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Danny Knobler, CBS Sports:
It's hardly a stretch to say that the Rays are now one of the best two or three teams in the game. ... But it's also no stretch to say the Rays could easily miss out on the playoffs altogether this October. ... [But] let's make clear that what applies to the Rays applies to the Yankees and the Red Sox as well. They all could be among the two or three best teams in the game -- and any one of them could miss the playoffs. [JoS: Yep.]The always-excellent Joe Posnanski (bookmark his blog) has eight predictions for 2009:
... [CC] Sabathia isn't the reason I think the Yankees will miss the playoffs again. And Joba Chamberlain's sudden and shocking decrease in velocity is not the reason. And the aging of Derek Jeter is not the reason. And the fact that sooner or later Mariano Rivera will either age or be forced to return to his home planet is not the reason. And the sad ballad of A-Rod is not the reason either.Tim Marchman, SI.com:
No, the simple reasons are that I think that Tampa Bay will be better than last year. And I think Boston is a more complete team than the Yankees. In my view, those are three of the five best teams in baseball, and one is going to miss the playoffs [JoS: See?]. I think it will be the Yankees.
In the American League East we're in for a fantastic race. Tampa Bay, Boston and New York are the three best clubs in the game, and at least one of them is going to finish out of the money. [JoS: Everyone is saying it.] Along with the punters I think it's going to be Tampa Bay, less because of any failing on their part than because of the competition. Boston has both absurd depth and stars such as Josh Beckett who are capable of playing at a level that Tampa Bay's best haven't quite reached yet; New York's roster is gristly and jury rigged, but not so much so that they won't make best use of the $440 million (!) they spent this winter. ... World Series: Red Sox over Cubs ...Tom Verducci, SI.com:
The Yankees, Red Sox and Rays are the three best teams in baseball, and yet at least one of them is guaranteed to miss the playoffs. [JoS: Did you think I was kidding?] "It's going to be a frickin' war in that division," said A's general manager Billy Beane. Seven of the past 12 teams to play for the AL championship (and 12 of the past 22) have come from the AL East ...SI Staff (Bold pennant = World Series champion):
No team has won a pennant in 29 years or a World Series in 54 years with a shortstop as old as Derek Jeter, who turns 35 in June. ... Only poor health should keep the Yankees from winning 95 games.
Boston has two legit aces in Josh Beckett and Lester, and John Smoltz and Clay Buchholz on hand as the best supply of pitching reinforcements in baseball. Tampa Bay, with pitchers Wade Davis, David Price and Jeff Niemann ready to contribute this season, and B.J. Upton and Longoria primed for superstardom, is better on paper this year than when it won 97 games last year.
East Wild Card PennantExtra:
Tom Verducci Yankees Red Sox Angels
Jon Heyman Red Sox Yankees Red Sox
Ted Keith Yankees Red Sox Yankees
Joe Posnanski Rays Red Sox Red Sox
Gennaro Filice Red Sox Yankees Red Sox
Cliff Corcoran Red Sox Yankees Red Sox
Ben Reiter Red Sox Yankees Red Sox
David Sabino Rays Red Sox Rays
Joe Lemire Red Sox Yankees Red Sox
Albert Chen Red Sox Rays Rays
Lee Jenkins Yankees Cleveland Twins
Melissa Segura Yankees Rays Yankees
Jonah Freedman Rays Yankees Cleveland
Verducci MVP: Youkilis - CY: Lester***
Heyman MVP: Teixeira - CY: Lester
Corcoran CY: Sabathia
Sabino CY: Lester
Lemire CY: Beckett
Segura MVP: Teixeira
CBS Staff:
East WC WSOther Stuff
Scott Miller Red Sox Rays Cubs over Red Sox
Danny Knobler Red Sox Yankees Red Sox over Cubs
Eric Mack Red Sox Yankees Cubs over Red Sox
Adriane Rosen Red Sox Yankees Cubs over Red Sox
Scott Miller MVP: Youkilis; Disappointment: JeterMore from Miller here:
Danny Knobler Disappointment: Chamberlain
Eric Mack CY: Beckett
Adriane Rosen MVP: Teixeira; CY: Lester
AL Most Disappointing Team: New York Yankees. In a $1 billion stadium and with a payroll approaching $200 million, anything short of turning water into wine for those in the $2,000 (per game) seats behind the plate will be disappointing. ...
AL Disappointing Player: Derek Jeter, Yankees. Sadly, but surely, Father Time sneaks up on everyone.


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Horoscopes: week beginning January 6
ARIES: The period between January 6 and February 4 is great for students and travellers, with many Arians achieving their dreams around these matters. Some will meet a rather special person during their travels. Those advertising, negotiating, needing advice, or involved in legal processes will obtain good results.
TAURUS: You should be able to obtain personal satisfaction between January 6 and February 4, as there is a wonderful depth to your emotions. Financially, you will be rewarded for your efforts and will find it easier to obtain loans, refunds and deal with other banking matters. These trends are most active on January 16-24, February 2-4.
GEMINI: Between January 6 and February 4 happier relationships feature, as people seem to be more congenial. An enticing romance is a real chance for those whose hearts are ripe, with such a romance likely being true love. Some may want to keep this romance secret for a while. Best dates are January 16-24, February 2-4.
CANCER: You will be happier in your work until February 4, as you are better able to utilise your creative talents. Work associates are in a more amiable mood and are likely to contribute to a more peaceful atmosphere in the work place. Difficult influences are operating during January 20-22, creating confusion around financial matters.
LEO: January 6 to February 4 can be a very romantic period, but it is also a happy one for parents and vacationers alike, especially on January 16-24, February 2-4. You should be feeling lucky during this cycle, with good cause. Working Leos also have the opportunity to indulge successfully in creative activities, both at work and play.
VIRGO: Until February 4 your home life will be more peaceful and coloured with beauty. Money seems to be changing hands in connection with a property, whether it is a simple purchase to beautify the home or the sale or purchase of a property itself. There also seems to be happy contact with family members at a distance, bringing unsettled conditions.
LIBRA: You seem to have a silken tongue during January 6-February 4, as your words and thoughts are refined and well balanced. Good news is likely to be received, but you should dig beneath the surface for an underlying message. Money is will be spent on a car, travel or communications, with January 16-24, February 2-4 highlighting this potential.
SCORPIO: The period from January 6 to February 4 brings the opportunity to generate extra cash and goods, although you may have a few minor problems to hurdle. Other people are helpful and partnerships tend to be productive. If problems should arise, it will be something you have overlooked or personally mishandled, especially on January 20-22.
SAGITTARIUS: You'll enjoy work and the company of friends during January 6 to February 4, which is likely to be marked with special social occasions. You'll be happier in yourself, having the potential to earn more money. This period tends to alleviate any stresses that may be operating in connection with health and work.
CAPRICORN: Between January 6 and February 4 there will be a number of problems to be resolved in connection with career, employers, business, authority figures, parents, love or children, but you'll do it with a minimum of fuss. You have the knack of handling issues in the most appropriate manner. January 16-24, February 2-4 activate trends.
