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My name is Zack Pollack. I'm 20 years old and a junior at Emerson High School. I've been challenged by Cerebral Palsy since birth. I am a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair, I've lost most of the function in my arms and legs, and I have difficulty reading and doing arithmetic, but I am a bright, personable, optimistic, friendly person. I consider myself to be articulate, and I am dedicated to inspiring people – particularly young people – and motivating them to be better human beings.
When I was younger I underwent several surgeries, including an extensive and very risky 10-hour spinal surgery in 2008 to correct a severe curvature in my spine. The difficulties I endured prior to, during and immediately after my surgery were life threatening. However, I survived and recovered, and during my long and difficult recovery, I had an "aha" moment where I realized something. I realized that life isn't just about living; it's about living with a purpose. If you believe in your strengths, your weaknesses will disappear and your strengths will prevail. It's not about what you can or can't do; it's about how you do it.
It's important to believe that your strengths can turn your dreams to reality if you let them shine through and work hard to achieve your goals. I feel my purpose in life is to motivate people to believe in themselves regardless of their hardships and to persevere with their dreams. With this belief you can overcome your difficulties and achieve anything you put your mind to.
So with encouragement from my friends and family, in January 2013 I decided to begin a "pro bono" public speaking career. I have spoken to many different schools, including numerous elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and college classes. I visit inner-city schools, I speak to students considered "at risk," and I also speak at private schools. I have spoken to assemblies of several hundred students, as well as small groups in classrooms. I have spoken at political fundraisers, synagogue dinners, and other "adult" events besides school presentations. I speak about a number of themes, including inclusion of people with disabilities; extending friendship and help to all classmates; stopping the pervasive problem of bullying; the power of positive thinking; never giving up; the importance of education; and the importance of Faith. I emphasize that I love my life.
Even though I have CP and I am wheelchair bound, I've done some great things in my life and had many amazing experiences. I spent five years learning my Haftorah for my Bar Mitzvah in 2006, which was a tremendous, community-wide celebration. More recently, pushed in my wheelchair by my best friend Michael, I completed the 2011 ING (Half) Marathon held in Miami, Florida as part of a group dedicated to helping people with special needs. I earned a gold medal, helped raise money for Camp HASC, and was the subject of an NBC television news story. I also completed the 2012 Miami Rock-n-Roll Marathon and 2013 Bahamas half-Marathon, to raise money for an amazing organization called Kids of Courage, an amazing all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping disabled youngsters and young people suffering from serious illness, attend special travel camps and weekend getaways. As part of Kids of Courage, "campers" travel across the country each summer to experience life and to learn to live with more independence, as part of an 8-day adventure; in 2013 we went to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. We have also been to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Vermont, and are planning our next trip, to San Diego.
I am also part of an organization called Yachad. This national group is dedicated to inclusion, and brings mainstream students together with their severely challenged peers, for frequent weekend getaways and parties. In 2012 I was fortunate to visit Israel and spend the summer traveling throughout that beautiful country, making lifelong friends and memories, with a division of Yachad known as Yad B'Yad.
Here is a video about me:
Our amazing son Zack was born three months pre-mature and he spent months in the neo-natal intensive care unit, defying the odds to survive. My wife had suddenly developed a condition known as pre-eclampsia, and Zack had to be delivered immediately. Before the delivery, the non-Jewish obstetrician actually took me aside and told me the baby was sure to have serious difficulties and if I wanted, she could make sure the baby didn't survive. I angrily told her if the baby didn't survive I would report her, and she immediately changed her attitude and began trying her best to save our son.
When Zack was born, all my close relatives were still alive and I had no one to name him after. We named him after the millions of Jews who died during the Holocaust who never had anyone named after them. Hence, the name Zechariah, which means "God's remembrance."
Zack needs your help. He is entered into the National Mobility Awareness Month Local Hero contest, a national online voting contest, to win a needed new wheelchair van. He is asking that you show him your support by voting for him online. Here is the website with link to registration and voting: www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com.
When you go to the website, click on either "vote now" at the top of the page, or "vote for your local hero" towards the bottom, you will see "Find a Local Hero," and then type in Pollack in the last name search box and hit search. Zack's photo and story should immediately come up. Next to the photo is an orange box with "login" and "vote now." Each email address that registers is allowed to vote once per day. Registering is quick and easy and only has to be done one time; you will be emailed a password which your computer or smartphone should remember for future voting (check your spam if you do not get the emailed password). Voting can also be done through Facebook. Once you have logged in search again for Zack's photo, click on it and then click on the box in the middle of the voting section that says "bonus question." Answering this question about mobility issues correctly each day, gives each voter an extra vote.
After answering the bonus question (hopefully correctly!) proceed to check the type of voter (for example family/friend) and then click to register your vote for Zack. Please consider taking a moment from your day, to enter a daily vote for him, each day through May 9th. Also, your help in forwarding this link to your friends and family would be greatly appreciated.
Anyone interested in arranging for Zack to speak at their school or function should contact his father, Larry Pollack, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This somehow feels familiar.
After a one-year hiatus of these two teams' season culmination in Salem, we're again getting to see Mount Union and UW-Whitewater duke it out for the Walnut and Bronze. Oh, but what an exciting trip is has been to get to this point, as both of these two teams won by just one point last weekend.
Pat Coleman and Frank Rossi also gave their pregame thoughts (kept it under 10 minutes!):
Pat, Keith and Ryan bring you an expanded Triple Take this week, with a few guest prognosticators. And, of course, not only are we doing scores, but we're also throwing in a bit of analysis. It's been a D3football.com tradition since 1999.
As always, we welcome your remarks and your own picks in the comments section below!
Pat Coleman, D3football.com publisher and executive editor
I came into this week with a specific result in mind. Whether I could find enough points to make it happen, though, I wasn't quite sure. Eventually I end up with about the prediction I'd like. Could I see UW-Whitewater scoring enough points on offense to justify the "just barely more than one score" prediction that was on my mind. Mount Union should score enough points to keep this game close and UW-Whitewater needs to really avoid the early-game issues they've had the past two weeks. If so, I think the Whitewater defense outperforms the Mount Union offense.
UW-Whitewater 30, Mount Union 21
Keith McMillan, D3football.com managing editor and Around the Nation columnist
I usually try to watch as much of both teams as I can and give a serious pick based on expected on-field factors. But I have a couple of problems this year. While I've seen all or part of five Mount Union games, I haven't seen enough UW-Whitewater to comfortably form a really good opinion. (I do plan to watch the Thursday 3 p.m. ESPNU re-air of the UMHB semifinal on DVR before game time, so I'll be sharp for our annual Web cast). My second problem is that UW-W fans have specifically requested that I pick against them as I have the past two weeks, when they've beaten the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in our poll to advance; Now they're facing No. 1. So, because I really have no idea who'll win Round 8 (Isn't that the way it should be?) and because it will make both sides happy, even our picks at 3-3 and the series at 4-4, I'll take the Purple Raiders. (I'm not as terrible at this as I thought; I've picked the past five Stagg Bowl winners correctly in Triple Take, including UW-W in '09, '10 and '11). I just mentioned myself 10 — make that 11 — times and haven't mentioned a single player. Yuck. Anyway, it's scary to think what it means for the rest of D-III if Mount Union replaces 17 starters and its legendary coach and still wins the Stagg Bowl, but they've got Kevin Burke, taking his place alongside the great D-III quarterbacks, playmakers around him (look for a big play from Luc Meacham) and a defense that can be gashed but is opportunistic as well. The Warhawks' front seven will cause problems for the Purple Raiders' O-line, but in the fourth-quarter play that defines the game, I can't envision Burke failing. You had your chances, D-III sub-elite class. Here goes nothin'. Mount Union 21, UW-Whitewater 20.
