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Executive Summary
Executive Order (E.O.) 13563 emphasizes the importance of maintaining a consistent culture of retrospective review and analysis throughout the Executive Branch. Before a rule has been tested, it is difficult to be absolutely certain of its consequences, including its costs and savings. E.O. 13563 charges federal agencies to devise a plan to retrospectively analyze significant rules that meet the review criteria in the Executive Order. The criteria primarily concern the effects of regulations on private-sector businesses, especially small businesses.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) generally does not regulate the private-sector marketplace. Our regulations primarily describe how persons qualify for benefits under the programs we administer. In performing a retrospective review, we can look for opportunities to reduce the burden on the beneficiaries and applicants that we serve. One way to reduce that burden is through reduced complexity. To help facilitate this effort, our plan describes a methodology and schedule to identify significant rules that may need periodic updating and details several initiatives to improve SSA's forms and reduce the paperwork burden on the public.
Scope of Plan
Although our regulations do not generally address economic competitiveness or job creation, our Plan reflects the principles of E.O. 13563. The regulations cited in our Plan embrace public participation (section 2 of the E.O.), objectivity of scientific information (section 5 of the E.O.), and retrospective analysis of rules that may need updating (section 6 of the E.O.). A special priority is increased transparency and simplification.
This final plan focuses on existing medical listings that we use to determine disability under the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. The listings appear in our regulations at 20 CFR Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1.
We are also including two initiatives that will reduce paperwork burdens on the public. In the Revised Work Activity Reports project, we are making the Work Activity Reports easier to complete by streamlining instructions and removing unnecessary or duplicative questions. For the SSA-827 e-Authorization initiative, we are expediting the authorization process by developing an electronic alternative to the wet signature currently required. These initiatives represent SSA's continued commitment to help the public transact business with us as quickly and smoothly as possible.
Public Access and Participation
Developing the Preliminary Plan
On January 25, 2011, we took the following steps:
- issued a press release announcing we would undertake a retrospective review;
- placed a notice of the announcement on our Internet homepage; and
- established a page on our Open Government website (http://www.ssa.gov/open/regsreview/) that requested comments from the public on how well our regulations reflected the principles of E.O. 13563. The website page linked to an e-mail box especially established to receive public comments for this request.
We received over 400 messages to the "RegsReview" e-mail box, nearly all of which addressed issues other than the retrospective review. We received a few messages from persons asking for their circumstances to be added to our regulations (e.g., add their medical impairment to our listings).
Requesting Comments on the Preliminary Plan
On May 26, 2011, we posted our Preliminary Plan on our Open Government web page and requested public comments on our Plan. The Plan was also posted on the White House's web page. Furthermore, we sent messages to over 900 stakeholder groups and individuals who have expressed interest in our development of the medical listings to alert them to our Plan and our request for comments. Finally, we published a notice in the Federal Register on June 2, 2011 (76 FR 31892), requested public comments on the Plan, and provided a comment period.
Public Comments on the Preliminary Plan
We received three public comments on the Preliminary Plan. Two of the comments were from advocacy groups, and the other was from an individual in his capacity in an organization of disability examiners. Below, we condense, summarize and respond to the comments.
Comment: The Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation expressed its appreciation for the opportunity to work with us on listings updates. The Foundation suggested that we continue to work closely with advocacy groups to ensure we include top experts in the field.
Response: We agree. We routinely update the listings to reflect our program experience, advances in medical knowledge, and comments we receive from medical experts, advocacy groups, patients, adjudicators, and at public outreach policy conferences. [Comment: This is from the preliminary plan.] The information we obtain from medical experts and advocacy groups is an integral part of our process to update the listings.
Comment: A doctor affiliated with the National Association of Disability Examiners and who has participated in two Institute of Medicine Consensus Committees supported the Preliminary Plan. He urged us to follow the review schedule outlined in the Preliminary Plan and observed that the State Disability Determination Services must apply the listings uniformly.
Response: We agree and remain on course to complete the entire first comprehensive refreshment of the listings by the end of calendar year 2012.
Comment: The HIV Law Project suggested that we offer an informal public comment period on an Institute of Medicine report immediately after we receive it and before we propose revised listings. Doing so would give members of the public the "opportunity to comment on the assumptions, findings, and conclusions of the [Institute of Medicine] report, before these become integrated into proposed revisions to the listings."
Response: We partially agree with the comment. The Institute of Medicine already posts its final reports on its website for the public to review. We agree that, when we receive a final report from the Institute of Medicine, we will post on our website a link to the report on the Institute of Medicine's website. This action will facilitate the public's ability to review the report.
However, we do not believe that we need to provide a separate review and comment period for an Institute of Medicine report. We have no editorial control over Institute of Medicine Consensus Committee reports. Institute of Medicine reports are not SSA work products, and we do not adopt or reject findings in Institute of Medicine reports. We may use information in reports from the Institute of Medicine as one source of guidance when we develop our proposals to revise the listings, just as we may use other guidance from other sources. When we publish a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing changes to our listings, we also provide the public with a list of the references on which we relied in developing the proposed rules, and we invite the public to comment on those references. Thus, we already offer numerous and robust opportunities for comment, both formal and informal.
Current Efforts Independent of E.O. 13563
The medical listings help ensure disability determinations have a sound medical basis, claimants receive equal treatment based on specific criteria, and disabled individuals can be readily identified and awarded benefits if appropriate. We screen all disability claimants who do not perform substantial gainful activity and have severe impairments to quickly identify individuals who clearly meet the definition of disability.
As we noted above, we routinely update the listings to reflect our program experience, advances in medical knowledge, and comments we receive from medical experts, advocacy groups, patients, adjudicators, and at public outreach policy conferences. We also update the listings to reflect the universal standard of care in the medical field. For example, we update our listings to reflect the standards and types of medical evidence we receive nationwide, making our requests for medical evidence more targeted.
Regular updates of our medical listings benefits claimants because they receive decisions faster and need to file fewer appeals. We can allow claims earlier in the sequential evaluation process using the medical listings step based on updated and accurate medical criteria.
We already have a detailed process in place to review our medical listings. Since 1985, we have established "sunset" dates in the rules for the medical listings that we use as part of the sequential evaluation process we use to determine if persons are disabled under the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. We organize the medical listings by body system and use the schedule of the sunset dates to periodically analyze whether the existing medical listings need updating to reflect advances in medical knowledge, practice, and treatment, and our program experience.
Our business plan for updating the listings provides for:
- Systematic early input from the public, through such methods as public outreach meetings and advance notices of proposed rulemaking. We organize the outreach meetings by specific topic within a body system. We invite speakers, such as clinicians in private or hospital practice, advocates, adjudicators, and patients, to provide information to us;
- Medical and academic review, by the Institute of Medicine (a component of the National Academy of Sciences), of the existing medical listings to determine whether they remain current; and
- Review of the new listings, one year after we publish final rules, to retrospectively analyze if the new listings resulted in the effects we had expected.
We use the Administrative Procedure Act's public-notice-and-comment process to propose and issue changes to the listings.
We provide a more detailed explanation of our business plan for the medical listings in the Appendix to this Plan.
Elements of Final Plan/Compliance with E.O. 13563
Over the next two years, we anticipate reviewing the following medical listings, for which we may issue notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) or final rules as appropriate. The listings we expect to review are:
- Respiratory NPRM
- Growth NPRM
- Hematological NPRM
- Neurological NPRM
- Genitourinary Impairments NPRM
- Impairments that Affect Multiple Body Systems NPRM
- Immune Systems Disorders NPRM
- Skin Disorders NPRM
- Special Senses - Vision NPRM
- Digestive System NPRM
- Malignant Neoplastic Diseases NPRM
- Musculoskeletal System NPRM
- Mental Disorders final rule
- Cardiovascular System NPRM
- Speech and Language Disorders NPRM
The high-level agency official responsible for retrospective analysis is Dean Landis, Deputy Chief of Staff (email@example.com). The Deputy Chief of Staff position is located in the Office of the Commissioner, which oversees the subordinate components responsible for writing and implementing regulations.
As noted above, we plan our retrospective analysis based on the schedule of approaching sunset dates of the various body system listings. We will use the analysis to determine if we need to revise specific medical listings.
Components of Retrospective Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
We generally do not issue the kind of regulations that require a cost-benefit analysis as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. Nonetheless, when we analyze medical listings one year after we issued them as final rules, we compare the allowance rate before and after we issued the final rules. We use the results of this analysis to make additional revisions to the listings based on our programmatic experience.
In addition, we will also consider how regulations might be designed and written in ways that facilitate evaluation of their consequences and thus promote retrospective analyses and the measurement of actual results. For example, we may consider using experimental or quasi-experimental designs, including randomized controlled trials, when promoting the empirical testing of the effects of rules.
Reducing Paperwork Burdens
We are committed to reducing the burden we place on the public to the greatest extent possible. We take seriously our obligation to develop innovative solutions that eliminate unjustified complexity for applications and that reduce the public reporting burden. Initiatives such as the two new activities described below illustrate our commitment to that obligation. They are:
Revised Work Activity Reports - Providing Better Instruction and Streamlining —
Social Security disability beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients receive payments based on their inability to engage in substantial gainful activity because of a physical or mental condition. When beneficiaries or SSI recipients resume work, they must report the work so we can evaluate and determine if they continue to meet the disability requirements of the law. We use the SSA-820-F4, Work Activity Report-Self-Employed Person, and SSA-821-BK, Work Activity Report-Employee, to obtain work activity information.
We plan to streamline our Work Activity Reports, the SSA-820-F4 and SSA-821-BK, to provide better instruction and to make them easier to understand and complete. We also plan to revise our procedures to eliminate unnecessary questions in certain self-employment cases. By streamlining the forms and eliminating certain procedures, we anticipate simplifying the process and reducing the current paperwork burden for these collections. We estimate this initiative will save 37,500 hours.
• Authorization to Disclose Information to SSA, SSA-827 - Electronic Authorization —
When claimants file for Social Security disability insurance or SSI benefits, they generally sign form SSA-827 (Authorization to Disclose Information to SSA), which serves as the claimants' written request to a medical provider or other source to release information to us. Currently, claimants generally sign the SSA-827 so we can obtain medical and other records related to the claim. Acquiring a signature on this form can often take weeks, causing unnecessary delays in processing claims for one of the most vulnerable segments of our population.
In fiscal year (FY) 2009, we began developing an electronic authorization process that eliminates the need for a signature on the paper form SSA-827. Our new process will allow respondents to use an electronic signature process similar to the one we currently use in many of our electronic forms systems. An electronic authorization process supports faster processing of disability claims and improves service to the public by eliminating the need to wait for the claimant to sign and return the paper form to us. We estimate this initiative will save 42,166 hours.
In addition to these initiatives, we continue to develop new electronic platforms to reduce the public burden and make working with us easier. Our efforts enable faster and more efficient communication with the public, which is an integral part of our public service mandate. For example, we continue to search for ways to expand the services we offer on-line. We invite public comments about possible new initiatives, also designed to reduce complexity and burdens. It is important to note that although we serve nearly every member of the American public, we account for less than half a percent of the total public reporting burden.
Periodic Review
Executive Order 13563 calls not for a single exercise, but for "periodic review of existing significant regulations," with close reference to empirical evidence. It explicitly states that "retrospective analyses, including supporting data, should be released online wherever possible." Consistent with the commitment to periodic review and to public participation, we will continue to assess our existing significant regulations in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order 13563. We welcome public suggestions about appropriate reforms, which you may send to us via facsimile at (410) 966-2830. If, at any time, members of the public identify possible reforms to streamline requirements and to reduce existing burdens, we will give those suggestions careful consideration.
Publishing the Agency's Plan On-line
SSA will publish the retrospective review plan on its Open Government website.


