It's a secret! James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly may have found out ahead of time what they were having with their first two children, but for the third time around the couple has decided to keep it a surprise. During the Club MomMe Fall fest in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, a pregnant-again Kimberly revealed to Us Weekly that the parents have no desire to find out the sex of their third child beforehand.
"We have no idea. The doctor doesn't even know. It's a surprise!" she exclaimed to Us. "I'm the person who could have had three boys or three girls and not care. Also I was always into keeping the surprise, but at the end of the day I had a hard time. I think I have more will power this time!"
Kimberly and the Dawson's Creek alum, 36, tied the knot in August 2010 and already have daughter Olivia, 2, and son Joshua, 19 months. They announced in August they were expecting yet another little bundle of joy.
"Its nuts! I'm really busy," Kimberly told Us of the couple's busy household. "It's becoming easier because now they are becoming great friends," she said of her two children. "They definitely know how to argue, but they spend the majority of the time loving each other and laughing. When Joshua my youngest cries, my daughter Olivia will rub his back and tell him its okay. It's really sweet."
Kimberly also admitted that running around with Olivia and Joshua -- as fun as it may be -- isn't making this third pregnancy any easier! "It's harder being pregnant with two toddlers. I'm exhausted [with] this pregnancy! I'm really tired. Its tough to take a break. This is my most exhausting pregnancy yet."
Surprisingly, the redhead hasn't had any cravings yet, and couldn't even begin to guess whether she's having a boy or a girl. "This pregnancy feels very similar to both. I go back and forth. Olivia lately has said sister but all my friends think boy," she said.
But what about date night? Kimberly and the former Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 actor make sure to always keep the romance alive. "We make that a priority," she said of making time for each other. "A lot of times if he films late, we will go out and have dinner after and do something like that or we will go to a matinee on the weekend occasionally. We try to do something every few weeks."
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Of course, Van Der Beek never forgets about bedtime stories either! "He is really a hands on dad!" Kimberly gushed. "He has an intense filming schedule, but he tries really hard to get home to put them to bed. Normally I will give them a bath and he will do storytime and bedtime."
With the dust settling from tonight’s UFC Fight Night 31 fight card, it is time to take a look back at the highlights from tonight’s action. Tune in as the UFC on FOX crew breaks down the highlights from Alexis Davis’ win over Liz Carmouche via unanimous decision.
From 1 collapsing star, 2 black holes form and fuse
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Black holesmassive objects in space with gravitational forces so strong that not even light can escape themcome in a variety of sizes. On the smaller end of the scale are the stellar-mass black holes that are formed during the deaths of stars. At the larger end are supermassive black holes, which contain up to one billion times the mass of our sun. Over billions of years, small black holes can slowly grow into the supermassive variety by taking on mass from their surroundings and also by merging with other black holes. But this slow process can't explain the problem of supermassive black holes existing in the early universesuch black holes would have formed less than one billion years after the Big Bang.
Now new findings by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) may help to test a model that solves this problem.
Certain models of supermassive black hole growth invoke the presence of "seed" black holes that result from the deaths of very early stars. These seed black holes gain mass and increase in size by picking up the materials around thema process called accretionor by merging with other black holes. "But in these previous models, there was simply not enough time for any black hole to reach a supermassive scale so soon after the birth of the universe," says Christian Reisswig, NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics at Caltech and the lead author of the study. "The growth of black holes to supermassive scales in the young universe seems only possible if the 'seed' mass of the collapsing object was already sufficiently large," he says.
To investigate the origins of young supermassive black holes, Reisswig, in collaboration with Christian Ott, assistant professor of theoretical astrophysics, and their colleagues turned to a model involving supermassive stars. These giant, rather exotic stars are hypothesized to have existed for just a brief time in the early universe. Unlike ordinary stars, supermassive stars are stabilized against gravity mostly by their own photon radiation. In a very massive star, photon radiationthe outward flux of photons that is generated due to the star's very high interior temperaturespushes gas from the star outward in opposition to the gravitational force that pulls the gas back in. When the two forces are equal, this balance is called hydrostatic equilibrium.
