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LYMAN, Wash. (KOMO) - Flood waters are receding along the Skagit River.
But that's little solace to many people in Lyman, where three homes teeter on the banks of the river. And there seems to be little official help for homeowners.
Already a large shed has tumbled into the river because of bank erosion.
"All of a sudden it went. There was no real warning for it," said Casey Long, who captured on his phone the shed's tumbling into the river Friday night. "It was gone in the blink of an eye."
The river is relentlessly chewing away at the river bank, threatening several homes along Main and Second streets.
Some homes have lost as much as 200 feet of property to the river.
Eddie Hills, Lyman's mayor, said Michael Taxdahl has less than 10 feet to the corner of the foundation of his home. "You can hear the ground here sloughing off, and it's nerve-wracking," Hills said.
Michael Taxdahl, his fiancee, daughters and dogs left their four-bedroom home on Thanksgiving. It was too dangerous to remain.
"This is my son's first home," said Sherry Taxdahl, Michael Taxdahl's mother. "My husband built this from the ground up. We just weren't expecting this."
A foundation expert was there Saturday.
"They think they could put pilings to shore up underneath of it," Sherry Taxdahl said. The land is vanishing, so it's not clear how that could be done.
People in Lyman are asking for help.
Sherry Taxdahl said the Army Corps of Engineers has been called, but the agency said it can't do anything until the town, its water system, and sewage system are damaged.
Doug ten Hoopen, director of emergency management for Skagit County, makes the same point.
"There's not much that could be done for individual homeowners at this point. There is no mechanism in place to take action to save individual homes. Any action by the Army Corps of Engineers would be to prevent the threat to critical infrastructure," said he said.
On Saturday afternoon, Hills said the Army Corps of Engineers will build a rock berm to help stabilize the river bank, but that work would not start for 30 days. The berm is meant to protect the city's existing infrastructure, not necessarily protect the threatened homes.
Will insurance help if homes slide into the river?
People here want to know, but the holiday weekend has kept them from getting answers.
The Red Cross has set up a shelter at the First Baptist Church in Hamilton to help people.


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Coastal rail-trail experiences don't get much better than this—a long, smooth, palm-tree-lined trail with stunning views of the Pacific, San Diego Bay and the downtown skyline, plus easy access to...
|17.1 mi
|Asphalt, Concrete
The Coastal Rail Trail will one day run 44 miles from Oceanside to San Diego along the Coaster commuter rail. Today, short sections of the trail are coming together, with four disconnected stretches...
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Note: Escondido Creek Bike Path has closed from Hickory to East of Date due to the installation of new recycled water pipes. Please contact Mark Lewis, city of Escondido Field Engineering Inspector...
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Make sure you bring your camera for this trail. The Fay Avenue Bike Path runs through the upscale seaside resort community of La Jolla, and opens up to the sweeping vistas of the Pacific Ocean,...
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The Inland Rail Trail runs alongside the Sprinter light rail service connecting Escondido to Oceanside. The 6.5-mile section in Escondido and San Marcos is the first segment complete, with a 7-mile...
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Running through downtown San Diego, Linear Park is a vibrant, palm-lined ribbon that parallels an active trolley line along Harbor Drive. The trail provides direct access to many of the city's...
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Promenade connects a number of sites along San Diego's waterfront. The walkway runs on the northern side of an active railroad corridor parallel to the Linear Park, which...
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The Mission Bay Bike Path is a paved trail that loops almost completely around San Diego's Mission Bay. The trail runs through Mission Bay Park, which includes and encircles the large man-made body of...
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As its name suggests, the Mission Beach-Pacific Beach Boardwalk conveniently links the two oceanfront communities north of downtown San Diego. The paved path, also known appropriately as Oceanfront...
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The short and sweet Rose Canyon Bicycle Path is a popular route because of its scenery and the important off-street connection it provides between the Mission Bay and UC San Diego areas. Tucked...
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The San Diego River Trail is a network of paths that lead along the San Diego River channel and mud flats and provide access to Mission/Fashion Valley shopping areas. You can walk or ride on either...
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The San Luis Rey River Trail runs for 9 miles along the course of the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside. The trail, which is smooth and mostly flat, is a local favorite among cyclists, walkers and...
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The Sorrento Valley Road Trail is a paved, two-lane section of road that was closed to traffic in the 1990s when CDOT built an interchange between State Route 56 and Interstate 5. In 1998 the road was...
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The State Route 56 Bike Path provides a traffic-separated connection between inland and coastal San Diego County. The route gradually inclines traveling inland and parallels State Route 56 closely for...
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The Sweetwater Bikeway runs along the Sweetwater River from a parklike setting opposite the Plaza Bonita Shopping Center on the trail's east side to the yacht harbor at the mouth of the river. The...
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We've ridden the two segments in Oceanside. The segments are nice and plenty wide enough. Any trail that gets you away from traffic is a much more enjoyable experience than the narrow city streets here. The main issue is the segments are so short and disjointed. Once the entire section through Oceanside is completed, it will be a great boon to residents and tourism. Once the trail from Oceanside to San Diego is completed it will be a biker's mecca. Given how dense the coastal cities are here I can't see this ever happening in my lifetime unless the railroad is willing to create an easement along the tracks.
Most of the route goes through scenic areas, both marshy and through Coronado. Sure, there's some industrial parts and can be hefty headwinds but it's an overall nice ride.
My wife, Kindred, and I did the trail staring at the ferry and going clockwise around for a 25.09 mile ride, including the ferry trip back across the bay. A perfect day to ride even though there was a little wind! Highly recommend doing this lovely bike ride. 3/30/2018
We rode this trail and somehow connected it with several others and ended at "dog beach" in Oceanside. We rode 20 miles total. Good ride crazy crowds ( we did ride on a Sunday after a rainy Saturday). Signage could have been better especially at critical turns. I think on a weekday it would have been fantastic.
We circumnavigated the bay. The attached map was very useful. The map the city provides was also nice. We had to use both maps to get around especially the east side by the shipping yards. There is mostly bike lanes the entire route, the problem is some streets are not listed. The other issue is when some trails end they don't have signage to get you to the next one. We also did the ferry that cost $4.95 bikes welcomed. Please do this ride it is fantastic with a boat ride in the harbor to boot!! And an ocean ¿¿¿¿¿¿
As a resident of Escondido I use the bike path all the time for pleasure and commuting to work. It really surprises me that there are no crosswalks where the path meets the busy streets. It's very difficult to cross and cars do not yield. It would be simple to put paint striping aka crosswalks to make the space safe and more useable for all.
The majority of this ride is beautiful, fun and safe to do with kids. But, with young kids / new riders you may want to stick to the west side of the trail. The north side (near Campland / Golf Course) requires biking in the street with traffic. Similarly, the stretch along Sea World Dr. and across W. Mission Bay Bridge is heavily trafficked/ not kid friendly.
You take your life in jeoprardy on this trail. Many street crossings, none have striping and are poorly signed. Cars will not stop, even if you are in the middle of the street.
The west end, from the Transit Center on, has a ton of trash left by the homeless. Also be careful riding under the underpasses that you don't run over someone sleeping.
I was using the bike path everyday to commute to work but the past couple weeks I haven't been riding the bike path at all cause every time I do I get flat tire of two.... Literally every single time, so my question is "how often does the path get cleaned and I mean the actual riding path????
I have hiked this for years , part of early morning walk. this trail also is part of the California Riding and Hiking Trail, which heads inland for another 16 miles, to steel canyon bridge, you will need a mountain bike. In addition the California Coastal Trail and San Diego Bike the Bay Trail crosses this and is part of it for a short segment . My only issue is the amount of freeway noise in a few places, but the view of the river will keep your attention. There is easy parking at the end of E st. , off frwy 5 or Plaza Bonita shopping center. The trail head is an short walk from the E st trolley station, So in short you can travel a few trails in one.
I walk from OB east to where the trail meets Int 5, and back at least twice (total appx. 5 miles round trip) starting at 4:00 a.m. Takes me about 2 1/2 hours. The trail is pretty much deserted at this early hour, for me at age 66 its a great start to the day. I love this wonderful trail!
Heading east from the ocean, cross under College Blvd, continue on the more recent trail addition, arriving at Andrew Jackson St.
Turn left on this residential road, follow as it becomes Tyler St. Watch for the trail sign on the left.
Turn left, continue eastward on the trail, end at Santa Fe Ave. parking area at San Luis Rey Mission Expressway (Highway 76).
Turn left, staying on the dirt path on the north side of the highway, going east, then turn right to take an underpass to enter Guajome Regional Park.
There are dirt paths for walking, running, bicycling there.
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To combat a growing problem with anorexia and bulimia, a new law in Israel bans fashion models who are considered unhealthily thin and requires the labeling of photos that are digitally altered to make the models look thinner.
Unhealthily thin is defined as a body-mass index lower than 18.5. An example being tossed around is that a woman 5 feet 8 inches tall who weighs 120 pounds would be considered, well, not quite kosher for the cameras. That's a long way from zaftig, but certainly an improvement over the bony waifs that have too long been held up as icons of beauty.
The backlash against unrealistically thin images of what people, especially women, should look like is welcome, and in the United States, a handful of fashion magazines have pledged to use only "healthy" models, whatever that means. But it's still a little unclear what this measure will accomplish, especially considering that body-mass index is a faulty way of measuring healthy weight. It's essentially a ratio of weight and height that is supposed to indicate body fat, but people with heavier bones and greater muscle mass who are low in body fat will often have a higher BMI than a person with more fat but a small build.


