endured a season of family crisis. In that moment, he turned to those closest to him for support, prayer, and care. For him, those people were his colleagues. He openly shared his pain and his managers prayed for him and helped him find his footing. Baptized soon thereafter, the employee's tragedy has been redeemed, forever changing the trajectory of his life.
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(Editor's note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.)
Here in Southeast Misool there is an excellent example of how eco-tourism can protect coral reefs.
We've been diving the reefs of Raja Ampat for the last two weeks, and while we've seen spectacular coral communities and many small reef fishes, we haven't seen many big fish.
That's because large vulnerable reef fishes, such as sharks, large groupers, parrotfishes and wrasses, are the first to disappear when coral reefs are fished.
The best way to protect these species is in large no-take zones, where fishing is prohibited.
Now that the Marine Protected Area (MPA) has been declared, the Conservancy is assisting local regency governments and communities in identifying the best location for no-take zones in Southeast Misool.
Meanwhile, we'd heard that the Misool Eco Resort had already established a large no-take zone (20 kilometers long) around their resort, which has been in place for a couple of years. One of our objectives was to survey areas inside and outside the no-take zone to see if it is working.
Today we surveyed the no-take zone for the first time, and the second we jumped in the water we knew the answer. The first thing that happened was that four sharks came racing up towards us — the first sharks we've seen since we got here — fantastic! We also saw large groupers, wrasses and parrotfishes, all of which have been rare or absent in other areas — clear evidence that the no-take zone is working to protect these fishes.
CORAL REEF CONSERVATION: Misool Ecoresort. (Photo: Sangeeta Mangubhai)
This story demonstrates the important role that industry, in this case an eco-resort, can play in coral reef conservation. Thanks to their dedication, this is first effective no-take zone for coral reef fishes in the Southeast Misool MPA.
Over the next few years, more no-take zones will be identified as part of the MPA design, and implemented by the regency government and local communities with support from the Conservancy and other partners. Let's hope that they are as effective as this one!
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The AJ is keen to hear from architects and readers who were affected by outbreaks of public disorder which took place across streets of the capital's boroughs over the past three days.
Was your business affected? Did you witness any architectural projects or regeneration schemes being damaged? Is there anyway architects can help with the recovery?
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The timing, location, organisation and use of youngsters suggests to me that terrorists might be at the root of the riots.
Torched buildings were at crossroads and easily filmed, youngsters are more readily 'radicalised', timing ahead of the Olympics (before security tightens), targeting 'down at heel' areas etc.
The current stupidity of the economic markets around the world could also be orchestrated by terrorist organisations. Selling shares in companies based in non-AAA rated countries in order to buy bonds in the very same non-AAA rated countries is at the very least bizarre.
For rioters to destroy the streets that they live in would be stupid. Hence the suspicion of external influence.
I think if you suspect 'external influence', then you don't live in one of the areas affected by rioting. I do, and I don't see anything except a lot of disadvantaged youngsters with time on their hands, who don't behave that well at the best of times.
But I do agree it was stupid for them to destroy their own shops. Peckham has a bad reputation anyway, and this is setting back numerous regeneration efforts. By burning out independent shops (bizarrely, Greggs was also hit), the rioters will leave holes on the high street that won't be filled for some time. Who will want to risk - or can afford - to set up a shop in such a place?
I live in Dalston, which was 'protected' by the local Turkish and Kurdish shopkeepers. I think the recent regeneration of the area wasn't really intended to improve the lives of the disaffected youth that are rioting, the local Turkish and Kurdish communities, or the inhabitants of the local council estates (although section 106s as part of new developments did result in new libraries and public spaces for the area). Regeneration is about getting the yuppies in, and driving the locals out. This kind of regeneration exacerbates, rather than narrows, the class divide. Agree that raiding shops is about poverty and consumerism, not politics.
I've heard people say that the police were deliberately slow to stop the riots, and in some case provoked rioters, because the public would never support cuts to the policing budget while this sort of thing is happening. It's a pretty cynical idea though...
I live in Clapham Junction where rioting on Monday night was severe. I was shocked to see gangs of young people looting and being violent. I also witnessed attempts at arson and stolen vehicles being driven recklessly at high speed. From what I saw there was greed but the greed was driven by desperation. It was like watching someone who hadn't eaten for a long time stuffing themself because they didn't know when the next meal would come. The simple fact is a lot of these young people have had educational opportunities taken away from them. They have no jobs and very little chance of getting a job. Some may even be denied this opportunity for their entire life.
"Is there anyway architects can help with the recovery?"
We could begin with acknowledging how dreadfully designed many of London's council estates were.
There are a obvious design improvements (relating to public spaces, lighting, signage, access, materials, etc) that could be tackled straight away at relatively low cost.
There's hundreds of thousands of poor people but they are not all rioting. This is less about society than it is about not being brought up with the right values from parents or guardians. If you don't riot or loot, you must have been brought up with certain good values irrespective of your wealth or environment.
I don't live in London, or any city for that matter. I live in part of the country that requires travelling some distance by car to reach any sort of 'cultural' facility be it a swimming pool, theatre, concert or shop. Public transport is not a viable option. In fact many have to commute many miles to get a job, I didn't work in the County for many years due to the lack of opportunity. We had no riots apart from small copycat outbreaks of violence in the larger towns (from city-dwellers shipped out to the countryside perhaps).
Anyone living in a city has excellent access to any facility, it's nonsense to argue lack of access. I am sick and tired of less well-off city-dwellers moaning about how 'deprived' they are, the 'rural poor' are not a minority in many parts of the country but they are not rioting because the rioting has nothing to do with such issues. The riots are simply criminal and often orchestrated for political purposes.
"Had educational opportunities taken away from them"? What on earth does that mean. London is littered with schools. If you choose not to learn you have only yourself to blame. If you're not intelligent enough to get to university no amount of 'education' will change that. Higher education is far more affordable now, the loan system is far fairer than a means tested 'grant'.
It would appear from news reports that many of the early rioters were adults with jobs, hopefully they won't have a job to go back to. The children and unemployed and / or 'disaffected' youth ought not to be able to afford the Blackberries apparently used to organise the unrest anyway! Hence my earlier comment.
Architects were never 'responsible' for poor public housing: the brief, the budget, quality of construction and the politics were and are far more responsible. For example, we can't design larger houses because the brief, budget and procurement paths don't permit it.
I stand by my observation made earlier regarding the initial rioting, later looting was obviously opportunist.
I'm fed up with apologists trying to justify the unjustifiable.
Rant over.
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HENDRICH, Gustav. The history of Afrikaner involvement in the Rhodesian tobacco industry (1890-1980). Historia [online]. 2011, vol.56, n.2, pp.43-58. ISSN 2309-8392.
ABSTRACT The significance of the tobacco industry in the history of Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) became in de facto inseparable from the economic development of the country. Since the British colonization of Rhodesia during the 1890's, the emphasis on gold mining and ordinary agricultural produce gradually shifted to the evolving tobacco farming. Although it had been the rule of the British South Africa Company that ultimately laid the foundations of the tobacco industry, the presence of Afrikaners within the industry cannot be disregarded. Considered to be a farming community, the initial endeavours and embarkation of Afrikaner farmers in the industry were more often than not hampered by problems and failure. Due to improved mechanization, farming practices and circumstances after the Second World War, Afrikaners could more effectively and with greater prospect partake in the expansion of the industry. Afrikaner tobacco farmers over time contributed in the cultivation of Rhodesia's primary export commodity. This article seeks to address the involvement, problems and enrichment of Afrikaner tobacco farmers in the historical context of the Rhodesian tobacco industry.
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Boris Charmatz Musee de la Dance - enfant
Dancer and choreographer Boris Charmatz has been subverting forms of dance and movement for over 15 years. Director since 2009 of the Rennes and Britanny National Choreographic Centre, he maintains an extensive touring schedule, working on improvised pieces on a regular basis while also continuing his work as a performer with Tino Sehgal and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
Having previously presented work at Tate Modern and the Hayward Gallery, for Charmatz's Sadler's Wells debut he presents the UK premiere of new work enfant. This creation explores an innovative style of choreography, utilising inert bodies, the relationship between muscular energy and movement, featuring a cast of nine adult dancers, 12 children and a musician.
A strange, numb ballet unfolds, in which traditional relationships become reversed and borders blur between young and old, professionals and amateurs, the living and the dead.
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Thursday, 30th January 2014
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text: Many travelers say they would pay extra for kid-free flights. Here's how to make sure your children aren't the ones making them want to pay a premium. By Cameron Huddleston, Former Online Editor March 10, 2011 Both the Consumerist.com and the NYTimes.com Bucks blog recently asked readers what sort of airline fees would be worth paying. In particular, the Consumerist.com asked its readers whether they would pay more for a child-free flight -- and two-thirds said they would.A survey of business travelers prompted the Consumerist.com poll. Of those surveyed, 74% said what annoyed them most about first-class travel was having children in the cabin with them. As a mother of two, I initially was irked by the survey results and the idea of kid-free flights. But as I thought back on all the nights I would've gladly paid to sleep soundly without being awakened by the kids, my irritation eased. I could understand why a business traveler who paid a premium for first class wouldn't want a noisy child disrupting his work or sleep. Sponsored Content The survey and reader poll also reminded me of an article I wrote a couple of years ago about how not to be that family -- the one with the screaming kids. I can't help those of you who would prefer kid-free flights. But I can offer parents some tips on preparing properly before traveling to minimize meltdowns -- and even save money. Parents, please share any tips you have in the reader comments box below. And let us know what you think about the idea of kid-free flights. Advertisement 1. Don't pre-board -- team board. The airlines think they're doing you a favor by letting you jump the line with your small children. But you're just being forced to spend even more time trying to keep a squirming child calm in a seat. So if there are two adults in your party, send one in first with the carry-on bags to secure a spot for them in the overhead bins. The other can hang back, run around with the kids then corral them into the plane after everyone has boarded. 2. On long flights, buy the baby a seat. You'll save a couple hundred dollars by holding a child younger than 2 on your lap. But if you can afford it, buy the extra ticket and put your child in a car seat to save your sanity on flights more than two hours. Make sure your car seat has printed on it: "This restraint is certified for use in motor vehicles and aircraft." If not, you might have to check it in as baggage, cautions the Federal Aviation Administration. Booster seats are not allowed. 3. Come prepared ... for anything. Never pack your child's favorite teddy bear or security blanket in checked luggage. Make sure you have at least one change of clothes for your kid in your carry-on bag. You also might want to take along an extra shirt for yourself, too (as my husband learned when our daughter so kindly shared the effects of her motion sickness on him). Advertisement If your child relies on a pacifier, have several on hand to pop in junior's mouth when he tosses one on the ground. And if you're flying, be sure to have something for your little one to suck on (bottle, sippy cup) during take-off and landing so her ears won't hurt. 4. Provide plenty of entertainment options. My parents used to fill a bag with cheap toys to keep us entertained on long trips -- and I looked forward to traveling for that reason. Hit the dollar store and load up on cheap children's books, finger puppets and age-appropriate games. Some other entertainment options: Leap Frog's LeapPad, Crayola's Color Explosion paper and pen, Magna-Doodle, sticker books and, oddly enough, calculators or anything with buttons. Snacks are another way to keep your little ones occupied. But once they've tired of the food and toys, it's time to bring out the big guns -- the portable DVD player. Every parent I know says these are a must-have for long trips. You can rent them but don't bother. It'll cost you about as much as buying one (starting at about $60). If your kids are big enough for headphones, get them so you don't have to spend hours listening to "super cool explorer Dora!" And don't forget the cables that come with your DVD player so you can port it to the TV at your destination in case all Grandma has is a VCR and an old worn out copy of Field of Dreams. Advertisement Don't want to lug your entire DVD collection with you? Check out the public library where you're going. Some will loan to out-of-staters, or borrow your relative's card. It's probably not a good idea to pack stuff from your own local library, though. If you lose that book, movie or CD on your trip you'll have to pay for it. 5. Don't push the limits. Whether you're flying (or driving), remember your little ones just can't hack it the way you can. So if you're flying, don't schedule a flight around your child's nap time or bedtime. It might seem like a good idea, but you can't count on them to fall asleep on a noisy plane full of distractions. You'll end up with a very cranky kid on your hands. And don't push yourself too far. Your crankiness will rub off on your kids. For more tips, see Traveling With Tots: A Survival Guide.


