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Ask any astrophysicist to describe the "two-body problem," and the answer will involve orbiting celestial bodies. Ask a young scientist, and the question takes on a very earthly meaning.
Years of tight budgets and decreasing paylines at the National Institutes of Health have pushed the average age of first-time grant recipients to 42, effectively turning the entirety of scientists' 20s and 30s into years of training and instability. At the same time, more than two-thirds of life sciences postdoctoral fellows are married, and more than one-third have children (1).
Young would-be academics must confront the two-body problem, balancing their spouse's career aspirations with the mobility demanded by the postdoctoral training cycle. Finding solutions to the two-body problem has become paramount in ensuring the best scientists continue to fill the highest ranks of research.
"People aren't finding places where both partners can work," says Kristofor Langlais, a postdoctoral genetics research fellow at the NIH. "Opportunities are practically nil." Langlais and his wife are both Ph.D. scientists who have struggled to find tenure-track faculty positions in the same location. The lack of faculty jobs gradually has forced them both toward nonacademic careers.
Over the past 30 years, the number of biomedical postdoctoral researchers has more than tripled, while the number of tenured or tenure-track positions has remained virtually static (2). This imbalance has led to greatly increased competition and longer years of training as scientists amass the increased credentials required to earn a job. Statistics from the National Postdoctoral Association show that only 18 percent of recent graduates obtain such positions within six years of graduating (1). Researchers can expect to spend their 20s and 30s moving from their undergraduate school to a Ph.D. lab to one or more postdoctoral positions, relocating on average every four years.
Do scientists make different career choices after being fed up with the academic job market? "We certainly did," says Langlais.
Like Langlais and his wife, Ph.D. scientists are increasingly turning to alternative careers. In 1972, nearly 70 percent of all biomedical Ph.D.s were employed in academic science. Today, that number has dwindled to 50 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage of Ph.D.s employed in industry has more than doubled and now makes up roughly one-quarter of the postdoctoral biomedical work force. Part of the appeal of industry jobs may include the prospect for scientists to choose where they would like to live, perhaps finding a rewarding career in a place where their partner also is employed (2).
Among many causes of the "leaky pipeline" (3), the two-body problem is likely to be a significant factor in forcing women from the ranks of academic researchers. According to Karen Ruff, a graduate student in chemical biology and former co-chair of Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering, "Many women feel like they must choose either an academic career or a family." Fifty-seven percent of undergraduates are women, and approximately half of all graduates with science degrees are women (2, 4, 5). However, less than 15 percent of tenured faculty members are women, even though women have made up more than 20 percent of all life science Ph.D. recipients in the past 30 years (5).
Historically, women have sacrificed their own careers to follow their husbands' career ambitions. While this may be less true today, many women in academia still play the career equivalent of "follow the leader" (6). According to Ruff, "Because of the lingering expectations of gender roles, as well as the biological burden of carrying any children, a disproportionate number of women choose to be the nonacademic spouse." Male researchers often undertake nationwide searches for the few available academic jobs, while female scientists find a way to make do wherever their spouses are given a job.
But the pressures of the two-body problem are not entirely confined to women. Men also are forced to piece together a career wherever their wives land a faculty position.
When his wife received an offer from Castleton State College, Langlais moved with his wife from Oregon to Vermont. There, Langlais took a number of short-term teaching positions in local high schools and colleges. However, a permanent, full-time academic position eluded him.
"There were just no opportunities for me," Langlais says.
The work-life balance struggles in academia are intimately familiar to the authors of this article. Allen's Ph.D. training kept him apart from his wife for four years. Were it not for his decision to pursue a career outside academia (see his "Career Insights" article in this issue), they might still be struggling to find careers that would allow them to live in the same city. Meanwhile, Kyle and his wife are living apart for a year as she finishes her degree.
In his January 2009 "President's Message," Greg Petsko expressed concern about the rising age of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology membership and noted that the occupations of working biochemists are shifting toward industry. Though the two-body problem is certainly not the only cause of these demographic trends, it may play a larger role than is widely discussed. In good economic times, a job in industry or outside academia means being able to choose where you live and work. This factor could prove to be a powerful incentive that affects the willingness of young researchers to remain in the geographic limbo of academic training.
Given the current academic job market, providing career paths sensitive to the work-life balance is vital to ensure that most qualified scientists will remain in innovative biomedical research.
1. National Postdoctoral Association (2008) Postdoctoral Scholars Fact Sheet.
2. Garrison, H., and McGuire, K. (2008). Education and Employment of Biological and Medical Scientists 2008: Data from National Surveys. PowerPoint presentation prepared by FASEB Office for Public Affairs.
3. Kresge, N. (2008) Keeping Women in Science. ASBMB Today. December.
4. Association of American Colleges and Universities (2009) The Intellectual Architects of Inclusive Institutions in On Campus with Women 38, 1.
5. Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine (2007) Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. The National Academies Press.
6. Jamieson, V. (2001) Love and the two-body problem. www.physicsworld.com. October 3.
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McConnell was raised in southern Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended the duPont Manual High School, and in 1964 he graduated with honors from the University of Louisville with a B.A. in political science. He was student body president and a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He graduated in 1967 from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was elected president of the Student Bar Association.


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Recently I was staring at my old baking sheet and marveled at its smooth, nonstick surface. It's not due to a Teflon coating or an anodized finish. Rather, food doesn't stick to it because it's been in continuous use for 40 years.