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Four Horsemen (NOT Atheism)
I have delayed posting this, because I have felt a nagging feeling for some time that I've already posted this somewhere. Perhaps it was in the LoR Chat. I have ran a search back through my history, and there is no evidence that I have ever mentioned this before. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...
I encountered a seemingly fascinating upcoming documentary, that shares some familiar sentiments. It has nothing to do with the group of Atheists with the same name, but features some other familiar faces like Noam Chomsky, among other modern economical and political enthusiasts. When the film is released, it promises to be a highly interesting and invigorating one.
Have a look:
Four Horsemen
What do guys think of this? Do you think e.g. economic stuff is in actual fact far simpler than pretended??
For more on the film, see their YT Channel. Here.
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Re: Four Horsemen (NOT Atheism)
looks good, ill be on the lookout to illegally download it asap, or possibly see it at a cinema if it gets screened nearby.
is economics simpler than it is pretended ....? what do you mean? whats the simple layout of economics?
quite liked Gillian Tett (from the FT).....according to her ....the ruling class remain in power because they control the 'cognitive map' the way we think and not the economy...to a very small degree yes in terms of capitalist ideology but that all goes to shit when their is a capitalist crises...e.g a lot of Americans know now that the american dream is an american illusion, a fantasy and a lie. and of course their 'control of the way we think' is in order for them to remain in power...that is remain in control of the means of production....
anyway, looks like this could be better than The Corporation, which was pretty good.
"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil...there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy." Albert Einstein
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I hereby proclaim my loyalty to the republic31/08/2018 - 28/10/2018
The exhibition follows the photographic tracks of eleven men who have represented our independent republic over the course of the last century. It captures the stories of our presidents on the background of historical events.
Alex Webb22/06/2018 - 26/08/2018
In a special collaboration with Leica, this exhibition of pictures by an American photographer Alex Webb presents his personal selection from his varied and expansive life's work. The collection offers an overview of nearly three decades of his colour photography.
A Tribute to the Masters of Photography24/11/2017 - 28/01/2018
Painters, actors, photographers, musicians: during his long career, he has put together an impressive gallery of portraits of important artists and contemporaries; but for Ara Güler it was always Istanbul that was the star of the show. Without his pictures it would be virtually impossible to have the photographic impressions of Istanbul that we have today.
To mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of the world-renowned Czech photographer, teacher and writer on photography Jaromír Funke (1896–1945), Leica Gallery Prague has prepared an exhibition devoted exclusively to the most important segment of his work – his avant-garde studies in the style of functionalism, new objectivity, abstraction and surrealism. Some of Funke's photographs from the 1920s, with their pioneering use of light and translucence not only as compositional elements but as subjects in themselves, rank among the most radical examples of abstraction in international photography. His cycles Reflexes, exploring the phantasmagorical opposition between reality and reflection, and Time Lasts, capturing eerie encounters between disparate objects in unexpected contexts, were the first surrealist works of Czech photography. Avant-garde tendencies are also evident in his photographs of architecture and details of industrial buildings, as well as in his nudes, portraits, landscapes and social documentary shots. The exhibition, which beside original period prints of his most famous images also presents some of his lesser-known and hitherto unpublished work, has been put together by Vladimír Birgus with the kind assistance of Funke's daughter, Miloslava Rupešová.
The exhibition 'White Spaces in Slovak Photography' traces the work of photographers who studied under Professor Milota Havránková from 1972 to the present, whether at the Art and Design High School of Bratislava, the Art Photography Studio of the Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts and Design, or the Photomedia Studio at Banska Bystrice College of Art. The exhibition concept is to map the major creative shifts in their output through different periods and schools, focussing above all on the evolution of photography as a medium in the context of new developments in the visual arts. The exhibition includes works by Richard Bolčo, Tomáš Agat Błoński, Jana Hojstričová, Peter Homola, Dominika Horáková, Marko Horban, Júlia Laufová, Silvia Saparová, Anton Sládek, Magda Stanová, Olja Triaška Stefanović, Ján Strieš, Mária Šimková, Jana Šturdíková and Miro Švolík.