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June 20 is World Refugee Day. 42 million people worldwide are refugees. Angelina Jolie serves as UNHCR (United Nations High Commission on Refugees) Goodwill Ambassador. She and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to help Pakistani refugees displaced because of war. Angelina says that the number of Pakistani refugees is jumping at a really high rate…as much as 100,000 people a day…and 2 million Pakistanis are now refugees.
Austin, Texas (where I live) takes in about 500 – 600 refugees per month; the most challenging thing is helping them find work. Here's an article that is currently online and will appear in Sunday's Austin American-Statesman newspaper about 21 refugees who became U.S. citizens today in Austin.
Refugees who fled horrors of war, famine now call Austin home.
Jeremy Schwartz
Sunday, June 21, 2009
They've fled war, famine, genocide and concentration camps. But in an intimate ceremony Saturday at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, 21 refugees from 11 countries took an important step on their roads to a new life: They became U.S. citizens.
The naturalization ceremony took place on World Refugee Day and marked the second consecutive year that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has commemorated the day in Austin with a citizenship ceremony for refugees.
"They've gone through so much," said Mario Ortiz, the San Antonio district director for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. "So it's only right that as an agency and as a country we recognize the contributions they will make to this country."
For Amir Causevic, a 34-year-old who left his hometown in Bosnia-Herzegovina when war broke out in the early 1990s, Saturday's ceremony was the culmination of nearly two decades of struggle.
"This is the biggest day in my life so far," said Causevic, who lives in Hutto with his wife and son and works as an installer for Time Warner Cable. "You have so many bad memories of your country that you want to start your life over again."
John Mohinga, a 52-year-old from Congo, urged his fellow newly anointed citizens to take advantage of their second chance.
"Here you can live in peace and see your children go to school and get degrees and so on," he told the crowd during the ceremony. "Here, you can be whatever you want to be."
Mohinga, who works as a security guard and is the assistant pastor at North Austin Christian Church, fled Congo during a civil war that killed about 5 million of his countrymen more than a decade ago. He and his wife were forced to leave, he said, because she was an ethnic Tutsi originally from Rwanda, putting her on the wrong side of local militias.
The couple and their children were rescued by Red Cross workers who delivered them to United Nations forces and ultimately to a refugee camp in Cameroon. They came to the United States in 2000.
"I want to thank the great people of Texas for this peaceful welcome," Mohinga said.
After the 21 refugees — all of them Austin-area residents originally from places such as Sudan, Afghanistan, El Salvador and Cambodia — took their oath of citizenship, immigration officials handed out certificates. The new Americans held them as if they might break or fly away and posed for pictures with smiling family members.
"Thank you for inspiring us," Ortiz told them. "Thank you for humbling us."