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Everybody's favourite gang of oddballs reviews Animal Man #2 this week, everyone's snap judgement after #1 was that this book was awesome, but can it keep it up?
The Review Group is a collection of posters who get together and review a new comic each week that we each take turns selecting. Our threads can be found in The Outhouse's Newstand forum and is open for anyone and everyone to participate in.
This week we've got Animal Man #2. Jeff Lemire is taking Buddy Baker in some pretty surprising directions, and the RG on the whole, digs it a lot.
Holland Oats
Really good. I have to read Swamp Thing #2 still, but as of right now this is probably the best DCnU book.
Very interesting developments in this issue.. Lemire seems to be building a very Alan Moore-on-Swamp Thing-esque thing with The Red Place. It is very similar to The Green, except for animals.
The art has grown on me a bit. I think Foreman is way too sloppy for this book, but it's passable.
Art: 6
Story: 9
Overall: 7.5
The second issue of the relaunched Animal Man takes everything I loved about the first issue and amplifies it. The tension in the Baker house, the disturbing new villains and the resounding echoes of Alan Moore's seminal Swamp Thing run are all present, and they're beautifully drawn.
I am a sucker for the old 'Berger books' that became Vertigo line, and Swamp Thing was my favourite of the bunch. Everything about this comic screams that Jeff Lemire feels the same, with Buddy Baker's family life being the human anchor that it hangs on. The story is moving along at a welcome pace, with plenty of chicken-hands or mutant hippos to set the scale of what's happening but really it's Buddy Baker and his lovable spooky daughter Maxine that are the driving force here. The tension between the normal and the abnormal here is presumably going to drive a lot of the story going forward and, until Grant Morrison appears to kill Ellen and the kids at least, Ihope that it's going to be as well written as this.
The art is scratchy yet detailed and Travel Foreman seems equally at home with a family in crisis as he does with body horror and abstract meat trees, which makes him an ideal fit for the title. While I'm naturally tempted to compare him to Totleben and Bisette, some of Gaiman's Sandman co-creators feel like a closer match; Vince Locke and Jill Thompson both spring most readily to mind. The muted colours, the almost omnipresent viscera and the bizarre scenes all work wonderfully well together and an artist I liked on The Immortal Iron Fist has become one I can see myself loving on Animal Man.
It's always nice to see such a well-regarded property handled with such love and skill, and if Animal Man can maintain this level of quality, then Animal Man might start getting some of the recognition of his old Vertigo peers.
Story - I wrote a review of Animal Man #1 for the 52apalooza, so I'm going to try and not repeat myself here. Luckily Jeff Lemire moves on the story enough that I'm not going to have to do that too much.
Picking up from last issue's shocking cliffhanger, in which it is revealed that Buddy Baker's daughter Maxine also has animal powers, but hers involve communicating with dead creatures, Lemire takes the reader on a crazy ride with lots of creepy imagery and a story that turns a lot of what we thought we knew about Animal Man upside down.
Buddy and Maxine's adventures are just beginning, but already Lemire is making them memorable, the image of all these half-decayed animals is a haunting one, as are Animal Man's new tattoos. Last issue had a memorable moment when Buddy started to bleed from his eyes, and here we find out that the bleeding was just a part of a bigger pattern, that Buddy is forming a map to the red on his chest. What is 'the red'? We don't know yet, but Maxine does, and she's the one in charge. It's cool to see Lemire develop Buddy Baker's kids, whenever I've read Animal Man stories before, his kids have just been there to get in danger and to have terrible haircuts, but Maxine has a purpose now, and it's fascinating to see. From the dream sequence in #1 it was implied that Maxine is dangerous and a possible villain, but in this issue her intentions seem altruistic. We shall see.
She certainly didn't seem too altruistic when she turned that dude's hand into a chicken foot! That was another freaky image, and helps to demonstrate that this book is not your traditional superhero comic, there's a deep vein of horror here, and it's cool to see Lemire take perhaps the most suburban superhero and show a dark underbelly beneath his powers and world. That same horror tone is shown in the appearance of the three new villains. They first appear in a gruesome splash of engorged, hippopotamuses, and then burst out, taking over some humans. These are horrifying monsters, and I can't wait to see what their plan is.
Animal Man #1 was one of my favourite books of the DC relaunch, and #2 continues the strong work established in that issue. Lemire is taking a character that could be considered lame and putting him in the middle of the kind of story you wouldn't expect Animal Man to be involved in. Horror and Animal Man shouldn't mix, but they do, and it's wonderfully creepy.
Oh yeah, and Buddy's real name is Bernhard? WTF?
Art - This book wouldn't really work without Travel Foreman's art, he has a very unique style, and it's just the right amount of weird that it's perfect for Lemire's blend of suburbia and creepy horror. All the shocking creepy images like the zombie animals, the chicken hand, the hippos, the monsters at the end, Foreman draws it all brilliantly. I also like his panel layouts a lot, there's a page where he shows Buddy and Maxine's journey to 'the red' and it's depicted in a really cool, off-beat way. Foreman may not be for everybody, but for this book? He's the man.
Best Line - '...into the red'
This will be in my weekly Starlord: Top to Bottom article later today but I have to say that this is still in my top 5 books that DC is producing. Both story and art are great with just enough weird in it to make it totally unique. This and I Vampire are the two books to keep an eye on.
What a f%*ked up world Buddy Baker lives in. Residing in the DC Universe proper, Buddy and his family, with the help of Jeff Lemire, is bringing the weird with them. Bloody tattoos that appear on Animal Man's body - blood pouring from his eyes, nose, and ears in a macabre design that would send a shiver down Stephen King's spine gives us the wonderful feeling that in this part of the DC Universe, anything could happen... and will! In fact the stakes already feel so bizarrely high that the fact that Buddy's daughter is so deeply involved worries me. Great art that works well with the story caps off issue number two with a near perfect score
Story: 9
My Score: 9
Eli Katz
I like Jeff Lemire. I think Essex County is a really special work. I think Sweet Tooth, although not nearly as good as Essex, is pretty interesting, too. For some reason, despite my respect for Lemire, I expected to be disappointed by this book. I'm not sure why. I guess I assumed no one could really make me like Animal Man. Despite being a vegetarian -- well, actually a vegan -- I never really enjoyed Morrison's eco-warrior Animal Man. Well, it's been years since I even tried to read those issues. Perhaps I would enjoy them more now than when they first came out.
Anyway, I picked up this book with a lot of silly baggage. Yet, despite my biases, I have to admit that Lemire does a pretty good job with Animal Man. I won't say that this is my favorite book of the DC reboot. But I can understand why many fanboys are calling this series their favorite. The writing is strong for two reasons: Lemire thinks up some very imaginative supernatural scenarios, and he develops a strong family dynamic between the characters. This book has a lot of potential. I can imagine some very dramatic -- and, potentially, heart-wrenching -- interactions within the Baker household.
But what really makes this book standout is the art. My God, Travel Foreman is perfect for this book. He makes Lemire's ideas dance and swirl and jump in all directions. The page designs are at once complex and easy to follow. Jim Steranko eat your heart out. Someone has finally matched you.
Overall, this is a very strong issue. And I am glad that I made the effort to seek it out.
This issue was my first experience with the character Animal Man. Since I didn't read the first issue I felt lost reading this. However, I felt the writer did a great job with the character interactions. His dialogue was definitely a strong point to the writing here. I felt the issue was well written and won't let my lack of understanding the story drag the score down. There just wasn't enough here for me to pick up the next issue or seek out the first issue.
I liked the art here. Foreman seems to be a good fit for the tone of the book. I was a fan of his back when he was on Iron Fist.
Story - 6
Art - 8
Overall – 7
This was a pretty good issue. Not Great and the art doesn't really seem right. Foreman has done some amazing work but he's going for a totally different style that doesn't really fit superhero books no matter how much this book is trying not to be one, at the end of the day it's still a superhero book. I'm also a little numb from this book as I just put my dog down yesterday.
Short but sweet this week, and very positive. I'm sure you'll all send good wishes to former tyrant Guitarsmashley this week, it must have been a bit rough reading this after putting down your dog, considering the subject matter.
Overall Animal Man #2 got a highly impressive 8.04! Nice one! Head over here to read the thread, and join us next week when we'll be looking at Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3 and placing bets on which member of Miles Morales' family will die.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway musical celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club nightclub in Harlem is dancing into history: It will play its final show June 29.
"After Midnight," a candy sampler of some two dozen musical numbers that showcase dance, jazz or vocals backed by 17 musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center, won only one of the seven Tony Awards it had been nominated for and has only been a modest draw at the box office.
A rotating group of stars have led the show, including Fantasia Barrino, k.d. lang, Toni Braxton, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Vanessa Williams. Songs include "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "Stormy Weather." Dule Hill, known from TV's "Psych," is the emcee.
It will have run 19 previews and 272 regular performances.


