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The Endorsement Olympics: Brands' London 2012 GB Athlete Strategies Analysed (INFOGRAPHIC)
|With Team GB's first gold medals won, national attention is naturally focused on GB's Olympians. So this seems like the perfect time to reveal our analysis of brands' GB athlete endorsement strategies, and to unveil our latest Synergy infographic - Synfographic - to the purpose.
|We've looked at a group of 45 brands using current and former Olympians and Paralympians. The group comprises:
- Global and domestic sponsors of London 2012
- Major GB sport sponsors which aren't London 2012 sponsors
- Other non-sponsor brands leveraging athletes in their marcomms
This revealed a total of 404 individual agreements and, if taking into consideration athletes such as Jessica Ennis or Louis Smith who have multiple sponsorship deals, endorsement of 267 unique individuals.
It is worth noting that whilst we have factored in Lloyds TSB's support of athletes across GB via the organisation's Local Heroes programme, the figure of 404 agreements does not take these numbers into account. Similarly, neither do the figures quoted incorporate Visa's sponsorship of the Team 2012 programme. Both these programmes are based on the brands creating or sponsoring group athlete support systems, whereas we wanted to analyse brands' strategies for individual endorsements - brands that have taken on the challenge (and the risks) onus of selecting, contracting and activating individuals, many several years ago, as part of their London 2012 campaigns.
Risk versus reward: over half of the endorsed athletes have qualified for Team GB and Paralympics GB.
Whilst you may not be surprised at the dominance of athletics amongst endorsees, the Synfographic does demonstrate that there's a healthy range of sports sitting beyond the usual suspects, reflecting the diversity of the Olympics and Paralympics.
Men's deals outnumber women's by 234 to 170, but the two most popular individuals for sponsors are both women - Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Ennis. The two most popular men? Louis Smith and Sir Chris Hoy.
Looking at the brands, it's striking that the seven Tier 1 London 2012 partners are the heaviest endorsers, with 244 agreements in total, an average of 30 per partner, massively outnumbering any other sponsorship tier. Interestingly, non-sponsor brands are the next biggest endorsers, with 91 deals in total, despite the IOC Charter's Rule 40 restricting leverage of these individuals during Games-time, which has recently been challenged by several US athletes.
It's also good to see that there are deals with 52 Paralympians - compared with 215 with Olympians - reflecting both brands' support for the Paralympics and to integrate Paralympians into their London 2012 activity.
One of the major successes in terms of athlete selection has been BMW's London 2012 Performance Team*. This is a programme that began with the BMW UK's central sponsorship of 27 athletes, both past and present, and evolved into a dealer-by-dealer support system for local London 2012 hopefuls. The result: BMW and MINI athletes now form 11% of the entirety of Team GB.
The main questions now are which sponsor has backed the most winners, and who'll be the post-Games winners in the endorsement stakes. After yesterday's heroics and today's headlines, Bradley Wiggins is sure to be at the forefront. Let's hope that Team GB and Paralympics GB produce many more over the next month or so.
* Full disclosure: Synergy is BMW UK's London 2012 agency


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M-Nomad needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 100 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
We are looking for a sharp logo that nicely blends mobile phone services with nightlife (clubs/bars/lounges). The logo should look hip because our firm deals with nightlife establishment managers yet be business professional. Blend the two!
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Two years later after its debut, how has the Home Affordable Refinance Program changed?
Last month, President Obama announced that the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) was being revised and expanded.
HARP was introduced in 2009 as a measure intended, according to a statement by the President, to "make it possible for an estimated four to five million currently ineligible homeowners who receive their mortgages through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to refinance their mortgages at lower rates." In the two years since HARP's debut, not quite one million homeowners — or 20 to 25 percent of the intended beneficiaries — have received HARP assistance.
As reported on HSH.com, there are two notable changes in the HARP guidelines, impacting borrower qualifications and lender obligations.
Elimination of LTV caps — The original guidelines for qualifying borrowers capped the loan-to-value (LTV) ration at 125 percent. The revised guidelines eliminate this cap, which is good news for borrowers in hard hit states including Nevada and Arizona, where some LTVs exceed 200 percent.
Elimination of Reps and Warranties — The other significant change is the elimination of some representations and warranties for HARP-participating lenders. By transferring certain lender obligations in the case of a loan going bad from the lender to the government, the government is encouraging more banks to participate in HARP, offering homeowners more options and access to loan modification choices.
Tim Manni, managing editor at HSH.com, comments in his post that he anticipates these changes helping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (as only mortgages through either of these institutions are eligible for HARP) as well as the loan orginators, who are now able to take on more debt with less risk. Manni does not, however, see these revisions having a noticeable impact on the housing market's biggest problem: distressed borrowers and shadow inventory. Borrowers who are behind or seriously delinquent are not eligible and REO held out of the market will not be impacted by the expanded guidelines.