It's an Ekco, perhaps from 1972 as best Mom can recall. A sheet of steel that was probably stamped out in a Rust Belt factory just like thousands of others. It has a brother--a round sheet that's pretty battered and beaten but can still cook a pizza. When I was a kid this baking sheet was used to make biscuits and cinnamon rolls and cookies and lots of other baked goods. Since it was handed down to me in the mid-90s, I've used it for those purposes as well as a million other things. Yesterday it was used to heat up frozen crab legs dusted with a little Old Bay seasoning.
It was difficult to get a good shot of the cooking surface, since you're looking at black on black. So I took it outside and first snapped a shot of the bottom. Not quite as seasoned, but there's nothing shiny or gray. A little rust here and there.
Despite four decades of use the baking sheet isn't warped or bent, and it doesn't have any holes from rust or damage. It won't last forever, but it's certainly performed far beyond what anyone could have imagined.
When you're photographing something that is dark, it helps to go with brighter light, and you can't get a lot brighter than the sun on a clear day. In this picture you can see some of the patterns in the patina, but more significantly the nonstick coating that has built up over the years allowed me to see my own reflection. A white t-shirt, a big SLR camera over my face, and the blue sky behind me.
This pan and a few bowls and other items are remnants from my parents' wedding in 1972 and early years together before I came along in 1976. Sunday they celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. As I gaze into my reflection in this otherwise unremarkable piece of metal, I know that I'm in the pan and the pan is in me. The food cooked on it allowed me to grow up and build bone and muscle, and every meal meant a few iron atoms that strayed from the pan to the food to my bloodstream. Likewise, I've burned myself on the pan many times, adding my own contribution to the patina of the lip and edges.
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A-Rod ruling explained — how arbitrator Fredric Horowitz decided on 162 games
Now that the 33-page ruling from Alex Rodriguez's suspension appeal has been made public, you can spend your night combing arbitrator Fredric Horowitz's assessment of the Biogenesis scandal until you have legalese coming out of your ears.
Seriously, there's a lot to take in. But here's a PDF version of the ruling, via the Wall Street Journal, if that's how you like to spend your time. (Note: You'll want to skip to page 44 for Horowitz's ruling, the first half of the PDF is A-Rod's lawsuit, which makes for quite a double feature).
One of the main questions lingering after Sunday night's reveal of the case against A-Rod on "60 Minutes" was how and why Horowitz decided to knock MLB's initial 211-game suspension down to 162 games. It wasn't as simple as just saying, "this guy is done for season," although that's what eventually happened.
• Horowitz decided the facts proved that A-Rod violated MLB's Joint Drug Agreement on three separate occasions with three different substances — HGH, testosterone and IGF-1. Instead of the usual penalty structure most of us know — 50 games for a first offense, 100 games for a second and a lifetime ban for a third — Horowitz viewed these as three separate offenses with three separate drugs and thus, they warranted 150 games worth of suspension.
• Horowitz compared a few past cases of MLB discipline when sizing up an appropriate A-Rod verdict. He looked at suspensions handed down to Steve Howe (for using cocaine), Jason Grimley (PEDs with no failed test) and Guillermo Mota (two positive PED tests).
• Using the previous 150-games calculation as a benchmark, Horowitz then focused on a season's suspension rather than a certain number of games. In his explanation, he wrote:
"… No MLB player has been suspended for any substance abuse violation longer than one season ... A suspension of the entire 2014 season and 2014 postseason is supported by just cause. It is recognized this represents the longest disciplinary suspension imposed on a MLB player to date. Yes Rodriguez committed the most egregious violations of the JDA reported to date and engaged in at least two documented attempts to cover up that behavior in violation of the Basic Agreement. A suspension of one season satisfies the structures of just cause as commensurate with the severity of the his violations while affording Rodriguez the opportunity to resume his playing career in the 2015 career."
• None of the objections from A-Rod's camp about Bosch's credibility or MLB paying for documents factored into Horowitz's decision, he wrote, because he decided there was "no basis" in them.
• In conclusion, Horowitz deemed the length of the suspension unprecedented, but said A-Rod's misconduct was too.
"Based up on the entire record from the arbitration, MLB has demonstrated with clear and convincing evidence there is just cause to suspend Rodriguez for the 2014 season and 2014 postseason for having violated the JDA by the use and/or possession of testosterone, IGF-1 and HGH over the course of three years, and for the two attempts to obstruct MLB's investigation described above, which violated Article XII(B) of the Basic Agreement. While this length of suspension may be unprecedented for a MLB player, so is the misconduct he committed. The suspension imposed by MLB as modified herein is hereby sustained."
A-Rod's camp is, of course, fighting the ruling in federal court, hoping to get his suspension lifted. In other words, you'll have plenty of time to read all 33 pages of the A-Rod verdict before all this is finally decided.
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Photoshop CS5 has a way-cool feature: Content-Aware Scale. Basically, this feature lets you scale a picture . . without affecting the main content (subject). This is important when you need to add some extra room in an image, such as when you need to add type.
I had to use Content-Aware Scale recently for a project that I am working on. (Info on this project to come soon, but I can't let the cat out of the bag quite yet.)
My friend Julieanne Kost at Adobe explains now to use this feature best.
Following Julieanne's advice, I was able to create the image above from the image below.
Yes, I also took advantage of the Clone Stamp tool. And yes, I was actually falling through the air at 125 miles an hour. Just take a look at my face!
