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Habs Inside/Out is happy to welcome a new contributor: Robert Rice, who is familiar to the Commentariat as SeriousFan09.
Robert is an expatriate Montrealer living in Brantford. He will monitor the Habs Prospects web site and keep an eye on future Canadiens in Hamilton, Wheeling, major junior, the U.S. colleges … just about everywhere.
In each weekly edition of Habs Future, Robert will file his Three Stars of the system and a comprehensive update on how all the team's prospects are faring.
It's great to have him aboard, and we hope you enjoy Robert's stuff.
Let's start out with video of Jarred Tinordi's first fight in the OHL, then click on the jump for Robert Rice's first report.
The Three Stars of the Week:
1. C Louis Leblanc:
The star QMJHL prospect of the Canadiens organization had a non-stop
weekend with 3 games in 3 nights between Nov 5th and 7th. Leblanc scored
a goal each night and added 3 assists to his scoring totals to lead the
Montreal Juniors with 26 points on the season and scored consecutive
game-winning goals on Saturday against the Quebec Ramparts and Sunday
against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Louis Leblanc leads the Montreal
Juniors in scoring and is 13th overall in scoring in the QMJHL and every
player ahead of him has played at least four more games.
2. RW Aaron Palushaj:
In an impressive week, Palushaj jumped into 4th overall scoring with
the Hamilton Bulldogs with 5 fewer GP than anyone ahead of him. It was
quite the week for the Palushaj considering he was injured and before
the week had begun, he had only 3 games played to date. His 2 goals and 5
assists helped pace the Bulldogs to a 3-win week, it could be
considered that the young winger is shaping to be a major offensive
contributor for the 2010-11 Bulldogs season.
3. D Mathieu Carle
After being quiet on the score sheet to start his season in Hamilton,
Carle had an explosive week for the Bulldogs, scoring goals in 3
consecutive games including the game-winning goal against the Manitoba
Moose on November 2nd and then the tying goal against the Moose
on November 3rd to bring the game to the shootout and a win for
Hamilton. He finished the week with 3 goals and 1 assist.
Mentions: D Jarred Tinordi had his first fight as a London Knight and
acquitted himself well. G Karri Ramo has only lost once in his last
seven starts. D Yannick Weber is leading the AHL in goals by a
defencemen with 7 so far. RW Alex Avtsin scored the final shootout goal
in Hamilton's November 3rd win against the Manitoba Moose to decisively
end the game. C Andreas Engqvist has received great credit from reports
to be the best penalty killing forward on the Bulldogs. Maxim Trunev had
his first multi-point game of the season in the KHL. Brendan
Gallagher's 17th goal of the season has him tied for the league lead in
goals in the WHL.
Question Marks: After scoring 36 points
in 41 games last season for North Dakota and 5 goals, 3 assists in the
2010 World Junior Championships, Danny Kristo has only three assists in 10 games so far this season at North Dakota. Ben Maxwell has only one point in his last five games. Bubble prospect Joonas Nattinen,
after being considered a very good find in the 3rd round of the 2009
Entry Draft, had an achilles tendon injury and had surgery, he was
placed on IR in September. Considering the nature of tendon injuries and
the requirement that Nattinen be signed to a contract this coming
summer according to draft selection rules, his injury does not bode well
for his immediate future. Alex Avtsin's wrist injury has limited
his ice time this season so far, it may continue to impede his ability
to stay in the lineup in Hamilton.
Complete Statistics for the week of November 1st:
Skaters: Games Played, Goals, Assists,
+/-, Penalty Minutes
Goalies: Wins, Losses, Overtime
Losses, Shootout Losses, Goals Against Average, Save Percentage
Teams: Wins, Losses, Overtime
Losses, Shootout Losses, Ties (for NCAA teams only)
Season Stats: Season scoring
prior to the past week.
The AHL Report: The Hamilton Bulldogs have
been the AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens since 2002. It is the most
common route for developing Montreal Canadiens prospects into full-time members
of the organization. There are currently 13 members of the team that may one day
fill out a role for the Canadiens. The Hamilton Bulldogs are currently on a
very solid 7-1-1-2 record to start the season and lead the North Division of
the AHL Western Conference.
RW Alexander Avtsin: 19
years old, 6'3″, 199 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 2GP, 1G, 1A, +3, 0PIM
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0PIM
D Mathieu Carle: 23 years old, 6′, 203 pounds, RH shot.
Alternate Captain
Season Stats: 8GP, 1G, 0A, +3, 6 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 3G, 1A, +5, 2 PIM
C David Desharnais: 24
years old, 5'6″, 177 pounds, LH shot.
Alternate Captain
Season Stats: 8GP, 3G, 9A, +4. 2PIM
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 1G, 2A, +4, 0PIM
C Gabriel Dumont: 19 years old, 5'10", 180 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 8GP, 1G, 1A, -2, 4PIM.
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0 PIM.
C Andreas Engqvist: 22
years old, 6'4″, 191 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 8GP, 1G, 3A, 0, 4PIM
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 1G, 0A, +2, 2PIM
C Ben Maxwell: 22
years old, 6'1″, 191 pounds, LH shot.
Alternate Captain
Season stats: 8GP, 3G, 6A, 0, 4PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 0G, 1A, -1, 4PIM
G Robert Mayer: 21 years old, 6'1″, 209 pounds, catches left.
Season stats: 6GP, 3-2-0-1, 2.94 GAA, .878%
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 1-0-0-0, 3.69GAA, .862
D Brendon Nash: 23 years old, 6'3″, 218 pounds, LH shot.
Season Stats: 9GP, 2G, 4A, +4, 8PIM
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 0G, 0A, +2, 2PIM
LW Max Pacioretty: 21 years old, 6'2″, 210 pounds, LH shot.