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Funded by the NEH Office of Digital Humanities
Managed at Indiana University by Indiana University Libraries
Principal Investigator -- William G. Cowan, Head, Library Technologies Software Development
The Project
This project is funded by an NEH Office of Digital Humanities Startup Grant. The project is managed at Indiana University by the Indiana University Library in Bloomington, Indiana. The goal of the project originally was to create a plugin for Omeka that will allow the use of video segments and annotations created with the Annotator's Workbench to be ingested into Omeka. This plugin has been created and will soon be available. The Annotator's Workbench is a desktop tool to create segments and annotations from digital video, developed as part of the Ethnographic Video for Instruction and Analysis (EVIA) project at Indiana University with funds from the Mellon Foundation.
After creating this plugin, it became apparent that while one way to access the items created for segmented and annotated video was through the creation of a new theme to layout the videos on the site, another way was to create a plugin that would allow the embedding of the streaming video in any theme. So to that end, we also developed a plugin that will embed a video player in any theme. This plugin works with both release 1.5.3 and release 2.0.3 of Omeka.
For the first way of accessing digital video I have create a theme that displays video based items. have modified the theme Easy-Colour by adding page layouts for browse and show items that checks for a start point in the video. If it exists, then it uses the video layout. If not, it uses the standard layout for images or text. These files contain the code that determines whether the video will stream from a server or use HTTP streaming. This code would need to be modified for use by each site, depending how they will be streaming the video.
For creating new items for Annotator's Workbench, have created a plugin called XmlImport that allows the user to select an awx file (an XML file created by the Annotator's workbench) and then choose an xslt file to transform that file into a comma separated file that can then be loaded as items into Omeka. The field in the xslt for the Video Streaming URL will need to be modified to point to the correct streaming server that you will be using. The value in this field is used with the filename to construct the URL that will be used to stream the file.
The five video themes contained in the videoThemes.zip all have two additional directories. The first is the jwplayer directory. This directory will need to have the jwplayer.js javascript file and the player.swf file that are both used for flash and html5 playback in the default configuration of the plugin. If you choose not to use jwplayer, you will need to modifiy the code in items/browse.php and items/show.php in the video theme you plan to use. The second directory is the videos directory. I use this directory to hold video files that will be used for http streaming if the device doesn't support flash, like an iPad for instance. The default setup for jwplayer tries to play the video as a streaming flash file and if that is not supported, uses the html5 video tag for video playback.
The plugin for embedding the video player in any theme adds an element set called Streaming Video. This set contains the elements used by the player to determine the location of the video streaming server, the video filename, setup for different streaming protocols, etc. In addition, the plugin configuration allows the administrator to choose whether to display just a specific segment of a video, display the entire video or as the video plays, display the current segment that is playing. And the administrator can limit the available protocols for playback. The three supported protocols are Flash, HTTP Streaming and HLS Streaming. HTTP streaming is used by some browsers that do not support Flash and HLS streaming is used by iPad and iPhone. HLS streaming requires special preparation of the files using tools from Apple for HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) or using ffmpeg.
See the tools section for more information on configuration and other tools you can download.
The burgeoning of collections containing still images and audio and video recordings has led to a shift in humanities research, directing focus increasingly toward the use of multimedia resources in scholarly activity. Some humanists see potential for non-textual resources to stimulate new directions in humanistic research. In recent years, this trend has extended beyond the ethnographic disciplines, which have long conducted research using multimedia materials, into other areas of the humanities such as history, literature, and philosophy. The advent of technologies to digitize these multimedia products and the explosion of born-digital recording have significantly enhanced the potential of scholars who use these resources to share their research via Web-based platforms.
With scholars advocating for both a "visual turn" and an "auditory turn" in the humanities and with the increased availability of cultural resources in digitized form, humanists need tools to manage their collections and to combine aural, textual, and visual data in their research and analysis. Yet there are surprisingly few integrated tools with which humanities scholars may organize, analyze, search, and disseminate multimedia materials within scholarly contexts. The ability of scholars to interact with and disseminate their images and audio and video recordings is often limited to playback or editing for documentary presentation.
In 2001, a group of scholars, technologists, and librarians based at IUB began working together to tackle the challenge of developing integrated technologies and tools to organize, segment, and annotate digitized videos of ethnographic field recordings in the Ethnographic Video for Instruction and Analysis (EVIA) project (www.eviada.org). As part of this project, IUB built a tool called the Annotator's Workbench (AWB) that would enable these ethnographers to assemble a collection of their digitized (or born digital) field videos, segment the videos at various levels, and annotate the segments with detailed scholarly commentary. The work undertaken on the collection prepares it for ingestion into a digital repository on the IU campus, and the video segments and their accompanying annotations are made accessible on a scholarly Web site. Download the Annotator's Workbench for Windows or Macs at AWB Downloads
Over the years, the AWB has gained functionality as groups from a variety of disciplines on the IUB campus have adopted it for use with their digital video databases. However, AWB does not give scholars a way of placing their videos on the Web unless they deposit their video collections into a digital repository. Omeka, the open source Web publishing platform developed and distributed by George Mason University, offers the opportunity for IUB to enable institutions and scholars to publish annotated videos and video segments on the Web easily. Omeka is a free, flexible, open source Web-publishing platform for the display of scholarly collections and exhibitions by libraries, museums, archives, and individuals. The plugin architecture for the platform permits a broad community of developers to extend Omeka's capabilities. IUB will build a plugin for free distribution on the Omeka Web site that will facilitate the incorporation of annotated videos into a Web site. The plugin will be designed to work with AWB, which is client-based, and the Annotation Management System, a Web-based version of AWB.
IUB has extensive experience using AWB to segment and annotate digital video in several other campus projects besides EVIA. One of the chief problems facing these projects is that once the annotation is complete, making the video segments and annotations available on the Web requires significant technological expertise and institutional infrastructure. Currently, when scholars segment and annotate their videos using AWB, only when they deposit the videos in a repository or database can the annotations be indexed, enabling users to browse, search, and retrieve the video segments online.
In an attempt to provide AWB users with an easy, flexible way to make their annotated videos available on the Web, IUB has looked for ways to generate Web sites automatically from AWB files. AWB generates an XML file – .awx – when a user creates an annotated video project. As an XML document, the .awx file can be parsed and used to generate different kinds of Web sites. The IDAH team has experimented with automatically parsing .awx files to build HTML using XSLT, but this automatic parsing has resulted in several problems: 1) Such parsing is not straightforward and requires several external files to work most effectively. 2) This method generates a single page, and creating a Web site from a number of these single-page files is labor-intensive. 3) The AWB allows multiple video files to be included in a project, and employing XSLT to function with multiple video files in a single AWB project file presents a number of difficulties.
Given the challenges presented by automatic Web site generation, IDAH has turned to a solution from the other side – the embedding of AWB-generated, annotated video segments into a Web site. The advent of Omeka makes this possible. Its ability to display digital objects and their metadata in an exhibit with relatively little work makes Omeka a good match for creating a Web site that includes segmented video and annotation metadata.
During the grant period, IUB will develop an annotated video plugin for Omeka that will import an .awx file, parse that file into corresponding metadata fields for Omeka, and perhaps define additional fields. Either this plugin or another would then be used to parse and display the Omeka metadata fields and generate a page that would contain the video segment and the associated annotation. Because the .awx file is METS compatible, it can be readily transferred into other standard XML schemas such as METS and MODS, in keeping with Omeka's use of standard metadata schemas to ensure interoperability.
Omeka is becoming established as a significant tool for libraries and researchers to present their digital objects on the Web. At the same time, AWB is gaining ground in institutions outside IU such as the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, and it is being evaluated by The Randforce Associates, which provides digital audio and video tools for oral history recordings. Omeka offers some video plugins, but for the most part these plugins do not provide the rich metadata for videos or video segments that the AWB allows. By building an annotated video plugin to Omeka, IUB will broaden its use and capabilities. At the same time, the plugin will significantly expand the capabilities of the AWB to add segmented and annotated video to the Web easily.


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Cross-Linguistic Perception and Learning of Japanese Lexical Prosody by English Listeners
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The focus of this dissertation is on how language experience shapes perception of a non-native prosodic contrast. In Tokyo Japanese, fundamental frequency (F0) peak and fall are acoustic cues to lexically contrastive pitch patterns, in which a word may be accented on a particular syllable or unaccented (e.g., tsúru 'a crane', tsurú 'a vine', tsuru 'to fish'). In English, lexical stress is obligatory, and it may be reinforced by F0 in higher-level prosodic groupings. Here I investigate whether English listeners can attend to F0 peaks as well as falls in contrastive pitch patterns and whether training can facilitate the learning of prosodic categories. In a series of categorization and discrimination experiments, where F0 peak and fall were manipulated in one-word utterances, the judgments of prominence by naïve English listeners and native Japanese listeners were compared. The results indicated that while English listeners had phonetic sensitivity to F0 fall in a same-different discrimination task, they could not consistently use the F0 fall to categorize F0 patterns. The effects of F0 peak location and F0 fall on prominence judgments were always larger for Japanese listeners than for English listeners. Furthermore, the interaction between these acoustic cues affected perception of the contrast by Japanese, but not English, listeners. This result suggests that native, but not non-native, listeners have complex and integrated processing of these cues. The training experiment assessed improvement in categorization of Japanese pitch patterns with exposure and feedback. The results suggested that training improved identification of the accented patterns, which also generalized to new words and new contexts. Identification of the unaccented pattern, on the other hand, showed no improvement. Error analysis indicated that native English listeners did not learn to attend specifically to the lack of the F0 fall. To conclude, language experience influences perception of prosodic categories. Although there is some sensitivity to F0 fall in non-native listeners, they rely mostly on F0 peak location in language-like tasks such as categorization of pitch patterns. Learning of new prosodic categories is possible. However, not all categories are learned equally well, which suggests that first language attentional biases affect second language acquisition in the prosodic domain.