After adding the type, by the way, I chose a Gradient Layer as the Layer Style, which allowed me to add some cool and fun colors to the type.
The key to making this work is to choose Content-Aware Scale (of course) and then to make a selection of the subject you don't want stretched, and then to save that subject as a selection.
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PLEASE NOTE: We nearly always home dogs who have come from breeders where there is ALREADY A RESIDENT DOG living in the house. They have usually never lived in a house before and are only used to canine company. They usually get their confidence and learn faster with another dog to copy from. This also helps with house training and learning how to walk on a lead. They will make lovely pets but do need a lot of love, time and patience. If the ex breeding dog you are interested in can be an only dog it will say so in its write up. Please read our information on ADOPTING EX-BREEDING DOGS before you apply.
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5 Foolproof Tips for Photographing Kids by Tamara Kenyon
I get asked a lot about which subject the hardest to photograph. Most often I get people guessing that it's kids because they're so busy and hard to direct. WRONG. If we're being honest here, it's actually grown men, but that is for another post.
Kids are my absolute favorite subject because they're so real and unscripted. However, it's not always easy to capture so I want to share some helpful tips when photographing children to really capture their personalities.
#1 – Earn their trust.
Children are more cautious when meeting new people than adults are. They're not immediately comfortable and it will appear that way in the photos until you earn their trust.
When booking the session I ask the parents some of their child's interests so I have a good idea of who they are. I'll also try to find some sort of "prize" that I'll bring with me that pertains to their interests. So essentially I'm winning them over (trying not to use the word bribe, but it is what it is).
When I first meet a new child, I immediately start asking them questions and talk to them to warm them up (way before I pull out the camera).
– How old are you?
– What is your favorite color?
– Do you like animals?
-What is your favorite animal?
These types of questions will usually warm them up and help them understand that I'm their friend and not some scary adult.
While shooting, I'll ask the child if they want to come and look at the picture I just took of them. They are usually super excited to see that I took their picture and start to perform more afterward. Sometimes I'll even let them take a picture of their parents with my camera. Sounds dangerous but I usually have the camera hooked onto my neck and I hold it up for them while they push the button down.
#2 – Forget traditional, always smiling, always facing the camera photos.
I think the main reason people think that photographing children is hard is because they have these expectations of photographs of the child perfectly posing and staring at the camera. You might as well throw that idea out the window because it's not going to happen.
Don't force the smile, it only creates strange fake smiles. Instead, photograph children in their natural environment. If you're at the park – let them play. Bring toys! You'll be surprised how much more of their personality you will be able to catch if you leave them alone.
Sometimes it happens and it's great when it does – just don't always count on it.
#3 – Shoot at their level.
There is nothing more intimidating than a big adult shooting at adult height to a child. When taking photos of children, get down on your bum, your knees, or your belly to capture photos at their level. It will also avoid any strange proportions your lens might create from being at such a different level.
#4 – Be patient.
I cannot stress this one enough. Kids are kids. Sometimes they will meltdown and that's okay. Give them a second to compose themselves and usually it will pass pretty quick. Give them space. Sometimes they are just overwhelmed and need a break.
#5 – Be quick!
There aren't any do-overs. Chances are, if you were to tell a child to "do that again" that it won't happen. Don't bring equipment that takes up a lot of time in between shots. Bring equipment that is low-maintenance and fast so that you can switch lenses or settings quickly.
Overall, photographing children can be extremely rewarding but it takes lots of practice. Make sure you're comfortable with kids and you give them a great experience so they will want to do it again. I feel like part of the family with most of my clients because I've learned to really get to know their kids and their family.
Good Luck!
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Whenever you see these great results, think of the work that went into this, and the terrific folks here behind all that work!
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Testosterone is not approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating sexual problems in women. At this time, there is no testosterone pill, patch, or cream approved for women in the U.S. Those made for men have too high a dose for women. But your doctor may prescribe testosterone in a compounded formula, which is a medicine made just for you by a pharmacist.
Testosterone is known as a "male" hormone, or
androgen. It also is made in small amounts by a
adrenal glands and
ovaries. A woman's testosterone is highest around age
20 and slowly declines with age.1
Testosterone therapy raises testosterone
levels in the body. But testosterone is only
FDA-approved for use in men.
Methyltestosterone probably does not work in
the body and the brain like natural testosterone does. It does not directly
raise a woman's testosterone levels. And it cannot be measured in the blood
like natural testosterone.
Methyltestosterone. This hormone product is sometimes also prescribed to menopausal
women for improving sexual desire and
Testosterone is an experimental treatment
used to raise a woman's sexual interest, arousal, and satisfaction. Women with
low androgen levels who might benefit from low-dose testosterone therapy
include those who:
Do not take testosterone if you:
Some experts advise against using testosterone therapy for women
who have not reached menopause.2
There is not strong enough evidence to support the use of
testosterone for improving menopausal symptoms.3 But for women who no longer have ovaries (or whose ovaries are not working), testosterone with estrogen therapy has been shown to slightly increase sexual desire.4
In many women, testosterone may have a direct effect on sex drive
and sexual response. Women taking testosterone may have more sexual thoughts,
fantasies, activity, and satisfaction.5
There is no solid link between a woman's high testosterone and high
sex drive, nor between low sex drive and low testosterone. You can have a low
testosterone level in your body and have a normal sex drive or have high
testosterone and very little interest in sex.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference
is not available in all systems.)