AQUARIUS: You'll derive greater enjoyment out of life and will experience happiness through travel, the home, friends, studies or the attainment of ambitions in the weeks to February 4. There are many personal objectives that will be achieved during this time. Negative potential for money occurs during January 20-22 so guard against loss or theft.
PISCES: You will have the chance to outshine others on your career path during January 6-February 4, and are likely to be well rewarded with extra cash on the side. Thus, this is a good time to apply for that new position or approach someone in a position of influence for assistance. Best dates for doing so are January 16-24, February 2-4.
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Well then, it seems Kofi Annan is hopping off the optimist bandwagon.
For years analysts have held that democratic elections are key to spurring economic development in Africa and therefore ought to receive greater U.S. support. But the African democracy consensus is beginning to crack, and even Kofi Annan is skeptical. A new report by the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), with Annan as chairman, tells us that elections often provide "a false veneer of legitimacy" for autocratic incumbents.
The report finds that elections often exacerbate underlying tribal, ethnic and religious tensions rather than guide polities into a bright, secular future. The fixation on elections as "the root of democracy" is doing little to help the downtrodden and keep the peace.
Then again, it never hurts to subtly remind everyone that 'progress' is not a linear concept. Yes, as Mead points out (in a later paragraph I did not quote), things don't look good in Mali. But citing the revolution in Libya as an example of problems with secular democracy? ...


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I have started writing a genealogy column called "The Genealogy Corner" in The Review – a weekly newspaper in Vankleek Hill, Ontario. The column is geared towards beginning genealogists, but I think anyone can gain a new insight in the views that I have put forward in the column.
The column appears every two weeks in print, but unfortunately, doesn't appear on the website, so if you are interested, you will have to buy the paper or get an online subscription. The website is www.thereview.on.ca.
The columns that have been printed so far this year are -
- March 14 - Finding Your Canadian Roots
- March 28 - A Genealogical Society Is Not Just Another Society
- April 11 - It's Time to go Back to School – Year Round
- April 25 - It's Time to Start Your Research!
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Survivors reported that having the support of a person who would continue to be there for them regardless of their decision to stay or leave the relationship played a critical role in their ability to escape an abusive relationship. It seems like unconditional support is one of the most important things you can provide to your friend or family member.
As friends and family members, it can be difficult to know what to do when someone you care about is experiencing domestic violence. Yet you play a very important role in the survivor's life.
Understanding abuse: Abuse is never the victim's fault. It is a pattern of physical and emotionally violent and coercive behaviors that one person uses to exercise power and control over another. Abusers may use verbal insults, emotional abuse, financial control, threats, and/or sexual and physical violence as a way to dominate their partners and get their way.
Recognize the signs of abuse: While abuse can look different in every case, certain behaviors are red flags that abuse might be present. The following characteristics might be present in a relationship where your friend or family member's partner is abusive:
Her partner acts very controlling and puts her down in front of people
Her partner acts very jealous of others who pay attention to her, especially men
Your friend becomes quiet when he is around and seems afraid of making him angry
Your friend stops seeing friends and family members, becoming more isolated.
Your friend often has unexplained injuries or the explanations she offers don't quite add up
Your friend often cancels plans at the last minute.
Your friend's partner controls her finances, her behavior, and who she socializes with
Understand why she stays: There are many reasons a woman decides to return or to stay in an abusive relationship. In many cases, fear is the main reason. She may want the violence to end, not the relationship. She may want her children to grow up with both parents. She may not have the financial resources to take care of her family's needs on her own. Whatever the reason is, you can help by not judging her decisions, acknowledging the ways in which her choices are limited, helping her find resources to address her needs, and encouraging her to develop a safety plan for herself and her children.
How to help if she leaves: The most important thing you can do is help her develop a plan in advance to leave the relationship. This might include saving money, getting copies of important documents, and deciding where she is going to go if she leaves. If she manages to escape her relationship, she may need money, help to find a place to live, a place to store her belongings, or transportation to a battered woman's programs. Decide if you feel comfortable providing this type of assistance.
Here's are some ideas you can use to help your friend talk about the abuse and get the help that is available. Remember: your friend may not see herself as a victim or her partner as an abuser. Try to avoid those words when talking to her.
Ask specific questions. If you suspect domestic violence is occurring, ask how the relationship is going. Ask about disagreements and tension that you observe in the relationship. You can ask specific questions like, "Has he ever pushed or shoved you?" or "Has he ever called you or your children names?"
Be aware of the effects of domestic violence. Domestic violence has serious and dangerous physical and emotional effects on everyone living in the household, including the children. Educate yourself on the effects of domestic violence so that you can share them with the victim/survivor in a non-judgmental way that lets her know that you are concerned. Information can be a powerful tool in helping her recognize and mobilize herself against future violence.
Trust her knowledge. Victim/survivors are the "experts" on their relationships and are typically aware of the patterns of violence that occur in the relationship and the batterer's behavior, so trust her to gauge when she is safest. Respect her choices about when she can or cannot take certain steps.
Give her positive feedback. Physically abusive relationships are also emotionally abusive, and all types of abuse lower the victim/survivor's self-esteem. Some victims stay in the relationship because they believe that they are to blame for the abuse or do not see the possibility of a nonviolent relationship. She may also have fears of making it on her own. Remind her of her strengths and abilities and her importance to you.
Recognize her efforts. Realize that the victim/survivor is doing something every day to try to improve her situation. Victims/survivors try many things to stop the violence in their lives. These may include talking with the abuser, calling the police, or contacting a mental health professional or clergy member. Recognize that although you might like to see her make different choices, she is trying to improve her situation. Change often occurs in small steps that eventually lead to large gains.
Do not criticize the abuser. Saying critical things about the batterer also implies criticism of the victim/survivor as she may have chosen the batterer as her partner. Also, one of the ways that many abusers isolate their victims is by telling her that her friends and family don't like him and want to break up the relationship. Criticisms of the abuser may convince her that he is telling the truth about this. Keep in mind that she may also see his positive qualities and continue to love him, despite the abuse. Criticizing the abuser can cause distance in your relationship making her less likely to come to you for support.
Don't make choices for her. One aspect of abusive relationships is that the batterer limits the victim's ability to make choices. Try not to repeat this behavior by giving her ultimatums or orders. Issuing ultimatums or orders may lessen her ability to confide in you and get your support.
Learn about community resources. You may want to help yourself by contacting a local shelter or domestic violence program to educate yourself about domestic violence and learn more about community resources. Expand your own support system so that you can share your feelings and frustrations with others.
Be patient and know your limits. A victim/survivor may try to leave several times before she makes a final break, and this process can take years. While it can be difficult to maintain your patience with her, remember that leaving is a process that takes time. Develop personal boundaries for yourself so that you can be supportive, but not overwhelmed by a victim/survivor's needs. Make sure to take time for you to engage in self-care and get support.