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Ohio woman accused of shooting ex-husband in face
Ohio woman accused of shooting ex-husband in face
HAMILTON, Ohio —
A southwest Ohio woman is accused of shooting her ex-husband in the face at their home on Valentine's Day.
Hamilton police say Pamela Dawson has been charged with felonious assault.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that neighbors have said that while the couple was divorced, they were living together.
Police said Friday that 43-year-old Donald Knapp is being treated for his injuries at University Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.


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NEW YORK | Baseball's all-time home run king and the most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The Associated Press shows that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, as well as slugger Sammy Sosa, don't have enough votes to get into Cooperstown.
NEW YORK | Baseball's all-time home run king and the most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The Associated Press shows that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, as well as slugger Sammy Sosa, don't have enough votes to get into Cooperstown.
With steroid scandals still very much on the minds of longtime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America as they cast their ballots, the trio failed to muster even 50 percent support among the 112 voters contacted by the AP — nearly one-fifth of those eligible to choose.
Candidates need 75 percent for election
So Bonds, the only seven-time MVP, and Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, are likely to remain outside the Hall along with career hits leader Pete Rose, who was banned for betting on baseball as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
"I'm not going to vote for anybody who has been tainted or associated with steroids," said MLB.com's Hal Bodley, the former baseball columnist for USA Today. "I'm just not going to do it. I might change down the road, but I just love the game too much. I have too much passion for the game and for what these people did to it."
The current ballot was announced this week and Bonds, Clemens and Sosa were on it for the first time. Votes will be cast throughout the month and results will be released Jan. 9.
Among voters who expressed an opinion, Bonds received 45 percent support, Clemens 43 percent and Sosa 18 percent. To gain election, Bonds and Clemens would need more than 80 percent support among the voters not surveyed and Sosa would need to get more than 85 percent.
"No one would dare say that Bonds, a seven-time National League MVP with 762 home runs, isn't a Hall of Famer," Thom Loverro, a columnist for The Washington Examiner, wrote in a column that explained his decision. "Nor would anyone say that Clemens, with 354 career victories, 4,672 strikeouts and seven Cy Young Awards, shouldn't be enshrined in Cooperstown. The same goes for Sosa, who finished with 609 career home runs, including 243 of them from 1998 through 2001.
"Except they cheated — all of them. And this Hall of Fame is not just about numbers. Three of the six criteria for election to Cooperstown are sportsmanship, integrity and character. Bonds, Sosa and Clemens fail on all three counts."
The Denver Post's Troy Renck doesn't plan to vote for them, either.
"I understand that everyone has their opinion on this issue and I respect those," he said in a telephone interview. "For me personally, having coached kids for the last decade and talked to them about doing things a certain way, I would feel very uncomfortable voting for anyone that is a known cheater."
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins took the opposite view.
"The Hall of Fame's 'character' clause should be stricken immediately, because it's far too late to turn Cooperstown into a church," he wrote in an email. "Whether it was gambling (rampant in the early 20th century), scuffing the baseballs, corking bats, amphetamines or steroids, players have been cheating like crazy forever. It's an integral, if unsavory, part of the culture. I've always had the same criteria: which players were the best performers of their particular era — so absolutely, I'll vote for Bonds, Clemens and Sosa."
Bonds and Clemens gained far more support than Sosa in the survey.
"I will definitely vote for Bonds and Clemens. I still need to consider Sosa's resume," ESPN.com's Jim Caple said. "Steroid use has nothing to do with my vote. Steroids were not banned during the majority of their careers when they achieved the vast majority of their accomplishments. All we can go by is what they did on the field."


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Egg Prosciutto Pizza
A proscuitto topped pizza is a gourmet delight. These individual pizzas have the added goodness of an egg cracked into the center and baked until done.
Pizza dough for 8, 6-in. pizzas
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups mushrooms, sautéed
2 lb. prosciutto, diced
1 cup grated parmesan
8 eggs
- On large sheet pans, spread dough out into 6-in. rounds.
- Spread tomato sauce over each pizza and top with mushrooms, prosciutto and parmesan.
- Cook until almost done, about 10 min. Remove from oven and crack egg into center of each pizza.
- Return to oven until egg sets, about 3 min.