Season Stats: 8GP, 1G, 7A, +2, 6PIM
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 2G, 2A, +1, 2PIM
RW Aaron Palushaj: 21 years old, 6′, 183 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 3GP, 0G, 4A, +1, 2PIM
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 2G, 5A, +5, 0 PIM
RW Ian Schultz: 20 years old, 6'3″, 208 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 6GP, 0G, 0A, -1, 9PIM.
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0 PIM
D Yannick Weber: 22 years old, 5'11", 196 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 8GP, 4G, 6A, -1, 10 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 1G, 0A, +1, 0PIM
C Ryan White: 22 years old, 6′, 198 pounds, RH shot.
Alternate Captain
Season Stats: 8GP, 0G, 4A, +1, 7 PIM
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 1G, 0A, -1, 6PIM
The Juniors Report: The
Canadiens currently feature prospects playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey
League (QMJHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and the Western Hockey League
C Louis Leblanc: 19 years old, 6'1″,
184 pounds, RH shot.
Junior Club: Montreal Juniors, Alternate Captain. (14W, 3L, 3OTL)
Season Stats: 13GP, 9G, 11A, +9, 22 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 3G, 3A, +3, 6 PIM.
LW Phillippe Lefebvre: 19 years old, 6′, 200 pounds, LH shot.
Junior Club: Montreal Juniors (14W, 3L, 3OTL)
Season Stats: 15GP, 7G, 10A, +8, 15 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 1G, 2A, +2, 2 PIM
D Morgan Ellis: 18 years old, 6'2″, 196 pounds, RH shot.
Junior Club: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles – Team Captain (6W, 14L, 1 OTL)
Season Stats: 17GP, 2G, 7A, -6, 19 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 1G, 1A, -2, 2 PIM
D Jarred Tinordi: 18 years old, 6'6″, 212 pounds, LH shot.
Junior Club: London Knights (9W, 5L, 1 OTL)
Season Stats: 11GP, 0G, 2A, +1, 10 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 0G, 0A, -5, 9 PIM.
RW Brendan Gallagher: 18 years old, 5'8″, 170 pounds, RH shot.
Junior Club: Vancouver Giants (10W, 7L, 2 OTL)
Season Stats: 18GP, 16G, 13A, +15, 27 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 1G, 1A, +1, 6 PIM.
US College Hockey (NCAA) Report: The
Canadiens have drafted a number of college players in recent years but at the
moment, there are only two I consider viable prospects.
D Mac Bennett: 6′, 180 pounds, LH shot.
NCAA Team: University of Michigan Wolverines (4W, 0L, 1T)
Season Stats: 5GP, 0G, 3A, +5, 15 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0PIM
RW Danny Kristo: 6′, 188 pounds, RH shot.
NCAA Team: University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (4W, 1L, 0T)
Season Stats: 8GP, 0G, 3A -6, 4 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0 PIM
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Report:
MHL- The league under the KHL,
Maxim Trunev has been going between both leagues this season.
D Alexei Emelin: 24 years old, 6'1″, 221 pounds, LH shot.
KHL Club: Ak Bars Kazan (15W, 6L, 2 OTL, 2 SOL)
Season Stats: 19GP, 3G, 6A, +6, 20 PIM.
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 0G, 0A, -1, 6 PIM
G Karri Ramo: 23 years old, 6'3″, 207 pounds, catches left.
KHL Club: Avangard Omsk (14W, 7L, 1 OTL, 1 SOL)
Season Stats: 16GP, 9-4-2, 2.01 GAA, .917%.
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 1-0-0, 2.00 GAA, .933%
RW Maxim Trunev: 20 years old, 5'11", 189 pounds, RH shot.
KHL Club: Severstal Cherepovets (13W, 9L, 2 OTL)
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I'm guessing this wasn't all in one go?
For me, in one go, 7 hours, and it was done in that time. Shortest for a full video, 3. Haven't managed to get before that amount of time yet
Longest, not in one go, 2 weeks. I don't think I've spent more than 24 hours in total on any amv though.

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For his senior thesis, Evan Saitta, an ecology and evolutionary biology major at Princeton, has painstakingly analyzed 150 million-year-old fossils to determine whether a single anatomical difference found in a species of Stegosaurus indicates if male and female individuals were physically distinct. The work could provide a new understanding of the physiology and lifestyle of Stegosaurus.
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Senior thesis: Sexual differences in Stegosaurus
Posted May 1, 2014; 12:00 p.m.
Under normal circumstances, Evan Saitta's senior thesis would seem ambitious.
The Princeton University ecology and evolutionary biology major has painstakingly analyzed 150 million-year-old fossils to determine whether a single anatomical difference found in a species of Stegosaurus indicates if an individual was male or female. For readers who lacked a childhood obsession with dinosaurs, Stegosaurus is a small-headed, large-bodied herbivore that stomped around what is now the North American West with a clutch of large spikes at the end of its massive tail and twin rows of substantial bony plates adorning its back.
Unusual for Stegosaurus, the back plates of the species Saitta studies, Stegosaurus mjosi, come in two varieties — short and wide, and tall and narrow. Saitta's hypothesis is that the distinctive plates were determined by the animal's sex. Females had one type of plate, and males the other. The work, which he plans to publish, could provide a new understanding of the physiology and lifestyle of Stegosaurus.
The large, bony back plates of the species Saitta studied, Stegosaurus mjosi, come in two varieties — short and wide, and tall and narrow. Saitta hypothesized that this difference was related to an individual animal's sex. To show that, Saitta had to first establish that the fossils he studied came from sexually mature individuals. He examined 10 for "vascular piping," which in sexually mature individuals had brought blood to the bone tissue beneath each plate's hard keratin exterior. After initially examining the plates via X-ray computed tomography, or CT scan, Saitta (above) uses a saw to cut away three, 2-centimeter samples that he had transferred to microscope slides. (Photo courtesy of the Judith River Dinosaur Institute)
To support his idea, Saitta has dug up fossils in Montana every summer since his junior year of high school, examined Stegosaurus specimens in Switzerland, and pored over slides of late-Jurassic bone tissue in Princeton's Guyot Hall. A Montana medical clinic even let him use its X-ray computed tomography, or CT, scanner to identify the remnants of channels that once house blood vessels in the plates.