Encourage her to start a log or journal. This may help the victim/survivor to realize the frequency, severity, and duration of the abuse she has experienced and can be a helpful source of information later. You may also want to keep a log that can include information about violent events or others who saw or heard the event, pictures, and information about injuries to the victim or property.
Encourage the victim/survivor to develop a safety plan. Safety plans can help the victim/survivor to make important plans and decisions about her safety. Safety plans may include the "what" and "how" a victim/survivor will respond if violence is imminent. Safety planning is an ongoing process that changes and evolves as she makes difficult decisions about the relationship. Contact your local shelter to learn more specific information about safety planning. Local shelter numbers can be accessed by calling ODVN at 800-934-9840.
Call the police. If you witness or hear a violent episode, DO NOT try to intervene physically as this may result in injuries to you or others. Call 911 immediately. When the police arrive, cooperate, ask to fill out a statement, and prepare yourself to testify in court. Often the victim/survivor cannot cooperate with the police or follow through to take necessary legal steps due to her fear of the abuser.


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There's a method in life called .. first-time last-time .. are u familiar with the method?
RobLow ..is familiar with that method, "dude tells me had sex with my wife and mother of my child he's getting his jaw shattered.".
I am clueless on the topic KG & Melo were trash talkin to each other about .. are u sure u know what they were saying? this gossip-rumor of KG trash-talking about Melo's wife, annnd KG wasnt knocked into the stands, or elbow to the face, or accidently kicked in the jewel, or tripped/stomped two or three times for dissrespecting the next man wife .. got me on hold .. Why? because KG wouldve been made a big example on the court and off the court.
Or is Melo PUdddddy
For me to believe KG were steady trash talking about Melo's wife, and all Melo did was get into a hug match that got both technicals .. My ex-wife would expect me to collect a Flagrant -2, 3, 4, and 5 plus get bailed-out.
Do u recall it was Boston's offense that kept running the same play all 4 quarters that kept switchin Melo to defend KG .. Melo had plenty of oportunities to run into KG with a high elbow on any of those switches.
Melo shot 6 for 26, plus Boston small-man defense outscored us in 3 quarters ....
looks to me like KG had plenty of trash-talking to do about the MVP Melo Knicks with the return of Fire extinguisher Stat, or how Boston swept us in the postseason, or how Melo made Billups, and Lin era with the Knicks short, plus how's the relation with teammate Camby who believe Melo had a lot to do with his trade to the Clippers.


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I doubt if many people would deny that the Internet is the single biggest source of information in history. If it has an Achilles heel, it is that it contains good AND bad information and it can sometimes be difficult to differentiate between the two. There are a lot of experts in given areas on sites like this, but there are also plenty of people who think they are experts. How does someone decide which is which?
This is a problem I have kicked around for many years and the best solution I can think of is to create a series of forums that will be chaired by acknowledged experts in their given fields. In these forums, anyone can start a thread asking a question. The thread will not go live until the expert/moderator for that forum answers the question. At that point, the OP and the moderator for that forum will be the only people that can respond to the thread, but everyone will be able to read it.
Why format the place this way?
In the coming days and weeks, we will be adding forums on various subjects. We won't set up a forum until we have someone chosen to chair each of these forums. Initially, there will only be one expert in each area, but as the system takes off and gets busier, we hope to be able to add more experts in the busy forums, to decrease the workload on the mods and decrease response times.
- Threads will only go live after they are addressed by the moderator/expert for that area for a couple of reasons: One, we don't want these forums clogged with the same questions asked over and over. We will ask that before someone posts a question, they first search to see if it has already been answered. Two, the people chairing these forums will not have an unlimited amount of time to spend here, so we want them to address the most interesting questions, without being overwhelmed by all the rest. Every question that anyone sees in each of these forums will be one that has already been answered.
- Why only allow the moderator/expert to answer the question? Well, that is the point of this system, isn't it? Obviously, there will be plenty of people on the site who could answer the question equally as well as our expert, but these forums will be a place where EVERY question gets answered by an expert in the given area. The answers given may not be the only available answer, or there may be more info available on the subject, or perhaps someone else on the site has what they think is a better take on the subject, but the answers people get in this area will be good, solid answers consistently.
- Why can only the mod and the OP reply to a thread in the GATE forums? The purpose of these forums really isn't to hold discussions on the subjects discussed here. It is to have questions asked and answered, in a structured environment. The OP can reply to the thread to post follow-up questions and comments and the mod can reply to those comments.
- If you start a thread and it does not get answered, please don't take it personally. It may be an issue that has previously been addressed, or the mod for that forum simply might not have time to get to it. They are going to have their hands full. Threads that don't get answered in a reasonable amount of time will be automatically deleted, to make room for new business.
If you are an expert in a given field that might be of interest to readers here and would like to submit your name to chair a forum on that subject, please PM me with some info on yourself and the subject in question. Please do not submit this information here in a thread. PM it to me. The subject does not have to be about guns, or the shooting sports. It could be about just about anything. We would like to have a wide variety of GATE forums on everything from computers, to the Internet, or literature, music, medical, legal, home improvement, you name it. People here are firearms enthusiasts, but they are people, with all the interests anyone else would have.
I have a half a dozen or so GATE forums to kick off with and I will be putting them up shortly. There might not be a lot of traffic at first, but I ask you all to check back regularly and watch the system grow. This is a new system and a new idea and the TOS and SOP here will be in flux for some time. If you have any feedback or suggestions for the format and operation of this area, please share them with me. Please feel free to share your comments here, but if you have any substantive suggestions to make, I would appreciate it if you PM'ed me with them. Thanks. Eric
Sounds like a great idea! It'll make it so the question threads don't get so diluted with so many varying opinions.


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If you need tips on how to become a better writer, you may be acquinted with Copyblogger. If you need more resources to help your writing, the following Top 10 list is sure to provide the content you are looking to read. Michael Steltzner the author behind WritingWhitePapers.com chose his "Top 10 Blogs for Writers-The 2009/2010 Winners" awards. This list can be a content library unto itself. Congratulations to Coppyblogger the winner of this years competition.
Michael Steltzner's Top 10 Blogs for Writers
The following is Michael's list in his own words on why he chose each site:
- Copyblogger: This site is the heavyweight champion of the world four years running (and one of the top blogs on the planet)! The brain-child of Brian Clark, his blog keeps winning because of its insightful articles.
- Men With Pens: James Chartrand and Harry McLeod maintain the number two slot with their inspiring content and rich community discussion.
- Write to Done: This blog nearly always delivers a home run with its excellent articles for all writers and is the product of top blogger Leo Babauta.
- Editor Unleashed: Inspired by the former Editor-in-Chief of Writer's Digest, Maria Schneider explores writing, social media and community on her excellent blog.
- Freelance Writing Jobs: This site is the first stop for freelance writers seeking new work and great articles (and it remains a top winner since this contest began). Congrats Deb Ng!
- Confident Writing: Joanna Young delivers rich and useful articles that will help you take your writing to the next level.
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The notion seems to be even more irresistible than it was before.