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Review of the V-Force Grill...
So I needed more goggles, OK who am I kidding, I wanted new goggles. I got a pair of V-Force Grills and figured why not review them.
I got the box and in typical V-Force style the box is well made and protects the goggles. In the box comes, the goggles, visor, chin strap and a carry bag.
Grill in the box
Upon first looks the mask is well made and they even went as far as covering the V-Force logos with a clear film to protect them. The lenses were scratch free and crystal clear. The instructions are well laid out.
To install the visor there are 3 tabs that you push through the goggle foam frame and secure it with o-rings. The instructions suggest you remove the foam frame first to make it easier to install. I had no issues doing it with out taking the foam out.
Goggle Without the visor
Goggle With the visor
To remove the lense you need to take off the strap clips. They come out easy. Once the clip is out you remove the outside clips and they are well labeled with Right and Left. That makes sure you put them on the right side for re-assembly. Once the clips are out you just slide the lense out. Take all of about a minute to do.
Goggle Strap
Goggle Clips
Once the lense is off you can get to the locks for removing the foam frame. It is a nice feature especially for those of us that sweat a lot. The instructions show using a coin to twist the locks, but I used the outside clip to twist it. Once the lock is spun to the unlock position the foam comes right out. When it is time to re-install the foam and the lense, V-Force added a few tabs that make sure everything goes back in the right place. It goes back together just as easy and fast as it all comes apart.
Foam Locks
All the Goggle parts removed
The Grill also introduces a chin strap for those that get squirly when they play. There are two plastic loops on the face mask and the chin strap attaches with snaps. That makes it easy to remove if you don't want to use it.
Chin Strap
The included goggle bag is HUGE and in my opinion is a place V-Force can improve. It is made of light cloth and really does nothing more than keep the goggles clean. It is the same bag that comes with the Profilers.
Goggle Bag
I did a few of my own tests on the goggles and was pleasantly surprised.
First I put them on and wore them around the house for quite some time. They are extremely comfortable. No pulling on my head or squeezing feeling. I was able to see very well and the peripheral vision was good. Not as good as on my Profilers, but still very acceptable.
Next was the fog test. I got the shower going good and hot and made lots of steam. The goggles stayed in the room with me while I showered and I took my time. After about 20 min no signs of fog. All the mirrors in the room were fogged though. Once I was done with the shower, I put the goggles on and stayed in the steamy room with the same result zero fog. V-Force's anti fog coating works great.
Over all these are great goggles. If you need new goggles check them out. I wouldn't say to get them if you already have Profilers, but if you sweat a lot these are great. Keep an extra foam frame in your bag and swap them out in less than a minute in between rounds.
Coming soon will be pics of all my goggles side by side, I am trying to get a hold of a manikin head.
Re: Review of the V-Force Grill...
Nice review! That's what I was looking for from these goggles. Very nice pictures - had the company used those, I'd have been less apt to call them ugly earlier this year! I still don't care for the looks that much, but you're making them look a bit better to me.
I notice you said that the peripheral vision isn't as good as your profilers - any particular reason why? Is the viewing area smaller? Compared to your profilers, how do they compare size-wise, weight-wise and overall? I don't have a store that close to me, and during the school year, I won't make it to a store until around April or May (Baseball season starts, so we go down to watch the Redhawks play....) so I don't have a chance to compare them myself.
I still would like to see them side by side with profilers so I'll still reserve judgment on them for myself.
Again, good review, as always!
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I take it the lens isn't a two layer thermal lens, just has anti-fog coating?
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That's the way all the Vforce line is.
I've used Vforce for close to 4 years now - started with the shield, then went to my profilers, and I've been totally happy with the anti-fog lense from day one. In that whole time, I've only fogged once. And that was when I was crawling around after a rainstorm in the woods in a bunch of undergrowth on a steamy day....and I'd been washing the inside of the lense off when I played - big mistake!
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OK Vike per your request in standard BAMF-HacKeR style.
Here are the pics of the two next to each other:
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Good pictures!
hmmmm, so if I'm seeing this correctly, the only size difference is that the mouth goes more forward on the profiler and it's a bit rounder than the grill. Also, the lower back of the profiler is much shorter than the grill. It also appears that the viewing area on the profiler is MUCH bigger than the grill though, correct?
Man, next time I want to buy something, I'll get in contact with you first!
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Good times, good times.
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Ah, I see. Good observation!
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Yeah I need a manikin head. I set them on the table so the lense ends match up. I figure that would be the best way to compare them.
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I got the grills a few weeks ago and they are great. They are by far the best investment I have made. I found them extremely comfortable and like the low profile design.
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This series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists. You can see the introduction to this series here. In this post, we examine how artificial selection shaped the dog genome during the early domestication process.
In the last post in this series, we looked at how artificial selection played an important role in Darwin's conception of natural selection. One example of artificial selection that Darwin drew upon was the domestication of dogs – a process that has recently been greatly informed by genomics comparisons between dogs and their closest wild relatives, wolves.
(Slowly) becoming man's best friend
The domestic dog has the distinction of being the only known animal to be domesticated by humans prior to the advent of agriculture. As such, dogs are not only man's best friend in the animal kingdom, but also his oldest one. Though the precise origin of dogs was a mystery in Darwin's day, Darwin drew on them as an example of artificial selection that would be familiar to his readers, since the practice of shaping breeds over time was familiar to his audience:
But when we compare the dray-horse and race-horse, the dromedary and camel, the various breeds of sheep fitted either for cultivated land or mountain pasture, with the wool of one breed good for one purpose, and that of another breed for another purpose; when we compare the many breeds of dogs, each good for man in very different ways… We cannot suppose that all the breeds were suddenly produced as perfect and as useful as we now see them; indeed, in several cases, we know that this has not been their history. The key is man's power of accumulative selection: nature gives successive variations; man adds them up in certain directions useful to him. In this sense he may be said to make for himself useful breeds.
Note that Darwin is careful to point out that the variation itself is due to heredity: while humans can "add up" variation over time through selective breeding, they cannot produce the variation upon which they act. This point was important for Darwin to make, since he would later argue that natural selection also acts on that same heritable variation over time in a cumulative way.
Darwin's use of dogs as an example was hindered, however, by his not knowing whether all dogs were descended from one ancestral species or if different breeds had been independently domesticated from different species. Darwin (erroneously, as we will soon see) suspected the latter, perhaps in part because of the dramatic morphological differences between dog breeds. He does, however, contemplate the possibility that some widely divergent dog breeds were derived from a common stock, and notes that, if demonstrated, such a finding would be significant evidence that "closely allied" species in nature were, in fact, related:
When we attempt to estimate the amount of structural difference between the domestic races of the same species, we are soon involved in doubt, from not knowing whether they have descended from one or several parent-species. This point, if it could be cleared up, would be interesting; if, for instance, it could be shown that the grey-hound, bloodhound, terrier, spaniel, and bull-dog, which we all know propagate their kind so truly, were the offspring of any single species, then such facts would have great weight in making us doubt about the immutability of the many very closely allied and natural species—for instance, of the many foxes—inhabiting different quarters of the world. I do not believe, as we shall presently see, that all our dogs have descended from any one wild species; but, in the case of some other domestic races, there is presumptive, or even strong, evidence in favour of this view…
The whole subject must, I think, remain vague; nevertheless, I may, without here entering on any details, state that, from geographical and other considerations, I think it highly probable that our domestic dogs have descended from several wild species.
As it turns out, Darwin was wrong on this point—we now know that all dog breeds are derived from only one wild species, the gray wolf (Canis lupis). Genome sequencing studies place dogs and gray wolves as extremely close relatives, which is hardly surprising, since they remain fully capable of interbreeding. Beyond establishing wolves as the closest wild relatives to dogs, genome comparisons are also beginning to reveal how human artificial selection brought dogs into being.
Teasing out the genetic basis for the domestication process has become increasingly possible now that the dog genome has been completely sequenced (published in 2005). This complete sequence allows for detailed comparisons between dogs and gray wolves, as well as comparisons between dog breeds. Both studies shed light on how artificial selection shaped dogs over their shared history with humans. Comparisons to wolves allow us to determine what selection steps took place during the early domestication process, whereas comparisons within breeds allow us to examine the selection steps that gave each breed its unique suite of characteristics.
From wolf to dog: the early domestication process
Though the wolf and dog genomes are overwhelmingly similar to one another, there are subtle differences between them. Recent research has sought to identify regions of the dog genome that were selected for during the domestication process. These regions are expected to show less variation than what is seen in the rest of the dog genome at large. Recall from our prior discussion that selection reduces the variation in a population by picking out certain variants and favoring their reproduction over others. As we scan through the dog genome, we can thus look for regions that show very little variation (i.e. all, or almost all, dogs have the same sequence in that area) in contrast to other regions where dogs, as a population, have more variation present. We can also then compare these putative selected regions with the wolf genome, to find the regions that not only have reduced variation within dogs but also differ from what we see in wolves (since we are interested in regions that contribute to the differences we see between wolves and dogs). Having found the regions of the dog genome that meet these criteria, it is then possible to examine the sorts of genes found in them, and generate hypotheses for why selection on those specific genes may contribute to the morphological and behavioral differences we observe.
The results of this analysis were striking in that the main category of genes found in such "candidate domestication regions" were genes involved in nervous system development and function. These results support the hypothesis that the primary focus of the early domestication process was selecting for behaviors, such as reduced aggression and willingness to submit to an altered, human-dominated social structure.
Small genetic changes add up
At both early stages of dog domestication (and as we will see, at later stages of breed creation), similar conclusions can be drawn: small changes at the genome level can have very large effects on morphology and behavior for the organism as a whole. We have discussed this point before in the context of comparing the human and chimpanzee genomes, and drawn the same conclusion—small perturbations to a complex system can effect substantial change over relatively "short" timescales. (By short, I mean short from a geologicalperspective.) Dogs and wolves have been in the process of separating for about 100,000 years, meaning that the dog domestication process and the subsequent creation of dog breeds occurs in a blink of an eye geologically speaking. If future paleontologists were to find a dachshund in the fossil record, it would seem to appear out of nowhere and have only a distant relationship to wolves, despite the fact that we know dogs and wolves are part of the same species (with all the inherent "fuzziness" that the term "species" entails).
Selection, artificial or natural, is selection
The power of artificial selection was a useful argument for Darwin in the 1850s, since it demonstrated the remarkable flexibility a species could have under differing selective environments, and revealed the inherent variation within populations that could be acted on to drive significant change over time. Here in the early 21st century we are beginning to see the genetic underpinnings of artificial selection at a genome-wide level, and the results are absolutely in keeping with Darwin's ideas: that populations contain significant diversity, and that artificial selection can act on that diversity over time to promote the reproduction of certain variants over others, and thus shift average characteristics of a population. And just as Darwin drew parallels between artificial and natural selection, so to can we: the evidence we have suggests that natural selection acts in essentially the same way as artificial selection—by favoring the reproduction of certain variants over others.
In the next post in this series, we'll examine how artificial selection shaped the creation of specific dog breeds, and examine how natural selection has also shaped the dog genome during the domestication process.


