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Google CIO Ben Fried Says Cloud Tipping Point Is At Hand
The economics of cloud computing are driving down the cost structure of business so far and so fast that it's scary, Google CIO Ben Fried says.
"It deeply disturbed me … in 2006, 2007 consumer companies were forcing efficiencies on a scale never seen before," Fried said Thursday during remarks at the Bloomberg Link Enterprise Technology Summit in New York.
At the time, Fried was working in the technology group at investment bank Morgan Stanley, where he was a managing director of application infrastructure, in charge of software development, electronic commerce and knowledge worker productivity. In 2008, he left the bank and headed to Google, which was at the heart of the disruption that was emanating from the consumer market and beginning to spread through the business world.
Workers, accustomed to using free and simple tools such as Google Apps, Skype, Flickr and iTunes for their personal affairs, now wanted to use those cloud-based software tools at work. And CIOs and other technology executives were beginning to let them, and to experiment themselves with those services.
At the same time, enterprise-focused cloud services such as Amazon Web Services were making it possible for startups and other companies to run their businesses at much lower cost.
Now, just four years later, cloud-based computing is fast approaching a tipping point that will make it the standard for IT, says Fried. "Here's where I think it is going. The macroeconomic tides — you can't fight them forever — will force companies to adapt. We're probably close to that point now," he says.
The economics of the cloud do more than lower costs. They change the structure of businesses and markets, especially at Google itself, according to Fried. He said Google can afford to offer free, ad-supported services to millions of people because it has taken costs out of its own business. That requires owning many of the elements of its supply chain, because few other companies have the scale to run them as cheaply as it can. Hence, Google builds its own data centers, locating them to take advantage of the lowest-cost source of power — including one right near a fully depreciated hydroelectric dam, Fried said.
The economics of the cloud have led, he said, "to a level of vertical integration never seen before."
The cloud is also forcing companies, and CIOs in particular, to reassess what their core business truly is, and where they want to invest their capital. The big difference between an enterprise product and a consumer product is that consumer products aren't customized. "We don't offer a special version of gmail for financial services firms," Fried said. "You have to give up that control with consumer technologies. As a CIO, you have to figure out what is really important to you. Do you really want to worry about customizing email and word processing? You give up a little, but you can get back a lot."
The ripple effects of cloud computing are far from over. Until now, cloud computing has been mostly about the distribution of applications. "The next wave" of cloud computing will enable the sharing of the environment to run those applications, Fried said. "You will be able to take advantage of what we had to build in order to create those applications," Fried said.


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Vegetable Stir Fry Recipes
Garlic Noodles
Little Aria's favorite dish of the moment is a good noodle stir fry. It's super easy to prepare and I'll show you how to master this dish using 3 main flavorings: garlic, green onions and some chiles.
The secret is to fry the garlic first. You have to make sure you don't burn it or the noodles will have an acrid taste, which could be very unpleasant. If this is the case, simply throw the garlic away, wash the pan and start over. The other key is stir fry the noodles over high heat; you could also add a dollop of butter at the end for extra richness, if you like.
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Chestnut Tofu Stir-Fry Recipe
It's Meatless Monday and we're going to be celebrating the Asian Lunar New Year in about 2 weeks. It's the perfect occasion to show you our family's favorite: tofu stir fry. For this version, I sauteed shiitake mushrooms, broccoli and roasted chestnuts. The chestnuts have a mealy texture that's very satisfying and filling, which is great when you're on a vegetarian diet. I'll be taking the proverbial plunge from the day before the New Year through the day after (there is a tradition of abstaining from meat during this period for the New Year).
I just came home from West Hollywood after promoting my second cookbook Banh Mi during the Golden Globes presentation. I also shared my pandan cookies, and guess what? I'm not big on bragging but everyone adored my signature cookies and the Banh Mi cookbook! I've shared and will share a few photos of the event on my social media channels.
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Mi Xao Chay Recipe (Vegetarian Soft Egg Noodle Stir Fry)
I love making noodle stir fry. It may seem a little complicated but if you're methodical, you'll be able to master this dish in no time. What makes this noodle dish special is the use of pineapple both as an ingredient and as a seasoning for the noodles themselves.
First, I prepared the green bean and tofu stir fry and set it aside. The next step is boiling the fresh egg noodles, then cooking the pineapple (trái khóm in Vietnamese) in a thick sweet and sour sauce. Finally, all you need is to toss the noodles in the sauce and add the tofu and green beans.
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Wood Ear Mushroom and Tofu Stir Fry Recipe
Here's a simple and easy tofu stir fry recipe. Pan-fried tofu is cooked with celery and fresh wood ear mushrooms. Quick and delicious. That's it!
The Asian New Year is Sunday, and as you may have noticed, I've been cooking a lot of tofu dishes over the past few days. Next I'll share with you some of my favorite New Year's desserts. Stay tuned!
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Black Bean Tofu Recipe
This is a simple vegetarian recipe, but simple doesn't mean that it lacks flavor. I pan-fried thick slices of tofu until the outer layer was very crispy, then quickly sautéed it with fermented black beans and snow peas. The greens were still crisp and provided a great color to the dish.
If you're starting to think about the upcoming Asian New Year celebration (called Tết in Vietnamese), you might be looking for vegan recipes. Well, search no more! Tradition requires us to eat vegetarian food (ăn chay) on the last day of the previous year and first day of New Year and I will be sharing a few more Vietnamese vegetarian dishes with you until the celebration begins.
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Paul, Silas, Luke, and Timothy were traveling through Philippi and spreading the Gospel given to them by their Lord--Jesus. In obedience to the great commission that had been given to all Christians and their own particular call, they found themselves traveling through the known world and sharing the story of a crucified king and forgiveness and redemption for all who would request it.
As was their practice they went to the synagogue to speak to their people and share the news that Jesus had lived and died for their sins, been raised from the dead, ascended to the Father, and that Jesus would come back in judgment of both the living and dead. In their proclamation of the Gospel, they gathered the interest of Lydia and her friends.
Lydia was a wealthy widow who had gained some notoriety among the male-dominated society of Philippi. She made a living as a business-woman selling purple-dyed clothing and the purple dye, itself. Her husband had died and, yet, she was not ruined in the eyes of the merchant community. Instead, she had become a leader in the community and held the respect of people who may never have offered respect to a woman if it hadn't been for her incredible success and head for business. She had not been given respect orassistance because of her status as a widow but she had purchased it through her commitment to business and the economy of the powers-that-be.
Not only was Lydia wealthy, she was spiritually sensitive and known to lead women in prayer and study. When Paul, Silas, Luke, and Timothy arrived she was the natural leader of the group of women and the first to step forward and convert to the life and calling that the men were offering. Lydia's keen spiritual awareness prepared her for this experience but it was the Holy Spirit that drew her to the place of proclaiming Jesus--the crucified King--as Lord.
Upon her conversion, she said to the men, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." In doing this, Lydia grasped at the heart of the Kingdom. She offered hospitality to those in need of it and began to share her life and self with others regardless of familiarity. She opened her table and her home to the four men who guided her conversion but, also, would go on to be a pillar of the Church in Philippi. The hospitality she demonstrated would not only prove to be a mark of her conversion but, also, a mark of the early Church.
Lydia's hospitality proclaimed the power of love and fellowship to a world that offered little help to widows and women. Though Lydia had earned respect and appreciation through her business-sense, she was part of a different economy of love and respect when she joined the Kingdom:love was the starting point, in the Kingdom, and not something you had to earn. Love was not something that had to be purchased or torn from people but, rather, something given freely and compassionately. In her commitment to hospitality, Lydia helped to advance the Kingdom in Philippi through merciful and compassionate use of the blessings God had given to her.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Tourism Week highlights Beaumont area attractions
The Beaumont Convention and Visitors Bureau, in collaboration with the U.S. Travel Association, will celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week May 4-12.
"Travel supports 14.6 million jobs across the nation, including over 3,000 right here in Beaumont," said Dean Conwell, executive director for the Beaumont CVB. "We have a full week of activities planned to let our elected officials and local citizens know about the positive effect travel has on Beaumont's economy and people."
The local CVB has released an itinerary of daily activities so that everyone can join in the fun and excitement of National Tourism Week. For complete details, visit www.beaumontcvb.com/ntw.
• Monday, May 6: 1:30 p.m., Jefferson County Commissioner's Court Proclamation.
• Tuesday, May 7: All day, National Wear Red Day; 10 a.m. – noon, "Masters of Hospitality" Beaumont Bowl & Travel Rally, where customer service partners are invited to enjoy a morning of fun at Crossroads Bowling Center in a competition-free environment while celebrating the outstanding service shown to visitors everyday.
• Wednesday, May 8: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m, Beaumont Destination Training, allowing the community to board a motor coach for a complimentary tour of Beaumont.
• Thursday, May 9: All day, Discover Beaumont Day with free or discounted admission to Beaumont area museums and attractions.
