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Tempo and quick recycling have been identified by the All Blacks as the key methods to avoid being dragged into a dog fight as they were the last time they played in Italy.
In 2009 a huge crowd at the San Siro in Milan were left disappointed by a fractious game that never flowed and was dominated by scrums and scrum re-sets. It was a massive anti-climax and typical of the rugby that was played in a year where kick and chase became the norm.
Such a scenario is being viewed as unlikely tonight by All Black vice-captain Conrad Smith, who made his debut in Rome in 2004 - albeit at the smaller Stadio Flaminio.
"I think the team [Italy] is a little bit different," said Smith.
"From what I have seen of the Italians in the last 12 months - I wouldn't say they were negative the last time they played us here - but it really does make a difference when two teams are both playing.
"The Italians do play a lot more expansively than they did back then and that will help the game. We have got to make sure that we play the way we enjoy playing and we have to be aware that hey might try to frustrate at times. But if we stick to what we know we will be fine."
What they know is fast-pace, multi-skilled rugby that generates width and stretches then breaks defences. The Italians have the best set-piece in Europe and are particular good on the touchlines. They will back themselves to steal New Zealand's ball and won't mind kicking the ball out rather than provide counter attacking opportunities.
If they can keep the game static and deny the All Blacks any flow or rhythm, they will be a surprisingly tough opponent. Italy are not the pushover of old if they can gain parity upfront and keep themselves in the game for 40 minutes.
Last year they beat France in the Six Nations and this year, while they only defeated Scotland, they should have taken England's scalp as well but blew a golden opportunity.
Smith and captain Kieran Read know they can't let the game descend into an arm wrestle or allow the Italians to control the ball for long periods. Read will be especially conscious of the need for the All Blacks to impose themselves early and deliver a quality performance as he wants his first game as captain to be memorable for all the right reasons. He even confessed to a touch of nervousness.
"A lot of excitement and a bit of nervousness," he said about he was feeling.
"It is sort of like winning your first cap I guess - you never forget it. If you look at the forward pack the Italians are putting out, there is no shortage of experience and we know it's a big challenge and I just want for us to go out and play as well as we can."


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U.N.'s Day of Happiness strikes chord
Did a stranger give you a "free hug" on Wednesday? You aren't alone.
The United Nations declared March 20 the first International Day of Happiness. Its official reasoning: to encourage countries to "better capture the importance of the pursuit of happiness and well-being in development with a view to guiding their public policies."
It's just one of many United Nations observances — for instance, the U.N. has designated special days for poetry, seafarers, rabies, rural women, malaria, mother earth, jazz and migratory birds.
International Day of Happiness, though, has struck a chord.
There were celebrations all over the world: meditation in Bhutan, happy flash mobs in London, laughter yoga in Hong Kong and screenings of the filmHappy in coffee shops all over the world.
The day had a trending hashtag on twitter — #HappyDay — and its own website. DayofHappiness.net is led by Action for Happiness, an 80,000-member movement to promote happiness, and Cheers, a positivity and happiness app founded in Los Angeles.
"The U.N. declaring this day is punctuating a movement that's been going on for a while," says Farhad Mohit, founder of Cheers. "People are starting to question the way of measuring progress. More income doesn't equate to more happiness – and it's hard to argue with happiness, that's not a bad goal."
There was even a Hackathon for Happiness. The H(app)athon Project had people in New York, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Bogota, Tokyo, London and Oslo using the latest marketing technology to try and shift the world's view of value away from gross domestic product.
"We want to create a personal happiness indicator that can teach people: You are worth more than money." says John Havens, founder of the H(app)athon Project.
The International Day of Happiness was originally suggested by Bhutan, a country that uses the Gross National Happiness Index to evaluate their progress, rather than a gross domestic product (GDP) model.
"I am encouraged by the efforts of some governments to design policies based on comprehensive well-being indicators. I encourage others to follow suit," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said. "On this first International Day of Happiness, let us reinforce our commitment to inclusive and sustainable human development and renew our pledge to help others."


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Q&A With Junior Sprinter Kelly Fogarty
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On a roster teaming with exceptionally talented student-athletes, one of the brightest stars on the women's track and field squad has to be sprinter Kelly Fogarty. A native of Danville, Calif., Fogarty has put together a stellar junior campaign thus far, posting a total of seven individual victories and setting the school record in both of her top events, the 100 and 200-meter dashes. She accomplished the feat on the same day, no less, turning in a spectacular performance at the always-competitive Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on April 10. "Kelly's times of 11.74 and 24.12 in the 100 and 200 are very strong marks," women's head coach Darcy Ahner said. "But the truly exciting thing is that she knows there's more there and she can get better. Kelly has been so consistent all season and the fire she brings on race day has been a positive and stabilizing force for the team." Coming off consecutive personal bests in the 100 the last two weeks, Fogarty took a break from her preparation for this weekend's Triton Invitational to tackle a few questions for ucsdtritons.com.
Q: The UCSD women finished third at the NCAA National Championships last season after placing fourth in 2008. Does the team have what it takes to take the next step and win it all this season?
FOGARTY: As of right now, we are ranked high again (yeah!), but it truly comes down to the actual days of competition. We lost a few key players, but this year we have a lot of amazing returners and some pretty awesome newbies, so I think we have a pretty good chance to bump up our standing from third to at least second. Our team has worked incredibly hard this season, and there is no doubt in my mind that we will give those other teams a run for their money!
Q: The Tritons have won five straight CCAA titles on the women's side and UCSD is the strong favorite to win it again in 2010. Which school do you see presenting the biggest challenge when the conference meet gets underway here in La Jolla in two weeks?
FOGARTY: CHICO! They have been on our tail for the past five years. They were the ones who were winning conference until that memorable conference meet five years ago when UCSD won by like a point. Since then, we have been fortunate enough to have an amazing team to keep the winning streak going. This year is going to be close again. Cal State L.A. also has a few key athletes that are going to keep us on our toes. But our team is strong, and we are ready to defend out title for one more year. It's one more chance to go out and do what we do!
Q: You had a tremendous performance at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational two weeks ago, setting the school record in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes. When did you know it was going to be a special day?
FOGARTY: Not until I started warming up actually. That was a weird day because our bus was leaving at 6:45am and I had to get up at 5:30am to catch it. Also, we didn't run the 4x100m relay, so my 100m came after five hours of waiting around the track. But I do remember thinking that my legs did feel really good when I was warming up and that made me excited to run. The thing that really got my adrenaline going was seeing my competitor. She was unattached and had the tiny two-piece uniform and you could just see her muscles bulging. Her seed time was just 0.04 seconds ahead of mine, which was 11.85 and I couldn't let her beat me. When I got in my blocks, I was just smiling because I knew I was going to get her. And by the 50m mark I was a few steps ahead of her. That was the best feeling in the world. At that point, I knew this was going to be a great race.