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden, spurred by the Newtown, Conn., massacre this month, said he is fighting in Congress again to have assault weapons outlawed.
For Biden, the tragedy offers a second opportunity to write a legislative response on President Obama's behalf that, if successful in the face of a Republican-dominated and anti-gun-control House, would reinstate his assault weapons ban that expired in 1994, The New York Times reported in Washington Sunday.
In 2007, Biden tried unsuccessfully to ban the Bushmaster AR-15, the gun Adam Lanza used to kill 20 schoolchildren and six adults on Dec. 14, the Times said.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said she intends to reintroduce the assault weapons bill with broader terms, prohibiting weapons with just "one or more military characteristics."
Her measure identifies 120 guns whose manufacture and sale would be banned, and it would eliminate loopholes that might be used to bypass the law, the Times reported.


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text: Kim Lankford rounds up her advice on identity theft, credit scores, and other topics that readers needed help with in 2011. By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor December 29, 2011 Thank you all for sending such great questions -- more than 5,000 in all -- this year. Hearing from you always helps me learn about the issues that are most timely and important to everyone. SEE ALSO: 2011 In Review: The 8 Stories With the Most Impact on Your Wallet In reviewing the Ask Kim columns for 2011, I found some key themes among the questions readers asked, including how to improve credit scores, avoid identity theft, retire debt and make the most of retirement plans. The following columns address some of those issues, which remain timely into 2012. I hope that the answers can help with your personal finance issues, too. Sponsored Content Readers were very interested in finding ways to help their kids financially while helping to lower their tax bills themselves. See 6 Tax-Smart Ways to Help Your Kids (or Grandkids), Helping a Family Member Save for College, and Teaching Kids About Investing. Advertisement Scam artists continue to find new ways to steal your identity and your money, and readers wanted to find out about the newest ways to protect themselves. See How to Avoid ID Theft, 10 Ways to Guard Against Identity Theft When Traveling, and How to Protect Yourself From Scams. Also see How to Protect Yourself After Identity Theft for tips on what to do after you discover your personal information has been stolen in a data breach, and How a Credit Freeze Works for specific moves that can help protect you from ID theft. Readers are always looking for strategies to help them out of debt, but especially so now that the holiday credit-card bills are arriving in their mailboxes. My column Using Balance-Transfer Cards to Pay Holiday Bills led to a follow-up column, Balance-Transfer Cards Can Save Thousands about just how much money you can save by transferring your balance to a credit card with a lower interest rate and by boosting your payments. Credit scores are a hot topic: Many readers wanted to know the secret behind the credit-score calculations, strategies for improving their score, and who can take advantage of the new laws to get free copies of their credit scores. At the end of the year, readers were concerned about understanding the new timeline and rules for Medicare's open-enrollment period. And even after the December 7 deadline passed for signing up for their 2012 Medicare Part D prescription-drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans, they continue to be interested in learning why some people have to pay extra for Medicare Part B and Part D, how to contest the high-income surcharge this year, and how to avoid the surcharge next year. Advertisement It seemed I couldn't answer enough questions about the rules for Roth IRAs and the strategies for making the most of this powerful retirement-saving tool. Accordingly, I put together The Basics of Roth IRAS in February, which was a roundup of frequently asked Roth IRA questions. As Hurricane Irene charged up the East Coast in August -- just days after an earthquake shook the Mid-Atlantic States -- many readers asked about insurance coverage. My response: What Disasters Does Your Homeowners Policy Cover? A few days later, I wrote 8 Steps to Help Get your Hurricane Claim Paid Quickly, which can help people with claims-filing advice after a hurricane as well as other natural disasters. Readers continue to ask questions about preparing their homes for the changing seasons, resulting in the columns How to Prepare for an Emergency and 7 Financial Tips for Snowbirds. And during the first few months of the year, until the tax-filing deadline on April 15, I tend to get a lot of questions about the American Opportunity Credit and other Tax Credits for Education Expenses, as well as the Best Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed. If you do end up getting a tax refund, you may end up asking How to Put Your Tax Refund to Good Use, which provides information that can help anyone with setting financial priorities throughout the year. Please continue to send me your questions! I look forward to hearing from many of you in the upcoming year. You can always reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Got a question? Ask Kim at email@example.com.