While Saitta acknowledges the scale of the challenge he undertook, if any feelings of frustration or fatigue exist they're undetectable beneath his pronounced enthusiasm for dinosaurs and natural history.
"This is what I want to do for the rest of my life," said Saitta, who will go on to study paleobiology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. "It's definitely quite a challenge, but I'm confident it will all come together. Although a lot of this stuff is new, I think the general reception among people who study Stegosaurus has been pretty good."
Saitta used a microscope to identify a feature in the fossils of mature stegosaurs known as an "external fundamental system," or EFS (above). As dinosaurs age, their bones exhibit internal layers that mark each year of growth, similar to tree rings. When an animal's full growth is reached, the rings become an EFS, which is a tightly packed, less vascular outer layer. Saitta saw reduced growth in both varieties of plates and an EFS in two of the tall and narrow plates. This established that both plate types came from sexually mature adults. The black scale-bar in the upper right is 1 millimeter long. (Image by Evan Saitta)
James Gould, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and Saitta's adviser, said that Saitta's work could help establish understanding of a social system unique among dinosaurs — and of interest to modern ecologists — in which mate selection hinged on males attracting females rather than fighting other males for mates.
The sizable effort Saitta's thesis required was matched by his passion for the topic, Gould said.
"Evan is able to infer social structure from fossils of animals that have been dead for tens of millions of years. Moreover, it is the first instance of female choice in dinosaurs [wherein the female selects the mate], which is a mate-choice system of special interest to behavioral biologists like me," Gould said.
"It has required incredible hard work, the ability to get individuals and medical institutions to give him time and support, and remarkable vision. It's the sort of thesis we see in the department only once every five or 10 years," he said. "His enthusiasm is infectious, and it is a testament to my willpower that I was not out West with him this year digging up bones."
Saitta was a junior in high school in his native Jacksonville, Fla., when his thesis first took shape. He had volunteered to work at a site boasting an unusually rich collection of Stegosaurus remains in the foothills of the Little Snowy Mountains in central Montana. About two hours north of Billings, the site is in the northern extremes of the Morrison Formation, a massive wealth of Jurassic-period dinosaur fossils that extends southward from northern Montana to the middle of New Mexico, and stretches longitudinally from Utah to Kansas.
Saitta has a self-professed passion for dinosaurs acknowledged by his adviser, James Gould, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. To support his idea, Saitta has dug up fossils in Montana every summer since his junior year of high school, examined Stegosaurus specimens in Switzerland, and pored over slides of late-Jurassic bone tissue in Princeton's Guyot Hall. In this photo, Saitta climbs the famous "Dinosaur Wall" at the Dinosaur National Monument in Utah to measure a plate from a species of Stegosaurus. (Photo courtesy of Evan Saitta)
"I enjoyed it so much that I continued to go to Montana and developed a project. Even coming into Princeton I knew I wanted to develop a thesis based on this site," Saitta said. "In more than 100 years of studying Stegosaurus, this site is the first time that we have multiple [Stegosaurus] individuals in one location with no other animals around. These animals died together at that site, which suggests that they were part of a social group or 'herd' at the time of death. Even before people got into it, they knew there was something special about this site."
One special feature is the abundance of remains from an early species of Stegosaurus, the S. mjosi. First described in 2001 (and originally classified as Hesperosaurus), S. mjosi is distinguishable from later stegosaurs by its tail vertebrae, which have a teardrop shaped top as opposed to the two-pronged, or bifurcated, surface documented in other species. The animal's back plates also are not uniform, which is unusual. While other species have distinct plates, those of S. mjosi come in the two varieties that Saitta would study.
"It's the first time that multiple individuals were found together and we have two almost opposite kinds of plates, and you can see the difference from neck to tail," Saitta said.
"Every bone but the plates is similar, so it's one species," he said. "We have evidence that the one species of Stegosaurus comes in two varieties, so the question is what exactly causes this variation? My thesis was to eliminate alternative hypotheses because when you eliminate all other possibilities you're left with the one that is correct."
Drawing from a 2011 Japanese-led study outlining the analysis of Stegosaurus bones, Saitta set out to eliminate other possible causes of the plate variety. Using a CT scanner at the Billings Clinic, Saitta scanned 10 S. mjosi plates in search of "vascular piping" that had brought blood to the bone tissue beneath each plate's hard keratin exterior. Because Stegosaurus plates are thought to have partly served as a mating display, the Japanese study found that the presence of large, vascular piping within the plate did not appear until the individual reached sexual maturity. Once Saitta found the piping in all 10 plates, he knew that they all belonged to sexually mature individuals.
The next step was to further refine the age of the individuals. Dinosaurs age in a way that resembles both reptiles and mammals, Saitta said. They grow rapidly like mammals, but like reptiles, their bones exhibit internal layers that mark each year of growth, similar to tree rings. When an animal's full growth is reached, the rings become a tightly packed, less vascular outer layer called an "external fundamental system," or EFS. Saitta had three, 2-centimeter-square samples of each plate transferred to microscope slides. He saw reduced growth in both varieties of plates and an EFS in two of the tall and narrow plates. This established that the tall- and wide-plated morphs plates from the central Montana site came from both sexually mature, young adults and fully-grown, old adults.
"By eliminating the idea that these are two different species or that the morphs are young and old, that leaves just one other possibility — these are male and female," Saitta said.
The next step for Saitta is to determine which plate shape belongs to which sex — and he has a theory. He thinks the tall, narrow plates belonged to females, who would have needed the pointier plates to defend against predators. On the other hand, the plates of male S. mjosi were much larger in surface area and likely served as "billboard" displays intended to attract females, similar to the plumes of the male peacock, Saitta said.
