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She was once TV's most famous sit-com mom but now Rosanne Bar is making her return to the airwaves in a show that will drop her right into the middle of a situation far more nutty than anything she ever dealt with as part of the working-class Connor family.
The outlandish comedian will star in new reality show on Lifetime that places her in charge of a macadamia and livestock farm in Hawaii, reports Entertainment Weekly.
In a statement about the yet-to-be-named show, Barr says, "I'm coming back down to earth and keeping it real. They've said 'Rosanne's nuts' for years and now I'm going to make that a reality -- I'm all about nuts now, macadamia nuts!"
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Lifetime President and GM Nancy Dubuc called Barr an "undeniable force of nature" and said that the premise of the show was extremely attractive to her viewers.
"Rosanne is funny and brutally-honest, and our audience will relate to her decision to go on this adventure and create an entirely new life for herself," she said in a statement. "We are thrilled she will make her long-awaited return to television on Lifetime."
Barr, a former Emmy winner and best-selling author, will also serve as a producer on the show, which is slated to air its 16 episodes later this year.
Selected Reading: Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, USA Today


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The Basics Of Battery Maintenance, Storage, And Charging
A Battery Is A Battery . . . Right? - 10 Basic Battery Questions
I happened to incur irony at its finest last weekend. You see, last weekend for us was our second race of the year and, while running seventh about 75 laps in to our 250-lap race, the engine sputtered like it was out of gas, and then shut off. I thought for certain I had blown it. We checked and checked for a problem underneath the hood and then finally someone thought to change the battery. Bang! The engine fired right back up. I remember thinking to myself, Wow this is ironic. When I get home from the race I have to write a story called "Battery Basics." It turns out that it wasn't necessarily a battery problem, but rather an alternator problem. However, I can assure you that the battery and alternator will not go unchecked from here on out.
The truth is, I should have been able to diagnose the problem even before we got to the racetrack, but it got me thinking about how many people have encountered problems such as this. Truth be told I'm sure that it's more than just me. In fact, if someone hadn't thought to change the battery we might have had the problem next week. Understanding your battery a little better could go a long way to ensuring that you don't have these types of problems.
I caught up with Cam Douglass, Director of Product Development for Optima Batteries to get some very important questions answered regarding batteries. These questions might seem basic, but I believe if you can grasp the basics of battery maintenance, storage, and charging, then it will not only extend the life of your batteries, but will also help save you money. Optima Batteries makes batteries for every application; and are the choice of many racers around the country, not only for their race car, but also for their tow vehicle. So without further ado, let the questions begin.
1. What makes up a battery and what type do I need? Ramey Wormer, a writer for Circle Track once described the battery as "the fuel tank for the wiring and electrical system." There are a few different designs when it comes to batteries, but the big three are Wet Cell (flooded), Gel Cell, and AGM. These are all versions of the lead acid battery. The Wet Cell comes in two styles: serviceable and maintenance-free. Both are filled with electrolytes. The downside to the wet cell is they have a tendency to leak if they are involved in an accident or get turned the wrong way.
Now the Gel Cell and the AGM batteries are specialty batteries that typically cost twice as much as a premium wet cell. However, what you give up with the cost you gain back in increased safety. They store extremely well and don't tend to sulfate or degrade as easily as a wet cell. There's little chance of a hydrogen gas explosion or corrosion when using these batteries.
2. What do I need: 16-volt or 12-Volt? Well that depends on the application. If you're planning on running a Street Stock without the alternator, then I would suggest a 16-volt battery because it will provide a better and hotter spark to the engine for a longer time. That hotter spark could require a jet change in the carb to deliver more fuel to the cylinders in order to maximize combustion.
On the flip side, we run a 12-volt Optima Red Top in our Project Dirt Late Model. The 362ci motor doesn't have an alternator and we have two years of trouble-free performance from the red top. If you have questions, the best thing to do is speak to your engine builder to determine what battery to run.
3. What does AGM mean? AGM stands for Absorbent Glass-Mat. Manufacturers have developed AGM technology, which provides long life and less chance for failure due to the elimination of the plates normally found in a battery. The AGM battery is sealed and poses no risk of acid leakage. This allows for teams to mount the battery whichever direction is best and easiest for them without worries of the battery leaking.
4. I don't need to charge the battery because the alternator does it for me . . . right? Understand, alternators are not chargers. Don't rely on your alternator to do the work of a charger. An alternator is meant to maintain a battery, not charge it. If you're running an alternator you really need to throw the battery charger on it after every weekend. This will not only ensure that you show up at the track with a charged battery but it will help keep your battery holding a consistent charge.
5. My battery is dead, can it be saved and make it one more week? Think twice before you recycle a battery that you think is bad. That very same battery might be able to be saved. In many cases, Optima batteries that are assumed to be bad may actually be perfectly fine, just deeply discharged.
The great thing about AGM batteries is that they have incredibly low internal resistance. This allows very high amperage output and for the battery to accept a charge very quickly.
The best method for recharging a deeply discharged AGM battery is to purchase a modern charger that has kept up with battery technology. Many chargers now have AGM-specific settings and desulfation steps that help recondition and recover deeply discharged AGM batteries. These are becoming more common, and they work well for all lead acid batteries. They have the additional capability of doubling as a battery "maintainer" for vehicle storage. Some come with additional wiring to permanently attach leads from your battery to an accessible spot on your vehicle. This makes it easy to hook up when you store your car.
6. How do I properly charge my battery? Remember, newer chargers keep up with battery technology. Many newer battery chargers, or Smart Chargers, have microprocessors that collect information from the battery and adjust the current and voltage accordingly. Some have different settings for charging wet cell, gel, and AGM batteries. But if you can't afford a new charger, low and slow is best. A low-amp charger (1 to 10 amps) is always the best choice for charging any lead acid battery. It's quicker to charge at higher amperage, but it also generates a lot of heat, which reduces the life of a battery, just like the raging heat of summer.
7. What is Sulfation? Sulfation is the battery's performance limiter. Sulfation is quite simply the formation of lead sulfate crystals upon discharge. All lead acid batteries can experience sulfation. Look for a charger with a desulfation mode to help condition your battery and keep it performing at its best.