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@flap: new content sounds good, I just don*t want to lose the old concept I already love and which seems to be very different to the new design that COULD be made great! I'd love to see those 2 concepts parallel to each other in the final version, but I somehow doubt they can co-exist.
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Heart and Lights, the new Rockettes show that was slated to begin performances on March 27, 2014 at Radio City Music Hall, has cancelled its run less than week before its first scheduled show. The producer, MSG Entertainment, part of the Madison Square Garden Company, cited narrative issues as the reason for postponement until 2015. Though traditionally successful with their Rockettes Christmas extravaganza in the winter season, MSG Entertainment has often struggled in attracting tourists during the spring and early summer season. They were attempting to turn that trend around with Heart and Lights, a love affair to New York City in which two cousins explore the city of their grandmother's youth. With choreography by Rockettes artistic director Linda Haberman, Heart and Lights has a story written by Doug Wright, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning writer of the 2004 Broadway play I Am My Own Wife. While narrative problems were the officially stated reason for the delay, the musical must not have been doing stupendously in terms of advance ticket sales. Though MSG Entertainment claimed 100,000 tickets were sold out of the 350,000 tickets available, the show did show up on discount sites such as Groupon a week ago. In any case, because of back-to-back booking at Radio City Music Hall following the scheduled 5-week run, Heart and Lights has needed to delay until 2015. This decision left the 40 Rockette performers, not to mention the entire crew, jobless at the last minute. It was reported that several of the dancers broke out in tears in hearing the news. Furthermore, the producers were estimated to have incurred a loss of at least $5 million from foregone ticket sales alone. For the final dress rehearsal of Heart and Lights, MSG executive James Dolan invited film impresario Harvey Weinstein, as well as producers Jane Rosenthal and Daryl Roth, to pipe in. Though these individuals' opinions have not been stated publically, it is clear that their advice was one of the final straws in Dolan's decision to cancel the show. Doug Wright commented only that Linda Haberman is a pleasure to work with, and that the rest of the heartbreaking tale of the deferment would be saved for his memoirs. While the story was not ready, the intensive special effects and expert Rockettes dancing were said to be in top shape. Fortunately, the groundbreaking 3-D technology and innovative puppetry will only be put on hold, as audiences will be able to witness their delights when the book has been revamped. The postponed performances dates have not yet been determined, but MSG will make an announcement when they have reached a decision. All purchased tickets will be refunded at point of purchase, except Ticketmaster purchases which will be refunded automatically.


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While Harper did his usual tough guy routine, taunting and flexing for the faithful, full of bravado about forcing an election, another finding, from a friendly source, that paints a different picture. These numbers would actually mean a more likely Liberal minority:
A new poll shows the Conservatives just slightly ahead of the Liberals, but behind their Grit rivals in Ontario and Quebec, two provinces where the Conservatives must make gains if they hope to one day form a majority government.
The Ipsos Reid survey finds that 34 per cent of Canadians support Harper's Conservatives, an improvement of one percentage point from the last Ipsos Reid poll six weeks ago, while Dion's Liberals are sitting at 30 per cent, a drop of two percentage points.
In the latest poll, the NDP was the preferred choice of 14 per cent of voters, an improvement of one point since the last poll, while the Green Party has the support of about 11 per cent of Canadians, up two points.
In Ontario, 37 per cent of voters would pick a Liberal candidate while 33 per cent would choose a Conservative.
In Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois leads all parties with 37 per cent of support, but the Liberals are in second place with 27 per cent and the Tories are well back of that with just 18 per cent.
The article speaks of a Conservative minority, but then gives reason why that prognostication is dead wrong:
they have a considerable challenge because their national popularity is skewed by overwhelming support in Alberta, where they already hold every seat.
A four point lead nationally is essentially a dead heat, but when you consider that Alberta's over the top Conservative support is included, you could easily make the case, that seat wise, the Liberals may have the slight advantage.
Ipsos tends to find a closer race in Ontario than other pollsters, so people should consider that in the numbers. The Quebec numbers are somewhat surprising, if they were to hold, it represents big problems for the Cons, possible pickups for the Libs.
I put Ipsos at the bottom of the heap for true predictability. When you have reporters from papers that commission the polls saying they "tend to overstate Conservative support", it should demand a grain of salt. That said, if this pollster shows these sort of results, then it is reasonable to think it might actually be worse for the Cons, but even taken at face value, the regionals present a real problem, an election looks a crapshoot. The paper tiger roars.


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Get Ready for HTML 5
Ready or not, here it comes. Despite the confusion surrounding its evolution, real-world HTML 5 is right around the corner. Longtime ALA contributor J. David Eisenberg returns to get us all up to speed on the markup we're about to be writing.
Validating a Custom DTD
In his article in this issue, Peter-Paul Koch proposes adding custom attributes to form elements to allow triggers for specialized behaviors. The W3C validator won't validate a document with these attributes, as they aren't part of the XHTML specification. Not to worry! This article will show you how to create a custom DTD that will add those custom attributes, and will also show you how to validate documents that use those new attributes.
Using XML
More than a rulebook for generating your own markup, XML is part of a family of technologies that work together in powerful ways. Eisenberg demonstrates some of that power by creating an XML-based markup language from scratch and transforming it for a variety of formats, using nothing but his noggin and some off-the-shelf tools.
How to Read W3C Specs
Although they appear maddeningly incomprehensible at first, W3C specifications are actually great sources of information, once you understand their secrets. Learn how to read the specs.
"Forgiving" Browsers Considered Harmful
By hiding the need for structure that the web will require as it moves toward XHTML and XML, "forgiving" web browsers have helped breed a world of structural markup illiterates. Eisenberg examines the damage done.
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The sign that Nicholas Gabriel-Yingling carried at the Rally for Public Education on Sunday said it all: "All Day Kindergarten 4 Me."
The 5-year -old Chestnut Hill resident is slated to enter kindergarten at the J.S. Jenks Elementary School in September, but if Gov. Corbett's proposed budget passes, Nicholas will only be able to attend for half a day.
Nicholas was joined by more than 200 parents, students, and teachers at the Trolley Car Diner in Mt. Airy where citizens from across Northwest Philadelphia came with signs, angst and energy to protest the proposed $600 million in budget cuts that will have a severe impact on Philadelphia schools.
"We want Harrisburg to know that we want appropriate and equitable funding," said Haviva Goldman of Chestnut Hill, mother of first-grade Jenks student Dennis Lattanzi. "We want them to think about what they are cutting and to fund programs that work."
Referring to data on the effectiveness of early education, she said she believed that full-day kindergarten is one of the programs at that work. Goldman and Vanessa Yingling are both active in the Jenks Home and School Association and have been keeping fellow Jenks parents informed.
"We used our parents' listserv to provide updates on budget advocacy," Yingling explained. She said the updates included talking points, Web links and contact information for state representatives.
Jenks' parents weren't the only ones in attendance. Children, teachers and parents from C.W. Henry, Henry H. Houston, Shawmont and Cook-Wissahickon schools carried signs and joined in the protest.
Kim Newman, principal of Houston, is hopeful that Sunday's protest will get the legislators' attention. "Harrisburg will see how much Philadelphia parents love their children, their schools and their community," Newman said. "We will do what it takes."
The Houston Bright Futures preschool program for children ages 3-5 at Houston is on the chopping block as well. Of the 60 Bright Futures centers across Philadelphia, only 16 are expected to remain open. Marty and Christine Morrison of Roxborough are crushed. Their 3-year-old son attends Bright Futures at Shawmont School.
"We are stuck in the middle," Christine said. "We have no alternative, as we cannot afford full-time daycare. This is an invaluable program that we can't do without."
Additional budget cuts will result in reduction of transportation services, after-school programs, summer school, art, music, athletics and advanced placement programs, as well as the elimination of 3,820 jobs, including teachers, counselors, aides and nurses.
By the time the formal addresses were made at the rally, the crowd was ready to hold its signs high.
Speakers included Dr. Leroy Nunnery, deputy superintendent of the Philadelphia School District, who is concerned about the "disproportionate impact" the budget cuts have on the Philadelphia School District.
Michael Masch, chief financial officer for the district, raved about the district's test scores that have been steadily increasing in the past eight years.
"More kids are succeeding in public schools in Philadelphia than they have in decades," he said. "We don't want to stop that – we want to improve it, we want to accelerate the progress."
Masch joined Nunnery in telling those in attendance that their elected officials need to hear from them. "This is not somebody's else's problem," Nunnery declared. "If you are not vocal, and if you think your world is OK here in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy, well, if we lose, then shame on all of us."
Nunnery singled out one of the major impacts of these cuts.
"Good public schools are what makes neighborhoods work," he said. "If we lose our public schools, we lose the neighborhood. That's what we are fighting for."
Organizer Kevin Peter reminded all those in attendance to come to the citywide rally at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Dilworth Plaza in Center City.