Taking testosterone by using a skin patch, gel, or cream does not
seem to affect cholesterol levels, but taking it by mouth does. This is because
hormones taken by mouth are processed through the liver. Hormones taken through the skin are not processed by the liver.6 At this time, there are no
FDA-approved testosterone products for women.
Testosterone treatment for longer than 6 months has not been
studied. Experts do not yet know whether it raises risks of breast cancer,
heart disease, or dangerous blood clots. It may increase these risks, because
some testosterone in the body is made into estrogen. Higher-than-normal
estrogen in the body is linked to these risks.6
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant. If you need to use this medicine, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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of androgens: How to counsel patients. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 79(Suppl): S25–S32.
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Talents Shine at Hartsburg-Emden Fine Arts Festival
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[May 08, 2014]
HARTSBURG - On May 2, 2014,
Hartsburg-Emden Junior/Senior High School hosted the Hartsburg-Emden
Fine Arts Festival. The event hosted in the high school gymnasium
featured musical performances, artwork displays, dance routines, and
voice improvisations by the many talented 5th - 12th grade students.
The darkened gym and period table decorations provided a jazz
club atmosphere. Decorator Kim Escobedo, mother of performer Lillian
Escobedo described the atmosphere as "very classy."
Attendees entering the school viewed various pieces of artwork by
Alicia Clark, Erica Wolpert, Megan Neikirk, and Tyson Andrade.
Artwork included paintings, drawings and nature photographs.
The audience was seated around the decorated tables or in the
bleachers, and treated to performances by many talented students
under the direction of band instructor Cody Sheldon and music
instructor Rachel Jordan. The high school band opened, performing
"Georgia on My Mind." Other instrumental performances by the 5th
grade band, the 6th and 7th grade band, and the high school band
included "Shadows in the House," "Power Rock," and "Eye of the
The 5th grade chorus, Junior High School chorus, and High School
choir sang the well-known and loved "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"
and "Over the Rainbow," and more recent songs, "Do you Want to Build
a Snowman?" and "Let it Go" from the movie "Frozen," and oldies
"Sh-Boom" and "Day-O." The High School choir brought the evening to
a close with the classic from "The Sound of Music," "So Long,
The evening also featured various other highlights:
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Music teachers Cody Sheldon and Rachel Jordan lauded the
students for all their hard work this year, commenting that in a
small school that has just a handful of students in the band and
choruses, the students have to work extra hard. For instance,
Dustin Woolard said that he and Madelyn Thomas experienced
technical difficulties with the original song they practiced, so
they performed a song they only had two days to practice and
said that though he was initially nervous, he gained comfort and
felt that they "hit it out of the ballpark."
District principal Terry Wisniewski, observing that this year was
the first time for the Fine Arts Festival, noted that "the set up
and variety is very good." He also said, "Mr. Sheldon is doing a
great job in his first year. He and Rachel Jordan make a great
Janell Woolard, mother of Hartem junior Dustin Woolard said,
"When I first approached Mr. Cody Sheldon with this idea in the
Fall, it was for the purpose to truly give our youngsters in the
Fine Arts a great venue to showcase their incredible talents. And I
believe that is exactly what we did on Friday night. We gave them
the spotlight, literally, and they are most deserving. We wanted a
"lounge feel" for the atmosphere so people could sit back and truly
enjoy it. We wanted this to be more than a spring concert, we wanted
this to be a complete experience."
Doris Last, a foster grandparent for the school who came out to
support the musical program said she thought it was "excellent,"
saying "it shows what a small school with many talented performers
can do."
Carrie Nowatney, director of last year's plays and mother of
performer Matthew Nowatney, echoed these sentiments by saying, "I am
extremely pleased with the novel approach that was taken to present
the Hartem Fine Arts program. You could tell the students were
enjoying what they were doing, and the variety of art forms
presented was very refreshing. Hartem is best known for its FFA and
sports programs, but our students also possess amazing musical,
artistic and dramatic talents. It was wonderful to see our school
providing a 'platform' for the arts and the many talents of our
students to be displayed."
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Jens Ludwig on Urban Crime
NYU Urban Seminar hosted by the Marron Institute, CUSP & Furman Center
Director / University of Chicago Crime Lab
Jens Ludwig is the McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy in the School of Social Service Administration and Chicago Harris, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, and co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab. He also serves as a non-resident senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and co-director of the NBER's working group on the economics of crime. His research focuses on social policy, particularly in the areas of urban poverty, crime, and education.
In the area of urban poverty, Ludwig has participated since 1995 on the evaluation of a HUD-funded randomized residential-mobility experiment known as Moving to Opportunity (MTO), which provides low-income public housing families the opportunity to relocate to private-market housing in less disadvantaged neighborhoods. In the area of crime, Ludwig has written extensively about gun-violence prevention. Through the Crime Lab he is also involved in partnering with policymakers in Chicago and across the country to carry out large-scale policy experiments to identify effective (and cost-effective) ways to help prevent crime and violence. In the area of education he has written extensively about early childhood interventions, and about the role of social conditions in affecting children's schooling outcomes.