Ryan Tipps, D3football.com senior editor and former Mid-Atlantic columnist
Year after year when these teams meet, winning seems to wind up being about defense — and most signs point to the Warhawks ultimately being more dominant than the Purple Raiders on that side of the ball. The scores and the stars through the regular and postseasons have shown us a team that can hold the likes of UW-Platteville, Franklin, Linfield and Mary Hardin-Baylor each to 17 points or less. (For comparison, UMHB's worst game before last week was a 34-point offensive effort in Week 2.) I have no doubt that Burke and his UMU compatriots will push UW-W to the absolute limit, and Whitewater could get into trouble if Mount's passing game really takes off (remember 2008?). But Whitewater has beaten the pass, as well as beaten the run, this season, and they've made me a believer in the process. Mount Union started the season No. 1 on my ballot and has lived there sporadically since. Since September, I've chosen four teams to spend time in the top spot, and Whitewater has beaten two of them in the postseason. Because they've done that, there's little reason to think they couldn't do it a third time. UW-Whitewater 21, Mount Union 17
Adam Turer, Around the Mid-Atlantic columnist
This is as much a matchup of weaknesses as it is strengths. Casual fans may think this is just another Purple Power coronation, but each of these teams has been exposed, probably moreso than in any other season during this eight-game, nine-year series. The Warhawks have struggled to score early. Falling behind to Mount Union is not a recipe for success. The Purple Raiders have been vulnerable in the secondary, allowing 99 points in the past two games. Matt Behrendt should be salivating. Who do you believe in more: Cole Klotz and the Whitewater defense, or Burke and the Mount Union offense? The past two Stagg Bowls have been defensive struggles. That trend ends this year. Burke and the Purple Raiders will get their points. I expect the Warhawks to try and keep Burke & Co. on the sideline, which means Jordan Ratliffe will be counted on to grind out yards on the ground. This game will hinge on third down — can the Purple Raiders defense get off the field and get the ball back in the hands of the nation's second-most prolific offense? Mount Union safety Alex Kocheff had the game of his freshman season in last year's Stagg Bowl. Now, the sophomore starter will need to lead the defense to a bounce-back performance after it was humbled over the past seven quarters. Whitewater has a great defense, but I don't think the Warhawks have the offense to keep up with the Purple Raiders. Burke will win his third championship in the past four years and the Purple Raiders will be dynastic once more. Mount Union 38, UW-Whitewater 24
Frank Rossi, D3football.com broadcaster
Anyone who saw the playoff games of these two knows there's great balance between opposite sides of the ball for these teams. The Mount Union offense looks unstoppable at times, while the UW-Whitewater defense becomes stifling as games wear on. Because of this, we'll see overtime, or perhaps two, with Burke making a believer out of everyone who doubts the Mount Union mantra, "The guy just wins." Watch the two-point conversion from last weekend for more information. Mount Union 37, UW-Whitewater 31 (2 OT)
Josh Smith, Around the West columnist
It's the No. 1 offense versus the No. 1 defense. The adage is "defense wins championships," but not every defense plays against Mount Union. The job Burke has done leading this brand new cast of players on offense is incredible, and the Purple Raiders' ability to score points when the game is the line has truly impressive. But the UW-Whitewater defense is stingy. Thanks to their ability to adjust on the fly, the defense has been able to shut teams down in the second half, giving Behrendt and company opportunities to put points on the board. I don't anticipate a shootout, which leads me to think the "defensive" team has the edge over the "offensive" team. A key turnover is likely to shift the game in one direction or another, and the Warhawks seem to come up with big stops when they are needed. UW-Whitewater 20, Mount Union 17

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Zara pulled a children's pajama top from many of its international retail sites today after a social media outcry over the shirt's resemblance to a Nazi concentration camp uniform.
The Wild West-inspired top was meant to look like a sheriff's uniform with dark horizontal stripes and a bright yellow star over the right breast. In fact, the word "sheriff" is emblazoned across the star, but in online images the title isn't visible. Outraged Twitter users pointed out that the six-point star looked like the Star of David and the blue-and-white horizontal stripes resembled those on Holocaust prison wear — even though concentration camp uniform stripes were vertical.
Zara offers striped Star of David shirt http://t.co/KnIKbWqs87
— batshuaj (@TOIIsraelInside) August 27, 2014
What were they thinking? @ZARA markets tops evoking concentration camp uniforms http://t.co/vFhBYluoej pic.twitter.com/DspP0ryhs9
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) August 27, 2014
After a social media explosion, the Spanish retailer with outlets throughout the world ditched the shirt and released an apology.
The item in question has now been removed from all Zara stores and Zara.com. The garment was inspired by the classic Western films, but we now recognize that the design could be seen as insensitive and apologize sincerely for any offense caused to our customers.
Zara also flooded Twitter with apologies in many different languages.
The top's availability earlier this week is uncertain but many news sites are reporting that it was sold on a number of International sites including those selling to customers in Albania, Denmark, France, Israel, Sweden and the UK.
Israeli journalist Dimi Reider was one of the first to notice the similarity, according to the London Guardian.
"It's a SHERIFF shirt for your three-year-old. Obviously. What else could it be?" Reider wrote in a sarcastic tone on 972mag.com. "Why, what else does it remind you of?"
Over at The New York Times, Danny Hakim points out, "The controversy comes as anti-Semitism has been re-emerging across Europe in often violent protests over the latest conflict between Israel and Gaza. Even before the conflict, in May, four people were shot and killed at the Jewish Museum in Brussels."
And as one Twitter user put it:
Aren't there any jews working at @ZARA? How could this get past design stage?! Massive fail! http://t.co/yY8xnKrUNH pic.twitter.com/vDE6KsAtMP
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Scientists Still Eyeing the 'Dead Zone'
Hypoxia team keeps watch on coastal waters
Spring transition is the time of year when coastal wind patterns switch from winter's southerly flow to summer's northerly pattern. The summer pattern favors upwelling, the ocean process that ushers nutrients to the surface, providing nourishment for near-shore marine life. It also brings conditions conducive to hypoxia, or low oxygen levels, in the water, creating "dead zones" that can either suffocate marine animals or force them to migrate to the surface or other areas closer to shore to find adequate oxygen levels.
For the past decade, the hypoxia team at Oregon State University (OSU)'s Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) has monitored the waters off Oregon's coast.
During the summer of 2002, oxygen levels in water near the Oregon coast dropped so low that fish, crabs and other marine life had to flee the area or die by suffocation. Scientists said the low oxygen levels – known as hypoxia – were more extreme than they had ever documented so shallow and so close to shore in the prior 50 years. Since then, the dead zone has recurred every summer at varying intensities, some severe. The most severe occurred in 2006, when oxygen levels dropped to all-time lows, including a few places with no oxygen, and created huge areas of hypoxia along both the Oregon and Washington coasts.
Climate Change
In 2008, OSU researchers published a study in the journal "Science" based on a review of all available ocean data records, and the hypoxia that has occurred every summer since 2002. Although the size, duration, and severity of the dead zone varies from year-to-year, the researchers concluded that those hypoxic events are unprecedented, and could be connected to the stronger, persistent winds stirred up by global climate change.
The researchers suggested hypoxic occurrences could be the rule rather than exception under current conditions.
"In this part of the marine environment, we may have crossed a tipping point," PISCO's lead scientist Jane Lubchenco said at the time.
"Levels of oxygen in the summertime have suddenly become much lower than levels in the previous 50 years," added Lubchenco, who now heads up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "And 2006 broke all records, with parts of the shallow shelf actually becoming anoxic, meaning that they lacked oxygen altogether. We've never seen that before."