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Hypermobile joints are joints that move beyond the normal range with little effort. Joints most commonly affected are the elbows, wrists, fingers, and knees.
Joint hypermobility; Loose joints; Hypermobility syndrome
Children are often more flexible than adults, but those with hypermobile joints can flex and extend their joints beyond what is considered normal. The movement is done without too much force and without discomfort.
Thick bands of tissue called ligaments help hold joints together and keep them from moving too much or too far. In children with hypermobility syndrome, those ligaments are loose or weak. This may lead to:
Children with hypermobile joints also often have flat feet.
Hypermobile joints often occur in otherwise healthy and normal children. This is called benign hypermobility syndrome.
Rare medical conditions associated with hypermobile joints include:
There is no specific care for this condition. Persons with hypermobile joints have an increased risk for joint dislocation and other problems.
Extra care may be needed to protect the joints. Ask your health care provider for recommendations.
Call your health care provider if:
Hypermobile joints often occur with other symptoms that, taken together, define a specific syndrome or condition. A diagnosis is based on a family history, medical history, and a complete physical exam. The exam includes a close look at our muscles and bones.
The doctor or nurse will ask questions about the symptoms, including:
Further tests may be done.
Krakow D. Heritable diseases of connective tissue. In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Harris ED Jr., et al, eds. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 105.


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In our September issue, Steve Dulcich began answering Lawren Minor's question of what he should know about basic engine rebuilds. In the first installment, Steve covered basic block machining and preparation, proper reconditioning of cylinder heads, how to choose the right crankshaft, and basic rod and piston configurations. In this, the second installment, Steve covers proper piston-ring selection, camshafts, quench, and engine balancing.
Two things to consider when choosing a set of rings are size and type. Size is simple; they have to fit the bore and the pistons. Type refers to material and coatings. Cast-iron is the entry-level ring-the kind you get in a cheap remanned engine or a discount rebuild kit. Plain cast-iron rings were used in most stock Mopar engines, and like the stockers, they usually wear out the bore in 100,000 miles. Moly rings are the type favored by engine builders and OEM manufacturers today. The moly face of the ring conforms better to the cylinder bore and retains a wick of oil, which helps bore life considerably.
Moly isn't a ring material itself, but it is applied to the ring in a receiver groove or coated over the full face of the ring. Better moly rings are based on a ductile-iron ring body, which is superior to the standard-iron ring material, particularly in extreme applications.
Chrome-faced rings are as the name implies-chromed on the face, giving the ring a hard wear surface. Chrome rings were once quite popular, but slow break-in on the chrome and advancements in moly-ring technology have made chrome the less desirable choice.
Rings can be acquired in standard-fit or file-fit sizes. They have an open end, and when installed, there is a gap. This gap is open to compression leakage, and in a high-performance engine, minimizing the running gap of the ring pays off measurably in power. Pregapped or standard-fit rings have somewhat more than ideal endgap, but usually drop into a specified bore size without additional work. File-fit rings are made a few thousandths-inch larger in diameter and are filed on their ends to provide the exact endgap the engine builder is after. File-fit rings add to the work of putting an engine together, but there is some power to be had.
Cam Concerns
Camshafts can be sorted by type in two ways: Some camshaft lifters have a roller at the end (roller cam); others have a flat face (flat tappet). Also, some are solid-lifter designs, and others incorporate a hydraulic adjustment mechanism. Factory Mopar cams from the musclecar era were predominantly hydraulic flat tappets, yet a notable number of engines came with solid flat tappets. Hydraulic rollers appeared in Mopar OE engines in 1985, and these days, nearly all newer engine designs use this type of cam and follower. Hydraulic flat tappets are simple to install, require no adjustment once the engine is built, and are quiet in operation. Hydraulic cams get their name from the hydraulic mechanism designed into the lifter. An oil-filled plunger in the lifter body self-adjusts to remove any slack in the valvetrain. Hydraulic rollers share all these features, but the roller follower allows the cam lobe to be designed with a faster-opening profile, and it produces less friction.
Solid cams do not have the hydraulic mechanism in the lifter to remove the clearance from the valvetrain. Instead, a small amount of clearance must be set in the valvetrain to ensure the valves will close as the lifter comes off its lobe. This is valve lash, and it needs to be adjusted periodically to maintain the correct clearance specification. A hydraulic lifter's hydraulic mechanism has an increasingly difficult time maintaining control as rpm rises because the internal plunger can overextend, or, at times, bleed down.
A solid lifter is fixed, so there is no compensating factor. Solid rollers are the top choice in racing since they maintain the benefits of a solid follower while the roller allows radical cam-lobe profiles. Solid rollers reduce friction where the lifter meets the cam, allowing much higher valvespring pressures than a flat tappet could endure.
Cam size is generally given as lift and duration. Lift is the amount the travel of the cam lifts the valve off the valve seat, while duration is a measure of the length of time a valve remains open in degrees of crankshaft rotation. When rating duration, cam manufacturers have traditionally played games using different start and stop reference points.
A standard was set in the industry to rate cams by duration at .050-inch tappet rise. This means the open duration is measured from the time the lifter moves up .050 inch on opening until it reaches .050 inch from closing. This is often referred to as duration at 50. This allows for more accurate manufacturer comparison of duration figures. Aftermarket cams are typically more aggressive in their action than a production camshaft, and the valvesprings almost always need to be changed. Follow the advice of the cam supplier for springs to match the cam and rpm range. Along with the springs, the retainers and locks (keepers) are often changed, either to fit the spring or to enhance reliability or rpm potential.
The rest of the valvetrain needs to be matched to the requirements of the camshaft. Stock hydraulic-cammed big- and small-block Mopar engines used stamped-steel rocker arms and solid-steel pushrods from the factory. These work in mild hydraulic cam applications, but otherwise, the valvetrain needs upgrading. A solid cam needs a provision for valvetrain adjustment, so a rocker and matching pushrod change is a given. A hydraulic cam can also benefit from an adjustable valvetrain, allowing the depth of the pushrod's engagement in the lifter's hydraulic mechanism (the lifter preload) to be set for optimal performance. Stock big- and small-block rockers carry a design ratio of 1.5:1, meaning the valve is opened 1.5 times as much as the cam lifts the lifter. Aftermarket rockers can be acquired in higher ratios, such as 1.6:1 or more.
Engine Rebuild Basics: Part IIQuench Combustion
Selecting a piston that comes up even with the deck at TDC (typically with minor block decking) and using a standard .040-inch-thick gasket will be beneficial if used with a closed-chamber head. This tight clearance between the piston and closed deck of the head provides what's referred to as the quench effect, which adds combustion efficiency. Quench translates to more torque and better detonation tolerance, making the goal of an effective quench clearance worth considering when selecting pistons.
While a closed-chamber head naturally lends itself to a quench configuration, most Mopar engines used open-chamber heads. For these engines, pistons with a kick-up to provide a quench effect in open-chamber heads are available from many manufacturers. Be aware, however, that custom machining is required to make the most from the combination of a kick-up quench-dome piston and an open-chamber head. It may be cheaper and less hassle in many cases to buy an aftermarket closed-chamber head and use a flat-top piston.
Balance Basics
Engine balancing is an attempt to balance the forces of the reciprocating and rotating internal components of the engine. Balancing an engine involves figuring out the effective mass of the components hung on the rod journal, which amounts to the bob weight. The bob weight includes the pistons, pins, locks, rings, rods, and rod bearings. It is determined by weighing the parts and then using a formula to account for the parts' motion. It seems simple, but often the parts have widely varying weights; for example, some rods may weigh more than others. So, the first step in a balance job is to weight-match the components, particularly the rods. Once weight-matched, a bob weight can be determined. The crank is put on a balancing machine with bob weights of the derived weight attached to the journal, and the crank is dynamically balanced, much like a tire.
The factory balance job is a rough estimate, but it is close enough to provide acceptable smoothness. If the stock components are used in a rebuild, rebalancing isn't necessary. The same is true if replacement parts such as pistons are of similar weight to the originals. However, if aftermarket race parts such as pistons or rods are used which differ greatly from the stock weight, the factory balance job will not even be close. It's not uncommon for an aftermarket piston to be several hundred grams lighter than the originals, making balancing mandatory.