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NWSB SU Redhawks Beat writer Blair Thomas profiles Cameron Dollar in this Northwest Coach Profile. He takes us through Dollar's travels in Saint Louis, his times at UCLA as a player up until the present day where he dishes out advice to college athletes at Seattle University. Read on…
Northwest Coach Profiles: Cameron Dollar
March 4, 2012 By Blair Thomas
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One by one, people started digging in. Interestingly, the festive atmosphere turned distinctly quiet. Something was happening. Then, one by one, people began commenting. And here is what we heard (direct quotes):
- A mouthful of flavor.
- Makes me want another.
- Presentation is phenomenal.
- By far, my favorite burger of ALL our local restaurants, including the sit-downs.
- The Deluxe is the tastiest burger that I have had. Vegetables are top quality and fresh. Crunchy lettuce, juicy tomato, and crisp onions.
- The burger actually left juice in the container! I've never had such a juicy burger at McDonald's.
- I immediately noticed the size of the box. It is huge! From step 1, I knew this was going to be "bigger than lunch".
- Wow this is a big box!
- This is not like a McDonald's burger. If someone gave me one of these on the street, I wouldn't really know where it is from.
- Everything is "right sized"; the meat, bun, and toppings were in EVERY bite! The bun was top notch, fresh and soft, and BIG.
- Taste overall is an "A". I had a lot of bacon on my burger (which is a good thing), the right amount of cheese, and the pickles and onions were good too. The only thing I would change for the next time was to leave off the mustard.
- Burger (meat) tastes like a handmade burger I'd get at a restaurant. And the paper wrapper in the box was a nice touch.
- The meat is very well cooked and not dry.
- Higher quality beef patty than expected from a fast-food restaurant.
- The Angus Third Pounder with bacon and cheese is delicious. It competes with the Big Mac for my taste buds' attention.
- The sandwich is more filling than most other fast food sandwiches and doesn't feel as unhealthy because the meat isn't so greasy.
- The Swiss cheese is very "creamy" giving the burger a rich flavor without tasting "fatty".
- Veggies taste fresh.
- Lettuce, tomatoes, and bun seem fresher then most other McDonald's burgers.
- For its size, the price is right.
- The three options for the Angus Third Pounder are each unique enough to provide an attractive option to suit everyone's preferences!
- Mushroom & Swiss is good and BIG!
- I was pleasantly surprised that the mushrooms and cheese did not squeeze out, but stayed with the burger, right to the last bite.
- Practically perfect in every way – I just wish the calorie count was a little less.
- Very tasty - I ate it slowly to enjoy every bite.
- Comparable to my favorite burger.
- It was not what I expected from a "fast food" burger. It was more like what I'd expect from a sit-down restaurant.
- It was just like what is shown in the advertisements – not a disappointment.
- The burger was cooked perfectly, bacon was just right, the bun was full, and both the Deluxe and Bacon & Cheese had distinctly different tastes.
- I hope the Angus Burger retains this level of quality over time.
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OTTAWA The federal budget is built on the belief that within a year all the stimulus packages being introduced around the world will fuel a stunning recovery for the global economy.
Not since the Great Depression have the world's major economic powers sunk into a recession at the same time, but, according to the government, the Canadian economy will shrink by less than 1 per cent this year and bounce back smartly in 2010. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty sees revenues quickly returning to pre-recession levels, allowing Ottawa to get out of the stimulus business within a couple of years.
By 2013, the deficit will be eliminated, and surpluses will rule again.
"I think it's wishful thinking," commented Jayson Myers, president of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.
Economists at BMO Nesbitt Burns dubbed it the "take-two-aspirin-and-call-me-in-the-morning budget," for its speedy antidote to Canada's recessionary headache.
The success of the Conservative stimulus plan depends on these assumptions becoming a reality, and quickly. It may be a reasonable hope, but one fraught with risks so substantial that even government officials recognize they stand a big chance of not panning out.
In fact, the government is conservative in its assumptions for the economy in 2009.
It takes a below-consensus view of global growth at less than 1 per cent a view the International Monetary Fund is likely to validate with its new forecast this morning.
The key issue is something called nominal growth the combination of economic growth and inflation. Instead of using the private-sector consensus for nominal growth of the economy, the government takes a far more negative view in 2009, but a far more optimistic view after that.
Since nominal growth determines the government's revenues, Ottawa assumes it will initially be $4.5-billion poorer than private-sector economists predict.
Those conservative assumptions disappear in 2010, and the government relies, as it did with its widely discredited economic update in November, on a decidedly rosy view of the fiscal situation.
All at once, the budget foresees a quick rebound in the U.S. and global economies and of commodity prices. Personal income-tax revenues bounce back to pre-recession levels immediately. Corporate-tax revenues come back a bit more slowly, but still show growth.
The much-feared recession turns out to be just a one-year dip in revenues that will quickly dissipate. On the back of strong revenues, Ottawa forecasts a balanced budget within a few years.
It's a far cry from the expectations of the Parliamentary Budget Office, set up to provide an independent analysis of the country's finances. In its most recent account issued last week, it sees large deficits persisting for at least five years.
The key difference between the two views is Mr. Flaherty's belief that tax revenues will bounce back immediately.
The Finance Minister sees a big $34-billion deficit this year, as corporate and personal tax revenues dry up, unemployment rises, business investment evaporates, and shoppers stay home.
But as the stimulus introduced by Ottawa and other economies around the world kicks in, the federal government sees immediate traction.
Revenues are projected to stage a complete recovery by next year.
Canada's progressive tax system means income tax will rebound before the job market, Ottawa argues. And corporations will book most of their losses this year and next, paving the way for a quick upswing in corporate revenues.
Bulging program expenses will be reined in by selling off a few assets, ending some of the stimulus measures, and pinching pennies within government programs returning spending to pre-stimulus levels by 2012.
The stimulus package is designed to self-destruct after two years. It aims to push out $18-billion in spending this year, and $15.5-billion next year, dropping back to just $4.7-billion in 2011-2012.
If all goes according to plan, the deficit will be gone by 2013. Five years of deficits to revive flagging growth a scenario which previous governments failed to pull off during the last two recessions.
"There will be no long-running or permanent deficit," Mr. Flaherty said in his budget speech. "We have chosen this course because it is necessary, and because we know it will be temporary."
Any number of things could go wrong.
If Canadian households don't take advantage of the new spending programs, or save their tax cuts, then the stimulus will have trouble gaining immediate traction.
And if financial markets don't start functioning properly, commodity prices don't rebound, the U.S. economy doesn't bottom out and start recovering, and the global expansion resume, then the perfect storm plaguing Canada will likely persist, economists say. The country will be looking for a second fat stimulus package, and deficits for years to come.
But that's not the most likely scenario, says Craig Wright, chief economist at Royal Bank of Canada: "I don't think it will play out like that."
Mr. Myers, who has spent much of his time lately talking to businesses in Canada and the United States about how they will struggle through, can only hope Ottawa is right. But he's not betting on it.
"My expectation is we'll be in for a longer rough ride," he said. "We'll be coming back for another stimulus package."
But after delivering his budget speech, Mr. Flaherty allowed that the economy may not recover as quickly as hoped, and deficits will persist longer.
"If we need more," he said in a television interview, "we'll go back to the House of Commons and ask for more."
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Great work! Other then are there any other hidden emoticons?
Griff and I managed to work one more into the lineup tonight with some collaborative work."I'm not purple, I'm blueish-purple." He's a good contrast to his alter-ego The old staring emoticon will still be around, but hidden. If you're feeling nostalgic, just type : griff : (without spaces)
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Having spent some time with various secondary sources such as Abhidhamma studies By Nyanaponika Thera and A comprehensive manual of Abhidhamma By Anuruddha (Ed Bhikkhu Bodhi), I understand this principle that a hindrance and sati can't arise in the same citta. However, according to Abhidhamma, citta rise and fall extremely fast, so couldn't the hindrance and sati be alternating so fast that there is the illusion of them being contemporaneous?Macavity wrote: This would be possible according to the Sarvastivada Abhidharma, which treats mindfulness as an ethically variable mental factor, but not according to Theravada Abhidhamma (nor in reality) where sati is invariably a beautiful mental factor and hindrances invariably hinder its arising.
I often wonder how much we can (or need to) consider individual citta in terms of our experience. Clearly one can be happy or sad for a lot longer than the rise and fall of one citta (seconds, hours, days...!). It seems to me that in normal life the Abdhidhamma description is analogous to the quantum theory of light. I'm sitting in a room with fluorescent lighting and I know that what I'm seeing as white is the reflection of individual red, green, and blue photons from the sheets of paper scattered around my office. Continuing the analogy, I know that a red photon and a green photon can not all be detected (at one particular spot on my retina) at the same time. But the flood of photons. But I see white. I can't see that the light is composed of individual photons of different colours without special equipment.
Now, I can see the utility of the Abhidhamma description to understand some aspects of the mind, but I'm worried that sometimes the effect of the "quantum nature" of the citta is exaggerated. For example, we talk about dependent origination: contact, feeling, craving, ... Is the sequence supposed to be subsequent citta, or long sequences of citta?


