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Dining Out
Going out to dinner tonight? You've got plenty of company. Almost 75 percent of us eat at a restaurant at least once a week, and 25 percent dine out every two or three days, according to a study by the USDA. And hey, why not? Letting someone else cook is relaxing — the perfect treat after a busy day. Trouble is, a recent study at the University of Texas found that female dieters consume an extra 253 calories and 16 fat grams on the days that they eat at restaurants. Portion sizes have ballooned in recent years — and most of us tend to polish off every bite. Research by FITNESS advisory board member Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab in Ithaca, New York, and author of Mindless Eating, shows that we keep nibbling until our plates are empty rather than waiting for our bodies to signal that we're full, no matter how big the serving size.
Happily, you can order off any menu and drop pounds — or maintain a healthy weight — without depriving yourself. Just follow our easy, carry-it-with-you guide.
Healthy Eating Tips
You've booked a big dinner, so you skip lunch. Sound familiar? Don't. By the time you arrive at the restaurant you're famished, and hello — here's the bread basket! Two or three pieces later (with butter, of course), you've inhaled a couple hundred calories — and you haven't even spoken to the waiter.
From now on, ditch the starve-yourself-all-day routine. Instead, eat a light lunch, such as a salad with chicken and veggies and a whole-grain roll. Then in the late afternoon, have a small snack — a container of low-fat yogurt, a handful of almonds (about one ounce), or a cube of low-fat cheese. Keeping your hunger under control means you won't dive into the bread basket the moment you're shown to your table.
Go easy on the wine.
If you want a glass of pinot noir, by all means have it. Just don't go overboard. One study found that women who indulged in more than two drinks a day consumed nearly 30 percent more calories. Stick to one glass of wine — which is what the American Medical Association advises as best for your health.
Beware of dishes labeled "light."
More and more restaurants are promoting low-cal, good-for-you choices — and we love that! — but unfortunately, the claim isn't always true. Case in point: One so-called healthy dish we recently saw on a chain-restaurant menu was a large steak covered with gorgonzola cheese, and vegetables cooked in butter. The waitress explained that it qualified as a "spa" selection because it was low in carbs. Yes, but it was loaded with artery-clogging saturated fat and calories! Read the menu carefully. Look for a balance of lean protein (fish, chicken breast, pork tenderloin, strip steak), complex carbohydrates (brown rice, whole wheat pasta) and monounsaturated fats (canola or olive oil). If you want more information to help you choose the healthiest meals, go to the restaurant's Web site ahead of time to see if they list nutritional information for each dish.
Practice portion control.
Eat three-quarters of what's on your plate and then stop. According to James Hill, PhD, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado, this one simple step can easily shave up to 300 calories off your meal. What's more, you'll be so satisfied from eating 75 percent of your dinner that you'll barely miss those extra few bites.
Be smart about salad.
At the salad bar, fill your plate with veggies, greens, chickpeas, and edamame, and top it with one or two tablespoons of low-fat dressing. Limit the bacon bits, cheese, croutons, and creamy dressings — or skip them entirely. Ditto for pasta, tuna, or chicken salads swimming in mayo. If you can't resist, serve yourself just a quarter-cup serving.
Pick the best protein.
Gotta have a steak? A 10-ounce rib-eye can pack 780 calories or more. Instead, order leaner cuts of beef, such as tenderloin, flank steak, or strip. The recommended serving size is approximately 5 ounces (about the size of the palm of your hand). If the restaurant doesn't offer one that small, cut your portion in half and take the rest home.
More Healthy Eating Tips
Don't be afraid to ask.
Restaurants will honor all kinds of special requests — all you have to do is speak up. Order your food grilled, baked, broiled, poached, or steamed instead of fried. Ask for dishes to be cooked with a little olive oil instead of butter. Request extra veggies — and less pasta — in your pasta primavera.
Get more for less.
So many people get stuck on the notion that they have to eat an entree. Says who? Order two appetizers instead and you'll sample twice the food but eat less overall. Or have one appetizer and share a main course with a friend.
Make healthy swaps.
Choose whole grains such as brown rice or whole-grain bread over refined white bread and rice. Pass up the French fries and the cheese-stuffed potato and order two vegetables, steamed, or a salad and vegetables. Instead of creamy pasta dishes, opt for those with tomato sauces, which are generally lower in fat and calories.
Eat dessert.
We're not kidding. Try to deny yourself the chocolate souffle that sounds so scrumptious and you just might chow down on something worse — like an entire carton of ice cream — when you get home. The smart girl's strategy: Order one dessert for the table. A few bites should satisfy your sweet tooth. Not in the mood to share? Ask for a dish of berries or a small fruit sorbet.
Smart Choices
Make Smart Choices at Your Favorite Restaurants
Fast food
Choose: Grilled chicken or fish. Ask for the sauce separately and use just one tablespoon. Instead of fries, order a green salad with the dressing on the side.
Not: Deep-fried foods. There are so many other healthy choices now!
Coffee bar
Choose: An 8-ounce coffee with milk; 11 calories
Not: A 20-ounce latte; 340 calories
Choose: Fajitas made with grilled meats and vegetables, burritos or enchiladas filled with chicken, shrimp, or lean meat and a small amount of cheese
Not: Dishes smothered with cheese, fried chimichangas, refried beans, large bowls of tortilla chips (a few with salsa is fine), pitchers of margaritas (limit yourself to one for 170 calories)
Choose: Sushi made with shrimp, tuna, tofu, or vegetables, sashimi, miso soup, teppanyaki dishes (meat, fish, or vegetables cooked on an iron griddle)
Not: Tempura, large platters of sushi rolls (each can be 250 calories or more, and you can easily eat two or three), teriyaki (the sauce can contain a lot of sugar)
Choose: Stir-fried shrimp, chicken and vegetables, steamed brown rice
Not: Dishes with thick sweet-and-sour sauces like Kung Pao chicken, large bowls of rice, fried egg rolls, lo mein, breaded or deep-fried foods such as orange beef
Choose: Tandoori chicken or other foods cooked in a tandoor oven; look for "tikka" or "bhuna" dishes, which aren't covered with heavy sauces
Not: Dishes that come with creamy sauces, naan (Indian breads that are often stuffed with potatoes or coconut and topped with butter), deep-fried samosas
Choose: Vegetable or seafood antipasto, minestrone soup, fish or chicken dishes served with vegetables, grilled meats
Not: Deep-fried and breaded foods such as veal or eggplant parmesan, creamy sauces such as fettuccine Alfredo, dishes stuffed with cheese such as manicotti and calzones
Calorie Intake
How Many Calories Should You Eat?