Solving the mystery would reveal important information about Stegosaurus's social habits, such as whether males and females separated when not breeding. That would explain the puzzling absence of fossil sites with multiple individuals, Saitta said.
"Once you determine something as simple as sexual dimorphism [the distinction between two sexes], you can start to investigate all these other factors of [Stegosaurus] biology," Saitta said. "It's no longer saying they were just like other modern herbivores. That doesn't really tell you much because there are such a variety of those. We could start to narrow it down."
In the meantime, Saitta has analyzed 126 Stegosaurus plates to explore whether their shape is species specific or determined by an as-yet-undiscovered distinction between the sexes. He found no convincing evidence that any other species of Stegosaurus showed sexual dimorphism. This suggests that different species of Stegosaurus likely had different mating or social systems as well as different levels of predation risk. The analysis was a "reevaluation" that falls in line with his habit of questioning the details of what he sees and looking for new answers, an inclination that motivated his thesis.
"Princeton doesn't have an expert on dinosaur anatomy, but that's good because I wanted to come at it from a fresh perspective," Saitta said. "I was just always thinking about and reevaluating what I saw, so when I sat down to write I knew what I wanted to say."


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Here is the third part of the "Restoration Series" on this, our 1959 British Daimler Ferret Scout Car. The military vehicles are the "centre" of our family Military Collection. This is the Mk2/3 variant.
Photo .1 An outside shot of the Ferret before restoration...fresh as found. In a later post it will be shown in the body shop getting a back to metal refinish! In this photo; eagle eyed viewers might notice it has the wrong weapon fitted...this is the .50 cal. whereas it should be the Browning .30 cal. Which it is later retrofitted with:
Photo .2 Is the condition as found. Looking up into the turret, the gun mount with the weapon removed. It was all in dreadful condition, stripped for parts and rusted up!
Photo .3 Is the machinegun mount being remanufactured and readied for painting before the final fitting of the proper .30 cal. Browning Machine Gun.
Photo .4 Is the Vehicle Data Plate, which lists all the Base Overhauls it has had in it's life.... One Rebuild & One Base Overhaul! At the Rebuild the weapon would have been changed from .30 - 06 calibre to 7.62mm NATO.
On the Mark 2/3 the armour was uprated. The driver had the wheel gear either side of his legs, and previously when driven over a mine, the damage from flying axle and steering gear was dreadful! So the armour was uprated to protect the drivers legs! (For which they were obviously very grateful!)
N.B. A tale from a Ferret driver who saw service in the Malaya Conflict said that on "Op's" they would often drive with one leg tucked up under them, so that when the often inevitable mine was run over, they only lost the one leg! (This was before the modification was done)


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We are in the trouble we are in because of geniouses.
Well UB used it the other day, but here goes again.
"THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENIUS AND STUPIDY IS THAT GENIUS HAS ITS LIMITS."---------ALBERT EINSTEIN Today 02:13 PMActually to believe that statement one has to be either or both
Because both have their limits
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A busy weekend for fights means that fight videos soon follow. Everyone's favorite 70kg Muay Thai fighter and former K-1 World MAX Champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk was in action again, this time for Thai Fight. His opponent this weekend was Mickael Piscitello to see who moves into the Thai Fight Extreme Finals for 70kg. Seeing as though Kickboxing fans have been chomping at the bit for Buakaw Por. Pramuk to return to Kickboxing action and Thai Fight is winding down, let us know who you want to see Buakaw fight if he does indeed return to the Kickboxing realm from being treated like a god by Thai Fight.


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SALTILLO – Saltillo's First United Methodist church held its first Veterans Day service Sunday in the presence of a crowd of about 250. Saltillo FUMC has been honoring servicemen all week, inviting veterans to display their war memorabilia in the foyer outside the sanctuary, and lining the driveway to the church with American flags.
"We have displays from soldiers of every war back to World War II," said Corrine Calvasina, who coordinated the celebration. "There's not enough we can do to thank them."
Vietnam War veteran Don Feid's display even held an actual rifle and a map with dozens of push pins marking locations he has lived or been stationed.
World War II veteran Gene Spearman's display showed yellowed maps and battle strategies.
"[Spearman] is one of the reasons we're not speaking 'sie Deutsch' right now," Calvasina said.
Enlisted in the 8th Division of the Air Force, Spearman flew 34 combat missions over Germany in a B17 aircraft. He earned the five clusters, the Triple Crown in terms of Air Force medals.
The service began with the presentation of the American and Christian flags, followed by flags representing the Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force and Navy. The congregation was then led in pledges of allegiance to the American flag, the Christian flag and the Bible.
Pastor Tim Green built his sermon around Second Timothy, Chapter 4, in which Paul, awaiting execution in prison, writes to Timothy, charging him with fulfilling the mission of spreading the Gospel.
"God just laid this message on my heart," Green said. "In many ways, ministry is like a mission that must be completed."
Desert Storm and Iraq War veteran, as well as the District Attorney for Mississippi's First Judicial District, Trent Kelley attended the service with his family.
"It's always humbling to be in the presence of men who are willing to sacrifice everything for their friends," he said.


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TUPELO – The Tupelo Community Thanksgiving Service drew a mosaic of the city's people on Monday.
City officials, teachers, business people, workers and all manner of residents took one hour out of their day to meet at St. Paul United Methodist Church and enjoy a service of fellowship and gratitude.
"What a great day to be alive in Tupelo," said Mayor Jack Reed Jr. "This service is a terrific example of us at our best, as thankful people willing to move forward."
Songs from St. Paul's Inspirational Choir, the inter-denominational Unity Choir and soloist Larry Montgomery shook the rafters with themes of gratitude and patriotism.