• Friday, May 10: 1-4 p.m., Traveler Appreciation Day & Regional Visitors Guide Launch with entertainment and information about area museums, attractions, nature activities and more.
For more information about any of the events going on throughout National Travel & Tourism Week, contact Stephanie Molina at the Beaumont Convention and Visitors Bureau at (409) 880-3170 direct, or (800) 392-4401 toll free.
According the local CVB, travel and tourism is a $287.1 million industry for Beaumont, providing more than 3,059 jobs. The CVB tracked 79,008 convention delegates, which brought a direct economic impact of more than $22.3 million in 2012. The Beaumont CVB Sales Team worked with 132 organizations to service 166 events.


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For the first time in the four-year history of the Cannondale Factory Racing squad, all of the team's athletes have come together in an official team training camp. A mix of cross country, endurance and OverMountain riders convened in Finale Ligure, Italy, for a few days of riding and meeting the media.
The images below capture the events of the evening just before the official team presentation. Following a few days of training and photoshooting, riders were introduced to the media on Tuesday night.
The Cannondale Factory Racing team includes World Cup cross country racers such as Marco Fontana, Manuel Fumic, Martin Gujan and Jeremiah Bishop and American junior cross country racers Keegan Swenson and Taylor Smith. Endurance pros Tinker Juarez and Alex Grant are also in attendance. In 2012, the team will also provide support for US Olympic Long team member Krista Park.
Jerome Clementz, Mark Weir, Ben Cruz and Aaron Chase are on hand representing Cannondale's OverMountain team.
The site of the gathering, Finale Ligure, is west of Genoa and is home to the 24 hours of Finale Ligure mountain bike race, an enduro race and a new for 2012 Alta Via mountain bike stage race.


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One man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting at an Englewood gas station on the South Side this afternoon, authorities said.
The shooting took place in the 800 block of West 59th Street about 2:30 p.m., said Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
A 22-year-old man, shot in the left knee, was dead on the scene, he said. A second man, 21, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.
No further information was immediately available from News Affairs.
A Citgo gas station is at the address where the shooting took place.
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Hometown Online Resources for Berkeley Voters
from The Berkeley Almanac
Here is a quick guide to and critique of three on-line tools that can help Berkeley voters make their choices in the upcoming election:
This past week Berkeleyside, a local news site, and MapLight, a locally headquarted non-profit corporation teamed up to unveil "Voters Edge Berkeley", an on-line guide to Berkeley ballot measures in the upcoming November, 2012 election. The new web site offers a guide to Berkeley's ballot measures. For each measure a quick summary is provided along with an assessment of what a yes or no vote implies. There are lists of endorsers for and against each measure, links to related news articles and more.
Daniel G. Newman, MapLight's president and a co-founder, tells us that the data is being entered by Berkeleyside. "We're providing the technology and the partner organization is providing the content. [....] It's kind of like a WordPress for ballot measures," he quipped. Newman went on to explain that the aim is to provide factual, non-partisan data to voters with a special emphasis on details that shed light on money's influence on politics. (The "Map" in "MapLight" is from the acronym for "Money and Politics".) In that same spirit of creating a community resource, Berkeleyside has accepted and integrated some corrections and additions from this author and other journalists not affiliated with Berkeleyside.
Update (Oct 2): Campaign funding data is absent for most Berkeley measures. Frances Dinkelspiel of Berkeleyside explains "The reason there isn't a lot of financial info on Voter's Edge is because the committees only have had to file preliminary reports. More info will come after Oct 5 and 25. "
Pros: It's a neat idea and the interface is slick and appealing. The endorsement lists, even if incomplete and lacking citations, do seem to collect in one place some data not collected elsewhere. The web page "widget" that shows off Voters Edge Berkeley is available for use by other sites. For example, it is being added to the Berkeley Daily Planet site.
Cons: The summaries of measures, the "what your vote means" sections, and the "campaign arguments" sections tend towards the biased. The materials the city itself publishes cover the same topics more neutrally. Also, in spite of the MapLight mission, there isn't a lot of data about the money behind the various measures.
Recommendation: Check it out and have fun. Figure out what you like and don't like about it. If you think it might be helpful pass that information along to Berkeleyside and / or MapLight.
Other Recommendation!: During our interview Newman suggested: "Make sure you tell people that, you know, all Berkeley voters vote in California too and we have this beautiful [state issues] site, too, so tell them about that." This author is happy to do so ....
About http://votersedge.org/california:
At the state level, MapLight has had greater success gathering interesting data. Here's something you might not know about Prop 37, a state measure that would require labeling of certain genetically modified foods: Around 21% of the funding for the "No on 37" electioneering money was spent by Monsanto! On the other hand almost 9% of the much smaller budget for Yes on 37 electioneering is from Dr. Bronner's of soap fame. Who know's what that means but it is no doubt a starting point for many interesting inquiries.
Pros: The state-wide page really shows off the work MapLight has been doing. State issues come with a lot more readily collectable data than Berkeley ballot measures.
Cons: As with the Berkeley version of Voter's Edge, don't rely on the site as an objective source of a bill's meaning or implications. Also, the lack of systematic citations make it awkward to use this data journalistically and with rigour.
Recommendation: Check it out and have fun. Figure out what you like and don't like about it. If you think it might be helpful pass that information along to MapLight.
Update (Oct 3): MapLight points out that their site has links to citations (look for the circled-i). Our spot-checking of the entries for Measure 37 found that these citations weren't always accurate. MapLight also replied that "The info in the Summary section for each ballot measure, including What Your Vote Means, Financial Effect, and Campaign Arguments, is reprinted from the California Secretary of State, which we consider to be the most objective source available." After some digging to find correct citations we found that MapLight's claim was partially true but that some content in this cateogry appears to be original. For example, we could not find a source other than MapLight for its description of Measure 37's financial impacts. We stand by our earlier suggestion to not rely on the site for as an objective source of a bill's meaning or implications.
About http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Clerk/Elections/Election__2012_Ballot_Measure_Page.aspx:
and also http://static.netfile.com/agency/brk/
It's the city's job to assemble ballot measure material for voter information packets. The City Clerk's office kindly publishes the materials on-line, well ahead of the election and before the voter information packets are mailed out. If you want to read the actual texts of measures, the city attorney's analyses, tax implications, and the campaign arguments and rebuttals for and against each measure the city itself provides one-stop shopping.
The second link above provides the financial data used on the "Voters Edge Berkeley" site.
Pros: It's official and it's the most objective record of what's literally going to be on the ballot. It's neatly organized.
Cons: The site makes for an awkward browsing experience. This contains only official voter packet data. For example, it doesn't include data about campaign funding.
Recommendation: This is the most authoritative source for hard data about what each ballot measure is.
About http://basiscraft.com/-/2012/09/29/widget.html:
On a personal note...
The City Clerk's web page of ballot measure information is a fine resource but as a journalist frequently wanting to page through those materials, I found the interface to be awkward. I wanted a web page that made that stuff easier to browse. So, I copied the public data from the City Clerk's page and set up an archive copy. I used some simple programming tricks to format the data in a way I liked.
Stay tuned for updates. As financial data from the campaigns rolls in, I'll investigate how hard it is to add to the browser. If it's easy enough, I'll do so.
Pros: For some, a handy way to page through the official ballot information on Berkeley measures in this election.
Cons: There is no new information here beyond what the Clerk published. For example, I haven't separately collected endorsement lists or links to news articles.
Recommendation: Check it out and have fun. Figure out what you like and don't like about it. If you think it might be helpful pass that information along to me, Thomas Lord (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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Release 9.0.1
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More OCI Relational Functions, 11 of 97
Disable LOB buffering for the input locator.
sword OCILobDisableBuffering ( OCISvcCtx *svchp, OCIError *errhp, OCILobLocator *locp );
The service context handle.
An error handle you can pass to
OCIErrorGet() for diagnostic information in the event of an error.
An internal LOB locator uniquely referencing the LOB.
Disables LOB buffering for the input internal LOB locator. The next time data is read from or written to the LOB through the input locator, the LOB buffering subsystem is not used. Note that this call does not implicitly flush the changes made in the buffering subsystem. The user must explicitly call
OCILobFlushBuffer() to do this.
This function does not accept a FILE locator.
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Kendal Scholar sees future as medical practitioner and educator
By Sheri Hall for the BCTR
The book Being Mortal by Dr. Atul Gawande addresses the question of how medicine can help people not only live better lives, but die better deaths. The book inspired Piragash Swargaloganathan, a senior majoring in Human Biology, Health and Society (HBHS), to pursue a minor in gerontology and ultimately consider end-of-life issues as he pursues a career in medicine.
This year, Swargaloganathan will receive the Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship for students interested in pursuing careers in gerontology. The scholarship was established by an anonymous Cornell alumnus living at Kendal of Ithaca, a continuing care retirement community located a mile from the Cornell campus.