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Covenant House (http://www.covenanthouse.org) is the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas that provides food, shelter, immediate crisis care, and an array of other important services to homeless, throwaway, and runaway kids. They are starting a nationwide movement in memory of April to help kids living on the street and combat the violence they face every day.
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This new identity – starting with a logo design - will be used in all communications, email, web, social media - like facebook status image, and letterhead.
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S. Afr. J. radiol. (Online) vol.18 n.1 Johannesburg Oct. 2014
The importance of systematic reviews in radiology
Charles S. Wiysonge
Centre for Evidence-based Health Care and Division of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Mindful of the dangers of making healthcare decisions without reference to trustworthy evidence, a new approach to healthcare delivery was introduced in the late 1970s.1 This approach, referred to as evidence-based medicine or more broadly as evidence-based health care, is defined as 'the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence' in making healthcare decisions.2 Evidence-based health care integrates individual healthcare expertise, patient values and preferences, and the best available research evidence from systematic reviews. See Boxes 1 and 2 for key definitions and resources for evidence-based health care respectively.
Systematic reviews provide a complete picture of the totality of evidence on a given topic.3 In practice, a summary of evidence is considered to be a systematic review if (at a minimum) the authors conducted a literature search that was comprehensive enough to avoid publication, language and indexing biases; report the criteria used for deciding which studies to include in the review; undertook duplicate study selection and data extraction; and combined data from included studies using reliable methods.4
There are numerous examples where failure to prepare timely systematic reviews of existing research evidence resulted in untold and preventable suffering.5,6 In a recent methodological study, Ochodo and colleagues estimated the frequency of over-interpretation or 'pin', defined as:
reporting that distorts study results to make interventions look favourable e.g. an overly optimistic abstract, stronger conclusion in abstract, selective reporting of results in abstract, study conclusions based on selected subgroups, and discrepancy between aim and conclusion.7
The authors searched and identified 126 eligible primary diagnostic accuracy studies published between January and June 2010 in PubMed-indexed journals with an impact factor of at least 4. Of these studies, 53 focused on radiological imaging. An analysis of the latter revealed that one-third of the studies contained forms of actual over-interpretation and all contained forms of potential over-interpretation of the diagnostic accuracy of imaging.
In line with this methodological study, I will use two examples to illustrate the importance of systematic reviews in radiology. The first review was conducted by Brealey and colleagues to determine the accuracy of radiographer plain radiograph reporting in clinical practice.8 The authors conducted a comprehensive search of numerous peer-reviewed and grey literature sources for studies conducted between 1971 and October 2002. Twelve studies were included in this review, which revealed that the sensitivity and specificity of radiographers' reports of plain radiographs were 93% and 98% respectively, against a reference standard. The subgroup of studies that focused on accident and emergency settings found no evidence of a difference in reporting accuracy between selectively trained radiographers and radiologists of varying seniority, compared to a reference standard. The authors concluded that flexible teamwork between different professions as to who reports plain radiographs should be promoted. The second example is a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of several radiological techniques in diagnosing occult inguinal hernias, published in 2013.9 The authors included 23 studies published since 1950, and found that herniography has a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 83%, ultrasound a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 77%, and computed tomography a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 65% in detecting occult inguinal hernias. The implications of this review for clinical practice, in settings where all three techniques are available, are that herniography should be the initial investigation for occult inguinal hernia. In settings where herniography is not available, ultrasound of the groin should be used, with consideration of computed tomography only in the presence of persistent diagnostic uncertainty.
As illustrated by these systematic reviews, professional good intentions and plausible theories are inadequate criteria for selecting interventions to promote, restore, maintain, protect or monitor the health of human populations. As Iain Chalmers said:
Humility and uncertainty are preconditions for unbiased assessments of the effects of the prescriptions and proscriptions of policy makers and practitioners for other people. We will serve the public more responsibly and ethically when research designed to reduce the likelihood that we will be misled by bias and the play of chance has become an expected element of professional and policymaking practice, not an optional addon.10
Universal adoption of systematic reviews in radiology and other healthcare disciplines will ensure that patients benefit from health research and that healthcare resources are used efficiently. Systematic reviews provide a means for decision makers (including policy makers, programme managers and clinicians) to access all available evidence on key questions in a judicious manner11 as well as identify areas where there are knowledge gaps, thus assisting researchers and research funders in setting priorities for new studies12. Systematic reviews help to increase value and reduce waste in research priority-setting. Therefore:
research funders and regulators should demand that proposals for additional primary research are justified by systematic reviews showing what is already known, and increase funding for the required syntheses of existing evidence.13
However, an investigation of the current research landscape paints a dismal picture of how limited research resources continue to be wasted on unnecessary research and needless confusion continues to persist from failure to set new studies in the context of systematic reviews.13,14 But, every cloud has a silver lining. This could be a golden opportunity for radiologists in South Africa to provide leadership in increasing value and decreasing waste in health research, through routine use of systematic reviews when making healthcare decisions and designing new studies. The ball is in your court - shall you make or mar?
The author acknowledges Prof. Taryn Young for critical comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.
1. Chalmers I, Hedges LV, Cooper H. A brief history of research synthesis. Eval Health Prof. 2002;25:12-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163278702025001003 [ Links ]
2. Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn't. BMJ. 1996;312:71-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7023.71 [ Links ]
3. Moher D, Cook DJ, Eastwood S, Olkin I, Rennie D, Stroup DF. Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: The QUOROM statement. Quality of reporting of meta-analyses. Lancet. 1999;354:1896-900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04149-5 [ Links ]
4. Shea BJ, Grimshaw JM, Wells GA, et al. Development of AMSTAR: A measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2007;7:10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-7-10 [ Links ]
5. Murphy C, Hahn S, Volmink J. Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution for treating cholera. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(4):CD003754. [ Links ]
6. Wiysonge CS, Bradley H, Mayosi BM, et al. Beta-blockers for hypertension. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(1):CD002003. [ Links ]
7. Ochodo EA, De Haan MC, Reitsma JB, Hooft L, Bossuyt PM, Leeflang MM. Overinterpretation and misreporting of diagnostic accuracy studies: Evidence of 'spin'. Radiology. 2013;267:581-588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.12120527 [ Links ]
8. Brealey S, Scally A, Hahn S, Thomas N, Godfrey C, Coomarasamy A. Accuracy of radiographer plain radiograph reporting in clinical practice: A meta-analysis. Clin Radiol. 2005;60:232-241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2004.07.012 [ Links ]
9. Robinson A, Light D, Kasim A, Nice C. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of radiology in the diagnosis of occult inguinal hernia. Surg Endosc. 2013;27:11-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-012-2412-3 [ Links ]
10. Chalmers I. Trying to do more good than harm in policy and practice: The role of rigorous, transparent, up-to-date evaluations. Ann Am Acad Polit Soc Sci. 2003;589:22-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716203254762 [ Links ]
11. Wiysonge CS, Volmink J. Strengthening research capacity. Lancet. 2002;359:713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07798-X [ Links ]
12. Wiysonge CS, Lavis JN, Volmink J. Make the money work for health in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet 2009;373:1174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60685-1 [ Links ]
13. Chalmers I, Bracken MB, Djulbegovic B, et al. How to increase value and reduce waste when research priorities are set. Lancet. 2014;383:156-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62229-1 [ Links ]
14. Robinson KA, Goodman SN. A systematic examination of the citation of prior research in reports of randomized, controlled trials. Ann Intern Med. 2011;154:50-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-1-201101040-00007 [ Links ]
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Professor Charles S. Wiysonge is a specialist in systematic reviews, knowledge translation, and vaccinology, and holds an MD from the University of Yaounde I (Cameroon), an MPhil from the University of Cambridge (UK), and a PhD from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). He is the deputy director of the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, and full professor in the Division of Community Health, at Stellenbosch University. Professor Wiysonge serves on the World Health Organization (WHO) African Task Force on Immunisation, the Independent Review Committee of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), the WHO African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development, the Executive Committee of the GREAT Network (Guideline-driven, Research priorities, Evidence synthesis, Application of evidence, and Transfer of knowledge), and other advisory committees.