His research has been published in leading scientific journals across a range of disciplines including Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Economic Journal, and the American Journal of Sociology. His co-authored article on race, peer norms, and education with Philip Cook was awarded the Vernon Prize for best article in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. He is also co-author with Cook of Gun Violence: The Real Costs (Oxford University Press, 2000), co-editor with Cook of Evaluating Gun Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2003), and co-editor with Cook and Justin McCrary of Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs (University of Chicago Press, 2012).
Prior to coming to Chicago Harris, Ludwig was a professor of public policy at Georgetown University. He is currently on the editorial boards of American Economic Journal: Policy, the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and was formerly co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. In 2012 he was elected vice president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), the professional society for public policy schools. Ludwig received his BA in economics from Rutgers College and his MA and PhD in economics from Duke University. In 2006 he was awarded APPAM's David N. Kershaw Prize for Contributions to Public Policy by Age 40. In 2012 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science.


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Mariners weave second straight combined shutout
ST. PETERSBURG -- Erasmo Ramirez tight-roped through 4 2/3 scoreless innings, then Seattle's bullpen did the rest as the Mariners concluded an outstanding road trip with a 3-0 victory over the Rays on Monday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
Things are going so well right now for the Mariners that Ramirez allowed four hits and walked five in his 88-pitch outing, but none of those baserunners crossed the plate as the Rays stranded nine runners in the first five innings and 10 for the game against five hurlers.View Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- Erasmo Ramirez tight-roped through 4 2/3 scoreless innings, then Seattle's bullpen did the rest as the Mariners concluded an outstanding road trip with a 3-0 victory over the Rays on Monday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
Things are going so well right now for the Mariners that Ramirez allowed four hits and walked five in his 88-pitch outing, but none of those baserunners crossed the plate as the Rays stranded nine runners in the first five innings and 10 for the game against five hurlers.View Full Game Coverage
The tag-team effort resulted in Seattle's fourth shutout in the past eight games, continuing a strong run of pitching that helped the Mariners complete a difficult trek from New York to Atlanta to St. Petersburg with a 6-1 record. That's the best winning percentage for any Seattle road trip of six or more games since going 11-1 in a four-city tour in 2003.
"Our last seven to eight starts have been pretty darn good," said manager Lloyd McClendon. "Our starters have given us everything we've asked and probably a little more. And our bullpen is even better. It was a nice road trip for us."
The Mariners have won eight of their past nine games and are 27-16 since April 24 as they've climbed to 34-29, a seven-win improvement from this point in the season last year. Seattle hasn't been five games over .500 since ending the 2009 season with an 85-77 record.
The Rays are headed the opposite direction, having lost 13 of their last 14 to fall to a Major League-worst 24-41.
This one was about pitching, defense, a key bunt by rookie James Jones and a timely double by Robinson Cano against Rays ace David Price in a three-run third inning that wound up being all the offense Seattle needed for its third straight victory after losing the series opener.
"We're a team that has to do anything to win a game," said Cano. "We don't have three or four guys that can hit 30 homers or 100 RBIs. So we have to play the little game and do the little things."
Seattle set up its one big inning with base hits by John Buck and Willie Bloomquist, followed by a perfect bunt single by Jones between the mound and first base that loaded the bases for Cano, who drove an 0-2 fastball into left to raise his RBI total to 33 for the season.
Price had 10 strikeouts on the day, but he saw his record fall to 4-6 with a 3.97 ERA. And the former American League Cy Young Award winner knew what got him.
"The one pitch I feel like I'd want back was the 0-2 fastball to Cano," Price said. "Middle and up in the zone. That's what good hitters do, and it hurt."
Cano, who is familiar with Price from his days in the AL East, was happy to get something to hit in such a critical juncture with the bases full and one out.
"That's a guy who is a pretty good pitcher," Cano said. "All his pitches are nasty. I was looking for a pitch up in the zone, and a good thing it was a fastball, and I ended up getting that double and two RBIs. He's one of those guys you want to score early on, because the deeper you get in the game, the better he gets. And you could see what happened after that."
Cano appreciated Jones dropping down the perfect bunt to set up his bases-loaded situation, noting that as one of the little things the Mariners have to do.
"That was a great bunt," Cano said. "We all know that's his game. I like that play right there, because [Price is] a guy that throws fastballs and goes right at you. He's a perfect guy to take it that way, and you see the results."
Cano extended his hitting streak to seven games -- and 18 straight road games -- with a 1-for-3 day with a walk that kept his batting average at .330.
Jones went 3-for-4 to hike his average to .291, and he also stole his team-leading seventh base since being called up from Triple-A Tacoma on May 6.
"He's been great," McClendon said of Jones. "He's learning every day. He's going to have his ups and downs. He had a great bunt and he also had a lousy bunt in an opportune time [when he popped out with a runner on first in the fifth]. But he'll learn from his mistakes as well as his achievements.
"I like what I see. He's on his way to being a pretty darn good Major League baseball player."
Pitching his second game since being recalled May 3 to replace the struggling Brandon Maurer, Ramirez worked around a pair of walks in the first and third innings, two singles leading off the fourth and a double and walk in the fifth.
McClendon brought on Joe Beimel with two on and two out in the fifth, and the lefty got out of that jam to preserve Ramirez's scoreless day and start off a procession of relievers. The no-decision left Ramirez's record at 1-4, but he lowered his ERA to 5.97 in eight starts this year.
"He did OK," McClendon said. "It was better than his last two or three outings. He made some good pitches at times. We just have to get him to slow down a little bit out there and concentrate on what he's doing, but for the most part, I was pleased."