After reading the book, Swargaloganathan began working towards a gerontology minor as part of his bachelor's degree.
"I believe the conventional understanding of adult development and aging in the American popular culture is one of decay, and these beliefs persist even among the medical providers, which shapes their medical practice," he said. "Being educated with the fundamentals of adult development and having acquired the tools to understand the continuing research in the field of gerontology will positively shape my conception of the process aging and older adults that will have a positive effect on my future patients."
In addition to gerontology studies, Swargaloganathan is the president of Student Veterans of America - Cornell chapter and the outreach coordinator of the Cornell Undergraduate Veteran Association. In these roles, he has advocated for Cornell's acceptance and support of non-traditional students and adult learners, such as veterans.
"What impressed the jurors about Piragash's application was his strong commitment to support adult education and life-long learning, particularly his engagement for veterans, as well as his dual career aspirations as a practitioner and educator working with older adults," said Corinna Loeckenhoff, the director of Cornell's gerontology minor program.
Swargaloganathan has participated in undergraduate research in Professor Barbara Strupp's Maternal Choline and Cognition Lab and Professor Gary Evans' Children's Economic Behavior Study for more than two years.
"Both of these experiences combined have given me an interdisciplinary experience of scientific research in social sciences and applied sciences that can be a gateway to understanding and conducting gerontology research," he said.
This is the 18th year of the Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship. The donor, who built a career in the corporate world after graduating from Cornell in the 1940s, first learned about gerontology work at Cornell by participating in a study about the transition to living in a retirement community.
The donor's goal was to build a lasting link between Kendal at Ithaca and Cornell so that "more students have a chance to learn about the colorful, interesting lives and careers of retirees, and more residents have an opportunity to better understand students of today – their hopes, thoughts, and dreams."
Matthew Avila awarded Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship
Record number receive gerontology minor
Loeckenhoff reaps early-career award in gerontology
Record number receive gerontology minor
By Sheri Hall for the BCTR
A record number of students will be graduating this year with a minor in gerontology from the College of Human Ecology. Twenty-four students are on track to complete the minor requirements, said associate professor Corinna Loeckenhoff, director of the program. The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research administers the gerontology minor program.
The College launched its gerontology minor in 2010 to offer students a grounding in the issues connected to an aging population. The curriculum offers a choice of more than 20 courses in a wide range of disciplines including design, psychology, human development, policy, and nutrition – all with an eye on the needs of older adults. Students from any major at Cornell University who complete the 12 required credits can earn the undergraduate gerontology minor.
"The population is rapidly aging all over the world, but especially in the U.S. Not only are Americans living longer and getting older, but older adults in the U.S. are changing," Loeckenhoff said. The U.S. population has become more diverse in recent decades, and now the population of older adults is becoming more diverse as well.
"We need to prepare students to work in this environment," she said. "The minor is relevant to students pursuing a wide range of careers because everyone will need to serve old adults – people who design cars, people who work in hotels, people who plan to work in the health care industry, trial lawyers who will have to consider the court testimony of older adults. In all areas of life, the greater proportion of older adults will need to be addressed."
The minor program offers students opportunities to become involved in research projects with faculty in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, work as teaching assistants in gerontology courses, and apply for an experiential learning opportunity in Ithaca, New York City, or Washington D.C.
Before the minor was officially established, the College offered a gerontology certificate, but the minor is more meaningful because it documents the students' experience in gerontology on their official transcript, Loeckenhoff said.
Students who are interested in gerontology often take related classes without realizing they could be pursing a minor, Loeckenhoff said.
"We want students who are interested in gerontology to learn more about our program and consider how a minor could help them in the future," she said.
The science of successful aging
By Sheri Hall for the BCTR
What's the secret to successful aging? That's the question two BCTR researchers took on at a panel discussion "The Science of Successful Aging" at the 2017 International Convention on Psychological Science, where thousands of researchers from more than 70 countries gathered to share research findings and techniques.
BCTR faculty affiliate Corinna Lockenhoff, associate professor of human development, chaired the panel. She began by discussing the idea of "successful aging," which today often means thriving socially and intellectually in older adulthood.
"The concept may not generalize across cultures," she said. "But one clear benefit of this new perspective on aging is that it encourages renewed focus on the processes that contribute to positive age-related outcomes."
Lockenhoff said the panel sparked an interesting conversation because researchers approached the concept of successful aging from different vantage points.
"The presenters each highlighted a different approach to promote successful aging – from cardiovascular and strength training to cognitive and social engagement," she said. "Ideally we should design interventions that integrate multiple aspects into one program.
"The audience in the symposium was composed of top researchers from around the world and it was fascinating to hear their ideas for realizing such programs within different cultural contexts," she said.
During the panel, BCTR director Karl Pillemer presented his work about aging adults' need to engage in meaningful activities.
Social isolation is a major problem later if life, Pillemer said. That's because as older adults start to experience losses due to divorce, death, and geographical mobility, they also tend to transition out of full-time employment. This transition often results in older adults losing the sense of purpose that comes with full-time work.
Pillemer and BCTR colleagues have been evaluating an intervention program called Retirees in Service to the Environment, or RISE, to help aging adults regain their sense of purpose. RISE engages retirees in volunteer positions around environmental issues. RISE participants receive training about environmental topics and how to apply their skills in a volunteer capacity. Then, participants each build and implement an environmental stewardship project.
In studies of RISE, adults who participate reported an increased sense that they were contributing to the next generation and an improved sense of social integration.
"We really have no alternative other than to address these issues," Pillemer said. "We can't promote successful aging, based on what we know, without also engaging in the promotion of social integration."
Other participants in the panel were Teresa Liu-Ambrose from Department of Physical Therapy at The University of British Columbia; Monica Fabiani in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Denise C. Park from The Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas.
At the same conference, Lockenhoff led a workshop called "Age Differences in Time Perception: Translating Findings from Lab to Life," which provided an overview of age-related shifts in different aspects of time perception and offered examples of how such concepts can be studied along the translational continuum.
Connecting Retirees to Conservation
Climate Change and Vulnerable Populations
"Aging is not Dying" - podcast episode with Corinna Loeckenhoff
Matthew Avila awarded Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship
By Sheri Hall for the BCTR
Matthew Avila, a senior in the Department of Human Development, will receive this year's Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship for students interested in pursuing a career in gerontology. The scholarship was established by an anonymous Cornell alumnus living at Kendal of Ithaca, a continuing care retirement community located a mile from the Cornell campus.
Avila is working towards a gerontology minor as part of his bachelor's degree, and plans to pursue a career researching the relationship between aging and disease.
"I want to explore the idea that growing old and disease are two separate constructs," Avila said. "In other words, I will use the knowledge I gained from gerontology to fight against the stigma of aging, reduce age-related bias in my research, make accurate conclusions about the aging population, and produce good science."
Corinna Loeckenhoff, the director of Cornell's Gerontology Minor Program as well as Avila's honors thesis advisor, commented, "What impressed the jurors about Matthew's application is his continuous engagement with gerontology across multiple areas ranging from formal classwork to research and volunteering."
At Cornell, Avila is involved with the Alzheimer's Help and Awareness Club, a team of students dedicated to raising public awareness about Alzheimer's disease and supporting Alzheimer's patients.
And last summer, he was a research assistant at Duke University's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, where he worked on a brain-imaging study to examine how older adults who suffer from depression regulate their emotions.
"This experience provided me with the opportunity to learn how to do research in older populations as it relates to mental health and emotion regulation, and develop my skill set for research design," he said.
This is the 17th year of the Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship. The donor, who built a career in the corporate world after graduating from Cornell in the 1940's, first learned about gerontology work at Cornell by participating in a study about the transition to living in a retirement community.
The donor's goal was to build a lasting link between Kendal at Ithaca and Cornell so that "more students have a chance to learn about the colorful, interesting lives and careers of retirees, and more residents have an opportunity to better understand students of today – their hopes, thoughts, and dreams."
Doing Translational Research podcast: Corinna Loeckenhoff, Sunday, August 25, 2019
Doing Translational Research podcast: Corinna Loeckenhoff
Aging is Not Dying
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Corinna Loeckenhoff
Department of Human Development, Cornell University
Aging is Not Dying
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Corinna Loeckenhoff
Department of Human Development, Cornell University
Gerontological Society selects experts on aging as fellows
By Tyler Alicea '16, MPS '17 for the College of Human Ecology tumblr
For their work on aging, two College of Human Ecology faculty members have been named fellows for the Gerontological Society of America.
Corinna Loeckenhoff, associate professor of human development and associate professor of gerontology in medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), and Elaine Wethington, professor of human development and of sociology and professor of gerontology in geriatrics at WCMC, were two of 94 professionals named on May 31 to the society, which is the largest of its kind seeking to understand aging in the United States.
As fellows, Loeckenhoff and Wethington are being recognized for their "outstanding and continuing work in gerontology," specifically in the behavioral and social sciences section of the society.