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Editor' note: This column was coauthored by Bob Morrison.
The debates over Obamacare seem to be, like Ben Franklin's death & taxes, the only certainties in our lives. This has clearly been the case since Inauguration Day, 2009. Yes, President Obama called for an immediate "stimulus" of nearly $1 Trillion to prime the pump, to create shovel-ready jobs. We never heard that phrase shovel ready before Mr. Obama employed it. And, within the first two years after passage of the huge stimulus bill, the president himself acknowledged there was no such thing as shovel ready jobs.
But let's move on, as the Left is forever urging us. Let's not "re-litigate" the past.
You may have noticed that even when you are not meeting them in court, even when you are not having to sue them to defend your basic constitutional freedoms, the Left says you are trying to "re-litigate" the past every time you suggest that they might be held accountable for anything they said or did yesterday.
Here is something to talk about from today, right now. Noam Scheiber writes for the premier journal of the Left, The New Republic. In the current issue, Scheiber has penned "How Obamacare Actually Paves the Way Toward Single Payer."
It's a remarkable piece of journalism. Scheiber responds to the complaint of Michael Moore that Obamacare did not go far enough.
I happen to agree with Moore's basic sentiment…And yet I am much more sympathetic to Obamacare than Moore. He thinks it's awful. I consider it a deceptively sneaky way to get the health care system both of us really want.
Scheiber uses deceptively sneaky not as a conservative might use it. It's not pejorative. He uses the term as a compliment. He likes the fact that it is deceptive and sneaky. He approves of the lie.
So, we should not expect to see Mr. Scheiber upset about the president's false promise—echoed by dozens of Mr. Obama's fellow liberals in Congress—that "if you like your health insurance, you can keep it."
This, too, is doubtless part of the deceptively sneaky aspect of the federal takeover of health care that Mr. Scheiber and the Left want to see.
We can, of course, debate and differ on whether or not a single payer health system would be a good thing for America. Canada has a single payer system and Canada has not ceased to exist. (But you are not supposed to notice when Canadian premiers get sick, they make a bee-line for the Mayo Clinic in the U.S.A.)
We could have had that debate in 2008 or 2012. But that is not the debate we had.
Obamacare was the law they passed. That was the program they imposed on us. And now, this leading journalist of the Left lets the single payer cat out of the Obamacare bag.
President Obama is on record saying he would have preferred a single payer system. But only now, with this New Republic column, do we see this candid confession that deceit is the order of the day.
He, they, all of them wanted all along to force Americans into a single payer system, but they didn't have the votes—in Congress, or in the nation—to get what they wanted.
So they had to employ a deceptively sneaky ruse. They had to lie about our being able to keep our own insurance if we preferred it. They had to lie about where Obamacare might eventually lead.
This article by Noam Scheiber goes beyond any Republican talking points or any conservative critiques. It is candid, but candid about lies. And about the need to lie.
How can we react expect to denounce it? It not just the measure we oppose, although oppose it we must. It is the deceptively sneaky way they went about imposing Obamacare on the nation that we must oppose. From the Cornhusker Kickback and the Louisiana Purchase, to the Christmas Eve sooty slide down the Senate chimney, to the absurd Supreme Court ruling that it must be a tax if it looks like a tax—even if it failed to originate in the House of Representatives—as the Constitution plainly commands: all of this we must oppose.
And we must oppose lying as a political practice. If we condone lying as Noam Scheiber condones it, our political life will end. We cannot expect to survive if the consent of the governed is fraudulently obtained. We may someday agree to adopt a single payer system. The British have accepted it. But in their defense (defence), the Socialists in Britain were honest and straightforward about what they wanted to achieve. They never deceived the British people at the polls about what they would do.
This move toward socialism by stealth will always de-legitimize the goals of the Left. Worse, it will de-legitimize government itself, even as it poisons the well of our political life.