During its life, a supermassive star slowly cools due to energy loss through the emission of photon radiation. As the star cools, it becomes more compact, and its central density slowly increases. This process lasts for a couple of million years until the star has reached sufficient compactness for gravitational instability to set in and for the star to start collapsing gravitationally, Reisswig says.
Previous studies predicted that when supermassive stars collapse, they maintain a spherical shape that possibly becomes flattened due to rapid rotation. This shape is called an axisymmetric configuration. Incorporating the fact that very rapidly spinning stars are prone to tiny perturbations, Reisswig and his colleagues predicted that these perturbations could cause the stars to deviate into non-axisymmetric shapes during the collapse. Such initially tiny perturbations would grow rapidly, ultimately causing the gas inside the collapsing star to clump and to form high-density fragments.
These fragments would orbit the center of the star and become increasingly dense as they picked up matter during the collapse; they would also increase in temperature. And then, Reisswig says, "an interesting effect kicks in." At sufficiently high temperatures, there would be enough energy available to match up electrons and their antiparticles, or positrons, into what are known as electron-positron pairs. The creation of electron-positron pairs would cause a loss of pressure, further accelerating the collapse; as a result, the two orbiting fragments would ultimately become so dense that a black hole could form at each clump. The pair of black holes might then spiral around one another before merging to become one large black hole. "This is a new finding," Reisswig says. "Nobody has ever predicted that a single collapsing star could produce a pair of black holes that then merge."
Reisswig and his colleagues used supercomputers to simulate a supermassive star that is on the verge of collapse. The simulation was visualized with a video made by combining millions of points representing numerical data about density, gravitational fields, and other properties of the gases that make up the collapsing stars.
Although the study involved computer simulations and is thus purely theoretical, in practice, the formation and merger of pairs of black holes can give rise to tremendously powerful gravitational radiationripples in the fabric of space and time, traveling at the speed of lightthat is likely to be visible at the edge of our universe, Reisswig says. Ground-based observatories such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), comanaged by Caltech, are searching for signs of this gravitational radiation, which was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity; future space-borne gravitational-wave observatories, Reisswig says, will be necessary to detect the types of gravitational waves that would confirm these recent findings.
Ott says that these findings will have important implications for cosmology. "The emitted gravitational-wave signal and its potential detection will inform researchers about the formation process of the first supermassive black holes in the still very young universe, and may settle someand raise newimportant questions on the history of our universe," he says.
These findings were published in Physical Review Letters the week of October 11 in a paper titled "Formation and Coalescence of Cosmological Supermassive-Black-Hole Binaries in Supermassive-Star Collapse." Caltech coauthors authors on the study include Ernazar Abdikamalov, Roland Haas, Philipp Msta. Another coauthor on the study, Erik Schnetter, is at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada. The work was funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.
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Black holesmassive objects in space with gravitational forces so strong that not even light can escape themcome in a variety of sizes. On the smaller end of the scale are the stellar-mass black holes that are formed during the deaths of stars. At the larger end are supermassive black holes, which contain up to one billion times the mass of our sun. Over billions of years, small black holes can slowly grow into the supermassive variety by taking on mass from their surroundings and also by merging with other black holes. But this slow process can't explain the problem of supermassive black holes existing in the early universesuch black holes would have formed less than one billion years after the Big Bang.
Now new findings by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) may help to test a model that solves this problem.
Certain models of supermassive black hole growth invoke the presence of "seed" black holes that result from the deaths of very early stars. These seed black holes gain mass and increase in size by picking up the materials around thema process called accretionor by merging with other black holes. "But in these previous models, there was simply not enough time for any black hole to reach a supermassive scale so soon after the birth of the universe," says Christian Reisswig, NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics at Caltech and the lead author of the study. "The growth of black holes to supermassive scales in the young universe seems only possible if the 'seed' mass of the collapsing object was already sufficiently large," he says.
To investigate the origins of young supermassive black holes, Reisswig, in collaboration with Christian Ott, assistant professor of theoretical astrophysics, and their colleagues turned to a model involving supermassive stars. These giant, rather exotic stars are hypothesized to have existed for just a brief time in the early universe. Unlike ordinary stars, supermassive stars are stabilized against gravity mostly by their own photon radiation. In a very massive star, photon radiationthe outward flux of photons that is generated due to the star's very high interior temperaturespushes gas from the star outward in opposition to the gravitational force that pulls the gas back in. When the two forces are equal, this balance is called hydrostatic equilibrium.