8. If I'm not planning on racing for a long period of time, how do I store the battery? All batteries gradually lose their charge when stored over long periods of time. However, AGM batteries lose their charge much more slowly. This helps to prevent the battery from becoming overly discharged during storage, but it won't completely protect it from damage. You could take the battery out of the car and store it over the winter but first check the voltage to ensure the battery has a full charge. If it's not fully charged, give it a boost prior to storage.
Then, you can either loosen the negative terminal and disconnect it from the battery, or take the battery out of the vehicle. Either way, all the electrical draw on the battery will cease and your battery will be protected. In spring, the battery will have drained some but should still have enough power to start your vehicle. Don't leave it up to the alternator to fully recharge the battery though; that's not what it's for. Instead, use a battery charger to top it off. You'll extend the life of the battery by doing this.
9. Batteries will be good for a lifetime right? Unfortunately, batteries eventually die. Batteries are a consumable product. No battery will last forever. The goal is to consistently maintain your battery to get the most life out of it. If you keep a steady eye on the charge and store it properly you can extend the life of your battery and save yourself money over the long haul.
10. Can I charge my battery at the racetrack? I would hope you would. This could help eliminate problems at the track. But there are some circumstances that would prevent you from charging the battery in the pits. If you are "bumping" the engine over to adjust the valves, this will cause the charger to surge and can blow out the circuit board in the charger. The charger is constantly sensing the voltage and adjusting it while it charges. When you turn the engine over, this causes the voltage in the battery to drop very quickly, which will in turn signal the charger to increase the amperage immediately and could harm the charger. Also, if you're warming up the engine, this could lead to the same type of damage from bumping the engine over.
Conclusion Most battery problems result from someone not taking the time to properly maintain the battery. Yes, batteries will eventually die on you, but if you monitor your charge, and keep a close eye on what is happening to them you can avoid these common and basic problems. And when that battery does finally give up, make sure that you dispose of it properly. Millions of batteries end up in landfills every year, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment. County recycling centers will happily take your dead battery for free, and auto parts retailers will take your old battery when you buy a new one.


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The Metro (now known as the D.C. Metro Ruins [citation needed]) is the pre-War rapid transit system of Washington, D.C. and neighboring communities in Maryland and Virginia. The metro was managed by the District of Columbia Transit Authority. The three components of this system are the cars, the stations, and the customers.
In 2277, tunnels can be used to move between the various settlements in the area, although many parts of the tunnels have been taken over by super mutants, raiders, feral ghouls, and radroaches.
Planning for the metro began in the 1950s as city planners envisioned a line that could rival existing systems in Boston, Philadelphia and even New York. Initially perceived as a threat to the highways, a subway proposal was finally approved during Kennedy's administration with construction beginning in 1969. The original system included stations across the District of Columbia but following the riots of 1968, city officials rerouted the mid-city line to encourage the rebuilding of areas that were burned out and destroyed. It wasn't until 2001, however, that all of the lines originally approved in 1968 were finally completed.
After being in operation for many years, the metro was modernized in the mid-21st century with the assistance of Vault-Tec and RobCo Industries. The subway tunnels were constructed of more durable material with improved lighting and safety features. Three new routes were added to the metro. These routes are the Blue Line, the Red Line, and the White Line. These lines were built upon existing stations, and new stations were built for expanding the network. The impetus for this expansion is the need for alternate transport in a city witnessing an increase in congestion and pollution from greater car ownership. Metro travel was free on Sundays.[1]
During and after the Great War of 2077, the Metro served as a place of shelter from the nuclear bombardment for many. Stations that were constructed farther away from the city itself, or were situated deeper underground, were less likely to be affected by explosive damage. This gave the assumption that it would serve as a safe home in the post-war years. However what many people either didn't think of or thought little about, was the invisible blanket of death caused by nuclear fallout. Radiation either killed or mutated these early survivors into ghouls.
By the time the Lone Wanderer visits the metro in 2277 however, they find that the stations are much less irradiated, attracting groups of non mutated humans to the well defensible shelters. These groups mostly consist of bandits or super mutants, who conduct hit-and-run attacks on caravans, traders, and individuals. Some groups however, such as the Family, have carved out meek lives in the dark subway, operating on power fed from underground power lines.
Metro cars
These cars were introduced with the modernization of the metro. Each car is an independent unit with a passenger compartment that can be connected to another car by a coupling. A specially built car, the engine car, had an engineer's compartment placed ahead and above the passenger compartment. At a minimum, the engine car could tow four cars.
Most of the cars, save for the engine cars, survived the war. The engine cars were either destroyed completely, or salvaged by later visitors to the metro. It's possible that the engine cars were buried in the tunnel collapses. The appearance of engine cars is preserved in advertisements created for the metro.
The metro is unlike many real-world subway systems. The use of an 'engine car' towing non-powered cars is very unusual, most real world versions were phased out as the size of engine motors decreased (An example of such an engine used on the London Underground still exists). Real subways tend to use multiple unit trains where two or more cars are permanently joined, and then assembled into longer trains. Each group of cars has a drivers' cab at each end, removing the need to detach the engine at the end of the line, turn it around and reconnect it to the front of the train for the return journey
While a real subway carries its own engines under each car, it is usually not self-propelled, and instead collects electricity via a third or fourth rail or pantograph and overhead wires.
Metro stations
Stations are identified on the surface level by directional signs and obelisks with the metro symbol. The main stations have a grander entrance, with four escalators leading down to the station entrance. Smaller stations have single concrete staircases that lead down to the entrance underneath a curved roof of glass panels, now broken. Double chain-link gates open connect the entrance to the station's lobby.
Generally, the stations share a similar configuration. They have a lobby where the customers once bought tickets from a metro employee ("agent") in a ticket booth. Restrooms and offices are located off the lobbies. Some lobbies have vending machines. In a few lobbies, there are status displays which show the power status of stations on the three primary lines in Washington, D.C. There is no display for the surrounding communities.
Customers would walk down a sloping hallway into the mezzanine. In the mezzanine, customers would present their tickets to turnstiles. (Some customers might prefer presenting their tickets to the protectrons that patrolled the lobby.) On the mezzanines, and lower down on the platforms, the customers could rest on benches.
On the platforms, accessible by escalators, customers waited for their trains. Station identifying signs are posted on either side of the platforms. Some stations are known by more than one name. For example, one station is known both as Anacostia Crossing station and Eastern Market. Further down, in the subway tunnels, signs identified the line.