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Resistance is futile, as is escape. Upon arrival, the workers' passports are confiscated and destroyed, rendering their holders stateless. Haitians fit and brave enough to flee are chased and often caught, before being beaten, robbed and forced to pay a fine to regain the very job they sought to evade.
A 10-year-old boy, bare-chested and copper-haired, vaunts that he too – of course – cuts cane all day. "Can't you see how black my hands are?" He has been on the batey 2 months, since being caught near the border. "Nobody knows I'm here," he says.
Slowly, in the camps, resignation sets in and workers cloak whatever is left of their dignity in silence. Given the measly salaries, putting money aside is pure fantasy. All that remains is the sound, rich with trauma, of sharp machetes hitting and felling cane stalks. The rhythmic, percussive soundtrack of slavery.
Michel Régnier 1988 film about the lives of Haitian workers cutting cane in the Dominican Republic, Black Sugar, is hard to watch. The bateys, small and derelict Haitian ghettos located near endless sugar fields, are living nightmares. No water, no electricity, no hospital, no school. In some camps in the South East of the country, the only water available comes from the cane fields' irrigation ditch. The cane, there, is treated better than the people who harvest it.
How did we get here?
The film, which gives voice to the workers and a few health professionals who sometimes visit them, hints at some of the causes and attitudes that make such a monumental impasse possible.
First, the situation in Haiti. Like a young Haitian doctor who treats the cane workers explains, "the day a Haitian can find something to eat [in Haiti], he won't leave to come starve here."
Second, the feeling, widely shared in the Dominican Republic, that Haitian lives aren't worth much. In the Dominican context, being Haitian "is an insult and a sin," says the doctor. "Health, living conditions, salaries, human rights… all that is for human beings," he says. "And other than for a very small group, to a Dominican, a Haitian is not a human being."
If this sounds a lot like slavery, to our Haitian doctor, it is actually worse. "Researchers have agreed on this," he says. "At least slave owners used to feed their slaves."
It would be a great relief to be able to affirm that Black Sugar, shot 25 years ago, is no longer current. But as Al Jazeera reported in July 2011, life on the bateys continues to be complicated for Haitian workers and increasingly, their children, who face discrimination at every turn and run the risk of being deported to Haiti, a land they never once knew.
Vicini Group lost legal attack on Dominican Watchdog, Felipe Vicini lies about the Price of Sugar
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One Year Wonders: People We Probably Won't Give Half A Damn About Come This Time Next Year
These people are going to fall off in no time. Bank on it.
2011 saw a ton of celebrities come and go. Many popped up out of nowhere and had some major newsworthy moments. But their stories are short-lived. In 2012, they'll be nothing more than memories as they go back to oblivion. Take a look.
Herman Cain – Hermie was a political buffoon. But now that it's over, Cain won't do much of anything but hock pizza and keep trying to get domed up by white chicks.
Tim Tebow – Congratulate him right now for his great few games. But he won't be starting next year and he damn sure won't be a star any time beyond the end of this season. Say farewell to Lefty Jesus.
Kreayshawn and V-Nasty – These non-rapping sorry a$$ chicks are going to go away. Nobody will buy their crappy music or pay them attention. Believe that.
Dudley O'Shaughnessy – We're not sure if this Chris Brown lookalike is even still chopping down those cakes, but we bet she'll be moving on in no time.
Jesse James and Kat Von D – We barely care about them now. Maybe they'll have some buzz when the wedding happens next year. IF it happens.
Pilar Sanders – As soon as Deion dropped her, her stock plummeted. Maybe she'll get a reality show or pose for Playboy to get some shine in 2012.
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Lil B – B's buzz has fallen apart since he put out that "I'm Gay" song and nobody cared. It's time to put the final nail in his career.
Tiki Barber – Tiki had a chance to get a buzz if anyone wanted him back in the NFL, but it'll just be him and his homewrecking bimbo living in limbo for the rest of their lives.
Webbie – Webbie had somewhat of a comeback in 2011 with his whole Rocsi thing and a sorry a$$ album, but that's about it. Boosie'll have more of a buzz than him in the next year.
Kris Humphries – Lord knows his basketball career won't take him anywhere. He'll just be that guy that was married to that chick with the fatty. Good for him.
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First we went to Metairie Cemetery where I was drawn to the Brunswig family Egyptian tomb. Hellooooo? Anyone home?
Drats. It is locked. Not much hope of an interview here.
Put me down Daddy, I need to investigate.
Well this Sphinx outside certainly shows they have some style!
However, I think I am the more handsome of the two. Does this make my feet look big?
Ooh! What is over there?Metairie Cemetery began as a racetrack in 1838, but became damaged in the civil war and was converted into this final resting place in 1872. The outline of the racing course is still visible in the placement of the graves. Metairie is known for its magnificent monuments, and was listed by Forbes as one of the top 10 best burial grounds. Louis Prima is among the affluent deceased resting here!I like to enjoy all the small details in the stone work.
The tree trunk to the left is a funerary symbol for a short life.
This mausoleum with a large standing angel is very interesting! I wonder what she is looking at?Hmm. You can see a lot from up here!
Hey is that a Green Anole?
Gotcha! I I told mom I was trying to help him find his family plot but she made me spit him out! She ruins everything. So much for my little snack.....er good Samaritan deed.... it tasted sour anyway.Green Anoles are arboreal lizards native to the southeastern US, Texas and Louisiana. They have special toes that enable them to climb smooth vertical surfaces.
As we drive away I watch out for more lizards.
Then I decide to look at something more beautiful....my reflection!
Next we do some strollering in St. Louis Cemetery #3.
You may notice my black leather harness has "skull" studs.
St. Louis Cemetery #3 was created in 1854 and was originally named the Bayou Cemetery, because of its proximity to Bayou St.John. Before that, the land was used as a Leper Colony!
After the great Yellow Fever outbreak in 1853 though, the city needed another graveyard more than it needed a Leper Colony, so the land was diversified.
Sniff, sniff. Smells like granite!
This cemetery is in great condition, and is still a popular resting place. In fact there is a waiting list to be buried here.
I was very impressed with the Iron work here. These are likely cast iron which became popular in America in the 1850's due to increased availability of zinc. Before that wrought iron was used in older New Orleans cemeteries. So there you have it, the cemeteries in NOLA are beautiful, historic and even have snacks! Additionally, I highly recommend strollering to cover such large grounds. Metairie, and St.Louis #3 graveyards have my 5 meows out of 5.Do not forget to check out ALL my other blog reviews! Just choose a date under the "More of my Adventures" heading in the upper right column.
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Ottomans Versus Christians: Battle for the Mediterranean "Masters of the Mediterranean" Julian Davison travels to the site of one of the most extraordinary sieges in European history, the island of Malta. The pride of the Christian Crusader Order of the Knights of St. John, today Malta is a baroque jewel. But in the 16th century, the island was the object of desire for Ottoman Sultan Sulieman the Magnificient who wanted it no matter the cost. Part 2 of 3G
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Journey of Sacagawea Oral history and tradition among the Lemhi Shoshonis, Sacagawea's descendants, and the Hidatsas, her childhood abductors, profile the person behind the western historical icon. Reenactments and scenes of the wild areas she knew help writer-producer Lori Joyce and her team explore the Lewis and Clark expedition.G
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American Masters "Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home" A complex and creative character with an uncanny ability to distill abstract ideas into simple words and images, Guthrie grew up in rural Oklahoma and took up residence from the "redwood forest to the New York Island." At his death at age 55 in 1967, he leaves songs so compelling they remain a familiar part of the repertoire of several musical genres. Music, interviews, film and photographs tell the story.G