Winning at Lambeau Field on a cold Sunday afternoon would appear to make attempts to avoid allusions to 2008 as a big waste of time. The defense just shut down an elite quarterback and high-powered offense, the Giants are the hottest team in the league at exactly the right time and Tom Coughlin's red face is leading them every step of the way.
It's a nice narrative that holds up just as long as you didn't actually watch the game that unfolded on Sunday afternoon. If you did watch the game, you'd know that there wasn't much about the game that looked anything like 2008.
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The biggest difference was the guy slinging the passes for the Giants. Eli Manning was there in 2008, of course, but while revisionist Giants historians like to argue that he was a top quarterback in those days, the honest observers among us know that he was asked to do very little for a team that won because of their defense and running game.
Manning of 2008 bore no resemblance to the player that was on the field this Sunday. The Manning back then barely completed half his passes and wouldn't have done that well if not for Plaxico Burress making catches that made you wonder if you were watching a real game or a cartoon.
The Manning of the present day needed no such help as every one of his passes dropped right where it needed to go, most notably the Hail Mary to Hakeem Nicks at the end of the first half that put the game in the Giants' pocket once and for all. Manning made play after play, thwarting any attempt by the Packers to swing momentum back in their direction and keeping the Giants pointed directly toward San Francisco.
Nothing should discount the job the defense did against the Packers, but there wasn't a moment on Sunday when you felt that Manning wouldn't have been able to answer if Aaron Rodgers did recover his MVP form. Manning was that good, as good as he has ever been at a time when his team needed nothing less.
We should be used to this by now. The Giants don't sniff the playoffs if not for Manning carrying them in the first half of the season and then bailing out an awful defense in Dallas in Week 14.
Now the rest of the group is catching up to him and giving the world real reason to believe that this Giants run can end up somewhere special. That destination might be the same one that the Giants reached in 2008, but the journey looks completely different than the last one.
Manning was along for the ride in 2008. In 2012, he's driving the bus.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.


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Lyon SWCD was established in 1945 to address the resource needs of land users in the area. Today, the SWCD assists not only rural but urban landowners with various programs and information the needed to protect the soil, water and air quality. The importance of these goals - and the accomplishments - will be easily measured in the future through a sound and healthy resource base. SWCD's are political subdivisions of the State, established under Minnesota Statue 103C. Each SWCD is governed by a Board of supervisors elected by the residents of the county. In June of 2012 an agreement was reached with Lyon County allowing the SWCD to become a department within the County but operating under its own Board. The SWCD Board and Staff are unique in that they live & work in the county and watershed area. The accomplishments and decisions that are made affect themselves, their families, their neighbors and friends. With these ties, the programs and services are for the good of the local area as well as the region - its resources, economy and our future generations. The SWCD's partner with other agencies and groups to ensure that the programs and funds we receive are utilized in a responsible manner and actions are coordinated to best suit the needs of the area resources and population - countywide as well as its watersheds.
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The UK economy might be down in the dumps, but there is a ray of sunshine from an unlikely source: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook has supposedly helped to contribute £2.2bn to the country's GDP in 2011.
Facebook added that – with a lot of help from the rise of mobile applications – it has "supported" 232,000 jobs in recent years across the European Union.
It further claimed, courtesy of numbers crunched by a Deloitte research team on behalf of the the social network, that Zuck's outfit had contributed €15.3bn, or £12.7bn, to the EU's economy.
'appy Facebookers chow down on broadband... bitch
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Deloitte report coincided with a Facebook announcement about new partnerships and programmes "to help the UK reap the benefits of social media".
Facebook said it is offering advertising credits worth £4.2m to 50,000 small businesses based in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. That figure, in case you were wondering, breaks down to £84 of ad credits per SMB.
The company is taking its "Facebook for business" bus on the road throughout Blighty, where it will try to convince small firms to use its network and learn more about its ad engine.
"Today's report shows that Facebook is about a lot more than sharing pictures or keeping up with friends; increasingly social media means growth and jobs," Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg opined.
"As the Deloitte study highlights, social media is proving particularly valuable for small and medium sized businesses, which form the backbone of the European economy.
"The impact of social media is a bright spot in challenging times, but growth won't happen on its own. We need to make sure that we invest in the right education, training, technology and networks so that social media can continue to drive innovation and economic growth."
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A group from Georgia Tech is hoping to build a micro-scale graphene antenna that would support terabit – or even hundred-terabit – radio communications.
Why micro-scale? Because the researchers are looking at handling radio waves that in the terahertz range, getting close to the far infrared, where the wavelengths involved are well below a millimeter. And why graphene? Because if it's fabricated the right way, electrons pass through very quickly (and, therefore, it supports the very fast oscillations that you need for a terahertz transmitter/receiver), supporting much higher frequencies than a scaled-down metallic antenna could match.
It's hardly the kind of development that's going to bring about the death of cables over any distance: the researchers are looking at a 1 Tbps transmission at a distance of one meter, or 100 Tbps at a few centimeters. Over larger distances, terahertz waves are too well absorbed by the atmosphere to be of any use.
However, at short distances, as Technology Review points out, really fast communications would be useful for transfers between devices (meaning the wife in the Samsung Galaxy SIII "Work Trip" advertisement could give hubby more than one video that he shouldn't watch on the plane), or more mundanely, for backing up huge amounts of data to an external drive without waiting overnight.
That's if, of course, the other problems of fast data transfer were addressed, like hard drive access times and bus transfer times. There's also the matter of developing electronics that can drive the wireless channel at terabit speeds.
For the communication channel, the Georgia Tech group led by Dr Ian Akyildiz proposes shaping graphene into strips thinner than 100 nanometers wide and a micron long. (A one-micron quarter-wavelength antenna would correspond to a baseband frequency of around 75 terahertz, which seems to The Register reasonable enough to transmit 100 Tbps).
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Map Sheet 49 shows epicenters of potentially damaging earthquakes, magnitude 5 or greater, which have occurred in California since 1800. In addition, an inset map shows areas that have been damaged by earthquakes
MMI VII or greater, and the minimum number of times such damage has occurred.
The image to the left is a thumbnail view of the map. The actual map measures 27" x 37".
The 200 year earthquake history is divided into three nearly equal time periods, distinguished by red, blue and green on the epicenter map and bar graph, to show the changes in earthquake occurrence and identification with time.
The map shows that since 1800, earthquakes capable of damaging unreinforced buildings have occurred at least six times in each of these regions: Los Angeles to San Fernando, San Francisco Bay to Santa Cruz, and Eureka to Cape Mendocino. The epicenters of 800 magnitude 5 or greater temblors are shown, including some centered offshore of California, as well as bordering regions of Nevada, Oregon and Mexico. A list of
earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and greater, sorted by latitude for easy locating, is listed on the map
California Geological Survey seismologists compared old newspaper and other written accounts of earthquake shaking with accounts of the shaking from earthquakes recorded by modern instruments to determine the most likely epicenters and magnitudes of pre-1932 earthquakes. Most of the information about earthquakes that occurred before the 1849 gold rush comes from reports from the 21 missions near the coast from San Diego to Sonoma. Information about earthquakes from 1850 to 1931 is based largely on newspaper reports. Post-1932 data is from the seismological laboratories at Caltech and UC Berkeley, which began to routinely determine the epicenters and magnitudes of earthquakes in Southern and Northern California, respectively, in 1932 and 1942, supplemented by data from the United States Geological Survey starting in the 1970s. As California's population increased and spread across the state, earthquakes began to be reported in new areas — a fact that is reflected in the color-coded map.