Metro lines
By 2077, the Red Line, Blue Line, and White Line were the primary lines for the metro.
Red Line
|Red Line trainyard - Meresti - Friendship - Tenleytown - Dupont - Metro Central - Museum - Anacostia Crossing
The Red Line consists of six known stations. It was the first line completed in the system.
The Red Line was the first line completed. This line serves the central DC area and connects it with the northern and southern suburbs through its north-south orientation. The line serves from Friendship in the north to Anacostia Crossing in the south, and interchanges with the White Line at Metro Central. The line is shown on maps to extend further to the north and south suggesting links to Maryland and Virginia.
Trains on this line are serviced from Meresti trainyard in the north.
- Meresti
- Tenleytown/Friendship Heights
- Dupont Circle
- Metro Central (meets White line)
- Museum
- Anacostia Crossing
Current status
Like most of the network, the Red Line is not in a serviceable condition due to damage to stations, tunnels, tracks and rolling stock. However all stations appear to be receiving electricity according to control monitors.
Blue Line
|Blue Line trainyard - Warrington - Marigold - Falls Church - Franklin - Minuteman - L'Enfant - FDR Island - North Potomac - Jury Street
The Blue Line consists of 9 known stations. It was the second line completed in the system.
The Blue Line serves the west of the greater DC area. The line is known to extend from Marigold in the south-west, to as far east as L'Enfant Plaza, and then north-west to North Potomac. The line is shown to extend beyond these points on DCTA maps, but it is not known if these were in passenger service, links to service depots, or were used for long distance services.
The Blue Line does not share any stations with either of the other metro lines; although the line appears to cross the White line near FDR Island station (on the blue line) and Foggy Bottom station (on the white line) on the system map, the lines are grade separated, meaning a service linking the lines would not be possible without further construction.
Trains on the Blue Line were serviced from Warrington trainyard, which also acted as the lines terminus in Virginia.
Current status
Like most DC metro lines, the Blue Line is currently not in a serviceable condition due to damage to stations, tunnels, tracks and rolling stock. However, large parts of the line can be traversed on foot, with the exception of irradiated parts of the line, such as near L'Enfant plaza and Warrington trainyard, and certain waterlogged sections.
Most stations still have access to electricity according to control monitors; additionally some stations retain their protectron security guards; however some stations have become home to groups of feral ghouls.
White Line
White line
|Platz - Arlington - Foggy Bottom - Metro Central - Vernon Square - Becton - Abernathy - Takoma
The White Line consists of 8 known stations and was the last line completed in the system.
This line extends from Takoma in the north east through the center of the city (meeting the Red Line at Metro Central) through to Platz in the west. Although the White and Blue Lines cross, this crossing is on different grades preventing any interchange of services or stations.
Like the other lines, the route map appears to extend into Maryland and Virginia.
It is not known where trains on this line were serviced.
- Takoma
- Abernathy
- Becton
- Vernon
- Metro Central (meets Red line)
- Foggy Bottom
- Arlington
- Platz
Current status
Like most of the network, the white line is not in a serviceable condition due to damage to stations, tunnels, tracks and rolling stock. However all stations appear to be receiving electricity according to control monitors.
Other stations
There are many stations in the Capital Wasteland whose connection to these three lines is not fully understood. This is due to the extensive damage that is visited upon these stations. These stations include the Fairfax Metro station and Bethesda underworks. Other stations had their entrances so completely destroyed that any attempt at locating them is impossible.
Metro protectrons
Protectrons are added to the metro in the modernization program. They are programmed for defending the metro from a variety of threats. These machines are usually located in a security office off the station lobby. The Lone Wanderer can activate the robot by hacking into a control terminal. Once the protectron is activated, it will head out to patrol the lobby and attack any target that does not have a valid metro ticket.
Fortunately, a ticket can normally be found by searching the desks in the offices. Or one can just blast the protectron after activating it and loot its energy cell.
Spatial Orientation issues
The Pip-Boy world map usually indicates where the entrances to metro stations are with a circled-M logo. When one moves the pointer to one, it shows the name of the station. The problem is that the name it shows is often not the same as the name that appears if outside the subway and bringing up the Pip-Boy's local map for the area, nor the same as the name gotten for the exit to that station when bringing up the local map while inside the subway.
Because of all the interconnections between outside paths and inside subway stations, this name inconsistency adds an additional level of difficulty to getting around in an already difficult situation.
To add to the confusion, the distance scale inside a subway is often not the same as outside. For example, in the south-east area of the map, the distance looks pretty significant between the Seward Square station (near the Ranger compound) and the Anacostia Crossing (near Rivet City), but what looks like miles can be traversed in a flash simply by entering the station and walking no more than a couple of hundred feet across the subway platform.
To adjust for this difference, one gets an anomaly in that when they get to the Anacostia Crossing gate after leaving Seward Square, the world map will show that they are still on the edge of Seward Square, but after exiting the gate, it will show them all the way down at the station by Rivet City.
This effect is not limited to subways. At the back door of the GNR building, one gets a different positioning before and after going through the door.
One of the worst map glitches may be the Dupont station and Georgetown West Metro station markers. On the world map, the markers overlap with the Dupont station marker being to the left (west), which makes it seem like the DCTA tunnel exit down the stairs from Georgetown West, which is all that shows up on the local map, but if fast traveling to the Dupont station marker, one will end up in a completely different area/local map.
Metro connections
While it may appear to be impossible to get very far in the subway tunnels because of all the debris, the fact is that one can get to a remarkable number of locations without ever having to come above ground, and even more when adding in places where one can make short, safe walks above ground from one station's exit to another station's entrance. Note that with just a couple of short above-ground walks, someone can get all the way from Farragut West (just across the river from Super-Duper Mart) to Rivet City (near the bottom of the map) and many important places along the way.
On Sundays, all passengers were allowed to ride for free.[2][3]
The DC metro appears only in Fallout 3.
Behind the scenes
- Many stations in the metro system of the Capital Wasteland have the same name and location as their real-life counterparts including: Tenleytown, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, L'Enfant plaza, Takoma, Metro Center, West Falls Church, Friendship Heights, Anacostia, and Mt. Vernon Sq.
- Other station names in the Capital Wasteland have a strong resemblance to real-life counterparts, such as Marigold: Merrifield, Franklin: Franconia, and Platz: Vienna (in German, platz means square, and is a reference to metro stations in Vienna, many of them located under big squares).