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Biographer Richard Holmes recently published an article in The Guardian about the death of Shelley--or, rather, the legend of the death. Holmes says for example that
Biography is caught and frozen, so to speak, in the glamorous headlights of Shelley's death. But if we set that death aside, if we switch off its hypnotic dazzle for a moment, maybe quite different patterns and trajectories can emerge from Shelley's life.
On January 29, Holmes delivered the innaugural lecture in the National Portrait Gallery's "Interrupted Lives" lecture series. An accompanying book will be published in the autumn. Inevitably, Holmes spends some time thinking about the boats involved, especially the doomed Don Juan. For another reading of the sailing skills of all those on the boat that day, see "On the Instability of Vessels and Narratives: A Nautical Perspective on the Sinking of the Don Juan" by Joseph Dane, Keats-Shelley Journal 47 (1998), 63-86.


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Tuesday Tip - Revoir, S'il Vous Plaît, Review
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Très bien Laura.ReplyDelete
You are absolutely right. In any document, there are things we gloss over because we are seeing only what we expect to see, not what is actually there. We don't *see*. In my line of work, we are always encouraging students to "look again," and re-envision. In fact, "revise" is a big deal in teaching composition, and to me it means re-envision the whole, even if you have to take the draft apart and put it back together a different way. That is a great trick you mention, also for proofreading: Read everything backwards, and you can see the errors.ReplyDelete
I have an important death certificate that I look at every once in a while. The mother's name is typed over the instruction "mother's name," so the actual name is not legible. But I still try to stare at it again, and see what I can see. The answer is there somewhere!Replies
Have you tried scanning the back of the document and enhancing it using shimmying like Photoshop? Just a suggestion. And as usual, thank you so much for commenting!Delete
Usually, with documents such as the one you are showing here, my approach includes transcription. Often that is a very slow, letter by letter process. A magnifying glass comes in handy. It also includes looking for similar letters elsewhere in the text so that finally you can "construct" a word or part thereof. And when that job is done I start trying to understand what I have written down. And that involves reading it again and again until I grasp the meaning. Because many a time these documents include old fashioned words, some knowledge of etymology and the availability of old dictionaries is very useful. And then, in the end there is the reward. Or not yet :)Replies
Peter, thank you so much for your wise advice. This document was originally encased in cellophane and I had to conserve it before I could even think about transcribing it. I hope to have the time to tackle this in the not too distant future. :-)Delete
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Saturday, July 03, 2010
Gunnar Shogren's Wife v1.0?
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- Anonymous03 July, 2010 21:11
Do you not own a copy of "Scar's don't sweat"? Yes, Gunnar was married to Jennifer. He is now married to Betsy. Betsy is awesome!
Thanks for taking the time to clear this up. A copy of the film you reference is not in the Pappillon archives, though we will check for it at the cyclingtorrent site. Unless amazon.com offers it?ReplyDelete
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My copy has a bad spot, but I will try and make a copy for you (it is VHS and that is the only thing I could make) if you have any interest? I do not think you can get this film anywhere anymore. It was from G's 1998 season that was supposed to be his last year racing pro. It is a GREAT film. (same anon posted)ReplyDelete
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There will be points in life when it is impossible to see the good in anything.
The falling snow -- once a symbol of playtime, beauty and innocence -- will mean cracked radiators, middle fingers and two hour commutes.
There will be buckets of rain for every beautiful sunset, a dozen tears for every smile and newspaper headlines that ache to the core.
There will be times -- entire seasons -- where every phone call will end in a sigh.
Times when you will plead for news to be untold.
There will be times when it becomes impossible to love or live as you should
times when the fear of everything prevents you from doing anything.
Oh, yes, there will be times.
Times like today when you think of everyone who has passed in this, the most deplorable of winters.
And you will think, hanging up the phone, of the terrifying news to come.
You will swallow, and swallow, the lump in your throat gathering into a whimper.
You will limp to your car in the morning, slave away the day and spend your nights wondering where the day -- where the time, where this life -- has gone.
You will obsess over what you cannot control. You will give into the meaninglessness of everything, marveling as the world seemingly drowns in alternating currents of vitriol and apathy.
You will see all that remains to be done -- everything you have failed to accomplish -- and you (like Buridan's ass) will do none of it.
You will starve. And you will wither.
You will sit painfully and idly by, immobilized by the future remembrance 0f inevitable loss.
And you will forget, as so many people do, that life goes on.
Whether or not you truly live it is up to you.
But the question remains: how do you focus on the now...
on the moment...
when in the end
there is so much to lose.