The map indicates that California, on the average, has experienced one magnitude 6 or greater earthquake each year since 1850. It also shows that some areas have been relatively quiet seismically in the last 90 years but were very active in the previous 100 years. The relatively quiet areas include the San Andreas system of faults, which includes the San Jacinto and the Hayward-Rodgers Creek faults. Strong earthquakes also have occurred away from major known surface faults, such as near Vacaville in the Sacramento Valley 1892.
Epicenter map legend: colored circles define the three time periods covered on this map; circle size denotes magnitude of earthquake.
Time distribution of earthquake occurrences.
Inset from Damage Map, showing San Franscisco Bay area; image is approximately twice the size of the actual map.
Damage Map, from MS 49. Number next to color refers to minimum number of damage occurrences.


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I have a 16' fiberglass two man sculling boat with a trailer for sale in Red Lodge, MT. It is a Domeyer Double Humbolt Bay Scull built by Wave Boats in Arcata, CA. This is a very high quality boat. In addition to the sculling oar gasket out the stern, it has oar locks and an outboard mount for transit. I used to run it with a 5HP outboard. I am not sure if Wave is still in business. I cannot find a working web site for them anymore.
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I have owned the boat for 14 years, but it has been used very little. When I bought the boat, I lived in UT and used it to hunt geese (with great success) for one season on the Great Salt Lake marshes. I moved to MT shortly after I purchased the boat and it has not been in the water since I moved. The boat was only used 5 or 6 times. Boat and trailer are like new.
I no longer have a good place to store the boat and would like to sell it. $1,800 for the boat and trailer.
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'The King of the Cats'
Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works
Not very long ago, no English-language publisher would have wanted to consider a comprehensive survey of the life and work of a French painter known simply as Balthus. Balthus was widely regarded as an up-market near-pornographer who painted teenage young women in provocative attitudes and states that bordered on indecency.
"Awfully sorry," they would say, "but we couldn't touch it." On that note, the aspirant biographer was shown the door.
That was just fine with Balthus. He had a horror of being written about. When he made his American debut in New York in 1938 at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, he said, "If there is any one thing that I hate more than anything else in the world, it is an exhibition preface." The problem recurred when Balthus had a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the winter of 1956-1957. James Thrall Soby was in charge of the catalog. He was on record as believing that Balthus's The Street, which he had lost no time in buying, was as great a landmark in the history of French painting as Géricault's Raft of the Medusa.
Soby was delightful company and very much persona grata at the Museum of Modern Art. He could not be prevented from writing for the catalog. "But," Balthus wrote, "I beg him to leave out all the biographical details that are so much in fashion today. Ancestry, parentage, mode of life, etc.—all that seems to me completely superfluous. Just tell the public that I was born in Paris, and that I am forty-six years old. That should be quite enough." (As a matter of fact he was going on forty-nine, but he thought that that, too, was nobody's business.)
By 1968 Balthus had, if anything, hardened his position. When his exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London was all ready to go, he asked the organizer to remove all biographical matter from the catalog. "Just say," he said, "that 'Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. Now let us have a look at his paintings."'
That sentence has often been referred to as if it were some kind of landmark, or even as a historic breakdown, in the artist/curator relationship. As the organizer in question, I never saw it in that light. This was Balthus's big day in London, even if he never came to the show. His family history was his own business. If he preferred me to confine myself to what he generously described as my "always pertinent" comments on his work, I had no complaint. Matters of "ancestry, parentage, mode of life, etc." could be left to an eventual biographer. But what eventual biographer? An "authorized life of Balthus" was a contradiction in terms.
That was back then. The big books on Balthus took forever to be researched, written, and published. After more than thirty years, two candidates have at last reached the bookstores. The first is a 644-page biography by an American cultural historian, Nicholas…
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Off the Beaten Track: False Starts
Off the Beaten Track, a workshop of POPL 2014. Every single talk was introduced with the phrase 'And now for something completely different ...'
One talk, by Nada Amin and Tiark Rompf (delivered by Nada), argues that 'papers should expose the sausage-factory of designing calculi, and the minefields in the landscape'.
Ever since Euler (at least), papers in mathematics tend to present a polished solution at the cost of hiding the insights that led to the solution's discovery. Only rarely does one see papers that describe an approach that failed, even though, arguably, knowing what not to do can be as important as knowing what to do.
This leads me to make a suggestion. Every paper is expected to contain sections, where relevant, on
design, implementation, performance, theory, and related work. We should also include, where relevant, a section on 'false starts': research directions that failed to pan out. That is, 'false starts' should be on the checklist of what to cover when first organising a paper. Papers with such material exist, but they are rare; we should make them a common case.
What are your favourite papers that clearly explain a false start?
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Civil Rights Digital Library
- Coverage Dates: 1954-1970
- Update Frequency: Ongoing
The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) promotes an enhanced understanding of the Civil Rights Movement through its three principal components:
• a digital video archive delivering 30 hours of historical news
film allowing learners to be nearly eyewitnesses to key events of the
Civil Rights Movement
• a civil rights portal providing a seamless virtual library on the Civil Rights Movement by aggregating metadata from 75 libraries and allied organizations from across the nation
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The CRDL links to primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale. The CRDL features a collection of more than 30 hours of unedited news film from the WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany, Ga.) television archives held by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries. These moving images - about 450 clips - cover a broad range of key civil rights events, including the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957); the Atlanta Temple bombing (1958); Atlanta sit-ins (1960); Freedom Rides (1961); desegregation of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech (1961); the Albany Movement (1961-1962); desegregation of Ole Miss (1962) and University of Alabama (1963); and Americus Movement (1963, 1965); Birmingham demonstrations (1963); among many other topics.
CRDL is a partnership among librarians, technologists, archivists, educators, scholars, academic publishers, and public broadcasters. The initiative receives support through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Specialized Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling Intervention to Reduce HIV Transmission Risk Behavior in HIV-Infected Men
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00218712
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Last Update Posted : May 2, 2012
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|Condition or disease
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|Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral intervention Behavioral: Standard counseling
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Past research has shown that HIV-uninfected men who receive counseling regarding high-risk sexual behavior are less likely to engage in such behavior with other men. The rising rates of HIV infection among gay men suggest that some HIV-infected men are still engaging in high-risk sexual activity. There are several existing counseling interventions that focus on reducing high-risk sexual behavior, but the need exists for an intervention specifically targeted to HIV-infected men. This study will focus on the development of a specialized counseling intervention to help HIV-infected men identify and re-evaluate their "self-justifications," which are their thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs when deciding to engage in high-risk sexual activity with other men. In turn, this counseling may decrease the incidence of high-risk sexual behaviors, thereby reducing HIV infection rates among gay men. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of the specialized counseling intervention versus a standard risk-reduction counseling intervention in promoting safer sexual activity among HIV-infected men.