Beimel wound up with the win, his first since July 24, 2011, with the Pirates. Fernando Rodney threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 18th save, his second in the series against his former club. And four relievers combined for 4 1/3 innings of one-hit ball to finish off the near-perfect road swing.
"Right now, we're throwing the ball really well and Lloyd has the confidence in us," said Danny Farquhar, who pitched the seventh and eighth innings. "He's going to us early, going to us late, going to us whenever. It's nice to have a feeling that the manager has our back and feels we can hold down a 3-0 game.
"Right now, everything is going great. Starters are doing their part, hitters are doing their part and it's fun. Winning is way more fun than losing."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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2009-10 Indoor: Did not compete.
2009 Outdoor: Recorded season-best time in the 1,500-meter run of 5:15.29 at the Virginia Invitational.
2008-09 Indoor: Recorded season-best time of 2:29.48 in the 800m at the Rider Lafayette meet.
2008 Cross Country: Finished 55th in the 5K run in 20:32.7 at the America East Championships… Placed 95th in the 6K run in 24:48.20 at the Princeton Invitational… Finished 31st in the 5K run in 20:51 at the Towson Invitational… Placed 130th in the 6K run in 28:40.46 at the Salty Dog Invitational… Started the season with a 44th-place finish at the Mount St. Mary's 5K Duals in 22:11.13.
2007-08 Indoor: Finished 14th in the one-mile run at the Gulden Relays.
2007 Cross Country: Saw action in four out of six meets during her first year with the Retrievers… Was part of the scoring five at her first two collegiate meets as she was the fourth Retriever across the line at both the Navy Salty Seadog Invitational and the Lehigh Paul Short Run… Ran her best 6K time of the season at the William and Mary Tribe Open where she finished 62nd overall in 25:49.60… Was sixth across the line for the Retrievers at the America East Championships, where she finished the 50008-meter course in 21:52.80, good for 67th place.
Background: A three-sport athlete for Linganore H.S. in Frederick, Md…. Finished second at the Frederick County Championships, third at the regional championships and 13th at the Maryland Cross Country Championships in 2006… Also named the Lancer Rookie of the Year, and recipient of the Coaches' Award and Lancer Award… Named to the Frederick Newspost First Team for three years and the Second-Team for one year… Also competed in indoor and outdoor track for the Lancers… Was the indoor one mile and two mile Frederick County Champion in 2007 and part of the Lancer team that won the Maryland Indoor Championships in the 2005-2006 season… Also earned the Lancer Award and was named to the Frederick Newspost First Team in indoor track… Named Rookie of the Year and earned the Coaches' Award and Lancer Award for outdoor track after finishing fourth in the one mile at the 2007 Maryland State Championships… Also named to the Frederick Newspost Second Team for two years… A member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Society, and a member of the honor roll all four years.
Personal: One of three children to Richard and Dena Crouse… Has a sister, Cassy (28) and a brother, Travis (26)… Majoring in chemistry… Born Oct. 6, 1989.


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October 9. 2014—CRF Receives Grant From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Support Teacher Collaboration and Implementation of the Common Core
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October 5, 2009—CRF Names Michael A. Lawson as Chairman of the Board
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The press advert, which ran last December, links Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond's support for wind farms to his backing of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for humane reasons.
Trump has been campaigning to stop the development of the Vattenfall-led 100MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, which will be located near his luxury golf course and hotel.
Lang Banks, director of environmental charity WWF Scotland, said: "When it comes to wind power, Donald Trump's grasp of the facts has once again been shown to be totally lacking. The advert was pretty distasteful, and it's now been shown to be factually wrong, too."


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Improve Educational Research with Safari's Reading List for iPad
Whether you're a student or a teacher, you can speed up your educational research on the iPad with Safari's Reading List. Reading List lets you save webpages without bookmarking them, to read later. Educational research becomes a breeze when you can quickly compile a list of applicable articles you want to read fully at a later time. Even on an iPad, with Reading List for Safari, Internet research is easy to do.
Reading List is included in Safari. When you come across any webpage that you want to revisit later, simply tap the curved arrow at the left of the address bar and select Add to Reading List from the menu. Your page is saved.
Whenever you want to go back and read anything in your Reading List, tap the Bookmarks icon in Safari and then tap the Reading List item at the top of the menu. Simple. This basically creates your list as a separate category in Bookmarks.
Reading List also categorizes your saved pages into Read and Unread tabs, which it updates every time you open and read a saved page. In iOS 5, Safari would save only a link to the page, and you'd need a live Internet connection to read it. In iOS 6, Safari saves the page itself to your device, complete with text, images, and layout.
You can also opt to sync that list with your other devices using your iCloud account. Add a page on your iPad and then read it later on your iPhone.
As nice as it is to have the Reading List built right into Safari, you can't access it in other browsers. For example, if you use the Chrome browser on your iPad, you won't be able to use or access your Reading list. Also, Reading List lacks other features, such as being able to see what your friends are reading.
Reading List is, however, a great place to start saving pages.


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Carole King
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It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.Chuck Daly
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Carole King (born 9 February 1942) is American singer and songwriter; born Carol Klein.
- I'm a songwriter first, have always been, and probably always will be. Making the demo is a natural product of writing a song; after that, I'm happy to hear other people do it in other ways.
- The song is the center; the song is the key. If you don't have a good song you don't have anything by my value.