Water oxygen levels in these zones have repeatedly reached hypoxic levels, below which most marine animals either suffocate or are severely stressed if they cannot escape the area. If oxygen levels drop to zero, most – if not all – animals die. The research report said the massive 2006 zone covered at least 3,000 square kilometers, and lasted four months. Fish died or fled, thousands of crabs died, and sedentary marine seafloor life faced almost total mortality.
While the cause of all this is less than certain, the researchers said the hypoxic events are "completely consistent" with global climate change.
Chan conducted the survey of all known oxygen level records on the Oregon continental shelf for the past 60 years, gleaning measurements taken from research cruises and other ocean-going vessels from more than 3,000 stations. He said scientists were seeing very low oxygen water "lasting for long periods and closer to shore than at any other time in more than 50 years." Chan's survey encompassed several El Nino and La Nina events – both of them suspects in any change that occurs in Pacific Ocean conditions – as well as shifts in what's called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which affects short-term climate trends. None of that trio appeared to have any relation to the hypoxia, the scientists noted.
In 2008, Lubchenco said coastal upwelling systems like those off the Oregon coast occupy only about 1 percent of ocean area, yet contain about 20 percent of global fishery production. "These areas have historically been highly productive," she added. "The appearance or increase in severity of hypoxia in these ecosystems would be cause for concern."
In addition, recovery from the 2006 event was slow, lending a sense of urgency to the monitoring efforts by PISCO and others.
This rapid, disturbing shift of ocean conditions in what is traditionally one of the world's most productive marine areas – what's known to scientists as the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem – has received much attention during the past decade or so, raising questions about whether it has occurred before and what's causing it. Researchers say the situation is definitely different than anything that has happened before, but still aren't sure exactly what's causing the hypoxic conditions, other than it being consistent with climate change.
Jack Barth, an OSU oceanographer and another PISCO lead scientist, said unusual weather events – hurricanes, droughts and changes in wind patterns – have always occurred naturally, making it difficult to pinpoint whether any particular event is the direct result of climate change.
"Having said that, we expect global warming to generally cause stronger and more persistent winds," he said. "These winds contribute to the hypoxic events by increasing plankton production and holding low-oxygen water on the continental shelf for longer periods."
Blowin' in the Wind
Unlike hypoxic areas in the Gulf of Mexico caused by agricultural runoff and pollution, low-oxygen water off the Oregon coast is a natural phenomenon triggered by seasonal upwelling – wind-driven mixing of cold, nutrient-rich deep water and surface water.
What changed, Barth said, is the pattern of Northwest wind, and decreasing oxygen levels in the deep, offshore waters that are part of the seasonal upwelling.
"Historically, winds would blow at the coast for a week or so, then settle down for several days," he noted. "As the winds eased, so did the upwelling, and low-oxygen water was washed away. Those traditional wind patterns have shifted, and now may last 20 to 30 days instead of a week. The system doesn't have time to cleanse itself."
Water oxygen levels in those zones now repeatedly reach hypoxic levels, below which most marine animals either suffocate or are severely stressed if they cannot escape the area.
"The 2006 situation was not only the strongest, most widespread hypoxia event yet seen off the Pacific Coast – it was also the most long-lasting," said Chan. "The oxygen levels were off the charts, and they continued through October, which is unheard of. For the first time we've ever observed, some parts of the near-shore ocean actually ran out of oxygen altogether."
If an area becomes anoxic (oxygen levels drop to nil), most – if not all – animals die.
Researchers expect hypoxia to continue. In fact, hypoxic occurrences could become the rule rather than exception under current conditions, which is why the PISCO team and others are watching so intently.
Crabbers Pitch In
In 2009 and 2010, OSU researchers in a program funded by Oregon Sea Grant worked with Oregon crabbers to use their crab pots as underwater monitoring stations. Sensors attached to the pots gathered vital oceanographic information, including data that could provide the answers to why and when hypoxia zones form in coastal waters. Because crab pots are positioned using GPS and distributed throughout much of Oregon's coastal ocean, researchers can gather data from a much broader geographical range than using high tech ocean observing methods.
Historically, fishermen are leery of researchers for fear that the information could be used to close fisheries or restrict catches and seasons. Scientists are often skeptical of the quality of data gathered by fishermen. Representatives from the fishery and the university said this effort demonstrated the effectiveness of such collaboration by collecting excellent data, cutting research costs and – as a bonus – provide good information for the Dungeness crab fishery, which is Oregon's most valuable.
Developing trust took time, but "we've figured out that engaging the fishermen actually improves the data," said Michael Harte, director of OSU's Marine Resource Management Program. "This is fantastic for us. It would cost many thousands of dollars to deploy one scientific buoy, but by working with the crab fishermen, we can deploy fixed buoys for about $100 each."
Led by oceanographer Kip Shearman, the researchers worked with 10 Oregon crabbers, attaching sensors to about 60 crab pots deployed between Port Orford and Astoria. Because many crabbers use anywhere from 300 to 500 pots, the researchers could select locations, where the sensors recorded temperatures every 10 minutes during the crab season (December through August). Researchers scanned and uploaded that information to analyze and evaluate. They later developed larger sensors that could record both temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in the water surrounding the crab pots. The information gleaned is moving the scientists closer to understanding and predicting hypoxia and the appearance of dead zones.
"Fishing has been good to me and I'm happy to be giving something back," Al Pazar, one of the crabbers involved in the project, said at the time. "I love working with OSU, and Sea Grant in particular has helped establish a good connection between Oregon's fishing industry and academia. It's a no-brainer to utilize the local volunteers from the fishing fleets and their gear."
The project offered valuable information for both groups, but bringing folks together who traditionally are at odds was a plus.
"No oxygen means dead crabs (as in 2006) or no crab, so the crab fishermen are happy to work with us," Harte noted. "They and their crab pots are going to be out there anyway, and we don't need huge research grants to tap into this ready-made ocean observing system. We're learning that scientists and fishermen, working together, can collect valid scientific data in a robust way using a relatively inexpensive system that improves our understanding of the ocean."
The researchers said dead zones with severe hypoxia formed during the summer of 2009 near the seashore on the mid- to inner shelf in coastal waters, but were "about average" in size and duration.
"We also saw the now-classic ribbon of low dissolved water near the seafloor extending along the coast," said Barth.
But the hypoxia team observed no anoxic (zero oxygen) zones like the infamous killer off Newport, Oregon in 2006. In early August, oxygen levels dropped as low as 0.5 milliliters per liter off Newport and Cape Perpetua – at the cusp of "severe" – when the wind backed down and they – according to Barth – "caught a break" that weakened and shortened the hypoxia.
They know such luck won't always intervene, and they point to other areas around the world – such as the Benguela Current off South Africa and Humboldt Current off Chile – undergoing the same process as the Pacific Northwest. Such areas, scientists say, have historically endured hypoxic conditions, including more extreme upwelling and more frequent marine die-offs than the Pacific Northwest. The main concern is whether or not those similar systems are harbingers of the future for the Pacific Northwest.
Enhanced Monitoring
Oregon is far from alone in experiencing hypoxia zones in its coastal waters. In 2008, scientists and researchers mapped 415 eutrophic (overly nutrient-rich) and hypoxic coastal systems worldwide – 169 of them documented hypoxic areas (dead zones), 233 "areas of concern," and 13 considered "in recovery."
Coastal dead zones could appear every summer from now on, said Barth, because ocean and atmospheric conditions "are now primed for their regular, repeated formation."