This study will consist of two phases. In Year 1, interviews will be conducted with 30 HIV-infected men who have engaged in high-risk unprotected sex within the previous 12 months with HIV-uninfected partners or partners with an unknown HIV status. The data resulting from these interviews will aid in the development of a specialized counseling intervention that is specifically geared for HIV-infected men. In Years 2 through 4, approximately 400 HIV-infected men will be randomly assigned to receive either the specialized counseling intervention or a standard counseling intervention. All participants will attend two counseling sessions: the first will occur at study entry and the second will occur 6 months later. Outcome measurements will be assessed at the second counseling session and again 6 months later, and will include self-reports of unprotected sex and laboratory testing for the presence of sexually transmitted diseases.
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|Reducing HIV Transmission Risk Behavior: a Trial of a Two Session Risk-Reduction Intervention With HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men
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|September 2005
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|December 2010
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Participants will receive standard counseling. All participants will attend two counseling sessions: the first will occur at study entry and the second will occur 6 months later.
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- HIV-infected
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- Reports at least one episode of unprotected sex (receptive or insertive) with a male partner who is either not infected or does not know if he is infected with HIV (within 12 months prior to study enrollment)
- Plans to live in the San Francisco Bay Area for the next 12 months
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- History of intercourse on a regular basis with only one person
- Insufficient understanding of English
- Cognitive disorder that may affect ability to give informed consent
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|United States, California
|UCSF AIDS Health Project
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94102
|SFDPH San Francisco City Clinic
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94103
|Principal Investigator:
|James W. Dilley, MD
|UCSF AIDS Health Project
|Principal Investigator:
|Sandra Schwarcz, MD, MPH
|SFDPH-AIDS Office
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|James W. Dilley, Principal Investigator, University of California, San Francisco
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I discuss issues pertaining to the practice of neuropathology -- including nervous system tumors, neuroanatomy, neurodegenerative disease, muscle and nerve disorders, ophthalmologic pathology, neuro trivia, neuropathology gossip, job listings and anything else that might be of interest to a blue-collar neuropathologist.
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Medial lemniscus
"The ascending proprioceptive and fine touch system has its relay nuclei, the nucleus gracilus for lower extremity and trunk, and the nucleus cuneatus for upper extremity, neck, and upper trunk...at the cervicomedullary junction. The second order neurons from these nuclei decussate to form the medial lemniscus that ascends through the brainstem to eventually innervate the ventral posterior lateral (VPL) nuclues of the thalamus. In the medulla, the medial lemniscus is arranged as a vertical (ventral to dorsal ) strip of fibers in the midline with the upper extremity fibers being most dorsal and the lower extremetiy fibers being most ventral; i.e., the sensory homunculus in the medulla is 'standing straight up'. The medial lemniscus rotates to the horizontal in the pons and by the time it reaches the midbrain has rotated further so that the fibers from the lower extremity are now more dorsal than those of the upper extremity. Imagine a reveler on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Early in the evening, the individual is standing vertically against a lamppost enjoying the libations and this is analogous to the position of the medial lemniscus in the medulla. By mid-evening, the partygoer slides down the lamppost and lays on the street analogous to the increasingly horizonatal disposition of the medial lemniscus in the pons. Finally, the besotted reveler is pulled from the street by his ankles by the local constabulary analogous to the 'feet up' orientation of the medial lemniscus in the midbrain."
I should note that I had to correct a few typos in this as I transcribed it. For example, the authors write "Bourdon Street" instead of "Bourbon Street" in New Orleans. And they refer to the "nucleu gracilus" instead of the "nucleus gracilus". That being said, I still think that Fuller and Goodman provide a wonderful analogy that really helps in explaining the anatomy of the medial lemniscus!
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I decided to order that book after reading your blog.
- January 9, 2008 at 2:08 PM
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- January 9, 2008 at 2:15 PM
- Brian E. Moore, MD, MEd said...
Glad to hear that, neuron. You'll notice that the pictures aren't that great, but you can always supplement your reading with pictures from the internet
- January 9, 2008 at 2:16 PM
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I hear the analogy, but have a problem with it.
The analogy implies that as the ML rotates vertical to horizontal, the ventral portion (feet) slides laterally, pulling the dorsomedial portion down to become ventromedial (as if the homunculus is being dragged by its feet, and the neck follows). That's not the case. In fact, the ML realignment is a point rotation at the dorsal end (homunculus pivots on its neck), and the ventromedial end swings up to become dorsolateral - imagine the drunk's head getting stuck to the lamppost (perhaps he licked it when it was cold), and his feet swing up, so that he is levitating or singing in the rain.
- December 17, 2008 at 10:31 PM
- Brian E. Moore, MD, MEd said...
Point taken, Robin. I'll communicate your comments to the authors of the text from which I quoted. Thanks!
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How does natural selection maintain phenotypic variation within marine species? What role do ecological interactions like predation and competition play? My research interests are broadly concerned with these questions. More specifically, I investigate (1) how ecological interactions in the ocean orchestrate relationships between form, function, and fitness, (2) the ecofunctional implications of bilateral asymmetries, and (3) the interaction between phenotypic plasticity and heritable variation. I explore these topics with a variety of techniques, including morphometrics and behavioral observations, field experiments, multivariate statistics, stable isotope analyses, and experimental assessment of fitness. I currently have two main research projects underway. The first of these is the evolution of body asymmetry in flatfish. Flatfish exhibit remarkably derived body morphology. They undergo metamorphosis as pelagic larvae, where one eye migrates over the dorsal midline so that both eyes are on the same side of the head. The fish then lie on the ocean floor, eyed-side facing up. While the vast majority of the 715 flatfish species contain all left-eyed or all right-eyed individuals, 7 species contain both morphs. To date, we don't have a good understanding of the evolutionary trajectory flatfish took to become asymmetric, or the significance of asymmetry direction. One polymorphic species, the starry flounder, exhibits a cline in the north Pacific in the relative frequency of left- vs. right-eyed individuals, and the two morphs show evidence of ecological segregation. It is one of the first demonstrations of the ecological significance of polymorphism in a marine species, and contributes to our understanding how asymmetry evolved across the flatfish order.
My second current research project involves how selective predation maintains variation in body color and color plasticity of sculpins. Sculpins exhibit tremendous variation in their body coloration and their ability to change color both among and within populations. Collaborators (David Tallmon, Andrew Whiteley, Tyler Linderoth) and I are currently investigating the role selective predation plays in molding the expression of color and color plasticity in these fish. This could have important implications to our understanding of color variation and ecological selection in other cryptic marine fish species such as juvenile flatfishes and gunnels.