The message of thanksgiving was provided by Police Chief Tony Carleton, Sgt. Michael Russell and two students in the Police Athletic League, Eric Guyton and Caleb Hodges.
"We're so thankful for a community that unites and allows us to make an impact and change the track of kids' lives," Russell said.
Since its organization in 2005, PAL has transitioned to full funding provided by the city of Tupelo, and has served over 2,000 young people. Earlier this year, the Tupelo City Council approved the purchase of the former Salvation Army recreational center to host PAL, which will allow for more than one activity to take place at a time.
"The kids participate in basketball, boxing, weight-lifting, and, most importantly, homework," Russell said. "These kids want to better themselves and become productive citizens."
Guyton and Hodges shed light on their own experiences in PAL and how it has changed them.
"We do things as a team and form discipline," Guyton said. "I've learned to use my listening skills and have seen a change in my attitude."
Russell said it was a blessing, in a time when programs are being closed down and people are getting fired, to be a part of something that is growing.
Major Sue Dorman, senior officer of the Salvation Army in Northeast Mississippi, said she was glad to see the Army's facility go to community service efforts. It shows, she said, how giving has become a way of life for the All-America City.
"The Salvation Army is only the hands for the community," she said. "In Tupelo, Thanksgiving has become Thanks-living."
After receiving the benediction from St. Paul's pastor, the Rev. Gloria McKinney, members of the audience enjoyed light refreshments and fellowship before returning to their routines.
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If a chiropractor has helped you, great, don't be offended.
I've never understood chiropractors for people or animals. If you're on RTF you've probably "disassembled" an animal or two, as a hunter.
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My sweet but suddenly destructive 7-month pup has now cost me more money. While in his wire kennel, he managed to start ripping up the Berber carpeting in the family room. The plastic tray that was in the crate was a little small for the kennel and he could reach the carpet along the edge and start pulling. I then moved his kennel to the kitchen and he managed to start ripping up the linoleum. I then put him in a slightly larger wire kennel which has the correct size tray. Well, when I got home today from running errands (for maybe an hour) he was able to rip more flooring in the kitchen. He managed to somehow crack the tray completely in half and get to the floor underneath. Im so surprised at this as he really likes his kennel and settles down nicely in it. He usually has a bone in there with him also. The longest he is usually in there is four hours while I am at work. Guess he needs more exercise to tire him out before he gets put away.
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Veeva Systems (VEEV) shares were down marginally in after hours trading following its fourth-quarter earnings report.
The life sciences software company said it earned 7 cents a share, one penny ahead of the consensus estimate. Revenue came in at $62.8 million, compared to the $58 million analysts were expecting.
For the first quarter, the company said EPS should be between five cents and six cents a share on revenue of $62.5 million to $63.5 million. Analysts were looking for six cents a share on $60 million in sales.
For the full year, it expects to earn between 23 cents and 25 cents a share, on revenue $270 million to $275 million. The consensus is 24 cents a share on revenue of $261.6 million.
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Scientists have wondered for more than 50 years whether metformin worked to lower blood glucose in patients by directly working on the glucose
Singapore: Researchers from St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, in collaboration with researchers at McMaster University in Canada, have reported to discover how the type 2 diabetes drug metformin actually works, providing a molecular understanding that could lead to the development of more effective therapies.
Mass spectrometry technologies from AB Sciex, a global leader in analytical technologies, played a critical role in the analysis that led to this breakthrough finding.
Doctors have known for decades that metformin helps treat type 2 diabetes. However, questions had lingered for more than 50 years whether this drug, which is available as a generic drug, worked to lower blood glucose in patients by directly working on the glucose. People with type 2 diabetes have high blood sugar levels. They have trouble converting sugar in their blood into energy because of low levels of insulin. Treating this condition, metformin is considered the most widely prescribed anti-diabetic drug in the world.
Until now, no one had been able to adequately explain how this drug lowers blood sugar. It turns out, according to the new study by Australian and Canadian researchers, that the drug works by reducing harmful fat in the liver. People who take metformin reportedly often have a fatty liver, which is frequently caused by obesity.
"Fat is likely a key trigger for pre-diabetes in humans," said Professor Bruce Kemp, head of protein chemistry and metabolism at St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. "Our study indicates that metformin doesn't directly reduce sugar metabolism, as previously suspected, but instead reduces fat in the liver, which in turn allows insulin to work effectively."
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Posted November 13, 2008; 10:33 a.m.
An accomplished group of theater professionals, most of whom are Princeton alumni, will discuss their career paths during an event at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Murray-Dodge Theatre.
The panel discussion is part of the Office of Career Services' IMAGINE Speaker Series and is co-sponsored by Theatre Intime.
Participating will be:
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• Lorraine Goodman, who earned her A.B. in history in 1983 and is a performer on Broadway as well as in several world premieres of modern operas.
• Gwynn MacDonald, who earned her A.B. in English in 1987 and is a director and producer of theater, television, film and radio.
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I honestly havnt laughed so hard in a while.
that said Eli was interviewed and said that it is a known thing, it's something QB's and defenses do, the QB will walk up to the line and tell them that they are kneeling.
what Tampa Bay should have done was told them that they aren't backing down or something...I mean Eli is going out of his way to inform them that they aren't running a play (as all QB's do) the least Tampa bay could have done was respond letting Eli know that they are so they can be ready for it, just for safeties sake.
"we've decided that you lost so don't do anything to try to make a play" And then somehow its your view that the defense is somehow obligated to explain to the offense what their intent is.
I say thats nuts! The defense made it absolutely clear what their intentions were when they lined up. Eli didn't notice and "assumed" they were quitting on the game. Thats completely on him. They made it clear they were coming and Eli didn't see what we all saw as they were lining up.
Now who's to blame for that?
And then for TC and Eli to whine about the fact that the Bucs didn't quit when "they" instructed them to is also rediculous.