The vital concerns are how big those zones become, how long they last, and how often oxygen levels drop to cause marine life die-offs.
OSU scientists run regular transects off Newport using undersea gliders equipped with oxygen sensors, as well as similar instruments aboard four moorings ranging from 15 to 80 meters (49.2 to 262.5 feet) deep.
Barth said oceanographers' ability to monitor and measure hypoxic conditions improves every year, and should take a quantum leap when OSU deploys a new network of undersea gliders and cabled moorings off the coast as part of the national Ocean Observatories Initiative to measure the effects of climate change on the ocean.
In 2010 and 2011, hypoxic events were less severe and less widespread, with no recorded mass die-offs of any marine life, according to PISCO. As of the end of August 2012, multiple ocean observations from various locations indicated "moderate to severe hypoxia occurring along parts of the central Oregon shelf" from Cape Perpetua to Newport, with the most severe levels "as usual" found south of Newport. They expected conditions conducive to hypoxia to exist through late September or early October.
Terry Dillman can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Highlight is one of those apps that can inspire eye-rolling among those who are just hearing about it. A new social network, based on proximity? A way of advertising your location and personal details to strangers? It's almost certain that within the first few comments on this post, someone will ask aloud: What's the point?
And yet Highlight has gotten more attention than almost any San Francisco startup this year. After launching in January, it became the most buzzed-about app heading into South by Southwest, where location-based services often break through to a larger audience. (Here's our piece.) And just last month, when CNN asked what startup might become "the next Facebook," Highlight topped its list.
The reason is that Highlight portends a future where technology solves a variety of common social dilemmas. Here are a few that leap to mind:
- You see an acquaintance out in public and cannot for the life of you remember his or her name. (I am terrible with faces, so this happens to me constantly.)
- You go to a party where you don't know many people and are looking for something to break the ice. (It'd be nice if you knew you and the cute girl standing by herself have two mutual friends.)
- You attend a business conference and want to know a little bit more about the people attending with you. (Maybe you're recruiting for a software developer and want to know who's an Android expert.)
Highlight takes an elegantly passive approach to solving those problems. It's hard to imagine a simpler first-time experience: you sign in with Facebook and then put your phone back in your pocket. When the app finds someone interesting around you, it sends you a push notification.
That's it. There's no building a profile or forced interactions with strangers. Instead, Highlight gives you a heads-up whenever you're near someone with whom you have mutual friends or interests. Mostly, this is a fun distraction. Over the past several months, I've been notified of my proximity to founders of tech companies, fellow tech journalists, and mutual friends of people with whom I went to college. Every once in a while, I've traded messages with people over Highlight. Along the way I've learned a bit more about the people who live in my neighborhood and work near my office.
For the most part, it's just fun. But with its latest update, Highlight is trying to become more useful.
The biggest change in the update, which hits the App Store today, is a feature called "Post Nearby." It lets you post a question to people around you, such as "what's good at this restaurant?" or "do you know of anyone looking for an engineering job?" Other Highlight users will see the message and, if they choose, can respond. The whole exchange takes place in public, so if someone at a coffee shop posts a message asking if anyone has an iPhone charger, everyone can see when the first good Samaritan says "yes."
Another new feature lets users write "notes" about their friends. These are sort of like the old "testimonials" in Friendster — co-founder Paul Davison says users are writing notes to convey fun facts about their friends that might be of interest to the people they run across. (If your friend is a jerk and says something about you that you hate, you can delete it.)
Highlight is also building out its activity feed, giving users more chances to interact. That means that "likes" and replies, common to many social networks, now show up inside Highight. And the company is also making available more granular controls for what kinds of encounters you want to be notified about. (I love seeing when I'm near friends of friends, for example, but am less interested in finding out when I'm near someone else who loves Radiohead.)
Davison acknowledges his company has a long ways to go.
"We're really humble about where we are right now," Davison said. "We have so much work we need to do."
A key challenge: making people comfortable with the idea of sharing personal information with strangers around them. The Highlight profile asks for your neighborhood, job title and company, and Twitter handle, and then shows off things you have "liked" on Facebook. In my experience you only see who has been around you after the fact, since most of us don't walk around with our phones pointed at people like metal detectors. Still, the app unquestionably reduces privacy, and users will have to weigh whether Highlight provides enough benefits to make up for it.
But if Davison and his team can solve some of the problems they've set out to, they will have more than justified their use of time. I can't go a week without having to fake my way through a conversation with someone I know I've met before but can't place. The new version of Highlight won't solve that problem, perhaps, but it might move the company a step closer.


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Microsoft is continuing its video campaign specifically targeting Google. This time, the target is Google's continued attempts to move in on Microsoft's productivity software. Microsoft is eager to point out Google's set of consumer-level and constantly changing features, lack of flexibility, and privacy issues. They even made a jingle!
These grievances are further articulated on Microsoft's Technet blog. The result is the rise of Googlighting, a preciously pejorative term for the kind of "un-productivity" Microsoft sees in Google.
It's an old argument, and not without merit. But the most important message from the spot isn't any spreadsheet feature set. It's that Microsoft's going to the mattresses, and they don't care who knows it. [Youtube]


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Former Liberty standout Avery Warley has signed a contract with the WNBA's New York Liberty. (Photo by NBAE/Getty Images)
Avery Warley, a 2012 Liberty graduate, will have the opportunity to play for a team with a familiar name, after signing a contract with the WNBA's New York Liberty this week. Warley will become the first former Lady Flame ever to suit up for the Liberty, after spending her rookie season with Phoenix in 2012. She averaged 3.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg after improbably making the Mercury roster as an undrafted free agent. Warley played overseas during the offseason, helping Elitzur Holon reach the semifinals of the Israeli league playoffs. For the 2012-13 season, Warley posted 17.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg while shooting 67.1 percent from the field. Warley participated in the Washington Mystics' 2013 preseason training camp, but was a free agent before signing with the Liberty, coached by Bill Laimbeer. Laimbeer coached Liberty alum Katie (Feenstra) Mattera on the 2007 Detroit Shock, who reached the WNBA Finals. Led by Cappie Pondexter (16.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.5 apg), the Liberty are off to a 4-2 start this season. They will play host to the San Antonio Silver Stars Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Prudential Center.
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Kerry warns Russia of expensive new sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is accusing Russia of failing to live up to commitments it made to ease the crisis in Ukraine.
In unusually blunt language, Kerry said Thursday that unless Moscow takes immediate steps to de-escalate the situation, Washington will have no choice but to impose additional sanctions. He said It would be a "grave" and "expensive mistake." His comments come amid an increasingly bitter war of words over who is to blame for the crisis in Ukraine that is becoming steadily more violent.
The U.S. says Russia is fomenting unrest and separatist sentiment in eastern Ukraine following its annexation of the strategic Crimean Peninsula. Russia accuses the U.S. of encouraging a pro-Western government in Kiev to adopt anti-Russian policies.


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Evaluate $$\lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{1}{x} \int_x^{4x} \cos\left(\frac{1}{t}\right) \mbox {d}t$$
I was given the suggestion to define two functions as $g(x) = x$ and $f(x) = \int_x^{4x}\cos\left(\frac{1}{t}\right)dt$ so then if I could prove that both went to $\infty$ as $x$ went to $\infty$, then I could use L'Hôpital's rule on $\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}$; but I couldn't seem to do it for $f(x)$.
I can see that the limit is 3 if I just go ahead and differentiate both functions and take the ratio of the limits, but of course this is useless without finding my original intermediate form.
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DARLINGTON, S.C. (May 3, 2011) – Re-paving at Darlington Raceway in 2007- 08 may have taken away some of the 'bite' the track once had, but seven-time track winner Jeff Gordon is aware "The Lady in Black" is still hungry.