Then for the 200m, it was the same kind of thing. My competition was the one who held the stadium record, but her time was a lot better then mine. So, I took it as a chance to keep up with her and, if I did that, my time would be pretty close to hers. And that is what I did. I stayed with her to the end and she helped me set that second record.
Q: Speaking of relays, you were part of the unit that set a program standard with a time of 45.81 in the 4x100 last season. How does competing in a relay differ from an individual event?
FOGARTY: The relays are so much fun! You get this bond with the members of your relay team that is totally different. You have to trust and support each other because every leg of the relay counts. Relays help calm my nerves because I have people to talk to before we head out to the track. If I am laughing and having a good time before I race, I usually perform better. Plus relays are really exciting. You never know what's going to happen; is the baton going to get around, are they are going to leave their zone, can they get out quickly, am I going to be able to catch the other teams. The relay is a perfect meet opener because it helps get the jitters out and you have fun with your team.
Q: What do you typically do to get ready for a meet? Any rituals you care to share with us?
FOGARTY: I don't do too much actually. I just make sure that I go grocery shopping the night before to have enough food to last the whole day and I pack all my stuff up the night before, so I don't have to worry about it in the morning. Plus I check my stuff like three times before I leave my house: spikes, uniform top and bottoms, and extra socks. If you have all of those, you don't need anything else for the meet. I bring extra socks because sometimes you just never know what you are going to get into. It might rain randomly, it might get cold and some how you just have cold feet; believe me, it has happened before and I never leave without an extra pair of socks!
As for rituals, I only do one thing. Before every race, I close my eyes and visualize my race. My coach, Mick (Gieskes), helped me with my starts one day by having me visualize what I needed to do and I had an amazing block start. So since then, I visualize the transitions in my race: the driving of the first three steps, the smooth rising of the hips and knees to the final drive phase to the finish line. By visualizing, I can see myself getting everything right and then I know that I can go out and race well.
Q: Do you prepare differently for the 100 and 200 events? Which is your favorite of the two and why?
FOGARTY: I love the 100m! I have loved that race ever since I started running track. Just the thrill of having a few seconds to give it your all is really exciting! (Plus, I am not very good at running the curve yet, the straightaway is where I feel the most comfortable ☺ ) I don't prepare differently for the two events physically, but mentally I do. The 100 is fun for me and I am excited to run it, so it doesn't take me too long to get pumped up for it. On the other hand, it takes me a while to get excited for the 200. I really have to get myself into the zone and focus on the race. But once I get that feeling of 'BRING IT ON!', there is no stopping me!
Q: Have you always competed in sprint events? At what point did you realize you were faster than everybody else?
FOGARTY: I didn't start running track until high school and before that I played soccer. That was my main sport growing up. It was while I played soccer that I knew I was fast. I was always the 'fast girl' on the team; my soccer coaches put me in on offense and had the midfielders kick me the ball and I would just run after it and score. It worked pretty well too! But when high school came around, it was just assumed that I would run track. And from there it's history.
I can remember my first invitational meet. It was at De La Salle High School in Concord and I won the Frosh/Soph heat with a time of 13.10 seconds. I had no idea if that was a good time or not, but my coaches were pretty excited about it, so I was happy! By my senior year, I ran the school record of 11.92 and I was off to UCSD to run on the track team. Since then, I have run nothing but sprints for three years and I love it!
Q: You set several records during your track career at San Ramon Valley High School in Danville. Do you know if they still stand?
FOGARTY: Yep! They do! :) That was a pretty cool day too. I set both records in the 100 and 200 at the East Bay Athletic League Finals. There seems to be a trend of getting both records in one day, ha!! But what is really cool is that a former teammate of mine from SRVHS is running with me again here at UCSD. Bailey Weaver was on the record holding 4x100 relay with me and that record still holds, as well. It's awesome to be running with her again!
Q: Last weekend you set a stadium record with a victory in the 100 at the Soka Peace Invitational. Your time of 11.75 surpassed the old mark set by Carmelita Jeter, the current world leader in the event. When did you learn about the accomplishment and what does it mean to own a record like that?
FOGARTY: I knew that the stadium record was 11.85 and I was just excited to get the chance to break it. I didn't know if I would because in the past, I had never repeated personal records two meets in a row. So truthfully, I had no idea I was going to get 11.75 again. I knew I broke the stadium record after the race, but I truthfully didn't know who Carmelita Jeter was until my coach mentioned it at the team meeting. After hearing that, I was just shocked! I couldn't believe that I broke the record of the current leader in the 100m! I mean she is running a full second faster these days, but knowing that she ran that time when she was younger makes me realize my potential. When I first got to UCSD, I didn't believe them when they said I could be running 11.60s, but as the season goes on, I am starting to believe them!!
Q: Head coaches Tony Salerno and Darcy Ahner have built UCSD into one of the elite programs in the Division II ranks. Talk a little bit about each of them and how they've helped you develop into the athlete you are today.
FOGARTY: They are both really great. The biggest thing for me is how supportive they are. Whenever I have broken a school record or a set new personal record, Tony walks over to me and gives me a big hug. It's awesome to have that kind of support system. Plus they are both very understanding. If you come to them with any sort of problem, they work with you to fix it. Student-athletes need that support and understanding in order to survive and Tony and Darcy have definitely helped me survive :)
Q: In addition to all that you've accomplished on the track, you've also been recognized for your work in the classroom, earning several Provost Honors and All-Academic team selections. How do you balance your schoolwork with the time it takes to be a successful collegiate athlete?
FOGARTY: Truthfully, I am still working on that. It's a tough thing to do. Most of the time it means that I sacrifice other things; doing homework every night, not hanging out with friends, or missing Grey's Anatomy. But I feel that it is all worth it. I am going into a difficult field and I need every point on a test that I can get. But I have gotten better at balancing everything. My freshman year I was a total bookworm and I hardly left my room. Now I get out more and try to give myself more relaxing time, but of course I have my 'Kelly moments' when I have to study and block everything else out.
Q: You are a Human Biology major and you've said that you would like to pursue a career in the medical field. What part of medicine interests you most?
FOGARTY: It's silly, but I truthfully just love the human body. Everything that it does/balances/maintains just amazes me. How does it do everything and yet allow us to live our daily lives without realizing what is really going on. Since I have been an athlete for most of my life, I am considering going into sports medicine. Unfortunately, I have seen many different injuries while being an athlete and I am always curious how it happened and how they are treating it. I want to help athletes get back on the field and continue to do what they love!
Q: What's one thing most people don't know about you?