- The WMATA logo in real-life is also a capital letter M, although it uses a different font than the Fallout version.
- The in game metro bears little resemblance to the real life metro system, but does share some common station names - For a comparison with the current, real-world WMATA, see WMATA map.
- However many aspects of the interior design are the similar to their real world counterparts such as the ceiling and floor designs.
- ↑ "Tickets Please" video released prior to F3
- ↑ Bottom-left corner of the "Commuting Calamity" poster loading screen (high quality image)
- ↑ Prepare for the Future website - Metro advertisement


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COLUMBIA- Fluoride was on top of the agenda at Monday's night city council meeting. Some residents are concerned that people are consuming too much fluoride because of the amount of water they are drinking and this could cause serious health issues.
Resident Bruce Summers, said that too much fluoride can cause osteoporosis and if people want flouride they should go to their doctors for prescription. He also said that water should not be a main source for medication.
One O'Fallon, Missouri resident came to the city council meeting to speak about getting rid of flouride in water. Just two years ago, he helped get flouride out of water in O'Fallon. He said through research, he learned that too much flouride can link to cancer. It could also lead to death or amputations and decrease in IQ.
Brent Stafford learned he had cancer 30 years ago. He said when he started doing research about flouride in water, he learned that an excessive amount could have led to his cancer called "osteosarcoma". He says he doesn't know for sure if that was the case, but the two incidents are correlated.
Summers hopes that the city council will take an initiave to decide whether to take this plan into action in about the next two months.


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Sayong Curry & Laksa Malaysian Cuisine: Chicken Rice, Sydney (22 July 2009)
11 comments:
- aptronym said...
Have you tried the place to the left? They're not bad either!
- July 23, 2009 at 3:29 PM
You should try the Hainan Chicken at the MET Centre Food Court at Lee's Malaysian. I rate it.
- July 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- clekitty said...
Ooh! I love chicken rice will definitely give this place a try. The skin on the chicken looks good. Do you know if they are open in the weekends?
- July 24, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Anita said...
I agree. Sometimes you just don't want to bother have to cut or eat around bones. I haven't tried chicken rice before, it looks so good, I'll have to give it a go soon.
- July 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- Simon Leong said...
Hi aptronym, I haven't tried but will keep in mind for next time, thanks
Hi Ken, previously I've tried the Har Mee and Laksa at Lee's and a friend tried the chicken rice but they found it a bit dry last time, check out Sayong and see what you think to compare and I'll try and remember to try Lee's
Hi clekitty, not sure if they are open on weekends, I'm assuming not because I think it's more a working week food court but let me know if you find out otherwise
Hi Anita, I'll definitely try the breast next time. If it's as moist and tender as the leg meat then it should be ok.
- July 24, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Hi Simon. I recommend the Malaysian takeaway at the Maritime building on Kent Street. You need to enter the building and go down the escalators. this place serves the best Hainanese Chicken rice - I know because I'm Hainanese. Let me know what you think!
- July 26, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- Simon Leong said...
Hi Anonymous, sounds worth investigating, thanks for the food tip, I'll try and visit for lunch this week and check out :-)
- July 26, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- Grace said...
that chicken rice looks deliciouss! I'm not really sure where pittsway arcade is though - when you say underneath woolworths you don't mean the town hall woolies do you?
and lol the malay laksa at hunter connection rocks! <3
- October 24, 2009 at 10:31 PM
- Simon Leong said...
hi grace, yep it's near the woolworths town hall :-)
- October 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- Unknown said...
This is definitely the best place in sydney for Chicken rice.
You have to ask for the hot chilli sauce for that extra zing...
Then pour all the juices into the rice after you have finished all the chicken...yummy.
- February 11, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- Simon Leong said...
hi matthew, glad you agree. if you find anywhere better please let me know :-)
- February 13, 2010 at 12:11 PM
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A couple of days ago I was involved in an excellent example of the problem with false premises. If one selects the premises of an argument properly, then one can prove any argument using pseudo-logical methods. That is why using false premises is a logical fallacy.
I was just trying to provide some interesting small talk and mentioned how I had again found a phishing site that was using one of my books as bait for people to leave their credit card information. I recounted informing
Yesterday, I noticed a post on my Facebook newsfeed about carbon dioxide in the past and climate change. It quickly became apparent that the data was incomplete, and someone had already posted a note about that. I posted links to two similar articles that had more complete information, and, of course, my comments were heartily criticized, because the original was from NASA, while I posted links by people who do make their livings backing an issue.
Since then I have been thinking
There are a few simple tricks that one can use to supplement the check of Occams Razor, when one is looking at an argument.
If one is trying to show causality, then remember that effects follow causes. If your presumed cause follows the presumed effect, then you can be thoroughly certain that you are mistaken in your presumption of causality.
If something happened in the past when something else did not exist, then the thing that did not exist did not cause that
I have known a good number of very intelligent people, and with a few exceptions (people with Aspergers Syndrome) those intelligent people were perfectly willing to admit error when they learned that they were wrong. Unfortunately, that seems not to be true of some other people.
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Last Spring my favorite daughter-in-law brought our then one year-old grandson out to see us. Yes, I understand that this is a blog meant to tell just how I'm going to find the treasure chest that Forrest Fenn stashed out in the mountains a year or so ago. And I will do that. But I figure that a few words about my grandson might also be in order; I am, after-all, a new grandfather.
And a remarkable little kid he is. For example, whenever he tired of trying to convince me in English that he absolutely had to have another cookie, he resorted to ASL (American Sign Language) thinking, no doubt, that the battery must have gone dead in my hearing aid.
I will give a whole lot more detail on his numerous achievements as well as his suggestions as to how we should interpret the clues of Forrest Fenn in later postings. This one, however, is about how he influenced the discovery of the secrets hidden in THE MAP.
When we met the two of them (favorite daughter-in-law and grandson) down at the airport in Albuquerque the day they arrived, my daughter-in-law asked me how I was doing. I said, "Fine. I'm going to be a millionaire just as soon as I decipher THE MAP on page 133 of Forrest Fenn's memoir, The Thrill of the Chase."
Her response, as I remember it, was something like, "Yeah. Right." Then, slowly shaking her head, she turned away, hugged my wife and handed her our grandson.