And still willing to 'eat up' race cars.
Along with seven wins, Gordon has three poles, 18 top-fives and 21 top-10's in 30 starts at the 1.366-mile track. He has led 1,720 laps – more than double the amount of laps led by the nearest active full-time driver (Jeff Burton – 817) – at a facility with the moniker "The Track Too Tough To Tame."
"You have to race the track," said Gordon, who will drive the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet in Saturday night's Showtime Southern 500. "It's just one of those tracks where you can be riding around by yourself but make the slightest little bobble and end up in the wall. Because the track can just reach out and bite you so easy, you must race the track.
"We've seen it eat up race cars and competitors over the years. It's not as tough these days as it used to be when the pavement was extremely worn out because you were really on the edge back then." The four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion enters the 367-lap race with seven consecutive top-five finishes at Darlington dating back to 2004. His fondness for the egg-shaped track dates back even further.
"I remember coming here the first time and liking it – it reminded me of Winchester Speedway and Salem Speedway where you run up against the wall," said Gordon, who is 16th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. "It's a fast race track, but you have to be really committed to the 'fast' line which is right up next to the wall.
"It's just one of those tracks that challenges your nerves and you must stay on your toes at all times. You have to keep that car on the edge through the corners, but it's also a compromise because one and two is totally different than three and four for what it takes to get the car through the corners."
But each new year brings back some of the old.
"As the pavement wears each and every year, it gets back more and more of what it used to be," Gordon added. "The track too tough to tame."
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Last week, singer Bruno Mars explained why he changed his name from Peter Gene Hernandez to Bruno Mars in an effort to avoid being stereotyped by the music business.
"[Their response would be:] Your last name's Hernandez, maybe you should do the Latin music, this Spanish music... Enrique [Iglesias] is so hot right now," Mars explained in a cover story interview with GQ Mag, adding that he adopted his childhood nickname "Bruno" to "avoid being stereotyped."
Of course, this isn't the first time a Latino celeb has changed his/her name for Hollywood. Several of our celebs have changed their name either because they opted to go with a stage name, or because they felt changing their name would help them get more opportunities in Hollywood. Whatever the reason, here are 15 celebs who have changed their name for Hollywood.
1. 15 Mas: Christian Camargo
Christian Camargo/Christian Minnick, 39
When Christian Camargo — best known for his role as Brian Moser ("The Ice Truck Killer") on Showtime's Dexter — was born, his grandfather, Mexican-American actor, Ralph Camargo convinced Christian's mother to change her name to something Anglicized, because he felt like he had lost opportunities in acting due to his Latino background. Christian's mother obliged and changed her name to Minnick — which was Christian's last name for some time. But the proud Mexican-American didn't keep the name for long. He changed his name back to Camargo.
2. 15 More: Oscar Isaac
Oscar Issac, 31
He may have changed his common Hispanic last name ("Hernandez") to avoid being typecast in Latino roles, but Oscar Issac—who has starred in movies like The Nativity Story (2006) and Robin Hood (2009)—was born in Guatemala to a Cuban father named Oscar G. Hernandez and a Guatemalan mother named Maria.
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3. Even More Stars: James Roday
James Roday, 34
In an exclusive interview with Latina.com, Psych star James Roday (born James David Rodriguez), explained why he changed his name for Hollywood. "Well, it was two-fold," said the Mexican-American actor, who plays fake psychic Shawn Spencer on the hit USA Network series. "There was a James Rodriguez in SAG—I believe he was a dancer. So I would've had to throw in a middle initial or something—which I didn't think was awesome. And then what really took it home was that the first job I got—which was a sitcom pilot for ABC—one of the execs strongly suggested to me that I consider changing my name, because it was the late 90s and the NAACP was really cracking down on the networks for lack of diversity. They had it in their heads that they were going to catch all kinds of fire for casting a white guy with a Latino name and trying to say, 'look at us, we're being diverse.' This is actually something that they were concerned about," he added.
4. 15 Mas: Ted Williams
Ted Williams, (1918-2002)
It is widely known that baseball Hall of Famer, Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox) has Welsh and Irish roots, but his Mexican roots (his mother was Mexican), are not as well documented because Williams purposely hid them from the world. "If I had my mother's name, there is no doubt I would have run into problems in those days, {considering} the prejudices people had in Southern Calfornia," Williams said in his 1969 autobiography, "My Turn At Bat." Williams' dilemma isn't something that athletes today have to go through. No one cares that athletes like Oscar De La Hoya, Eduardo Najera and Mark Sanchez are Mexican — they only care that they're great at what they do. That's how it should be!
5. Name Change: Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)
The "Gilda" star appeared first as Rita Cansino, but agreed to change her name to Rita Hayworth. She also changed her natural dark brown hair to dark red to land a broader range of roles.
6. Name Change: Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen, 47
During his days at Santa Monica High School, Charlie Sheen made amateur films with his older brother Emilio and school friends (including Rob Lowe and Sean Penn), and used his birth name (Carlos Irwin Estevez). But ever since his first role at age nine in his father's 1974 film The Execution of Private Slovik, Sheen has gone by his stage name. "He was always Charlie, he was never Carlos," Sheen's brother Emilio Estevez told us in an interview for Latina.com.
Now, for the sake of his role in the Latino-centric Machete Kills film by Mexican American director Robert Rodriguez, Sheen is back to being Carlos.
7. Another 15: Vanna White
Vanna White, 54
You know her as the legendary hostess of Wheel of Fortune, but White – whose very last name hints that she's Caucasian— is actually part-Latina! You see, "White" is not Vanna's real apellido—it's the name she took from her stepfather Herbert Stackley White Jr., a former real estate agent in North Myrtle Beach. Not much is known about Vanna's real father whose name is Miguel Angel Rosich, except that he was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and abandoned the family when she was a child. Fun fact: Rumor has it that one of White's ancestors, whose last name was Barnes, was one of the first mayors of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
8. Name Change: Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars, 27
In a recent issue of GQ Magazine, Bruno Mars (AKA Peter Gene Hernandez) explained why he changed his name for Hollywood. "[Their response would be:] Your last name's Hernandez, maybe you should do the Latin music, this Spanish music... Enrique [Iglesias] is so hot right now," said Mars. He ended up adopting his childhood nickname Bruno and changed his last name to Mars to "avoid being stereotyped."
9. Even More Stars: Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch, 70
International sex symbol and golden globe winning actress, Raquel Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada. While her mother Josephine Sarah came from English ancestry, her father Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo is of Bolivian and Spanish descent.
10. 15 More: Anita Page
Anita Page (1910-2008)
Anita Page (AKA Anita Evelyn Pomares) was an immensely popular actress of the silent film era, who reportedly received more fan mail than anyone else on the MGM lot (save of course for Gretta Garbo). Anita was of Spanish ancestry and her grandfather was a consul from El Salvador. During the 1920s, she was often referred to as "a blond, blue-eyed Latin."
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11. Another 15: Andrew Keegan
Andrew Keegan, 32
Andrew Keegan has made a career out of playing all-American pretty boys in films like Camp Nowhere (1994), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), O (2001), and the TV shows 7th Heaven and Party of Five. But who would've guessed that Keegan—born Andrew Keegan Ocampo— is the son of a Colombian hairdresser named Lana? Even though he's never played a Latino, rumor has it Andrew speaks fluent español.