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November 2012. Saleh Mohammed Hamid, 18, receiving treatment for the symptoms of yellow fever at El Geneina hospital in West Darfur. The hospital has treated 106 cases of yellow fever since the latest outbreak began in October. Credit: Albert González Farran, UNAMID. Funding needed to contain worst outbreak for twenty years
The Sudanese Government and aid agencies are making progress in their attempts to halt the spread of mosquito-borne yellow fever and immunize 6 million people in Darfur, despite funding and logistical challenges.
More than 700 people contracted the disease and 165 have died in what the World Health Organization (WHO) says is the worst outbreak of the disease since at least 1990.
"The spread of the disease shows no signs of stopping," according to the Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Ali Al-Za'tari. He said the only way to contain the outbreak was to ensure that all people at risk were vaccinated.
Funding from the OCHA-managed Central Emergency Response Fund and other donors helped kick-start a massive immunization campaign on 20 November. Although 3.7 million vaccines have been purchased and 1.3 million people have been immunized, WHO estimates that US$1.9 million is needed for an additional 2.2 million doses.
In Central Darfur state—the worst affected by the outbreak—delivering vaccines remains difficult; humanitarian organizations have been unable to reach remote and often dangerous areas, such as Rokeroin Jebel Marra.
Dr. Abdullah Hay Abdullah, the Director of Golo Hospital in Central Darfur, describes himself as the only doctor in the only hospital in the Rokero area, which has a population of over 105,000. To collect yellow fever vaccines, he has to travel 50km by donkey to Nertiti, the nearest town with larger medical facilities. "It takes nearly 12 hours by donkey, but there is no alternative," he said.
There is no specific treatment for yellow fever, but through treating symptoms, health workers like Dr. Abdullah have managed to reduce the death rate in Darfur from 40 per cent when the outbreak began in October to 22 per cent today.
The UN and humanitarian partners are working with the Ministry of Health to lower this rate further through preventative measures, vector control, improved case management and increased public awareness.


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Victoria & David Beckham: Barbra Streisand Concert!
Victoria Beckham and her husband David Beckham hold hands while spending some romantic time together at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday (November 9) in Hollywood.
The 38-year-old fashion designer and the 37-year-old soccer star attended the Barbra Streisand concert at the venue.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Victoria Beckham
Barbra performed her hit songs "Don't Rain on My Parade," "My Funny Valentine," "Somewhere," "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," and "Evergreen" at the concert.
Last weekend, Victoria was spotted taking her kids for some fun at Universal CityWalk.
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UH Manoa and Hawaii National Guard to host cyber defense exerciseUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Public Affairs Officer, Hawaii National Guard
The University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Hawaii National Guard will host the second annual Po'oihe ('tip of the spear' in Hawaiian) Hawaii Cyber Security Exercise, July 18-20, 2014. Hawaii is partnering with the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (NIATEC) Idaho State University, to host the event at the UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom. A blessing and dedication ceremony will kick off the exercise at 1:30 p.m., Friday, July 18.
This exercise brings together cyber security professionals to promote cyber security collaboration and education. Cyber Defense Teams from the active duty Air Force, the California National Guard, the Hawaii National Guard, and several Federal/State/County agencies, industry and academia will be participating. Of special note is a team from Hitachi (Japan) and observers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
This exercise, and others like it, help Hawaii and other states to better defend their military and civilian networks, which is critical to safeguarding systems that help manage areas such as banking and finance, transportation and power generation.
Additional information can be found at www.pooihe.org.


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|This morning Mad About Macarons Jill sent me an email expressing expasperation with a very French,
"Ouuuuf !"
This page is from the brilliant, L'ABC des onomatopees par Bruno Gibert.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
La Mere de Famille
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Not at all fair to end this post with one of my very favorite breakfasts.
I already had a healthy breakfast at 5:a.m.
OK; heading out the door for a mid-morning repast of what else; bacon and eggs.
Your fault.Replies
why not head to the drawing board instead?
I'm soooo tired...
I got up at 2 - good old Jetlag
I heading back to bed!
Welcome back.. hope you get over your jet lag soon. How come that breakfast of bacon and eggs looks more wholesome?ReplyDelete
oh I should have added to that last statement.... then ours over here...ReplyDelete
beautiful painting there at the end! Love it.ReplyDelete
Where can I get some of those exotic French chocolate-egg-laying rabbits?ReplyDelete
Love it, Carol. Ouf, oeufs and Chardin is a great start to the day! Merci xoReplyDelete
Happy Easter!!!ReplyDelete
I'm giving myself an EGG white facial right now.ReplyDelete
Looked at myself in the gym this morning. Oh my.
Not a pretty site!
I've been to that exact chocolate shop (I rented a rue Cler apartment when I studied at the Sorbonne). I remember that they wouldn't sell me just a couple of chocolates. I had to buy a whole box. "Non, mademoiselle" I was told. Hmmmfff. So French of them.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the lovliness!ReplyDelete


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Best-selling author Micah Nathan likes pushing the boundaries of storytelling. Recipient of the Saul Bellow Prize in Fiction in 2011, he's also been a finalist for the Tobias Wolff Award and the Innovative Fiction Award for his short stories.
With his newest book "Jack the Bastard and Other Stories", Nathan keeps pushing, this time teaming up with some top-tier names in comics - Phil Noto, Tradd Moore, Russ Nicholson and Mike Allred. Together they create a new anthology of short stories that dances across different genres and "culminates in the epic 'Kill Bill-esque' (short story) Jack the Bastard."
In addition to the all-star cast of artists, the book is accompanied by a special "soundtrack" CD. Released by Fat Possum Records - label to The Black Keys - the CD contains a number of tracks that readers can use to enhance their experience.
And to top it all off, there is even a limited-edition "Jack the Bastard" soda flavor that you can enjoy!
In trying to wrap my brain around how one brings so many elements together for a anthology, I asked Micah Nathan about the challenges he faced writing "Jack the Bastard and Other Stories"; who inspires him as a writer; and how to best enjoy the book, CD and soda:
Geek To Me: Jack the Bastard appears to cover a lot of territory - from sci-fi to satire - where did the ideas for each of the stories come from?
Micah Nathan: Sci-fi? "Simulacrum" might be the closest to science fiction, but I'd consider it more of a doppelganger tale. Of course, it's up to the reader. Authors insist on one genre, and the reader may decide otherwise.
Anyhow. I can't tell you where my ideas come from because I don't know. I'm not being flippant--ideas come from everywhere and nowhere. They might be sparked by a song, a movie, a book, a conversation with a friend. I've learned to trust my curiosity.
Geek To Me: Who are some of your influences as a writer, either in prose or graphic novels?
Nathan: My four titans: Hemingway, Nabokov, Twain, and Borges. Slightly below that pantheon I'd add Cheever (his short stories) and Capote (especially the flawless "Breakfast at Tiffany's"). I'm working my way through Bellow and early Roth--a masculine duo, best absorbed slowly--and whenever I want to spend time with someone far more sensitive and intelligent than I, I pick up Wallace's essays. I used to think Emerson was the torch-bearer for Montaigne's work; I now realize it was Wallace.
A few others: Melville, some Dumas, and Faulkner. The latter is a special case, because I've only finished "Sanctuary." For all of Faulkner's transcendent prose, I have difficulty penetrating his narratives. I'm a simple reader, in that regard. I like to know where I'm going, and I like when the author helps me get there.
As for graphic novels, I love most anything by Mignola. "Hellboy" was one of those rare series that exceeded the hype - though B.P.R.D. has been better than Hellboy for some time. (David) Mazzucchelli's "Asterios Polyp" floored me. It should be required reading for anyone skeptical of a comic book's ability to tell a novelistic story.
Geek To Me: Anthology stories can also be tricky, because there are so many different styles involved - especially when it comes to the artwork. Were there any particular challenges putting this one together?
Nathan: The biggest challenge was writing the damn stories. Working with the artists was easy. They were a joy.
Geek To Me: Were any of the stories affected at all by the artists you worked with? Any elements changed?
Nathan: I concentrated on the prose and left the interpretation to the artists. I didn't want to influence them in any way apart from the stories themselves.
Geek To Me: I understand that the book has an accompanying soundtrack. What's the best way for a reader to enjoy the two together?
Nathan: It's entirely up to the reader. Many people like reading in silence; if so, I recommend listening to the songs first. Or after. Or even during, with the volume turned low. Our original plan was to make an enhanced e-book, with the songs popping up during specific parts of JTB. But that felt intrusive--I certainly wouldn't want songs blaring while reading--so we opted for an old-fashioned CD.
Geek To Me: How much of the "Jack the Bastard" experience am I missing if I DON'T have the soda to drink along with reading? Is there a secret ingredient you're not telling us about?
Nathan: Ah, the soda tie-in. I stole that idea from Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn" licensing deal with Skeleteens. I thought an official soda would be cool. I even wrote a brand into JTB--Fizzer Cola--with the intention of seeing it realized.
Geek To Me: Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions! I look forward to seeing what comes next.
WIN A COPY OF "JACK THE BASTARD AND OTHER STORIES" ALONG WITH A SOUNDTRACK CD! To enter, comment below and tell me what you would name your own personal flavor of soda drink. Everyone who comments will be entered into a random drawing for a copy of "Jack the Bastard and Other Stories" along with the soundtrack CD.
You can also enter by sharing this article on Twitter with the hashtag #JacktheBastard
Contest runs until Friday, September 7th, 2012. Drawing to be held at or around 12 NOON CST. Winner to be notified via Facebook messaging or Twitter DM.