FOGARTY: I always have a book in my backpack. I don't have too much time to read during the school year, but if I have a moment at the bus stop or an hour to kill before class, I pull it out and read for a bit. I love getting wrapped up in the stories and seeing how the characters develop. My guilty pleasure is definitely Nicholas Sparks. I have read every book of his and loved them all. I am not going to lie though; the books are waaaaaaay better than the movies. In fact, the past two Nicholas Sparks movies, 'Dear John' and 'The Last Song', I didn't even go see because I didn't want to ruin how good the books were. But I also like Dan Brown, historical fiction, and of course the trashy romantic novels; I just can't resist! Ha!
Q: If you could travel to one place and one place only, where would it be and why?
FOGARTY: Oh gosh... that's a tough one. I guess I would say Ireland. I am part Irish and I have always wanted to go there. My last name is very Irish and it is really fun to watch people try to pronounce it right. When they first see it, they want to say Fog-erty. Which I guess makes sense, but I would love to go to Ireland and have someone pronounce my last night right the first time and hear it -- the way it is really supposed to sound; not so Americanized. Also, I want to see those hills! I have seen pictures of these huge, vast, green hills that go on forever. That would be amazing! :)
Q: What's the best part of being a student-athlete at UCSD?
FOGARTY: Priority registration!! Ha! Actually I would say it is having a group of people that come from all over coming together through one common interest and becoming a team. I love my team! I have met my best friends on the track team and everyone is so unique that practice is always a blast. Without track, I would've just been another UCSD bookworm, but the track team has made my college experience that much better!!
Previous Q & A Articles
Liz LaPlante (Women's Tennis Head Coach) April 15, 2010
St. John (Baseball) March 24, 2010
Perdew (Men's Swimming) February 28, 2010
Ross (Men's Volleyball) February 20, 2010
Nicole Saari (Softball) February 4, 2010
Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
Tyler Acevedo (Men's Basketball) January 4, 2010
Dr. Cliff Kubiak (UCSD's Faculty Athletic Rep) December 18, 2009
Chelsea Carlisle (Women's Basketball) December 9, 2009
Carianne Cunningham (Women's Swimming) November 23, 2009
Elena Inouye (Cross Country) November 6, 2009
David Morton (Men's Water Polo) October 28, 2009
Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
Karen Reis (Women's Volleyball) October 2, 2009
Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
Lauren Chastain (Softball) February 5, 2009
A.J. Maulhardt (Men's Basketball) January 28, 2009
Annette Ilg (Women's Basketball) January 22, 2009
Steven Hardy (Men's Swimming) January 13, 2009


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The 25th Annual
Who could have known way back in 1968 when George Dietz placed an ad in the Pennysaver to stir interest in starting up a '53-56 F-100 club that one year short of the club's 40th anniversary they would be hosting the largest all-Ford truck event on the West Coast. Legend has it when the advertisement to form Pickups Limited originally ran in the Pennysaver that, in addition to the core group of Effie owners who joined, there were a handful of swinger respondents who mistook the truck club for a dating club.
To help celebrate the occasion, Pat Ford, promoter of the F-100 Supernationals, and So Cal Pickup's Jack Ries attended, along with longtime Effie fanatic Steve Stillwell. As a part of the quarter-century milestone celebration the day before, the event was held at Featherly Park in Anaheim, California. A cruise was taken down to Huntington Beach, California, to search for descendants of the swinger's club … ah, just kidding.
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I find it exceedingly difficult to say things about teams that are performing in a negative fashion... sort of. It is, in fact, exceedingly easy to flip out and kill stuff. What's difficult is writing something that you can come back to in a week or two and not feel a hot flush of shame at every overheated, overreacting sentence.
So... yeah, hockey and basketball coverage has been light lately because strings of curse words, impreciations directed at referees who probably aren't Satan or even communist, and general incoherent gibbering do not make for fine reading. At least not in depressing bulk. Suffice it to say that I haven't really enjoyed a Michigan sporting event since the end of the Wisconsin basketball game. Things kind of go like that sometimes. Here's an attempt to say something rational.
Tommy Amaker shouldn't be fired if you care about being fair. When he arrived going on five years ago, the program was in shambles thanks to Steve Fisher, Ed Martin, Tom Goss, and (especially) Brian Ellerbe. Within months of his arrival he had booted Avery Queen, Maurice Seawright, and Dom Ingerson--all of whom were nasty people who couldn't even play basketball--and was faced with a roster consisting of Lavell Blanchard, Bernard Robinson, Jr., and... well, there is no "and." What he was faced with was a rebuilding job epic in its scope.
And build he did, at least at first. An 11-18 team and pending NCAA probation didn't prevent Amaker from recruiting Daniel Horton, Lester Abram, Chris Hunter, and Graham Brown--a class on par with any of Ellerbe's in terms of talent and far better in terms of arriving on campus and staying for more than half a season. The next year he went 17-13; the year after Michigan was 23-11 and won the NIT. Michigan was on the verge of relevancy... until someone pissed Jobu off.
What's followed in the last two years has been a epidemic of smiting from above that makes Angry Michigan-Safety-Hating God look like a rank amateur. Michigan fans spent most of last year watching Daniel Horton and Lester Abram watch two walk-ons watch Dion Harris attempt to get a shot, any shot. This year it's Abram and Harris watching Horton. Throw in some extended absences from Brent Petway (both years), Graham Brown (last year), Jerrett Smith (this year), Courtney Sims (about every other game, mentally), and Chris Hunter (both years, including the latest blow: a partially torn MCL that will probably end his career) and you have a nigh-insurmountable pile of bodies worthy of Pol Pot. Game, set, match to Angry Michigan-Basketball-Hating God.
So it's totally irrational to call for Amaker's firing. (Not that anyone of note is, I believe.) Take Ager, Walton, and Neitzel away from Michigan State and do the Spartans make the tournament? Doubtful. A healthy Michigan team is cruising towards the tournament instead of stumbling around like an Izzone member about to get some Ba up in his face. This is progress. This is a five-year sweep that shows upward mobility at every milestone if you control for AMBH God-smiting and the like.
Here's the but: But.
Even though I think you'd be hard-pressed to find many calling for Amaker's head, you'd have an even tougher time finding anyone who was anything approaching optimistic about the future. Graham Brown, Chris Hunter, Daniel Horton, and possibly Lester Abram are gone after this year. Amaker's failure to recruit anyone who looks to be more than an iffy role-player in the past two years leaves Michigan 2006 with two posts--still-sushi-raw Brent Petway and soft Courtney Sims--and one unprepared, turnover-prone point guard--Jerrett Smith. Ron Coleman is an okay Big Ten player; he is an awful Big Ten recruiting class. The talent pendulum has reached its apex. This is our "good" year.
The thing is, this really isn't Amaker's fault. He had Al Horford committed. He had Joe Crawford committed. He had Malik Hairston and Tory Jackson about to commit. All were diverted at the last second by people less than captivated by Amaker's turtlenecks and refusal to guarantee playing time and the presumptive NBA contract that came with it. The state of Michigan's tendency to produce basketball players fathered by lunatics isn't his doing, but it is his problem. It would be dextrous coach indeed who could recover from such a sudden shift in the current. Nothing that's happened over the past two or three years can be pinned on Amaker. He can't be fired. It wouldn't be fair. It would cause outcry.