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To his credit, he's not heading off to the Bahamas for a week or otherwise getting out of a kitchen overheated by a reinjured knee. Instead, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan will show up on Monday for an end-of-season session with the media, a day after the failure to pull a hobbling Robert Griffin III from the game helped ensure that the franchise's unlikely winning streak would end at seven.
It all gets started at 3:00 p.m. ET, and it will stream at Redskins.com.
There's a chance it will occur without a final diagnosis regarding Griffin's new injury. According to CSNWashington.com, Griffin was receiving treatment on the knee Monday, at the team's facility.
Four weeks ago, the Redskins were quick to declare that an MRI showed no structural damage to the knee. Since the latest injury, the Redskins have said nothing at all.
Either way, the silence will be broken later this afternoon. Unless Shanahan decides to catch a plane for someplace warmer and friendlier.


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Does Sarcoidosis Cause Osteoperosis?
I am a 50 year old white woman with an h/o sarcoidosis which presented 16 years ago as Loefflerâs Syndrome and was treated with high dose aspirin without recurrence. My mother had the same presentation and no subsequent recurrence.
This year I had a baseline bone density, less than 1 year after onset of menopause, which showed osteoporosis of spine and osteopenia of hip and femur. I do not drink alcohol, do not smoke, have no history of steroid use, and no family history of osteoporosis.
Workup for secondary causes showed normal thyroid, parathyroid, SPEP. 25OH vitamin D was 31 and 1, 25 vitamin D was in upper limit of normal range. The 24 hour urine collection had over 500mg Calcium. I am currently taking about calcium 1500mg and vitamin D 800-1000 IU. Is osteoporosis a common consequence of sarcoidosis in the absence of steroid treatment? If so, how is it best treated?
Dear Madam- This is an excellent question! In other words, there is not much known about the relationship between sarcoidosis and bone density in untreated patients.
However, a study of 51 untreated patients published in 2007 showed normal bone density. In your case, the data suggests that you may be losing calcium in your urine as opposed to not absorbing enough due to low vitamin D levels or diet.
This loss of calcium in the urine may be unrelated to sarcoidosis. Some people lose calcium in their urine due to a problem with the kidneys. This is usually not a serious condition. I would suggest that you talk to your doctors about further testing and possible treatments to reduce the loss of calcium.
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By Len Lear
When I was growing up in West Oak Lane in the 1940s and '50s, there were very few overweight kids in the neighborhood. In fact, I thought that the government had probably passed a law requiring every classroom to have just one fat boy and one fat girl in order to boost the self-esteem of all the other kids.
In my own class at Pennell Elementary School — from first to seventh grade — there was one fat boy named Robert and one fat girl named Marilyn. They stood out like two big creamy donuts in an arugula salad. And in the class one year behind us, there was one fat boy named Roger and one fat girl named Loretta. I didn't realize it then, but it's a miracle all the rest of us were thin since we ate a steady diet of what is now called "comfort food" — meat loaf, macaroni and cheese, hoagies, cheesesteaks, chocolate bars, cake, ice cream, etc. Not exactly a diet recommended by cardiologists.
I guess we stayed thin because we worked out like crazy every day in gym class and then played sports for hours every day after school and on weekends. Thank goodness we had no cell phones, iPads, text messaging, etc., unlike the overweight and obese kids and adults one sees today on every street and in every building.
I was reminded of my childhood eating habits by the menu at the new Balcony restaurant, which opened in April in the DoubleTree Hotel at Broad and Locust Streets. The menu is at the intersection of "Comfort" and "Food." The restaurant, previously known as Academy Cafe (in honor of the Academy of Music across the street), is located on the mezzanine level of the hotel, which had undergone two months of gutting and renovations as part of an overall $13 million hotel redo. The results are spectacular.
Every diner in the 180-seat restaurant has a stunning view from gigantic picture windows of the Avenue of the Arts streetscape and of a new, humongous fiber-optic chandelier which dangles over the lobby and atrium like huge icicles that keep changing colors from green to purple, red, blue, white, etc. The chairs and banquettes are very comfortable, and the tables are far enough apart from each other that you do not hear one word of the conversation of other diners, which is a pleasure. Two giant walls are covered with magnificent murals of parading Mummers and of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
My mother would certainly been pleased with the menu at the Balcony. (They refer to it as "Cuisine on the Mezzanine.") It looks pretty much like her weekly list of vittles in the 1950s — macaroni and cheese, meatloaf, grilled cheese and tomato soup, lump crab cakes, lasagna, burger and cheesesteak, fried chicken, roasted chicken, turkey with stuffing and gravy, etc. No food for grazing cows and sheep here.
"We wanted to create a menu that would appeal to our core customer base," said chef Neal Drinkwine. "Many of our guests are people on vacation who might be missing the comforts of home, so we thought that our menu of comfort food with a touch of genuine home cooking would appeal to them."
(Yes; that's right. The chef's last name is Drinkwine. Do you think he has ever been kidded about it? With a name like that, he was destined to go into the restaurant industry, you might say. Neal, a New York state native who has been a hotel chef in Philadelphia for 22 years, said his last name came from his French-Canadian father.)
If you are not afraid of comfort food and are not counting calories or cholesterol numbers, the Balcony experience is like a man with a sweet tooth who has fallen into a vat of chocolate. We thoroughly enjoyed the creamy mac & cheese with toasted bread crumbs ($8), which was as fine tuned as a Lang Lang piano; rich and thick French onion soup ($7), "Wedge" salad with blue cheese dressing, warm bacon and blue cheese crumbles ($7), homemade meatloaf with smashed red skin potatoes ($15), savory lump crab cakes with cole slaw and steak fries ($23), and one of the most decadent desserts anywhere — a trio of chocolate chip cookies baked on the premises with homemade vanilla and chocolate ice cream, whipped cream and caramel and chocolate sauce! Proceed at your own peril! (Our server, Jill, treats you like Saturday night.)
The Balcony is an ideal dining destination for people on their way to a concert at the Kimmel Center or the Academy of Music or a play at Wilma or Suzanne Roberts Theater since all are so close. "About 60 percent of our business comes from people going to concerts, plays or to the ballet," said Jeff Platt, Director of Operations.
On Wednesday nights until 7 p.m., the Balcony is beehive busy since it is one of many restaurants taking part in "Center City District Sips" — a Happy Hour that offers a free cocktail, half-price appetizers and deeply discounted drinks. For more information, call 215-893-1667 or visit www.balconyonbroad.com.