Loeckenhoff, who directs the Laboratory for Healthy Aging and oversees Cornell's gerontology minor, researches various topics related to health, personality, and emotions across the lifespan. She has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on the various aspects of adult development and healthy aging.
Wethington, director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Human Development and associate director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, focuses on stress and how outside factors can affect one's physical and mental health.
The society will formally recognize Loeckenhoff, Wethington, and its other new fellows at its 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans this November.
Gerontological Society selects experts on aging as fellows - College of Human Ecology tumblr
New podcast episodes with Turner, Loeckenhoff, and Burrow
The BCTR's Doing Translational Research podcast engages researchers and practitioners in conversation about their work, and how they are involved in translational research. Our latest three episodes feature Andy Turner, Corinna Loeckenhoff, and Anthony Burrow.
In episode 3, BCTR director Karl Pillemer speaks with NY State 4-H leader Andy Turner about 4-H/Cornell connections and changes he sees that will keep 4-H at the forefront of youth development programming.
Next for episode 4 Karl talks with Corinna Loeckenhoff (associate professor of Human Development and director of the Laboratory for Healthy Aging at Cornell and associate professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College) about her research on aging and its effects on emotional and mental health.
And, in the latest podcast, episode 5, the discussion is with Anthony Burrow (assistant professor of Human Development, director of the Purpose and Identity Processes Lab, and co-director of the Program for Research on Youth Development and Engagement (PRYDE) at Cornell) about the importance of purpose in the lives of young people and the ways that we can encourage youth connection to purpose for their own benefit.
New Book: "Emotion, Aging, and Health"
Although older adults face significant health challenges, they tend to have better emotion regulation skills than younger or middle-age adults. Why is this so? And how might we use this knowledge to promote better health and well-being in adulthood and later life?
The newest book in the Bronfenbrenner Series on the Ecology of Human Development, Emotion, Aging, and Health (American Psychological Association), explores the reciprocal relations between aging and emotion, as well as applications for promoting mental and physical health across the lifespan. The authors discuss the neural and cognitive mechanisms behind age-related shifts in affective experience and processing.
In addition to presenting emotion regulation strategies for offsetting age-related declines in mental and physical functioning, the book examines the role of culture and motivation in shaping emotional experience across the lifespan, as well as the factors defining boundary conditions between human illness and human flourishing in old age.
By highlighting these major advances in interdisciplinary research, the authors suggest promising avenues for intervention.
The work presented in Emotion, Aging, and Health, edited by Anthony Ong and Corinna Loeckenhoff, is drawn from presentations made at the Fourth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference.
The book's chapter co-authors include the co-editors and conference organizers Corinna Loeckenhoff and Anthony Ong along with Emily D. Bastarache, Julia K. Boehm, George A. Bonanno, Charles L. Burton, Susan T. Charles, Carmen Écija Gallardo, Frank J. Infurna, Derek M. Isaacowitz, Laura D. Kubzansky, Kate A. Leger, Kimberly M. Livingstone, Gloria Luong, Bruna Martins, Mara Mather, Daniel K. Mroczek, Michaela Riediger, Tamara Sims, Jeanne L. Tsai, Emily J. Urban, Heather L. Urry, Lilian Velasco, Alex J. Zautra, and Eva K. Zautra. The foreword is written by BCTR director Karl Pillemer.
The book is the fourth in the APA's Bronfenbrenner Series on the Ecology of Human Development, each volume in which results from research presented at a Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference. The first three books in the series are:
Chaos and Its Influence on Children's Development: An Ecological Perspective, edited by Gary Evans and Theodore Wach
Research for the Public Good: Applying Methods of Translational Research to Improve Human Health and Well-being, edited by Elaine Wethington and Rachel Dunifon
The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making, edited by Valerie Reyna, and Vivian Zayas
Video from the Fourth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference
Congrats to the 2015-16 Kendal Scholarship awardees
This year the BCTR awarded Kendal at Ithaca Scholarships, recognizing excellent student work in the field of gerontology, to Sylvia Lee, a sophomore in Human Biology, Health, and Society, and Arwah Yaqub, a senior in Near Eastern Studies.
"I am so excited and grateful to receive the scholarship. Whether I become a doctor or a researcher in the future, my dream is to help elders who suffer from chronic pain. Gerontology minor has offered me a new perspective on what my role at Cornell is and can be - I'm reminded that I'm not just a distressed pre-med student, who simply works towards becoming this person in the future, but that I'm given this opportunity to start living out my visions now, here on campus."
Beyond her coursework in gerontology, Sylvia worked in Nathan Spreng's Laboratory of Brain and Cognition in the Department of Human Development throughout her freshmen year. There she focused on analyzing and collecting research participants' memory and cognitive data by transcribing and conducting analysis on recalled autobiographical memories during fMRI tests. This fall semester, Sylvia began work in Corinna Loeckenhoff's Laboratory for Healthy Aging, also in the Department of Human Development.
She recently joined Alzheimer's Help and Awareness, a student-run organization, and received training to volunteer at Clare Bridge, a Brookdale Senior Living community that serves special-care needs of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Sylvia specifically has an interest in the study of neurodegenerative diseases and chronic pain in elders. She plans to pursue a career in medicine and research. Her current interest lies mostly in the molecular and neurobiological processes that underlie the causes of chronic pain in elders and how chronic pain is treated, cared for, and managed by healthcare providers and families.
"The Kendal Scholarship is a gracious opportunity that has helped nurture my passion for gerontology. The kind spirit and vision at the core of this award has been pivotal in helping me integrate other disciplines of study, most of which I initially believed were incongruous with the field. [the donor's] commitment to an education that elucidates the cultural, biological, and economic implications of gerontology, as well as experiential learning, is inspirational, to say the least."
Last year, Arwah served as a volunteer for MEDART, a committee associated with Cornell's MEDLIFE student chapter. Through this committee, she provided company to residents of Ithaca's Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Many of these residents are sensory impaired, her group designed simple, weekly art projects to do with residents. Joining the Alzheimer's Help and Awareness Club at Cornell also helped fortify Arwah's passion for gerontology.
Arwah joined Corinna Loeckenhoff's Healthy Aging Lab over a year ago. The lab research aims to better understand age differences in social relations, personality traits, and emotional experiences and to unravel the effects of these three factors in health-related behaviors and outcomes.
As an aspiring physician, she believes that an understanding of aging across the lifespan is indispensable to the profession.
The Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship
To foster a closer tie between Cornell and Kendal at Ithaca, the nearby continuing care retirement community, an anonymous Cornell alumnus and Kendal resident established a Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.
Each year, the Kendal scholarship award goes to an undergraduate or graduate student interested in gerontology. Preference is given to a student who has some hands-on experience and is anticipating a career in the field.
The donor, who built a career in the corporate world after graduating from Cornell in the 1940s, wished to remain anonymous so that the focus of the scholarship is on the Kendal/Cornell connection. The donor pointed out that "creating a closer link between the two generations of Kendal and Cornell means more students have a chance to learn about the colorful, interesting lives and careers of retirees, and more residents have an opportunity to better understand students of today – their hopes, thoughts, and dreams. Greater involvement will be very stimulating for both."
Loeckenhoff reaps early-career award in gerontology
Corinna Loeckenhoff, director of the BCTR's Gerontology Minor and center faculty affiliate, has been recognized by the Gerontological Society of America with the 2014 Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology.
Loeckenhoff is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development, where she also serves as director of the Laboratory for Healthy Aging. She has published over 35 refereed journal articles, many in the flagship journals in psychology and aging. Her groundbreaking research revolves around age differences in socioemotional functioning and their implications for health-related decision making and outcomes. Recently she has focused on translating findings from laboratory-based decision-making paradigms to real-world healthcare settings.
She co-organized the 2013 Bronfenbrenner Conference (with Anthony Ong) on New Developments in Aging, Emotion, and Health, which brought together international experts to explore different aspects of issues related to aging and emotions and different approaches of addressing these issues. A book from the conference presentations will be published by the American Psychological Association in 2015.
Löckenhoff Earns GSA's 2014 Baltes Foundation Award - Gerontological Society of America
Loeckenhoff reaps early career award in gerontology - Cornell Chronicle


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The Top Gear host has seemingly changed his mind about running for the Labour leader's Doncaster seat and is instead threatening to take on Nick Clegg.
Mr Clarkson insisted he had "meant Sheffield Hallam" when he said he would stand as an independent candidate in Doncaster, his home town in South Yorkshire.
He told The Sun: "I was a bit drunk when I suggested I would stand as an independent candidate in Doncaster. I meant Sheffield Hallam."
He already has one supporter on side, the London Mayor Boris Johnson, who wrote in the Telegraph this week: "I see that my old chum Jeremy Clarkson is thinking of standing against Ed Miliband in Doncaster.