Here is But #2: Joe Dumars would probably fire Amaker. He would be polite about it, but he would say something along the lines of "we appreciate the hard work you've put in to get us to this level and acknowledge the bad luck you've had, but you're going to have to go coach the Pacers now." And he would get away with it, because he's Joe Dumars. Joe Dumars walks on parquet water.
But we don't have a Joe D. As a result, we'll be watching Amaker twist in the wind for a while longer, not at fault for the losing, until his fireability reaches mortal levels. At least, that's what I think will happen. I'd like to be wrong.
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I find it exceedingly difficult to say things about teams that are performing in a negative fashion... sort of. It is, in fact, exceedingly easy to flip out and kill stuff. What's difficult is writing something that you can come back to in a week or two and not feel a hot flush of shame at every overheated, overreacting sentence.


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Cancer is when cells in the body change and grow out of control. To help you understand what happens when you have cancer, let's look at how your body works normally. Your body is made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Normal cells grow when your body needs them, and die when your body does not need them any longer.
Cancer is made up of abnormal cells that grow even though your body doesn't need them. In most cancers, the abnormal cells grow to form a lump or mass called a tumor. If cancer cells are in your body long enough, they can grow into, or invade, nearby areas. They can even spread to other parts of your body. This is called metastasis.
Lymphoma is a kind of cancer that starts in the lymphatic system. With non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cells in the lymphatic system grow out of control. This most often happens in the lymph nodes. The mass of extra cells form a tumor. Sometimes tumors form in the spleen or in other organs.
The lymphatic system is part of the immune system. It helps the body fight infection. It also helps maintain fluid balance in different parts of the body. The lymphatic system includes:
Lymphocytes. These are a type of white blood cell. They fight infection and disease.
Lymph. This is a clear fluid that contains lymphocytes.
Lymph vessels. These are tiny tubes. They carry lymph fluid from areas of the body back to the bloodstream.
Lymph nodes. These are small organs about the size of a pea. They are found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, abdomen, and other parts of the body. They filter the lymph fluid as it moves around the body.
Other organs and body tissues. The lymphatic system includes the bone marrow where blood is made. And it includes the spleen, thymus, tonsils, and digestive tract.
There are 2 main kinds of lymphocytes:
B-lymphocytes (B-cells). B-cells fight germs like bacteria by making antibodies. These antibodies attach to the bacteria and attract a cell that eats the bacteria. The antibodies also attract proteins from the blood to help kill bacteria.
T-lymphocytes (T-cells). T-cells protect the body from fungi, viruses, and some bacteria. T-cells are able to find viral proteins in a virus-infected cell and then destroy the infected cell. T-cells also send out proteins called cytokines. These proteins signal other types of white blood cells to the infected area. T-cells can also kill some cancer cells.
B-cell lymphoma is much more common than T-cell lymphoma. About 85% of people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the U.S. have B-cell. About 15% have T-cell.
Lymphoma can start in any part of your lymphatic system. It can then spread to more than one area of the body. Lymphoma may also spread to the bone marrow and to other organs in the body. It can spread in different ways. It depends on the type of lymphoma and where it started growing.
Lymphoma that begins in an organ that is not a lymph node, such as the stomach, is called extranodal lymphoma. This type of lymphoma tends to spread first to the lymph nodes near that organ or to sites other than the lymph nodes.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is different from Hodgkin lymphoma. With Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer cells only make up a small part of the cells in a cancerous lymph node. The rest of the cells are normal immune cells. The cancer cells are usually special cells called Reed-Sternberg cells. In non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer cells make up most of a tumor. There are no Reed-Sternberg cells in the tumor.
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma also differ in the way they spread and in how they are treated.
Lymphoma can be grouped in different ways. They can be grouped by the type of lymphocytes they start in: B-cells or T-cells. Another way to group them is based on how fast they grow, such as:
Indolent or low-grade lymphoma. These types tend to grow slowly. They tend to cause few symptoms, at least at first. These lymphomas may not need to be treated right away. And they often respond well to treatment, so people with this type can often live for a long time. But these lymphomas tend to be much harder to cure than faster-growing lymphomas.
Aggressive or high-grade lymphoma. These types tend to grow and spread quickly. They usually need to be treated right away. Even though they grow quickly, these lymphomas often respond well to treatment. Some of them may be curable.
There are many different types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. They grow at different rates, and are treated in different ways. Finding out which type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma you have is very important in choosing the best treatment.
The common types of B-cell lymphoma include:
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). DLBCL makes up almost 1/3 of all lymphomas. It is a fast-growing or aggressive type of lymphoma. With treatment, more than 50% of people with this type can be cured. The outcome or prognosis is best for people with lymphoma in only one part of the body.
Follicular lymphoma. This type makes up about 20% of all lymphomas. This is an indolent or slow-growing type of lymphoma. Most of the time, it occurs in many lymph nodes throughout the body and in the bone marrow. This lymphoma tends to grow slowly and often responds well to treatment. But it is hard to cure.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). These related diseases account for about 5% to 10% of all lymphomas. CLL occurs mostly in the blood and bone marrow. SLL is mainly in the lymph nodes. Both are slow-growing diseases. These lymphomas are often not curable with standard types of treatment. But most people can live with these types of lymphoma for more than 10 years.
Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphomas or MALT lymphomas (also called MALTomas). Marginal zone lymphomas make up about 5% to 10% of lymphomas. MALT or mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma is a type of marginal zone lymphoma that starts outside of the lymph nodes. Most MALT lymphomas begin in the stomach, and are linked to an infection by Helicobacter pylori bacteria. MALTomas can also occur in sites such as the lungs, skin, thyroid or salivary glands, and tissues surrounding the eye. When it is in the stomach, this lymphoma can often be cured by giving antibiotics to kill the bacteria that cause it.
Mantle cell lymphoma. This type accounts for about 5% of lymphoma cases. Men are affected more often than women. In most cases it is in a large area, or is widespread, when diagnosed. This area may include lymph nodes, bone marrow, and often the spleen. This lymphoma does not grow very fast. But it is often hard to treat.
Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma. This type accounts for about 2% of all lymphomas. It is a subtype of DLBCL. Women are affected more often than men. Most are in their 30s. This lymphoma starts in the area around the heart and behind the chest bone, called the mediastinum. It is a fast-growing lymphoma. But it is treatable.
Burkitt lymphoma. This type makes up about 1% to 2% of all lymphomas. It is similar to Burkitt-like lymphoma. Most people with this disease are boys or men. This lymphoma grows very quickly. But it can often be cured by aggressive chemotherapy.