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Thank you to the players! If we didn't have continued success year after year, there would be no handicap league. Just some stats: 2010 average of 12-15 players/week, 2011 16-18, 2012 22-25 with, I think, a record of 35 in one night. These are just off-the-top-of-my-head, but I will consult with J. Poole to get some accurate statistics. I'll try and put together some other stats for J-Town Fest 10/20/12.
Just wanted to Thank you guys for the league and can't wait until next year (I'll still be throwing in the snow). It's because of people like you that make this sport awesome and a step in the right direction and I've learned so much just by playing with you guys in these pass few weeks than I've learned by myself playing for the last 5 years. Thanks again for making this happen. (First time replying/posting here. Just made an account today)
No way Hose A! Glad to have you with us, and it's my/our pleasure. Hurry-up, Frank, make another post! Look at the # of posts under your name. AHHHHHH
Quote from: bangham on September 29, 2012, 10:01:59 PMNo way Hose A! Glad to have you with us, and it's my/our pleasure. Hurry-up, Frank, make another post! Look at the # of posts under your name. AHHHHHHThat's what I'm saying! First time on line since then. Hey Everybody! Did you know that Bangham won his first tournament at the Channahon Classic!!! I can't think a better place, for such a good person, to make his first win! To be clear, I have no bias


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The San Francisco police department responded to a 911 call in which some twisted 20-year-old decided that he should cut off his own penis with an X-Acto knife. Obviously he was very concerned about precision.
According to detectives, this amateur surgeon was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol during his self-procedure. He is currently undergoing a series of psychological evaluations, which may or may not include, a group of five frightened psychiatrists armed with stainless steel jock straps and a couple of wet rubber hoses.
The feat of cutting off one's own meat is called autopeotomy, and it apparently isn't as uncommon as most of us would think. There have been several cases across the globe in which grown men have severed their junk in a psychotic attempt to get attention or make a point.
Although the man's motivation for severing his member is still unknown, there is no doubt that the reasoning is just as much a product of lunacy than the act itself. After all, who gives two giant craps why someone cuts off their own junk.
Police say that the man's amputated package was located, and even though we feel like this imbecile would be better off being put down like a rabid Chupacabra, doctors say they are working to reattach it.


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It is very upsetting to me how every single television network(which claims to be supporting good, family values) is trying to re-define family life as something which is not solely begun between a man and a woman. My daughter was recently watching a show which aired a promotional video during a commercial break (remember, this network is supposed to be "family-friendly")for a new television series which promotes adoption, but by a homosexual married couple. My mother was adopted, and I believe that it is as a beautiful way to embrace life for those who cannot conceive, as well as for those who feel they are called to expand their family through adoption. But what has this world come to? Kids all over the world, including Christians, are being infected by the notion that marriage is not an institution between one man and woman. Between this and the boy scouts issue, I do not know what to think of our world today.
|Answer by Judie Brown on 6/11/2013:
We are definitely going through some trying times, and we must pray more fervently for a dramatic turnabout. We must ask God to return hearts and minds to a culture where fundamental values, as we knew them, are appreciated and upheld once again in our world. Judie Brown
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For starters, let's thank the deity who decided the TT RS should even be on this side of the Atlantic. After years of disappointment at the words: "no plans to bring to the US", it took the overwhelming response of a Facebook campaign to convince Audi that the TT RS was worth the effort.
For Michael Abens, he already has a Mk1 TT S tuned to 300hp when the Mk2 TT was unveiled. So inevitably, he didn't see the need to get one. After all, the Mk2 wasn't going to be much faster, nor did it have the same iconic shape.
Then came the RS, the Facebook campaign and Audi's announcement. Abens said he handed his local Audi dealer a deposit before they knew what to do with it. He didn't know how much the car was going to cost, but knew he had to have one: "The RS was a completely different animal," Michael told us.
It's believed this Daytona Grey example was the second to be delivered in the US. The first one, if you weren't awake during that news cycle, was delivered to long-time Audi racer Dan Istook.
Originally, Daytona Grey wasn't going to be offered but after voicing his opinion on one of the Audi forums, Michael got an email from an Audi representative telling him they'd try to incorporate it into the options. And, shortly after driving off the dealership floor, Abens got an email from Todd Sager at AWE Tuning asking if he was interested in becoming part of their TT RS tuning program.
If you're like most of us, the first thing you thought when Audi announced the RS was how much could the tuners squeeze out of it. Well, the Germans (who had a two-year head start) were claiming an extra 60-70hp with software and an exhaust. However, it wasn't until March of this year that APR released an ECU upgrade for US models; and now we have this AWE package that includes an intercooler and exhaust to accompany new ECU code.
Although accomplished in stock form, Michael felt it lacked that elusive edge. The "Sport" setting livened things up but at the cost of a harder ride and sensitive throttle. So he began to discuss with AWE what they were going to do. In what he described as "a very good partnership," they talked about likes, dislikes, limits and goals.
Fotunately, Abens shared AWE's ambition for a healthy bump in performance without compromising drivability or reliability. The company likes to create everyday supercars and Abens confirmed the mods transformed it. "They listened and then delivered," he said.
AWE's technicians found the stock intercooler was one of the weaker links. So their front-mount intercooler has 80% more cooling area to lower the intake temps up to 22˚F on stock software. The dyno also showed it was good for a 15hp gain.
The second area was the exhaust, where the stock catalytic converters were restrictive. These were replaced by Cat Delete pipes that work in conjunction with AWE's SwitchPath exhaust system. It has the option of a "Touring" position that adds a touch of aggression for town driving. Get to full throttle and the system opens up, bypassing the central muffler and resonator. When put into the "Track" mode, it's wide open all the time and you row through the revs just to hear the five-cylinder sing.
The intercooler and exhaust necessitated software tuning as well. Working with its software partner, GIAC, they developed a Stage 2 program that increased power from 360hp to 415hp at the crank, while torque jumps from 343 lb-ft to 419 lb-ft.
Not having driven a stock TT RS, we can't offer a direct comparison, but the AWE TT RS is a surface-to-surface missile, with a nose for searching and destroying straights and corners.
Power comes on early as you can feel the torque from low revs. There aren't any noticeable dips or gaps in the power curve, and it punches hardest in the mid-range before it tapers slightly near redline.
There's a unique five-cylinder rhythm emanating under the hood, which blends harmoniously with the howl of the SwitchPath exhaust.
Quick blasts from highway cruising speeds to mid-triple digits seems to happen in an instant as the power-to-weight ratio works in its favor.
As an indicator of its speed, I followed the RS in AWE's 750hp 997 Porsche Turbo and found myself dipping deeper into the throttle just to keep up with the Audi, up to a point.
The HRE P40 wheels, which are apparently 7 lb lighter than the stock 19s, help to reduce unsprung weight – Abens confirming the ride is noticeably smoother. Measuring the same 19x9" as stock, the offset is a slightly more aggressive 50mm instead of 53mm. The tires are the original 255/35 R19 Toyo T1.
Both the brakes and suspension have been left alone. The car's magnetorhetoric dampers are hard to beat and, while shorter springs were tempting, Abens' RS is a daily driver on some battered East Coast roads…
There are allegedly RS models running around Europe with bigger turbos pushing 600hp, but the team didn't want to affect drivability or reliability. About the only thing he might change is the rear sway bar if he finds the car understeers too much on the track. But that track day has yet to come becasue the car was only recently finished.
In our brief time we did notice some push but it didn't feel excessive. The limit was impressively high and the car beautifully composed, from turn-in to track-out.
When you consider the base price of $57K plus a total of $5800 for the AWE parts, you've got a car that can harass far more expensive machinery, including Audi's own R8. And you can bet, Michael Abens will be wearing a perma-grin when he chases them down on his first track day!
Michael Abens 2012
Audi TT RS
Kennett Square, PA
GM & EVP AT Pentec Health
2.5-liter TFSI, turbocharged, in-line five-cylinder with AWE Tuning front-mount intercooler cat-delete pipes and SwitchPath exhaust system, AWE/GIAC software
six-speed manual, quattro all-wheel drive
Wheels & Tires
19x9" HRE P40 wheels (ET50), 255/35 R19 Toyo Proxes T1 Sport tires