"Right idea, Jezza – wrong seat. I hope fervently that the great man can be persuaded to stand against Cleggers in Sheffield, where his majority (unlike Ed's) is very frail indeed.
"Come on, Clarkson! Stand against the Cleggster with his hideous turbines and mad new taxes. That should put the wind up him."
His comments came after Mr Clarkson hinted at his plan to enter politics on Saturday.
He wrote on Twitter: "I'm thinking I might stand in the next election as an independent for Doncaster North, which is where I'm from. Thoughts?"
His message was retweeted more than 4,000 times, including by John Prescott, Labour's former deputy Prime Minister.
A campaign group set up on Facebook called "Jeremy Clarkson for Prime Minister" has already attracted thousands of responses.
Accounts revealed in July that Mr Clarkson had become one of the highest paid presenters in the history of the BBC after taking home £14 million for his work on Top Gear.
He was paid £8.4 million for his stake in a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, which exploits Top Gear's global brand, as well as receiving a £4.86 million dividend payment.
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Browsing Working Papers (INF) by Author "Sudhanshu, Rai"
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Experiences from IndiaSudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper is an outcome of my experience as a team member of the Euro-India Innovation mapping project. The project set out to map India's IT Innovativeness over two years from January 2008-to December 2009. Here I bring to the fore the different methodologies that we reviewed in order to implement the innovation mapping project and our realization that each methodology in itself though useful may not be sufficient to address the complexity of the subject matter due to the vastness of India and its emerging nature. I outline some of the challenges faced by us when designing a methodology for mapping innovation in a large emerging economy. I discuss some solutions and report on how we solved the problem only to be faced with newer challenges. A methodological design is a challenging endeavor in the normal of time, when it comes to doing the same in a large emerging economy the problems becomes compounded. I highlight some of these problems and discuss some solutions in this paper. I conclude this paper with some insights proposing a mix methodology approach has been useful in addressing the challenges of data collection in emerging economies using our Indian experience as a backdrop to our findings. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8263
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A Case Study of Indian FirmsSudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper I ask the basic question highlighted in the title, how does innovative potential and collaborative capacity contribute to a firm's innovativeness? To address this central question I draw on innovative potential and collaborative capacity as a dynamic notion evaluates the data from India. This paper tries to create a framework creating a sustainable environment for ICT Innovation. To do that I argue that innovative potential and collaborative capacity provide a constellation of inputs to the firm to address both internal and external challenges. For instance while innovative potential works at a project or an individual level while collaborative capacity is seen to work at a firm or perhaps at the inter firm level. This does not mean IP acts only at the locus stated. I conjecture that IP/CC interact with each other at defferent levels, where each takes turn in driving the process of ICT Innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8261
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The Evolution of the Indian IT IndustrySudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this article I discuss the Indian outsourcing phenomena and ask the question now what? Using data from the Euro-India project I demonstrate that a small but significant part of the Indian IT entities are moving beyond outsourcing, to co-creation where Innovation and the desire to create new markets is the key driver. This does not imply that outsourcing will disappear but it does mean that firms will engage in globalization using innovative mix of business models and technical platforms. We discuss the implication of this slow transformation to co-creation of innovation for the global outsourcing industry. The key thesis of this paper is to discuss co-creation as a form of innovation and how such a form of innovation is likely to bring Indian companies rich dividends. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8262
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A Delphi StudySudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Though this paper is in a very preliminary stage, I use the data gathered using the Delphi process to discuss some policy instruments that could be of use for emerging economies to create an environment of innovation. I acknowledge fiscal instruments to be an important driver but I choose not to focus on fiscal enablers of innovation rather focusing on how the lack of fiscal incentives can help create a sustainable environment for innovation. I use the early Indian experience and contrast it with later fiscal activism shown by the government to illustrate that perhaps the government need to focus on the supply side of knowledge and let the demand for knowledge and innovation be led by the firms at the local level. I argue this strategy to be the most sustainable in the long run. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8259
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Insights from IndiaSudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper my endeavor is to explore the meaning and implication of collaberation within a dynamic frame which I refer to a capacity. First I review the collaboration literature from an innovation perspective and then develop a framework that enables me to engage with the data we collected during the Euro-India Innovation Mapping project funded by the European Union under the FP-7 program. The idea is to refine theory and contribute to a better understanding of collaborative as a capacity firms can build creating the environment of collaboration both within and outside. I conclude this paper discussing the new insight on collaborative capacity (CC) of firms and their implications for ICT collaboration and firm innovativness. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8260
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Insights from the ICT industry in IndiaSudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper I discuss innovative potential at a firm level using information system literature and broadening my review to R&D literature as well. This review enables me to develop a theoretical frame of what researchers have indicated to be innovative potential or capacity at the firm level. While the information system literature does refer to a firms innovative potential as a dynamic phenomena, thus the inception of this phenomena is rooted through the R&D literature, which is helpful but in itself has a weakness. In relying on the R&D perspective to explain innovative potential of a firm information system researchers have stuck to the static notion of innovation while talking about innovative potential (IP) as a dynamic process. This paper redresses that imbalance as it tries to formulate a theory of IP that in my opinion better explains IT innovation at the firm level from a dynamic perspective in its conception, operation and instantiation. I conclude this paper with insights on what I call the dynamic IP threshold arguing that being dynamic cannot be seen as a point in time but a threshold existing over time. I then discuss some implications. I suggest that firms need to consider IP as a long term investment not only in human capital but in the way the human capital is allowed to engage with new ideas. I suggest IP can be build using institutional logics that enable openness and collegiality. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8257
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The Indian Innovative Journey, Reflections and ChallengesSudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper I present a framework of innovation and then use the framework on interview data collected to reflect and gain insight on the status of ICT Innovation using India as a case. The central question I pose in this paper is how ICT Innovativeness can be articulated. In this paper I argue that innovativeness is a dynamic concept distinct from notions of R&D, although elements of innovativeness determine the outcome of successful R&D but a successful R&D does not necessarily imply that the is innovative. We make distinction between R&D and innovation, using the distinction we demonstrate how the dynamic nature of innovation needs to be understood distinctly different from R&D, I propose that R&D is a institutional arrangement while innovativness is a contextual phenomena being determined by factors both inside and outside the business entity. I conclude this paper with a framework for understanding the dynamic nature of ICT Innovativeness, I use data from India to reflect on the research question. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8258
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Teen Mom 2 star Kailyn Lowry recently tweeted pictures of her latest tattoo, the beginning of a half-sleeve tattoo, on the inside of her bicep. Ouch!
The tattoo includes a pocket watch, roses, thorns, skulls, and an anchor. When asked about the meaning of the objects, Kail said, "It's an anchor (for all those who have kept me grounded through my journey with MTV). And the pocket watch reads 10:05, the day I met Javi. The skull is for my past (skeletons in my closet)."
The tattoo reveal didn't come without criticism. Naturally. After a slew of hateful tweets, Kail responded with "I love when people think I want/need their approval to do something" and "Please, tell me more about how trashy my tattoos are & how ugly they will be when I'm 60. You don't HAVE to look at me. 🙂 #movealongnow."


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A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas
Description: This book gives an overview of each of the six counties including history, important statistics and facts, and biographies of central figures. According to the title page, it contains "a History of this Important Section of the Great State of Texas, from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospects; also Biographical Mention of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of the Present Time, and Full-page Portraits of the most Eminent Men of this Section."
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Media fight on the right over GOP
Rush Limbaugh couldn't have been more right.
Months before the election, the conservative radio host made a prediction: "If Obama wins, the Republican Party is going to try to maneuver things so conservatives get blamed."
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And that's exactly what's happening.
(Also on POLITICO: Full coverage of the war over the future of the GOP)
On the night of Nov. 6, shortly after President Barack Obama won reelection, Steve Schmidt went on NBC News and called on GOP leaders to "stand up" against the extreme elements in the party that the Republican strategist believes are leading it down the wrong path, even singling out Limbaugh by name. Days later on MSNBC, Joe Scarborough criticized Republicans for taking cues from unnamed pundits "who make tens of millions of dollars engaging in niche marketing" that the host complained provides a misleading picture of the nation's electorate. Columnist David Frum last week slammed the "conservative entertainment complex" that had "fleeced, exploited and lied to" Republicans, ensuing doom on Election Day.
"These people have made politics a theater for identity politics for a segment of America, rather than a way to solve collective problems," Frum told POLITICO, referring to conservative media commentators. "What is happening now, and it's disturbing, is that this complex has sold the idea that conservatives are the real majority in America. That claim has been exposed as false. But they are turning on the country and leading their viewers toward alienation and rejection."
( Also on POLITICO: Condi: GOP sent 'mixed messages')
These were the opening salvos in a larger and escalating civil war playing out now between moderate and far-right-wing pundits. After a disastrous performance in the 2012 elections, the Republican party has come face-to-face with the new demographic reality: "The white establishment is now the minority," as Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said on election night. Republican support among old, white men can no longer offset their lack of support among women, the young, African-Americans, Asians and the fast-growing Hispanic populations — all key groups in Obama's victory, some observers say.