- As quoted in "The King is Still Alive" in The Birmingham Post [England] (6 November 2001)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1961)
- Co-written with Gerry Goffin
- Tonight You're mine completely,
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes,
But will you love me tomorrow?
- I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of,
So tell me now and I won't ask again,
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Tapestry (1971)
- I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down — tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around
- You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people gonna treat you better,
You're gonna find, yes you will,
That you're beautiful as you feel.
- Beautiful
- If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.
- Beautiful
- Way over yonder is a place I have seen
In a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream.
- Way Over Yonder
- Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound.
- Way Over Yonder
- When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.
- You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend.
- You've Got a Friend
- You can't talk to a man, with a shotgun in his hand.
- Smackwater Jack
- Now ain't it good to know
That you've got a friend
When People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you, kiss and desert you.
And take your soul if you let them.
Oh, but don't you let them.
- You've Got a Friend
- My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the everchanging view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.
- Tapestry
- He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
And his hand come down empty...
- Tapestry
- It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell
And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well.
- Tapestry
- I want to connect with people; I want to make people think "Yeah, that's how I feel." And if I can do that, that's an accomplishment.
- And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it.
- Though King wrote the music for "It's Too Late", the lyrics were entirely written by Toni Stern.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Carole King at IMDb
- "Will you still love me tomorrow?" by Rachel Louis Snyder at Salon, (19 June 1999)
- Review of Tapestry at All Music
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A common question that I keep running into with customers is whether you can take an agile approach to service oriented architecture (SOA). The quick answer is yes, because Agile is orthogonal to the implementation technologies used. You can take an agile approach developing COBOL applications running on mainframes, fat-client Java applications, multi-tier J2EE applications, and yes, even services. Granted, it's easier to do with some technologies than others, either because of the nature of the technology or because of the supporting tools.
The long answer is "yes, but". You don't adopt an SOA approach for the sheer joy of doing so, instead you very likely want to improve the level of reuse within your organization. To succeed at SOA-driven reuse you need an enterprise focus, something that doesn't appear to be very common on many agile teams. Therein lies the challenge. Several strategies for improving your chances with Agile SOA, and SOA in general, follows:1. Invest in some initial enterprise architecture modeling. You don't need to identify all of the details up front, that would take too long and actually put the effort at risk, but you do need to set a starting point to guide development teams. Identifying the technical architecture is critical, and identifying a few basic services which would provide immediate business value to one or more teams is critical. Involve people from several application project teams to ensure that you get a wide range of input. See http://www.agiledata.org/essays/enterpriseArchitecture.html for a streamlined approach to enterprise architecture modeling. Creating big, detailed models often proves to be a waste of time because development teams are rarely motivated to read mounds of documentation.2. Build out the initial infrastructure on a real application development project. This proves that your SOA strategy actually works and puts the technical foundation in place for future teams. During this period you'll be tempted to try to support several development teams, which is feasible but dramatically increases your risk. It's also tempting to focus simply on getting the infrastructure in place without delivering any business functionality, but this risks producing an ivory-tower architecture that nobody is interested in.3. Spread the service architects out onto application development teams. The people that formulated and then proved your SOA should be actively involved on the development teams that are working with it to ensure that the teams use it appropriately and to ensure that the architects get concrete feedback which they can use to evolve the architecture. When working on agile teams, these people will need to work in a collaborative and evolutionary approach just like other team members.4. Fund reuse separately. I've lost track of the number of organizations that I've run into that fail at reuse because their development teams never have the resources to develop reusable assets. That's simply the nature of the beast -- project teams will always be more interested in addressing their own specific requirements than they are in investing the time and effort to make something reusable. The real problem here is that you expect them to act differently. A better strategy is to have a separate reuse engineering team that has the resources to monitor existing projects to look for potentially reusable assets. When they find said assets this team does the work to harvest the asset, to reengineer it to make it reusable, and then to integrate back into the original source project. The goal is to make it as painless as possible to produce reusable assets such as services. If you expect project teams to do this work out of the goodness of their hearts then you're effectively punishing them when they do the right thing. That's not a very good governance strategy, IMHO.5. The reuse team now owns the asset. Any reusable asset, including services, will need to be maintained, evolved over time, and supported. This isn't free nor is it viable for project teams to do so.
If you're interested, I provide agile strategies for both enterprise architecture and strategic reuse in the book "Enterprise Unified Process". Although written under the assumption that you're taking a RUP-based approach to development, the reality is that the EUP can extend any evolutionary/agile software development process so that it addresses the larger-scale needs of modern IT organizations.
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This chapter describes the tools available to administer STREAMS. It shows how to keep track of names, where to find modules, and how to monitor statistics. Kernel debugging is covered in Chapter 14, Debugging STREAMS-based Applications.
Table 5-1 identifies some common tools available for monitoring, logging, and administering STREAMS.Table 5–1 Tools Available for STREAMS Administration
Configures list of modules to be automatically pushed
Examines system memory images
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crash has reached EOL and is not supported in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For information about how to transition from crash to mdb, see the Solaris Modular Debugger Guide.
Detaches a name from a file descriptor
Prints STREAMS trace messages
Changes or queries a stream configuration
Logs STREAMS errors
Loads a kernel module
Unloads a kernel module
Displays information about loaded kernel modules
The autopush facility (see autopush(1M)) enables administrators to specify a list of modules to be automatically pushed onto the stream whenever a STREAMS device is opened. A prespecified list (/etc/iu.ap) of modules can be pushed onto the stream if the STREAMS device is not already open.