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Artist Santlov Toys With Instagram
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A photographer and graphic designer, Santlov stages and photographs kitschy scenes in which toy figurines of popular comic book icons and film characters engage in mundane or subversive human activities—playing with their iPhones, surfing Craigslist, or graffiti-ing on walls—poking fun at human behaviors and foibles. In one image, Toy Story's Woody has dropped his iPhone down a toilet, while in another, Gollum from Lord of the Rings hoards Nike high-tops. The series, titled "ToysRLikeUS," recently went viral, turning Santlov into an Instagram sensation; he has accrued just under half a million followers on the photo-sharing app.
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Offer sheets are nothing new to the game, but why don't we see them used more regularly by the league's General Mangers? It's something Cory Schneider brought up during a post-practice scrum on Monday. Asked to comment on Red Wings executive Jim Devellano's comparison of players to cattle and owners to ranchers, Schneider was more interested in talking about Devellano's comments that managers operated under an unspoken rule – or a gentleman's agreement – that they wouldn't target each other's restricted free agents.
"I think the issue that caught my attention more was the potential collusion on offer sheets. In their offer of no free agency for 10 years and no arbitration, we asked them point-blank in a meeting I was at: 'How do guys move or how do guys earn value or gain value on their contracts?' Their first response was: 'Well, there are still offer sheets out there.'
"When you make a comment like his, it makes it seem like they are artificially lowering the market and refusing offers on offer sheets because it's just something you don't do. I don't think it's enough to go on just from what he says but I'm sure the players and the union feel there absolutely is some sort of handshake agreement, which I think you could argue is collusion."
Schneider went on to ask, "How many offer sheets have their been?" All the assembled reporters were dumbfounded as to the answer, but we knew it wasn't many.
The answer is seven.
Seven offer sheets over seven years. Three of them, you may remember, involved the Canucks. The very first offer sheet extended under the expired CBA was to Ryan Kesler. At the time, Dave Nonis was said to be furious, but begrudgingly he matched the contract. Kesler, of course, has been full value for the money paid to him since then.
It was the first offer sheet since Carolina tried to pry Sergei Federov away from Detroit in 1998 and the first to open a small window into the a world of 'what ifs' for players looking at their second contracts.
The coverage at the time didn't suggest that this would continue to be a rare thing. The Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch:
When Clarke signed Canucks centre Ryan Kesler to a one-year, $1.9-million offer sheet earlier this month, he broke the unwritten rule among GMs not to touch restricted free agents.
That moved forced Vancouver to more than triple the $600,000 salary Kesler pulled down last season.
Clarke said somebody had to be the first and he'd do it again.
"I felt like signing Kesler was the right deal for us and that means we were willing to pay more," said Clarke. "We wanted to get him signed and then we would have looked at a longer-term, three-year deal down the road. We had the money to do it, so we did it."
Of course, Garrioch is intimating that in offering a contract to Kesler, Philadelphia GM Bobby Clark had broken a code. But Clarke thought this might be a road that would be travelled again.
The next summer, we saw two offer sheets, again to players coming off their first contracts: Tomas Vanek and Dustin Penner. Both contracts were offered by the Oilers, with the offer to Penner being successful. Who knew that Kevin Lowe would be some sort of iconoclast.
At the time, Oilers GM Lowe came in for some criticism for his attempted raid on Buffalo:
Lowe countered in his new conference on Friday by stating that: "I think it was rather juvenile on their part.
"It's a business. It was right for the Oilers and obviously right for the Sabres."
Lowe maintains he had calls from other managers supporting the "bold move."
"I know that wasn't the case in Buffalo, but we have to do what's best for the Edmonton Oilers," he said. "We're not where the Sabres were last season. We're a team that had to get better."
Anaheim's Brian Burke would vent his fury about the Penner signing, a contract he declined to match.
"We don't believe these salaries make sense," Anaheim general manager Brian Burke said on a conference call. "If I believe these salaries don't make sense and I match then I'm just as dumb as the team that extended the offer."
Burke was incensed by the terms and amount of last week's offer, and at the time he had especially harsh words for Edmonton GM Kevin Lowe, saying, "Edmonton has offered a mostly inflated salary for a player, and I think it's an act of desperation for a general manager who is fighting to keep his job."
Note that Burke was upset about the inflationary pressure he knew Penner's new contract would create, not the act of making the offer. Yet, it seems he was careful not to suggest that RFA offers were prohibited under some sort of gentleman's agreement. Were his words of frustration chosen wisely?
Another year went by, and there was a new GM on the scene with eyes on a restricted free agent. Mike Gillis had been hired in April of 2008 and was expected to play the manager's role like the outsider he so clearly was. He'd been a player agent for most of his post-playing career and had exploited the pre-2004 CBA as well as anyone. That summer, he chose the Blues' David Backes as his target.
The Blues matched the offer to Backes but they one-upped every other frenzied reaction that had been spoken out against RFA offers: GM Larry Pleau turned around and made an offer to the Canucks' own RFA, Steve Bernier. It was a tit for tat that didn't upset Gillis, at least not publicly.
Since the Canucks v Blues battle, there have been just two other offer sheets. That's four years, and next to no interest in signing RFAs. Two summers ago the Sharks tried to pry Nik Hjallmarsson from Chicago; then there was the Shea Weber saga this summer. The Sharks' move was motivated by Chicago's well-documented, post-Stanley Cup cap problems. Weber was the guy to get, a player who didn't seem to want to stay with the cash-strapped Predators, and was also perceived to be of enormous value to, well, everyone.
But what about Steven Stamkos, Drew Doughty, Zach Parise, Luke Schenn, Ryan Callahan, Devin Setoguchi, Kyle Okposo, Brandon Dubinsky and Zach Bogosian in 2011? Every single one of these players were RFAs going into the off-season, but their teams chose to keep them around.
A year earlier, though, a whole class of players were still unsigned in late August. Carey Price, Marc Staal, Bobby Ryan, Steve Downie, Chris Stewart, James Neal, Peter Mueller, Sam Gagner and NIc Bergfors were all there for the taking.
Even NHL.com's Dan Rosen was wondering if they would see an offer sheet or two thrown out:
Nobody is predicting that any of the 9 players we're about to mention will sign with another team, but there's always a chance and then we would have a much bigger story. Either way, here is a list of restricted free agents that are young, talented, marketable and waiting.
That's delicately worded, but still correct. Still, it seems amazing that none of these players saw a sniff of an offer from another team. I mean, we're talking about generational talents like Stamkos and Doughty!
If we return to what Schneider said, that Devellano's statement suggests management is trying to suppress salaries, it's hard to argue they wouldn't be. Since the expansion of free agency (beginning twenty or so years ago), players have used salary escalation to their advantage. After all there have always been managers willing to spend more than others.
If, as suggested by Schneider, that pattern has been cut off, no wonder the players would be upset. A labour relationshp exists in the NHL, whether the owners like it or not, and there are rules that they have to abide by. Being a certified trade union in the USA grants the NHLPA rights under these rules, among which are rules that govern making agreements that control the right to trade.
Owners can't simply say they are going to cap wages for particular types of players, there has to be an agreement with those same players. That's Schneider's point, and why he was so frustrated to hear Devellano's comments. It's classic "speaking out of both sides of one's mouth" and it's no surprise that Devellano was fined for his comments.
The owners want to control their costs; they want the players to accept those controls. The players don't really trust the owners and that's where we are at. And the fun times are guaranteed to continue.