It depends. If you're trying to lose weight, aim for about 1,400 to 1,500 a day. To maintain your weight, consume about 2,000 calories if you're moderately active — which works out to about 500 calories per meal, plus two small snacks. Don't skip meals — eating regularly keeps your metabolism humming. And try to exercise at least 20 to 30 minutes a day. (For great 20-minute workout ideas, check out Editor-in-Chief Denise Brodey's 20-minute miracle blog.) It doesn't have to be all at once; little bursts of activity count. So take the stairs instead of the elevator at work, and go for a 15-minute walk at lunch. To find out exactly how many calories you need, check out our caloric needs calculator. To determine what your portion sizes should be, check out the USDA's Web site at mypyramid.gov.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, May 2007.


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Julio Barros needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
E-String Technologies, Inc.
I'm an iPhone and iPad developer and would like to get updated business cards. I mostly freelance but am looking to create my own products for resale and as a web service.
The name, E-String, started 10+ years ago when everything was eSomething. I was playing upright bass a lot then and thought the name was funny and now it has stuck but has no real meaning or relation to iPhone development.
My site is http://www.E-String.com
Potential clients. Usually people who need an application built or need some help with iPhone/iPad ideas and projects.
Audience is usually somewhat technical. Needs to be professional but not necessarily serious.
I've attached my current card. Some thoughts in no particular order.
I like business cards with rounded corners.
The tag line should be "iPhone / iPad Applications"
I'm not tied to that particular bass or showing the entire instrument but do want to keep that theme.
I like the use of color though am not tied to that scheme or approach.
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It's hard to get too excited about a 54-18 loss, and the Toll Gate football team certainly wasn't happy with it. But as the Titans walked off the Cranston Stadium field on Friday, they definitely had something to build on.
The Titans opened their season against Division I Cranston East, the second-ranked team in the state and one of the leading contenders for the state championship. As expected, it was a mismatch in many ways, but the Titans flashed a much-improved offense, got a few stops on East's vaunted attack and – most importantly – they never packed it in.
For a team that's trying to regroup after two straight winless league seasons, it was a start.
"It's hard to be excited for 54-18, but the kids did a lot of good things," said head coach Matt Mancuso. "The East coaches all recognized that we definitely looked better than we did against them last year. If you just came to watch the game, you'd think maybe we didn't play well, but if you know football, you know the kids played tough tonight."
Toll Gate also opened last season against Cranston East, when the 'Bolts were just beginning their rise to prominence. That score was 41-12, and though the margin was larger this time, the Titans felt different. For one thing, East may be better than it was last year. And the Titans did a lot of good things against East's first-team units.
"They were much improved from a year ago," said East head coach Tom Centore. "Definitely. Offensively, they had a plan, they knew what they wanted to do. They seemed to have better skill than they had last year. They did a nice job tonight. Big difference."
Flashing a new smashmouth attack, the Titans picked up a first down on the game's opening possession, before Jimmy Saab picked off a Joe Brosnahan pass and returned it for a touchdown to give East the lead.
The Titans went three-and-out on their next series, but Aaron Travers intercepted East quarterback Alex Corvese. The 'Bolts eventually broke through with a 34-yard scoring drive on their next possession, which Corvese capped with a 3-yard run on the final play of the first quarter. Still, it was a 7-0 game for the majority of the period.
"I thought the kids really came out fired up," Mancuso said.
East started to flex its big-play muscle in the second quarter. After forcing a punt, East took over at its own 37. One play later, Corvese found All-State receiver Marven Beauvais on the edge and he weaved his way 63 yards for a touchdown. Logan McConaghy's extra-point made it 21-0.
Instead of getting buried, though, the Titans responded. A good kickoff return from Josh Thibeault plus a face-mask penalty set Toll Gate up in East territory. Brosnahan, Chris Durand and Nick Lemioe picked up good yardage on runs for a first down before Aaron Travers broke a 28-yard run to the 3-yard line. Durand ran it in from there, making it 21-6. The extra point was blocked.
"We ran the ball well, we scored on their ones," Mancuso said. "If you really watched the game, it was closer than it looked, especially in the first half."
The Titans then kept it up by forcing a turnover on downs, but they couldn't capitalize. Mike Rodriguez recovered a fumble and gave East the ball at the Titans' 24. Two plays later, Corvese found Beauvais on a fade to the end zone for another score.
The Titans punted with 1:09 left in the half, and the 'Bolts made the final ticks count. On a second-and-10 with 18 seconds left, Corvese dumped a screen pass to Marquem Monroe, who bounced off a defender and then scampered 26 yards to the end zone. Toll Gate's Jackson Burgos blocked the extra point, but, just like that, it was a 34-6 game.
"Not too many teams in the state are going to stop them," Mancuso said. "They're really explosive."
From there, the Titans focused on executing well and came away happy with the result. After giving up two more scores early in the third quarter, they broke a big play of their own. Lemioe took a jet sweep to the left side, cut through a gap and then raced 75 yards for a touchdown.
"I give them credit," Centore said. "They played hard. The way they scored – nobody runs away from us that way."
The Titans added another score early in the fourth quarter with a 10-play, 37-yard drive that came against most of East's first-team defense. Brosnahan found Travers for 13 yards to convert a third-and-long early in the drive and Thibeault had a 12-yard run to get the Titans inside the 10. They scored on a fourth-down quarterback sneak by Brosnahan.
The second-half scores represented the most positive signs of the night.
"Our big thing tonight was not quitting," Mancuso said. "In the past, the kids have quit. I don't think we did that tonight. I think they played hard all night long."
The Titans rushed for 186 yards. Lemioe, a junior, led the way with 118 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. Durand had 44 yards on 15 carries.
Mancuso felt it was a solid debut for the new offense.
"It's quick hitting," he said. "There's not a lot of thinking. As the season goes on, if we can get some confidence, we'll be alright."
Toll Gate will be back in action this weekend when it opens league play against cross-town rival Warwick Vets on Friday at 7 p.m.
"I think we're doing the right things as a staff and the kids are starting to believe in it," Mancuso said. "Next week is a big week for us. If we can go in there and play hard against Vets, we'll see what happens."


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Nicole Johnson avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 105 designs proposés par 34 designers freelance.
Acqal Corporation, http://www.acqal.com, is developing iConspect.com. The three principal partners of Acqal are very different in their personalities, but come together in the passion for technology and providing superior service and support. To win us over on a final logo design it will need to be something that is not too terribly trendy - think expressive, engaging, professional and stable... and will need to provide longevity.