The biological communities along most of the rocky shores of Alaska are defined by the marine plant associations. A major portion of the primary production throughout the year is provided by the benthic plants in the nearshore. These communities are often disturbed not only by natural phenomena, such as winter storms and ice, but also by anthropogenic disturbances such as harvesting and pollution. My research has concentrated in both basic and applied aspects of the biology and ecology of marine benthic plants and on the effects of disturbances on this community. My associates and I have investigated the effects of harvest and pollution on the intertidal and subtidal seaweeds. We have also developed techniques fore using remote sensing to map floating kelp beds in SE Alaska. We have conducted applied research on the commercial exploitation of seaweeds. In addition to performing seaweed resource assessments for potential commercial harvest, we have investigated the potential of mariculture as a means to enhance exploited algal resources. There are many organisms that can be cultured which have potential to be developed as a high value product. Among these are seaweeds such as Macrocystis (giant kelp), Nereocystis (bull kelp) and Porphyra (nori). My lab has worked out the procedures for the successful mariculture of Macrocystis. We have researched the physiological ecology of Porphyra as it relates to its culture. This plant can be marketed both as nori for the sushi and health food market and as black seaweed for the Native community. Our latest project is investigating nitrogen partitioning in the red alga Palmaria, a potential feed for abalone culture, throughout its growing season. I am also involved in kelp ecology and mariculture studies in South Africa in cooperation with colleagues at the University of Cape Town and Marine and Coastal Management. Other "non seaweed" projects have involved the effects of pollution on salmon and herring. We completed research on the potential impacts of mining activities on the nearshore benthos, and have investigated the effects of common ions (hard water) from mine wastewater on the growth and development of coho salmon. Another project has been research on delayed effects of oil exposure on zebra fish as a model for salmonid exposure.
My general interests are in evolution, ecology, and conservation biology. My focus is on understanding the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of natural populations using demographic and genetic models, molecular genetic data, and field data. I have long-standing interest in combining population genomics and demographic information to infer important evolutionary and demographic parameters for wild populations. More recently, my post-docs and I have focused upon the role of phenotypic plasticity in adaptation. I have used models based on likelihood and approximate Bayesian computation to infer demographic vital rates or effective population size with the goal of providing useful results and tools for conservation and evolutionary biology. As an example, some collaborators and I have recently developed an approach to infer effective size of a population using a single sample of microsatellite data and approximate Bayesian computation. To use this application, visit http://genomics.jun.alaska.edu/We focus on a number of different taxa in my lab, with current work on a handful of terrestrial and marine vertebrates and invertebrates, including: coastrange sculpins, giant Pacific octopus, red king crab, spruce grouse, file dogwinkles, ringed seals and boreal toads. I enjoy working with students who are highly-motivated, broadly interested in evolution and conservation, and focused on understanding population-level process using descriptive and manipulative approaches. Prospective grad students should read more here.
My studies are concerned with the role of hormones in regulating physiological processes in decapod Crustacea (crabs and lobsters). Hormones are chemical mediators that regulate physiological processes such as growth, reproduction, and osmoregulation. I am interested in the mechanism by which hormones such as ecdysteroids, methyl farnesoate, and molt-inhibiting hormone regulate growth and reproduction in decapod crustaceans. The majority of crustaceans that I study are commercially important crabs. These include Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, and king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus.Ecdysteroids are crustacean hormones that function to regulate the molt cycle and therefore the growth of these animals. Methyl farnesoate is a sesquiterpenoid hormone derived from the mandibular organ that functions in both reproduction and growth. Methyl farnesoate also may be critical during crustacean larval development and morphogenesis. Methyl farnesoate is structurally similar to the insect juvenile hormones, which regulate insect development.Other studies related to crustacean physiology involve the effect of endogenous crustacean hormones on ectoparasites. Specifically, I have an interest in how hormones (ecdysteroids, methyl farnesoate) can be exploited by certain parasites. The model for these studies is the infection of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister by the nemertean worm, Carcinonemertes errans.


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text: Lifestyle & Belief Should the Muslim holiday of Eid be a school holiday? New York City is considering it The World June 17, 2014 If public schools close for Christmas, Yom Kippur and other religious holidays, shouldn't Muslims in New York City get Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr off from school? The city's new mayor thinks so.


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Rural women's empowerment: A long road ahead
The UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Rural Women (IANWGE) recently estimated that rural women and girls still fare worse than rural men and urban women in relation to every Millennium Development Goal indicator.
The fight against hunger and poverty is most pressing in rural areas where most of the world's poor live. Women play an important role in rural economies, particularly in agriculture, where they make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force of developing countries. However, they face a range of constraints, particularly in accessing productive resources such a land, inputs, training and credit that prevent them from realizing their full potential, creating better lives for themselves and their families, and fully contributing to the growth of their communities
An untapped motor of growth and food security
As the UN organizations most directly responsible for achieving a world without hunger, the Rome-based UN agencies (RBAs)—FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP)--actively work towards rural women's social and economic empowerment as a motor of poverty reduction and better food security.
As such, the RBAs played a major role in the 56th session of The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the principal global policy-making body committed to gender equality and the advancement of women, which was held earlier this month and focused on rural women and their role in development, poverty reduction and food security.
Ann Tutwiler, FAO Deputy Director-General, spoke on behalf of the RBAs at CSW's opening session, explaining that the findings of the last edition of FAO's flagship report—The State of Food and Agriculture 2011 (SOFA) -- had set two concrete goals in the fight against hunger: improve the agricultural sector in developing countries to feed a rapidly growing global population, and generate more and better rural employment to give people the means to acquire this food--neither achievable without rural women's empowerment.
"The SOFA shows that by giving women equal access to productive agricultural resources—land, inputs, training, credit—women's farm productivity would increase by 20-30%, countries' total agricultural output would increase by 2.5-4.0% and 100-150 million fewer would be hungry," Ms. Tutwiler explained. "Essentially, the SOFA says that because rural women's economic potential is squandered, 100 to 150 million people are still hungry and a significant share of agricultural production is 'missing.' "
She explained that while the international community's work has made inroads, particularly in filling critical knowledge gaps on gender and land rights, rural employment and agriculture, progress is still needed with regards to policies for agriculture and rural development that benefit rural men and women more equally, legal frameworks that grant women full economic rights, better access to education, training, information and technologies, health care and nutrition, and a stronger and more meaningful participation of women in decision making processes.
The RBAs focused their participation on three priority themes: improving rural women's economic empowerment and access to decent rural employment, supporting associations in giving them a stronger voice in decision-making, and fostering their better access to land rights.
A need for greater economic empowerment and better access to decent work
In partnership with IFAD, WFP, UN Women and The International Labor Organization (ILO), FAO organized two side events to discuss the urgency of improving rural women's economic empowerment and of supporting their better access to decent employment to fight poverty and hunger.
Women fulfill many crucial roles in rural economies, as farmers--they comprise 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries—and as workers and small-scale entrepreneurs, but their productivity is persistently limited by gender inequalities. They are more likely than men to hold low-wage, part-time, seasonal employment and tend to be paid less even when their qualifications are higher than men's. They are also disproportionately responsible for taking care of the household, raising children and caring for the sick and elderly, unpaid work most often performed without the support of infrastructure and technologies.