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma or Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. This is a rare, slow-growing type of lymphoma. It is found mainly in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen. People with this type usually live longer than 5 years. But their disease is usually not curable.
Hairy cell leukemia. Despite its name, this is often considered to be a type of lymphoma. Only about 700 people in the United States are diagnosed with this type every year. It's named for the hairy look of its cells. This lymphoma is typically found in the bone marrow, spleen, and blood. It tends to be slow growing and is often curable.
Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. This type usually grows in the brain. It may also be found in the spinal cord and the tissues around it, as well as in the eye. Over time, it becomes widespread in the central nervous system. This type of lymphoma is more common in people with immune system problems, such as AIDS.
The common types of T-cell lymphoma include:
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. This fast-growing type tends to occur in the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver. It causes infections, fever, weight loss, and skin rashes. It's not clear if this lymphoma is curable. Some people may need a stem cell transplant.
Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. This type often grows in the upper airway passages, such as the nose and upper throat. It can also grow into the skin and digestive tract. A person of any age can develop this type of lymphoma. If it's only in the nasal passages, it can often be cured by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. If it's widespread, cure is less likely.
Enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma. This type occurs in people with sensitivity to gluten, the main protein in wheat flour. Celiac disease, or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is common in people with this type of lymphoma. It often grows into the walls of the intestines, and it can be hard to treat.
Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma. This rare lymphoma causes lumps to form in the deepest layers of the skin. It can be treated with radiation and sometimes chemotherapy.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma. About 1% to 2% of lymphomas are this kind. It is a fast-growing type that can occur in adults or children. It starts in the lymph nodes and can also spread to the skin. Treatment with chemotherapy often works well.
Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia. This disease can be called lymphoma or leukemia. It depends on how much it's growing in the bone marrow. Leukemia grows more in bone marrow. About 1% of all lymphomas are this type. It often starts in the thymus, which is in the front part of the chest. People with this type are most often young men. The lymphoma is fast-growing. But the chance for a cure with chemotherapy is good if it hasn't spread to the bone marrow when first diagnosed.
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides, Sezary syndrome). This begins in the skin. It accounts for about 5% of all lymphomas. It begins as a patchy, red rash. It can grow into solid, raised tumors that can grow into lymph nodes and organs, such as the liver and spleen. With Sezary syndrome, the lymphoma cells are found in the blood. The prognosis is better if the lymphoma hasn't spread.
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (NOS). This term is used to describe T-cell lymphoma that doesn't fit in other categories. Most people with this type of lymphoma are in their 60s. It tends to grow quickly and be widespread.
If you have questions about non-Hodgkin lymphoma, talk with your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can help you understand more about this cancer.


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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Married to Work: BBC's Sherlock
I know that a lot of aces find Sherlock's asexuality to be personally or culturally relevant. I can understand and respect that, but I don't feel the same way. I've met a lot of asexuals, and we all seem to share some similar concerns about living in a sexual world, concerns that don't seem to cross Sherlock's mind. To me, he's not relatable on an asexual level, and he's not the kind of character I'd want to be friends with. I don't know if many people would want to be Sherlock, but still, he seems to have what everyone wants. And it's not "the girl" (or "the guy"), which might be somewhat unique. It's to be recognized for doing what you love and what you do best (and wearing a snazzy coat). While BBC's Sherlock describes himself as a "high-functioning sociopath", he seems more like an autistic savant to me. (How else could he memorize the traffic pattern of every London street?) Sherlock thrives in his own story, but if he were dropped into the real world, I wouldn't count on his success.
Conan Doyle probably never intended this reading, but it does speak to me as a workaholic with no work. I find watching Sherlock oddly poignant for this reason. My mind turns to the fact that our society doesn't tend to do well at utilizing people's special, perhaps Sherlock-like abilities. I start thinking of this quote I'd read a while ago: "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." So when I look at Sherlock, I don't see his asexuality first, but his "marriage to his work". And that's a hard thing to hold onto these days. I can finally admit that I don't want "the guy", at least not in a Hollywood way. But I still want the work, elusive as it may be.
And forgive my towering expectations, but I would like it if actors playing asexuals would make some kind of educational statement about asexuality. Straight actors playing gay characters do it all the time. On the other hand, Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Sherlock, "suggests that Holmes is asexual, perhaps the result of being burned in the past by women..."and that's it, as far as I can find. I don't expect actors to take up our cause, but just mentioning the "correct" definition of asexuality would be a small thing for him and a big deal to some of us.
(Also, is it terrible that whenever a show has rapid-fire wordplay, I'm always going, "Ugh, why is this so Gilmore Girls?")
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As much as I agree with your post, I feel I must also play the devil's advocate and defend Sherlock's actor's statement slightly. Your average person doesn't know what asexuality is - at least as a sexual orientation. I don't know that we'd be reasonable in expecting the actor to know anything about asexuality when it's possible he doesn't even know that there's anything to know. He may have used the term as a synonym to nonsexual (as in not participating in romance/sex/the pursuit of anything sexual). To us, of course, "asexual" has a much larger definition, but he may not be aware that the word he used has any definition beyond nonsexual (as loosely defined above).
Still, as you said... it'd be nice.
And now I want to watch this show. XD
- December 31, 2010 at 5:32 PM
- Ily said...
Well yeah, that's probably the case. I know actors usually do research into their roles, although it doesn't seem like Sherlock's sexuality (or lack thereof) is a focus. As someone trained in theater, if I was playing a character that had no interest in sex, I would probably find that significant...but then again, I'm me. Maybe we don't want to be strongly associated with Sherlock Holmes anyway, since he's kind of the stereotypical cold, robotic asexual. (Not to say cold, robotic aces are less asexual, but that's the main representation we tend to get.)
- December 31, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Lia said...
Based on my reading of the Sherlock Holmes stories, I can't agree with Mr. Cumberbatch about the source of Sherlock's asexuality. There's no evidence that he ever had any interest in women and never even seems to notice whether they're attractive. So I'd argue for a lifelong asexual orientation on his part. I didn't find moving the story to modern times that successful for a lot of reasons, but it was amusing how this allowed people to assume that the two men were a gay couple ;-
The issues you raise, Ily, about work, are very serious for people trying to start careers in this economic climate. Sherlock does have some unusual interests and mastery of esoteric facts that could go along with his being an autistic savant. His unusual career makes more sense in the 1800's when the books were actually set. At that time, I don't think there were private detectives around like there are now, so a "consulting detective" would have been a real novelty. So the remarkable thing Holmes did was to create a previously unheard of job that fit perfectly with his interests and unusual store of knowledge. That was a lot easier to do because he is a fictional character. But we're in a time right now when ingenuity is going to matter a lot, if people don't want to spend their whole lives being underemployed or unable to find work that suits their abilities and interests.
- January 4, 2011 at 6:02 PM
- Buttercup Delirium said...