(and it's ridiculous not rediculous)
TC and Eli got caught with their pants down and their false outrage is just an attempt to cover that up. This whining about other teams not quitting when they are supposed to is embarrassing.
And its.......B L O W M E. (I think that's the correct spelling)
he didn't say it in a whining fashion he just said it matter of factly...said that he told them it was a kneel....he didn't outright say they did a bad thing but you could tell he thought they did.
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The Layer Cake Lemonade is a 48" x 61" quilt that uses just ONE layer cake. We wanted to make the quilt as easy as possible, so we recorded a video tutorial that is packed full of tips and tricks for piecing this quilt top. Just watch and see how easy this quilt really is!
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Somatoform pain disorder is pain that is severe enough to disrupt a person's everyday life.
The pain is like that of a physical disorder, but no physical cause is found. The pain is thought to be due to psychological problems.
The pain that people with this disorder feel is real. It is not created or faked on purpose (malingering).
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In the past, this disorder was thought to be related to emotional stress. The pain was often said to be "all in their head."
However, patients with somatoform pain disorder seem to experience painful sensations in a way that increases their pain level. Pain and worry create a cycle that is hard to break.
People who have a history of physical or sexual abuse are more likely to have this disorder. However, not every person with somatoform pain disorder has a history of abuse.
As researchers learn more about the connections between the brain and body, there is more evidence that emotional well-being affects the way in which pain is perceived.
The main symptom of somatoform pain disorder is chronic pain that lasts for several months and limits a person's work, relationships, and other activities.
Patients are often very worried or stressed about their pain.
A thorough medical evaluation, including laboratory work and radiologic scans (
Somatoform pain disorder is diagnosed when these tests do not reveal a clear source of the pain.
Prescription and nonprescription pain medications often do not work very well. These medications also can have side effects, and may carry the risk for abuse.
Chronic pain syndromes of all types can often be treated with antidepressants and talk therapy.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a kind of talk therapy, can help you deal with your pain. During therapy, you will learn:
Antidepressant medications also often help with both the pain and the worry surrounding the pain. Commonly used antidepressants include:
Some patients may not believe that their pain is connected to emotional factors and may refuse these treatments.
Supportive measures that also can be helpful include:
People with this disorder may benefit from treatment at pain centers.
The outlook is worse for patients who have had symptoms for a long time. Your outlook will improve if you can start doing your previous activities, even with the pain.
Seeking out a mental health professional who has experience treating people with chronic pain has been shown to improve outcomes.
Call your health care provider if you or your child experiences chronic pain.
Greenberg DB, Braun IM, Cassem NH. Functional somatic symptoms and somatoform disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederamn J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2008:chap 24.
Witthaft M, Hiller W. Psychological approaches to origins and treatments of somatoform disorders. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2010;6:257-283.
Feinstein RE, de Gruy FV. Difficult patients: personality disorders and somatoform complaints. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 46.
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Yet another reason for investing SIP vs. H.323 is the fact that I understand Microsoft's next version of NetMeeting will use SIP as its underlying protocol. I was told that Windows XP would ship with a "SIP-phone" included, although it is hard to understand if that is just another part of Microsoft's "Windows Messenger". In any event, SIP definitely does seem to be on the rise.
Hmmmnnn... now that's an interesting piece of news. I don't keep up as well as I should with Microsoft's plans, so I was unaware of this wrinkle.
In this case, as in so many others, MS is following the industry rather than leading it. I would be shocked if it were not using a broken version of SIP that makes compatibility difficult. However, I think this time the strategy will lose. Vendors have really taken the high road with SIP; they've worked hard to ensure compatibility at events like the SIP Bake- Offs (now renamed to SIP Interoperability Test Events after threats by Pillsbury. Is this country insane?)
When SIP vendors find a part of the standard that needs changing or clarification, it goes into an additional IETF document. (So far they've shied away from modifying the original RFC.) In general, vendors will bend over backwards to interoperate even with other people's broken stacks. I don't think Microsoft can break compatibility even if it tries.
Given that, it would be nice to have a SIP phone on most Windows desktops. It would certainly help increase the popularity of any Vocal service, commercial or otherwise.
Dang... maybe I'll have to break down and buy a copy of Windows. (I was thinking about doing that anyway so I could play with writing Unix-to-Windows-portable Perl programs.)


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Developed by multimedia artists Carl Skelton and R. Luke DuBois, Sweet Stream Love's River displays words of love, glowing in the rippling surface of a real-time animation of a virtual pool of water. Audience members are invited to share their own warm-to-hot feelings by sms from their smartphone directly to the screen. As one message dissipates, the next appears. Presented by AT&T.
IL CAPO (Yuri Ancarani | Italy | 15 min.)
In the marble quarries of the Italian Alps, men and machines dig the mountain. The Chief manages, coordinates and guides quarrymen and heavy-duty machines using a language consisting solely of gestures and signs.
GUANAPE SUR (János Richter | Peru | 23 min.)
A barren rock island off the coast of Peru. No soil, no water, but hundreds of thousands of birds. For a period of ten years, only two guards may live on Guañape Sur. In the eleventh year, hundreds of workers arrive for the harvest of the birds' excrement.
BIRTHDAY (Jari Vaara | USA | 4 min.)
In a villainously industrial animated world, little kids can't always get what they want, and need to be prepared for a life of labor.
TRYPPS #7 (BADLANDS) (Ben Russell | 10 min.)
The worlds of production and perception blur and crack apart. Part of a series examining
"physical voyages, psychedelic journeys, and a phenomenological experience of the world."
THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT (Nowak Till | USA | 7 min.)
The centrifuge brain project is a scientific experiment that started in the 1970s. It involves an amusement park to enhance people's brain capacity. Dr. Laslowicz explains the project.
THURSDAY (Matthias Hoegg | USA | 7 min.)