I sat in the rear seat on the way back to Santa Fe from Albuquerque just so I could quiz my grandson on whether or not he understood anything that Sarah Palin had ever said, but as we left the garage my daughter-in-law offered him her I-Pad which he took and, even before we reached the garage pay-booth, he had the I-Pad opened and turned on, had selected what appeared to be his very own file, and was debating whether he should watch "Curious George meets Allie Oops" or something called "Bunny Hunt" which, as far as I could tell, had absolutely nothing to do with Hugh Hefner, Playboy, or the NRA.
Given that I had now been replaced by something I knew nothing about, a nap seemed appropriate. The trip home, therefore, was uneventful except from time to time my grandson would poke me, point to something on the monitor, look me in the eye and say what sounded very much like "Absáalooke pwat" whereupon I would nod, take his word for it, and go back to sleep.
On our arrival home, I asked my daughter-in-law if she wanted to see THE MAP. Her response, as I remember it, was something like, "What map?"
I once again explained that "I was about to be a millionaire just as soon as I deciphered THE MAP" and she asked me what the problem was. "It makes me dizzy," I answered.
So we then went to my desk in the office where I shoved aside three or four loupes of various magnifications, wiped a spot of spaghetti sauce off the page opposite THE MAP and showed it to her (by which I mean THE MAP, not the spaghetti sauce.)
She took the book, opened it to page 133, held it at oh, about 15 inches in front of her nose for all of 12 seconds, handed it back to me, knelt down to grab hold of the diaper my grandson was wearing to keep him from the brownish colored apple-core that had been sitting beside my wastebasket for all of a week and said, "It's a map of Northern New Mexico."
Incredulous, I stood there looking at THE MAP for the seven hundred thirty-second time, squinted my eyes and, sure enough, it was.
Then, as she dashed out the office door to grab my now diaperless grandson in an unsuccessful attempt to keep him from pouring more cat food into the cat's water bowl, she added, "And there is a Captain Kidd-like pirate "X" about an inch and a quarter above the top gold nugget."
And, sure enough, there was.
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A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Thursday that convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson is not mentally retarded and is eligible for the death penalty.
Wilson, 30, was convicted in 2006 of the murder of two NYPD officers during an undercover gun buy on Staten Island in 2003, but his death sentence was overturned on appeal. A new penalty trial is planned this year, but his lawyers moved to block it under a Supreme Court decision banning execution of the retarded.
"Wilson is not mentally disabled and was not mentally disabled at the time of the crime," U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote in a 55-page opinion. "This does not mean that he will receive -- or deserves to receive -- the death penalty, but only that any such penalty would not violate . . . the Eighth Amendment."
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Garaufis' ruling followed lengthy hearings on Wilson's intellectual functioning last year. The judge said the bulk of the nine IQ tests he was administered over his lifetime were above the standard measure of retardation -- a score of 70 -- and most of the test administrators had decided he was not retarded.
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a_haworthroberts wrote:The latest proof that this person is motivated by hatred of people who question his online claims and NOT by Christian behaviour or evangelism:
''By the design of the Great Creator, water freezes and ice melts at 32°F. At this temperature, an icy road usually has a thin layer of water molecules interacting with the ice molecules beneath. The ice is freezing the water at the same rate the water is melting the ice. When salt is added, it lowers the water's freezing point. The result is that the ice can't freeze the water, but the water continues to melt the ice, reducing the ice on the road.
How does salt lower the freezing point of water? By the design of the Great Creator, when dissolved in water, salt (NaCl) splits into sodium and chlorine ions which form weak chemical bonds with water molecules (H2O). This solution stays liquid at much lower temperatures than pure water because the sodium and chlorine ions "get in the way" and impede crystallization of the water molecules into ice because the ions have bonded with water molecules.
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What a hypocrite and liar this bigot is. I will continue to 'stalk' him because he is a liar, a coward, a fool and a hate-filled bigot (wearing 'biblical Christian' clothing).
Salt lowers the freezing point of water, bigot Bob. As I see the article informs readers. But - yes I learnt something new about ions in the article, even though the article was written by a creationist. Whereas Bob refuses to learn anything UNLESS it is something being taught by a fellow ('young earth') creationist.
Now how about you give us a lesson on the difference between a hoar frost, a 'white' frost, grass/ground frost, air frost, rime and glaze/freezing rain, Bob. Or - if that is too advanced for you you could read this (which wasn't written by creationists so can you trust it):
We had hoar frost here early on Monday morning as I viewed the lunar eclipse. It followed a sunny chilly day with - I assume - low humidity.
MisterGordons wrote:The meat machine known as Ashley Haworth-Roberts tells the meat machine known as Cowboy Bob Sorensen to repent. This is another desperate attempt to look noble but Ashley Haworth-Roberts has been documented as rejecting the Christian Bible and calling God a liar.
The meat machine known as Jeffrey A. Carey also destests Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater.
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In one of the biggest privacy breaches in Canadian history, the personal data of over 2 million voters in the province of Ontario held on two USB drives has disappeared.
The incident happened in April but was only publicly reported Tuesday by the provincial chief electoral officer. Greg Essensa said the data on the drives wasn't encrypted, but was in a format that could only be accessed by proprietary provincial software or by a highly skilled programmer using commercial software.
"I'm deeply disturbed," said Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian.
It's "the largest data breach that has occurred in the province," from either a public agency or a private sector business. The risk, she added, is someone could access personal information and steal peoples' identities.
It's not merely a black eye for the province. It's also an embarrassment because Cavoukain is known around the world as a privacy advocate.
"One of the reasons I was so disturbed is the data on millions of people was not encrypted," she added.
Elections Ontario isn't exactly clear what's on the drives, or whether the drives were stolen or are merely missing.
Essena told reporters the two drives have names, addresses, gender, birth dates and "any other personal information updates provided to Elections Ontario" by roughly half of people on the voters list last fall, and possibly, whether they voted. What's not on the drives are social insurance numbers, health card numbers, drivers licence information, credit card or banking information.
But after several months of investigating it still isn't sure what names were on the drives. It believes they covered 20 to 25 of the 49 electoral districts being worked on by staff at the time.
Even forensic experts hired by the department can't figure out which ridings were on the drives.
The department has done a "rigorous" search for the drive, Essensa said, and a full investigation by a private law firm and a forensics security firm, an investigation still ongoing. It's also been reported to the Ontario Provincial Police.