But which path to take for the GOP toward broader appeal — doubling down on a core economic and family values conservative message that transcends identity politics or polishing the party's image by recruiting more women and minority candidates and adopting more moderate positions, particularly on immigration reform — has exposed a sharp rift in the conservative media.
( PHOTOS: 20 quotes on immigration reform)
As moderates see it, the "conservative entertainment complex" of talk radio, Fox News, and right-wing blogs has an outsized and potentially fatal influence over the party, alienating Latinos with crass solutions to illegal immigration ("self-deportation") and insulting women with disrespectful remarks about abortion and birth control.
"If you look at the Republican Party over the last couple of years, it is a tail-wag-the-dog story with the power and the influence of the conservative entertainment complex over elected leadership," Schmidt, the senior campaign strategist on Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, told POLITICO. "Ronald Reagan would have been appalled by this uncivil tone. Conservatism with a smile has appeal. Conservatism with a snarl is a voter repellent."
Far from accepting this premise, the far right is retrenching.


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In the past decade, the African nation of Sudan was in the news because of massive violence in the region of Darfur. Today, the world watches as the country takes part in a referendum on the south's potential secession from the north. Voting has gone on for one week and finished this past Sunday. In some areas of the south, over 80% of registered voters took part, and the stringent requirement of 60% total turnout needed for validity of the vote has been surpassed.
Relations between the north and south have historically been strained, not least because of the racial and religious divide between the two. At the time of independence in 1956, the mainly African, Christian south fought against the Arab, Muslim north for greater autonomy. After decades of civil war, the two sides signed a peace agreement in 2005 which provided for this year's referendum on secession. Although the referendum has been certified by international observers as largely free and fair, the vote has not occurred without disturbance. Recent violence in the oil-rich territory of Abyei has resulted in the deaths of 33 people.
As a close neighbor, Kenya is keeping a watchful eye on the result of the referendum. Over 15,000 Southern Sudanese live in Kenya, where "overseas voting" has taken place. Economic interests are also at play, as Kenya has invested hugely in the South, in sectors such as telecommunications, banking, and construction. The Kenyan government has even invested over $5 million USD in Southern Sudan since 2005, including support for training of the country's civil service.
Official results of the vote will be announced mid-February, which could result in the splitting of Africa's largest nation and independence for a region long beset by war. Sudan, Kenya, and the world will be watching closely to see what happens.
Jenny Coronel is a roaming Kiva Fellow based in Nairobi, Kenya. Click here to learn more about the Kiva Fellows Program and apply.


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Radiation Therapy for Micrometastasis in Lymph Nodes
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I was diagnosed with an invasive ductal breast cancer. I underwent a right mastectomy with sentinel node biopsy (which was negative at the time of surgery). My permanent biopsy report showed that out of 8 lymph nodes, one had a micrometastasis. I am currently undergoing chemo and will finish in July. I have had a consult from a radiation oncologist about the possibility of having radiation because of the micrometastasis. She stated I am right in the middle and there aren't any studies to show that radiation would benefit me. Are you aware of any studies on treating micrometastasis of a lymph node(s)?
Terry Styles, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
As in many areas of cancer care, local treatment of breast cancer continues to evolve. Two areas that are under evaluation is the use of radiation after mastectomy and the evaluation of the lymph node region.
For many years, the standard of care in patients receiving a mastectomy was to also have a complete axillary dissection at the same time. These lymph nodes were examined under a microscope for visible involvement with cancer cells. Patients with more than 4 positive lymph nodes were found to benefit from the addition of radiation in terms of local control and survival. Not quite ten years ago, 2 large studies were published demonstrating a benefit for patients with only 1- 3 positive lymph nodes. Because these studies were done on patients outside the United States with slightly different surgery than is done here, it is not yet the standard of care to recommend radiation after mastectomy if only 1 to 3 nodes are involved. A randomized trial is currently underway to evaluate whether the benefit seen in Europe would also be seen here in our patients. Nonetheless, individual assessment is essential to determine the benefit of post-mastectomy radiotherapy.
The second area undergoing change is the process used to evaluate the involvement of the lymph nodes. The advent of sentinel lymph node evaluation for breast cancer and melanoma revealed that careful evaluation of the sentinel lymph node with special stains demonstrated the occasional presence of small clusters of cancer cells in the lymph nodes. These clusters may contain just a few cells visible only with specialized staining (immunohistochemistry), or up to 2 mm with traditional staining (H&E). It became clear that these represented special cases of metastatic disease to the lymph nodes and as such, it is possible that standard prognostic information and treatment recommendations may not be as applicable.
Given the uncertainty of benefit of treatment for 1 positive lymph node and the uncertainty of whether a micrometatasis (either of a few cells on IHC or up to 2mm on H&E) is the same as our older definition of positive lymph nodes, it is hard for me to recommend post- mastectomy radiation in a patient with 1out of 8 lymph nodes showing micrometastases. Until additional studies are completed, there is little evidence at this time to support treatment based on this single micrometastatic lesion. Nodal involvement, however, is only one reason for post-mastectomy radiation, and decisions regarding the benefit of therapy are best made by a radiation oncologist who is fully knowledgeable of the details of your case.


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FULLERTON – A vehicle fire spread into an apartment complex Sunday night, damaging 20 units and forcing police to evacuate two buildings.
No injuries were reported, according to Fullerton police Sgt. Jeff Stuart.
By 10 p.m., the fire at 2720 Associated Road was contained.
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Flames had spread from garage to garage, then shot up the two-story building and through the roof, according to police and a witness.
Emergency responders helped people evacuate the D and C buildings at the complex, Stuart said, but the damage was contained to just the D building. Stuart estimates that dozens of people were evacuated.
The four-alarm fire drew firefighters from departments in Fullerton, Brea, Anaheim, Orange, Garden Grove and Huntington Beach and from the Orange County Fire Authority.
The complex is about one mile north of Cal State Fullerton. The first report came in at 8:24 p.m., a Metro Net dispatcher said.
Fullerton police controlled traffic and helped people evacuate the building.
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ANAHEIM – Disney parks are testing out a new way to crack down on businesses that rent out discounted, multiday tickets by the day – a practice that violates company policy.
On Jan. 8, the parks began the practice of taking digital pictures of visitors using multiday passes and putting the pictures in computers. That way, Disney employers can check the pictures against the tickets as those visitors enter Disneyland or Disney California Adventure.
Children and adults are photographed. The photos are erased when the tickets expire.
Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman, said the parks are testing out the practice as a way to prevent businesses from renting out multiday passes by the day at discounted rates.
Disneyland Resort sells one-day tickets for those ages 10 and up that allow visitors to go to both parks on the same day for $125 each.
Longer-term tickets are sold at a lower per-day rate, such as five-day passes for $290, or $58 a day. Off-site businesses would get the multiday tickets and rent them for $90 to $99 a day.
The practice was legal but violated Disney's policy, which states that Disney's tickets are nontransferable and must be used by the same person each day.
Until last fall, Disney would only check identification sporadically, so most visitors using those discounted passes got away with it.
Brown said the picture-taking is the same process that Disney has used for annual pass holders, whose photos also are checked as they enter the park.