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You like bacon? You like beer? If you do, Blue Mountain Beach might be the place to be next week.
Redd's Fueling Station will kick off the hamlet's first BaconFest on Nov. 2 at their restaurant with an amateur chef contest beginning at 6 p.m.
All area amateur chefs are encouraged to take in a sample of your favorite dish using bacon and submit it for judging. Redd will judge and the winner will be crowned king or queen of BaconFest.
While you're there, order Redd's bacon dish, Devils on Horseback, and you can be the judge of how good it is as Redd's and neighboring restaurants compete in a multi-day bacon battle.
The shifts next door to Redd's on Nov. 5 at Marie's Bistro. Marie's owner Hanie Nasri invites everyone to come in and order one of his small plates of a bacon sushi roll and other yet-to-be-decided bites for between $3 and $6.
Nicks on the Beach jumps into the competition on Nov. 6 with their submission of bacon-wrapped shrimp. While they are known for having stellar seafood, Nick's believes that everything is better with bacon!
On Nov. 7 Basmati's Restaurant brings the competition to a sizzle. Owner Penny Hunt said they are still kicking around ideas and will probably have two or three different entries to submit.
"The idea opens up possibilities," she said. "We are looking at everything from ice cream to entrees. This will be fun."
On Nov. 8, Johnny McTighe's Irish Pub will be the bacon battleground, and on Nov. 9, the BaconFest week ends where it began at Redd's Fueling Station with a counting of votes from the public on which Blue Mountain Beach restaurant has the best bacon dish.
Stop in each day at these locations on the appointed day, order the special and complete the judge's comment card. Scores will be tallied to award the Best Of BaconFest dish.
For more information visit www.30abaconfest.com.
"We hope this becomes an annual event," said Redd's Fueling Station owner Paul Vizard. "Who doesn't love bacon?"
Vizard said actor Kevin Bacon and his musical brother Michael have been invited, but as of press time, neither has responded.


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Ring-and-Pinion Set-Up - Gear TalkPosted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on December 6, 2013
Hypoid gear set technology has been in use for well over 100 years. One example is the ring-and-pinion gears in our axles. The assembly basically serves two purposes: First, it translates the transmission rotation 90 degrees to drive the wheels. Second, it slows the rotation speed out of the transmission to a more useable wheel axle speed, while increasing available torque.
Setting up a ring-and-pinion requires some bit of knowledge as to how the two gears interact and the physical forces involved. When a gear set is machined and delivered from the factory, it is provided with setup specifications to allow precise mating of the paired ring-and-pinion gears. Proper installation requires specialty tools and attention to detail in order to yield an assembly that is strong, long lasting, and quiet.
The pinion gear spins on a set of tapered roller bearings in the axle housing or in the third member of an axle. The mating ring gear is bolted to the differential carrier and spins on a set of tapered roller bearings as well.
Two dimensions are vital when setting up a gear assembly for an axle. These are the pinion checking distance (CD) and backlash. CD (or pinion depth) determines how deep the pinion rides in the differential or third-member housing and its relationship to the center axis of the ring gear. Backlash (BL) determines how closely the pinion sits to the ring gear and how tight they mesh with each other.
You want the BL to be neither too loose (poor mesh and driveline slop) nor too tight (excessive heat and gear wear). Because the pinion gear is beveled, these two dimensions are intertwined, but the pinion depth is set first, followed by backlash.
In addition to these two dimensions, there are the pinion and carrier bearing preloads. New tapered roller bearings are installed under slight pressure to allow for wear dimensions during bearing break-in, while still keeping the assembly free from exhibiting any play after the bearings set in.
Setting up gears takes some knowledge, tools, and technique to assemble a reliable and quiet-running set. When built properly, a gear set should give you trouble-free service for many miles and allow the axles to spin your tires through the rough stuff.


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While the whole city of Houston will benefit from Linsanity's landing, one of its Rockets may get the biggest boost of all. Small forward Chandler Parsons was gearing up for his rookie season when point guard Jeremy Lin was cut by the Rockets in training camp last December. Now, Parsons is thrilled that Lin is officially back after the Knicks decided not to match the Rockets' three-year, $25.1 million offer for the restricted free agent. "I think it's incredible," Parsons… Read More »


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'Alive Inside' gets an emotional response at Sundance
January 22, 2014
Music is a powerful force.
With just a few notes, listeners can tap into an array of emotions — happiness, sadness, nostalgia, love and anger.
It can also trigger memories, including first dances, first dates, birthdays and anniversaries.
Dan Cohen believes music can help those who are suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia connect with the outside world.
Cohen is the executive director of Music & Memory, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to bringing "personalized music into the lives of the elderly or infirm through digital music technology, vastly improving quality of life" to nursing homes throughout the United States.
His tale is told in Michael Rossato Bennett's documentary "Alive Inside: A story of Music & Memory," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last Saturday.
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The film follows Cohen as he visits nursing homes with donated iPod Shuffles and shares music with the residents.
The result is remarkable. Many of the patients seem to awaken after they have closed themselves off from the outside world due to these illnesses. Some sing. Some dance and all of them begin talking and sharing memories.
Cohen got the idea to introduce music to nursing homes after hearing an NPR report in 2006.
"It said that iPods were everywhere," Cohen said. "I thought sure, kids and some adults have them, but then I thought about nursing homes. If I were in a nursing home, I would want access to my favorite 1960s music."
He did an Internet search about how many nursing homes are using iPods and couldn't find one.
"So I called a local, 600-bed county facility in New York and asked if we could see if there was any added value of personalizing patients' music," he said.
Cohen arrived with a handful of iPods and his laptop.
"It was a definitive hit with the residents," he said. "I learned that some of these people had been separated from their favorite music for decades and that reconnection rekindled a sense of enjoyment and pleasure in life."
Shortly afterwards, Cohen connected with Shelly & Donald Rubin Foundation, which enabled him to bring iPods into three other nursing homes.
"I asked the foundation if they could help me find a filmmaker to get just a few minutes of footage that we could put on the Internet so people can see for themselves what I am seeing," Cohen said.
That's when he connected with Michael Rossato Bennett. The two men made a short video clip in 2012 and posted it online.
The clip went viral and racked up more than nine million views.
Once Rossato Bennett saw what Cohen did, he knew they had to make a film.
"They brought someone out named Henry who had been [physically] bent over and basically uncommunicative for nearly 10 years," Rossato Bennett said. "Dan knew he liked Cab Calloway when he was young, so we put the music on and Henry started singing."
While it was great to see Henry "wake up," Rossato Bennett wasn't prepared for what happened next.
"I thought he would go back to what he was like when we took off the headphones, but he didn't," the filmmaker said. "His mind was still awake from whatever the music had done to his brain and he talked with me. He was a poet and these beautiful words were coming out of his mouth and he was responding to my questions."
The filming of "Alive Inside" was a four-year odyssey, Rossato Bennett said.
"What I really learned was that some of these places we house these people in and the drugs we give them, take away their aliveness," he said. "I realized if I did the film right, I could help Dan change the lives of one million people.
"This was something I could do," he said. "I could help give a bit of life back to these people and it's something we should do."
Cohen founded Music & Memory because he wanted to take the project further.
"There are five million people with Alzheimer's in the U.S.," he said. "Out of them, two million have advanced dementia and are viewed by a majority of the public as people who can't experience pleasure.
"It was surprising to me that music could bypass all that and come in from the backdoor to people's emotional system, which is still intact," Cohen said. "The goal is to make this a standard of care in all nursing homes and other long-term care facilities."
So far, Music & Memory has 400 nursing homes in 36 states that implement the program.
"Families are thrilled with this program and facilities are thrilled because they want the people that they are taking care of to feel better, to connect and be more engaged in life," Cohen said. "There are 13,000 nursing homes in the United States and our goal is to get every one of them to make the music available to their patients. That's why we're also asking for iPod donations."
People can visit http://www.musicandmemory.org and donate their used iPod Shuffles.
(See also the story titled "iPod donations needed for nursing home patients").
Having the film premiere at Sundance will help them achieve this goal, Rossato Bennett said.
"That we're here just says that people are ready to have this conversation," he said. "That's the greatest gift that we could ever have gotten."
Michael Rossato Bennett's "Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory" is a U.S. Documentary Competition film in the Sundance Film Festival. It will screen:
Friday, Jan. 24, 9:45 p.m., Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City.
Saturday, Jan. 25, 11:30 a.m., Library Center Theater, Park City.
For more information, visit http://www.sundance.org/festival.
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text: If, on this day of fear and instability, you'd like to feel worse about life, the universe, and everything, check out Elizabeth Wurtzel's piece on the late David Foster Wallace. She doesn't actually talk much about Wallace himself, but she does describe one's forties (Wallace was 46) as a brief respite between the crazy thirties and the bitter, disappointed fifties. Then she closes with these words of encouragement: "The world is, after all, a coarse and brutal and cruel place. It's only a matter of how long you can live with it." Thanks Liz; we're going back to bed now. [NY Mag]