Meanwhile, he's advising all Ontarians to watch for "potential unusual activity" regarding any transactions with the province, banks, utilities and retailers.
An obviously frustrated Cavoukian said she has issued several orders to provincial civil servants that if data is to be transferred from a provincial computer to a portable device either it has to be de-personalized or encrypted.
However, for some reason neither happened in this instance at Elections Ontario.
A chastened Essensa told reporters that the department's policies "were not followed" and couldn't explain why.
However, he tried to suggest that the odds of the data being misused is low.
"If you were to put these keys into your computer now there's no [file] extension that comes on the files. You would not be able to identify exactly what software you would need to utilize them."
"There is no evidence that copies of personal information on two USB keys have been improperly accessed," he added, but out of "an abundance of caution" is telling the public now.
The USB drives had been to transfer data to laptops in a temporarily leased building where Elections Ontario was updating the voter registry. Laptops used by staff didn't have Internet access to the government's servers.
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The Walt Disney company announced it elected Jack Dorsey, Twitter's cofounder and chief executive of Square, to its board today.
"Jack Dorsey is a talented entrepreneur who has helped create groundbreaking new businesses in the social media and commerce spaces," Robert A. Iger, Disney's chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement to the press. "The perspective he brings to Disney and its Board is extremely valuable, given our strategic priorities, which include utilizing the latest technologies and platforms to reach more people and to enhance the relationship we have with our customers."
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The remaining four teams in the 2012 NCAA tournament – Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville and Ohio State – have emerged as one of the strongest Final Four fields in recent years. In speed and athleticism, attention to fundamentals and stinginess on defense, these teams have not only thrived, but have seemingly improved throughout this month-long annual battle of attrition. After Saturday night's games in New Orleans, the field will be narrowed to two teams, who will play Monday night for the national championship.
Ohio State vs. Kansas
In Saturday's East region final in Boston, the absence of Fab Melo finally caught up with Syracuse, as Ohio State defeated the Orange 77-70. Forward Deshaun Thomas scored 14 points and pulled down nine rebounds for Ohio State (31-7). Thomas has been a tower of offensive power for the Buckeyes all tournament, averaging 22 points in their four games. In the process, Thomas has exhibited extraordinary versatility, as he's been able to score both in the post with jump hooks as well as from beyond the three-point arc. This has come as a great relief to the Buckeyes' other strong forward, Jared Sullinger, who has been the team's most prolific and powerful scorer all season, averaging nearly 18 points per game.
Kansas, demonstrating great improvement from its opening-round scare against 15th-seeded Detroit, defeated North Carolina 80-67 last Sunday in the Midwest regional final in St. Louis. The Tar Heels, who finished 32-6 on the season, were missing standout guard Kendall Marshall. Winner of the 2012 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award, Marshall injured his wrist in the Tar Heels' overtime win over Ohio in their Sweet 16 game last Friday. Marshall, who had over 300 assists on the year, was in many ways UNC's catalyst and playmaker. North Carolina was also without the services of outstanding forward John Henson, due to wrist and ankle injuries. Kansas has now won 24 of its last 27 games and, with this victory, are 5-1 when seeded lower than another team in the Elite Eight.
Kansas vs. Ohio State (Saturday, 8:49 p.m.) is an explosive pairing and will feature the Jayhawks' strong forward, junior Thomas Robinson. Robinson averaged a double-double during the season, notching 17 points and 12 rebounds per game. They also have a superbly talented point guard in senior Tyshawn Taylor. Taylor averages nearly 17 points per game, five assists and has a pair of lightning hands that steal the ball with almost monotonous regularity. Pairing Sullinger with Robinson should be intriguing, as well as Taylor against the Buckeyes' elite guard, William Buford, the latter averaging nearly 15 points per game. Thomas and Sullinger will also be kept busy with Kansas center Jeff Withey, who adds considerably to the Jayhawks' inside game and at seven-feet tall, will make the Buckeyes' life miserable on both the offensive and defensive boards.
Predicting the outcome in a game like this can be deceiving – particularly when both Ohio State and Kansas benefited from facing depleted squads in the last round, and both match up so well offensively and defensively. But on the basis of starting lineups, Kansas would have to hold a slight advantage.
Kentucky vs. Louisville
Kentucky, the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, had an easy time on Saturday with third-seeded Baylor, defeating them 82-70 in the South region final in Atlanta. The final score in no way reflected the pace and precision of Kentucky's ceaseless barrage, with the Wildcats (35-2) leading the Bears by in excess of 20 points through most of the game. Baylor (30-8) started off with a quick 10 points at the onset of the first half and proceeded to go on a scoring drought that would make a month in the Sahara seem positively temperate by comparison. During that time, the Wildcats were merciless with their three-point shots, hitting just about everything they threw at the net. They also drove down the lane with all the resistance of a warm knife through butter. It was really no contest from the first five minutes on.
For its part, Louisville continued its winning ways, with the Cardinals shunning their highly effective zone defense to directly take on Florida in man-to-man coverage, and in the process kept the Gators off-balance from the perimeter, resulting in a 72-68 win in the West regional final last Saturday in Phoenix. Louisville rolled to its eighth victory in a row and Cardinals' head coach Rick Pitino, who's mentored Florida coach Billy Donovan since the 1980s – first at Providence College and later Kentucky, where Donovan was Pitino's assistant – got his 7th win over his protégé, against no losses. Florida's high-powered offense, which scored nearly 80 points per game through the season, was stymied by Louisville's fly paper defense, which held the Gators uncharacteristically at bay while the Cardinals outscored them by 15 points over the game's final 10 minutes. The defensive about-face by Louisville surprised Florida, and in the end, Pitino, the wily teacher, once again schooled his adept and highly-accomplished student.
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Take advantage of the many different forms of holiday parties, and even look for ways to create your own networking opportunities. If you haven't spoken with a previous colleague in a while, use the holidays as an excuse to get back in touch and meet up to catch up over coffee. You never know who will be the connection to your next position, so it's important to keep your networking efforts strong throughout your search, even during the holidays.
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It's common to create a wish list for your holiday gifts, but it can be also a practical tool for your search. Get in the spirit by creating lists to help manage and direct your job search. Start by creating a wish list of companies in which you are interested. This is a great way to better understand what you're looking for in the way of company culture and what kinds of positions these companies have to offer.