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So The Hobbit is out today, and if you're a megafan, maybe you saw it at midnight, or maybe you're seeing it tonight. Or maybe you took off today to see it nine times in a row and are about to collapse in a pool of human waste. If you saw it, or if you're going to see it, you've probably heard about (or will notice) a big change in the way it was shot. Specifically, The Hobbit is shot at 48 frames per second, and everyone's freaking out.
We've talked about why the change in framerate matters before, but in short, raising the framerate from the standard 24fps can detract from the "cinematic" feel, and make the movie feel more like a video. Reactions from critics have been mixed—some say it makes things much clearer, and some say it looks like a cartoon.
I saw the movie in 3D at 24fps this past Monday, but am anxious to see it at 48fps to see how it compares. Let us know what you guys think of the new look. And hey, throw in thoughts about the movie while you're at it, too.


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They don't peer through microscopes, clone genes or analyze readouts from robotic DNA sequencers. Yet, Colleen McBride, Ph.D., and colleagues at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are conducting groundbreaking research in the field of genomics.
Their tools? Focus groups, models created to understand why people behave as they do, and statistical formulas. Their aim? Exploring how individuals, as well as society as a whole, respond to the discoveries of the genomic era.
The research portfolio overseen by Dr. McBride, who is a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) in NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research (DIR), is firmly seated in two very different worlds of scientific inquiry: molecular genetics and social science. Fittingly, she is convinced that the intersection of these two spheres holds the answers to many urgent questions facing genomics today. Do healthy people want information about their genetic risk for disease? Will people change their behaviors if genetic tests show they are at risk for disease? How will society treat people found to be at genetic risk for disease?
The SBRB fills a unique niche at NHGRI, most famous for the Human Genome Project. Health promotion, disease prevention and healthcare improvements achieved by social and behavioral scientists in virtually all other areas of medical research have great application to research about genetic inheritance and health outcomes.
Along with the requisite resume of social and behavioral science experience, Dr. McBride arrived at the NHGRI in 2002 with credentials for getting a new research program up and running. She has an impressive aptitude for dealing with uncertainty, a strong vision for new opportunities and an inclination for establishing where a new field of social science research might be headed. SBRB was launched under her stewardship in 2003.
"They told me when I got here that I could do whatever I wanted," Dr. McBride said. "That sounds like heaven. But, in reality, it was terrifying. I was new to genetics, and its application to the diseases that I wanted to study was - and still is - an absolutely wide-open landscape."
Dr. McBride previously had heard NHGRI Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., speak about the future of medicine and genetics, and the important role that social and behavioral scientists will play in making this vision a reality. Since Dr. Collins had predicted that one of the great outgrowths of genetics would be personalized medicine tailored to an individual's own genome, she wanted to explore the promises and challenges involved with that idea.
What she discovered was that the majority of the social science research around genetics was related to the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic discovery. Protecting the public from potential abuses of genetic technologies - how these might violate privacy, compromise insurance and employment, and otherwise raise public anxiety - were the hot areas of study.
In addition, all the disorders associated with genetic tests were caused by defects in single "high-penetrance" genes that produce serious illnesses no matter what the individual does. These include cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease and some familial cancer syndromes. Far fewer studies focused on "low-penetrance" genes that work in concert with behavioral and environmental factors to cause such conditions as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. No genetic tests for these more common conditions have yet been shown to be clinically useful.
Dr. McBride decided that her mission at NHGRI would be to figure out how to give people information on their genetic susceptibility to common health conditions. The goal was to encourage people to adopt healthy habits, such as eating better, getting more exercise and quitting smoking. She also thought that this new research branch should serve as a model for other programs. In line with NHGRI's traditional leadership role in genetics and genomics, she wanted SBRB to be a leader in creating tools that other social and behavioral scientists could use to advance social science research related to genetics.
"Basically, I had to take a deep breath, plug my nose and jump into my first task, which was to begin to assemble a team of full-time researchers," said Dr. McBride, adding "I was fortunate to have local colleagues to give me good advice and help conceptualize a framework for our research mission. And I got a great deal of support from the other leaders at NHGRI who wanted our branch to succeed. But I also felt a lot of pressure and that all eyes were upon me."
In spite of that pressure, Dr. McBride has met all her original goals. In three years, the branch has grown to a group of almost 50. She has started the Multiplex Initiative, a large, multi-disciplinary research collaboration to examine the effects of genetic susceptibility testing for eight common health conditions: type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, osteoporosis, lung cancer, colorectal cancer and malignant melanoma. She also has created a Virtual Environment Lab that uses simulated social scenarios to help address research questions that are important to ask before introducing new genetic technologies.
The Multiplex Initiative was formulated by Dr. McBride and Larry Brody, Ph.D., a Senior Investigator in NHGRI's Genome Technology Branch, to explore outcomes of offering genetic susceptibility testing for common health conditions to the general public. Dr. Brody is a geneticist, and Dr. McBride says that the fact that he thinks very differently than she does is a tremendous advantage to the project. She also has worked with Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D., NHGRI's Deputy Scientific Director and Director of DIR's Computational Genomics Program, on the informatics aspects of this large, multi-center project, bringing yet another critical point-of-view to the table.
Participants in the Multiplex Initiative will come from a large primary health care system in the Midwest. The researchers hope to recruit 1,000 of these individuals to undergo genetic testing. "A basic question that we know surprisingly little about," said Dr. McBride, "is whether people actually are interested in having genetic testing to find out more about their level of genetic risk for health conditions such as heart disease, Type II diabetes, osteoporosis and various cancers."
The planning for the Multiplex Initiative has been immense. The genes included on the multiplex genetic test had to be selected carefully, so Drs. McBride and Brody worked for a year with a team of 30 scientific advisors to arrive at an accepted list of validated genetic tests. Half of these advisors were from outside NIH, and the group included epidemiologists, genetic counselors, oncologists, health psychologists, bioethicists, physicians and public health researchers.
NHGRI's Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core, under Dr. Baxevanis's leadership, created a Web-based program to help participants decide whether or not they wanted to be tested. This program will also play a key role in the collection of behavioral data, coordinating the flow of data between the individual research and testing centers.
These online tools are groundbreaking. The pros and cons of genetic susceptibility testing will be presented to research participants via an interactive interface that also will track what information they seek out, in what order they seek it, and how long they spend at each area of the site. Dr. McBride hopes the data will help her branch find the best way to offer genetic testing and what resources people need to make good use of it.