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Took a break from the bike to attend a Trail Blazers game courtesy of our friends at Alaska Airlines and Kimpton Hotels.
Knee highs
Sat next to a couple of Fan Boys, the cheerleaders wore knee highs, fans ate pizza by the slice, and the messed up Regurgi-cam was shown.
As I wrote on Twitter,
There's no love for the @lakers in this house. @PDXtrailblazers must beat them. It's part of their psyche.
If you showed your support for the Lakers, the guys in the booth shamed you on the Jumbotron with unflattering images, like how you eat, replayed backwards.
Also saw an altercation with a Lakers fan in a Kobe jersey, but the crowd shut that down quick.
Didn't have a lens to reach the floor from the Club Level, but we had fun and enjoyed the game.
The Blazers won and that's a good thing, cause a #ripcity riot may have broken out if they didn't.
Also thanks to @mzsitka for arranging the trip.


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Blackhawks outlast Coyotes in shootoutby Brian Hedger
CHICAGO -- Forget low-scoring, tight-checking games between the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks.
Instead of slowing it down, the Western Conference rivals opened it up Thursday night at United Center and traded goals before the Blackhawks emerged with a 5-4 shootout victory.
Brandon Pirri's goal in the fourth round of the shootout, a wrist shot that trickled past Phoenix goalie Mike Smith, clinched the second point for Chicago (13-2-4) after Mike Ribeiro's wrister hit the left post to end it.
"[Smith's] a big guy so you've got to make him move and get him going east-west, and I saw an opening," said Pirri, who got the nod in the shootout from Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville after captain Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Patrick Kane went. "It's exciting [to get the call]. Everyone wants that opportunity and I was fortunate that he trusts me to go out there and I was happy it went well."
Pirri also scored his fourth goal of the season 3:00 into the third period to tie it at 4-4 by tipping home a slap shot from Brent Seabrook. Toews also scored in the shootout for the Blackhawks, who've won four straight and are 7-0-1 in their past eight games.
Radim Vrbata, playing for the first time since missing two games with a lower-body injury, scored in the second round of the breakaway competition for Phoenix (13-4-3) and assisted on Lauri Korpikoski's goal that tied it 3-3 late in the second period.
Brandon Saad, Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa also scored goals in regulation for the Blackhawks, who launched a season-high 52 shots against Coyotes goalie Mike Smith.
Corey Crawford stopped 26 shots for the win, which helped Chicago overcome a recent run of success for Phoenix in the Windy City. The Coyotes came into the game 5-1-1 in their last seven games at United Center.
"I think they had a lot of confidence coming into this building and we wanted to definitely end that," Crawford said. "It was pretty exciting down the stretch. We had some great chances, but it's good to win one. Even though it was in a shootout, it was good to win one against them."
Michael Stone scored a pair for Phoenix, which also got a goal and assist from captain Shane Doan. It was Smith, however, who became the storyline in the third and overtime.
He came into the game leading all NHL goalies in shots faced (555) and saves (509) and faced 52 more shots, making 48 saves. That total included 16 stops on 17 shots in the third, when Chicago outshot Phoenix 17-6. Smith also had another collision with Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw, who ran into Smith behind the net in a 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals game to draw a suspension.
This time, Shaw appeared to get checked into Smith before his elbow collided with Smith's mask. He was whistled for goaltender interference, but Smith picked up a roughing call by immediately going after Shaw.
"He has a reputation of, two years ago, knocking me out and that was kind of a dirty play back in front again," Smith said. "I've talked about it numerous times with the League. We're talking about vulnerable hits. It's a goalie down in front and we're trying to make a save and a guy sticks his elbow out and that's an attempt to injure, as far as I'm concerned."
Shaw wasn't available for comment. Other than renewing hard feelings, it was an atypical game between the two teams from start to finish.
The game was tied 2-2 at the first intermission after the Coyotes overcame a two-goal deficit. Saad scored off his own rebound 2:37 into the game and Sharp made it 2-0 at 6:22 with his fifth goal, a blast from the blue line that traveled through a nice screen by Shaw. Patrick Kane assisted on each goal and Sharp, the NHL's Third Star of the Week, extended his points streak to four games.
Stone's cross-checking penalty led to Sharp's goal, but it didn't take him long to atone. He cut the deficit in half 41 seconds after getting out of the penalty box by wristing a shot from the point that deflected off Pirri's stick and evaded Crawford.
"[It was] tough to sit in the penalty box and have them score so quickly on it, so I wanted to come out and respond," Stone said. "It was kind of a fluky one, but we just pushed back and it felt like we could come back. It was still early in the game. We had some time, but we've got to hold on better."
Doan chipped a rebound over Crawford's left pad at 14:04 to tie it at 2-2, and that's how it stayed despite Phoenix getting a four-minute power play 10 seconds later. The Coyotes managed to only one shot during the long advantage to erase some momentum.
The middle period was just as exciting.
Hossa put Chicago ahead 3-2 at 5:05 with his ninth goal and third in the past three games. After wristing a high shot from the top of the left circle, he beat Keith Yandle to the low slot to collect the rebound off Smith's shoulder, then fired a well-placed wrist shot between Smith's blocker and right pad.
As was the case in the first period, the lead was short-lived.
Korpikoski and Stone scored goals 2:11 apart to put the Coyotes up 4-3 late in the second, but Phoenix also couldn't hold the lead. Pirri tipped Seabrook's slapper from the right circle past Smith for the tying goal and Chicago put eight shots on Smith during the next eight minutes before the Coyotes finally responded with one of their own.
Phoenix didn't have defenseman Derek Morris (lower body) to start the game and also lost half of its top defense pairing midway through the first, when Zbynek Michalek left the game with a lower-body injury and didn't return.
Without Michalek, the Coyotes' defense lost a lot of steam as the game progressed.
"The amount of time spent in our own zone really takes its toll on you, so that's another reason there's so many shots against [Smith]," Stone said. "We've got to work on cutting that down and taking care of the puck a little better. I think it would've helped us out a lot if we would've spent a little more time in their zone in the third period."
After the game, the Blackhawks announced a trade that brought back former forward Kris Versteeg and 22-year old minor-league forward Philippe Lefebvre in exchange for forward prospect Jimmy Hayes and defense prospect Dylan Olsen. Chicago also placed forward Michal Handzus (upper body) and defenseman Michael Kostka (foot) on long-term injured reserve.


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nEW YORK — Talks between the NHL and the union are back under way for the first time in nearly a week as the sides again search for a deal to save the hockey season.
Federal mediators are rejoining negotiations being held Wednesday in an undisclosed location under a media blackout. The union, however, has released the names of those players who are taking part in the discussions. They include Craig Adams, Adrian Aucoin, Brad Boyes, Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Shane Doan, Ron Hainsey, Jamal Mayers, Andy McDonald, Steve Montador, Brendan Morrison, Douglas Murray, and Daniel Winnik.
It is believed that no owners are accompanying Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly on the NHL side.
The talks, being held on the 88th day of the league's lockout, are the first in-person discussions between the sides since last Thursday when bargaining broke down.
All games through Dec. 30 have been canceled.
From the league's point of view, three main issues remain: the length of the collection bargaining agreement, rules governing term limits on contracts and the transition rules to help teams get under the salary cap.
There are also secondary issues yet to be agreed on, including the continued participation of NHL players in the Olympics, the international calendar and drug-testing rules.