12. 15 Musicians: Taboo
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Taboo, of the Black Eyed Peas, has been known to yell "Viva Mexico!" during performances as a nod to his Mexican heritage. His dad is from Morelia and his mom is of Shoshone Indian descent. The rapper, whose real name is Jaime Luis Gómez, even taught himself Spanish. "My parents never spoke to me in Spanish but I love to practice," he once said in an interview. "I learned watching [Mexican] movies with Capulina, Tin Tan, Resortes, El Chavo del Ocho. Sometimes I choke up but it's great to know [the language]."
13. 15 Musicians: Cassie
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R&B singer Cassie (aka Cassandra Ventura), who gave us the hit song "Me & U" back in 2006 and is currently working on her new album, draws inspiration from artists like Jennifer Lopez and La Lupe. She can definitely relate to these Latinas, at least in part: Her mom is half Mexican and half West Indian, while her dad is Filipino. "I'm a little melting pot," she told Complex Magazine in 2008.
14. Another 15: Sabrina Bryan
Sabrina Bryan, 26
Most people know that Adrienne Bailon of The Cheetah Girls is Latina, but with a last name like Bryan, not everyone knows that her fellow cheetah Sabrina is also Latina. Born Reba Sabrina Hinojos, Sabrina's father is Mexican and her mother is Caucasian. Maybe they should have been called "Las Chicas Cheetah" instead?
15. Even More Stars: Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns, 57
From 1985-1992, Joanna Kerns played the quintessential American mom Maggie Seaver in the family comedy classic, Growing Pains. Kerns was born Joanna Crussie DeVarona and is of mixed Mexican/Irish descent (her father David is Mexican American and her mother Martha is Irish-American).


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Hot chili peppers in the blistering sun
Dust on my face and my cape
Me and Magdalena on the run
I think this time we shall escape
Sold my guitar to the baker's son
For a few crumbs and a place to hide
But I can get another one
And I'll play for Magdalena as we ride
No Ilores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
Soon the horse will take us to Durango
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
Soon you will be dancing the fandango
[Verse 2]
Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people
Hoof beats like castanets on stone
At night I dream of bells in the village steeple
Then I see the bloody face of Ramon
Was it me that shot him down in the Cantina
Was it my hand that held the gun?
Come, let us fly, my Magdalena
The dogs are barking and what's done is done
[Verse 3]
In the corrida we'll sit in the shade
And watch the young torero stand alone
We'll drink tequila where our grandfathers stayed
When they rode with Villa into Torreón
Then the padre will recite the prayers of old
In the little church this side of town
I will wear new boots and an earring of gold
You'll shine with diamonds in your wedding gown
The way is long but the end is near
Already the fiesta has begun
The face of God will appear
With His serpent eyes of obsidian
[Verse 4]
Was that the thunder that I heard?
My head is vibrating, I feel a sharp pain
Come sit by me, don't say a word
Oh, can it be that I am slain?
Quick, Magdalena, take my gun
Look up in the hills, that flash of light
Aim well my little one
We may not make it through the night
Track 6 of Bob Dylan's 1976 LP, Desire tells the story of an man and his lover on the run in Mexico. It is one of Dylan's "outlaw songs" prevalent during this period. The studio version captured in Desire is sedate, even hopeful while the live versions heard in The Bootleg Series, Vol 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975 and Biograph are electrifying and more desperate in tone. It is believed to be the last song that Dylan wrote with Jacques Levy.


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Are you enjoying your "smellyvision?" Does your implanted microchip adjust every building's temperature when you enter? Or how's your portable quantum generator working out? These are just a few of the craziest predictions for 2010, made in 1999 and 2000.
The Chicago Tribune toted up some of the predictions people made ten years ago for the world of 2010 — and unless something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks, they're looking a bit optimistic.
Forecaster Faith Popcorn said 90 percent of all consumer goods would be home-delivered. The World Future Society said you'd have a wristwatch-type device that monitored your blood chemistry, while an implanted microchip in your forearm adjusted the lights and heating systems of any building you walked into. Arthur C. Clarke predicted we'd have portable quantum generators that drew on the power of space to give us unlimited clean energy.
Also: Animal-to-human organ transplants would become common by now, school would be year-round and pre-school would be universal, everyone would have wearable computers and 7 percent of cars would be internet-enabled, and "Smellyvision" would allow you to smell cooking shows.
The funny part is, Tribune columnist Eric Zorn starts out by saying these predictions are all for "the next ten years" — without mentioning they were made ten years ago. So as you read the list of predictions, you're left wondering just how plausible these predictions are for the year 2020. And in many cases, they seem at least somewhat believable. Does that mean the predictions were possibly accurate, but just too optimistic time-wise? Or are we just incurably optimistic ourselves? [Chicago Tribune]


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text: Neshephton is the part of Radiance City most people avoid. The glamorous city of Lights doesnt like to even admit the darker side of Neshephton exists but it does. It draws those who have been rejected, discarded or merely jaded by the shimmering city and her glittering people. Radiance City is known for its glittering nightlife (and total decadence, along with being the seat of power for the Radiant Order), a religious organization dedicated to the control of the known world after the war. Although they tried to utterly destroy them some of the old line vampires survived, to end the constant bloodshed and violence the Revered Mother ordered the land across the great Chasm be given to the Bloodline and become their safe haven. Humans who lived on the wrong side of Radiance City now found themselves under the rule of the vampires without a say in it.


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PSC on TV: Outreach Director Cheryl Begandy and PSC Partners Appear on "Our Region's Business"
PITTSBURGH, PA., March 14, 2010 - PSC Outreach Director Cheryl Begandy and PSC corporate partners appeared on "Our Region's Business" with Pittsburgh journalist Bill Flanagan. Mike Makowski of PPG and Jay McClatchey of AppCompTech, whose companies rely on PSC resources for product development, joined Begandy as she talked about PSC's Discover 10 Open House on March 23. Makowski showed PPG products, transition lens sunglasses and self-washing windowglass, developed in part through computation at PSC. McClatchey discussed AppCompTech's reliance on PSC intellectual resources in their work to develop next-generation technology to regulate radiation dosage in cancer therapy.


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HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK (February 24, 2013) Saturday night in front of a standing room only packed house of Long Island fight fans at The Paramount and a nationally televised audience on NBC Sports Network's FIGHT NIGHT, The Fighting Pride of Huntington, New York, Chris Algieri won the biggest fight of his pro career, capturing a ten round dominant decision over Jose "Mangu" Peralta of Jersey City, New Jersey in their junior welterweight bout.
"It was an electric evening and I'm very proud that once again Star Boxing was able to show the boxing world on this nationally televised broadcast the rich talent we have on Long Island" said Joe DeGuardia, President of Star Boxing. "This was our seventh straight sellout at The Paramount where the fan and media support has continued to be tremendous."
"Chris Algieri truly shined in the biggest win to date and we look forward to a very big 2013 for him. And the rest of our young stars on the Star Boxing team, Cletus Seldin, Issouf Kinda and Alan Gotay are to be commended for their terrific performances."
Using an excellent array of pinpoint jabs, blistering left hooks and powerful overhand right hands, Algieri controlled the action throughout the fight against the game but outgunned Peralta.
Scores at the end of the action filled ten rounder were 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94. With the win, Algieri stayed undefeated with a record of 16-0-0 (7KO's) while Peralta moved to 10-2-0 (6KO's).
Fighting for the sixth time at The Paramount, Cletus "The Hebrew Hammer" Seldin scored his eighth straight knockout victory, stunning the crowd at The Paramount by stopping New York City's Jonathan Cuba with a massive overhand right, which quickly stopped the action.
With the win Seldin improved to 11-0-0 (9KO's), while Cuba fell to 6-5-1 (4KO's).
In a scheduled eight round junior welterweight tilt, Issouf Kinda knocked out Phoenix, Arizona native Javier Loya in the second round, dropping him twice before the bout was halted.