"The Multiplex Initiative online tools will give us objective measures of our outcomes," Dr. McBride explained. "Rather than people telling us what they did, which is influenced by what they think we want to hear, we can see for ourselves what actually happened. This increases the rigor of the science."
Recruitment for the Multiplex Initiative began Feb. 1 and Dr. McBride hopes to reach the project's enrollment goals by February 2008. "This is a quick turn-around project," said Dr. McBride. "We intentionally planned this study as a modest first step to jump start this line of research. So we hope to have a story to tell early next year - at least part of the story about how patients might respond to multiplex genetic testing."
Innovative research tools are being generated elsewhere at SBRB too. A case in point: the Virtual Environment Laboratory, which grew out of the branch's frustration with the fact that so little of the genetic technology forecast for the future is currently available. Because of this, the field of genetic testing research has had to rely on hypothetical scenarios about future technologies. "Obviously, this has a lot of limitations and relies heavily on our ability to vividly describe these hypothetical scenarios and our research subjects' abilities to imagine the scenarios we describe," said Dr. McBride.
By using computer technology to construct virtual worlds, Dr. McBride and colleagues can construct vivid and realistic scenarios that involve genetic technology that is not currently available. One such study seeks to understand how doctors interact with obese patients if they believe that the obesity has a genetic contribution. In the research, medical students will don elaborate headsets that enable them to become completely immersed in what feels to them like a true clinical scenario. The researchers can control every aspect of the virtual patient, down to facial expressions. This will allow the researchers to observe how the medical students act in response to genetic information, while factoring out distractions and situational variations that may influence their behavior.
"If we are going to move towards personalized medicine, these are important interactions to understand," explained Dr. McBride. "With common health conditions, the explanation will never be completely genetic. Since behavior and environment will always play an important role, we want to be able to help physicians present the data in a way that inspires people to take charge of their health."
Another priority is to determine the best way to present a new medical technology to the public. Dr. McBride said, "We already know a lot about why technologies take off and where they get stuck. We want to apply this information to clinical applications of genomic information, so that genetic testing technologies that have potential clinical value can be moved into the public domain." She added that one particular concern is that genetic and genomic technologies be distributed in ways that benefit all sectors of society.
According to Dr. McBride, many medical technologies and procedures have been developed with little forethought about how they would be received by target populations. For example, she notes that colonoscopies have not been well accepted by the public, even though the procedures are known to be effective in saving lives by detecting colon cancer early. The development of an effective test, therefore, is only part of the challenge. Dr. McBride wants to see behavioral and social outcomes considered from the start in shaping clinical applications of genomics for common health conditions.
Buoyed by the progress already made by her branch, Dr. McBride looks forward to opportunities to more closely align its research portfolio with the health questions of greatest concern to the general public. "What we've accomplished so far greatly exceeds my expectations, and we are incredibly well-positioned to do even more exciting research in the future."
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Heads up! AW Graduate Assistantship deadline is 15 January 2013!
The Department of History at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) invites applications for its Master of Arts in the History of the Atlantic World. (2013 due date: April 1)
Aimed at talented and qualified students from around the world, the Atlantic World concentration of the History M.A. offers training in a variety of related fields across a range of temporal specializations, with interdisciplinary options also available. The program qualifies its graduates to pursue Ph.D.s in the Atlantic World, and potentially in numerous sub-fields, such as European, American, Caribbean, African, and Latin American history, International Relations, and African & African American Studies. The Atlantic World history concentration at ECU also provides training in academic and practical skills tailored to meet the needs of teachers, public servants, and business leaders operating in a trans-Atlantic and global environment.
The Atlantic World program at ECU is unique because it operates in tandem with thriving programs in Maritime Studies (including Conservation) and Public History. The curriculum includes a selection of courses in the historiography of the Atlantic World, as well as European, American, Caribbean, African, African American, and Latin American history. The distinguished faculty team also trains students in sub-fields such as the history of gender, the history of race and slavery, the history of Diaspora, the history of political and economic thought, the history of religion, social history, and intellectual and cultural history.
Proximity to North Carolina's "Research Triangle" and reputable Atlantic World and other History PhD programs in the Southeast facilitates research and other collaborations with a wide network of scholars and seminars in the field.
Admission is competitive and depends on the quality and merit of the candidates. Most candidates will have studied the humanities or social sciences at the undergraduate or graduate level, but other fields of specialization are also welcome and all applications will be considered on an individual basis.
Teaching and research assistantships are available on a competitive basis. Last year a total of 29 students in the Department received M.A. teaching and research assistantship stipends. N.B. The application deadline for Assistantships is January 15, 2013.
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BikeRadar ventured out to Whittlebury Hall near Silverstone for this year's Core Bike Show. We've taken hundreds of pictures of the most interesting kit and will be bringing you all the highlights from the show over the next few hours.
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McLaren's season will hinge on Silverstone
McLaren says its season will hinge on its performances at the Austrian and British Grands Prix and that it may go "radical" with its car if results do not improve.
McLaren has now gone three races without a point and has slumped to sixth in the constructors' championship. The next two rounds of the season are on different styles of track, with the tight and twisty Monaco street circuit and the long straights of Canada's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve coming up. As a result, team principal Eric Boullier does not think McLaren will get a true understanding of whether its most recent upgrades are working until the return to more standard racing circuits in Austria and Silverstone.
"We had to go through in detail to understand why we have an underperforming car and how to develop the car, and even questioning how we bring concepts and how we develop the car on a day-to-day basis. Now we have put everything in place," Boullier told the McLaren Mercedes phone-in with journalists. "It's true that we are starting from quite far back to be honest, but we have a very good rate in terms of development.
"Monaco and Canada are a bit special in terms of their track layout, so the question of how capable we are of catching up, and how fast we are catching up, will be for Austria and Silverstone. I am not saying we will win in Silverstone, but we will know more about our capability to catch up in these races."
McLaren will switch from Mercedes engines to Honda in 2015, but rather than shift focus to next year entirely if things do not pick up, Boullier said McLaren would bring even more radical upgrades to its 2014 car.
"I don't think we will shift our focus to 2015 because, now, with the restriction we have in the wind tunnel with running the '30/30' [the choice between 30 hours of wind tunnel time per week or 30 teraflop of CFD data per week or combination of the both] - it is different to the old days when you could run 24/7 and throw a lot of energy and resources into the wind tunnel. But, it's a possible that we will draw a line by Silverstone and we may go with more radical concepts rather than going to the 2015 cars, which are concepts we are actually already working on as well."