Another useful list for your job search is one created to track the openings for which you plan to apply. This will increase the level of organization involved in your search and have a positive impact.
Do A Little Redecorating
This season always seems to bring out the decorator in all of us, and job seekers can certainly utilize this aspect of the holiday spirit to benefit their job searches. Focus your redecoration on updating your resume and online profiles to better represent yourself during the search. Create direct, concise, and keyword-focused statements that set you apart from the competition, as well as position as you as the perfect candidate.
Rather than putting your job search aside for the holidays, utilize the holiday spirit to add a little extra jolliness to your search. Find new ways to get and stay inspired, keep in touch with those who are crucial to your success, and manage your search in a new way.
Heather R. Huhman is a career expert, experienced hiring manager, and founder & president of Come Recommended, a content marketing and digital PR consultancy for job search and human resources technologies. She is also the instructor of Find Me A Job: How To Score A Job Before Your Friends, author of Lies, Damned Lies & Internships (2011) and #ENTRYLEVELtweet: Taking Your Career from Classroom to Cubicle (2010), and writes career and recruiting advice for numerous outlets.
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January: one of the wettest months of the year; the humidity level is very high.
Botswana: Weather & climate
The best time to visit BotswanaWe're often asked "When is the best time to go to Botswana?", and the answer is often complex. It will depend on many things including your interests, exactly where you want to visit and why you're travelling. One person's best time can be another's worst!
However, often a concern about the weather underlies the question of 'the best time to go'.
So below is a broad guide to the climate of Botswana. Please remember that this comes from records and our experience, not from a crystal ball. Weather patterns across Africa are becoming increasingly unpredictable, probably due to global warming; we're seeing downpours in the middle of deserts and damaging droughts when rains should be falling.
Botswana's climatic pattern is typical of southern Africa, although its rainfall is less than countries further east. The rains in Botswana come mostly between December and March, when average minimum temperatures are in the low 20°s. Some days will be bright and sunny, some will have afternoon thunderstorms, and some will just be grey.
As with Namibia, April and May in Botswana are generally lovely, with the sky clear and the landscape green. Night temperatures start to drop during these months, especially in the Kalahari. Note that places in and around the Okavango tend to have less extreme, more moderate temperatures than the drier areas of the Kalahari.
From June to August the night-time temperatures in drier areas can be close to freezing, but it warms up rapidly during the day, when the sky is usually clear and blue. It's now very much 'peak season' for most safari areas: the land is dry in most areas so the animals congregate around the few available water sources.
This continues into September and October, when temperatures climb again, drying the landscapes and concentrating the game even more. This is the best time for big game safaris – although October can feel very hot, with maximum temperatures sometimes approaching 40°C.
November is difficult to predict, as it can sometimes be a continuation of October's heat, whilst sometimes it's cooled by the first rains; it's always an interesting month.
Weather in other African countriesFor comparison, see similar climate charts and information for our other African destinations:
► Kenya climate – Different weather pattern from Botswana.
► Malawi climate – Very similar weather pattern to Botswana, with rain starting a bit earlier.
► Mozambique climate – Very similar weather pattern to Botswana's.
► Namibia climate –Drier than Botswana, but following a similar pattern.
► Rwanda climate – Completely different weather pattern from Botswana.
► Seychelles climate – Completely different weather pattern from Botswana.
► Cape of South Africa climate – Almost completely 'opposite' weather pattern to Botswana's.
► Tanzania climate –Different weather pattern from Botswana; Jan-Feb are much drier in Tanzania.
► Zambia climate – Very similar weather pattern to Botswana, but with a slightly longer rainy season.
► Zanzibar climate – Different weather pattern from Botswana, with two rainy seasons.
► Zimbabwe climate – Weather follows a very similar pattern to Botswana.


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France Hilon was born in 1942 in the Oise district of France. He developed an early interest in etching while studying at the 'Peintres Graveurs' in Paris where he found his unique and highly individual style was well suited to the intaglio medium. The stimulus for his imagery comes from the landscapes and seascapes of Europe and the Far East where he travels frequently. He has exhibited throughout Europe and is especially recognised for his shows at the prestigious Basel and Frankfurt Art Fairs. In 1986 his exhibited at the first Art Fair in Paris devoted exclusively to prints - FIEST. In 1986 his etchings were exhibited for the first time at the London Art Fair where he attracted considerable attention. This talented Frenchman's etchings are of a consistently high quality and with his palette of muted greys blues and browns Hilon embues his scenes with distinctly 'Northern' flavour and although his treatment is descriptive he uses light to create 'atmosphere' - the key element in his pictures.
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President Donald Trump has canceled a trip to London to open the new $1 billion U.S. Embassy in the British capital, a move that avoided protests promised by political opponents.
Some U.K. lawmakers had said Trump was not welcome in Britain after he re-tweeted videos from a far-right British group and criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan following a terror attack last year.
But Trump said his decision, announced in a late-night tweet, was due to concerns about the embassy's move from the elite Mayfair district to a far less fashionable area of London south of the Thames River.
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"Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for 'peanuts,' only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!" Trump tweeted.
On Twitter, #ICancelledMyTripToLondon was the top trend in the U.K. as people roasted the move.
The State Department, however, announced plans for relocating the London embassy in 2008, while George W. Bush was still president, because of concerns about security following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. At the time, U.S. Ambassador Robert Tuttle said the decision to move to the five-acre site came after a "long and careful process."
While the former embassy was on Grosvenor Square, in a tony area of designer boutiques and expensive restaurants, the new building is in a former industrial area south of the Thames that is being redeveloped into a new commercial and residential district.
The current ambassador, Robert "Woody" Johnson, said the change was necessary even though the U.S. had been linked to Grosvenor Square for more than 200 years.
"Security concerns after September 11 meant we had to move to a location that could better protect American citizens and our British neighbors," he wrote in an article for London's Evening Standard newspaper.
Johnson, a Trump appointee, also said the new embassy was entirely paid for by the sale of other London properties and "did not cost the U.S. taxpayer a cent."
A Trump visit has been on the cards since British Prime Minister Theresa May visited the United States a few days after Trump's inauguration last year. May proclaimed the strength of the "most special relationship" between the two countries and the government extended an invitation for a state visit as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II.
But a full-blown state visit replete with golden carriages and pomp has been deferred amid the threat of huge anti-Trump protests. The idea had gradually evolved into a working visit in which Trump would open the London embassy. In December, Johnson said he was looking forward to welcoming the president.