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Despite rain, California still fighting over water
California has been deluged with rain and snow this winter, but its epic tug-of-war over water rages on, this time in the form of a plan by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein to divert more water to the state's farmers. Feinstein has infuriated environmental activists, fishing groups and even fellow California Democrats by drafting federal legislation that would ease Endangered Species Act restrictions to allow more water to be pumped out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta for growers in the state's Central Valley. California is the No. 1 farm state in the United States and its Central Valley is one of the country's most important agricultural regions. California farmers produce more than half the fruit, vegetables and nuts grown in the United States. The senator has not released details of her proposed measure, which may be attached as an amendment to a federal jobs bill. But she said it would grant farmers in the state's agricultural heartland up to 40 percent of their federal water allocation for two years. Cutbacks were forced by water shortages stemming from a three-year statewide drought and delta pumping restrictions imposed to protect imperiled salmon and smelt populations. Reuters_ 2/12/10
Federal judge does an about-face and upholds California water limits
A topsy-turvy week in a federal courtroom in Fresno, Calif., has led to the imposition of water flow restrictions to aid endangered delta smelt in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta. Judge Oliver Wanger of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled against irrigators and farmers yesterday in their request for a restraining order to open water pumps on the south end of the delta to maximum capacity. Dead smelt have been salvaged this week at the pumps, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to order the flow restrictions to go into effect this morning under a standing federal biological opinion. The restraining order would have blocked those limits from taking effect for 14 days. New York Times_ 2/11/10
NOAA reorganizes with eye toward assessing effects of climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched a new climate service today, a reorganization effort aimed at improving long-range assessments of climate change, sea-level rise and severe weather. The effort is aimed at providing long-term forecasts to assist fisheries managers, farmers, state governments, renewable energy developers, water managers and others. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke likened the new climate shop to the 140-year-old National Weather Service, recounting how weather forecasting helped citizens prepare for the blizzard that slammed the mid-Atlantic region last weekend. The NOAA initiative would bring together existing climate science, currently spread through various branches at the agency. Thomas Karl, currently director of the National Climatic Data Center, would serve as transitional director of the climate service, which would also have six regional directors. New York Times_ 2/8/10
Maine experts advise against ditching meds in the trash; they wind up in drinking water
According to a survey by the state's environmental agency, small amounts of discarded drugs were found at three landfills in the state, confirming that pharmaceuticals thrown into household trash end up in water that drains through waste. Although most of Maine does not draw drinking water from rivers where landfill water is present, other states do. Lawmakers in Maine are trying to create a bill that would require drug manufacturers to develop and pay for a program to collect unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs from residents and dispose of them. Scientists and environmentalists have discovered that small amounts of pharmaceuticals end up in drinking water through human excretion in sewers or by pouring leftover medication down the drain. Research has revealed that pharmaceuticals sometimes harm fish and that human cells can fail to grow normally in the laboratory when exposed to trace concentrations of certain drugs. Red Orbit_ 2/8/10
New Jersey legislature revives controversial bill to delay water quality rules
The Legislature has revived a bill vetoed by former Gov. Jon Corzine to delay an anti-sprawl, water quality management rule that gives state environmental officials more control over extending sewer and septic service. The measure would prevent the already delayed water management regulation, adopted in 2008 by the Department of Environmental Protection, from taking effect until April 2011. That rule would allow the DEP to restrict the extension of septic systems and sewer lines, particularly in environmentally sensitive areas, wetlands and rare species habitats. The New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club said the delay is designed to let developers introduce sprawl projects, win approvals and become exempt from environmental protection rules. The Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition said the rule will stop development even in areas designated in the state master plan for commercial and residential expansion. Newark Star-Ledger_ 2/8/10
Around the U.S.
Water main break means it could be days before South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, drinking water is safe
South Milwaukee officials say it might be days before residents can safely drink tap water after a water main break Friday morning caused a citywide pressure drop. Officials warned residents that they shouldn't use tap water because it could be contaminated. Boiling the water won't make it safe, officials said in a news release. The problem occurred when the main feeder pipe from South Milwaukee's water plant broke about 8:30 a.m., city officials said during a news conference. Water pressure throughout the city dropped almost immediately. South Milwaukee officials are concerned that E. coli bacteria could get into the city's water supply. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel_ 2/5/10
Bottled Water
Orland, California approves Crystal Geyser bottling plant; Opponents may appeal
In the wake of Monday's Orland City Council approval of the proposed Crystal Geyser sparkling water bottling plant, project opponents haven't decided whether they will file an environmental lawsuit. The project was approved by the Orland Technical Advisory Committee in December, and then appealed by two separate groups. The 5-0 vote Monday by the City Council upheld the previous project approval and denied the appeals. Trish Saint-Evens, a member of Save Our Water Resources, said she believes the city attorney did not interpret California Environmental Quality Act rules appropriately. Saint-Evens said her group will meet next week to discuss a suit. The property has long been zoned heavy industrial, said Orland's attorney Tom Andrews during a follow-up interview Tuesday. He said Crystal Geyser matched zoning and code requirements for the area. Chico Enterprise-Record_ 2/3/10
Starbucks recalls glass water bottles
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada and Starbucks have jointly announced a voluntary recall of glass water bottles sold by the coffee-shop chain. The recall includes about 11,000 bottles in the United States and 1,200 bottles in Canada, which can shatter when people remove or insert a stopper. Starbucks, based in Seattle, Wash., has received 10 reports of either the stoppers or the water bottles shattering, including eight incidents in which someone's hand was cut by glass shards. The 20-ounce bottles have the words "Glass Water Bottle" printed on a blue label fixed to the bottle. The bottles were sold for $9 at Starbucks locations nationwide in January. Providence Journal_ 2/2/10
Orland, California residents raise concerns about impact of Crystal Geyser bottling plant on groundwater supply
Orland residents belonging to the group Save Our Water Resources (SOWR) will be attending the Feb. 1 meeting of the Orland City Council to speak on behalf of an appeal they filed objecting to the Orland Technical Advisory Committee's recent approval of Crystal Geyser's proposal. The Calistoga-based company is seeking approval of the bottling plant on County Road 200 in Orland, on an industrial-zoned parcel that is bordered on three sides by bucolic agricultural-residential land. Prominent concerns are the effects of the water-bottling operation on groundwater supply and the movement of a nearby, PCE-contaminated dry-cleaner plume, as well as the potential for high levels of noise from both plant operations and the daily trips of 25 big-rig trucks to and from the plant. SOWR members are hoping that the Orland City Council will decide to order an environmental-impact report before any further steps are taken toward construction of the plant, which Crystal Geyser says will provide employment for 20 to 25 Orland-area residents. No EIR has been ordered in the nearly two-year period since Crystal Geyser—owned by Japanese conglomerate Otsuka Pharmaceutical—first held meetings, beginning in April 2008, with the Orland TAC. Chico News & Review_ 1/28/10
El Paso, Texas, desalination plant: Another resource for fresh water
What's a desalination plant doing in a city that's hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean? The plants transforms brackish groundwater from the Hueco Bolson into fresh water. Taking in this salty, brackish water allows what Christina Montoya of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board calls the world's largest inland desalination plant to conserve fresh ground water in the Borderland. kvia_ 2/13/10
California Air Resources Board reaffirms greenhouse-gas plan for Poseidon Resources desalination plant in Carlsbad
In a letter to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) on 8 February 2010, the CARB says, "We do not believe there have been any changes to the project or the assumptions underlying Poseidon's GHG plan, which would change the positions expressed in our August 5, 2008 letter." Poseidon Resources announced that CCC staff have recommended that the commission deny the request made by opponents of seawater desalination to revoke the Coastal Development Permit for the Carlsbad Desalination Project. The commission is scheduled to hear the revocation request when it meets in on 10 February 2010. D&WR_ 2/9/10
Sea water desalination project in south Orange County, California, heads for new level of testing
The Municipal Water District of Orange County announced Wednesday that it has awarded a $1.05 million contract to Separation Processes Inc. for Phase 3 of the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project at San Juan Creek. Municipal Water District is partnering with San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, South Coast Water District, Laguna Beach County Water District and Moulton Niguel Water District to try to create a stable new water source to improve supply reliability for all the partners. Currently, South County cities rely heavily on imported water, making them vulnerable to water shortages or reductions in allocations. Phase 3 of the Municipal Water District project should take 18 months, the agency said, and a full-scale desalination plant could be completed in 2016. Orange County Register_ 2/4/10
Pennsylvania plans Marcellus Shale formation hydraulic fracturing regulation to protect drinking water
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Thursday proposed new rules to strengthen state regulation of natural gas drilling to protect drinking water supplies and announced the hiring of 68 new inspectors. The measures reflect the Democratic governor's environmental concerns while still aiming to promote development of the massive Marcellus Shale formation. Marcellus is one of four major shale formations that could provide the United States with an abundant energy supply but whose exploitation could be inhibited by regulators. The regulations are designed to prevent the escape of drilling chemicals into domestic water supplies, following numerous local reports of contamination from a process called hydraulic fracturing. Reuters_ 1/28/10
Georgia, Florida, Alabama Water Sharing
Georgia Gov. Sony Perdue backs state water conservation law and study of new Atlanta reservoirs
Gov. Sonny Perdue announced this morning that he is backing legislation packed with water conservation measures and a study of building new reservoirs as the Atlanta region faces the prospect of losing Lake Lanier as its main source of drinking water. The legislation would force water utilities to detect leaks, require the home building industry to use fixtures that rely on less water and set standards for measuring water use for each unit in apartment buildings. The bill would also make it easier for communities that conserve water to obtain state grants and lower interest loans. And it would set up a study committee to consider building new reservoirs or expanding existing ones. Called the Georgia Water Stewardship Act, the bill stems from recommendations the governor's Water Contingency Task Force announced late last year. Perdue formed the panel after a federal judge issued a stinging ruling in July against Georgia in its water dispute with Alabama and Florida. Atlanta Journal-Constitution_ 2/3/10
Federal court allows Georgia to appeal water ruling
Georgia may appeal a momentous ruling that declared metro Atlanta cannot tap into Lake Lanier to supply most of its water needs, the federal appeals court in Atlanta has decided. In a unanimous decision issued Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed Georgia one of its few legal victories of late in the high-stakes, tri-state water dispute. The court agreed with Georgia's legal team that one facet of Senior Judge Paul Magnuson's ruling in July was a "final judgment" that can be appealed. The 11th Circuit said that because all issues in the complex litigation are "inextricably intertwined," it will consider all findings made by Magnuson in his sweeping July 17 ruling. In July, Magnuson found it illegal for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to draw water from the massive federal reservoir formed by Buford Dam to meet the water needs for more than 3.5 million metro area residents. Atlanta Journal-Constitution_ 1/21/10
Haiti Water
Haiti donations provide everything from clean water to a school
With nearly $60 million raised so far by Friday's "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, a spokesperson for UNICEF provided MTV News with a list of some of the items that can be provided:
» Collapsible water containers ($2): Each container holds 10 liters of water and is especially useful for kids carrying water for long distances to ensure that all their water doesn't spill en route from their water supply. It is also very useful for storing clean, safe water for everyday use.