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Reviewed By Tony R (Baltimore, MD) Reviewed for a 2001 Lexus IS 300 —3/16/2012 6:17 AM
Seems to be doing the job so far, we just had like 3 in. of rain for 24 hr.s straight. I drive an 01 Lexus IS300 and purchased the Injen Hydroshield for my SRT Intake. No problems yet. Only issue I could see possible is the pre-filter is much thinner than I imagined and the"INJEN HYDROSHIELD" logo can peel off easily if stretched too much. So I would recomend purchasing a size larger than needed if your unsure because no matter the size, the bottom is a stretchable scrunchy material that expands.hope this helps.


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We are excited to announce we are holding our first ladies bike maintenance evening at our Cheltenham store on Monday 15th May.
This is a great opportunity to get hands on demonstrations on everything you need to know about maintaining your bike along with some great deals on the night. Our knowledgeable staff will answer any questions you have so you will leave us feeling confident and ready to get out and ride!
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced cyclist this is a great opportunity for you to brush up on the essentials as well as enjoy the food, drink and exclusive discounts.
Our ladies maintenance evenings will be supported by Specialized and everyone that attends will be in for some great offers and goodie bags on the night!
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From the late nineteenth through the middle twentieth century, masterpieces of stranded color work—Fair Isle sweaters, stockings, and caps—were handknitted with fantastic speed by knitters of the Shetland archipelago in northern Scotland. In addition to their considerable skill and experience, Fair Isle knitters often employed a shortcut that today's color-work knitters can find just as useful: steeking.
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SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) - Child welfare officials have taken two children into custody after finding them living on their own in an abandoned bus northeast of Houston.
Montgomery County Constable Rowdy Hayden told KTRK-TV of Houston that the children's parents are in prison for embezzling money from Hurricane Ike victims in 2008. He said the children - ages 11 and 5 - have been living on their own, alone in the bus for at least 12 hours a day but checked on each night by a great-aunt.
He said a neighbor also told investigators that she'd bring food to them occasionally.
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PANTON — Vermont State Police plan extra patrols on Panton roads near Lake Champlain after a rash of suspicious incidents in June has left area residents on edge.
VSP troopers Andrew Leise and Keri Starr also sat down with homeowners on June 25 to hear their concerns and make recommendations about how they could protect themselves and their properties.
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ADDISON COUNTY — When Starksboro's Jonah Rule proposed to his wife Caitlin, it was no surprise to his mother Ann.
Rule's mother still recalls the first time she saw her daughter-in-law. At that time, Caitlin Rule was a 15-year-old Middlebury Union High School student.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury's local option tax continues to exceed revenue expectations, leaving town officials confident the 1-percent levy on rooms, meals, sales and alcohol will generate more than adequate dollars to pay down the community's share of the new Cross Street Bridge.
MIDDLEBURY — The 196-year-old Middlebury Community House — which is maintained on behalf of local residents by a longstanding trust — is entering a new era with a smaller property footprint, more financial stability and a plan to better showcase itself to Addison County — thanks in part to the ongoing Middlebury Fire Department project.
Built in 1816 beside the Congregational Church of Middlebury at the head of Main Street, the Middlebury Community House remains one of the best examples of post-colonial, Federal-style architecture left in town.
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County American Legion baseball team got combined one-hit pitching from Sawyer Kamman and Charlie Stapleford on Thursday to defeat visiting Burlington, 2-1, and remain unbeaten at 5-0, 2-0 in Northern Division games, heading into weekend play.
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Garfield Has Proven to Have Many Livesby Joel Bustamante '11 • July 15, 2008 Share:
Garfield has remained a staple of our culture since 1980, when the cat reached mainstream success. From his inception as an overweight cat that could barely move, to his current "human in a catsuit" look, the funny feline has charmed readers for 30 years.
Born from the creative genius of Jim Davis, Garfield comes from humble beginnings. Davis' original strip, Gnorm Gnat, failed miserably, and after five years of publication, was promptly cancelled. After much deliberate thought, Davis realized that while there were many dogs in the funny pages, there weren't many cats. He combined all the cats he had ever known into one giant furball, and thus Garfield was born.
Davis has made the most of his creation, as he has established an empire revolving around Garfield. His company, Paws, Inc. controls every aspect of the cat, including: merchandise, promotions, television shows, games, and of course, the strip itself. The cat himself has reached international fame, as it is printed in several countries, and holds the Guinness World Record for Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip. Davis has also won many awards for his work, including the cherished Reuben award for Most Contributions to Cartooning in 1990.
Aside from becoming an icon for people today, Garfield has inspired many projects. Sparktop.com and Professorgarfield.com are both websites dedicated to education, specializing in elementary grades. These sites are collaboration projects with Davis' alma mater, Ball State University. The websites have earned awards for their achievements in education, as well as an overwhelming outpour of support from thankful parents and teachers.
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Facebookphenomenon TOONARAMA returns to celebrate TOON-tastic 2-somes and the 25th Anniversary of the Melbourne Midsumma Festival!2NARAMA is a cartoon exhibition of 50 limited edition digital artwork caricature prints featuring a collection of Incredible Icons, Cool Celebrities, Community Cuties, Sexy Sports Stars and Fabulous Friends by celebrity cartoonist BRETT WILLIS.
TOON-tastic 2-somes include Celebrity TV chefs Nigella Lawson & Audrey Gordon, STORM Stars Billy Slater & Matt Duffie, Dance Idols Ricky Martin & Beyonce, Aussie Icons Dame Edna Everage & Sir Les Patterson, Fabulous TV Friends Karen & Jack and more…
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Growing up in the 80's on a diet of glamorous Angel detectives, buff mutant superheroes and Material Girl video clips, Melbourne Freelance Cartoonist BRETT WILLIS developed an insatiable taste for Popular Culture and the cult of Celebrity.
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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: This is a photograph taken at the Walter Reed Hospital after the end of World War I. Julia Snow, a librarian from Greenfield, was one of tens of thousands of women who chose to serve during World War I. Women throughout the country became involved in the war effort in unprecedented numbers, serving as factory workers, members of the Army or Marines, or in the American Red Cross. The hospital held men who had been wounded in France and were still convalescing. This picture was taken in February, 1919, three months after the end of the war in November, 1918. Some of the men are still wearing bandages, a testament to how badly wounded they were. At the end of the war, Julia returned to Greenfield. A friend at the hospital took this photograph of some of her friends there some time after.
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VILLA PARK – Several bullets struck a house near Ellsworth Avenue and Plymouth Street early Tuesday morning, according to Villa Park police.
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Beautiful image and content slider plugin. Shows the widely used jQuery Nivo slider plugin from http://nivo.dev7studios.com/.