The quotidian rituals of a mechanized, uber-orderly animated future begin to break down when a last surviving bit of nature intercedes.
MEANING OF ROBOTS (Matt Lenski | USA | 4 min.)
Mike Sullivan has been shooting a stop-motion robot sex film in his apartment for the past 10 years. Now his miniature robot porn stars are threatening to squeeze him out of the space he needs to shoot his epic.
JUKU (Kiro Russo | Bolivia | 18 min.)
About ten thousand people enter daily into Posokoni, the largest tin mine in Bolivia, and make their way into primordial darkness, where mysteries and myths abound.
Burt Talks to the Bees (Isabella Rossellini | USA | 2 min.)
Meet the bees—the queen, the workers and the drones—in this wonderfully fantastic and wildly educational series of short films created by Isabella Rossellini, actress, director and uncanny Burt impersonator. Once you meet them, you'll want to save them too. Visit www.wildforbees.com to see how.
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The United States Antarctic Program (USAP) web portal has a new look! The new design is better organized, more intuitive, and provides fresh content in a compelling and functional way to better serve the program and enhance public awareness and education.
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Life at a Remote Field Camp
What's it like to live more than 900 miles (nearly 1,500 kilometers) from McMurdo Station in West Antarctica? The video podcast Life @ Byrd Surface Camp, Podcast #5 in a series produced by the POLENET project, describes life at the camp during the 2009-2010 field season.
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Research Foundation moves to paperless paystubs
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The Research Foundation is helping Binghamton University continue to "go green" by providing paperless pay stubs to those who use direct deposit.
"For a lot of us with direct deposit, the check stubs just go into the drawer," said Tom Popielarski, director of human resources and payroll for the Research Foundation (RF). "We don't even look at them. So all of these pay stubs are technically wasted."
The employees, students and fellows paid by the Research Foundation can now go to www.rfsuny.org/selfservice to review their bi-weekly direct deposit information and annual W-2 statement.
Research Foundation of SUNY's central headquarters in Albany developed the system-wide plan in late 2009, said Popielarski, who came to the University from netForensics software company in November 2009. For the Research Foundation, online pay stubs help reduce the time and costs associated with using and distributing paper, Popielarski added.
By late 2010, the Research Foundation at Binghamton began to communicate its plan to the public. With more than 16,300 RF paychecks distributed from Dec. 4, 2009, to Nov. 19, 2010, and 63,555 checks and 267,314 direct deposits made by the Research Foundation system-wide in 2010, 83 percent of RF employees would be converted to paperless pay stubs.
Popielarski, with help from www.PayItGreen.org, provided an environmental impact report that estimated the switchover would save 211 pounds of paper and 78.5 gallons of gas per year, while preventing more than 603 pounds of greenhouse gases per year.
Those receiving RF checks were notified of the plan over three pay periods at the end of 2010. An e-mail and a green "sticky" on the pay stub that provided basic information were followed by a link to a site (go.binghamton.edu/paystubs) with more details.
Popielarski saw and heard little resistance to the change, which took affect on Jan. 14.
"People can embrace (change) when they are told in advance," he said. "If it's done quickly and people ask, 'Where is my pay stub?' they won't embrace it.
"I have not heard anything negative," he added. "I have heard things like 'That's a great idea' or 'It's about time.'"
The change also has benefitted the Research Foundation, which has provided faster payroll service and is spending less time sorting and distributing paper, Popielarski said.
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February 17th in Aviation History: Turkish Prime Minister Survives London Plane Crash, Aloha Emerges from Bankruptcy
Tags: Aloha Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Turkish Airlines, US Navy, Vanguard 2
1996 – The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)-Shoemaker spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta rocket.
1988 – Asiana Airlines is established in Seoul, South Korea. Flights begin the following December with flights to Busan.
1974 – US Army Private Robert K. Preston steals a helicopter and hovers it above the White House for 6 minutes. He is then chased by Maryland State Police choppers and eventually shot at by Secret Service. He later explains that he wanted to prove that he was a skilled pilot after having been rejected by the Army's flying program.
1965 – Ranger 8, a satellite intended to take photos of the Moon to plan for the Apollo missions, launches.
1959 – The world's first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, is launched by the US Navy to measure cloud cover.
1959 – A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount 739 (TC-SEV) charter flight carrying Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes and other government officials crashes about 3 miles short of London's Gatwick Airport after diverting from Heathrow due to heavy fog. Menderes and nine other passengers survive, but the remaining 14 are killed.


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Entry 5 - The Gang Heads to Holland
After spending a great 8 days in Paris the group boarded a bus for a 7 hour ride to Amsterdam. As luck would have it, the only 10 people on the 56 passenger bus were the Rush coaches, so everyone had plenty of room to stretch out. Upon our arrival we met our guide Maarten and he took us to our hotel and then out to see the sights of Amsterdam.
The next day the group attended the first day of the International Football Expo. We were joined in the audience by the likes of our French friend Laurent Papillon ("negotiated" with his wife to make the trip), Stuart Pearce (England U21 coach) and Rush Executive Board Member and Liverpool legend Gerard Houllier. After the morning sessions, the group had a chance to speak with Mr. Houllier for about 30 minutes about football, his time as a player and about the next steps he feels football needs to take. Of all the educational components of the trip, this small amount of time was by far the most informative as coaches and awe-inspiring as fans of the game.
After a nice Italian meal and a special tour of the city from Maarten Van der Schaaf and his friend Gijs (pronounced Hice) the group rested up for a morning at the conference and an afternoon trip to visit the famed Ajax Amsterdam Academy.
Though the temperature dropped below freezing, we saw the U13, U15, U17 and U19 men's teams and the newly formed Ajax women's team train. The environment was different to any other sessions we had seen, very laid back but hardworking and in every session at least one of the coaches jumped in and played (almost every coach there is a former Ajax professional).