During its life, a supermassive star slowly cools due to energy loss through the emission of photon radiation. As the star cools, it becomes more compact, and its central density slowly increases. This process lasts for a couple of million years until the star has reached sufficient compactness for gravitational instability to set in and for the star to start collapsing gravitationally, Reisswig says.
Previous studies predicted that when supermassive stars collapse, they maintain a spherical shape that possibly becomes flattened due to rapid rotation. This shape is called an axisymmetric configuration. Incorporating the fact that very rapidly spinning stars are prone to tiny perturbations, Reisswig and his colleagues predicted that these perturbations could cause the stars to deviate into non-axisymmetric shapes during the collapse. Such initially tiny perturbations would grow rapidly, ultimately causing the gas inside the collapsing star to clump and to form high-density fragments.
These fragments would orbit the center of the star and become increasingly dense as they picked up matter during the collapse; they would also increase in temperature. And then, Reisswig says, "an interesting effect kicks in." At sufficiently high temperatures, there would be enough energy available to match up electrons and their antiparticles, or positrons, into what are known as electron-positron pairs. The creation of electron-positron pairs would cause a loss of pressure, further accelerating the collapse; as a result, the two orbiting fragments would ultimately become so dense that a black hole could form at each clump. The pair of black holes might then spiral around one another before merging to become one large black hole. "This is a new finding," Reisswig says. "Nobody has ever predicted that a single collapsing star could produce a pair of black holes that then merge."
Reisswig and his colleagues used supercomputers to simulate a supermassive star that is on the verge of collapse. The simulation was visualized with a video made by combining millions of points representing numerical data about density, gravitational fields, and other properties of the gases that make up the collapsing stars.
Although the study involved computer simulations and is thus purely theoretical, in practice, the formation and merger of pairs of black holes can give rise to tremendously powerful gravitational radiationripples in the fabric of space and time, traveling at the speed of lightthat is likely to be visible at the edge of our universe, Reisswig says. Ground-based observatories such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), comanaged by Caltech, are searching for signs of this gravitational radiation, which was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity; future space-borne gravitational-wave observatories, Reisswig says, will be necessary to detect the types of gravitational waves that would confirm these recent findings.
Ott says that these findings will have important implications for cosmology. "The emitted gravitational-wave signal and its potential detection will inform researchers about the formation process of the first supermassive black holes in the still very young universe, and may settle someand raise newimportant questions on the history of our universe," he says.
These findings were published in Physical Review Letters the week of October 11 in a paper titled "Formation and Coalescence of Cosmological Supermassive-Black-Hole Binaries in Supermassive-Star Collapse." Caltech coauthors authors on the study include Ernazar Abdikamalov, Roland Haas, Philipp Msta. Another coauthor on the study, Erik Schnetter, is at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada. The work was funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010, AT 6:19 PM Tornado Kills at Least Five in Oklahoma
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011, AT 3:07 PM Obama Gets Firsthand Look at a Tornado Damage
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010, AT 6:19 PM Tornado Kills at Least Five in Oklahoma. Very long title. Long long long. Tornado Kills at Least Five in Oklahoma. Very long title. Long long long.
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010, AT 6:19 PM Tornado Kills at Least Five in Oklahoma. Very long title. Long long long. Tornado Kills at Least Five in Oklahoma. Very long title. Long long long.
Sure, complaining about cable is probably the quintessential first world problem but it's like cable companies get off in screwing you over. South Park captures the cable screw job perfectly: every customer wants changes to be made with cable but every cable company is just enjoying how many different ways they can say no to you.
Hoping to help heart attack patients, MU signs agreement with Global PET
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Global PET Imaging LLC would utilize the expertise of the MU Research Reactor (MURR) and nuclear medicine scientists to produce active ingredient for diagnostic drug
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Following a heart attack, many patients consult with their doctors about the necessity of heart bypass surgery. However, the active ingredient for a test that helps determine the need for surgery could be in short supply in the near future. Now, an agreement signed by officials from the University of Missouri and Global PET Imaging LLC (GPI) could lead to a solution to that shortage.