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Who studies Martian climate models, water contaminants in soil or how chromosomes communicate with each other over a distance? Scientists do. And this summer 14 faculty from the departments of biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, geology and physics & astronomy are welcoming Bucknell's newest scientists into their labs.
Talented admitted students, particularly from underrepresented groups, who plan to pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics were invited to apply to the program and were chosen for their potential in these fields. The first cohort includes 14 Bucknell STEM Scholars, a program funded by a National Science Foundation grant that will bring a new group to Bucknell in each of the next five years.
"The purpose of the grant is to help students understand what research is early on, so they are excited and enticed to stay in a STEM field," said Professor Lynn Breyfogle, mathematics, who is an associate dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and a co-investigator on the grant. In addition to the five-week summer program, the students will spend an additional 10 weeks on campus doing research during a subsequent summer.
"These are absolute beginners. They are beginners as college students, much less as scientists and researchers," explained Professor Dee Casteel, chemistry, also a grant co-investigator. "We really want the experience they have in these five weeks to be positive, reinforcing and confidence-building for them as budding scientists."
Each student is working in a different lab alongside a faculty mentor and upperclass students. While some may have a strong connection with the lab they start in, the program encourages them to learn more about their own interests and the opportunities available to them in various STEM disciplines at Bucknell.
The students attend weekly academic success lunches to learn about campus resources like the Teaching & Learning Center and the Counseling & Student Development Center. Breyfogle and Casteel, along with student mentors Jared Feint '15 and Beth Rogers '15, provide the connections to people and resources the scholars will need to make their transition to college life.
STEM Scholar Leonard Orozco '18 thinks that having experienced mentors is one of the best parts of the program. "Their feedback allows me to continually come out of my comfort zone and become a better scientist as well as a better person," he said.
Many of the students applied for the program because they thought the opportunity to do research this early in their college career was too great to pass up, and as the summer progresses, that's proving to be true.
"I think I'll have greater confidence in my classes knowing I can handle lab techniques and understand things that are new to me," said Chrissy Bendzinski '18, who is studying organic polymer chemistry with Professor Eric Tillman, chemistry.
Katie Lillenthal '18 believes the program will help her determine if research science will be her future career. She didn't have lab experience before, but now she's working on her own project with Professor Tom Solomon, physics & astronomy.
"I love working with Professor Solomon and have gotten a feel for the physics department. My favorite part of the STEM program would have to be the enthusiasm, passion and determination of the researchers and professors," she said. "I really like the research, and I hope to continue studying chaos during my four years at Bucknell."
George Shields, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, is a chemistry professor and primary investigator on the grant. Experience has shown him how important it is for students to have an early introduction to research so they better understand real-world science.
"Students don't understand what it's like working as a professional scientist until they actually participate in research projects," Shields said. "Lack of confidence is one of the main reasons students falter when seeking STEM degrees. Knowing they are capable researchers and that their professors and fellow students have persevered despite challenging classes and lab work, helps motivate them to stay on track to graduate."


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Clark future uncertain if tour follows anchor ban
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.
"Man, this is getting really serious now," Clark said Wednesday from the Colonial. "You kind of deal with it and suddenly it's made, and you're like 'Wow.' It's tough."
The next step is whether the PGA Tour will accept the decision made this week by the U.S. Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. The anchored ban, which had been expected, begins in 2016.
"Obviously, now I guess, our tactics have to change," Clark, the 2010 Players Championship winner, told The Associated Press. "We had that 90-day so-called comment period, which really at the end of the day we figured was kind of bogus any way. ... We obviously during that period tried to reason with the USGA and the R&A and come to some sort of a favorable decision for ourselves. We're just trying to come to a fair and just decision that obviously has a great affect a lot on our careers and futures in the game."
The PGA Tour and PGA of America contended before the decision that the stroke commonly used for long putters wasn't hurting the game and there was no statistical proof that it was an advantage. The ban would apply only to the anchored stroke, not the use of long putters.
Four of the last six major champions used the anchored putting stroke.
The PGA Tour acknowledged in a statement the USGA's adoption of the ban and said the tour would now begin the process of determining whether "various provisions" of the rule would be implemented in competition and, if so, how. The tour said it would have discussions with the player advisory council and policy board members over the next month.
"I would want them to go against it, not necessarily because I use the belly putter," 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson said on SiriusXM radio. "I thought this whole time, if I didn't use the belly putter, how unfair I feel like it is. Because they've had a chance in the last 40 years to ban it, and all of a sudden a few guys — myself included — win a major. And I feel like it's a panic reaction."
Simpson made it clear that he was "not in favor of going against the USGA and the R&A and what they represent. I'm in favor of them going against their opinion on banning the putter."
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said in February the USGA and R&A would be "making a mistake" to adopt the rule, though he also has stressed in just about every interview that it was critical for golf to play under one set of rules like it has for 600 years.
Four-time major champion Ernie Els, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said from the BMW PGA Championship in England, that the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies.
"They are looking out for the best interests of the game in the long run," Els said. "The argument forever will be they could have done it 25 or 30 years ago, so why now? But it is what it is and we are where we are, and they have made a decision so I think we are going to have to play ball."
Clark, the 37-year-old South African who has five wins worldwide, changed from a conventional putter halfway through college because of a congenital problem with his arms that caused discomfort holding the short putter close to his body.
"There's been a lot of sleepless nights," Clark said. "A year ago, my future in the game, I could see it. I planned to play until I physically no longer could play. Now it's a case of I've been told no, hang on, that might change. You're going to change the way you putt here in a few years' time and now my future is uncertain."
Clark contends that his method of putting has been an option since the game was invented and that changing the rule now makes no sense.
For people who talk about anchored putting going against golf tradition, Clark counters, "Well, why aren't we playing hickory shafts and a feathery golf ball and having a goat carry our golf bag. I mean, the game has evolved, every generation of players has involved."
Matt Kuchar, No. 13 in the world ranking and the highest-ranked player at the Colonial, said he will play by whatever rules are in place but agrees with the USGA decision.
"I think you should have to control both ends of the club," Kuchar said. "I know the rule has existed and guys have anchored a club for years and years now. But just because it's been around for a while doesn't mean it's right."
Defending Colonial champion Zach Johnson, however, believes the ruling is "extremely unfortunate" even though it won't affect him.
"I don't see the need for it, I don't understand the rationale," Johnson said. "I think in the long run it hurts the game. If it was going to done, I think it should have been done a long time ago. I think we're so far into it now that, it just doesn't need to be touched."
Johnson said he doesn't have any idea what the PGA Tour policy board will do.
"My guess is they're going to take the stance and the posture that is best for the PGA Tour and is best for golf," he said. "I personally wish that the USGA would have done the same thing."


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Pitching the Coca-Cola Success Story at MC School of Business
Sabrina Qiu remembers enjoying the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola when she was attending elementary school in China.
"All the young kids liked it in China,'' says Qiu, a Mississippi College School of Business graduate student. "During the summer, I would drink it with ice and it made you feel really good. I like Coke Classic.''
A staff member at MC's Office of Global Education, Qiu was among hundreds of students in the audience as two Coca-Cola executives gave students a close-up look at the world's largest beverage company.
Executives Phil Mooney and Don Cheek took MC business students on a journey from Coca Cola's beginnings in 1886 when the company sold just nine drinks per day through the boom times since the World War II era. Today, the 127-year-old beverage powerhouse reaches more than 200 nations around the globe. At the moment, Coca-Cola does no business in two countries – North Korea and Cuba.
Students watched on video screens at Self Hall as the company showcased its popular new ad campaign in Singapore featuring the words "Hug Me'' on Coca-Cola's latest drink machines.
MC student Ali Garrison of Raymond enjoyed watching the video and hearing the Coca-Cola leaders from the company's Atlanta headquarters. "It was very good information,'' she said. A Mississippi College cheerleader, she's a big fan of Coke Classic.
The director of the Archives Department of Coca-Cola since 1977, Mooney recalled the company's controversial move in 1986 to tinker with their winning secret formula and introduce New Coke to the world. Luckily for company executives, social media and emails didn't exist at the time.
The new product sparked longtime Coca-Cola consumers to protest in the streets, and jam phone lines with a barrage of angry calls. "You are out of your minds!,'' Mooney said to sum up the feelings of many upset consumers around the USA. "It was not a good idea.'' Seventy-nine days later, the company re-introduced Coke Classic, and it's been smooth sailing ever since.
In his role as archivist for Coca-Cola and vice president of its Heritage Communications, Mooney has conducted numerous media interviews including appearances on NBC's "Today Show'' and "The Food Network,'' among others.
For Don Cheek, a former Mississippi College football player from 1969 to 1973, it was a homecoming of sorts as he addressed the School of Business Executive Speaker Series at his alma mater. He serves as finance director of the company's Global IT division. The Atlanta native previously served as chief financial officer for the company's bottling operations in South Korea, Sweden, France and Louisiana.
Worldwide, Coca-Cola serves 1.8 billion drinks every 24 hours. The company's goal is to double that by 2020.
Regardless of the next ad campaign or what Coca-Cola posts on its Facebook page, Mississippi College b students including accounting major Renee Hood of Vicksburg will continue to drink the beverage she's loved for years. Her favorite is Coke served from a soda fountain. "It just tastes fresher.''
School of Business Dean Marcelo Eduardo, President Lee Royce and his wife, Rhoda, plus a number of business professors were among those applauding the visitors from Coca-Cola.