I really agree with your analysis of Sherlock (the character, not the series--I haven't seen it). I also picture him less as an ace and more as an unusual man whose only joy is in his work, in making himself useful. In some stories, when he's between jobs he gets very restless and unhappy; people can't make him happy, although they can entertain him for a while. I'm not the same way, but I can easily understand that mindset. I get that it's not a recognition thing, but a satisfaction thing: people say that women don't dress up for men, they dress up for themselves. Likewise, Sherlock doesn't solve crimes for public approval, but for his own. It's really amazing, and it's especially amazing that Arthur Conan Doyle thought up that mindset at that time--although I think the character of Sherlock was based off of his former professor, Joseph Bell, who may have been mildly autistic or bipolar (or both). In any case, if more people with that kind of skill and dedication existed, perhaps the world would have a more hopeful spin to it....
- January 8, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- Ily said...
@ Lia and Buttercup-- you know a lot more about Sherlock (the stories) than I do, so thanks for your perspectives!
- January 8, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- Noskcaj Llahsram said...
I've always been more of a Mycroft Holmes fan, that his mental 'specialislm is omnipotence'. and to just be able to stretch so far intellectually are appealing
- January 11, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- cleuchtturm said...
I literally made an account just to comment this blog. Maybe I'll use it to explain my lameness, but at the time being, I must disagree with your analysis of Mr Holmes. I have read every single work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and in the stories, he is definately asexual. He actually explains it in the Adventure of the Lion's Mane. Or the Adventure of the Blanched Soldier. Can't remember, but both were narrated by him, so it's gold. But no film adaptation has ever goten the character right, so I must say to not use them as a valid source.
And an unrelated note, apparently, I am a stereotypical asexual. Minus Doctor Who? and Alan Rickman.
- December 11, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Ily said...
cleuchtturm: Oh, I agree that he's asexual, I just can't personally relate to the way in which he experiences his asexuality.
- December 11, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- cleuchtturm said...
Ily: Ah. I find myself almost as a female version of him, minus the drugs and tobacco...
But I misunderstood, and apparently, it is past my bedtime. Tis almost 1 am and I can't understand english well, obviously.
- December 11, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Ily said...
@cleuchtturm: No worries! Now I know who to talk to when I need a mystery solved :)
- December 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- cleuchtturm said...
Ily: Awesome. I can't let a good mystery slip away.
- December 11, 2011 at 9:51 PM


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Drama, Full Length
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Cast: 4 men, 7 women: 11 total
Setting: UNIT SET
Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and the Critics Circle Award.
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The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint back yards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher. The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. Into this female atmosphere comes a young man named Hal Carter, whose animal vitality seriously upsets the entire group. Hal is a most interesting character, a child of parents who ignored him, self-conscious of his failings and his position behind the eight ball. Flo is sensitively wary of temptations for her daughters. Madge, bored with being only a beauty, sacrifices her chances for a wealthy marriage for the excitement Hal promises. Her sister, Millie, finds her balance for the first time through the stranger's brief attention. And the spinster is stirred to make an issue out of the dangling courtship that has brightened her life in a dreary, minor way.


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The French trio Reines D´Angleterre (Ghédalia Tazartès, Jo and él-g ) performed in Finland in 2009 at Mental Alaska's 10 year anniversary. At some point during this visit someone had an idea of recording music which led to a random group of people playing in a small basement room with absolutely no plans or discussions whatsoever. The album was Recorded at Katajanokan Pommisuoja, Helsinki, by Asko Kananen on March 30th 2009 and edited by él-g and mixed by Mim in Brussels. Lö Jengi is Reines D´Angleterre, Islaja, Amon Düde and The Hoopo.
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We may doubt that the actual conversation took place the way that is described, though there certainly was a tradition among the earliest Christians that Jesus applied to himself the words of that prophecy. From the very beginning Jesus people understood that a necessary consequence of their faith was service to those who suffered. This understanding survives even today as the Pope made clear in his talks at the United Nations several years ago and as the American Bishops have often done when they excoriated those in our society who wish to blame the poor and the elderly and the immigrants not only for their own problems but also for the problems of the rest of the country.
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Hadn't they seen this act in TV ads? But it would never happen in their parish, would it? Then he thanked them for letting him play and ambled away. They kind of wanted to follow him to see if he really drove a Chevy, because that would clinched it . But they didn't. They didn't tell anyone about what happened. Who would believe that MJ himself had come to their school yard and shot around with them. Besides they didn't believe it was really him.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that deep brain stimulation, already a common treatment for some neurological conditions, may be an effective way to treat Tourette syndrome.
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An estimated 2 million Americans suffer from Tourette syndrome, which is best known for making people uncontrollably shout words out loud. Other symptoms include spastic movements, facial tics, shoulder shrugging and jerking of the head or shoulders.
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"Despite having only 15 patients in this study, it is the largest to date on the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation as a treatment for Tourette syndrome," Cavanna said. "The results showed that all 15 people who were assessed after two years' treatment experienced improvements in disabling tics and neurological problems, which is encouraging," Cavanna added.
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Francesco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) held onto his Yellow Jersey after stage two of the Tour de Beauce by a slim three seconds, after a break of two riders stayed clear of the peloton on what was expected to be a sprint stage. Craig Lewis (Champion Systems) outkicked Canadian Jamie Sparling (Raleigh-GAC) to take the stage win and moved into second on the overall standings.
Craig Lewis wins stage 2
The 160 kilometre stage began and ended in Thetford Mines, west of St-Georges, the home town of the Tour de Beauce. While it featured the rolling terrain that the Beauce region is known for, there were no particularly memorable obstacles to split up the field. Expected to be more of a factor was the rain, which was coming down fiercely only 30 minutes before the start. However, the rain backed off and, after racing the first third of the race on wet roads, the the skies cleared and the sun actually came out at the finish.
Attacks came thick and fast after the end of the neutralized section out of Thetford Mines, but nothing stuck until over 40 kilometres had passed, when three riders quietly rolled off the front - Lewis, Sparling and James Williamson (Bike NZ-Pure Black). The trio were helped by the fact that a mass 'nature break' was starting to take place as they rolled away on a climb.
"This was the day that everyone wanted to be in the break before Megantic tomorrow," commented Sparling. "I think that everyone had just gotten tired of chasing stuff down when we went."
Whatever the reason, the three quickly went two minutes up, with the gap maxxing out at just around four minutes before Mancebo's team went to the front to ride tempo. They kept it at around three and a half minutes until after the feedzone when, with 60 kilometres remaining, teams with sprinters - such as Team Type 1 (TT1) and UnitedHealthcare - began to offer some assistance.
Over the second KoM the leaders lost Williamson and the gap dropped to under three minutes, and then under two minutes with 25 kilometres to go. Lewis was doing the bulk of the work, with Sparling contributing where possible.