Continuing to impress the Long Island fight fans, Kinda improved his undefeated record to 16-0-0 (6KO's), while Loya's record hits 7-2-0 (2KO's).
In a four round lightweight bout, Huntington, New York newcomer, 22-year-old Alan Gotay improved to 4-0-0 (2KO's) with a unanimous decision win over Cincinnati's Micah Branch, now 1-4-1. Scores were 38-37 on all three scorecards.
Also featured on the card in the NBC Sports Network FIGHT NIGHT main event, Philadelphia's Malik Scott, 35-0-1 (12KO's) and Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov, 14-0-1 (10KO's), battled to a ten round draw. Scores were 98-92 for Scott, 96-94 for Glazkov and 95-95.
On the undercard, junior welterweight Anthony Karperis of Hicksville, New York fell to 3-1-0 (2KO's), dropping a four round unanimous decision to Justin Johnson 5-4-4, of Clairton, Pennsylvania.
Rounding out the card, Philadelphia's Karl Dargan stayed undefeated taking a six round split decision over junior welterweight Rameses Gil, 8-6-5 (5KO's) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Scores were 58-56, 57-56 and 56-57.
FIGHT NIGHT was presented by Star Boxing, Main Events and Goossen Tutor.


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How do things go wrong before the wedding of Jimmy and Sabrina (Lucas Neff and Shannon Woodward) on the January 29 episode of Fox's Raising Hope?
Let us count the ways: Their marriage license is revoked, the cake is too big to fit in a car and their reverend (guest star Leslie Jordan) hates Maw Maw. Oh, and a certain crazy character from episodes past is back.
But not to worry: Jimmy's parents, Burt and Virginia (Garret Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton), are determined to get them hitched. "Their gift for us is to try to handle things," says Woodward. "They eventually do something for Jimmy and Sabrina that's an amazing wedding gift."


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A more accurate and noninvasive look at cancerous tumors
(Medical Xpress) -- Chao Zhou believes his work with combining imaging technologies has the potential to improve surgeries that remove malignant breast tumors.
As many as 40 percent of breast cancer patients now have to undergo a second surgery, because part of the tumor is left behind during the first, says Zhou, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.
By combining two technologiesoptical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal microscopyZhou says doctors can more precisely pinpoint a tumors location and remove it entirely on the first try.
One advantage of this hybrid approach, he says, is that it allows tissue to be imaged without being damaged or removed from the body. Tissue suspected of being cancerous is now typically removed, sectioned and staineda technique known as histopathologybefore it can be examined.
The combination of OCT and confocal microscopy can also provide information about embryonic forms without requiring samples to be removed from organisms.
Imaging in real time
OCT enables 3-D tissue imaging based on recognition and analysis of the light-scattering patterns caused by internal structures. Confocal microscopy, a form of optical microscopy, produces high-resolution images but cannot penetrate tissue as deeply. Optical coherence microscopy (OCM) combines the two and increases resolution and imaging depth by compiling only coherent light, which is in focus.
The goal of my research is to provide in situ, real-time imaging of tissue microstructures with a resolution approaching that of histopathology, says Zhou, who is affiliated with Lehighs bioengineering program.
Before joining the faculty in June, Zhou was a senior postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he pioneered the use of OCT in cancer detection.
He received a Pathway to Independence research award in 2011 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering in the National Institutes of Health.
Until now, says Zhou, doctors have evaluated tumor margin by taking a frozen section or histopathology. These techniques do not provide instant results.
OCT, by contrast, achieves real-time imaging. By combining OCT and OCM, Zhou can alternate between high and low magnifications when viewing the same fresh, unsliced tissue samples. He has been able to identify clusters of cancerous cells within a larger sample based on the tissues appearance under a microscope.
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My first version of this fresh vegetable stew came straight from Molly Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook. I was living in Ithaca, NY when the Moosewood Café opened in the DeWitt Mall, a converted old school building. The architectural firm my first husband worked for was on the 4th floor of the DeWitt and the Moosewood was one our favorite haunts. Much has changed since then, but not my love for this spicy tomato dish. I have adapted the recipe several times and put it to new uses. The movie "Ratatouille" has only served to endear it to me even more. Once you make the basic recipe you can use it in several ways. For dinner pair it with pasta or couscous and foccacia, or try Ratatouille crepes, sprinkled with grated cheese. For breakfast or brunch there's nothing better than a "Rat" omelet or a Ratatouille Goat Cheese Tarte. Here's where you start!
- 1 Tbs Olive Oil
- 1 red onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
- 2-3 leeks, thinly sliced, white ends only
- 3-4 scallions chopped
- 1 green bell pepper roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and put through a press or diced
- 1/4 cup chives, chopped
- 2 Tbs fresh rosemary, chopped
- 1/2 tsp dried hot pepper flakes
- dried oregano or Italian spice blend to taste
- 4 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes
- 1 Italian or Japanese eggplant, cubed (not peeled)
- 2 zucchini sliced and quartered
- 3 Tbs parsley, chopped
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Freshly grated Parmesan Reggianno
- In a very large deep sauté pan or saucepan heat the olive oil and sauté the onions, leeks, green pepper, garlic, scallions, chives for 10 minutes, stirring often
- Add rosemary and red pepper flakes, cook for an additional minute.
- Add tomatoes, breaking them up as they cook and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add zucchini and eggplant and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
- Add parsley and freshly ground black pepper.
- Serve immediately topped with grated parmesan over couscous or pasta, or reserve some to use later in an omelet, crepes or tarte.
Ratatouille Goat Cheese Tarte
For 9" pie shell:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 eggs
- Ratatouille
- 4 oz goat cheese
- pepper
- Prepare your favorite pie crust recipe, roll out and line pie plate. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Place pie crust in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Prick holes in pastry, place foil shiny side down in shell and fill bottom with pie weights
- Bake 10 min
- Remove foil & weights and continue baking 5 min
- Cool on wire rack
- Reduce oven temp to 350°
- In bowl whisk eggs w/ a pinch of salt
- Whisk in cream until smooth
- Spread pie shell with ratatouille.
- Crumble goat cheese on top of rat
- Pour egg mixture in at the sides without covering rat completely
- Sprinkle with pepper and bake 30-40 minutes or until custard sets.
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I have put a lot of thought into what I was going to say today.
I didn't really come up with anything good.
I feel it's more important to make sure whatever occupies this space is about Bobby, not about me, and I think I'm too deeply engrossed in my own selfish grief to honestly write something like that.
But Porter helped me out. He sent me an email and said:
I need to send you a few "Bobbyisms"……
-Bacon and cheese make all food better
-Sometimes you gotta choke somebody to make an example for the rest of the team
-You try to sleep with every girl you date. If she does it, she is a whore, don't go out with her again. If she won't sleep with you, she has potential.
-You never drink lemon-lime Gatorade…especially if it's warm.
-Rubbing someone's ear can make anything better. Especially if they are virgin (un-pierced) ears.
-You know you're team is going to have a good year if they have a few thugs playing for them. If you have too many "nice guys" your team is gonna suck.
-Michael Jackson is innocent.
Which reminded me that Bobby was one of the first people who didn't stare at me like I was insane when I told him I was going to name my son Louis. His response was "Oh HELL yeah, you gotta call him Louie. Because Louie is a guy who will always pick up the round when it's his turn."
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Freewheeling round Europe's best cycling cities
While it's simple enough to get on a plane and fly somewhere new for a weekend getaway, one of the trickiest aspects of visiting a different city is the challenge of navigating it to best effect.