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Vox Valvetronix - A World Of Guitar Tone, From AC30 To Zappa
An avowed Vox amp fanatic Brian May's signature sound relies on a nicely cranked AC30 and while a red hot valve amp is one of 'lifes great things' there are some drawbacks.
Volume - Zappa might have loved the "disgusting stink of a too loud electric guitar" but your neighbours probably wont. While getting a low wattage valve amp might solve part of the problem it doesn't help with...
Versatility - If you need an amp for songwriting, practicing or emulating a range of tones on stage then just having one amp sound won't help.
Very heavy - A gig worthy valve amp will be pretty darn heavy.
How might one get a good guitar tone without these headaches? Well a Valvetronix amplifier might be the best solution. True Vox tone, amp modelling with valves so no sacrifices are made to tone.
Vox started out in amp modelling with the Tonelab and have refined that formula for the Valvetronix amps. Plug in, select your effects, choose an amp model then let the Class A or A/B (depends on amp model) valve deliver pure tube tone through your speaker.
There's no shortage of delay, reverb, modulation and filter effects either.
Amp ModelsThe Valvetronix amp models a huge range of different amps from every era. Whether you want UK metal stack sound or chiming US boutique blues there's something for everyone. With some help from Metallica producer Bob Rock we've put together a little guide on getting a range of great tones from the Vox Valvetronix.
Love The Beatles? Then get a Vox amp.
|Clean, pop chime going up to a little 60's crunch.
|It can only be the true Vox tone models. AC30 Standard for the original chime and AC15 Special for a little more cranked small combo. Valvetronix Preset: "I Feel Fine"
|The U-Vibe, Tape Echo & a little Fuzz will give you that 60's psychedelic vibe. Maybe just a little top boost and tremolo for pre-Peppers Beatles.
The Edge from U2 is another AC30 fanatic.
|Clean, atmospheric and open. Then huge, stereo and cranked for the big choruses.
|Vox AC30 Special models the sound of the famous Celestion Blue, crucial for that sweet top end. The Cali Clean Special has that '57 Tweed tone, famous for it's crank and cleans. Preset: "Pride"
|It can only be the delays, all of them! Edge also use a lot of octave effects and studio reverbs, so a big Hall verb and Pitch Shift are a must as well. The Edge simplifies his complex FX life by using a switching system, luckily Vox make the VOX VFS5 footswitch so you can do the same.
Metallica Producer Bob Rock Uses Valvetronix In The Studio.
|In his own words, "...I then brought out my VOX Valvetronix AD120VTH head and AD412 cab and also mic'ed it with an SM57. I love this amp! It has every great amp sound and effect all built into one box."
|It's the AC30TB for hard rocking but Bob has worked on his fair share of metal. Whether it's modern US High Gain settings or more classic UK Metal. Valvetronix Preset: "Enter Sandman"
|Heavy music tends not to lend itself too well to lots of effects. But a dirtbox can always be handy to kick your high gain amp up a gear. Tube OD was a popular choice in the 80's with the likes of Dave Mustaine using it, these days the Metal Distortion is more likely to prove popular.
Almost the "anti-Edge" Chris Shiflett from the Foo Fighters runs his Vox pretty hot most of the time and has minimal effects.
|One word, crunchy.
|Chris uses a handwired AC30, lovingly modeled by the AC30 Special setting. Plus the Foos are known to use a lot of high gain amps from a certain US company, try US Metal Special. Valvetronix Preset: "Best Of You"
|Chris is pretty sparing with the FX, a little Phase and Compression will do.
Vox Valvetronix VT20+ - 30 Watts 1 x 8" Speaker
Vox Valvetronix VT40+ - 60 Watts 1 x 10" Speaker
Vox Valvetronix VT80+ - 120 Watts 1 x 12" Speaker
Vox Valvetronix VT120+ - 150 Watts 2 x 12" Speaker
VFS5 Footswitch - Control Your Effects On Stage
What the papers say - Vox Valvetronix Review In Music Radar
Our Hendrix fantasies are realised by playing a Strat though the UK Rock model with some Univibe, and switching to a Les Paul gives tones ranging from Angus Young to Gary Moore depending on how much gain you use. The Gold Drive effect can add sufficient saturation if used sparingly, and the Treble Boost effect works wonders with the AC30 model for Brian May's ultra-thick tone. - Music Radar


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Today is my DS first birthday. I am ready to wean him, and want to make this process as gentle as possible (without drawing it out for months). DH has been expressing his want for us to wean for a while (Pediatrician said he could go to cow's milk and would be fine weaning at 11 months) but I did not realize he was serious until yesterday. Together, we have decided it is time.
DS does not have an interest in nursing unless he is tired and wants to nap or go to sleep for the night. He has always either been nursed to sleep by me, or fed a bottle (BM until a month ago, then cow's milk) and rocked to sleep by a family member. He does cry if anyone but me puts him down for the night, and it usually doesn't last very long until I get home and nurse him.
I really don't want to cry it out, but I don't want to keep nursing either. Or rock a screaming baby when I know what will make him happy. He has never taken a pacifier. I am wondering if I should start giving him a bottle instead of nursing down or try to wean to a pacifier? Or is cry it out really the answer? I've tried to put him down awake, let him cry for about 7 minutes (as long as I can stand) and when I get him he is sweaty and has tired himself so much he falls asleep very shortly after latching on.
A little desperate here. I want my body back. I know that sounds selfish, but at a year old, I really feel he is old enough. All of my local support weaned between 9 - 11 months without issues, but no one else always nursed to sleep.