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Tony Gilroy didn't spend all that time and effort carefully mapping out the Bourne universe just to rebuild it from the ground up.
Joan Allen, who over the course of the first and third Bourne films went from his hunter to his defender, and Albert Finney, who in the third film was revealed to be one of his creators, are returning for "The Bourne Legacy," reported Variety.
This latest installment is being written and directed by Tony Gilroy, who had a hand in writing the previous films, and will star Jeremy Renner as another agent trained by the same people who trained Jason Bourne. Rumor has it that he'll be going up against Ed Norton, with Rachel Weisz and Oscar Isaaks also on board.
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NEW YORK — A conservative Lutheran group has reprimanded a Newtown, Conn., pastor for participating in an interfaith vigil after the Sandy Hook massacre.
The Lutheran Church-
Missouri Synod said the Rev. Rob Morris of Christ the King Lutheran Church inadvertently gave the impression he condoned joint worship by offering the benediction at the Dec. 16 event for elementary school shooting victims with representatives of other religions.
The church constitution bars clergy from praying with representatives from other religions, including some other Lutheran groups, for fear of giving the appearance that theological differences about salvation and other doctrines aren't significant.
The vigil included Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Baha'i leaders. President Obama and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy attended.
In a statement posted Feb. 1 on a denominational blog, the Missouri Synod president, the Rev. Matthew Harrison, said Morris took ''specific and commendable'' steps to avoid violating the church's constitution: Morris requested an announcement before the event that participating clergy were not endorsing each other's views, and he read from Scripture.
However, Harrison concluded that the event was joint worship since other clergy wore their vestments and the vigil included prayers and religious readings.
Morris does not believe he engaged in joint worship, but has apologized, Harrison said.
''I accept his apology,'' Harrison wrote.


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Mosquitoes are more than just nuisances. Philanthropist and businessman Bill Gates argues that these blood-thirsty bothers may be the world's deadliest creature, spreading disease around the globe including West Nile virus in the Americas.
Mosquitoes are more than just nuisances. Philanthropist and businessman Bill Gates argues that these blood-thirsty bothers may be the world's deadliest creature, spreading disease around the globe including West Nile virus in the Americas.
A mosquito bite is something to take seriously, said Michael Wimberly, senior scientist at the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence and professor of natural resource management at South Dakota State University.
Wimberly and colleague Michael Hildreth, mosquito expert and a biology and microbiology professor at the university, use data about weather conditions gathered from NASA satellites circling the Earth and about mosquitoes collected in traps on the ground to help mosquito control officers target West Nile virus-carrying insects in South Dakota communities — a U.S. hotspot for the disease.
"Although most people infected with the disease have no symptoms, a small percentage can develop severe illness that affects the central nervous system and can result in death," Wimberly said. "Symptoms of severe illness include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis.
"West Nile virus cases fluctuate greatly from year to year. For example, in 2011 there were only 712 cases reported, but in 2012 this number jumped up to 5,674 cases."
How it starts
West Nile virus can be transmitted almost anywhere in the contiguous United States.
The possibility of contracting West Nile is especially high in certain parts of the country, including the Mississippi Delta and surrounding regions, the Great Plains and portions of California, Arizona and the Great Basin, Wimberly said.
There were over 2,000 cases of West Nile reported in 2017 with 121 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 2,000 deaths in the U.S. have been attributed to West Nile virus since it was first reported in 1999 in Queens, New York.
Two different types of mosquitoes are the primary "vectors," meaning they transmit the disease in the United States, Hildreth said. West Nile is primarily a bird disease, but mosquitoes who dine on infected birds can transfer it to humans.
"Many people assume that the primary determinant for whether there will be lots of West Nile virus human cases or very few is determined by the number of vector mosquitoes developing in a particular year, but actually the most important factor is whether the virus is amplifying in the birds," Hildreth said. "We've had years when the vectors are very plentiful, and yet the virus never got a good start in the birds; in those years, human cases are down."
Protect yourself
While the scientists continue their work predicting where West Nile virus will emerge to protect the population, consider these tips to protect yourself and your family:
— Use insect repellent and wear long-sleeved shirts and pants when outside in the evening — even when it doesn't feel like mosquitoes are biting. Treat shoes and clothing with permethrin or buy permethrin-treated clothing and gear.
— Do not use insect repellent on babies younger than 2 months. Cover cribs, strollers and baby carriers with mosquito netting.
— Eliminate stagnant water that can serve as mosquito breeding sites, such as in tires, planters, buckets, flower pots and trash containers. Mosquitoes lay their eggs near water.


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As always, an open jam session is hosted by Monday's Featured Artist following the first set. Bring your ax and your fake books (if you need'em). Starting at 10pm JCS invites all comers to get their game on regardless of experience level.


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This is Die Bike, a biodiesel motorcycle that has been built from a car engine and a bike body by an Oakland collective called The Crucible. A recent test-drive got the eco-bike up to 130 mph, but its creators are hoping that, with a bit of modification, their baby will hit 160 mph on the Bonneville Flats next month and break some records in the process. Check the video after the jump.
Creator Michael Sturtz started off with a BMW motorbike and a Beemer high-performance car engine only available in Europe (which shut down for four days after its computer thought it had been stolen, so Sturtz had to beg BMW for the security codes.) Its retro look comes from having engine and chassis wrapped in 3/4 aluminum fairing.
Die Bike cost $20,000 and took six months to build. As well as running on biodiesel, it can take both diesel and straight vegetable oil (SVO). Sturtz, who is Founder and Executive Director of The Crucible, is hoping that his creation will break the existing diesel motorcycle world record, as well as establishing new land speed classes for both bio-diesel and straight veggie oil. [Popular Science via CNN]