"It was pretty amazing, I felt like I was motorpacing," said Sparling. "Lewis was definitely doing most of the work; I was helping on the downhills, where because I'm bigger it made a difference."
Hitting Thetford Mines for three laps of a 3.5 kilometre circuit the gap was down to 1:15, and everyone was expecting them to be caught, including Sparling. "I was in a break with four on this course two years ago, and we were caught, so I thought they would get us, right up until we were on the last lap."
Inexplicably, TT1 had eased off on the circuit, and the duo started the final lap 1:05 up, which would have easily put Lewis into Yellow, after starting the day 45 seconds back. Competitive Cyclist actually had to help at the front to pull the margin down to 29 seconds by the finish. Lewis took the stage by five seconds over Sparling with TT1 salvaging third in the field sprint from Alexander Serebryakov.
Podium: Alexander Serebryakov, Craig Lewis,
Jamie Sparling
There were a tense few minutes for Mancebo after the stage; Lewis had won by 29 seconds, plus a ten second bonus for the stage win and another three seconds for taking the second KoM - if he had won the first KoM instead of finishing second he would have taken the overall lead.
Jerseys KOM: Hanson, Points: Matthias Friedemann, Leader: Mancebo, Best Young Rider: Adiq Othman
Race Notes
- Tomorrow is the Queen stage of Beauce, the 164 kilometre run from St-Georges to Mont Megantic. It finishes with a 6.8 kilometre climb averaging 7.7% (with spots over 15%) to the observatory atop the highest paved road in Eastern Canada, at 1102 metres. This is where Mancebo won Beauce last year, and for any rider who hopes to be in contention for the overall, a good result here is mandatory. The stage begins at 9:30 am (EST) and is expected to finish sometime around 1:45 pm to 2:15 pm.
- We have an interview with Jamie Sparling that will be posted later


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After a series of extensive tours (one of which resulted in a tragic car robbery where all their equipment got stolen), the trio moved to Brooklyn, rebuilt themselves from the ground up and wrote "Shadow Temple", which was released on Paw Tracks in September 2010. Produced with the help of Avey Tare and Deakin of Animal Collective, the album rose to #3 on the New Age Billboard charts.
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Farmington police are asking the public for help identifying two suspects in an armed gas station robbery earlier this week.
The robbery happened around 3 a.m. on Jan. 9 at the Elm Street Kwik Trip in Farmington, according to police.
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Agricultural biodiversity is the basis of our life on Earth. It is also the basis of healthy and resilient ecosystems. Yet it is under threat. Biodiversity provides more options for dietary diversity, can help smallholder farmers grow more food and earn more income, while protecting the natural resource base upon which their—and our—lives depend. It is time to redesign farms as productive, healthy, resilient ecosystems that conserve diversity within a broad landscape that provides food.
Conserving biodiversity makes nutritional, ecological and economic sense. Targeted development projects can leverage these benefits to reduce hunger and poverty. For example, ancient grains high in quality proteins and rich in micronutrients such as quinoa and finger millets have been grown for generations, but in some places farmers were struggling to conserve and use these grains because there were limited markets. From 2001 to 2010, an international effort supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and coordinated by Bioversity International in Bolivia, Peru and India helped to enhance the sustainable conservation and use of such underutilized species, in order to unlock their potential value for income generation and nutrition.
Bioversity International and its national and local partners researched high-yielding Andean grain varieties, reintroduced lost species, ensured a wide diversity of genetic resources were preserved in seed banks, and introduced technologies to process grains for markets. The result was not only improved livelihoods but enhancement of cultural identity for communities.
When farmers are linked to value chains, they can reach markets for these primary grains, which are transformed into processed foods that are highly in demand. Rural people living in poverty are important custodians of biodiversity and have found ingenious ways of utilizing it sustainably. When they achieve higher incomes through these activities it creates an incentive to conserve biodiversity sustainably.
In Uganda, the forest-dwelling Benet people have been deriving their livelihoods from the forested landscape of Mount Elgon for hundreds of years. In 1983 the Ugandan Government declared Mount Elgon a National Park, evicted the Benet communities and resettled them outside the forest. The park subsequently experienced land degradation, while communities that had looked after the Park's natural resources for generations suffered from marginalization and increasing poverty.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) worked with the government, local communities and district authorities to realize a new vision for the Mount Elgon area, which included better-defined use and access rights for communities within the national park. After this new model replaced the exclusionary approach, harvesting of wild resources for food helped diversify and improve local diets. It also benefited Park management, with an 80% reduction in incidences of illegal timber extraction. In the buffer zone around the Park, IUCN helped communities apply their own by-laws to improve land-use decision-making. Communities elected to stop open access herding of cattle, which enabled simple but effective soil conservation techniques to be applied.
The preliminary results demonstrate that local communities have increased their incomes by more than 100% through collection and marketing of wild honey, a two-fold increase in milk production and vegetable gardening, and harvesting of two (rather than one) agriculture crops per season from the rich volcanic soils.
There are many other examples of farmers, scientists and policy-makers working together to re-establish traditional land management regimes where agriculture and conservation practices co-exist and complement each other. This can improve productivity, reduce fossil energy dependency, increase efficiency in plant nutrient utilization, improve water management, and contain the use of pesticides and fertilizers.
These positive examples demonstrate that it is time to take a landscape perspective on agriculture and natural resources: a more pragmatic approach involving community-based natural resource management, strong partnerships and flexibility.
In 2012, the IUCN World Conservation Congress delivered a 'Call to Action for Agriculture and Conservation to Work Together.' The conservation and agriculture sectors will need to collaborate if we are to find long-term sustainable solutions to food and nutrition security and preservation of biodiversity. We need commitment from partners and funders to a common vision, and decision-makers need to rethink policies separating the two agendas.
The major actors in conservation and agriculture are recognizing the critical contribution that biodiversity makes to human livelihoods, food and nutrition. However, we need a deeper understanding of how social, ecological, commercial and financial sectors, as well as cultural movements, can mobilize biodiversity's contribution to food security and poverty reduction, particularly in view of climate change threats. Biodiversity can be both safeguarded and put to use within a sustainable and resilient agriculture that meets multiple needs: food production, environmental restoration and preservation, and improved livelihood for rural people.
The momentum for a new agricultural paradigm began at the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress where Bioversity and The Christensen Fund co-organized a plenary panel discussion and workshop facilitated by Ken Wilson from the Christensen Fund. This workshop 'From Competition to Collaboration between Agriculture and Conservation' was the impetus for partnerships that are continuing this effort.
Bioversity International, IFAD and IUCN are coming together with thought leaders in agriculture, conservation, public entities and industry to support a new paradigm in agriculture and sustainable development. Through CGIAR research programs, Bioversity is developing a research model of agriculture with smallholder farmers and partners that maximizes agricultural sustainability, productivity and conservation objectives, emphasizing the bridge between agriculture and conservation with biodiversity as a key link.