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Hallowe'en is coming and the goose is getting fat
Would ye please put a penny in the auld man's hat
If ye havena got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If ye havena got a ha'penny, then God bless you
And yer auld man too!
Wee rhyme there from my childhood in Northern Ireland! It's Oidhche Shamhna today (Hallowe'en!), so a couple of resources to have some fun with!
One of my fave websites in Scotland is the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft (www.shc.ed.ac.uk/Research/witches) which has details of nearly 4000 people tried from 1563-1736 for witchcraft, with evidence for many gathered by the local kirk sessions. There was a lot of hysteria at the time, with accusation and counter-accusations ruining people's lives - the following being just one example from the parish of Kirkpatrick-Irongray in 1691:
David Murihead of Drumpark and his wife being called before the Session and examined anent the strife betwixt them and Janet Sinklar submitted themselves to the will of the Session. Janet Sinklar also submitted to the will of the Session for saying that she doubted Drumpark's wife of murder and witchcraft and is appointed to receive public rebuke before the congregation.
(Source: NRS CH2/1343/1 Kirkpatrick-Irongray)
Lots of juicy online resources for looking into witches stories, and their trials:
www.camulos.com/witchcraft.htm - witch trials in Colchester
www.pendlewitches.co.uk - the Pendle witches
www.hulford.co.uk/towns.html - Essex witch trials
www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=witchcraftcourtofgrearsessi - witchcraft in 17th century Flintshire
www.thefifepost.com/?page_id=25 - witches in Fife
Finally just to really scare you, here's my son in his Hallowe'en costume...
Sleep well tonight...!


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
First Day of School, September 1945
3 comments:
- Judy said...
What a wonderful picture, you both look ready to meet the new year of school. Somewhere by the mail box and out of sight must be your sack with your new school supplies. 1945 was my last year at home and Mother taught me to read, probably just to keep me occupied.
Anyway, you both look beautiful.
As to the road you are standing in/on, remember how the bus picked us up first and then went all the way up to Kellers & Kings? Then it came back and went on the other road by our former little house. That made for extra minutes on the bus and if we missed it at our driveway, it meant walking down to Shumways corner.
- September 8, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Ann said...
You both look so neat and clean. I am always amazed at how, with such a limited amount of $, you looked stylish, clean and ready to face the world. What a difference a "we can do it" attitude made/makes.
How times have changed. Laura even keeps scented soap in her classroom to try and encourage the less fragrant kids to be a little more tidy. She did use air freshener until that was put on the bad list.
By the time I rode the bus, we would watch for the bus to go west up the road, and we knew we had just a few minutes to gather up everything dash to the mailbox where we waited our turn to be picked up. We would watch out the west window and when we saw the bus at Fred Hopkins we made the lane dash. It was heavenly when Mother started teaching in Powell. No more bus rides, no more frozen toes in the winter - that was such a luxury.
- September 8, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Louise Blood said...
I barely remember the dress, but thought it was something special. But the shoes were really special, because it was hard to find stylish shoes in my size, so I was quite proud of those shoes. I was all grown-up, a fresheman, no less. Elizabeth, 5th grade? I remember the first day of school was one to wear your nicest clothes. In my teaching, on the first day the kids always looked so nice. We also dressed up on the last day of school, which kids don't do nowadays. Of course, their clothes now are so casual, almost anything goes.
I still have dreams of standing at our bedroom window watching for the bus to come from Kellers - in the times when it went up that way first. But I do remember walking down to Shumway's corner, and I think we used to get off there at night so we didn't have to ride all the way up to Kellers. We had a long enough bus ride as it was. What memories one little picture can bring. This is one of my favorite pictures.
- September 8, 2010 at 9:59 AM


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Unless you were living under a rock, or completely ignoring all local and national news outlets (not to mention Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, etc.), the release of court documents by Federal Appellate Court Judge Frank Easterbook today shed much needed light on the conduct of Scott Walker, his campaign, and conservative allied groups leading up to the launch of the John Doe. Read Exhibit C of the released documents – which provide valuable insight into the campaign coordination that went on at a national level (read the links for in depth coverage). Perhaps the most revealing email exchange is from Scott Walker to Karl Rove on May 4, 2011:
Bottom-line: R.I. helps keep in place a team that is wildly successful in
Wisconsin. We are running 9 recall elections and it will be like running 9
Congressional markets in every market in the state (and Twin
This case before the 7th Circuit is the real deal. Judge Frank Easterbrook is no political hack, unlike Judge Rudolph Randa. Easterbrook is a University of Chicago graduate (JD) and senior lecturer, appointed by Ronald Reagan. Of Easterbrook, Dean of the U of C law school says:
Easterbrook is an important influence on legal education through his judicial opinions. Course after law school course has changed for the better as Judge Easterbrook's opinions have made their way into the curriculum. So long as he decides cases, and decides them in a way that cuts to the heart of an issue with such skill and pressure, no area of law can be dull.
According to Wikipedia, another of Easterbrook's colleagues calls him "the world's greatest living jurist."
The facts are clear – Walker coordinated with allied conservative groups at a national level during the recall election, and was answering to national conservative powerhouse Karl Rove. As we all know, the facts are not enough and are easily ignored. So how do we frame them effectively…so that even moderate conservatives will understand the significance of these activities?
For the sake of argument, let's say that Walker et al walked the fine line just this side of the law. Why? Because conservative dominance of the courts means that decisions after Citizens United will err on the side of "money = speech." What is more important are the moral implications of his (and the organizations') actions. What is really important is the fact that Walker betrayed the trust of everyone who voted for him.
In the conservative moral frame (see previous posts and "Resources" page for detail), the worst thing the strict father can do is betray the trust of the family. The family metaphor applies to the state, and what Walker has done is (metaphorically) cheated on his Wisconsin family with powerful ideologues like Karl Rove. Worse, he is answering NOT to his Wisconsin constituents, but to Karl Rove – someone much more powerful and wealthy than the typical Wisconsinite. Walker has betrayed the trust of the people.
This frame cascades to every issue in this campaign – who has reaped the benefits of the current administration's economic policies (and who has been harmed)…who has benefited from his education policies (and who has been harmed)…the give away of our state's natural beauty to powerful and wealthy profiteers…the list goes on and on.
In greater detail, the public (government) and those who serve the public have a moral obligation to protect and empower those they serve, to the best of their ability. In the progressive moral frame, that means acting on our empathy to be responsible for others as ourselves, and expanding freedom and opportunity for as many people as possible without impinging on the freedom of others (responsibility for others – and again, the mere pursuit of wealth through greed is not a freedom). Even in the conservative frame, there is the idea of accountability to the tenets of being faithful to one's family – metaphorically, the state.
The way to make these truths about Walker exposed in the John Doe resonate with both progressives and conservatives – say WHY it matters:
Walker betrayed the trust of Wisconsinites who elected him with people more powerful and rich than they are…
Then say how.
Then say it again.
And again.
And again.
By doing so, you can cognitively change the way people think about this (and every other) issue, and it will have an impact far beyond any single election.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Front & Center Marketing
Front & Center is a marketing company run by a young vibrant group of health conscience individuals. We are fluid and can change at the drop of a dime. We place the highest value on customer service.
Home Page: should have links for
About Us
What We Offer
Contact Us
Our People
I also need a button for:
The home page should be clean and simple. Helping create a sense of professionalism and attracting people to look further. We offer any type of service related to marketing, so we don't want to create a industry specific look, we want it to be catchy by not have a food theme. A really cool graphic that can be used through out the site would be perfect.
Second Page: This will be use for all links
Should include pictures, and follow the theme of the homepage, but give a bit more detail about what we do. This should have a contact us button.
Our People: should have the same look as the home page.
I want to create a fresh new look. We are targeting the natural community, so something fresh and clean looking. Our target audience is natural food companies. We want to seem approachable and professional. Would love to see some ideas of using texture in the design
I AM OK WITH NOT USING THE EXISTING LOGO. I am also not attached to the logo colors. I would like something nice and bold