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- Auto-discovering of custom nivo themes on static dirs.
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Texas Driver's License & Permit FAQ
How Can I Apply for my TX Driver's License? Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the age requirement when applying for a license in Texas?The minimum age you must be in order to apply for a permit in Texas is 15.
Are there any documents I need to take with me when I go to apply for my Texas license?Yes. If it is your first time applying for a license in the Lone Star state, you will need to make certain to have:
- Documents that verify your identity. Find a list of acceptable documents at http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/DriverLicense/identificationrequirements.htm
- Documents that show lawful US citizenship
- Proof of Social Security Number
- Proof of Texas residence
- Completed driver's license application (can be obtained online or at the DPS office)
- Proof of adult drivers education if between 18 and 24
- Verification of School Attendance ( if under 18)
- Proof of drivers education or parent-taught drivers education if under 18
How do I become eligible for a learner's permit in Texas?Eligibility for a learner's permit in Texas is simple. Just…..
- Be at least 15 years old
- Provide proof of Identification and lawful US citizenship
- Show proof of residence
- Pass the written and vision tests
- Show proof of adult driver's education (if between 18 and 24)
- Show verification of school attendance.
- Show proof of driver's education or parent-taught driver's education if under 18
Where do I go when I'm ready to apply for my license in Texas?Driver's licenses are issued at local Texas DPS offices. Find any location by city or county at http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/driver_licensing_control/rolodex/search.asp.
How can I contact a Texas DPS office?You can contact Texas DPS offices any time.
The number to customer service is 512-424-2600.
You can also find a local office near you at http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/driver_licensing_control/rolodex/search.asp.
Who should bring me for my Texas permit test?If you are under 18, you will need to have a parental authorization signature. Contact a DPS office directly for other options if your legal guardian is unable to bring you.
Should I get a physical when getting a license in Texas?No need to worry about a physical. You won't have to take it when getting a license in Texas.
Do I need a vision test before obtaining a license in Texas?Yes. You will take your eye exam when you go in for your permit. The DPS office will take care of that.
Where can I get a driver's license photo at in Texas?Once you have passed your exam, you will have your photo taken for your license.
How do I apply for my Texas driver's license?Here is how you apply for your license in Texas.
- First, you must be at least 15 years old.
- Second, you must have a driver's education certificate or Parental Drivers Education Affidavit (if you went through a parent- taught course).
- Next, gather your required identification documents and school enrollment form (if under 18)
- Afterwards, pass your vision and written tests.
- Finally, receive your learner's permit.
What's next after applying for my Texas driver's license?Once you receive your learner's permit, you are required to wait at least 6 months before moving forward with getting your license. During this period, you must practice driving. You must either practice through a state approved parent-taught course or through a basic state approved program.
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"I practiced for my permit test by using this site for two weeks. I only went through the handbook once or twice. I made sure I studied all the tests till I was very confident. I had my test today and I passed. I failed just one question. Now a note of warning. Make sure you have a full knowledge of what is in the handbook and not just memorizing the answers, because the real test are drafted quite differently and can be a little confusing. Don't neglect the fines and limits, a few questions were from there. I fully recommend this site. Good luck!"Rachel O., San Antonio, TX
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The government is considering dropping the community infrastructure levy from self-build homes
In a consultation published today (15 April) the government has proposed a number of changes to the contentious construction tax which allows councils to raise funds from developers building in their area. The money raised is used to fund local infrastructure.
In an attempt to boost housing, changes proposed by the government would make self-build homes exempt from the tax.
Planning minister Nick Boles said: 'Our proposals would ensure that self-build homes are exempt from this levy and will make an enormous difference to people looking to realise their dream of buying a plot of land and getting a builder to build them a home.
'We urgently need to build more homes and the proposed changes to the levy will help increase housing supply and help those businesses keen to grow.'
The levy will also be removed for buildings which are undergoing refurbishment to bring them back into use, unless the redevelopment includes an increase in floor space.
Proposed changes will also give councils who have not yet adopted the levy until April 2015 to take on board any changes.
Liz Peace, of the British Property Federation welcomed the consultation: 'If the homes and jobs that are so desperately needed are to be forthcoming, it is imperative that schemes are not held up by flaws in the mechanics of the community infrastructure levy. We are delighted that government has worked with the industry and listened to our concerns, and that many of these issues are to be consulted upon.
'It's now important the government gets on with implementing these amendments, particularly with development in much of the country is at a standstill.'
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Android Watches
You know why androids wear watches? To fit in. There is no other logical reason for why they'd need to wear a watch. They just want to be accepted by you, be part of the group, ya know? That's also why they're always wearing tube socks pulled up to their knees. But don't tell them they look ridiculous. It'll hurt their feelings. Or it would, if they actually had feelings.


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Serious Sandwiches: Is There a Better Condiment than Guacamole?
Tips and tricks for making the best sandwiches at home.
With the all important Cinco de Mayo holiday less than a week away, my thoughts turn to using the day as an excuse to transform ordinary sandwiches into lessons in excess. For example, adding guacamole to every single thing I eat. From a sandwich standpoint, is there a better condiment than guacamole? In fact, I can't think of many sandwiches that couldn't be improved with a giant spoonful of guac.
Here are some of my favorites.
If it's Cinco de Mayo and you're talking sandwiches with guacamole, you have to talk about the torta (which really just means "sandwich" in Spanish). All the good ones are topped with avocado, onions, tomatoes, and sour cream—or as I like to call it, deconstructed guacamole.
The Cheeseburger
With spring upon us, we are very close to prime grilling season. What rule states that you must only eat guacamole with chips? If there's guacamole provided, you are obliged to top your burger with it.
Hot Dogs
See Above. Millions of South Americans can't be wrong.
Turkey Sandwich
Turkey sandwiches are boring. Turkey sandwiches topped with guacamole are exciting. Turkey sandwiches with guacamole and bacon are divine. Which brings us to...
Any Sandwich with Bacon
It's tough to say that guacamole improves bacon—bacon being the perfect food and all. Maybe it would be more accurate to say that bacon improves guacamole. Indeed it does. Indeed it does.
Your Favorite Sandwiches?
What are you favorite guacamole-sandwich combos? Post them as comments below, and if you have one this coming Monday, be sure to snap a photo and add it to our Serious Sandwiches Flickr Group.
I'm sure there will be plenty of sandwich photos taken this Cinco de Mayo—although they will probably end up looking more like this:
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Just as expected, the online Apple Store has gone down in preparation for today's Let's Talk iPhone event. Within the hour we should find out what new gadgets will be featured on Apple's most likely revamped online store page. Whether it's an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5, we'll finally know.