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- MSN eShop - Reviews of Office Equipment (Calculators, Label Makers, Office Machines, Projectora, Shredders, Transcribers, Typewriters and Word Processors, Video Conferencing)
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A New Direction in Flavored Whiskey: Pow-Wow Botanical Rye
New brands and bottles you should know.
In the past few years, we've seen a proliferation of flavored whiskies—from cinnamon, to cherry, to honey—and these products vary widely in quality and appeal. The category is seen by many purists as a waste of good whiskey (or an attempt to doctor up bad whiskey for sale). Personally, I believe there's a time and a place for flavored whiskies, particularly as a gateway whiskey for friends who can't believe they would ever drink the brown stuff. But a recent release from Georgetown Trading Company is poised to shake up the category.
There are quite a few unique aspects to this booze, starting with the base spirit. Heretofore, the vast majority of flavored whiskies were bourbon or Irish whisky, but GTC has put straight rye front and center. It's an intriguing move, as rye is typically quite spicy with sharp edges—the exact opposite of a gateway whiskey. But the innovation doesn't stop there. Rather than choosing a single sweetened flavor to blend with the whiskey, they've infused the rye with a blend of orange peels, saffron, and assorted other whole botanicals (the complete recipe and mashbill of the whiskey is not disclosed). It's a one-of-a-kind offering on the current whiskey world stage.
Bottled at 90 proof, this stuff has a huge aroma. Citrus, smoked cedar, incense, and vanilla leap out of the glass, with enough rye spice in the background to let you know it's still whiskey. On tasting, the flavors are all over the place: dark chocolate, menthol, stone fruit, raisins, funky Pu-erh tea, and of course the saffron, which works surprisingly well in the midst of the other flavors going on. It has a touch of sweetness (which helps to harmonize all of the disparate flavors), and is quite thin-bodied, but the finish is surprisingly long and full. It's like the bizarre love child of a young rye and an exotic gin, but I mean that in the best way. Designed for blending into all kinds of new and exciting cocktails, this whiskey puts a new spin on the classics (it makes an utterly unique and interesting Manhattan, for example). However, it still holds its own as a sipping whiskey, if not an every day dram. Listing at $40 a bottle, it's not for everyone, but if you're looking for an unusual flavored whiskey, this is the booze for you.
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It's been a while since I posted anything from Project Motzle (if you don't know what that is, go hit the search button up top searching for 'Project Motzle').
The main goal was to produce a non-broody, heavy, with no to limited flight, black bird with white spots and frizzled feathers that laid a decent number of eggs. I'm happy to say we've at least achieved black birds with white spots and frizzling. Limited flight is a work in progress, and broodiness so far seems limited to one bird (cue them all going broody now). They're not too shabby at egg laying, but could be better. Mareks unfortunately is taking some of these birds out as they reach 2 years old, which is a bit of a shame. Hopefully somewhere down the line I can select for better resistance.
But I digress... the point of this post was to show off the side goal, which up until this point I've been mum on. That is, a frizzled mille fleur type built only from Project Motzle birds. The original birds had all of the components necessary but not in the same bird. It's taken three years and some ridiculous luck to get this far, but here she is, in all her spotty glory (No, she's not frizzled, but that part /should/ be easy to achieve next generation.)
I have one more female, offsite at present.
There's a LOT more work to do, including using these two girls to breed myself some mille fleur roosters that I can (eventually) use to make guaranteed mille fleurs (rather than winning probability roulette like I did with these two), and then refining what I've got until I've got something that doesn't roost 20m up a tree... :sigh:


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Drug suspect crashes into 4 police cars
3 officers suffer minor injuries
A man has been arrested on suspicion of hitting four Greensboro police cars and injuring three officers Monday while transporting multiple pounds of cocaine.
Ramon Conchas-Escobedo, 33, of Asheboro, was arrested following an incident around 4:20 p.m. on High Point Road near South Holden Road.
Officers were acting on a "credible tip" about a man who was bringing several kilograms of cocaine into the city, Greensboro police said. The officers tried to block his red pickup truck as it was slowing for a traffic signal at High Point and South Holden roads.
The driver sped up while trying to evade officers and hit four unmarked police vehicles, including one head-on, police said. The man fled south on Holden Road, entered Interstate 85 southbound before crossing the median near Groometown Road, police said.
The man abandoned his truck near the overpass entrance to I-85 and fled on foot. Greensboro police used a K-9 unit to track the man in a marshy area where he was taken into custody without incident, investigators said.
Two kilograms, or more than four pounds, of cocaine, was found in a search of the truck, police said.
Conchas-Escobedo faces multiple felony charges, including assault on a law enforcement officer. He is being held under a $1 million secured bond in the Guilford County Jail.