The STREAMS Administrative Driver (SAD) (see sad(7D)) provides an interface to the autopush mechanism. System administrators can open the SAD and set or get autopush information on other drivers. The SAD caches the list of modules to push for each driver. When the driver is opened, if not already open, the stream head checks the SAD's cache to determine if the device is configured to have modules automatically pushed. If an entry is found, the modules are pushed. If the device is open, another open does not cause the list of the prespecified modules to be pushed again.
The autopush SAD_SAP command ap_cmd field specifies the configuration options:
Configure each minor device (that is, a specific major and minor device number).
Configure a range of minor devices within a major device.
Configure all minor devices within a major device.
Undo configuration information for a driver.
In addition, when configuring the module list, an optional anchor can be placed within the list. (See STREAMS Anchors for more information.)
When the configuration list is cleared, a range of minor devices has to be cleared as a range and not in parts.
The SAD is accessed through /dev/sad/admin or /dev/sad/user. After the device is initialized, a program can be run to perform any needed autopush configuration. The program should open the SAD, read a configuration file to find out what modules must be configured for which devices, format the information into strapush structures, and perform the necessary SAD_SAP ioctl(2)s. See sad(7D) for more information.
All autopush operations are performed through an ioctl(2) command to set or get autopush information. Only the root user can set autopush information, but any user can get the autopush information for a device.
In the ioctl(2) call, the parameters are the file descriptor of the SAD, either SAD_SAP (set autopush information) or SAD_GAP (get autopush information), and a pointer to a strapush structure.
/* * maximum number of modules that can be pushed on a * Stream using the autopush feature should be no greater * than nstrpush */ #define MAXAPUSH 8 /* autopush information common to user and kernel */ struct apcommon { uint apc_cmd; /* command - see below */ major_t apc_major; /* major device number */ minor_t apc_minor; /* minor device number */ minor_t apc_lastminor; /* last minor dev # for range */ uint apc_npush; /* number of modules to push */ }; /* ap_cmd - various options of autopush */ #define SAP_CLEAR 0 /* remove configuration list */ #define SAP_ONE 1 /* configure one minor device*/ #define SAP_RANGE 2 /* config range of minor devices */ #define SAP_ALL 3 /* configure all minor devices */ /* format of autopush ioctls */ struct strapush { struct apcommon sap_common; char sap_list[MAXAPUSH] [FMNAMESZ + 1]; /* module list */ }; #define sap_cmd sap_common.apc_cmd #define sap_major sap_common.apc_major #define sap_minor sap_common.apc_minor #define sap_lastminor sap_common.apc_lastminor #define sap_npush sap_common.apc_npush
A device is identified by its major device number, sap_major. A SAD_CMD ioctl(2) is one of the following commands:
Clears the previous settings by removing the entry with the matching sap_major and sap_minor fields
Configures a range of minor devices from sap_minor to sap_lastminor, inclusive
The list of modules is specified as a list of module names in sap_list. The maximum number of modules to push automatically is defined by MAXAPUSH.
A user can query the current configuration status of a given major or minor device by issuing the SAD_GAP ioctl(2) with sap_major and sap_minor values of the device set. On successful return from this system call, the strapush structure will be filled in with the corresponding information for that device. The maximum number of entries the SAD driver can cache is determined by the tunable parameter NAUTOPUSH found in the SAD driver's master file.
The following is an example of an autopush configuration file in /etc/iu.ap:
# major minor lastminor modules wc 0 0 ldterm ttcompat zs 0 1 ldterm ttcompat ptsl 0 15 ldterm ttcompat
The first line is the configuration of a single minor device whose major name is wc and minor numbers start at 0 and end at 0, creating only one minor number. The modules automatically pushed are ldterm and ttcompat. The second line represents the configuration of the zs driver. The minor device numbers are 0 and 1. The last line allows minor device numbers from 0 to 15 for the ptsl driver.
STREAMS error and trace loggers are provided for debugging and for administering STREAMS modules and drivers. This facility consists of log(7D), strace(1M), strclean(1M), strerr(1M), and the strlog(9F) function.
strace(1M) is a utility that displays the messages in a specified STREAMS log. The log to display is identified by STREAMS module ID number, a sub-ID number, and the priority level.
strlog(9F) sends formatted text to log(7D) driver. Required definitions are contained in <sys/strlog.h> and <sys/log.h>. The call specifies the STREAMS module ID number, a sub-ID number, and the priority level. A flag parameter can specify any combination of:
The message is for the error logger
The message is for the tracer
Advisory notification of a fatal error
Modifies the SL_ERROR flag to request that a copy of the message be mailed to the system administrator
Log the message to the console
Warning message
Notice the message
The flags are followed by a printf(3C)-style format string, but %s, %e, %E, %g, and %G conversion specifications are not recognized. Up to NLOGARGS of numeric or character arguments can be specified.
strqget(9F) gets information about a queue or band of a queue. The information is returned in a long. The stream must be frozen by the caller when calling strqget.
strqset(9F) changes information about a queue or band of the queue. The updated information is provided in an int. If the field is read-only, EPERM is returned and the field is left unchanged. See <sys/stream.h> for valid values. The stream must be frozen by the caller when calling strqset(9F).
strerr(1M) is the STREAMS error logger daemon.


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