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David Ricci Jr. and Elizabeth Horan announce the birth of their son, David Ricci Jr., on November 10, 2013 at Women & Infants' Hospital, Providence. He weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. and was 21 inches long at birth.
Grandparents are David and Mary Ricci of Cranston, Carol Stoner and Michael Horan.
Great-grandparents are Lorraine Luce of Cranston and the late Wilfred Luce and Karen Keith, Valerie Kent and David and Norah Hesse.
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Seniors on the cusp of entering the "real world" might be focused on their last final exams, getting resumes sent out and finding a place to live, but they shouldn't overlook prepping their finances.
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Life after college brings on new expenses and financial challenges, but students can soften the blow on their banks accounts by taking action before graduation.
Along with relocation expenses for a potential job, recent grads must prepare to take on new expenses previously covered by student loans, housing and meal plans and tackle any outstanding debt they've taken on, says Andy Josuweit, CEO of Student Loan Hero.
According to data from public policy organization Demos, two out of three students graduate with an average of more than $24,000 in student loans, and the most common kinds of increased debt for Gen Y (age 18-34) are student loans at 42%, credit card debt at 35% and medical bills at 27%.
"Depending on one's starting salary and debt-to-income ratio, college grads can end up in tight financial situations for the first few years out of college," Josuweit says. "If fresh graduates don't keep a close eye on their financial situation, they can end up with negative credit reporting, late fees and even extremely high default collection fees."
For soon-to-be grads on the brink of entering the real world, here are three money moves personal finance experts say every college senior should be taking to get ready.
Step 1: Create a Budget
Even if grads don't have a concrete post-grad plan just yet, creating a budget of projected expenses such as bills, rent and discretionary spending can help them better understand their cash flow situation, suggests John Bucsek, managing director with MetLife Solutions Group.
"Lack of budgeting will compound almost every financial situation and force the recent grad to live 'paycheck to paycheck,' and that will force financial goals to be put off or may eliminate them altogether," he says.
Making a budget doesn't have to be an overwhelming prospect—grads can easily keep up with their expenses using sites like Mint.com or creating a simple spreadsheet.
"The most important thing is to find a system that consistently and easily works for you," says Rita Cheng, financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial.
"Having and following a budget can help make student loan debt feel less overwhelming and…can help you develop good money management skills while you're young before your financial situation gets even more complicated."
Step 2: Figure Out Student Loan Terms
Grads typically only have a six-month grace period before having to start repaying student loans, making it essential to secure a job and stay on top of other expenses.
Unemployed or financially-strapped grads should consult with their lender to determine repayment options available to them such as deferment, forbearance, and Income Based Repayment plans should they have issues making payments on time.
"These programs can serve as great cash flow management mechanisms to prevent defaults and negative credit reporting until a borrower's situation improves," says Josuweit.
To stay on top of payments and potentially receive a 0.25% discount on the interest rate, Cheng recommends that grads sign up for automatic loan payments from their checking account.
"After one year of timely payments, your lender may reduce your rate by another 0.75%--it truly does pay to be organized and disciplined," she says.
Step 3: Get High Interest Debt in Check
Whether grads are an authorized or co-signed user on a parent's card or have their own account, they should focus on getting the debt with the highest interest rate paid down first.
Understanding how debt impacts future goals and how credit score plays into every major purchase can help them stay on top of making steady payments and monitoring credit history health, says Bucsek.
"Low credit scores can wreak havoc on the cost of acquiring capital--therefore, home purchases will be delayed and even buying a car can be 50% more expensive with a low credit score," he says.
While paying off debt can seem overwhelming, it's important to keep long-term goals in mind and stick with a budget to ensure that all financial obligations are met, recommends Cheng.
"It's important (and possible) to pay down debt in a doable way and continue working toward other financial goals," she says. "There may be some trade-offs in discretionary spending along the way, but you likely won't regret taking this kind of approach to finances early on and building savings."


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Coastside Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana, or mindfulness meditation, was first taught by the Buddha 2,500 years ago. In this style of meditation, widespread today in Southeast Asia and increasingly popular in the West, one learns to watch what arises without judgment or reaction.
In so doing, the mind can become clear and steady, and we begin to see things as they really are, without the distortion of our hopes, fears and confusion. Some apply mindfulness to reduce stress and control pain, and many find the practice a help with daily life, but the Buddha's purpose was clear: this way of seeing leads to freedom from suffering.
Coastside Vipassana meets at the HI Point Montara Lighthouse on Wednesday evenings, for meditation and a dhamma talk from a visiting teacher. Everyone is welcome -- the merely curious, the earnest beginner, or the dedicated practitioner.
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The Public Apparently Isn't Interested In Sound Economics
from the this-is-unfortunate deptSo I hear there's some sort of election happening this week (have you heard anything about it?). Earlier this year, we wrote about an awesome effort by the folks at NPR's Planet Money to bring together a group of five different economists, from all over the political spectrum, and see if they could find points that all of them agreed upon. They came up with a list of six things that all of them agreed would be smart ideas for a President to implement -- and what was striking about all six was that not a single one of them was anywhere near politically tenable. Every one of them would be argued down immediately.
Part of the problem, honestly, was that nearly all of them required understanding a) a little bit of economics and b) being willing to understand nuanced situations and how different moves reverberate through the economy. Those, unfortunately, are rather difficult things -- and it was seen in our comments too. We had over 200 comments, and many of them showed exactly that problem. People made broad, sweeping generalizations based on the short one-sentence versions, without understanding the details or the nuances. Also, ridiculously, many people insisted that the plans were all a nefarious plot of one particular side of the political spectrum, totally ignoring the fact that the economists came from all sides. The idea that, for example, anyone might consider economists Dean Baker or Bob Frank "right wing" is so hilarious as to defy comment.
Since then, Planet Money continued the series with some really interesting followups. First they discussed some of the ideas that the economists couldn't agree on (free heroin!). Then it got fun. They brought in some political spin-meisters to take the policy planks that everyone admitted would never get very far coming out of a real politician's mouth and see if they could spin them positively. It's a really enjoyable/scary episode, in which complex economic ideas are reduced to crowd pleasing soundbites, mostly focused on misdirecting people from reality and, well, accentuating the positive.
Finally, last week, they decided to focus group the ideas and proved what we already knew: that the ideas, when explained to everyday Americans, were immediately and sometimes caustically shot down as being horrible, horrible ideas. They then tried to take some of the spin-meister versions, and present them as commercials... and got a little budge from a few people, but that was about it. In the end, it was clear that these ideas -- no matter how good they might be -- would immediately be shot down by the public, meaning that any candidate who proposed them wouldn't have much luck.
That's somewhat depressing, but a sign of the world we live in today. I'd argue that a big part of the problem is that nearly all of the proposals involve what appears to be short-term pain for long-term benefit -- and we live in such a short-term focused society. But as someone who tends to think that we really need much more understanding of economics and its impact among the general populace, this kind of thing only confirms how weak our economics education is today.


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In South Sudan, clashes among nomadic cattle-raising tribes in Jonglei state have killed thousands, but an evangelical Christian leader says encouraging the communities' permanent settlement will end the bloody circle of conflicts.
Bishop Elias Taban of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of South Sudan said the state has enough natural resources to support a changed lifestyle, a development that will also increase security.
"We can use the resources Jonglei has instead of having to wander anywhere for the sake of cattle ... [and] the police cannot police people if they are nomadic and do not have a permanent residence," Taban said while addressing a South Sudan Tribal Peace Conference held April 1-3 in the town of Yei.
The conference, sponsored by the World Evangelical Alliance, was organized against a backdrop of increased clashes between the Murle and Lou-Nuer tribes since July 2011 when South Sudan became an independent nation.
"We should develop practices of growing grass for our cattle, like I have seen in other countries, so that we do not have to move around all the time," said Taban.
According to the bishop, the state's many swamps are ideal for rice growing and the River Nile, another resource, flows through the state.
Although the communities have traditionally raided each others' cattle, church leaders note in recent years the gun has replaced the spear, resulting in many deaths. Women and children are also being abducted.
"We also believe in the capacity of the people of South Sudan ― that you can solve your problems together," said the Rev. Geoff Tunnicliffe, the WEA general secretary, in a speech.
The WEA represents six million Christians worldwide and runs hospitals, schools and churches in Sudan.