Sure -- trains, buses, taxis and all the rest are useful, but it can be a nightmare piecing it all together and making the most of your time in a place. Public transport and hire cars aren't exactly the highlights of many vacations, after all.
But there is an obvious alternative -- and it's one that places you, the visitor firmly in control: the good, old bicycle.
Pushing a bike down tiny back streets is often the best way to see Europe's old cities. Dedicated, cordoned-off bike lanes in many towns ensure you won't get scythed down by irate car drivers.
And the sheer volume of locals in a lot of these cities who opt for two wheels instead of four means safety in numbers is almost guaranteed.
Plus, there's the fact that you'll cover way more ground.
That means you don't need to tramp around huge city centers in inappropriate footwear before passing out by 8 p.m. and missing out on all those heavy-duty party plans you'd laid so carefully before the trip.
From England to Iceland, Europe's top cycling cities are varied, beautiful and a joy to ride around. Here are seven of the very best.
Cambridge, England
If you want to fit in with the bookish types who run this ancient university town, then a bike is an absolute must-have.
More so than in any other city in the United Kingdom, cycling is the primary means of getting from A to B, as students at Cambridge's prestigious colleges are not allowed to have cars.
The city's hellish one-way system is offset by bike lanes galore -- ideal for rooting around the ancient streets and spying into the quadrangles of Cambridge's academic haunts.
If you don't fancy striking out on your own, Cambridge Bike Tours offers a range of expeditions from £20 (US$32).
The lineup features rides along the River Cam, including the favorite swimming spot of poets Lord Byron and Rupert Brooke, as well as detours to the best spot for snaps of King's College.
And you don't get quizzed by a panel of dons before being allowed to "go down to London" at the end either.
Find out more: www.cambridgebiketours.co.uk
Copenhagen, Denmark
While most cities grapple with the issue of getting ever-heftier inhabitants to ditch their cars, Copenhagen is in the bizarre position of having to deal with bike congestion.
This is a city that's obsessed with riding, with the tourist board claiming a whacking 55 percent of the population pounds out a mind-boggling 1.2 million kilometers every day. Bike lanes are inescapable, and the Cycle Copenhagen mapping site plots the best way to get between sights such as the Tivoli Gardens and Rosenborg Castle.
It even lets you pick quiet routes so you can listen to tunes while riding or gives you the option to "Copenhagenize" and use only bike lanes, avoiding roads entirely.
Copenhagen's free cycle-hire scheme is closed in 2013, but Baisikeli Bike Rental has lots of different rides, starting at just DKK 80 (US$14) a day.
Find out more: www.cph-bike-rental.dk
Bruges, Belgium
Bruges' stunning medieval architecture and cobbled streets will leave you impressed -- that's for sure.
And you can anticipate that it'll be without the nagging fear that it's all about to go belly-up, like in award-winning comedy gangster flick "In Bruges."
If, unlike Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, you're not laying low after a botched hit job, then this small town is just about as perfect a destination for cycling as you'll find in Europe.
While church-hopping can become interminably dull if you're pounding the pavement, zipping between Bruges' endless seats of worship is great fun, with empty roads and bike paths ensuring swift passage.
That said, the cobbles will leave your backside a touch tender when it comes to easing yourself down to a bowl of moules frites and a super-strength Belgian beer come the day's end.
Bikes can be rented for around €12 (US$15) a day and the city's tourism page has a comprehensive list of where to one pick up.
Find out more: www.brugge.be
Bologna, Italy
Like Bruges, Bologna's medieval architecture and ancient streets make it the perfect spot for cruising around by bike.
Being a town with a huge student population, seeing Bologna on two wheels puts you among the ranks of a large chunk of the population, which is fortunate, as you'll be dealing with Italian motorists and their "unique" approach to driving.
Rental Bike Bologna hires bicycles starting at around €20 a day. That's ample time to zip between the city's vibrant food markets and beautiful porticos, before chilling at the spas of Terme Felsinee and Terme San Luca.
Best ditch the bikes after that, though, for the inevitable evening indulgence of a five-course meal and a few glasses of local red.
Find out more: www.bikerentalbologna.it
Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik's population of just 120,000 means donning a bike helmet and taking in the sights on two wheels is pretty much safer than anywhere else in Europe. Here, the cars even stop to give way to you.
Of course, this cyclists' paradise is offset by bone-chilling temperatures practically all year round.
The average daily high in July is a hardly-balmy 10-13 C. Wrap up warm, though, and you can cover every city sight in a morning.
Reykjavik Bike Tours offers a seven-kilometer ride, for ISK 4,500 (US$35), which takes two and half hours and gives a glimpse of the city's volcanic coastline, old harbor and Catholic cathedral.
Braver souls can use the same bike-mad tour company for longer trips to the stunning blue lagoon or the so-called Golden Circle, taking in geysers and Gullfoss Golden waterfall. Just remember to bring your thermals.
Find out more: icelandbike.com
Oslo, Norway
The Norwegian capital, much like nearby Copenhagen, has got biking on the brain.
That means dedicated bike lanes (although be sure to stay in the right lane to avoid the ire of zippy locals not on the tourist trail) and even traffic lights solely for cyclists.
Like Copenhagen, Oslo has its own city cycle hire scheme, Oslo Bysykkel, so there's no need to hook up with a bike-hire company or tour guide if that's not your bag.
You'll find over 100 spots across the city where you can pick up the '70s-style retro rides. To use one you'll need a tourist smartcard, which can be snagged from tourist information offices, costing NOK 80 (US$14) for 24 hours.
Just don't go thinking you can pocket the card as a souvenir. After using it to gain access to the bike scheme, you must return it to the same office where you bought it.
Find out more: www.visitoslo.com
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
No roundup of European cycling hotspots would be complete without mentioning Amsterdam.
The Dutch capital has an unrivaled network of bike lanes and it's unquestionably the best way to get around.
Best of all, the city's as flat as a pancake, so the only time you'll need to make any Bradley Wiggins-like effort is when you need to cross those humpbacked canal bridges.
Bike hire options are plentiful, but Bike City is a great choice. Prices start at €13.50 for half a day. Not dirt cheap, but you do get stylish Dutch-made bikes.
Every model is black too, so you don't stand out as an obvious tourist.
Find out more: www.bikecity.nl
More on CNN: 10 cycling routes to take your breath away


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Just wanted to let you know I made it to the big city yet again! I am pretty much all moved in to my new place, and despite the mini fridge and mini oven (yep), it's a pretty sweet place. I have an incredible view from my 13th floor apartment- Brooklyn Bridge and all! I have my own room, and my dearest Staci is moved in to the other room!
We have a "kitchenette" which, in this case, means that we have mini appliances (but we DO have them) and no drawers- nope, not even for silverware. So... today my mission is to A- go get my Ambassador job training done and B- find a neato shelfy-thingy that will hold silverware and other kitchen items. This place gives new meaning to "city living"- This place teaches you how to consolidate!
Anyway, there's the temporary and pictureless update... more to come! Gavin and Kelley get in tonight, and TODAY is Ian's 29th Birthday! HAPPY BIRFDEE Big BROTHER! For you, I will get you all the Sherbet Colored Bolo Ties in the world!
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3 comments:
- Matthew said...
Cannot wait to see your new place first hand in just about...what now, 27 days? NYC Here I come again! Glad moving in is going well, and that you get to hang out with all the fam.
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- Kimber said...
I am glad you made it back safely. It must have been a crazy week for you, and now school is starting back up!!!
I can't wait for the picture update of all you did the last couple weeks.
Talk to you soon!!
- melissa o said...
HAPPY MC-BIRFDEE to IAN! And super sweet apartment times for you!
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