After resting up, the group went out for one last meal together before everyone headed their separate ways. A few that don't leave until Saturday are heading to the FC Twente game in the Eredivisie Friday night to cap off the trip.
Overall, the trip was an amazing experience and everyone is greatly looking forward to the next time we can do something like this. In the words of our friends Laurent and Fredi, Bon voyage et au revoir!
Day 4 - Lindsey Horan and Clairefontaine
After seeing Lindsey train on Saturday, the coaches attended the PSG vs. Juvisy women's game. The Rush Coaches were hosted in the Presidential Box to watch the game and saw Lindsey score PSG's opening goal in their 2-1 win. Read more about Lindsey's goal here.
After the game the guys took in the sights of Paris on a River Boat Dinner trip followed by the world renown Moulin Rouge show in the Theater district of Paris.
The final full day in Paris was the one that most coaches were very excited about. The morning started with a visit to the home of the French Football Federation where Fred Lipka (who had previously joined Nik Penn and Brian Lux as a guest of Rush Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs) showed the coaches around the Federation building. As has been the custom the whole trip, the coaches were given breakfast pastries and coffee for their welcome.
The coaches then met with UNICATEF and their representatives Didier Christophe (substitute to Marc Collat for International relationship) Joel Muller President, and Pierre Repellini vice-President who explained how the coaches organization works, the benefits the coaches across France have being part of the organization and how UNICAEF helps place French coaches around the world (pictured at right).
Next, Fred took the coaches by train to the world famous Clairefontaine, the National Training center for the French National teams, where they had the pleasure of meeting with Gerard Precheur the Technical Director of the Academy who oversees the male and female side of the center. Gerard met with the coaches for over an hour, explaining the inner workings of the training center, a little history, and answered many questions that the coaches had. The next step was a private tour of the facility, seeing the training sites for the full men's and full women's National teams as well as the youth program and its facilities.
After taking some time to observe a UEFA 'A' License training course, the coaches spent time watching Gerard work with the French National 97 boys team in a 75 minute training session.
The coaches will now head off to Holland, to attend the World Football Expo, and meetings with Gerard Houllier (Board member of Rush Soccer and World Marketing Director for Red Bull Soccer) and Steve McLaren (Ex-England National team coach and coach of FC Twente of the Dutch league).
Day 3 - With a day to rest yesterday, due to inclement weather cancelling all soccer activities, the guys went around Paris, visited the Mona Lisa in the Louvre and went out to eat. Today the schedule ramped up again, where the ten coaches made their way to Bourgival, the home of the PSG Women's team and Rush's very own Lindsey Horan.
The guys got to watch the training session of the womens first team, on a damp afternoon, but you immediately could see the quality of the players and coaches on view. This was followed up by a traditional French Welcome, a glass of red wine and some regional cheeses put on by the coaching staff. The PSG coaches sat and chatted with the Rush coaches, and spoke a little about their preparation for the following days game vs. Juvisy – who are in third place just one point behind PSG.
This was followed be a full steak meal provided by PSG in the players eating area.
After the training the guys jumped back on to the Metro to Parc des Princes, where they watched the PSG 1st team dominate Evian in the Ligue 1 matchup 4-0 with Zlatan Ibrahimovich pulling the string scoring one and assisting in the other 3. With 45,000 packed into the stadium the atmosphere again was fantastic and the guys had a great time. Sunday the group is off to see Lindsey play in her game and then off out to Moulin Rouge to take in some French Culture.
Day 2 - After the amazing first few days in Paris there was no slowing down, and Laurent Papillon continued to show us around.
Wednesday morning we took the fast train to Lille in northern France traveling up to 200mph. Laurent showed us around the beautiful city and even the rain could not dampen the visit.
The evening was spent in the brand new Grande Stade of Lille. A 50,000 all seater stadium built in August 2012. With the weather looking ominous for the evening the stadium closed the retractable roof.
Nik Penn and Laurent were granted access to all areas through Laurent's UEFA credentials and were given a tour of the inner workings of the stadium and down on the field. The good fortunes continued and Nik and Laurent joined the President of Lille in the Presidential Suite to watch the Champions League game with Lille taking on Valencia.
The rest of the group had awesome seats too, behind the benches in the front row. The atmosphere was great although the home team lost 1-0 on an unconvincing PK call.
The next morning after a small snow fall the guys met for a 2 hour discussion on all things French Football with Laurent who previously held a role as technical advisor in the FFF.
Lille provided transportation for the Rush coaches to Luchin, the state of the art training facility of the Lille youth and professional teams.
The guys met with Jean Michael Van Damme the Academy Director who explained the philosophy of the Lille Academy and the relationship between the youth and the senior teams. Last year Lille qualified for the Champions League with 6 players from their academy starting in the first team. The academy has recently developed players such as Gervinho of Arsenal and Edin Hazard of Chelsea.
After the tour, the Rush coaches watched the first team train for a short period before watching the U19 academy session.
The evening was complete with a meal at the exclusive restaurant L'Orange Blue and the fast train back to Paris.
With the forecasted snow the coaches have a day off of soccer before heading out to the women's and youth training and another PSG game v. Evian back at Parc de Princes on Saturday.
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'Bell Curve' author to speak on limited government, Feb. 11
Posted February 11, 2003; 01:03 p.m.
Charles Murray, author of "The Bell Curve" and a noted conservative commentator, will deliver a lecture on the role of a limited federal government at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at McCosh 50.
The lecture, sponsored by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society , is titled "Why Strictly Limited Government Offers the Best Chance for those on the Bottom of Society to Live Satisfying Lives."
"The Bell Curve," written by Murray and Richard Herrnstein, analyzed the relationship between intelligence, class structure and race. The book stirred a national debate by suggesting that some racial groups are genetically predisposed to lower average IQ scores.
Murray also is the author of "Losing Ground," an influential book on welfare reform. He is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative research group based in Washington, D.C.
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