In order to determine the condition of the heart and blood flow after a heart attack, doctors usually prescribe two tests or scans of the heart and surrounding area. One of those scans uses a radioisotope known as Rubidium-82, but the supply of the isotope is limited because few facilities have the ability to make it. Today, officials from MU and GPI announced the signing of a "Letter of Intent" to create a processing facility for this isotope near the MU campus, taking advantage of expertise at the nation's largest university research reactor.
"The market for rubidium is growing much faster than the supply, and we must find a way to increase production for this isotope that could save many lives," said Steve Wyatt, MU vice provost for economic development. "We have researchers and experts in nuclear medicine here on this campus that also is home to the nation's most powerful university research reactor. We already have experience in producing many other radioisotopes for medical use, and we're looking forward to the future of this partnership."
The agreement states that GPI will build a 70 MeV (million electron volts) cyclotron and related facilities at MU's Discovery Ridge. MU scientists would supply the expertise to operate the cyclotron, which would produce the active ingredient for the heart test. MU also would have access to the machine for other research purposes.
"Hardly anything in health care is more important than good diagnostic imaging," said Rod D. Martin, executive chairman of GPI. "PET provides better data with lower isotope exposure to the patient. That means fewer false diagnoses, better early diagnoses, lower costs and saved lives.
"It's tragic that most Americans have inadequate access to this essential tool, simply because of a shortage of something we can produce so easily. Global PET brings the resources needed to change that, the team at MURR brings more talent and expertise than any similar facility on Earth, and together we will end this needless shortage and provide higher quality health care for all Americans, period."
"We're very excited about working with these two groups," said Mike Brooks, CEO of Regional Economic Development, Inc. of Columbia. "When you combine this potential resource with the science expertise at MU and the expert health care that is available in the region, it is evident that Columbia is becoming a hub for the medical industry. The people of mid-Missouri are very fortunate to have these resources available to them in their own backyard."
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Hoping to help heart attack patients, MU signs agreement with Global PET
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Global PET Imaging LLC would utilize the expertise of the MU Research Reactor (MURR) and nuclear medicine scientists to produce active ingredient for diagnostic drug
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Following a heart attack, many patients consult with their doctors about the necessity of heart bypass surgery. However, the active ingredient for a test that helps determine the need for surgery could be in short supply in the near future. Now, an agreement signed by officials from the University of Missouri and Global PET Imaging LLC (GPI) could lead to a solution to that shortage.
In order to determine the condition of the heart and blood flow after a heart attack, doctors usually prescribe two tests or scans of the heart and surrounding area. One of those scans uses a radioisotope known as Rubidium-82, but the supply of the isotope is limited because few facilities have the ability to make it. Today, officials from MU and GPI announced the signing of a "Letter of Intent" to create a processing facility for this isotope near the MU campus, taking advantage of expertise at the nation's largest university research reactor.
"The market for rubidium is growing much faster than the supply, and we must find a way to increase production for this isotope that could save many lives," said Steve Wyatt, MU vice provost for economic development. "We have researchers and experts in nuclear medicine here on this campus that also is home to the nation's most powerful university research reactor. We already have experience in producing many other radioisotopes for medical use, and we're looking forward to the future of this partnership."
The agreement states that GPI will build a 70 MeV (million electron volts) cyclotron and related facilities at MU's Discovery Ridge. MU scientists would supply the expertise to operate the cyclotron, which would produce the active ingredient for the heart test. MU also would have access to the machine for other research purposes.
"Hardly anything in health care is more important than good diagnostic imaging," said Rod D. Martin, executive chairman of GPI. "PET provides better data with lower isotope exposure to the patient. That means fewer false diagnoses, better early diagnoses, lower costs and saved lives.
"It's tragic that most Americans have inadequate access to this essential tool, simply because of a shortage of something we can produce so easily. Global PET brings the resources needed to change that, the team at MURR brings more talent and expertise than any similar facility on Earth, and together we will end this needless shortage and provide higher quality health care for all Americans, period."