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Dramaturgie im zeitgenössischen Tanz ist ? positiv gemeint ? ein heißes Eisen. Idealerweise sind Dramaturginnen und Dramaturgen während der Erarbeitung eines Stücks die besten Freunde der Choreografen. more
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In "Chinas Rebellen" ("Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing"), Ian Buruma tells of exiled Chinese dissidents in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. On his travels, Buruma met the legendary Wei Jingshen, student leaders from the Tien An Men protests in 1989, labour organisers in the Shenzhen free trade zone, underground Christians in provincial backwaters ("Jesus was a democrat") and opposition politicians in Hong Kong and Singapore. Courageous, intelligent if not brilliant people, they have paid a high price for their courage. Their problem is that they are often hopelessly at loggerheads and overly suspicious of one another. Admitting he sometimes wished they would all go to the devil, Buruma shows a healthy scepticism for the achievements of the "children of the dragon". Die Zeit and Der Spiegel praise the book, while the FAZ regrets a lack of understanding for China's cultural specificity.
Seymour Hersh's "Die Befehlskette" ("Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib") receives almost reverential reviews in the German Feuilletons. Hersh collects and expands on the pieces he wrote on Abu Ghraib for the New Yorker, showing in detail how the liberty to mete out torture was granted by the senior level in Washington. The FR has nothing but admiration for Hersh's exhaustive research and serious use of sources, while Ulrich Greiner in Die Zeit calls "Chain of Command" the best book available on life behind the scenes in the Bush administration. The texts are thoroughly researched, and rechecked in detail by the New Yorker's editors. Greiner is astounded by the extent to which Hersh has access to information and appraisals from within the White House. Hersch shows in harrowing detail how the "carte blanche" for torture in Abu Ghraib came from on high.
Things take a theoretical turn with Francis Fukuyama's "Staaten bauen" ("State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century"). In the Taz, Warnfried Dettling calls the book a "political event of the first order". For Fukuyama, building strong states is the most important political challenge of the 21st century. But these states can't be allowed to get fat. Social expenditures must be cut back, and administrations streamlined. Educational systems must be made more effective, and judiciaries more reliable. In Die Zeit, Herfried Münkler links the boom in interest in the state as institution to widespread fears of international terror and the prevailing will to overcome chaos and adversity.
America's number two conservative thinker also draws much acclaim. In "Who Are We" ("Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identity"), Samuel Huntington inquires into the American identity, concluding that the protestant, Anglo-Saxon roots of the United States are threatened by America's growing Hispanic population. The FAZ writes that despite a somewhat bullheaded approach, Huntington is addressing an important set of questions with the book. Claus Leggewie in Die Zeit decries the work as an anti-immigration manifesto, but aggrees with the FAZ that the problems Huntington deals with are very real.
Among the non-American political works to receive positive reviews in the German press is Gilles Kepel's "Die neuen Kreuzzüge" ("The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West"). Across the board, critics commend Kepel's profound knowledge of Islamic culture. While Alexandra Senfft in the SZ finds Kepel's theses on the emergence of Islamic terrorism not entirely new, she nevertheless praises his mastery at compressing considerable detail into a readable account. Among the many causes that led militant Islamism to become an "integral component of the West", Kepel has isolated "American neoconservatives, pro-occupation Israeli politicians, reactionary Arab leaders and international networks of militant Islamists." All of them are linked in a "baneful cooperation", to which the Americans, of all people, seek to turn a blind eye. Rather than accepting the unpleasant fact that responsibility for terror cells like al-Qaida can be traced back to Cold War policies, America continues to wage war against its own creation, and thereby worsens the situation. For the author, the solution lies in the modernisation of Islam, for example by integrating modern Muslims in Western democracies. A good-minded thought, but as Senfft comments, an end to the terror threat does not seem to be in the cards for the foreseeable future.
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They were young, popular, the perfect couple—an all-American boy and a beautiful cheerleader. But the youthful passion that led them to Lookout Park thatterrible evening would prove fatal. For Richie Walters the end came swiftly, as death descended upon him in a savage orgy of horrific violence. Elaine Murray would live long enough to learn just how lucky her boyfriend had been . . .
Two brutal slayings have rocked a stunned city. But the murders are merely the nightmare's beginning, flinging open a terrifying Pandora's box of sordid secrets and dark revelations more deadly than the bloodlust that lives in the rock-hard heart of a killer.
Phillip Margolin has written nineteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including his latest novels Woman with a Gun, Worthy Brown's Daughter, Sleight of Hand, and the Washington trilogy. Each displays a unique, compelling insider's view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, he lives in Portland, Oregon.


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Richard And Marcia Gunn of Freeport celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary, Feb. 1, 2013.
On Feb. 1, 1958, Marcia Steele, daughter of George And Ruby Steele, and Richard Gunn, son of Floyd And Marjorie Gunn, were united in marriage at Clearfork Baptist Church.
The Rev. William Humphrey officiated the ceremony.
Marlene Bond And Dale Meredith attended the couple.
Mrs. Gunn is a homemaker.
Mr. Gunn is a farmer and retired from General Tire of Newcomerstown.
The couple have two children, April (Bob) Beall of Newcomerstown and Becky (Vince) Lenarz of Antrim.
Completing the family circle are grandchildren, Courtney (Russell) Gray, Heather (Wes) Brookover, Cody Lenarz and Josh (Brittney) Beall, and seven great-grandchildren.
A family dinner is being held in honor of the special occasion.


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One of these days, I'll get around to writing about where I stand on sex work. I don't think it's a complicated stance, but it is one that mostly relies on analogy, so it takes some explaining. So that day won't be today.
What I will do today is link you to the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance's page on International Sex Worker Rights Day. It gives you a good background on the challenges to the human rights of sex workers, of course. This year, however, there is also progress to be celebrated, partly thanks to Woodhull.
Toward the end of 2010, demands from grassroots organizers were included in the U.N. Human Rights Committee's official recommendations to the Obama Administration as part of their Universal Periodic Review. Among the more than 200 recommendations was recommendation #92.86, known as Recommendation #86, which asked the administration to "Ensure access to public services paying attention to the special vulnerability of sexual workers [sex workers] to violence and human rights abuses."
Woodhull was one of the many groups that supported a policy brief that outlined concrete ways in which the government "can show progress in addressing human rights abuses against sex workers." These included:
- Building capacity for states to address human rights violations through research and dialogue.
- Modifying or eliminating existing federal policies that conflate sex work and human trafficking and prevent sex workers from accessing services such as healthcare, HIV prevention and support.
- Investigating and preventing human rights abuses perpetrated by state agents, such as law enforcement officers.
- Investigating the impact of criminalization, including state level criminal laws, on sex workers and other groups.
The United States fully accepted UPR recommendation #86 and, in the report released to the United Nations, the U.S. states "We agree that no one should face violence or discrimination in access to public services based on sexual orientation or their status as a person in prostitution, as recommendation [#86] suggests".
I suggest reading the policy brief as well.


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Apple has more online shoppers than Walmart, and is one of the few retailers (other than eBay and Amazon) in the Top 15 visited sites in November.
So why does Apple have 20 million more unique visitors than Walmart? Apparently it's because of iTunes it being the only place to buy the iOS's popular music and apps. In fact, Apple calls Christmas day "Download Day" because that's the day users typically load up their newly acquired iPod, iPad or iPhone, according to AdAge. Apparently owners of new iOS devices can't wait a day to download the latest Michael Buble album or Angry Birds.
The comScore data for top U.S. online properties ranked Apple as No. 13 at 79 million unique visitors. Walmart was ranked No. 18 at 58 million unique visitors. Both are enviable numbers, especially considering Sears, JCPenney, Target and Twitter rank considerably lower. However, Sears, JCPenney and Target's activity jumped high in November -- most likely attributed to people buying presents online.
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Apple essentially has the only portal to buy apps for the iOS, so it will always be popular with its users. That will only change when the machines do.