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Programa Salud Internacional y Telemedicina
Patients from Around the World Seek Help at Cedars-Sinai
At Cedars-Sinai, we welcome visitors from other countries. We know how hard it can be to seek medical care far from home. That's why we make sure your stay here is as comfortable as possible. We're always adding programs to help you and your family feel more at home at Cedars-Sinai and in Los Angeles. We always work to make things as easy as possible.
Cedars-Sinai is clearly part of the global community. Our medical and administrative staff come from all over the world, as do the people who live in the neighborhoods around the hospital. Dozens of languages are spoken in our offices, patient rooms, hallways and sidewalks. It gives us a unique, multicultural personality.
Cedars-Sinai hires doctors and scientists who are world-renowned leaders in their fields. From brain surgery to prostate cancer to heart care, our doctors bring the most up-to-date medical knowledge to our patients' bedsides every day. All of Cedars-Sinai's full-time faculty physicians have academic medical school positions, allowing them to share their expertise by training the doctors and medical professionals of tomorrow.
The doctors and staff members in the Center for International Health and Telemedicine at Cedars-Sinai are compassionate and sensitive to different cultures. They can help you with translations or arranging special religious or cultural diets. Turn to them for help with travel, lodging and transportation during your stay. They can even help you arrange for tours and other diversions while you're in Los Angeles.
Cedars-Sinai is known around the world for the quality of its healthcare. We offer services in every medical specialty. Cedars-Sinai also ranks as one of the top hospitals in the United States for research, with nearly $70 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health and other sources. It's all part of the amazing story of Cedars-Sinai, a place where people come for the finest healthcare possible. We welcome you to Cedars-Sinai, a world-class medical center ready to meet your healthcare needs.


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About to leave for Italy in several hours. I usually don't get this personal here, but I got up at 5am to finish a story. Done. Finally, pulling out my suitcase and beginning to figure out the packing situation. Determined to keep things to two pairs of shoes. And realize I just can't disappear on you. Here's what's going on.
I'm headed over to research my Piemontese chapter; Looking for Scanavino. Giacomo Scanavino's 1968 Barolo, drunk in 1980 was a wine that changed the wine world for me, forever.
Now, (go know), I find out he was a mediocre producer (read: plonk). To me? The wine was crushed rose petals and sandalwood with a fine silty texture and, what can I say? My boyfriend looked over to me and seeing the look on my face, with my nose in the glass, knew he lost me.
I hear S. Scanavino is old and sick and I can only hope he grants a visit. If not, there goes my chapter. And I also hope he opens up some of his old wines for me. (And yes, Melissa is coming along and she's really good at charming those older bottles out of the cellars.)
We're meeting up with the Dressner gang at Baldo Cappelano, sleeping in the spooky bunker beneath the Ceretto Bricco Rocche, meeting up with Sam Dipalo (son of Louis Dipalo)--who is studying at the Slow Food Academy and of course........ending up in VinItaly and ViniVeri (or is it VeriVini), dinner with Giampiero Bea and probably at some point joining in at the crush at Bottega del Vino.
In short, even though I have a rant prepared on irrigation (I know. You can barely wait for that one, can you? ) and on creating a wine list for an Indian restaurant, everything is on hold. Will attempt reporting back from the other side, on bottles, on travel and food notes. Later. --A


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I am something of a connoisseur of the deeply malicious idiocy of Minnesota Fifth District Rep. Keith Ellison. I have followed his career closely on Power Line, and I wrote the Weekly Standard article "Louis Farrakhan's first Congressman" about him, introducing him to a national audience as he was about to become the first Muslim elected to Congress.
A friend sent me a video of Ellison's recent remarks on Minnesota Sixth District Rep. Michele Bachmann. I wasn't quite sure what to do with it. The remarks are so stupid as to be laughable, but coming from Ellison they are that and more. Thanks to the folks at Fox & Friends for adding the perfect graphic background to accompany Ellison's remarks.
My heading, incidentally, is adapted from the famous concluding stanza of Robert Burns's "To a Louse."


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It was just a few years ago that Asperger's Disorder exploded into the public consciousness. But just as suddenly, if the DSM-V authors have their way, it may disappear, absorbed back into the spectrum of autism disorders from whence it came.
An intriguing story in today's New York Times describes the controversy that is heating up as the DSM-V work groups prepare to issue their final diagnostic proposals in January.
As Times reporter Claudia Wallis notes, Asperger's is "one of the most intriguing labels" in the diagnostic book:
"Children with Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism, are socially awkward and often physically clumsy, but many are verbal prodigies, speaking in complex sentences at early ages, reading newspapers fluently by age 5 or 6 and acquiring expertise in some preferred topic -- stegosaurs, clipper ships, Interstate highways -- that will astonish adults and bore their playmates to tears."The sudden rise of this "once obscure diagnosis," diagnosed four times more often in boys than girls, accounts for much of the apparent rise in autism, which now has a prevalence rate of about 1 percent among U.S. children.
Although self-described "Aspies" and their families distinguish Asperger's from the more stigmatized label of autism, experts quoted by the Times say the distinctions are confusing and not scientifically based.
Asperger's in the forensic context
At the same time that it faces formal extinction, Asperger's is seeing ever-escalating use in the criminal courts, in cases ranging from violent crime to computer hacking and child pornography possession.
Typically, the diagnosis is proposed by defense attorneys seeking to mitigate the mental state required for a crime. A hallmark of the disorder is severe problems understanding social rules and nuances, and therefore navigating social situations. Sometimes, the profound deficit in social reasoning explains crimes that otherwise are simply bizarre, and lacking in rational motivation. Consider this scenario, adopted from a case I worked on:
You're on an excursion with a recreational group, walking through a downtown area. The group encounters a red light. Seeing no traffic, everyone jaywalks. All except the young man with Asperger's, whose can't break a rule. No one notices as he gets left behind. When he finally finds the group again, he is furious, and punches the group leader in the face.In this case, the defendant had a particularly severe and clearcut case that had been diagnosed and treated at a specialty clinic from the time he was a toddler. Thus, it could not be argued that the diagnosis was being manufactured with a pretextual goal in the legal context.
In other cases, especially when an alternate and rational motivation is at least equally plausible, the defense has met with less success. For example, as I blogged about last year, it was unsuccessfully advanced in the case of Hans Reiser, the oddball computer programmer who killed his wife and buried her body in the hills of Oakland, California.
In an article on "the geek defense" in Slate magazine, science writer Erica Westly gives other examples of Asperger's recent deployment in court, some successful and some not.