"We're very excited about working with these two groups," said Mike Brooks, CEO of Regional Economic Development, Inc. of Columbia. "When you combine this potential resource with the science expertise at MU and the expert health care that is available in the region, it is evident that Columbia is becoming a hub for the medical industry. The people of mid-Missouri are very fortunate to have these resources available to them in their own backyard."
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Contact: Clea Desjardins clea.desjardins@concordia.ca 514-848-242-45068 Concordia University
Support of parents and peers vital for millennials leaving home: New study from Concordia University
This news release is available in French.
Montreal, November 6, 2013 Leaving home is an important milestone that signals entry into adulthood. But young people are staying home longer than ever before. In fact, the 2011 census report from Statistics Canada shows that 42.3 per cent of young adults aged 20 to 29 still lived with their parents that's compared to 32.1 per cent in 1991, and 26.9 per cent in 1981.
The diminishing number of blue-collar jobs, rising costs of housing and increasing need for prolonged postsecondary education have impacted how, when and why young adults leave home. At the same time, youth today are less driven to take on adult responsibilities than previous generations.
Recent research shows that individuals in their early 20s also known as millennials undergo a brand-new life stage not experienced by previous generations: emerging adulthood. A new study from Concordia's Department of Applied Human Sciences examines how moving out on one's own is a critical element in the transition to adulthood.
It turns out that moving out represents a significant transition that can constitute a crisis. Luckily, this crisis can be overcome with a little help from friends and family, a finding that also has implications for disadvantaged youth.
Varda Mann-Feder, a professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences and first author of the forthcoming study in the Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, explains that parents and peers are deeply implicated in the moving-out process. This was confirmed by the in-depth interviews that she and her research team conducted with 32 emerging adults who had either left home or were contemplating such a move.
Study participants who had already left home said that parents made significant contributions to a successful move, both through pragmatic help and the provision of an emotional and financial safety net. Peers were equally important, as participants preferred to turn to friends, rather than to their parents, to learn the skills needed for autonomous living.
For those participants still at home, peers and parents were seen as extremely influential in relation to ideas about leaving the proverbial nest. Peers who had already left home represented a key source of information about moving out, and about whether or not to do it. The ability to observe peers and adopt similar strategies or avoid their mistakes also provided reassurance for participants at home.
"This study shows peers continue to play a critical role in development after the teenage years," says Mann-Feder. "They provide unique input not available from parents or romantic partners. This finding gives me hope for those emerging adults who do not have the benefit of a parental safety net; that is, for individuals forced to transition out of foster care, mental health institutions or juvenile justice situations when they reach the age of majority."
She notes that, despite large investments in programs for transitioning these youth into independent living, outcomes have been poor overall. Mann-Feder intends this study to be the first step in a program of research that will help design targeted programs and policies supporting healthy transitions to adulthood for disadvantaged youth.
Research in action: Concordia's new Graduate Diploma in Youth Work will further this type of research. The 33-credit program prepares students for work with youth in both the regular community as well as in specialized contexts like foster care. The applied approach of this diploma integrates community youth development with clinical work.
Says Mann-Feder: "Our students will develop advanced intervention skills, the ability to establish facilitative relationships and use collaborative strength-based approaches in a range of contexts."
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Partners in research: This research was made possible by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The study was co-authored by Allison Eades and Emma Sobel, graduate students in Concordia's Human Systems Intervention program, as well as Jack DeStefano from McGill University.
Related links:
Graduate Diploma in Youth Work http://ahsc.concordia.ca/graduate-programs/diploma-youth-work/
Department of Applied Human Sciences http://ahsc.concordia.ca/index.php
Varda Mann-Feder on Research @ Concordia http://portico.concordia.ca/researchtest/#!/profile/2591/
Canadian Journal of Family and Youth http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjfy
Media contact:
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Senior advisor, media relations
University Communications Services
Concordia University
Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Email: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
Web: concordia.ca/now/media-relations
Twitter: twitter.com/CleaDesjardins
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Movin' on out
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Support of parents and peers vital for millennials leaving home: New study from Concordia University
This news release is available in French.