Our common vision is a global agricultural system that meets the challenge of transforming food systems while building resilience to climate change. This is especially vital for the regions of the world where large rural populations living in poverty rely on agriculture and ecosystems for their livelihoods.
Cross-sectoral cooperation will be vital to addressing shared global challenges now and in the future, including within the context of the post-2015 development agenda. We need to work together to ensure that biodiversity is recognized as key to tackling major issues such as food and nutrition security, climate change, human health, and poverty. Learn more about the Agriculture and Conservation Initiative at www.bioversityinternational.org.
(Emile A. Frison is Director General of Bioversity International, Julia Marton-Lefèvre is Director General of IUCN, and Kanayo F. Nwanze is President of IFAD.)


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The Epiphany Festival celebrates the Manifestation of Jesus, especially to the Wise Men, but also at the Marriage Feast of Cana and on the banks of the Jordan river. This January the liturgy considers two of these revelations and also the revelation at the synagogue in Nazareth. The Cana story is surely one of the most charming in all the bible. How did it survive in the tradition till the time of St. John's Gospel? Why did not one of the other evangelists pick it up? How indeed does it fit in John's Gospel?
There are no easy answers to any of these questions, though perhaps all one has to say is that it is a great, great story. And what does it mean? A lot of theological ink has been spilled on that subject. Perhaps the most obvious meaning is that Jesus by his attendance at the feast (while the bride and groom were consummating their union in another room or merely behind a curtain while the drinking and singing and dancing went on) endorsed human sexual love. Those puritans, prudes, and party-poopers who will try to tell you that Jewish wedding parties are quiet, sober, restrained events have never been to a Jewish wedding.
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Once upon a time a certain teenage woman was invited to a birthday party. In fact according to all reports it was going to be a super cool party. However, this young woman was at that stage of her maturation where it was necessary to adopt a pose of infinite boredom with life, she was in fact like a flapper in one Evelyn Waugh's novels about the nineteen twenties from the very act of breathing was an source of infinite fatigue. So she announced that she wasn't going to the party because it would be "BORING!" Other young women considered her opinion, because she was one of the opinion-makers of her group, but they said well, maybe it won't be boring. So they decided to attend the party.
Our heroine's mother kept urging her to give the party a chance because the birthday queen's mother was such a nice woman. WELL, as we all know if a mother thinks something is worthwhile, by definition it can't be. Anyway, at the last minute she decided to show up, if only to stop people from talking about her. She walked in the front door of the house, looked around at the thirty young people who were talking, dancing, and eating and said, Nobody's here! Where's everybody! So she found a segment of the wall that looked like it needed shoring up and leaned against, with a loud sigh. A nearby angel said she sighed a hundred and forty nine times during the party. Many of the boys at the party tried to talk to her. They offered to bring her food and a coke (the hostess's mother kept an eagle eye out for other liquids) or a piece of cake.
She just sighed again and shook her head. One boy, by reputation very cool, even brought her a piece of chocolate cake. Barf city she said. When the party was over she walked home by herself. How was the party her mother asked. Oh, said young woman, it was great. Everyone was there and we had a wonderful time.
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Wesleyan University's men's lacrosse team has advanced to the NCAA Division III championship game on Memorial Day weekend and several former high school standouts from Fairfield and Westchester counties are a big reason why.
The Cardinals upset top-ranked and previously unbeaten RIT 19-18 on Sunday afternoon in Rochester and will play either two-time defending national champion Salisbury or Gettysburg in the title game in Foxborough, Mass., on Sunday, May 27.
Former New Canaan High School star Harry Stanton, a senior attackman, had six goals for the Cardinals. Senior midfielder Cole Turpin, another New Canaan HS product, had three goals and one assist for Wesleyan (18-3).
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Cabri Jr. versus GeoMaster on the TI-84 Plus Calculator
Because the TI-84 Plus comes equipped with two geometry applications, Cabri Jr. and GeoMaster, you can now do your geometric investigations on the calculator. Granted, the calculator screen is rather small for some investigations, but other than that, these two calculator applications do almost everything that the computer software packages do.
If you've ever used a dynamic geometry computer software package such as the Geometer's Sketchpad or Cabri Geometry II Plus, then you appreciate its ability to not only accurately construct geometric figures, but to also perform translations, rotations, dilations, and reflections. These software packages can even take measurements, create tessellations, and much, much more. If you haven't used such software packages, wouldn't you like to?
To help you decide which application is best for you, consider the following differences between Cabri Jr. (version 1.03) and GeoMaster (version 1.10).
Some Cabri Jr. features not found in GeoMaster are
Cabri Jr. has an Undo tool; GeoMaster does not. However, they both allow you to delete a selected construction.
Cabri Jr. allows you to display constructions as dotted or solid lines; GeoMaster uses only solid lines.
Cabri Jr. has an Animate tool and a Locus tool; GeoMaster does not. Such tools allow you to show, for example, how the definition of a conic section is used to construct the conic section.
The Cabri Jr.'s Calculate tool can add, subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots. GeoMaster's Calculate tool can only add and subtract.
When you quit Cabri Jr. without saving your work, the next time you start the application your work appears as you left it. When you quit GeoMaster, your unsaved work vanishes.
Cabri Jr. can talk to (share files with) the Cabri Geometry II Plus computer software and to the Cabri Jr. applications found on the TI-89, TI-92 Plus, and Voyage 200 calculators. GeoMaster is not on speaking terms with anything.
Some GeoMaster features not found in Cabri Jr. are
GeoMaster has a tool for constructing any type of polygon, while Cabri Jr. has tools for constructing only triangles and quadrilaterals. In both applications, one can, of course, construct a polygon by stringing together consecutive line segments.
GeoMaster has a tool for constructing regular polygons; Cabri Jr. does not.
GeoMaster allows you to construct points by entering their coordinates; Cabri Jr. does not.
GeoMaster has three tools not found in Cabri Jr. that answer the questions: Are two lines parallel? Are two lines perpendicular? Are three points collinear?
As you move the cursor in GeoMaster, the coordinates of its location are displayed at the bottom of the screen. This feature is not available in Cabri Jr., although Cabri Jr. tells you the coordinates of a point after it is constructed. GeoMaster also allows you to adjust the size of the viewing window the same way you do when graphing functions.
GeoMaster can construct and add vectors; Cabri Jr. cannot.
GeoMaster can construct arcs of a circle; Cabri Jr. cannot.
GeoMaster has a tool that stores measured data (lengths, areas, and angle measures) in a list; Cabri Jr. does not. When the data is in a list, it can be accessed from the home screen, where you can perform more calculations on these measures than you can with Cabri Jr.
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For GeoMaster on the TI-84 graphing calculator to recognize the existence of an angle, tha...