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Dan Reeves and Wade Phillips, who coach Michael Vick's team, the Atlanta Falcons, have always held that winning football is based on an effective running-play offense and an efficient running-play defense.
Thus Reeves, the Atlanta coach, and his defensive coordinator, Phillips, are stubbornly both still playing runball in a passball era.
Because Vick is their quarterback, however, the Falcons are 8-4-1. What's more, they're looking at 11-4-1 after their last three games against Seattle Sunday, then Detroit, then Cleveland.
But their progress in the playoffs next month will depend on whether the Falcons can modernize their game. They have a way to go. In a 34-10 rout last Sunday, it was Reeves, not the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who routed Vick. Even worse, it was Phillips' defensive strategy that led to Tampa's three touchdown passes in the second quarter, putting Vick in a hole so deep he couldn't climb out. Strategically, the Falcons' game was a disaster.
Wrong Defense Lets Johnson Star
THE TAMPA PASSER, Brad Johnson, is the picture-perfect opposite of a mobile quarterback. Among NFL starters, he ranks as probably the least mobile. Nor is Johnson's offensive line well respected. Offensively, the Buccaneer asset is Johnson's arm. Near or far, he can throw a football straight. Yet, obviously, there are ways to attack good passers who can't move and who play behind offensive linemen so ordinary that no one fears their running backs. In Johnson's case, the way to beat him, his smartest opponents say, is with a two-man blitz up the middle, using either two linebackers or one and a safety. They say it almost always works. Nonetheless, that's precisely what Atlanta didn't do.
Throughout the Tampa-Atlanta game, Phillips, the defensive coach in charge of stopping Johnson, lined up the Falcons in conventional defenses designed, in the NFL idiom, to stop the run and react to the pass. And stop the run they did, for as long as the score was close. The Tampa threat, though, is Johnson, who was left alone, just the way he likes it. It's the only way he can get off a pass. Once in a while, Phillips blitzed him from the outside, but it is the multiple inside blitz that a statue masquerading as a passer can't handle. Leaving a player like Johnson free to throw those big passes was a defensive disgrace.
Wrong Offense Ruins Vick's Day
GOOD DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL is an art requiring different approaches to different quarterbacks. Against a slow-footed passer like Johnson, the defensive play that works is a hard rush up the middle that flushes him outside, where he tends to be helpless. But against a running quarterback like Vick, defensive teams want him inside.
And when Vick was on the field Sunday, inside is where he was, but it took two teams to keep him there, the other team and his own. His conventional coach, Reeves, lost by playing conventional football with the most unconventional quarterback of our times.
The players who give the Buccaneers the league's best defense are their front four, who, though awesome, can be discouraged by quick, rather long passes thrown before they can get to the passer — just the kind Vick throws so well. The best formations for that kind of offense are those with four wide receivers — just the kind that Reeves didn't use Sunday.
Falcon Play-Calling Also Hurts Falcons
INSTEAD, IT WAS orthodox football as usual for Reeves, whose play selection was as conventional as his strategy, and as detrimental to Vick's style. Unlike other quarterbacks, he is both an alert passer and an extraordinary runner whose big gainers come on scrambles, one of which, a long one, had beaten Minnesota in overtime a week earlier.
But scrambles are runs that begin as pass plays — opening up the field — and the Falcons called few passes at Tampa until the second half, when, far behind, they had to pass, and Tampa knew it, which is a wholly different problem.
In terms of Vick's future, only the first half was relevant that day when Tampa led at the break, 21-3. The second half — in which a 22-year-old neophyte was playing catch-up against the league's toughest and most mature defense — doesn't count.
At times, theoretically, Reeves could have used Vick as a designated runner in planned running plays out of the quarterback position; but fearing an injury, the Falcons frown on such plays, as most football people believe they should.
One Vick Series Tells It All
A second-quarter sequence was typical of Vick's day against the Buccaneers. After his passes had moved the Falcons to the Tampa 15-yard line, Reeves killed the drive — and his quarterback — with two conventional calls. On first down and again on second down, predictably, Atlanta ran the ball, not with Vick but with two others, totaling but two yards.
On third and eight, again predictably, Reeves put Vick in shotgun formation as Tampa's fast front four boomed in on him while their seven teammates easily covered all of Vick's receivers. Predictably, the pass fell incomplete. Pass plays often fail in shotgun formation, from which running plays are less likely to provide a countervailing threat. Finally, on fourth down, Atlanta kicked a field goal.
In the Tampa game, the thing that made Vick's life unbearable was the Falcons' running-play mind-set: running to set up passing. To shut him down, the Buccaneers, good as they are defensively, needed precisely what Atlanta gave them.
Best Passing Team, Oakland, Tops AFC
QUARTERBACK RICH GANNON of the Oakland Raiders will lead the world's greatest passing team into Miami Sunday for the Game of the Week against the smart, tough Dolphin defense. Just a year ago, as coached by Jon Gruden, the Raiders were only potentially the finest. For Gruden wanted to run the ball — as he still does in Tampa, where he was persuaded to throw it last week only by the kind of defense Atlanta showed him.
In Oakland, by contrast, the new coach this year, Bill Callahan, 45, prefers passes instead of runs, regardless of down and distance. And his quarterback, Gannon, 37, has been cooperating magnificently. In San Diego last week, Gannon threw the ball on nearly every snap to build a 20-7 lead that rose in the end to a surprisingly lopsided 27-7.
So doing, the Raiders succeeded the Rams and New England Patriots — last winter's Super Bowl pair — as a the NFL's great passing machine. The Rams have lost their quarterbacks and most of their offensive line. The Patriots still have the know-how and the required passer, Tom Brady, but not Gannon's kind of receivers.
Because of Callahan, Gannon and Oakland owner Al Davis — a longtime proponent of the thrown ball — the Raiders this year are keeping alive the passball revolution that former San Francisco Coach Bill Walsh started in the 1980s. And not only that. The Raiders' 9-4 is now best in the AFC.
Gannon MVP in Montana's Offense
THE SAN DIEGO team, which may someday be the Los Angeles team, was the victim of Gannon's short-pass, ball-control offense, which resembles the offense that Walsh and his quarterback, Joe Montana, introduced 20 years ago. Those were the two people who converted the NFL (or at least the NFL's best teams) from runball to passball. Since their day, passing teams have won most of the pro championships.
Gannon, a leading 2002 NFL MVP candidate. has perfected the quarterback's role in such an offense, where the other indispensable parts are good blockers up front and good runners for change-of-pace draw plays and the like.
Ideally, one of the runners, Walsh always said, must double as super in the passing game. And at Oakland, that's Charlie Garner. Together with wide receivers Jerry Rice, Jerry Porter, Tim Brown and a tight end — frequently the big new tight end, Doug Jolley — Garner gives Gannon five first-class short-pass targets. Since one of the five is open on virtually every play, the Raiders keep moving the ball. And keep winning,
This year, unlike last year under Gruden, the Raiders don't bother to set up their pass offense with running plays. They simply come out passing. The Chargers, with one of the NFL's better defenses, spent Sunday trying to do something about it, but the truth is that few opponents can.
One Oakland bonus is that it's easier to protect a small lead in the fourth quarter with small-ball passing than any other way. On a recent Monday night, for example, the New York Jets were only six points behind the Raiders with six minutes remaining but couldn't regain possession in time to win. Instead, Gannon simply kept driving.
Raiders Excel in the Deep-Red Zone
AS RAIDER COACH, Callahan continues to show off one of the league' great red-zone offenses — except, in his case, it's more of a deep-red-zone offense. The Raiders aren't automatic touchdown makers from an opponent's 20-yard line in. Nor is any team. But in the final 10 yards this fall, the Raiders have been devastating.
Down there, they shift to a running-play offense, abandoning the pass offense that carries them down the field. The Gannon pass threat is always present, to be sure, but the Raiders have learned to run the ball in the deep-red zone. Thus at San Diego, on another 300-yard passing day for Gannon, they scored all three touchdowns with running plays.
Strangest of all, Callahan has been using three different running backs in Oakland's deep-red offense. At the 10-yard line, the Raiders rely on Garner. When they get to the five-yard line, they run Tyrone Wheatley instead. At the one-yard line, they call on their third running back, Zack Crockett.
At San Diego Sunday, after Gannon drove to the Chargers' seven-yard line, Garner ran the ball home. In the third quarter, from San Diego's one-yard line, Crockett hammered it home. In the last quarter, with Oakland at the Chargers' four-yard line, Wheatley powered it home.
If the Raiders' deep-red-zone offense is novel, so is everything else they do — at least in the view of such ground-bound NFL people as Reeves and Phillips. What's most astonishing is that so many other coaches think like Reeves, strategically. The idea of using running plays only as a change of pace is as foreign to them as it was to Walsh's opponents long ago.
Five Guesses on This Week's Big Ones
Oakland to win by one or two points over favored Miami at Pro Player Stadium. This is a must-win game for both teams.
San Francisco by a field goal over Green Bay on Candlestick Point. The Packers have Brett Favre. The 49ers have Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens.
Kansas City by one or two points over favored Denver on Invesco Field at Mile High. If the Broncos are going to win every time at home, so be it. The Chiefs, now, are better.
San Diego by one or two over favored Buffalo at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Chargers don't figure. What does figure is that their luck will change sometime soon, perhaps this week.
Monday night: New England by a field goal over favored Tennessee at the Nashville Coliseum. On a neutral field, Patriot quarterback Tom Brady, the Super Bowl MVP, would outplay the Titans' very good quarterback, Steve McNair.


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|2013-01-18, 05:58
|Link #39622
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
I would assume them to be generations ahead of the IS, Demi. We're talking about autonomous beings with human conscience and are able to adapt to a wide range of battle scenarios with very few weapons.
|2013-01-18, 06:25
|Link #39626
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
I'm beginning to think there won't even be a winner.
But seeing as to how his offspring would inherit his genes, which made an ideal excuse to his ability to pilot ISes, I don't see why they can't.
|2013-01-18, 07:13
|Link #39630
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Senpai - It was in a doujin I read, so don't blame me. For clarification: Charlotte won and Cecilia filed for some kind of legal action.
@ Demi - That's what you call rape:/ Either physically, mentally, or emotionally, forcing someone to love you is abuse.
|2013-01-18, 07:38
|Link #39635
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Demi - Rape means more than just sexually forcing someone. Hence why the term "Mind Rape" was called. Hell, a friend of mine said that putting your finger in someone's ear is rape if they don't consent to it. Force technically means rape unless stated otherwise: Killing or attacking someone is considered force, but hardly rape since you're not coercing them or forcing them; you're just trying to make their life harder.
EDIT: My fantasy also includes an internet that doesn't stink like ass.
@ Senpai - Haven't read it for months now, sorry. Dunno what it is now.
|2013-01-18, 07:52
|Link #39638
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Depends on the degree of freezing. If the human inside is affected, then yes.
@ Senpai - Is the IS being used for space travel project scrapped?
I know a few hilarious non-h doujins like Charlotte trying to lose weight (while everyone, without meaning to, try to get her to sample food and fattening tea) or Ichika being hilariously perverted. It shows the cast as a bunch of friends rather than a bunch of psychopaths. Wanna get the links?
|2013-01-18, 07:56
|Link #39639
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
By any means, space travel is mostly as it is now, very limited.
I think they'll stick one or two unit, but for research purpose. (not counting the unit that been DISGUISED as research material of course, this is Cold war after all)
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