» Water-purification tablets (60 cents for 50 tablets): Each tablet is able to turn 4 to 5 liters of dirty water into water suitable for drinking. Every day, 4,000 children worldwide die because they do not have access to clean water, according to UNICEF.
» Oral-rehydration salts (7 cents for one package): This solution, containing sugar and salt, treats children suffering from dehydration caused by diarrhea. Approximately 3,500 children die each day from dehydration caused by acute diarrhea, according to UNICEF. MTV News/VH1.com_ 1/25/10
Louisville, Kentucky sends drinking water aid to Haiti
After a day in Haiti's quake-shattered capital, sweating in snarled traffic, scrounging for batteries, attending meetings and nearly getting its first water systems built, word that the Louisville was opening its wallets to help was buoying news for relief workers trying to bring pure water to the people here. Edge team members said the $25,000 in promised funds from Louisville would provide fresh water for 50,000 people a day once the $5,000 purification systems were up and running. The team was preparing to turn on the first two water purifiers Friday morning— one at a Salvation Army site filled with homeless survivors and a second serving a clinic that is seeing more than 200 injured or sick patients a day. The next day, the group plans to install a third system at the Haitian Community Hospital, clogged with the injured seeking treatment and short on fresh water. Ahead, the group plans to set up purifier systems in remote towns not receiving aid. Louisville Courier-Journal_ 1/21/10
UN: Water supplies cut to Haiti capital
Key areas of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince have been heavily damaged by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, United Nations officials said Wednesday, adding that water supplies were cut. 'All municipal water supplies are reportedly shut off,' said Elizabeth Byrs with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, quoting Haitian ministry officials. Nearly 3.5 million people are estimated to be in areas affected by 'strong quakes,' OCHA estimated. In an earthquake, 'what people need urgently, more than food, is water,' said Veronique Taveau with the UN's Children Fund (UNICEF). UN officials said concerns over the water supply were growing along with fears of disease spreads. Deutsche Presse-Agentur/monsters and critics.com_ 1/13/10
International News
India's Shivsu Canadian installs Rs 52 crore worth water plant for Iraqi government
Chennai-based Shivsu Canadian Clear International Limited, a leading water technology solutions provider and manufacturer of mineral water packaging equipments, has become the first Indian company to successfully install Rs 52 crore worth desalination water plant for Iraqi Government. Shivsu's work includes design, manufacture, supply, construction and commissioning of the plant on a turnkey basis, a company release said. The capacity of the plant is 20 MLD (million liters per day). newKerala.com_ 12/28/09
China's Weihe River diesel spill may affect drinking water supply
The diesel fuel leak into a tributary of the Yellow River has spread downstream into Shanxi and Henan provinces, contaminating and potentially affecting the drinking water supply of many local residents. The fuel leaking into the Weihe River has reached the Sanmenxia reservoir on the Yellow River in Henan province despite earlier efforts to prevent it from spreading into the main river. China National Petroleum Corp is the owner of the broken oil pipeline. The broken diesel pipeline, which runs from Lanzhou in Gansu province to Changsha in Hunan province, was found leaking in the wee hours of Dec. 30 at a point close to the Chishui River, a tributary of the Weihe River. Su Maolin, deputy director of the Yellow River Water Resources Commission, yesterday refuted the claim by CNPC that the broken pipeline was caused by a third-party construction project, and called for a further probe into the accident after the spill has been tackled. China Daily/XinHua_ 1/5/10
Regional Water Issues
North Carolina's attorney general balks at secret water talks with South Carolina
North Carolina's top attorney has rejected a call by his South Carolina counterpart to hold closed-door talks to settle a dispute over waterways that flow through the two states, according to a letter released Friday. Attorney General Roy Cooper said in the note that he wants the discussions in a commission appointed by both states to be open for public input. South Carolina's top attorney, Henry McMaster, had suggested in a December letter to Cooper that the two sides hold confidential discussions. AP/Businessweek 1/22/10
Utah governor ready to make deal for Snake Valley water sharing with Nevada
Utah and Nevada officials say they're ready to sign a deal splitting border groundwater in the Snake Valley despite opposition from members of a new Utah advisory board set up to study the plan. The Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council met Wednesday at the Utah Capitol to review public comments about the deal, which effectively grants Nevada the water that a Las Vegas utility wants for a proposed pipeline supplying the city. After discussing those comments, board members themselves voiced their misgivings but learned that a final agreement is imminent. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert believes the deal is needed to protect the rights of current water users in the desert valley west of Delta, said John Harja, board chairman and the governor's director of public lands policy coordination. "He is convinced that an agreement is better than none," Harja said. The next step, he said, is to declare an end to negotiations and have Utah Department of Natural Resources Director Mike Styler sign the deal. Herbert's spokeswoman, Angie Welling said the governor's support has nothing to do with Utah's hopes for Nevada's support of a Lake Powell pipeline. "This agreement is not being used as a bargain chip for anything else," she said. Salt Lake Tribune_ 1/7/10
Judge tentatively invalidates West water pact
A California judge on Thursday tentatively invalidated a landmark pact to curtail the state's overuse of water and allow other Western states to claim their fair share. The 2003 agreement ended of years of bickering over how to divide the Colorado River between California and six western states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. More than 30 million acre-feet of water—enough to cover the state of Pennsylvania a foot deep—would move from farms to cities in Southern California over the 75-year life of the deal. Superior Court Judge Roland Candee ruled in Sacramento that the state improperly agreed to pick up much of the cost of saving the shrinking Salton Sea in the southeastern California desert. Restoring the state's largest lake was a crucial piece of the agreement. The state put no limit on costs, "even if they ultimately amounted to millions or billions of dollars," violating a constitutional limit on assuming debts, Candee wrote. "The Court has no ability to sanction a way to contract around the Constitution," he wrote. The judge will hear arguments next Thursday to decide whether to make the ruling final. San Jose Mercury News_12/10/09
Research and Technology
Water hits and sticks: Findings challenge a century of assumptions about soil hydrology
Researchers have discovered that some of the most fundamental assumptions about how water moves through soil in a seasonally dry climate such as the Pacific Northwest are incorrect – and that a century of research based on those assumptions will have to be reconsidered. A new study by scientists from Oregon State University and the Environmental Protection Agency showed – much to the surprise of the researchers – that soil clings tenaciously to the first precipitation after a dry summer, and holds it so tightly that it almost never mixes with other water. The finding is so significant, researchers said, that they aren't even sure yet what it may mean. But it could affect our understanding of how pollutants move through soils, how nutrients get transported from soils to streams, how streams function and even how vegetation might respond to climate change. The research was just published online in Nature Geoscience, a professional journal. "This could have enormous implications for our understanding of watershed function," said Jeff McDonnell, an OSU distinguished professor and holder of the Richardson Chair in Watershed Science in the OSU College of Forestry. "It challenges about 100 years of conventional thinking." News Release_ 1/21/10
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U.S. Droughts
After three dry years, Northern California's Lake Sonoma drinking water supply hits 100 percent full
Lake Sonoma has recovered from three years of below-average rainfall, filling up its water supply pool and hitting the flood stage Tuesday for the first time in five years. At 7 a.m. Tuesday, Lake Sonoma had 246,337 acre-feet of water. At the beginning of the year, before a series of storms hit the North Coast, it held 182,090 acre-feet. It is the first time that the water was in the flood pool since New Years Day in 2005, when storms caused flooding along the Russian River. The lake is the primary source of water for 600,000 residents from Windsor to San Rafael. Press Democrat_ 1/26/10
And Finally
Cleveland Cavaliers remove all drinking fountains from arena
To get a drink of water at the arena, named The Q, you must stand in line at a concession stand, where you can get a small courtesy cup of water for free or pay $4 for bottled water. Team spokesman Tad Carper said the Cavs took out the fountains in November to reduce the spread of bacteria and viruses that cause H1N1 flu and other illnesses. He said Friday that with health-related decisions like this one, the team takes advice from the National Basketball Association and the International Association of Assembly Managers. However, officials from those organizations said in interviews that they are not recommending that fountains be removed. Local health officials said in interviews Friday that research does not suggest that turning off water fountains is necessary to fight the spread of viruses. Cleveland Plain-Dealer_ 2/8/10
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