Montreal, November 6, 2013 Leaving home is an important milestone that signals entry into adulthood. But young people are staying home longer than ever before. In fact, the 2011 census report from Statistics Canada shows that 42.3 per cent of young adults aged 20 to 29 still lived with their parents that's compared to 32.1 per cent in 1991, and 26.9 per cent in 1981.
The diminishing number of blue-collar jobs, rising costs of housing and increasing need for prolonged postsecondary education have impacted how, when and why young adults leave home. At the same time, youth today are less driven to take on adult responsibilities than previous generations.
Recent research shows that individuals in their early 20s also known as millennials undergo a brand-new life stage not experienced by previous generations: emerging adulthood. A new study from Concordia's Department of Applied Human Sciences examines how moving out on one's own is a critical element in the transition to adulthood.
It turns out that moving out represents a significant transition that can constitute a crisis. Luckily, this crisis can be overcome with a little help from friends and family, a finding that also has implications for disadvantaged youth.
Varda Mann-Feder, a professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences and first author of the forthcoming study in the Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, explains that parents and peers are deeply implicated in the moving-out process. This was confirmed by the in-depth interviews that she and her research team conducted with 32 emerging adults who had either left home or were contemplating such a move.
Study participants who had already left home said that parents made significant contributions to a successful move, both through pragmatic help and the provision of an emotional and financial safety net. Peers were equally important, as participants preferred to turn to friends, rather than to their parents, to learn the skills needed for autonomous living.
For those participants still at home, peers and parents were seen as extremely influential in relation to ideas about leaving the proverbial nest. Peers who had already left home represented a key source of information about moving out, and about whether or not to do it. The ability to observe peers and adopt similar strategies or avoid their mistakes also provided reassurance for participants at home.
"This study shows peers continue to play a critical role in development after the teenage years," says Mann-Feder. "They provide unique input not available from parents or romantic partners. This finding gives me hope for those emerging adults who do not have the benefit of a parental safety net; that is, for individuals forced to transition out of foster care, mental health institutions or juvenile justice situations when they reach the age of majority."
She notes that, despite large investments in programs for transitioning these youth into independent living, outcomes have been poor overall. Mann-Feder intends this study to be the first step in a program of research that will help design targeted programs and policies supporting healthy transitions to adulthood for disadvantaged youth.
Research in action: Concordia's new Graduate Diploma in Youth Work will further this type of research. The 33-credit program prepares students for work with youth in both the regular community as well as in specialized contexts like foster care. The applied approach of this diploma integrates community youth development with clinical work.
Says Mann-Feder: "Our students will develop advanced intervention skills, the ability to establish facilitative relationships and use collaborative strength-based approaches in a range of contexts."
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Partners in research: This research was made possible by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The study was co-authored by Allison Eades and Emma Sobel, graduate students in Concordia's Human Systems Intervention program, as well as Jack DeStefano from McGill University.
Related links:
Graduate Diploma in Youth Work http://ahsc.concordia.ca/graduate-programs/diploma-youth-work/
Department of Applied Human Sciences http://ahsc.concordia.ca/index.php
Varda Mann-Feder on Research @ Concordia http://portico.concordia.ca/researchtest/#!/profile/2591/
Canadian Journal of Family and Youth http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjfy
Media contact:
Cla Desjardins
Senior advisor, media relations
University Communications Services
Concordia University
Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Email: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
Web: concordia.ca/now/media-relations
Twitter: twitter.com/CleaDesjardins
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It's country music's biggest night and there were definitely plenty of moments to remember from the 2013 CMA Awards held at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 6).
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley did an incredible job hosting the evening's big event, entertaining the audience with a number of jokes and musical skits.
In addition, Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan and Lady Antabellum were just a few of the country crooners to take the stage and show off their wonderful vocal skills.
Meanwhile, a few of the big winners tonight included George Strait taking home Entertainer of the Year and Kacey Musgraves scoring the prize for New Artist of the Year.
Taylor earned a couple early wins this morning, winning the trophy for Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year for her collaboration with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban on "Highway Don't Care."