Improved gender equality in rural farm and non-farm employment has a long lasting impact on economic growth and poverty reduction by enabling rural women to contribute to their families' livelihoods, improve their households' resilience to shocks and enhance the well-being of their children.
Participants discussed the type of policies needed for rural women's economic empowerment. These include increased government investment in labour-saving technologies and public infrastructure such as roads, transport, electricity and water; supporting rural women and girls' better access to human capital through education and training; the establishment of social safety nets like health care insurance and socials services such as child care; the creation of a better investment climate by strengthening property rights, including land rights; and supporting rural women's greater voice in decision making.
Cooperatives: Giving women a greater voice in the community
This last item was the focus of the side event "Unleashing Rural Women's Voice to End Hunger and Poverty" organized by FAO in partnership with IFAD, WFP, ILO, the World Bank and UN DESA.
Moderated by Cheryl Morden, Director of IFAD's North America Liaison Office, the event brought together leaders and members from rural and agricultural organizations and ministries worldwide including Marcela Villarreal, Director of FAO's Gender and Rural Employment Division, Ann Itto, Secretary General of the Southern Sector of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and former Minister of Agriculture of South Sudan, Dr. Muchena, Minister of Women's Affairs of Zimbabwe, Filomena Delgado from the Ministry of Agriculture of Angola, Elizabeth Atangana, President of the Plateforme Regionale des Organisations Paysannes d'Afrique Centrale (PROPAC), Rehana Riyalawala, Secretary of the Self-Employed Women's Association in India (SEWA), Robert Carlson, President of the World Farmers' Organization, and Rose Cunningham-Kain Director of the indigenous women's organization Wangki Tangni in Nicaragua.
All participants underlined the central role organizations and cooperatives play in supporting rural women's participation and decision making in rural societies and enterprises by encouraging the facilitation and sharing of knowledge, and by reducing costs and barriers to accessing productive resources through collective bargaining. Mr. Carlson added that these organizations were unique in their provision of much-needed spaces for women to speak freely. Ms. Itto discussed women's increased chances of attracting investors when organized in cooperatives and gave the example of Colombia, where 91% of microcredit is given through cooperatives.
Ms. Riyalawala presented the model of SEWA, which, with over 1.4 million poor, self employed women members, is the largest union of informal sector workers in India and has been highly instrumental in bettering its members' lives and improving their productivity by giving them the means to organize and to gain access to social security services, training, technology, information and financial services.
Securing better land rights for women improves life for everyone
Land is one of the most important assets for small agricultural producers. Women farmers are disadvantaged by the worldwide prevalence of land tenure regimes that allocate primary land rights to men through gender-biased marital and inheritance laws, family and community norms, their limited capacity to participate in community decision-making processes, and their unequal access to land markets. The land that women do own also tends to be of lesser quality. This considerably limits women farmer's ability to invest in their land and improve their productivity, exacerbates their exposure to food insecurity and leaves them disproportionately vulnerable to economic hardships.
A vast body of research shows that improving women's land rights strengthens their bargaining power within the household, leading to better health and education outcomes for their children and significant benefits for households and communities in terms of production and wealth distribution.
FAO, IFAD and the International Land Coalition (ILC) organized a side event to discuss interventions to reduce the gap in land rights. These include supporting legal reforms and joint titling and land certification programmes, supporting the increased representation of women in land administration bodies and facilitating legal literacy programmes for rural women.
Participants insisted on the fact that strengthening women's land rights is a matter of not just reforming land laws but that gender equity in land rights need to be upheld consistently across the entire legal framework, from the Constitution to family and civil laws, and supported by legal trainings enabling women to understand and claim their rights. They also underlined the importance of addressing customary norms and practices in parallel to official legal frameworks, and cited the state, civil society and the international community as key actors.


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PRESIDENT of the Coalition Advocating for Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO), Colin Robinson (immediate photo), says Jamaican Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson-Miller did the right thing by stating quite clearly that she opposed the discrimination against homosexuals.
Simpson-Miller led the People's National Party (PNP) into victory in Thursday's general elections in Jamaica.
The country with a population of 2.8 million people has developed a worldwide reputation for its strong anti-homosexual views and acts of violence against homosexuals.
During a televised leadership debate on December 20 between herself and Prime Minister Andrew Holness, whose Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was voted out of office, Simpson-Miller said her administration believes in protecting the human rights of all Jamaicans.
"No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation," Simpson-Miller said.
"Government should provide the protection and I think we should have a look at the buggery law and that members of parliament should be given an opportunity to vote with their conscience on consultation with their constituents.
"But for me, I do not support the position of the former prime minister (Bruce Golding who said he would not appoint a gay person in his Cabinet) because people should be appointed to positions based on their ability and to lead."
Simpson-Miller said she has no intention of prying in the private business of anyone and will appoint anyone with the ability and capacity to manage in her Cabinet.
Robinson said Simpson-Miller's victory, in spite of her statements, is a lesson for all "Caribbean cowardly politicians".
"What the win says is that you do not lose an election by being supportive of the rights and the humanity of gay people," Robinson said.
"Similarly the JLP candidate, who was most outrageous (by) using homophobia as a campaign tool, lost his seat. So the other message is 'bun batty man' and beating the Bible on the backs of gay people will not win you elections."
Robinson said it is a signal to politicians that the issue of nondiscrimination against homosexuals does not carry the political liability they think it carries.
"The only reason that the politician has now to oppose full equality concerning gay people is their own prejudice."
The view was shared by the president of another local lobbyist group, Friends for Life, Luke Sinette. He said he fully endorses Simpson-Miller's statements.
"Gay people are full citizens just like anyone else," Sinette said.
"Gay persons should not only be allowed the same protections as anybody else under the law, but they should also be allowed the opportunity to serve their country just like anybody else. People should be allowed to be full citizens irrespective of race, class, gender, ethnicity and, of course, sexual orientation."
Lynette Vassell, a member of the Women Resource and Outreach Centre in Jamaica, told the Express the strategy used by the JLP in their attempt to discredit Simpson-Miller, backfired on the ruling party.
"It backfired because the issues on people's minds were more concrete and practical," Vassell said.
"I and a lot of right-thinking Jamaicans support the stance she took during the debate because what she is saying is that we need to open up a conversation around a matter that is very touchy in our context.
"What she has said is that she is going to open the debate around the repeal of the buggery Act and she is going to encourage parliamentarians to deal with it on an individual basis after consulting with their constituents.
"Of course we recognise that if a man had said it, it would have been a damaging and dangerous thing (politically) and I am glad that she is the one who very sincerely made the response."
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A memorabilia collector, too…2007!
Thanks again to the players who have contributed to our collection.
The batting gloves shown below were given to me after the final game of the '07 season.
Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy game used batting gloves. J.J. has always been one cool dude.
Brewers slugger Prince Fielder gave me this single batting glove above the Brewers dugout after the last game @ Miller Park in '07.


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