- Astonishingly, a jury in Galveston, Texas acquitted billionaire real estate heir Robert Durst in the murder and dismemberment of his neighbor under the theory that Asperger's made him incapable of premeditating the crime.
- Lisa Brown of the United Kingdom was not so lucky. The 22-year-old woman was sentenced to life in prison in the murder of her mother after a judge ruled that her lack of empathy did not mitigate the gravity of the crime.
The compulsive behaviors and zealous collecting of many individuals with Asperger's is being invoked to explain certain types of criminal conduct, such as computer misconduct or child pornography collecting.
The Slate article features the high-profile case of Gary McKinnon, the British computer geek who hacked into U.S. military and NASA computers looking for proof that the U.S. government had covered up evidence of UFO landings. He claims Asperger's made him compulsively driven to search for evidence of alien spacecraft.
This type of defense is ready-made for compulsive collecting of child pornography images. In an Iowa case this year, a judge reduced a pornography possession sentence after concluding that Asperger's "might very well explain the number of images" the man had acquired. Similarly, across the Atlantic a 21-year-old student in the United Kingdom was sentenced to just four months in jail for possession of 922 pornographic images of children. Other courts have been less sympathetic to this version of a diminished capacity defense.
Anecdotally, I have heard of Asperger's arguments backfiring. Introduced as mitigation in cases of violent and/or sexual offending, Asperger's may become aggravating by increasing jurors' fear of a defendant because he is perceived as strange and therefore more unpredictable.
At risk in prison
In a final forensic angle, the extreme social awkwardness of Asperger's sufferers puts them at risk in prison, where social interactions are highly scripted and regulated. In one case I was involved in, a prisoner incurred new criminal charges stemming from a bizarre fight triggered by his misperception of social cues.
Indeed, computer hacker McKinnon is raising this issue in an attempt to avoid extradition to the United States. Given his condition, incarceration in a U.S. prison would amount to torture, he contends. As evidence, he cites a 2007 study by psychiatrist David Allen finding that imprisonment is extremely stressful and confusing for men with Asperger's, who find it hard to successfully interact with guards and other prisoners and thus spend much of their time hiding out in fear.
No one knows whether or how exclusion from the upcoming DSM-V, due to be published in 2012, might affect deployment of the diagnosis in court. After all, even if it is not a separate diagnosis, Asperger's will still presumably exist as a condition on the autism spectrum. And, as regular readers of this blog know, plenty of less valid diagnoses are invoked in court despite their absence from the DSM.
Although I understand the logic of the DSM-V work group, I cannot help but wonder -- given the massive influence of the pharmaceutical industry in shaping and perpetuating psychiatric diagnoses -- whether they would be proposing Asperger's for elimination if a money-making drug was available to treat it.
Somehow, I think not.
Further resource:
Barry-Walsh, J.B., & Mullen, P.E. (2004). Forensic aspects of Asperger's Syndrome. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 15, 96-107.


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Dale Armstrong's career is a varied one ranging from preaching to business. He played golf for 10 years professionally. He took some time to answer a few questions for Lipscombsports.com.
1. What sport did you play at Lipscomb? What years? Who were your coaches?
"I played golf during my years at Lipscomb from 1982-1986. My coach was Dr. Ralph Samples. He taught psychology at the university. He was a great man and loved what he did."
2. What is your fondest athletic memory at Lipscomb?
"Going to the Nationals in Michigan my freshman year. We finished sixth or seventh in the nation that year. We had a great bunch of guys, and it was a great start to a fun four years. It was a lot of fun and something I would never forget."
3. Who had the biggest influence on you during your athletic career at Lipscomb? How?
"Coach Ralph Samples and Coach Don Meyer. Coach Samples believed in me enough to get me a full golf scholarship, and I greatly appreciate him for that. Coach Meyer influenced me because I loved basketball and I loved his intensity he had for the sport and life. I just loved the way both he and Coach Samples did things."
4. What is your fondest non-athletic memory from your time at Lipscomb?
"Allowing me to graduate! No, there are so many memories I made. I am so thankful for Lipscomb because the people believed in me.
"I would have to say one memory is the memory of meeting my wife, but not knowing at the time she would be my wife. We didn't date until after college, but now we have been married for 19 years."
5. What is the most valuable thing you gained or learned from your time at Lipscomb?
"I learned that there are great Christian men and women who really care for people. I learned from those people who truly cared about me that I could do anything. The belief of my dreams were never ever questions.
6. Who was your favorite professor? Why?
"Marlin Connelly. He taught Speech and Freshman Bible. I had Freshmen Bible with him, and I was amazed at his faith and knowledge. His class was so great, and it was probably one of my favorite classes I took at Lipscomb."
7. Where do you live now?
"Valdosta, Ga."
8. Who is your employer? What is your occupation? What does your position entail?
" I raise money for Christian Schools to help fund them as well as preach at the Statenville Church of Christ. I also run a couple of businesses."
9. Tell us about your family.
"I have been married to my wife, Vivian, for 19 years. We have 4 children together, three boys and one girl. Dowling will turn 16 this year. Dawson is 14, Davis is 12 and Maryalice is 11. All of my children play golf as well."


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October 10, 2007
This year, we had a total of six volunteers, including four Wabash men (W) in the list below. Spelling and class year confirmation is needed.
Rodney Kratz (W) '93
Clay Laughrey (W) '97
Greg Fulmer (W) '05
Josh Helling
Andrew Naugle (W) '98
Jordan Mjelde
Josh Helling and Jordan Mjelde (Seated in Ronald's lap in the photo) were there because of Josh's association with Microsoft (Corley Hughes...my fiance...helped to get the word out, but was not able to participate because of a cold (no volunteering at RMH if you're a germ spreader!).
Our group volunteered at the Seattle Ronald McDonald House. We did a day's worth of chores for the residents of the house, including deep cleaning of the two group kitchens, polishing the floors, cleaning the laundry room, organizing the pantry, and cleaning the children's play rooms.
In photos: Group: Helling, Naugle, Kratz, Ronald McDonald, Mjelde, Laughrey, Fulmer. At lower left: Greg Fulmer sanitizing children's toys.


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Cheeba Gold Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce
From High River Sauces comes this Barbados style fiery mustard sauce, Cheeba Gold. This tropical zesty pepper sauce combies the sweetness of peaches with onions, vinegar, Fatalli peppers, brown sugar, mustard, garlic, lemon juice, curry powder, cilantro and spices with the fiery fruity heat of yellow Scotch bonnet peppers. Enjoy on all your favorite foods.
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