In Washington, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump's comment was solely about an embassy-related visit. She suggested a formal visit could still, but offered no details.
"We are still working with our U.K. allies to find a date for a visit for the invitation that was offered and accepted, " she said Friday.
In the meantime, the relationship between May and Trump has come under strain. The uproar came after Trump re-tweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by a leader of the far-right group Britain First - a tiny group that regularly posts inflammatory videos.
May's spokesman said the president was wrong to retweet the group's content - prompting Trump to tell May in a tweet that she should focus on "the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom" instead of him.
The exchange prompted further calls to dump the visit.
The mayor of London - who has been criticized by Trump in tweets - said Trump appeared to have "got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city's values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance."
"His visit ... would without doubt have been met by mass peaceful protests," Khan said.
The British government said the opening of the embassy was a matter for the United States. But Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson blamed Khan and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for discouraging the U.S. leader from coming.
"The US is the biggest single investor in the UK - yet Khan & Corbyn seem determined to put this crucial relationship at risk," Johnson said in a tweet. "We will not allow US-UK relations to be endangered by some puffed up pompous popinjay in City Hall."


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Asylum seeker dies in Papua New Guinea camp
CANBERRA, Australia — An asylum seeker was killed and scores were injured when a violent protest ended with a breakout from an immigration detention camp run by Australia on the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, an official said Tuesday.
One asylum seeker had died from head injuries as he was taken by ambulance to the hospital, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said. It wasn't clear what his nationality was, or how he had sustained the injuries.
Two other seriously injured asylum seekers — one with a gunshot wound and the other with a fractured skull — would be flown to Australia for medical treatment, Morrison said.
In recent years, thousands of people seeking asylum in Australia have attempted to reach the country by boat, mostly from Indonesia. The government has intercepted them at sea and sent to detention camps at Manus Island, part of Papua New Guinea, or the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Nauru.
Morrison said the injuries had occurred outside the camp on Manus Island during violence that ended early Tuesday morning. He described the violence as the latest in a series of protests at the camp, which houses more than 1,000 inmates, in recent weeks.
The number of security guards had been increased last week, which Morrison said had prevented the camp from being destroyed.
"This is a tragedy, but this was a very dangerous situation where people decided to protest in a very violent way and to take themselves outside the center and place themselves at great risk," he told reporters.
The violence followed a less serious brawl at the same facility on Sunday night that led to the arrests of eight asylum seekers and another 19 being treated for injuries.
Morrison said 77 people received medical treatment after the latest violence and 13 had been seriously injured.
Ian Rintoul, spokesman for the Australian advocacy group Refugee Action Coalition, said he had spoken to inmates inside the Manus camp and was told asylum seekers had been attacked by police and local residents.
But Morrison said no outsider had breached the perimeter fence or attacked anyone inside the camp.
The contractor that operates the camp, G4S, said in a statement its staff were able to restore order within the camp without the use of force. On Tuesday, they were checking that all the inmates were accounted for.
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Protecting Human Subjects in Student Inquiry Projects
ACM Symposium on Protecting Human Subjects in Student Inquiry Projects
Northfield, Minnesota | 4.00 pm Thursday, February 23 – 1.00 pm Saturday, February 25, 2012
Travel information
Rideshare arrangements for participants traveling to Minnesota by air (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 25kB Feb10 12)
This document outlines rideshare details (rental car reservation information, who is traveling with whom, who's driving, where and when to meet, etc.) for participants who will be using ground transportation between Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and Northfield.
Driving directions to Northfield
The symposium begins at 4 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012 in the Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity, 320 3rd St. East, Northfield, MN. This link includes driving directions to the Carleton campus and a printable campus map that includes the Weitz Center. It also provides additional driving information for those planning to head first to the Country Inn, where symposium participants will be staying (see below). The hotel website also includes maps and driving directions.
Hotel accommodations
Rooms have been reserved at the Country Inn, 300 South Highway 3, Northfield, MN for all symposium participants from non-Minnesota institutions. See the travel information (Acrobat (PDF) 112kB Feb10 12) document you received in January for additional information about accommodations.
Expense estimates for participants being funded by their home institution
Hotel accommodations - $170
Two nights at the Country Inn, Feb 23-24, 2012 @ $85/night
Dining (February 23-25, 2012) - $150
Meals will be catered at St Olaf College and Carleton College.
Total estimate for lodging and meals $320
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For the first time ever, scientists have discovered a species of hybrid shark (a cross between two different species of the cartilaginous fishes) off the coast of Australia.
Close to sixty of the hybrids (one of which is pictured up top), spanning numerous generations, have been discovered so far; and here's the intriguing bit: this new shark breed appears to be thriving in waters thought to be too cold for its genetic forebears.
The hybrid shark in question is a mix between the Australian black-tip shark and its global counterpart, the common black-tip shark. In the past, Australian black-tip had only been found in warm, relatively isolated tropical waters; but these hybrids have been found along over 1200 miles of Australian coastline, in comparably cooler seas.
So why the change in habitat? Researchers say we could be seeing evidence of evolution in action:
"If [the Australian black-tip] hybridizes with the common species it can effectively shift its range further south into cooler waters, so the effect of this hybridizing is a range expansion," said Jess Morgan, who led the team of researchers that made the unprecedented discovery.
"It's enabled a species restricted to the tropics to move into temperate waters."
Of course, if the hybrid species is able to outcompete its predecessors for resources and continue producing viable offspring, it's entirely possible that this new breed of shark could, in time, supplant the Australian black-tip entirely.
But this hybrid coup isn't necessarily a bad thing. Morgan and his colleagues speculate that the success of the hybrid sharks could be tied back to climate change that has already lead to changes in sea temperature. If these cross-bred hybrid sharks allow the genes of the Australian black-tip to live on in a more successful organism, then evolutionarily this discovery makes sense.
Of course, whether these hybrids stand the test of time remains to be seen. But so far, things are looking pretty good for the genetic mashups.
"Certainly we know that they are viable," explained Colin Simpfendorfer, a member of Morgan's research team. "They reproduce and that there are multiple generations of hybrids now that we can see from the genetic road map that we've generated from these animals."
"Certainly it appears that they are fairly fit individuals."
The researchers' findings were published last month, in Conservation Genetics
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