Check out the full list of winners below:
Entertainer of the Year
Taylor Swift
Jason Aldean
WINNER George Strait
Blake Shelton
Luke Bryan
Male Vocalist of the Year
WINNER Blake Shelton
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Keith Urban
Eric Church
Female Vocalist of the Year
Taylor Swift
WINNER Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
Kacey Musgraves
Kelly Clarkson
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Thompson Square
WINNER Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
New Artist of the Year
Florida Georgia Line
Lee Brice
Kip Moore
WINNER Kacey Musgraves
Brett Eldredge
Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
WINNER Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Musical Event of the Year
Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly, “Cruise”
WINNER Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, “Highway Don’t Care”
Your hosts Ben Drawbaugh and Richard Lawler are back after a short hiatus, and the HD-related news queue has gotten fat. This week's show begins with the end ... of Panasonic's plasma line, but that's OK as long as a 60-plus-inch 4K OLED arrives to fill the void. Jameis Winston definitely won't see ...
MMAFrenzy’s coverage of UFC Fight Night 31: Fight for the Troops continues with our recaps of tonight’s FOX Sports 1 preliminary card. In tonight’s FS1 featured preliminary, Bobby Green would best James Krause in a bizarre fight. Fighters Francisco Rivera, Dennis Bermudez, and Amanda Nunes would also pick wins in other UFC Fight Night 31 preliminary action.
Bobby Green would pick up a victory tonight in the UFC Fight Night 31 featured preliminary against James Krause but it was not without controversy. After two low blows that resulted in a point deduction against Green, he would land a kick on the top of the cup/beltline that dropped Krause. Referee “Big” John McCarthy would immediately call the fight for Green, saying the strike was legal. While the cup strike was audible on the broadcast and Krause protested the stoppage, it was all in vain. Regardless, Green picks up his sixth straight victory while Krause sees his eight-fight win streak snapped.
Rivera Blasts Roop
Francisco Rivera is one of the more violent strikers in the UFC’s bantamweight division and he showcased that tonight against George Roop at Fight for the Troops 3. While Roop was able to use his grappling and length to keep Rivera relatively at bay in the first, Rivera turned up the pressure and blasted Roop in the second. Rivera is now unbeaten in his last six fights, having now won two straight, and will look for a bump in competition in his next fight.
Bermudez Defeats Siler
Dennis Bermudez put together arguably his best UFC performance to date by defeating a very game Steven Siler tonight at UFC Fight Night 31. Both men had their moments tonight in Kentucky, but Bermudez’s combination of wrestling and striking allowed him to control the fight. The fighter did not just hold on however, as he constantly looked to finish with submissions on the ground. Bermudez improves to 5-1 in the UFC and has won five straight fights in a fashion that will certainly put him in contention.
Nunes Pounds Out De Randamie
Germaine de Randamie held the striking advantage but was not able to use it much tonight against Amanda Nunes. Nunes got the fight to the ground and immediately worked to secure the mount where she rained down elbows until referee Herb Dean called a halt to the fight. Nunes has now won two in a row since losing to Sarah D’Alelio at Invicta FC 4, while De Randamie drops to 1-1 in the Octagon.
UFC Fight Night 31 Quick Results:
Bobby Green def. James Krause via TKO (kick) at 3:50 of Round 1
Francisco Rivera def. George Roop via TKO (strikes) at 2:20 of Round 2
Dennis Bermudez def. Steven Siler via unanimous decision (30-27,30-27,30-27)
Amanda Nunes def. Germaine de Randamie via TKO (elbows) at 3:56 of Round 1
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Audio output sounds great in some apps — and lousy in others, especially with spoken-word playback
Two things you need to know about the the speakers on the Nexus 5: First, there's only one speaker. Never mind that you see a pair of speaker grilles — there's only one speaker hidden back there. As we first learned on the LG G2 — a close cousin, insofar as the hardware goes — there's a speaker, and there's a microphone. Not two speakers. That's been confirmed by iFixit's teardown, as well, not that it was a surprise. Stick your finger over one of the speakers and it's readily apparent.
There other thing we've discovered is that the Nexus 5 speaker can be pretty decent, or it can be downright horrible — and it appears that software may be to blame here.
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